Shu Chen

Chapter 489
"Pibi Jingzhou, steaming on the boats; Zhou Wang Yumai, the Sixth Division and it."

—— "Pu Pu"

The Jingshui River Valley, the passage from Chang'an to the northwest border, has been a waterway fortress since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was the Silk Road that people talked about, a road of conquest full of blood and tears that "flowing water at the head of the dragon, singing and whimpering; looking at Qinchuan in the distance, breaking the liver and intestines".

Regardless of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period or the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, countless battles upstream have declared the significance of controlling Longdong to Qinchuan, which is [-] miles away.

Sima Yi, the governor of Wei Yongliang, also knew that there was nothing to lose in Longdong.

Therefore, seeing that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang moved from Wuzhangyuan to occupy Siweihui and besieged Chencangcheng, and Wei Yanbu also went south along the Sishui River Valley to defend against the water, he thought in his mind that Wang Shengyin had a suggestion to go north to attack Zheng Pu's back road, He also thought about how to strengthen Longdong's defense.

Because of the actions of the Han army, there will be no worries in Chen Cangcheng in a short period of time, but there will be continuous wars in Longdong.

In other words, the ownership of Longdong almost determines the strengths and weaknesses of the Han and Wei confrontations in Chencang.

As far as Wei Guo is concerned, as long as Longdong is not lost, the only way for the Han army to take control of Guanzhong is to attack it.

This is what Wei Guo and Sima Yi expected!
Avoid field battles with the more powerful Han army, forcing the Han army to suffer heavy casualties in the process of attacking fortifications, and then forced to withdraw from Guanzhong due to the excessive consumption of manpower and material resources.

But for the Han army, once Longdong is captured, it will increase the odds of winning by half for capturing Chencang City.

Without him, as long as the Han army goes south along the Jingshui River Valley to invade the rear of the Wei army such as Jing Zhaoyin and Zuo Fengyi, and frequently uses cavalry to cut off the Wei army's grain road stationed near Chencang, it will not take long for the Wei army to be forced to divide its troops and go back to defend. Yu, there is nothing left to save Chen Cangcheng!
Yes, once Longdong changes hands, Chencang will become an isolated city!

Therefore, after much deliberation, Sima Yi decided that it was better to write the book on Xue Ti's troops stationed at Gukou, and let him supervise more than ten thousand people to go north to Qi County in Pingyang County to garrison, so as to block the route from Jingshui River Valley to Guanzhong.

Pingyang County was located in Qixian County (now Binxian County, Shaanxi Province) in the first year of Emperor Xingping of the Han Dynasty (194) in the analysis of Quaig County and Youfufeng County in Anding County.The area under its jurisdiction is not large, but its strategic significance is extraordinary. It is the must-defend stronghold for Guanzhong to control the Jingshui River Valley.If Qi County changes hands, the enemy coming from the east of Longdong will gather troops in Gukou County, where the starting point of Zhengguo Canal and Bai Canal is located.

Naturally, Xue Ti's troops were all infantry, and under the watchful eyes of the Xiliang iron cavalry of the Han army, they could not support or rescue Hu Zun's troops stationed in Linjing County.

Sima Yi felt that some more cavalry should be sent over.

For example, it would be a good choice to let Governor Qianhong lead three thousand Wuhuan Tuqi to go there first.

As a result, both the Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's and Wei Yan's troops moved to the Chencang area, and he could also transfer his troops to the south of Yongxian County to stand guard against the Han army across the Wei River and the Si River.

In this way, the role of cavalry is naturally small.

Dividing half of the Wuhuan Tuqi would have no effect on the battle situation.

On the other hand, Sima Yi knew that the emperor Cao Rui would definitely send the rested tiger and leopard cavalry and Luoyang Zhongjun into Guanzhong the next year to assist Yushu, so he didn't have to worry about the lack of troops.

Perhaps, this kind of scheduling seems to be a bit of a big deal.

After all, Zheng Pu's team is full of calculations, but it's just [-] steps!
With Hu Zun's over [-] troops and Xue Ti's over [-] troops superior, and still guarding the city, what's the problem?
Why send Wuhuan Tuqi there again, which will only increase the pressure on food and fodder transfer?
But Sima Yi felt that this force was not enough
In his heart, he still planned to let all the remaining Wuhuan Tuqi under the leadership of Xia Houxian rush over after the tiger and leopard cavalry entered Guanzhong to help in the battle next year.

Without him.

Those with scars are a big trouble for Wei!

In the face of past achievements, no one dares to take it lightly, and no one will think that he is making a big deal out of a molehill.

Even Cao Rui in Luoyang felt that his scheduling was not prudent enough!

It's early winter and October.

The dense water vapor rises from Jingshui, adding a bit of mist to the water surface.

The reeds that fluctuate with the wind on both sides of the river are blue and yellow, and countless yellow swans, egrets and red shelducks who come to spend the winter are leisurely and contented, writing the joyful song of life in nature.

But soon, a neat sound of small crocodiles broke the tranquility and distance here, and countless birds spread their wings and left.

Looking down from the sky, one can see that the banners embroidered with the Chinese character "Han" are flying against the wind on the surface of Jingshui, dragging a long red torrent winding eastward.It was Wang Ping and Liu Yin, under the escort of Xiliang iron cavalry, who carried their luggage on sheepskin rafts and went eastward along the Jingshui River Valley to guard the Beiluo camp in the two counties of Quailgu and Yinpan.

The ranks stretched for more than ten miles, and the land and water marched unevenly, so it was easy for the enemy to find an opportunity to attack.

But Xue Ti, who had just arrived in Qi County when the military governor arrived, just waved his hand in a somewhat dispirited manner to let the scouts continue to investigate and report the Han army's actions at any time after hearing the report.

This made Qian Hong, who came from the same company, a little puzzled.

In the face of such a good opportunity, even if you send troops and get nothing, you can return with the whole army!
Why stand still and sit and watch Ni Shu's arrogance as if entering no one's land?

Furthermore, judging from the intention of marching against Shu, it should be to cut off the connection between Qi County and Linjing County.In order to be able to send troops to rescue when Hu Zun's defense is not good in the future, it should also defeat Ni Shu's intention at this time!

"Guardian, why don't you let my troops go and have a look?"

After hesitating for a moment, Qianhong still couldn't help asking for orders, "Our Wuhuan Tuqi is good at running, even if we can't find a fighter to attack Nishu, we can return in full body."

However, Xue Ti shook his head when he heard that he just watched him silently, "There is no need to do useless work."

What a useless effort!

Unable to help, Qianhong said angrily in his heart.

But there is a difference between respect and inferiority, and he dare not show his slander on the surface.

Xue Ti, who was already very old, seemed to have seen through his thoughts, went straight to the map, pointed to the markings of the three places in Yangcheng and said, "Bi Bapu's move is to show his weakness and make us feel weak. The army felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and lured me and the defenders of Yangcheng to attack back and forth. How can I be unprepared to go deep with light soldiers? If the generals who rebelled against Shu were such negligent people, our country Wei would not have it. The loss of Longyou and Liangzhou. Besides, wouldn’t it be better to let Nishu camp in the Jingshui River Valley? There are not many troops in the Bapu army, so letting him divide his troops will also ease the pressure on General Hu’s defense. He Le Why not? Besides."

At this point, he paused for a while, and tapped his fingers on the Yiju County mark where the muddy water (Malian River) flows into Jingshui.

"Furthermore, there are countless small roads that can pass through here, and the troops against Shu can't take care of everything. If the defense of Linjing is not good and you need to rush for help, your troops can also take Beidi County and go northward through the Nishui River Valley. In this way, our army's strategy is not lost, and we can wait for work with ease. Since Ni Shu mobilized the army and made the soldiers endure the harsh winter in the wild, let him go."

Yes, if you want to rush to help Linjing County, you can only lead the Wuhuan Tuqi of Hongbu to go north alone.

The strategic significance of Qi County to Guanzhong is too important now, and Xue Ti's troops cannot leave it lightly, unless Sima Yi sends troops here again.

After listening to Qianhong, he handed over his hands and said that he was taught, and he would not dispute it any more.

Even after resigning, I was full of anger and unbearable anger.

He felt that after entering Guanzhong, he was always oppressed by the fear of war from various ministries in Yongliang.

These people who are qualified to participate in the decision-making of the war are like a group of old people who are dying and have no ambition to make progress!
Lost the vitality of the army to live to death!
Blindly seek stability and perfection, and be lucky to survive!
But Ju Fu and Zhang Yi, who had been transferred to the Wushi County garrison, were also very puzzled by Zheng Pu's dispatch.

Originally, they all thought that Zheng Pu sent Liu Yin and Wang Ping to go deep into the enemy's territory and lay down camps to guard them, in order to lure the guards in the three places of Wei Yang City to come out to fight in the field.

But Zheng Pu didn't let the two of them set up an ambush along the road.

Instead, they claimed that there was no war this winter, and asked them to hurry up and arrange for their soldiers to disperse to fish and hunt, etc., so as to add some military rations to Linjing County when they sent troops to Linjing County in the spring of next year.

How can such a negligent general order not surprise people!

Not to mention, if he had known earlier that he could not lure out the defenders from the three places of Yangcheng, he shouldn't have allowed Liu Yin and Wang Ping to trek to the camp in winter!Not to mention the lack of sympathy for the hardships of the soldiers, it would only increase the loss of food and fodder, wouldn't it?
That's why, after Ju Fu and Zhang Ni got the military order, the two of them discussed it privately, but they still couldn't figure it out, so they went hand in hand to find Zheng Pu to find out what happened.

At this time, Zheng Pu was leisurely fishing by the Jing River.

And his follower, Qi Yacuo, had already hunted several yellow swans and was roasting them on the fire.

Zheng Pu seemed to have expected their arrival, and pointed directly to his side, "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy together. It's rare to have leisure in the army. Boqi and Xiaoxing are not as good as fishing like me. Let's see who is better."

Following what he pointed at, he had already prepared two fishing rods.

It also made the two of them look at each other in blank dismay, and sat down to fish helplessly as they said.

And Jufu, who had long been a good friend of the whole family, sighed wistfully as soon as he threw the hook into the water, "Oh, it's rare for us to wait leisurely, but it's a pity, brother Xiuran and son are not destined to meet each other!"

"If you have something to say, say it clearly, don't be yin and yang."

Hearing this, Zheng Pu glanced at him sideways, "I let brother Xiuran and the prince go first, not to tire them out on purpose, but to let them have enough time to cut stones and build camps. Could it be that Xiaoxing didn't guess it, but instead Wei Luoyang's army will enter Guanzhong?"

Indeed, if Luoyang's army entered Guanzhong, and Liu Yin and Wang Ping went east, they feared that the Wei army would overwhelm them with superior strength, leaving them no time to build camps and guard them.

But after listening to the sentence, he was still puzzled, and continued to ask, "Did that Zijin already expect that the defenders in the three places of Weiyang City would not come out to attack our army?"

"This is not."

This time, Zheng Pu shook his head, "However, this is also the reason why I said that there will be no incidents this winter. Our army's intention is not to ambush Yangcheng's anti-Wei defenders, but to pull out Linjing County and restore the entire territory of Longdong. Therefore, We wait for the suspended troops to stay still, and make them worry about our army laying an ambush and dare not go out of the city, this is a false way!"

Pull out Linjing County and the whole territory of Longdong?

Immediately, Ju Fu and Zhang Ni looked at each other again, and asked in unison, "General (Zijin), do you plan to make an appointment?"

(End of this chapter)