Previously he claimed that "everything can be decided by oneself", but now he asked again "whether we can attack when we have the time". Cao Rui's letter did not have any words to urge war, but his intention to urge war was fully revealed.
Sima Yi, who had been in high and low officialdom for many years, could naturally appreciate the meaning.
Don't say anything else.
He directly replied to Cao Rui with the number "It's ready to attack, and the troops will be dispatched within ten days." Then he began to recruit generals from various ministries to come to Chang'an City to work together and deploy troops.
At this time, the war in Dongsan County was already in full swing.
When Wei Zhengnan's general Wang Chang and Jingzhou governor Hu Zhi were ordered by the emperor to attack Zheng Pu's camp, they initially exercised restraint and reserved troops to guard against the Han army rushing to the west city to attack again.
But after nearly ten days of attacking, they no longer had this thought and ordered the entire army to attack day and night regardless of casualties.
Because when the Han army Jiang Shu and Pang Hong's troops arrived at Ziwu Valley, Pu Zhong, who had only 5,000 troops, thought that he could not resist, so he followed Sima Yi's previous instructions and stopped his troops and returned to Guanzhong, while the Han army separated He sent Pang Hong's troops to guard the mouth of the valley, and asked Jiang Shu to lead his troops to rush to the Zhushui Valley to station and confront Xiahou Xian's troops.
This move was beyond Wei Jun's expectation.
Obviously the Guanxing tribe has 25,000 troops, which is more than enough to confront Xiahou Xian's tribe. Why do the Han troops come to reinforce instead of reinforcing Zheng Pu's tribe in the Dushui Valley?
Xiahou Xianfu can't explain it.
He then wrote a letter to pass this information back, asking Wang Chang and Hu Zhi to be careful about the Guanxing tribe huddled in Fangling City, and might cross the Wudang Mountains and enter the South Qinling Road: He thought that the Han army was using Jiang Shu's tribe to guard Fangling County. This allowed the Guanxing Ministry, which had more troops, to go to support Zheng Pu.
This is also the most reasonable explanation.
After all, there was a huge disparity in military strength between the two sides in the Xixian River Valley. The Han army could only offset its disadvantage by allowing the Guanxing troops to rush over.
But Hu Zhi, who once stationed troops in Shangyong County, rejected this inference.
He dared to assert that the Guanxing tribe would never come to Qinling South Road.
The reason is that among the three eastern counties sandwiched between the Daba Mountains and the Qinling Mountains, only the slightly flat Shangyong and Xicheng are the most conducive to farming. It is already autumn in July, and the autumn harvest is about to begin. The Han army is in the east. The farms in the three counties were originally managed by the Guanxing Department, but now they were left idle just to harvest autumn grain.
As for after the autumn harvest~~
He felt that the Ministry of Guanxing would not come either.
Because calculating the time, Sima Yi had already launched the decisive battle in Guanzhong during the autumn harvest!
The Han army, which was facing a tight battle in Guanzhong, should have sent troops from Guanxing, who had sent troops from Ziwu Valley, to go through Ziwu Valley and enter Guanzhong to support them.
Therefore, his advice is not to beware of attacks from the Guanxing Ministry.
Instead, they attacked Zheng Pu's tribe as soon as possible and put it in danger, and separated the Xiahou Ba tribe and rushed to Bashan North Road to join forces with Xiahou Xian's tribe. With their absolute strength advantage, the Guan Xing tribe did not dare to leave the three eastern counties easily.
In order to prevent all the Han troops who entered the three eastern counties from supporting Guanzhong, Sima Yi's battle to regain Guanzhong would be smoother and faster!
Wang Chang deeply believed in this assertion.
It is no secret that the Han army was suffering from food shortages.
Now that they have gone through a one-year-old expedition, they will naturally pay extra attention to the matter of replenishing food on the spot.
But the slightly different view from Hu Zhi's is that he felt that even if Guan Xingbu wanted to support Zheng Pu after the autumn harvest, he would have no chance!
Yes, he is very confident that Zheng Pu's camp will be broken before the autumn harvest!
During the nearly three-month confrontation, Hu Zhi was supervising the food, transportation and other matters at the back, while personally supervising the Jingzhou soldiers and horses at the front. He was not idle all the time.
For example, more than thirty Pili cars were severely damaged due to frequent stone throwing, and were beyond repair.
In other words, Zheng Pu's camp was also seriously damaged.
Not only are the outer antlers gone, but even the low walls and wooden fences have exposed many irreparable breaks.
Under such circumstances, he only had to attack day and night without giving the Han army time to repair the camp. Breaking the camp was just a matter of time and how many soldiers were killed or injured.
Therefore, as Hu Zhi said, he sent Xiahou Ba's tribe to the North Road of Bashan.
And before leaving, he also warned him and Xiahou Xian in advance to be prepared to pursue the Han army.
The reason is that once Sima Yi launches a decisive battle, the Han army will definitely find a way to divide his troops and return; and if he breaks through Zheng Pu's camp on his own side, the Han army will abandon the three eastern counties and flee into Hanzhong.
Xiahou Ba agreed with a normal expression.
But regarding the coming victory that Wang Chang said, he didn't feel the slightest bit disturbed in his heart.
Without him, I would not believe it!
Wang Chang and Hu Zhi had never fought against Zheng Pu, and they did not know his tactics of using troops. They often experienced reversals in which "it seems like the greater the chance of victory, but in fact the greater the risk."
How could Zheng Pu be easily defeated?
Could it be that the generals of Yongliang who were defeated by Zheng Pu in the past were all corpse-like disciples?
But he couldn't persuade him to say anything.
At a time when the Wei State was launching a decisive battle, he could not use his words to disrupt the morale of the army or demoralize his own side.
Moreover, even if he kindly reminds Wang Chang, he may not be able to listen!
You might even get looked down upon!
Alas, I hope everything goes as smoothly as he said.
With uneasiness in their hearts, Xiahou Ba's soldiers rushed to the Zhushui River Valley to meet Xiahou Xian.
He had no taboos against this brother of his family who was highly valued by Emperor Cao Rui. He simply told everything in his heart and asked Xiahou Xian to be prepared to be pursued by the Han army.
Yes, not chasing the Han army.
But in case Wang Chang's side made a mistake, the two of them rushed back to protect Nanyang County before the Han army might pursue him.
Xiahou Xian, who had participated in the Yongliang War, felt sad after hearing this.
He was also not optimistic about Wang Chang's attack.
In his opinion, whether Wang Chang and Hu Zhi or he and Xiahou Ba, as long as they can contain the Han army in the three eastern counties, it will be the best result for the decisive battle in Guanzhong.
In this battle, which lasted for more than a year and involved all three parties, the real decisive point lies in Guanzhong!
Under the command of Sima Yi, the various ministries of Yongliang and the central army of Luoyang!
As responders, why do they need to add uncertain factors?
However, the forceful attack was personally ordered by Emperor Cao Rui, and it was also the top priority of the Wei army. Like Xiahou Ba, he had no room for advice.
In fact, their hunch was right.
From the moment Wang Chang and Hu Zhibu attacked regardless of the casualties of their soldiers, day and night, they were already in the middle of Zheng Pudong!
It’s not that they are incompetent, nor is Zheng Pu’s calculation.
It's because they don't know that the prime minister asked Jiang Shu's tribe to come to Zhushui River Valley to defend it, because the soldiers of Guan Xing tribe were all soldiers surrendered by Wei and could not fight against the Wei army!
If the starting point is wrong, how can subsequent decisions be correct?
Attacking by force is nothing more than doing what others want.
At this time, a sudden change cast a pall over the hearts of all the Wei soldiers.
Just as the war was entering its climax, Cao Rui, who had been sitting in Wancheng to encourage people, returned home for some unknown reason!
