Shu Chen

Chapter 395 It's Too Late
Guo Huai's impromptu idea was unanimously opposed by all the generals.

Without him, they felt that a strong attack was really not advisable.

Although Sima Yi had previously warned in a letter, claiming that this battle should not be based on the loss of soldiers.

However, this cannot be a reason for a senseless storm regardless of the superiority of the enemy and ourselves.

Nishu Zheng Pu's troops have camps to rely on, occupying a geographical advantage, and there are two cavalry troops, Ma Dai and Jiang Wei, supporting them.

Since there is enough food and fodder to confront them, and wait for the enemy's food and fodder to run out, why choose to attack by force?
If you are worried about the safety of Xiahou Confucianism behind you, you can send some soldiers and horses back!
There are more than [-] infantry and cavalry in Nishu here, and the Wei army has nearly [-] soldiers here, including [-] cavalry.

Send out [-] soldiers and horses to go back, and let the cavalry keep an eye on the movement behind them. Even if the Wei Yan tribe goes to attack the Xiahou Confucian tribe, with the distance from Laiwei County to the riverside in front of the fortress of Yuyin City, it will take only a day or two to rush to help. !
Could it be that Xia Houru, who had spent half his life as a soldier, could not last for two days with his superior military strength and the strength of his camp?
As for Guo Huai's move of retreating to the next best thing and wanting to divide his troops into two groups to go to Mingsha Mountain and the riverside respectively, they couldn't accept it even more.

Those with scars are a big trouble for Wei!
Therefore, Cao Zhen, the Great Sima, and Sima Yi, the current governor of Yongliang, all asserted this.

Now that he has the opportunity to kill him here, how can he miss the opportunity because of Guo Huai's speculation?
"There are few small people in the land of Nishu, and there are not as many good talents as our country Wei. However, this Bapu has the ability to plan and plan, which is no less than the filial piety of the old law! If he can be captured and killed, it can be said that Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, will break the arm. It can also comfort the emperor and the governor of Sima! General An Neng missed the opportunity?"

Xia Houxian, who has just entered the prime of life, has a sharp temperament, and his words hint at criticism.

Qin Lang, who is good at accidents, is much more tactful.

Said: "It's not that I don't know Boji's worries, but the current matter can still be dealt with. If Bapu escapes from danger, don't say that the generals will be uneasy. I am afraid that the emperor and Sima Dudu will also see the crime."

These two people are distinguished, they are very close to Luoyang Cao Rui, and they are temporarily under the control of Guo Huai.

Since they couldn't say anything, they almost announced the conclusion of the military discussion.

In particular, Wang Sheng, the other commander of the pawns, also said the same thing, "So Da Sima died in regret. We have the opportunity to avenge our hatred now, but I hope the general will not miss it!"

Wang Sheng was the former general of Cao Zhen.

Although not as prestigious as Fei Yao, Wei Ping, Dai Ling and others, they are also people who have guarded Yongliang for nearly [-] years, and their talent and reputation are only inferior to the deceased Hao Zhao.

His rebuttal made Guo Huai completely stop thinking about attacking.

Gein Wangsheng has deeper qualifications and more military exploits than him.His reputation is lower than him, but because he was born in a poor family, and Guo Huai is the minister of Wei Wen Cao Pi's hidden residence.Moreover, the [-] infantry under the supervision of Wang Sheng were the elite directly under Cao Zhen in the past, and they were also the first choice for the first to attack and destroy the front.

He refuted it, how could Guo Huai hope that the soldiers would die without hesitation?
Naturally, not everyone supported Guo Huai's decision.

Deng Ai approached Guo Huai in private, and volunteered to ask for orders to use the headquarters as the vanguard to attack the fortifications.

Well, he has a low official position and can be promoted by Sima Yi because of his farming ability, but he has no right to speak in the military council.

Of course, he can't influence the decision-making.

Therefore, in desperation, Guo Huai had no choice but to follow everyone's wishes and think about which army to send back to the bank of the Yuyin River to help Xia Houru guard it.

In fact, there is nothing to consider.

The most suitable one to go back is the Deng Ai tribe, which is mainly composed of soldiers in the fields.

The battle in Naowei County was a field battle, while the camp in Quyin was guarded, and the soldiers in the fields who were not well paid and weak in combat power naturally returned home.However, I felt that Guo Huai, who was mainly attacked by the Han army in Tanyin, planned to let Wang Sheng's subordinates go back out of stability.

Inevitably, he went through another earnest persuasion.

Needless to say, everyone felt that keeping the elite soldiers in Naowei County would increase the chances of beheading Zheng Pu.

However, Guo Huai was the general appointed by Sima Yi after all.

Seeing that Guo Huai was very determined, everyone took a compromise strategy and sent 5000 elite soldiers to join Deng Ai's corps, a total of [-] people, to go to the bank of the big river in Kunyin to be dispatched by Xia Houru.

But the battlefield is changing rapidly.

Just when Deng Ai ordered the soldiers to pack their bags and get ready to go, something happened suddenly.

Xia Houru's warning messenger arrived.

To be precise, it was Fei Yao's bodyguard who arrived.

Previously, Fei Yao suffered a disastrous defeat in the valley of a tributary of Lushui River, and according to the law, he won the title and was demoted to a commoner.

Afterwards, Sima Yi shared the blame, and Luoyang Cao Rui gave Fei Yao, who had been in Yongliang for many years, a chance to commit crimes and meritorious deeds, and Luoyang Cao Rui, who had been in Yongliang for many years, was relegated to the rank of partial general and still commanded the remaining two thousand elites in Guanzhong. ride.

When Guo Huai went north to Naowei County, he left him in Quyin and returned to Xiahou Confucian governor.

One is to protect the future without worry, and to guard the eyes of Xiahou Confucianism; the other is that Fei Yao was previously a general of the rear, and he fears that he will lose his face because of his official position as the guard of Shu.

It can be regarded as the embodiment of sophistication.

Facts have proved that Guo Huai's deployment of this move is very appropriate.

Fei Yao, who was ashamed and then brave, acted extremely cautiously this time.The scouts dispatched every day not only monitored the movements of Wei Yanbu, but also went eighty miles west to spy on whether Ma Dai and Jiang Weibu, who were camped on the east side of Wushaoling, were going south.

Therefore, he suddenly discovered some clues: the loss of scouts going west seems to be increasing every day.

Having cultivated a keen sense of danger on the battlefield after being in the army for a long time, he made a guess—Nian Shu Ma Dai and Jiang Wei's tribe might go south to join forces with Wei Yan's tribe!
Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why the Shu cavalry who originally pointed their sword at Mingsha Mountain took so much trouble to intercept and kill the scouts.

After this inference was spread to the Wei army camp in Weiwei, all the generals expressed their views again.

Ge Yin, if Ma Dai and Jiang Wei's tribe really went south, they would go back with Deng Ai's tribe alone, they would definitely be discovered by Nishu, and then they would be attacked and destroyed on the way.

Therefore, they are weighing the pros and cons and making trade-offs.

Is it the Han army who abandoned this place and led the troops back to help the Confucian tribe of Xiahou, curb the rebellion against Shu and Wei Yan, and solve the predicament of Yuyin?
Or put all their eggs in one basket, and concentrate their forces to capture and kill the "big trouble of Wei" in one fell swoop when the Nishu cavalry went south and could no longer support Zheng Pu's camp?

They will inevitably feel unwilling to take the previous policy.

Taking the latter will put Xia Houru's troops in a dangerous place, and will also miss the strategic opportunity that the Wei army obtained by wasting countless manpower and material resources.

Naturally, there is also a compromise.

That is to hope that Xiahou Ru's troops can stick to their defenses, so that they have enough time to break through Zheng Pu's camp, and then turn south to rescue.

But no one dared to mention this compromise.

Because there is no military advantage against the Wei Yanbu against Shu, there is really not much suspense.

"Divide the troops."

In the end, Guo Huai made the final decision with the power of the governor.

I plan to follow the previous practice of dividing the army into two groups, and strive to "be the first to win."

However it was too late.

At this time, Wei Yan had already arrived in front of the Confucian camp of Xiahou.
(End of this chapter)