Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 502 Use the plan to lure the snake out of the hole

On July [-]nd, Shen Chen's army passed the Tianjing Pass and headed north.

At this time, Sima Yi had just withdrawn his troops from Yingchuan.

His route for withdrawing troops was to take Henan Yin and Chenliu Commanderies, which is the area of ​​​​the Battle of Guandu, and go north to Yanjin Ferry to cross the river.

Just as Shen Chen expected, his so-called sticking to Yingchuan was just a bluff, but he actually wanted to escape.

At that time, Shen Chen also sent someone to notify Zhuge Liang, but from Luoyang to the south, he had to break through the blockade of Sima Yi's camp, and if he went to the Han army camp, it would definitely be too late.

So Shen Chen decided to act first and get rid of Wuqiu Jian before Sima Yi returned to Hebei.

the reason is simple.

If he didn't react so quickly, Sima Yi would sneak back to Hebei under his nose, and then stationed in Hanoi County to control Taihangxing.

At this time, Sima Yi only needs to defend Hanoi County, and then Qingqi in the army will go north to attack Zhao Yun's department.

Although Zhao Yun's troops were the [-] elite Han troops left behind by him, Sima Yi joined forces with Guan Qiujian, and with the vacillating Huns, it is very likely that Zhao Yun could not bear the pressure and retreated back to Hedong County.

In this way, Sima Yi barely kept a basic base of Cao Wei, that is, Hebei, Bingzhou, Youzhou and a part of Qingzhou.

After that, Xiahouyuan also withdrew his troops back. Even though the Han army quickly went northward to sweep away the fallen leaves and wiped out the entire Henan area, because Sima Yi and Xiahouyuan's troops had returned to defense, they had no way to directly send troops to Hebei. They could only choose to stabilize the Henan territory.

At that time, Cao Wei won a chance to breathe.

Therefore, the soldiers are very fast. Before Sima Yi returned to defend Bingzhou, he destroyed Wuqiu Jian first, and then the next momentum will become that the Han army launched an offensive against Cao Wei's Jizhou from Bingzhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou.

These three places are Shanxi Province, Henan Province, and Shandong Province in later generations. They surrounded Hebei Province, where Cao Wei is located, from three sides, and the aggressiveness of the offensive can be seen.

Sima Yi was on the way back with his troops, just as he had expected. Although Zhuge Liang had reacted immediately, the Han army had no way to catch up immediately because of the sudden incident, not to mention that there were actually many cavalry in Sima Yi's army.

Tian Yu, Yan Rou and others were all in his army, and Cao Rui had mobilized them from Youzhou long before, resulting in Sima Yi's current 12 army, at least 5 cavalry.

Therefore, when retreating, Sima Yi ordered the infantry to leave first with food, grass and luggage, leaving the cavalry behind, and it was not until two days later that the cavalry came back to report the situation to him.

What surprised Sima Yi was that when the cavalry returned, the Han army did not immediately chase after him. Instead, after seeing him leave, they began to pack up the camp in full swing.

Obviously at this point, even though Zhuge Liang had reacted quickly, the deployment of more than [-] troops was still not so fast.

However, these were within Sima Yi's expectations, but what he couldn't understand was that the Han army had about 5000 cavalry, and there was also a heavy armored cavalry of [-] men. The force is very brave.

According to Sima Yi's vision, after he leaves, Zhuge Liang will definitely choose to send cavalry to harass him first, and at the same time contact Shen Chen to see if he can cooperate with Zhuge Liang's cavalry to intercept him.

Sima Yi thought about these things very clearly and responded accordingly.For example, after leaving the cavalry behind, another general Guo Huai was sent to Xingyang to intercept Shen Chen, so that the main force could retreat to Yanjin smoothly, and then cover the cavalry and Guo Huai and the others to evacuate. It was not a big problem to leave.

However, the enemy didn't follow the routine, Shen Chen went straight north, and Zhuge Liang didn't send cavalry to chase after him, which made Sima Yi feel something was wrong.

At this moment, the main force of Cao Wei's retreat passed the Yuanling Linxiang Pavilion, and in the distance was Guzhize, a swampy lake formed by the tributaries of Weishui.It was midsummer in July, and the soldiers were thirsty and tired, so Sima Yi ordered the soldiers to rest by the marsh.

Zhize has also experienced a lot of drought, cracked mud is exposed in many places, the wilderness is uninhabited, the fields are full of weeds, and the villages are only ruins, telling the prosperous scene of the hinterland of Henan.

Sima Yi rode on horseback and slowly went to the pavilion of Lin Xiangting to avoid the scorching sun. After he dismounted, his personal guards brought him a water bottle immediately.

Gulu Gulu drank a few sips, and a few cavalry galloped over from a distance, reporting to him: "Great Governor."

"What's going on? Is Zhuge Liang chasing you?"

Sima Yi asked.

The cavalry replied: "There was no pursuit. General Yan sent humble people to report to the governor. We will soon be able to catch up with the large team."

"You are back?"

Sima Yi was surprised: "Zhuge Liang didn't send cavalry to harass?"

"No."

The messenger shook his head.

Jia Kui next to him frowned and said, "Could it be that Zhuge Liang has a false name?"

"wrong."

Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "Even the mediocre general should understand that if we don't hold back our departure at this time, when we return to Hebei, it will be difficult for them to capture us within this year. When we have time to breathe , the vast land of Henan, do they really think they can hold it?"

Over the years, although Cao Wei's all-out dispatch has been beaten back and forth, the main reason for this is that the Henan area is too difficult to defend, and there are almost no passes on a smooth road.Coupled with the ferocity of the Han army, they naturally couldn't stand it.

But returning to Hebei is different. Even if the Yellow River is not as dangerous as the Yangtze River due to reasons such as the dry season and the freezing period, it can still buy a lot of time for Cao Wei.

So if Zhuge Liang was smart, he wouldn't be able to send them back to Hebei, but he would try his best to delay them.

So what is the reason why Zhuge Liang didn't send cavalry to chase him now?

Sima Yi thought for a while and said: "There are only two possibilities. One is that Zhuge Liang has other plans. Didn't Shen Chen go north to Bingzhou? He felt that Shen Chen's going north to Bingzhou was very safe, so he let us go back so that he could cross the river and meet Shen Chen. North and South attack us."

"Why is Shen Chen sure? He gave up on the Huns. Now all the rich and powerful family members of the Huns have been sent to Yecheng. No matter how stupid Liu Bao and Liu Qubei are, they should know who to help."

Jia Kui said: "With the help of the Huns, even if General Wuqiu is no match for Shen Chen, it will be no problem to guard the city until we arrive."

"Well"

Sima Yi frowned deeply, Shen Chen went north to Bingzhou because he sent Guo Huai to stop Shen Chen's pursuit, but after Guo Huai went to Xingyang, he sent people to investigate and found out about Shen Chen's north go.

Now combined with the fact that Zhuge Liang did not send cavalry to chase him, he felt deeply disturbed and suspected that there might be something inside.

"The second possibility is that Zhuge Liang doesn't have cavalry in his hands."

Sima Yi frowned even deeper.

Jia Kui was shocked and said, "Isn't that possible? Didn't he have tens of thousands of cavalry in his hands, or Shen Chen sent them from the western front, and they are now commanded by Ma Chao."

"Otherwise, why didn't he chase? Just let us go back like this?"

Sima Yi asked back.

Jia Kui hesitated and said, "If Zhuge Liang didn't have cavalry in his hands, where would the cavalry be?"

Sima Yi thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes, and shouted: "No, Bingzhou. Hurry up, order the soldiers to hurry and go back as soon as possible!"

"But we're just now."

Jia Kui wanted to say something else.

But Sima Yi glared at him, almost stuttering every word, and said through his teeth: "Immediately pass the order, and those who disobey the order will be executed!"

"only!"

Jia Kui had no choice but to swallow what he wanted to say, and immediately went to convey the military order.

Soon the surrounding area of ​​Zhize became up and down, and the sound of horns was continuous, urging the soldiers to gather and line up from the resting state.

Just laying down to rest, or drinking water, or eating dry food, or lying down and wanting to squat for a while, Wei Jun had no choice but to drag his tired body and set off again, heading northward in a mighty way, heading towards Yanjin. go.

Two days later.

On July [-], outside Gaodu County in Bingzhou, the Han armies of Zhao Yun's and Shen Chen's troops finally joined together and surrounded Gaodu County from the south and west.

At the moment above the top of the city, Guanqiu Jian was looking out of the west city.

I saw the Huns who were originally stationed outside the northern city, suddenly a few horses rushed towards the Han camp, and then some general-looking people from the Han camp came out to greet them and brought them into the Han camp.

Seeing this scene, Liang Xi, governor of Bingzhou, said worriedly: "General, if the Huns go to defect in such a blatant way during the day, will the Han army suspect that they are deceitful?"

Guan Qiujian said with a wry smile: "If we don't go during the day, then the Han army will definitely let the Huns continue to station in Beicheng, and it will not be easy to get close to their camp. Only by letting us know that they have gone to "seek refuge" can the Han army be able to move." Let them get close."

"Feel."

Liang Xi scratched his head and said, "I feel like this is too obvious. Shen Chen is not an incompetent person. If it is not good, he may not trust the Huns. If the success falls short."

Guanqiu Jian sighed: "We have nothing to do, now we can only depend on God's will, I hope things will go well."

The two people here are worried, while Liu Bao and Liu Xuan have already entered the Han camp.

Shen Chengao took the lead, and the rest Zhao Yun, Gan Ning, Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and others sat in rows. Now, there are two new senior generals in the Han camp on the western front.

They are the later general Gan Ning, and the newly promoted Anbei General Deng Ai.

Deng Ai and Jiang Wei were awarded to generals of miscellaneous names for their military exploits before. After the Battle of Hedong in April, Shen Chen wrote a memorial to the court to show his merits.

You must know that he is only 32 years old now. At this age, he has been promoted to a high position, second only to the generals, generals of hussars, generals of chariots, generals of Wei, and generals of Sifang. He has officially entered the ranks of senior generals of the Han Empire. She is young and promising, proud of her spring breeze, just like Shen Chen's No.1.

At this moment, everyone was sitting in the camp. After Liu Xuan and the other Huns had an audience with Shen Chen, they complained a bit, "General, we agreed at the beginning to attack the Bingzhou Wei army from east to west. Why did you attack Luoyang?"

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "Someone of you Xiongnu informed Cao Wei about your plan to defect. If I come again, what if you are coerced by Cao Wei and rebel again? It's not that I don't trust you. If you are in charge of the army, you should act cautiously, and I hope you can understand."

"However, if the general sent troops immediately at that time, our family members would not be kidnapped and taken to Luoyang."

Liu Bao complained again.

At that time, Liu Xuan asked Shen Chen to send troops immediately, but Shen Chen held back temporarily because the troops needed to rest.

He knew that firstly, the Han army really needed to rest after the big battle, and secondly, Shen Chen didn't trust the Huns, so he didn't send troops all the time, and wanted to wait for the Huns to rebel before acting.

As a result, there were also differences among the Huns. Some tribal leaders did not want to surrender to the Han and did not want to continue to follow Cao Wei. It was stabbed out, making the Huns very passive.

However, Shen Chen said: "If you don't keep secrets, you will lose your ministers, and if you don't keep secrets, you will lose your body. If you don't keep a few things secret, you will be harmed. I believe you should have heard this sentence. Since you are going to do something big, you should keep it a secret, isn't it?" Can you gather many leaders to discuss? What's more, our army had just finished the battle and raised troops hastily. If Guanqiu Jian defended the city, he might not be able to take it. You should understand these reasons."

Liu Bao and Liu Qubei were speechless. This is indeed right. After hearing Liu Xuan's words, they needed the support of the other small tribe leaders, so they told them the matter, which led to the leak of the news. It does seem that they have no sense of secrecy.

Liu Xuan said: "Governor, now that the matter has come to an end, let's find a way. We really want to submit to the big man, but now the family members have been arrested and sent to Yecheng."

"What does Wu Qiujian want you to do?"

Shen Chen asked back.

Liu Xuan told him about Guan Qiujian's plan one by one.

Although Gaodu County is the seat of Shangdang County, it is already the limit to accommodate 3 Wei troops in the city, so more than [-] Huns troops are stationed outside the city.

Guanqiu Jian sent Liu Bao and the others to go to Shen Chen, and then let the Xiongnu army stationed beside the Han army. The Han army would definitely not guard against its allies. The Huns suddenly attacked at night, so the Han army would inevitably be in chaos.

At this time, the Wei army will go out of the city to launch a surprise attack, and they will be able to defeat the Han army in one fell swoop and drive the Han army back to Hedong. If they are lucky, they will kill Shen Chen and kill a large number of Han troops on the western front. Then Hedong and even Guanzhong may be recovered by the Wei army. Coming back can be described as a poisonous plan.

This kind of strategy of sending people to feign surrender emerged endlessly in the Chinese dynasties. The most classic one is the Battle of Sanchuankou between the Northern Song Dynasty and Xixia.

If Li Yuanhao wanted to build a country, he had to take advantage of the Song army first. He asked some tens of thousands of Tubo tribes to pretend to surrender to the Song army guard Li Shibin. It laid the foundation for the founding of Xixia.

Therefore, the strategy of feigning surrender is a common strategy in the history of China.

After Shen Chen heard about it, he thought for a while, and then said: "You are sincere to the Han, and after the great Han conquers the world, he will never treat you badly. You should know that Cao Wei is already in decline. If I destroy Wuqiu Jian and send troops to Ye City, your family members are still saved, I hope you can understand this."

Liu Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "We are already mentally prepared to lose our family."

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded and said: "Then I'll do what I can, accept your defection, let your camp be close to the Han camp, find a suitable time, pretend to attack the camp in the middle of the night, and lure the Wei army out!"

"only!"

Liu Xuan and the others looked at each other and bowed their hands.

This is the only way.

(End of this chapter)