Wubei Zhi (Vol. 12)

Sima Yi pursued them. Jiang Wei and Yang Yi ordered the army to reverse their banners and beat the drums, acting as if they were about to turn and attack Sima Yi. Sima Yi did not dare to press too close. Thereupon, the The Shu-Han forces retreating after Zhuge Liang's death. troops withdrew, maintaining their formations as they departed.

The Guanzhong region was filled with caltrops: multi-pointed iron spikes used as area-denial weapons to puncture the feet of soldiers and horses. Sima Yi ordered three thousand soldiers to wear flat-bottomed wooden clogs made of soft timber. As they marched forward, the caltrops all stuck into the clogs, Method of Use allowing the cavalry and infantry to advance together behind them. When they reached Chi’an Red Bank, they finally learned that Zhuge Liang had died.

The Lord of Wei, Cao Rui, summoned Sima Yi to Chang’an and ordered him to lead forty thousand troops to suppress Liaodong A region in the northeast, modern-day Liaoning.. Some advisors thought the army was too large and would be difficult to supply. Cao Rui said: "A campaign of four thousand miles, though it relies on ingenuity, must also rely on strength. We should not calculate the cost of the labor or the expense."

He then asked Sima Yi: "What plan do you think Gongsun Yuan The rebellious warlord ruling Liaodong. will use to await you?"

Sima Yi replied: "To abandon his city and flee beforehand would be his best plan. To hold Liaodong and resist our Great Army would be his second-best plan. But to sit and defend Xiangping—that would make him a captured bird."

The Emperor asked: "Which of these three will he choose?"

Sima Yi replied: "Only..."