The husband was sitting in danger with his eyes closed, and his wife gently rubbed his head to relieve his fatigue.
The elegant sandalwood fills the study room, accompanied by a sound like an oriole, making the night even more gentle.
"I examine myself three times a day."
"In this province, who is looking down upon me today?"
"Two provinces, how should I repay them?"
"Three provinces, retribution, what happened, how do I deal with the aftermath?"
After saying this, he chuckled, and even the fingers that were originally rubbing his head were changed to supporting the man's shoulders.
"Heh~~"
Involuntarily, Zheng Pu chuckled.
It's already done, it's useless to think about it anymore, just don't do it again in the future.
Furthermore, the Prime Minister only gave a few words of caution, without any intention of blaming or alienating.
The unique comfort from the person beside his pillow made the worry about gain and loss in his heart quietly dissipate.
Zheng Pu put his hands on the ground and changed his previous kneeling posture into a very rude sitting position. He also leaned back and put his head on Zhang Yan's shoulder, "Xijun, in three days I will lead the army to Long."
right."
One year after getting married, Zhang Yan has grown two inches taller and is almost the same as Zheng Pu.
"Um."
With a slight nasal sound, she closed her eyes and hugged him.
"Then I'll go back to Shu and live there for a while."
"Next year is Yuanrong's wedding. I can go back to the mulberry garden to help you fulfill my filial piety."
"Also, you are also General Pingbei. Don't go into battle personally and let others laugh at you for not being a general."
"Brother will join you in the expedition, right? There is still some wine in this house, and I can't take it back with you. You can take it with you when the time comes. He is not greedy for food and drink, but he only loves good wine."
The gentle instructions were given in a clear voice, but the smile was gone.
Nearly twenty days later, it’s August in the golden autumn.
Zheng Pu, who led an army of eight thousand, escorted the grain and baggage to Pingxiang City.
Wei Yan, the left general who had received the news a long time ago, came out of the city to greet him very rarely. Perhaps it was the friendship from the previous battle in Xicheng and the reason why he couldn't wait to go to Xiaoguan.
Prime Minister Zhuge Liang had already sent a messenger to convey the military order, and he had already ordered the entire army to pack their bags and prepare for the attack.
With the desire to make achievements on the battlefield.
In last year's war, he was trapped by the outnumbered enemy and the responsibility of defending the territory. He was blocked in the city by the rebel Wei soldiers and the Qiang and Hu tribesmen. He was humiliated and insulted with obscene words every day, and he was already in a rage.
Now that he had the opportunity to lead the attack, An Neng was eager to see it through.
Furthermore, in the letter sent by the Prime Minister, there was a special mention: Zilong is already guarding the general, and Wen Chang encourages him!
Well, Zhao Yun moved his position, but the position of former general was not awarded to anyone else. In other words, the prime minister's move was a subtle incentive to Wei Yan: The vacant position of former general is reserved for you.
If the governor's troops leave Xiaoguan this time, defeat the Wei army and return.
When Wei Yan heard it, he suddenly felt a sense of heroism in his chest and abdomen: "Who else could give it to me?"
Even Zheng Pu, who came to take over the defense of Pingxiang City, was much polite.
Not only did he personally lead Zheng Pu to see the surrounding terrain, but he also carefully explained the situation of the surrounding sieges, the most likely places to attack if Wei attacked, etc.
There is nothing I can say without exhausting my words.
Immediately, two days later, Tu Qiong dagger met.
When he led the army to leave, he specifically told Zheng Pu, who was out of the city to see him off, "Zijin must stick to the gate of Longyou and don't let me have any worries."
Hearing this, Zheng Pu's gratitude to him melted away in an instant.
It turns out that his enthusiasm and dedication were due to his fear that he would be disadvantaged in resisting Wei Wei, which would delay his achievements on the battlefield.
It has to be said that Wei Yan has a special quality that makes people unable to be happy with him.
However, his military ability is admirable.
After taking over the garrison, Zheng Pu, Mi Wei and others couldn't help but admire the fortifications set up by Wei Yan, which were said to be watertight.
A dense network of defensive garrisons, interlocking with each other, connected a line of defense with no dead ends from Pingxiang City to the Changlishui (Hulu River) Valley. No matter which garrisons Ni Wei attacked, he had to beware of being attacked by the Han Dynasty.
The army attacked from both sides.
This made Zheng Pu feel very bad.
A large army had attacked last year, and Xia Houru, who had witnessed the defense of the Han army, would he lead the attack as expected in his plan with the prime minister? If the Wei army were to attack without division, then Li Yan wanted to capture Xiping
It's more difficult for counties.
After all, Liangzhou, which was against the Wei Dynasty, had more than 50,000 foot soldiers stationed there.
Coupled with the powerful private soldiers in the four counties of Hexi, it is no longer a problem to recruit an army of 60,000 to 70,000 troops in time of war.
Alas~~
I hope Xia Houru, who has spent half his life in the military, can look down upon me.
While inspecting the sieges in various places, Zheng Pu was also looking forward to it.
However, his expectations were destined to fail.
Xia Houru, whose official career was frustrated because he once served as Cao Zhangxiao's cavalryman, was most cautious!
In other words, as General Zhengxi, the highest commander-in-chief of Liangzhou in Wei State, he was qualified to know some secrets, so he was very afraid of Zheng Pu.
Wei Da Sima Cao Zhen sent him information about the generals of the Han Dynasty.
Among them, Zheng Pu's is the most detailed.
Moreover, Cao Zhen personally wrote a note at the back of the book: "This son is a serious trouble for our country of Wei!"
Xia Houru deeply agrees with this evaluation.
Looking at the wars over the past few years, whether Zheng Pu personally led the troops or simply participated in them, almost all of the Wei Kingdom ended in defeat.
Some battles are defeated in ways that can be understood, while others are defeated in an unbelievable way.
Moreover, Cao Zhen also forwarded him a private message to analyze the Xiaoguan epidemic last year.
There is no direct saying that it started because of Zheng Pu.
However, he claimed that based on the military experience of General Wei Ping and the late Dai Ling, as well as the climate of Xiaoguan at that time, there would never be a major epidemic in the army.
At that time, Xia Houru was horrified when he saw it.
One can also guess the reason why Cao Zhen did not investigate the matter further.
Worried that it would cause panic among Wei soldiers.
Most of the soldiers in the army are mean men, and they often attribute unknown things to ghosts and gods.
If they knew that Han generals could cause a great epidemic, how could they have the courage to confront them?
Promoting the ruthlessness of the Han Dynasty is not to instill in the soldiers that Zheng Pu has the power of gods and ghosts.
At the end of autumn and August, the war in Guanzhong started.
General Zhao Yun of the Han Dynasty came out of Baoxie Valley and set up banners in the Qinling Mountains. He continued to send troops to harass small groups. General Wei Yan of the Han Dynasty led Wu Yi and other troops, and about 30,000 troops together left Xiaoguan. The troops were in a straight line.
Refers to Jingyang, Anding County.
Cao Zhen, the great Sima of the Wei Dynasty, left the troops stationed in Hanzhong under Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and moved his troops to personally control Chencang City.
The generals were ordered to guard Yi County, strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and not to leave the city to fight the Han army.
Separately sent Yongzhou governor Xu Miao, general Wei Ping and Xianbei Tufa Shouguan to lead an army of 20,000 to Anding County to assist Xiahou Ba and Hu Shou in preparing.
In Longxi County, Li Yan, governor of Jiang Wei, and other troops marched through Jishi Gorge to Xiping County.
Guo Huai, the Protector of Shu, led an army to come to the rescue and resisted with General Hao Zhao, Prefect Pang Pang and Li Feng Colonel Yang Feng.
Jia Xu, the general guarding Siwang Gorge in Wei Dynasty, stood still and faced off with Gao Xiang, the general in the west of Hanzhen Town.
No matter in Guanzhong or Longxi, the Wei army relied on the strong and dangerous pass city to defend, and did not go out to fight the Han army. As the attacker, the Han army did not take the risk to siege the city because the strength of the two sides was not much different, and only sent a small force.
Provocation by soldiers and horses, etc.
As a result, the war reached a stalemate for a while.
The person most likely to break the deadlock is General Wei Zhengxi, stationed in Xiahou Ru, Yuzhong County, Jincheng County.
His army has nearly 15,000 infantry and cavalry.
In addition, Yang Fu, the governor of Liangzhou, asked General Yin Feng, the rebel general, to lead the Qiang and Hu tribes and private soldiers from the four counties of Hexi, totaling more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, to come to obey the order.
Nearly 30,000 troops can even change the situation of the war.
For example, if Xia Houru mobilizes all his troops and goes south to attack Longyou, he can force the Wei Yan tribe to send troops and horses back to defend, leaving Anding County without worries.
If Anding County has no worries, Zhao Yun's tribe in the Qinling Valley will be unable to support itself, so Guanzhong will also have no worries.
If there are no worries in Guanzhong, the cavalry can be detoured to Wuwei in Liangzhou, and the Haoyou of the four counties in Hexi can send more troops to support Xiping County where Guo Huai is guarding.
It can be said that it moves the whole body.
But Xia Houru's performance was very surprising.
He only sent troops and horses under the command of General Yin Feng to support Xiping County, and then stood still.
And it lasted for more than a month.
It seems that as the supreme commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, his duty is only to guard Jincheng County.
Even though the Wei Yan tribe had no worries, they began to march wantonly, pushing the front north to Chaona County and Gaofeng County; and Li Yan separated from the Jiang Wei tribe to plunder the pastures of the Huangshui Qiang tribe.
Therefore, the voice of "conquering the west and fearing war" began to spread faintly in the counties and counties of Liangzhou.
But what is puzzling is that Wei Da Sima Cao Zhen did not criticize this, let alone send anyone to urge Xia Houru to send troops.
Zheng Pu, who was supervising the army in Pingxiang City, was helpless in the face of such a result.
His expectations were far from reality.
Xia Houru's failure to move his troops made him lose ground in advance and retreat.
Continuing to hold on and wait passively will not be beneficial to the big man.
The troops of Zhao Yun and Wei Yan marched into Guanzhong to coordinate Li Yan's attack on Xiping County.
However, he, Guan Xing and Gao Xiang commanded more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, but they were restrained by Xia Houru and Jia Xu with less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, unable to create opportunities for Li Yan.
But if we send out troops to attack, it will be a bit risky.
It takes nearly ten days to travel from Pingxiang City to Yuzhong County, Jincheng County. In order to protect the retreat, he must leave troops and horses to guard.
At least the Guanxing and Miwei tribes cannot be moved.
In other words, if he sends troops, he will only have 6,000 troops at his disposal.
Xiahou Ru, on the other hand, had fifteen thousand cavalry, and he was waiting for work.
Attack the strong with the weak and fight to the bitter end, hoping to break the stalemate in the war?
Or should we choose to continue to sit back and watch, watching Wei Yan and Li Yan have no chance to break through Wei's defense?
Zheng Pu, who stood on the city wall all day long, was tortured by the dilemma for nearly a month.
The generals under his command are quite high in fighting spirit.
Both Zhang Yi and Zhou Tai came to ask for orders, claiming that they were willing to lead their headquarters to march into Yuzhong County, Jincheng County step by step, to see if there was any chance to lure the Wei army out.
Zheng Pu rejected all of this.
He did not have many troops and did not dare to disperse them.
If Xiahou Ruzhen goes out in full force and traps Zhang Ni or Zhoutai tribe outside, and uses his troops to rescue them, they will be surrounded by Niwei and come for reinforcements.
Guan Xing, who was guarding Ayang City, wrote frequently and gave him two choices.
First, let him send an army to Ayang City to garrison, so that Guan Xing can be separated and lead the army to Xiaoguan to attack Anding County with Wei Yan's tribe. This is equivalent to adding a possibility to this war: since Liang
It is difficult to achieve success in the state, so it is better to capture Anding County first.
The two were to let Pang Hong guard Ayang City, Guan Xing led his headquarters to Pingxiang City to garrison, and let Zheng Pu use his headquarters and Mi Wei's 2,000 soldiers to attack Jincheng. Eight thousand soldiers and horses came to attack, and more
Shang Gaoxiang's troops were watching from the side, which was enough to put Xia Houru in a dilemma and break the deadlock in the war.
Zheng Pu prefers the latter.
Because Anding County is very difficult to capture.
The Wei army has 80,000 soldiers in Guanzhong. Now that the prime minister has not moved his troops, Cao Zhen has stationed half of the soldiers and horses in Chencang as a mobile force. If Guan Xing's troops also go to Xiaoguan, Cao Zhen will also send thousands of soldiers and horses.
To support them, both sides fell into a deadlock of equal strength.
After all, the Guanxing Ministry's headquarters only has more than 5,000 troops.
"Zijin, military report from Hanzhong County."
On the city wall, while Zheng Pu was thinking with his eyes downcast, when the cavalry scouts had recently gone north to inquire about the road conditions into Jincheng County, Zhang Bao came to him at some point and handed over a piece of cloth.
"Thank you, brother Wenrong."
Zheng Pu, whose thoughts were interrupted, chuckled softly, took it over and looked at it, and couldn't help but stare slightly.
There are two books written by the military newspaper.
One was Sun Wu from Jiangdong, who sent troops to Huainan and won for a while.
After Sun Quan rebelled in Jingnan and sought peace, he began to eye Huainan.
The tactics used were the same old tricks.
He asked Zhonglang to write a letter to Sun Bu and pretend to surrender, hoping to lure Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou in Wei, to send troops to meet him, and then ambushed him on the road.
It is almost a copy of the story that lured Cao Xiu deeper in the past.
What is surprising is that for some unknown reason, Wang Ling, who had participated in the Battle of Shiting, actually believed it!
We plan to send out a large number of troops to welcome him.
Fortunately, Manchu, who had been promoted to General Wei Zhengdong at that time, concluded that Sun Bu must have faked his surrender. He also wrote a letter to Sun Bu on behalf of Wang Ling, claiming that the Wei army could not meet him now, and asked him to be patient for the time being and wait for the opportunity.
At that time, Man Chong happened to be summoned to the court.
Before leaving, he told the official Liu Mansion Chief Shi, who was temporarily in charge, not to give Wang Ling troops or horses.
But Wang Lingsu and Man Chong were at odds.
He searched for the troops and horses led by General Zhengdong but could not find them, so he became very angry.
So he insisted on going his own way and sent his own general with 700 people on foot and cavalry to meet him, intending to humiliate Manchong's face with this incident.
Then Nadu was ambushed by Sun Bu and attacked at night, killing more than half of them and returning home.
However, this matter can be regarded as something gained.
Because Sun Bu was just a decoy, and behind him was Sun Quan, who personally led the army. Seeing that Wei was rebelling, he sent 700 infantry and cavalry. He felt that his plan would not succeed, and that rebelling Wei was already on alert and could not attack again, so he withdrew his troops and returned.
went.
Another news is that the Prime Minister is asking his headquarters to gradually transport grain to Hechi County in Wudu County.
If the war remains stalemate for another month, the Prime Minister plans to take Chencang Road to attack Zhao Yun, creating an opportunity for Wei Yan's troops to capture Anding County.
Not only did he feel that it was difficult for the Longyou war to turn around.
It's because the big man can't afford it.
This attack mobilized nearly 100,000 troops, and consumed a huge amount of food and baggage every day.
The Prime Minister does not want to work in vain.
Therefore, after reading the military reports, Zheng Pu finally made up his mind.
He also didn't want to return from this war without any victory, "Come here, send me the order! Make food tomorrow at the third watch, and send out the entire army at the fourth watch!"
