Indeed, for both Han and Wei, the war in the valley at the source of Dushui did not affect the overall situation.
Because there were not many casualties on both sides in this battle.
After winning for a while, the Han suffered more than 3,000 casualties and no prisoners. In addition to plundering the battlefield and obtaining a lot of armor and weapons, as well as capturing the baggage and food left behind when the Wei army was defeated, it did not severely damage the Wei army.
As for the defeated Wei army, their general Zhou Dang died in the battle, suffering more than 6,000 casualties and discarding their heavy supplies of food.
Compared with the previous results, Wei can still bear it.
It’s just that the Wuhuan Tuqi can no longer fight.
Having abandoned their generals in the past, they also lost the trust of Emperor Cao Rui and Sima Yi.
This impact is too bad.
If it weren't for the fact that they had made many military exploits in previous wars, and that the war situation was indeed a complete defeat at that time, the Wei State might have resorted to military law!
Therefore, when Sima Yi learned about the whole story of the war, he reported to Cao Rui and sent them all back to their hometown in Youji to rest.
After they have had a break from the hardships of several years of conquest and have strict military discipline, they can then be hired as appropriate.
Also leaving Yongliang at the same time as them was Qian Hong.
As Zheng Pu expected, after Cao Rui learned that Qianhong was released by the Han army because of his father's friendship with Emperor Zhaolie, he immediately transferred Qianhong to Youzhou to guard the border so as not to stay in Yongliang. It became the "horse bone" that showed the benevolence and righteousness of the Han army.
While Wang Qi's troops were guarding Qixian, Sun Li's troops returned to Chang'an City to rest and recuperate, and took over the defense duties of Chang'an.
This move allowed Sima Yi to transfer the soldiers and horses originally guarding Chang'an to the Lishui River Valley.
A decisive battle with the Han army~
Naturally, we must concentrate all the troops and horses that can be mobilized and capable of fighting.
Even the Wangsheng tribe who originally went west along the Jingshui River Valley from Qixian County turned south and headed south to Lishui.
Qinlang's tribe also stopped going north.
Instead, they crossed the Qishui River from Yong County and slowly headed south to the Qianwei Meeting.
Because his strategic purpose of going north was no longer there.
Previously, Sima Yi ordered him to go north to force the main force of the Han army to split up and go north, so that the war between the two sides would not break out where the Han army occupies the geographical advantage of the Lishui River Valley. If the Han army did not divide up its troops, it would be a fake show and join Sun Li. , Qianhong, Zhou Dang, Wang Qi and other tribes went west to recapture Gaoping City.
But now neither possibility is possible.
Not only did the Han army not send troops to go north, but also with the defeat of Sun Li and other troops, Zheng Pu's troops entered Yangcheng to guard it, preventing Qin Lang's troops from sweeping westward.
Therefore, Sima Yi could only retreat and seek the next best thing.
Let Qin Lang's troops cross the Lishui River and go south to attack the Han army from the north, while he himself will lead the army to attack from the east.
In this way, it can more or less offset some of the geographical advantages of the Han army.
However, facing the Han army who was entrenched in a high base and deep ditch, their attack was also not smooth.
The Han army's camp was also divided into two parts, the north and the east, which formed the horns of each other.
Wei Yan was stationed in the Lishui River Valley on the east side, while the prime minister was stationed in the camp on the north side.
Sima Yi first wrote a letter to invite him to fight, and then challenged him with light troops, but the prime minister refused to fight. Later, he changed his approach to ejection from a high platform on a mountain, and brought trebuchets and wells from Chang'an to cover the attack. He was also under the crossbows of the Han army. Returned in vain.
Wei Yan, who was known for his fierce military tactics, once opened the camp gate.
At that time, Sima Yi ordered his soldiers to widen the pontoon bridge in an attempt to fill up a section of the Qianshui River with rocks, wood and bulldozers, thus offsetting the Han army's geographical advantage of holding the water bank. Wei Yan then came out with three thousand soldiers to attack the baggage trains. The soldiers charged and killed for a while, but they retreated just as Sima Yi drove his elite troops forward.
Inevitably, the Wei army would not give up the pursuit and took advantage of the chaos to seize the camp gate.
Opportunity to break in.
However, when they came in force and had not even approached the camp gate, the Yuanrong crossbows mounted on the low wall fired thousands of arrows, killing a large number of the Wei troops who dared to approach.
It turns out that Wei Yan left the camp deliberately to lure them into an ambush...
Well, there were only about five or six hundred soldiers killed or wounded.
Sima Yi was not discouraged, so he sent many strong crossbowmen to guard the side. When Wei Yan's troops did not come out again, he used wood and stone as the foundation and connected them with wooden planks to turn a section of the Lishui River Valley into a smooth road.
The kind that can withstand the weight of siege engines and ladders and push them straight through.
Likewise, a meat grinder-like battle begins.
Strict military laws, generous promises of rewards, and the supervising team that would be killed if they did not advance made all the soldiers of the Wei State become stubborn, like moths flying into the flame. Every day of the Qianwei meeting was filled with the sound of fighting.
and whines stirred in the wind; the thick smell of blood filled the air, and the piled-up remains were hideous and terrifying, almost suffocating.
The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night.
Before I knew it, it was already mid-autumn and July.
The Wei army attacked for nearly a month regardless of casualties. Instead of ushering in the dawn of breaking the camp, it ushered in the morale of the soldiers in various departments was low and resentment...
Sima Yi was very frustrated about this.
In particular, he couldn't help but find it ironic when he recalled that the Wei army had been unable to stick to the huddle tactics before, but now things were changing.
Also at a loss.
The other two steps of his plan also failed.
First, when the attack failed to go smoothly, he secretly sent his confidant Niu Jin to cross the Wei River at night with five thousand elite troops, intending to cover up Chencang City from the south bank.
But unexpectedly, the Han army had already taken precautions.
When Niu Jin just started to let his soldiers climb the city wall with ropes, Jiang Weibu, who had been hiding in Chencang Road for some time, took the opportunity to attack and killed Niu Jinbu by surprise.
At the cost of leaving more than a thousand corpses and hundreds of prisoners, he was able to escape the pursuit.
This was because Jiang Wei's troops were worried that the Wei army would support them and did not pursue them too far.
On the other hand, Sima Yi deliberately did not take precautions against Zheng Pu's troops stationed in Yangcheng above the Lishui River Valley.
The intention was to make Zheng Pu feel that there was an opportunity to go out of the city and launch a sneak attack, so that the Qinlang troops on the north side could be repelled with an absolute advantage in strength, and they could use the mobility of the tiger and leopard cavalry to sweep them across, and then go west to seize Gaoping City.
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After all, Scar Pu is always here to take risks~
Just follow the plan.
But this time Zheng Pu has no ambition!
It was clear that Qin Lang had placed all the baggage and provisions at the rear, which showed flaws, but he had been hiding in the city without any intention of sending troops for a sneak attack.
This two-step strategy failed, and Sima Yi became increasingly anxious.
Even the food he eats every day is less than three liters, and he has lost weight visibly to the naked eye.
Because he knew that if the Han army was allowed to hold on for one more day, the Wei army would be in greater danger.
Once the morale of the Wei army is exhausted, the Han army sees the opportunity and comes out to fight with all their strength. If they win, they can drive out the defeated troops and sweep the entire Guanzhong!
The cities other than Chang'an, Wuguan, Tongguan and other passes will be decided by communication!
This situation is not an exaggeration.
Let me ask, if hundreds of thousands of troops have been defeated, how can we expect those county towns with low walls and few defenders to contain the Han army's advance?
But both he and Emperor Cao Rui knew that this crisis was getting closer, but they had no choice but to continue to waste time.
There is no way, the Wei State has no way to retreat._&
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