Wei Ni

Early summer and late April.

In Guanzhong, where more than 200,000 troops from both Wei and Shu were gathered, the war was still calm.

As the attacker, the Shu soldiers had their soldiers and the local people of Wei finish spring plowing in Wuzhangyuan, and then led their troops down to the plains to challenge the Wei army several times.

None of the Wei army responded.

Sima Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, sent an order to all the officers and men in the army. Anyone who dared to go out of the garrison to block fire was to be executed without asking.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, who wanted to fight to no avail, sent someone to bring women's clothes to Sima Yi, humiliating him for being so timid as a woman and lacking the courage of a husband.

It can also be considered a way of provoking someone.

Sima Yi personally could bear this.

Skills are not as good as people.

Having learned the lesson of Jia Shou San Qian, he had to hold back even if all his back molars were bitten into pieces.

However, he is the general of Wei and the governor of Yongliang!
His face is not personal, it belongs to the soldiers of Wei State and Yongliang!

So when he saw the woman's clothes, he was furious, drew his sword in front of the Yongliang generals, roared like thunder, and then traveled thousands of miles to fight.

Taking advantage of Emperor Cao Rui's previous edict "not to fight with them", he sent envoys to Luoyang, the capital, to ask for a decisive battle with the Shu soldiers.

I completely forgot that I will not be able to accept my order from you.

He even automatically ignored the fact that he had long been faked by the emperor as a yellow axe, and had the power to make decisions on his own in the face of battle.

When he arrived in Luoyang, the emperor Cao Rui, who was famous for his intelligence, also acted cooperatively with him in this scene.

Not only did he reject his request for war, but he also appointed his servant Xinpi as the general's advisor and rushed to Guanzhong to curb his "want to fight". After that, there was no more.

Wei and Shu resumed their confrontation across the water.

After learning that Xin Pi had come to Guanzhong, the Shu soldiers no longer wanted to fight.

"He has no intention of fighting, so he insists on asking for a fight to show his strength to everyone. The general is in the army, and your orders are not accepted. If you can't control me, how can you ask for a fight even though you are thousands of miles away!"

These are the words of Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

It directly exposed Sima Yi's trick of deceiving the generals of Yongliang.

He gave up his intention to fight and instead supervised troops practicing martial arts and doing farming and mulberry farming in Wuzhangyuan.

This approach also devastated the morale of Wei soldiers and generals - the enemy troops came to Guanzhong to let the people of their country farm and raise troops, but our own side turned a blind eye and remained content with high forts and deep ditches.

Therefore, it can be said that "fear Shu like a tiger" is true!
Of course, it is not certain whether Sima Yi knew about the thoughts of Yongliang's soldiers and generals, but the emperor Cao Rui and the temple Gonggun certainly did not know.

And even if they knew, they wouldn't care.

Because the person that the Wei State Temple really wants to use its troops this year is the thief Wu Jiangdong.

The temple has long been prepared to rush to Huainan!

Otherwise, the army in Luoyang was close to 100,000. Why did Emperor Cao Rui just ask Qin Lang to lead 20,000 to Yongliang for reinforcements?
As for why they didn’t attack Shu, a mortal enemy, with heavy troops, but instead left their troops with the thief Wu who had no chance to take over the Central Plains.
Needless to say, the biggest reason is that it cannot be defeated.

Moreover, the Yongliang tribes combined have hundreds of thousands of troops, and they consume a huge amount of food every day. Since there is no chance of winning, why increase the losses?

Just keep it.

Another reason is to reduce worries about future wars.

First, Jiangdong's national power was much stronger than that of Bashu, and after the Battle of Xiangfan and the Battle of Shiting, Wei's Jingxiang and Huainan fronts that resisted Wu's thieves had to rely on the Luoyang Chinese Army for reinforcements.

If we seize the opportunity and severely injure Thief Wu in one fell swoop, the frequency of Thief Wu's attacks in the future will naturally decrease.

On the other hand, the road to Shu is difficult.

Although the Shu soldiers were more elite and brave than the Wei soldiers, they were limited by the difficulty in transporting grain and baggage, so they invaded Shu and were defeated by three points without a fight. This is the fundamental reason why Wei State has repeatedly defended the front: occupying a strategically advantageous position and waiting for work at ease.

Moreover, this time the Shu troops lay dormant for three years before sending out troops again. As long as the Wei State defended this time, they would have to continue dormant for a long time after returning from their troops before they could invade again.

But that's not the case with Koto.

Jiangdong, where the navy dominates, relies on the natural danger and convenience of the river. When sending troops, there is no need to worry about the transportation of food and baggage, and when the troops are withdrawing, there is no need to worry about the pursuit of Wei soldiers. Therefore, they can come and go freely and have absolute control over the war.

Unless they are severely damaged once, Wei's Jingxiang and Huainan fronts will never have peace.

For this layout, many boats were moored at Mengjin, Xiaopingjin and other ferries in the north of Luoyang, the capital.

Having learned the previous lessons, Emperor Cao Rui planned to rush to Huainan with infantry as the main force.

The cavalry only needs to support them.

In the southeast where rivers and lakes are densely populated, cavalry is of little use.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Jiao, the attendant, also packed his bags early and was always waiting to go out with the army.

Regarding how to revive Chen Deng's old plan, he had already found an opportunity to be alone in private and give advice to Emperor Cao Rui.

Although the emperor Cao Rui did not explicitly approve it, he had the intention to implement it - he planned to take advantage of the opportunity to rush to Huainan to casually take Chen Jiao to the Huaisi area for on-site inspection to see the actual situation before making a conclusion.

Chen Jiao did not insist on his opinion.

After all, he has been away from his hometown of Guangling for many years.

It is not clear what the current situation of Guangling County is, and the plan to implement Chen Deng's old plan is only on paper.

However, what he didn't know was that Emperor Cao Rui actually wanted to listen to the opinions of Man Chong and Xia Houhui. Needless to say why I want to ask Man Chong for his opinion.

Guangling County also falls within the scope of his war supervision, and his suggestions must be carefully considered for specific implementation.

And Xia Houhui~
Chen Jiao's suggestion was to follow the example of Huainan and recruit new soldiers from the scholar family to go to Guangling County to build cities, garrison forts, and garrison fields to practice martial arts in preparation for war.

Xia Houhui, who took the lead in implementing the new policy of scholarly reform, was certainly qualified to participate in the details.

And the emperor Cao Rui had another layer of thinking.

He had no objection to Xia Houhui's reply to his request, claiming that he was unwilling to return to Luoyang to serve.

However, Xia Houhui was still hesitant about the idea of ​​​​asking to be transferred to Youzhou to take up a post in order to attack Gongsun Liaodong in the future.

He knew Xiahou Hui's intention to practice and accumulate merit.

After all, the Jingxiang and Huainan fronts of the Wei State and the traitor Wu currently do not have enough troops to conquer across the river, and they are mainly defensive; while the Yongliang front of Bashu has enough troops to launch an offensive, but forget it, don't To humiliate yourself.

Therefore, if the Wei State wants to conquer Buchen, it can only set its sights on Liaodong Gongsun.

In this way, it is understandable that Xia Houhui, who has always had the ambition to serve his country, wants to go to Youzhou.

But Chen Jiao mentioned Chen Deng's old plan.

If there is a basis for implementation, Emperor Cao Rui plans to keep Xiahou Hui on the eastern front for a while and lead his army into Guangling.

This is also experience.

And he also has the experience of leading the military affairs of a county on the front line.

Judging from the current situation of Shu and Wu invaders, it is not known when there will be spare troops to attack Liaodong Gongsun. There is no need to transfer Xiahou Hui there early.

Midsummer May.

The rains are getting richer, and the water levels in the tributaries of the river are increasing day by day.

Although Sun Quan arrived late, he finally sent out troops.

According to the military information obtained by Wei's scouts, Jiangdong's dispatch of troops this time had no strategic changes from the past.

On the east line of Huainan, Sun Quan, Lord of Wu, led his army through Ruxushui into Chaohu Lake, looking at the new city of Hefei; on the south line of Jingxiang, Lu Xun and Zhuge Jin led more than 10,000 troops into Miangkou, Xiajiang, and headed for Xiangyang.

Needless to say, Lu Xun supported him all the way.

As long as the garrison on the Jingxiang front huddles inside the city and does not come out, there will be no danger.

As for Huainan, the favor is overwhelming.

The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. One of the factors is that too many soldiers and generals stationed in Huainan have taken turns to take turns to return. It is not the main reason.

But Sun Quan had already been to Hefei New City once before. When he came back this time, he must be well prepared to deal with Wei Guo's move to the city, and he would not make the same mistake again.

Moreover, Sun Quan did not divide his troops to attack Lujiang Lu'an County this time.

It is only thirty miles from Xiaoyaojin to Hefei New City. Judging from Wu's military strength, it can completely fill the space outside the new city and provide reinforcements to the encirclement point of the Shouchun Wei army who came to rescue.

Therefore, Man Chong's plan was to give up Hefei Xincheng.

He felt that the Yongliang war was in a stalemate and it was difficult for the Chinese army in Luoyang to take care of both sides, so he continued to withdraw from the Huainan front.

The distance from Xiaoyaojin to Shouchun City is more than 250 (Han) miles.

Moreover, the East Fei River and the South Fei River are not connected. If the Wu State wants to attack Shouchun, it will have to give up the convenience of boats and go deep into the Wei territory for 250 miles by land. If the Wu State does not want the grain road to be attacked by the Wei cavalry , and can only be escorted in sequence with heavy troops, which greatly increases the difficulty of the attack.

In midsummer, in June, I arrived in Luoyang.

The emperor Cao Rui and the Dukes Gonggun rejected Man Chong's proposal.

There are two reasons.

First, if Hefei New City is abandoned, it means that everything within three hundred miles south of Shouchun must be fortified and cleared.

Previously, Wei Wu and Cao Cao forced the Huainan Li people to migrate, which had already caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee into Wu. Cao Rui would not repeat the same mistake no matter what.

On the other hand, the risk is too great.

What if the thief Wu didn't attack Shouchun City immediately?

In a step-by-step approach, the old and new cities of Hefei will be rebuilt as a stronghold for encroaching on Huainan in the future, and a canal will be dug to connect the Feishui River in the southeast, and the waterway will be widened so that the navy can directly attack Shouchun City?
Didn’t the Wei State abandon their martial arts?

Therefore, Emperor Cao Rui ordered Man Chong to defend Hefei New City at all costs.

He also moved out the strategy of "locating Hefei in the east, guarding Xiangyang in the south, and solidifying Qishan in the west" that was finalized during the time of the late emperor Cao Pi, so that Man Chong would not have to fight for it again.

Then he set off to take the dragon boat to the imperial convoy.

During this period, Liu Shao, the regular attendant of Sanqi, suggested that five thousand infantry and three thousand cavalry could be sent as the vanguard.

The infantry marched in a loose formation, with many flags and banners along the way, creating a great momentum to pretend that the army was about to arrive, boosting the morale of the soldiers who were defending Hefei New City, and making the Wu soldiers dare not attack the city with all their strength; while the cavalry marched to the east side of Shouchun City direction, pretending to go behind the Wu soldiers and attack the grain road, intimidating Sun Quan to divide his troops and withdraw to protect the grain road and the boat guard.

Cao Rui was convinced and accepted it.

However, the situation in Huainan developed as they expected, but bad news came from Xuzhou.

Because Wu State is trying to hide the truth this time, and have three simultaneous attacks!
The third route with Zhu Ran as general was when Sun Quan besieged Hefei Xincheng and Lu Xun and Chen soldiers were under Xiangyang City. They paralyzed the entire Wei state. Then they crossed the river from Dantu to Guangling County and went north along the Zhongdu River to attack Xuzhou. ! (End of chapter)