Chapter 2 Second, see the tricks

To overcome wisdom with ignorance is rebellion; to overcome ignorance with wisdom is obedience; to overcome wisdom with wisdom is machine.There are three ways in it, one is matter, the other is force, and the third is emotion.It is not wise to act on the occasion but unable to respond; it is not virtuous to act on the occasion but unable to control it; it is not brave to act on the occasion of emotion.Those who are good generals will surely win because of the opportunity. Sima Yi slowly read "General Garden" written by Zhuge Liang, and his eyebrows were full of emotion: "Fortunately, the commander-in-chief copied this book before, and I still feel quite enlightened after reading it again. This Zhuge Liang He is truly a genius with both civil and military skills! It is a pity that he lives in a foreign country in vain with a strange weapon in his body! With his honest and meticulous heart, his talent for seeking the country and his loyalty, and his weapon of making generals and ministers, my court How can Qun Chen Sikong be compared with him? If he is a minister of our Great Wei, and he can show his ability as a good general, be kind to the people in the world, support the people, and subdue the eight wildernesses, why should the world worry about injustice? Why worry about chaos in troubled times?"

Before he finished speaking, Master Sima laughed and said, "Even though the commander-in-chief is praising him so much, the boy really can't see what clever strategy he has so far to win by a surprise - the 'stalemate' in Wuzhangyuan, he's afraid I can't take it anymore..." "What do you know? Zhuge Liang is going to plant grain in the west area of ​​Wuzhangyuan and the Weihe River! He really wants to squat down here and play this 'stalemate' with the commander..." Sima Yi raised his hand and turned the desk A secret report on enemy information sent by the side scouts was thrown to Master Sima.

Master Sima opened the secret report, and immediately frowned tightly: "If the Shu bandits continue to garrison troops in this way, my Great Wei Wangshi will no longer be able to sit idly by..." Sima Yi pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Zhao Yan: "Mr. Zhao, in your opinion, what should we do to deal with the Shu invaders at this moment is the best strategy?" "Zhao has been thinking about this question for a long time." Zhao Yan slowly stroked the long beard under his chin, and said in a low voice, "General, do you still remember that when Emperor Taizu Wu fought at Guandu, Zhou Yu, a famous general of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, fought at Guandu?" How did they defeat the enemy during the battle of Chibi and Lu Xun's battle at Yiling?"

After hearing this, Sima Yi nodded his head slowly, his expression seemed to have moved: "Well... what Junshi Zhao said is very true. This commander has realized something!" Sima Zhao looked at Sima Yi's expression from the side, and smiled knowingly. Sima Yi glanced at him, saw the faint smile on Sima Zhao's face, and asked solemnly, "My son, what are you laughing at?" Sima Zhao looked respectful, bowed his head and answered: "I tell my father, my son has also learned something from Zhao Junshi's words, so I can't help but feel happy." Sima Yi slowly combed the gray beard on his chest with his hands, and continued to ask solemnly: "What do you understand? Tell me carefully."

"Baby realizes that the victory and defeat process of the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling mentioned by Army Master Zhao actually embodies the 'three-character formula' of deploying troops!" Sima Zhao answered politely. "Three-character magic formula? What's the 'three-character magic formula'?" Sima Yi's heart moved secretly, but he asked calmly. "This 'three-character formula' is: hold, endure, and wonder! The so-called 'hold' means to 'persevere externally and be prudent internally' when using troops to fight; Forbearance and perseverance"; the so-called "strangeness" refers to aiming at the opportunity to "seek out strange strategies, make strange moves, and make extraordinary achievements"! You see, Cao Cao fought at Guandu, Zhou Yu fought at Chibi, and Lu Xun fought at Yiling , all of them are "be cautious first and then exercise patience, first exercise endurance and then use skill", and finally break the enemy with a single move of "sword swaying"-so, the child subconsciously thought that the father-in-law had personally suffered Zhuge Liang's "women's humiliation" a few days ago Not chaotic, it is practicing this 'three-character formula' step by step..."

After hearing this, Sima Yi stroked his beard on his chest, smiled and said nothing, and looked at Zhao Yan: "Mr. Zhao——you listened to what my son said..." Zhao Yan showed a surprised look on his face, stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Second young master is very intelligent and talented, and his analysis of things is as clear as water. I admire you so much!" Under the bright candlelight, at the corners of the purple sandalwood chessboard, two sterling silver chess bowls are placed quietly, one on the left and the other on the right. Sima Yi picked up a white jade chess piece from the chess bowl on the left, placed it lightly on the center of the rosewood chessboard, tilted his head slightly for a while, and then smiled with satisfaction: "Master, Zhaoer , you two take a look, how does the move of being a father deserve it?"

Master Sima couldn't help but praised: "Father Commander's move is 'one son decides the central government', and he is so powerful that he dominates the crowd!" But Sima Zhao said with a smile: "Father and commander fight each other with both hands, using oneself as an enemy, fighting and winning by oneself. It is really a very rare way of playing!" Sima Yi looked at the chessboard and said seriously: "Isn't this a good way to play? The greatest enemy in every person's life is actually himself. As long as you defeat yourself, you will conquer everything. You can only fight against yourself. The constant confrontation, continuous sharpening, and continuous strength will usher in the day of vigorous prosperity and invincibility in the world!"

Speaking of this, he looked at the eastern sky, as if recalling the scene of watching his father Sima Fang play chess against himself in Xiaojing Village, Wen County, Hanoi, and sighed softly: "Shi'er, Zhao'er, you two don't know Ah, this method of playing chess was taught to my father by your grandfather at the beginning. How wise and proficient your grandfather was! My father learned a lot from him... "Taking the game of chess as an example, your grandfather taught you as your father, 'The way of playing chess is the way of conquest. The game of three feet is the battlefield. Chen gathers soldiers and soldiers, and the two enemies are equal. The cowardly has no merit, and the greedy perishes first. First occupy the four ways, and guard the corners. Leaving the horse's eyes, geese fly again and again. The embankment is not blocked, and the flood is long. If you don't eat, you will suffer from it. Farewell. Obedience to the rules is not solid, it is abrupt. Covering up and down, closing in all directions. Enticing the enemy to go first, often suffocating. Chasing and asking questions, changing phases carefully. Discussing authentically, intertwining phases. Spreading Connecting pavilions, like fire is not extinguished. Supporting and spreading, overflowing from left to right. Counting merits and eliminating each other, so as to end early. Things stay and change, picking up chess and wanting to be sick. Camps are confused and embarrassing, and there is no order to cheat. With deep thinking and far-sighted thinking, victory is inevitable.' Each of these words contains the tricks to build a career and use troops in the army..."

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao couldn't help nodding slightly when they heard Sima Yi's words. Sima Yi said such a long speech in one breath, feeling a little tired, so he stopped to rest for a while.After he took a sip of tea, he suddenly said to Master Sima: "Master, congratulations to you for my father..." "What?" Master Sima was taken aback. "Some time ago, your speech and behavior were so agitated—probably because Hui'er's death deeply stimulated you?" "Father..." Master Sima's heart felt hot, and tears dripped from the corners of his eyes.

"I understand you as a father. As a father, I also know how painful it is to lose the person you love the most! But you need to swallow it all by yourself. As a father, I saw that you can finally come out of that shadow , I'm really happy for you..." "Father..." "In the world, only people with the most affection and nature can achieve the highest and most lofty achievements! Master... I believe that if you put that infinite energy into making contributions, you will have an unlimited future in the future." !" "Boy, thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your explanation." Master Sima wiped away his tears and replied.

After a while of silence, Sima Yi said: "Okay, I'm going to have a serious talk with you tonight as a father." Then, he cast his eyes towards the entrance of the tent.Sima Zhao understood, walked quickly to the tent door, and told the guards: "You go 20 steps away and guard it strictly, don't let anyone come near and disturb you." Then, he returned to his tent and stood awe-inspiring beside Master Sima. Sima Yi sat leaning on the couch covered with tiger skins, looked straight at his two precious sons, and said solemnly: "Master, Zhaoer, tonight, as a father, I want to tell you two things about 'doing great things and making great contributions. , Cheng Daye's original formula... Do you two know that my Sima family has been a noble family of the Yin Dynasty with deep roots and leafy roots since the end of Qin Dynasty? Your Taizu Sima Ang is the first generation of Yin King Only because Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, etc. that he was facing at that time were all powerful enemies, so he quit the field of competition sadly, no longer focused on fighting for the king, but calmed down and managed carefully In this way, our Sima family is a famous family with a long history, and it is definitely not comparable to the generations of rural tyrants like the Cao family and Xiahou family in Peijun! "Moreover, in the family style and family education that our father has received since childhood, we, as a real family, will never base our family on the popular view of 'generations have high-ranking officials from generation to generation', but on the basis of ' From generation to generation, there are talents who are the foundation of the family. Both of you know how brave and mighty my great-grandfather, General Sima Jun, was during his lifetime. Jun) used to be the prefect of Yingchuan, and single-handedly supported the Zhong family, Xun family, Chen family and other famous families in Yingchuan; your grandfather (Sima Fang) was even more wise and unparalleled. He can't help but do things with the utmost courtesy; your two uncles (Sima Hui) are also the crown of Jingchu scholars, and even Zhuge Liang, Pei Qian, Meng Jian and other famous ministers and herdsmen are all from his sect... you Now, with our Sima family's wealth accumulated over the years, plus our own outstanding talents, can't we reach the sky in one step and create even more brilliance?" Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were very excited when they heard this: "Father, don't worry—the child will definitely take advantage of the momentum and make great progress!" "That's good. As a father, I also believe that you will be able to do it--you will definitely be able to carry on and carry forward the great cause of the Sima family in the Yin Kingdom!" Sima Yi stared at the two of them, and then said slowly, "This year is cool. Have you two seen the picture of the 'Spiritual Turtle Profound Stone' gushing out of the Xuanchuan River in Zhouzhou? How do you feel about it?" Sima Shi and Sima Zhao looked at each other.Then, Sima Zhao secretly pushed Master Sima.Only then did Master Sima pluck up his courage, stepped forward and bowed, and said: "Father, if the child speaks out what he feels in his heart, don't laugh at the child's self-importance!" When Sima Yi heard it, he was secretly happy, but there was no change on his face: "Oh? What kind of feeling do you have that you can't say? But it's okay to say it! As a father, I will never laugh!" "Father, to be honest, from the first time I saw the prophecies of the "Spirit Turtle Profound Stone" prophecies, I secretly felt that these prophecies were written about my Sima family in the Yin Kingdom—"Golden horse was born, Fen hoof Lingyun, great auspiciousness brings prosperity, Dianwu will change'. Doesn't this 'Golden Horse' refer to our Sima family? There is also the word 'Dianwu'. Brother Zhao likes to chew on words, but he saw the 'Dianzhe', Si Ye; Wu Zhe, the meaning of Ma Ye'!" Sima Yi's heart skipped a beat—what a powerful Sima Zhao!Sure enough, he is quick thinking and discerning!As soon as he thought of this, he was overjoyed, and turned his gaze to Sima Zhao: "My son, your analysis is wonderful..." Sima Zhao leaned over and said respectfully: "Father, the prophecy on this 'Spiritual Turtle Profound Stone' was indeed fulfilled in our Sima family. My child carefully observed the figure of eight soaring horses on it, It just so happens that the shape of the button of the horse on the 'Yin King's Seal' placed in our ancestral hall is exactly the same..." Sima Yi listened and thought to himself, you are so smart and obedient!How did you know that the picture of "Eight Steeds Flying into the Sky" on the "Spiritual Turtle Stone" was carved by your grandfather Sima Fang in the Jian'an period of the previous dynasty by craftsmen according to the button of the horse in the "Yin King's Seal".The "Spiritual Turtle Profound Stone" was later transported by Sima Fang to the bank of the Xuanchuan River and buried by all means. It has been twenty or thirty years since then!Now holding the ax for his father and holding a heavy army, he ordered Niu Heng to lead people to let it take advantage of the overflow of the river to "come out of the sky and announce the destiny"... But all the inside stories are buried in him forever From the bottom of my heart, I would never tell my son. After he settled his mind, he said calmly: "Zhaoer, what you said coincided with some words of your father-in-law, Lord Wang Su. He also thought that the prophecy of the 'Spiritual Turtle Profound Stone' was born out of nowhere. It shows that the Sima family of Yin State obeys the times and obeys the people, and the destiny is at stake. Therefore, wise and enlightened people like Dong Zhao, Cui Lin, Gao Rou, He Zeng, Fu Gu, etc. have already returned! They even proposed to After my father defeated Zhuge Liang this time, he jointly elected my father to enjoy Jiuxi and be promoted to prime minister...Yesterday Situ Dong Zhao wrote a secret letter to ask about the situation when my father and Zhuge Liang faced the enemy." The two brothers Sima Shi and Sima Zhao looked at each other happily—it seems that the great cause of "emerging from a sudden force, making a late attack, and turning the world around" painstakingly managed by the three generations of the Sima family has finally borne fruitful results today! Sima Yi took out a silk book from the back of the desk, and pushed it in front of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao.The two of them stared at each other, only to see that there were several lines of bold and agile characters on it: From Dong Situ personally: Zhuge Liang has great ambition but doesn't see opportunities, is good at soldiers but has no strategy, is resourceful but seldom decisive, this time he jumped to the west of Liang, even though he raised more than 100,000 soldiers, he fell into my ingenious plan!There is no need to worry about the public, please wait for the good news. ——It turned out that this was Sima Yi's reply letter to Dong Zhao. Sima Zhao looked at it, pondered for a moment, and said, "I don't know what kind of trick you plan to use against Zhuge Liang, father, to win by surprise?" "Zhao'er! The 'three-character magic formula' you summed up today is really incisive! To deal with Zhuge Liang for the father, it is to 'be patient first and then use patience, endure first and then find changes, seek changes and then make surprises'!" Sima Yi slowly He said, "Now that Zhuge Liang has the signs of a change in farming and raising soldiers, as a father, he has to adapt to the situation and win by surprise." "Father Commander wants to rob Zhuge Liang's grain path like he did in Taihe five years ago?" Master Sima asked cautiously. "Well... Master, you have to remember that to deal with a formidable enemy like Zhuge Liang, you can only use new moves to attack him. No matter how clever and powerful the old moves are, you can't reuse them." The experience of fighting and killing was passed on to these two sons, and he did not hesitate to enlighten and teach them with long speeches, "Now the front line of Xiegu Road has been monitored by Zhuge Liang at five steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry. His grain and grass will surely come back against a wall. However, Zhuge Liang’s granary at Wuzhangyuan Dazhai, as a father, I really want to surprise him!" "Sniping the Shu army's granary that is right in front of you? My father's plan is amazing! However, I heard that Zhuge Liang is now most afraid of his father's raiding his grain and grass. He has set up granaries everywhere around Dazhai in Wuzhangyuan: one is located in The bank of the Wei River in the north; one in Jiupan Mountain in the west corner; Then he said it. "This Zhuge Liang is really cunning—he even set up a granary with 'Three Cunning Rabbit Caves', which is much smarter than Yuan Shao's hoarding all the grain and grass in Wuchao..." Sima Zhao said with emotion. Sima Yi walked up in the tent with his hands behind his back, frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "Whether it's his Weihe Riverside granary, Jiupan Mountain granary, or the upper grain granary. One is the main granary that stores the most grain, and the other two are side granaries that are used to deceive people! After all, Shangfanggu, Weihe Riverside, and Jiupan Mountain are separated by two to three hundred miles. Evenly distributing grain seems to be too much work. Therefore, Zhuge Liang will definitely manage these three granaries in different ways, from light to heavy. As long as a father robs his main grain storage warehouse, his military spirit will be destroyed. There will be chaos, how can his team have enough food to survive this year? The soldiers are short of food and rice, and can't eat enough, how can they farm in the Wuzhangyuan area with peace of mind?" "Okay! Immediately after my son goes down, we will send out capable personnel to carefully investigate which of the three major granaries of the Shu Army is the main grain storage warehouse!" Master Sima responded very quickly, and immediately answered the question. On the post road from Xiegu Road to Wuzhangyuan, a group of Shu soldiers led a group of "wooden cows and horses" were walking slowly. Although it is now the beginning of autumn and July, the hot weather has not cooled down at all.Li Jian, the grain transport officer of the Shu army, straddled a bay red horse, took off all but a single sweater, still shaking his head and sticking out his tongue from the heat.He frowns and frowns bitterly, and stares east and west, wishing he could burrow into the shady woods beside the road and never come out again. While fanning the cool wind desperately with a flat helmet, he secretly thought that when Lao Tzu's uncle, Lord Li Yan, was in the post of Shang Shuling, Lao Tzu was an official of the Shaofu Temple, and he was very popular and drank spicy food. What blessings have you not enjoyed?Who would have thought that once Zhuge Liang got rid of his uncle, he would "refine officials and streamline administration" and engage in "open selection and appointment, survival of the fittest", drasticly wiped out a large number of "redundant officials" in his eyes, and planted himself A reason of "living in the eunuch temple for a long time and not being close to common affairs" transferred himself from the "fat job" of Shaofu Temple, and came to the Northern Expedition Army to do the chores of protecting food and supervising transportation!This Zhuge Liang simply doesn't treat us as human beings!Hurried around all day long, we are as exhausted as pigs, dogs and cows!Where is he doing the Northern Expedition of "justice"?It is obvious that they want to toss us to death... Just thinking about it bitterly, Li Jian untied the gourd hanging from his waist, raised his neck, and gulped down a gulp of cold water.But the cold water was quickly steamed by the scorching high temperature into dripping hot sweat, and she drank cleanly!Such a hot ghostly weather, when will there be an end!Such a bumpy road to transport food, when will it come to an end! A burst of "creaking" sound of wheels rolling interrupted Li Jian's thoughts, and the "wooden cows and horses" were moving in an orderly manner.This Zhuge Liang's creation skills are really amazing - the "wooden ox" looks like a live ox in appearance, with a square belly and curved head, one foot and four hooves, and its shape is very stocky.Its belly is where the grain is stored, which is enough to hold six to seven hundred catties of grain, which is enough for ten soldiers to eat for a month.However, the grain pawns who escort the "wooden ox" don't need to pull it hard. They only need to reverse the "cow's tongue" mechanism of the wooden ox, and the wooden ox can move freely like a live cow, and it can be said to be moving like flying. The "Liuma" is also like a real horse. The grain soldier sits on its back, holds the "horse ear" mechanism to grasp the direction, and drives it to pull a grain cart weighing more than 1,000 catties forward. Although Li Jian had a deep prejudice against Zhuge Liang, he had to admire him.If Zhuge Liang hadn't carefully developed this batch of "wooden cows and horses" in the past few years, I don't know how troublesome the logistics supply of grain and grass for the Northern Expedition will be! "Master Li, let's rest in the woods ahead!" A pawn hurried over and said to him, "The weather here is too hot..." Li Jian looked up at the scorching sun and waved his hands: "Okay, okay, okay. Let's take a rest in that woods!" Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly heard shouts of killing from all around.From the woods on both sides, a group of dead soldiers of the Wei army rushed out like wolves, and surrounded themselves and the grain transportation team! Too bad, I was ambushed!Li Jian's heart skipped a beat, and he was so frightened that he rolled off his horse: "Quick! Quickly release the arrow—inform General Cen who is responding in front!" "Reporting to the prime minister, Li Jian, the food supervisor, escorted 100,000 catties of grain, and was robbed by Wei thieves on Xiegukou North Road. General Cen Shu rushed to the rescue and took back more than 90,000 catties of grain. But Li Jian and A few 'wooden cows and horses' were captured by the Wei thief..." After Zhuge watched and listened to the soldier's report, he twitched his eyebrows, sighed deeply, and waved the goose feather fan in his hand to make him retreat. "Prime Minister, Li Jian's temperament has always been vacillating, and his integrity is not firm. Now that he has fallen into Sima Yi's hands, he will definitely rebel." Jiang Wei hurriedly said to Zhuge Liang, "If he leaked to Sima Yi the granaries of our Shu army We are a little passive..." Zhuge Liang glanced at him, his eyes full of consideration: "Then, Boyue, in your opinion, what should we do with the three granaries of Shangfanggu, Jiupanshan, and Weihe Riverside?" Jiang Wei talked eloquently: "My lord, the upper grain granary is the main warehouse for our army's grain storage, and there is the most grain stored there. If Li Jian informs Sima Yi of his rebellion now, the upper grain warehouse will be completely exposed. Therefore, We should quickly distribute the grain and grass there to the north, and stop storing them there too much. Sima Yi will definitely come to rob the grain!" "Boyue! Your thoughts are becoming more and more mature now. I am very relieved to see the truth!" Zhuge Liang showed a satisfied smile on his face. He gently shook the goose feather fan in his hand and said leisurely, " If Sima Yi wants to come to Shangsanggu to rob food, then let him do it! Let’s see the truth, what kind of robbing method does he want to do this time?" "You... you want to let the old thief Sima come to rob food?" Jiang Wei was shocked when he heard this. Zhuge Liang smiled without answering, slowly shaking the goose feather fan, and suddenly asked Taishi Ling Qiaozhou who had been sitting quietly beside him: "Doctor Qiao, according to your method of observing the sky, how long will the weather in Wuzhang Plain be dry?" Qiao Zhou's gaze was as deep as that of the ancient pool, and he quietly cast his eyes on the sun-drenched yellow earth outside the tent door, and slowly replied: "My lord, when Qiao watched the sky on a certain night recently, all I saw were stars competing for glory, and the moonlight was gloomy. This severe drought will last for twenty days..." "Oh? That is to say, the severe drought will not ease until the eighth day of August? Doctor Qiao, you can't make a mistake, right?" Zhuge Liang gently tapped his knee with the goose feather fan held in his right hand, and said very seriously Watching Qiao Zhou. "Your Excellency, Qiao dares to use his official position to guarantee that this statement is true. This year, it didn't even rain on the day of Liqiu, which means that the solar terms in autumn have not been fulfilled; and if the solar terms in autumn have not been fulfilled, then according to astronomical common sense, the whole It’s hard to rain in autumn. If it rains in the next 20 days, it will be a big difference. Qiao will have to accept the punishment and have no regrets.” Qiao Zhou replied decisively. Zhuge Liang himself is proficient in astronomical and climate observations—his calculated conclusions are not much different from those of Qiao Zhou, and he only asked Qiao Zhou for confirmation.Now seeing Qiao Zhou's swearing appearance, he no longer hesitated. So, Zhuge Liang turned around slowly, and solemnly ordered Jiang Wei: "Bo Yue, you will pass on the order for the truth later-from now on, quickly increase the two granaries by the Weihe River and the Jiupan Mountain by eight Thousands of elite soldiers are strictly guarded, and they will openly carry out the mobilization operation with great fanfare..." "Will the upper grain warehouse be deployed to increase its defense?" Jiang Wei couldn't help asking. "There is no need to increase troops for the time being, but we can send a team of chariots and horses to transport grain and move northward." Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, then said slowly after thinking, "The upper valley is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Sima Yi probably won't It’s easy to send troops to touch it..." Jiang Wei was stunned when he heard this, but thought in his heart: Your Excellency, Prime Minister!Since you have publicly sent troops to guard the two granaries by the Weihe River and Jiupan Mountain, the implication to the outside world is that you are preparing to increase troops to protect the grain.As the saying goes, "Increasing grain means increasing soldiers", so Sima Yi can't help but conclude that you will transfer most of the grain stored in the upper grain silo northward to the two big granaries!In this way, he will not care about "the terrain of Shangfang Valley is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack", and he will definitely take risks and do his best to step up the sneak attack on Shangfang Valley's granary!But it seems that you don't really want to go northward from the upper grain distribution, and you don't increase your troops to guard it. Doesn't this completely expose the upper grain warehouse to Sima Yi's eyes?In the event of sudden changes in the future, how will you deal with the aftermath, Mr. Prime Minister?How did you plan it? On this side, Zhuge Liang walked slowly to the curtain of the handsome tent, squinted his eyes and looked sideways at the blue sky that had been burned by the scorching sun without even a trace of white cloud left, and sighed deeply: "If the sky is merciful, please give it to me again." Let me, a big man, give me a helping hand! Truthful life's volunteering and effort have been completely thrown into this one move!" Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Jiang Wei felt inexplicably heavy in his heart for some reason. "Haier personally led people to go deep into the enemy's territory to investigate, and found that the scale of the grain warehouse above is indeed huge. There are more than 90 grain stores inside, and the amount of grain stored should not be less than 500,000 shi. These days, there are six people every day. Seven hundred "wooden cows and flowing horses" pulled four to five thousand shi of grain and grass from the inside and went north to Wuzhang Plain. If you, Commander-in-Chief, were late and delayed for another 20 or 30 days, the grain storage in the upper valley would be even less." Sima Zhao reported to Sima Yi seriously.After hearing this, Sima Yi half-opened and half-closed his eyes, a flash of light flashed in his pupils, and asked suddenly: "Did Zhuge Liang ever increase his troops to guard around the grain warehouse above?" After he asked this sentence, he couldn't help laughing again. , "Forget it! Forget it! This question is too stupid for the commander-in-chief Zhuge Liang must have sent troops to defend!" Sima Zhao looked straight at him, and replied seriously: "No. Zhuge Liang didn't add troops to guard the upper valley." "No? You mean he didn't send troops to defend the upper valley?" Sima Yi's eyes suddenly opened, and the cold light pierced out like a sword, "Are you sure?" "My son saw it with my own eyes. There is no sign of reinforcements in the upper valley." Sima Zhao replied solemnly, "If my son makes a mistake, I am willing to be punished by my father." "Huh? That's strange!" Sima Yi was a little puzzled, "Could it be that Li Jian's informant was wrong? Isn't Shangfang Valley the main warehouse for their Shu army's grain storage?" "General, in Zhao's opinion, Zhuge Liang deliberately placed Shangfanggu in the appearance of being light or heavy, large or small, which happened to prove that he wanted to continue to keep Shangfanggu as his main grain storage warehouse. At this time, Zhao Yan opened his mouth to analyze, "Look, this upper valley is adjacent to Wuzhangyuan in the north and Xiegu Road in the south. He dispatched troops to help, so he did not increase troops to guard around Shangfang Valley. But judging from the current situation, Zhuge Liang has already started to transfer most of the stored grain in Shangfang Valley as a precautionary measure in the near future.” "Mr. Zhao is right. However, we still can't let go of the situation inside and outside Shangfang Valley!" Sima Yi stood up and walked around the tent with his hands behind his back. "Zhaoer, you are still investigating inside and outside Shangfang Valley." Did something strange happen? Don't worry, recall slowly, and don't miss any details." Sima Zhao frowned and thought about it for a long time, then replied: "As far as I can see, there is nothing unusual in Shangfanggu." Sima Yi's thoughts turned darkly, and he asked, "Aside from guarding the grain store, what are those Shu soldiers doing?" "The Shu soldiers seemed to be very afraid of the heat, so they searched for straw sheds and bamboo huts in the valley bottom, and went in to cool off in shifts." "Oh," Sima Yi nodded slightly, and continued to ask, "Then are there any strange facilities and things around the grain warehouse above?" "No, really not. Everything in and out of the upper valley is as usual, and there is nothing unusual." Sima Zhao pondered for a while, raised his eyebrows, and replied, "However, my child saw that Zhuge Liang did something that is really true. It seems a little too cautious. Commander-in-Chief, you never imagined that he would let the soldiers place a row of large wooden barrels filled with cold water around every grain storage in the valley, probably because he was afraid that the weather would dry out in this severe drought. Let’s set fire to the food store! Their wooden barrels are everywhere, there are so many of them!” After hearing this, Sima Yi smiled slightly: "It turns out that Zhuge Liang was also afraid that his granary would be shot down and killed, and he would even burn it and rob it!" "Father commander, we can't just watch Zhuge Liang empty out the granaries in the upper valley step by step!" Sima Shi cupped his hands and came forward to report, "If the Shu bandits rely on these grains and grass, they will try their best to survive this winter and next year. After harvesting the wheat in their fields in the coming spring, they will definitely lay down a foundation here, and they will no longer be afraid of our "delay" tactics. At that time, the forces of the Shu army were close to my elbow and armpit in Guanzhong, and they were in the dark. Long, after a long time, who can stop it! Commander-in-law, please don't hesitate any longer, just wait for the opportunity to attack!" But Sima Yi didn't answer right away, but continued to walk around in the tent with his hands behind his back, "Master, have you ever thought about it, what if Zhuge Liang secretly set a trap in the upper valley? We can't Drill indiscriminately!" "Didn't the commander-in-chief ask just now? Zhuge Liang didn't send troops to defend the Shangfang Valley, and Brother Zhao also said that there is no difference inside and outside the Shangfang Valley!" Master Sima said bluntly, "He just wanted to catch you, Commander-in-Chief" With a "meticulous and complete" mentality, I deliberately played this "empty valley trick" to confuse you. Father, you are too rigorous and prudent, and you don't even catch the prey you put under your nose." When he said this, Hu Zun, Huang Hua, Wei Ping and General Wei also echoed in unison. "Let's do this! This commander doesn't want to make the mistake of waiting for a rabbit and missing a good opportunity." Sima Yi rubbed his hands, pacing up and down in the tent a little anxiously, "Liang Ji, please quietly inform everyone we have placed in the Shu camp immediately." Eyeliner, let them find out what kind of tricks Zhuge Liang is going to play in Shangfanggu this time. Who can find out, this commander will present the great reward given to him by the imperial court as the hereditary Marquis of Guannei!" ... Four days passed, and almost all the eyeliners of the Wei State in the Shu Army sent back reports, and they found almost nothing about Zhuge Liang's plan in the upper valley. This made Sima Yi even more shocked. Could it be that Zhuge Liang wanted to use his always rigorous, prudent and thoughtful character to really play an "empty trick" under his nose?He was sure that the commander-in-chief would not dare to take risks easily, so instead he generously exposed the upper grain main warehouse to his eyes, allowing his Shu soldiers to transport grain from it to come and go freely? Simultaneously, Sima Shi, Hu Zun, Huang Hua, and Wei Ping called for an opportunity to take the initiative to rob Shangfanggu, which seriously disrupted his overall decision-whether or not to seize the opportunity to rob Shangfanggu became his decision. At this moment, a core problem that cannot be avoided or overcome, almost all the soldiers are urging him to make a final decision as soon as possible.The pressure Sima Yi faced this time was so great that it almost surpassed all his previous decisions.This made him in a dilemma - go for robbery, I'm afraid there will be an ambush; don't go for robbery, just watch the enemy swaggering through the market in front of his eyes in vain, how can he hold his face?If someone else took advantage of the issue again and attacked himself for blatantly "raising the bandits for self-respect", what would Cao Rui think?I can't even justify myself! Of course, Sima Yi also considered sending a partial general to rob the upper grain warehouse.But he himself is also very clear that none of the generals under his command is Zhuge Liang's opponent in the art of using troops - if they go forward, they may be thrown into a "fascinated array" by Zhuge Liang again, and they will get deeper and deeper; Occasionally, I will also be saved, not abandoned!However, what if Zhuge Liang sent someone from behind to attack Weinan Camp by himself, what should he do?This also made him feel like a mouse-hunter. After hesitating like this for a few days, Sima Yi finally made a secret decision in his heart, and sent Niu Jin and Wei Ping to lead 20,000 horses to raid the grain warehouse above, while he himself sat in the Weinan camp to respond in the rear.No matter what, you have to go all out and give it a try!