Yumi City is located on the east bank of Lishui River.
Therefore, Zheng Pu's tribe, who went south from Yumi to Yong County, did not have any obstacles such as crossing the water, and directly drove his troops to Sun Li's tribe, which was about 20 miles away from Wei's expedition to Shu.
Marching and settling down in camp like this was a bit provocative to the Wei state.
But Sun Li didn't take it seriously, and he had no intention of sending troops to fight with him.
Firstly, it was because he was not sure of victory.
Although the more than 10,000 Huaisi elite who came to Guanzhong with him had overcome the fatigue of marching thousands of miles and adapted to the climate, water and soil here, Zheng Pu's troops numbered about 8,000, and they were riding high with the vigor of the victory in the Nishui River Valley.
Sheng, he doesn't want to take risks.
On the other hand, he knew the reason why Sima Yi asked him to come here to camp and guard.
Although Duyang County above Yong County is a mountainous highland with crisscrossed ravines, there were roads leading to Qixian County before the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty!
For example, the Zhou tribe that first settled in Bin (northwest of Qixian County) was invaded and defeated by the Xunyu Rong (Quin Rong). The ancient public Danfu did not lead the tribe south along the Jingshui River Valley, but crossed Qi, Juhe
Settled from Liangshan to Qishan.
This route is still used today.
Therefore, when the armies of the Han and Wei Dynasties were facing each other in the Chencang City area, Sima Yi still sent troops to Yong County to guard it. His intention was to make Sun Li wary of the Han army passing through Yong County and attacking the lower part of Qixian County.
Based on this, Sun Li only urged his soldiers to be on tight alert and ignored the provocation of the Han army.
Coincidentally, Zheng Pu also had no intention of fighting with him.
The situation of the war is now very clear.
For the Han army, the factor that determines victory or defeat is how long they can hold on to Chencang City.
If morale is low in three months, or if the enemy is captured and in danger after half a year, then Sima Yi, who has stationed troops in the western garrison of Beiyuan, will definitely send his troops to fight in the field to make a final stand.
But if the city of Chencang is as solid as a rock under the strong attack of the Han army, then the Han army will have no choice but to give up the efforts of the past few years, stop the troops and go back to let the soldiers rest and recuperate, and make plans later.
no way.
With more than 100,000 horsemen, it only takes half a year to squander the Han Dynasty's farmland and the grain transferred from Bashu!
And after the capture of Longdong, Zheng Pu's responsibilities had changed.
In this critical battle, he only had to station his troops along the Lishui River on the west side of Yong County, with the intention of attacking the Jingshui River Valley in the south of Qixian County, forcing the Wei army to divide its troops for defense, creating a clear path for the Prime Minister's Central Army and Wei Yan's troops to
Given the small number of troops, it was easier to attack Chencang City.
Therefore, after he landed at the camp, he did not take any unnecessary actions.
They just asked Ju Fu and Liu Yin to send scouts out to inquire about the activities of Sun Li's tribe, and they just waited for the progress of the war.
Similarly, after learning that Xu Zhi and Zhang, who were in charge of the Xiliang cavalry on guard in the Jingshui Valley, sent people to report, claiming that the Wei army in Qixian County had made some moves, such as the Wuhuan cavalry began to conduct sporadic probing to disturb them.
At that time, Zheng Pu only asked Xu Zhi and others who were supervising the cavalry to be on strict guard, while Zhang Yi and others leading the infantry only had to guard the city. He had no intention of sending his troops back to set up an ambush or fight.
No need to add extraneous details.
Wei's troops in Qixian did not divide their troops to fight in Chencang, so he had fulfilled the duty given by the prime minister.
But just a few days after his reply, Longdong's request for instructions came again.
This time, it was Zhang Yi and Wang Ping who jointly requested instructions.
It is claimed that the Wei army tested the Wuhuan cavalry several times, but after seeing that the Han army paid little attention to it, they thought they had an opportunity and actually sent about 5,000 infantry out of the city and slowly marched northward. It seemed that there were infantry and cavalry advancing side by side, and they surrounded the counties outside Longdong.
The purpose of razing the villages and towns, destroying the farms and plundering the common people was to return.
Therefore, Wang Ping asked Zheng Pu if he could supervise his headquarters to meet the enemy.
Zhang Ni claimed that although his troops had not yet been fully strengthened, he could guard the city and maintain order without any worries.
In other words, he was implicitly agreeing with Wang Ping's intention to send troops.
After all, Wei Jun dared to go out of the city to provoke~
Naturally, you can’t miss this opportunity!
At least, Wang Ping, who had not achieved much success in the previous Battle of Nishui River Valley, felt that Commander Wei should be reminded to remember and not forget about the pain once the scar is healed!
At the end of the letter, they added a few sentences.
say:
"We all know that the purpose of rebelling against the Wei Dynasty and daring to send troops to harass this time is to force the general to return with more troops to defend Chencang City, in order to alleviate the difficulty of defending Chencang City! Therefore, if the general allows to send troops, we must be cautious
When doing things, you will never be greedy for success and risk getting yourself into a tight siege, asking the general to send troops to rescue you, thereby missing the prime minister and the hussar general to attack the enemy."
It was these few words that made Zheng Pu relax and granted them the right of self-determination to act according to the situation.
If we take some action, we can contain Wei's garrison in Qixian for a longer period of time.
Besides, in fierce battles in the wild, they all go on foot and on horseback. How often does a big man not defeat a large number with a small number?
Why worry?
After letting the messenger return to reply to Zhang Ni and Wang Ping, Zheng Pu continued to be bored in the confrontation with Wei Sun's rites, quietly watching the progress of the war in Chencang.
It's midsummer in May.
As time passed, Chencang City's offensive and defensive battle began to get into full swing.
In April of Xia, the prime minister who was in charge of the Chinese army, Wei Yan, Jiang Wei and Zheng Pu, moved their camps one after another. After everything was ready, Guan Xing began to supervise the troops to attack the fortress; and within more than ten days, they did not surrender.
The soldiers touched the city wall of Chencang.
It's not that I don't want to, it's actually that I can't.
The Wei general guarding Chencang City was Guo Huai, who was the best general among the generals in Yongliang since the death of Zhang He.
And when the Han Dynasty sent troops out of Longyou for the first time, he was the one guarding Shanggui City.
Although at that time, because he had few troops and no reinforcements arrived, the city was captured and he escaped with Li Daitao's tactics, he also had some understanding of the Han army's methods of attacking fortresses.
Therefore, since he was guarding Chencang, when strengthening the city walls and repairing fortifications, he made some targeted adjustments based on previous failures.
For example, because the Han army was outnumbered but not afraid of death, when he raised the city wall, he buried many iron spears of different lengths across the previous crenellations, creating an extra circle of "rejection horses" above the entire city.
This move was intended to prevent the Han army from using cloud ladders to hang up the city walls or building wooden ladders to allow ants to climb onto the city walls.
The moat was also widened and deepened.
It is actually more than two feet wide and up to one foot deep, and there are also many sharp woods buried underneath.
The area on the side of the moat close to the root of the city wall is densely covered with antlers and deer stockades, while on the other side there are many pits dug and many iron (wood) pears buried.
Under such circumstances, if the Han army wanted to attack the city, it would take a lot of time just to clear the obstacles.
Moreover, when the Han army was clearing obstacles, they had to face the Wei army guarding the city wall with bows and crossbows.
But all of this is of no use in front of the Prime Minister.
The prime minister, who had entered the Qianwei Conference to farm and be trapped in the city for more than a year, was not idle all day long. He was also fully prepared for Guo Huai's deployment.
