Shu Chen

Chapter 391
Regarding the most fertile soil and the most abundant grain and fodder production in Guanzhong Sanfu today, the surrounding areas of Chang'an City must do their part.

Even Zuo Fengyi, who owns Zheng Guoqu and Baiqu, can hardly compare.

The reason is not because Chang'an was the former capital of the Qin and Han Dynasties, but because "eight rivers surround Chang'an" to make the Liwei Plain fertile. 【Note 1】

The eight waters are named: Wei, Jing, Feng, Lao, Ju, Yu (pick), Chan, and Ba.

Among them, the exit of Ziwu Valley in Guanzhong is between Fengshui and Lishui (now Chang'an District).If you follow the Lishui River, you can go directly to the city of Chang'an; if you go along the Fengshui River, you will reach Linfeng County and Hao County.

But this time the Han army came suddenly, but there was no move to approach the city and county.

Instead, all the villages and settlements between the Feng and the two rivers were taken back to Hanzhong County, and all the farmland, ditches and water conservancy and Ma Jun's waterwheel imitating the Han Dynasty were all burned here.

Even the post road was destroyed
Naturally, things such as relocation and bad roads are cumbersome. When the Han army succeeded, the soldiers and horses stationed in the three eastern counties and Xia Houxuan who guarded Chang'an could not be ignorant.

But knowing the news is one thing, but being able to contain it is another.

General Wu Yi of the Left of the Han Dynasty personally led [-] troops out of Huangjin Gorge, and set up camp near Xunkou to protect the entrance of Ziwu Valley.

However, there were less than [-] Wei troops guarding the three eastern counties, and they did not dare to go to fight; and after hearing the news, Wang Chang, the governor of Jingzhou and the general who conquered the south, could not mobilize enough troops to drive them out in a short time.

Gein is now the Lord of Wu, Sun Quan, still stationed in Wuchang!
After Jiangdong invaded many times, Jingzhou's soldiers and horses were already stretched. Once the soldiers and horses guarding Xiangfan's defense line were transferred, Jiangdong might attack again.

After all, Bashu and Jiangdong are allies.

If it was said that they did not respond to the fight, no one in Wei would believe it.

In desperation, Wang Chang had no choice but to write books to the Luoyang court and Chang'an respectively, so that they could prepare early.

But after Luoyang Cao Rui got the report, he could only report with a wry smile for a while.

The impact of the famine in Luoyang at the beginning of spring has not completely dissipated, and the Chinese army has just returned from the Jingzhou battlefield. How can they go back after a short rest?

Besides, distant water cannot save near fire.

It was about 950 (Han) miles from Luoyang to Chang'an, even if he raised soldiers to send them there, it was already too late when they arrived.

Therefore, it was miserable for Chang'an to defend Xia Houxuan.

The soldiers and horses he supervised were about 5000 people, and all of them were guarding county soldiers.

If it is to defend the city, to fight against bandits or civil unrest, etc., there is no need to worry about it, but the Han army came out of Ziwu Valley with more than ten thousand elites led by Guan Xing, how could he contain it?

Moreover, when Wang Chang's letter traveled from Wuguan in Nanyang County to Chang'an, Guan Xing had already emigrated.
He didn't even have the chance to evacuate Li Shu and fortify the wall to clear the country.

Naturally, even if he was incapable of defeating him, he still led two thousand soldiers and horses out of the city without hesitation.

Not with war.

Instead, they set up a bluff with many banners and pretended that the army had arrived, to see if they could scare the Han army back.

As for success, it all depends on God's will.

Where his responsibility lies, the guilt cannot be escaped.If there is nothing to do at all, the court will pursue the responsibility afterwards, and the emperor Cao Rui, who has always been dissatisfied with him, may be furious, deprive him of the title and emigrate him thousands of miles away for his crime.

But obviously, God's will is weaker than him.

Guan Xing, who was confident that he had trekked hard in Ziwu Valley for nearly a month before seeing the fertile field, stemmed from his absolute trust in the prime minister's appointment to go out to Dasan Pass to attract the main force of Wei Guanzhong, and he did not believe that there would be a large army entrenched near Chang'an.And counting the time, even if Mei County or Wugong County, which has a heavy army, learned of the military situation, they would not rush to this place in a hurry.

Therefore, when he saw Xia Houxuan's soldiers coming out, he was not surprised but happy.

Nai Ling's generals Shen You, Zheng Ta and Yao Jing continued to emigrate, and more than [-] people from the headquarters were looking at Xia Houxuan's general flag, and the general wanted to fight against him.

If it is said that Xia Houshang was a famous general at one time, the world will not refute it.

But what about his son Xia Houxuan's schedule?
He has never been in battle!
Moreover, he was pampered since he was a child, and he always liked to sit and talk to show off the elegance of celebrities, and never disdain to talk with vulgar soldiers.

Nor will he get the support and death of soldiers.

Seeing the Guan Xing Department coming against the battle, he thought about trying to resist for a while, but the county soldiers under his command who hurriedly gathered out of the city were full of panic, and the morale of the army was already floating before the battle.

There were even those who abandoned their weapons and died.

Under such circumstances, the governor left behind by his late father protected him and returned to Chang'an City without his orders.

Based on Xia Houshang's achievements in the past, no matter how incompetent Xia Houxuan is, the emperor Cao Rui will not punish him with death, but if he continues to stay outside the city, the soldiers of the Han army will all take his life as the first credit!
The pros and cons of this piece, the director of the song can clearly understand it in his heart.

He fled without even taking part in the battle, and even Guan Xing was momentarily stunned by the result.

Perhaps, no matter what, he never imagined that the general guarding the old capital of the great man would be so unbearable.

Also a little annoyed.

If he had known this earlier, he would have been bolder and led his troops to Chang'an to set up an ambush along the road to capture one of the generals!It can even drive the defeated soldiers to the front and hide the soldiers behind, and break the city of Chang'an!
But things have already happened, and there is no room for change.

Guan Xing, who couldn't catch up, saw Wei Jun fighting so timidly, so he came up with a bold idea.

It was Zheng Ta and Yao Jing of the Ministry of Command who escorted Li Shu back to Hanzhong County. Together with Shen You, a total of [-] soldiers, they crossed the river and marched towards Lantian County with great fanfare.

Lantian County is located between Chan River and Ba River.

And the source of Bashui is on the Wuguan Road from Guanzhong to Nanyang County!
In other words, he made a gesture to attack Wuguan from behind, in order to attract more troops from Niwei Guanzhong to this place, and slightly ease the disparity between the enemy and our troops on the prime minister's side.

As for the feint shot, will Sima Yi, the governor of Wei Yongliang, believe it~~
He couldn't help but not believe it.

Chang'an City is of great significance to the Han Dynasty, and it is also the fear of the Wei State.

If Sima Yi didn't want to be criticized by the dukes of Luoyang Temple, and the hearts of the three assistants in Guanzhong were in turmoil, he would have to send troops to Jingzhao County to drive out all the Han troops to ensure that everything was safe.

But Guan Xing's real intention was to pull out more Lishu around Lantian County and return to Hanzhong County by taking the valley road.

Correct!
The exit of the Valley Road is just west of Chanshui.

Although before the troops were dispatched, the prime minister told him that he only needed to capture some Li Shu and destroy the farmland to attract the attention of the Wei State, but he felt that a qualified general should have the courage to make a decision before the battle!
Don't be pedantic and lose the opportunity to miss the opportunity, just like the marionette.

Furthermore, taking the valley road will not be in danger.

In the past, when Sima Yi conquered Mengda, Wei Yan also burned the west city and pulled out all the Li and Shu. At that time, Wei Guo also moved all the Li and Shu at the northern foot of the Wudang Mountains to prevent similar things from happening.

It just so happens that the other end of the Valley Road is at the northern foot of the Wudang Mountains, between Xicheng and Xi County.

Ni Wei did not deploy soldiers and horses to defend.

So, why not do something that benefits the country?

[Note 1: In 120 B.C., Emperor Wu of the Han conquered the ancient Dian Kingdom in order to prepare for the war, and diverted the three waters of Feng, Fu, and Ju to build the "Kunming Pool" to train the navy; until the Kunming Pool dried up in the Tang Dynasty, the three waters merged into one. 】

(End of this chapter)