As we all know, Pang Chuan, who once served as the governor of Xihai (Juyan vassal state), can be called a good official for a while in terms of managing herdsmen, handling disputes between Han and Hu, and making them peaceful.
But he has rarely participated in military preparations or prepared troops for battle.
Now, he categorically claimed that Jia Xu, who had spent half his life in the military, was already defeated when he sent troops, which really surprised Li Jian.
Although Li Jian himself was not familiar with military matters.
But he knows that in an offensive and defensive battle, the attacker is naturally at a disadvantage.
If the soldiers of the Han army traveled nearly a thousand miles, neither food supplies nor morale would last long. However, Jia Xu and Wei Ping had advantages in geographical location and military strength, and could coordinate with each other from the north to the south. How could the Han army defeat them?
In fact, many Hexi Haoyou and Qianghu tribe leaders had similar views to Li Jian.
They responded to the recruitment of Jia Xu and the prefects of various counties and gathered people to prepare for the war, because they felt that the chance of the Han army winning this battle was low.
Even the chief general of the Han army, Wei Yan, was a general who had been famous for a long time and had many military exploits.
Therefore, Li Jian hesitated for a moment, then raised his hands and asked, "Sir, what does it mean to eliminate evil? Jian does not understand."
"Ha~"
With a slight sneer, Pang Qiao smiled gurglingly, looked at Li Jian and said, "There are four reasons for my assertion."
"First, at this time, due to the defeat of the old Sima army at Longyou, the Wei generals and soldiers from Liangzhou huddled in Jincheng County, which made the people of Hexi Province panic. When the Han army came to attack, General Jia did not want to appease the Li people.
On the contrary, they gathered the powerful people to the right and turned the bandits into soldiers, causing even more disturbance in Hexi. This is a failure! In the past and present, how has it happened that the people of the city were uneasy and the soldiers were deployed to gain advantage?"
"The reason for this is that people's hearts are not united. Since ancient times, those who have gathered together to gain advantage will disperse due to harm. The nearly 30,000 coalition forces in Hexi counties seem to be huge, but in fact they have violated the ban. Although I am not good at fighting.
However, we also know the principle of 'soldiers should be more valuable than more troops'. Today's large armies all come with the hope of profit. When facing an army, everyone must favor their own interests and not use force!"
"If the war goes well, you may be able to win the spoils and fight bravely. But if you suffer a slight defeat, you will blame each other and shirk the war, and the Han army will find an opportunity to defeat each other!"
"Again, the main general this time is the former general Wei Wenchang. He was relied on by Xuande Gong as a fence of the country, and he has been in one area for a long time. He is a good general of the time, and General Jia Du is not like this. Moreover, the soldiers under his command are all elite, which is also difficult for the Hexi Allied Forces.
The enemy. Furthermore, Prime Minister Zhuge of the Han Dynasty appointed Zheng Zijin as his deputy to supervise the rear. Zheng Zijin was a man of many plans and good judgments, and he made many outstanding achievements since the campaign. He was called "the great trouble of Wei" by the late Grand Sima.
Seeing this, Jia Du sent out his troops to fight, how could they win?"
"In the end, yes"
As if he remembered something, Pang Qiao paused for a moment and asked, "Wen Ce, do you know about the Battle of Weinan in the past when Wei Wuping defeated Guanzhong?"
The Battle of Weinan happened not so long ago in the 16th year of Jian'an, so Li Jian knew about it.
But he didn't know why Pang Qiao mentioned the past when inferring the victory or defeat of the Han, Wei and Liangzhou battles.
With doubts, he respectfully replied, "Mr. Hui, I simply know this battle. Ma Chao and Han Sui rebelled, and more than ten Yongliang soldiers and horses, including Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Cheng Yi, etc., responded. Wei Wu personally led the army to fight, using
Therefore, Jia Taiwei's plan to alienate people was defeated. After this battle, all the tribes of Yongliang were defeated, which was also the beginning of the Wei State's acquisition of the land of Yongliang."
"good."
After hearing this, Pang Qiao nodded approvingly and said with a smile, "You only know that the defeat of Ma Chao, Han Sui and others before the battle was Wei Wu's plan to alienate the old captain Jia Wenhe; but you don't know that more than ten soldiers and horses of Yongliang
To be defeated in the future is to create a cocoon and bind one’s ears.”
Having said this, he seemed to have stood for a long time, as if he was already showing signs of aging. He put his hand on Li Jian's forearm, slowly sat down along the eaves column, and then began to continue his eloquent speech.
"In the past, when the two armies were confronting each other in Weinan, Wei Wu's face was filled with joy when he heard that every troop of thieves was arriving. He didn't know why the generals were leading the expedition. After the battle, he asked about it. Wei Wu replied: 'Guanzhong is far away, and if the thieves are separated, Depending on the dangers and obstacles, we can conquer them in one or two years. Now we have all gathered together. Although there are many people, they will not surrender to each other. The army has no suitable leader and can be destroyed in one fell swoop. It will be difficult to achieve success, so I am happy.'"
"Now Jia Du will gather all the nobles from all the counties in Hexi, and the troops of the Qiang and Hu tribes will fight with the Han army, just like in the past, Ma Chao and Han Sui gathered all the tribes in Yongliang."
"Once they return in defeat, all the people in Hexi will be frightened! If the Han army takes advantage of their victory and marches forward, they will be like clouds of enemies wherever they come!"
"Ban Gu recorded a proverb in the "Book of Han·Jia Yi Biography": 'The chariot in front is overturned, and the chariot behind is guarded.' Jia Du has been in the army for many years, but now he does not know the lessons from his predecessors, so it can be said that he is talented enough to be a general, but difficult to be a governor! Perhaps this is the reason why the Zhang family in Dunhuang received the honor of being one of the two governors of Wei State, but they did not send troops to join the expedition."
"Therefore, I dare to assert that if General Jia Du restrains his troops and defends the territory, the war will still be in danger. But if he sends his troops out of Hexi, Liangzhou will no longer belong to the Wei State!"
Uh~~
After Li Jian listened, he was silent for a while.
If things are as said, then there is no need to worry about Pang Chu using "The Thousand Character Classic" to teach rural children.
However, new doubts emerged in his mind.
Yang Fu, who served as the governor of Liangzhou in Wei Dynasty, should be better than Pang Yu in terms of military strategy.
For example, after the Battle of Weinan in the past, Cao Cao of Wei Dynasty returned to the army because of the rebellion of Su Bo in the Hejian area of Jizhou. At that time, Yang Fu was in the army as an envoy, and he advised Ma Chao to win the hearts of the Qiang and Hu, so he should leave a large army behind to prevent their return.
However, although Wei Wu and Cao Cao approved of it, due to the hasty return to the army, there were not many troops and horses left and they were not well prepared. As a result, Ma Chao later took Long. If Wei Wu and Cao Cao had taken strict precautions, Zhang Lu would have been able to secure a corner. Mentality may not lead to sending troops and horses beyond Longyou.
In other words, Yang Fu can definitely deduce the hidden crisis in Jia Xu's plan.
But why didn't he say anything to stop Jia Xu from sending troops?
Could it be that he also looked up to Wei in his heart and just let it go?
Li Jian secretly speculated and planned to ask Pang Qiao to see if his thinking was correct.
But as soon as the question came to his lips, he swallowed it back.
He suddenly realized that Yang Fu was similar to Pang Fu in nature, both were straight men.
Even if he did have his eye on Wei, he would not sit back and watch Jia Xu's mistakes while he was in power.
As for why this was the case, Jia Xu still sent troops.
Because of Luoyang Temple's policy of "people on the border governing the border", Yang Fu, the governor of Liangzhou, had no authority at all. Even if he revealed the dangers lurking in this dispatch of troops, Jia Xu, who was already dictatorial in military affairs, would not Listen to it.
After all, Jia Xu also led the Wuwei Prefect.
Like other right-wing men, he hopes to one day be able to legitimately become the master of Liangzhou. But if he wants to turn this ambition into reality, he must use his achievements to lay a solid foundation.
After all, the authorities are confused, or they are just blinded by the power!
well.
Naturally, Jia Xu, who had already marched his troops along the Wuting River valley (Zhuanglang River), did not know that Pang Chuo had categorically declared that his trip would be defeated.
On the contrary, at this moment, he felt that everything was going as he wished!