Shu Chen

Chapter 459 Anxiety
In fact, Deng Ai could not criticize Hu Zun before committing suicide.

Because Hu Zun led the army to the city of Yuyin the day before yesterday, but returned after staying for less than a quarter of an hour.

No way, facing the fortress of Yuyin guarded by [-] soldiers, how could he, who was exhausted from rushing and only brought [-] soldiers, try to break the city!
What's more, when he, Guo Huai and others took over Xia Houru's defense, they tried to attack with nearly [-] soldiers!
The result was futile and increased casualties.

If he had to be serious, it should be that he accused Deng Ai of being incompetent in advance, which made him wasteful.

As for why he didn't want to stay for a moment, and didn't force the Han army in Weiwei County to return by "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao"...

It's not that he doesn't put state affairs first and doesn't want to add a bit of vitality to Deng Ai's department; it's that he knows that if he stays, he will inevitably lose himself!
It was a fluke not to be noticed by Nishu Xiaoqi General Zhao Guangbu, but now that they have all appeared in front of the fortress, how could he not come to attack the guards in the fortress?
At the speed of the cavalry, it takes only one or two days to go north from the Zuli River Valley!
It's nothing more than an adventure to come here for a while, but you can still give up your own life and five thousand soldiers to Deng Ai to be buried with him!
In fact, he was right in thinking.

After news of his going north from Longyou, the Han army did plan to keep him in the Wushui River Valley forever.

For example, Yan Yu and Fu Qian, who were guarding in the fortress, had been expecting that Jiang Wei would defeat Deng Ai's tribe as soon as possible, and come to join forces with him to pursue them.

However, their hopes fell through.

Although Xu Zhi and Zhang Te chased Deng Ai to the front of the city and killed him, Jiang Wei came very late.Wei Jun surrendered too many captives, and he was too busy without infantry
And he also separated Xu Zhi's Qianqi to go to Mingsha Mountain to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

Although Deng Ai burned down the camps, sieges and pontoon bridges there, the farmland on the east bank of the river was not destroyed.

Jiang Wei needed Xu Zhi to rush over to take care of him immediately, lest he be mowed by other Qianghu tribes or the Southern Huns Liu Bao who had heard the news.

In the Hexi Corridor, grain and fodder are more valuable than human life.

And more than a thousand Qianghu tribes who were sent by Deng Ai to guard against suspicious soldiers in the desert saw that the situation was over and they could not return from Helan Mountain, so they came forward to ask Jiang Wei to represent them as vassals of the great Han.

Because they knew that there was no Wei army to maintain order in the Helan Mountain area, and if they were not protected by the Han army, their tribe would become Liu Bao's dinner.

This episode delayed Jiang Wei for another day or two.

Therefore, after he calmed down the Qianghu tribe, assigned Xiliang iron cavalry to collect all the captives and escorted them back to Hexi, and then rushed to the city of Shuyin, Hu Zun had already left for four or five days.

Although Hu Zun's troops were all infantry, even if they were supported by the Qiang and Hu tribes in Anding County, they could not move too fast.

But Jiang Wei stopped chasing him.

The nearly [-] Xiliang iron cavalry either escorted the captives or went to Mingsha Mountain to guard the wheat. How could he chase without the cavalry!
Powerless~
Zhao Guangbu, who was capable of pursuing, was stopped by Zheng Pu.

To be precise, the prime minister forbade it.

At the end of last year, when the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu were deciding on a plan, they also discussed how to deal with it if the plan could not be fully realized.

After all, it's up to people to plan and make things up to God.

It is cumbersome to implement the tricks of falsehood and reality.

A fallacy in one of the links, or an unstoppable objective factor suddenly prevented the Han army from attacking Gaoping City, which is also normal.

For example, Deng Ai saw through the fortress of Xuyinyin to lure the enemy.

For example, Hu Zunben had already decided to lead the army northward, but the sudden heavy rain for several days prevented him from marching.

There are also the Sihou Army and the Banyu Man who climbed Liupan Mountain were discovered by the defenders before the surprise attack.
and many more.

Be cautious when planning military and state affairs, and don't be lucky that everything goes well.

Therefore, it was obvious that Zhao Guang's troops could be ambushed in advance before Hu Zun's troops arrived at the fortress of Yuyin, so they have been standing still.

The five thousand cavalry he supervised were also the key to capturing Gaoping City.

Gein once Liu Yin and Jufu's troops can sneak attack on the city as scheduled, he will immediately drive his troops to the outside of Gaoping City to prevent the soldiers who were surrounded outside the city from returning to the city to support them, and to prevent the rebels who had heard the news from reversing the Wei Dynasty. city.

Anyway, counting the time, even after Hu Zunbu fled and then the supervisor set out from Longyou, he could still catch up.

As soon as Gein Hu Zunfu led the troops out of the city, the Xihou Army and the Banyu Man began to climb Liupan Mountain!
From Watingchuan at the west foot of Liupan Mountain to the remaining veins behind Gaoping City, the difficulty lies in the steepness of the mountains rather than the distance. At most ten days, it can be concluded whether Liuyin and Jufu will be successful.

If they miss, it won't be too late for Zhao Guangbu to go after them.

This is the strategy prepared by the prime minister and Zheng Pu when "things are not going well".

If Gaoping City can be captured, it will be captured.

If he cannot seize it, he will be attacked and killed by the Hu Zun tribe who lured him out of the city.

Otherwise, the prime minister would definitely not allow Zheng Pu to mobilize troops while he was resting with the people just to attack the Wei army in Helan Mountain, which was like a chicken rib.

The army is useless and does not move~
Longyou Hanyang County, north of Xiaoguan Road.

Zhao Guang, who had already quietly brought all five thousand riders to hide in Jufu's garrison, couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart from the fifth day after Liu Yin and Jufu set off. The daily guard scouts went to Zhuma Heights to look at the siege outside Gaoping City of Wei State.

After being disappointed several times in a row, he finally asked the question.

"Zijin, in your opinion, what are the chances of Liu Xiuran and Ju Xiaoxing succeeding?"

"I don't know."

Zheng Pu was much calmer, shook his head slightly, and said in a slow tone, "Liupan Mountain has never been climbed by people, and no one knows whether the ridge can be crossed, so I can't say for sure."

After finishing speaking, seeing Zhao Guang's slightly speechless expression, he added another sentence, "Yihong doesn't need to worry. Brother Xiuran and Xiaoxing can return safely even if they can't make meritorious deeds, and at that time Yihong can still supervise and ride north to chase Hu Zun, who rebelled against Wei. No matter what the situation is, it will be beneficial to me, a big man."

"Hey, Prime Minister and Zijin make a decision, I know it will benefit the country."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Zhao Guang became more and more anxious, and said in a low voice, "Zijin, I thought that if I don't, I would send hundreds of horses to disturb the siege outside Gaoping City, so that the soldiers in Niwei City will not be able to fight." Paying more attention to the rear may benefit Xiuran and Xiaoxing."

Ok?
Zheng Pu raised his eyebrows slightly, twirling his beard and thinking.

But after a while, he still shook his head and vetoed, "It's not right. The soldiers in Niwei city thought that our army would not invade, so they were unsuspecting. If Yoshihiro sent his cavalry to go, he might order them to be on strict guard, which would be counterproductive!"

Uh!
It seems reasonable~
Hearing this, Zhao Guang also fell silent.

It took a long time before he sighed, "Oh, what Zijin said is not without reason. It's just that I'm just waiting, it's really worrying!"

Zheng Pu responded silently.

Because with the passage of time, he felt that the chances of Liu Yin and Ju Fu's success getting smaller and smaller.

(End of this chapter)