The world is divided into three parts, but the state of Wei only holds seven points.
These seven points do not refer to the territory, but to the fertile fertile fields suitable for farming and the registered population.
Among them, the north of the river and the hinterland of the Central Plains, which had begun to recover since Yuan Shao's demise, were the foundation for Wei to launch successive wars.
However, the Way is this moment and that moment.
Today's Wei State has also begun to enter the predicament of declining people's livelihood.
After the Han Dynasty occupied Longyou and Jiangdong and launched the Battle of Shiting, the Wei State began to keep its soldiers without taking off their armor, and Luoyang did not take off their saddles.
Just as Cao Cao of the Wei Dynasty once said in "Hao Li Xing", "Armor breeds lice."
There is no age without fighting.
Even a one-year-old battle.
Even if the Liaodong Gongsun clan and Xianbei Kebi could be eliminated one after another and there would be no more wars in the northern frontier of Wei State, it would not be able to help the continuous use of troops against the Han and Wu countries, which would damage people's livelihood. In addition, the farming system that supplied soldiers continued to collapse, and Cao Pi The Han promised many ills to the wealthy families, which gradually withered Wei's financial and material resources.
For example, Wei will no longer have the strength to mobilize an army of more than 100,000 people in the next ten years or so.
This is the consensus of everyone.
Therefore, Cao Ruifang would send the emperor's own soldiers, tiger and leopard cavalry, to Hexi. Sima Yi would not hesitate to use up all the gains from farming in Guanzhong for several years. For them, if this battle could not complete the battle between Han and Wei, the geographical advantages and disadvantages of the two sides Reversal, hoping to slowly erode the war heritage of the Han Dynasty and drive the Han army out of the northwest step by step, then there will be no chance to recapture Longyou and Liangzhou in the future!
In other words, facing the Han Dynasty who occupied Longyou, a strategically important place, the Wei State would have to fall into passive defense in the future!
The Prime Minister is also aware of this.
In the past ten years since the Northern Expedition, the Han Dynasty had suffered countless losses in its war heritage, but in the end it resulted in more victories than fewer defeats.
Every time they sent out troops, they were able to attack the city and plunder the territory, causing casualties to the Wei soldiers and countless losses in food and supplies.
When Cao Zhen was still alive, the Han Dynasty had already wiped out all the war resources in Hedong, Hanoi, and Yanyu in the Wei state. Now, the large army and supplies of food and supplies prepared by Cao Rui for Sima Yi are the resources in the north of the river.
It is also the last heritage of Wei State!
This was because the production and soldiers of the states and counties in the central plains of Wei State were needed to guard Jiangdong.
This is the reason why the Prime Minister intends to send troops to Xiaoguan.
If Wei's main force in Guanzhong can be severely damaged in one battle, the strategic passivity of the trapped Fortress in Hexi Province will be defeated. And there will no longer be worries about Wei's invasion in the future, allowing the imperial court to rest and recuperate calmly, and prepare for the invasion of Guanzhong. The old capital is gathering strength and planning.
Even if sending troops now will affect the livelihood of the people in Hanzhong and Longyou counties, we will not hesitate.
But Zheng Pu had different ideas.
It wasn't that he didn't agree with the Prime Minister's plan, or that he couldn't see the turning point of the war.
But he still insists on the idea that Manyin City Fortress does not need immediate rescue.
He firmly believed that Liu Yin, who was guarded by three thousand soldiers, would not be destroyed until the food, fodder and baggage were exhausted, even if he faced ten times the attack from Wei!
Therefore, while establishing the Bow and Arrow Society in Zhangye County, he was also considering the words to write a book for the prime minister.
Naturally, he would never directly advise that no troops should be sent.
The prime minister, who always makes decisions and moves, has already written a letter to ask Fei Yi. I am afraid that the troops of Longyou's troops have already been strengthened and will rush to Xiaoguan to gather.
So he thought about it for a few days and then retreated to the next best option.
The soldiers and horses from the Hexi expedition rushed to join forces with Wei Yan's troops for rescue, while the Chinese army personally supervised by the Prime Minister did not leave Xiaoguan until the seventh month of autumn. Because by then, the autumn harvest grain would be transferred to various places in Longyou. And it can provide logistical support for soldiers to fight for a long time.
The reason is simple.
Whether the Wei soldiers were in trouble and seized a strategic advantage, or whether they recruited tiger and leopard cavalry and Wuhuan cavalry to fight, their intention has not changed from the beginning to the end. It is just to continue to consume the national strength of the Han Dynasty and make the Han army unable to bear the losses of the war.
It was so serious that it fell into an endless cycle of poverty and weakness, and could no longer defend Liangzhou and Longyou.
Use yourself to save others.
Zheng Pu felt that if he were Sima Yi, when he saw the Prime Minister personally supervising the troops out of Xiaoguan, he would definitely build high bases and deep ditches to avoid fighting!
He continued to wait for work at leisure, waiting for the Han army's fighter planes to appear after they ran out of food and fodder.
After all, if the Han Dynasty sends troops, it also means that his strategic purpose has been achieved.
Especially when Cao Zhen was still alive, there were many field battles between Han and Wei.
However, the results of the battle did not give Sima Yi confidence: in terms of the morale and eliteness of the soldiers, the Wei army was still inferior to the Han army after all, so why bother to rush for a while?
However, Zheng Pu did not have much confidence in whether the prime minister would adopt his advice.
Even before coming to Hexi, the Prime Minister's Office in Hexi County had received letters from various generals, all of whom unanimously claimed that they were ready to fight.
This is the confidence and vigor that led to the Northern Expedition’s repeated victories over the past few years.
It is also the unified determination of the Han Dynasty from top to bottom to "return to the old capital".
With the death of old ministers such as Zhao Yun, Gao Xiang and Chen Shi, Wu Yi, Wu Ban and Fu Kuang entered their old age, and the prime minister himself needed to travel by car, the Han Dynasty all had their own concerns about "returning to the old capital".
Hope day and night.
Zheng Pu is well versed in this.
I also know how difficult it is to change the Prime Minister's mind after he has made his decision.
Alas, you should just try your best to do it, and you have no idea whether it will succeed or not.
"call"
Putting the pen down gently on the case, Zheng Pu gently dried the ink on the silk, and then ordered the letter to be transferred to Longyou County.
He immediately stood up and said goodbye to Zhuge Qiao, "Mr. Ge, the outline of the establishment of the bow and arrow club has been decided, and you will take care of other trivial matters."
"good."
He quickly stood up and returned the greeting. Zhuge Qiao smiled and said, "Zheng Jun, please be at ease. I will live up to the expectations of the court."
As for Xu Zhi, who was also in the office, he did not say anything. After bowing to Zhuge Qiao, he turned around and went out first to let the retinue prepare to set off.
Zheng Pu was about to rush to Jiuquan County, and he, who had more than 200 tribesmen, volunteered to protect him.
Moreover, he is also on the way.
Fu Qian, who had returned from escorting more than 2,000 prisoners from the right group of the Southern Huns, calculated the distance and was about to enter Zhangye County.
These captives will be put at Shandan Ranch to serve as jocks herding war horses. It is reasonable for Xu Zhi, who works at the ranch, to go and greet them.
However, Zheng Pu knew that he had another thought.
During the more than ten days of busy setting up the bow and arrow club, Xu Zhi, following Fei Yi's instructions, also took the time to invite Zheng Pu into the military camp to observe the military appearance.
The intention was very obvious, making Zheng Pu feel that the more than a thousand county soldiers he commanded were not weak in combat power, and could serve as the vanguard when they rushed to reinforce the Manyin City Fortress in the future.
But Zheng Pu intended to use Liao Hua's headquarters.
It’s not that he favors one over the other, or he feels that Xu Zhibu cannot be reused.
Rather, he had an idea that could not be made public until the Prime Minister replied to the letter.
After all, according to common sense, if Hexi increases its troops and rushes to Guanyin, everyone will think that they are rushing to join forces with the Wei Yan tribe, even the Wei State is no exception.
Therefore, he does not want to follow common sense, and soldiers are using deceitful methods!
