Shu Chen

Chapter 379
The current situation in the Northwest is best described as "Jiao Da".

After the state of Wei used more troops and supplies to offset the geographical disadvantages and created a situation of evenly matched forces, it transferred Wuhuan Tuqi to the northwest again. If the prime minister did not want to see the city of Shuyin change hands, he had no choice but to continue to invest in troops and horses to fight. .

That's why he asked Fei Yi in his letter how many more soldiers, horses and food fodder he could recruit from Liangzhou.

While the main force in Wei Guoguan was still waiting to move, the Chinese army in Longyou of the Han Dynasty could not move without authorization, lest Sima Yi, the governor of Wei Yongliang, find the weak point of the defense line.

Correct!
If troops are sent to rescue the fortress of Yuyin, the only way is to send troops from Liangzhou.

After learning that Wei used Guo Huai, Hu Zun, and Deng Aizen to attack Shuyin together, the prime minister planned to transfer Zhao Guang, the general of Xiaoqi, to Hexi to control Wei Yan, so as to offset the disadvantage of Wei's more powerful troops.

However, the news of Wuhuan Tuqi's upcoming arrival disrupted the prime minister's deployment.

Because no one dared to say, if Sima Yi learned that Zhao Guangbu had left Longyou, would he follow the example of Cao Zhen in the past, marching into Longyou with Wuhuan, and commanding an army out of Gaoping City to besiege Zuli County.At that time, the crisis facing the big man will not only be that Quyin will be trapped, but even Longyou will be at war.

"Zijin, I wrote back to the Prime Minister the day before yesterday."

Seeing that Zheng Pu was silent for a long time after reading the letter, Fei Yi said in a low voice, "The former general of Wei Dynasty rushed to the rescue. In addition to the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, there are also Jincheng prefect Zhang Bogong's department and Zhang Wenrong's Xiping County. Soldiers. If I dispatch more soldiers and horses now, I think for a few days, and at most I can only piece together seven thousand soldiers."

"He was able to double call seven thousand soldiers! Brother Wen Wei is truly a great talent!"

Hearing this, Zheng Pu woke up from his thoughts, and said in surprise, "However, as far as I know, how come there are so many soldiers and horses in Hexi? I ​​don't know that brother is planning ahead, please feel free to say so."

"Zijin is absurd."

Fei Yi smiled and waved his hands, "I'm nothing more than trying to piece things together and try my best."

It turned out that he planned to send [-] troops from the Liao Hua Department of the prefect of Dunhuang, more than a thousand soldiers from the Fuqian Department who were escorting the prisoners from the right part of the Southern Huns to Zhangye County from Juyan, and more than a thousand soldiers from the Yan Yu Department who were guarding Wuwei County. More than [-] soldiers from the county were led by Xu Zhi, and [-] soldiers were forcibly pieced together.

It can be said that he has conscripted all the defenses in Hexi, except for the Zhoutai Department, which guards Liu Bao, the left part of the Southern Huns, in Xuanwei City, and the Jiang Shu Department, which serves as an outpost in Hexi in Pulu County.

Because Li Qiu's team is going to Dunhuang to replace Liao Hua in guarding Yumen and Yangguan.

As for why Jiuquan County can't transfer troops?
Huang Hua, the prefect of the Wei Dynasty, was too selfish and transferred countless Li Shu into the army to fight against the Han army.

And the Ma Dai Department, which was originally in Jiuquan County, has already marched.

In general, Fei Yi went on to say, "Now that Zijin is in office in Hexi, if the prime minister sends reinforcements again, Zijin will be the supervisor. And Liao Yuanjian and other troops will gather in Guzang County for at least one month. Jin supervises the establishment of bow and arrow clubs in various counties and counties, which must be completed as soon as possible."

"I see."

After hearing this, Zheng Pu nodded lightly and cupped his hands in thanks, "Thank you Brother Wenwei for reminding me. I will go to Jiuquan County in a few days to set up the bow and arrow club." Immediately, he asked again with an even more surprised expression, "If If we can transfer [-] soldiers to join forces with General Wei, we will be able to keep the fortress of Shuyin intact. However, where will the food and fodder come from? With the land west of Hexi, how can we provide [-] cavalry for years of combat?"

Indeed, Hexi cannot afford it.

Just Wei Yan's more than [-] men and Ma Dai and Jiang Wei's total of nearly [-] cavalry pawns have already stretched Liangzhou.

How can there be surplus food and fodder for another [-] soldiers to go to war!

This time, Fei Yi didn't answer immediately.

Instead, he turned his head away and cast his gaze at the afterglow of the setting sun outside the office.

After a long time, he said sadly, "If the prime minister agrees, I will let the Haoyou families in Hexi pay the grain first, and repay it after it is collected in the treasury in autumn."

This is because you want to borrow money from the right and live without money~~~
Zheng Pu suddenly understood.

He knew in his heart that this move would damage the authority of the government and should not be the first, but he had no better way to prepare food and fodder.

It seemed that Fei Yi didn't want to discuss this matter too much.

After finishing speaking, he stood up and said goodbye, "Zijin, the prime minister, has read the letter. I have something to do here, so I will go back to Guzang. Zijin knows it, I can't leave Guzang for too long."

When Zheng Pu heard this, he quickly got up and saw him off, "The war is raging, brother Wen Wei will go."

When he was sitting alone in the office, Zheng Pu, who felt bored, picked up a water bag and went out to ride his horse slowly.

Shandan Racecourse is also a famous summer resort.

In midsummer, the scenery is beautiful, the sunset is dyed red and white clouds are blooming, the rolling dark green under the horseshoes winds to the distant mountains, and unknown flowers and plants bloom one after another.

In the cool breeze, you will find the vastness of the world and the smallness of the individual in a trance.

Zheng Pu now feels that the individual is very small, and he still has the weakness of a big man.

The moment he finished reading the prime minister's letter, he could vaguely guess how the prime minister would respond. Wu's disastrous defeat was unable to contain Wei's Luoyang Zhongjun and the polyphonic Wuhuan Tuqi came to Hexi.

Just now he and Fei Yi talked about sending troops to Hexi again, which was just the prime minister's response.

But the real intention is to send troops from Xiaoguan!
Using offense instead of defense, the prime minister wants to fight Wei Guo once within the time when food and fodder is still sufficient, so that the war will end as soon as possible!
This is helpless.

Fighting the consumption of war, it is impossible for a big man to beat Wei Guo.Judging from the current situation, Wei Guo's determination is extremely firm this time, and he will definitely not stop the army easily.And the longer the delay, the more unfavorable it is to the big man.

Because since Jianxing sent troops to the Northern Expedition in the sixth year, the big man has never fought without fighting!
Although there are achievements in seizing Longyou and restoring Liangzhou, it is inevitable that the treasury will be empty and the people's strength will be exhausted.

Except for several counties in Longyou where the Weishui River runs through the land of Gein Xinde, the rest of the counties and counties are known for their barren land.

Zaizozhi’s court needed to rebuild after the war, investing a lot of manpower and material resources such as building city passes, preparing beacons to secure the people, and promoting water conservancy and planting valleys. The self-sufficiency of the newly restored land is still worrying, let alone supplementing the food for the Northern Expedition.

That is to say, the success of the Northern Expedition of the Great Han Dynasty and the siege of cities and lands seemed fruitful, but it was devastated for people's livelihood.

After all, Bashu is the only place where big men can be called fertile!

And after experiencing the trauma of the Yiling War, he began to step into Bashu, where people's livelihood is exhausted!

This is also the helplessness of the prime minister's defense all these years.

Therefore, it is inevitable to be passive in strategy today.

But if the defense cannot avoid the continuous consumption of national power and the inability to cultivate health and rest in peace, the prime minister will naturally not let Wei Guo continue to show off his might.

If he wants to fight, then let's fight.

Anyway, Wei Guo can't afford it either!
(End of this chapter)