Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 639: Locking the Enemy Inside
The borders of the Han and Wei dynasties intersected for nearly ten thousand miles. Generally speaking, they can be divided into three major plates: Qingxu, Jianghan, and Guanxi. Jingwan covers Xu Luo and cannot be lost; Qingxu is the wing of Henan and cannot be occupied by the Han; Guanxi is the barrier of the Central Plains and forms its own system.

Any sudden change in any of the above sectors will cause shocks to the world situation. In order to use troops against Huo Jun, Cao Rui deployed nearly half of his troops in Qingxu.

In addition to sending Sun Quan to Qingzhou to oversee the military affairs of the three states, Cao Rui also specially appointed Zhang He to garrison Dingtao and await military orders from Luoyang to support Qingxu or Jingwan at any time. In addition, in order to prevent Sun Quan from acting without authorization, Cao Rui told Sun Quan to communicate with Wang Ling more.

Wang Ling, Wang Yun's nephew, was good at bow riding, studied scriptures, and was well versed in both civil and military affairs. He was first promoted by Cao Cao and then reused by Cao Pi. Cao Rui also valued Wang Ling, so he made him responsible for the military affairs of Yanzhou and also took into account the responsibility of supporting Pengcheng at any time.

For Huo Jun, after meeting Zang Ba and Xia Houru that day, he wrote a special letter to Jiang Ji, asking him to send more scouts to investigate and study the Qingxu River and valley based on Zang Ba's feedback, so as to prepare for the future. Prepare for war.

Later, due to Lu Xun's promotion, Huo Jun shifted his attention to the Longxi area.

Spring goes to summer solstice, Da Sima Mansion.

In the early morning, Huo Jun sat in front of the bronze mirror and let the maid take care of his long hair.

"Pull out that white hair!"

Huo Jun said directly as he watched the maid tuck a prominent white hair on her temples into her black hair.

"promise!"

Seeing the white hair being pulled out by the maid, Huo Jun gradually sighed in his heart. I don't know since when, he has found white hair among the black hair, which means that time is urging people to grow old!
Putting on the hair crown, Huo Jun put on the silk robe, tied the jade pendant around his waist, and then went out to eat at the urging of the Bu trainer.

Bu Lianshi is nearly ten years younger than Huo Jun. Huo Jun is now in his fifties, while Bu Lianshi is only in his forties. Due to good maintenance, he looks only in his thirties, and his charm is still there.

Today's step trainer is radiant because he was nourished last night. There was a cloud bun on her head, and her jade-encrusted steps swayed with her movements.

Huo Jun glanced at Trainer Bu's loose skirt and knew that what he said last night had stimulated Trainer Bu.

Sitting on the table to eat, Huo Jun put the venison in the bowl into the trainer's plate and said with a smile: "I'm too vegetarian this morning, eat some meat."

"Don't eat!"

Trainer Bu put the meat back and said with a little temper, "I will lose weight from now on!"

When the two were sleeping together yesterday, Huo Jun made a mistake and said that the Zhu sisters were a little thinner than Bu Lianshi, and Bu Lianshi got angry on the spot. If Huo Jun hadn't been smart enough to make amends and worked hard on the bed, he would have been kicked out of the house that night.

Even so, the woman's anger was not so easy to calm down. That night, the step trainer teased Huo Jun a lot and asked Huo Jun to find the Zhu sisters. Huo Jun knew that his words were wrong, so he could only use sweet words to coax the Bu trainer.

Unfortunately, Trainer Bu was still stimulated and shouted that he wanted to lose weight and regain his former figure. For breakfast today, Master Bu only ate a small amount of rice porridge and courgette (cucumber), which made Huo Jun quite helpless.

Huo Jun put it back again and said: "The beauty of a person is not in the skin but in the bones, as Madam said. From what I can see, Madam's figure is just right, and I love her very much. Wouldn't it be a pity if she lost weight."

"I've lost weight, and I'm not just showing it to you!" Trainer Bu said forcefully.

Huo Jun stretched out his hand to hug him, pretending to be angry and said: "Be careful of the way you serve!"

Trainer Bu stopped Huo Jun's hand and said, "You are outside now, not in the boudoir, so be careful!"

"Ha ha!"

Huo Jun smiled and personally brought the deer meat to Master Bu's mouth. Although Bu Lianshi rolled his eyes in return, he took advantage of the situation.

For more than 20 years, Huo Jun and Bu Lianshi had a harmonious relationship as husband and wife. Even if there was a quarrel, it was only a minor conflict and it was soon revealed. Even because Huo Jun is often in the army, every time the two of them meet, they feel more like a little farewell than a newlywed.

After comforting his wife, Huo Jun drove to Shangshutai to be a director.

When he first arrived at the Chancellery, Chen Zhen personally sent the important matters he had sorted out to Huo Jun.

In the Tai Pavilion, Huo Jun sent people to invite Zhuge Liang while reading the memorials reported by Lu Xun concerning Longyou.

In the memorial, Lu Xun stated that under Huang Quan's show of weakness, Ma Chao reduced the garrison at Qishan Fort and turned his attention to Hexi. In a good situation, Ma Chao hoped that when he sent troops to Hexi, the Han army could come out of Guanzhong and contain Cao Wei's troops and horses in Guanzhong for him.

Lu Xun thought that he could agree to Ma Chao's request and let Huang Quan lead the partial army to pretend to leave the pass to contain Cao Zhen's troops. Of course, the original intention of Lu Xun's move was not only to lower Ma Chao's defensiveness, but also to plan for him to seize Longyou.

Once Lu Xun attacks Longyou, if Cao Wei learns about it, given Cao Zhen's temper, he will probably send troops to Longyou and take the opportunity to recapture Longyou. At that time, there will be a melee between the three families, and the unfavorable Han will capture Longyou.

Therefore, Huang Quan left the pass, apparently to cooperate with Ma Chao in using troops, but actually to restrain Cao Zhen's troops for Lu Xun, so that Lu Xun could defeat Ma Chao and then capture Longyou.

Among them, Lu Xun did not plan to take the Qishan Road to Ji County because of the withdrawal from Wudu. Instead, they adopted the opinions of Wei Yan and Jiang Wei and took the Yinping Avenue to Longxi County. Then they divided their forces and advanced all the way down the Weishui River to capture Tianshui County. They then went north against the Tao River to meet Ma Chao's returning army.

Yinping Road is divided into small and large roads. The main road of Yinping Road is Baishui River Valley, which shuttles through the mountains of Longnan. Along the way, there are large and small Qiang and Di barbarian tribes.

To get from Yinping Road to Longyou, you first need to take the Jinniu Road to Jiange, then go west, along the Baishui River Valley, pass through Baishui and Qiang Road, pass through Yinping County, and cross the mountains to Longxi County. The Yinping Trail still follows the Baishui River Valley, but halfway through, it takes the Jinggu Road, which leads over the mountains to Fushui, and then goes straight along the Fushui River Valley, passing through Jiangyou, Deyang, and Fujian, and ends at the back of Jiange Pass.

Both Yinping and Da Dao were used during the Three Kingdoms period.

During Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition, he learned from Zhuge Liang's repeated failures on the Qishan Road and decided to unite the Qiang and Di people to take the steep Yinping Road. Therefore, the target of Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition was not Tianshui, but the Wei army's weakly defended Longxi County.

After the great victory in Taoxi, why did Zhang Ni persuade Jiang Wei to withdraw his troops and stop attacking Di Dao? It was not because Zhang Ni was timid, but because the Yinping Road was easily cut off and the road was rugged and difficult to navigate, making it difficult to maintain contact with Shu.

Therefore, during the Jiang Wei period, the focus of competition between Shu Han and Cao Wei was always on Yinping Road, not Hanzhong during the Zhuge Liang and Wang Ping periods.

Jiang Wei has been focusing on the Longnan Mountains for a long time, which has brought two results.

First, due to the difficult roads, long distance from central Shu, and lack of logistical supply bases, Shu Han had to travel long distances to supply Jiang Wei's army. In addition, the use of troops was too frequent, which led to the further weakening of Shu Han's national power.

Secondly, due to the emphasis on the defense of the Yinping area, the military strength of the Shu Han was limited. Jiang Wei changed the Hanzhong defense strategy that Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang, and Wang Ping had been working on for decades, and transferred the internal forces of Hanzhong to the surrounding areas.

Due to the change in the strategy of the Northern Expedition, it affected the change of strategic focus, which in turn led to Hanzhong being defeated with a single attack. It can only be said that it was a blessing in disguise.

As for the Yinping Trail, it goes without saying that Huo Fan took the Yinping Trail and crossed to the Fushui River Valley, where he met up with Tian Zhang who had bypassed the Jiange Pavilion, and together they destroyed the Shu Han.

Since Lu Xun pondered the strategy of attacking Longyou, Jiang Wei provided a lot of suggestions, pointing out that Lu Xun could take the Yinping Avenue (Baishui River Valley) to Longxi County, and then defeat Ma Chao who returned from Jincheng.

This is why Lu Xun asked Wei Yan to withdraw his troops from Wudu and then became the governor of Yinping County. In fact, Lu Xun gave up the arrangement of taking Qishan Road directly to Ji County, and instead planned to send a surprise force out of Yinping Road, and then split his troops to take Ji County all the way, and block and return to Ma Chao all the way.

"Da Sima!"

While Huo Jun was reading Lu Xun's military report, Zhuge Liang came in from outside the hall.

"Kong Ming!"

Huo Jun stood up to meet Zhuge Liang and said, "Bo Yan, I have a detailed strategy for taking Longyou!"

"Oh?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Liang and my brother have been reciting Boyan's words for a long time, and his military plan is finally here."

With that said, Zhuge Liang took the scarf from Huo Jun's hand and asked, "What do you think, brother?"

"Kong Ming can read the memorial first!"

Huo Jun poured a cup of tea for Zhuge Liang and said: "Bo Yan does not take the Qishan Road to Longyou, but wants to take the Yinping Road to Longyou. Although this road may be dangerous and difficult, it may be feasible for the temporary use of a surprise army."

In Huo Jun's eyes, Yinping Avenue is difficult to use as a long-term main thoroughfare due to geographical constraints. And due to supply problems, it is very easy to be surrounded.

This is true, but it does not mean that it cannot be used. The soldiers from Shu attacked Yinping and took advantage of Ma Chao's northern expedition and Longyou was empty to catch them off guard. For the moment, it was undoubtedly the most appropriate.

After a while, Zhuge Liang stroked his feather fan gently and said: "The army is in a dangerous situation, but Ma Chao is unprepared, so we can use it now. But the most important thing now is to let Ma Chao raise his troops. If Ma Chao does not leave Ji County, he can make a surprise attack on Longyou." The plan may be difficult to achieve!”

"Ok!"

Huo Jun paced in the hall and said, "Kong Ming is thinking the same thing as me, and Bo Yan is worried about this matter."

With that said, Huo Jun stopped and said: "Why don't Jiang Jincheng pretend to surrender to Guo Huai and say that he wants to bring Jincheng back to Hexi? When Guo Huai sends his troops south, Jiang Jincheng can ask Ma Chao for help. At that time, Ma Chao will lead the way to defeat Guo Huai. The troops are away from Ji, and Bo Yan's troops are available!"

In order to cause a war between Guo Huai and Ma Chao, it was a helpless move to let Jiang Ji serve as a triple spy.

"It can be like this!"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a while and said: "If Guo Huai fails to fake the surrender plan, he can pretend to report to Ma Chao the unrest in Hehuang, or if Guo Huai shows signs of going south. If Ma Chao hears this news, he will also lead his troops northward."

"Can!"

Huo Jun nodded and said: "In this letter to Lu Xun, I suggested that Jiang Jiong should work carefully and try to make the lure horse cross away from Ji. Then take advantage of the empty space in Longyou and lead a large army in. When necessary, in addition to Huang Quan sending troops to Guanzhong, Gu asked Wenpin and Zhu Huan to send troops to harass Jingwan to contain the Wei army."

"No!" the pen official replied.

Zhuge Liang smiled while stroking his fan, and said: "When Longyou is captured by our army and we slightly increase our troops, the Wei army in Guanxi will be locked up in Tongguan."

"almost!"

(End of this chapter)