Shu Chen

Chapter 501 Long Dong Fu

The Battle of Mudwater Valley ended.

Of the [-] infantry of the Wei army, except for the relatively better Wuhuan Tuqi, only [-] of the [-] infantry returned, and dozens of generals and other ranks were beheaded or captured. Killing, it can be regarded as annihilation of the whole army.What's even more unacceptable is that this time the Han army really fought in front of the battle, but only more than ten thousand cavalry.

The disparity in military strength led to a big defeat. Such a record dealt a devastating blow to the morale of Yongliang's various ministries.

It was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Under the shadow of frequent defeats in the past, Hu Zun's death made the Yongliang tribes no longer have the desire to fight the Han army in the wild.

I dare not have any more.

Even Luoyang Zhongjun, who followed Qin Lang into the pass and fought against the Han army, was a little anxious.

Without him, the Han army and the Wu army, which they repeatedly defeated, were obviously not at the same level.On the Jingxiang or Huainan fronts, once they dispatched troops, they would return victorious in one month, one month back, and one month before the battle.Even, sometimes even "one month before the battle" can be omitted, the thief Wu has fled far before the army arrives!
But if there is no accident, I am afraid that this time I will be stationed in Guanzhong.

As for Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, it once again induced others to gossip in private.

He claimed that he had no knowledge of people and failed to make full use of his talents-first Deng Ai and then Hu Zun, all generals he promoted with all his strength, but he lost soldiers and humiliated the country one after another!For example, if Guo Huai was used to guard Qi County this time, even if the warlord was defeated in the battle with Scaru, it would not be such a tragic defeat.

In the face of facts that speak louder than words, Sima Yi can hardly tell.

No excuses either.

When he pleaded guilty to Luoyang, he also set up the Luoyang Central Army from all the tribes of Yongliang and Qinlang. The banners were all over the Weishui River and the Sishui River Valley, and the sound of golden drums shook the sky and the earth.

It seems that there is a desperate intention to avenge shame?
Han Hussar General Wei Yan, who guarded the Sishui River Valley, immediately ordered all his ministries to be on strict alert, eager to fight the Wei army.

Well, this is a lesson from last time.

When the news of Jiangdong's defeat came, he decided to go south without waiting for the prime minister to make a decision. As a result, more than [-] troops were forced to cooperate with his battle plan. Although the prime minister did not apologize afterwards, he wrote a letter to communicate with him in private. he.

Said:
"Wen Chang and I are both veterans of the late emperor. We are about the same age. I also know Wen Chang's devotion to the unfinished work of the late emperor. However, Wen Chang usually looks back on the hardships of the Northern Expedition for more than ten years. How much of a great man do we have today?" Veteran, how many warriors buried their bones in other lands? The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed by an ant nest, so don’t be careless! I have no idea of ​​restoring the old capital, and it is imperative to enter the Guanzhong. It's decided!"

At that time, Wei Yan read the letter with embarrassment.

Although he had the intention of crossing the river to face the battle this time, it was only natural that he didn't dare to be good at it.

But what he didn't expect was that the prime minister ordered him to stand still, and specifically ordered, "Bi against Wei Sima Yi was just bluffing, and wanted the three guards in Yangcheng to return calmly. There is no need for the chief minister to warn, and Zhao Yihong's troops will not The Wei army in the three places of Guyang City, wait for them to leave and move some soldiers and horses to garrison the fields."

Wei Yan felt resentful about this.

Co-authored by Sima Yi, he came here all day long with banners dozens of miles away and thunder and drums shaking the sky. Is it just an outing?

But he didn't reply to the letter to compete with the prime minister.

Because he knew that he had mobilized troops, and it was just a waste of time.

I also know the reason why the prime minister told him to let the guards in the three places of Yangcheng of the Wei army leave, and not to let Zhao Guangbu go to pursue them.

Once the three lands of Yangcheng are owned by the big man, it means that they all belong to Longguan Road!

There is no need to waste huge manpower and material resources to excavate the Longshan Weishui River Valley, and the big man can go straight to Guanzhong from Longyouke!

In this way, let Zhao Guangbu go to pursue it, in case those Wei troops who had been afraid of fighting for a long time retreated back to the city and pass, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?

Furthermore, so what if we let the more than ten thousand Wei troops leave!

Just a bunch of cowardly chickens and dogs.

Not to worry!

Wei Yan was so comforting to himself, he didn't have any other thoughts in his heart, only left a few soldiers to continue to guard, and turned to supervise the matters of farming.

But Sima Yi did not dare to take it lightly.

When the supervisor and the ministries made a lot of noise and forced them to come, he also privately sent Qin Lang to lead the tiger and leopard riders to Qi County, and joined forces with the Wuhuan Tuqi to go to the Jingshui River Valley to meet the three tribes of Wang Sheng, Wang Qi and Zhou Dang. return.Although he knew that it was the spring plowing season, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han army, would be able to see through his plans and would not do anything useless, but he was worried that the Han army would send Zhao Guangbu to pursue him.

After all, chasing infantry with cavalry can more or less achieve some gains.

And the cavalry of Zhao Guang's department did not participate in the farming work, and they were idle when they were idle, so why not do it?

Be prepared~
It's always good to be cautious.

As for why he suddenly gave up the three places of Yangcheng, this is also a helpless move.

Linjing County is already owned by Dahan!

Except for Qixian County in Xinping County, which was set up by Wei, Longdong was no longer owned by Wei State.

However, when the battle in the Nishui River Valley ended, Zhang Te's troops, who heard the news, joined forces with Liu Yin and Wang Ping's troops to encircle Linjing County in the north.

This is what Zheng Pu ordered before the war.

Zhang Te led half of Xiliang's iron cavalry to the south to the Jingshui River Valley, not only to induce Wei Wuhuan's sudden cavalry to divide the troops.

It is also for the Han army to be able to ride northward at the first time after the victory, so that Wei Guo has no time to react, and traps the already weakly defended Linjing city.In any case, the Han army tried their best to lure Wei Guo to the battle of Nishui River Valley, the purpose is to occupy Longdong.

How can we not predict it!
It's just that Wei Jun didn't seem to have any intention of coming to support Linjing.

When Guanqiujian and Qianhong gathered up the rout and returned from Yiju County, Xiahouxian's department also returned to Qixian County after learning the news, and no longer went north to provide foreign aid for Linjing City; while Xue Ti's department was still busy strengthening the city defense and repairing it. There is no move to mobilize troops to guard the fortifications outside the city.

Therefore, Linjing City, which was guarded by only [-] county soldiers, was shocked when Zhang Te, Wang Ping, Liu Yin and other troops approached the city; When he came, his morale collapsed, and he opened the city gate and surrendered without accident.

The only request was for them to disarm and return to the fields and to bury Hu Zun's body.

That is to say, for Sima Yi, it is meaningless for Wang Sheng and others to continue to guard the three places of Yangcheng.

Rather than letting these more than ten thousand elites fall into death and be isolated and helpless, it is better to try to bring Wang Sheng and other troops back when the Han army is busy recruiting prisoners and appeasing Longdong, and has no time to distract Yangcheng.

Whether it is stationed in Qixian County to strengthen the defense of the Jingshui River Valley, or sent to defend the northern part of Zuo Fengyi, it will be prepared for the Han army's future or southward invasion from the North Luoshui River Valley.

After Luoyang Cao Rui heard about the battle, he also made corresponding arrangements.

(End of this chapter)