The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 239 When the Northern Expedition is in progress ([-])
The current governor of Yongzhou and general Hu Fen of Zhenxi in the state of Jin has been rolling on the Eastern Front in his early years.The understanding of the Western Front is generally learned from the residence newspaper.

Over the past few decades, Hu Fen has formed a certain inertia of thinking towards the Shu Han and Jiang Wei:
[-]. The Shu Han country is small and weak, unable to attack on multiple routes at the same time.So either Longxi or Guanzhong.

8. Now that Jiang Wei has appeared in Longxi, and there are an unprecedented [-] to [-] people.Then Guanzhong must be peaceful.

[-]. Since Guanzhong is calm, my strategy here is to find a strong city and then send a messenger to notify Sima Wang in Guanzhong.After that, the entire Yongliang army was integrated.Then go into a field battle with Jiang Wei.

Fourth, the Shu Han country is still small and weak, the more troops are sent, the more food and grass cannot be supplied.This time Jiang Wei brought so many people here, as long as I stick to it long enough.Maybe Jiang Wei retreated before Sima Wang's reinforcements arrived.

In a word: If you want to surround Ying, you go, and I will continue to hide in Jicheng and ignore you.After waiting for more than half a month, the reinforcements from Guanzhong arrived, and your food should start to be a little tight.At that time, it is the time for me to attack.

But Hu Fen's dream didn't last long.On the eighth day of October, Duan Zhuo from Shangbei brought him bad news.

"You mean, Jiang Wei built a dam on the upper reaches of the Jing River, planning to launch a water attack on Shangyu City?"

"That's right, General Zhenxi. The dam is not far from Shangyu City, we can see it clearly from the top of the city."

"Hiss, but to block the river and build a dam, and then destroy the water flow released by the dam to break down the city wall. How high will the dam have to be built? Then where did Jiang Wei get so many manpower?"

"This subordinate is not very clear. General Duan sent his subordinates here, first to tell General Zhenxi the movements of the Shu thieves. Second, I hope the general can send reinforcements as soon as possible!"

"Well, you came out of Shangyu City, and you were not blocked by anything?"

"No. The Shu thieves didn't completely cut off the traffic inside and outside the city. As long as they didn't get close to the construction site where they built the dam, they wouldn't be embarrassed when entering and leaving the city."

"Tsk tsk, this Jiang Boyue made it clear that he wants Ben to fight him outside Shangbei City!"

Since receiving Jiang Wei's large-scale invasion on the fifth day of October, Hu Fen urgently summoned the scattered Longxi Army to move closer to Jicheng.At the same time, a messenger was sent to Guanzhong to ask for help.But it's only the eighth day of October, and the envoys sent to Guanzhong are still on their way.As for our army, the one farthest from the headquarters, the Wenyang Department, which was sent to Anding County to quell the local Qiang rebellion, probably hasn't received the order to return to the army.

This Shu thief came too suddenly!Didn't it be agreed that the troops would be dispatched after spring plowing next year?Let's not talk about sending troops at this time, it's freezing.Those civilian husbands who accompany the army will not be able to participate in next year's spring plowing.In a poor and small country like yours, you don't take a year of spring plowing seriously, do you want to live?
But Shu Han's internal affairs did not require him to worry about Hu Fen.The most urgent task at the moment is how to solve the siege of Shangbei.

"Go down and rest first. Ben will need to think about how to deal with Jiang Boyue."

"Here! This subordinate is waiting for the general's orders at the posthouse."

After waving away Duan Zhuo's envoy, Hu Fen only felt a pain in his head: "Come here, go and invite Xuan Si and Ji Wei."

Ji Wei is Wen Yang's younger brother Wen Hu.The fate of the two brothers was rough, and they supported each other.During the battle, Wenyang is responsible for charging, and Wenhu is responsible for commanding the follow-up soldiers to respond.Therefore, although this martial name is not as good as that of his elder brother, he is actually a very good lieutenant general.

Xuan Si is Wang Chang's second son, Wang Shen.His elder brother is Wang Hun Wang Xuanchong, who is now the actual controller of the Jingzhou Army of the Jin Empire.As the second son, Wang Shen's military strategy is not as good as his brother's, but his political strategy is much higher.On the historical plane, this Wang Shen later became the governor of Jizhou in the Western Jin Dynasty.In this plane, after he followed Hu Fen to Longxi, he helped Hu Fen do many things in terms of civil affairs.Effectively appease the foreigners who are about to move in this place.

"Both of you, this is the general situation on the front line of Shangyu. At present, our Longxi Army has 5 troops, and there are 1 people there. Jicheng has only gathered more than 3 people, and there are nearly [-] more people left. , respectively led by Ciqian and Shiyuan (Hu Yuan) to counter the rebellion, it is estimated that it will take at least half a month to come back. How should our army deal with it now? Please give me your advice.”

As a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Wang Shen was of course also from a wealthy family.His career history is the highest among the three present.But the Taiyuan Wang family had a good tutor (one of Wang Chang's masterpieces is the family ring), so Wang Shen, who knew that he was not good at military strategy, raised his hand towards Wenhu.

The brothers of the Wen family have worked as cold benches in Luoyang for many years, and their arrogance has long since been washed clean.Seeing Wang Shen raised his hand towards himself, Wen Hu quickly stood up, saluted the two of them, and said, "General Zhenxi, Chang Shi, the last general thought that it would take a long time to block the river and build a dam. Not ten and a half days It can be completed within a month. Moreover, it is already October, and the water volume of the Jing River is already small, and it will only get smaller in winter. So even if Jiang Wei wants to break the city with water, it will take at least a month. At that time , the reinforcements from Guanzhong should arrive anyway. Therefore, it is still best for our army to stand still. The general is just a little humble, and I ask the two superiors to correct me."

"Well, General, I think what Ji Wei said is right. In addition, besides urging Ciqian and Shiyuan's troops to return to Jian as soon as possible, we should also send envoys to contact the Qiang people. It is best to let them send troops to come. support."

"Speaking of this, hey..." Hu Fen sighed: "Xuansi, you have been in Longxi for several years. You should know that Deng Shizai conquered Shu five years ago and confiscated many cattle and horses from the nearby Qiang tribe. In the end, all these things were lost. Not only did they come back, but they also lost five thousand young and strong Qiang people. Although Deng Shizai bought these things with money at the beginning, the Qiang people don’t think so. They only think that the things they rented out have only been received once. The rent is all gone.”

"And these years, Ma Chao's grandson named Ma Jie and the Tianshui rebel named Long Yu wandered around the nearby Qiang tribe every day. I am only worried that the hearts of the Qiang people are no longer with us. "

"Hehehe, general, this is not the case. The Qiang people don't rest on culture and virtue, but only value benefits. They don't accept enlightenment, but only value force. We have a lot of food in Jicheng, as long as we take out enough food, and order Ciqian to return If you visit most of the Qiang people on the way, you should be able to find a lot of reinforcements."

"Well, Xuan Si is right. Does Xuan Si have a specific goal?"

"Yes, and it's the only target: Yao Kehui, the great chieftain of the Qiang people nomadic in Longxi, Xiping, and Jincheng!"

"Yao Kehui? No way! Xuansi, you should know that this guy is a cunning jackal! Speaking of which, this official has been the leader of the tribe for more than 20 years, and he has been vacillating between the former Wei State and Xishu. He takes all the money, and he helps both parties. He even helped Wei Guo fight Xishu after receiving money from Xishu, or turned his face and killed people in Wei Guo after receiving money from Wei Guo... and there is a balance here In the current situation, he continued to use the hands of Wei and Shu to destroy the surrounding Qiang tribes. Over the past few decades, there have been more than [-] people! This man is ambitious, and all he wants is to establish an independent Qiang country. To achieve this goal, no matter what. This kind of person has no faith at all! If I really pin the hope of reinforcements on him, I would rather let Ciqian go to those small tribes, dozens of people, hundreds of people People, bit by bit, gather together to form a tower."

"But general, we don't have much time. Even if the whole army of General Zhengxi enters Longxi and our two families join forces, we are still not fully sure of defeating Jiang Wei in a field battle. Moreover, the attack five years ago In the battle of Shu, Yao Kehui made his attitude clear and beheaded the envoy sent by Xishu. The worst thing is, we must let that guy remain neutral!"

"...Hey, here is Yao Kehui in Longxi, there is a bald tree in the north of Guanzhong, Li Mu is next to Chang'an, and further north is Liu Meng, the right sage king of the Xiongnu... all of them have more than [-] people. Has become stronger? Then I would like to trouble Xuansi to go there quickly. Well, although we don’t expect that guy to really serve us, we still need to be more generous in words. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the guy to see our predicament. Oh no."

"Here! This subordinate will go down and make arrangements."

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"Boyo, the construction of the dam went smoothly. With the prefabricated panels made of cement provided by Zifeng, we easily built the dam on the Jing River."

"Good, the next step is to wait for the water level of the Jing River to rise to a certain level. Hey, it's a pity that this is winter, and the water volume of the Jing River is too small. It looks like we have to wait for seven or eight days."

"Hehehe, it doesn't matter. Although I have been obsessed with Jieting in my heart, I still can afford to delay this time. But there is one thing, Boyue, you sent Wang Chengzong's eldest son to visit Yao Kehui, um, I just want to remind you You, Yao Kehui, are as cunning as a fox, you must not be trusted!"

"Well! If it wasn't for Yao Kehui's rebellion back then, Chen Tai would have been my prisoner long ago. Five years ago, Yao Kehui, who pretended to be Wei Koubian, completely made his stand against me. How could I believe this person? No way, he just needs to remain neutral at this time. After we have pacified Yongliang, I will settle the grievances and grievances of the past few decades with this guy!"

(End of this chapter)