"Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Five Prefectures and States": "Beidi County has six cities, and there is iron in Yiju."
When Sun Li, who led more than ten thousand Huaisi elites in Yong County, reported the news that Zheng Pu's troops were marching south to Qian County to the Western Garrison of Beiyuan, Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang, breathed a sigh of relief.
Because Wang Sheng, who was in Qixian County, also wrote a letter to inform the Han army that they had abandoned Yiju County.
The iron mines in Yiju have been reoccupied by the survivors of the North and the Qiang and Hu tribes, so the trade with Wei has been terminated again.
The combination of the two events also means that the Han army reached an agreement with the remnants, ceding ownership of Yiju County and iron mines and withdrawing from Beidi County as a condition, so that the remnants would no longer be enemies of the Han army, so Zheng Pu could feel at ease.
Lead the army southward.
In other words, the Wei State was plotted by these remnants and was "fake power".
By opening up trade between the two sides, he gave the illusion that he would be dependent on Wei, forcing the Han army to compromise.
But Sima Yi was not embarrassed by being teased.
People in high positions only care about the results and not the process.
He knew from this incident that it was certain that the Han army had not recovered the remaining people in the north, and there was no chance of disturbing Zuo Fengyi from the northern Luoshui River.
This is enough!
However, for the sake of caution, he still asked Chen Ben, the governor of Feng Yi, to continue bribing the survivors and tribes of Shangjun and Beidi counties with money to act as Wei's eyes and ears; and did not mobilize the garrison in the northern part of Zuo Fengyi on a large scale.
Just let them come back and take a break.
Since the war hasn't started yet, it would be good for the soldiers to be less tired and recharge their batteries.
Yes, he could also vaguely guess that the Han army would not launch an attack on Chencang City within this year.
All people are cautious in all-out battles related to the fate of the country. For example, the Changping battle between Qin and Zhao in the past took three years, but the real decisive moment only took five months.
He knew that the main force of the Han army had been waiting for everything to be over.
Such as hoarding enough food and supplies for a hundred thousand troops to fight continuously for a year, repairing weapons, building siege equipment, etc.
And he also knew that this "everything was over" wouldn't take long.
This year is already the second year that the Han army has entered Guanzhong and occupied farmland!
Based on the successive transfers from the Guanzhong military camp to Bashu and Longyou, the Han army will launch a decisive battle after the harvest next autumn at the latest.
Moreover, the frequent actions of the Han army now also illustrate this point.
Yes, although no large-scale war broke out between the Han and Wei sides in the Guanzhong-汧渭 battle, small frictions continued.
For example, in the north of Chencang City, the Wei Yan tribe, which was camped along the Lianshui River Valley, sent several troops and horses across to the other side every ten days to show off their power and make loud noises to invite war.
There were only one school or a thousand soldiers crossing the river each time. They did not carry siege equipment or bows and crossbows. They only had sword and shield soldiers in front and spearmen behind. After setting up a small formation, they sent people to deliver the letter of war.
The letter of challenge is very short, often just one sentence.
For example, "Thousands of Chen soldiers are here today. They want to meet the men of Yongliang and hunt for Qishui. We hope to come and go."
For example, "I often hear that Luoyang's central army is invincible and has almost no defeats. Now we have sent 800 troops to cross the river. We hope to defeat 2,000 of your troops. Do you dare to fight?"
There is also the saying, "We are fighting without force, and you should call it that! In the army of hundreds of thousands, there is not a single person who dares to fight against a man! Why don't we turn against you and surrender with courtesy, lest our army attack your stronghold in the future?"
Take them prisoner!" and other insulting words.
However, whether the Han army invited battle according to courtesy or provoked and insulted them, the Wei army turned a blind eye and listened but did not hear.
"There is no point in fighting."
This is what Sima Yi said when faced with the occasional general who came to ask for a fight, dissatisfied with the humiliation.
In the end, they were provoked more and felt that the noise was really loud, so they sent out many archers and crossbowmen to fire and forced the Han army back.
However, the Yongliang troops of the Wei army and the Luoyang army did not think there was anything wrong with his move.
Their ability to fight has long been lost.
To be precise, he was beaten to death.
The prime minister, who besieged Chencang City with troops, did not do anything provocative.
But it made Sima Yi even more worried.
However, he said that the 30,000-strong army under the Prime Minister's personal supervision was divided into three tribal camps.
First, Jiang Wei led nearly ten thousand tiger infantry and landed on the south bank of the Wei River, facing Chencang City across the water.
It was intended to protect the grain transferred from Dashanguan and prevent the Wei State from sending light troops to attack the grain road; it was also intended to isolate the connection between Wei State's Beiyuan and Chencang. This is because Chencang City is located at the intersection of the Lishui River and the Weishui River.
Because of the relationship, the Han army could not completely trap Chencang City, so they had to set up crossbows at the entrance of the Lishui River to Wei and guard it day and night to prevent Wei from secretly transporting grain and supplies into Chencang City in small boats at night.
The other part was led by Guan Xing.
About 15,000 infantry descended on the west gate of Chencang, and were trapped together with Wei Yan's troops at the north gate.
The remaining five thousand people were naturally supervised by the Prime Minister and the Governor of Guanzhong, Xiang Chong.
They were stationed at the eastern foot of Longshan Mountain. Their duties were not only to protect military households and open up acres of land for farming, but also to build siege equipment.
For example, when the Wei army guarding Chencang climbed to the top of the city on guard duty every day, they could not only see the trenches dug by the Han army outside the city to trap the city, but also the defensive mountains set up by the Han army. They could also vaguely see the giant towering five miles away.
Such as wells, siege engines, ladders and modified thunderbolt vehicles, etc.
The Thunderbolt Chariot was captured in a previous battle, and it has become a source of unease for the Wei army today: the Thunderbolt Chariot that fell into the hands of the Han army was modified to increase the range of the flying rocks by about a hundred steps!
I don't know whether it was out of showoff or intimidation, but the Han army deliberately brought him outside the city and experimented on it under the eyes of the Wei army.
Don't underestimate the increased distance of a hundred steps.
Because of the extra distance, the Thunderbolt Chariot set up by the Wei army behind the city wall had no possibility of retaliating in kind.
If you want to destroy it, you can only rely on the bed crossbow placed on the top of the city.
But in the small but majestic Chencang City, how many bed crossbows can there be on top of the city?
When the Wei soldiers guarding Chencang City looked at the numerous siege equipment spread out by the Han army in the distance, they felt that there were so few crossbows. Perhaps, before the Han army pushed the ladders and siege engines under the city wall,
These bed crossbows had already been smashed by the densely thrown stones.
However, they did not feel fearful and their morale collapsed.
The more than 10,000 soldiers who followed Guo Huai to guard the city were all determined to die.
In other words, before they entered Chencang City to guard them, the Wei State Luoyang Temple and the Yongliang Governor Sima Yi used various measures to buy their lives and the lives of their families behind them.
People remain in the city, but the city is broken and people die. This is their only choice.
In this way, they naturally no longer fear death.
The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night.
Time passed by in the tacit confrontation between Han and Wei. Without realizing it, it was already the first month of spring in the fourth year of Shaowu in the Han Dynasty (AD 241).
Zheng Pu, who had been stationed in Qian County, rode his horse slowly southward.
The Prime Minister wrote a letter to summon everyone to make plans for the critical battle that will begin this year.
