Shu Chen

Chapter 454
There were three waves of messengers who came to report.

One is to report the attack of Nishu and Xiliang iron cavalry.

One is to inform Shuqi to leave after four days of raging, so that Deng Ai does not need to send troops back to rescue.

The last wave claimed that Tuntian Sima took Tuntian Ke to slaughter and marinate some injured livestock, and asked Deng Ai if he needed to transfer them to Mingsha Mountain to feed the soldiers.
It has to be said that Tuntian Sima was quite able to find the dawn from adversity.

But none of the three waves of messengers returned.

Instead, he was sent by Deng Ai to lead the guards to kill him in a remote place, and then dug a hole to cover it up.

To block the news.

The fierce battle is imminent and the rear is attacked, and there is not even enough food and fodder for this year's winter. This kind of news that shakes the morale of the army should not be publicized, and those who know the news should shut up forever.

But the three waves of couriers rushed over, which naturally attracted the attention of other generals.

Especially when they wanted to wait for the messengers to come out of Deng Aijun's tent and ask about it again, they found that they could no longer find it.

Therefore, they all gathered in the camp of the Chinese Army and waited for Deng Ai's explanation.

It also made Deng Ai lament his lack of prestige again.

If it was Fei Yao or Hu Zun, how could these generals dare to question the chief general uninvited?

"There were two or three hundred Qiang and Hu thieves in the city of Dingxi. Taking advantage of our army's soldiers gathered here, they took the risk and stole cattle, sheep and horses to offend Wei Tianwei, but they were alerted by Zhang Sima and were repelled. Don't worry, gentlemen. However, these thieves also injured a lot of livestock, Zhang Sima said that most of them were difficult to cure, so they were slaughtered and marinated. I will send troops back the next day to transfer the meat here, so it will be hard work for the soldiers!"

Deng Ainai said so.

All the generals were no longer suspicious, and rushed back to share the good news with their soldiers, making all the guarding soldiers rejoice, looking forward to the arrival of meat.

But what they didn't know was that when the beef and mutton food arrived ten days later, and everyone was feasting on it with laughter and laughter, Deng Ai was standing alone on the general platform, seeing their eyes as if they were looking at a humble dog.

Yes, use it as a sacrifice, the humble dog of "abandon and practice after the work is done"!

Because when he covered up the news, when he felt indignant and humiliated by the generals who came to question him, he strangled his will to stick to it.

Originally, even if the Xiliang iron cavalry attacked the rear farmland, the Wei army could continue to stand firm "not seeking merit but seeking no fault", waiting for the Han army to run out of supplies and return.

For example, he could send an envoy back to Guanzhong, tell Sima Yi the truth, and ask him to send soldiers to Helan Mountain to transport grain and fodder from the Nishui (Malian River) Valley-Kushui River Valley.

After all, the former fan Sima Yi wrote in a letter saying that Guanzhong has the strength to support Helan Mountain.

Moreover, the farms around Mingsha Mountain are still there, and the grain and fodder here can last until the autumn harvest in August, when the remaining cattle and sheep will be slaughtered, which is enough for him to persist in transporting grain and fodder to Guanzhong.

But to do so would put him in a personal catastrophe.

Wei Guo has always been harsh on the rate of defeated generals.

For example, Xia Houyuan changed from "Hubu Guanyou" to "General Baidi".

After Funeng Ke finally returned from the state of Wu, Wei Wen and Cao Pi first comforted him in various ways, and then sent him to Yecheng to pay homage to Wei Wu Gaoling.However, Cao Pi even sent people to make a mural in the mausoleum of Pound surrendering to the ban due to his integrity, completely disregarding the fact that "scholars can be killed but not humiliated" and will be humiliated to death by the ban.

Deng Ai, who was promoted to a high position after only a fierce battle, is very different from Xia Houyuan or Yu Jin.

If he passed the news of the attack on the rear to Guanzhong, Sima Yi would not be able to keep him—the emperor Cao Rui and Luoyang Gungun had just announced to the world and publicized his achievements in breaking Shu, and he was defeated in a blink of an eye. How is it different from face-to-face humiliation!
How could the Son of Heaven and the princes of Luoyang, who had lost all face, spare him lightly!

Don't say that letting him continue to supervise and lead a crime and meritorious deeds, it is a gift to demote him to a small county with a household of less than [-] as a county lieutenant for a lifetime!

Therefore, he never thought of ending in defeat.

Not allowed!

He was born as a farmer, and he had too many ups and downs in his official career.

He has entered the age of [-] this year, and he doesn't have much time to waste.

It was hard for him to stand out and get the opportunity to display his talents. He couldn't accept that he fell into the dust and disappeared from everyone.

Moreover, he ushered in a desperate opportunity.

Perhaps the iron cavalry from Xiliang who attacked Fuping County and Dingxi City had returned, so Ba Pu and Jiang Wei came to Mingsha Mountain again yesterday.

Not to observe fortifications.

Instead, after advocating for a long time, he sent a horse to come slowly, stationed more than a hundred steps away, stuck an arrow tied with a letter in the sand, and then returned to Laowei County like a tide.

Scar Pu came to fight.

The book says:

"I heard that Shi Zai has the talents to know the world, and the formation of troops is comparable to that of Sun Wu. If someone is not talented, he will set up an army around me. I don't know if Shi Zai will dare to fight? Or will he wait for the food to be exhausted and then be captured by me?"

The words are extremely arrogant!
But Deng Ai was not ashamed, but sent scouts to inquire about the military situation again.

So he also learned of the current deployment of the Shu army.

Nearly [-] Xiliang cavalry, [-] armored cavalry, and [-] heavy infantry were stationed in front of the small camp in Laowei County.

And in the woods near the slope of Mount Quwu, there was a group of infantry stationed in the camp. Based on the size of the camp, the number of banners and the number of cooking smoke, the number of troops should be no less than [-].

It was this pawn that made Deng Ai see a turning point in his career.

Since the beginning when Scar Pu went to Hexi, he has been letting the rangers monitor the military situation in Wushao Ridge, so he also knows that Scar Pu did not bring infantry from Hexi!

Therefore, if there is no accident, this infantry can only be the scorpion army that originally guarded the fortress of Yuyin.

In other words, the fortress of Yuyin, the gateway to Hexi, is currently defended very weakly, and the number of soldiers guarding it will not exceed one thousand at most!
Seemingly unexpected, how could Bi Scarpu make such a heavy town so weakly defended?

But if you think about it carefully, you feel that this is reasonable.

It is everyone's inherent impression that the fortress of Gein Yuyin is indestructible.

It is the best proof that the Wei State was not captured for a year after it was attacked and besieged with heavy troops.

It is also the reliance of Scar Pu's daring and weak defense.

As long as he sent some scouts to guard in the direction of Shuiquan Shahe, he didn't need to worry that Deng Ai would attack from the rear.

Furthermore, with the cavalry general Zhao Guangbu guarding the Wushui River Valley, the Wei State Guanzhong soldiers and horses will also be discovered when they attack. Why does Bibapu still need to worry about the safety of the fortress?
Deng Ai felt that if he was Scaru, he would not have such worries.

This is also what Deng Ai wants to rely on.

He wanted to use the achievement of taking the fortress of Yuyin to eliminate the dereliction of duty of being attacked in the rear, and took this opportunity to make the emperor Cao Rui, the governor of Yongliang Sima Yi, and Luoyang Gungun all feel that he lived up to his expectations and lived up to his reputation. Returning good general!
Naturally, with his own strength, he couldn't get his hands on this fortress.

He wanted to create an opportunity for Hu Zunbu to break the city.

For example, he sent people back to Bapu to fight, and rode at [-] paces, and slowly approached the siege in the form of Wugang carts and carts, so that Bapu could not harass him along the way with cavalry, but only with infantry. The front cavalry formed a flank to meet.

In this case, regardless of whether the pawns in the woods on the gentle slope of Quwu Mountain were the Sihou army or not, Scaru would have to mobilize troops from defending the fortress of Shuyin to fight decisively.

After all, the battlefield is a place of death and life, and no one dares to be arrogant.

Scar Pu, who had few soldiers, did not dare to be arrogant during the decisive battle, so he continued to guard the Pixiu army in the fortress.

In this way, the city fortress will naturally have an opportunity to take advantage of.

As long as Hu Zundu's [-] soldiers quietly sneaked under the fortress and seized the city regardless of casualties, and he himself tried his best to hold back Scaru and was unable to return to help, it was inevitable that the fortress would change hands!
As for how Hu Zun concealed his whereabouts, avoiding the security forces of Zhao Guang's troops who were against Shu and approaching the fortress of Yuyin.
That's Hu Zun's business.

Or in other words, he had no way out, so he could only pin his hopes on Hu Zun.

If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent!
Yes, if Hu Zun can't sneak to the fortress of Yuyin, then his [-] soldiers will be killed and injured!
No matter in terms of the elite level of soldiers, combat power or morale, he has no possibility of defeating Scaru.

The affiliation of his soldiers is too complicated!
How could the Zahu tribe, the rangers of the Southern Huns, the Jingqi of Guanzhong, and the soldiers from the main village defeat Bapu?

Not to mention that his qualifications are still young and his prestige is insufficient, which cannot make the soldiers die.

But he felt there was no need to worry about it.

As long as we can create an opportunity to capture Shuyin City Fortress and change the situation of the Han and Wei dynasties, everything will be worth it.

At least he thought it was worth it.

When he was born, he met Wei Wu, Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao attacked each other several times, and saw his hometown dilapidated and bones exposed in the wild; when he was less than ten years old, he was forced to relocate to Runan Shangcai by the government, and he saw countless people who could not bear to trek He fell to his death on the way due to the hardships; and when he grew up, he had no hope of promotion due to lack of support and stuttering, lack of talent and learning.

So he also understood a truth.

In troubled times, if you can't become a high-ranking carnivore, you can only become a cattle and sheep that are enslaved and slaughtered at will!
He is going to be a meat eater.

Even if the [-] soldiers in front of him are treated as straw dogs, they will not hesitate.

And the emperor Cao Rui, the governor of Yongliang, Sima Yi, and Luoyang Gungun are all meat eaters, and they will not hesitate!

"If a husband does not eat five tripods in life, he will cook ears with five tripods when he dies!"

Deng Ai, who was standing on the general platform facing the wind, looked up at the sky full of stars, and murmured the words of the father of the former Han Dynasty, "If I am a humble person, if I want to break through the shackles of the family, only the father of the Han Dynasty The words are self-encouraging."

"Father, the boy brought some beef and wine."

After an unknown amount of time, a slightly green voice came from Deng Ai's ear.

It was his son Deng Zhong who came.

He is only a young man in his teens now, but he knows that his family can only have a chance to stand out by fighting for military exploits, so he brings Deng Zhong into the army to practice.

"Okay, my son has a heart."

Gently nodding, Deng Ai took the beef and wine and ate slowly.

After eating, he looked at Deng Zhong, who still had a childish face, and said slowly, "Zhong'er, you can use 'Yihou' as a sign in the future." Before Deng Zhong could say anything, he waved his hand , "Let's go back and rest. I will write a book the next day, and you will take it to Gaoping City to give to General Hu."

(End of this chapter)