Shu Chen

Chapter 117 Disagreement
Although Guo Huai, the governor of Wei Yongzhou, was never found, Wu Yi was quite pleased to have captured Shangyu.

He was appointed by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang as the chief general to restrain Chen Shi and other ministries and attack Tianshui County. He knew the significance of Shangyu County to the troops coming out of Longyou.

Therefore, when the banner of the great Han was flying over the city of Shangyu, he instantly had the feeling of "fortunately not disgraceful" to let go of the heavy burden.

I couldn't help but beam with joy, looked sideways at one person, and called it.

"The inner mansion and arsenal in Shangyu City have not been damaged. This is all due to Bo Yue's contribution to being 'besieged from all sides'! I will report this merit to the prime minister truthfully, and use Jia Boyue's plan."

Of course also.

The strategy of being besieged on all sides was Jiang Wei's admonishment.

At the beginning, when he was abandoned by Ma Zun, the prefect of Wei Tianshui, and the elders of Ji County were suspicious and refused to accept him, he had no choice but to surrender to the Han. The prime minister was busy rushing to garrison Jieting.So he was familiar with the situation in Tianshui County, so he left it in Wu Yi's army for reference.

But Wu Yi led his army to attack Shangyu Yueyu, and when the city was about to be destroyed, he didn't want to cause more slaughter.With the mentality of trying, he asked Jiang Wei if he had any thoughts, so that the soldiers in the city would not resist needlessly.

Jiang Wei was originally from Ji County, and he was familiar with the nature of the soldiers of the Wei army, so he had the "Chu song" that disintegrated the army's morale.

Great results.

As the governor of Yongzhou's resident, there are a lot of food and fodder in the palace of Shangyu City, as well as a lot of military supplies in the arsenal.

Obtaining it now is no less meaningful to the Han army than seizing another county.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" has a saying: "If you eat an enemy for one minute, you will treat me for twenty minutes; if you avoid a stone, you will treat me for twenty stones."

The Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty suffered from the transfer of grain and fodder.

Even with wheelbarrows and iron cables to transport grain, it is still limited by the hundreds of miles from Shu to Longyou, and the manpower and material resources consumed in the middle.

And because of the weakness and decline, the armaments are also not abundant.

Under such circumstances, Wu Yi was overjoyed, claiming that it was reasonable to ask for credit for Jiang Wei.

"Don't dare to be the words of the governor."

Hearing this, Jiang Wei hurriedly performed the ceremony, with a slightly sad voice, saying, "The abandoned people of Weiben, thanks to the prime minister for not abandoning him, and for allowing me to live in this world, I am deeply impressed. Today, the governor does not doubt me, nor does he If Wei is rude and dull, if he asks about important matters, it will be difficult for Wei to repay his kindness, so An dare to take credit for it.”

After finishing speaking, before Wu Yi could say anything, he said again, "Furthermore, what Wei said is that I can't bear to see that there are more orphans and widows in the counties and villages, and it's not for credit."

"Hahaha~~~"

After Wu Yi heard this, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and nodded again and again, "You've accomplished so much, and you're as humble as Boyue, you can take it for granted!"

Without waiting for Jiang Wei to speak modestly again, he waved his hands and said solemnly, "This attack on the city has caused heavy killings, and the people here are hard to appease. Boyue is from Ji County, and I hope he will work hard , deal more with the three old patriarchs of the village, so that Li Shu can be at peace as soon as possible."

"promise!"

Clasping hands again, Jiang Wei responded respectfully, "We will do it wholeheartedly."

"good."

Feeling relieved, Wu Yi rubbed his beard and smiled, Wu Yi went on to gossip, and then returned to the camp.

The battle in Tianshui County was over, so he wanted to announce the good news to the prime minister, and asked if he needed to lead his troops to the right and occupy Longxi County.

As for the various troops and horses here, he has also re-adjusted.

Except for Wu Banbu, who was blocking the Weishui River Valley, who should not move rashly, he only left [-] troops in Tianshui, and the rest were led by Chen Shi and Gao Xiang, and they went to Jieting to be dispatched by the prime minister.

Anyway, there is no need to station so many troops in this place now.

And Ma Dai, who led more than a thousand people in Wudu County to guard the grain road of the Han army, sent people to send the army yesterday.

It is claimed that Deng Zhi, general Yangwu, was ordered by Zhao Yun, the general who conquered the south, to escort food, fodder and supplies to Tianshui, and arrived about ten days later.

At that time, if the prime minister intends to let him occupy Longxi, the troops will still be sufficient.

But what he didn't know was that this dispatch solved the urgent need of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

It was not the Jieting guarded by the prime minister, which was in danger of being attacked by Cao Zhen regardless of casualties, but Zheng Pu from Xiao Guandao, who sent people to Jieting to ask for reinforcements!
And the soldiers and horses that are blocked in the street pavilion cannot be mobilized.

Of course, Xiao Guandao's defense is about to be broken by Ni Wei!

It is said that Ma Su and Zheng Pu, with a combined force of [-] soldiers, came to Xiaoguan Road from Nan'an County, and then they left the camp and blocked the road to guard.

Among them, Ma Di's camp was thirty li in front of Xiao Guan.

And Zheng Pu's camp was fifty li ahead of Xiao Guan, facing north.

Just as Wei Yan sent cavalry governor Zhao Guang to set up an ambush in the upper reaches of Changli River without the prime minister's instructions, and ambushed the cavalry pawns sent by the governor of Wei Liangzhou, Zheng Pu's duty was to defend against those who came from Wuwei County in Liangzhou. Aid against Wei.

After all, against Wei Duoqi.

From Wuwei County to the south along the Zuli River, it can also be inserted obliquely to Longyou.

Furthermore, Niwei saw that the Longguan Road could not be broken through, so it might not be impossible to bypass the Liupanshan-Longshan Mountains from Anding County and attack the back road of Xiaoguan Road.

Therefore, Zheng Pu and Ma Di camped in a different place, and they depended on each other and became horns of each other.

It is also because of this that the prime minister did not let Zheng Pu belong to Ma Di's restraint.

Or to put it another way, now that Zheng Pu's official position is a miscellaneous general, he has power and military merits, so it would be inappropriate for Ma Di to restrain himself again.

Naturally, if it was the other way around, letting Ma Di return to Zheng Pu's control, it would not be appropriate based on their experience.

Thinking about this, the prime minister simply let the two of them lead the headquarters and work separately.

But the Prime Minister did not expect that it was because of this reason that Xiao Guandao was in danger.

It is said that since the two men were stationed in the army, because Yang Tiao in Anding County gathered a crowd to rebel and restrained the relationship of the Wei army, there has been no enemy attack.

However, the turning point of the matter was that Cao Zhen sent General Dai Ling to lead the troops to Anding County, and after attacking Yuezhi City together with General Wei Ping, Yang Tiao was poor, so he sent his confidant to Ma Di's camp for help.

Claiming that as long as the Han army leaves Xiaoguan and attracts some of the Wei army's troops away, he is willing to lead the people to join the big Han, let the big Han make up their households and settle down, etc.

Such a huge benefit made Ma Di moved.

After all, if he led the army out of Xiaoguan, the benefits to the great man would not stop at Yang Tiao's attachment.

One, it can share the pressure of the street booth.

The main force who came to aid against Wei was in Jieting. His army left Xiaoguan, but he wanted to detour to cut off the grain road for Cao Wei's supply. The Wei army would definitely divide the soldiers in Jieting to defend.

Secondly, it is to use offense as defense.

As long as the Wei army in Anding County attacked and killed Yang Tiao, they would definitely turn to Xiaoguan to fight.

And he can strike first, as long as the army leaves Xiaoguan, Ni Wei has to divide his troops to defend because of the consideration of being raided by the Han army when attacking Yuezhi City.

Thus, the poplar can relieve the pressure and support it for a longer time.

It also made Wei Jun attack from Xiaoguan later.

Again, it was nearly a month ago, and Ni Wei did not see the attack from Wuwei County, Liangzhou, which made him feel that this road was not dangerous.

Then he had the idea of ​​​​enlarging the results of the battle.

For this reason, he personally drove the horses to Zheng Pu's camp, and asked Zheng Pu to go to Xiaoguan with him.

Because of the four troops under his command, even after occupying Xiaoguan, except for the troops guarding the pass, they are powerless to pose a threat to Cao Wei.

"Zijin, as the saying goes, 'If you don't take what God gives, you will be blamed, if the time is not right, you will suffer instead'."

After he finished explaining many opinions, his eyes were burning, and he said passionately, "That rebellion against Wei is unpopular, and the land under the rule is rebellious. If we send troops to occupy Xiaoguan, it will also win future soldiers for my big man." The way out of the Guanzhong Sanfu will be beneficial to his recovery from the sun!"

After Zheng Pu heard this, his face remained calm.

The mood, however, rises like a monstrous wave.

No matter what, he never imagined that even in a rugged place like Xiaoguandao, where he only needs to order his soldiers to strictly defend, and then wait for the military exploits to fall from the sky, Ma Su would actually have the idea of ​​​​extraordinary problems!
Could it be that this is God's will?

It is true that it is not surprising that Ma Su could not withstand the temptation of military exploits.

The five members of the Ma family have the best white eyebrows.

When he was in Jingzhou, Jingzhou famous elders and scholars did not highly praise Ma Di's talent and learning.

The same is true after entering Shu.

Even Liu Bei, the first emperor, never let him, who was familiar with military books and knew everything from a hundred schools of thought, take charge of military power.

After the prime minister opened the mansion to manage affairs, he was promoted by the prime minister to join the army, and he was highly regarded.

However, in the eyes of the people at that time, his being highly valued was not due to his talent and learning.It's all called because Ma Liang, his elder brother, has always been related to the prime minister. Therefore, after Ma Liang's misfortune, the prime minister loved the house and Wu Yu him.

Now that he hastily been awarded four soldiers and horses, the generals and soldiers in the army have many complaints.

He didn't come in person in the first battle, how could He De be in command of the soldiers for Bie?
Why don't you see that Zhang Bao, who is behind the general, is only the leader of the army, and now he is a different general under Wu Yi's command?How about Huo Yi, who is now only the general of Yamen, commanding more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and obeying orders under Zheng Pu's tent?

Ma Su had heard of such slanderous remarks.

Even with his arrogant personality, he also held his breath in his heart.

Swearing to use his illustrious military exploits to prove his ability, and the prime minister promoting him by leapfrogging him is not out of nostalgia for selfishness, but a unique insight into talents!
Seeing the achievements in battle now, it is inevitable that I can't hold back in my heart.

Especially, the prime minister was too conniving towards him on weekdays.

Let him ignore the "military order like a mountain"!
He thinks that "the general will be outside, and the king's life will not be accepted."

He felt that as long as he sent troops out of Xiaoguan, it would be beneficial to the big man, and if he made military exploits, even if he violated the prime minister's dispatch, the prime minister would not pursue it.

And personally came to invite Zheng Pu to work together, but felt that Zheng Pu would also join him.

Because he is half of Zheng Pu's recommendation.

And because for several years, the two people's plans and thoughts are almost the same, and they are like themselves.

However, he was doomed to come back disappointed.

On Zheng Pu's face, there was no look of joy as he expected, nor was there any eagerness to make contributions in his eyes.

On the contrary, it was in a calm tone, persuading him to give up this opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

Said: "Young brother, when we led the army to come, the prime minister had an order. We only need to guard the road here, and we can't make extra troubles, which violates the prime minister's order. Besides, when the army leaves Xiaoguan, it is to abandon this place. It is not allowed to make dangers due to favorable location.”

Hearing this, Ma Su suddenly became tongue-tied.

It's not that he didn't understand, what Zheng Pu meant by taking risks.

It is nothing more than that Xiao Guan's defense direction is Long You'er.

The Han army occupied Xiaoguan, and it was difficult to resist the attack from Anding County.

However, the anti-Wei troops were restrained by Yang Tiao, how could they send out most of the troops to seize the pass?
If he sent only two or three thousand soldiers, what would he do!
His astonishment was something he couldn't imagine. In the old days in Cangyang County, Zheng Zijin who dared to lead three or four hundred barbarians to go deep into the enemy's rear and cut the road with Jufu; The famous Zheng Zijin actually claimed not to "take risks"?
Furthermore, Zheng Pu, who has always been kind to him and is known for his resourcefulness and judgment, doesn't know that he is now in the embarrassing situation of being slandered in the army?

Out of season?

hehe~~~
What a "excessive branch"!
What a "do not violate the prime minister's dispatch, and do not take risks"!
In an instant, Ma Su, who was so full of thoughts, suddenly felt angry and sad.

Like a single spark that started a prairie fire, it ignited all over the cavity and exhausted the reason.

"Whoo~~~~"

Closing his eyes, he let out a deep breath.

Trying to restrain his anger, Ma Di opened his eyes again, and he also forgot his former enthusiasm and old friendship, and asked in a calm voice, "If I insist on doing it, is Zijin really unwilling to help me? "

Such an attitude also made Zheng Pu feel helpless.

It is true that he knew Ma Su's situation in the army.

He also knew how the relationship between the two would evolve if he refused again this time.

Maybe in the future, he and Ma Di will be strangers?

However, personal friendship and friendship can influence the affairs of the state!

Therefore, when Zheng Pu heard the question, he responded with a serious face, and without thinking, he nodded and answered, "Brother You Chang, I dare not disobey what the Prime Minister ordered. It is my duty, so please forgive me!"

"it is good!"

After Ma Su heard this, he got up abruptly, and hastily clasped his hands together to say goodbye, "I'm the one who disturbed you."

After saying that, he turned around and strode out of the military tent, took the reins of the horse handed over by the guard, and galloped away.

The speed was so fast that when Zheng Pu stepped out of the tent, he saw only a string of dust and smoke rolled up by the horseshoes and disappeared into the sky.

Gradually, gradually far away, gradually silent.

Ugh.
Zheng Pu slowly drooped his eyelids, and sighed quietly in his heart.

Based on his understanding of Ma Di, and according to Ma Di's temperament, if he leaves this time in a fit of anger, he will definitely get out of Xiaoguan!

And what the consequences will be, he can't predict the prophet, but he has a faint prediction.

Fear, more bad luck than good!

In the northwestern land, the rebellion has never stopped, and the generals who rebelled against Wei and stayed here are incompetent!

If Ma Di and himself were here, relying on the dangerous fortified road to defend, and Yang Tiao's rebellion was behind, they would not send troops to attack for a while.

However, if he sees Ma Di abandoning his geographical advantage and going to Xiaoguan, he will definitely send a large army to fight!

Furthermore, they took the opportunity to open Xiaoguan Road, drove into Longyou, and drove all the Han troops back to Hanzhong.

Yang Tiao's rebellion was trapped in Yuezhi City, and he was reduced to a turtle in a urn. If you go against Wei, don't send an army to trap the city, so what's the point!
However, before he could say this inference, Ma Di left.

In other words, after careful analysis, Ma Su would also choose to listen and not hear.

That's it!

It's useless to think too much, and prepare first, just in case.

Zheng Pu made up his mind, turned around and returned to the army tent, and called Huo Yi, Ju Fu and others.

First move the camp.I found a place where I could take care of both the north and east traffic, and set off the camp road again.

Secondly, he sent people to Pingxiang City to find Wei Yan, told him the situation here, and asked him to ask Zhao Guang, the cavalry governor, to help pay attention to the Wei army attacking from the north.

Well, since the Battle of Xicheng, he and Wei Yan have been quite friendly.

It also made Zheng Pu, who had just sent someone away, feel quite ironic.

Wei Yan, who was disliked by many courtiers, got along with him kindly; and Ma Su, who was always friendly, actually lost his affection.

Sure enough, the world is like white clouds and dog ears!
Shaking his head, throwing out the distracting thoughts in his mind, Zheng Pu took up his pen and ink again, and wrote a statement to the prime minister.Report the matter of Ma Di's troops leaving Longguan to the prime minister.

With the wisdom of the prime minister, after learning the news, he will make arrangements.

I hope I can still make it in time!

After finishing the book, he put his pen down on the table, and after Zheng Pu called someone to send the statement quickly, his eyes were full of worries.

(End of this chapter)