The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 235 During the Northern Expedition ([-])
After receiving the news of Guan Yi's invasion, Sima Wang quickly changed his strategy: Chang'an can provide 30 shi of grain and [-] shi of hay to the bald-haired department to help the bald-haired department survive this winter.The baldness department is also allowed to temporarily live in Fuping County this winter.He, Sima Wang, can also personally give some burning knives to the senior executives of the bald hair department.But as a price, the Bald Hair Department will provide the Chang'an Army with [-] cavalry and [-] horses.

As the leader of such a large tribe, Bald Tree has the potential to be a hero.From Sima Wang's sudden softening attitude, he keenly discovered the problem.

"The people of Jin suddenly softened. There is no doubt that the Han State further south started the Northern Expedition again."

"Then what should we do about tree function? Send people to find the Han people further south?"

"No, it is omnipotent. We are now far away from the Han people and close to the Jin people. The hay in the tribe is getting less and less, and we need the support of the Jin people for the time being. Therefore, we still have to agree to Sima Wang's conditions and send cavalry. "

"I understand. Our soldiers are going to be dispatched, but in the end who will fight depends on the situation on the battlefield to make a judgment, right?"

"Hahaha, and Almighty, you are really the wise man of our bald hair department. That's what I think. Then, can you lead these 5000 people?"

"Okay! Please leave it to me. I also want to see what the Han people in the south look like."

"Okay, let's stop here temporarily. After the food from the Jin people arrives, we still have to send troops. Don't take down the Jin people and always say that we have broken our promises."

"Hehehe, tree function, why did you drop your bookbags like those Jin people?"

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After Sima Wang settled the bald hair department, he urgently sent envoys to the Fuyi Guard Army Headquarters to visit Li Mu, the leader of the Di people.

"The general situation is like this. General Zhengxi hopes that the Eastern Qiang hunters will send no less than 1 troops to the west to Beidi County. Help me, Dajin, monitor the Bald Hair Department."

"Please envoys to report to General Zhengxi, Li Mu takes orders!"

"Good! Please don't worry, General Li. General Zhengxi is the most particular about what he does. So he won't let General Li make this trip in vain. One hundred thousand shi of grain, 30 shi of hay. Help the nobles survive this winter. "

"Hey, we Di people have received too much favor from the Sima family! It's really embarrassing. Please tell the envoy to tell General Zhengxi that the Di people will not let the Xianbei barbarians go south!"

The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Di, and Qiang are four foreign ethnic groups that are close to the Central Plains and have a strong tendency to migrate inward due to the pressure of survival (the Jie ethnic group is still a vassal of the Huns, and the population of this ethnic group is too small).The Di people have the highest degree of Sinicization, relatively speaking, they are also the least aggressive, and they are the most accepted by the Han people among the four alien races.Therefore, after Sima Wang was about to leave a group of strong men from the bald department, he immediately asked the Di people to help contain the Xianbei people——Zi Chugong is already in his sixties, and he would not be naive to think that it only depends on that Grain and grass can completely appease the bald part.

On the fifth day of October, Guan Yi entered the Guanzhong Plain.Then, with thunderous speed, it took down Mei County, which was not heavily defended, on the sixth day of October.

On the eighth day of the eighth day, Sima Wang got the news and quickly reached an agreement with the baldness department.On the [-]th, Sima Wang led his army back to Chang'an and immediately began to prepare for battle.Since the [-] troops he led at the beginning were already armed and ready for battle, this process was completed quickly.On the [-]th, after all the soldiers, horses, food and grass were ready, Sima Wang led a [-]-strong army to set off from Chang'an, heading west to Wuzhangyuan, where Mei County is located.On the [-]th, Sima Wang's entire army arrived at Mei County.

At this time, ten days had passed since Guan Yi took over Mei County.

What did Guan Yi do during these ten days?Three things: strengthen the defense of Mei County, build a new castle on the south bank of the Wei River opposite Mei County, and send Huangfu Kai to hook up with the Guanzhong clan.

The distance between Mei County and Chang'an is about 120 kilometers (straight-line distance). Because the two places are on the Guanzhong Plain, the actual distance and the straight-line distance between the two places are not much different.In short, once the cavalry is running, it can be completed within a day.The fact that Guan Yi's army was stuck here meant that the tip of a knife was on Chang'an's throat, and Sima Wang's Guanzhong army would be forced to concentrate and garrison between Mei County and Chang'an, unable to move at all.

In Guan Yi and Jiang Wei's plan before dispatching troops, Guan Yi's road is likely to be blocked at the exit of Xiegu for a long time.In this way, although Guan Yi will restrain most of Sima Wang's troops, he should be able to send some reinforcements to support Hu Fen in Longxi.Therefore, Jiang Wei's psychological expectation is to deal with Hu Fen's 8 to 8 people with 5 people. (Hu Fen's Longxi Army had only [-] people).

Then Jiang Wei and Hu Fen circled in Longxi, while Guan Yi had to break through Xiegu's defense as quickly as possible and go out to Mei County.After taking down Mei County, the troops sent by Sima Wang to support Hu Fen had to return to the defense as soon as possible. At that time, the Jin troops who were exposed to the wild would naturally be taught by Jiang Wei what is the military strategy of the strongest field commander in this era. .

As a result, God Blessed Sima, when he appeared at the exit of Xiegu, Zi Chuzheng was in Beidi County to appease the bald hair department.There was no one defending the inclined valley at all.So Guan Yi made a decisive decision, and the whole army immediately went out to Mei County.

The defenders in Mei County were less than [-]. Seeing Guan Yi's large army, of course they left without a fight.Guan Yi very smoothly achieved the goal that was expected to be possible only in the middle of the war in the early stage of the war.

After taking Mei County, Guan Yi immediately ordered Qianhong and Zhao Yi to lead [-] cavalry to go out.All the way to the east, unfold the cavalry security screen.All the way to the south, under the leadership of Huangfu Kai, contact or intimidate those powerful families who made their homes at the junction of the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains and the Guanzhong Plain-this is the food and grass supply channel for the Guanyi detachment of the Shu Han Army in the future. Mistake—I greeted you first, and it would be best for you to support us in the upcoming war, and it is completely acceptable to remain neutral.If anyone dares to sneak attack Lao Tzu's food road, our cavalry will come to your house immediately, and we guarantee that no chicken or dog will be left behind!
After distributing the cavalry, Guan Yi ordered the crossbowmen and mandarin duck soldiers not to disarm to strengthen their combat readiness.The remaining [-] troops, together with the first batch of [-] civilians who accompanied the army, were divided into two parts: one third was reinforced with cement and the city wall of Mei County was raised.Two-thirds went to build a small city with a radius of only ten miles on the south bank of the Wei River, facing the county seat of Mei County.

With the climate of the Little Glacier becoming more and more powerful, the bamboo forests that could be seen everywhere on the Guanzhong Plain in the early Western Han Dynasty have completely disappeared by now.So the bamboo-reinforced concrete walls are completely ignored, but the current Guan Da Sima is no longer the poor man in Fuling County.Da Sima, who had a lot of money and food in his hands, directly put on iron wire to make bones this time, and a poor-quality reinforced concrete wall covered with cement.

Speaking of which, China's rammed-earth architecture has already reached its extreme in this era.Its architectural strength is not inferior to those buildings in modern society.The most intuitive example is: the straight road in the Qin Dynasty was built from the third century BC to the 21st century AD. After more than 2000 years of wind and rain, there was no grass growing on the straight road!
However, the biggest disadvantage of rammed earth construction compared with cement construction is that it takes too long and consumes too much manpower.Sima Wang is not a mediocre general, and his reaction speed is absolutely fast enough. If there is no cement, Guan Yi would not dare to be so crazy. He would directly drive all the troops into the hinterland of the Guanzhong Plain without winning the field battle. .

In 234 AD, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu Han, launched the fifth Northern Expedition with desperate ideas.After exiting Xiegu and entering Wuzhangyuan, facing Sima Yi's army, he did not dare to advance recklessly—if he did not wipe out the opponent's field corps, he would continue to move forward, and the food road would be exposed to the opponent's attack range down ah.

And what about Guan Yi's Northern Expedition this time?Blessed by the heavens, he actually entered the Guanzhong Plain so smoothly.Although the force in his hands is less than half of that of Zhuge Liang back then, Sima Wang does not have the 20 troops of Sima Yi in his hands.Therefore, Guan Yi, who is extremely courageous, is going to play big this time.

Take Mei County on the north bank of the Weishui River, and build a new city on the opposite bank of Mei County.The two cities are linked by ziplines.After that, the follow-up food and grass transferred from Xiegu can directly enter the new city to supply the whole army.The Wei River will no longer cause trouble to the advance and retreat of the Shu Han army and the grain road.This one.

The [-] Shu Han army was nailed to Mei County, and Sima Wang's entire army was not allowed to advance westward. Jiang Wei's corps formed a military advantage over the Hu Fen corps. General Jiang Wei won the battle.The name of the contemporary first field commander is not covered.As long as Guan Yi is nailed here, Liangzhou is almost within reach.This second.

After all, the Jin Empire is the largest country in the world, and sooner or later it will send a large number of reinforcements into Guanzhong.Then enter Longxi from Guanzhong.The so-called army has not moved, food and grass move first.The larger the army, the higher the dependence on logistics.According to the general situation, in the past, Cao Wei sent troops and materials to Longxi, usually starting from Chang'an, and then the materials were boarded, and went west along the Weishui River to Chencang (the Weishui River above Chencang came from the high altitude area of ​​​​Longshan Mountain, and the water was relatively fast. , unfavorable for shipping), and then disembarked and headed north to Qinchuan, walked through Jieting, and entered Longxi.

Now, Guan Yi is stuck on the Wei River.In the ancient times when there were no highways, it would cost and time to abandon the waterway and go by land, which would be too much!

Guan Yi personally sits at the key node of Mei County, and everything is to buy as much time as possible for Jiang Wei to win the five counties of Longxi!
(End of this chapter)