The reason why neither the Prime Minister nor Zheng Pu entered the Guanzhong to participate in the decisive battle was not only the belief that as long as Sima Yi, the governor of Wei and Yongliang, dared to send troops for the decisive battle, the Han army would be victorious, but also because they had already "participated" in it.
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Because before the decisive battle started, all their plans were finalized and all preparations were in place. When the war started, there was no need for them to make further plans.
As for the ever-changing decisive moment on the battlefield,
Both the Prime Minister and Zheng Pu felt that no one in the Han Dynasty could do a better job than the Cavalry General Wei Yan!
This is the governor general who has the lofty ambition of "If Cao Cao comes with the whole world, please reject it for your Majesty; if a hundred thousand soldiers come, please swallow them for Your Majesty"; he is a veteran general such as Guanhou, Zhang Cheqi and Ma Chao
While he was still alive, he was favored by the late emperor Liu Bei, and he was promoted to the general of Qiancheng, the prefect of Hanzhong to guard the country!
People can accuse him of arrogant words or unruly temperament, but they cannot question the late emperor Liu Bei's ability to recognize people.
After all, he has proven with his illustrious military exploits over the years that he truly lives up to the late emperor's favor.
Now he has the opportunity to prove that he can "swallow a hundred thousand people".
And the Prime Minister did not hesitate to give him a stage to show his full potential, and he did not hesitate to put all the power to supervise the glorious battle of "restore Guanzhong and return it to the old capital" in his hands.
This kind of trust, this kind of honor that has been recorded in history and has been exiled for centuries, made Wei Yan, who always moved forward bravely and fearlessly, very rare, and gave birth to a ray of fear in his heart.
It's not timidity.
It is not the fear of defeat and death.
Rather, he was afraid of betraying the trust of the late emperor and the prime minister, and was afraid that the hope of the revival of the Han Dynasty would fall short in his own hands.
When Sima Yi, the commander of the Northern Wei Dynasty, came to the Lianshui Valley with 100,000 cavalry, and when he gathered all 35,000 soldiers from Qishan to fight, he became more and more cautious.
Almost every hour, the scouts and messengers were asked about the status of the other troops.
This kind of caution has never appeared in him before.
Therefore, every time he inquired about the scouts and messengers and learned that everything was as expected, he would secretly laugh at himself for bothering others.
Perhaps, this is what the saying goes, "Only when you are in awe can you move forward courageously."
Of course, in front of all the soldiers, with his steady pace and confident expression, he announced that he was sure to win the battle and inspired the soldiers to be determined to die.
Only in the dead of night, sitting alone in the military tent, would he look solemnly and read a letter over and over again.
The Prime Minister made it for him.
Two years have passed since the Prime Minister supervised the return of the troops to Hanzhong and the Han Dynasty was preparing for the war against Wu.
But he always kept it and carried it with him, but he would take it out and read it again when he had time.
The book says:
"All the old officials of the late emperor have been lost, but I, Wen Chang, and my uncle are the only ones who survive. I always regret that God's will is too weak! The late emperor used his uncle to supervise Yong'an to control Jiangdong, and Wen Chang to supervise Hanzhong to control the Wei Dynasty. Each of us used his talents. I
After being entrusted with the task of opening the government, he first fought against the rebellion in the south, then went north to attack the Wei Dynasty. Thanks to the protection of the late emperor, and many loyal ministers such as Wen Chang, they fought hard to seize Longyou and regain Liangzhou.
After twenty years, we finally got the opportunity to return to the old capital, how difficult it is! Now, the thief Wu has betrayed the alliance, and it will be impossible to show the strength of our Han army if we do not attack. However, I returned to Hanzhong and raised an army to attack Wu, which was actually to induce Wei Sima Yi
The decisive battle in Guanzhong has allowed me to return to the old capital, but I hope you won't miss the chance! I am old and my time is short. I will return to Hanzhong this time, and it may be difficult to return to Guanzhong again. I still remember my son.
When Long Lin passed away, he said, "The Northern Expedition has not yet been completed, and the late Emperor's wishes have not been fulfilled." Unexpectedly, I will also overthrow Zi Long, Queen. Sad! Life is determined by heaven and cannot be forced. To realize the achievements of the Northern Expedition and to fulfill the wishes of the late Emperor, only
Wen Chang can be entrusted to you. If the battle to lure the enemy goes well and Sima Yi of the Wei Dynasty is defeated, Wen Chang will fight with his troops. I will return to Chengdu to pay homage to the late emperor Huiling and inform the emperor about my affairs after my death. But I hope Wen Chang will rise up and revive the Han Dynasty.
At the end of the battle, in order to fulfill my long-cherished wish of returning the old capital to the Han Dynasty, I and other senior ministers went to Chang'an to support the Han Dynasty."
Wei Yan burst into tears after watching it for the first time.
Later, when I watched it again and again, I still couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.
Because this was the prime minister's advance explanation of his posthumous affairs. It represented the encouragement and hope given to him by the former emperor's veterans, and was also a farewell message from decades of fighting side by side and working together.
How not to move him!
How could he not be in awe of this battle!
He also knew that if the decisive battle in Guanzhong ended in a draw or the Han army was defeated, then the Han Dynasty would not have another chance to launch a war in Guanzhong in the next twenty years.
Yes, if they fail to win, they and other veterans will not have the opportunity to enter Chang'an and see the Han Dynasty banners on the walls of the old capital announcing the revival of the Han Dynasty.
There is no other reason.
In order to prepare for this decisive battle in Guanzhong, the Han Dynasty has resorted to military violence, which has damaged the foundation.
"Sima Fa" says, "Although a country is large, if it is warlike, it will perish."
After the Battle of Yiling, the small people in the Han Dynasty who only occupied Yizhou were no longer as simple as "Yizhou was exhausted" after nearly two decades of continuous conquests, but were exhausted.
Even if Longyou, Liangzhou and Longdong were later recovered one after another, it would not be able to benefit much national strength.
After all, as the area increases, the defense line will also become larger and longer, and the required garrison strength and the consumption of food, livestock and heavy equipment will also become more.
In particular, except for Longyou, the rest of these newly restored lands are famous for their barren land.
Such fundamental damage cannot be recovered without giving birth to a generation.
Just like Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty, whose conquests were ineffective and had damaged the foundation of the country, so that in his later years when he was in power, the people in the country were in dire straits and rebellions broke out. It took Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan twenty years to recreate the "everything the sun and moon shines on, everything shines upon."
It is the land of the Han Dynasty; wherever the rivers go, they are all the glory of the concubines.
Today, in order to fight for the decisive battle in Guanzhong, the Han Dynasty did not hesitate to use a large-scale attack on Wu as an opportunity, and also drained the last drop of national power!
After this battle, no matter whether we win or not, we cannot use any more troops. Otherwise, it will happen again. In the later years of Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty, the unbearable weight of rebellions in various places dragged the Han Dynasty into the abyss of self-destruction!
Of course, everything has two sides, and there are always advantages and disadvantages.
Even at the cost of resorting to belligerence and damaging the fundamentals, it also created the foundation for a sure victory in the decisive battle in Guanzhong.
In this decisive battle in Guanzhong, the number of infantry and cavalry left by the Prime Minister to Wei Yan was as many as 110,000 after deducting the garrisoned cities, strategic locations and passes!
Yes, Sima Yi, who rebelled against the Wei Dynasty, thought that there would be at most 70,000 soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, and after deducting the garrison of cities and other important places, there would be at most 50,000 Han troops out fighting in the field, but the actual number was more than his 100,000 troops!
It sounds incredible.
When can a big man with a small land and few people be able to cobble together and support so many troops?
Moreover, when the Han Dynasty used Wei prisoners to attack Wu, they only allowed Guanzhong to reserve 90,000 infantry and cavalry. How could there be an extra 20,000?
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