The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 498 Sima Yi pacifies Liaodong

Wei Guo once again lost two games in a row, losing troops and losing generals, the world was shaken, and people in the government and the opposition were panicked for a while.

In order to stabilize the situation, Cao Pi sent Cheng Yu to Chang'an to assist Xia Houmao in guarding the pass, Jiang Ji to Xiapi to assist Cao Ren in guarding Xuzhou, and Zhang Liao and Man Chong to stay in Runan to guard Yuzhou.

Although he lost to Zhang Wu one after another on the east and west battlefields, Cao Pi finally got the good news that Sima Yi led his army to pacify Liaodong.

Although Gongsun Yuan is ambitious and has better abilities than Gongsun Gong, he is still young and has not seen the general trend of the world clearly.He thought that after occupying Liaodong, he could sell it for a price, and whoever could win in the end would go to him, but he didn't realize that now is not the time for the princes to fight among themselves.

Back then, when the princes of the world fought in separate regimes, there were small warlords all over the place, and none of them were very strong. No one could be sure who would have the last laugh, so it was right to be cautious and not rush to stand in line.

But now there are only two great princes in the whole world, and if you want to have both sides, you will be courting death.

Zhang Wu had already seen Gongsun Yuan's careful thinking, so after helping Gongsun Yuan seize power, he ordered Feng Xi to lead his army to retreat.The main purpose of his helping Gongsun Yuan is to restrain Sima Yi and part of the Wei army's strength, and create conditions for the Chu army to seize Wudu.If Gongsun Yuan really wanted to take refuge in Zhang Wu, then Zhang Wu would send a large army to fight in Liaodong and open up the battlefield behind the enemy. In that case, Cao Wei would soon face extinction.

If Gongsun Yuan really took refuge in Zhang Wu, it would be easy for Zhang Wu to take Youzhou, and then he would not only easily obtain Youzhou, a horse producing area, but also directly obtain a lot of cavalry.Youzhou is next to Jizhou, and Jizhou is the base camp of Wei State. At that time, Cao Pi can only gather his army to fight Zhang Wu in Jizhou to decide who the world belongs to.

If Cao Pi is unwilling to fight decisively, then Zhang Wu can also gradually capture Qingzhou and Xuzhou with the cooperation of the navy, open up the transportation between the north and the south, and surround Cao Pi. By then, Cao Pi will also be dead.

But Gongsun Yuan was only using Zhang Wu's power to seize power. He was not sure who would win in the end, Cao Pi or Zhang Wu, so he didn't want to completely tear himself apart with Cao Pi.Under such circumstances, Zhang Wu did not dare to send troops to Liaodong to fight against Cao Wei. He was afraid that Gongsun Yuan would strike back again.

Gongsun Yuan didn't care much when he saw that the Chu army withdrew from Liaodong soon.No matter how powerful you Zhang Wu is, you are far away from me after all; no matter how powerful the navy is, you have to go ashore to hit me, right?I have cavalry in Liaodong, and I am not afraid of you coming.

Cao Pi and Sima Yi didn't dare to bet whether Gongsun Yuan really wanted to join Zhang Wu, because Jizhou was too important to Wei State to be in any danger, and they had to deal with Gongsun Yuan quickly and decisively when Gongsun Yuan's foothold was unstable.

After the news that Sima Yi led the army to conquer, Gongsun Yuan still had a fluke mentality. He didn't want to fight Sima Yi head-on, but just wanted to stick to Liaodong, and after Sima Yi was exhausted, he secretly sent someone to explain to Cao Pi.So he sent generals Bei Yan, Yang Zuo and others to lead their troops to garrison the Liao Tunnel, enclosing the moat for more than [-] miles and surrounding the antlers, which was very tight.

The forward Hu Zun sent a report to Sima Yi. Sima Yi smiled and said: "The enemy does not fight our army. It is because we are tired from a long distance and do not have much food and grass. They want to consume us! I guess most of the enemy's army is here, and their lairs are empty. If we don't give up here and attack Xiangping, the enemy will surely come back to rescue them when they find out, but we will attack them on the way, and we will get all the credit."

So Sima Yi ordered the whole army to march towards Xiangping from the small road.

Liaodong generals Bei Yan and Yang Zuo felt that Sima Yi had come thousands of miles away, and the food and grass would not last, so it would be difficult to last, and the food would be returned.I planned to hold out and wait for Sima Yi to retreat before going after him. Maybe I could capture Sima Yi alive.

Suddenly a scout came to report that Wei Bing went south.

Bei Yan was shocked and said: "It's broken, it's broken! Sima Yi knew that Xiangping had few soldiers and went to sneak attack our old camp. If there is a loss in Xiangping, it will be useless for us to wait here to defend the city, so we should go back and defend the city."

As soon as the Liaodong army returned from the stronghold, Sima Yi had been reported to Ma Yi by scouts.

Sima Yi laughed and said, "Hahahaha, I've caught my trick!"

So Xiahouba and Xiahouwei were ordered to lead an army to lie on the shore of the Liao River, and they followed the plan.

Bei Yan and Yang Zuo led troops to come, suddenly there was a cannon fire, both sides clamored and waved flags, Xiahouba on the left and Xiahouwei on the right, all rushed out together.Bei Yan and Yang Zuo had no intention of fighting, so they fought for the road. During the melee, Xia Houba cut Bei Yan off his horse with a sword, the Liao army was in chaos, and the remnants retreated into Xiangping City.

Sima Yi defeated the main force of the Liaodong Army in the first battle, beheaded the general Bei Yan, and seized countless food and grass. Now he doesn't have to worry about food.

So Sima Yi ordered the city to besieged on all sides, in order to trap Gongsun Yuan to death in turn.

After Gongsun Yuan seized power, he was besieged in the city soon after he was proud. This time he finally realized that he was too arrogant. The 10,000+ Liaodong Army could not defeat the [-] Wei Army.

In fact, the combat power of the Liaodong Army was not so low. The main reason was that Gongsun Yuan had just seized power and had not had time to reorganize the army. Many generals in the army were uncertain about their future and fate, and had no intention of fighting at all.There are still [-] troops in the city, but their morale is low and the soldiers have no fighting spirit. Moreover, among the [-] troops, Gongsun Yuan can control less than [-].

Sima Yi kept besieging the city and refused to leave. It seemed that he was determined to kill Gongsun Yuan.Gongsun Yuan regretted unceasingly. He really shouldn't have been on both sides of the wall at the beginning, but now even if he wanted to sincerely submit to Zhang Wu, it was too late.

It was an autumn rain that lasted for a month, and the water was three feet deep on the flat ground. The Wei army was all in the water, and they were restless.

Gongsun Yuan had another glimmer of hope. If the Wei army could not bear the rain and moved to camp on the mountain, they would not be able to besiege the city on all sides. Maybe they could run out at that time, and they could go to the seaside and take a boat south to join Zhang Wu.

But Sima Yi is a ruthless guy, even if the whole army is soaked in the water, he will not retreat. He just ordered the army and horses outside the south city to retreat for twenty miles, and allowed the soldiers and civilians in the city to come out to cut firewood and graze.

Sima Chen Qun asked: "The Taiwei brought [-] armored troops and came thousands of miles away. He didn't order the city to be attacked, but made the soldiers live in the mud for a long time, and let the thieves and herders live. I really don't know what the Taiwei's plan is?"

The personal relationship between Chen Qun and Sima Yi is very good. Both of them are Cao Pi's closest friends, and they are called "Cao Pi's Four Friends" together with Wu Zhi and Zhu Shuo.Both of them came from top wealthy families, and the Chen family and Sima Yi were also married for generations. Chen Qun was Xun Yu's son-in-law, and Sima Yi was Xun Yu's student.

Sima Yi laughed and said: "Chang Wen is familiar with government affairs, but not good at the art of war! There are many soldiers in Liao today, and we have few soldiers. The thieves have less food, and we have more food, so why attack with force? Let him go on his own, and then take the opportunity to attack. I Now let's open up a road so that the woodcutter and herders can't be cut off, and we can allow them to go their own way."

Sure enough, after a while, the food in Xiangping City was exhausted, so they had to slaughter cattle and horses for food.After a period of time, even the cattle and horses were eaten clean, everyone in the city resented each other, and some people even wanted to kill Gongsun Yuan and surrender the city.

When Gongsun Yuan found out, he was very frightened, and ordered his confidant generals to select 1000 troops. At the second watch of the night, they opened the south gate and fled to the southeast sea.

After traveling less than ten miles, a cannon shot was heard on the mountain, and drums and horns were blasting. The Wei army came out of ambush and shouted: "The rebels must leave!"

Gongsun Yuan was frightened and hurriedly turned his horse to find a way out. Hu Zun's soldiers had arrived and surrounded Gongsun Yuan on all sides. Gongsun Yuan saw that his soldiers were running away and dying. There were only two or three guards left around him, so he had to dismount and surrender.

(End of this chapter)