"Isn't it possible? Is it not possible? Does the Liu family really want Sanxing?"

Sima Yi naturally did not dare to say these words in his heart.

But as the commander-in-chief, seeing how crazy the Han army was, some of his thoughts could no longer be contained, growing like wild grass in spring.

The Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu fought endless conquests, and the soldiers were elite and tenacious in battle, which can still be praised.

Not to mention Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, even the soldiers who traveled thousands of miles to defend the Western Regions also acted like "when they were exhausted and poor, they boiled their armored crossbows and ate their sinews and hides."

This means that in the face of the siege of the Huns, the Han army trapped in Guancheng would rather boil and eat the strings made of animal sinews and the leather worn on their crossbows than to hold on.

It is precisely because of the soldiers of the Early Han Dynasty who achieved such feats that they created the illustrious martial arts of the Early Han Dynasty.

Sima Yi, who has been an official since Cao Cao's time, has seen countless military formations over the years.

But there are very few armies that have the legacy of the elite soldiers of the former Han Dynasty.

Because in the Later Han Dynasty, especially in the middle and late Later Han Dynasty, the composition of the soldiers in the army was greatly different from that in the Early Han Dynasty.

The elite soldiers of the former Han Dynasty were composed of truly good men.

In the middle and late Han Dynasty, the so-called good family members were not necessarily good family members. They were more likely to be libertines who were engaged in green trade.

Not to mention that even if there were nominally good family members, they were already very few in the army of the Later Han Dynasty.

Most of them are composed of "lazy children of merchants" and "stupid people from the countryside".

Although there is a multiplication system, it does not talk about military formations. It is not concise, and it hopes to watch the enemy. It does not live up to the name and reality, and it is difficult to prepare for emergencies.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it was hard to find even a good family son in name.

Cao Cao was indeed good at using his troops, but judging from the repeated massacres of cities, the establishment of many military lieutenant colonels to supervise the army, and the use of harsh laws and severe punishments to force his soldiers, some aspects of the army may not be satisfactory.

For example, as soon as Cao Cao died, the Qingzhou army immediately beat drums in public, swaggered through the streets, and led him away, without even paying attention to Cao Pi.

The difference in military discipline is evident.

Sima Yi has been on the battlefield for decades, and he has never seen an army of soldiers who sacrifice their lives and fight to the death without retreating.

But those soldiers are all the soldiers whom the coach treats most favorably.

It is rare for the whole army to be uniform like this.

What Sima Yi cares about most is:

Among the generals of the Han army, Wang Ping did not have much sense of existence at all, and he could even be said to be unknown.

It is even more rare that the soldiers under his command are so elite.

It's just obvious that regardless of the final outcome of this battle with Otaniguchi, he will become famous.

Seeing that it was the last piece of high ground that was on the verge of collapse, Sima Yi let out a breath:

"Tell them to move back."

With the sound of gold ringing, the Wei troops on the front line retreated from the high ground in embarrassment once again, as if they had heard the fairy music.

"Tai Tuo, please ask me to personally lead the elite troops to defeat this thief for the army!"

The generals around Sima Yi were unwilling to fight and asked for a fight one after another.

It was obvious that the Western thieves seemed to be able to break through the formation with the last charge, but they were forced to rush up again and again, and then retreat again and again.

Many people are already filled with anger.

"It can definitely be broken, but it's not certain when it will be broken."

Sima Yi stared at the Han army flag still flying, expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking:

"The defensive strength of the thieves is much higher than that of the past few days. If we can repel the thieves on the hills on both sides of the valley entrance, it is because they did not have time to prepare."

"Then I suspect that the reason why we were able to break through the traitor's outer camp so quickly was because the opposite general did it intentionally."

Hearing what the Taifu said, the generals of the Wei army couldn't help but look at each other.

Someone had the courage to remind:

"Taifu, it took a lot of effort for the soldiers to attack the bandits' camp..."

"How does that compare to what's happening right now?"

Sima Yi raised his finger and pointed in the direction of Wang Ping, "If the rebel army had been so tightly defended from the beginning, could you have attacked so quickly?"

The generals were a little stunned.

After a while, someone asked cautiously:

"Then what Taifu means is..."

"The thief is showing weakness and wants to drag us here!"

Sima Yi said word by word, "They are stalling for Jinyang City!"

Having said this, Sima Yi's face became a little gloomy:

"We don't have much time left."

"But Taifu," the people below still couldn't believe it, "if this is really the case, then wouldn't this army of thieves have the intention of sharing their fate with each other from the very beginning?"

is it possible?

Sima Yi shook his head:

"You don't need the entire army, just the general and the generals below are enough."

As for those soldiers, with the commander making up his mind and the general taking the lead, do they still have a chance to escape in the current crisis?

After Sima Yi finished speaking, his face became more and more gloomy.

When he broke through the Huguan easily and joined the Shangdang, and people from all over the country fell in love with him, and the situation was great, even he, unintentionally, developed a feeling of contempt that he shouldn't have.

This person, Wang Ping, is most likely an important figure specially arranged by Feng Yong in Bingzhou.

Sima Yi took a deep breath:

"Leave three thousand people and keep an eye on them. The rest, follow me around and attack Jinyang!"

"But Taifu, with three thousand people, I'm afraid I can't watch them."

"I have observed that there are no more than 2,000 Han soldiers capable of fighting today, and many of them are injured."

Sima Yi turned his head and looked at the generals with bright eyes:

"There is no need to surround them, as long as they do not affect the army and continue to move forward."

Here at Dagukou, a lot of water flows out of the mountains. Wang Ping naturally chose a place to set up camp to ensure the convenience of getting water.

If we want to completely surround this Han army and force them to be unable to fight anymore, it will take at least three to five days.

But after Sima Yi had an insight into Wang Ping's plan, he immediately understood:

Time is running out!

Based on Feng Mingwen's past combat style and Sima Yi's own lessons learned from the Han army's cavalry.

He was certain that the Han army was definitely going to take advantage of the cavalry to come for reinforcements.

The journey from Chang'an to Taiyuan is no less than fifteen hundred miles.

In addition, the transmission of battle reports also takes a certain amount of time.

But the time left to himself should not exceed half a month at most - Sima Yi believed that Feng Yong had this ability.

Because Sima Yi himself had done something like traveling 1,200 miles in eight days.

Use yourself to judge others, expect the enemy to be lenient, and half a month is the most limited time Sima Yi has left for himself.

For him, this Han army has already consumed too much of his time.

After thinking about this, Sima Yi made a decisive decision and immediately gave up his plan to continue to entangle with Wang Ping here.

"Now, immediately, send out scouts to find out about Jinyang City!"

"Here!"

ps:

It's snowing in the northwest, and it's heavy snow. There's wind and snow all over the sky, but I don't feel cold at all.

It is said that if you drink ice for ten years, it will be difficult to cool your hot blood.

I have struggled on this land for more than ten years?

But looking at the pot of porridge that was about to burn the lake, my heart felt very cold, very cold.

I really want to cry.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't be like this, but I broke my guard.

Because there are too many things going on during this period, I am physically and mentally exhausted, so please forgive me, readers.
Chapter completed!