Chapter 1180: Who Sneaked Up On Whom?
"Qin Jun...... Did it really cut off Sima An's way back?'
When dusk was approaching, Baturu, the patriarch of the Qiang tribe, stood on the ridge of the Yinghe Mountain, looking at the narrow valley of sheep intestines that was more than 200 miles long in the distance, and secretly thought in his heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
A few days ago, shortly after Babuhe, a survivor of the Wusu tribe, led a few hundred Wusu tribesmen to join the Qian, the patriarch of the Qian, Baturu, received a letter from Gongsun Qi, the commander of the Qin army, Wuxin Hou.
In the letter, Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, said that he would send a surprise army to cut off the return route of the Wei general Sima An, and invited Baturu to attack Sima An.
After all, in his opinion, when the Wei army captured the Lu clan and destroyed the Wuxu tribe, the entire eastern part of Sanchuan bounded by the "Lu clan", except for Yichuan, had fallen into the hands of the Wei army.
In this case, it is a fool's dream that Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, wants to unite the warriors of the Ling tribe to cut off the retreat of the Wei general Sima An.
But having said that, Baturu hopes that Wuxin Marquis Gongsun Qi will succeed.
Without him, it was only because he "saw" the ambition of the Wei army, or rather, the ambition of the Wei prince Ji Run, who was preparing to take advantage of this opportunity to completely eradicate the tribes in Sanchuan that were unwilling to submit to the Wei state, and absorb the Sanchuan county as part of the Wei state.
After realizing this, Baturu understood that the Karma tribe he led, as well as the Antelope tribe, which was also a Karma tribe, had become the target of a certain His Royal Highness King Su who was "bound to be eradicated", and no matter what, the latter would not keep them anymore.
In this case, Baturu was naturally inclined to try to cut off one of the arms of Wei Gongzi Ji Run, as Wuxin Marquis Gongsun Qi said, that is, to kill Wei general Sima An.
Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi pointed out in the letter that Ji Run, the prince of Wei, was vigorously improving the prestige of the Wei general Sima An, trying to shape Sima An into a "patriotic hero" on the side of the "Wei Western Battlefield", after all, the Wei State is currently facing a national disaster of collapse, and the heroes on the battlefield will greatly boost the morale of the Wei people and improve the confidence of the Wei people in winning this war.
Therefore, in this case, if you can find a way to kill Sima An, you can not only disrupt the overall arrangement of Wei Gongzi Ji Run, but also severely damage the morale of Wei people - of course, there is no better way than to kill Wei Gongzi Ji Run, but unfortunately, this is very difficult, so I retreat to the next best.
Originally, Baturu had already thought very clearly: if you can defend it, if you can't defend it, you will retreat to Wandi and Yongdi in southern Sichuan, anyway, the Qian tribe also occupies a lot of land in southern Sichuan.
But the letter from the Marquis of Wuxin, Gongsun Qi, gave Baturu more options.
In the letter, Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, told Baturu that if the Qiang tribe supported his strategy and joined forces to get rid of the Wei general Sima An, then he would vouch for him, so that Baturu would receive the title granted by the King of Qin, and allow the Qiang tribe to escape westward into Qin territory in times of crisis.
After all, as far as he knows, the territory of Qin is also very broad, not inferior to Wei, if he can get the protection of Qin, it is naturally far better than the Qian tribe to work hard in Wanyong with their own strength and grab land with the Ba people.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a long time, Baturu made up his mind: if there was really a Qin army that cut off the retreat of the Wei general Sima An, then he would not mind letting the arrogant Wei people taste the pain of losing a general; If it is the other way around, the original interruption will continue, and the tribe will move to the south of the land of Yongyong.
Now, there are all kinds of signs that most of the troops led by Sima An have problems in the rear, so that this afternoon, the cavalry of Sima An's Wei army, which was originally fighting with the soldiers of the Qian tribe in the narrow valley of the sheep's intestines, suddenly retreated more than 30 miles unusually, and made a defensive attitude in the narrow valley.
Baturu knew very well how many Wei cavalry there were in the narrow valley, and according to his estimates, there were at least 20,000 Wei cavalry in the canyon.
These 20,000 people cannot be underestimated, except for some of the Wei people who rode in Dangshan, the rest are more of the Qiang Horn Army led by Bo Xile, who are also their compatriots of the Qiang tribe, although these Qiang compatriots do not know what the circumstances, not only are they willing to fight for the Wei people, but they are also extremely brave, as if they are eager to attack his Qiang tribe immediately.
If it weren't for the fact that the Qiang tribe was also a powerful tribe, and there were hundreds of thousands of slaves, it would have been impossible for the Qiang tribe to really fall into disadvantage in front of the 20,000 Wei army.
But it was precisely this 20,000 Wei army, which was extremely strong in combat, that suddenly and unusually shrank the defensive line and took a defensive position this afternoon, so there was only one possibility - there was a problem in the rear of the opponent.
In other words, the Qin general named 'Wang Jian' really did such an incredible thing, quietly passing through the territory controlled by the Wei army, cutting off Sima An's way back.
I have to say that this made Baturu see some hope of getting rid of Wei General Sima An.
But then again, this is just a glimmer of hope, after all, although Wuxin Marquis Gongsun Qi stated in the letter that Wei Gongzi Ji Run must be tricked and transfer his army to Hangu, so that the Lu clan has a flaw in the empty garrison of the Wei army, but who can guarantee that Wei Gongzi Ji Run will always be stupid to leave the army in front of Hangu?
According to Baturu's understanding of that Wei Gonggongrun, the latter is by no means a good person, and even if he is deceived for a while, most of them will react quickly - all in all, Baturu does not think that this plan can deceive that Wei Gonggongrun for too long.
In case that Wei Gongzirun led the army back to aid the Lu clan and support his general Sima An, then the whole plan would be completely ruined.
"Sima An must be eradicated as soon as possible."
Baturu said secretly in his heart.
After the sun set, Baturu returned to his tribe and summoned the leaders of the Qiang tribe in the chief's felt tent to discuss with them the matter of jointly attacking the Wei army of Sima Anbu.
It is undeniable that the fall of the Wusu tribe shocked the leaders of the Karma tribe and caused their attitudes to change.
Some people believe that they should find a way to reconcile with the Wei people at this time.
Among them, a leader called 'Jaqha' said, "...... My Qian tribe has no conflict with the Wei people, and even cooperated quite harmoniously in the first three years. However, the Wuxu royal court has tricked us into breaking with the Wei people......"
Subsequently, there was a series of accusations against Udamuqi, the eldest son of King Wuxu, accusing Udamuqi of being ambitious, arrogant, and so on.
This remark aroused Babuh's anger and made Baturu's face look a little unpleasant.
After all, when Udamuqi negotiated with him, he Baturu also felt that their Sichuan people should restore their dominance over Sanchuan and not be subordinate to the Wei people, after all, in the recent decades before the "Wei Gongzi Run's conquest of the Qianjiao tribe", the Sichuan people still won fewer and lost more in the face of the Wei State.
Coupled with the strong intervention of the Qin State later, Baturu also accepted the suggestion of Udamuqi and prepared to use the power of the Qin State to recapture Sanchuan from the Wei State, mainly to recapture the city of Yucheng, which was immeasurably rich.
It's just that no one thought that in that battle, Wei Gongzi Ji Run was so strong, and in the "Hangu One Day Battle", he actually killed 200,000 Qin troops and fled, causing Udamuqi's plan to completely fail, not only did not achieve the expected goal, but was also hated by that Wei Gongzi Run, and warned once.
Listening to Yakha's words, Baturu couldn't help but feel regretful, after all, the cooperation between their Karma tribe and the Wei people in the first three years was indeed very harmonious: they sold the slaves they had taken from the Ba country or the ore they collected to the Sichuan Alliance, which in turn sold them to the Wei State, and the Wei State gave the same value of grain, tea, gold and silver, jewelry, etc., so that the Qian tribe could either enjoy it for themselves, or use it to win over the lords of the Ba land, such as gold, and the Ba people's desire for gold was extraordinary.
However, it is a pity, but Baturu does not regret it, because he "sees" very clearly, although their trade with the Wei people has made their tribe richer and richer, but it has also made the Wei state grow stronger and stronger, and once the Wei state becomes strong, their Sichuan people will definitely lose their grasp of Sanchuan.
No, right now, that Wei Gongzi Run has already shown his fangs, and he can't wait to include Sanchuan County in the territory of Wei.
Therefore, if you want to say regret, Baturu regrets the most is that when the patriarch of the Qiangjiao tribe Bitatu started a war with the Wei people, his Qiang tribe failed to help the latter, and it was that battle that completely changed the mutual status of the Sichuan people and the Wei people.
But there is no way, who let the Karma tribe start a war with the country of Pakistan at that time? What's more, at that time, Baturu did not expect that the growth speed of Wei would be so fast, in just a few years, it would defeat Chu and draw with South Korea, and it would faintly replace the Qi State that was rapidly weakened due to the death of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, to become the overlord of the Central Plains.
It is precisely for this reason that Baturu responded to Udamuzchi's call this time, after all, the rise of Wei's neighbor is too fast, which is not a good thing for neighboring forces.
"That's it!"
Seeing that the people in the felt tent were still arguing, Baturu interrupted: "The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say anything more. …… The lesson of the Wuxu Royal Court is in front of you, the Wei army will not accept the submission of our clan, Wei Gongzi Run wants Sanchuan, a Sanchuan who is friendly to Wei! …… Instead of arguing about some meaningless topics, it is better to think about how to kill the Wei general Sima An and severely crush the morale of the Wei army! ”
Hearing this, the felt tent gradually fell silent.
Immediately, one of the leaders asked, "Great Patriarch, can the Qin army make an appointment with you to attack Sima An?" ”
"Not really." Baturu shook his head.
In fact, this is the point he is most worried about at the moment, although the commander of the Qin army, Hou Gongsun Qi of Wuxin, invited him to join forces to attack the Wei general Sima An, but did not tell the exact date of the joint attack in advance - it may be that Gongsun Qi, Hou of Wuxin, handed over this matter to the Qin general Wang Jian, and let the latter arrange it freely, but so far, the Qian tribe has not received any news from Wang Jianjun.
In fact, after conquering the Jianbei Wei camp, the Qin general Wang Jian did not send people to deliver the news to the Qian tribe, but Sima An anticipated this situation and laid layers of defense in the mountains on both sides of the narrow valley, so that Wang Jianjun's messengers could not pass through at all and could not spread the news to the side of the Qian tribe.
"In this case, we can only wait for the Qin army to make the first move...... "One of the leaders offered a plan: "If the Qin army attacks Sima Anbu, its momentum will definitely be detected by our side, and when the time comes, this tribe will also send warriors to help it and attack Sima Anbu on both sides." ”
Baturu thought about it carefully, and he also felt that unless he received a letter from the Qin general Wang Jian, this strategy was the safest.