Shu Chen

Chapter 400
Although the battle at Yuyin Ferry ended in a great victory for the Han army, and countless grains and supplies were seized, the situation is not optimistic.

Gain's Han army lost nearly [-] soldiers, and there were countless disabled.

On the other hand, when the Wei army was defeated due to the collapse of morale, not many people were killed in battle, and there were more than [-] prisoners.

This brought great hidden dangers to the Han army.

If these captives were not disposed of properly in time, the Han army might win first and then lose when Guo Huai's troops arrived.

Without him, the morale of the soldiers after a big victory will inevitably be slackened, and the ministries with too many casualties will inevitably need time to rest, reorganize their ranks, and run in tacit understanding to form combat effectiveness.Under such circumstances, facing the attack of the Guo Huai tribe, which has been recharging its energy and has more troops, how could the Han army have extra troops to suppress the prisoners and not riot when they faced the battle?

Therefore, Wei Yan stayed up all night.

Early the next morning, with the right to act cheaply given by the prime minister, he sent messengers to Zuli County, and asked Zhao Guang, Wang Ping, and Jufu to go northward to join forces in Tanyin.

Among them, Zhao Guang's troops will cooperate with Liao Hua and Zhang Yi's two troops to escort the prisoners and protect the disabled soldiers back to Longyou; while Wang Ping and Jufu's troops will fight Guo Huai together with him, and they will also rush to Naowei County to general Zheng Pu. Welcome back.

Zheng Pu, who confuses the Wei army with [-] soldiers, will not be able to escape from the siege without his support.

As for Zhang Bao, he led [-] soldiers to guard the fortress of Shuyin City with food, fodder, supplies and captured thunder chariots.

This is the dispatch scheduled by the prime minister.

After this battle, regardless of whether the Wei army will drive troops to be trapped in Yuyin again in the future, even if the Han army intends to come to rescue again, there will be no food and fodder to send troops.Therefore, only Zhang Bao, who is both the empress of the Yuanxun and the brother of the queen, enters Yinyin, so that the guards will not have the intention of abandoning them when they are besieged.

There is also a small episode.

When Zhang Bao took the order, he also privately begged Wei Yan for his approval.

He wanted to collect Xiahouru's body, and selected several soldiers from among the captives to go to Gaoping City to transfer to Xiahouba.

In any case, Xiahou's family is Xiahouyuan's daughter, and Xiahouru is a brother and sister of the same clan.

The Xiahouyuan battle did not take place in the battle of Hanzhong. After learning about it, the Xiahou family obtained the consent of the late emperor Liu Bei to collect his body for burial.Although Zhang Bao was not born of the Xiahou family, he would not sit back and watch Xiahou Ru's dead body be thrown into the wilderness and be reduced to the food of wolves and birds.As for whether Xia Houba buried him on the spot or ordered his subordinates to protect him and return him to Qiao Pei's hometown, it has nothing to do with him.

For this, Wei Yan has nothing to do with it.

Although the affiliation is different, it is the warrior's observance not to insult the remains of the enemy general.

Anyway, with his reputation and past achievements, there is no need to pass Xia Houru to Chengdu to boast of martial arts.

After all the adjustments, Wei Yan ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, build fortifications, and wait for the return of Guo Huai's troops.

But his efforts were wasted.

However, after Fei Yao sent his personal guards to warn him for the first time, Guo Huai had already made a plan to divide his troops.

But before the soldiers and horses were deployed, Fei Yao's messenger arrived again, bringing with him the military information that Wei Yan's tribe had already begun to attack Xiahou Ru's camp.This time, Qin Lang, Xia Houxian and other generals no longer had any objections to Guo Huai's deduction, and the whole army rushed back to rescue.

However, Xia Houru's defeat was too fast.

The barracks were destroyed overnight, and nearly [-] soldiers were destroyed. This military situation forced Guo Huai to order the entire army to stop and gather all the generals to lead the army to discuss.

It's not that this military situation is not true.

Or it may be to analyze why the Confucian tribe of Xiahou fell so quickly, and to infer the factors of the Shu army being outnumbered.

But how to save yourself!

With the siege of Yuyin resolved by Wei Yan, they have become a lone army.

Governor Sima Yi was leading the main force in Guanzhong to confront Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang in Wuzhangyuan, while Gaoping City did not have the strength to meet them with a large army after the troops were sent to Jingzhao and the defending Shu army left Xiaoguan.

There are only two choices left for them.

One is to live to death. Taking advantage of the exhaustion of the veterans after the Shu army broke through the Xiahou Confucian camp, they abandoned their luggage and marched back to the battle. Go to Helan Mountain to rest and wait for Sima Yi to make a decision after hearing the news.

This choice presents both opportunities and risks.

Opportunity, of course, is based on the large number of soldiers and horses of Xiahou Confucianism. It can be inferred that even if Wei Yan's victory is won, many soldiers will be lost, and there is no spare power to meet their surprise attack.If they were lucky, they might be able to win in one battle. Not only would they avenge Xia Houru, but they could also take advantage of the situation to besiege the fortress of Yuyin again, ensuring that the opportunity of this battle would not be lost.

The risk is that they are in danger of being wiped out!
Since the war between Han and Wei, Wei Yan, who has never been defeated, is not incompetent.

It must be expected that they will return to rescue, prepare for the battle in advance, and even call out the defenders in the fortress of Yuyin City to set up an ambush to contain them by the riverside!

When Ma Dai and Zheng Pu chased after each other, they attacked them from the front and back, and wiped them all out!
The second option is much easier.

It is to retreat without fighting, and not to engage in unnecessary disputes.

Xiahou's Confucian tribe has been destroyed, and the Shu army will also take the opportunity to increase troops and replenish supplies for the city of Shuyin.

The opportunity has been lost and the facts have been realized. What's the point of them going back to fight fiercely?
In this case, it is better to preserve the strength, and the whole army will turn north to Mingsha Mountain, guard the fields south of Helan Mountain, and pass the military situation and situation to Sima Yi for decision.

And with their strength, there is no need to worry about Ma Dai and Zheng Pu's interception when they go north.

For one thing, Zheng Pu's troops, who were about to fall into camp by the mountain, would be intercepted and killed by scouts along the way. When he learned about the military situation, the Wei army had already bypassed the Quwu Mountains.

The other is that they have a large number of cavalry.

Both the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Wuhuan Tuqi Cavalry are known for being elite, and together with Fei Yao's tribe who came to join forces, even if Ma Dai and Zheng Pu's troops came to pursue them, they could fight and retreat at the same time. Yin went back calmly before rushing over.

Just like the previous military discussions, Guo Huai made the trade-offs and pros and cons one by one, and then asked the generals to express their opinions.

The difference is that all the generals in this military meeting were silent.

Even Xia Houxian who learned of the death of his patriarch just stared at him with anger.

Sometimes silence is an answer.

They have already made a choice, but they just don't want to say it out loud, and they don't want to give themselves an excuse to be held accountable.

Guo Huai knew this well.

Without further delay, he ordered the whole army to turn northward to Mingsha Mountain as a general.

Guanzhong, right Fufeng Beiyuan.

Sima Yi, governor of Wei Yongliang, stopped by the Weishui River and looked at the Han army barracks above Wuzhang Plain.

The military reports of Hu Zun and Guo Huai almost arrived.It made him know that Wei's strategic opportunity was no longer there, and it also made him hesitant about whether to pursue the Han army.

Correct!
The scouts just came to report, claiming that the Shu army was pulling out the camp.

It should be that Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, learned that the fortress of Shuyin had been relieved, so he was about to strike back and return to Hanzhong.

(End of this chapter)