Not only do my legs feel weak, but I also need to ride in a four-wheeled vehicle and be pushed around when I go out.

At the same time, my eyes have also become presbyopic.

He raised his eyes to look into the distance, but saw that the other shore was blurry and unclear, so he raised his telescope to look.

But when I saw the Wei army camps on the other side, with high fortresses, deep trenches, and countless deer antlers standing on the other side, I couldn't help but be a little surprised:

"Sima Yicheng is a powerful enemy. With such a tight camp, if we attack it by force, it will probably cost a lot of soldiers' lives."

Wei Yan, who was following, heard this and was rather disapproving:

"When the Wei thieves saw my army arriving for the first time, they didn't even think about attacking me while I was still on a weak footing. Instead, they took such strict precautions early. Is this cowardly?"

"Besides, our army has an engineering camp, and its stone cannons can fire large rocks. As long as we don't stop day and night, why worry about not destroying the camp?"

"I see that the antlers are all made of wood. Just use some oil fire with a stone cannon to destroy them all!"

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he just smiled and said nothing.

Feng Yong had used oil and fire to attack the city ten years ago. How could Sima Yi not understand this?

Just seeing that he dug a lot of trenches, we knew that they were used to isolate fire.

I just looked at it with my telescope and found that the barrier was mostly made of clay. Even if there was wood, the front was coated with wet mud, so I knew it was prepared to prevent fire.

Looking at the endless barracks on the other side, no matter how powerful the stone cannon is, there is no way to destroy all the other barracks!

Even if there is an inexhaustible supply of stones, so what if we can smash all the camps?

The other side just has to move step by step, continue to dig trenches in the rear, build barriers, and so on. Do you want to move to Chang'an City step by step like this?

If you really want to do this, it would be feasible in theory.

But when does it actually have to wait?

Besides, soldiers are in great danger.

If the battle lasts for a long time, the soldiers will be tired of fighting, and they will be far away from their hometown. By then, the morale of the army will be low before they reach Chang'an City.

There is still food and grass. If the battle lasts for a long time, no matter how much food there is in Shu, it cannot support such consumption!

If you really want to fight like this, if it lasts for a long time, and in the end you have to bet that the opponent can't hold on before you do, it's really a bad idea.

Therefore, the stone cannon is indeed a powerful weapon for siege, but in field battles, the most it can do is smash down the obstacles and barriers placed by the thieves in front.

It is too natural to rely on stone cannons to destroy the enemy.

Feng Yong told Zhuge Liang these things, and Zhuge Liang had also deduced them, so he knew them well.

It's just that Wei Yan didn't know. When he saw the Prime Minister was silent, he understood that the Prime Minister disagreed with what he said, and he was secretly unhappy.

The prime minister didn't bother to look at him.

Over the years, Wei Yan has repeatedly said in private that his talents cannot be fully utilized, so he is placed above him by juniors. His complaints are beyond words.

How could the Prime Minister not know these things?

He just pretended not to know.

During the first Northern Expedition, opportunities were fair to everyone.

Wei Yan was still assigned as the forward, while Feng Yong was assigned to transport grain in the rear.

The results of it?

The forwards could not capture Xiangwu, but the grain transporters were able to capture Longguan without hurting anyone.

The vanguard lost many soldiers in Xiangwu, and those who transported grain supported the enemy and solved the crisis of the Northern Expedition.

Who is to blame?

Not to mention the battle at Xiaoguan, could Wei Yan defeat 100,000 Wei thieves?

What a boast!

Therefore, as long as he is the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty for one day, Feng Yong will be the future pillar of the Han Dynasty that he values ​​most.

Regardless of Wei Yan, who looked unhappy, Zhuge Liang just asked people to push the four-wheeled cart back and forth along the west bank of Wugong River to check on the enemy's situation.

The movement on the east bank had already alerted the Wei army, who had been paying close attention here. Sima Yi heard about it and personally brought people over to check.

One person is riding a horse, the other is riding a chariot, a great Sima of the Wei state, and a prime minister of the Han state, meet like this.

The wheel of history, rolling here, seems to have returned to its original track again.

Almost at the same time, sergeants from both sides shouted loudly: "May I ask who is on the other side?"

"Sima Yi, the Great Sima of the Wei Dynasty."

"Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty."

Their eyes seemed to have traveled through the time and space of history, as the Prime Minister and Da Sima looked at each other across the martial arts water.

Dong'an: "I've heard of your name for a long time, and I'm honored to meet you today!"

Xi'an: "You come from a famous family, and you are really magnanimous."

Both sides laughed.

"Gong Jin personally led the army out of Hanzhong. Do you want to cross eastward? Do you want to cross north?"

"You want me to cross east? Do you want me to cross north?"

Laughed again.

In just two sentences, it was already a round of secret confrontation.

"I would like Gongnan to return, what should I do?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to do what you want."

"Then let me see whether Duke is crossing east or north."

"But please wait and see."

After chatting for a few words, it was enough, and the two of them said goodbye.

As soon as he returned to the army, Wei Yan couldn't wait to say:

"Prime Minister, when we were at the water's edge, Sima Yi asked the Prime Minister whether to cross eastward or northward. It seems that he probably knew what the Prime Minister meant. Why don't we let the last general go north across the Wei River first and occupy the high ground on the north bank?"

"If not, it will be very difficult for Wei Thief to react!"

Zhuge Liang was about to agree, but after thinking about it, he nodded and said:

"That's all right, I'll give you ten thousand people, and we'll cross the Wei River north immediately tomorrow."

Wei Yan was overjoyed: "Here!"

At the same time, after Sima Yi returned to the army, he said to his left and right:

"Tomorrow the Shu captives are afraid that they will cross the Wei River north and occupy the northern plateau to defeat the Qian County army!"

Zuo Zuo asked: "Zhuge Liang went to the east bank of Wugong River today to investigate the military situation. Isn't this preparing for the eastward crossing of Wugong River? Why did Da Sima say that he wanted to cross the Wei River north?"

Sima Yi laughed:

"What is said is that what is true is false and what is true is false. If he really wanted to cross the Wugong River eastward, he would not have gone to Wuzhangyuan. If he went to Wuzhangyuan, he wanted to cross the Wei River and climb to the North Plateau to cut off the east and west!"

They only waited until the second day when they saw a Han army beginning to cross the Weishui River northward and heading towards the highlands on the north bank of the Weishui River.

So all the generals in the Wei Dynasty obeyed the great Sima for his foresight.

At this time, Du Xi, who had been sent out by Sima Yi a few days ago, looked at the Han army below Beiyuan and laughed:

"Da Sima has already expected that you will come, and has asked me to wait here for a long time!"

Wei Yan was shocked when he heard that the sentinel said there were Wei thieves in the North Plains. He rushed to the front of the army to check, and saw numerous figures on the North Plains and high fortifications.

He couldn't help but stamp his feet angrily:

"It's too late again! If we had come here earlier, why would we be like this?"

After some testing and finding that it was indeed difficult to capture, Wei Yan had to send people back to Weinan to explain the situation to Zhuge Liang and request more reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang rejected his request and even ordered him to lead his army back directly.

Wei Yan received the order, but reluctantly led his army back to Weinan.

After he returned to the army, he went to the commander's camp to ask for an audience.

"Prime Minister, when we came here this time, we were unable to cross the water in time, and our attack was not decisive. This is a taboo in the art of war, Prime Minister! If there is any disharmony, it will be too late to regret it!"

Zhuge Liang, who was looking down at military documents, raised his head and asked slowly:
Chapter completed!