Shu Chen

Chapter 394 Invincible

Hexi, Laowei County.

The setting sun is like fire, and the sunset glow is red through half the sky.

Countless cooking smoke rose from the camp of the Han army that fell along the Quwu Mountains.Any general who has a little experience in the army can infer from it that there are no less than [-] soldiers stationed in the camp.

Undoubtedly, Guo Huai is one of them.

This is also the reason why he has supervised the troops for more than [-] days, but he has not launched an offensive for a long time.

The camp that falls close to the mountains and rivers limits the attack surface and also curbs the superiority of the Wei army's troops; more than [-] soldiers can guarantee the rotation of guards without worry even if they are attacked day and night, and the advantage of the sloping slope is the same as that of the Wei army. Arranging huge Yuanrong crossbows will cause Wei Jun to die or injure thousands of people without necessarily having the opportunity to break through the gate of the village.

In this situation, a strong attack is the last policy, and it is really not advisable!
Moreover, when he dispatched his troops, Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, warned in his letter: "If you can fight, then fight; , is also the victory of our army."

Furthermore, the Hexi battlefield is just a partial division in this battle, and it is a countermeasure; the battlefield that can really determine the outcome of this battle and determine the pros and cons of the future Han and Wei is the main force in Guanzhong!

Why should he attack by force?
Let's confront him first, and pursue him when his food is exhausted and stop his troops, or wait for Sima Dudu's main force in Guanzhong to make contributions before making plans.

Guo Huai explained this to the other generals.

It also received the unanimous support of Qin Lang, Xia Houxian and others.

However, when he came to see the Han camp again today, he had the idea of ​​a strong attack in his heart.

The reason is not to be irritated.

In the past few days, Ni Shu saw that he had nothing to attack, so a young general led more than a hundred people out of the stronghold every day to show off his power and invite the Wei army to fight.

Behavior is quite arrogant.

It is only a hundred steps out of the camp, and the soldiers are ordered to hit their shields and sing, treating the Wei army as nothing.

The words of the invitation to fight are hard to hear.

He counted the defeats of the Wei state since the first Shu soldiers left Longyou, ridiculed the incompetence of the Wei soldiers, and boasted brazenly, claiming that his hundreds of soldiers could defeat Wei two or three times as many.

Guo Huai knew this person.

It was the orphan of Fu Xun who died in the Battle of Yiling, Fu Qian.

According to legend, he was young and grew up against the imperial ban of Shu, and was loved by Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, and was sent to worship at Scaru as a teacher.When he was less than ten years old, he joined the army and traveled from north to south.

Going out of the camp to invite a battle today is nothing more than that Ba Pu wants to anger him, lure him to send troops to fight, and take the opportunity to ambush and kill him!

Just imagine, Fu Qian led the army only a hundred steps out of the camp, and it took time for him to line up.

If he sends troops to fight, if he has more troops, he will retreat; if the troops are equal, he will be shot and killed by Fu Chen with a bow and crossbow relying on the advantage of the early formation, and the arrow towers in the Nishu camp will also open their crossbows at the same time!

Don't question Nishu's adherence to faith and righteousness, and would not act so despicably.

Soldiers never tire of deceit, and is he famous for his virtue? !
Therefore, in the past few days, he has been soothing Xia Houxian's emotions with good words.

Xia Houxian, who is also the third generation of Cao Wei Yuanxun, is still young and energetic after all. Seeing Fu Qian provoking in front of the battle, he asked for orders many times to go to the battle.In desperation and anger, even the military order "unwilling to be a military law" was issued.

In the end, Qin Lang, who was included in Cao Wei's clan, comforted him, and the matter was finally revealed.

The reason why Guo Huai changed his original intention and wanted to attack the fortress was that he had received military reports from Xia Houru and Guanzhong.

The troops left Ziwu Valley, and Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, moved his troops to Wuzhangyuan after leaving Chencang. Zhao Guang, Wang Ping, and Jufu transferred to Zuli County after attacking Anding Liangdao, and then assisted Wei Yan and Zheng Pu to drive troops to rescue the predicament in Shuyin. However, he has been standing still and waiting, and Ni Shu's many unusual dispatches made him suddenly feel that the strategic intention of the Shu army is to "build plank roads in the open, and cross Chencang secretly"!
Correct!
He suddenly discovered that the decisive point of this battle is not in Guanzhong!
But in Hexi!
It depends on whether the Confucian tribe of Xiahou can contain the Wei Yan tribe against Shu and prevent the Han army from breaking through to the fortress of Yuyin.

It's easy to draw conclusions.

In this campaign, the State of Wei used troops to besiege the fortress of Yuyin, occupying the first opportunity on the battlefield, forcing Nishu to come out to fight, causing it to lose its people's strength and force, and unable to rest peacefully.

And if Ni Shu wants to resolve the strategic passivity, the premise is to make Yu Yin indestructible!
That is to say, as long as Ni Shu Wei Yanbu breaks through Xia Houru's blocking road, drives down the city of Yuyin, and sends food, fodder, supplies and soldiers into the city, the strategy is over!

Given the strength of the fortress of Yuyin, if there were enough food, fodder and soldiers, the Wei army would have no hope of breaking through the city if there were no one or two years old, regardless of casualties, and stormed day and night.

However, Wei Guo has sent troops since the beginning of spring.

How can the morale of soldiers persist for another year or two?

How can the Li Shu and the sergeant persist in not having a quarrel for another year or two due to the suffering of transporting grain, fodder and supplies from Guanzhong to Hexi!
As for why Ni Shu didn't concentrate his forces at the beginning and rush to rescue Yuyin?
It is also easy to understand.

If he acts in this way, the main force of the Wei army in Guanzhong will go out of the Wushui River Valley to wait for labor to occupy it, and then divide the troops to go along the Qinling Valley Road to harass the latter, making it difficult for them to look after each other!

Therefore, Ni Shu marched in multiple directions, dispersed the deployment of Wei's troops, and transformed the war to resolve the predicament of Yuyin into a decisive battle between Wei Yan's tribe and Xiahou Ru's tribe.

The disadvantages such as few troops and occupied geographical advantage should be weakened to the greatest extent.

As for why the governor Sima Yi didn't make preparations earlier, it wasn't because he didn't understand the intention of rebelling against Shu, but it was really difficult.

Dividing troops against Shu into multiple routes is a conspiracy.

Regardless of whether he understood this meaning or not, Sima Yi would inevitably divide his troops to resist.

The way to use soldiers is to use falsehoods and realities.

If Sima Yi hadn't divided up his forces, as Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu's response to entering Guanzhong, might have turned into a battle to capture Guanzhong!

Because the significance of Guanzhong to Nishu is much more important to the city of Shuyin.

And now the Wei army has nearly [-] troops in Hexi.

Whether it is the logistical constraints of grain and fodder transfer, or the consideration of the overall situation, can Sima Yi'an send troops to Hexi again?
In the end, Sima Yi's original strategic goal has been achieved!Nishu, Longyou, Hexi and Hanzhong counties all mobilized troops to fight, and the loss of food and fodder was already countless!

Today, being suddenly countered by Nishu is the inevitable result of everyone on the battlefield.

After all, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and neither side of the game can make the war evolve in the direction they want.

We can only act according to circumstances, and treat the enemy's victorious ears with our own invincibility!
And Guo Huai's desire to attack Zheng Pu's camp by force is the thinking of "the first is invincible".

Worried about the safety of Xiahou's Confucian tribe, he thought about attacking for several days, regardless of casualties, to see if there was a chance of breaking the camp.

If there is, then there is no need to doubt it any more.

Even if the Scarlet Formation of "Wei's Great Trouble" cannot be cut here, Ma Dai and Jiang Wei's tribe who are wandering not far away can be forced to ask Wei Yan's tribe to come and rescue them!

In this way, the crisis of Xiahou Confucianism will be resolved by itself, and the predicament of Yuyin will remain.

But if there is no chance, then he will divide his troops.

Use half of the soldiers and horses to go to Mingsha Mountain to curb the road, so as to prevent Ni Shu from entering the south of Helan Mountain and invading the farmland; .

(End of this chapter)