Shu Chen

Chapter 436
Regarding the natural disaster in the heartland of Wei, Han and Wu reacted differently.

When Sun Quan heard the news, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt that God's will was not weak on him. When the civil strife broke out in Jiangdong, God actually caused floods in the four states of Wei State, which made him worry that Cao Rui would send troops to attack.And even if Lu Xun, who stayed in Jiangbei, was transferred back, he would be fully responsible for the chaos, and strive to make the county Jing'an as soon as possible.

The prime minister sighed in disappointment.

It has been the tenth year of the Northern Expedition, and the "waiting for a change in the weather" that he has been waiting for has come when the big man is stepping into recuperation, making it difficult for him to do anything.

Indeed, this day came too untimely.

If it can break out a few years in advance, so that the heart of the Central Plains of Wei State has no power to rush to help Yongliang, then the Northern Expedition of the Great Han Dynasty will be like a broken bamboo!
You can return to Liangzhou when Cao Zhen is still alive!

And there is still room to spare, and now it has begun to slowly eat away at Guanzhong!

Well, even if it's a year or two late~~
One or two years later, if the big man does his best, he can still raise enough food for the half-year-old expedition of [-] soldiers, and he can take advantage of the opportunity to go out to the right to gain a foothold and lay a solid foundation for the battle to restore the old capital in the future.

But it happened to erupt at this time, and it didn't benefit the big man at all.

Gein, with the richness of the states and counties of the Wei State, it does not take long to eliminate the losses caused by the floods and restore the war heritage of rushing to the front line.

At least, it is much faster than the grain and fodder accumulated by the big man into the main pass!
However, although the prime minister expressed emotion, he did not have the sentimentality of "God's will is weaker than me".

It is even more inadvisable to blame others.

It is to send a letter to the various ministries, saying that under the flood, Ni Wei will inevitably worry about the invasion of the Han army and strengthen the vigilance of various places, so that they will reduce the dispatch of scouts to avoid unnecessary struggles.

Naturally, Jiang Wei and Zhang Bao, who had driven away to Mingsha Mountain a long time ago, did not receive this message in time.

But also irrelevant.

Not only did they not have the intention to fight against the Wei army, but also because Deng Ai did not give the two armies a chance to fight fiercely.

However, Zhang Bao's tribe, as the pioneer, stopped after driving to Mingsha Mountain.

At this time, the Wei army had mowed away all the farmland on the west bank of the river, and was warned by the scouts, urging the soldiers to perform their duties and prepare for defense.

Instead, they all huddled in the garrison or camp, waiting for the Han army to attack.

Zhang Bao, who came here with light clothes, naturally would not increase the casualties of the soldiers.

After asking the soldiers to clamor before the Wei army's siege, and to show off their might and invite battle to no avail, he reined in his troops and waited for Jiang Wei's arrival.

No way, the natural danger of the big river almost obliterated the mobility of the cavalry to attack and invade, and the well-repaired fortifications of the Wei army made the cavalry useless.

About half an hour later, Governor Jiang Wei arrived.

After listening to Zhang Bao's detailed explanation, he led more than a hundred followers to drive slowly along the river to watch Wei Jun's fortifications.

It's not to humiliate and provoke the Wei army to fight with this "seeing nothing" attitude, but simply want to watch the Wei army defending and serve as a reference for future battles.

Entering Guanzhong, first occupy Longdong (Anding County); and according to Longdong, first cut off the layout of the Wei army in Helan Mountain and Shuofang County.

One day, the prime minister will let him attack this place with all his strength.

Let's take a look first.

Just looking at it, he couldn't help frowning.

The fortifications against Wei are too perfect!
Not only the two camps of Mingsha Mountain and Quwu Mountain had the advantage of being close to mountains and rivers, but even the several garrisons that fell along the riverside gave full play to the advantages of the terrain, which was beyond reproach.For example, he watched along the direction of the river for more than an hour, but he couldn't find any flaws or omissions. 【Note 1】

That is to say, if the prime minister sends him to attack this place in the future, I am afraid that these sieges will be removed one by one regardless of the casualties of the soldiers!
Because without thinking too much, Jiang Wei knew two routes for the Han army to enter Hetao, such as the wide mouth between Mingsha Mountain and Helan Mountain, and the Shuiquansha River from behind the fortress of Yuyin City to take the Wushui (Qingshui River) route. ) River valleys into big rivers, etc., against the Wei will inevitably be strictly guarded and properly guarded.

General Wei here is a good talent!

With a sigh of emotion in his heart, Jiang Wei carefully recalled the news he found out.

Deng Ai, courtesy name Shizai, was born in Yiyang.

Shaogu, before the Battle of Chibi, was moved to Runan as a farmer and calf raiser.

He is long and studious, but he has a stutter and is not known by others.Every time you see high mountains and great swamps, and you often point to the military camps, people laugh a lot.After spending more than ten years in this way, as a top strategist, I got to meet Sima Yi who was guarding Jingxiang at that time.Yi Qizhi, who made it a 掾, was quite different, and became the governor of Yongliang and brought him to Guanzhong to serve.

After Liangzhou changed ownership, Sima Yi thought that Deng Ai had the ability to manage agriculture, so he sent him to farm in the south of Helan Mountain.

Yes, Jiang Wei knew a long time ago that the person in charge of affairs south of Helan Mountain in Wei State is not Fei Yao but Deng Ai.

A man of humble origin, unknown and never in battle.

But he can repair the fortifications so well that it doesn't matter whether he has experience in battle or not.

And Jiang Wei, who once served as the general of the Wei State, knew that the Wei State did not lack people with humble backgrounds but excellent talents.Aside from the distance, he himself was just an unknown person in the eyes of the world before he rushed thousands of miles to break the Yin city fortress~
Moreover, he has fought side by side with Zhoutai many times, and he knows his talent well, and he also knows that Wei Simayi, Zhoutai's recommender, has the ability to know people.And Deng Aitong was different from his weapon, so he has something special.

"Bo Yue, it's getting dark."

Just when Jiang Weiruo realized something, Zhang Bao rode his horse up and interrupted his thoughts, "In your opinion, our army should find a place to stay overnight, or is it better to rush back at night?"

"Let the scouts find a place to spend the night first."

After pondering for a while, Jiang Wei grinned, "Since we are all here, we might as well stay for two more days. Since the Wei Wei retreated from the camp, it is just a good time for our army to show off its power and let the new recruits know the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and ourselves, so that they can go forward bravely in the future." sharp."

"Hey, that's all I know!"

Zhang Bao seemed to have anticipated this, "Bo Yue is like Zijin, he never forgets to seek benefits in everything when he is in charge of the army. Zijin jokingly said that 'even though flies are small, they are carnivorous', this is the same for Bo Yue! Haha~~"

After saying that, before Jiang Wei could answer, he laughed and turned his horse away.

The night is low, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the insects are singing.

The temporary overnight camp of the Han army was Naowei County, relying on the abandoned and ruined city walls to resist the night wind and sand.They didn't bring military tents and other things, after hastily grabbed dry food to satisfy their hunger, they, regardless of their seniority or inferiority, slept in the open around the fire, sleeping with their spears on their heads.

It is common for cavalry on the frontier to raid thousands of miles and sleep in the wilderness.

No one will complain about anything.

As generals, Jiang Wei and Zhang Bao had a harder time, and they took the camp duties for the first and second nights respectively.

But not long after the evening meal, Hu Bo Juzi, who was in charge of the scout battalion and was on guard outside, came back and escorted a man with shoulder-length hair and a felt hat.
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[Note 1: The Yellow River between Mingsha Mountain and Quwu Mountain has obvious geographical advantages, and it is a section of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. 】

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