Shu Chen

Chapter 491 In-depth
Shaowu three years, 240 AD.

In the first month of spring, Zheng Pu's troops, who had been suspended for a long time, finally began to look forward to Linjing County.

The infantry were the [-] Xuanwu Army led by Governor Zhang Ni, the [-] Badimen led by Governor Jufu, and the [-] Death Battalion led by Liu Lin, and the cavalry were naturally the [-] Xiliang Iron Cavalry.In addition, Liuyin and Wangping, who are already in the north of the two counties of Quail and Yinpan, and camped along the Jingshui River Valley, have a force of more than [-].

Such a force is not too small for a partial division.

But for Xue Ti and Hu Zun of the Wei State, they felt that Zheng Pu would not be able to conquer the city and land.

Without him, Zheng Pu dispersed his forces.

It is difficult for cavalry and heavy infantry to attack fortified positions, but with only two [-] infantry of Jufu and Zhang Ni, how can Ba ​​Pu break through the city of Linjing, which is guarded by General Hu Zun of Wei Pingxi with more than [-] soldiers?
Yes, there are now more than ten thousand soldiers gathered in Linjing City.

Originating from Zheng Pu's move last year to drive the people into the city with iron cavalry from Xiliang, Hu Zun made up for it and once again fortified the wall and cleared the country.

It was to move all the Li and Shu from the counties in eastern Longdong to Guanzhong, destroy all the small cities north of Jingshui except Linjing City, and gather all the troops in Linjing City.

This is an act of desperation.

Except for Linjing, the prefecture of Longdong, the walls of the other county towns were less than two feet high. However, the Qianghu tribe or horse bandits invaded and looted without worrying about it, but it was difficult to defend against the Han army's attack.

Rather than scatter your forces to do useless work, it is better to gather your forces to defend one place.

As for the relocation of the common people~~
Since the beginning of Wei Wu Cao Cao, Wei Guo was very efficient in migrating Li Shu.

That is to say, there are enough defenders in Linjing City, and the food and supplies can last for two years. As long as Hu Zun does not go out of the city to fight in the field, how can Scarpu, who has a small force and scattered deployment, break through the city?

Both Hu Zun and Xue Ti were quite puzzled by this abnormal move.

But there is no peace of mind, on the contrary, it is worrying.

Because of Bapu's reputation for ingenuity, they felt that he would not do useless things.

If you know that you can't do it, you must rely on something!

They all had such thoughts in their hearts, and they felt a little restless about not being able to understand the plans of the Han army.

Hu Zun is better.

His situation is determined, he must defend the city, and he must not go out of the city to fight in the field. Therefore, even if he can't understand his meaning, he can still "respond to all changes with the same" and wait for time to give the answer.

However, Xue Ti's department, which ordered troops to station in Qi County, could not deal with it calmly.

In any case, his department not only guards the Jingshui River Valley in Qixian County, but also has the responsibility to go north to support Hu Zun's department.

In fact, he also had some vague guesses about the abnormality of the Han army in his heart.

He felt that Zheng Pu's move was to come to Jing City with a sword dance and intended for his troops, the purpose was to completely occupy the Jingshui River Valley and invade Guanzhong.

Because even the Han armies in Yangcheng above Guanlong Road had no intention of attacking fortified positions, now that Bapu came here, he would not be beaten to death under Linjing City.The only opportunity to get Hu Zun out of the city to fight in the field is that the meaning of his defense of Linjing City is no longer there-Qi County is in a hurry or lost, and Nishu can ignore Linjing City and drive into Guanzhong.

Just such an inference will bring new doubts.

In Qi County, he also relied on the city to defend, what kind of reliance would make Bapu think that he can capture Qi County, or lure him out of the city to fight?
Xue Tifu, who has been in the army all his life, can understand it.

I also began to feel the lack of talents and good generals in Wei Guo today.

He was promoted by Wei Wu Cao Cao as Taishou at the age of 22. He is not a fool without military strategy, but he is not a general who supervises troops and horses in battle.For example, since Wei Wu began to let him participate in military affairs, his duties and powers have been the responsibility of "supervising and protecting", assisting the front-line generals to settle in the rear and comforting soldiers, or participating in the military affairs of guarding the governors in various places.

But now that he is very old, he actually wants to lead a team to fight against the enemy.

Can An not give birth to the feeling that Wei has no successors?
With this in mind, he also began to lean towards Qianhong's frequent pleas for orders a few days ago.

After the gate, Qianhong, who has a fatherly style and fierce determination, knows that Zheng Pu's driving troops are watching Linjing County advance, and then asks the supervisor several times to lead the three thousand Wuhuan Tuqi to rush to Linjing City in advance , Coordinating Hu Zun's defense with the momentum of horns.

There is nothing wrong with such considerations.

Do not guard the lonely city~
Although there are more than ten thousand soldiers in Linjing City, half of them are county soldiers or field soldiers. When the Nishu soldiers approached the city, leading the Hongdu soldiers outside to support them would prevent them from feeling that there was no reinforcements and their morale would be low.

However, Xue Ti is worried that after Qianhong passes by, it will cause Scaru to "surround the spot to fight for aid" in a disguised form.

He may concentrate his forces to defeat the Wuhuan Tuqi first.

In other words, the Han army who entered with infantry and cavalry was accompanied by [-] Xiliang iron cavalry. Xue Ti did not think that Qianhong had the ability to support Hu Zun's troops in front of Scar Pu.

Maybe after Qian Hong rushed there, it would make Hu Zun even more difficult to defend.

Let me ask, if he was defeated by Scarpu, and the Han army took the prisoners under the city of Linjing and claimed that Wei's reinforcements had been wiped out, how could Hu Zun encourage the morale of the soldiers in the city to stick to it in the face of the facts?

What really moved Xue Ti was that Emperor Cao Rui sent Luoyang Zhongjun into Guanzhong!

In the battle of Shouchun last year, Cao Rui only allowed [-] tiger and leopard cavalry and more than [-] Luoyang Chinese troops to sneak into Shouchun City to lie dormant.Therefore, after the spring of this year, some of the [-] troops were selected and sent to Guanzhong, and there were no veterans who had to rest.

Cao Rui asked Qin Lang to be the governor, leading two thousand tiger and leopard riders and more than [-] Luoyang Chinese troops to Beiyuan where Sima Yi's garrison was located.

The following [-] soldiers selected from Yanzhou, Hedong and Hanoi counties were the new prefect of Zuo Fengyi and the governor of Jiaxi Zhonglang General Chen Bensuo.

Chen Ben, courtesy name Xiuyuan, was the son of Situ Chen Jiao.

Previously, he served as the governor of many places, and he has achieved political achievements in all places; he has the talent of leading the imperial court and can make his subordinates perform their duties.

Since the Lishu and Qianghu tribes in the eastern counties of Longdong were moved to Zuofengyi for resettlement, dozens of incidents such as theft, looting, and fighting broke out to disturb public order within a few months.

Although it is not enough to disturb the farming affairs in the rear of the army, it is necessary to be vigilant against the passing of time.

Therefore, Chen Ben, who had just finished mourning for Chen Jiao, was transferred by Cao Rui to Zuo Fengyi, hoping to use his leadership skills to give the Yongliang army a stable rear and supervise the distribution of food, fodder and supplies to the rear.

As soon as Chen Benfu took office, he wrote a letter to Xue Ti.

Claiming that Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, had sufficient troops and horses to guard the north and Chang'an, so he asked him to leave the [-] soldiers who accompanied him in Zuo Fengyi, and the guards deployed to make their own decisions.But as Zuo Fengyi in the rear, there were county soldiers to maintain law and order. He didn't need so many soldiers, so he asked Xue Ti if he needed reinforcements.

If necessary, he would dispatch [-] soldiers to transfer food and fodder.

By the way, the collection of corvee is saved, so that Li Shu will be less slandered.

At the same time that Xue Ti got Chen Shu's letter, Sima Yi also welcomed another increase in troops.

With Luoyang Zhongjun assisting the defense, out of fear of Zheng Pu, Sima Yi asked Guanqiu Jian to supervise the five thousand soldiers and Xia Houxian who supervised the rest of the Wuhuan Tuqi to come to Qi County to join forces with Xue Ti , as the support of Hu Zunbu.

As a result, the strength of the Wei army that entered Longdong was already more than double that of Zheng Pu's troops.

It cannot be said that Sima Yi was too cautious in this move.

According to the current situation, everyone in the Wei Kingdom knew that Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, who was trapped in Chencang City, and Wei Yan, who was camped in the Sishui River Valley, would not enter Beiyuan to fight before Chencang City fell.

The battle between the two sides this year is only in Longdong.

The variable of the confrontation situation between the left and right sides in Guanzhong is also in Longdong.

In this way, it is good to be prepared.

But there are many soldiers and horses coming, and there are also disadvantages.For example, when Xue Ti and Guan Qiujian gathered together yesterday, the generals had different opinions.

Some generals or assistants who join the army are very conservative in their suggestions.

It is claimed that the current strategy of the Wei State to defend against Shu is to adopt a defensive position, and those soldiers and horses entering Longdong should not be able to fight against Shu without authorization, so it is suggested to sit and watch the changes.

After the intention of Scar Pu, who came alone, becomes clear, we will make a plan.

This kind of negative response, not seeking merit but seeking no fault suggestion, everyone just listened to it and let it go, there is no need to discuss it.

Some people's suggestions are mediocre.

For example, if you advise, you can go and attack the camps set up by Nishu Liuyin or Wang Ping.

It doesn't matter whether it can be breached or not, as long as a camp can be attacked so precariously that Scar Pu has to lead troops to rescue.

Because the Wei army who is on the defensive can advance and retreat freely.

When Ba Pu led his troops, the Wei army retreated to Qi County and continued to defend;Naturally, this is also the general order that can achieve the deployment of the Yongliang army and achieve Sima Yi's "must protect Longdong."

And don't worry that after the soldiers leave Qi County, they will encounter fierce battles with Scaru unexpectedly in the wild.

There were [-] Wuhuan Tuqi scattered everywhere on guard, and it was impossible for Bapu to deceive the Wei army when he led the troops.

This suggestion won Xue Ti's heart.

He felt that this approach maximized the advantage of the Wei army's greater strength, while avoiding the uncertain danger of field battles with the Han army.

But another suggestion was more popular.

It is to take advantage of the scatter of Bapu's troops, and the almost lonely army's penetration, etc., to concentrate troops to break it.

If it is possible to keep Xue Ti's headquarters to continue guarding Qi County, the rest of the soldiers and horses, under the supervision of Guan Qiujian, will march forward on foot and ride to the camp in Linjing County to support each other with Hu Zun's troops.

If Bapu trapped the city and attacked it, Xia Houxian and Qianhong harassed it with cavalry.

If they don't attack, they will confront them, wait for their food to run out, and when the veterans of their divisions are exhausted and return, they will join forces with Hu Zun's troops to pursue them.

In the same way, it doesn't matter whether the pursuit can win or not.

The most important thing is to let the Bapu tribe have no choice but to withdraw from Longdong, and after they have reached a strategy to ensure that the Jingshui River Valley will not be occupied by Nishu, they will be able to go north to recover Yuezhi City, and attack and relocate those Qianghu tribes and Haoyou who are working for tigers. Guanzhong will reduce hidden dangers for the future defense of Linjing County.

And this move has the consideration of supporting the governor of Bingzhou and the general Tian Yu, the Zhonglang who protects the Xiongnu.

Yes, Tian Yu supervised the army and entered Yunzhong County at the end of last year!

The prefects of Shuofang County and Wuyuan County still discovered Liu Bao's wolf ambition of the Southern Huns.

He claimed to expel the rebel Xianbei Tuoba Tribe for the Wei State, and went out with the food and supplies provided by the Wei State. He secretly collaborated with Tuoba Liwei to annex other Zahu tribes, and attempted to share the Hetao Plain with the Xianbei Tuoba Tribe!
The Hetao Plain has now formed, a situation where the Southern Huns and the Xianbei Tuoba tribe allied against the Wei State.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Qianghu tribe and Haoyou in the northern part of Anding County from uniting into one side, or go north to attach themselves to the Southern Xiongnu and Tuoba tribe of Xianbei, and become a border trouble in Yongzhou of Wei State, take advantage of the trend to recover Yue For the Wei State, the branch city is the vision of being prepared for danger in times of peace.

With so many benefits mixed together, it is not surprising that the suggestion to drive troops to Linjing County was echoed by everyone.

In particular, the generals of various ministries gathered in Qi County by the current military governors, such as Wuqiujian, Xiahouxian, and Qianhong, are all in their prime of life, and most of all have the desire to make achievements in the battlefield.

The two viewpoints were at loggerheads, and the joint military discussion ended in vain.

However, after the dismissal, Xue Ti privately invited Wuqiu Jian and Xiahou Xian to come for reconsideration.

Although he is the general of this place, his main duty is to guard Qi County, and it is the responsibility of Guanqiu Jian and Xia Houxian to help Linjing County.

In terms of emotion and reason, he must respect their opinions.

In other words, both Guanqiu Jian and Xia Houxian are close to the emperor Cao Rui, and they will one day replace them as veteran officials in charge or shepherding.

When the retinue led the two of them, Xue Ti didn't say much.

He directly forwarded Chen Ben's letter to them, and then closed his eyes to rest.

The meaning is obvious.

Their responsibilities are different, how to deal with Scaru's invading can be decided by the two of them, and he will not comment on it.

The younger Xia Houxian was very happy after reading Chen Shushu's letter, and took the lead in saying, "With Chen Xiuyuan sending troops to help, we will have a better chance of winning when we march into Linjing!"

He was the one who proposed to go to Linjing County now.

And his joy is that Chen Ben sent 3000 people to help, but the crisis in his suggestion can be erased.

Yes, when the Han army has already advanced, it is also dangerous for them to rush to Linjing County.

For example, Scar Pu, who was informed of the news, turned straight to intercept, and the two armies met in the wild, and were forced to turn into an unexpected battle.

Because the soldiers and horses they can rush to support are mainly cavalry.

With [-] Wuhuan Tuqi, the daily food and fodder consumed by humans and horses is a terrifying amount.

Including the supplies, arrows and other ordnance left in the camp in the wild, it is impossible to form a chariot formation in a short period of time with only [-] infantry; This made the Han army find a gap to break through.

But after Chen Ben transferred the three thousand infantry, the problem was solved.

"Guardian, in my opinion, our army should enter Linjing."

Guan Qiujian, who did not put forward his opinion during the military discussion, finally expressed his opinion after reading Chen Shushu's letter, "Our army is twice as large as Scaru and does nothing. I am afraid that it will hurt the spirit of the soldiers in the army and damage our country's prestige."

Alas, sure enough.

Hearing this, Xue Ti sighed inwardly.

When he gave Chen Shushu's letter to the two of them for review, he had guessed such a result.

Nai nodded lightly, "Okay. After the warlords leave, if Bapu comes to me with soldiers, there is no need to come back to rescue him."

But just after they made a decision, the deployment was disrupted by the military information from the scouts—Scar Pu abandoned Linjing, and the supervisor entered Beidi County!
(End of this chapter)