Shu Chen

Chapter 434
In Wuwei, the Han army rushed to the outpost of Li County.

The whitish sun scorched the earth, and the heat rose faintly from the yellow sand, blurring the wilderness as far as the eye could see.

Jiang Wei, dressed in military uniform, led his horse in the shadow of the foot of the mountain, looking up at the distant horizon, and stroked the horse's mane from time to time to calm the horse's impatience.

Although there was news that Zhushili had been slaughtered in the secret work, Jiang Wei still had no plans to use his soldiers on Mingsha Mountain.

Yes, he knew that this mobilization of troops was very likely to be in vain.

Since Bi Niwei had found out that there were those who had the intention of colluding with the Han inside and dealt with it by brutal means, he would naturally anticipate the invasion of the Jinqiu Han army, and then strengthened his walls and cleared the country to take strict precautions.

Under the national policy of recuperation, the prime minister indicated that the original intention of continuing to use troops in the Hexi Corridor was to hone the newly-made cavalry, not to attack the enemy's siege or camp on foot.

Therefore, Jiang Wei just took advantage of the autumn harvest with cavalry to march immediately, to see if he could destroy the fields against the Wei Dynasty.

Moreover, there are not many cavalry available to the Han army this year.

In view of last year's Hexi Corridor as the key to reversing the siege of Yuyin City Fortress and the preemption of strategic opportunities, Fei Yi had to use food and fodder to supply Wei Yan, Ma Dai, and Zheng Pu's troops. This year's Food and fodder are still in short supply.

For example, after Zhao Guangbu recruited [-] cavalry soldiers, he turned back to the Guanchuan River Valley on the west side of Zuli County to perform martial arts, and did not participate in this mobilization.And Zhang Te, who was allocated a thousand Xiliang iron cavalry, has been stationed in the fortress of Yuyin to guard against the invasion of Helan Mountain and the Qianghu tribe in Shuofang.Before the imperial court launched the battle to capture Helan Mountain, he could only provide Jiang Wei and others with military information and cover flanks in addition to performing his duties.

Therefore, in addition to Xu Zhi's [-] Xiliang iron cavalry, Jiang Wei has more than [-] Xiliang cavalry, Zhang Bao's [-] Xiliang cavalry, [-] burning Qiangs, and the [-]-odd scout battalion led by Hu Bojuzi. up.

Cavalry are not good at attacking fortifications.

The Mingsha Mountain and the Quwu Mountain Range face each other from the north to the south, and are connected by a great river. This natural geographical advantage provides a lot of convenience for Ni Wei to attack the enemy outside the gate - just build a few sieges along the river, Falling two camps along the mountain will form a line of defense that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It is indeed easy to defend but difficult to succeed.

If the Han army did not drive the infantry, they would not be able to break through the siege and obtain the ferry.

However, if they go by infantry, they will fall into the dilemma of difficult supply of food roads.

Without him, Lingzhou, Dingxi City, and Fuping County south of Helan Mountain are the main farmlands of Wei State, and they are also places where heavy troops are hoarded.

If they knew that the Han army would come by tens of thousands of horses, they would definitely enlist the Qianghu tribe in Shuofang County to come from the northern foot of Mingsha Mountain and drive to the east of Wushaoling to break the Han army's grain road.

In any case, before there was no strong national power as a logistical support, the mobility of the nomadic tribes was indeed better than that of the Han army in the struggle on the grasslands and deserts.

Therefore, when Jiang Wei was waiting for the return of the scouts, he was also thinking about the surrender of Wei Zahu.

Although Zhushili was slaughtered, Ji Saiduoman, who also surrendered and had more than [-] horses under his command, has not been discovered by Wei Guo, but there is no more news now.

Perhaps, it was deterred by Ni Wei's thunderous means.

If Ji Saiduoman can be used as an internal response, it will be of great benefit to the Han army breaking through the defense line of Mingsha Mountain.

Gein, no matter whether it is Jiang Wei or other big Han generals, has such confidence. As long as Ji Saiduoman can help the Han army win a barracks on the Mingsha Mountain defense line, then, judging from the combat power of the Han and Wei soldiers, it will disintegrate the entire army. The line of defense is just a matter of time.

However, he really came to attach himself!
Or do you want to feign surrender, lure our army to go deep and wipe out the evil?

Jiang Wei couldn't be sure.

The prime minister who is far away in Hanzhong County also wrote back.

However, there is no conclusion on the authenticity of this matter, but only a few figures of "our army has not yet reached the decisive battle", which vaguely reminds the generals in Hexi not to be greedy for merit, which will trigger a war between the two armies.

Zheng Pu, who is now in charge of the affairs of the prime minister's office in Ji County, has a different opinion.

He also added a note at the end of the prime minister's letter.

Said: "Since the Northern Expedition, there have been many defeats against Wei. There must be a plan to seek small victories and stabilize the morale of the army. If you hear that our army has entered Mingsha Mountain, he may be greedy for merit, and this is also an opportunity for our army to defeat the enemy. How to choose, Bo Qiao should decide on his own."

In other words, Zheng Pu didn't care about the authenticity of Ji Saiduoman's surrender at all.

Instead, I feel that the army should seek profit.

Regardless of whether he sincerely came to vote or pretended to surrender, Jiang Wei can decide to find a fighting opportunity at his own discretion.

In fact, the minds of the Hexi generals were exactly the same as Zheng Pu's.

Zhang Bao is the most.

He was above the military discussion, and he felt that there was a chance for the fighters to come and vote.

No matter whether he is a false surrender or not.

And also to express his own opinion, please order yourself to lead the [-] troops from the headquarters to meet in the front, while Jiang Wei and Xu Zhi's military governors will be in the back.

If Zahu sincerely submits, he can go straight to fight against Wei Wei, and win a chance for Jiang Wei's follow-up troops to capture a foothold on the Mingsha Mountain defense line.And if he is phoning surrender, he will fight and retreat, waiting for Jiang Wei's army governor to come to meet him and go back, so as not to cause too many casualties.

Such a suggestion is considered mediocre.

Neither missed opportunities nor violated the taboo of being greedy for meritorious deeds.

However, after the news of Zhu Shili's slaughter came, Zhang Bao became a little impatient.

He felt that he couldn't hesitate any longer, otherwise he would lose his opportunity.

Because Wei General Deng Ai slaughtered the Zahu tribe under his command, it also proves that there are many internal instability factors against Wei!

Such as Ji Saiduoman who has written a book and surrendered.

If he really wanted to attach himself to the Han, but the Han army saw that Zhushi Li was slaughtered and did nothing, he would definitely be disappointed, thinking that the big man did not have the strength to protect his tribe, and then turned to fight against Wei with all his heart!The same is true for other Qiang and Hu tribes, who will eventually succumb to the butcher's knife against Wei and fight to the death with the Han army in the future.

Regarding Zhang Bao's thoughts, Jiang Wei had no objection at first.

But now there are some different opinions.

He suddenly had a question in his mind: Is Zhang Bao and the other generals eager to fight, is it the result Wei Guo expected?
Yes, he was once a member of the general of the Wei army. He knew that in the planning of military battles, Wei Guo often used all means to win.If more than two hundred cavalry were killed to achieve a tactic to lure the enemy deep, they would never hesitate.

Not to mention that these two hundred cavalry soldiers are a tribe of miscellaneous Hu who only talk about benefits and don't know etiquette and loyalty.

In the eyes of General Wei, the plan of killing was just to let the Zahu tribe "deserve their death".

No worries at all.

And against Wei now, it is slaughtering and chasing corpses for profit and saving Saiduoman.

This move not only failed to convince Jiang Wei of the sincerity of their vote, but felt that it was more like trying to cover up.

(End of this chapter)