Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang in Wei Dynasty, is now in Linjing County, Anding County.
After receiving a letter from Deng Ai and Hu Zun, he agreed to Hu Zun's intention to send troops and personally came to Lajing with his assets to show his sincerity to the Qiang and Hu tribes.
Qiang and Hu, who have few literary etiquette, are greedy for profit.
Hu Zunke could use his family's century-old reputation to persuade them to raise troops and go north to assist him, but the Wei State must give them a certain reward, otherwise these Qiang and Hu tribes would be alienated from the Wei State in the future.
The vassal relationship is a policy of restraint.
Taking a lesson from the Qiang rebellion in the northwest that lasted for more than a hundred years, he did not want to usher in the rebellion of the Qiang and Hu tribes when the Han and Wei Dynasties were fighting.
It's time to go out and inspect the fields and mulberry trees when the autumn harvest is approaching.
Naturally, he also paid close attention to the war, because he was not optimistic about Deng Ai's words that "we can take advantage of the opportunity to seize the fortress of Guanyin".
The reason is simple.
How could Scar Pu, who had repeatedly defeated the Wei army and was feared by the late Sima Cao Zhen as "the greatest trouble to our Wei", to fight in Liangzhou, put the Fortress of Guanyin in danger?
This must be a fraud!
Although Sima Yi admired Deng Ai's talents, he did not think that Deng Ai could stand shoulder to shoulder with Scar Pu.
However, he was too late to stop Deng Ai from making his own decision.
Therefore, in desperation, we had to let Hu Zun lead his troops north to see if there was a glimmer of hope.
If not, it can also force the Manyin City Fortress to open its eyes for Deng Ai's tribe, so that the other tribe can lose fewer soldiers and continue to contain the rebel forces in the Helan Mountains.
In any case, based solely on the theory of self-defense in farming, Deng Ai was the most competent among the Yongliang ministries.
But what he didn't expect was that not long after Hu Zuncai led his army northward, the military information from Gaoping City arrived first!
The person who came was General Pi Wang Qi.
Wang Qi, courtesy name Kongshuo, was born in Donglai, Qingzhou.
In the battle to destroy the Gongsun family in Liaodong, the military governor stayed in Xiangping. Later, he and the general Zhang Hu set up an ambush to defeat the bandit Wu Kou and plundered the Liaodong fleet. He was transferred to General Pi for his merits and returned to Jizhou to serve. Later, he assisted in preparing for Xiahou
Xian and Qianhong were responsible for establishing Wuhuan's sudden cavalry and were transferred to Guanzhong to serve.
He was also one of the generals who Sima Yi sent two troops to Gaoping City to assist in the defense after Hu Zun went north.
Therefore, when Sima Yi heard that it was him who came to see him in person, he was immediately shocked, and a bad premonition quietly arose in his heart.
When he was ushered in, the tired Wang Qi immediately bowed his head and apologized.
He said, "I reported to the governor that before the general led the army to Gaoping, the city had been captured by Shu. The general finally got his reward, abandoned all his baggage and headed for the city in a hurry, hoping to recapture the city, but Zhao Guang, the heroic cavalry general against Shu, had already cut off the pontoon bridge.
, sent cavalry to patrol the west bank of Wushui day and night. At the end of the day, the generals were outnumbered and incompetent, so they could not cross, but asked the commander-in-chief to make a decision."
Although he was vaguely aware of the safety of Gaoping City, Sima Yi still couldn't believe it after hearing this.
There is no sign of coordination among the various ministries in Nishu and Longyou!
Gaoping, which has been known as the "First City" since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, was guarded by thousands of soldiers and had countless grain and baggage. How could it be attacked by Ni Shu without any warning!
In particular, the city changed hands so quickly that even the soldiers and horses he sent for reinforcements did not have time to cross the Wushui River!
Sima Yi couldn't understand it, but since Wang Qidu came in person, he couldn't help but believe it.
He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and asked in an urgent voice, "Kong Shuo got up to speak, how did he seize the city against Shu?!"
"promise."
Wang Qi did not dare to be negligent, and quickly stood up and said, "The general also couldn't believe this, so he found the soldiers who were garrisoning outside Gaoping City and fled back to the east bank and asked them. They all said that Ni Shu had climbed over six kilometers.
Winding the mountain, we sneaked into the city with ropes from Yumai at night. There were only two thousand soldiers garrisoning the city, but the number of soldiers who came against Shu to steal the city was about six thousand. Our army was outnumbered and rushed to fight, so the city changed hands overnight."
Climbed Liupan Mountain?!
Ni Shu actually climbed the Liupan Mountain, which is so towering that it can be called a cliff?
How can one defend against a tactics like Ni Shu's...
It was as if Sima Yi's spine had been ripped out, causing his body that had been sitting upright to bend deeply, and his expression was extremely depressed.
We can also understand Cao Zhen’s despair when he heard that the Fortress of Guanyin was lost.
And he also thought of more.
For example, Deng Ai's tribe, which used 8,000 cavalry to create opportunities for Hu Zun, must be in dire straits now. Perhaps even Hu Zun's tribe, which went north to support him, would not be able to escape disaster. Let me ask, this sword dance against Shu at Helan Mountain is aimed at Gaoping City. How could we not prepare in advance to ambush Deng Ai and Hu Zun?
However, now is not the time to be sentimental about this.
"Ready your horses quickly!"
He stood up suddenly and loudly ordered his subordinates, "Follow me to Gaoping City!"
Yes, he wanted to take back the city before Ni Shu occupied Gaoping City and gained a firm foothold.
Although the hope is slim, you have to give it a try.
While galloping on his way, he kept asking his subordinates to go and deliver orders to the various ministries of Yongliang.
For example, Guanqiu Jian, who is in Chang'an, is ordered to immediately urge the counties and counties in Guanzhong to harvest the wheat harvested this year and prepare for a war, and he must not forget to strictly guard the military situation in Ziwu Valley and other Qinling valley roads; he is ordered to immediately urge Niu Jin, the trusted general, to He led the Chinese army to march westward day and night.
For example, Guo Huai, who is guarding Chencang City, immediately sends his deputy general Wang Sheng to lead his five thousand elite troops to Anding County; and Xu Gai, who is recruiting cavalry in Beidi County, must come to Wu immediately no matter how the cavalry performs. Water valley.
In addition, the governor of Anding was asked to lead the officials and people to collect materials for building pontoon bridges and transfer them to Wushui for the army to cross Wushui.
As instructions were passed out one after another, the entire Guanzhong Sanfu began to become enthusiastic.
But it was too late.
When he was galloping along the Jingshui River Valley and had not yet arrived at Chaona County, the general stationed in Chaona County sent a messenger to report that Wu Ban's general flag had appeared at the top of Xiaoguan City. When he arrived at Chaona County At that time, Wei Yan's general's flag was already flying in the wind on the city wall. At this time, Wang Sheng's troops, who came from Chencang City with orders, were also the garrison closest to Gaoping City and had not yet marched to the dynasty... .
In other words, even his chance to recapture Gaoping City was strangled to death by the Han army.
Unless, he dares to use the entire Youfufeng as a bet to fight the Han army.
Yes, the entire Right Fufeng.
If he insisted on attacking Gaoping City, Zhao Guang's cavalry alone would not be able to prevent the Wei army from crossing Wushui.
But if he does this, Wei Yan will definitely send troops to besiege Chaona County and cut off their retreat; the prime minister who is now in Hanzhong County will also lead his troops out of Dasanguan to trap Chencang; or he will go out of Wuzhangyuan from Baoxie Valley to attack Yi County , completely cutting off Chang'an from Youfufeng, so that the Wei army heading west to Gaoping could not even transport grain!
Yes, Ni Shu would never go to rescue Gaoping City, but chose to take advantage of the Wei army's massive march westward to invade Guanzhong!
Without him, the whole body can be mobilized.
Just like in the past when he asked Xia Houru to besiege Manyin City with a large army, the Shu army now has the upper hand!
