The ninth and thirtieth chapters can not take care of the two
Sima Yi racked his brains, but he couldn't figure out what "gunpowder" is. (You can find it)
This kind of thing that transcends the times has completely exceeded the thinking ability of Sima Yi and these ministers of Jin State.
Not only Sima Yi, but who in the world could have imagined that a mere powder could burst out with such great power, even the Huguan city wall that was broken by a huge rock could be broken.
The ministers of Jin State were completely in panic and confused.
The fall of Huguan means that the Chu army could easily enter the Bingzhou Basin by crossing Shangdang's natural danger, and more than 100,000 troops could easily fight to Jinyang.
If Sima Yiyu blocked the Chu army, he would have to divide his troops. How could his current troops be able to block Yan Liang's absolute superior troops after losing the Shangdang's dangerous situation?
Furthermore, if you divide the troops and Jie Xiu's troops have less force, the pressure on the enemy south will be doubled.
In this way, Sima Yi was at risk of losing both ends and losing in both sides in a comprehensive way.
But if we don’t divide the troops to rescue them, can we still watch the Chu army enter Taiyuan County and surround Jinyang?
If this is true, the entire Jin State will be not far from being completely collapsed, and there is no need to fight this battle. Sima Yi will undoubtedly be defeated.
No, you must not let Yan Liang enter the plains, and the soldiers besiege Jinyang, you must not!
But how can we block the Chu thief?
Sima Yi's face was as gloomy as iron, his expression was unstable, and he lost his composure for a moment and didn't know how to deal with it.
"So what if Yan thief breaks through Huguan? Someone can take action to block Yan thief south of Jinyang." At the bottom of the steps, one person stood up and said with a sigh.
Sima Yi glanced up and saw the man who spoke loudly. It was King Ke Bineng of Wei.
At this time, Jia Kui's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Taihang Mountain is dangerous and the cavalry is useless. The Chu thieves approaching Jinyang's army must be mostly infantry. If the King of Wei can lead his Xianbei cavalry to go, they may not be able to repel the Chu army."
"Prime Minister Jia said it very well. This is exactly what I mean." Ke Bi Neng said confidently.
The words of these two people cheered Sima Yi up, and he suddenly seemed to see a glimmer of hope.
If he faced the enemy head-on, the State of Chu would not only have many soldiers and generals, but also have the number of cavalry to be above his Jin army.
However, the enemy approaching Shangdang did not have many cavalry due to terrain.
If Ke Bi could use his troops properly, it would not be unimaginable that he would defeat the Chu infantry ten times with ten thousand cavalry.
To take a step back, even if Ke Bi can repel the Chu army, he can still use the power of the cavalry to constantly harasse the Chu army, making it unable to advance smoothly.
As long as Ke Bi can delay the Chu army for a month, it will rain heavily when the Taihang passes are not smooth, even if Yan Liang takes down Huguan, he will have to withdraw his troops the same way.
After weighing the pros and cons, Sima Yi felt that this was the case the more he thought about it. His gloomy face gradually reappeared calmness and confidence.
"That's all that is the case now." Sima Yi breathed a long sigh, but said solemnly: "Although the Chu army only has infantry, the Yan bandits have many tricks. My dear, you must be careful and never attack rashly, so as not to fall into his ambush."
After a pause, Sima Yi reminded again: "Also, there is a Yuanrong crossbow in the Chu army, which can shoot ten arrows in a row in an instant, which is extremely powerful and is a powerful weapon to restrain the cavalry. My dear must be careful."
Sima Yi was deeply afraid of Yan Liang. He analyzed Yan Liang's military methods and the equipment of the Chu army very thoroughly. At this time, he learned everything he knew and taught Ke Bi's strategy of perfection.
Although Ke Bineng was confident, he was not as confident as he could despise Yan Liang. He listened carefully to Sima Yi's reminder and kept it firmly in his heart.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have kept your Majesty's advice in mind. That Yan thief should not take advantage of it." Ke Bi Neng said solemnly.
Sima Yi was relieved and ordered him to bring the imperial wine. He poured a glass of it in person to serve Kebineng.
"My dear, I will leave all the safety of my great Jin State to you this time. I wish you the best of this wine to you. I wish you a success." Sima Yi raised his glass to honor each other.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will ask Yan Liang to taste the power of my Xianbei Iron Cavalry." Ke Bi Neng said proudly and raised his glass and drank it all.
After drinking a glass of wine, Ke Bi Neng took the command arrow and immediately led 10,000 Xianbei light cavalry to leave Jiexiu, heading north on a starry night, and rushed to Jinyang.
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A hundred miles away, twenty miles south of Yangyi City.
"Your Majesty, Yangyi City is twenty miles ahead. The scout has discovered that only the Jin general Wang Ji in the city, leading five thousand troops to guard it."
Yan Liang was excited when he heard this information and said, "The whole army accelerates its advance. It is necessary to take down Yangyi City for me before the reinforcements of the Jin army arrive."
Yangyi is the farthest city in the southeast of Taiyuan County and the last barrier in the southeast of Jinyang City. As long as you take this city, Yan Liang will lead his army into the Bingzhong Basin, and more than 100,000 troops will directly take Jinyang City.
"Your Majesty, Sima Yi is a cunning person. I think he will not easily allow us to invade Jinyang." Xu Shu, who was walking with his horse, said worriedly.
Yan Liang could hear that he had something in his words, so he asked, "Why do Yuan Zhi have any worries? Just say it straight."
Xu Shu did not beat around the bush and said bluntly: "If Sima Yi only divided his troops eastward, he would have to end up being unable to take care of both ends and collapsed completely between the east and west routes. Then Sima Yi was extremely cunning. I guess he would not have made such a bad move."
"Well, Yuan Zhiyi is reasonable. Sima Yi has many tricks. We can despise him strategically, but we should not despise him tactically." Yan Liang nodded slightly, "With Yuan Zhi's opinion, how will Sima Yi deal with it?"
"This time our army crossed the Taihang Mountains and rushed to Jinyang, all the troops were infantry. Not only were there few cavalry, but they didn't even bring many crossbows. I think Sima Yi would be able to see the shortcomings of our army, and most of them would send cavalry to stop us."
Xu Shu expressed his speculation, and his speculation was immediately recognized by Yan Liang.
Yan Liang's sword eyebrows were slightly condensed and nodded, "My ** million troops are all infantry. If Sima Yi really sent cavalry to come, it would be really difficult."
"I think our army should rest for a few days, and wait for the rear army generals, the crossbows, and the light cavalry to cross the mountain road and arrive at the front line, and then advance northward. What's the fear of the Jin army's cavalry at that time?" Xu Shu suggested.
"No!" Yan Liang shook his head and denied it on the spot, "The rain is getting more and more, and it will take less than a month to go. The Taihang Mountains will be muddy and difficult to move around. Our army's food and grass supply cannot keep up. Even if there are crossbows and light cavalry, it will be useless. You must enter the central basin within one month to support the war."
The sentence of using war to raise the war shocked Xu Shu's body. His eyes moved slightly, and he understood Yan Liang's intention.
Sima Yi wanted to delay the war, but Yan Liang refused to withdraw his troops, so he had to enter the Bingzhong Basin as soon as possible and collect food and grass from Taiyuan County for the purpose of solving the military fog on the spot.
Only in this way can we ensure that the army can still complete the siege of Jinyang when logistics supply is not smooth.
"Your Majesty is very much, but in this way, our army has neither crossbow nor light cavalry. It is probably not easy to defeat the Jin cavalry." Xu Shu said worriedly.
Yan Liang pondered for a moment, but a strange smile flashed in his eyes, "Hmph, if Sima Yi really dares to send cavalry, I will let him never come back!"
Yan Liang's confidence boosted Xu Shu's spirit, but he could not guess what trick Yan Liang had to defeat the cavalry of Jin without a weapon to defeat the enemy.
Yan Liang did not explain much and ordered the army to continue advancing north.
At dusk, the scouts came to reward. The development of the facts was indeed as Xu Shu guessed. Sima Yi really sent Ke Bi Neng to lead 10,000 cavalry to stop them.
The Xianbei cavalry ran all the way, advanced to Yangyi first, and left the city and came to the camp, forming a horn with the Jin army in the city.
Upon learning about the arrival of the Xianbei cavalry, the generals of the Chu army suggested that they could wait for the subsequent crossbows and light cavalry to arrive before fighting with the enemy.
This is not because the generals were afraid of the Xianbei people, but because they were all famous generals who were proficient in military tactics. Of course, they would not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and advancing at this time.
However, Yan Liang did not accept their opinions, but ordered the three armies to eat their fill. The next morning, he would raise all the troops to continue advancing towards Yangyi City.
"This Yan thief, even though he saw that my king's iron cavalry came, he still dared to continue attacking. He was really overestimating his ability." In the military tent, Ke Bineng's words were full of ridicule.
"Yan's thief uses his troops to be deceitful. If he dares to continue attacking, he will definitely rely on it. We should be careful." Wang Ji reminded.
Of course, Ke Bi Neng could not forget Sima Yi's reminder, so he sent several teams of scouts to investigate the situation of the Chu army.
The information sent back by the scout was that there were neither a large number of crossbows in the Chu army, nor cavalry to protect the flanks. The **10,000 people came here entirely because of the advantage of large numbers.
"What a thief, you think you have too many people and dare to underestimate my cavalry. Humph, this time, I will make you pay a heavy price for your confidence."
Ke Bineng made a great passion and immediately ordered all 10,000 cavalry to fight the Chu army to the death.
The king basically wanted to persuade him, but after hearing that there were no crossbows in the Chu army and no cavalry had lost their protection flanks, he didn't know where to start.
He was well versed in military tactics and knew that such a situation in the enemy was a great opportunity to defeat him with cavalry.
"Your Highness can go to battle, but be careful. Don't be caught in Yan's plan to lure the enemy. If he is defeated, just pursue it slightly. Never pursue it too far." Wang Ji was worried that Yan Liang had an ambush plan, so he persuaded Ke Bineng like this before leaving.
"Don't worry, General Wang, Your Majesty has already explained what you said. I will never be fooled by him."
After Ke Bineng said this, Wang Ji was relieved, so he hurried back to Yangyi City and climbed to the top of the city to watch the battle between cavalry and infantry.
In the afternoon, the 80,000 Chu army, like a black tide, swept the fields and approached Yeyi City.
Ke Bineng carried the mace in his hand, proudly behind him, behind him, ten thousand Xianbei cavalry, like the Great Wall of Steel, stood behind him.
Looking at the Chu army slowly approaching and weak flanking defense, a cold smile appeared on Ke Bineng's hideous face.