Shu Chen

Chapter 386
Compared with Wei Yan's slow march to rescue Quyin before, Zheng Pu's march this time was extremely fast.

When Sima Yi wrote a letter to ask Guo Huai's troops to rush to Mingsha Mountain to block the road and guard, Zheng Pu's army had already stepped into Laowei County.

This is due to Fei Yi's preparation ability.

Before the [-] soldiers in Hexi gathered together, he prepared all the food and fodder properly, and transported them to the frontier Puli County to stock up.When Zheng Pu led the army to advance, there were Ma Dai and Jiang Wei's two cavalry guards along the road. Qin Lang, who supervised the tiger and leopard cavalry and the remaining Guanzhong fine cavalry, did not dare to come to intercept him even though he knew the military situation.

The Han army, which advances on foot and on horseback, has a great advantage.

If he tried to block it with all his strength, he would have to worry that the Han army would form a formation of infantry and delay, and the cavalry would break the barracks behind him with a long drive.

If you send half of the soldiers to harass along the way, you have to worry about the disparity in the strength of the troops and you will never return.

Under such circumstances, he simply sent ranger scouts to monitor the movement of the Han army at all times, and passed the general information to the rear, waiting for Sima Yi's dispatch.

However, what puzzled him was that after the Han army entered Naowei County, for some reason they ended up resting!

According to common sense, since he came all the way in a hurry, he should take advantage of the time difference before Guo Huai's troops arrived, and continue to march to the big river in front of Mingsha Mountain (now Zhongwei City).

Because Guo Huai marched into Mingsha Mountain, he had two options.

One, it goes up along the Dahe River, passing through Naowei County.

The other is from the Shuiquansha River behind the Shuyin Fortress, along the place where Wushui (Qingshui River) joins the big river.

If Guo Huai had taken the route of Naowei, Zheng Pu would have been able to stop the route and fall into camp, isolating Guo Huai's tribe from Mingsha Mountain.

This advantage will make Qin Lang have to give up the current camp and part of the farmland, and take a detour to join forces with Guo Huai's troops.

Because if he didn't do this, he was afraid that Zheng Pu would use the powerful mobility of the cavalry to harass the marching Guo Huai troops, and when they were exhausted, they would go on foot and cavalry to defeat them in one fell swoop!
And if Guo Huai takes the Wushui River Valley, it will take more than ten days on the road.

When his supervisor arrives, it is feared that all the fields to the west of Mingsha Mountain and Dahe River will be occupied or completely destroyed by the Han army!

At least Qin Lang thought to himself that with only his own cavalry, he could not stop the Han army with a total of 10,000 taels and thousands of cavalry from driving straight in.

This also became Qin Lang's doubts.

Such an obvious advantage of the first opportunity will be familiar to generals with a little common sense.

Nor will the opportunity be missed.

But Zheng Pu, who is praised as being similar to Fa Xiao's direct planning ability, turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye!
Qin Lang didn't think it was because the Han army's rapid march made the soldiers exhausted.

Although it is said by military strategists that "the one who is interested in profit for a hundred miles will kick up the general, and the one who is interested in profit in fifty miles" is the saying of military strategists, but the Hexi Corridor is a land where wild animals live, and even war horses are cheap, let alone carts and plows. Raw horse.

The Han army only needed to mobilize [-] rough horses to serve as animal power to ensure the transfer of supplies, food and fodder, so that the soldiers could rush there lightly and march quickly.

Could it be that the plan of He Bapu is very big, so he is not greedy for such small profits? !
Qin Lang was vaguely grateful, but also secretly awe-inspiring.

Fortunately, it was natural that he could send someone to tell Guo Huai to march through the Wushui River Valley.

And awe-inspiring is because he feels that Zheng Pu will not aim at nothing, and must have a plan, but he can't guess what his intention is.

But he didn't bother too much.

The letters between Sima Yi and him had already arrived.

Since Sima Yi asked Guo Huai to decide the war here, he only needs to convey the general's situation clearly and wait for the dispatch.

In order not to act rashly and miss the military plane.

This is also the reason why Qin Lang is so close to Emperor Cao Rui.

Do not fight for power, nor greedy for merit.

But this kind of heart of keeping one's duty makes Guo Huai feel a little melancholy.

Having been in Yongliang for a long time, he immediately let out a long sigh after receiving the military news from Qin Lang.

Because he can roughly guess what the Han army wants: Bi Bapu's move is just waiting for him to join forces with Qin Lang's troops!
In other words, after he joined forces with Qin Lang's troops, the advance and retreat of the Han army will be more calm!

There is a saying in the art of war that "there is no form for people but I am invisible, so I am dedicated and the enemy is divided".

Indeed, the Scarpu warden came directly to the south of Helan Mountain.

However, does he have to attack Wei's garrison land?
Why didn't he think that Zheng Pu's move was to divide the Wei army who besieged the fortress of Yuyin?

If he knew that there were only Xiahouru and Hu Zun left in the Wei State outside the Yinyin, he would go straight south to join forces with Wei Yan's tribe and rescue the siege with a greater force advantage. Wouldn't it also achieve the strategic goal of rescue?
At that time, Guo Huai's tribe, who had just arrived at Mingsha Mountain, had no choice but to go back and fight again.

In this way, the Han army is "taking what I have lost, and waiting for the work of the other"!

If Qin Lang fought for power a little bit more, and without waiting for dispatch, he decided to march and entangle with the Han army, forcing Bapu to chase to Mingsha Mountain, and the Wei army would not be in a passive situation.

As for the Han army chasing Mingsha Mountain, the farmland west of Dahe will be completely destroyed.
In the letter between Governor Sima Yi and him, it is clearly stated that there is no need to feel sorry for the casualties of this battle!
It's just a loss of a little farmland today!
How is it?

Feeling melancholy for a while, Guo Huai, who had finished his army and was about to set off, found a random reason and delayed the march to three days later.

He had to wait for Wuhuan Tuqi to arrive before marching.

Now that we have seen Zheng Pu's intentions, it is definitely not advisable to go to Mingsha Mountain via Wushui River Valley.

But if you want to go through Naowei County, you must encounter the Han army that has already fallen into camp.Facing Zheng Pu, who owns more than [-] cavalry, if there is no Wuhuan Tucai guarding along the road, he is worried that he will be ambushed!
As for such a choice, it will inevitably offset the geographical advantage occupied by the Han army during the fierce battle between the two sides.
The lesser of two evils.

And he also made a very bold decision.

He sent people to Mingsha Mountain, and asked Qin Lang to immediately lead the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the remaining Guanzhong Jingqi Beidao to Fuyin!

As his backup, act as a surprise soldier!
When he was fighting fiercely with Zheng Pu, he came suddenly and broke the formation in one fell swoop!
Correct!
In this situation, it is no longer important for him to defend the farm land south of Helan Mountain.

Or rather, he expected Zheng Pu to drive straight to the south of Helan Mountain.

So that he would have a chance to cut off his way back and catch the turtle in his urn.

Because he knows that as long as Zheng Pu, the "big trouble of Wei", can be killed, and the last army that Ni Shu put together to make Liangzhou dry up, even if the land south of Helan Mountain is destroyed, the emperor Cao Rui or the governor Sima Yi will reward him. to him.

After all, if this Han army can be wiped out, it will be tantamount to Wei De returning to Liangzhou!

Naturally, with such scheduling, he is not without worries.

The Yanbu of the Shu Wei Dynasty was still confronting Xia Houru.

If he entered the army, he would have to be able to restrain Wei Yan from the Confucian Ministry of Xiahou.

Otherwise, once Wei Yan's troops come and attack Zheng Pu's troops back and forth, his march will become a deadly attack.
With [-] against more than [-], General Xiahou should be able to protect me from the rear, right?
Guo Huai hesitated for a moment, his eyes gradually became firm and decisive.

(End of this chapter)