Shu Chen

Chapter 520
The battle at Chen Cang was a battle between the Han and Wei dynasties, and it also touched the hearts of everyone in the world.

Emperor Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty came to station in Fu County, Guanghan County after the spring plowing. Because the Fu River extends in all directions, grain and materials from the Shu area are transferred to Chencang through this place, so he came to supervise in person.

It is no coincidence.

Wei Tianzi Cao Rui also supervised the transfer of five thousand Luoyang Chinese troops to Hongnong County, and personally supervised the transfer of grain and materials from the Kanto to Guanzhong to provide logistics for the Yongliang ministries.

Relatively speaking, his pressure is greater.

Although the road in Shu is more transshipment, the Great Han has prepared for this battle for nearly three years, and many affairs are in order; and since the Northern Expedition of the Great Han, the results of the battle have been remarkable, and all parties have long been united under many interests. The biggest purpose of the emperor Liu Chan is here. , It’s just to show that we have gone through the difficulties with the soldiers and the people in order to share the same hatred with the enemy.

But Cao Rui is not.

Under the fact of repeated battles and defeats, Wei Daihan's theory of destiny has been questioned, and he did not hesitate to delegate a lot of power in order to let the wealthy families of the Kanto family work together to fight against the national crisis, which led to Li Shuyin in various states and counties feeling unbearable. Devouring turmoil.

And he has to make decisions about the war.

It is not from the ministries of Yongliang, but from the counties of Hetao and the three east counties of Jingzhou that have not been resettled in Monan for a long time.

It has been more than two years since Liu Bao of the Southern Xiongnu rebelled and joined forces with the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei to try to dominate Monan for selfishness. It has never been settled.

Make bricks without straw.

Although Tian Yu had a good plan to kill the Hu captives, Wei State did not have the military and national strength for him to implement it.

Restricted by the lack of soldiers and food, the only way to rein in the soldiers is to give up Shuofang and Wuyuan County in disguise.

In this regard, Cao Rui has nothing to do.

The Kanto has done everything possible to support the war in Guanzhong, so how can there be any spare power to supply the Hetao?
Moreover, it has not been long since the four counties of Hetao were resettled. From the perspective of interests, sending a large army to defeat Liu Bao of the Southern Huns and the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei is not worth the loss.Throughout the Qin and Han Dynasties, we know that without the support of strong national power, it is almost impossible for the Central Plains Dynasty to control the grassland.

In fact, some people in the Luoyang Temple also proposed strategies to solve the border crisis in a way that does not harm the national strength.

One is to drive away tigers and devour wolves.

For example, the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei was originally called Naisuotou. When Tuoba Liwei first came to power, he was attached to Dou Bin, the master of his wife's family, the Luhui tribe.

Therefore, some people suggested that Xianbei who had settled in Dingxiang County could be driven back to his tribe to crusade.

Because after Tuoba Liwei became self-reliant, he also betrayed Dou Bin.

But when Cao Rui asked Yu Manchong about the policy, he was rejected.

"The barbarian only seeks profit but does not know kindness. It is normal to unite and part. If our country drives away the deer and returns to the tribe, I am afraid that he will not only not want to be protected by our Wei State, but will be with the Tuoba tribe. Together, we will cause disasters in northern Xinjiang."

That's what Man Chong said.

Make Cao Rui stop thinking about it.

In fact, he also knew that on the grassland where the weak believed in the strong, when the Wei State became exhausted and unable to march thousands of miles to crusade, it was almost impossible to expect those Xianbei or Southern Xiongnu tribes to obey orders.

Another kind of advice was to recruit dead soldiers with a lot of money to assassinate Liu Bao and Tuoba Liwei.

Originating from the vastness of the grasslands and the nomadic tribes, because of the very different customs, the personal security of the leaders is not strict, nor can it be very strict.

It is not necessarily impossible to succeed as an assassin.

But Cao Rui dare not accept this advice.

The chance of assassinating Liu Bao and Tuoba Liwei at the same time is too small!
If one of the assassins dies and the other survives, the two parts that were originally divided into one will be merged into one, which may cause greater harm to the northern border of Wei State.

Therefore, he could only ask Tian Yu to guard Yunzhong County so that the heart of Bingzhou and Youzhou would not be invaded, and he would make plans after the Guanzhong War ended.

As for the war in the East Three Counties, Hu Zhi, the governor of Jingzhou who moved his troops to Shangyong County, asked whether he wanted to enter the golden siege of Hanzhong County to cope with the war in Guanzhong.

This is something that was concluded last year.

Hu Zhi asked the question knowingly, but he was not optimistic about the outcome of the war.

In other words, the entire Wei State is not optimistic about what results the Wei Army can achieve by attacking Hanzhong County from the East Three Counties.

When Cao Zhen was still alive, Sima Yi, who guarded Jingyu, tried it.And at that time, Sima Yi was far superior to Hu Zhi today, both in terms of military strength and material supply.

If we do it again today, the final result will be nothing more than a waste of food, supplies and tired soldiers.

However, Wang Chang, the general who is currently in charge of the south in Wancheng, proposed another plan.

On the grounds that the current Jiangdong is no longer able to invade the invaders, and he has resumed business with Wei Guo, he asked Hu Zhi to guard Jingzhou alone, and he himself was the supervisor of the headquarters to enter the Guanzhong, and went to Qi County to join forces with Wang Sheng, Qianhong and other ministries Attack Anding County.

With the method of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", the Han army had to divide its troops into Longdong to share the pressure for Chen Cang.

Wang Chang is not the first person to propose this kind of plan.

Cao Rui refused without even thinking about it.

Without him, he entrusted Sima Yi with full authority over the war in Yongliang, knowing that Sima Yi would do better for himself.

Since Sima Yi, who had an army of tens of thousands in his hand, only entered Longdong with a small group of troops instead of overwhelming them with a large army, he must have other considerations.

In this way, why does he, who is far behind, bother to disturb the dispatch of the frontline governor?

Furthermore, he had already transferred several Jingzhou soldiers and horses into Guanzhong before, and there was no need to use them again to increase the supply of the Guanzhong army.

After thinking about it, he finally let Hu Zhi try to march.

Or let's try it.

Even if you don't hold out hope and return without success after marching, at least it will add some troubles to the deployment of troops and the consumption of food and fodder in Hanzhong County, which is against Shu.

Sun Quan, who has been living in Wuchang Palace since Liao Shi occupied Linhe County and rebelled, also paid close attention to the battle in Chencang.

Also anxiously awaiting the result.

It's not that he has no strength to mobilize troops yet, and he still has the extravagant hope of profiting from it, but that he doesn't want the Han army to win.

Yes, things are so bizarre.

Sometimes, the greatest malice comes not from enemies, but from allies.

As an ally of the Han Dynasty, Wu Guo, who used to be cold-hearted, does not hope that the Han Dynasty will bring good news again.

But think about it, it's easy to understand.

For today's Jiangdong, the best result is the end of the war between the Han and Wei dynasties and continuous consumption.

Because of such a situation, Jiangdong, whose national strength has been severely damaged, can restore its foundation and regain the time when the three kingdoms stand together.

However, the Han army's offensive has already begun, and it is impossible to win or lose.

That's why he expected the Han army to be defeated and return.

At least, if the Han army is defeated, it can still rely on its victorious place to hold on, making Wei unable to seize Longfu Liangzhou; but if the Han army wins, can the Wei army still be able to defend Guanzhong?
The answer is obvious.

(End of this chapter)