Shu Chen

Chapter 337
The decision-making of temples often needs to be viewed from the outside to the inside.

The reason why Wei Guo first appointed Liu Bao, the left part of the Southern Huns, as the guardian of Shuofang, and later changed him and Liu Gaoshengyuan to be the king of Hunxie and the king of Xiutu, was not limited to the superficial attack on Hexi.

The state of Wei is vast and densely populated, and there are many princes gathered in Luoyang Temple who are prepared for danger in times of peace.

Therefore, they also gradually realized that the Southern Xiongnu who were originally divided into five tribes by Wei Wu Cao Cao and migrated to Bingzhou, the Zuoxian King Liu Bao had a faint tendency to become a big one.

Because in the tradition of the Xiongnu's ascension to the throne, Liu Bao was the first successor of Shan Yu.

Accompanied by King Youxian, who supervised the country, he was getting old, and Sima, who supervised the affairs of various ministries, was gradually ostracized. Many Huns began to turn to Liu Bao one after another.

After all, it is not uncommon for the Xiongnu to kill their father and brother to seize the throne in the history of the Huns.

Those Xiongnu people who wanted to change their status and hoped to become nobles went to attach to Liu Bao in advance, and they also prepared in advance to fight for hope.

Worried that if Liu Bao continued to sit on the throne, he might merge the Southern Huns into one Luoyang temple, so he used the war to transfer his tribe far away from the heart of Bingzhou.

As for why Liu Gaoshengyuan, the son of Qubei from the right side, was also transferred to Hexi.
The way to control the emperor is to check and balance the ear!
He has been in charge of the Xiongnu court for many years, how can his son not want to get the support of Wei State to inherit this authority?
In this way, it is inevitable that there will be irresolvable conflicts with Liu Bao.

This is one of the reasons why Fei Yao didn't use Deng Ai's advice.

Before he came to the south of Helan Mountain, Sima Yi privately asked Luoyang Temple to match the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei with Liu Gaoshengyuan from the right side of the Southern Huns to fight against Liu Bao's left side.

Only such continuous division can ensure that the Southern Huns will not unite again and avoid becoming a major problem in the northern border of the Wei State in the future.

For example, Liu Bao was conferred the title of King of Hunxie, and Liu Gaoshengyuan was the king of Xiutu, but during the war planning, Liu Bao was ordered to migrate to Xiutuze; while Liu Gaoshengyuan and Tuoba Liwei moved to Juyan Ze.Deliberately confusing the past fiefdoms is to plant the factors of conflict between the two of them in advance.

Yes, the responsibilities of the ministries have been clearly defined.

Xiutuze and Juyanze, which can only be reached by crossing the desert and semi-desert, can only be achieved by nomadic tribes who live in no fixed place; while Fei Yao attacked the counties on the east side of Wuwei County, as well as the Hexi and Shunhe. The connection of Yincheng Fortress.

In Gein's strategic deployment, Wei's main attack was the fortress of Shuyin.

If it can be captured, it will become Wei's outpost for marching into Hexi; if it cannot be captured, it will be besieged, forcing the Han army in Longyou to come to rescue, and the plan of exhausted troops will be successful.

Naturally, it is difficult for cavalry to attack fortified positions.

But this is not something Fei Yao needs to worry about, and it is another reason why he does not use Deng Ai's advice.

The army of the State of Wei to conquer Hexi is not limited to the Guanzhong Jingqi, the left and right tribes of the Southern Huns, and the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei. There are also [-] troops under the supervision of Xiahou Ru!
Xia Houru, who was restored to be the general of Zhengbei University, is now stationed in Jiuyuan County, which has just been restored.

The soldiers and horses under his command were soldiers who were previously used by the Wei State to guard the northern border.

After the destruction of Ke Bineng, Budugen, and the Gongsun family of Liaodong, in the northern border of the Wei State, regardless of the tribes such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, or Zahu, the strong fled far away from Mobei, and the weak surrendered. There is no war.

The soldiers who guarded the frontier for thousands of miles in the past were an extremely large number.

It is not difficult to allocate [-] troops to Xia Houru's command.

Otherwise, why would Sima Yi use his confidant generals Hu Zun and Deng Ai to lead seven or eight thousand soldiers to the south of Helan Mountain to farm fields?

This is the reason why Sima Yi asked Cao Rui to transfer Xia Houru to Bingzhou in Luoyang's statement to recapture Hexi and Longyou, and it is also the hidden backhand.

Not to mention that the Han army could never have expected that the soldiers guarding Youzhou in the past would appear in the fortress of Yuyin from thousands of miles away. Not even the princes of the temple of Wei State knew that the soldiers from northern Xinjiang would participate in the battle of Hexi— ——In the eyes of everyone, Cao Rui sent Xia Houru to Jiuyuan County to ensure the stability of the newly restored Yunzhong, Jiuyuan and Shuofang counties.

Or in other words, after drawing lessons from Cao Zhen's failure to retake Longyou when he sent troops many times in the past, Sima Yi felt that if there were no unexpected "strangeness", it would be difficult to win the victory of a regular soldier.

In particular, the morale of the main force in Guanzhong is worrying, and they are all exposed to the eyes of the Han army.

Of course!

Neither Sima Yi nor Cao Rui had ever pinned their hopes of seizing Hexi and Longyou on the left and right tribes of the Southern Huns and the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei.

How can the barbarians become evil!
At best, it is just a cover to disperse Nishu's forces and confuse Nishu's deployment and scheduling!
As for the huge cost of transferring troops from Youzhou, and the need to give the soldiers high salaries to ensure the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers, why can Cao Rui accept it?
He has no better way.

When Sima Yi made the above table, he also attached the responses and schemes of the two sides in the many battles since the Han army left Longyou.

From the attached table, it can be seen that Cao Zhen's repeated use of troops is too righteous!
However, the unexpected surprise of the Han army from Longyou, the thousands of miles of raids to seize the fortress of Shuyin, and the falsehoods used in the battle of Lingju were all surprising victories!
"The old minister secretly thought that if we send troops from Guanzhong to Longyou or Hanzhong, the advantage of the terrain is not my advantage, and the result will be twice the result with half the effort! For now, our country Wei and Nishu have already changed their offensive and defensive positions! If we don't plan it early, we will tolerate Nishu for several years. Time to cultivate health and rest, expand the recruitment of cavalry and martial arts, I am afraid that not only will it be difficult for our Wei State to return to Longyou, but the land in Guanzhong will also be unsafe like the previous Liangzhou Qiang chaos! Therefore, the old minister thought of this plan in order to break the situation. Number. If Heaven fulfills people’s wishes, our Wei State can break through the fortress of Yuyin, and then invade the Hexi Corridor to restore Liangzhou, and enter Longyou; The rebellious soldiers from Longyou came to the rescue, so that our Wei country can offset the unfavorable terrain! If the rebellious soldiers come out, the old ministers will use their soldiers to force Hanzhong to disperse the Xiegu and Wudu, making it difficult to care about the first and last! I hope His Majesty will check it out!"

At the end of the above table, Sima Yi said so.

After seeing Cao Rui, who was worried about losing Longyou first and Liangzhou later, he pondered alone for several days, and finally had the idea of ​​fighting again.

Anyway, if there is a war between Jingxiang and Huaiyou, the elite Chinese army stationed in Luoyang can rush to help.

And he thought to himself, judging from Sun Wu's offensive in recent years, it should not be a problem.

That's why, he sent a letter to Sima Yi very cautiously that day, asking if he could transfer troops from Guanzhong.

Otherwise, if it is just to disturb the war in Hexi, and the main force huddled in Guanzhong does not participate in the battle, why can't they mobilize three to five thousand soldiers and horses into Jingxiang?
(End of this chapter)