Sima Yi shook his head:

"Since Thief Feng has led the army south, his intention has been revealed. If Qiaoshan is unprepared, he will succeed at all costs. Now that Qiaoshan is prepared, why worry?"

"No matter what, our main enemy is the 100,000-strong army led by Zhuge Liang on the other side. As long as Zhuge Liang is not given an opportunity to take advantage of it, the Feng thief in the north will be like a rootless duck with no worries."

Zhuge Liang's army to invade Guanzhong this time should be fifty to sixty thousand strong.

Coupled with the auxiliary soldiers and civilians, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a hundred thousand people.

Ever since Zhuge Liang went west to Wuzhangyuan, he had been setting up his camp in a leisurely manner.

After setting up camp, they have been cutting down bamboo trees recently, seemingly to build water crossing equipment.

At the same time, news came that the Shu captives were planning to recruit local refugees to reclaim wasteland.

In Sima Yi's opinion, Zhuge Liang was making a double plan:

First, if Thief Feng succeeds, he will definitely take the opportunity to cross the water and have a decisive battle with himself.

Second, if Feng thief fails, he plans to camp on the other side and face a long-term confrontation with himself.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi couldn't help but sigh:

"I think the Ge thieves are very determined to seize Guanzhong! It is better to be cautious."

At this time, someone below was heard saying:

"Da...Da Sima, you have to say that if you defend for a long time, you will lose. In the previous battle, I...our army was on guard because we didn't know where Thief Feng came from."

"Now that the Feng thief has appeared, the Shu captives' intentions are all clear. They have fewer troops than the Wei Dynasty, but they advance in three directions. This is really a taboo among military strategists."

As soon as he said this, Sima Yi couldn't help but look at the source of the sound and said "Hey".

It turned out that the speaker was none other than Deng Ai, who was standing in the corner.

When Deng Ai saw Da Sima paying attention to him, he became excited and his stuttering became more serious:

"Shu...Shu...Shu captives look like they are taking the initiative this time, but in fact, none of the three parties can communicate with each other and they are fighting on their own."

"And we, the Wei Dynasty, not only have more soldiers than them, but we can also help each other in time. This is a great disadvantage to the enemy, but it is also a great advantage to us."

After saying so much, he finally took a breath and concluded:

"Therefore, in Ai... Ai... Ai's opinion, as long as we can mobilize our troops and defeat the enemy on one road, we will lose the rest of the way."

Deng Ai was specially promoted by Sima Yi.

The reason is that in the past few years, he has achieved great results in farming in Guanzhong and provided a large amount of food for the Guanzhong army.

At the same time, this was also the reason why Sima Yi had no worries after seeing that Zhuge Liang planned to stay in Wuzhangyuan and confront him for a long time.

It's just that the fields return to the fields, and the wars start fighting.

From beginning to end, Deng Ai was basically cleaning up the barbarian tribes in Beidi County, and gained some negligible military exploits.

Therefore, he could enter Sima Yi's tent to discuss matters, and everyone would not say much for the sake of Sima Yi and the food supply.

Who would have thought that this guy standing in the last corner would dare to get ahead of everyone and propose a military proposal to Da Sima?

Someone on the spot sarcastically said:

"Ai has not yet stated how many Ai there are. How dare you talk about military affairs?"

So many people snickered.

Deng Ai's face turned red with anger and he said loudly:

""The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zi" has a saying: Feng Xi Feng Xi! Is this not a phoenix? In the past, Zhou Chang of the Han Dynasty could not be described for a period of time, but Xiao He and Cao Shen were all humbled by him. The emperor of the Han Dynasty was afraid of him, and Empress Lu knelt down to thank her.

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"If Chang can be successful, why can't I use Ai Ai?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was speechless.

When Sima Yi heard this, he was even more surprised.

Just seeing the disdain on the faces of the generals, Sima Yi's heart moved and he coughed:

"Okay, I've already made up my mind, so there's no need for us to argue too much or we'll hurt our harmony."

When the generals saw that Da Sima was speaking like this, they couldn't say anything else.

They did not expect that after the military meeting was over, Sima Yi had people quietly summon Deng Ai back:

"All the generals in the army have either achieved many military exploits or are of high rank. But you are the only one who has neither achieved military exploits nor comes from a wealthy family, so you will inevitably be ostracized by others."

"Now if you want to change other people's minds, the only way other than fighting with them is to achieve more military exploits, do you understand?"

When Deng Ai was in Runan, an elder from the same county saw that his family was poor and had a lot of money, but he did not express any gratitude at first.

It can be seen from this that Deng Ai is really a proud and arrogant person.

After he was promoted unexpectedly by Sima Yi, the generals in the army disliked him, and he never thought of getting along well with others.

Therefore, his relationship with his colleagues in the military was not good.

At this time, hearing Sima Yi's private words of encouragement, Deng Ai couldn't help but challenge for a fight:

"If Da Sima intends to fight the Ge bandits, Ai is willing to be the vanguard and defeat the Shu captives for Da Sima!"

Sima Yi smiled and patted his shoulder:

"With hundreds of thousands of troops standing in a stalemate across the water, how can it be decided by a single battle? What this reckless man did is just right. If there is disharmony, wouldn't he be a sinner of the country?"

When the world was first in chaos, the princes fought in a melee, which was mostly just a random fight. In fact, whichever side had more brave men would be the stronger one.

But as we get to the back, the battle between the two armies becomes more and more focused on military strategy.

Because of the random fighting, those who didn't follow the strategy disappeared in the chaos of the war, or became the minions of the hero.

Just like the current confrontation between the Wei and Shu armies, it looks like everything is calm, but in fact it is just testing the opponent's patience first.

If you are patient enough, neither party will reveal any flaws due to impatience.

The next step is to conduct small-scale offense and defense to find out the possible shortcomings of the opponent.

Even when there is a large-scale battle between the two armies, five points of defense must be retained to avoid falling into an uncontrollable situation once defeated.

In Sima Yi's view, Cao Zhen just didn't realize this, and still used Emperor Wu's idea when he was campaigning in all directions, and wanted to defeat him in a single battle. Only then did Feng Yong seize the opportunity and defeat him with one blow.

Sima Yi felt that Deng Ai was a talented person, so he briefly shared his experience with him.

As the Grand Sima, Deng Ai was deeply moved when he personally explained to him the key points of the confrontation between the two armies.

"Therefore, I'm afraid we won't be able to use the vanguard here for a while."

Sima Yi concluded one last sentence, then paused and looked at Deng Ai:

"But what you just said in the account, in my opinion, does make some sense."

"Now that Thief Feng has appeared, the intentions of the Shu captives are obvious. Our army has more officers and soldiers than the Shu captives. If we are just defending, we will inevitably be said to fear Shu as a tiger."

"It's better to think of ways to take the initiative and find the enemy's loopholes."

Deng Ai was very excited when he heard that Da Sima actually agreed with him.

Seeing this, Sima Yi smiled slightly:
Chapter completed!