No matter from the perspective of people's livelihood or the significance of war, Chang'an is the center of the three auxiliaries in Guanzhong and the focus of the battle between Han and Wei.
Sima Yi could not ignore it.
After reading the emergency report from Jingzhao County, he did not feel angry, annoyed or melancholy.
Instead, take a deep breath, get rid of all the distracting thoughts in your heart, and think about the countermeasures calmly and focusedly.
A small leak will sink a great ship.
As a battle that will almost determine the situation of Han and Wei in the next ten years, it is inevitable that some small mistakes or omissions will occur. As long as there is a chance to make amends, it will not affect the situation of the battle. But if the commander cannot maintain a calm mind,
If you raise an army when you are angry, if you are angry and go to war, you will not be far from defeat.
right!
In Sima Yi's eyes, this time the Han army came out of Ziwu Valley because of scabies.
Not to mention that the Han army only plundered some common people in rural settlements and destroyed some farms and roads. Even if they captured and killed Xia Houxuan, as long as Chang'an City was not breached, it would still be within the bearable range for the Wei army.
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With the current strength of the Han army, Gein could not withstand Wei's counterattack even if he invaded Guanzhong and occupied several cities.
Naturally, he would not take this matter lightly.
When Cao Zhen was still alive, there was an incident where the traitor Zhang Mu gathered a crowd to rebel, forcing the army to retreat in defeat.
Now that the Han army suddenly appeared under the city of Chang'an, the old capital of the Han Dynasty, who dares to say that no one would take the opportunity to instigate Li Shu to cause trouble?
Sima Yi did not want to experience a civil uprising.
Therefore, it is imperative to divide the troops and rush to Chang'an to garrison.
As for whether he is currently confronting Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang and dividing his forces will eliminate his advantage, there is no need to worry about this.
He only needs to send five to six thousand soldiers to rush there!
Jingzhao County is the heart of Guanzhong, and if you go against Shu to attack Ziwu Valley, you will have to go deep alone and it will not last long.
Today's raid was successful, but it happened suddenly and the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou and Guanzhong were unprepared. If Peter Li was still greedy and refused to retreat, he would be trapped and killed at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains by the soldiers and horses in Jingzhou and Guanzhong!
You don’t need to think too much to know that the Luoyang Temple will definitely order Wang Chang, the general who conquered the south, to select thousands of elites from Jingyu and Jingzhou, and come from Nanyang Wuguan to Jingzhao - Jingzhao was attacked, and the rebel troops from Shu came to Chang'an. The most disturbing thing
It is the emperor Cao Rui.
Moreover, the military newspaper claimed that many Li people had been plundered, from which it was inferred that the Shu army would definitely abandon their troops and return.
Otherwise, the former leader of Shu, Liu Bei, was too slow to cross the river with his people, and was overtaken by Wei Wu Cao Cao with tiger and leopard cavalry. This is a lesson from the past.
Furthermore, the supply of food and fodder could not allow the Shu army to stay for a long time.
Surprise attackers, because they move in a concealed and fast manner, can never carry sufficient supplies.
However, the wheat in the military garrison in Guanzhong is not yet ripe, and the opposition to Shu has always been based on benevolence and righteousness. There has never been any such thing as destroying villages and towns to seize the grain of the common people to supply the military. How can they stay for a long time when there is not much grain?
Calculating the time, perhaps by the time he sent his troops to Chang'an, the Shu army would have already retreated to Hanzhong.
What really made Sima Yi hesitate was who to lead the troops.
It’s not that no one is available.
Rather, he planned to use this incident to turn Chang'an's garrison Xia Houxuan into a figurehead.
This stick is of no use!
He was so frightened in the face of battle that he ran away when he saw the enemy!
He didn't even think about the impact of his cowardice at the time when Han and Wei were competing!
Let me ask, if Xiahou Boren, who was born in the family of Qiao Pei, feared Shu as much as a tiger, how could the other officers and soldiers in Guanzhong fight to the death?
Can Sergeant Guan Shuan think that the Wei army can win this battle?
At this time, Sima Yi no longer wanted to think about the previous marriage relationship between the two families.
Anyway, his eldest son Sima Shi has already remarried, and Xiahou Xuan's uncle Cao Zhen has been dead for several years, and the emperor Cao Rui will not blame him for seizing power.
The overall situation is more important.
However, the candidate who can make Xiahou Xuan not dare to disobey and surrender military power needs to be carefully considered.
Du Xi, the military advisor who once despised Xia Houshang's character, was originally the best candidate. However, at the beginning of this year, he suffered from frequent illnesses and was drafted back to Luoyang for training.
Protector Xue Ti's qualifications are also acceptable.
However, he came from a poor family and was quite worldly in dealing with people. In the past, he was often sent by Cao Cao of Wei and Wu to reconcile the conflicts among the various ministries and generals. He was afraid that he would not be willing to seize power.
After much deliberation, Sima Yi finally decided to let Guanqiu Jian lead the troops.
First of all, Guanqiu Jian's official position was that of the governor of Yongzhou, so it was not considered excessive to go to take over the military power of Chang'an.
The other is that he is the queen of the generals and an old minister of Emperor Cao Rui. Xia Houxuan did not dare to be presumptuous even if he was unwilling to do so.
But after he left, the general guarding Gaoping City had to be re-appointed.
Although, with Gaoping's reputation as the "First City", there is no need to worry about being attacked by Shu.
But Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, even used the plan to rush out of Ziwu Valley. How could he not reserve troops and horses at Xiaoguan, and after his main force arrived in Chencang, he would frequently come out to disturb the grain routes of various tribes in Hexi?
The person in charge of Gaoping City must be able to coordinate the overall situation and be competent.
In other words, he only had Xue Ti as his choice.
well.
After Si Ding put down the pen and passed the seal order to the guard on duty, Sima Yi sighed quietly, letting a tired look quickly cover his face.
He regretted letting Guo Huai's troops march to Hexi.
There is also the strategy of Hu Zun and Deng Ai's troops heading south to the Fortress of Anyin, deliberately leaving the defense south of Helan Mountain empty to lure the enemy.
Because now it seems that he is doing something unnecessary.
Qin Lang, Guo Huai, Xia Houru and other troops, as well as Wuhuan's sudden cavalry who later came for reinforcements, totaled more than 40,000, which greatly weakened the military advantage of the main force in Guanzhong.
The result was just to force all Ni Shu's troops west of the river to march out.
It can be said that the gain outweighs the loss!
Not to mention the food and baggage consumed by the army on a daily basis.
After a large amount of grain was transferred to Luoyang at the beginning of the year to relieve the famine, the grain accumulated in Guanzhong over the past few years was no longer abundant.
At least, based on the current losses of more than 100,000 troops, the grain harvested this year will definitely be used.
In other words, he suddenly discovered that he, who originally had the strategic advantage and military superiority, had a slight tendency to reverse his advantage under Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu.
That's all, there's no point in thinking too much.
In any case, the advantage today is still on Wei Jun's side.
As long as he ordered the soldiers and horses from all over Guanzhong to build high forts and deep ditches, and not give Ni Shu a chance to fight quickly, he would still be able to achieve his original strategic intention of consuming the foundation of the Ni Shu war.
Sima Yi, who had comforted himself in this way, stood up from his desk, put aside the worries just now, and walked out of the Governor's Mansion to inspect the city defense and the situation of the soldiers' camps.
However, will the Prime Minister do as he wishes?
It’s autumn in July.
As Sima Yi expected, before Guanqiu Jian's troops arrived at Jingzhao County, Guan Xing's troops fled into the Qinling Valley Road and returned; while Xiaoguan in Anding County was also harassed by Han troops.
After the main force of the Wei army moved south, Zhao Guang's troops no longer guarded the Wushui River Valley, but combined the troops of Wang Ping and Jufu to march out of Xiao Pass.
There are not many soldiers and horses, only nine thousand cavalry.
Due to the fact that the Wei army set up many garrisons in Anding County and had Hongdu Wuhuan's sudden cavalry on the side to contain them, Zhao Guang's troops did not go as far as they wanted to attack the Wei army's grain transport team.
But Wang Ping and Jufu succeeded several times.
The soldiers under Gai Yinjufu's command were all Banzhen barbarians; while the soldiers under Wang Ping's command were from the former "Five Tribes of Qingqiang". After the recruitment was expanded, they were renamed "Wudang" and "Feijun" by the prime minister. .
They are all the elites of the Han army!
Although the two armies combined had only more than 6,000 men, Wei's guard army Xue Ti could not contain them even if he ordered more than 10,000 men to encircle them.
The two armies fought fiercely in the field.
The Han army, which was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, defeated the Wei army, which was more than twice the number, and killed more than a thousand people before the battle.
If the place where the fighting broke out was not far away from Xiaoguan, Wang Ping and Jufu were worried that going too deep into the enemy's territory would cut off their return route, so they did not pursue them. It is unknown how many Wei troops were captured.
But the effect is significant.
After this battle, Wei's grain transport teams all bypassed Chaona County, which made the transportation of soldiers and common people even more difficult.
And it also affected the scheduling of the Xiahou Confucian Ministry.
After the war, the right general Wu Ban, who was left by the prime minister to take charge of all affairs in Longyou, came to guard Xiaoguan in person, allowing Zhao Guang, Jufu and Wang Ping to go to Zuli County.
Not only did he intend to march into the Wushui River Valley, but he also planned to march along the Zuli River into Hanpingchuan.
In this regard, Xue Ti, who had been defeated for a while, had to put his troops on guard in the Wushui River Valley, and wrote a letter to warn Xia Houru so that he could make preparations in advance.
When Xia Houru got the news, he immediately became furious.
How could he be on guard calmly?
Just protecting the retreat of the Guo Huai tribe, facing the eager gaze of the Wei Yan tribe, was enough to make him exhausted mentally and physically. Now he actually had to divide his troops to guard the rear to prevent being attacked?
Yes, divide the troops.
Hu Zun's tribe besieging the fortress of Manyin cannot be transferred away.
Otherwise, the Han army in the fortress might take the opportunity to sneak out of the city and attack the Wei army and burn the grain and baggage of the Wei army.
After all, the lone army who had been trapped for more than half a year has not had a collapse in morale or a loss of morale, which is enough to prove that the defender has won the hearts of the people, the soldiers are all elite, and they do not lack the courage and decisive courage to sneak out of the city to attack.
However, being angry won't solve any problems.
In desperation, Xia Houru had no choice but to mobilize 3,000 soldiers from his own army and 2,000 soldiers from Hu Zun's army, and together they set up camp in front of Hanping River on guard.
In other words, as far as the Wei Yan tribe is concerned, Xia Houru no longer has the advantage in military strength.
Because Liao Hua and Yan Yu secretly entered Wei Yan's army with five thousand soldiers, Wei Jun's scouts did not detect it, and Xia Houru was not aware of it.
The war that broke out in Anding County, military information such as the deployment and mobilization of troops in the Fortress of Manyin, quickly reached Chencang City and fell on Sima Yi's case.
In disguise, it contributed to his determination: to go out of the city to fight in the field!
Because of Zhuge Liang's actions, Prime Minister of Shu, he could no longer stand still with his troops in high forts and deep trenches.
Of course!
The prime minister, who had camped at San Pass for more than a month without any movement, finally marched again.
But instead of sending troops across the Wei River to attack Chencang, they went east along the Wei River and headed for the exit of Baoxie Valley (the Wuzhangyuan area).
This move seems very haphazard.
Why did you mobilize everyone to move to Wuzhangyuan?
If the intention was to attack Yixian, wouldn't it be better if the troops were sent directly from Baoxiegu?
But Sima Yi could guess the Han army's intentions.
Judging from the time, when the Han army moved to Wuzhangyuan, it happened to be the time when the wheat in the fields was ripe. This move by Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, was to give the enemy what he wanted and resolve the difficulties of insufficient grain and difficult transportation in Bashu!
It was also silently humiliating Sima Yi!
Let me ask, Sima Yi had the advantage of troops and was fighting in his own territory, but the prime minister regarded him as useless and drove his troops into an uninhabited country, plowing wheat to eat.
Isn’t this a mockery of Sima Yi’s incompetence and contempt for his fear of fighting? How else can we explain it?!
And can Sima Yi still stand still?
Even if he does not care about his personal reputation and suppresses the anger of being humiliated, how can he avoid the loss of morale of the officers and soldiers in Guanzhong?
How to defend Cao Rui, the emperor of Luoyang, and the Dukes of Gunggun?
