Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 605
Bowang, the camp of the Wei army.

In the tent of the Chinese army, Cao Rui threw the official document in his hand to the ground, and said angrily: "The general of Shu is only a few hundred riders, but he can come and go unimpeded in the hinterland of our army, kill my civil and military ministers, and burn my food and grass. He even dared to go south. Raid my army camp."

As he said that, Cao Rui stood up, pointed at the official documents on the ground, and said angrily: "What is this? This is slapping my Great Wei in the face! You are all people with a salary of thousands of stones. Those who can sit here are very He is a battle-hardened warrior who has experienced many battles, and he is also a strategist who is good at planning. Faced with this move, what can we say?"

"Cough cough~"

With blood surging, Cao Rui covered his mouth with a handkerchief, coughing desperately.

"Your Majesty, please appease your anger, it is my fault." All civil and military personnel agreed.

After a while, Cao Rui exhaled and asked, "How was the situation last night? Did the battalions suffer losses? Does anyone know the details of Yuan Hong?"

Qin Lang stood up and went out, and replied: "Your Majesty, there were not many enemy troops last night. Except for nearly a hundred people who were killed or injured in the northeast corner, the rest of the battalions were no more than two to thirty people, and there was no other loss. The last general is gone. Dispatch personal soldiers to patrol the barracks and appease the troops. The soldiers and troops are all in good order, and the march is as usual."

"As for the details of Yuan Hong, I only know that he is not very old. The soldiers under his command have sharp armor and sturdy horses. They are composed of Han and Hu cavalry."

"The enemy general has been galloping in the hinterland of our army for several days, breaking through the stronghold and attacking the camp. So far, I don't even know the details. How can I fight?" Cao Rui glanced at Qin Lang, and said with a sneer: "If you wait for everyone to find out who Yuan Hong is, I'm afraid The head is not guaranteed. What are you going to do then?"

Qin Lang saw sweat faintly on his forehead, and immediately bowed down deeply, saying: "This is the crime of the last general's negligence, I hope His Majesty will punish him."

"The matter has come to this, what's the use of punishing, let's take the crime and make meritorious service!"

Cao Rui sat back on the couch, turned to the side of the civil servants, and said lightly: "Now that the enemy has occupied Wancheng, we have almost lost Jingzhou in the Great Wei Dynasty. The governor of Yuzhou stationed troops in Biyang, and there is no chance to take advantage of it. Therefore, the situation is not good for me. I don't know. What do you guys think about this?"

As far as the situation in the Han and Wei Dynasties is concerned, the Shu Han occupied Jingbei counties and counties on a large scale by virtue of their unexpected advances, and set up camps along the Fei River to prevent Cao Rui's rescue army from going south.

As for Tian Yu stationed in Biyang, it was Cao Rui's excuse because he didn't have a fighter plane to march.After receiving Liu Chan's divorce letter, Cao Rui couldn't help but feel suspicious even though Sun Zi was there to persuade him.

You must know that after the big Han captured Guanzhong, there were quite a few high-ranking officials from Cao Wei who surrendered to the Shu Han.For example, Du Shu, the son of Du Ji, served successively as the prefect of Hongnong and the prime minister of Zhao Guo.Lu Zhi was reused by Cao Zhen and Wang Lang, and successively served as the prefect of Nan'an and Shang Shulang.As these people surrendered to the Shu Han, they also revealed a large number of military secrets to the Shu Han.

The traitor Lu Zhi served as the governor of Jingzhou, saying that Lu Zhi did not contribute during the period, and no one would believe it.Therefore, it was only expected that Tian Yu would be jealous of Cao Rui, because Cao Rui couldn't afford to bet on him.

Wei Zhen came out from his seat, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, with the current situation, I think it may be possible to encircle Liang (Wei) to save Zhao. Let Man Boning lead the soldiers from East River into Guanzhong, and force the bandits to divide their troops to rescue. , and our army can take the opportunity to act."

Without waiting for Cao Rui to speak, Sun Fang, who was in charge of documents beside him, said: "The situation in the east of the river is unknown to the Duke of Wei. Jiang Wei's raids on the Lvliang area have been repulsed by Guo Huai, and his troops have crossed the river. General Guo took advantage of the situation and passed. Being held by Jiang Wei's camp, there is no way to overcome it."

"After Huang Quan pretended to attack Hedong, he also withdrew to Guanzhong. Man Gong and Xiahou Ba's troops left Guanzhong, Man Gong went to Puban to attack the king's city, and Xiahou Ba's troops entered Huayin. It was only because the army was in the south that the troops were insufficient and it was difficult to advance. The thieves Liu Yin and Huang Quan are guarding Wangcheng and Huayin, and they cannot be conquered."

Now not only is there a war in Nanyang, but also in Guanzhong.Faced with the Shu Han's attempt to enter Jingzhou and compete for Guanzhong, Cao Wei can be said to have sent troops from all over the country to respond.With the addition of Sima Yi in Liaodong, Cao Wei basically had no soldiers that could be deployed anymore.

Wei Zhen heard the words, pondered a little, and continued to remonstrate: "Your Majesty, Le Wei abandoned Wuguan and went north to the Hongnong Lu family. The old minister thought it would be better to let Xia Houba withdraw his troops and go south to join Le Wei, attacking the Shu army behind, and seize them. The area around Wuguan and Xixian cut off the bandit army from Guan, and took advantage of the opportunity to advance eastward, causing the Shu army to rush to deal with it."

It has to be said that Wei Zhen has a unique vision. Apart from taking the Wuguan Road in Guanzhong and Hongnong, you can go to Nanyang.Once the Wei people retake Wuguan, the situation in Nanyang will change again, and the advantage will return to Cao Wei.

Cao Rui's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "What Wei Qing said is very true. Immediately draw up an edict to let Xia Houba and Le Chen cross Xiong'er Mountain, attack Wuguan, cut Nanyang from Guanzhong, and cause confusion."

"promise!"

After giving the order, Cao Rui felt a little more at ease, at least he had a countermeasure. Although it was very difficult to expect Xia Houba and Le Chen to succeed, it was still a strategy, wasn't it?
Cao Rui took a sip of the herbal medicine that was getting colder, and asked, "Do you have any other plans?"

Jiang Ji stroked his beard and said, "I think Sun Quan can send troops to attack Xishu from Jingzhou."

Cao Rui frowned slightly, and said: "Shu and Wu have been in harmony for more than ten years, and there is a covenant to divide the world. Moreover, the Wu people were defeated by our army last year, and more than [-] people were captured, killed or injured. How can they be willing to help now?" I also!"

Jiang Ji smiled and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. Sun Quan is like Gou Jian, an ambitious man. He has the ambition of a hero, he has the heart of the world, and he has the name of a hero, but he is not capable. Now that the three kingdoms are standing side by side, Wei and Shu have the ambition to enter the world, and Wu is not without it."

"It's just that Sun Quan made several Northern Expeditions, but he was not successful. After the Battle of Anfeng, Sun Quan was defeated. He was old and heartbroken, and his aggressiveness was scattered. Now, only Lijiang can protect himself. Lijiang is self-protecting, but he wants to rule the roost in the southeast. And he has no heart to unify the world, nor does he want to unify the world.”

"Shu is beneficial to the three prefectures of Shu, Yong, and Liang. Shu belongs to Wu, and it occupies the upper reaches of the Dajiang River. Today, there are two places in Nanyang and Xiangfan. When the war breaks out, one army will go down the river, and the other will go down to Nanjun. How can the Wu people in Jingzhou be complete? Sun Quan sees that the Shu people are powerful, how can he be indifferent. Now it is better to take the opportunity to send envoys into Wu, to understand the advantages and disadvantages, let the Wu people send troops to Jingbei, cut off the return of the Shu people, and defeat the Shu army. "

Cao Rui touched his short beard, pondered for a long time, and said: "What Jiang Qing said is not without reason, but it is very difficult to persuade Sun Quan to send troops only by the advantage of words."

The smile on the corner of Jiang Ji's mouth couldn't be concealed, he was very familiar with the set of leading Wu to attack Shu.At the beginning, Guan Yu was flooded in the ban, and he was so powerful in China that Cao Cao almost wanted to move his capital to Hebei.

Under his and Sima Yi's full persuasion, he recognized Sun Quan's etiquette of occupying southern Jingzhou and Jiangdong, promised Sun Quan to take all Jingzhou occupied by the Shu people, and finally led him to send troops.

Another strategy now, but it's just easy to come by.

Jiang Ji straightened his back and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, do you know about the Shangdang? Han She Shangdang and led Qin and Zhao to fight. Now that Xiangfan is still in my hands, it is better to give the land of Xiangfan to the Wu people and invite Sun Quan to send troops to attack northward." Shu, the people of Shu will be defeated by then."

Qin occupied Yewang of South Korea (now Qinyang, Henan), which cut off the connection between the mainland and the Shangdang.So South Korea asked Feng Ting, the governor of Shangdang County, to dedicate Shangdang County to Qin State in order to ask Qin State to stop its troops.Feng Ting did not want to surrender to Qin, so he dedicated seventeen cities in Shangdang County to Zhao State.

How could the people of Zhao not know South Korea's wolfish ambitions, but because of the great power of Qin State, and he is the second only country to Qin State, he thinks that there will be competition in the future.Therefore, King Zhao Xiaocheng directly asked people to take over the Shangdang, appointed Lian Po as a general, and settled in Changping, which triggered the Battle of Changping.

Cao Rui nodded slightly, and asked, "Wouldn't it be a pity for Shexiangfan to lead Sun Quan northward when the situation is not divided?"

"So our army can abandon Xiangyang first. If the Wu people succeed in attacking Shu, wait for the Shu people to retreat, and then abandon Fancheng and Sun Quan. Why is Sun Quan unwilling?" Jiang Ji said.

"If the people of Wu occupy Xiangyang and don't want to attack Shu, what can we do?" Cao Shuang asked.

Jiang Ji smiled slightly and said, "I gave up Xiangfan and Sun Quan, but Pu Zhong offered his city to return to Western Shu. Why worry about it? Once the Shu people divide their troops and go south, the defense line of the River Shui will be empty. Our army will attack them, and Nanyang will return again." Attached. At that time, the rebel army will have Wu people in the south and our army in the north, so they will retreat."

"The Shu people retreated, and Xiangyang County fell into the hands of Soochow, what a pity!" Cao Shuang said distressedly.

Jiang Ji said meaningfully: "The people of Wu are nothing more than dogs that guard the house. How is Xiangyang compared to the people of Shu? What's more, the people of Shu were forced to retreat, and our army went south. It is not known whether the two cities of Xiangfan can be returned to the people of Wu. This is When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits."

"color!"

Cao Rui applauded and said: "Immediately send an envoy to Soochow, tell the people of Wu what is good or bad, and relic let him send troops."

"promise!"

Cao Rui understood it, once the second city of Xiangfan caused conflicts between Shu and Wu.Then Jingbei, Nanyang and other counties will be close to the junction of the three countries in the future. If any country's power expands, other countries will intervene, and instead form a triangular relationship to stabilize.

Then the only directions for the Shu people to send troops are Hedong and Tongguan, and it is not difficult to defend them!

When everyone was discussing, the personal guard reported: "Your Majesty, Tian Yu, the governor of Yuzhou, asks for an audience."

"Oh!" Cao Rui was quite surprised, and said, "Let Tian Yuzhou rest for a while, and meet him after the military meeting."

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)