Shu Chen

Chapter 166 Zheng Qi
After autumn and July, the weather gradually turns cooler.

Guanzhong Sansuke, which was penetrated by the Weishui River, was still in full swing.

It's not that the common people are enthusiastic about the upcoming harvest season, but that on all the official roads, countless soldiers in strong and sharp clothes look at each other, and farmers transporting grain, fodder and supplies are always on the way.

The great war between the Han and Wei dynasties unfolded slowly.

What is quite surprising is that the person who started the battle was Sima Yi who was in Wancheng, Nanyang, Jingzhou.

He has just been awarded the post of General by Wei Tianzi Cao Rui, and he has also been given the post of Great Governor and fake Huang Yue.Among them, the latter two titles were added to let him cooperate with all his strength, and Cao Zhen, who had been promoted to Da Sima, attacked Bashu.

However, promotion was not the reason why he took the lead in marching.

Since Sun Quan moved the capital to Jianye and took away many soldiers and horses, the pressure on the two prefectures of Jing and Henan under his supervision has dropped sharply.

Moreover, he had built many boats before, and he marched from Xiangyang to Weixing County to attack Hanzhong County, all of which could be transported by water power.If Soochow sent troops to attack Jingbei, Wenpin, the prefect of Jiangxia, would guard and delay the time. He would lead the army back to Xiangyang along the Han River (Mianshui), and he could return to defense before Soochow besieged the city.

It is well-founded to advance and retreat, so there is no need to worry too much.

Furthermore, the Golden Gap from the East Three Counties into Hanzhong County belongs to the upper reaches, and the water level has never been high.

In the period of July and August after autumn, the water level of Mian water entering the three eastern counties is still feasible for boats.

Once the time for sending troops is delayed until winter and October, and enters the dry season of Mianshui, the soldiers and horses he leads will be in trouble, and the offensive against Hanzhong County will be half the effort!

Since time is waiting for no one, it is also an arrow that has to be launched.

Therefore, at the beginning of autumn and July, he personally led an army of [-] and brought countless supplies of food and fodder into the west city of Weixing County.After the tens of thousands of people sent by Cao Zhen went to Ziwu Valley to join forces with him, they came to the Golden Gorge by land and water.

The previous Biebu had already broken out many small-scale wars with the Han army.

Each has its own victories and losses, and each has its own gains.

For Sima Yi, it was the army under his command advancing step by step and slowly pushing into Hanzhong.

As far as Huo Yi, the governor of the Golden Siege, used these small conflicts to buy time for destroying roads and so on.

The former general Zhao Yun, who was stationed in Chenggu County, let Yangwu General Deng Zhi and the later joining the army Liu Min respectively guard the two exits of the Tangluo Road, and then he personally led the army to Longting Mountain, facing the golden siege and leaving the camp. And keep.

Naturally, when Wei Yan and Zheng Pu marched into the East Three Counties earlier, the Prime Minister sent Guan Xingdu Wang Ping and Ju Fu to the Berkshire Trail, and Zhao Yun also sent people to visit again.

It's a pity to hear the news.

Although Sima Yi didn't know the existence of the trail, he learned the lesson from the inexplicable annihilation of the former Fanzhoutai army.

When marching, from the West City to the Golden Canyon, there were guard soldiers and horses patrolling day and night along the way.

The Han army had to give up, and the possibility of another attack.

Because after the attack, the gain outweighs the loss.

With Sima Yi already on guard, even if the Han army succeeded in a surprise attack on the Berkshire trail, they would not be able to burn the food and supplies against the Wei Dynasty and force them to retreat.

However, after Sima Yi was attacked, he would definitely discover the existence of the trail!
They will also march along the trail to attack Berkshire!

Another gap was opened in the defense line of Bashu, and the big man who was in a weak force was stretched.

Even, in the future, they will frequently go this way to harass Berkshire.

With such a huge hidden danger, Zhao Yun would make the right choice without Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's advice.

Not to mention, this veteran soldier with white beard and hair, hesitated because he saw the hope of the revival of the great man, and swore with pride to let the invading Wei army return home in defeat.

Lao Ji Fuping, ambition of thousands of miles.

Compared with guarding the border and reassuring the people, this bloody battlefield can more radiate his ambition and fighting spirit.

Although he and Huo Yi only had more than [-] troops, facing Sima Yi's army of more than [-] to attack, he was still full of energy and hopeful: this battle is for me to make people have nothing in the future. Can you eat or not" speech time!
This is not his arrogance.

Instead, the current in the Golden Gorge is turbulent and there are many dangerous shoals and reefs.

Sima Yi's march against the current was already difficult, and the canyon was too narrow to spread out the superiority of troops. Zhao Yun could really claim that he would not allow the enemy to beat a single soldier!
For this reason, he also sent Yuan Wei, the later general under his supervision, to Baoxie Valley to assist Li Yan, the hussar general.

It's not that Li Yan is useless.

Li Yan, who was able to be left by the late emperor Liu Bei to supervise Yong'an in Jiangzhou and defend the country against Soochow, is known as a soldier.

However, there are only more than [-] people in his headquarters.

Cao Zhen, the Great Sima against the Wei Dynasty, personally led an army of [-] to Baoxie Valley!

The strength of the two sides is too great.

And in this Baoxie Valley, the geographical advantage of the big Han is not obvious.

The most dangerous section of the Baoxie Valley is the Xiegu at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains.This road has always been occupied by Ni Wei, and Cao Zhen walked through it without any effort.

Furthermore, the transfer of Cao Zhen's grain, fodder and supplies was greatly relieved.

The road to Shu is difficult, and the valley road to Qinling Mountains is also difficult.

No matter who attacked from the Han and Wei dynasties, they would be subject to the transfer of grain and fodder.

This was the case with the former Wei Wu Cao Cao who attacked Hanzhong County twice.

For example, when attacking Zhang Lu, who ruled Hanzhong County separately, he took Chencang Road.Even after getting the food and fodder that Xia Houyuan attacked the Wudu people and looted, he thought of retreating because of the lack of food and fodder.

You still came from Baoxie Valley to confront the first emperor Liu Bei at Dingjun Mountain, and finally retreated because of the supply of food and fodder.

But now Cao Zhen is well prepared.

In the small flat valley above the Ji Valley (Baoshui Valley) occupied by the Han Dynasty (in the area around Taibai County today), he hoarded a large amount of grain, fodder and luggage, which was enough to ensure that the army would not have to worry about food shortages.

That's why even Prime Minister Zhuge Liang heard that Cao Zhen had entered Baoxie Valley, so he sent Wu Yi's troops to Hanzhong County to take orders from Li Yan and resist together.

As for Chen Cangdao, Ni Wei Bie sent more than [-] soldiers and horses here.

Zhang Yi, the prefect of Wudu, relied on Dasan Pass to guard, without any pressure at all.

Even Jiang Wei, who was stationed on the Lianyun Plank Road, was under greater pressure than him.

Because when Cao Zhen attacked Jigu, he sent soldiers and horses to walk along the Lianyun plank road to see if it was possible to insert obliquely into the rear of Wudu Dasan Pass, and attack back and forth.

The battle in Longxi County was much more peaceful.

Ma Dai led Xiliang iron cavalry to go to Jishi Gorge to threaten the south of Xiping County, while Shaodang Qiang King Mangzhong of Xihai (Qinghai) marched into Longyan City, and Muchenggu threatened the west of Xiping County.

However, Wei General Hao Zhao, who was guarding Xiping County, left all the leaders of the Qianghu tribe in the Huangshui River Valley in Poqiang County for "gracious treatment" on the pretext of inviting them to discuss the war.After eliminating the hidden dangers in the county, he ordered the counties to strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness, divide the troops to guard the dangerous places, and wait for Ma Dai and Qiang King Mangzhong to attack.

The intent is obvious.

If the Han army dared to go deep into the Huangshui River Valley, he could send troops to block Jishi Gorge and Longyan City, and catch turtles in an urn.

In this regard, Ma Dai, who had few troops, and Qiang King Mangzhong, who did not send too many troops, stopped and only harassed the outside.

It also caused the land of the river head to fall into a stalemate.

In Daxia County and Didao area, the situation is just reversed.

The prefect of Longxi, You Chu, led the soldiers from the county to appease the soldiers and defended the city of Didao; Gao Xiang sent two troops to station on the banks of the Taoshui River and the Daxia River.

Nor did it prevent Wei Jun from entering.

Just hanging in the camp so lonely, waiting for Wei Jun's choice.

If the Wei army came to attack the city and pull out the stronghold, it would be to take advantage of the location and stick to it, so that the counties in the rear would not provoke the flames of war.

But the Wei army ignored them and marched directly into Daxia County and Di Dao. Then these two soldiers and horses would cut off the Wei army's food road and make them a tree without roots.

Naturally, Gao Xiang dared to do this because the Wei State did not have many troops to attack Longxi.

Guo Huai, who supervised the military affairs of Jincheng and Xiping counties, sent some troops to Xiping County to help General Hao Zhao guard them.Because of the annihilation of the previous general Wang Shuang's army, the morale of the soldiers of the Wei army was really low when they marched into Longxi, so Guo Huai adopted a steady and steady tactic.

Advance step by step, but also fortify step by step.

As a result, both sides acted cautiously and waited for fighter opportunities to appear, but no large-scale war broke out.

However, the battles in Longxi, Jincheng and Xiping were originally intended to respond to the situation.

Being able to contain each other means that the strategic intentions have been achieved.

Wei Yan, the left general who was stationed in Pingxiang City, Hanyang County, has been suffocating recently.

His headquarters has more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, and he also leads the cavalry governor Zhao Guang who has expanded to [-] cavalry. Such a large number of troops are only guarding, and there are Chen Shi and Zheng Pu to protect the right wing. It can be claimed that there is no fear of any enemy.

It's just that the world is as unpredictable as the white clouds and dogs, which makes people caught off guard.

The four Hexi counties in Liangzhou have always been known for their barren land.

Wei Guo's garrison over there, even if it is self-sufficient, cannot support too many soldiers.

Therefore, Xia Houru, the governor who came to Hanyang County to conquer the Shu army, brought about [-] infantry and cavalry, and marched from Wuwei County and Jincheng County respectively.

This number is very consistent with the forecast of Wei Da Sima Cao Zhen in the past.

The big man also knows it well.

But the variable lies in Xu Miao, governor of Liangzhou.

He served as the governor for only a few years, but he used the salt ponds in Wuwei and Jiuquan to harvest the valleys of the Qiang and Hu;

Moreover, it is fair to judge things, establish learning and discipline, advance the good and depose the evil, which won the hearts of the Qiang and Hu tribes.

In the temple of the State of Wei, the emperor Cao Rui and the princes of Gungun all asked Xu Miao to try to enlist some Qianghu tribes to assist Xiahouru in marching on the grounds that they had given up the benefits of the Silk Road long ago.

I thought it would be lucky to have three or five thousand riders respond.

As a result, with a wave of Xu Miao's arms, those Qianghu tribes who usually received his benevolence and righteousness responded one after another, and more than 40,000 horses recruited.

Although these Qiang and Hu cavalry soldiers are made up of many tribes, their combat power cannot be compared with that of the guard soldiers.

However, with so much riding, it cannot be ignored.

After the prime minister Zhuge Liang heard about it, he sent Wu Banbu to go north to defend with Wei Yan.

Even Chen Shibu went out of the city and settled down in camps along various mountain roads and river valleys.

Abandoning the solidity of the city and going out is a helpless move.

After the Wei State had tens of thousands of Qiang and Hu cavalry soldiers, they could contain the garrison guarded by the Han army, and then use the powerful mobility of the cavalry to enter the hinterland of Hanyang County without fear of ambush.

If you want to keep the enemy from outside, you can only block all the roads!

This is why Wei Yanwo became angry.

He has always been fierce in military use, but he originally thought of going out of the city to fight the Wei army in the field, defeating the Wei army and beheading thousands of ranks!

As a result, under the disparity between the enemy and ourselves, he had no choice but to guard the city.

And watching with full of indignation, Ni Wei was showing off his power outside the city, wantonly insulting and provoking.

Zheng Pu's department at the exit of Xiaoguan Road was very leisurely.

Since the prime minister asked Yang Yi to allocate two thousand sheep, he seized the time to carry out the plan in his heart; at the same time, he asked Yang Ji to lead the cavalry to be vigilant day and night, and set up a Yuan Rong crossbow with stone and wooden roads to curb the rebellion against the Wei Dynasty. off time.

However, the effort seemed wasted.

Wei Ping, the guard general of Xiaoguan in Wei State, has no intention of sending troops.

It's as if they didn't know that the war between Han and Wei was already in full swing.

Perhaps, it was Wei Da Sima Cao Zhen who ordered him not to leave the customs, or he felt that it was not time to leave the customs!

There is no war in Tianshui County.

The big Han had already built a pass on Guanlong Road, facing each other with Fanxukou, who was against the Wei Dynasty.

After the prime minister asked Guan Xing to lead the army to defend, and sent Shaowu Zhonglang General Hu Ji to guard the Weishui River Valley, Wei Guo seemed to have no intention of attacking these two roads, and no soldiers came to attack.

It's just that the disadvantages of today's big men are already faintly beginning to be seen.

After allocating support to the garrisons in various places, only Meng Yan's tiger infantry remained beside the prime minister who was dispatched in the middle of Ji County.

There are few small people in the big Han, but few soldiers!
Even if all the soldiers of the whole country were to come to defend, they would inevitably fall into the dilemma of no mobile force!

Such a reason is why the temple of Wei State dared to make the decision to send troops.

Wei Grand Sima Cao Zhen was overjoyed when he learned that the four prefectures in Hexi, Liangzhou responded to Xu Miao's call, and that tens of thousands of Qiang Hus followed Xia Houru to conquer.

This change made his previous plan more likely to succeed.

He also knows the strength of the big man.

At first, he still thought that even if he personally led the army to go to Baoxie Valley to attack Hanzhong County, it would take a constant increase of troops to convince the big man that Wei's main attack was Hanzhong; If there is any change, there is no room for maneuver.

But he didn't want to, Xu Miao's prestige alone made him get twice the result with half the effort.

Immediately, and no longer hesitate.

He sent people to order the governors of the three eastern counties, Liangzhou, and Longxi to attack regardless of casualties; he also transferred more than [-] Xiahouba's troops and the last [-] troops in Guanzhong to Baoxie Valley.

Attack it with all your strength!

He wanted Bashu to think that all the troops of Wei State had already been engaged in the war.

To force Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, he had to personally lead the last mobile force, the Tiger Infantry, to Hanzhong County.

And then create opportunities for the garrison in Anding County!
However, Cao Zhen mobilized more than [-] troops, all of whom were "keeping the righteousness"!
And the garrison in Anding County is "surprising"!
Because there are only two divisions of Wei Ping and Dai Ling in Anding County, with a total of [-] soldiers.In fact, these [-] soldiers are all carefully selected elites.

Among them, five thousand soldiers are tigers in full armor!

There are still [-] cavalry that the Xianbei Qifu Department promised to send troops, and more than [-] cavalry that Hu Boju, the master of Baosai of the Wei Xiongnu!

(End of this chapter)