Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 569 See Through
In April, Yixiangcheng.

In the spring, the farmland outside the city that needs to be cultivated has long been uncultivated, and the people living here have no choice but to disperse in order to avoid fighting.

The generals of the Wei army stood on the top of the city, watching the soldiers of the Han army break away from the main force and rest not far from the city. A small group of Han troops gathered from the countryside, and there were hundreds of people in the village.These people in Yixiang were driven away by the soldiers of the Han army. The men left their homes with their wives and belts; the women carried their bags and bowed their heads and wept.

In the queue, Liu Lin grabbed the reins and muttered, "Why is Jiang Ji the same as Sima Yi? He is so timid. The people under his rule were relocated, but he was indifferent. He still held on to the city and refused to fight."

After Jiang Jidang heard that the Han army had made a detour, he deliberately led his troops into Yi Township and trapped Wang Ping's army in the narrow area between Tongguan and Yi Township.After Xiahouba, who was sticking to Tongguan, sent a letter to Jiang Ji, he remained untouched and continued to defend Tongguan, handing over Wang Ping's army to Jiang Ji.

Therefore, the Han and Wei armies fell into a peculiar and complicated arrangement. On the Weihan Road from west to east, there were four armies of Liu Chan, Xiahouba, Wang Ping, and Jiang Ji.Faced with Wang Ping's request for a fight, Jiang Ji avoided fighting instead of fighting, delaying time with Wang Ping.

Huang Chong wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "General, I'm afraid this is our army's strategy to lure the enemy. Jiang Ji has seen through it. Why don't we just speak to the former general and discuss it after returning to the camp."

Liu Lin tugged at his collar impatiently, and said, "What's the hurry, tell the brothers in the front row to take off their armor and sit on the ground to rest. I don't believe it, Jiang Ji hasn't been fooled yet."

"promise!"

At the command of the army, the soldiers of the Han army, who were sparse in the army, took off their armor and rested on the spot, playing and fighting with each other, eating and drinking, very slack, and it was impossible to see that there were soldiers of the Wei army not far away.

On the top of the city, the generals of the Wei army were filled with righteous indignation when they saw such a scene, and asked Jiang Ji to fight one after another.

Lu Jian patted the top of the city and said angrily: "Jiang led the army, the Shu thieves penetrated deep into the hinterland, there is Tongguan in the back, and our army in front. How dare you divide up your troops and plunder my villagers, and still be so lazy in front of the city? It's too arrogant. .A certain thought that the Shu people were unprepared, so it was an opportunity to use their troops. Please order to lead the army to fight, so as to drive back the Shu people and kill Wang Ping."

Jiang Ji beside him glanced at Lu Jian, and said in a deep voice: "Wang Ping is a famous general in the world. He conquered a state for Shu. Even Zhang He died at his hands, which shows his ability. Now he detours to Tongguan and intends to Refers to Luoyang, this is not an ordinary general, I hope all generals need to proceed with caution."

Lu Jian showed no anger, and said: "Because of this, our army should send troops to cut off this small group of enemies, in order to intimidate Wang Ping and force him to withdraw his army. How can we hold the city and not hold it?"

Jiang Ji was a little speechless, because Lu Jian was a veteran left over from Cao Cao's period, so he patiently explained: "Wang Ping, the general of Shu, is not a man without schemes. , so this is the death gate of the Shu army. Our army curbs its advance and sends stragglers to ambush the trail, making it difficult to maintain Wangping's food road, so that it can make it withdraw. If our army does the opposite, it will be a field battle out of the city. Zhong Wangping's strategy."

Jiang Ji's arrangement is very simple, that is, he can see the fundamental problem of the rugged and difficult path that Wang Ping traveled, and the difficulty of transporting grain and grass for the big man.As long as he sticks to the city and exhausts the food and grass of the Shu army, he can make Wang Ping withdraw his army.

Therefore, knowing the fate of the Shu army, Jiang Ji naturally understood the reality of the Shu army's formation in front of him, but it was just to lure the enemy into battle.

Jiang Ji stroked his beard and said, "If General Lu doesn't believe you, you might as well just watch from the top of the city, and you will know the truth of what a certain person said. Let someone go out of the city and send a bowl of water, encourage him to lure the enemy to work hard, and let the Shu army know Our army has seen through its strategy of luring the enemy."

"promise!"

After finishing speaking, Jiang Ji turned around and walked towards the government office to deal with military affairs.The city gate also opened, and the old man gave Liu Lin a bowl of water.

At the same time, as Jiang Ji said, Wang Ping and thousands of elite soldiers were ambushing in the dense forest, waiting for the news of Jiang Ji's attack, but it was a pity that he did not wait.

Wang Ping pushed aside the branches, looked at Liu Lin's army in the field, frowned slightly and said, "Ke finally (Liu Lin's word) did too much, and it will make Wei Sheng suspicious."

While speaking, under the eyes of everyone, the old man offered Liu Lin a bowl of water tremblingly, and said in fear: "General Jiang thinks that the general has fought hard, so he specially ordered this old man to serve the general with clear water to relieve his fatigue."

Liu Lin glanced at the city in the distance, and then at the water in front of him. He was so angry that he cursed on the spot: "How dare the old thief Jiang Ji insult me ​​like this!"

As soon as this remark came out, the old man's hand holding the bowl shook, and the water in the bowl also shook out.

Seeing this, Huang Chong hurriedly drove the old man back to the city, so as to avoid any accidents with him, which violated the measures of the great man to love the people.

Looking at Liu Lin who was pacing back and forth, Huang Chong said: "General, now that our army's strategy has been seen through, why not tell the former general and let the former general decide?"

"Can!"

In the dense forest, Wang Ping listened to Huang Chong's narration, sighed, and said: "Since this is the case, we have to withdraw the troops. The people captured today will be moved to Guanzhong to live in Guanzhong."

It is an old tradition of the Han Dynasty to move people into the country. Due to the sparse population, if it is difficult for the big Han to conquer the cities of Wei, they will often move people into the country, and even wars will occur because of the population of tens of thousands.

Just like when the Han Dynasty had a dispute with Soochow because of the 3 population of the Wuxi Man, the two countries finally made an alliance in Xinling to eliminate the dispute caused by the Wuxi Man population.

Perhaps everyone only saw the trouble of disputes with neighboring countries, but actually ignored the fact that the big Han moved to Badi because of the [-] Ximan, which greatly enriched the military power of the Shu Han in the east.That's why Chen Daoyou had the strength to start from Yong'an, go north and climb over the mountains, and cooperate with Wang Ping in a series of military operations such as attacking Donger County.

Even the Dahan used the Wuxi Man from Wuling County to send them back to Wuling County to inquire about intelligence, enriching the Dahan's intelligence power for Jingzhou.

Therefore, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and the Guanzhong of the big man is really short of people.

"promise!"

Huang Chong looked at Wang Ping and asked, "It is difficult for our army to advance and the battle is not good. Dare I ask the former general, what should our army do next?"

Wang Ping pondered for a while, and said: "Jiang Ji is a wise and resourceful man against Wei. Our army is under attack from two sides, but he still can't avoid the battle. It can be seen that he is determined to stick to it. Let the army retreat to the camp, stick to the small road camp, and send out scouts. Explore the surrounding information."

After a pause, Wang Ping continued: "Report the battle situation of our army to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can determine the Tongguan battle?"

"What does the general mean?" Huang Chong asked.

Wang Ping looked at the city of Yixiang, and said with a heavy heart: "The capital of the Ni Wei Dynasty is located in Luoyang, the population is mostly concentrated in Hebei, and the elite soldiers are located in Tongguan and Hedong. Tongguan is the most powerful pass in the world. There are continuous mountains in the south and a dangerous river in the north. "Hedong is the throat of the Three Jin Dynasties, with the army of Hebei on the outside and mountains and rivers inside and outside, these two places are difficult to break into for a while."

Through more than ten years of war and learning the art of war.Wang Ping obviously has an in-depth understanding of military strategist lore, and he also has a clearer view of the current geographical conflicts between the Han and Wei dynasties.

In the past, the great Han was able to conquer Longyou and Liangzhou largely due to the sparse population in the northwestern area of ​​Cao Wei, which was often limited by food and military issues.After attacking Guanzhong in depth, especially after experiencing the Battle of Guanzhong, the big man felt that Cao Wei's resistance was getting stronger and stronger.

Especially in this Eastern Expedition, the great Han suffered several setbacks, and the war did not progress.

(I may be positive, everyone pay attention to safety.)
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