MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1200 Sima Yi is here

  Chapter 1200 Sima Yi is here

  Hearing what Cao Shuang said, Ding Mi couldn't help laughing and said:

   "Why should the general worry too much? If Sima Yi really did this, he would be deceiving the emperor and exterminating himself from the court, which would be despised by the world."

  Cao Shuang still hesitated:

   "What I worry about is that Sima Yi has the name of assisting the government. If the war in the southwest is unfavorable, he can lead the army to the south in the name of protecting the emperor. Xuchang is empty at that time. Why should he take it?"

  In the eyes of Cao Shuang, Sima Yi, who stationed heavily in Luoyang, was even more of a threat than the western thieves.

   After all, Xuchang is not bordering on the West Thieves.

  So what Cao Shuang thinks about day and night is Sima Yi in the northwest.

   As the saying goes, a fool who thinks a lot will gain something.

  Ding Mi and the others were startled when they heard Cao Shuang's words.

  They thought about Sima Yi not daring to risk the disgrace of the world, but they didn't think of this level.

  Ding Mi nodded and agreed:

   "What the general said is very reasonable, but we didn't think it through carefully."

   "Over there in Jingzhou, Lu Xun and Feng Yong are both life and death enemies of the Great Wei, and they should not be underestimated."

  He Yan heard it and asked quickly:

   "Then what shall we do?"

   Among the three dogs in Taichung, Ding Mi is the best strategist.

  It's just that he is careless on the outside and jealous on the inside, and has no one in his eyes. Although he is in the same position as He Yan, Deng Yang, etc., he seldom interacts with them, and only tends to Cao Shuang.

  Seeing He Yan's appearance at this time, Ding Mi felt somewhat contemptuous.

  He didn't look directly at He Yan, but after a little thought, he suggested to Cao Shuang:

   "What the general is worried about is that the imperial army will be transferred to the west, and Xuchang will be empty. I am afraid that Sima Yi will have tricks."

   "Now that the Jianghuai war is over, why don't some of the Jianghuai elite troops go west to make up for the lack of forbidden troops?"

   "At the same time, you can send an order to General Wang. If Sun Quan invades again, you should stick to it and not attack at will."

  Deng Yang had a look of praise on his face when he heard this:

   "What Yan Jing said is very true! This Jianghuai war was caused by Wang Yanyun (that is, Wang Ling) greedy for merit, which gave Wu Kou an opportunity."

   "If you can guard Shouchun and other places closely, the thieves will have nothing to do!"

  The Jianghuai soldiers are definitely not enough if they want to go south to attack the thieves.

  But it is more than enough to rely on the cities of Hefei and Lu'an to defend.

  He Yan also understood when he heard this, and said:

   "Exactly. Sun Quan used to commit crimes in winter and spring, so he was afraid of the great Wei Jingqi."

   "It's summer now, and it's time for elite cavalry to play a role. Even if some elite soldiers are mobilized, don't worry too much."

  Ding Mi saw that the two were agreeing with him, so he couldn't help feeling a little proud.

  Unexpectedly, Cao Shuang still had some concerns:

   "Now Jingzhou is in a hurry. If you wait for the soldiers from the Jianghuai River to arrive, you may miss the matter in the west."

  Ding Mi said confidently:

   "This matter is easy to hear. Didn't Sima Yi himself say that he would lead his army across Hebei to defend against thieves? The general can guide him because of his situation, and send envoys with the emperor's edict to praise him."

   "If Sima Yi is true to what he said, why should the general worry about it?"

  When Cao Shuang heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, and then he asked thoughtfully:

   "If Sima Yi is deceiving the emperor, what will happen to us?"

  Ding Mi laughed:

   "If Sima Yi deceived something, the army is still in Luoyang, how can he deceive the envoy?"

   "The general dispatched the elite troops from the Jianghuai River to Xuchang, and ordered them to travel twice as fast. And the imperial army sent to Jingzhou can first order them to slow down, or 20 miles a day, or 30 miles."

   "In this way, the rescue of Jingzhou is delayed for four or five days at most, but it can cover everything."

   "The city of Xiangyang is high and the pond is deep, so if it's four or five days late, it shouldn't be a big problem."

   Cao Shuang sighed after hearing the words:

   "That's a very good statement."

   So it went ahead.

   Just as Wei Guo was dispatching troops and generals, far below the capital city of Shangdang, the offensive and defensive between Han and Wei had entered a fever pitch.

  Gaodu City faces the Taihang Mountains in the south and overlooks the plains in the north.

   With the city as the center, the Wei army set up various docks, large and small, on the surrounding hills, forming a trend of stars holding the moon.

  In the past few months, Wei Yan has sent people to reconnaissance countless times, but he can't find a mountain trail that bypasses Gaodu and can pass the army.

  If you want to attack the city, you must not only face the high capital, but also be careful of the surrounding hills.

  In the past two months, under the cover of stone cannons, the Han army has already filled up the moat of Gaodu City.

  At the same time, the surrounding areas at the foot of the mountain were hit continuously by stone cannons, leaving nothing left.

  The walls of Gaodu City are also fragmented.

  On the second day after Wei Yan launched the siege, the Wei army had no choice but to give up all the flat land in the city and retreat to the stone fort on the mountain.

   Wei Yan's troops were divided into three groups, with wings on both sides to guard against the hills on both sides.

   And in the middle is the main siege force.

   Leaning on the top of the mountain, the Wei army in Gaodu had already prepared countless wooden rolling stones.

  The sharp ox horn pierced through the top of the mountain. On the only remaining city of Gaodu and the top of the connected mountain, countless arrows rushed towards the Han army like a storm with dense sharp-pointed rocks.

   Rocks as hard as refined iron with sharp edges, extremely lethal.

   It even rolled down the mountain, with an astonishing momentum.

  The Han army, who could only attack from their backs, held the shield in their hands in front of the roaring rocks. Whenever they were hit, they were all smashed to pieces.

  Even if you are wearing fine armor, although it can block swords, guns and arrows, it is no different from thin paper in the face of huge kinetic energy.

   Not to mention climbing a mountain, the physical exertion is much greater than running on flat ground.

  Many soldiers only wore light leather armor in order to save energy, and also to make their actions more flexible and avoid wood and rocks in time.

"boom"!

  A general of the Han army who was climbing up looked up twice, then took two steps to the side, trying to find a path free of wood and rolling stones.

   Then he lowered his head and crawled a few steps quickly. When he raised his head and looked up again, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of horror.

   There was a heart-piercing cry from his mouth:

"don't want!"

  The rocks in his pupils were getting bigger and bigger, and he subconsciously raised the shield in his hand, trying to weaken the force of the rush from top to bottom.

   But the power of the individual, in this case, can be almost negligible.

  The moment the shield was smashed, the soldier's arm was also shattered and fractured at the same moment.

   But he couldn't feel the pain anymore.

  Because immediately after, his whole body was crushed by rocks...

  Red, white, covered with mountain grass.

  At the same time, in the woods on the mountain top connected to the archery tower, the bowmen of the Wei army shot long distances in stealth, taking advantage of the high altitude, and kept shooting at the Han army who were trying to avoid the rolling stones.

   The soldiers who attacked the city, even if they were lucky enough to escape the rolling stones, were often shot by the crossbowmen of the Wei army, and they kept screaming and falling down.

  The most unlucky ones are the soldiers of the Han army who have lost their ability to move after being shot by arrows.

  They watched the rocks rolling down from the mountain, trying desperately to avoid them, but they could not move.

  Some of them yelled frantically, trying to vent the fear in their hearts.

  Some of the faces were ashen, and they opened their mouths but could not make a sound.

  …

  But without exception, the final result of welcoming them is the coming of death.

   Rao is that the soldiers of the Han army are brave and good at fighting, but under the shroud of such despair, their morale is still unstoppably low.

   Haven't reached the halfway up the mountain, and the follow-up is already weak.

   Wei Yan, who was holding up the binoculars, saw that the last Qu Chang who rushed to the front was hit on the head by a tree. The soldiers couldn't hold it anymore, and turned around and ran down the mountain.

   He was so angry that he almost dropped the telescope in his hand—if it wasn't for the rare and expensive thing in his hand.

   "Come on, go, bring me the first person who takes the lead in escaping!"

   Wei Yan put down the binoculars, gritted his teeth, "Also, call Wen Shi from the engineering camp!"

  The first soldier who turned around and fled was quickly escorted over.

   "Say! Why run!"

  Wei Yan pulled out the saber he was carrying with a "clang", and asked angrily:

   "Do you know what crime it is to turn around and run away without hearing Mingjin?"

   "General, spare your life, General, spare your life!"

  The soldier lay limp on the ground, kowtowing again and again, "It's not that the villain wants to escape on purpose, the villain will never dare again!"

   "General, the villain's team, out of ten people, only one villain is left, please forgive the villain!"

   Wei Yan didn't listen to the other party's call at all, and cursed angrily:

   "Everyone else died in battle, but you are the only one who is greedy for life, what use are you for!"

   As he spoke, he raised his sword and dropped it.

  The begging of the soldiers stopped abruptly like a duck whose neck was pinched.

  He covered his neck, opened his mouth, and fell to the ground.

  A line of blood lay at the feet of Wen Shi who just arrived.

   "Take this man's head and order it to the army, and let all the soldiers know that if you dare not follow the order!"

   Wei Yan put the sword back into its sheath, and ordered coldly.

  No one next to him dared to make an opinion: "Here!"

   Two guards stood up and dragged the corpse down.

  Wen Shi saw Wei Yan's eyes falling on him, only felt a chill all over his body, and quickly saluted:

   "The last general pays homage to General Hussars. I don't know why General Hussars is calling the villain over."

  Wei Yan did not speak politely to him, but pointed to the top of the mountain and asked:

   "Is there a way for the engineering battalion to smash those ants on the mountain with stone cannons?"

   Wen Shi looked at Wei Yan's fingers, his heart sank slightly, and he answered bravely:

   "General Hussars, it's too far away and too high. The stone cannon doesn't have such a big angle, so it's difficult."

   "Is it okay to move the stone cannon to the foot of the mountain?"

   Wei Yan asked unwillingly.

   Illiteracy!

   Simply illiterate!

  If you change someone else, if you can’t tell the truth, you can call the other party ignorant.

  Do you know what an elevation angle is?

  Do you know what a parabola is?

   Don’t know anything, just know how to command blindly!

  Although Wei Yan's gaze seemed to be eating people, Wen Shi still withstood the pressure:

   "General Hussar, this stone cannon is not omnipotent. If the target is too high, what it needs is not to approach it, but to stay away from it."

   "The distance of the stone cannon is limited. If it is too far away, it will not be able to hit it."

  Wei Yan waved his hand impatiently:

   "I don't understand these things, so I'll ask you, is there any way?"

   "Back to General Hussars, no!"

  Although it was not the first time that he led the engineering battalion to fight with Wei Yan, Wen Shi still felt that it was really too difficult to work under Wei Yan.

  Compared to following Zhongduhu, who can freely display his professionalism, following Wei Yan is simply torture.

  The outer city of Gaodu City has already become ruins. Do you still want to expect the engineering battalion to blow down the mountain?

  Hearing Wen Shi's words, Wei Yan snorted.

  He took a few steps back and forth with great agitation.

  As a veteran in the army, he has an intuition that the reason why the Wei army on the opposite side is so tenacious and sticks to the last high ground must be some reason he doesn't know.

   Or maybe Wei Jun's reinforcements are coming soon?

  As if confirming his thoughts, Wei Chang trotted over in a hurry:

   "Big... Hussar General!"

   Wei Yan stopped and looked at Wei Chang:

   "Why panic?"

  In summer, Wei Chang wore fine armor and was sweating profusely from running.

  But he didn't even have time to wipe his sweat:

   "General Hussars, Sima Yi! Please report carefully, Sima Yi has led the army across the river, and now the forward has arrived at the Tianjing Pass in Taihang Xing!"

   "What did you say? Sima Yi! Are you really Sima Yi? Sima Yi left Luoyang?"

  Wei Yan was taken aback when he heard the words, he took two quick steps, approached Wei Chang, and asked loudly.

   "This is the news that Xi Zuo risked his life to send back. The bandit army who came to help is extremely powerful."

   Wei Chang took a breath and continued:

   "Someone saw Sima's banner in the army, General Hussars, even if it wasn't Sima Yi, we should make preparations as soon as possible."

   Wei Yan clenched the hilt of his sword tightly!

   "Get the map!"

   Soon a personal guard spread out the map.

   Taixing Eight Xings, now there are three most commonly used.

  From west to east, they are Zhiguanxing, Taihangxing and Baixing.

  Zhi Guanxing is connected to Hedong and Hanoi, and Taihangxing and Baixing are connected to Shangdang and Hanoi.

   It is precisely because these three cities are all connected to Hanoi, one of the hinterlands of the Central Plains, that they are still important.

  Even if Gaodu City is captured, it is only the northern starting point of Taihangxing.

  The most important place in Taihang Xing is still in the courtyard. (map at the end of this chapter)

  But for Wei Yan, if Gaodu is not captured, Shangdang will be like a deep nail driven into him by Wei Guo, making him restless.

   Wei Yan hit the map hard with his fist, directly smashing the map through a big hole.

   Only heard him curse:

   "Feng Yongli, you will definitely make mistakes!"

  If it wasn't for this son who transferred the Tongguan defenders and forced himself to send troops to make up for it, resulting in a shortage of troops here, why hasn't Gaodu been captured yet?

   It's just that now, no matter how much you scold him, it's useless. You can only ask him to settle accounts after the war.

   Wei Yan turned his head and ordered:

   "Immediately send out fast horses to inform the soldiers who are coming from Shangdang and tell them to speed up!"

   "Here!"

   "General Hussars, Sima Yi's support speed is too fast, is there a fraud?"

   "If it were someone else, there would be no fraud, but Sima Yi..."

   Wei Yan paused for a while before continuing:

   "It's not surprising, Sima Yi should not be underestimated!"

  "When Meng Da wanted to return to the great Han Dynasty, Sima Yi led the army and traveled 1,200 miles in eight days. Meng Da was terrified, and finally the city was destroyed and died."

  Thinking of the soldiers in hand, and then looking at Gaodu City, which was almost captured.

   Wei Yan gritted his teeth:

   "Send people to Shangdang again, inform Guo Xun, let him recruit more county soldiers, and guard the important places of Shangdang!"

  Shangdang battle map: The first floor is not simple since ancient times.

  (end of this chapter)