Shu Chen

Chapter 109
Those who have meritorious service must be recorded, and those who have done it must be cited.

It is the principle that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang has practiced since he opened the government.

Especially at this time when the great man was accumulating strength for the Northern Expedition and wanted to make all the soldiers die.

Therefore, Zheng Pu, who single-handedly facilitated the migration of Di Wang Fuzhang's family, when the prime minister presented to the court and asked the emperor to award the Fuzhang, he also showed Zheng Pu's contribution.

Officially became a miscellaneous general: the post was transferred to the captive general.

It's just that all the ministries in the army have been dispatched and subordinated, so Zheng Pu has not been recruited.

Perhaps it was the reason why the Great Han Dynasty had "unreliable positions and powers" since the first emperor. The prime minister and the emperor Liu Chan felt that it was too perfunctory to relocate without increasing the number of troops.

After the daughter of Zhang's family, Marquis of Xixiang, got Ji, she promised it to Zheng Pu.

He was first misunderstood by the prime minister, and later became brother-in-law with the emperor. Everyone in the Han Dynasty knew that Zheng Pu would definitely become an important minister of the country in the future.

The generals in Hanzhong also knew it well.

Although there is no deliberate knot, but it will not deliberately harsh.

Wei Yan, who was pulled out of the army by the late emperor and grew from an unknown soldier to the border of the country, never forgot the kindness of the late emperor.

He is also loyal to today's son Liu Chan, and is willing to die.

Therefore, after knowing that Zheng Pu was involved with the emperor, he restrained himself from Zheng Pu's unruliness.

Moreover, one of the people who came with Zheng Pu was Fu Qian.

Fu Xun's loyalty to the country has always been praised by the generals in the army.

And Wei Yan is also from Yiyang, and he has a fellowship with Fu Qian's father, Fu Xun. They are both robes that the late emperor Liu Bei was recruited into the army when he lived in Xinye.

Seeing that Fu Qian has become Zheng Pu's disciple, Aiwu and Wuxia are not easy to be coquettish and harsh.

In particular, when Zheng Pufu arrived, he saluted and spoke.

"General Wei, the prime minister sent me here as an assistant, in fact, to let me observe the general's use of troops to benefit myself. Please, general, don't think I'm stupid, and don't hesitate to explain it."

Since he regarded himself as a junior, he implicitly praised Wei Yan's ability to command troops.

It was straightforward again, telling him that he would not make more beaks.

Let Wei Yan stroke his head with a smile, Gu Panyin felt complacent.

He also suddenly felt that this junior with a weak crown who suddenly became famous was much more pleasing to the eye.

However, among the big men, there are very few people who are worthy of his kind words and words, and Zheng Pu is not among them.

"Don't break my military regulations, don't hinder my dispatching. For the rest, do as you like, no one will stop you."

As if to his own soldiers, Wei Yan's voice was indifferent, he waved his hand, and sent Zheng Pu out of the central army camp.

However, Fu Qian was left behind.

He claimed that his eldest son was about the same age as Fu Qian, and he was also in the army now, so he sent him as a companion.

Fu Chen was a little stunned by this.

It took a while to react, and raised his head to look at Zheng Pu. After Zheng Pu nodded slightly, Fang Xinxi bowed and bowed, "Qi, thank you General for taking care of me."

Unruly like Wei Wenchang, it's not that difficult to get along with.
Zheng Pu, who left the tent of the Chinese army, walked with Wei Yan's trilogy to the place where he was stationed, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

Let's go, let's watch.

In order to prepare for the attack on the three eastern counties, Wei Yannai led his soldiers to the east for dozens of miles and stationed in a place called "Akasaka" in Bashu and "Dankou" in Cao Wei.

It's the Mian River going eastward, and the river valley that hits from the approach of the Daba Mountain and the Qinling Mountains is extremely narrow and cramped.

It is also the necessary place for Cao Weidong to enter Hanzhong.

It doesn't matter whether you go from Guanzhong to Meridian Valley, or come straight from the East Three Counties.

Inevitably, such a gap between mountains and rivers has been the first choice for defense and siege since ancient times.

Since the three eastern counties were captured by Cao Wei, the Han Dynasty built a siege here.

The terrain is adjacent to Longting Mountain, which extends from the Qinling Mountains in the north, and Mian River in the south. It guards between the two exits of the Tangluo Road in the Qinling Mountains and Hanzhong County, and thus becomes the east gate of Hanzhong County.

The strategic significance is as important as the siege of Yang'ankou.

Moreover, similar to the fact that there is Mianyang City behind Yang'ankou as a support, the city of Chenggu County behind this siege is also built on flat land, and it can be rushed to the rescue in half a day.

Well, the Mian River meanders here, and the gorge passing through Longting Mountain is called Huangjin Gorge.

Therefore, this fortification is also called "golden siege"! 【Note 1】

The Mianshui passing through this golden siege is extremely turbulent due to the sudden flatness of the river, and there are many dangerous shoals and reefs.

No matter the Han or Cao Wei, it is very difficult to use this way to use troops on a large scale.

If the big Han troops sent out and went straight down the river, and arrived at the west city of Weixing County overnight, they would have the effect of a surprise attack.

However, if the battle is unfavorable, it will be extremely difficult to retreat.

If there is no tail to survive, let one or two troops decide to die, the whole army will not be able to return.

In the past, when Wei Wu Cao Cao divided the three eastern counties, he also set up Anyang County (now Shiquan County) under Weixing County along the Mianshui River Valley, west of the entrance of Ziwu Valley (Chihe), as an outpost for defending Bashu.

Now it belongs to Shen Yi, the prefect of Weixing.

In other words, the surprise attack on Chang'an planned by Wei Yan is very unrealistic.

At least it was difficult for him to do it. When he captured Anyang County, he could wipe out all the soldiers of the Wei army, and he would go back and report the letter without getting away.

Fortunately, the decision maker is the prime minister.
Seeing the mighty Mian River and the river bed lined with strange rocks, Zheng Pu felt a little lucky.

It is not only because Ziwu Valley is not mentioned anymore, but also because Zhuge Qiao does not come here.

Well, the prime minister originally planned to let Zhuge Qiao come to watch the battle.

However, Zheng Pu said softly, "Brother Bo Song seems to be in poor health", which made the prime minister suddenly realize that Zhuge Qiao was a little emaciated due to several months of food transportation.

Therefore, Zhuge Qiao stayed in Mianyang to deal with the documents.

Originally, the prime minister asked him to carry the message, but Zheng Pu did it for him.

"Zi Jin turned to Wen Chang, and after this year, no matter whether Meng Da raises troops or not, no matter whether he fights against Wei Wei or not, he will lead his troops back."

It also made Zheng Pu understand the meaning of the prime minister in an instant.

At the beginning of the next year, swear to the Northern Expedition!

However, after pondering it carefully, it is not surprising.

If it wasn't for waiting for Meng Da to raise his troops, the prime minister would have sent troops to Longyou when the autumn harvest was over!
When it comes, it's time to wait.

There is no wall in the world that does not leak.From the beginning of spring and March, more than [-] troops of the Han Dynasty entered Hanzhong County. If the time was delayed for a long time, the news might leak and be alarmed by Ni Wei.

Furthermore, if Meng Daruo raises his troops, he will inevitably attract Cao Wei's troops to Jingzhou.

For the Northern Expedition of the Great Han Dynasty, it has the effect similar to "strike the east and attack the west".

In the end, they were soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and there were few northerners.

Because Hanzhong County is blocked by the Qinling Mountains, its climate is almost the same as that of Bashu.

However, when soldiers leave Wudu County, whether they go north to Guanzhong or west to Longyou, the climate is completely different.

Since ancient times, the first worry about driving troops to fight is the supply of food, fodder and supplies.

Secondly, it is worried that the soldiers will not adapt to the soil and water, which will cause rampant diseases, and they will collapse before fighting!

As cautious and subtle as a prime minister, when waiting for Meng Da to raise his troops, he also wanted to use this winter to let the soldiers adapt to the climate of the northwest wind like a knife.

"General, the camp has been set up, do you want to rest?"

A question interrupted Zheng Pu's meditation.

It's Zhang Yi.

Zheng Pu came to Jinjin this time, besides Fu Qian and Qiyacuo and more than [-] retinues, he also specially brought him here.

In order for him, who has never been with the army, to accumulate battlefield experience.

As for Huo Yi, with his status and talent, the prime minister will let him supervise an army sooner or later.

Now let him stay in the army and lead the various ministries alone, it is also because he has practiced and familiarized himself early.

After all, it was not the work of one person to conquer the Central Plains.

"No need."

Shaking his head slightly, Zheng Pu strode forward, and beckoned him to accompany him, "It is a rare opportunity to come to the army of General Zhenbei to watch the battle. Bo Qi, please follow me, and pay more attention to General Wei's tribal camps and soldiers. Scheduling may benefit itself."

"promise."

Hearing this, Zhang Ni nodded heavily, and said in a solemn voice, "I will definitely not be in the way of the general's cultivation."

"Heh~~~"

Such a respectful attitude also made Zheng Pu smile.

He waved his hand, signaling that he doesn't need to be respectful and restrained, and Fang asked, "In your spare time, Bo Qi might as well discuss military plans with me. Let's look at the siege and defense. If you are the defender, how can you defeat the enemy? On the contrary, if you How can you attack an incoming general against Wei?"

"The general has a question, how dare I brush it?"

Immediately, Zhang Ni was in high spirits, and nodded again and again, "I also ask the general to wait for me to observe it, and after thinking about it, I will discuss it with the general."

"it is good."

Winter, December.

On the wall of Shangyong City, Meng Da, the prefect of Xincheng, looked at the densely packed Wei army outside the city, his eyes full of disappointment.

He was tricked by Sima Yi.

And it's the kind that falls into a dead end, beyond redemption.

Since Sima Yi stationed in Wancheng in June, he has frequently sent envoys to appease him.

If you admire him for guarding the three counties in the east, resisting Bashu for several years like a day, and making great achievements, he is the mainstay of Cao Wei.

If it is claimed that Cao Wei will attack Sun Wu again in the near future, Jingzhou will also send troops to let him continue to work hard and guard the border areas between Bashu and Cao Wei.

and many more.

Let him relieve his mind, thinking that Cao Wei would not know what he was thinking, and thus did not prepare.

Even Prime Minister Zhuge Liang sent a letter asking him to make preparations as soon as possible, so he felt that there was no need to worry.Because Zhang Xi, the left general who was also guarding Jingzhou, showed no signs of reining in his troops and horses.

And once he lets the officials and the people prepare for the war, Sima Yi may see the truth.

However, all of a sudden, Sima Yi sent someone to urge him to report to Luoyang.

If you enter Luoyang, you will not return.

If he doesn't enter, Sima Yi will use the excuse of not listening to the adjustment, and conclude that he has other intentions, so he will lead the army to ask for it.

In desperation, he was forced to raise his troops in advance.

At that time, he still thought that with more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, relying on Shangyongjian City and the reinforcements from Bashu, he could sit back and relax.

Because Wancheng is 1000 miles away from Luoyang, and Shangyong is [-] miles away from Luoyang.

If Sima Yi led the army to come to ask for it, he would first go to Luoyang to ask for an edict, and then supervise the troops of the various ministries to come. It would take at least a month, and he was already ready for the battle.

Moreover, Shangyong City was built on the hillside, surrounded by Mian River on three sides.

At the place where the water flows under the city, there is a "white horse plug" built with wooden fences, which can stop the waterway coming from Jingzhou.

It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, somewhat similar to Xiangyang City.

Even if the enemy comes to attack five times, there will be nothing.

In the past, he cited Xia Houshang and Xu Huang to break Liu Feng who was stationed in Shangyong at that time, and he laughed like this: "Feng, occupying the golden city for thousands of miles, and it's even more lost!"

Unexpectedly, today he has also become a laughing stock.

When Sima Yi led the army to station in Wancheng, he brought Cao Rui's edict "If Meng Da rebels, you can attack him", so there is no need to submit it again.

Moreover, he did not mobilize Zhang He's troops.

It's just keeping the jaw open all the time to confuse himself.

Secretly dispatched Jingzhou to work in Zhoutai, he had already led his troops and horses to wait, and set off to Shangyong at the same time as the envoys sent to urge him to enter Luo.

Zhoutai is from Nanyang County.

He has little reputation, is well versed in military strategy, and is extremely brave.

When Sima Yi was stationed in Wancheng, he was often sent by the governor Pei Qian to report military affairs to Wancheng.

Because of this, he was appreciated by Sima Yi.

Knowing the topography of Jingzhou well, he was appointed as the vanguard by Sima Yi. He secretly led two thousand troops and came all the way to attack Shangyong.

It took only five days to reach the [-]-mile rugged mountain road in the three eastern counties!

At that time, Meng Da was leading his soldiers and civilian husbands to repair the white horse fort outside the city that blocked the waterway.

Zhoutai's soldiers came suddenly, and they attacked with loud clamor, driving the peasants back to the fortress.

Meng Da was caught off guard, and there were not many soldiers who went out of the city to repair the fortifications, so they could not resist.

In desperation, he had no choice but to give up Baimasai, and led the troops back to the city to stand firm.

Also let the Mianshui River flow unimpeded, and the army of Sima Yi's headquarters that followed behind was able to transport food, fodder and supplies by boat. It took only eight days to rush from Wancheng with countless siege equipment, and surrounded Shangyong City. live.

The speed of arrival only allows Meng Da to send envoys to Hanzhong, asking Prime Minister Zhuge Liang to send troops to rescue.

However, before the rescuers arrived, the bad news arrived first.

The prefect of Wei Xing who belonged to him, Shen Yi, who had always been at the top of the list, didn't sit on the sidelines this time, and made a bet after the curtain fell on both sides!
He raised his troops straight away and sent people to report to Sima Yi, claiming that he would increase troops in Anyang County to stop Bashu from coming to help.

Let the soldiers and officials and the people in Shangyong City be like a mourning concubine.

After all, with the loss of the White Horse Fortress, the morale of the soldiers in the city is already unstable!

If no reinforcements come today, will the city be safe?
Could it be that the sky wants to kill me!

Meng Da's heart was full of sorrow, but he also showed a high-spirited attitude, which encouraged the soldiers to stick to their beliefs.

However, it's a pity.

Among the more than ten thousand soldiers, except for his trilogy, not many of them showed the intention of dying.

Especially after Sima Yi besieged the city, he shot into the city with arrows and books.

Claiming that only Meng Da, the chief villain of the rebellion, will be punished, and the rest will not be punished, so that others will not make mistakes, and quickly surrender in the city.If you resist desperately, the day you break through the city, the city will be full of chickens and dogs!
Moreover, the soldiers in the city and their family members who are not in the city must be held accountable.

There are many precedents for Cao Wei's massacre of the city.

Therefore, only two days after Jianshu entered the city, the morale of the army in the city was shaken again.

Furthermore, after the siege, Sima Yi attacked day and night regardless of casualties.

After five days of attack and defense, all the wood and arrows in Shangyong City were exhausted, and the archery tower was knocked down by stone cannons.

During the eight days of attack and defense, more than a thousand soldiers of Shangyong were killed or injured.

On the twelfth day of attack and defense, Sima Yi divided his troops
The Taibu of Zhou, who had been serving as Xiandeng, hurried to Anyang County in Weixing County.

Meng Da, who was on the city wall day and night, saw it clearly.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, he cheered loudly and raised morale, "The prime minister has sent troops to rescue, and the soldiers will stick to it for a few more days, and reinforcements will come!"

Of course!

When Wei Yan got the book of Meng Da, he drove away.

And on a mountain in the Mianshui River Valley, there was a person looking down.

Seeing Zhoutai leading the army passing by, he punched himself on the thigh fiercely, and his face was full of high spirits!

Well, he is not yet thirty, but his beard is nearly three feet long!
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[Note 1: The siege of gold is the place where Liu Yin stood firm in the battle of the destruction of Shu in history.It is about five kilometers east of Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province. 】

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