Halfway through the journey, the still young man was taken away from the messenger team by several followers, put on the clothes of a commoner, and headed for Bingzhou Shangjun.
He had no resistance or objection.
When Gai Yin's retinue gave him the good clothes he had prepared long ago, he also gave him a few letters from Deng Ai, which said: "If I win, you will come back; if I lose and the court pursues me, you will go abroad incognito." For the rest of my life.”
Yes, in a desperate move, Deng Ai was indeed arranging a retreat.
Because not only did he feel that there was no chance of winning in a field battle with the Han army despite giving up the geographical advantage, but he was not even sure whether Hu Zun would send troops to attack the fortress of Manyin as he wished.
There was no other way, Hu Zun was known for his prudent approach to military affairs.
But for the sake of a chance, the strategy of driving troops to attack Manyin City Fortress was simply too risky.
Hu Zun, who had a smooth career, was not forced into a dead end, so why risk his life?
In fact, after Hu Zun finished reading Deng Ai's letter, the hand holding the hilt of the knife around his head tightened and loosened, loosened and tightened again. He repeated this many times before suppressing the urge to pull the messenger out and chop off his head. anger.
"Take it down and watch it."
After a while, he waved his hand fiercely.
"promise."
When Qu Du, the Guardsman, left as instructed and Hu Zun was the only one left in the huge hall, he could no longer suppress his emotions and pulled out his ring knife and cut the case into several pieces.
If Deng Ai had hinted at instructing him to act in his previous letter, then this time he was blatantly treating him as a general and giving orders!
Of course, he did not necessarily have to cooperate with Deng Ai's battle plan.
The strategic significance of Gaoping City to Guanzhong is no less than that of Manyin City to Nishu.
He has a duty to guard, and not being able to leave his post without permission is the best reason for rejection, and no one has anything to say against him.
But if he doesn't cooperate, he will be caught up in endless discussions from others in the future.
Deng Ai not only sent messengers to Gaoping City, but also sent a wave of messengers to Guanzhong!
In other words, it is impossible for this matter not to be known to the world.
What's even more annoying is that, regardless of whether he cooperates or not, this despicable man will ride 8,000 paces out of the defense line and go to Yuwei County to die.
That’s right, it’s to die!
Without much deduction, Hu Zun, who had been in the army for a long time, knew that Deng Ai had no chance of winning, not even half a chance!
Hu Zun didn't care about Deng Ai's life or death, nor did he care about the eight thousand cavalrymen who were about to die.
But these people died in the battle and he did not send troops. After the war, others would sigh like this: "At that time, if General Pingxi sends his troops, he may be able to restore the Fortress of Guanyin for our Wei State."
Or maybe, maybe, should...
The ambiguous deduction gives the world countless room for imagination and debate.
And Deng Ai, the instigator, is dead, and his failure to send troops will be regarded as a piece of cake by the world. In the end, his reputation will have a mixed ending.
Even Qingshi will not hesitate to leave a few ink, so that he will be debated thousands of years later!
But if he sends troops, he will become Deng Ai's stepping stone.
Because he successfully captured the Fortress of Manyin, everyone in the Wei state would praise Deng Ai for creating opportunities without worrying about life and death, rather than praising his coordinating efforts; but if he failed, Deng Ai would definitely die, and so would he. There will be criticism - death is the most important thing. You can criticize living people, but who would criticize a dead person!
In this way, how could Hu Zunxin not be angry!
He has never had any grudges with others and upholds the concept of harmony without differences in dealing with others.
Who would have expected that the despicable Deng Ai, who had no grievances against him, would actually push him to the forefront at the cost of his family and life for the sake of his own career, blocking any escape route for him!
"I'm a humble man, you are my mother's maidservant!"
Hu Zun chopped the case into a mess and cursed angrily.
Naturally, the matter has come to this, and anger cannot solve the problem.
After a while, Hu Zun, who had vented his emotions, called for his subordinates to come in and clean up the mess. He also began to write a letter to Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang.
He finally decided to send troops.
Without him, counting the time, even if Sima Yi deliberately stopped him, by the time he sent a messenger from Guanzhong to Mingsha Mountain, the wretch Deng Ai had already sent his troops to die...
Based on his understanding of Sima Yi, he would definitely send troops to respond.
Without him, it is better to have a chance than to miss it in vain.
Therefore, instead of being urged to go at that time, he might as well record the plans on how to send troops to respond in a book and send it to Sima Yi for review.
In other words, he was not optimistic about this sneak attack and wanted to find a way out for himself first.
One is to first write a letter to inform Sima Yi that he needs to recruit the Qiang and Hu tribes in Linjing and Pengyang County of Anding County in the name of the government to go north. In case he fails to lead his troops to seize the Manyin City Fortress or is discovered by Zhao Guangbu, who is against Shu.
With their return route cut off, there are still these Qiang and Hu tribes who can help other tribes return from the Kushui River Valley.
Secondly, as a guard general, he naturally had to report everything inside and outside Gaoping City before leaving the station.
Today, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers garrisoned in Gaoping City.
But instead of all huddled in the city, about two thousand soldiers were separated to garrison along the Wushui River, at the valley pass and other garrison areas. And if he drove his troops to the Manyin City Fortress, he would have to bring at least five thousand soldiers to get there.
opportunity to seize the city. Therefore, he asked Sima Yi to make his own decision on how to send troops to help defend the city without alerting Ni Shu.
Although he thinks this possibility is unlikely, it is better to be prepared.
Thirdly, Gaoping City collected intelligence about Longyou since Scar Pu rushed to Hexi to take up his post.
There is nothing to report on this.
Because there has been nothing out of the ordinary in Ni Shu in recent days, there is no sign of mobilization of troops stationed in various places. All county and county officials are busy farming and cultivating valleys. Even the Prime Minister of Shu, Zhuge Liang, returned to Hanzhong County in March in late spring to supervise
Spring plowing has begun.
In short, Longyou Against Shu was just like Guanzhong of Wei State, treating the upcoming war at Helan Mountain as a local war and showing no signs of coordinating or starting a national war again.
Finally, it is to analyze the chances that Ni Shu will not detect him if he sends troops.
The Wushui River Valley has always been a fighting ground for scouts from both sides, but since Jiangdong succeeded in attacking Hefei New City, Zhao Guang, the general of the Ni Shu Cavalry, sent fewer scouts to guard him.
Very easy to understand.
Ni Shu predicted that in the next few years, Wei would not be able to send troops to Longyou in large numbers, so there was no need to tire the scouts.
This is also Hu Zun's opportunity.
He planned to "break it into parts" and rush to the Fortress of Manyin by traveling day and night with light equipment.
The Wushui River Valley is so long that no matter how careful you are, you can't hide the traces of your march.
Therefore, he dispersed his troops into groups of three to five hundred and headed north. Even if the Nishu scouts noticed a group, they felt that this small number of people would not affect the battle at Helan Mountain and did not take it seriously.
However, what he didn't know was that the Han army was still eager for him to go north early.
