Shu Chen

Chapter 401
It's autumn and August.

The sky was half cloudy and rainless, and the cool breeze wrinkled the surface of the Wei River, sparkling with light.

If you combine the leisure time of catching a few fresh fish into the joyful mood of just entering the warehouse in autumn, then the years of life are quiet and beautiful.

But the gold and iron horses competing with drums and horns ruined this beautiful scenery.

After all, Sima Yi made up his mind and led his army to pursue the Han army who was about to give up and return.

Although he doesn't have much chance of winning the pursuit.

"Sun Tzu: Military Struggle" has a saying, "Don't stop returning to the teacher, besiege the teacher, and don't force the poor."

Since Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, entered Youfufeng, he has not taken any measures to drive troops to attack the city or to fight for profits. Therefore, there is no theory that the veterans of the teachers are tired and the morale is low.

Facing the Han army, which was heavily arrayed and retreated in an orderly manner, it was not the best policy for the Wei army to pursue.

But Sima Yi had no other choice!

The siege of the Fortress of Yuyin has been resolved. The Wei State lost countless food supplies and mobilized tens of thousands of troops to launch a battle. No one can calmly accept the result of no disease.

Especially Xia Houru also died in battle.

The culprits of Luoyang Gungun will not attribute the responsibility for the strategic miscalculation to the emperor Cao Rui who insisted on going his own way to launch the war.

Only him, the governor of Yongliang, can't escape the blame!
During his several years as the governor, he has been accused of "fear of war".

If the superior force is in hand now, and you still sit back and watch the Shu army advance and retreat freely in the pass without taking any action, not only the generals will think that he is "fearing Shu like a tiger", but everyone in the world will think so!

Do not doubt this.

Niu Jin, his confidant who has followed him for many years, has also begged for orders several times in the past few days and led his army to pursue him.

Although the reason he kept saying was because of the shame of Yixue's inability to attack the Shu camp.

But Sima Yi knew that Niu Jin took the opportunity to express his attitude: Not only did the Yongliang ministries originally affiliated with Cao Zhen not resent Shu, but even the soldiers who followed him from Jingzhou to Guanzhong could not bear this humiliation and were eager to fight!

Yes, in the past few months of the confrontation at Wuzhangyuan, the Wei army has already tentatively attacked the Shu army once.

When he was urging other soldiers to grab the wheat from the fields, he also asked Niu Jin to lead more than [-] people in his headquarters to try to attack Meng Yan's camp at the mouth of Weishui into Weishui.

The original intention was to see whether the main force in Guanzhong could be evenly matched with the Han army after resting for more than two years.

If possible, he would attack with a large army, trap Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, in Guanzhong with superior force, and force the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong County to come out to rescue!Furthermore, to achieve the purpose of endless fighting against Shu, the collapse of people's livelihood and finances.

But if he could, he would continue to stand still and spend more time with more food and fodder, waiting for the Shu army's food and fodder to come to attack his camp as a last resort.

But the result of the trial made him feel disappointed.

Niu Jin is a brave general, with more than ten thousand people under his command, he can also be called an elite.

However, Meng Yan's tribe, relying on the natural location of Xie Shui (Wu Gong Shui), used strong bows and crossbows to prevent the Wei army from crossing the river, leaving Niu Jin at a loss.

Without him, the Wei army was close to rebelling against the Shu Yuan Rong crossbow within fifty steps, and there were few survivors!
Wei Jun suffered more than [-] casualties after only three days of trial, and he couldn't even build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

In desperation, he had no choice but to continue to attack.

However, if you fight in pursuit, the Yuanrong Crossbow against Shu is nothing to fear.

The Yuanrong crossbow, which was huge and heavy and required several people to operate, had to be dismantled when Nishu retreated before being transported back. Naturally, it could not be used to curb the pursuit of the Wei army.

This is also one of the reasons why Sima Yi planned to pursue him.

From the perspective of Wei Guo, Gein could not allow the Shu army to return intact.

Now Wei State's strategic opportunity is no longer there, if we don't take advantage of the Shu army's entry into the Guanzhong to fight and fight against the loss of soldiers, Wei State may never have a chance to go out of Longyou in the future!
Correct!
With the progress of the war situation so far, he can only ensure that the strategic goal of the Wei State is achieved by making one last gamble.

As long as the [-] soldiers and horses under the command of Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, can be severely damaged, even if the [-] troops under his command go seven or eight out of ten, he will not hesitate!

Because of the small size and few people of Shu, once more than [-] soldiers were killed, they would be injured. They would not be able to recover their vitality within a few years, and they would be unable to hold the long defense line from Hanzhong to Hexi.

But Wei Guo is not the same.

In the "Soldier System", the father dies and the son continues, and the brother dies and the brother dies, so there will be no difficulty in replenishing the army.

At most, he risked offending the interests of the aristocratic family and aristocratic family, went to Luoyang to ask the emperor Cao Rui, strictly investigated the hermits, apprentices and tenants, and forced prisoners, sons-in-law and merchants with low status to join the army!
Another reason is that there have been frequent military reports from Jingzhou recently.

It's not that Thief Wu still has the courage to come back and join the bandits this year after a great defeat.

Instead, Sun Quan not only personally harvested the rice fields in Wuchang, but also visited Jiangling City to feast on the guards, and frequently sailed up the Mian River in light boats to watch the defense and garrison of the Wei Army's Xiangfan Second City.

The intention conveyed by this move is obvious.

Sun Quan, the son of the thief, saw that Wei Guo used a large army to confront Nishu in Guanzhong, leaving the Jingxiang defense line empty, so he was eager to try to profit from it again.

For example, an elite naval force was deployed between Xiangyang and Fancheng to cut off Wei's northern aid, so that the generals in the rear could lead troops to plunder Li Shu and return.

There is no need to question Jiangdong's inability to do this.

As a result, the Jingzhou defense line of Wei State was really empty.

The other is the previous battle. The soldiers lost in Jiangdong were all infantry, and the navy did not suffer any losses because they had no chance to fight.

Furthermore, at the turn of summer and autumn, the water level of the rivers soared, and Sun Wu only needed to dispatch seven or eight thousand naval troops to achieve his goal.

In terms of upright military battles, Sun Wu's record is not good.

However, Jiangdong is familiar with the behavior of making small troubles and seeking small profits.

Therefore, it is easy to understand that Sima Yi wanted to pursue the Han army.

Do your best to fight against the background of the war against Shu, making it difficult to defend its defenses, creating opportunities for Wei Guo to send troops to Longyou in the future, and explaining to Luoyang Temple and the emperor!

And with this kind of tactics that will not hesitate to hurt both sides, Sun Quan will be deterred by the trend, so that he will not dare to have any wrong thoughts.

Thinking about making a decision, Sima Yi beat the drum and gathered the generals.

Put the yellow ax bestowed by the emperor Cao Rui on the general platform, promise generous rewards for harvesting and announce the military law of beheading before the battle, so as to inspire the soldiers' spirit and courage to die.Afterwards, with more than [-] people led by Governor Niu Jin as the forerunner, he led the army behind him, and marched towards Xiegukou in a mighty manner.

At this time, the Han army also returned to the division.

Hearing that the scouts came to report, the prime minister deliberately slowed down his return to the teacher, and immediately felt very happy.

Originally, he thought that Sima Yi would not pursue him anymore, but at the last moment, it turned out that there was nothing wrong with it.
And don't delay.

Nai ordered Zongyu and Hu Ji to protect the supplies, food and fodder into Baoxie Valley first, and ordered Meng Yan to supervise the tiger infantry to stand at the entrance of Xiegu;

As for himself, he stood the big banner behind Meng Yan's troops, waiting for Sima Yi's army to arrive before retreating slowly.

So that the Wei army will be greedy for merit and persevere in pursuit.

(End of this chapter)