The battle in the wilds of Wushi County ended with an evenly matched battle.
The Han army relying on the chariot formation suffered more than 3,000 casualties, while the Wei army charging into the formation was even more, suffering nearly 5,000 casualties.
Such results made Prime Minister Zhuge Liang give up the idea of continuing to entangle with the Wei army.
During the Northern Expedition, although the Han army recaptured several counties, they paid a high price.
Not to mention that the accumulated baggage and food supplies were all used up, and the number of soldiers who died in battle and from injuries and illnesses after the battle totaled more than 40,000.
The land of Bashu has a small population, and the newly recaptured counties are dominated by the profit-seeking Qiang and Hu tribes. This makes the subsequent supply of troops a faint obstacle for the Han to continue the Northern Expedition. Today, it is still possible to mobilize an army of 100,000 on the battlefield.
, it is also due to the results of using various methods to relocate Qiang and Hu barbarians and establish households.
Under such circumstances, we can avoid unnecessary consumption of soldiers, so we try our best to avoid it.
Therefore, after cleaning the battlefield, the prime minister, with the purpose of containing the main force of the rebel Wei, ordered all the troops to gather in the camp, with high forts and deep ditches, so that they could not fight with the Wei army.
And Cao Zhen, the great Sima of Wei, naturally wanted to continue fighting.
He firmly believed that the war in Liaodong would be victorious, and he continued to prepare for the army's departure from Longyou at the end of the year, using national power to consume the foundation of the Bashu War.
After seeing that the Han army was guarding the camp with high forts and deep ditches, he took advantage of the situation and closed the camp. He frequently sent small groups of soldiers and horses to show off their power and sent cavalry to detour to Xiaoguan in order to cut off the Han army's food route and force the Han army to fight.
But the prime minister ignored him.
Moreover, the grain that had been delivered previously was quite sufficient, and there was no need to worry about running out of food for the time being.
Responding like this, Cao Zhen felt helpless.
In the fierce battle between the two armies in the field, the Wei State had suffered more losses, so he would not attack the camp.
After working together with Chief Sima Military Advisor Zhao Yan, he came up with a compromise.
Move the camp to the north of the Han army and set it parallel to the enemy.
The cavalry were also ordered to closely monitor Xiao Guan every day, preventing Xiao Guan from transporting grain and fodder to the Han army camp in Wushi County.
The intention was obvious: when the Han army ran out of food and had to break camp and return, he would lead the army in pursuit and fight, leaving the Han army unable to escape.
It's an upright conspiracy.
It's a pity that things didn't go as planned.
He moved the camp for only more than ten days, and then led the army back slowly in melancholy.
The reason is that both Xianbei Bald Hair and Qifu tribes defected.
Unexpected, yet reasonable.
The Qifu Tribe did not submit to the Wei State in the first place. When they first went south to the Wushui River Valley and annexed the Jielu Tribe, they fought against the Wei State for a long time.
Later, when there was no profit to be gained from attacking each other, the Wei State offered them benefits to make them willing to join the expedition.
But for the first time, he encountered the Xiaoguan epidemic.
The leader contracted the epidemic and died, and the disease also spread across the tribe and killed countless people.
Not only did the Jielu tribe, which had been annexed for a long time, take the opportunity to rebel, but the clan members were also divided due to competition for the leadership position and their strength was greatly reduced. They had no choice but to become a vassal of the Wei state due to the situation.
With the grievances between the two parties, it is not surprising that he defected.
The Xianbei baldness department is similar.
When the Bald Hair Tribe was first introduced to Guanzhong by the Wei State to fight against Bashu, there were more than 10,000 strong young people in the tribe, and they were considered a quite powerful tribe outside the Great Wall.
But just a few years later, there were only more than 4,000 string controllers left in the Bald Hair Division.
They were all lost in battle for the conquest of Wei!
What made the tribal leader Bald Shouchan even more disheartened was that Wei's previous promises had shrunk.
At first, the Wei State handed over the entire Youfufeng to the Tufa tribe. However, as a large number of Jizhou Lishu migrated to enrich Guanzhong, the Tufa tribe was also squeezed out of its living space: the officials of Youfufeng took advantage of the fertile land in the Wei River Basin to graze too much.
On the grounds that it was too wasteful, the bald parts were relocated to the middle area between Lianshui and Jingshui.
Even the meadow with lush water and grass, the Weiwei Meeting, was once again turned into a horse herding land by the Wei State on the grounds that the supply of war horses in Liangzhou was insufficient.
This is equivalent to the fact that after the Bald Hair Tribe killed five or six thousand young men in battle, they were greeted by the white fangs of the Wei State.
The bald Shouchan could not accept such a result.
In particular, during the battle in the wilds of Yangcheng in the past, Fei Yao, the general of the Wei Kingdom, spilled the beans in a hurry.
Wei Guo had no good intentions in bringing them into Youfufeng.
They were originally treated as consumables, making their tribe weak and impoverished, and then took the opportunity to forcibly organize them into households, dispersed and migrated to the hinterland of the Central Plains. For generations, they became Wei soldiers or lowly livestock servants.
Therefore, the bald Shoutian, who was deeply troubled, began to make secret preparations after the battle in the wilderness of Yangcheng.
First, they allowed the tribesmen to slowly move north when they were nomadic; then they frequently sent people to associate with the Qifu tribe, with the intention of forming an alliance and supporting each other to migrate outside the Great Wall.
The land outside the Great Wall is rich in water and grass, with cows and horses tail-to-tail, and sheep blocking the road.
Although these years have been harsh winters and white disasters have occurred frequently, it is still their ideal home.
Moreover, their two Xianbei habitats are outside the Great Wall. Instead of becoming consumables in the war between Han and Wei within the Great Wall, it is better to return to reoccupy the territory and recuperate.
Anyway, even if they defected, the Wei State would not have the strength to pursue and kill them now that they were being restrained by powerful men.
By chance, Ma Dai, the general of the Northern Han Dynasty, and Zhao Guang, the cavalry commander, led the cavalry into the Wushui River Valley, giving them a good opportunity to escape.
After the bald-headed Shouxian volunteered to come to the Wushui River Valley, he secretly asked the tribe's women and children to slowly migrate north while grazing, and finally moved north to live in the Fuping County-Dingxicheng (now Wuzhong City, Ningxia) area abandoned by the Wei State.
Naturally, if women and children driving cattle and sheep can safely migrate from Lianshui River to the river basin, there must be someone to help them.
It was Hu Bo, the leader of the Huns in Wei Baosai, who held the post.
He also advanced and retreated with the two Xianbei tribes.
In other words, he also lost confidence in relying on the Wei State because of the heavy casualties suffered by his clan members due to the Xiaoguan epidemic.
He planned to move to Lingzhou (now Yongning County, Ningxia), marry and help each other with the two Xianbei tribes, and form an offensive and defensive alliance with each other to defend the pastures and territories.
This is the reason why Cao Zhen withdrew his troops and returned to the city to hold on.
Whether the Xiongnu and the two Xianbei tribes defect or not will have little impact on Wei's strength.
But the timing was so clever that people in Anding County were panicked and the north was also plunged into turmoil.
No need to think too much, the Qiang and Hu tribes in neighboring Beidi County will definitely take advantage of the situation after hearing the news - taking advantage of the turbulent situation, let the tribesmen pretend to be horse thieves and plunder the villages of Anding County.
Moreover, Wei State had no cavalry in the Wushui Basin, so it could not contain Ma Dai and Zhao Guang's cavalry.
Although the strength of Gaoping City and the general strategy of General Hu Zun made it impossible for the Han army to occupy the Wushui Basin. But if he did not send his five thousand cavalry to the Wushui Basin, the Han cavalry would definitely come from the north.
Disruption in the hinterland of Anding County.
Just imagine, he was confronting the Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang with a large army, but the counties behind him were attacked by two Han cavalry. How frustrated the common people and soldiers in the county must be!
Maybe, some people thought that the Wei army was defeated and gathered a crowd to rebel, vying to be the internal response of the Han army!
For example, the previous Haoyou Yangtiao.
After sending the cavalry to the Wushui River Valley, the Wei army no longer had the advantage of unit suppression and strength, so the best strategy was to retreat and return to protect the city.
Cao Zhen felt a little lonely.
During these years of war between Han and Wei, it seemed that God had never favored him.
Unexpected situations, unexpected rebellions, and months of heavy rains, etc., the right time, place, and people were not on his side.
Alas, the deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night.
Day after day, year after year, I wonder if I still have a chance to seize Longyou?
He sighed with sadness.
There is not much blame, but there is a lot of sadness in my heart.
There is also a faint concern about "destiny".
Nowadays, all of Emperor Cao Rui’s heirs have died in infancy, and none of the queen, concubines or others are pregnant.
well!
Sighed loudly again.
After returning to the county town, he sat alone in the dead of night, tried hard to calm down, and concentrated on writing a letter to the Luoyang Temple.
Luoyang must have been informed of the fact that Hu Bo, the leader of the Huns, was in charge of protecting the country, and that two Xianbei troops had defected.
For example, let Emperor Cao Rui and the Dukes of Gungun discuss how to deal with the old leader of the Bald Tribe, the bald orphan imprisoned in Luoyang, and his family.
For example, all the owl heads are displayed in public to intimidate other young people.
The head was sent to his brother Tuoba Liwei, a northern Xianbei tribe who now lives in Qiantao of the Hetao Plain in Bingzhou and has always maintained non-infringement trade with the Wei State.
Well, these two brothers have a grudge and have been attacking each other a lot in the past.
It would also be a good idea to reuse the bald man's waste and continue to win over Tuoba Liwei.
Or maybe the Tuoba tribe, which had obtained the head of the bald boy and implemented the "young son guarding the stove", might send one of his sons to the west to annex the bald Shougu.
Cutting off the roots and eliminating future troubles.
You might as well give it a try.
On the other hand, Cao Zhen didn't need to send people to inquire, and he knew that the destruction of Zuli County was inevitable.
Cao Zhen, who had guarded Yongliang for many years, knew Yin Feng's character very well.
He will definitely not surrender and beg for a living, and will definitely become a loyal minister of Wei.
Therefore, he wanted to ask for an award for it.
Whether it is to make up for the guilt in his heart, or to encourage him to devote himself to the Wei State even though he is still alive.
In fact, his guess was not wrong.
Zuli County only defended it for more than ten days before it was captured by Guan Xing's army.
Under the influence of the Haoyou tribe from the four counties in Hexi Province who came out to surrender one after another, the morale in Zuli City collapsed.
Even Li Shuqingzhuang, who admired Yin Feng as a man in the past, did not dare to fight for Wei.
The destruction of the city was inevitable, and they did not want to die needlessly.
In this regard, Yin Feng was helpless.
Under the generosity and tragedy of his heart, he personally drew his sword and fought, and finally died in the battle of seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence.
Guan Xing left two thousand soldiers and horses for Yan Yu to command, guard the prisoners and repair fortifications, etc. He only allowed the soldiers to celebrate for one day, and then rushed to meet Zheng Pu.
The two men had a combined force of nearly seven thousand, with only two hundred armored cavalry and more than a hundred light cavalry.
Facing Wei Ping's 8,000 troops who were holding the narrow spot east of Hanpingchuan, it was another headache for a while.
Wei Ping's troops, who were surrounded by high fortresses and deep ditches, kept their troops stationary, leaving Zheng Pu and others with nothing to do.
They even pretended to bypass Wei Ping's camp and attack Yanyin Fortress, but Wei Ping was still at ease and at ease.
The intention is obvious.
Wei Ping was confident enough that it would be impossible for the Han army to capture the Anyin fortress that Xu Zhi defended with 5,000 troops.
If the Han army wants to attack, then they can go.
He continued to guard the area, preventing the Han army from advancing or retreating.
After all, the Han army with only 7,000 soldiers and horses could not possibly shake the Han Yin Sai.
There were only two ways left for them, either to stop and return voluntarily, or to dispatch more troops from Longyou to attack by force.
The former result means that he has completed his duty of guarding Hexi; the latter result has reduced the pressure on the battlefield in Guanzhong.
However, what he didn't expect was that Zheng Pu rejected Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's letter to send troops to help.
However, the Prime Minister wants to send troops to help.
When the report of the battle between Ma Dai and Guan Xing came to Wushi County, the Prime Minister asked Wei Yan to lead his troops through Xiao Pass back to Longyou and march towards Zuli County.
There is no longer a war in Anding County. Wei Yan, who has been invited to be the governor of Liangzhou, will naturally come to turn his title into an actual position.
But Zheng Pu felt that Wei Yan should not come to Hexi too early.
He was afraid that the arrival of more than 10,000 troops from his headquarters would arouse Wei Ping's vigilance.
If Wei Ping feels that there is a disparity in strength and it is difficult to compete, and leads troops to garrison in the Fortress of Yin (city), then it will be difficult for Jiang Wei's troops who have surrounded him to succeed in a surprise attack.
He needs Wei Ping outside.
The previous attempts to attack the Yin Sui were just to convince Wei Ping that the Yin Sui was still indestructible!
I just took advantage of the trial to get acquainted with the road, and successfully responded when Jiang Weibu arrived.
How could Wei Yanbu be allowed to come over now and add uncertain factors?
Therefore, when he replied to the letter to the prime minister, he vowed that as long as Jiang Wei's troops could arrive smoothly, he would be able to capture Guanyin without the need for reinforcements.
The prime minister looked at it and laughed.
He was also very careful and asked Wei Yan's troops to escort a large amount of grain and fodder to station in Zuli County, and took advantage of the situation to build and reinforce Zuli City.
"At that time, whether Chang Wen can attack the four counties in Hexi without any worries, and whether Zuli County can withstand the counterattack of the Wei Dynasty, we should be careful!"
On the grounds that if Niwei knew that Ji Yin Fortress had been lost, he would definitely send troops to seize Zuli County and cut off the Han army's food routes, Wei Yan had no reason to rush to Ji Yin Fortress. He also carefully built fortifications and peripheral fortifications.
Guard the siege.
Time passes unconsciously.
It's already summer and June.
The situation in the world has changed again.
First, Soochow.
Although the army that Sun Quan sent to Liaodong was secretly attacked and annexed by Gongsun Yuan, one person still escaped execution.
Because before Gongsun Yuan planned, he also found an excuse to disperse the soldiers and horses of Soochow. For example, the envoys Qin Dan, Zhang Qun, Du De, Huang Qiang, etc. and the officials and soldiers were placed in Xuantu County (today's Xuantu County) by Gongsun Yuan.
Shenyang East, Liaoning).
After the incident, Qin Dan and others tried to send troops to seize the county city but failed, so they fled across the city to Goguryeo.
Pretending that they were envoys sent by Sun Quan to Goguryeo, they claimed that Emperor Wu had granted Goguryeo the gift, but it was taken away by Gongsun Yuan.
Goguryeo and the Gongsun family had a feud.
Since Gongsundu separatized Liaodong, he frequently sent troops to attack Goguryeo.
Therefore, when I heard about the Goguryeo Throne Palace (also known as Youzhi, nicknamed Jiaozu), I was overjoyed.
Thinking that with Jiangdong's help, they could jointly fight Gongsun Yuan, they sent envoys to send Qin Dan and others back to Soochow, and as a vassal, they offered a tribute of 1,000 mink skins and 10 chicken skins.
When Qin Dan and others returned, Sun Quan paid homage to the captain to appease him, and once again sent envoys to visit the Goguryeo Throne Palace.
He was also angry that Gongsun Yuan had betrayed the alliance and summoned hundreds of officials to discuss, hoping to send a large army to attack Liaodong.
Of course, he didn't get what he wanted.
Previously, when more than 10,000 soldiers were sent to Liaodong, the officials were unable to remonstrate with them. Now they are even more angry and fighting and cannot send troops again.
There are many aristocratic families in Jiangdong, and there are not many people in Jiangdong who are willing to go to sea to die.
Furthermore, even if revenge is successful, Soochow, the land of Liaodong, will not be able to occupy it.
Why bother to mobilize people?
His rational and conclusive advice gave Sun Quan no reason to act arbitrarily. In any case, he had already made two mistakes in decision-making in Fuhai Yizhou and Liaodong.
Therefore, he finally turned his attention back to Wei Guo.
He had already known about the news that the Han soldiers had left Anding County, and he also wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob Wei State.
By the way, it fulfilled the agreement between Han and Wu to jointly defeat Wei.
However, what is ironic is that when he was preparing troops to attack Wei, Wei's general Sima Yi indirectly helped him avenge Liaodong.
Thank you to the leader "Brother Yun's Fans". I will add more thanks in a few days. I have been too busy recently~~~
