Shu Chen

Chapter 476
Indeed, the Han army no longer needs to be trapped in the three places of Yangcheng.

Now that Chencang City is about to besieged, the three cities of Yangcheng are tasteless to the Han army.

Moreover, the prime minister transferred from Wuzhangyuan to Chencang City, with a force of [-] soldiers, it was enough to trap Chencang and widen the Weishui River Valley in Longshan, without letting the Wei Yan tribe stay in the Siwei meeting.

If there is no accident, the prime minister will let Wei Yanbu enter Yongxian County and camp with the Sishui River Valley behind his back, forming a situation of mutual horns.

It is also to make preparations for the siege.

As long as the Han army storms or traps Chen Cangcheng for a long time, Ni Wei will naturally come to the rescue with a large army.

However, Zheng Pu put Zhao Guangbu under the control of Wei Yan, because he used cavalry to monitor the three places in Yangcheng, or he would send a small group of troops out of the city to invade the farmland, and to prepare for the rebellion against the Wei Dynasty, and the Luoyang Central Army was transferred to Guanzhong to fight - there was cavalry support , Ni Wei Xiang drove to Gaoping City without anyone noticing, it is tantamount to a fool's dream!

These two considerations are also the reason why Wei Yan praised Zheng Pu.

Zheng Pu's help made up for the omissions, so that there is no negligence in his planning.

But what he didn't know was that Zheng Pu sent Zhao Guang out for his own plan to be implemented.

However, after Wei Yan went back to make preparations with satisfaction, Zheng Pu sent people to recruit the Xiliang iron cavalry stationed in the Guanchuan Valley and Hu Bojuzi, who was stationed in the fortress of Yuyin and supervised the two hundred scout battalions. Chaona County, and set up its own banner here.

Wei Yan's strategy will not be implemented until after the autumn harvest, but his strategy of invading Longdong with cavalry is urgent.

Yes, before coming to meet Wei Yan, he himself had thought about it.

Instead, he planned to supervise the troops by himself to disturb the counties in Longdong, forcing Sima Yi, who rebelled against Wei, to send more troops to Hu Zun, so that Wei Yan could send troops to Qishan to face the prime minister in Wuzhangyuan.

However, before he had a chance to express his thoughts, Wei Yan eloquently concluded the future direction of the war.

Therefore, he had to make some adjustments to the plan, instead of personally supervising the troops, he only let Hu Bojuzi serve as a guide to lead the Xiliang iron cavalry into Longdong.

There is no need to attack the county towns.

It just looted the Qianghu tribe who were bent on rebelling against Wei, burned villages outside the city along the way, and destroyed fields and pastures.

Take it as a throwing stone to ask for directions.

Since Ni Wei adopted the tactics of shrinking and defending, he used cavalry to go deep into the enemy's territory, and through repeated intrusions, he found out which county in Longdong was weaker in defense and easier to break through.

Gein is a very long distance from Chaona and Wuzhi counties to Linjing and other counties under Wei.

If the time is ripe to attack Longdong in the future, the Han army will also need to quickly attack a city as a garrison point in order to achieve the intention of occupying Longdong.

"Going here, I will face the counties of Wei Wei, and if I encounter stubborn people, I will not be able to help but kill them, so I will do it at my own discretion."

After Hu Bo Juzi, Xu Zhi and Zhang Te arrived at Chaona, Zheng Pu spoke in front of all Xiliang iron cavalry.

Having said that, he turned around and left.

Only Xu Zhi and Zhang Te looked at each other in blank dismay, full of surprise and astonishment.

And the cavalry behind them, whether it was the two hundred scout battalion or the three thousand Xiliang iron cavalry, burst into cheers.

The implication of Zheng Pu's words was to allow them to give full play to their nature.

Since the end of Emperor Xiaoling's reign, all cavalrymen have their own nature.

Just like Gongsun Zan's white horse righteousness in the past, he was known for his generosity and heroism, even if he had one rider and one rider, he dared to charge thousands of troops.

Like the Wuhuan Tuqi in Youzhou in the past, their tactics are similar to Lu Bu's cavalry in Bingzhou in the past. Their habits are as cunning as wolves, and they can often find the weak points of the enemy army and make a final decision.

And the tiger and leopard cavalry of Wei State "gathering the world's sharpest, or making up for it with a hundred people" made the world feel not only their invincible record, but also their "preciousness"!
It's just money!

The breeding of mounts, the weapons and armor of cavalry are all selected from the best.

When Wei Guoxi was raising war horses, he said with emotion: "Even if a mane of a tiger and leopard rides on the ground, it can make a pleasant sound of five baht."

As for the Xiliang iron cavalry?
Most of the people gathered under Dong Zhuo's command were Hulu, and their reputation was brutal.

They are relied on by Dong Zhuo as the foundation of their lives, so they are often indulged.The military discipline was broken and corrupted, and there were often wanton acts of looting and invading the houses of Li and common people, not to mention killing good men and pretending to be meritorious. The atrocities are heinous.

The Xiliang iron cavalry under Ma Teng's command has a relatively better reputation.

Ma Teng, whose family was so poor that he made a living by chopping wood, was kind and kind, so he often restrained his officers and men not to plunder the common people of Li.But after all, he was a traitor and a thief, and the banditry of the soldiers under his command is inevitable.

Yes, the nature of Xiliang iron cavalry is banditry.

The so-called good at running thousands of miles, eats the enemy.
In fact, it is not forbidden for the soldiers to plunder the enemy's territory, and take the rations of the Li Shu who live in the villages outside the city as military rations; if they encounter rebels, even the unarmed, old and weak, they will not hesitate to swing their swords at them.

This point was suppressed after entering Han with Ma Chao.

Regardless of whether it was the period of the first emperor Liu Bei or the prime minister who opened the government to manage affairs, the army was strictly governed by the law, so that the soldiers did not dare to invade.Where the army passes by, there are no chickens, dogs, and vegetables, and nothing is committed, which can be called "no loss of daggers".

But today, Zheng Pu let the Xiliang iron cavalry enter the counties of Wei and Shu, so he no longer has to taboo about looting
So, how can it not surprise those who hear it?
Xu Zhi, who had received the command, kept sneaking glances at Zhang Te, who was also in charge, when he was urging the cavalry to organize their luggage and armor and check the spare horses.

Several times I wanted to say some comforting words, but the thought in my heart started and I suppressed it.

Growing up in the borderlands of the Hexi where the prefectures and counties were out of order, he was used to the rampant government and horse thieves, so he had nothing to say about Zheng Pu's general orders.

In his heart, he felt that in a troubled world, it was fate to be implicated by swords and wars.

There is nothing to complain about.

If you have to find someone to resent, then blame this world where benevolence and righteousness are late and the holy way is getting worse.

But he also knew that Zhang Te might criticize Zheng Pu's order.

Without him, he did not avoid hardships in the past, and traveled thousands of miles from Youzhou to Bashu to join the great man, why?
Isn't it because of the rebellion against the Wei Dynasty and the introduction of Xianbei into Saipan to poison the Han family and Li Shu, so he admired the benevolence and righteousness of the Han family?Now that Zheng Pu made such an order, he was obviously not familiar with the faith he held in his heart, and it was inevitable that he would have criticisms.

It's just that although Xu Zhi is old, he doesn't know how to persuade him.

After all, everyone has their own standards of measurement for things in the world, and it is difficult to change them because of other people's persuasion.

In other words, whether it can be changed depends on whether the individual is willing to change.

"Brother Zizhong, are you worried about my injustice?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Te, who had been glanced at by him several times, spoke out impatiently first, "If that's the case, brother, you don't have to. I know the meaning of the general's order is to implement the policy of 'expelling the people'!"

(End of this chapter)