Shu Chen

The reason why both the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu did not enter the Guanzhong to participate in the decisive battle was not only to conclude that as long as Sima Yi, the governor of Wei Yongliang, dared to send troops to the decisive battle, that was the confidence that the Han army would win the game, but also because they had already "participated". !
Before the decisive battle started, all their plans were finalized and all preparations were made. When the war started, they did not need to plan again.

As for the ever-changing moment of finality on the battlefield.
Both the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu felt that no one could do better than the Hussar General Wei Yan!

This is a superintendent with lofty ambitions, "If Cao Cao comes from the world, please reject it for the king; if you bring a crowd of [-], please swallow it for the king"; it is Guanhou, Zhang Cheqi and Ma Chao and other veterans When he was still alive, he was favored by the late emperor Liu Bei, and he was promoted to the position of the prefect of Hanzhong to guard the country gate.
People can accuse him of being arrogant in his speech or arrogant in temperament, but they cannot question the knowledge of the late emperor Liu Bei.

After all, over the years, he has proved with his illustrious military exploits that he truly lived up to the favor of the late emperor.

Now he has ushered in the opportunity to prove "to swallow a hundred thousand people".

And the prime minister did not hesitate to give him the stage to display to his heart's content, and he did not hesitate to put the right to supervise the battle of glory in the "full return to the customs and return to the old capital" in his hands.

This kind of trust, this kind of honor recorded in the history books and exiled for hundreds of generations, makes Wei Yan, who has always been brave and fearless, very rare, and a ray of fear has arisen in his heart.

Not cowardice.

It's not even the fear of being defeated.

It is the fear of betraying the trust of the late emperor and the prime minister, and the fear that the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty will fall short in his own hands.

When Sima Yi, the governor of the Wei Wei Dynasty, came to the Lishui Valley with [-] troopers, and when he was on his way out of Qishan to meet the battle, he became more and more cautious in his heart.

Almost every hour, the scouts and messengers were asked about the status of the rest of the divisions.

This kind of prudence has never appeared to him.

That's why, every time he asked the scout messenger and learned that everything was on schedule, he would secretly laugh at himself for being mediocre.

Perhaps, the so-called "in awe, can move forward bravely" is just like that.

Of course, in front of the soldiers, with a steady pace and a confident look, he announced that the victory of the battle was in his hands and inspired the soldiers to die.

Only in the dead of night, sitting alone in the military tent, did he look solemn and read a letter repeatedly.

The Prime Minister made it for him.

It has been two years since the prime minister supervised the return of the soldiers to Hanzhong and the great Han prepared for the war against Wu.

But he kept it all the time and carried it with him, but he would take it out to look at it when he had time.

The book says:

"The shadows from the late emperor and all the old officials have died. Only I, Wen Chang and my uncle survive, and I always regret that God's will is weak! The last emperor used his uncle to supervise Yong'an and Yujiang East, and Wen Chang to supervise Hanzhong to fight against Wei. Since he was entrusted with Gukaifu, he first dealt with the rebellion in Nanzhong, then went north to attack the Wei Wei, protected by the late Emperor Lai, as well as many loyal ministers such as Wen Chang, to seize Longyou, restore Liangzhou, and enter Youfufeng according to Longdong. Twenty years later, I finally got the opportunity to return to the old capital, how difficult it is! Now, the thief Wu is backing his alliance, and he can't demonstrate the might of my Han army. However, I returned to Han Zhongxing and attacked Wu, in fact, to lure Wei Sima Yi. The decisive battle in Guanzhong will make me a big man in the old capital, but I hope Mr. Wen will not miss the chance! I am old, and there is not much time left. When I return to Hanzhong this time, it may be difficult to return to Guanzhong. I still remember my son. When the dragon passed away, "the achievements of the northern expedition have not been completed, the wishes of the previous emperor have not been completed", and I don't want me to kill the son of the dragon. Sadness! Chief Wen can be entrusted. If the battle to lure the enemy goes well, Sima Yi of Wei Wei enters the capital, and Chief Wen will fight against him, I will return to Chengdu to report to the late emperor Huiling and tell the emperor what happened behind me. But I hope Chief Wen rises up and will revive the Han Dynasty. After the completion of the battle, for my long-cherished wish of returning to the old capital, I will enter Chang'an to help Hanjing on behalf of me and other old ministers."

Wei Yan watched it for the first time and burst into tears.

Later, when I watched it again and again, it was inevitable that I could not help myself.

Because this is the Prime Minister's account of his death to him in advance, it represents the encouragement and hope given to him by the former emperor and old ministers, and it is also a farewell speech for decades of fighting side by side and fighting together.

How not to impress him!
How can he not let him have a ray of awe in this battle!
He also knew that if the decisive battle in Guanzhong ended in a draw or the defeat of the Han army, then the big Han would never have the chance to initiate a battle in Guanzhong in the next 20 years.

Yes, if they can't win, they will not have the chance to enter Chang'an and see Han Jing proclaiming the revival of the Han Dynasty on the city wall of the old capital.

There is no reason for him.

In order to prepare for this decisive battle in Guanzhong, the big man has already resorted to military force and hurt the root.

The "Sima Law" says, "Although a country is big, warlikeness will surely perish."

After the Battle of Yiling, the small and widowed people who only occupied the big Han land in Yizhou, after nearly [-] years of continuous expedition, are no longer as simple as "Yizhou is exhausted", but exhausted.
Even if Longyou, Liangzhou and Longdong were recovered successively, it would not benefit the country much.

After all, with the increase of the area, the line of defense will also become larger and longer, and the required garrison troops and the consumption of food and supplies will also become more.

In particular, except for Longyou, the rest of these newly restored places are famous for their barren land.

Such fundamental damage cannot be recovered without giving birth to a generation.

Just as Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty had harmed the foundation of the country because of his inexhaustible conquests, so that when he was in power in his later years, the people in the country were in dire straits and rebellions broke out everywhere. The land of the Han Dynasty; wherever the rivers and rivers go, they are all ministers and concubines".

In order to make a decisive battle in Guanzhong, today's big Han did not hesitate to use the opportunity to attack Wu on a large scale, and it would also drain the last drop of national strength!
After this battle, no matter whether you win or not, you can no longer use troops.Otherwise, it will repeat itself. The unbearable amount of rebellions that swarmed all over the former Han Dynasty in his later years dragged the big Han into the abyss of self-destruction!
Of course, things are two-sided, and there are advantages and disadvantages.

He did not hesitate to pay the price of using military force and hurting the root, and also created a foundation for victory in the decisive battle of Guanzhong.

In this decisive battle in Guanzhong, the prime minister left Wei Yan with the number of cavalry available. After deducting the defensive cities, strategic locations and passes, there are still as many as 110,000!
Yes, Sima Yi against Wei Wei thought that at most [-] soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, after deducting the garrison and other important places, there could be at most [-] soldiers out of the Han army, but the actual number was more than his [-] army!
It sounds incredible.

When can a big man with a small land and a widow be able to piece together and support so many troops?
Moreover, when the Han attacked Wu with the captives of Wei State, he only reserved [-] cavalry in Guanzhong. How could he have [-] more?