Shu Chen

Xi County, the water blocking valley.

The camp of the Han army, which fell back into the water, looked a little embarrassed. The wooden fences and watch towers on the outside were damaged by stones, and occasionally there were a few inconspicuous corners, and there were still a few arrows nailed into the wood. arrow.

It has been nearly two months since the Wei army came to fight, and the thunderbolt chariots that threw stones damaged many seats due to frequent firing, and the arrows thrown by the guards to destroy the antlers also covered the entire camp several times, but they still did not touch the camp. Door.

It's not that the Wei army is incapable of attacking fortifications, but that Wang Chang and Hu Zhi have no intention of letting the soldiers die at all.

They attack every three and five times, and every time a few layers of antlers are destroyed, they will withdraw with gold.

Even the defending Han army couldn't stand it anymore.

With such a playful tactics, Wei Jun's efficiency in destroying the antlers is not as fast as they can repair them!

However, every time Zheng Pu made a military report to pass on to the prime minister, he always had a feeling of being unable to write.

Without him, the food stock in the camp would decrease every day.

Wei Jun's delaying tactics brought the war into a stalemate, and also made him usher in the situation he was most unwilling to face-according to the situation, it was impossible for Sima Yi to launch a decisive battle against Wei Wei before he ran out of food.

After the prime minister in Xicheng learned about it, he made some slight adjustments to the deployment.

Before he wrote the book, he asked Fei Yi, who lives in Ji County, Longyou, to send someone to transport some grain and fodder before the autumn harvest.

Not much.

It is enough to allow Zheng Pu and the soldiers under the command of Guan Xing to persist until the autumn grain harvest in the East Three Counties.

In desperation, the prime minister had no choice but to use the grain reserves in Fuguan!
The food and fodder of the various ministries participating in the war in the three eastern counties were previously supplied by Shu, Ba, and Hanzhong counties.

Because the villages in Longyou and Guanzhong had to be reserved for Wei Yan, Wu Ban, and Jiang Wei.

After all, even if Sima Yi launched a decisive battle as the Han army wished, and Wei Yan and other ministries also defeated it as they wished, they still need enough food and fodder after the war to ensure that the Han army can have a strong background, and the counties and counties in the eastern part of Guanzhong. All the ferries or passes have been knocked down, and all of them are located in the pass.

Avoid the old story of the battle of Guandu.

After Wei Wu Cao Cao defeated Yuan Jun, he was unable to sweep Hebei in one go, so the war was delayed for many years.

The Han army cannot repeat the same mistakes.

And the exhausted national power has no foundation for repeating the same mistakes.

But now~
The prime minister has the right to choose the lesser of two evils.

Moreover, in the letter sent to Zheng Pu, the prime minister also cryptically asked, if troops were dispatched from Guanzhong to the three eastern counties, which one would be dispatched would not affect the overall situation.

In other words, the prime minister is already considering increasing the bargaining chip to lure the enemy.

Think about it, there is nothing wrong with it.

Sima Yi's inability to shrink back must have been apprehensive, or he had a vague insight into what the Han army was planning.

However, looking at Wei Caorui personally sitting in Wancheng and Luoyang Zhongjun still in Guanzhong, the prime minister can also infer that they really have plans to launch a decisive battle in Guanzhong.

The delay in moving now is nothing more than the temptation not being strong enough!
In any case, according to the strategic significance of Guanzhong, both the Han Dynasty and the Wei State are eager to pursue it.

Therefore, in order to let the Wei army decide the decisive battle as soon as possible, the prime minister wanted to reduce some troops in Guanzhong, so that Sima Yi could give it a go with more peace of mind.

Of course, this approach is not without its disadvantages.

Chang'an is the old capital of the Han Dynasty, and it is also an important town guarding Yongliang against the Wei Dynasty.

It has always been guarded by heavy soldiers, its walls are seven feet high, and there are sufficient supplies and food in the city, so it can be called indestructible. 【Note 1】

If the conventional method of attacking the besieged city is used, it may not be possible to break through in a year or two.

The most effective way to siege the city is to wipe out all the counties and counties in Guanzhong, leaving Chang'an helpless from inside and outside, and then besiege it until it runs out of food or internal chaos, and it will collapse without attack.

But now that the prime minister plans to mobilize part of the troops and supplies in Guanzhong, it will make it difficult for Wei Yan and other ministries to defeat the enemy in one battle; The long-cherished wish of letting the big man return to the old capital will come true later.

Yes, I am afraid that the prime minister will not be able to wait until the day when he returns to the old capital.

After the weather improved in the summer, but his health still did not improve, he did not dare to place too much hope on whether he could survive the next winter and spring.

But in the face of personal dreams and national achievements, he still made a choice.

If you can't see it, you won't see it.

As long as Sima Yi can be lured into a decisive battle against Wei, as long as Wei Yan and other ministries can create opportunities to defeat the main force against Wei, it will be the general trend for the big man to return to the old capital!
At most, he can wait for the sacrificial oration of the good news under the Nine Netherworld.

Didn't the late Emperor, Marquis Guan, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Wu Yi and other long-dead people also wait for this day under the Nine Netherworld?
he can wait
With such thoughts in mind, there was a matter of the prime minister writing a letter and discussing with Zheng Pu which army and horse in Guanzhong should be transferred.

When Zheng Pu read the letter, he could roughly guess the regret of the prime minister.

It was difficult for him to accept this.

Although he has been an official for many years, both emotionally and intellectually, he has long regarded the revival of the Han Dynasty as a struggle in his life, but he has not forgotten the original intention that prompted him to embark on an official career.

Do what you can to fight for the restoration of the Han Dynasty; do everything you can to let the prime minister fulfill his long-cherished wish to return to the old capital.

However, reality is often cruel.

Faced with the situation that Sima Yi had never sent troops against the Wei Dynasty, he had no better way for a while.

At least, there is no better way to increase the bargaining chip like the prime minister.

He could only use a trick of procrastination.

In the reply, he claimed that the method of mobilizing the soldiers and horses guarding Guanzhong to the three eastern counties should not be done until the last step.

There are two reasons.

One, there is no need to be in a hurry.

Now that the prime minister has asked Fei Yi of Longyou to start the transfer of grain and fodder, the Han army can at least last until the end of this year's winter and spring in the stalemate in the three eastern counties; during this period, the Han army may not be unable to wait for the turnaround .

On the other hand, this move may cause unpredictable dangers.

The big Han now has nearly 110,000 troops in Guanzhong, which is not a huge disparity in strength against Wei's army of about [-] in Guanzhong.

But if you think about it carefully, you will find that the Han army does not actually have an advantage.

For example, the defense points of the various ministries of the Han army are somewhat scattered, and it is difficult to quickly gather together to fight when they are passively waiting for a decisive battle.

There is also the issue of the combat power of soldiers.

Indeed, the morale of the Yongliang and Liang ministries of the Wei State has been beaten down by the big man.

But now in the army of Wei State in Guanzhong, nearly [-] cavalry are the Luoyang Zhongjun;

They who have destroyed Liaodong Gongsun, defeated Xianbei, and repeatedly defeated Jiangdong have no such thing as low morale.

And the armaments are excellent, and almost everyone is fully equipped with armor.

Although the Han army was elite, and Wei Yan and others were also brave, they might not be able to defeat them in a single battle after they were mobilized.
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[Note 1: "Book of the Later Han Dynasty Dong Zhuo Biography" also built a dock in Mei, seven feet high and thick, and the name was "Long Live Wu"; . 】