From the initial retreat of defense and avoidance of fighting to the current pursuit of war, the change in mentality of Sima Yi, the governor of Wei and Yongliang, is very strange.
But when I think about it carefully, it makes sense.
As the saying goes, this moment, that moment.
If we don't take advantage of the fact that the Han army has just finished the hard battle in Chencang and is tired to fight, it will be even more difficult for Wei Guoguo after the Guo Huai tribe is defeated and the Han army completely takes over the city.
Furthermore, there was no way Wei could retreat.
When Gaoping City fell, he retreated to Chencang; when Chencang City fell, where else could he retreat?
Retreat to Chang'an, the old capital of the Han Dynasty?
If Chang'an City is used as a barrier to resist the Han army, under the 400-year prestige of the Han Dynasty, what is the difference between this and surrendering the entire Guanzhong!
Sima Yi thought for a moment and finally made a decision.
With Qin Lang as the chief general, Xia Houba as the deputy, and superintendent of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, 20,000 Luoyang Central Army and 30,000 Yongliang soldiers were ready to go north to join Sun Li, Qian Hong and other troops.
There is no need to hide your whereabouts, but go all the way with great fanfare.
Let's see if we can get Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who was against Shu, to divide his troops and go north.
If possible, Qin Lang's troops will turn back and fight fiercely with the soldiers and horses heading north against Shu; and he himself will also mobilize the rest of his troops to attack the Ni Shu camp in the Lishui River Valley.
And if the Prime Minister rebels against Shu and does not divide the troops, he just orders Scar Pu to move to Longdong or Guiyang City to avoid the war...
After Qin Lang joined forces with Sun Li, Qian Hong and others, he went all the way west and went straight to attack Gaoping City, which was now weakly defended, so that Ni Shu did not dare to avoid the battle!
Even the Wang Sheng Department guarding Qixian County was mobilized accordingly.
Sima Yi also asked him to leave only a few hundred soldiers to maintain order in the city, and then mobilized more than 10,000 of his troops to go up the Jingshui River Valley to attack Linjing City.
Gein is now guarding Qixian County, which has lost its strategic significance!
If the Wei army is unable to recapture Chencang City, all the counties in Youfufeng to the west of Xi County will be undefeated and will no longer be owned by the Wei state.
This means that there are countless routes for Ni Shu to advance and cut off the lower reaches of the Jingshui River Valley and approach Qixian County. At that time, Wang Sheng's tribe will also face the dilemma of being helpless and reduced to withered bones in the grave, waiting to be killed. In this case, it is better to send troops to respond now
, to gain more chances of winning the war.
After making these arrangements, when Sima Yi encouraged the soldiers before the battle, he also wrote a letter to the emperor Cao Rui who was now in Hongnong County.
He did not plead guilty because the outer city of Chencang was captured.
They did not ask Emperor Cao Rui to increase his troops or issue rewards to encourage the soldiers.
But just one sentence.
He said: "Your Majesty, this matter is urgent. The only thing I can do is to fight to the death and survive."
Emperor Cao Rui had no emotion when he received the above watch.
Not that I'm used to it.
Since he took charge of Hongnong County, he has brought war and military information from Guanzhong, and there has been a wave every hour.
Day and night.
It doesn't matter whether the situation has changed or not: if not, then just report it well.
Therefore, he had already learned about the fall of Chencang Outer City and had made a decision long ago.
He wanted to personally rush to Chang'an to take charge and serve as a backstop for the Yongliang soldiers, so that everyone would understand that there was no way for Wei to retreat in this battle!
The only option is to fight to the death!
And on the eve of departure, there was another small episode.
The Sima Shi who was accompanying the driver was hurriedly sent back to Luoyang, where he took the envoy's guard of honor and credentials and rushed to the Wuchang Palace of Wu State in the south of Jingzhou via Jingzhou.
Because as early as after Sun Quan accepted the Wei trade and when the Han army began to attack Chencang City, Sima Shi had a private confrontation with Emperor Cao Rui and made a very bold suggestion.
At that time, Cao Rui felt that it was not advisable.
But now, he felt that some decisions had to be made.
No matter whether this decision is insulting to the country or not.
After all, in a war, you can't just consider what will happen if you win, but you also need to prepare in advance for the worst outcome.
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Youfufeng, Duyang County, the origin of Dushui (Qishui).
It has just entered the midsummer season of June, and the scorching sun is still scorching the earth and the heat is unbearable.
Especially in the afternoon, not to mention that the sun sets on the earth and turns into a vast expanse of white, which seems to be able to bake a faint curl of smoke; even the sleepy people hiding in the shade of the trees will feel all over the body. It was wet with sweat stains.
On a gentle slope extending from a mountain ridge, Qianhong, who was wearing fine leather armor and a hooded hat on his head, felt that his sweating body was like countless ants running around and biting him, which was very uncomfortable.
Even so, he stood still, his eyes staring ahead like a hawk.
The only movement he made was to reach out and stroke the war horse's neck from time to time, to soothe the war horse's unease from time to time as it moved its hooves and shook its head due to the unbearable heat.
Behind him, nearly five thousand Wuhuan Tuqi were also sweating, and they were also stationed in silence.
Following their gaze, they saw in the flat valley below, two groups of soldiers and horses were already facing each other in formation and were about to engage in a decisive battle.
The white and dazzling sunlight makes people's vision blurred.
But it does not prevent everyone from seeing that the Han army standing under the red and black banner has significantly fewer cavalry and infantry than the Wei army.
Relying on the Qianghu tribe's scout guides who were familiar with the local mountains, rivers and valleys, Zheng Pu, who led his army north from the Lianshui Valley, stopped Qianhong, Zhou Dang, Wang Qi and other troops in Duyang County without any suspense.
But Sun Li's tribe, who had taken a detour from Yong County, also came right after.
This made Zheng Pu's wishful thinking somewhat come to nothing.
He had already rendezvoused with Wang Ping's troops and the Xiliang cavalry who had taken a detour south. He originally thought that after the supervisors arrived, they would directly stage a drama of "the two armies encountered in the wild and had to fight to the death"; with their superior strength, he would first lead Qian Hong and others The army was defeated, and then returned to attack Sun Li's army.
But in the current situation, if he still gave the order, he would be attacked from the side by Sun Li's troops who had just arrived.
However, this small disappointment does not matter.
As long as he intercepts the Wei army moving south from Qixian County, a field battle between the two sides will be inevitable.
Because the two armies were only about seven or eight miles apart, neither side dared to expose its back to the enemy's sword.
Zheng Pu felt that even if the Wei army had more than 10,000 Huaisi elites from Sun Li's Ministry, making the Han army a smaller force, the final banner set up on the battlefield would be a red and black Han banner.
This has nothing to do with arrogance or blind confidence.
It was due to the belief that the Han army had won many battles and was irresistible.
Let's just say it's done once and for all.
As soon as Sun Libu, who was arriving lightly, stopped, Zhou Dang and Wang Qi, who were originally in a circular formation, began to split to the left and right, acting as the left and right wings of Sun Libu respectively, forming a huge fish formation; The Wuhuan cavalry on the side of the soldiers also slowly climbed up the slope. As a flanking army, Zheng Pu had this in mind.
Taking advantage of this time, he also asked the Han army to change its formation.
Together with the Wei army, they replaced the previous male formation with the fish formation, and asked the Xiliang cavalry to stand aside to wait for an attack.
Those who are beautiful have no way to retreat, they can only live toward death.
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