Who is Sima Zhongda? What will he do in the future? What impact will he have on the nine states of the world? Who in the world can know better than Fang Guang?
Sinong, a big Han man, suppressed his malice toward this man and had the urge to hack young Sima Yi to death in Guandu. He carefully observed Sima Bada's Erda.
He didn't expect that Sima Yi was actually very familiar with him.
Seeing Fang Guang coming to investigate under the banner, Sima Yi took the initiative to talk to Fang Guang. His words were all respectful. Compared with the arrogance of ordinary children from aristocratic families, this little Zhongda was really cute and well-behaved.
Even Cao Chun and Cao Xing, two great heroes, liked Sima Yi's generous, gentle and respectful attitude.
Only Fang Guang knew that deep inside this cotton-like softness was a hard and cold core, a dark and twisted soul.
Fang Guang really couldn't find a reason to beat Xiao Sima, so in terms of face, he could only deal with him.
During the conversation between the two, they deliberately avoided military strategy and talked about popular people and the style of Kyushu. Although Sima Yi was young, among the scholars Fang Guang had seen, he seemed to be on par with Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others.
After continuous fierce fighting to the death, both the Yuan and Cao armies felt extremely exhausted.
Gradually, after a few days, the two armies joined forces, and the conflict between infantry and cavalry turned into a long-distance greeting between bows and arrows.
Yuan Shao had many crossbowmen under his command, so fighting like this was quite disadvantageous to Cao's army. During the stalemate, Cheng Yu, who had fallen out of favor recently due to the appearance of Yang Xiu, used the art of approaching through tunnels.
The commander-in-chief of Cao's army was one whose officers and men were dedicated to their lives, had high morale, and would fight to the death without retreating.
Cheng Zhongde's strategy was to avoid the sharp arrows of Yuan's army and use his soldiers to get close to him, seeking a strategy of fighting to the death.
Cao Cao readily agreed to Cheng Yu's plan. Cao Cao's army was strong and they dug several miles of earth overnight. The tunnel was dug right under Yuan Shao's nose.
That night, Xu Chu personally led an assault and captured two strongholds of Yuan's army. Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this. He summoned the generals to discuss matters that night and asked all the troops to dig tunnels, preferably directly under Yuan Benchu's nose.
Cao Ying, today is already the 23rd day of the military crossing stalemate between Yuan and Cao.
Hebei soldiers and horses seem to have found a foothold in Yanzhou. Grain trucks and troops are coming from Yanjin in a steady stream. Listening to the reports from sentinels, Cao Cao knows that if he doesn't pull out the Yuan army's camp here, this battle will probably get worse.
It's hard.
In the camp today, all the generals under Cao Cao were very silent.
Although Cao Cao, Fang Guang and Sima Yi all knew Yuan Shao's fatal weakness, it was just that the stronghold was blocking the front of the army, so it was very difficult to carry out the strategy.
Yuan's army is an elite soldier with high morale. If they do not lose their morale, even if they use clever tactics, they can only damage the foundation of Hebei's army and cannot completely destroy them in one battle.
Without the Dongjun troops, Fang Guang could only wait for the opportunity.
The generals in the tent gradually listened to Cheng Yu's eloquent introduction to the benefits of tunnels.
"The first soldier to rely on is the arrow!"
"You just dig the soil and rush under the enemy's camp. If you go out to fight, you will fight in the fields and trenches!"
"If he still avoids fighting, he will burn the camp with firewood. Within five days, the enemy army in Guandu will be shaken. Otherwise, Jizhou soldiers and horses will come one after another, and the situation will become worse and worse!"
"Datong listens to orders, Yuan Rang listens to orders, Gongze listens to orders, Mancheng listens to orders..."
In Cao's army's large account, the generals were like the contractors of later generations, and they divided and contracted certain areas. Fang Guang also led his troops, including Hubaoqi, Xu Chu, and Dianwei Huben warriors, to allocate an area.
The generals dug soil at night and rested during the day. Within two days, half of the elite troops had been hidden in the tunnels and reached in front of Yuan Jun's camp.
Yuan Shao's camp did not go into battle for several days, as if he did not know how to deal with Cheng Yu's strategy of digging into the ground.
Just when Cao Cao decided to attack with all his troops tomorrow.
However, everyone in Yuan Shao's army, Hebei Civil and Military, was in high spirits, and did not seem to take Cao Jun seriously at all.
Even Chun Yuqiong, who was defeated that day, covered his buttocks that were beaten with military sticks and showed a chrysanthemum-like smile to Guo Tu and Guo Gongze.
Without him, everything Cao Jun did was due to Guo Tu's calculations.
And for today, the wood and rammed earth brought by Yuan Jun from Hebei have also been put to use.
In the tent, I heard Wen Chou talking about how Cao Cao's tunnels had been dug to the front of the camp. All the elite soldiers of Cao Cao's army were hiding in the tunnels. The leader of the Hebei army stood up tall and looked up to the sky with a long smile, looking like a teenager.
"Okay, Meng De, you have always loved scheming people all your life, but you didn't expect that this time, you will do it for me!"
"I dug into the earth, but I was deceived and couldn't shoot my arrows. But under the high wall, not to mention soldiers and horses, even foxes and rats, it's clear from the top!"
"Our tens of thousands of crossbowmen finally have a place to use!"
"Generals, listen to the order. Tonight, we will build the wooden building overnight and kill the enemy tomorrow. I have changed my mind. If I can capture the person who is in front of me, the reward will be more than his head!"
The discomfort that the two of them had when they first met that day has disappeared in Yuan Shao's heart.
I was afraid that Yuan Shao, who was originally laughing, would laugh like a night owl on the land of Guandu. The startled crows flew around the Hebei Army's camp for a full half of the night.
At midnight on the second day, just as the mist dispersed, Cao's soldiers prepared to attack.
The troops suddenly discovered that in the thick fog in front of them, there were hundreds of wooden towers, about ten feet high, standing outside Yuan Jun's stronghold.
The towers are connected by rammed earth walls filled with cloth bags, and at the top of the wooden building is a huge observation deck that can accommodate a dozen crossbowmen for shooting.
Yuan Jun's tens of thousands of crossbowmen were scattered around Dazhai. The sound of the crossbow strings pulling on the earthen and wooden city walls that had been built overnight sounded particularly clear.
On the highest wooden building, Guo Tu, Yuan Shao's counselor, holds a feather fan and wears a high crown, wearing a costume show of top celebrities in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Guo Tu pointed his feather fan forward and spoke slowly to the generals of Cao Jun. His words were full of the pride of a scholar and intellectual.
"Cao Mengde, are you not afraid of being laughed at by the world if you just steal the position of Sikong after being eunuched?"
"This strategy of digging into the ground was defeated by the Mohists in the Spring and Autumn Period. Don't you know? I, Duke Guo, know all the schools of thought, especially the institutions of the Mohist family?"
"My wooden city is standing here today. Let's see how you attack it."
"Where is Fang Guang in Dongjun? Even a yellow turban boy dares to set up a private school. I will let you know today that your knowledge will only make the world laugh!"
Guo Tu was a rare protagonist, his words were eloquent, and he kept changing his body posture. In the village, Yuan Shao, who was looking at the backs of his counselors, kept twirling his beard and nodding with satisfaction.
In Cao's camp, Xu Chu and Dian Wei looked at each other and saw the murderous look in each other's eyes.
Cao Cao and Fang Guang were the two people they respected the most. How could they endure being humiliated by this Hebei man?
Amidst the strange screams, Xiong Zhi jumped up at the same time, brandishing his ax and halberd, and rushed towards Yuan Jun's camp.
On the wooden floor, Guo Tu held a calm posture and slowly raised his hand.
Dozens of bangs were heard almost at the same time, and hundreds of wooden buildings, connected with crossbowmen on rammed earth walls, fired tens of thousands of crossbows.
The overwhelming crossbow arrows blocked the sunshine in Guandu.