The movements of the Wei and Wu armies could not be concealed from the Han army's scouts.
After the prime minister learned of this, he asked Hu Ji, who had stayed in Fangling County to transport grain and supplies for the Guanxing Department, to return to the Golden Guard and supervise more than a thousand county soldiers to guard against the Wei army Xiahou Ba's troops invading Hanzhong County.
There are more than a thousand troops, all of them county soldiers, but they have to defend 15,000 incoming enemies. This seems to be an unreasonable arrangement.
But no one from top to bottom had any objections.
Because everyone knows that the Wei army dare not leave Ziwu Valley.
Not only was the Wei army demoralized by the Han army long ago and no longer wanted to fight; it was also because it was easy to get out of the Ziwu Valley, but it was very difficult to retreat.
Just outside Shangyong City, there is still the Prime Minister supervising more than 10,000 people!
If the prime minister learned that Xiahou Ba's troops dared to leave the valley road to camp or invade the Golden Garrison, and the prime minister marched back in a hurry to fight back, then the Wei army would be doomed.
After all, the wars over the past ten years have proved the fighting strength of the Han army. It is not easy to defeat the 15,000 Wei soldiers with more than 10,000 people. Especially with the prime minister personally supervising the formation, the Han army soldiers are bound to be unstoppable.
To take a step back, neither Cao Rui nor Sima Yi are stupid.
From Wei's point of view, the loss of food and troops this time is the limit!
Before the Xiahou Overlord's troops entered the Ziwu Valley, he must have warned them in detail, "Remember not to fight the Han army fiercely." Because once there was a fierce battle with the Han army, it would mean that Wei State was fighting for the Wu army.
It's just a temporary consensus between the two parties that doesn't even have a communist alliance. How could the Wei State harm itself and benefit others!
Wouldn't it be better to reap the benefits of being a fisherman?
Knowing that Wei and Wu could not work together, the Prime Minister paid no attention to the Wei army coming from Ziwu Valley, and only slightly adjusted the way of besieging the city.
Originally, the prime minister built three towers around Shangyong, with the east city gate adjacent to the water-blocking valley as the gap.
The purpose was to lure the Tang Dynasty Counselor in the city to think that they could pass through the Wudang Mountains from the Dushui River Valley and return via the South Qinling Road where no Han army was guarding; but now that the Wu Army was attacking from the South Qinling Road, it was no longer appropriate to leave the East City Gate empty.
For example, if there is a slight negligence, Zheng Pu's troops guarding the northern end of the water-blocking valley will be in danger of being attacked by Zhu Ran and Tang Zi.
Therefore, the prime minister no longer trapped the city and moved the camp to the southern end of the water-blocking valley.
First, this can provide backup for Zheng Pu's tribe.
The other is to see if the Tang Dynasty Counselor can make a desperate move to go out from the North City Gate to the West City and enter the Guanzhong via the Ziwu Valley or the Valley Valley Road.
Yes, it is to enter Guanzhong, not to return to Wu.
Tang Zi was from Licheng County of Wei State (Cao Cao established Donghai County in Xuzhou).
When Cao Pi was in power, Licheng County rebelled and killed the prefect Xu Ji. Tang Zi was elected as the general and took over the county.
Later, Cao Pi sent an army to defeat him. Tang Zi led his remnant army to flee by sea and fled to the state of Wu. He was awarded the rank of general by Sun Quan. He served in many expeditions against Wei and was recognized for his meritorious service.
With such a past, it was impossible for Tang Zi to return to Wu via the territory of Wei.
If he wanted to survive, he had no choice but to return to Wei or surrender to the Han army.
And this is what the Prime Minister is thinking about.
Shangyong City has been trapped for two months!
The patience of the grain and soldiers waiting for help has been almost worn out!
If Zhu Ran's troops are unable to break through Zheng Pu's troops blocking the road and lead troops to Shang Yong to give hope to the Wu soldiers in the city, the city will be undefendable.
If the impoverished Tang Zi defected to Wei, it would cause Wei and Wu to fall out of harmony again; and if he joined the Han, it would also ensure that the Han Dynasty sent troops to the three eastern counties this time, "the army must seek profit".
In other words, Tang Zi has another choice: leading his soldiers to break out of the encirclement~~
But this is impossible!
The reason why the Prime Minister dared to make such a conclusion was that when Sun Quan sent an envoy, the Prime Minister deliberately let the envoy enter Shangyong City to meet with Tang Zi.
No need to guess, Tang Zi will definitely ask about the current situation.
In order to strengthen the determination of the Tang Counseling Department, the envoy must also inform the Wu army of the upcoming rescue.
In this way, if Tang Zi had the ambition to sacrifice his life to serve the country, he should immediately mobilize all his soldiers to break through the encirclement after the envoy left!
Because he is a veteran on the battlefield!
Based on his long experience in the army, he could also guess that the Han army would not neglect the defense of the water-blocking valley in Xixian County if the newly reorganized troops were stationed at the Bashan North Road.
Fighting in the mountains and hills, and Jiangdong is still the attacking side, how many lives of the Wu army need to sacrifice to break through the obstacles and rush to Shangyong City?
At least, it must be more than the more than 5,000 people he supervised!
It was also the Han army who regarded him as a temptation and surrounded him for reinforcements, luring Jiangdong to his death.
But Jiangdong knew this and had to come to the rescue.
For the sake of military morale.
Lu Dai's tribe, which is far away in Jiaozhi County, is really powerless unless Jiangdong saves it.
However, Jiangdong, which held the Jingxiang front, was unable to rescue Shangyong County, which was unjustifiable both emotionally and rationally.
It will also make the officers and soldiers look forward to it from now on, causing unbearable burdens in the future.
For example, once Jiangdong's soldiers are trapped by enemy troops in the future, they will take the current failure to save Shangyong City as an example, thinking that Jiangdong will not come to save themselves, and then they will have no intention of holding on and may even surrender directly.
Sometimes, the outcome of the rescue is not important.
It's about people's hearts and giving a statement to the soldiers.
Under such circumstances, if Tang Zi, who was trapped in a tight siege, was willing to die for Jiangdong, he should have led his troops out of the city to break through the siege before the Han army could hold the Dushui River Valley.
Regardless of whether the breakout is successful or not, it will help Jiangdong resolve his passive situation.
But he didn't.
Therefore, the Prime Minister naturally knew it well.
Of course, no matter what decision the Tang Counselor made, the premise was that the Han army needed to resist the Wu army's attack first.
Zheng Pu, who had already rushed to defend the Dushui River Valley in Xixian County, sent people to report back, claiming that as long as the rear was not attacked by Xiahou Ba's tribe or Tang Zi's tribe, he would definitely be able to defeat Zhu Ran's tribe and return.
As for the Guanxing Department guarding Bashan North Road, there is no need to worry.
Lu Xun and Quan Cong's troops attacked with 30,000 Wu troops, while Guan Xing defended with more than 30,000 troops. The forces were evenly matched. As long as he did not abandon the favorable terrain and set out to camp and fight fiercely, there would be no possibility of defeat.
Wu Jun was not good at attacking fortresses to begin with.
But when Guan Xing sent someone to inform him of the military situation and claimed that there was no need to worry about the defense of Bashan North Road, the prime minister asked him to make his own decision.
Yes, the Prime Minister told him not to be timid in battle.
If while guarding, you capture a fighter plane that can be attacked and killed, don't miss the opportunity.
There are two reasons.
First, morale must not be let down.
More than 30,000 soldiers under Guan Xing's command were all captured by the Wei army.
When recruiting and recruiting before the war, the imperial court had already promised rewards for this battle, and they were eager to kill the enemy and accumulate merit.
If they insist on holding on and cannot get out, their morale may be demoralized.
On the other hand, it is due to strategy.
This battle must severely damage Jiangdong!
Even if we have to pay a lot of casualties for this, we won’t hesitate!
Otherwise, the Han Dynasty would not be able to induce the Wei State to fight with all its strength in Guanzhong; it would also be impossible to guarantee whether Jiangdong, which still had strength, would come back to join forces when Han and Wei were fighting in Guanzhong.
