Shu Chen

Previously he claimed that "everything can be determined by itself", but now he came back to ask "whether to strike at the right time", Cao Rui's letter did not have any words to urge the war, but it fully revealed the meaning of the urge to fight.

Sima Yi, who has been in the ups and downs of the officialdom for many years, can naturally appreciate the meaning of it.

I will not say anything else.

He directly replied to Cao Rui with the number "It is possible to attack, and the troops will be dispatched within ten days", and then began to recruit all the generals to come to Chang'an City to pool their efforts and deploy troops to dispatch matters.

At this time, the war in the three eastern counties was already in full swing.

When Wei Zhengnan General Wang Chang and Jingzhou Inspector Hu Zhi were ordered by the emperor to storm Zheng Pu's camp, they initially restrained themselves and reserved troops to guard against the return of the Han army who had rushed to the west city.

But after more than ten days of attacking the fortifications, they no longer had this thought, and ordered the whole army to attack day and night regardless of casualties.

Because when the Jiang Shu and Pang Hong troops of the Han army arrived at the Ziwu Valley, Pu Zhong, who had only [-] troops, thought he could not resist, so he followed Sima Yi's previous instructions and returned to Guanzhong, while the Han army was separated. He ordered Pang Hong's troops to guard Taniguchi, and asked Jiang Shudu to lead his headquarters to the Zhushui River Valley to confront Xiahou Xian's troops.

This move was beyond Wei Jun's expectation.

Obviously, the Guanxing Department has [-] troops, which is more than enough to confront Xiahou Xian's Department. Why did the Han army come to reinforce them instead of reinforcements to Zheng Pu's Department in the Dushui River Valley?

Xiahou Xianfu can solve it.

Nai Zuoshu sent this information back to let Wang Chang and Hu Zhi carefully hide in the Guanxing Department in Fangling City, and they might pass through the Wudang Mountains and enter the South Qinling Road: He thought that the Han army was guarding Fangling County with the Jiang Shu Department. The Guan Xing Department with more troops was able to split up and go to support Zheng Pu.

This is also the most plausible explanation.

After all, there was a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides in the Dushui River Valley in Xi County, and the Han army could only offset the disadvantage by letting Guan Xing's troops rush over.

But Hu Zhi, who had been stationed in Shangyong County, denied this inference.

He dared to assert that the Guan Xing Department would never come to Qinling South Road.

The reason is that among the three eastern counties sandwiched between the Daba Mountains and the Qinling Mountains, only the slightly flat Shangyong and Xicheng are the most conducive to farming.But now it's autumn and July, and the autumn harvest is about to begin. The Han army's fields in the three eastern counties were all taken care of by the Guanxing Department.

As for after the autumn harvest~~
He felt that Guan Xingbu would not come either.

Because counting the time, Sima Yi had already launched the decisive battle in Guanzhong at the time of the autumn harvest!

The Han army, which was in a tight battle in Guanzhong, should also let the Guanxing Department, which had sent troops from Ziwu Valley, go to Ziwu Valley to enter Guanzhong for support.

Therefore, his suggestion is not to guard against an attack from the Guan Xing Ministry.

Instead, they attacked Zheng Pu's tribe as soon as possible, and separated Xiahouba's tribe to rush to Bashan North Road to join forces with Xiahou Xian's tribe. With the absolute superiority of troops, Guan Xing's tribe did not dare to leave the three eastern counties easily.

In order to prevent all the Han army units that entered the three eastern counties from supporting Guanzhong, so that Sima Yi's battle to recover Guanzhong will be smoother and faster!
For this assertion, Wang Chang deeply agrees.

It is no secret that the Han army suffered from food and fodder difficulties.

Now that they have all gone through one-year-old conquests, they will naturally pay extra attention to the matter of on-the-spot supply of food and fodder.

But a little different from Hu Zhi's view, he felt that even if the Guan Xing Department wanted to support Zheng Pu after the autumn harvest, he had no chance!

Yes, he has great confidence to break Zheng Pu's camp before the autumn harvest!

During the confrontation for nearly three months, Hu Zhi was in charge of food, supplies and other affairs, and he, who personally supervised Jingzhou's soldiers and horses in the front, had not been doing nothing all the time.

For example, more than [-] Thunderbolt cars were severely damaged due to frequent stone throwing, so that they could not be repaired.

In other words, Zheng Pu's camp was also severely damaged.

Not only are the antlers on the periphery gone, but even the low walls and wooden railings have exposed many broken places that cannot be repaired.

Under such circumstances, he only needs to attack day and night, and does not give the Han army time to repair the camp. Breaking the camp is only a matter of time and how many soldiers are killed or injured.

Therefore, as Hu Zhi said, he sent Xiahou Ba's tribe to Bashan North Road.

And before leaving, he also told him and Xia Houxian to be ready to chase the Han army in advance.

The reason is that once Sima Yi launches a decisive battle, the Han army will inevitably find a way to divide its troops back; and if it breaks through Zheng Pu's camp on its own side, the Han army will abandon the three eastern counties and flee to Hanzhong.

Xia Houba complied with his usual expression.

But regarding the imminent victory that Wang Chang said, there was nothing in his heart.

Without him, don't believe it!
Wang Chang and Hu Zhi had never fought against Zheng Pu, so they didn't know how to use their troops. It was often a reversal of "the greater the chance of victory, the greater the crisis".

How can Zheng Pu be easily defeated!

Could it be that the generals of Yongliang who were defeated by Zheng Pu in the past were all vegetarians?
But he couldn't persuade anything.

At the time when the Wei State launched a decisive battle, he could not use his words to disrupt the morale of the army and lose his own spirit.

Besides, even if he kindly reminded Wang Chang, he might not be able to listen!
Maybe people will look down upon me!

Alas, I hope everything goes as smoothly as he said.

With anxiety in his heart, Xiahouba's military governor rushed to the Zhushui River Valley to join Xiahouxian.

For this family brother who is highly valued by the emperor Cao Rui, he has no taboos, he directly tells all the thoughts in his heart, and makes Xia Houxian ready to be chased by the Han army.

Yes, not chasing the Han army.

It was just in case Wang Chang made a mistake, and the two of them wanted to rush back to Nanyang County to ensure that the Han army might pursue them.

Xia Houxian, who had participated in the battle of Yongliang, felt sorry for him when he heard the words.

He is also not optimistic about Wang Chang's attack.

In his opinion, whether Wang Chang and Hu Zhi are good, or he and Xiahouba, as long as the Han army can be contained in the three eastern counties, it will be the best result for the benefit of the decisive battle in Guanzhong.

In this battle, which lasted for more than a year and involved all three parties, the real decisive point lies in Guanzhong!
Under the supervision of Sima Yi, the various ministries of Yongliang and Luoyang Zhongjun!

As supporters, why should they add uncertain factors?
It's just that the strong attack was ordered by the emperor Cao Rui himself, and it was also the top priority of the Wei army. Like Xia Houba, he had no room for advice.

In fact, their hunch was right.

From the moment Wang Chang and Hu Zhibu attacked day and night regardless of the casualties of soldiers, they were already in Zheng Pu's trap!

It's not that they are incompetent, nor is Zheng Pu's magic.

It's because they didn't know that the prime minister sent Jiang Shubu to Zhushuihe Valley to defend, but because all the soldiers of Guan Xingbu were surrendered by Wei, and they couldn't fight Wei Jun at all!
The starting point is wrong, how can the subsequent decision-making be correct?
A strong attack is nothing more than what others want.

Just at this time, a sudden change cast a shadow over the hearts of all Wei Jun soldiers.

When the war was in full swing, Cao Rui, who had been sitting in Wancheng and inspiring people, returned home for some reason!