Shu Chen

Chapter 179
After Zheng Pu received the military report, he decided to lead the army and take risks.

But it was Wei Yan in Anding County who decided to take the risk earlier than him.

People with high self-esteem tend to have stronger self-esteem than others.

For Wei Yan, in the Northern Expedition against Wei, he was the best choice among the courtiers of the Han Dynasty to oversee the front and attack the city regardless of his official position or ability.

Just like the heroic words he uttered when he was promoted by the former emperor Liu Bei to be the prefect of Hanzhong: "If Cao Cao came from all over the world, please reject it for the king; if a crowd of [-] come, please swallow it for the king."

The pillar of the minister, the invincible blade of the country.

But now, the Prime Minister Zhuge Liang has hinted that the position of the former general is waiting, and even the General of the Wei Zhao Yun has restrained the troops of the Great Sima Cao Zhen for him. He has sent troops for more than a month, but he still has not achieved an inch!

Indeed, he was helpless against Wei Jun in Anding County.

Thanks to the great epidemic in Xiaoguan last year, all the Li and Shu in Anding County within a hundred miles of Liupan Mountain moved away.

The city in Lianwushi County, against the Wei Dynasty, was worried that it would be occupied by the big Han and become a stronghold for the garrison.

That is to say, now against Wei effortlessly, he has completed the fortified wall and cleared the country.

Then contain the city's danger and guard it, and can't shrink back.

This made Wei Yan unable to advance or retreat.

Because in terms of the strength of both sides, there are more against Wei than the big Han, and the field battle is the most beneficial to the big Han.

If it is a siege battle, the Han army will fall into a passive state.

Chaona County, which is the closest to Xiaoguan, is more than a hundred miles away.

Moreover, Fei Yao, the general against the Wei Dynasty, led [-] soldiers to garrison, and when defending, he could mobilize the young and strong in the city to help in the battle.

Wei Yan's army strength was no more than [-], and if he deducted the cavalry left behind to guard Xiaoguan and guard the food roads along the road, he could use [-] troops to attack the city.

With such a difference in strength, it is difficult to attack the city.

Not to mention, the [-] cavalry of the bald tribe of Xianbei against the Wei Dynasty, led by their leader bald Shoutian, have been wandering [-] or [-] miles away from the Han army.

Let the cavalry go out to fight, and they will turn into birds and beasts and disperse.

Once the cavalry returned, they followed.

Just like mosquitoes and flies in that summer, you can't drive them away, you can't kill them.

With these Xianbei Hulu walking around, the soldiers of the Han army could not concentrate on attacking the city.

In this regard, Wei Yan thought about luring the enemy into battle.

He personally oversaw the advance of the army to Chaona County, and set up a camp in the city, pretending to besiege and attack, hoping to lure Xu Miao, governor of Yongzhou, and General Xiahouba of Wei, who were far away in Jingyang County, to come to rescue them, and then encircle and attack them.

But Xu Miao and Xia Houba are as stable as Mount Tai.

Instead, let the cavalry from Xianbei's bald department advance to the vicinity of Xiaoguan, and wait for Wei Yan to come to seize the pass when he puts his troops into the siege.

The Han army that will enter Anding County will become a turtle in a urn.

Naturally, Wei Yan would not attack the city.

Or in other words, if he had spent his soldiers on the siege regardless of casualties, Xiaoguan might have changed hands when he captured the city.And he will not have more than half of his remaining troops, and the end result is to wait for the army against Wei to attack and destroy.

So, he came up with another plan.

Don't send the cavalry governor Zhao Guang to lead [-] cavalry from the headquarters, cross Chaona County in a mighty way, and march towards Gaoping County (now Guyuan) at the southern end of the Wushui (Qingshui River) basin, with the intention of attacking the Qifu Department of Xianbei and General Wei Hu Zun lured the Wei army out to fight in the field.

However, it's a pity.

Hu Zun, general of the Wei Dynasty, directly sent the Xianbei Qifu troops to the north of the river basin, and gathered his own troops to enter the city to garrison.

Still avoiding and not fighting.

At this time, it is already winter in October, which coincides with the winter season of nomadic tribes.

The cavalry led by Zhao Guang couldn't even use scorched-earth tactics such as burning pastures and looting cattle, sheep and horses.

He couldn't ignore the supply and retreat, and go alone to the northern end of the Wushui River Basin.

Wei Yan, who still couldn't lure the Wei army and couldn't find a fighter, couldn't accept the result of the stalemate until the snow covered the mountains and the Han army had to strike back.

Whether it is the gratitude for the trust, or the enthusiasm for making contributions.

Therefore, he also burst out the fierceness in his character.

He wants to lead the army southward to attack Yangcheng in Youfufeng.

Yangcheng is the city above Fanxukou on Guanlong Road.

Regardless of whether it can be captured or not, as long as the Han army marches there, don't send troops and the Hu Ji Department who guarded Longyou Guanlongdao to attack Fanxukou from inside and outside!And once Fanxukou is captured, it will completely occupy the Liupanshan-Longshan pass, making it impossible for the Han army to fortify against Wei's Guanzhong Youfufeng.

Such a result, against Wei is impossible to accept.

It is also inevitable to lead the army out of the city to block the road, which has evolved into Wei Yan's expectation: the two armies fought fiercely in the wild.

However, this behavior is too dangerous.

It can be called desperate.

From Xiaoguan to Yangcheng, it almost detoured from Xiaoguan Road to Guanlong Road, and crossed from Jingshui Basin to Lishui Basin.

With such a long-distance raid, it is impossible to keep the grain road.

It is equivalent to automatically abandoning the retreat of the retreat.

Come on, there is still a glimmer of life.

Retire and annihilate the entire army!

Moreover, this marching route was not proposed by Wei Yanyi or Wu Yi, Wu Ban and others.

It's a person who has just defected.

It was Huangfulong.

The style name is Xinggao, and he was born in the Huangfu clan of Chaona County in Anding, a well-known general in the Han Dynasty.

Although the Huangfu family of Anding is a famous family, and there are many people who work in the Caowei temple, they have not fallen much now.For example, the descendants of the bloodline of Huang Pusong, the famous general of the Han Dynasty, have been moved by Cao Wei to Xin'an County, Hongnong County to settle down.

Huangfulong was one of the branches remaining in Chaona.

The branch with Huangfusong has already produced five clothes, and his family is in decline, so he always has the heart to make contributions and make his family shine again.

Relying on his family's prestige, he also had the opportunity to study biography since he was young and poor.

Although he was not yet thirty, he was well-known in the county.

He was originally appointed as a county official. Later, because Niwei led the bald tribe of Xianbei to Youfufeng, he felt that his ideals were not in line with Niwei, so he resigned from his official position and returned home.

Relying on a few acres of Susukida and more than ten sheep to support his wife, children and mother.

To nourish the mind by reading and playing the piano, live in peace and happiness.

Now, when the Han army came out of Xiaoguan, he got the news, so he drove his mother and children in a wooden cart, and drove more than ten sheep with his wife along the path to seek refuge.

At that time, when the Han army saw him, they were very happy.

No matter what, the votes from the famous families of the big men are a manifestation of the popularity of their troops.

And there is no need to worry about whether he is against Wei Xizuo.

The old mother, wife and children have all been brought, could it be that the whole family's life was used as a fine work?

Furthermore, with the stability and reputation of the Huangfu family, at least for now it can still be trusted.

Wei Yan was also very happy.

It's not about people's hearts, people's expectations, etc.

That is something that the prime minister and the princes in the court are worried about.

What he cares about is how to defeat Ni Wei on the battlefield and make contributions.

After the soldiers escorted Huangfulong's family to Longyou, he temporarily acted as the army's guide, explaining the geographical terrain of Anding County and the places where troops can be deployed to the generals.

When it was inevitable and unable to induce Ni Wei to fight, Wei Yan also asked Ni Wei where he must save.

Huangfulong proposed the strategy of marching into Youfufeng, and he was willing to lead the way himself, taking remote paths to avoid Niwei's eyes and ears.

Wei Yan, who has always been known for his bold use of troops, thinks it is feasible.

So Wu Yi, Wu Ban and Chen Shi were summoned to discuss.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss.

They are all veterans in the army, and they know Wei Yan's temperament very well.

The left general thought it was feasible, and if they put forward contrary opinions, they would be rejected by Wei Yan with the arbitrariness of the general.

In particular, the Chen Shibu, who didn't get any merit in last year's war, responded generously and was willing to lead the army as the front.

It also made Wu Yi grin, which turned into a silent wry smile.

In terms of official position, he is the highest under Wei Yan.

It is natural that he is the one who stays behind Xiao Guan to lead the army to take over the important task.But Wei Yan led the army to Yangcheng in Youfufeng, and he couldn't respond.

The journey is indeed too far.

That is to say, when he sent troops to fight against Wei Wei this time, he came all the way from Longxi County to lead the army, but he was reduced to a general guarding Xiaoguan
It's just that he couldn't say anything.

After all, there was no way for him to lure Ni Wei out of the city to fight.

In this way, the military discussion was very smooth, and a decision was made.

Wei Yan sent people to pass the decision to the prime minister of Hanzhong County, and then asked the cavalry governor Zhao Guang to lead the cavalry to drive out the cavalry from the bald tribe of Xianbei. Under the guidance of Huangfulong, they marched to Fufengyang City to the right .

Well, he didn't wait for the prime minister's reply.

Not only did he have the right to make decisions on the battlefield, but he was also worried that the prime minister's reply would negate the decision.

The "conspiracy" he advised over the years has been rejected too many times.

Finally, there was an opportunity to cut first and play later, so naturally he didn't want to let it go.

The prime minister who also knew his temperament well, after receiving the military report, he wryly smiled a few times and fell into deep thought.

The deal is done, and the urgent matter now is how to deal with it.

Therefore, after the prime minister pondered for a while, he sent an order to General Wei Zhao Yun to no longer harass him on a small scale, but to lead the whole army out of the Qinling Valley Road, and the soldiers pointed directly at Mei County.

Afterwards, let the generals of the headquarters lead the army behind, and take the personal guard Beidao to Wudu County, and let the big banner of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty fly over the city of Dasan Pass.

It also made the battle in Guanzhong officially heated up.

Wei Da Sima Cao Zhen, who was sitting in Chencang City, finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the report from the scouts.

Although the prime minister frequently mobilized troops back and forth to transport grain and fodder to Hechi County, Wudu County, he could not hide from Cao Jun's detailed work; but he did not dare to conclude that the prime minister sent troops to Chen Cangdao.

Now that he has clarified the movement of the main force of the Han army, he can arrange his troops.

There is also a chance to get rid of the shame.

Last year he was unable to invade Hanzhong County, this year let the Han army crash into the sand on Chencang Road!
After ordering the generals in Guanzhong to stand firm, Cao Zhen did not stay in the city.

Instead, he personally led an army of [-] troops out of Chencang City to the east for more than [-] miles and set up camp, where they became horns with Chencang City.

If the prime minister attacked the city, he would turn his army to break the Han army's food road; if the prime minister turned his army to attack his camp, so would the garrison of Chen Cangcheng.

Both are acceptable, and strive to "subdue the enemy without fighting."

However, what Cao Zhen didn't know was that the prime minister sent troops and didn't intend to fight to the death.

The strategic purpose is just to restrain Cao Zhen's army from going north to encircle and suppress Wei Yan's troops who have penetrated into Youfufeng!

The result is that things come true.

Because of Huangfulong who was familiar with the terrain leading the way, when Wei Yan's army was about to enter the border of Youfufeng, Wei Yongzhou Inspector Xu Miao and Xia Houba who stationed the army in Jingyang County got the news.

At this time, it happened that it was also the military report that Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, had entered Guanzhong.

It also made Xu Miao and others in a dilemma.

The delay of the Xianbei Bald Hair Division in finding out the military situation made it impossible for them to prevent the Wei Yan Division from entering Youfufeng.

There are only two options left for them to deal with.

One is to send troops to attack Xiaoguan!
It's just this way, no one chooses.

Not only is Xiaoguan's terrain high in the west and low in the east, but with Wu Yi, a veteran general of the Han Dynasty, defending with his headquarters, even if the Wei army loses tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it may not be able to gnaw it down.

The more obvious reason was that Wei Yan could not be forced to return to the army.

Based on Wei Yan's marching route, it can be seen that he has given up the food road in the rear and put his life and death on the line.

The two are to send troops to the right to support Fengyang City, and to rush to block Wei Yan.

No one disputes this decision.

Not only worried that Fanxukou would be flanked by the Han army, but what was even more worrying was whether Wei Yan would go down the river!

The Jianshui goes south to inject the Weishui, which is near Chencang City!

Just imagine, if Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, sent troops to Chen Cangdao, General Zhao Yun of the Han Wei went to Baoxie Valley to cut off the connection between Chen Cang and Mei County, and then Wei Yan came from behind, what would happen to Chen Cangcheng?
Will the soldiers think that they are besieged on all sides, and the whole army will be defeated?
Cao Zhen, who is already old and has been suffering from minor illnesses due to the unfavorable wars in recent years, will he worry too much and induce serious illnesses?
I didn't dare to predict, and I didn't want to.

That's Cao Zhen~~~
The only surviving clan superintendent of the Wei State, the Great Sima who sits in the northwest and controls the two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou!

Who dares to let him fall into a situation where he is attacked from both sides?

Xu Miao and Xia Houba did not dare.

In any case, it was their duty to defend Anding County against Wei Yan.

Now that the Han army is attacking from under their noses, they have the responsibility to make up for their negligence.

Otherwise, once Cao Zhen is put in danger, they will not even have a chance to make up for their neglect of duty under the fury of Luoyang's emperor Cao Rui.

Even the family is involved.

What really put them in a dilemma was those soldiers and horses blocking them.

Wei Yan led [-] soldiers and horses and drove straight in.

And every deputy general is a senior general in the Han army, and the soldiers and horses in the headquarters he supervises can be called elites.

In order to defend the city, the Wei State had previously dispersed its troops among the counties. Xu Miao and Xiahouba stationed [-] soldiers in Jingyang County, and there were more than [-] county soldiers.

As for the five thousand riders from Xianbei's balding department, don't expect too much.

The Hulu seldom have a frontal charge in battle, not to mention that their loyalty to Wei is not high, and they will not consume too much of their tribe in the battles between Han and Wei.It would be lucky if they could restrain the three thousand cavalry of Zhao Guang, the governor of the Han cavalry.

The situation did not allow Xu Miao and others to hesitate.

After thinking for a while, Xu Miao sent [-] soldiers from the county to transport the grain and fodder.

Xia Houba led more than [-] people from his headquarters in front, while General Fei Yao, who was far away in Chaona County, set up his headquarters, and Beidao rushed to join him.

Hu Zun from Gaoping County will take over his garrison.

So far, the guards of Wei Anding County have all moved!

After Wei Yande heard the report from Zhao Guang, who was on alert, he ordered his soldiers to travel only twenty miles a day to recharge their batteries.

When the difference between the two armies was more than a hundred li, the whole army turned and rushed over.

(End of this chapter)