Shu Chen

Chapter 163
The roles of hunter and prey are often reversed.

Now that Ni Wei deliberately let Xiao Guan show his flaws, as bait to lure the big man to send troops to attack, he must be prepared to be swallowed.

However, is Cao Zhen's move against Wei just to divert the tiger away from the mountain?
Or, is there another deployment?
Putting down the military fabric, Zheng Pu hesitated.

In fact, the prime minister's current deployment is the most appropriate and effective response.

Let the garrisons in various places be on strict guard, but only sent Wu Ban's headquarters to Xiaoguan, intending to attack but did not attack.

Don't give Ni Wei a chance to take advantage of it, just sit and wait for the picture to show up.Respond to all changes with the same, no matter what tricks Niwei plays, the big man will be able to deal with it with ease.

However, now that the deployment has been completed, and Zheng Pu is called to discuss, I would like to hear if Zheng Pu has other plans.

After all, the big man who vowed to restore the Central Plains will eventually enter Liangzhou.

Before marching into Liangzhou, it is necessary to conquer Xiaoguan, the dangerous pass that cuts off the Niwei Pass and rushed to aid Liangzhou.

If Zheng Pu has other plans and can swallow the bait thrown by Cao Zhen without harming himself, then it will be a great joy for the big man to hold Daqing.

But Zheng Pu has a conspiracy?

Sadly, the answer is no.

Faced with a dangerous pass that required countless lives to make up for the terrain gap, Zheng Pu was also helpless.

As a senior general in the army, Wu Ban has already tried strategies such as luring the enemy into battle and taking the opportunity to seize the pass. The enemy general Wei Ping is not a reckless man.

Perhaps, this is why Ni Wei Cao really dared to use Xiao Guan as bait!
However, by playing tricks a little bit and making the situation more favorable to the big man, Zheng Pu can give some advice.

Therefore, after roughly analyzing the actions against the Wei Dynasty, Zheng Pu cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister, Pu has no strategy to capture Xiaoguan. However, Pu secretly thought that if the main force against the Wei Dynasty could be lured to Long Fighting on the right may be more in line with my big man's interests."

"Um"

With a slight nasal sound, the prime minister did not express his opinion immediately, but stroked his beard and drooped his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.

If you go against the Wei Dynasty and send troops to fight, you must take the way of falsehood and reality, and divide the roads and deviate from the division to feign an attack in order to disperse the troops of the great Han.

And the direction of the main force is nothing more than Hanzhong and Longyou.

According to common sense, the big Han hoped that the main force against Wei would march into Hanzhong County.

The first is the damage of war to people's livelihood.

No matter where Niwei Guanzhong sent troops, Sima Yi who was stationed in Wancheng in Jingbei would respond, and Hanzhong County would not avoid the flames of war anyway.That being the case, it is better to lure Cao Zhen to march into Hanzhong County, so that the counties in Longyou will not be disturbed.

Another is that Hanzhong County is easier to defend than Longyou.

In the battle of Hanzhong in the past, the first emperor Liu Bei waited for work with leisure, so Wei Wu Cao Cao, who was limited by the difficulty of transporting grain and fodder on the Qinling Valley Road, had to abandon the land and retreat.In addition, during Wei Yan's tenure as the prefect of Hanzhong, the defense of various dangerous passes and sieges was very perfect; Zai Zuozhi now has tens of thousands of troops stationed in Hanzhong County, and it is not difficult to resist the attack against Wei.

It's just that Zheng Pu's remonstrance in the opposite direction is not aimless.

It is to prepare for the future march into Liangzhou!
If against the Wei Dynasty, if the main force is sent to attack Longyou, it must go out from Anding County via Xiaoguan; then let Jincheng County and Xiping County not send partial troops to harass the Han's Longxi County.

Although there is no need to worry about the suffering of food and fodder transshipment, there are hidden dangers that cannot be tolerated.

People's hearts will pass with time.

If the anti-Wei counterattack against Longyou fails again, the Qianghu and Haoyou of the Liangzhou tribes will lose confidence and become friendly with the Han.

This is the reason for Zheng Pu's remonstrance: to reduce the obstacles to attacking the counties of Liangzhou in the future.

Naturally, the premise is that the big Han, who is at a disadvantage in military strength, not only has to defend the walls and clear the fields to disturb the people, but also has the spare power to expel all the tribes against the Wei Dynasty from Longyou.

It is equivalent to the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

"I have thought about what Zijin said."

After a while, the prime minister opened his eyes and sighed slowly, "However, Bi Niwei Cao Zhen has been in the army for a long time, and he is definitely not a reckless person. I am afraid it will be difficult to lure him into Longyou~~"

"Prime Minister, let's try."

Hearing this, Zheng Pu smiled sheepishly, saying, "If it succeeds, it will be gratifying; if it fails, it will not do any harm to my man."

Ok?
"Well, it's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen. Let's try it for now."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, the Prime Minister smiled suddenly, "Zijin has been exhausted all the way, let's go back and rest first. In a few days, Zijin should lead the army to Hanyang County."

"No, Pu will leave."

Zheng Pu left the table and bowed his hands in salute, and retreated slowly.

Because how to try, with the wisdom of the prime minister, there is no need for his advice.

For example, the prime minister claimed that he would lead the army to Hanyang County in the near future, which was one of the dispatches on how to lure the troops against Wei to leave Longyou.

Nothing more than that, except for Wei Yan and Gao Xiang, the two generals guarding the Longyou gate, who cannot be transferred; Zheng Pu, Guan Xing and other juniors in the army will take over to guard Xiao Guandao, and let others such as Wu Yi, Chen Shi and Wu Ban The veteran generals all lead the headquarters, and return to Hanzhong County to garrison with great fanfare.Give the illusion that the garrison of Wei Hanzhong County is nearly [-] and indestructible.

Well, it's an illusion.

After Wu Yi and other generals marched to Wudu County, they would pretend to be auxiliary soldiers transporting food, fodder and supplies, and then return to Longyou to station.

As for whether Cao Zhen saw through it, let's just wait and see.

Anyway, even if Ni Wei sent troops out of Hanzhong County, the former general Zhao Yun could hold on for three months until Longyou came to help.

The price paid by the big man for acting like this is just to make Wu Yi and other troops a little tired from marching.

It's supposed to be military training.

Naturally, in order to avoid contingencies, the defense of Hanzhong County must be strengthened.

However, what Zheng Pu didn't know was that when he turned and retreated, the prime minister kept watching his back.

The name "Scarpu" passed down by word of mouth in the army finally reached the prime minister's ears.

And I also know that this number was created by Liu Yan, the chariot general.

But Zheng Pu, who has a strong temperament, didn't mention this matter, as if he had never heard of it.

This made the prime minister a little curious.

Based on his understanding of Zheng Pu, he knew that he would never be shameless.

Not to mention pleading for Ma Su in the past, not haggling with the chariot general Liu Yan.

After all, Ma Su is different from Liu Yan.

The former had the kindness of recommending Zheng Pu, and the two also had a good friendship.

In addition, the biggest reason for Zheng Pu's remonstrance in the past was that the talents of the great man were withered, and it would be beneficial to continue to appoint Ma Di to the great man.

And the latter is Liu Yan, Ma Yan.
It's just a chatter who relies on the kindness of the late emperor Liu Bei.

And as early as when he was in Chengdu, he often used words to destroy Zheng Pu.

Perhaps, now that his son is hiding and not revealing, he is just waiting for the opportunity to make Liu Yan never come back?

The prime minister had a faint realization.

However, he didn't intend to intervene, but instead had a wait-and-see mentality.

It's not that the prime minister is partial and conniving at the court to criticize each other, but he wants to take advantage of this to see Zheng Pu's character: is he, who has always been unscrupulous against external enemies, also ruthless when he is against the internal enemies of the big man?

Because in the eyes of the prime minister, Zheng Pu is already different.

The power of planning crowns the younger generation.
Loyalty to serve the country by sacrificing oneself while sticking to Xiaoguan Road
The national policy aimed at the division of the rich and the admonishment.
This son's talent, given time, can succeed him!In the future, we can carry the ambition of restoring the Central Plains on our shoulders!

If he would not frame his colleagues for crimes based on his likes and dislikes.

However, the prime minister did not hope that Zheng Pu could repay grievances with virtue.

If you repay grievances with virtue, how will you repay virtue?
The prime minister just expected that when Zheng Pu dealt with his personal grievances, he would not violate the court's laws.

After all, whether one's heart is fair or not is the first step to be a ruler of the country.

Otherwise, the greater the ability, the greater the disaster for the country!
Instead of choosing a talented person who will harm the country, the prime minister is more inclined to choose a mediocre person to succeed him.

At least, no matter how bad the mediocre person is, he can still succeed!

Can Xiao Gui Cao Sui!
Although it is not beneficial to the country, it can also be harmless to the country!

The uncut ones are also the stones of Tibetan jade.

Jin who, beautiful jade also, virtue also.

But I don't know, if the scars of the hidden jade are cracked today, can there be the virtue of beautiful jade?
I hope this kid won't let me down
When Zheng Pu's figure disappeared outside the gate of the office, the prime minister, who was about to enter his fifties, also looked away, the words in his heart and his eyes slowly drooping down.

Zheng Pu naturally didn't know about this.

He walked out of the office slowly, and turned to the waiting place where all the followers were waiting.

Seeing that Liu Lin, who was somewhat more majestic than Qi Yacuo, was closing his eyes to rest his mind, he said aloud, "Zi Fan, the Prime Minister appointed you as Sima of another department, and you are under my command."

A ray of joy emerged from Liu Lin's eyes.

Immediately, it quietly faded away.

I saw him bowing respectfully and saluting, and said in a low voice, "No!"

Seeing Zheng Pu, he couldn't help shaking his head slightly and smiling.

Along the way, he also had a general understanding of Liu Lin's temperament.

This son is unsmiling, never takes the initiative to find people to talk to, and acts rigidly.

And cherish words like gold.

If you can keep your mouth shut, you will never open your mouth; if you can only agree with each other, you will never say a word.

Perhaps, it was because his late father Liu Feng was too sensitive about his death, and his mother warned him to keep quiet about everything since he was a child.

However, Zheng Pu appreciated it quite a lot.

As a Shangguan, what I like the most is this kind of taciturn and obedient subordinate.

Zheng Pu raised his head after receiving the reins of the horse handed over by his subordinate Qi Yacuo.

Seeing that the sun had not yet reached Zhongtian, he told Begyacuo to lead Liu Lin to the military camp in Ji County first.

Well, the [-] soldiers and horses in his headquarters that Zhang Yi has been leading on his behalf, the prime minister has already transferred back to station.

Because the Gaoxiang Department was stationed in Daxia County, the county soldiers of Youchu, the prefect of Longxi, could also calm down the people. There was no need to stay and let the Xuanwu army continue to station in Didao, adding to the difficulty of food and fodder transfer.

And he went to the Xiaolongshan meadow, planning to choose a good horse for his wife Zhang Yan.

While the two were grinding each other together in Chengdu, they also had a competition of swordsmanship.

What Zheng Pu learned was the sword of the battlefield, the swordsmanship is wide open and closed, and the movements are simple; while Zhang Yan learned the martial arts similar to the assassin's, focusing on skill and being good at maneuvering.

If two people are fighting for life and death, the outcome is still in the balance.

However, it's just a competition between husband and wife in their spare time
Zheng Pu had no choice but to admit defeat and choose a good horse in person according to the betting agreement before the competition.

cough! cough!
What a good man, he should be able to bend and stretch.

It's good to show off your glory on certain occasions, and let it go when you can.

Don't you see, a hero like the former emperor Liu Bei, when he entered Mrs. Sun's tent in the past, his heart was not the same?
He just lost in the sword fight now, so it's not ashamed.

"drive!"

Automatically ignoring Zheng Pu, who used to have more than a hundred servants with knives in Madam Sun's hands, he comforted himself with the old story of the late Emperor Liu Bei without any shame, then whipped his horse away with a clear heart.

Xia June, Jingzhao County.

On the official road leading to Sili Tongguan along the Weishui River, dozens of cavalry soldiers in strong and sharp clothes walked slowly in a fan shape.

In the eyes under the helmet, the gaze is extremely sharp and looks around.The right hand bent at the waist is holding a military crossbow, which has already been wound.

Their attitude caused Li Shu, who was walking along the road, to avoid it quickly.

Many people ran in such a hurry that they even lost their straw sandals.

They are still good.

It is not so easy for wealthy families or merchants to avoid their carriages and horses.

As a result, the cavalrymen raised their crossbows in their hands, and aimed them with the crossbow arrows shining with the cold light of the sun.

Although the trigger was not pulled, the feeling of being shrouded in the shadow of death was really uncomfortable.When they were in such a panic and drove the carriage far away, they couldn't help but have doubts in their hearts: who is going to enter the Luo, and there are dozens of cavalry pawns just leading the way?

After a while, they knew the answer.

There were only a few hundred troops passing by.

But the flags flying in the army are embroidered with the word "Cao" in Dou Da.

Parallel to the military flag, there is also a bamboo pole with a oxtail.

That is the Yan Festival, also called Fu Festival.

It's no wonder that in such a big battle, it turned out that General Cao Zhen returned to Luoyang.

But I don't know why the general Yongliang, the governor of Guanzhong, who left the town, came back to Mianjun Luoyang this time.
Could it be that Bashu is about to be attacked?

The dignitaries and scholars who avoided the side had a faint realization in their hearts.

As for Cao Zhen, who was sitting in the carriage, his eyes drooped and his brows drooped, his thoughts fluctuated with the bumps of the carriage.

He wants to send troops to attack against Shu after the autumn harvest this year.

To this end, he has been deployed for more than half a year.

He sent people to appease the Xianbei Qifu tribe in the Wushui River Basin at the end of last year.

Just like the decision made by the former emperor Cao Rui and the princes of Gungun to lead the Xianbei bald-haired tribe into Youfufeng to resist Nishu, he may have admitted that the Wushui River Basin can allow the Qifu tribe to live and make them willing to fight for the Wei State. .

He transferred Dai Ling's troops to station with Xiahouba's troops in the north of Gaoping County, and pretended to fight Xianbei, just to confuse Ni Shu and practice martial arts with the newly recruited soldiers.

Deliberately showing Xiao Guan to be attacked is the same.

In order to mobilize the forces of the various ministries against Shu, and then reveal the weak points of defense.

However, the news sent back by the scouts and secret agents was not as he wished.

Ni Shu didn't attack Xiaoguan in a big way, but actually dispatched many senior generals back to Hanzhong County to garrison.

This made all his previous expectations come to nothing.

Because in his plan with the emperor Cao Rui and the dukes, the place where the main force of the Wei State sent out was Hanzhong County and Wudu County!
However, it doesn't matter.

Now there are [-] troops in Guanzhong, [-] in the Wushui River Basin and more than [-] cavalry that Xianbei's Qifu Department promised to send troops; Liangzhou, which has more than [-] troops, has also sent more than [-] troops; The support of thousands of soldiers and horses is already twice that of the soldiers and horses that Ni Shu can use.

(End of this chapter)