The Prime Minister had no intention of criticizing Zheng Pu for beheading him first and then reporting him.
On the contrary, after Zhuge Pan, who was acting as a reporter, slowly finished reading the letter, the Prime Minister sighed sadly, "Zijin has sacrificed his life for the benefit of the country. You, the younger generation, will follow suit in the future."
After that, regardless of whether Zhuge Pan could understand or not, he waved his hand and sent him away to do other things.
Of course Zhuge Pan couldn't understand.
When did the act of making opinions without reporting it become a benefit to the country?
But soon, the Prime Minister's subsequent arrangements made him vaguely realize.
For example, the Guanxing tribe, which was confronting Jiangdong in the Zhushui River Valley, was ordered to lead troops to Fangling City and stationed there. Jiang Shu and Pang Hong's tribe, who had just arrived in the west city, also rushed to the Ziwu Valley to attack the Puzhong tribe against the Wei Dynasty and protect Hanzhong County.
-The Mianshui River Valley in Dongsan County is unblocked. Even Fei Yi, who was far away in Hebei County, Longyou County, was sent a letter by the Prime Minister and asked him to transfer the prepared grain to Chencang City in Guanzhong instead of Dongcheng City.
Three counties.
With such an arrangement, anyone with a discerning eye would know that the Han army was about to withdraw from the three eastern counties and make preparations to continue attacking Guanzhong.
In other words, Zheng Pu's tribe became an army that cut off the queen.
More than 10,000 troops will be used to fight against the 30,000 Wei troops led by General Wei Zhengnan and Hu Zhi, as well as more than 10,000 Yongliang soldiers from Xiahou Ba tribe. In order to ensure that the Han army can calmly withdraw from the army, they put themselves in danger
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It didn't take long for Zhuge Pan to join the army.
But it doesn't stop him from knowing that you can't just come and leave when you want on the battlefield.
Jiangdong, which had been severely damaged, absolutely did not dare to pursue Guan Xing's tribe, but the Wei army, which had been concentrating its energy, would definitely pursue Zheng Pu's tribe! Moreover, the soldiers under Guan Xing's command were all Wei Jiang soldiers, and could not support Zheng Pu's tribe.
So, if self-determination is a lone army, why can’t it be called a benefit to the country?
Of course, Zhuge Pan did not have the qualifications to access secrets, so his speculation still missed one point. Zheng Pu actually had deeper considerations for this move.
This is also the real reason why the Prime Minister expressed emotion——
He deliberately divided more than 8,000 troops and horses in order to allow Wang Chang and Hu Zhi to attack with all their strength, and to prevent the Han army's pretentious withdrawal from turning into a fake show!
Because there is a time lag in the transmission of messages and decisions on the battlefield.
What if the Han army has all the preparations to stop the troops, but Wei Sima Yi still fails to launch the decisive battle in Guanzhong as scheduled?
Wasn't the Han army busy in vain?
Therefore, in order to be absolutely sure, Zheng Pu needed to find himself caught in the huge disparity between the enemy and ourselves, and delay the time with the fact that he could not retreat.
But what the prime minister didn't know was that Zheng Pu's thinking was even bolder.
He felt that he had a great chance of defeating Wei's Jingzhou troops!
And once things go smoothly, he will open up another strategic offensive route for the Han army.
The army can sweep into Nanyang County with a crushing force, and go west to attack Wuguan in Guanzhong; go north to attack Guangcheng Pass, Taigu Pass, Yique Pass and other southern gates of Luoyang, and penetrate directly into the capital of Wei!
Just like the former prime minister's "Longzhong Dui" attack on Wei in two directions.
At that time, in order to prevent the Han army from sweeping into Nanyang County, the Wei State had no choice but to "encircle Wei and save Zhao" to allow Sima Yi to launch the decisive battle in Guanzhong as soon as possible, making the Han army unable to advance to Wanluo.
However, this strategy is very difficult to achieve.
Moreover, the State of Wei did not give Zheng Pu a chance to try it.
After a detailed analysis of the mobilization of various departments of the Han army and the move to withdraw troops from the three eastern counties, neither Cao Rui nor Sima Yi could continue to remain calm, but felt a kind of "times are not with me"!
Zheng Pu's guess is correct.
Wei is the party that cannot afford to miss the opportunity for a decisive battle in Guanzhong.
Cao Rui, who was the first to learn the news, immediately ordered Wang Chang and Hu Zhi to launch a strong attack on Zheng Pu's camp, intending to attack and kill Zheng Pu's tribe at all costs, so that the Han army did not dare to abandon Zheng Pu's more than 10,000 troops. Stop the troops and return.
At the same time, he also sent an envoy to Xiangyang City again, asking Zhu Ran from Jiangdong to cross the Zhushui River Valley and rush to Fangling City. He did not need to attack Jiangdong, but only needed him to contain the Guanxing tribe and prepare for the Wei army's offensive. Just make a response.
However, after seeing that the Guanxing troops had withdrawn their troops and returned to Fangling, Zhu Ran also withdrew his troops and returned to Xiangyang City. He directly rejected this request without reporting it to Sun Quan for a decision.
Because there is no need to report it.
The Han army withdrew from the three eastern counties and returned to Guanzhong to compete with Wei.
Isn’t it exactly what Jiangdong has been looking forward to!
Jiangdong paid such a heavy price, and finally waited for this day. The Wei State wanted Wu Jun Commander to drive to Fangling County to contain it? When the Han army attacked Wu in two directions, the Wei State did not send troops, and wanted to wait for the fishermen's profit. , now that the situation has changed, and the situation between Wei and Jiangdong has changed, why do you want Jiangdong to continue to provide support?
Do unto others, do not impose on others!
send troops
Oh, it’s too late for Jiangdong to rejoice in his misfortune!
With this idea in mind, Zhu Ran gave a very tactful reply to the Wei envoy, citing reasons such as the soldiers were tired from long battles and the food and supplies were heavy.
But Cao Rui was very angry.
Because these reasons were all the reasons he gave perfunctorily when Jiangdong came to ask Wei to send troops.
Almost everything was returned intact!
What made him even more furious was that Sun Quan immediately sent an envoy to Yong'an after learning about this incident.
It's not that he wanted to break his alliance with Wei and seek peace with the Han army again.
Instead, they wanted to resume trade with the Han army on the grounds that Jiangdong no longer posed a threat to Bashu and trade was mutually beneficial.
The explanation given to the Wei State was that they wanted to repeat the "crossing the river in white clothes" incident of the past.
But Cao Rui is not a three-year-old child, so how can he believe such prevarication!
These Jiangdong rats, this move is a subtle gesture to the Han army: Although Jiangdong has an alliance with Wei, it will never raise troops to participate in the war between Han and Wei!
Let the Han army face the incoming Wei army without any distractions!
Just when the Wei army is about to launch a decisive battle, such behavior is the behavior of an allied country!
Even though Cao Rui was well aware of the capricious nature of Jiangdong's monarchs and ministers, he still couldn't help but blush, drew his sword and angrily attacked the case to vent his anger.
Naturally, anger will not help the situation.
He finally accepted the reality and sent more than 8,000 Huainan soldiers led by Xiahou Xian into Bashan North Road and rushed to Fangling City to contain the Guanxing Ministry.
Yes, Jiangdong is willing to lend the road to Wei Jun.
Just like before, the Wei army used the road for Zhu Ran's tribe to march into the water-blocking valley, in order to make the war between Han and Wei more fierce.
After Sima Yi, who was in Chang'an City in Guanzhong, learned that the Han army had begun to attack Puzhong's tribe, he also began to let the Luoyang Chinese army and the Yongliang tribes begin to organize their armies and prepare for war.
He has many generals and generals, and he can deduce the general information from clues.
The Han army wanted to occupy the southern port of Ziwu Valley, and its purpose was simply to clear away the obstacles from the three eastern counties.
And just a few days after his general order was passed down, Cao Rui's letter arrived.
Question:
"The soldiers of Shu are about to leave! Do you think we can attack them when we have the opportunity?"
