Shu Chen

Chapter 535
Indeed, for both the Han and Wei dynasties, the battle in the valley at the source of Dushui did not affect the overall situation.

Because there were not many casualties on both sides in this battle.

The Han who had won for a while had more than [-] casualties and no prisoners. Except for a lot of armor and weapons obtained from the search of the battlefield, and the capture of the food and fodder left by the Wei army when they were defeated, they did not seriously injure the Wei army.

As the defeated Wei army, the general led Zhou Dang to death in battle, with more than [-] casualties and discarded supplies and supplies.

Compared with the previous record, Wei Guo can still bear it.

That is, Wuhuan Tuqi can no longer fight.

With the past of abandoning the general, they also lost the trust of the emperor Cao Rui and Sima Yi.

This effect is too bad.

If it weren't for the fact that they made many achievements in the previous battles, and the battle situation was indeed defeated at that time, Wei Guo might have handled things according to military law!
Therefore, when Sima Yi learned the whole story of the war, he reported to Cao Rui and sent them all back to their hometown of Youji to rest.

After they have rested from the hardships of several years of conquest and strict military discipline, they will be hired as appropriate.

Qianhong also left Yongliang at the same time as them.

As expected by Zheng Pu, when Cao Rui learned that Qianhong was released by the Han army because of his father’s friendship with Emperor Zhaolie, he immediately transferred Qianhong to Youzhou to guard the frontier, so as not to stay in Yongliang and become a prisoner. The "horse bone" that shows the benevolence and righteousness of the Han army.

While Wang Qi's department guarded Qi County, Sun Li's department returned to Chang'an City to rest and take over the defensive duties of Chang'an.

This move allowed Sima Yi to transfer the soldiers and horses who had been guarding Chang'an to the Lishui River Valley.

A decisive battle with the Han army~
Naturally, it is necessary to concentrate all the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized and worthy of battle.

Even Wang Shengbu, who originally went west along the Jingshui River Valley from Qi County, turned south and went south to Jianshui.

The Qin Lang tribe no longer went north.

Instead, they crossed the Sishui River from Yongxian County and went south slowly to the meeting of the Siwei River.

Gein's strategic purpose of going north is gone.

Earlier, when Sima Yi ordered him to go north, his intention was to force the main force of the Han army to divide up and go north, so that the war between the two sides would not break out in the place where the Han army had the advantage of the Lishui River Valley.If the Han army did not divide the troops, it would be a fake show, and Sun Li, Qianhong, Zhou Dang, Wang Qi and other troops would be assembled to recapture Gaoping City in the west.

But neither possibility is possible today.

Not only did the Han army not send troops to the north, but also with the defeat of Sun Li and other tribes, Zheng Pu's troops entered Yangcheng to guard, so that Qin Lang's tribe no longer swept west.

Therefore, Sima Yi had no choice but to retreat.

Let Qin Lang's troops cross the Lishui River and go south to attack the Han army from the north, while he himself led the army to attack from the east.

In this way, some of the geographical advantages of the Han army can be more or less offset.

It's just that facing the Han army with high bases and deep ditches and solid camps that could not hold on, their offensive was also not smooth.

The camps of the Han army are also divided into north and east, with each other as horns.

Wei Yan guarded in the Sishui River Valley on the east side, while the prime minister was in the camp on the north side.

Sima Yi first wrote a letter to invite the battle, and then challenged him with light soldiers, and the prime minister did not respond to the battle; later, he changed to throwing fire from a high platform on a mountain, and pulled a catapult and a well from Chang'an to cover the storm, also under the bed crossbow of the Han army Return in defeat.

Wei Yan, who is known for his fierceness in the use of troops, opened the gate of the camp once.

At that time, Sima Yi ordered the soldiers to widen the pontoon bridge in an attempt to fill up a section of the river with rocks, wood and bulldoze, so as to offset the advantage of the Han army holding the water bank. The soldiers rushed to kill for a while, but they retreated when Sima Yi drove the elite forward.

Inevitably, Wei Jun will not give up hunting and taking advantage of the chaos to seize the opportunity to break into the camp gate.

However, when they came rushing in and before they approached the gate of the camp, the Yuan Rong crossbows erected on the low wall fired ten thousand arrows, shooting and killing a large number of Wei troops who dared to approach.

It turned out that Wei Yan's departure from the camp was to lure them to ambush them on purpose.
Well, only five or six hundred soldiers were killed or injured.

Sima Yi was not discouraged, but sent many strong crossbowmen to guard the side. When Wei Yanbu did not come out again, he used wood and stone as the foundation and connected them horizontally with planks, turning a section of the Sishui River Valley into a smooth road.

The kind that can withstand the weight of siege vehicles and ladders, and push them straight through.

Also, the meat grinder-like battle began.

Strict military laws, generous reward promises, and the supervising team that does not advance or be killed make all Wei soldiers die like moths to a flame.Every day during the Siwei meeting, the sound of fighting and wailing stirred in the wind; the strong smell of blood permeated the air, and the piled up remains were hideous and horrifying, almost suffocating.

The deceased is like a husband who does not want to leave day or night.

Before I knew it, it was already the middle of autumn and July.

The Wei army stormed for nearly a month regardless of casualties. Instead of ushering in the dawn of breaking the camp, it ushered in the demoralization and complaints of the soldiers of various ministries.

Sima Yi was very frustrated by this.

In particular, recalling Wei Jun's previous tactics of shrinking back that he couldn't stick to, and now that Feng Shui has taken turns, this has to make him feel very ironic.

Also at a loss.

His other two moves also failed.

One, when the attack was not going well, he secretly dispatched his confidant general Niu Jin to cross the Weishui River with [-] elite troops at night, intending to attack Chen Cangcheng from the south bank.

But unexpectedly, the Han army had already taken precautions.

When Niu Jin just started to let the soldiers climb the city wall with ropes, Jiang Weibu, who had been hiding in Chencang Road at some point, took the opportunity to kill Niu Jinbu by surprise.

At the cost of leaving more than a thousand corpses and hundreds of people captured, he got rid of the pursuit.

This is because Jiang Weibu was worried that the Wei army would respond and did not pursue too far.

The other is that Sima Yi deliberately did not take precautions against Zheng Pu's troops stationed in Yangcheng above the Lishui River Valley.

The purpose is to let Zheng Pu feel that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, and come out of the city to make a surprise attack, so that the Qin Lang tribe on the north side can repel with absolute superiority in force, and take advantage of the momentum to sweep away with the mobility of tiger and leopard cavalry, and then go west to capture Gaoping City. .

After all, Scar Pu is always easy to take risks~
Just count.

But this time Zheng Pu has no aggressive intentions!

Clearly, Qin Lang put all his luggage and food and fodder at the rear, showing flaws, but he has been hiding in the city, without any intention of sending troops to sneak attack.

The two-step plan failed, and Sima Yi became more and more anxious.

Even the daily food is less than three liters of food, and I have lost a lot of weight visible to the naked eye.

Gein knew that if the Han army stood firm for one more day, the Wei army's crisis would increase by one point.

Once the morale of the Wei army is exhausted, the Han army sees the opportunity and comes out to fight with all their strength. If they win, they can drive away the rout and sweep the entire Guanzhong!
It is up to the city except Chang'an, Wuguan and Tongguan passes to pass on!

This situation is not an exaggeration.

Let me ask, if tens of thousands of troops have been defeated, how can we expect those counties with low walls and few defenders to contain the advance of the Han army?
But both he and Emperor Cao Rui knew that this crisis was getting closer, but they had to continue to spend.

There is no way, Wei Guo has no way to retreat.

(End of this chapter)