Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Shuofang, Diaoyin (Oasis County).

It was snowing heavily in deep winter, and Jiang Wei was wearing a velvet robe, standing on a hill, looking eastward, and seeing the mountains covered in white snow, covered in plain silver, and the sky and the earth was a vast expanse of whiteness.

Thinking of his ambition, Jiang Wei sighed, life is short, he has lived in Shuofang for eight years, and he is more than [-] years old, so far he has not made great achievements, and his ambition is hard to be rewarded. Thinking of this, he felt a little sad.

"The fortunes are not perfect, the fate is too many, Feng Tangyi is old, Li Guang is difficult to seal."

While he was sighing, he heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance. Jiang Wei followed the trend and saw a group of cavalry galloping down the mountain.

Jiang Wei squinted at his beautiful clothes and elite armor, and knew that he was not a Hu Qi under his command, but a Habayashi rider under His Majesty's command.

Your Majesty has an edict, doesn't it?
Thinking of this, Jiang Wei quickly descended the mountain to meet the cavalry.

The leader, Lang Guan, reined in the reins, took out a scarf from his bosom, and shouted, "Where is Jiang Wei, General Zhenbei?"

Jiang Wei came out under the guard of his attendants, and said, "This is Jiang Wei, General Zhenbei, what is your majesty's edict?"

Lang Guan got off his horse and checked Jiang Wei's seal before handing over the imperial edict. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty ordered the general to go to the east of the river, and granted the general a false festival with [-] elite soldiers. As for the details, they are all on the edict. "

Said, Lang Guan held the festival battle with both hands, Jiang Wei also took the talisman festival with both hands, and returned the gift to Lang Guan.

After Lang Guan left, Jiang Wei opened the edict and looked at the content on the scarf, the smile on his face could no longer be contained.

Putting away the edict, Jiang Wei got on his horse, held up the talisman to the crowd, and shouted: "Boys, go back to the camp. Follow me to the east of the river and make meritorious deeds."

"promise!"

"drive!"

Jiang Wei reined in the reins, and the horse raised its front hooves and let out a long cry.Lightly kicking the horse's belly, the steed galloped forward, and Jiang Wei on the horse's back was in high spirits.

The camp of the Fang Army in Hanshuo, and the camp of the Chinese Army.

Jiang Wei pointed at the sand table on the case table, and discussed the strategy of marching with Wang Si, Yan Yu and other senior generals of Shuofang.

These years, Jiang Weiwo has been in Shuofang for eight years. He has gone deep into Luliang Mountain many times, and he knows the topography and topography of the mountain.In order to better send troops from Shuofang, Jiang Wei spent a lot of thought and made a sand table of the mountains on both sides of the Yellow River.

Wang Si pointed to Linfen and Yangping, and said: "General, Your Majesty ordered us to attack Linfen and Yinping. However, if our army wants to reach Linfen, we need to cross the Luliang Mountain and break through the Wei camp on Mashou Mountain before we can reach Linfen. If there are still soldiers stationed in Linfen, it will not be easy to break through the city."

Jiang Wei has sent troops to harass Hedong these years, and the Wei army is not unprepared. They have set up camps in the key areas where Luliang Mountain enters and exits the Hedong Plain for defense. The Mashou Mountain camp is an important camp to prevent Jiang Wei from attacking Linfen from the Luliang Mountains. .Moreover, Chen Tai also arranged a team of troops in Linfen to deal with Jiang Wei who crossed the river and harassed him.

Jiang Wei stroked his beard, thinking about how to use his troops, and said: "When all the soldiers are assembled, our army will immediately lead the army to attack Mashou Mountain to see if we can break it quickly. If we can't break it quickly, see if we can mobilize the soldiers and horses in Linfen." Go out and confront our army. Let Your Majesty rush to help a soldier and horse, let him arrive outside Linfen City as scheduled, and break the city when the city is empty. Or attack the Wei army on Mashou Mountain with our army, and the two armies will cooperate together. Destroy the city of Linfen."

"Is that possible?" Wang Si asked back.

"Why not!"

Pointing to the sand table, Jiang Wei analyzed and said: "Your Majesty led the army into Hedong, and most of the Wei army will be attracted by His Majesty's army. Our army rushed to Luliang to attack the horse's head quickly, and Linfen soldiers came to help. The city was empty. Your Majesty dispatched an army to break the city. , It is also easy. And if the Linfen sergeant does not rush to help, our army can quickly break through the horse's head, and besiege the city with the army, and implement the strategy of cutting off the east of the river."

Jiang Wei's idea is simple and not difficult to understand.It is to take advantage of the fact that the Han army has a larger number than the Wei army to pull, or mobilize the troops stationed in Linfen to take advantage of the emptiness to break through the city, or gather a large army to break through the city wall quickly.

Wang Si hesitated for a while, then said: "General, what should we do if our army fails to make an appointment?"

Jiang Wei shook his head and said: "The generals and schools under your Majesty's command are all veterans of many battles. How can we miss the appointment like a child's play, unless our army arrives in Linfen as early as possible. Or this army was blocked by the Wei army, but our army and Most of your majesty has attracted the main force of the enemy army, and few Wei troops have intercepted it, so it is difficult to miss the appointment."

Seeing that Jiang Wei was so sure, and thinking about the achievements of the Han army over the years, Wang Si also felt that there would be no such low-level mistakes as missing appointments, so he stopped talking.

Jiang Wei saw that everyone was not doubtful, and ordered: "Chengzong, order the military supplies such as horses, cattle, sheep felt, and military rations. If there are any shortages, they will be collected from Rongdi to ensure that the army's military supplies will not be cut off. In recent days Cold, sheep felt is indispensable."

"No!" Wang Si agreed.

As a talent discovered by Liu Chan from the Wudan Academy, Wang Sizhi Hexi County is indeed as he said in the original debate, governing barbarians with kindness and trust.In recent years, Jiang Weineng has sent troops to Luliang many times, and Wang Si provided the most military supplies.

Under the rule of Wang Si, a large number of rebellious tribes in the Hexi (northern Shaanxi) region were attached to the Han, or sent troops to fight for the Han, or provided horses, cattle and other materials for the battle.Because of his meritorious service in governing the county, he has now been worshiped as General Fuman and concurrently the prefect of Hexi.

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Yecheng, Taifu Mansion.

A brazier in the center of the hall was burning blazingly, and the heat was steaming out, making the whole room hot.Over the years, as Sima Yi grew older, he became more and more afraid of the cold.He cannot bear without a fire for warmth.

At this time, he was wearing felt cloth, sitting on the couch, and flipping through the battle report from ahead.

When seeing Deng Yang quarreling with Yang Wei, Cao Shuang actually favored Deng Yang, causing the army's morale to be unstable.Sima Yi had no choice but to put down the battle report, sighed and said, "Cao Shuang is really incompetent, he can be the Minister of the Wei Tuogu, and he holds all the civil and military power in his hands. If this man does not die, how can the Great Wei talk about revival."

Thinking about the progress of the current war, Sima Yi was even more helpless.If Zhuge Liang defeated him, then Cao Shuang's military talent really opened his eyes. He had never seen a person who could fight so well.The [-] army was tricked by Wang Ping's more than [-] people. After they began to besiege the city, due to the negligence of the camp, they were selected by Wang Ping to attack at night, killing and injuring thousands of people.

Judging from the current battle situation, it seems that Cao Wei has the upper hand in the current battlefield situation, but in fact Cao Shuang is almost always limited by Wang Ping.

Sima Yi scratched his head. He didn't know how Cao Shuang successfully ambushed Liu Ba in Guanzhong and shot him to death; he also didn't know how he succeeded in besieging Sun Quan in the Battle of Anfeng and made outstanding contributions.

Chen Tai, who was far away in the east of the river, had an itchy nose and sneezed.

The more Sima Yi thought about it, the more unhappy he became, and he cursed: "A certain soldier has been in charge of the army for half his life, and he has never seen such a person in charge of the army. All his thoughts on military strategy come from others, and he doesn't know military strategy. The truth is mediocrity."

Sima Yi was right, Cao Shuang is a mediocre person.It's just that by mistake, everyone in Cao Wei pushed him onto the stage of the times and made him take on responsibilities that he couldn't bear.He is full of enthusiasm, and he has no ability to change many things at all, and he doesn't know how to change those things.

Sima Yi let out a long breath, and looked at the letter Guo Huai wrote to him. In the letter, it was said that blocking Yangcheng would be hard to break, and Wei Hu was brave and good at fighting.Moreover, he had already seen the traces of the reinforcements of the Han army. He expressed that he was worried that few of his soldiers would be used by the reinforcements of the Han army.

Sima Yi frowned, and looked at Wang Ling's letter again, saying that Jiang Xia's Han army sent troops to the Three Passes of Yiyang to harass their food roads.Moreover, he also received information from Hefei that Wu Jun seemed to be about to move, preparing for the Northern Expedition.Finally, Wang Ling also said that if the battle situation is unfavorable and Hefei Shouchun loses, he may also withdraw from the battlefield.

Sima Yi's face turned serious, and he opened Tian Yu's battle report. Tian Yu said that the army had progressed smoothly before, building engineering equipment and preparing to besiege Biyang.However, the situation has changed. There is a Han army of about [-] people to rescue Biyang City. Now they have to give up the siege temporarily and seek other strategies to defeat the enemy.

"not good!"

Sima Yi thought about the situation of Cao Shuang's troops. Since he besieged Wang Ping, there has been no reinforcements from the Han army.On the other roads, there were already traces of military aid from Han Dynasty, and a bad feeling came to Sima Yi's heart.It is very likely that Cao Shuang was targeted by the Han army because of his low military ability. The Han army deliberately did not send reinforcements to rescue Wang Ping, so as to hold Cao Shuang's appetite, and thus looked for an opportunity to defeat Cao Shuang's troops.

Sima Yi gritted his teeth and wrote a letter to Xia Houxuan, saying that although the roads in Nanyang are not as difficult and dangerous as the roads in Shu, there are also mountains.Now that the army has been fighting for a long time, it is unfavorable, and there are few good news from all the armies, it is better to withdraw the army, and then discuss the strategy of using troops later.

Why Sima Yi didn't write to Cao Shuang directly is also very simple. Cao Shuang is such a man, it is difficult for him to listen to his own words, and there are Li Sheng and Deng Yang as obstacles, so it is basically useless to say it.But Xia Houxuan was different, he was able to assess the situation, although he did not have rich combat experience, he was good at analyzing the situation and had certain military skills.

Then Sima Yi wrote to his son Sima Zhao, saying that he was worried about the unfavorable situation of the battle for his father. You must not rely on your courage to fight, and you should be transferred to the rear army. If you are in danger, you should withdraw quickly without hesitation.