The Supreme Call of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 433
If it is said that Sima Yi suffered a complete loss in the first fight with Ma Chao due to the rapid surprise attack of Xiliang Jingqi; then the fight with Li Jing was completely caused by Sima Yi's carelessness, and it is really no wonder to others.

Sima Yi didn't take the fledgling Li Jing seriously at all. Instead of sending troops to advance for defense, he deployed the defense carelessly. Even the soldiers were very sparse. If he encountered an ordinary general, it wouldn't be a big problem. With Yang Jiye Sitting with Wu Yunzhao is enough to block the charge of any powerful general; but Sima Yi has no idea that the commander in chief on the opposite side is actually a famous general who is rarely seen in thousands of years. If you don't know yourself and the enemy, how can you not lose the battle?

In a big battle, Sima Yi was defeated and lost nearly [-] people. Not to mention taking Wuling County, in front of Li Jing and Ma Chao, it is not easy to guarantee a complete retreat.

Sima Yi did not dare to fight anymore and led his army to retreat thirty miles away again, waiting for Cao Cao's arrival.

Before Cao Cao arrived at Wuling City, the situation in Lingling County to the south changed drastically.

Pang De led more than [-] cavalry and marched all the way to Lingling County, and launched an attack on Lingling City.

The guard in the city didn't know the reality of the Xiliang Army, so he went straight to the battle, but unexpectedly encountered a murderous demon king. This Pang De Pang Lingming's martial arts was really not inferior to any famous general at the time, and he was extremely brave!

In just one stick of incense time, three generals of Lingling City were beheaded, and more than 1000 defenders who left the city were defeated by Pang Lingming in one fell swoop and fled in all directions.

Pang De, who had won a great victory, did not give the defenders a chance to close the gate at all. He directly led an elite force into Lingling City, beheaded Xu Ji, the prefect of Lingling, and occupied Lingling City.

After this battle, Li Shimin's army echoed each other from the south to the north. With Lingling and Wuling as the foundation, they established a firm foothold. It would not be so easy to drive Li Shimin out.

Sima Yi did not have the army to wait for Cao Cao, but he waited for Li Shimin's third army.

Ma Chao suffered a defeat in Wuling, and the news naturally reached Li Shimin's ears very quickly. Li Jing's 3 troops, plus Ma Chao's more than [-] troops, were only more than [-] people. Some were lacking in strength, and now that Ma Chao was defeated and lost a large number of fine cavalry, the strength of the troops was even more insufficient.

How can Li Shimin rest assured that even now that Li Jing is in Wuling City, Li Shimin still sent Leng Bao to lead five thousand elite soldiers to Wuling City.

Coupled with the strength of Li Jing and Ma Chao, the strength of the Wuling Chengchuan Army has far surpassed Sima Yi's Cao Army, and the offensive and defensive changes, Sima Yi's more than 1 troops have fallen into a huge predicament.

"Military Master, why is there no news of the lord's reinforcements?"

Yang Jiye came to Sima Yi and asked worriedly.

Sima Yi shook his head. He had already dispatched three waves of cavalry. According to the schedule, the lord's reinforcements should have arrived long ago. What is the reason that the lord has not heard from him at all...

When Sima Yi was depressed, a fast horse came galloping from afar!

"Report! Report!"

The cavalry arrived in front of Sima Yi in the blink of an eye, cupped their hands and said, "I have seen the military advisor, my lord has already received a letter from the military advisor, but now my lord is at the most critical moment of besieging Changsha, and I can't escape for a while, the special military advisor and the two generals are temporarily leading The army withdrew into Jiangxia and Xiangyang to protect the safety of the rear, and at the same time ordered Zhang Liao and Xu Chu to lead [-] cavalry from Nanyang into Xiangyang, press on the police, cut off the back of the Sichuan army, and wait for the lord to take Changsha before making any calculations!"

Sima Yi frowned slightly and asked: "My lord has been attacking Changsha for some time, how come you haven't captured Changsha yet?"

The cavalry quickly replied: "Master, my lord has already besieged Changsha and trapped Liu Bei in Changsha city. It was not difficult to break through Changsha city, but my lord wanted to surrender Liu Bei and forced Liu Bei to surrender, so I didn't launch a strong attack just now."

Sima Yi said indifferently: "I understand what my lord means, but now that my lord and Liu Bei are in the same situation, it's not that easy to get Liu Bei to surrender, not to mention that Liu Bei still holds Jiaozhou in his hands..."

The cavalryman quickly said: "That's true. Liu Bei has rejected the Lord's proposal three times in a row. He refused to surrender and planned to burn everything. The Lord ordered me to come and ask the military adviser for advice."

Sima Yi pondered for a moment, and then replied: "My lord, Liu Bei has always been proud of being a clan member of the Han family, and it is his duty to help the Han family. If the lord wants to make him a retainer, Liu Bei will naturally not surrender, but if the lord is in the name of the emperor , solicit Liu Bei, and ask Liu Bei to return to Xudu to accompany the emperor, presumably in a desperate situation, Liu Bei cannot refuse..."

The cavalryman was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Military Master, the villain is clumsy, please send me a letter so that I can reply to the lord!"

Sima Yi drafted a letter and handed it to the courier, who then left.

Sima Yi turned around, looked at Yang Jiye and Wu Yunzhao, and said in a deep voice: "The order is passed on, General Wu will lead [-] troops to retreat to Jiangxia to prevent Xuzhou troops from the east from attacking Jiangxia, and guard our east gate; General Yang will follow me back to Xiangyang , and General Zhang Liao formed a pincer attack on Li Shimin, forcing Li Shimin to retreat!"

Yang Jiye said in astonishment: "Military Master, do we just give up on Wuling City?"

Sima Yi said unhappily: "So what if we don't give up? Now we only have more than 1 troops, and Ma Chao's thousands of fine cavalry are already not weak. Now there is a more powerful Li Jing who wants to storm Wuling City. Impossible, the lord will not return to the army in a short time, and if time goes on, we may even be wiped out outside Wuling City, 36 strategies, the best strategy is to go, instead of attacking Wuling, it is better to retreat into Xiangyang and attack Li Shimin!"

Sima Yi's head is not slow, Li Shimin has not many troops now, if Zhang Liao and Le Jin come up quickly, [-] to [-] troops will besiege the police or Yiling, Li Shimin will never be able to support it!
Sima Yi gave an order, and the army was divided into two, retreated in the northeast and northwest directions, and stationed its troops in the Xiangyang and Jiangxia areas. Wu Yunzhao was in front, Yang Jiye was behind, and the front was pointed at Li Shimin in the direction of Yiling.

After defeating Sima Yi and occupying Wuling and Lingling, Li Shimin's Sichuan army has established a firm foothold in the west of Jingxiang. As a general, Li Jing set his sights on other states and counties, Changsha, or Xiangyang, and wanted to truly reach the east. Going out of the two Sichuans and competing for the Central Plains, Lingling and Wuling are not enough, Xiangyang and Changsha are the most important, especially Xiangyang, going north can attack the Central Plains, and going east can attack Jiangnan, where the military strategists must fight!
(End of this chapter)