From Wei's point of view, the most cunning thief Feng's whereabouts had been elusive from the very beginning of the Battle of Guanzhong.
Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Wei Kingdom naturally had to do their best to strengthen the defenses in Guanzhong and prevent Feng, the most adept at attacking, from taking advantage of the loopholes.
To the south of Bingzhou is Hedong County, across the river from Guanzhong, which is very convenient for support.
Therefore, while Cao Rui asked Qin Lang to lead Wanluo's 50,000 Chinese troops to Guanzhong, he also issued an edict to Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, to immediately support Guanzhong.
In the past few years, Bi Gui had persecuted the Hu people in Bingzhou too much, which led to Bu Dugen's rebellion, and later he lost his troops outside the fortress.
If it weren't for the fact that his son married a princess, he would be considered a clan relative.
Moreover, Cao Rui still needs relatives and relatives to balance the family. I am afraid that Bi Gui has long been dismissed as the governor of Bingzhou.
Bi Gui also knew that Cao Rui was dissatisfied with him.
So when Qin Lang led his army to Bingzhou, he kept his posture very low.
He even wanted to give up his car and take Qin Lang into the Governor's Mansion in Bingzhou.
Fortunately, Li Xiu, who was serving as Bingzhou's farewell driver at the time, gave his advice and was able to avoid the flattery that made the world laugh at him.
It can be seen that in order to regain Cao Rui's trust, Bi Gui tried his best.
At this time, he finally received His Majesty's edict, how could he dare to be negligent?
Bingzhou Frontier Fortress has been peaceful and uneventful these years.
Moreover, Bi Gui had been the governor of Bingzhou for many years, so he knew that when Yanmen Fortress was first built, there were no troops to guard it.
So in order to gather enough troops, he even removed two thousand of the three thousand Wei troops at Yanmen Gate, leaving only one thousand as a pretense. The leader was just an ordinary school captain.
This Wei military captain learned from the Hu people who were fleeing back one after another that there was an enemy attack in Pingcheng.
However, Pingcheng was suddenly attacked by an army led by General Guan. If Xie Guini himself had not been captured, he himself would not have known where this enemy group came from.
Not to mention the escaped barbarians, they don’t even know how many enemies they have.
Some say 20,000 to 30,000, some say 50,000 or 60,000, and some even say hundreds of thousands.
For a moment, people inside Yanmen Fortress were panicked.
The leading captain of Yanmen Fortress was unable to learn the specific situation of the enemy from the Hu people's mouths.
When he heard that the number of enemies north of Yanmen Fortress was at least tens of thousands, he hurriedly sent people to Jinyang to report the news, hoping that the governor would send reinforcements as soon as possible.
At the same time, he hoped that the enemies in the north were just barbarian tribes fighting against Xieguini and had no intention of going south.
Amid this uneasiness, as soon as the sun passed the zenith of the sky the next day, a cavalry force of thousands of people appeared under the fortress.
This cavalry was in a very embarrassed state, shouting loudly under the barrier:
"Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly!"
"Which tribe are you from?"
Wei Jun, who was guarding the gate, stuck his head out, looked at the barbarians below, and shouted.
"it's me!"
Xie Guini, who looked hapless and miserable, stood up, lifted his felt hat, and raised his head to let the person behind the door have a clear look.
"Oh, it's the leader of Xieguini, wait a minute."
The Wei military captain next to him saw that the Hu cavalry led by Xie Guini were in such disarray that he only thought that he had been defeated.
After looking at the rear and confirming that there were no pursuers, he immediately sent people to open the city gate.
Xie Guini's status is rather special. He is also the King of Guiyi after all, and his status is nominally much higher than that of his captain.
Moreover, it was also the imperial court's established policy to let the Xianbei barbarians guard Yanmen.
It doesn't matter whether Xie Gui Ni dies or not, but if Yanmen County loses its barrier as a result, he cannot bear the crime.
What's more, at this time, the Wei military commander urgently needed to know the specific situation of the enemy in the north in order to report clearly to Jinyang in Taiyuan County.
But with only a few people on hand, there was no way to send more people out to investigate the situation.
Now that Xie Guini has escaped back to the fortress, he has just solved the immediate problem of the Wei military commander.
Compared to those nonsense talkers, Xie Guini definitely knows more about the true situation of the enemy.
As soon as the city gate opened, the barbarians rushed into the narrow passage.
In this chaos, an old soldier guarding behind the closed door seemed to have discovered something. He let out a sigh and moved towards Xie Guini.
A young man following Xie Guini glanced at him and subconsciously tightened the knife at his waist.
As soon as the old soldier got close, the sword flashed, and half of the unsuspecting old soldier's head was chopped off.
The gray brains suddenly spilled all over the floor.
Poor guy, he saw that these horse riders not only had stirrups on their bellies, but were also made of iron, so he wanted to step forward and take a closer look.
He never expected to be stabbed in the head by Huo Yi, who couldn't hold himself back.
A change occurred in the elbow and internal organs, which caught the Wei army off guard.
"kill!"
After Huo Yi drew his sword, he no longer held back his hand. He raised the sword directly forward and shouted an order.
"kill!"
After receiving the order, Hu Qi, who was anxious to enter the fortress, suddenly drew his swords and rushed inside impatiently.
Lieutenant Wei, who hurried down from the top of the city and wanted to ask Xie Guini clearly, did not expect that he would have to face such a situation.
"Enemy attack!"
The captain screamed sternly, and without thinking for a moment, he subconsciously turned around and ran towards the Guansai ramp.
It's just okay that he didn't shout this, but when he shouted, his identity was exposed.
"Shoot him!"
Huo Yi shouted sharply.
Several soldiers from the guard camp who were sent to Huo Yi's side quickly dismounted, lifted up the oilcloth used to cover the decorations, and took off the heavy crossbows on their horses.
Step on the crossbow ring with your feet, pull the string with both hands, release the arrow, and aim!
"Buzz!"
Several long arrows rushed towards the back of the captain who ran dozens of steps like lightning.
One shot hit the center of the back. The captain swayed, and the armor he wore seemed to have blocked the arrow.
But another one that followed closely followed and shot directly through the calf.
Just the calves wrapped in leather armor were unable to block such a demonic weapon.
The powerful momentum of the crossbow arrow carried him upward for a few more steps, then he fell over and rolled down the ramp.
Yanmen Pass does not only have one pass. In fact, it has two main passes, plus some large and small mountain passes and valleys, stretching for more than ten miles.
The Wei army only had about a thousand men, and each main pass was guarded by 500 men. As for the mountain passes and valleys, there was no one to guard them at all.
According to Governor Feng's calculations, it was definitely impossible for 3,000 men to defend these more than ten miles.
So as long as you move quickly enough and find an undefended valley, in the worst case, Yanmen Stop can only block your mother-in-law for four days at most.
It took one day to pass through the mountain pass, and three days to seize the Yanmen Pass in a flanking attack. This was despite the defenders desperately resisting and the Han army unable to attack the pass.
Dai County behind Yanmen Fortress is the most important support point of the pass.
If Dai County was not heavily guarded, General Guan could easily attack Yanmen Fortress from the front and back and cut off the water source of the defenders on the mountain.
If you don't drink water for three days, most people will start to become dehydrated.
Obviously, the worst case scenario did not happen in this sneak attack on Yanmen Pass.
It's not even close to the best-case scenario.
Those who originally stayed at Yanmen Fortress were mostly old and weak, and the best soldiers were sent to Guanzhong by Bi Gui.
The captain rolled down the ramp and was stabbed several times before he could stand up.
As soon as the captain died, the defenders in the pass surrendered or fled, and they had no intention of resisting.
Dai County, which had only a few hundred local county soldiers behind Yanmen Fortress, learned that the Han army had passed Gouzhu Mountain and surrendered after hearing the news, without even using the internal troops that had been prepared long ago.
One day later, General Guan led his army into Dai County (not the same place as Dai County in Youzhou).
"I need someone to help me guard Dai County to prevent the Youzhou Wei thieves from coming from the east and cutting off the army's retreat."
General Guan occupied the official office of Dai County and took the lead. He glanced at everyone with cold eyes and said:
"After all, the risk of going south this time is not small. Dai County is the key retreat for the army. As long as Dai County is in hand, even if it is unfavorable to go south, we can return in time."
After scanning everyone, her eyes finally fell on Huo Yi.
Huo Yi understood that the time had come for him to become a tool man again.
Now take the initiative to stand up and ask for help:
"The last general is willing to guard Dai County!"
General Guan nodded with satisfaction. A tool man must have the consciousness of a tool man. Isn't it just for now that he brought Huo Yi out this time?
After all, Huo Jun used hundreds of men to block the attack of tens of thousands of people at Jiameng Pass, and made great contributions to the late emperor's capture of Shu.
After Huo Jun's death, the late emperor led his ministers to pay his respects and even stayed in front of the tomb. He was extremely honored for a while.
Huo Yi's performance over the years has proven that he is indeed worthy of General Huo.
General Guan will feel relieved if Dai County is handed over to him.
As for Huo Yi, he also knew that his move south was a sudden one.
General Guan must rely entirely on the speed of the cavalry, and he is not a cavalry commander. If he follows, he may not be able to exert much effort.
It is better to imitate your own master and guard the retreat of the army, the merit is not small.
"How many people does General Huo plan to use to defend Dai County?"
Huo Yi pondered, he didn't dare to ask this question:
"Three thousand people are enough. If less than 10,000 people come from Youzhou, the general will have the confidence not to let the Wei thieves go further west. If there are more than 10,000 people, the general must send people back within fifteen days to help."
Guan Ji glanced at Han Long and said with great confidence:
"General Huo, don't worry. Even if Youzhou dares to send reinforcements, there will most likely not be more than 10,000 troops."
Han Long was from Youzhou and had some friendship with Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou.
According to the information he provided, when Tian Yu, who advocated the conquest of the Hu people, was still in Youzhou, he would not lead more than 10,000 troops out of the fortress.
Of course, Han Long's information is only one aspect.
The most important thing is that General Guan Da also has a humanoid body, so she has overall intelligence that others do not have.
The main military forces of Wei State are basically concentrated in four places:
The first one is the Wanluo area, which is the elite central army personally controlled by the puppet emperor of Wei State.
The second one is the direction where Wei State focuses its defense, Guanzhong.
The remaining two places, Jianghuai and Jingzhou, faced the Wu Kingdom in the south.
In addition to these four places, the troops deployed in Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou in Hebei are basically limited to self-protection.
Over the years, his family, Alang, had tried every means, even if it was a squeeze, to squeeze out supplies, just to attract Ke Bi to settle down in the Gaoque area of Yinshan Mountain.
Everyone thought this was to support Kebineng and put pressure on Guanzhong.
Even Sima Yi was confused by Alang's actions and sent troops to clear out the barbarians in the old area of Beidi County, just in case.
But General Guan, as Governor Feng's close friend, knew that his Alang's ultimate goal was not at all.
He wanted to prevent Kebi Neng from getting angry after being defeated by Qin Lang and intensifying his efforts to harass the border fortresses of Youbin and Erzhou.
So he tried to move Kebineng away from the Youbin border, which actually helped Wei relieve the pressure on the northern border.
The Han Dynasty has exerted great pressure on Guanzhong in recent years. As long as the northern frontier is stable, Cao Rui will definitely mobilize Hebei's resources to support Guanzhong.
Xian Yufu, who was originally stationed in Youzhou, has stayed in Guanzhong these years and never returned. This is the best example.
Therefore, on the premise of ensuring the security of Guanzhong, it is impossible for Wei to deploy too many troops in Hebei.
If the Han Prime Minister led his army out of Hanzhong and pretended to seize Guanzhong, Cao Rui would only further recruit troops from Hebei.
However, Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, did not understand military strategy.
Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, also tried to appease the Hu people so as to save money and food to support the imperial court in defending against the Han and Wu countries.
This further aggravates the emptiness of the two states.
Conform to the general trend of the world and induce the enemy to unknowingly make strategic maneuvers according to your own ideas, so that the enemy falls into calculations without knowing it.
Only a true commander who uses the world as his chessboard can accomplish this kind of temple calculation.
The main participants in the formulation of this national strategy were the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty and the Marquis of Jiequanting.
The secondary participants are General Guan and Zhang Xiaosi.
One is provided by Feng’s specific tactics, and the other is supplemented by Feng’s political intelligence...
Under this level of strategic operation, no matter how powerful the generals are, the two armies will still be inferior.
The commander-in-chief has made a good strategy. Now what General Guan has to do is to use his utmost efforts in tactics to break through Bingzhou as soon as possible.
This tactic seems very risky, but in fact it is very promising:
Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, does not understand military strategy and is not an enemy of the Liangzhou army;
There are not many troops in Youzhou. Even if Wang Xiong wanted to support him, the reinforcements would have to travel a long way across the Taihang Mountains. At that time, his own Alang had almost arrived.
Therefore, as long as we guard Dai County's retreat and the army is more careful, we can escape unscathed at worst.
As the saying goes, if you want to take something, you must give it first.
The Han Dynasty has indirectly helped Wei Guo maintain the stability of the northern border over the years. Now is the time to collect the benefits!
How can any of the benefits of King Feng be free of charge?
Huo Yi naturally did not have such overall information as General Guan. After hearing what General Guan said, he quickly assured:
"If it is true as the general said, then Yi can guarantee that Dai County will not be lost!"
"Okay!" General Guan nodded, "I will hand over half the battalion of useless troops to you. Over there in Pingcheng, there are more than a thousand soldiers resting in the city due to overwork."
"They will come over in a few days, and the soldiers who are lagging behind will probably catch up. Then you just have to gather them."
Huo Yi was overjoyed:
"This way, everything will be worry-free!"
After the arrangements were completed, General Guan fed the entire army and collected the war horses from the Xiegui Ni tribe to replenish their horse power.
On the second day, he couldn't wait to lead the only 12,000 people who came, and rolled southward without stopping.
After passing Yanmen Pass, you enter Xinxing County.
Xinxing County was established by Cao Cao in the 20th year of Jian'an (215 years).
The reason is to abandon the four counties of Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan and Shuofang outside the Great Wall, and then shrink the names of these four counties into counties and place them in the north of Taiyuan County.
At the same time, the northern part of Taiyuan County was divided and a separate Xinxing County was established.
The county names such as Dingxiang and Jiuyuan in the county come from this.
Cao Cao's new establishment of Xinxing County was originally intended to resettle the people of Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan, and Shuofang counties outside the Great Wall.
But in fact, most of these so-called common people are internal Huns.
The northern Xiongnu among the five Xiongnu tribes was placed by Cao Cao in the Jiuyuan County area of Xinxing County, guarding the northern throat of Jinyang.
If General Guan wanted to lead his army south to Jinyang, he would have to pass through Jiuyuan County (later Xinzhou City) where the northern Xiongnu was located.
When General Guan led his army across the Hutuo River (later Hutuo River), the frontline of the army was directed towards Jiuyuan County.
At this time, Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou in Jinyang City, learned that the Han army was already two hundred miles away to the north.
PS:
Guan Ji marches into the picture, please click to comment, the first floor has not been simple since ancient times.