Although the battle at Canyin Ferry ended with a great victory for the Han army and countless grain and baggage were captured, the situation was not optimistic.
Because the Han army lost nearly five thousand soldiers, and countless others were injured and disabled.
On the other hand, the Wei army was defeated due to the collapse of morale. Not many people were killed before the battle, but more than 10,000 people were captured.
This brought great hidden dangers to the Han army.
If these prisoners were not dealt with properly in time, when Guo Huai's troops arrived, the Han army would probably win first and then be defeated.
Without him, the morale of the soldiers after a great victory will inevitably be slack, and the departments with too many casualties will definitely need time to rest, reorganize the ranks and get into a tacit understanding before they can form combat effectiveness. Under such circumstances, in the face of constant recuperation, the troops will be more powerful.
When the troops of Guo Huai attacked, how could the Han army have the extra strength to suppress the prisoners and prevent them from rioting?
Therefore, Wei Yan stayed up all night.
Early the next morning, with the power granted by the prime minister to act expediently, a messenger was sent to Zuli County, so that Zhao Guang, Wang Ping and Jufu could march north to join forces at Manyin.
Among them, Zhao Guang's troops will cooperate with Liao Hua and Zhang Yi's soldiers to escort prisoners and protect the disabled soldiers back to Longyou; while Wang Ping and Gou Fu's troops will fight against Guo Huai with him, and will also rush to Yuwei County General Zheng Pu
Return from reception.
Zheng Pu, who used two thousand soldiers to confuse the Wei army, would not have been able to escape from Yuwei without his support.
As for Zhang Bao, he led two thousand soldiers to bring the grain, fodder and baggage and the captured Pili chariots into the Fortress of Guanyin to garrison it.
This is the schedule scheduled by the Prime Minister.
After this battle, no matter whether the Wei army once again drove troops to besiege Manyin in the future, even if the Han army wanted to come to rescue again, they would not have food or fodder to send troops. Therefore, only Zhang Bao, who was the empress and the queen's brother, entered Manyin.
Only in this way can the garrison soldiers not be tempted by the imperial court to abandon them when they are besieged.
There is also a small episode in it.
When Zhang Bao accepted the order, he also privately asked Wei Yan for his approval.
He wanted to collect Xiahou Ru's body and select several surrendered soldiers from the prisoners to escort him to Gaoping City to meet Xiahou Ba.
In any case, Xiahou is the daughter of Xiahou Yuan, and she and Xiahou Ru are brothers and sisters of the same clan.
When Xiahou Yuan was defeated in the Battle of Hanzhong, the Xiahou clan learned about it and obtained the permission of the late emperor Liu Bei to collect his body for burial. Although Zhang Bao was not a descendant of the Xiahou clan, he would not sit back and watch Xiahou Yuan's corpse explode in the wilderness and become a prey for wolves and others.
It is food for birds. As for whether Xiahou Ba buried him on the spot or ordered his retinue to protect him and return him to Qiao Peisangzi, it has nothing to do with him.
Wei Yan can do nothing about this.
Although their affiliations are different, it is a warrior's abidance not to dishonor the corpses of enemy generals.
Anyway, with his reputation and past achievements, there was no need to send Xia Houru to Chengdu to show off his martial arts.
After everything was arranged, Wei Yan ordered his soldiers to clean the battlefield, build fortifications, and wait for Guo Huai's troops to return to the battle.
But his efforts were in vain.
But he said that after Fei Yao sent his personal guards for the first time to warn, Guo Huai had already decided on a strategy to divide his troops.
But before the soldiers and horses were set off, Fei Yao's messenger arrived again, bringing the military information that Wei Yan's troops had begun to attack Xiahou Ru camp. This time, Qin Lang, Xiahou Xian and other generals no longer had any objections to Guo Huai's deduction.
The entire army rushed back to the rescue with redoubled efforts.
However, Xiahou Ru was defeated too quickly.
The camp was destroyed overnight and nearly 20,000 soldiers were wiped out. This military situation forced Guo Huai to order the entire army to stop and summon all the generals to lead a military meeting.
I don’t think this military sentiment is true.
Or it may be to analyze why Xiahou Ru tribe was defeated so quickly, and to infer the factors that led to the Shu army being outnumbered.
But how to save yourself!
After Wei Yan resolved the dilemma of the enemy, they were now alone.
Governor Sima Yi led the main force in Guanzhong to confront Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang at Wuzhangyuan. However, after Gaoping City divided its troops to Jingzhao and the defending Shu army left Xiaoguan, they did not come with a large army to meet their strength.
There are only two choices left to them.
One is to live for death. Taking advantage of the tiredness of the division soldiers after the Shu army defeated Xiahou Ruying, they abandoned their baggage and marched back to the battle in a hurry. They broke through the Shu army's containment road and entered Hanpingchuan. They returned via the Shuiquansha River on the east side of the Fortress of Manyin.
Go to Helan Mountain to rest and wait for Sima Yi to make a decision after hearing the news.
This choice has both opportunities and risks.
The opportunity is naturally based on the large number of soldiers and horses of the Xiahou Ru tribe. It can be deduced that even if the Wei Yan tribe wins, it will lose a lot of soldiers and will not be able to resist their surprise attack. If they are lucky, they may be able to defeat them in one battle, not only for
Xia Houru takes revenge and can take advantage of the situation to besiege the Manyin City Fortress again, ensuring that the opportunity of this battle is not lost.
The risk is that they may be wiped out!
Since the war between Han and Wei, Wei Yan, who has never suffered a defeat, is not an incompetent person.
It must be expected that they will return for rescue, and they will be prepared in advance to fight. They will even mobilize the defenders in the Fortress of Manyin to set up an ambush to contain them by the river!
When Ma Dai and Zheng Pu's troops came in pursuit, they attacked them from both sides and wiped them all out!
The second option is much easier.
It means retreating without fighting and not engaging in unnecessary disputes.
The Confucian tribe of Xiahou has been destroyed, and the Shu army will also take the opportunity to add troops and supplies to the fortress of Manyin.
The opportunity has been lost, the fact has been established, what is the point of them returning to fight fiercely?
In this case, it is better to preserve our strength and divert the entire army north to Mingsha Mountain, guard the fields south of Helan Mountain, and inform Sima Yi of the military situation and situation for his decision.
And with their strength, there is no need to worry about Ma Dai and Zheng Pu's interception when heading north.
As soon as Zheng Pu's troops were about to camp in the dangerous mountains, their scouts would be intercepted and killed along the way. By the time he learned about the military situation, the Wei army had already bypassed the Quwu Mountains.
On the other hand, they have many cavalry.
Both the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Wuhuan Cavalry were known to be elite, and together with the Fei Yao tribe who came to join forces, even if Ma Dai and Zheng Pu's troops came to pursue them, they could fight and retreat.
Go back calmly before Yin comes.
As in the previous military discussion, after Guo Huai made the choices and pros and cons one by one, he let the generals express their opinions.
The difference is that this time all the generals were silent at the military meeting.
Even Xia Houxian, who learned that his clan father was dead, just stared in anger.
Sometimes, silence is also an answer.
They have already made their choice, they just don't want to say it openly and leave themselves with an excuse to be held accountable.
Guo Huai knew this very well.
Without further delay, as the commander-in-chief, he ordered the entire army to turn north and march toward Mingsha Mountain.
Guanzhong, Fufeng Beiyuan on the right.
Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang in Wei, stopped by the Wei River and looked at the Han army camp on Wuzhangyuan.
The military reports from Hu Zun and Guo Huai arrived almost immediately. He learned that Wei's strategic advantage was gone, and it also made him undecided about whether to pursue the Han army.
right!
Just now a scout came to report that the Shu army was breaking out of camp.
It should be that Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu, learned that the siege of Manyin City had been lifted, so he was about to withdraw his troops and return to Hanzhong.
