Shu Chen

Chapter 567
Although Wei and Wu had indeed sent troops, the offensive had not yet started.

For Xia Houba of the Wei State, he was told by the Emperor Cao Rui and Yongliang Governor Sima Yi before his departure that he sent troops this time to support Jiangdong in order to promote the foundation of the next real joint attack on Shu and let Ni Shu fall into war Longer, the march does not have to be too hasty, everything is to protect oneself.

Wu Guo also had similar thoughts.

They need to wait until Xiahou Ba's troops enter the Meridian Valley, and it is certain that the Han army will no longer dispatch troops from Guanzhong to support the war in the East Three Counties, and then they will launch an attack.

Among them, there is another tacit reason between Lu Xun and Sun Quan.

In Shangyong County's Tang Zi Department, although it was trapped in the city in mid-autumn and August, as the front line against Bashu, the grain and fodder in the city can still be plowed until next spring.

In this way, the rescue need not be anxious.

As for what if the army of the Tang Zi Department is not stable and is captured before the food and fodder are exhausted.
It doesn't matter anymore.

Everything has pros and cons.

If Shangyong County falls, Jiangdong's plight of being besieged and aided will no longer be the case. Instead, troops can retreat into Xiangyang City and let the Han and Wei sides fight on their own.

The time was in the minds of both Wei and Wu, and it came to the end of November in midwinter.

Xiahou Ba's tribe finally arrived at the south exit of Meridian Valley, Anyang County (Shiquan County) established by Cao Cao, the former Wei Wu.

The mouth of the valley happens to be where the Chihe River turns west and joins the Mian River.

If you don't go out of the valley, it's very easy to defend. It takes a few miles for the Geinchi River to flow into the Mian River, but it's hard to threaten the waterway for the Han army to transfer supplies and fodder.

Unless he leads the troops to station in Miankou.

Of course, Xia Houba naturally wouldn't do anything unnecessary.

After the heavily guarded supervisors arrived, he directly built fortifications at the entrance of the valley, turning the disturbance into defense.

However, he did not do nothing.

After dispatching scouts to analyze the military situation in Xixian County and Shangyong area, and knowing that there is no Han army guarding the area, they sent envoys to sneak into Shangyong City as soon as possible, and brought Tang Zi an edict from Emperor Cao Rui.

The content of the imperial edict can be roughly divided into three contents.

One is to analyze the pros and cons.

For example, it is claimed that Tang Zibu is now in a deadly situation. Even if Wu Guo tried his best to rescue him, he would be limited by factors such as mountains and rivers, and it would be difficult to succeed.

The other is the temptation.

Cao Rui wanted Tang Zi to return to Wei with his soldiers.

Claiming that as long as Tang Zi is willing, then his previous past of rebelling against Wei and entering Wu in Licheng County will disappear with the passage of time; Xiahou Ba will do his best to accommodate him entering Guanzhong from Ziwu Valley.

Moreover, after Tang Zi entered the Wei State, he supervised the soldiers of the Ministry as before, and his official position and title would be upgraded to one level compared with that in Wu State.

That is to say, the biggest reason why the State of Wei let Xiahou Ba's troops enter the Ziwu Valley is because he valued the more than five thousand elites led by Tang Zi.

Yes, elite.

As the first-line city defending Bashu, the soldiers under Tang Zi's command rank among the best among the ministries of Wu State.

Finally, there is relief.

He claimed that after Tang Zi entered Wei, he did not need to worry about the safety of his family members staying in Jiangdong.

Now that the state of Wu was conquered by Bashu, the war on the southern front had been completely defeated, and Sun Quan could not accept another disastrous defeat on the northern front.

Therefore, at this time Jiangdong did not dare to abandon the temporary alliance of Wei Guo.

He also dared not refuse Wei Guo's not-so-excessive request for Tang Zi's family members.

Sun Quan has the tolerance of Goujian~
After reading the imperial edict, Tang Zi was in a daze for a while.

He had already learned from Jiangdong envoys that Wu Guoguo had come to rescue Shangyong city with all his strength, and he had also welcomed the Han army to send people to come and surrender.

Now welcome to Wei Guo
Before he knew it, he became the focus of the Three Kingdoms game and the object of competition.

But people have self-knowledge.

After Tang Zi was in a complicated mood for a short time, he declined the envoy of Wei Guo politely, claiming that the re-entry to Wei was unexpected for him who had been besieged for several months, and he was caught off guard.

Therefore, it was impossible to give Wei Guo an answer for a while.

Moreover, the decision to surrender is related to the fate of all soldiers, and he is not alone in his decision.

For example, the deputy general in the city who is also the leader of the army is a loyal member of the Sun family, and can also influence the decisions of some soldiers.

If he cannot reach a consensus with the lieutenant general, even if he is willing to return to Wei, he will kill each other because of the lieutenant general's opposition, making the plan to enter Guanzhong from Ziwu Valley come to naught.

After all, the prime minister's department of the Han army was stationed at the southern end of the Dushui River Valley.

If there is internal strife in Shangyong City, there is no way to hide it from the Han army.

It will also be heard by the Han army to seize the city and pursue it!
Tang Zi's reason made Xia Houba a bit wary.

Gein was unwilling to fight fiercely with the Han army unless he had to.

Not fear.

But this move violated the order of the emperor Cao Rui.

Furthermore, when war breaks out, soldiers will inevitably suffer casualties.

The purpose of recruiting the Tang Zi Department was to add troops to the Wei State, but at the cost of the loss of Wei State soldiers, and it was impossible to estimate how many soldiers Tang Zi could attract into Wei, the gain outweighed the loss.

In this regard, Xia Houba discussed with his deputy Pu Zhong, but could not make a decision.

According to what Tang Zi said, he needed time to think about it, and sent the repatriation envoy to comfort him for a while, and then sent people back to Guanzhong to report to Sima Yi.

This kind of thing, let the superiors think about it.

But what he didn't know was that Tang Zi's reply to Wei Guo was nothing more than prevarication.

The deputy general and supervisor in the city is not a loyal Sun family at all!
It was the villager who rebelled against Wei with him in the past!

Besides, so what if the deputy general in the city is loyal to the Sun family?
He has been in charge of the army in the privately owned Jiangdong for nearly [-] years, and the soldiers of this department have already "know the general but not the king"!

If he decides to enter the Wei Dynasty, whether he is loyal to the Sun family or a lieutenant general and supervisor, those who dare to disobey will be the leader of the sword, and he can still stop his decision-making!
Furthermore, he is originally from Xuzhou~
Before raising troops to rebel against Wei, it was also because of Wei's massacre of Xuzhou in the early years and heavy taxes and corvees!
If he returns to Wei, what face will he have to see his elders in his hometown?
And the reason why he and Wei Guoxu made appointments was to delay time.

In any case, as long as the Wei army is in Ziwu Valley for one day, it can more or less restrain some Han troops for Wu, and it can also give hope to the soldiers trapped in the isolated city.

In other words, he still has hope for Wu Guo.

He has been in Wu for many years, and Sun Quan has treated him well.

Therefore, he didn't want to betray Jiang Dong when Jiang Dong had tried his best to send troops to rescue him.

This can be regarded as his repayment to Jiang Dong for his kindness over the past few years.

But if Jiangdong's rescue is unfavorable and Shangyong has run out of food, then he can only "follow the trend".

And at that time, whether he voted for Wei or returned to Han, Sun Quan would not blame his family members.

The military law is as strict as that of the Wei State, and there is a saying that "those who have been attacked for a hundred days and cannot be rescued will not sit down even though they are sent home".He persisted for more than a hundred days and it was the last moment when the food was exhausted. Why does Wu have any reason to hold him accountable?

(End of this chapter)