Shu Chen

Chapter 467
Dingjun Mountain, Hanzhong County, Zhuge Bieyuan.

The prime minister, dressed in white clothes like snow, stood alone in front of the small pavilion in the atrium, leaning on a stick, wondering what he was thinking.

A few days ago, the Huang family, who knew that the war was approaching, took Zhuge Zhan and Zhuge Pan back to Chengdu in the clear autumn, making the previously lively courtyard suddenly quiet.

For a while, it was quite uncomfortable.

Even the afterglow of the setting sun climbed into the atrium from outside the door, trying to lengthen and enlarge the shadows of the flowers and trees to fill the empty space of the courtyard; and the dead leaves that fell all over the courtyard, occasionally there will be a few teasing them by the autumn wind. , whirling to make some noises to drive away the loneliness.

Some bored prime ministers closed their eyes and recalled the warm conversation with their wives and hands in the small pavilion, recalled the sound of their children and grandchildren's books in the early morning, and let the autumn wind gently play with their gray beard, hair and clothes.

The sunset is infinitely good~~
When he was young, the prime minister shook his head slightly and sneered at himself, walking slowly with his stick in the wind.

I should insist on dredging my muscles and bones every day, lest when I enter Guanzhong, I will not even have the chance to climb the Chang'an City Wall.

Walk slowly, go round and round.

Before he knew it, he stopped in front of an orange tree, which was planted by Zhuge Qiao himself when he bought this other courtyard.

It hasn't grown for a few years, and the branches are thin and small. This year, for some reason, they have produced a few first fruits.

The prime minister took one casually, the flesh was yellow and clear, and the taste was slightly bitter, but then he remembered that the war between the Han and Wei Dynasties has changed all fronts, and next year he can lead troops into the impoverished city of Guanzhong to garrison fields, which is a bit sweeter.

That's right, after leaving Gaoping City and learning that Sima Yi against the Wei Dynasty had not come back to seize the city, the prime minister ordered all the tribes in Longyou to return to their bases to recharge their batteries and recharge their batteries before marching next year's spring plowing.

This year is too late.

Because in terms of time, even if Wei Yan and Wu Ban led the army into the pass at Xiaoguan, they could not catch up with the speed of Wei Guo's harvesting of wheat, and could not feed on the enemy.

Entering Guanzhong in a hurry, it is also difficult to break through the city, but it will only cause a lot of loss of food and fodder.

And the prime minister knew that Sima Yi would no longer have the heart to fight the big man in the city and field against the Wei Dynasty.

So far, there is no such thing as a tentative attack in the Gein battle situation. Once the two armies handover, it will be a decisive battle.

Wei Guo can't afford to lose.

For example, if the Han army is defeated, they can still retreat back to Longyou and Hanzhong, relying on their geographical advantages, to keep Ni Wei from chasing after them from outside the territory; but if the Wei army is defeated, where can they retreat?

The main force of Yongliang was defeated like a mountain, how can Guanzhong defend?
Therefore, Sima Yi will inevitably set up his camp step by step, relying on the strong city, set up sieges or garrisons layer by layer on the riverside or at the ferry, with high forts and deep ditches, strong walls and clear fields.

This is also the most effective dispatch in curbing the entry of the Han army.

No matter how elite the soldiers are, in offensive and defensive battles, the attacking side will definitely suffer more casualties than the defending side.

It just so happens that the Han and Wei both sides had a consensus that the land of the big Han was small and the people were few, and that there were many casualties.

In other words, after too many defeats against the Wei Dynasty, the morale of Yongliang's various ministries has long been sluggish, and there is no "righteous banner, dignified Chen".

Of course, this kind of shrinking tactics is not difficult to crack in the eyes of the prime minister.

It only needs to lead the army into Guanzhong, find a place where they can farm on the spot, and prepare for years of war, then they can adopt the method of encroachment, and farm the fields while besieging the city, and pull out one after another.

One step at a time, advancing one city and one county.

Let's see how many cities Ni Wei can bear to lose!
Let's see how long Sima Yi can bear the infamy of not daring to fight!

That's right, after the army enters Guanzhong next year, the prime minister will not plan to return until Guanzhong is fully occupied.

Because it is his long-cherished wish in this life to revive the Han Dynasty and return it to the old.

It is also him who already has white beard and hair and frequent illnesses, and he can finally repay the kindness of the late emperor and the burden of entrusting the orphan, so it is "not to repay Loulan until it is broken"!
This is also the wish of many veterans.

For example, the oldest Wu Ban, after seeing Sima Yi abandoning Chaona and Wuzhi counties in Anding County, wrote a letter to the Prime Minister in Hanzhong, asking the Prime Minister to allow him to use his headquarters to besiege Yangcheng above Fanxukou after the spring of next year. .The reason why he is so eager is because he knows that if he doesn't ask for his life, the prime minister may take pity on him for his old age and leave him in Xiaoguan to guard.
Even Wei Yan, who will inevitably be entrusted with important tasks, also wrote a book to ask for a fight.

As a fierce soldier, he couldn't bear the tediousness of farming while besieging, so he wanted to use his headquarters to attack the southeastern part of Anding County, and pulled out Pengyang, Linjing, Quail and Yinpan counties!
Make Longdong (Anding County) belong to Dahan.

Moreover, all of them are based in Anding County, which will make Sima Yi's retreat tactics against Wei full of loopholes.

Gain Longdong is also higher than Guanzhong, and Jingshui flows into Weishui through Zuofengyi and Yujingzhaoyin.

That is to say, Wei Yan's call for a fight was not blindly asking for a fight, but to make the entire Guanzhong Sanfu shrouded in the threat of the cavalry of the Han army!

The prime minister agreed to Wu Ban's request.

The pillar of the old minister, he can't be made to die like his brother Wu Yi, lamenting "I hate to see the Han Jing enter the pass".

But Wei Yan's request was rejected.

Without him, the prime minister felt that the timing was not right, and even felt that this move was a bit eager for quick success.

Before You Fufeng's Yangcheng and Chencangcheng are pulled out, why bother to make preparations to disturb Zuo Fengyi and Jing Zhaoyin.

Moreover, in the prime minister's mind, the deployment of the various ministries in Longyou and the soldiers of Hanzhong were all soldiers who entered the pass to occupy land and farmland and besiege the city. The recovery of Anding County was a matter of Hexi soldiers and horses.

The prime minister was not worried about Wei Yan's rash advance, nor did he think that it would be easier to break through the city if Zheng Pu's troops attacked.

Instead, the soldiers and horses in Hexi are mainly cavalry, and it is difficult to garrison the fields. Letting Zheng Pu go south from the northwest to supervise the troops may have the effect of a surprise attack.

Zheng Pu didn't know about it.

He didn't write a book to ask for war, but went leisurely and leisurely to enjoy the end of the war.

But he said that after parting with Zhao Guang in the past, he took his followers to rest in Zuli City for two days, and then went north to return to his own residence.When passing through the Fortress of Shuyin, he was stopped by Fei Yi who had been waiting for a long time.

In order to settle the matter of those Zahu tribes who rebelled against Wei and wanted to enter Han.

At that time, Jiang Wei learned of their intention to surrender, so he sent someone to invite Fei Yi, who was also the captain of the Qiang guard, to Shuyin City Fortress to deal with it.

Fei Yizhi, based on common interests at the beginning, the two parties negotiated quite harmoniously.

For example, the big Han is unable to occupy the area of ​​Mingsha Mountain today, so these tribes of miscellaneous beards just fill in the gaps, so as not to be dominated by Liu Bao, the southern Xiongnu who is the enemy of the great Han; It is natural that everyone is happy to be able to get the protection of a big man without having to undertake the obligation of enlistment.

But at the end, they actually asked the Han army to station more than a hundred soldiers at Mingsha Mountain.

Because they felt that there was no Han army guarding Mingsha Mountain, so they would not be able to enjoy the protection of the big man-Liu Bao used light cavalry to plunder, and the Han army stationed in the fortress of Yuyin could not rescue them in time.

Fei Yi couldn't accept this.

Even if the Zahu tribe claimed that the food and fodder for the hundreds of soldiers were all provided by them.

The purpose of placing these miscellaneous Hu tribes in Mingsha Mountain was to act as a buffer between the Han army and the Southern Huns Liu Bao. If the Han army sent soldiers to guard Mingsha Mountain, what would they do!
Wouldn't it be better to just move them to Liangzhou registered households?

Therefore, the two sides could not reach an agreement on this, which led to a stalemate in the matter.

It also made Fei Yi look forward to Zheng Pu's arrival.

Without him, when it comes to dealing with the affairs of the Qiang and Hu, Zheng Pu, who is famous for killing prisoners and building Beijing to watch, is obviously easier than him to make these miscellaneous Hus "listen to teaching".

(End of this chapter)