Shu Chen

Chapter 383
Longyou, Xiaoguan.

In the faint glow of the sunset, the prime minister walked slowly up to the top of the city.

The soldiers guarding along the way seemed to be used to it, and they all respected and saluted in turn without missing their respective duties.Such as checking whether there is enough firewood for the security fire at night, hanging out of the pass with ropes and rushing to the secret sentry to lie dormant, etc.

It has to be said that although Wang Ping, who was guarding Xiaoguan with his headquarters, was illiterate, he was different from ordinary people in terms of running the army.

At this time, he came to greet him quickly, and after saluting, he reported today's military situation one by one without waiting for the prime minister to ask questions.

"Prime Minister, Ni Wei has not changed anything today."

"There are eight waves of scouts who went out to spy, and three of them encountered the enemy, but none of them fought."

"The scouts who sneaked into Chaona County eight days ago returned at noon today. The team that claimed to rebel against the Wei Dynasty to transfer grain and fodder from Guanzhong is still looking at each other and never stops on the way."

There is an endowment in every detail.

After Wang Ping finished speaking, the prime minister had already patrolled around the top of the city.

"Zi Jun has always been strict in running the army, which makes me worry-free."

Nodding his head approvingly, the prime minister said good-bye to him, and then leaned on the crenel of the city wall and looked eastward, letting the cool wind pouring into the mountain depression tear the Eguanbo belt.

Wang Ping didn't say anything again.

Although he felt a little strange.

Since the prime minister led his army to settle in Xiaoguan in spring and April, he went to the top of the city to inspect every few days.But every time he makes an inspection tour, he will always talk to the soldiers for a few words, asking them about the scenery of their hometown, what they lack or what they want, etc.

There has never been an act of looking at the city and thinking about it like today.

Could it be that what the prime minister thought was to send soldiers out?
Wang Ping, who didn't dare to disturb and stood silently by the side, secretly guessed in his heart, and also faintly looked forward to it.

His official position is not low and he can be regarded as a veteran in the army, so he has learned about some military dispatches in bits and pieces.

For example, the soldiers stationed in Longyou can no longer rest in rotation. Li Shu, who has been busy with farmland and spring plowing, has been transferring grain and supplies to Watingchuan Camp after Xiaoguan to stock up. Recently, scouts have spied on Wuhuantu against the Wei Dynasty. The military situation of riding into Gaoping City.

In other words, the current situation is on the verge of breaking out.

Even the sunset glow that fell on the pass every day became more and more red and coquettish, just like the blood and fire during the war.

As for what you want
First, it was because of the general's desire to make contributions.

The other is the seemingly tense situation between the two sides since Wei Guoxing's troops were besieged to defend the city of Yuyin in the early spring, but no large-scale conflict has broken out.

Wei Yan, who was rushed to rescue by the military governor, marched slowly because he needed to cross the barren valley, and Wei Xiahou had more soldiers and horses, and he had already built high forts and deep ditches, so he had not yet launched an offensive.

The Ma Dai and Jiang Wei tribes who marched from Puying County to the east of Wushaoling also did not have a decisive battle with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Guanzhong Jingqi under the supervision of Wei Qinlang.Gein's troops are evenly matched, and their combat strength is well-known, so both sides are cautiously testing with small-scale troops, intending to find the other's omissions.

In fact, the biggest reason was that after Ma Dai's Xiliang iron cavalry defeated the right side of the Southern Huns in Juyanze in the spring and April, they rushed to Piao County non-stop without time to rest, exhausted.

As for the Liu Yin tribe, who had been trapped for several months, how many times they were attacked by the Wei State and whether the situation was critical, the Han army had no way of knowing when the military situation could not be communicated.However, given the strength of the fortress of Yuyin, any general with a slight ability to control the defense will not be breached within a few months.

For now, no worries.

The only place where war broke out between the two sides was the siege of Xunkou in the East Three Counties.

In the past, when Zheng Pu was sent by the prime minister to patrol Hanzhong, he privately talked to Guan Xing, claiming that if he could break the siege of Xunkou, it would be considered as an act of forcing Niwei Guanzhong to send troops to the three eastern counties and relieve the pressure on Longyou.

After Guan Xing wrote to the prime minister, he often harassed him with more than a hundred soldiers with great fanfare. After the guards of the Wei State who were under siege got used to it and relaxed their defenses, he personally led two thousand elites to make a surprise attack.

Caught off guard, the Xunkou siege was broken in the first battle.

Of the more than a thousand guards of Wei State, only a hundred or so escaped, and the rest were either killed or captured.

Guan Xing, who had won the first battle, set fire to all the fortifications of the siege, and returned to Hanzhong to continue to garrison the gold garrison before the Wei State Shangyong garrison heard the news and came to fight.

This small battle forced the State of Wei to increase the defense of the three eastern counties, and also completely abandoned this outpost on the grounds that the Han army was going down the river from Huangjinxia, ​​but it would be difficult for the Wei army to rescue the siege at Xunkou. .

That is to say, the basis for Wei Yan's Ziwu Valley conspiracy to be implemented in the past is complete-there is no need to worry about being alerted by the Wei army along the way when he enters the pass and attacks Chang'an through the Ziwu Valley.

Naturally, the big man who urgently needs to recuperate, farm and grow grain now has no intention of raiding Chang'an.

But this incident, to a certain extent, affected the prime minister's thoughts about sending troops.

Correct!
Unmistakably as Zheng Pu expected, after learning that Jiangdong's defeat was incapable of restraining the rebel Wei Luoyang's central army, and Wuhuan Tuqi's rush to the northwest battlefield, the prime minister really had the intention of making a quick decision.

But not from Xiao Guanbing.

It is intended to go through Wudu Dasan Pass, enter Youfufeng, and encircle Chencang.

Guan Xing's victory in the first battle made the prime minister suddenly realize that the main soldiers in Guanzhong of Wei state were mixed, it was so obvious!

Although, when Cao Zhen was alive, he was repeatedly defeated by the Han army and lost countless elites. The generals of the Han Dynasty were of benefit to the re-gathering of the [-] soldiers in Guanzhong: in terms of field battles, he was by no means an opponent of the Han army.

But I dare not take it lightly.

Because of the huge numerical advantage, it is enough to make up for the weakness of combat power.

However, judging from the battle of the siege at Xunkou, it seems that the combat power of Wei soldiers is more unbearable than expected?

This contributed to the prime minister's intention to march into Chencang.

The State of Wei is now besieging the city of Yuyin with Guo Huai's troops going north to Dahe, and if Prime Minister Ruo personally leads the Chinese army out of Dasan Pass, then Sima Yi will inevitably supervise the soldiers to resist, and he will bring all the remaining elite soldiers.So far, how many soldiers and horses left in Chaona County outside Xiaoguan to guard Xia Houru, Qin Lang and other grain roads can be called elite?

Arrangement of troops, false and true.

If Zhao Guang were to go forward to contain Wuhuan Tuqi, and leave Wang Ping and Jufu in Xiaoguan, and when Sima Yi came to Chencang to confront him, he would frequently go out to disturb the Wei army's grain roads, what chance would he succeed?
If there is no accident, the emergency letter sent to Chencang by Wei Jundu Liang Mo will probably come in droves!

At that time, Sima Yi, who has no time to worry about the future, has no choice but to supervise the troops to come out to a decisive battle as the prime minister wishes.

Of course!

The prime minister also thought about the issue of leading troops to fight, but Sima Yi avoided fighting with high fortifications and deep ditches, intending to continue to consume the Han army's food and fodder.

After all, who is the prime minister!

How could the prime minister not foresee the hidden dangers that Zheng Pu could think of.

The only thing that makes the Prime Minister undecided is that the Wuhuan Tuqi has the reputation of "the world's famous cavalry", and Zhao Guang's troops are at a disadvantage, can they contain all of them?
Just at this time, the Prime Minister's Office of Ji County transferred Zheng Pu's letter to Xiaoguan.

(End of this chapter)