Wanli 1592

Chapter 857 Mawei is determined to fight Li Wen to the death in Hanzhong
A small part of the military rations in the northwest is self-sufficient in Guanzhong, but the grain production in Guanzhong has been declining year after year, and the land has been merged seriously, and it has long been unable to supply the military. Therefore, most of the military rations are provided by Shuzhong. Now Hanzhong is occupied, and the grain roads in Shuzhong are cut off. If Li Wen does not come If you attack, you will starve to death sooner or later.

There are two best ways for Li Wen to enter the army. One is to take the Lianyun plank road and attack Hanzhong from Baoji south. This road was rebuilt and overhauled in Hongwu 25 years ago. The northern section connects to the Chencang ancient road. Troops are advancing, so this path is certain.

The other road should be Qishan Road. It is very close to Tianshui when sending troops from Guyuan. At the beginning of Zhuge Liang's northern expedition to Tianshui, there are waterways here, which are good for transporting food and troops. It is also a road you can choose.

The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult for an army of [-] to walk on the same road at the same time. Attack, using Tianshui as a breakthrough point, cross the Qinling Mountains, walk the Weishui River eastward into the Guanzhong Plain, and realize the fierce attack on Baoji.

Therefore, Li Wen will definitely send his soldiers and horses to Baoji and Tianshui respectively, and connect the soldiers and horses of Xi'an, Baoji, and Tianshui through the Weishui River to form a solid line of defense, so as to achieve a stable and undefeated situation first. Then prepare to attack.

Judging from the current situation in Hanzhong, as long as Li Wen does this, he is right.

As long as the three areas of Xi'an, Tianshui, and Baoji are firmly suppressed by Li Wen's garrison, under the threat of superior forces, Liu Ting and Ma Wei's approach will actually be blocked. If they attack frontally, no matter how they go None are dominant.

On the contrary, if Li Wen entered the army, he would take the initiative, and he could attack Hanzhong in two ways.

The fact that the road to Shu is difficult has not been improved until now. The road before Liu Ting and Ma Wei is no different from the situation Zhuge Liang faced back then.

The only difference is the situation. Xiao Ruxun is the general trend of the world, and Xiao Ruxun is also the grain road in the middle of Shu. Li Wen is much more anxious than Liu Ting and Ma Wei now, because he doesn't have much food to squander, while Liu Ting and Ma Wei are There is plenty of grain.

Li Wen must attack, otherwise there will be no way out, and he has no reinforcements, which is most beneficial to Liu Ting and Ma Wei. Liu Ting and Ma Wei can achieve their goals without taking the initiative to attack.

After thinking about it, the two gradually changed their views.

"Otherwise, let's just wait for work! Don't take the initiative to attack. Anyway, Li Wen will definitely fight for food. He has superior forces. There is no need to be afraid of us. He will definitely fight. We just stay in Hanzhong and wait for work. Hanzhong eats him!"

Liu Ting touched his head and made such a point.

Ma Wei looked at Liu Ting.

"That's a good idea. It's too difficult for us to take the initiative to attack. In the mountains of the Qinling Mountains, defense is always easier than offense!"

"That's right!"

Liu Ting nodded: "We have cut off the grain road, we can't transport food from the imperial court, and we have also cut off the Grand Canal. If Li Wen is sober, he will definitely mobilize soldiers from the four towns to go south with us. Let's fight to the death, and let's wait for work!"

Ma Wei looked at the map and said: "In this way, we have to defend Hanzhong, lest Li Wen really snatch Hanzhong away, that would be bad. The military is not the same, and we cannot underestimate them."

Liu Ting also nodded.

"But one thing."

Ma Wei smiled: "The frontier army of the four towns is used to deal with the northern captives. They are good at cavalry combat on the grasslands, but they are not so good at facing the difficult mountain roads of Qinling, Sichuan and Shu. For this place, my subordinates Zhennan Army, the Sichuan soldiers under your command are very good at it, this is our advantage."

Liu Ting was right after thinking about it, so he laughed.

"Hahaha, it's true if you say that, we're just waiting for work, but..."

Liu Ting pointed to the other two roads on the map: "Will they take Luogu Road or Meridian Road to attack us?"

Ma Wei looked at Liu Ting and asked, "Do you know what happens when you go to Ziwu Valley or Luogu?"

Liu Ting shook his head.

"never heard of that."

"In the fourth year of Wei Taihe, Cao Zhen was in charge of the army and decided to march from Ziwu Valley to attack Zhuge Liang in Hanzhong. As a result, there was heavy rain. Wei Yan said that it would take ten days to complete the journey, but he only walked halfway in a month. He ran out of supplies and the morale of the army. Low, the damage was serious before the battle, and finally had to retreat.

In February of the tenth year of Jin Yonghe, Huanwen made a northern expedition and ordered Sima Xun to send troops from Ziwu Road to attack Qin together. As a result, Qin Prime Minister Fu Xiong led [-] cavalry to defeat Sima Xun on Ziwu Road and forced him to retreat. "

Ma Wei told Liu Ting completely about these two battles: "Who doesn't know Ziwu Valley? The roads are difficult and the transportation volume is difficult. It is especially difficult for a large group of people to go south. If you want to open up the situation on Ziwu Road, you have to pack lightly and lightly. Small troops No, but what threat does this pose to us?
As for Luogu, don't even think about it. Li Bai's road to Shu is difficult to write about Luogu. , Cao Zhen's son Cao Shuang was planted in Luogu Road.

The only thing that poses a big threat to us is probably the Baoxie Road. The exit of the Baoxie Road is the closest to Hanzhong, and it is also a large commercial station in Shushu. It has been renovated many times since Tang Dynasty, but as long as we firmly hold Baocheng, this is not a problem. "

"You know that much? Have you ever read a book?"

Liu Ting didn't know a lot of Chinese characters, so he was curious that Ma Wei knew this.

"This is the commander's request. All the 500 veterans of the Zhennan Army can read and write, and the least can read and write more than [-] characters. All of us senior generals have been taught by Mr. Yuan Huang to read history books, especially These are some classic battle examples, we should memorize them by heart, this is the foundation!"

Ma Wei immediately felt the suppression of Liu Ting's knowledge, and immediately understood what kind of mentality a literati has when facing a general who doesn't know a lot of big characters.

Cool!
Liu Ting touched his head in embarrassment. Out of awe of knowledge, he asked Ma Wei hesitantly: "Well, brother, tell me, how should we defend? Can we keep Hanzhong and keep them at the same time?" Eat them all in Hanzhong?"

Mawei stared at the map for a while.

"When the Shu Han defended Hanzhong, there were two sets of tactics, one was the tactics of Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang, and the other was the tactics of Jiang Wei."

Liu Ting hurriedly said: "Then use the tactics of Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan. I still know this. Jiang Wei lost Hanzhong in the end, and the Shu Han was wiped out. So let's use the tactics of Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan! How to fight?"

"It depends on the situation! At the beginning, Wang Ping divided his troops to defend Yangping Pass and Xingshi Mountain, as well as the two cities of Han and Le. Their numbers are superior, and when their veterans are exhausted and their food and grass are scarce, they will be finished."

A confident expression appeared on Mawei's face.

"We can't learn from Jiang Wei. If we really want to let them in, the surrounding area of ​​Hanzhong is flat, and we have a small number of people in a decisive battle on the flat ground. We don't know whether we eat them or they are made dumplings by us. After a long journey, they must be short of food and grass. .

As long as we stick to it for a month, they will definitely run out of food. At that time, we have the final say, and I don't plan to put them back!Alright, buddy, we can start to repair those deserted and similar military strongholds back then! "

Ma Wei is determined to fight Li Wen to the death in Hanzhong.

(End of this chapter)