There were three waves of messengers who came to report the news.
The first is to report the attack of Xiliang cavalry against Shu.
One is to tell the Shu cavalry to leave after wreaking havoc for four days, so that Deng Ai no longer needs to send troops back to rescue.
The last wave claimed that the farming Sima and the farming tourists had slaughtered and pickled some injured livestock, and asked Deng Ai if he needed him to transport them to Mingsha Mountain to feed the soldiers...
It has to be said that the farm Sima was quite able to find hope in adversity.
But none of these three waves of messengers returned.
Instead, Deng Ai sent his bodyguard Qu Gu to a remote place to silence him, and then dug a hole to cover him up.
To block the news.
A fierce battle is imminent and the rear is attacked, and there is not even enough food for this year's winter. This kind of news that shakes the morale of the army should not be publicized, and those who know the news should never shut up.
But the three waves of messengers arrived in a hurry, which naturally attracted the attention of other generals.
Especially when they wanted to wait for the messengers to come out of Deng Ai's military tent and ask some questions, they found that they could no longer be found.
Therefore, they all gathered at the Chinese army's tent to wait for Deng Ai's explanation.
It also made Deng Ai once again lament his lack of prestige.
If it were Fei Yao or Hu Zun, how could these generals dare to question the general without invitation?
"There were two to three hundred Qiang and Hu bandits in the Dingxi City area. They took advantage of our army's officers and soldiers to gather here, so they took the risk and stole cattle, sheep and horses, violating Wei Tianwei. However, they were alerted by Zhang Sima and were repulsed. Don't worry, gentlemen."
However, these bandits also injured a lot of livestock, and Zhang Sima Yan said that most of them were difficult to treat, so they had them slaughtered and pickled. I will send troops back the next day to transport the meat here to feed the soldiers!"
Deng Ainai said this.
All the generals no longer had any doubts, and rushed back to share the good news with their soldiers, making all the defending soldiers rejoice and look forward to the arrival of meat.
But what they didn't know was that when the beef and mutton arrived more than ten days later, and everyone was laughing and feasting, Deng Ai was standing alone on the general platform, watching them look at them as if they were looking at a cud dog.
Yes, they are used as sacrificial beasts and then discarded and practiced as soon as they are done!
Because when he was covering up the news, when he was led by the generals to question him and felt indignant and humiliated, he strangled his will to continue to persevere.
Originally, even if the Xiliang cavalry attacked the farmland in the rear, the Wei army could continue to hold on "not seeking merit but seeking no fault" and wait for the Han army to run out of food and return.
For example, he could send an envoy back to Guanzhong, tell Sima Yi the truth, and ask him to send soldiers to transfer grain and fodder from the Nishui (Malian River) Valley to the Kushui River Valley to Helan Mountain.
After all, Sima Yi, the former emperor, wrote in a letter that Guanzhong had the strength to support Helan Mountain.
Moreover, the farmland in the Mingsha Mountain area is still there, and the grain and fodder here can last until the autumn harvest in August. The remaining cattle and sheep will be slaughtered at that time, which is enough for him to insist on transporting the grain and fodder to Guanzhong.
But doing so will put him personally in dire straits.
The state of Wei has always been unkind to its defeated generals.
For example, Xia Houyuan changed from "Hu Bu Guan You" to "General Bai Di".
After Rufeneng Ke finally returned to Yu Jin from the Kingdom of Wu, Wei Wen and Cao Pi first tried to appease him in various ways, and then sent him to Yecheng to pay a visit to Gaoling of Wei Wu. However, Cao Pi actually sent people in advance to perform Pang De's sacrifice in the mausoleum and Yu Jin surrendered.
The murals completely ignored the saying that "a scholar may be killed but not humiliated" and would be banned and humiliated to death.
Deng Ai, who was promoted to a high position after just one fierce battle, was completely different from Xia Houyuan or Yu Jin.
If he conveyed the news of the attack on the rear to Guanzhong, Sima Yi would not be able to protect him - Emperor Cao Rui and the Dukes of Luoyang Gungun had just informed the world and publicized his achievements in defeating Shu, and he was defeated in the blink of an eye. What's the difference between lifting someone up and humiliating them face to face!
How could the emperor and the Dukes of Luoyang spare him when they had lost all face?
Not to mention that letting him continue to supervise a department and perform meritorious service, demoting him to a small county with a household of less than 1,000 people and serving as a county captain for the rest of his life is a gift!
Therefore, he never thought about ending in defeat.
Not even allowed!
Born as a farmer, he had many ups and downs in his official career.
He has entered his forties this year and does not have much time to waste.
After finally rising to prominence and getting the opportunity to display his talents, he could not accept that he had fallen into the dust and disappeared from everyone since then.
Moreover, he received a desperate opportunity.
Perhaps the Xiliang cavalry that attacked Fuping County and Dingxicheng had returned, so Scar Pu and Jiang Wei came to Mingsha Mountain again yesterday.
Not to observe the fortifications.
Instead, they advocated for a while and then sent a horseman to come slowly. He stationed his horse more than a hundred steps away and pierced an arrow with a letter tied to it in the sand, and then returned to Yuwei County like a tide.
Scar Pu is here to declare a challenge.
The book says:
"I heard that Shi Zai is a man of great talent, and his troops and formations are comparable to those of Sun Wu. I am not very talented, so I set up a formation around my wife. I wonder if Shi Zai dares to fight? Or will he just wait for the food to run out and be captured by me again?"
The words are extremely arrogant!
But Deng Ai was not ashamed, and instead sent scouts to carefully inquire about the military situation again.
Therefore, he also learned about the current deployment of the Shu army.
Nearly three thousand Xiliang cavalry, two hundred armored cavalry and five hundred heavy infantry were all stationed in front of the small camp in Yuwei County.
In the woods close to the slopes of Quwu Mountain, there is a group of infantry stationed in camp. Based on the size of the camp, the number of flags and the amount of smoke, the number of troops should be no less than 2,000.
It was this infantry that allowed Deng Ai to see a turning point in his career.
Since Scar Pu came to Hexi, he has been letting the rangers monitor the military situation in the Wushaoling area, so he also knows that Scar Pu did not bring infantry from Hexi!
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, this infantry can only be the 蜑罽 army that originally guarded the Manyin City Fortress.
In other words, as the gateway to Hexi, the defense of Manyin City is very weak, with no more than a thousand soldiers at most!
It seems unexpected, how could Scar Pu make such an important town so weakly defended?
But if you think about it carefully, you feel that this is reasonable.
Because the Fortress of Ganyin is indestructible, this is everyone's inherent impression.
Previously, the Wei State attacked with heavy troops and was besieged for a year without being captured. This is the best proof.
It is also the reason Scar Pu dares to rely on the weak defense.
As long as he sends some scouts to guard the Shuiquansha River, he doesn't need to worry about Deng Ai attacking from the rear.
Furthermore, Zhao Guangbu, the cavalry general against Shu, was guarding the Wushui River Valley, and the incoming Wei Guanzhong troops would be discovered. Why did Scar Pu still need to worry about the safety of the fortress?
Deng Ai felt that if he were Scar Pu, he would not have such worries.
This is what Deng Ai relied on when he wanted to make a desperate move.
He wanted to seize the Manyin City Fortress to eliminate his negligence in the attack on his rear. He also took this opportunity to make the Emperor Cao Rui, the Governor of Yongliang Sima Yi and the Dukes of Luoyang Gungun feel that he lived up to their high expectations, and even A well-deserved good general!
Naturally, with his own military strength, he would not be able to attack this fortress.
He wanted to create an opportunity for Hu Zunbu to break the city.
For example, he sent people back to Scar Pu to join the battle. He mobilized 8,000 infantry and cavalry and slowly advanced towards Yuwei in a formation of steel chariots and baggage vehicles. Scar Pu could not use his cavalry to invade along the way, and could only use his infantry to attack the enemy.
The front cavalry formed a formation on the side to fight.
In this case, regardless of whether the infantry in the woods on the gentle slopes of Quwu Mountain were actually the scorpion army, Scar Pu would have to start from guarding the Fortress of Manyin and then mobilize his troops for a decisive battle.
After all, the battlefield is a place of life and death, and no one dares to be arrogant.
Scar Pu, who had few soldiers, did not dare to be arrogant during the decisive battle, so he continued to stay in the city to defend the city.
In this way, there will naturally be opportunities for the city to take advantage of it.
As long as Hu Zundu's 5,000 soldiers quietly sneaked under the city fortress and captured the city regardless of casualties, and he tried his best to hold Scar Pu back from returning reinforcements, the change of ownership of the city fortress was inevitable!
As for how Hu Zun concealed his whereabouts and avoided the warning troops of Zhao Guang of Nishu from approaching the fortress of Guanyin...
That's Hu Zun's business.
In other words, he had no way out and could only place his hope on Hu Zun.
If you don’t succeed, you will succeed!
Yes, if Hu Zun cannot sneak to Manyin City Fortress, then all eight thousand of his soldiers will be killed or injured!
Regardless of whether it was analyzed from the elite level of the soldiers, combat power or morale, there was no possibility that he could defeat Scar Pu.
The soldiers under his command are so diverse!
How could the Zahu tribe, the Southern Xiongnu cavalry, the Guanzhong Jingqi and the soldiers in charge of the field defeat Scar Pu?
Not to mention that his qualifications are still relatively low and his prestige is insufficient, so he cannot make the soldiers work hard.
But he felt there was no need to worry about this.
As long as we can create an opportunity to capture Manyin City Fortress and change the situation of the Han and Wei Dynasties, everything will be worthwhile.
At least he felt it was worth it.
When he was born, Cao Cao, Zhang Xiu, and Liu Biao of the Wei Dynasty fought against each other several times. He saw his hometown in ruins and his bones exposed in the wild. When he was less than ten years old, he was forced to move to Shangcai in Runan by the government. He saw countless common people who could not bear to trek.
He died on the road because of the hardships; and when he grew up, he had no hope of promotion because of his lack of support and stuttering, and his lack of talent and learning.
Therefore, he also understood a truth.
In troubled times, if you can't become a superior meat-eater, you can only become cattle and sheep that are enslaved and slaughtered at will!
He will become a meat eater.
Even if the more than 8,000 soldiers in front of me are treated like rotten dogs, I won't hesitate.
And the emperor Cao Rui, the governor of Yongliang Sima Yi and the Dukes of Luoyang Gungun were all meat eaters, and they would not hesitate to do so!
"If your husband doesn't have five pots of food to eat during his lifetime, he will have five pots of food to cook his ears when he dies!"
Deng Ai, who was standing on the general platform facing the wind, raised his head and looked at the stars in the sky. He murmured the words of the former Han lord Fu Yan, "If we, the humble people, want to break through the shackles of family status, we can only use the former Han lord Fu Yan."
His words encourage him."
"Father, I brought some beef and wine."
I don't know how long it took, but a slightly green voice came to Deng Ai's ear.
It was his son Deng Zhong who came.
The young man is now in his teens, but he knows that only through military exploits can he have a chance to get ahead, so he brings Deng Zhong into the army for training.
"Okay, my son is interested."
Nodding lightly, Deng Ai took the beef and wine and ate slowly.
After eating, he looked at Deng Zhong, who still had a childish look on his face, and said slowly, "Zhong'er, from now on you will use 'Yihou' as your surname." Without waiting for Deng Zhong to say anything, he waved his hand.
, "Let's go back and have a rest. The next day I will compile a letter and you can take it to Gaoping City and give it to General Hu."
