Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 500 Boundary
Under the night, the soldiers in Huaili City came and went, and the sound of horseshoes kept ringing, scaring the people in the city to hide in their houses and shiver.A long dragon winds outside the city, and the roads are full of soldiers of the Wei army retreating eastward, and Cao Rui's imperial driver is also in the retreating team.

Since Sima Yi led the withdrawal of the army and the burden of dealing with the follow-up matters in Guanzhong, he immediately ordered the army to move eastward, and the generals of all ministries set out according to the regulations, keeping a distance from the Han army as much as possible to buy time for the people who moved to Hexi.

At this time, Sima Yi had not yet left, so he summoned the generals and the generals and civil officials to arrange military arrangements.

Under Sima Yi's instructions, the servants opened and closed the map.Sima Yi stood in front of the map, and everyone surrounded him.

Under the flickering lights, although Sima Yi was nearly sixty, his body was still tall and straight, full of spirit.

Sima Yi pressed his long sword and said in a deep voice: "Guanzhong has been called the Four Fortresses in ancient times. They are Wuguan, Tongguan, Sanguan, and Xiaoguan. Although Zhuge Liang entered the pass and defeated our army several times, he still only controls the land west of Chang'an, and important places such as Wuguan, Tongguan, Puban, and Longmen are still in our army's hands."

"Today, our army has been defeated for a while, and it is difficult to compete with the Shu people. We need to temporarily force them to retreat into the Kanto, thinking of a slow plan. However, the above dangerous places cannot be surrendered to the Shu people. We need to use the three places of Hedong, Tongguan, and Wuguan. Contain its throat. Lock it in the Guanzhong, and don't let it go out to the east. Wait for our great Wei to recover, and then go west to fight for the Guanzhong." Sima Yi said.

Sima Yi did not want to follow the example of the Qin and Wei dynasties in competing for the land in the west of Hexi, using Luoshui and the people of Shu as the boundary to fight in the land of Wei and Luo, but withdrew from the land of Wei and Luo, and used the more dangerous Yellow River as the dividing line between the two countries. Fight across the river with the big man.

The land of Hexi in the Warring States Period was not the Hexi Corridor in Liangzhou, but the Guanzhong Plain to the west of the Yellow River and east of the Luoshui River, also known as the Weiluo Plain.In the past, Wei had the idea of ​​expanding westward. Under the leadership of Wu Qi, he defeated Qin and occupied this place.However, since the reform of Shang Yang, the national power of Qin State has greatly increased, and it has re-occupied the land of Hexi.

Although the land of Hexi has Luoshui as a dangerous obstacle, because of the large strategic space here, Luoshui is easy to break through.A large part of the reason why Wei State was able to occupy this place was that its own national strength was strong, and the other part was that Qin State itself was weak.

Once the national strength of the two countries is close, then Wei State can easily fall into a passive position on this land.This is why, the two countries finally returned to the Yellow River as the dividing line.

Therefore, as an excellent military strategist, Sima Yi naturally would not choose the land of Hexi and the Shu people as the dividing line, but chose to move tens of thousands of people here, enter the land of East River, and rely on the great river to fight against the Shu people. The big man was locked on the land east of the river, and it was difficult to get out of the east.

If Sima Yi stayed in Hexi, he would have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to repair the deserted city while being caught in a long-term battle with the big man.Judging from the current situation, Sima Yi not only has no time, but also no manpower to do this.

As he said that, Sima Yi pointed to the map of Guanzhong and said in a deep voice: "Weinan goes from Chang'an to the east, passes through Lishan Mountain and Huashan Mountain to Tongguan, and the army led by Jiang can withdraw from Chang'an and enter Tongguan. The land of the county was moved to Zheng County, and the people of Huayin moved to the east of Tongguan."

"I don't know who is willing to go south to Wuguan Road, and the people who moved to Shang County to go to Jingzhou, and Jingzhou Inspector Hu Zhi to reconcile, guard Wuguan to prevent westerners from going south to Jingzhou." Sima Yi said, looking at everyone.

Le Chen came out in response and said: "If the governor doesn't think that I have little talent and learning, I am willing to lead my troops into Wuguan Road, and the people who moved to Shang County will go to Jingzhou to guard Wuguan."

"Can!"

Then, Sima Yi pointed to Hedong County according to the map, and said: "As for our army entering Hedong County from the land of Weiluo (Hexi) in the east, and guarding Puban, Longmen and other ferries, it is difficult for Westerners to go north to Bingzhou. In this way, our army It is also necessary to move the people of Hexi to Bingzhou to enrich the population."

"So Xiahouba, Li Fu, and Deng Xian guarded the three cities of Puban, Pishi, and Fenyin to curb the tendency of the westerners to enter the river east. What do you think? Is there any improvement?" Sima Yi looked at the crowd and asked. .

Guo Huai in the crowd murmured for a while, cupped his hands and said: "I want to report to the General, I wonder if the General knows whether Mengmenguan and Chaisang are here?"

As a native of Taiyuan, Bingzhou, Guo Huai was naturally very familiar with the land of the Three Jin Dynasties, so he pointed out Sima Yi's weak point in defense.

Mengmen Pass, also known as Mengmendu and Dinghu Pass, is an important pass controlling mountains and rivers.Located in the north of Hedong County, through the ferry, you can reach Lishi in Hexi County, which is behind Hedong County, which is Wei State's Hexi County, which can cut off the connection between Jinyang and Hedong.

In the past, the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Qin competed for this place for hundreds of years, and finally it was captured by Qin State and seized the gateway to Shanxi.There is a saying that "there is Niangziguan in the east and Mengmenguan in the west", which has always been a battleground for military strategists.It's just that since the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mengmen Pass has been deserted and no one cares about it.

As for Caisangdu, it is south of Mengmen Pass and north of Longmendu.Through this place, you can reach Beiqu, attack Pishi in the south, and Lishi in the north.In terms of importance, it cannot compare to Mengmen, Longmen, and Puban three crossings.

When Sima Yi heard the words, he was awakened in an instant, and he suddenly realized: "I almost forgot what Boji said about Mengmen and the second crossing of picking mulberry! Junshi Du (Du Xi) immediately went to his Majesty and asked His Majesty to order the Mengmen to be rebuilt." Pass, thinking that the fortress is stationed here. Caisangdu repaired the beacon tower as a precaution."

"promise!"

From this point of view, Sima Yi's purpose is obvious, which is to strip off the victorious land in Guanzhong as much as possible, so that Guanzhong has no danger to defend, and it is convenient for Cao Wei to attack in the future.At the same time, it is also as convenient as possible to resist the attack of the Shu Han in the future.After all, no matter how strong the Shu Han is in foot combat, it is impossible to attack a well-defended difficult and dangerous place without costing casualties. Chen Cang is an example.

The failure of the Battle of Cao Wei Guanzhong did not start from Zhuge Liang's attack, but from Zhuge Liang's attack on Long and Liang.Through a series of battles, the Shu Han gained an advantage in the northwest terrain, overlooking the Guanzhong Plain from a condescending height, and deprived Guanzhong of its natural dangers.

In the face of the Shu Han's multi-channel attack, Cao Wei basically had no other obstacles to stop him except for the smooth and shallow river in Guanzhong.This also determines the battle of Guanzhong. Once Cao Wei loses and lacks troops and food, he will not be able to stick to it.

If Cao Wei insisted on fighting in Guanzhong, it would be easy for the Shu Han to detour and cut off the food roads that everyone can guess, namely Puban and Weihan, and the entire army would be wiped out.

After Sima Yi arranged the tasks of the generals, he looked down at the map and said casually: "Guo Huai, Lu Zhi, you two and the local county officials in Hexi will move the local people to Hedong."

Lu Zhi, courtesy name Shiying, was born in Mei County, Fufeng County. His father was killed by Guo Si, and he was displaced from his mother.He is honest and upright, and very strategic.

When Guo Huai served as governor of Yongzhou.Guo Huai respected Lu Zhi very much, recommended him as Xiaolian, and promoted him to be a doctor.He also recommended to Cao Zhen and was appointed as the subordinate of Da Sima Cao Zhen.Later, he was transferred to Cao Zhifu's literature, and was highly valued by Wang Lang.

When Cao Zhen personally supervised the army at Guanyou, Lu Zhi participated in the military affairs of the Grand Sima Mansion.After Cao Zhen died, Sima Yi succeeded Cao Zhen, and Lu Zhi joined the military affairs of the General's Mansion.

"No!" Guo Huai replied.

Sima Yi didn't hear Lu Zhi's reply, so he glanced up and asked, "Why isn't Shiying here?"

"To the general, Lu Shiying bluntly said that he was ill and could not attend the meeting. Let me wait for the general governor's order to tell him." Du Xi said.

Hearing this, Sima Yi frowned slightly, feeling a sense of uneasiness, and said in a deep voice, "Is that true? Yi will personally visit Shiying's condition later."

Guo Huai murmured in his heart that something was wrong, thinking about his friendship with Lu Zhi, he came out and said, "I will report to the governor, Shi Ying's words should be true. Huai and Lu Zhi have old feelings, why not visit Shi Ying from Huai."

"Yes! Just don't abandon the relocation."

"promise!"

Just as Sima Yi was talking with the crowd, a figure left the city, led the horse and went south, hiding in the darkness.

(map in comments)
(End of this chapter)