Shu Chen

Chapter 435
At noon, the weather became hotter and hotter.

Even the occasional wind is hot, and it will bring dust from the desert to smear people's faces, making people feel more irritable.

Jiang Wei's inner lining, which is fully armored, has long been soaked, and it feels sticky on his body, as if there are many ants on his skin, crawling and biting wantonly from time to time.

But his face is still like a sinking lake, and his heart is like still water.

Men who were born in the Xiliang frontier, as long as they have done something, they have never lacked qualities such as tenacity and determination.

Jiang Wei, who now holds an official position as General Ran Zhengxi, is very grateful for the promotion and respect he has received since he entered the Han Dynasty, and he often has the heart of "being a fan is hard to repay".

Therefore, with doubts in his heart, he did not immediately drive his troops forward as Zhang Bao wished.

Even if Zhang Bao is the brother of the current empress, and his official position is at the same level as his, and he was only temporarily sent under his control by the prime minister, not under his command.

Naturally, when planning military affairs, only the pros and cons should be considered, and it should not be mixed with the worldly experience or personal gains and losses in official career.

Fortunately, Zhang Bao is not the kind of arrogant person who relies on his status.

After being rejected several times, although some faces showed a little anger, they did not do anything reckless or violate the general order.Perhaps, it was because he knew another reason for Jiang Wei's cautiousness, that the two thousand burning Qiang people under his command had only performed martial arts for a short time, and they hadn't enforced orders in terms of military discipline and orders.

For example, in the cavalry battle that broke out in the valley of the tributary of Lushui, they made small mistakes that were difficult to control.

"Bo Yue, it seems that the scouts have returned!"

Just as Jiang Wei was thinking, Zhang Bao, who came to him at some point, pushed him with his hands and interrupted his thoughts with a sound.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Jiang Wei raised his head, covered his forehead with his hands and looked eastwards to cover the sunlight.

In the vaguely hot desert, three small black spots slowly floated up from the horizon.

Over time, bigger and bigger.

When the outlines of the men and horses and the command flags were vaguely discernible, Jiang Wei nodded and said, "The scouts have indeed returned. Wen Rong will go with us and see what news they bring back."

"it is good!"

Zhang Bao, who had been impatient for a long time, jumped on his horse vigorously and bridles forward with Jiang Wei.

Just waiting for the scouts to explain in detail the military situation they found out, he frowned again and looked disappointed.

Yes, the news the scouts brought back was not good.

On the banks of the big river around Mingsha Mountain, Wei Guo also has a lot of farmland, but now they start to mow in advance regardless of the fact that the wheat is not yet fully ripe!

That is to say, they have already cleared the field with a strong wall.

Even if the wheat harvested by the family is harvested ahead of schedule, a lot of fodder that can only be used as horse fodder is not hesitating!

For the Han army, this was their intention to use the mobility of the cavalry to snatch the grain and fodder from the Niwei Tuntian, and it was declared shattered before it was implemented.

Therefore, it is inevitable for Zhang Bao to be disappointed.

The army is useless.Food and fodder in the Hexi Corridor was already in short supply. After the strategic intention was killed in advance by Wei Wei, would Jiang Wei still send troops according to the previous plan?

He didn't think so.

But soon, Jiang Wei unexpectedly said to him, "Wen Rong, let your subordinates get ready, and I will go to Mingsha Mountain at the fourth watch of the next day. Well, Wei Wei has already taken precautions, and you are the vanguard." , and cannot go deep.”

Uh!
Immediately, Zhang Bao was stunned.

Previously, when the opportunity of war was still there, he asked for orders to advance many times, but Bo Yue refused all of them because he could not act too hastily; now that he knows that the march will not be profitable, Bo Yue urges the troops to go, what is the reason!

For a moment, Zhang Bao couldn't understand.

"it is good!"

In response, he waved his hand and summoned the governor of Buqu, and asked him to go back to the barracks to pass the order on his behalf, but he himself did not move a single step.

He wanted to wait for Jiang Wei to arrange other affairs, and then confess all the doubts in his heart.

Not to question, but to seek solutions.

When the prime minister asked him to temporarily return to Jiang Wei's control, his sister-in-law Zheng Pu privately claimed that Jiang Wei had a strategic strategy and was the leader among many generals in the Han Dynasty.

It seems that Jiang Wei also had some expectations for his intention to stop.

After instructing other matters, he tilted his head and smiled and asked, "Wen Rong didn't go to the barracks to urge the soldiers to get ready, but he wanted to ask me why I knew that I would take precautions against the Wei Dynasty, but I still insisted on driving the troops forward?"

"Of course!"

Zhang Bao smiled awkwardly, and pulled Jiang Wei away from the passing soldiers, before asking, "With Bo Yue's wisdom, we naturally know that it is difficult for our army to gain profits at this time! Why don't we change our previous plan? I can't figure it out." , please don’t hesitate to teach me.”

"Don't dare to take it as teaching words."

With some modesty, Jiang Wei said slowly, "This is because of the Jiangdong Army Report more than a month ago. Wen Rong must have forgotten that when the Son of Heaven visited Ayang earlier, the prime minister invited the Son of Heaven to stay in Xiaoguan for a few days. ?”

uh~
That's it!

After Zhang Bao heard it, he suddenly realized.

Civil unrest broke out in Jiangdongxia in June. Not only was it impossible to enter Shouchun City, but it was also worried that Ni Wei would take the opportunity to send troops to retake Hefei New City.But the prime minister had the emperor's entry into Xiaoguan out of consideration for Jiangdong to contain Wei Wei.

Now, the same is true of Jiang Wei's unchanging intention to send troops.

With the action of sending troops into the Helan Mountains, Niwei was afraid to send too many troops from the Yongliang army into Jingzhou to attack Sun Wu.

As for how many troops this move will contain against the Wei Dynasty, the right should be better than nothing.

Anyway, as long as the big Han sent troops, it would be enough to fulfill the covenant between the two countries to fight Wei together.

"In the past, I often sat down with Zijin. He praised Bo Yue a little bit, and he often said that 'one who does not plan for the overall situation is not good enough for a region'. Today, I can say that Zijin is very knowledgeable after hearing what Bo Yue said. The ability of human beings!"

Zhang Bao, who understood the intention behind it, praised him highly, and changed his face and bowed his hands in apology, "Before I tried to fight, I questioned Boyue a lot, please take it easy."

"Don't dare! Don't dare!"

Hastily turned sideways to avoid saluting, Jiang Wei shook his head and smiled wryly, "Military discussions are all about expressing their own opinions, and I hope there are no omissions. If Wen Rong acts like this, I will not dare to talk freely with you in the future!"

"Hahaha~~"

Zhang Bao also waved his hand casually, "Since that's the case, after the battle, I'll take the machine wine brewed at home to drink with Bo Yue, and I have the right to thank Bo Yue for his kind words, how about it?"

"It's the best. And drink more, haha~~"

After agreeing, the two talked about other things, and then went back to supervise the various trivial matters of the soldiers.

But what they don't know is that Wei Guo is destined to be unable to defeat Wu this year.

It's not because Cao Rui doesn't want it, it's because the heaven is not beautiful.

In mid-autumn and August, the hinterland of the Central Plains ushered in a rare torrential rain, causing rivers to flood the four prefectures of Hebei, Yan, Xu and Henan, which are flat and densely populated with rivers, flooding villages and destroying autumn grain.

In desperation, Cao Rui had no choice but to order the state and county governments to open warehouses to rescue the victims. He was also very unwilling to send the assembled army back to the station, and refused to attack Wu Zhinian again.

(End of this chapter)