Although Guo Huai, the governor of Wei Yongzhou, was not found, Wu Yi was quite pleased to have captured Shanggui.
He was designated by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang as the chief general to control Chen Shi and other troops and attack Tianshui County. He knew the significance of Shanggui County for this army's expedition to Longyou.
Therefore, when the banner of the Han Dynasty was fluttering in the city of Shanggui, he instantly felt like he was relieved of his heavy burden.
He couldn't help but beam with joy, turned his head and looked at someone, and called it.
"The palace and the arsenal in the city of Gui were brought down without any damage, all thanks to Bo Yue's contribution to being "embarrassed on all sides"! I will truthfully report this merit to the Prime Minister, as Jia Bo Yue planned."
Of course.
The strategy of being besieged on all sides was Jiang Wei's advice.
At first, he was abandoned by Ma Zun, the prefect of Wei Tianshui. The elders of Ji County were suspicious and refused to accept it, so he had no choice but to surrender to the Han Dynasty. When the prime minister was busy rushing to Jieting to garrison, he was kept in Wu Yi's army because he was familiar with the situation in Tianshui County.
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When Wu Yi led his army to attack Shanggui for more than a month and the city was about to be destroyed, he did not want to cause more killings. So he wanted to try and asked Jiang Wei if he could think of ways to stop the soldiers in the city from making unnecessary resistance.
Jiang Wei was originally from Ji County. He was familiar with the nature of Wei soldiers and soldiers, so he came up with the "Chu Song" to undermine the morale of the army.
The effect is remarkable.
As the residence of the governor of Yongzhou, Shangguang City had a lot of grain and fodder stored in the palace, as well as military supplies accumulated in the arsenal.
To the Han army, the significance gained now is no less than capturing another county.
"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu says: "If you eat one bell of the enemy, you will treat me as twenty bells; if you eat one stone of the enemy's pole, you will treat me as twenty stones."
The Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty originally suffered from the transportation of grain and fodder.
Even with wheelbarrows and iron cables to transport grain, it was still limited to the hundreds of miles of road from Shu to Longyou, and the manpower and material resources consumed in the middle.
Moreover, due to its accumulated weakness and decline, its armaments were also in short supply.
Under such circumstances, Wu Yi was overjoyed and claimed that it was reasonable to ask for credit for Jiang Wei.
"I dare not take the words of a governor."
Hearing this, Jiang Wei hurriedly saluted with a slightly sad voice and said, "I am an abandoned person, thanks to the Prime Minister who never abandons me and allows me to live in this world. I have been impressed for five years. Now the governor does not doubt me, and he will not give up."
Wei Wei is vulgar and stupid, and he asks about important matters. It is already difficult for Wei Wei to repay the kindness of his trust, so he dares to take credit for it."
After saying this, before Wu Yi could say anything, he said again, "Furthermore, what Wei Jin said is that he cannot bear to see it. If there are more orphans and widowers in the county and countryside, it is not for the sake of merit."
"Hahaha~~~~"
After Wu Yi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh happily and nodded repeatedly, "You have achieved great success and are as humble as Bo Yue, so you should say this!"
Without waiting for Jiang Wei to speak modestly again, he waved his hand and said solemnly, "This attack on the city has caused a lot of killings, and it is difficult for the common people here to appease them. Boyue is from Ji County, so I hope he will work hard."
, and deal with the three elders of the village more often, so that Li Shu can be at peace as soon as possible."
"promise!"
He raised his hands in salute again, and Jiang Wei responded respectfully, "Wei will do it wholeheartedly."
"good."
He stroked his beard and smiled happily. Wu Yi chatted some more and then returned to the camp.
The war in Tianshui County was over, so he wanted to make a show of good news to the Prime Minister, and took advantage of the situation to ask if it was necessary to lead his troops to the right and capture Longxi County as well.
As for the various troops and horses here, he also made some adjustments.
Except for the Wu Ban tribe who blocked the Weishui River Valley and could not move rashly, he only left three thousand troops and horses in Tianshui, and the rest were led by Chen Shi and Gao Xiang to go to the street pavilion and return to the prime minister's control.
Anyway, there is no need to station so many troops here now.
And Ma Dai, who is leading more than a thousand people in Wudu County to guard the Han army's food route, sent people yesterday to convey military information.
General Deng Zhi, who claimed to have promoted martial arts, was ordered by General Zhao Yun to conquer the south and escorted grain, fodder and baggage to Tianshui, arriving about ten days later.
By then, if the prime minister wants him to occupy Longxi, his troops will be sufficient.
What he didn't know was that this arrangement solved Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's urgent need.
It was not the street pavilion guarded by the prime minister that was in danger of being attacked by Cao Zhen regardless of casualties. It was Zheng Pu from Xiaoguandao who sent people to the street pavilion to ask for reinforcements!
The soldiers and horses blocking the road at the street pavilion must not be mobilized.
However, Xiao Guandao's defense is about to be broken by Ni Wei!
It is said that Ma Su and Zheng Pu, with a combined force of seven thousand soldiers, took the road from Nan'an County to Xiaoguan Road, then settled down at the camp and blocked the road.
Among them, Ma Su's camp was thirty miles in front of Xiaoguan.
Zheng Pu's camp is fifty miles in front of Xiaoguan, facing north.
Just as Wei Yan, without the Prime Minister's instructions, had already sent the cavalry commander Zhao Guang to set up an ambush on the upper reaches of the Changli River to ambush the cavalrymen sent by Wei Liangzhou's governor back, Zheng Pu's duty was to defend against the cavalrymen coming from Wuwei County in Liangzhou.
Reinforce the Wei army.
After all, against Wei Duoqi.
From Wuwei County, go south along the Zuli River, and you can also cut diagonally to Longyou.
Furthermore, seeing that the Longguan Road could not be broken through by the Wei Dynasty, it was not necessarily impossible to bypass the Liupanshan-Longshan Mountains from Anding County and attack the back road of Xiaoguan Road.
Therefore, since Zheng Pu and Ma Di are camped across the country, they can be regarded as relying on each other and becoming each other's horns.
For this reason, the prime minister did not let Zheng Pu return to Ma Di's control.
In other words, Zheng Pu is now a general with no official title. He has authority and military exploits, so it would be inappropriate for Ma Di to control him again.
Of course, if it were the other way around and Ma Su was allowed to be controlled by Zheng Pu, it would not be appropriate given their resumes.
With this in mind, the Prime Minister simply let the two of them take charge of their respective departments and perform their respective tasks.
But the Prime Minister did not expect that for this reason, Xiaoguandao was in danger.
It is said that since the two men garrisoned, there has been no enemy attack because Yang Tiao of Anding County gathered a crowd to rebel and restricted the relationship between the Wei army.
However, things turned around when Cao Zhen sent General Dai Ling to lead his troops to Anding County. After he and General Wei Ping jointly attacked Yuezhi City, Yang Tiao was in a desperate situation and sent his confidants to Ma Su's camp to ask for help.
He claimed that as long as the Han army left Xiao Pass and attracted some of the Wei army's troops, he would be willing to lead the people to join the Han and allow the Han to register and register, etc.
Such huge benefits made Ma Su moved.
After all, if he leads his army out of Xiao Pass, the benefits to the Han Dynasty will not stop at Yang Tiao's surrender.
First, it can share the pressure of street pavilions.
The main force of reinforcements from Wei is in Jieting. When his troops leave Xiaoguan, they can attempt to take a detour and cut off Cao Wei's supply route. The Wei army will definitely divide Jieting's troops to defend it.
Secondly, it is to use offense as defense.
As long as the Wei army in Anding County attacks and kills Yang Tiao, they will inevitably turn to Xiaoguan to fight.
And he could strike preemptively. As long as the army left Xiaoguan, Ni Wei had to divide his troops to defend it because he was attacked by the Han army when attacking Yuezhi City.
This allows the poplar strips to relieve pressure and support them longer.
This also caused the Wei army to attack from Xiaoguan even later.
Thirdly, it had been nearly a month since the Wei Dynasty had stopped attacking from Wuwei County in Liangzhou, which made him feel that there was no danger on this road.
Then he had the idea of expanding the results of the war.
For this reason, he personally drove his horses to Zheng Pu's camp and asked Zheng Pu to go with him to Xiaoguan.
Because of the strength of the four troops under his command, even after occupying Xiao Pass, except for the troops guarding the pass, they would not be able to pose a threat to Cao Wei.
"Zijin, as the saying goes, 'If you cannot take it from heaven, you will suffer the consequences. When the time comes, if you cannot do it, you will suffer the consequences.'"
After he finished recounting his many opinions, he said with blazing eyes and an excited look, "That rebel against Wei was unpopular, and rebellions broke out in the areas under his rule. If we send troops to occupy Xiao Pass, we will also win the future soldiers for our big man.
The path taken by Sanfu out of Guanzhong will be beneficial to the restoration of the old capital one day!"
After Zheng Pu heard this, his face remained calm.
My mood is like a raging wave rising from the sky.
No matter what, he never thought that even in a rugged place like Xiaoguandao, where he could just order his soldiers to defend strictly and wait for their military exploits to fall from the sky, Ma Su would actually have the idea of causing trouble!
Could it be that this is God’s will?
Indeed, if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that Ma Su could not withstand the temptation of military exploits.
According to Ma's Wuchang, white eyebrows are the best.
When he was in Jingzhou, the famous senior citizens and scholars in Jingzhou did not highly praise Ma Su's talent and learning.
It was the same after entering Shu.
Even the late Emperor Liu Bei, who was well versed in the art of war and knew everything about hundreds of schools of thought, never allowed him to take charge of the military.
Later, when the Prime Minister opened the government to manage affairs, he was promoted by the Prime Minister to join the army in the Prime Minister's Office, and he was highly regarded.
However, in the eyes of the people at the time, he was valued not because of his talent and knowledge. It was said that it was because of his brother Ma Liang, who had always been a brother to the prime minister. That is why the prime minister loved the house and had trouble with him after Ma Liang's misfortune.
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Now that he has been granted the title of four units of soldiers and horses rashly, all the officers and soldiers in the army have a lot of criticism.
If he didn't come to the battle in person, how could He De be the commander of the army for him?
Why don't you see that Zhang Bao, who was behind the generals, only led an army, and is now serving as a special general under Wu Yi? There is also Huo Yi, who is now just a general in the Yamen, commanding only more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and serving under Zheng Pu's command?
Ma Su vaguely heard of such slanderous remarks.
He, who had a very arrogant temperament, was holding back his anger in his heart.
He vowed to use his illustrious military exploits to prove his ability, and the Prime Minister promoted him beyond the rank, not because of nostalgia for the past and for selfishness, but because he has a unique eye for recognizing talents!
Now that I see the battle success ahead of me, it is inevitable that I cannot hold back my heart.
In particular, the Prime Minister had been too indulgent towards him.
Let him ignore "military orders like mountains"!
I thought that "I will be outside, and my orders will not be accepted".
He felt that as long as he sent troops out of Xiaoguan, it would benefit the Han Dynasty and make military exploits. Even if he violated the Prime Minister's orders, the Prime Minister would not pursue him.
When he personally came to invite Zheng Pu to work together, he felt that Zheng Pu would also join him.
Because he was half recommended by Zheng Pu.
And because for several years, their plans and thoughts were almost the same, they were just like each other.
However, he was destined to return disappointed.
There was no joy on Zheng Pu's face as he expected, and there was no eagerness to make great achievements in his eyes.
On the contrary, in a calm tone, he persuaded him to give up this opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
He said: "Brother Youchang, when we led the army here, the Prime Minister had given instructions. We only need to guard the road here, and we must not create extra branches and violate the Prime Minister's order. Furthermore, when the army left Xiao Pass, they abandoned this place.
It is not advisable to take advantage of the favorable geographical location and make it dangerous."
Hearing this, Ma Su suddenly became speechless.
It's not that he doesn't understand what Zheng Pu means by taking risks.
It's just that the direction of Xiaoguan's defense is Longyou'er.
The Han army occupied Xiaoguan, and it was difficult to resist the attack from Anding County.
However, the rebel forces of Wei were restrained by Yang Tiao. How could they dedicate most of their troops to seize the pass?
If only two or three thousand soldiers were sent, what would he have to offer!
He was astonished because he could not imagine that in the past in Xianggao County, Zheng Zijin had dared to lead three or four hundred barbarians with Jufu and penetrated deep into the enemy's rear to cut off the road; in the battle of Jinggu Road in the past, he had dared to lead two hundred soldiers to lure the enemy with his body. Zheng Zijin actually claimed not to "take risks"?
Furthermore, could it be that Zheng Pu, who had always been on good terms with him and was known for his resourcefulness and good judgment, was unaware of the embarrassing situation in which he was now being slandered in the military?
Extraneous consequences?
Ha~~~~
What an "extraordinary incident"!
What a "Don't go against the Prime Minister's orders, don't take risks"!
In an instant, Ma Su, who had been thinking a lot, suddenly felt angry and sad.
Like the spark that starts a prairie fire, it burns through the belly and burns away the reason.
"Huh~~~~"
He closed his eyes and let out a deep breath.
After trying hard to suppress his anger, Ma Su opened his eyes again. He also gathered back the enthusiasm and goodwill of the past, and asked in a light voice, "If I insist on doing it, Zijin really doesn't want to help me?" "
Such behavior also made Zheng Pu feel helpless.
It is true that he knew Ma Su's situation in the army.
We also know how the relationship between the two will evolve if he refuses out loud again this time.
Maybe in the future, he and Ma Su will be strangers to each other?
However, how can personal friendship influence national affairs?
Therefore, when Zheng Pu heard the question, he responded solemnly and nodded without thinking, "Brother Youchang, I dare not go against what the Prime Minister has told me. My duty is my duty, so please forgive me for not obeying it!"
"good!"
After hearing this, Ma Su stood up suddenly and said goodbye hastily with his hands, "It's just that I've disturbed you."
After saying that, he turned around and strode out of the military tent, took the horse's reins handed over by his guards, and galloped away.
The speed was so fast that when Zheng Pu stepped out of the tent, he saw only a bunch of dust and smoke picked up by the horse's hooves and disappeared into the sky.
Zheng Pu slowly lowered his eyelids and sighed quietly in his heart.
Based on his understanding of Ma Su and his temperament, if he leaves in anger this time, his troops will definitely leave Xiaoguan!
He couldn't predict the consequences, but he could vaguely predict them.
I'm afraid, it's more likely to be bad than good!
In the northwest, rebellion has never been cut off. How can the generals who stayed here against the Wei Dynasty be incompetent!
If Ma Su and himself were here, relying on dangerous terrain to block the road, and Yang Tiao rebelled behind them, they would not send troops to attack for a while.
However, if he saw that Ma Di had abandoned his advantageous location and went to Xiaoguan, he would definitely send a large army to fight!
Then, they took the opportunity to open the Xiaoguan Road, drove into Longyou, and drove all the Han troops back to Hanzhong.
Yang Tiao's rebellion was all trapped in Yuezhi City, and became a turtle in a urn. It was useless to rebel against the Wei Dynasty and send only a few troops to trap the city!
However, before he could express this conclusion, Ma Su left.
In other words, after careful analysis, Ma Su would selectively listen and not listen.
That’s it!
It’s useless to think too much, so make preparations first just in case.
Zheng Pu, determined, turned around and returned to the military tent, summoning Huo Yi, Jufu and others.
First, we moved the camp. We found a place where we could guard the north direction and pass the east direction at the same time, and then we dropped down the camp road again.
Secondly, he sent people to Pingxiang City to find Wei Yan, informed him of the situation here, and asked him to ask Zhao Guang, the cavalry commander, to help pay attention to the Wei army attacking from the north.
Well, he and Wei Yan have been quite friendly since the Battle of Xicheng.
This also made Zheng Pu, who had just sent people away, find it quite ironic.
Wei Yan, who was disliked by many courtiers, got along well with him; but Ma Su, who had always been friendly, actually lost touch with him.
Sure enough, everything in the world is as white as a dog's ears!
Shaking his head and throwing away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Zheng Pu once again wrote a statement for the Prime Minister. He reported to the Prime Minister the incident of Ma Di's troops leaving Longguan.
With the wisdom of the Prime Minister, after learning the news, he will make arrangements.
Hopefully, it’s still too late!
After finishing writing, he put the pen down on the case. After Zheng Pu called someone to send the statement quickly, his eyes were full of worry.
