Chapter 139 Who dares to speak out? Who is invincible?
Chapter 139 Who dares to claim to be invincible? Who claims to be invincible?
Jiang Wei's eleven Northern Expeditions indeed consumed a lot of Shu's national power. But even so, if Jiang Wei did not seek death, that is, did not start this gamble, Wei still would not have many opportunities to take advantage of.
Even Deng Ai, who has been dealing with the Shu army for many years, believes that the Shu army should not be underestimated, and the possibility of success in conquering Shu is still slim!
However, Jiang Wei opened a door for Wei.
In 262, one year before the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, Jiang Wei did two things.
1. Gather troops and gather valleys.
Jiang Wei believed that relying on the Qinling Mountains to block the Wei army would not bring much benefit from a blocking battle, so it would be better to let the Wei army in and fight!
The core essence of the strategy of "gathering troops in the valley" is: to appropriately shrink the troops in Hanzhong in order to concentrate the troops to attack the invading enemy; to strengthen the walls and clear the fields to trap and defeat the troops coming from afar; and finally to take advantage of the enemy's efforts to make a futile retreat.
At the right time, chase and annihilate them. The core of this strategy is to lure the enemy deep and close the door to beat the dog. This strategy can not but be said to be a good strategy to defend and annihilate the enemy when the strength of the enemy and ourselves is not much different.
Therefore, Jiang Wei changed the defensive strategies of Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang, and Wang Ping. He withdrew troops stationed at dangerous passes and stationed troops in Han, Le Liangcheng and Yangping Pass in an attempt to bring Wei troops in to fight!
However, limited by intelligence and vision, Jiang Wei could not accurately predict that the number of troops Wei could deploy on the Western Front had changed. The number of troops Wei could deploy on the Western Front was no longer the 100,000-strong scale it had in the past few decades.
Instead, it can invest 300,000 or more.
Therefore, the expectation of luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory and beating the dogs behind closed doors was greatly deviated. Instead of a dog, what rushed in was a tiger and two dogs.
Second, station troops in the center.
In order to avoid disaster, Jiang Wei led his troops to farm in Tazhong.
Jiang Wei's intention is obvious: once a war breaks out, the Shu army in Hanzhong will let the enemy in, and Jiang Wei will lead the Shu army in Dazhong to go eastward, cut off the Wei army's supply line, block the retreat, and then gather and annihilate the Wei army!
I have to say that this bet was very risky.
If the bet was successful, Jiang Wei could at best win a victory similar to Lu Xun's "Battle of Shiting" and annihilate some Wei troops, but it could not change the situation where Wei was strong and Shu was weak, let alone occupy an inch of Wei's land.
And because Hanzhong is the main battlefield, the people in Hanzhong will be exposed to wars, and all infrastructure such as farmland, houses, livestock, cities, etc. will be severely damaged, and the gains will not be worth the losses!
The most important thing is that once you lose the bet, the Kingdom of Shu will perish!
Jiang Wei was like a gambler, shouting: I am betting on 100,000 soldiers and horses, Sima Zhao, come and take a gamble!
I studded!
Considering that 100,000 was the entire gambling capital of the Shu Kingdom, while the gambling capital of the Wei Kingdom was 1 million, Sima Zhao thought about it briefly and quickly made up his mind.
Why not take a gamble?
With 100,000 troops and horses, I will attack you Jiang Wei with 200,000 troops and horses!
Jiang Wei is sorry.
In fact, as early as when Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui wanted to conquer Shu, Liu Fang once calculated a number for Cao Rui: With the terrain of the Wei-Shu border (the Shu Kingdom occupies the danger of the Qinling Mountains), the Wei Kingdom needs a force of 3:1.
Only through comparison can we defeat Shu!
That is 300,000 troops or more.
Since Wei has been investing huge forces on the southeastern front, it is still a bit difficult for Wei to invest three times as many troops as Shu on the western front (it's just difficult, not impossible).
Therefore, Wei State was very hesitant to attack Shu.
But Jiang Wei suddenly gave Wei Guo a chance!
After careful analysis, Sima Zhao concluded that the total strength of the Shu army did not exceed 110,000 at most! Jiang Wei led 50,000 troops in Tazhong, the Chinese army in Chengdu was at least 20,000, the Wu border was at least 10,000, and the Hanzhong garrison was at best 30,000.
people!
So Sima Zhao quickly made arrangements.
On the western front, Deng Ai led 30,000 men to entangle Jiang Wei, while Zhuge Xu led 30,000 men to cut off Jiang Wei's passage to Hanzhong, which was the Yinping Bridge.
In this way, the 60,000 Wei troops were not sure of annihilating Jiang Wei against the 50,000 troops of Jiang Wei, but there was no problem in containing Jiang Wei.
On the eastern front, Zhong Hui led an army of 120,000 to easily enter Hanzhong and attack 30,000 Shu troops.
After a single operation, the Wei army was four times weaker than the Shu army in some areas.
It’s even more abundant than Liu Fang’s 3 to 1 idea.
Sima Zhao believed that with such an army, even if Shu could not be destroyed immediately, Hanzhong would be within easy reach. Once Hanzhong was obtained, Shu Han would have lost its gates and its destruction would not be far away.
Although he misjudged the situation and allowed the Wei army to easily enter Hanzhong, if the only opponent at the gambling table was Sima Zhao, Jiang Wei might not be unable to protect Shu.
Of course, the fall of Hanzhong is certain.
However, Sima Zhao is the highest decision-maker in Wei and can control Wei's performance, while Jiang Wei is not the highest decision-maker in Shu Han and cannot control Shu's performance at the gambling table.
Previously, Jiang Wei had a premonition that the Wei State was about to launch an attack. In order to ensure that Hanzhong was not lost, he had asked Zhang Yi to increase his troops to guard Yang'an Pass, and Liao Hua to increase his troops to garrison the Yinping Bridge.
However, due to Huang Hao's obstruction, these two transfer orders failed to materialize.
In the end, the original guard of Yang'an Pass surrendered to the enemy and Hanzhong was lost. Jiang Wei was also trapped in the trap and became a turtle in a urn, unable to escape.
At this time, everyone including Sima Zhao believed that Jiang Wei would be trapped alive in the trap and die.
But Jiang Wei once again exceeded everyone's expectations.
Jiang Wei cleverly used his troops to divert Zhuge Xu who was blocking the Yinping Bridge, returned to the eastern front, and joined the generals to retreat to Jiange. He once again showed his outstanding military talent and successfully blocked the successive offensives of Wei army commander Zhong Hui.
For a time, because the Wei army could not capture the Jiange Pavilion and had difficulty transporting food, they considered switching to the defensive in Hanzhong, temporarily withdrawing their army, and waiting for an opportunity to fight again.
Because at this time, Sima Zhao had initially achieved the purpose of sending troops, that is, to capture Hanzhong, shock the world, and have the capital to take Wei and replace him.
But at this time, Deng Ai sneaked into Yinping, and Zhuge Zhan and his son were wiped out at Mianzhu Pass. The people of Shu fled and did not dare to attack the Wei army. Liu Chan surrendered without a fight.
The Shu Han is dead!
Whether it was Deng Ai's conspiracy or the performance of Zhuge Zhan, Liu Chan and even the soldiers and people of Shu, Jiang Wei could not control it, and their performance was also fatal.
But what prompted them to perform this way was Jiang Wei's strategy of "gathering troops and gathering valleys."
The national power of the Shu Han Dynasty has always been much weaker than that of the Wei Kingdom. By the end of the Shu Han Dynasty, with the rapid recovery of the northern economy, the disparity in strength between the two sides became even wider.
But as Deng Ai judged: if Shu continued to rely on natural dangers for defense, Wei would not have many opportunities to take advantage of it.
Because the butt determines the head.
Deng Ai had been leading troops abroad before and had only 30,000 to 50,000 troops on hand. He could not accurately know the total number of troops that Wei could deploy on the western front.
Judging from the 350,000 to 50,000 soldiers and horses in hand, it is indeed difficult to capture Shu.
However, Sima Zhao and Zhong Hui were the ones in charge of the overall situation and could accurately know the upper limit of the troops Wei could use.
Therefore, the strategy of deploying 300,000 troops to defeat Shu in three directions was formulated.
Of course, if Jiang Wei didn't start this desperate gamble, Wei would still have no good chance to destroy Shu for the time being.
This "open gambling game" was the accelerator of Shu's demise.
This is a bet that Shu cannot afford to lose.
There was a huge gap in national power between Wei and Shu, and the generals of Deng Ai, Zhong Hui and others were not inferior to Jiang Wei. How could Jiang Wei be sure of defeating the enemy?
However, the Shu Kingdom had a sparse population, a weak economy, and acute internal conflicts. At a critical moment, Jiang Wei even took refuge in Dazhong to avoid the danger from the Shu Kingdom. Under such a situation, even if Jiang Wei had an outstanding general, how could he remain undefeated?
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His thoughts turned around and Ma Su took a long breath.
What happened is done!
No matter who is right or wrong, it doesn't matter anymore.
Now that he has come to this time and space, such a thing will never happen under his eyes!
In front of his horse, Henara, who never relies on cheats, the God of War.
Who dares to claim to be invincible? Who dares to claim to be invincible?
