Now that Ni Wei has deliberately exposed Xiao Guan's flaws as a bait to lure the Han to send troops to attack, he must be prepared to be swallowed.
However, was Cao Zhen's move against Wei just to divert the tiger away from the mountain?
Or are there other arrangements?
Putting down the military information cloth, Zheng Pu was a little undecided.
In fact, the Prime Minister's current deployment is the most appropriate and effective response.
He ordered the troops stationed in various places to be heavily guarded, and only sent Wu Ban's headquarters to Xiaoguan, intending to attack but failed to do so.
Don't give Ni Wei an opportunity to take advantage of it, just wait and see. Keep the same in response to all changes. No matter what tricks Ni Wei plays, the Han Dynasty will be able to deal with it with ease.
However, now that the arrangements have been completed and Zheng Pu is summoned to discuss it, I would like to hear if Zheng Pu has any other plans.
After all, the Han who vowed to conquer the Central Plains would eventually march into Liangzhou.
Before marching into Liangzhou, it was necessary to capture Xiao Pass, a dangerous pass that cut off the inverse Wei Guanzhong who rushed to aid Liangzhou.
If Zheng Pu has other plans and can swallow the bait thrown by Cao Zhen without harming himself, then everyone in the Han Dynasty can grasp the joy of Daqing.
But Zheng Pu has a strange plan?
Unfortunately, the answer is no.
Facing a dangerous pass that required countless lives to compensate for the terrain gap, Zheng Pu was helpless.
As a veteran general in the army, Wu Ban had already tried tactics such as luring the enemy into battle and seizing the opportunity to seize the pass. The enemy general Wei Ping was not a reckless person.
Perhaps, this was the reason why Cao Zhen, against the Wei Dynasty, dared to use Xiao Guan as bait!
However, by using some tricks to make the situation more favorable to the big man, Zheng Pu could give some advice.
Therefore, after roughly analyzing the measures to counter Wei, Zheng Pu handed over his hand and said, "Prime Minister, Pu has no plan to capture Xiao Pass. However, Pu secretly thought that if the main force of the counter Wei could be lured to Long
Fighting on the right may be more in line with our interests as a big man."
"Um"
With a slight nasal sound, the Prime Minister did not express his stance immediately, but instead stroked his eyebrows and fell into deep thought.
If the rebels against the Wei Dynasty send troops to fight, they will definitely adopt the method of virtual and real, and use separate divisions to feint attack, in order to disperse the strength of the Han Dynasty.
The direction in which the main force should move out is Hanzhong and Longyou.
According to common sense, the Han Dynasty hopes to march against the main force of Wei and march into Hanzhong County.
One is the damage caused by war to people's livelihood.
No matter where the Wei forces were sent in Guanzhong, Sima Yi, who was stationed in Wancheng in the north of Jing Dynasty, would support him. Hanzhong County would not avoid the war in any case. In this case, it would be better to lure Cao Zhen to march to Hanzhong County and leave the counties in Longyou undisturbed.
On the other hand, Hanzhong County is easier to defend than Longyou County.
During the Battle of Hanzhong in the past, the late Emperor Liu Bei was waiting for work, so Wei Wu and Cao Cao, who was limited by the difficulty of transporting grain and fodder along the Qinling Valley Road, had to abandon the land and retreat. Moreover, during Wei Yan's tenure as the prefect of Hanzhong, he had perfect defense of dangerous passes and sieges;
Coupled with the fact that tens of thousands of troops are currently stationed in Hanzhong County, it will not be difficult to resist the counter-Wei attack.
However, Zheng Pu's remonstrance is not without purpose.
This is to prepare for the future march into Liangzhou!
If the main force against the Wei Dynasty were to attack Longyou, it would inevitably go out via Anding County and Xiaoguan; then Jincheng County and Xiping County would send separate troops to harass the Han's Longxi County.
Although there is no need to worry about the trouble of transporting grain and fodder, there are hidden dangers that cannot be tolerated.
Human hearts will pass with time.
If the counterattack against Wei against Longyou fails again, the Qiang, Hu and Haoyou tribes in Liangzhou will lose confidence and become friendly to the Han.
This is the reason for Zheng Pu's advice: to reduce the obstacles to attacking the counties in Liangzhou in the future.
Naturally, this premise is that the Han Dynasty, which is at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, must not only strengthen the walls and clear the country to disturb the people, but also have the spare strength to expel all the rebel Wei tribes from Longyou.
It means that the greater the risk, the greater the reward.
"I have also thought about what Zijin said."
After a while, the prime minister opened his eyes and sighed slowly, "However, Cao Zhen, who rebelled against Wei, has been in the army for a long time. He is by no means a reckless person. It may be difficult to lure him to Longyou~~"
"Prime Minister, let's give it a try."
Hearing this, Zheng Puqian smiled and said, "If it succeeds, it will be gratifying; if it fails, it will not do any harm to me, a big man."
Um?
"Forget it, it's up to people to plan things, and it's up to God to make things happen. Let's give it a try."
Raising his eyebrows slightly, the Prime Minister suddenly smiled and said, "Zijin has been tired all the way, so he should go back and rest first. In a few days, Zijin should lead the army to Hanyang County."
"No, Pu resigned."
Zheng Pu left the table, bowed his hands, and retreated slowly.
Because with the wisdom of the Prime Minister, there is no need for his advice on how to try it.
For example, the prime minister claimed that he would lead the army to Hanyang County in the near future, which was one of the arrangements for how to induce the rebel troops to leave Longyou.
Nothing more than that, except for the two generals Wei Yan and Gao Xiang who guarded the Longyou gate and could not be mobilized, Zheng Pu, Guan Xing and other juniors in the army took over the defense of Xiaoguandao, leaving others such as Wu Yi, Chen Shi and Wu Ban.
The other senior generals all led their headquarters and returned to Hanzhong County to garrison with great fanfare. This gave the enemy the illusion that the Hanzhong County garrison of nearly 100,000 troops was indestructible.
Well, it's an illusion.
After Wu Yi and other generals marched to Wudu County, they would disguise themselves as auxiliary troops transporting grain and baggage, and then return to Longyou to station themselves.
As for whether Cao Zhen sees through it, let's wait and see what happens.
Anyway, even if the rebels against Wei send their troops out of Hanzhong County, former general Zhao Yun can hold out for three months, waiting for reinforcements from Longyou.
By doing this, the price the Han Dynasty paid was just to make Wu Yi and his troops a little more tired from marching.
It's supposed to be military training.
Naturally, in order to avoid any eventuality, the defense of Hanzhong County must be strengthened.
However, what Zheng Pu didn't know was that when he turned around and retreated, the Prime Minister kept looking at his back.
The nickname "Scar Pu", which was passed down by word of mouth in the army, finally reached the ears of the prime minister.
And I also know that this title was created by the chariot and cavalry general Liu Yan.
But Zheng Pu, who had a strong temperament, said nothing about this matter, as if he had never heard of it.
This made the Prime Minister a little curious.
Based on his understanding of Zheng Pu, he knew that he would never show any shame or anger.
Not to mention that he would not argue with Liu Yan, the chariot and cavalry general, as he did when he interceded for Ma Su in the past.
After all, Ma Su is different from Liu Yan.
The former recommended Zheng Pu, and the two also had a good friendship.
Moreover, the biggest reason for Zheng Pu's admonishment in the past was that the talent of the Han Dynasty was withering, and it would be beneficial to the Han Dynasty to continue to appoint Ma Di.
And the latter Liu Yanma Yan.
He was just a talker relying on the kindness of the late emperor Liu Bei.
And as early as when he was in Chengdu, he often used words to slander Zheng Pu.
Perhaps, his son is hiding now, just waiting for the opportunity to make Liu Yan irreversible?
The Prime Minister had a vague realization.
However, they had no intention of intervening, but instead had a wait-and-see attitude.
It was not that the Prime Minister was partial and allowed the court officials to criticize each other, but he wanted to take advantage of this incident to see Zheng Pu's character: He who had always been unscrupulous in dealing with external enemies, would he also be ruthless when dealing with enemies within the Han Dynasty?
Because Zheng Pu is now different in the eyes of the prime minister.
Planning can crown the younger generation.
The loyalty of sacrificing one's life to serve one's country while adhering to Xiaoguan Road
Aiming at the division of wealthy families and the national policy of admonishing people to spread their wealth.
This son's talent, given time, can succeed to his own! One day, he can shoulder the ambition of conquering the Central Plains!
If he wouldn't frame his colleagues with accusations based on his likes and dislikes.
However, the Prime Minister did not expect Zheng Pu to repay evil with kindness.
If we repay evil with kindness, how will we repay kindness?
The Prime Minister just hoped that Zheng Pu would not violate the court's laws when dealing with personal grievances.
After all, whether one's intentions are fair or not is the first step in becoming a leader of the country.
Otherwise, the greater the ability, the greater the harm to the country!
Rather than choosing a talented person who would cause harm to the country, the prime minister would rather choose a mediocre person to succeed him.
At least, no matter how incompetent a mediocre person is, he can still succeed!
If you can follow the rules, Cao will follow!
Although it does no good to the country, it can also do no harm to the country!
Pure is the stone that hides jade.
Jin means beautiful jade and virtue.
But I don’t know if the scars and cracks in the stone that hides the jade today can reflect the virtues of beautiful jade?
I hope this guy doesn’t disappoint me
When Zheng Pu's figure disappeared outside the department door, the prime minister, who was about to enter his fifties, also withdrew his sight, the words in his heart and his eyes slowly drooping.
Zheng Pu naturally didn't know about this.
He slowly walked out of the department room and turned to where the retinue was waiting.
Seeing that Liu Lin, who was even more majestic than Qi Yacuo, was closing his eyes to rest his mind, he said, "Zifan, the Prime Minister has appointed you to be the Sima of another department, and you will be under my command."
A ray of joy appeared in Liu Lin's eyes.
Immediately, it faded away quietly.
I saw him bowing with a respectful look and saying angrily, "No!"
When Zheng Pu saw this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile.
Along the way, he also gained a general understanding of Liu Lin's temperament.
This guy is serious in speech, never takes the initiative to talk to anyone, and behaves strictly.
And cherish words like gold.
If you can keep your mouth shut, you will never speak; if you can just respond, you will never say another word.
Perhaps, because his late father Liu Feng was too sensitive about his death, his mother warned him from an early age to keep silent about everything.
However, Zheng Pu quite appreciated this.
As a Shangguan, what I like most are subordinates who are taciturn and obedient.
After taking the horse's reins from the servant Qi Yacuo, Zheng Pu raised his head.
Seeing that the sun had not yet reached mid-day, he told Qi Yachu to lead Liu Lin to the military camp in Ji County first.
Well, the prime minister has already transferred back the three thousand troops and horses of his headquarters that Zhang Yi has been commanding.
Because Gao Xiang's troops were stationed in Daxia County, the Longxi Prefect's troops traveling to Chu could also pacify the people. There was no need for the Xuanwu Army to remain stationed in Didao, which would increase the difficulty of transporting grain and fodder.
And he went to Xiaolongshan Meadow, intending to choose a good horse for his wife Zhang Yan.
While the two were rubbing elbows in Chengdu, they also had a test of swordsmanship.
What Zheng Pu learned was a sword on the battlefield, with wide opening and closing of the sword, and simple movements; while Zhang Yan learned martial arts similar to those of an assassin, focusing on skills and being good at maneuvering.
If two people fight for life and death, the outcome is still in between.
However, it is just a competition between husband and wife in their free time.
Zheng Pu had no choice but to admit defeat and go and choose an excellent war horse himself according to the bet before the competition.
Cough! Cough!
A good man should be able to bend and stretch.
It's fine to show off your strength on certain occasions, and at other times just give in to what you can do.
Don’t you see, heroes like the late Emperor Liu Bei, when they entered Mrs. Sun’s tent in the past, their hearts were different?
He just lost in the sword fight now, so it's not a shame.
"drive!"
Zheng Pu, who took the initiative to ignore the fact that Mrs. Sun had more than a hundred sword-wielding maids in the past, comforted himself with the past story of the late Emperor Liu Bei without any shame, and then rode away with a clear conscience.
Summer June, Jingzhao County.
Along the official road leading to Sili Tongguan along the Wei River, dozens of cavalrymen wearing armor and sharp swords walked slowly in a fan shape.
The eyes under the helmet cast extremely sharp glances around. The right hand bent at the waist was holding a military crossbow, which was already cocked.
Their behavior made the Li Shu people walking along the road quickly stay away from them.
Many people ran in such a hurry that they even dropped their straw sandals.
They are still good.
It is not easy to avoid the carriages and horses of wealthy families or merchants who are traveling.
Therefore, the cavalrymen took up military crossbows in their hands and aimed them with crossbow arrows shining with the cold light of the sun.
Although the trigger was not pulled, the feeling of being shrouded in the shadow of death was really uncomfortable. When they were in such a state of embarrassment and drove the carriage far away, they couldn't help but have questions in their hearts:
Who is about to enter Luo? There are dozens of cavalry and pawns just driving ahead to clear the way?
After a while, they knew the answer.
The passing army numbered only a few hundred people.
But the flags flying in the army were embroidered with the Chinese character "Cao".
Parallel to the military flag, there is a bamboo pole decorated with an ox tail.
That is the Zhan Festival, also called the Fu Festival.
No wonder there was such a huge battle, it turned out that General Cao Zhen returned to Luoyang.
But I don’t know what happened to the general who was the governor of Yongliang in Guanzhong and returned to Luoyang this time.
Could it be that they are about to attack Bashu?
The dignitaries and scholars who stayed aside had a vague understanding in their hearts.
Cao Zhen, who was sitting in the carriage, frowned, his mind fluctuating with the bumps of the carriage.
He wanted to send troops to attack Shu after the autumn harvest this year.
To this end, he has been deploying for more than half a year.
At the end of last year, he sent people to appease the Xianbei Begging Tribe in the Wushui Basin.
Just like the decision of Emperor Cao Rui and the Dukes of Gongun in the past to lure the Bald Hair Tribe of Xianbei into Youfufeng to resist Shu, he may have subconsciously recognized the conditions in the Wushui Basin for the Qifu Tribe to inhabit, making them willing to fight for Wei.
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Dai Ling's troops were transferred to station with Xiahou Ba's troops in the north of Gaoping County, pretending to be fighting with Xianbei. This was just to confuse Ni Shu and to train the newly recruited soldiers in martial arts.
The same goes for deliberately exposing Xiaoguan to be attacked.
In order to mobilize the forces of various departments in Shu, and then expose the weak points of defense.
However, the news returned by the scouts and agents was not as he expected.
Ni Shu just did not attack Xiaoguan in a large scale, but actually sent many of his military veterans back to Hanzhong County to garrison them.
This made all his previous predictions come to nothing.
Because in his plan with the Emperor Cao Rui and the Gonggun Dukes, the main troops of the Wei State came from Hanzhong County and Wudu County!
But, it doesn't matter.
Now there are 100,000 troops in Guanzhong, 20,000 in the Wushui River Basin, and more than 7,000 cavalry promised by the Xianbei Qifu tribe. Liangzhou, which has more than 50,000 troops, also has more than 20,000 troops. In addition, Sima Yi's troops in northern Jingbei can mobilize three troops.
The response of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses was already twice that of Ni Shu.
