"When the sun is at its midpoint, it will be waning; when the moon is waxing, it will be eclipsed; when the heaven and earth are waxing and waning, there will be news about the time."
——"Book of Changes·Feng"
Sometimes, when things go too smoothly, there is a hidden danger of extreme happiness and sadness.
Zheng Pu is now worried about whether the Han army, which is going very smoothly in the war, will face a situation of losing money if it does not leave the camp as soon as possible to fight the decisive battle with the Wei army.
The reason is not that the prime minister is as worried about a major epidemic breaking out on the battlefield where corpses are piled up.
But there are two other reasons.
One is that after learning that Li Tang Mang was in Qiaomen County, Shangjun, Zheng Pu asked him to use him as a dangerous move to disrupt Wei's rear.
And when heading north to the valley at the source of Dushui, Zheng Pu also sent people to Shangjun to let Tang Mang begin his march.
Not that there's anything wrong with this.
At that time, the outer city of Chencang had not yet been captured by the Han army, and the outcome of the war was still unclear. Allowing Li Tang Mang to disturb the rear of the Wei army would increase the Han army's chances of victory.
However, who could have expected that the Wei army would be so miserable?
Sima Yikong had the advantage of troops, and Cao Rui personally came to the front line to inspire the soldiers. However, after attacking for more than a month, he could not even destroy the Han army's camp on the plain and force the prime minister to come out and fight fiercely!
The camp on the plain!
It’s not a city!
This kind of result is really eye-catching.
It also made Zheng Pu's attempt to avoid Tang Mang's attack a failure.
Because of the combat power and morale demonstrated by the Wei army now, the chance that the prime minister and Wei Yan's tribe will be defeated in a battle is very high!
I can’t say that I’m sure of winning, but I’m pretty sure it’s close to ten.
We can also take advantage of this to completely defeat the main force of the Wei army, sweep the entire Guanzhong with a great victory, fulfill our long-cherished wish to return to the old capital, and show the world that the Han Dynasty will be revived!
But if Li Tang Mang disrupted Wei's rear before the prime minister and Wei Yan's troops set out for a decisive battle, causing Sima Yi to retreat under pressure from the rear, and preventing the Han army from finding a chance for a decisive battle, then it would be a return to the old capital's long-cherished wish. It will be postponed for several more years.
After all, only by defeating the main force of Wei in one battle can it form a sweeping force.
And if the Wei army, which still retains its strength, is allowed to withdraw from the army and divide its troops to defend in various cities, then the Han army will only be able to attack one city and one county, which will waste countless manpower, material resources and time.
In other words, the Wei army that was forced to stop and return was also defeated, which would also cause the soldiers to suffer from low morale and panic. It should not be too difficult for the Han army to pursue them and attack the cities and plunder the territory one by one.
There seems to be no difference between the two.
But it's not.
The Han army began to attack and fight fiercely in the third month of spring!
The division veterans are already tired!
Moreover, this time the Han army mobilized more than 100,000 troops, and the consumption of food, fodder and baggage was huge.
If we really want to attack one county and one city, the imperial court's foundation and inventory will not be able to support the war until the day when the entire Guanzhong is included in the bag.
And if we stop to rest, it will definitely give Wei time to regroup.
This is why Zheng Pu feels that he has taken a wrong step.
It is also a reflection of the ever-changing battlefield situation.
Another reason is that a military situation related to Jiangdong came from the temple in Chengdu.
There were heavy casualties at Shouchun City, and Jiangdong, which was shaken by Jingnan and Jiaozhou for more than a year due to Liao Shi's rebellion, had no foundation for recovery and no basis for the Northern Expedition. It actually issued a letter of credence claiming that it would send troops to join forces with the Han Dynasty. Defeat Wei!
The country's strength has not been restored and the people are not at peace, so they want to send troops to the Northern Expedition?
It’s simply an ancient anecdote!
Such news made the entire Han Dynasty incredulous.
But things are so magical.
Jiangdong really sent troops!
Instead, Zhu Ran's troops and horses guarding Jiangling City were used as the vanguard, and they marched to Xiangyang City in a mighty manner. Lu Dai's troops, who had just returned from suppressing the rebellion, were followed up and the soldiers were transferred back to Jingnan to guard the Xiling Gorge, claiming to be to supervise the transportation.
The army was provided with food and fodder; Sun Quan personally led the army across the river from Wuchang and marched north to Jiangxia County, which belonged to Wei.
As for Lu Xun, who had been staying in Wudi, he continued to appease the defeated Jiangdong family and did not come to join the war.
However, Jiangdong mobilized more than 60,000 troops this time, almost all of which were spent after the defeat of Wu State.
In response to this, the Chengdu temple responded by immediately sending more troops to Yong'an.
Just to be prepared.
Jiangdong has already made peace with Wei, and his behavior is so abnormal, combined with his previous capricious nature...
The Chengdu Temple felt that Sun Quan sent troops this time to attack Jingbei while Wei was being restrained by the Han Dynasty in Guanzhong, and that it was unlikely that he would seize the chestnuts from the fire.
On the contrary, the Han felt that it was more likely that Sun Quan wanted to repeat the Battle of Xiangfan.
So don't take it lightly.
After the news reached Guanzhong, the prime minister, who was focused on attacking Chencang City at that time, asked Chen Dao, who was guarding Yong'an, and Ma Zhong, who was guarding Nanzhong, to be on strict guard, and then waited to see what happened.
In any case, due to the isolation of Bashu and the difficulty of traveling through the southern land, Sun Quan could not succeed in any evil intentions he had.
But now, after returning from the war, Zheng Pu, who had nothing to do in Yangcheng, was suddenly shocked when he learned the news.
He smelled something unusual.
He also believed that it was impossible for Jiangdong to attack Wei, so he had some speculation about Sun Quan's sudden move to send troops north to Jingxiang.
For example, Dongsan County.
There is a way to enter Dongsan County from Zigui County!
For example, after the Battle of Hanzhong in the past, in order to regain the three eastern counties of Hanzhong (Eastern Three Counties), the late Japanese emperor Liu Bei sent Meng Da to march from Zigui to attack Fangling and join forces with Liu Feng at Shangyong.
Now that the Wei State is in dire straits, it might be possible to divide the East Three Commanderies and Xiangyang City to Jiangdong as a price, allowing Sun Quan to betray the alliance and attack the Han Dynasty from the East Three Commanderies. After all, for the Wei State at this time, giving up
There are no common people south of Xiangyang and the three counties in the east to fight side by side with the alliance of Wu. It is not a difficult choice.
Whichever is the lesser of two powers that harm each other~
Under the pressure that the Han Dynasty was about to return to the old capital, and the theory of the Han Dynasty in the Wei Dynasty that the Han Dynasty inherited the destiny was wavering, Cao Rui of Luoyang would make a choice to tide over the difficulties.
And will Jiangdong accept it?......
It’s not like Cao Rui wants Sun Quan to become King of Wei and Wu again, so there’s nothing to hesitate about!
Maybe he even thought that he had benefited from the conflict between Han and Wei, and held a banquet with Jiangdong ministers to show off his appearance!
At this point, it is easy to understand that Zheng Pu was obsessed with the timing of the decisive battle between Han and Wei.
Because counting the time, he could no longer stop Li Tang Mang from advancing; the Han Dynasty, which had gathered all its forces in Guanzhong, was even less able to deter Jiangdong from colluding with the rebel Wei.
I hope everything goes well, and all the worries in my heart don't come true.
Every day at dusk, when his subordinate Qi Yacuo came to report that the decisive battle between Han and Wei had not yet begun, Zheng Pu comforted himself in this way.
But sometimes, God especially likes to play tricks on people.
The more you fear something, the more likely you are to arrange something for you.
Just three days later, Qiyacuo brought the news that the Wei army had all retreated; and the prime minister and Wei Yan's troops had just led the troops out of camp and pursued them for half a day before they all returned.
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