Shu Chen

In this war between the Wei and Wu alliances against Han, Jiangdong's deployment was not so much an offensive as a defensive.

For example, Lu Xun took responsibility for the defeat of the previous war with the position of the Great Governor, and returned to Wu in advance to supervise the fundamental land of Jiangdong to recuperate; while Quan Cong took his headquarters to Xiling Gorge, guarding Yizhou and leaving Jingzhou together with Bu Zhi. even Sun Quan personally sits in Jiangling City.

Only Zhu Ran led more than ten thousand people to the bank of Zhushui (South River) on Bashan North Road.

Perhaps, such an arrangement is not an exception.

Among the ministries in Jiangdong, the one who has no time to rest after a big defeat but is still able to fight is none other than Zhu Ran, who has been guarding the front line for a long time; and only Zhu Ran can make his soldiers willing to rush to the battlefield again.

However, this time he has no intention of crossing the river.

Even the pontoon bridge was not built, and they looked across the water from the camp of the Han army.

But everyone knows that Jiangdong has no intention of fighting the Han army again.

The troops were sent out in response to Wei's offensive.

The Han army, who knew this well, also had no intention of consuming each other with Jiangdong again.

If you don't want to, it's really impossible.

The exhaustion of division veterans is inevitable, and the biggest factor that has always restricted the Han army-the problem of unsustainable food and fodder has struck again.

Although the supply of grain and fodder for the war in the three eastern counties was transferred from Shu and Bazhong to Hanzhong County from the ancient Miicang Road, and then along the Mian River to the east, the road and transportation were less difficult than supplying the war in Guanzhong.However, the war against Wu started at the beginning of autumn last year, and it has lasted for more than half a year, and the manpower and material resources are on the verge of limit.

Coupled with the fact that the spring plowing had just passed and the harvest season was about to enter, the prime minister did not want to waste the limited grain and fodder in dispensable wars.

Yes, optional.

For today's big Han, the strategic goal of prompting Jiangdong's return of troops and the Wei State's attack has been achieved. It only needs to wait for the main force of Wei State Yongliang and Luoyang Zhongjun to launch a decisive battle in Guanzhong. Why continue to fight Jiangdong?
Therefore, the prime minister's arrangement for Guan Xingbu was also tacit as Jiang Dong wished.

It was to let Guan Xing lead more than [-] soldiers to camp on the west bank of Zhushui. The rest of the soldiers began to work hard in the spring and summer in the valley bottom of Shangyong-Fangling long before the Tang Zibu surrendered.

But for the Qinling South Road, they dare not take it lightly.

The Prime Minister left more than a thousand men to garrison Shangyong City, and he introduced [-] soldiers to the West City to guard the transportation of grain from Hanzhong to the three eastern counties. The remaining [-] soldiers were transferred to Zheng Pu to guard the Dushui River Valley.

This time the Wei State invaded with a lot of troops.

After Wei Zhengnan's general Wang Chang and Hu Zhi's troops entered Wudang County to garrison, they accumulated [-] soldiers within a month or so.

As for Xiahouba's tribe that was originally in the Ziwu Valley, more than [-] people from Puzhong's tribe continued to stay at Nangukou, and they led more than [-] soldiers and horses out of Wuguan to Wudang County.

And according to the news from the detailed work, Xia Houxian who was stationed in Huainan also led more than [-] people and was on his way to Wancheng.

Gain Cao Rui will personally come to Wancheng to sit in town.

In the real situation that Luoyang's Chinese army was almost guarding Guanzhong, he had no choice but to dispatch some troops from Huainan to escort them.

Although Xiahou Xianbu should not participate in the battle, with the arrival of his army supervisor, Wang Chang and Hu Zhi no longer have to worry about the future, and they rushed to block the water valley with all their troops.Moreover, Wang Chang and Hu Zhi, who have been guarding the Jingxiang front all year round, have never faced a big man, and the morale of the soldiers under their supervision has not been as low as that of the Yongliang ministries. The generals felt that this battle could make them flourish.

Without him, the advantages and disadvantages of the Han and Wei dynasties are too great.

There is no need for many troops.

The Wei State was nearly three times the size of the Han army, and it had been recharging its energy, while the veterans of the Han army were exhausted.

As for the supply of food, fodder and other things, Wei Guo does not need to worry about it.With the supplies from the villages in the counties of Nanyang County and the two prefectures of Henan and Yanzhou, it will be no problem for them to delay the war for a year or a half.

In fact, this is what Wang Chang and Hu Zhi planned.

As those who are qualified to know the reasons why Cao Rui condescended to join the Jiangdong alliance and initiated this war, they also know their responsibilities.

In this battle, Cao Rui didn't expect them to defeat the Han army, capture or capture many soldiers, etc., but they must contain Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister against Shu, and Zheng Pu, the "big trouble of Wei", in the three eastern counties.

The longer the better.

This will make it easier for Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, to find opportunities to recapture Guanzhong and Longdong.

Therefore, they discussed it in private, but adopted a very conservative tactic.

When the warlords came to Dushui River Valley to attack Zheng Pu's camp, they did not order the soldiers to attack immediately, but transferred all the thunderbolt chariots, rhubarb crossbows and other equipment from the Jingxiang front, intending to use equipment to attack fortified areas and delay one or two Let's talk again.

Such a tactic is in the arms of the Han army.

In the decision of the prime minister and Zheng Pu, the original intention was to make the war in the three eastern counties protracted, so that Wei Guo felt that Guanzhong had an opportunity to take advantage of it.

But this move also hit the underbelly of the Han army's lack of food and supplies and the fatigue of the veterans.

It also made Zheng Pu fall into a passive state.

Originally, he thought that the Wei army, which had an absolute advantage, would rush to attack day and night as soon as the troops arrived, and he would find an opportunity to attack in his eagerness for quick success.

He didn't expect how many Wei soldiers could be killed or wounded by this opportunity to attack, and he didn't expect a battle to decide the outcome.

Instead, he only wanted to win a small victory for a while, so that the morale of the Wei army was low, so that he only needed to keep more than [-] people guarding the valley to ensure that the camp was not lost, and let the other soldiers go back to rest in turn.

In this way, the troubles such as exhaustion of teachers and soldiers and food and fodder can be easily solved.

However, Wang Chang and Hu Zhi's abnormal behavior made him only passively continue to confront them, worrying about the dwindling food supply.

The food and fodder in his camp can only last three months, not even this year's autumn harvest.

This is the limit of Bashu's supply, and it is also the limit that the prime minister can give him.

Because the Guan Xing Department guarding the bank of Zhushui, the prime minister inferred that Jiangdong was impossible to attack, and asked Guan Xing to allocate rations to the soldiers according to the state of defense, not according to wartime.

In other words, the great man who had been in the Northern Expedition for more than ten years had reached an unsustainable level regardless of manpower or material resources.

This is also the reason why the Han army, knowing that the food and supplies are not sustainable, can't give up the three eastern counties that are like chicken ribs, and go back to Hanzhong to rest. "The long-cherished wish will be put on hold for the time being, and it will not be realized until the national power recovers after ten or eight years of recuperation.

In fact, Zheng Pu thought about taking the initiative.

But seeing that the Wei army was heavily guarded and his own forces were at a disadvantage, he gave up the unrealistic idea.

Could it be that the only plan now is to hope that Sima Yi will send troops within three months?

Zheng Pu looked at the Wei military camp in the distance, feeling helpless in his heart.