Shu Chen

Chapter 516 Ready
Yulu City Pool is located on the east bank of Lishui River.

Therefore, Zheng Pu's tribe, who went south from Yumi to Yongxian County, did not have any obstacles such as crossing the water. They drove straight to Sun Li's Division of the Wei Zhengshu Guard Army for about [-] miles, and then fell to the camp to face off.

It is a little provocative for Wei Guo to march and fall into the camp like this.

But Sun Li didn't take it seriously, let alone sending troops to fight against him.

Firstly, it was because he was not sure of victory.

Although the more than ten thousand Huaisi elites who followed him to Guanzhong had eased the exhaustion of marching for thousands of miles and adapted to the climate and soil here, the strength of Zheng Pu's troops was about [-], and they were carrying the vigor of the Nishui River Valley. Sheng, he didn't want to take risks.

The other is to know the reason why Sima Yi asked him to come here to stay in camp.

Although Duyang County above Yongxian County is a highland with ravines and hills, there were roads passing through Qixian County before the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty!
For example, the Zhou tribe that first settled in Bin (northwest of Qixian County) was attacked and defeated by Xun Yurong (dog army). From Liangshan to Qishan, they settled down.

This route is still in use today.

Therefore, when the armies of the Han and Wei dynasties were confronting each other in the area of ​​Chencang City, Sima Yi still sent troops to guard Yong County, with the intention of letting Sun Li guard against the Han army passing through Yong County and attacking Qi County.

Based on this, Sun Li only urged the soldiers to be on strict guard, and ignored the provocation of the Han army.

Coincidentally, Zheng Pu also had no intention of fighting fiercely with him.

The battle situation is now very clear.

For the Han army, the decisive factor was how long they could hold out in Chencang City.

If morale is low within three months, or if it is in danger of being captured after half a year, then Sima Yi, who has stationed troops on the siege in the west of Beiyuan, will definitely send his troops to the field for a final battle.

But if the city of Chencang is as solid as a rock under the strong attack of the Han army, then the Han army can only give up the efforts of the past few years, strike back and let the soldiers rest and recuperate, and make plans later.

no way.

With more than [-] steps, it only takes half a year to squander all the grain and fodder transported from Bashu by the Han Dynasty!

And after conquering Longdong, the responsibilities of Zheng Pu's department have changed.

In this fortified battle, he only needed to garrison troops on the banks of the Sishui River on the west side of Yong County, and made an intention to attack the Jingshui River Valley in the south of Qi County, forcing the Wei army to divide its troops to defend. Under the real situation of few troops, it is more calm to attack Chen Cangcheng.

Therefore, after he landed in the camp, he did not move extra.

Just let Gou Fu and Liu Yin send scouts to go out to inquire about the news of Sun Li's Ministry, just wait for the progress of the war.

Also, after learning that Xu Zhi and Zhang, who were in charge of the Xiliang iron cavalry on guard in the Jingshui River Valley, dispatched people to report, claiming that the Wei army in Qixian County had made some moves, such as Wuhuan Tuqi began to harass the army sporadically. At that time, Zheng Pu only asked the cavalry supervisor Xu Zhi and others to be on strict guard, and the infantry leader Zhang Yi and others only had to guard the city, and had no intention of sending troops back to set up an ambush or fight.

There is no need to grow branches.

Wei Guo's soldiers and horses in Qixian County did not divide troops to fight in Chencang, so he had fulfilled the duties assigned by the prime minister.

But only a few days after his reply, Longdong's request for instructions came again.

This time, it was Zhang Yi and Wang Ping who jointly asked for instructions.

It is claimed that the Wei army used Wuhuan Tuqi to test several times. After seeing that the Han army didn't pay much attention, they thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and sent about [-] infantry out of the city and slowly marched north.It seems to have the meaning of marching on foot and riding together, razing the villages outside the counties in Longdong, destroying the farmland, and plundering the Li people.

Therefore, Wang Ping asked Zheng Pu whether he could supervise the headquarters to meet the enemy.

Zhang Ni claimed that although his headquarters had not yet replenished its troops, it was safe to guard the city and maintain order.

In other words, he implicitly agreed with Wang Ping's intention to send troops.

After all, Wei Jun dared to come out of the city to provoke~
Of course you can't miss the opportunity!

At least, Wang Ping, who didn't make any achievements in the battle of the muddy river valley before, felt that Commander Wei should be reminded, don't forget the pain when the scar is healed!

At the end of the letter, they added a few more sentences.

Said:
"We all know that the purpose of rebelling against the Wei and daring to drive troops to harass this time is to force the general to increase his troops and come back to guard, so as to ease the difficulty of defending Chen Cangcheng! Therefore, if the general wants to send troops, we must be cautious. In doing things, you will never be greedy for merit and get caught in a heavy siege, ordering the general to send troops to rescue, so as to miss the prime minister and the hussar general's attack."

It was these few words that made Zheng Pu relieved and granted them the right to self-determination to act according to circumstances.

If you make some moves, you can restrain Wei Guo's troops stationed in Qi County for a longer period of time.

Besides, in fierce battles in the wild, they all go on foot and on horseback. Never once did the big man not defeat the crowd with a few!

Why worry?

After sending the messenger back to reply to Zhang Yi and Wang Ping, Zheng Pu continued to quietly follow the progress of the battle at Chen Cang in the boredom of confronting Wei and Sun Li.

It's midsummer in May.

With the passage of time, the offensive and defensive battle of Chen Cangcheng began to be in full swing.

In Xia Siyue, the prime minister who supervised the Chinese army waited until everything was ready after Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, and Zheng Pu moved the camps one by one, and then let Guan Xing start to supervise the troops to attack the fortifications; The soldiers touched the walls of Chencang.

If you don't want to, you really can't.

The general of Wei guarding the city of Chencang was Guo Huai, and he was the best general among the generals of Yongliang and Liang after the death of Zhang He.

And when the big Han sent troops out of Longyou for the first time, he was the one who guarded Shangyu City.

Although at that time, due to the lack of troops and no rescuers, he fell into a city and was captured and escaped with the trick of Li Daitao, but he also had some understanding of the methods of the Han army's attack.

Therefore, since guarding Chencang, he has made some targeted adjustments based on previous defeats when strengthening the city walls and repairing fortifications.

For example, based on the fact that the Han army has few soldiers but is not afraid of death, when he raised the city wall, he also buried many iron spears of different lengths horizontally at the previous crenels, which added a circle of "rejecting horses" above the entire city.

This move is aimed at restraining the Han army from hanging on the city wall with ladders or climbing the city with ants attached to wooden ladders.

The moat was also widened and deepened.

It is more than two feet wide and one foot deep, and there are also many sharp trees buried underneath.

The area on the side of the moat near the root of the city wall is densely covered with antlers and deer stockades, while on the other side, many pits have been dug and many iron (wood) caltrops have been buried.

Under such circumstances, if the Han army wanted to attack the city, it would take a lot of time just to clear the obstacles.

Moreover, when the Han army was clearing obstacles, it had to face the Wei army guarding the city wall with bows and crossbows.

But all of this is useless in front of the prime minister.

The prime minister, who has been in the Weizhihui to garrison fields and besieged cities for more than a year, is not idle all day long, and he is also fully prepared for Guo Huai's deployment.

(End of this chapter)