Shu Chen

Chapter 463

Although he knew that every day of delay would reduce the chance of regaining Gaoping City, Sima Yi still hesitated and stayed in Chaona County for three days.

In other words, he has already made a decision.

Gein's decision to stop the army when the military situation was in full swing was originally an answer.

Coincidentally, the military news from Linjing County the next day prompted him to make up his mind: Hu Zun's messenger had arrived.

Hu Zun, who hastily retreated from the fortress of Yuyin, did not choose to go to the Wushui River Valley because he was worried that Zhao Guang, the cavalry general against Shu, would ambush him halfway. Slow; but the messengers he sent were not slow.

Sima Yi learned that the fortress of Yuyin was heavily guarded, and he could also guess that Deng Ai must be defeated.

Therefore, he suddenly felt that he had no chance to gamble with Nishu with You Fufeng as a bet.

In his original thinking, if he took back Gaoping City before Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan, the prime ministers of Nishu, separated Youfufeng from Chang'an, and then threatened the rear of Longyou and Xiaoguan Road with troops, forcing Nishu to return to help, then He won the bet.

But now that the defeat of the Hexi War has been decided, Bi Ba Pu, who has nothing to worry about, can lead the army to the south. How could he break through Gaoping City under the attack of Wei Yan and Ba Pu!
Maybe, instead of taking back the city, he would follow in Deng Ai's footsteps in the Wushui River Valley!
For example, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Nishu, learned that he continued to supervise the army westward, so he went directly to Dasan Pass to trap Chencang with several troops, and personally led the army northward to join forces with Wei Yan and Bapu, besieging and killing him with superior force.

Yes, force superiority.

Although the Wei State still has more troops in Guanzhong than Nishu, Xue Ti and Xiahouba had sent [-] soldiers to the south to support the Huainan battlefield, and there are many places in Guanzhong that need to be guarded.For example, Chang'an, Mei County, Wuguan and the exit of Ziwu Valley, which may be attacked by Nishu.Under the ebb and flow, there are not many soldiers and horses he hastily dispatched to Anding County this time.

But Ni Shu, who already has the potential to win, can use all his troops and horses to go all out!
That is to say, as Hu Zun brought back the Hexi Army, he felt that the bet was no longer You Fufeng, but the entire Guanzhong Sanfu!

Let me ask, if he is defeated and killed in the Wushui River Valley, can he still defend Guanzhong after mobilizing half of his troops?
It is estimated that Ni Shu will evolve into a sweeping trend with the sharpness of victory.

Although it is not to the point where it is decided, except for Chencang, Mei County and Chang'an, other heavily fortified cities, other counties may choose to open their doors and surrender because they cannot defend against the enemy.
Not to mention, there are many Li Shus in Guanzhong Sanfu, all of whom migrated from Hanzhong County and Wudu County when Emperor Wu of Wei was alive.If Nishu tempts to return to his hometown, it would be lucky for Li Shu not to gather a crowd to rebel and besiege the government, so how can he devote himself to assisting the government to defend against the enemy~~
Forget it, the time has passed, so don't do useless work.

Sima Yi had a decision in his heart, so he ordered all the soldiers and horses to return to their original camps and guard them.

Among them, Wang Sheng, who was originally stationed in Chencangcheng and served as the deputy general of Guo Huai, stationed [-] elite troops from his headquarters and stationed in Yangcheng above Fanxukou; Chen Cangcheng.

Such scheduling seems a little unnecessary.

But this is the helplessness of losing Gaoping City.

Just like telling a lie, in order not to be dismantled, countless lies will be needed to fulfill it in the future; if you give up taking back Gaoping City, the two counties of Chaona and Wuzhi on the east and west sides of Longzhou will also be forced to give up.

Without him, Gaoping City and Xiaoguan occupied by Nishu formed a pincer attack on Chaona and Wuzhi counties.

If you don't give up, not to mention that it is difficult for Guanzhong to transfer food, fodder and supplies to these two counties, just sending troops against Shu in the future will make the main force of Guanzhong fall into a dilemma of whether to save or not.

Because if he is rescued, he will be surrounded by Nishu to help him.

If they don't save them, the guards and soldiers of the two counties and Li Shu will all renounce, and Kaesong surrendered under the circumstances that they thought they could not resist.

So, how is it different from capital enemies?

It would be better to snatch all the food and fodder and burn the city to the ground!

As for Yangcheng guarded by Wang Sheng, will it also fall into the dilemma of saving or not?
No need to worry.

Wang Sheng used to be a general under Cao Zhen, who had fought for the country for decades, and he would not change his discipline even with a sword.

And the [-] soldiers under his command are one of the few elite troops in Yongliang's various ministries, and even if they defend the city against Shu for a year, their morale will not collapse.

Yes, Sima Yi intends to hoard food fodder for the defenders for three years in Yangcheng and Chencangcheng respectively!
Because he knew that after Nishu won Gaoping City, he would inevitably invade Guanzhong next year, and it would still be before the spring plowing and March—in order to garrison the fields on the spot and ease the difficulty of grain transportation.

And he must also fortify the walls and clear the fields in advance, set up a wide siege, and prepare food and fodder for each city in advance to prepare for a long-term war, otherwise it will be difficult for him to transfer food and fodder.

Of course, he will not give up Anding County completely.

Instead, he sent someone to tell Hu Zun to stay in Linjing County after he returned.

Whether it is Gaoping City or from Xiaoguan along the Jingshui River Valley to the east to Linjing County, a long-distance march is required, and Hu Zun's five thousand soldiers and troops and the surrounding Qianghu tribes are enough to defend.

For such a dispatch, all the generals in Yongliang had no objection, and they did not privately slander him as "selfish and fearful of Shu like a tiger" like the previous one.

This made Sima Yi a little disappointed.

In fact, he now hopes that those generals will take the lead in slandering him.

Gein, those generals who took the lead in slander, did so out of their willingness to fight to the death.

Now that they are no longer defamed, it also means that their morale has fallen, and they have become "fear of Shu" under the fact that they have lost many wars~~
Luo Yang, forbidden by the palace.

It was late at night, and Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei, had already rested.

But he was soon disturbed from sleep by the letter brought by the Xiaohuang Gate on duty.

Sima Yi's apology has arrived.

Shang Shutai knew that this matter was no small matter, so he came to report it regardless of disturbing his sleep.

In the above table, Sima Yi sent Deng Ai's own troops, he had to send Hu Zun to the north, he crossed Liupan Mountain against Shu to seize Gaoping City, and he gave up the west of Anding County and dispatched various ministries, all of which are recorded in the book.

Don't excuse others, and don't blame others.

After watching it, Cao Rui felt haggard.

In the war against Shu in recent years, Wei State has lost too many times.

It was not easy to achieve the victory of Qu Wushan's ambush, but in the blink of an eye, he ushered in an even greater defeat!
He suddenly felt that God was too harsh on Wei Guo, that's why the victory came late, and he couldn't wait to leave.

Ugh.
He sighed a long time.

Under the service of the eunuch, he put on his clothes and stepped out of the palace, walking eagerly through the long corridor to the Shangshutai.

But before he walked halfway, he stopped abruptly and sat down in a small pavilion.

Because just now when he planned to let the little yellow gate recruit important ministers to discuss, he found that he didn't know who to recruit.
(End of this chapter)