Chapter 55: Careful about everything (please vote for me!)
"Prime Minister, I thought Zhang He would not dare to move lightly..."
"Young Chang, don't be arbitrary!"
"Prime Minister, I thought that Sima Yi was thousands of miles away and would not come to help. Even if he came to help, he would not be able to make it..."
"You Chang, when uniting the army to fight, stability must be the first priority!"
"Prime Minister,..."
"inappropriate!"
"..."
In the big tent, Ma Di and Zhuge Liang had a heated discussion on how to capture Wudu and the two counties of Yinping.
Ma Di and Zhuge Liang had serious differences over whether Sima Yi would lead his army to stop him.
Zhuge Liang believed that Sima Yi would definitely arrive with his army to prevent Shu Han from expanding its territory, so it was necessary to capture Jianwei.
However, Ma Su did not think that Sima Yi would come. The basis was that Sima Yi was far away in the Guanzhong Plain, thousands of miles away from the Longnan area. By the time he learned that there were changes in Longnan, it was already too late to stop him.
Of course, what cannot be ignored is that there is another Cao Wei army in Longyou, namely Zhang He who is stationed in Xi County.
But Zhang He has nothing to worry about. He currently only has 20,000 to 30,000 troops left under his command, and he also has to defend the five counties of Longyou. The military strength is already stretched thin. Even if he wants to send troops to stop it, he probably won't be able to send many people to have any influence.
The big picture.
Therefore, Ma Su was very confident in this military operation and believed that it was an easy achievement.
Moreover, looking at the previous Northern Expeditions of Shu Han in another time and space, almost every time it started with Zhuge Liang first capturing part of Cao Wei's territory, and then Cao Wei's army counterattacked, drove away the Shu Han Northern Expedition army, and restored control of these areas.
Only during the Third Northern Expedition, after Zhuge Liang captured the two counties of Yinping and Wudu, Cao Wei never sent troops to recapture the two counties.
The reason must start with the Battle of Hanzhong eleven years ago. In the 22nd year of Jian'an (AD 217), the Wei and Shu families launched a battle for Hanzhong that lasted for one year and seven months in the Hanzhong area.
.It ended with Cao Cao being forced to withdraw from Hanzhong and Wudu (including Xiabian) and Yinping, and Liu Bei took control of Hanzhong.
Wudu and Xiabian were no-man's land and became a buffer zone between the two families. Yinping County was occupied by the Qiang people who moved eastward from the western plateau and the Qiang people who fled west from Wudu. As the Qiang King Cheliji
The base camp.
In fact, Wudu was not a no-man's land at the beginning, there were many Qiang and Di people living here.
But before withdrawing from Hanzhong, Cao Cao saw that after Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, the army was pressing into Xiabian, so he moved 50,000 Di people to Tianshui, Jingzhao, Fufeng and other places on the grounds that Wudu was isolated and difficult to defend. Wudu also
As a result, large areas of no man's land appeared.
In other words, before Cao Cao withdrew from Wudu, he had already moved away most of the local people in Wudu, leaving no hair for Liu Bei.
Afterwards, although Cao Wei regained control of the two counties of Yinping and Wudu, he only used them as a buffer zone with the Shu Han. First, he did not develop agriculture here, and second, he did not carry out any population migration.
Therefore, Ma Su concluded that when he led his army to take control of Yinping, Cao Wei would not react. After all, there were not many people and resources left in Yinping and even Wudu County, and even if they were lost, it would have no impact on Cao Wei.
In the original time and space, neither Cao Zhen in the early period nor Sima Yi in the later period launched a military operation to recapture the two counties of Yinping and Wudu after they were actually controlled by the Shu Han.
This is the reason why Ma Di dared to boast again in front of Zhuge Liang and even issued a military order.
It was easy for him to capture Yinping and Wudu counties.
In addition, Ma Su's confidence is based on another aspect - the favorability of the Qiang people. With the help of the system, hundreds of thousands of Qiang people living in the west of Wudu and Yinping have a great favorable impression of the Shu Han.
I want to fall into the latter's arms all the time.
that's enough.
From a geographical point of view, Yinping County and Wudu County are both in the southwest of Qishan Mountain. To capture these two counties, the Shu Han Dynasty did not need to pass through Qishan Mountain. They could directly attack Wudu from Hanzhong to the northwest, and then go southwest to Yinping.
Especially after Ma Su captured Xiabian City, the Shu Han basically controlled most of Wudu County except for Xi County in the north where Zhang He was stationed.
The only worry now is whether Sima Yi, the governor of Cao Wei, will lead his troops to help Longnan and prevent the Shu Han from actually controlling the two counties.
Taking this into consideration, Zhuge Liang made a pertinent suggestion to Ma Di - that is, send a partial general to lead a partial division to capture Yinping, while Ma Di would lead the main force to attack Jianwei and Xixian respectively to block the reinforcement route of Cao Wei's army.
Ma Su, however, had no interest in this proposal.
He knew what Zhuge Liang said was reasonable and this was a safer and prudent approach.
But he just wanted to lead his main force to approach Xi County, block Zhang He's path south, and then slowly grind the latter away, taking full control of Wudu County.
He, Ma Su, would never do such a thing as storming a city. He felt that this kind of attack would only increase casualties...
Too reckless.
A wise general will generally not adopt the strategy of "losing 10,000 to himself and injuring the enemy 2,000".
War does not necessarily have to be a hard attack.
Defense can also win!
Oh, by the way, there are also tried-and-tested home-stealing tactics.
For example, Sima Yi relied on defense this time to survive until the Shu army retreated without food, and then won the Battle of Chencang.
He can completely follow this method and use Sima Yi's method to retaliate against Zhang He.
Besides, he is afraid of cheating!
Divide the troops? It is impossible to divide the troops in this life!
Only when you have soldiers in hand will you not panic.
This expedition only brought a total of 30,000 horses. Ten thousand were allocated to capture Yinping, and another 10,000 were allocated to capture Jianwei. What would the remaining 10,000 be used for?
You know, Zhang He still has 20,000 to 30,000 people!
How is it safe to act like this? This is obviously taking a risk, Prime Minister!
The two generals were arguing over this, and neither could convince the other.
In order to prevent Zhuge Liang from interfering with his freedom to command the army, Ma Su argued with Zhuge Liang on the grounds that he was the commander-in-chief, spitting, blushing and arguing with Zhuge Liang for a long time.
In the end, Zhuge Liang decided to personally lead the team to regain the two counties.
Ma Su was ordered to accompany him as a partial general.
Also accompanying them were General Wei Yan, Junior General Jiang Wei, and the left and right vanguards Guan Xing and Zhang Bao. The 100,000 troops and other generals were led by Yang Yi and General Zhao Yun back to Hanzhong to rest.
After the plan was decided, Zhuge Liang waved his hand tiredly: "Youchang, step back."
With a depressed face, Ma Su resigned and came to Zhao Yun's tent in a depressed mood.
After this incident, he realized another truth about life.
Never argue with your boss.
The more you fight, the worse you lose.
The Prime Minister is too ignorant of martial ethics!
After failing to argue, he took away his position as commander-in-chief.
Outside the camp, veteran Zhao Yun was wearing a big cloth coat, wiping his spear vigorously. When he saw Ma Su coming over unhappy, he put down his gun and said with a smile:
"Ah, isn't this a great life-saver? Please pay your respects to the young general Zhao Yun!"
After saying that, Zhao Yun pushed the golden mountain and fell the jade pillar and worshiped it.
"No, no, no, no, no! The old general is trying to kill me!" Ma Su ignored his depression and quickly reached out to stop him.
But where can I stop it?
Although Zhao Yun is nearly seventy years old, he can crush Ma Di in both martial arts and strength.
Ma Su had no choice but to look at him in embarrassment and accepted Zhao Yun's great gift. After the ceremony, the two of them entered the tent hand in hand and sat down separately.
Zhao Yun looked at Ma Su carefully and said with a smile: "Youchang, why are you so worried? If you have anything unhappy, tell me and make me happy... I can enlighten you."
"..." Ma Su's eyes widened instantly, he stretched out five fingers and waved them in front of Zhao Yun.
"Old General Zhao, what is this?"
Zhao Yun narrowed his eyes and smiled: "You Changxiu wants to look down on me, this is five."
It seemed that General Zhao was in good spirits. Ma Su breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and said hesitantly: "Old General, how are you...how are you..."
"You want to ask why I am so naughty?" Zhao Yun stroked his beard and sighed: "After leaving the hell gate, I suddenly understood a lot of things. In life, you don't have to worry about everything. The most important thing is to live.
You are happy, what do you think?"
"Old General Zhao, you have realized it!" Ma Di praised, took out the remaining 16 dark pills from his arms, placed them on the table, and said in a deep voice:
"Old General, I also have some quick-acting life-saving pills. Each pill can extend the life of a dying person by three months. Let's share it now."
Hearing this, Zhao Yun looked shocked: "Could this be the magic medicine that saved Zhao from death?"
"That's it!"
"Youchang, honestly speaking, how many such miracle medicines are there?"
"a lot of!"
"How much is a lot?"
"Inexhaustible, inexhaustible!"
Zhao Yun's eyes widened and he was stunned. For a moment, a storm blew up in his head.
Ma Su started from himself, while distributing the pills, he muttered:
"I have a heart disease, and I cannot stop taking the medicine. The first pill belongs to me. The Prime Minister is busy with state affairs and always has the medicine on hand. He will take one pill. Old General, you are old, so you will take one pill..."
Soon after five rounds, the pills were divided into three piles, with one remaining, and it happened to be Ma Su's turn again.
He was about to reach out to take it, but suddenly his eyes blurred and the pill was snatched away by Zhao Yun.
"???"
Ma Su raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Yun, wondering: "Old General, didn't you just say: the most important thing in life is to live happily and not to worry about everything, right?"
This is a must-have!
Zhao Yun stroked his beard and smiled slightly, "Yes, this is one pill, not a pound. I don't care about it. As You Chang said before, this is very logical, right?"
"..."
Ma Su looked straight at Zhao Yun, who suddenly turned into an old naughty boy, and fell into deep thought.
General Zhao simply walked away from the gate of hell, and his temperament changed drastically?
Could it be that this pill has any side effects?
Thanks to: Bai Siwuxie for the 100-coin reward.
Thanks to: cemetery tourists for their 100-coin reward.
Thanks to: Xiao Chongjun for his hundred-coin reward.
Thanks to: Baoyanzi Xiaomeng for the 500 coin reward.
