Shu Chen

Chapter 453 Missed
The so-called aristocratic family is not only the background of the official lintel and the large number of fields and apprentices, but also the prestige that makes the county and county people willing to follow.

This is the case with the Anding Hu family.

All the Qiang and Hu tribes in Anding County will be able to fight with Hu Zun's arms!

Therefore, after receiving Sima Yi's instructions, he thought about how to support Helan Mountain: let Qu Du of the Guards Department go to Pengyang County, and invite the Qianghu tribe in Linjing and Pengyang County to go north to the south bank of the Dahe River to graze. When Ai was attacked by the Shu army and was in danger, he could enter the battlefield as soon as possible!
But now he doesn't want to do that.

Although it was the time when summer pastures were luxuriant, it was not difficult to persuade those Qiang and Hu tribes to go north to graze, and Wei Guo would definitely reward them with money afterwards, but doing so was using the influence of the Hu family.In the future, if those Qianghu tribes find the Hu family for something, he will definitely reciprocate.

He would not be unwilling to do this for Wei Guo or Sima Yi.

But if it's for Deng Ai, he thinks it's not worth it.

And Deng Ai doesn't need his help~
That is to say, because of Deng Ai's ignorance of human affairs, the plan to attack Fuping County and Dingxi City after the Xiliang iron cavalry circled around became very smooth-calculating the time, if Hu Zun sent the Qianghu tribe north to graze, it would inevitably make Rao The Xiliang iron cavalry after that could not hide their tracks.

Midsummer, early May.

Deng Ai, who didn't know what he missed, finally knew the reason why Zheng Pu sent his soldiers to build a camp in Laowei County.

At first, he thought that Zheng Pu was imitating Lian Po's "sand transport" in the past.

Before the Battle of Changping in the past, Lian Po was a general and built a fortress to defend it.In order to strengthen the soldiers' tenacity and confuse the Qin army, they ordered the soldiers to build many "granary warehouses" in the mountains with cowhide and reed mats, and secretly transported yellow sand into the warehouses at night.Qin Bing saw that Zhao Jun's army had a mountain of food, so he didn't dare to attack easily.It was not until Zhao Kuo Dai Lianpo was defeated by Changping that the Qin army came to collect grain, only to find that the warehouse was full of yellow sand.

Deng Ai saw that the grain transportation team of the Han army had been looking at each other since the spring plowing, and the small camps built were full of granaries. He thought it was Zheng Pu who was playing tricks, and deliberately wanted the Wei army to signal to the Han army to attack this time. The army rations are sufficient!
But as time passed, he realized that Zheng Pu was humiliating him.

That's right!

It is humiliating.

Because at this time Zheng Pu and Jiang Wei's general banners had already appeared in Naowei County.

Moreover, the two of them often drove to Mingsha Mountain under the escort of more than a thousand Xiliang iron cavalry to observe the fortifications of the Wei army as if there were no one there.

This is not a provocation.

Calculated based on the distance between Xiliang iron cavalry and the Wei army's fortifications, even if he sent Guanzhong fine cavalry and Southern Hun ranger cavalry to pursue them, they would not be able to catch up.

But every time Zheng Pu and Jiang Wei finished looking at it, they put the big bamboo tree in the Xiaoying village in Laowei County, and they went back to Yuyin City to fortify themselves.

Yes, Zheng Pu defended the small camp with countless rolling granaries with only [-] heavy infantry!

And also left a big banner to mock him silently!
Laugh at him for not daring to come out to burn food, humiliate him for not even having the courage to come out to capture the flag!
At first, he thought it was Zheng Pu's trick to lure the enemy.

For example, put the Xiliang iron cavalry in a certain mountain depression, and intercept and kill him when he leads the army out to burn food.

But the scouts who were guarding outside day and night all claimed in unison that there was no trace of the Han army within a hundred miles of Naowei County; they had even spied on the north-facing desert, and there was no trace!

That is to say, if the Wei army used the Guanzhong elite cavalry and the southern Xiongnu rangers to quietly come to capture the flag and burn food under the cover of night, even if the Han army set up a secret post to deliver the news, it would be too late to come out from the fortress of Yuyin for rescue.

In fact, quite a few generals have given Deng Ai advice in this way or asked for orders to go there in person.

Among them, the Qianqi of the Southern Huns made the most noise.

Because they are guest soldiers, afraid of death.

In the previous battle of Helan Mountain, the Wei army who set up an ambush had the upper hand, but the Southern Huns cavalry still killed more than a thousand cavalry. Now the only thing the Wei army can rely on is the geographical advantage. How can we not make them pessimistic about the odds of winning?
But if they sneaked to Naowei County and burned the food and fodder of the Shu army, the Shu army would naturally not attack again if they had no food and fodder, then they would be able to spend the "one-year agreement" to fight for Wei in peace!

Thinking this way, they can't be eager.

But Deng Ai refused.

He also used the allusion of "Lian Po transported sand in the battle of Changping in the past" to teach them, claiming that the granary of the Shu army was full of yellow sand in order to lure them out to fight in the field.

The Rangers of the Southern Huns, who were not familiar with the allusions of the Han family, scoffed at this.

These days they are acting as scouts, don't they know if the Shu army has set up an ambush~~
If you don't dare to fight, you dare not fight. Why use the past to explain the present to shirk!
Coincidentally, the cavalry governor of Guanzhong Jingqi also held such an idea.

Going out to burn food with cavalry, still need to worry about the Shu army setting up an ambush?
At that time, before firing rockets into the Shu army camp to burn food and fodder, the advance scouts will be on guard within a radius of [-] miles. Even if the Shu army really lays an ambush, they will be able to rely on the strong mobility of the cavalry to return.

What's the problem!

It is clear that he is afraid of Scar Pu's prestige and only dares to hide in the camp, so he finds such a reason!
Such doubts quickly spread among the soldiers.

It also made Deng Ai deeply understand the helplessness of Sima Yi who was criticized for "fearing Shu like a tiger" in the past.

There is no way, he has just taken the responsibility of a department alone, his prestige is not established and he is too few to fight, it is inevitable that he will be dismissed by his subordinates.

In fact, he himself had the idea of ​​sending troops.

Because he knows that Zheng Pu is very cunning and especially likes to play tricks, and he can often catch people by surprise.

For example, Wei Ping, who guarded Jincheng County before, was deceived by Wei Yan with an empty battalion plan. For example, Guo Huai was restrained by Bapu with [-] soldiers and horses, and Xia Houru was defeated by Wei Yan.

But there is a trace of reason in his heart reminding himself: Scar Pu will never expose the grain and fodder to his eyes!

Just ask, how could Nishu, who had always been trapped in food and fodder, act like this?
He must have something to rely on!

Deng Ai kept telling himself this in his heart, trying to suppress the fervor of wanting to burn food and seize the banner of the Han army.

It's just that he couldn't guess what Zheng Pu relied on.

Soon, he would have nothing to worry about.

Summer in May, late.

Liu Bao of the Southern Huns sent an envoy to report that there were thousands of Qiang and Hu tribes lingering at the western foot of Yinshan Mountain, which made Deng Aimo neglect the defense of the gap between Mingsha Mountain and Helan Mountain.

Summer in June, the first ten days of the month.

Tuntian Sima in Fuping County and Dingxi City sent people to report that about a thousand Xiliang cavalry from Nishu came to kill from the Kushui River Valley.

Along the way, they burned huts and mansions, slaughtered cattle, sheep and horses wantonly, and trampled wheat fields with horses.

Due to the fact that there were too few guards in the two places, the Wei army could not resist at all, so it suffered heavy losses.Sixty-seven out of ten farmlands were destroyed, nearly half of the livestock were slaughtered, and many got lost in the chaos.

In other words, Helan Mountain can't even raise enough food for this year's winter.

(End of this chapter)