Hu Fen, the current Yongzhou assassin and Zhenxi general of the Jin Kingdom, has been rolling on the eastern front in his early years. The knowledge of the Western Front is generally learned from the newspaper.

Over the past few decades, Hu Fen has formed a certain inertia of thinking towards Shu Han and Jiang Wei:

1. The Shu Han State was weak and could not attack on multiple lines at the same time. So it's either Longxi or Guanzhong.

Second, now that Jiang Wei has appeared in Longxi, it is an unprecedented seventy or eighty thousand people. Then Guanzhong must be calm.

3. Since Guanzhong is calm, then the strategy on my side is to find a strong city to hold onto, and then send a messenger to inform Sima Wang in Guanzhong. After that, the entire Yongliang Legion completed the merger. Then engage in a field battle with Jiang Wei.

Fourth, the Shu Han State is still weak and weak, and the more troops are dispatched, the more grain and grass cannot be supplied. Jiang Wei brought so many people this time, as long as I held on long enough. Maybe before Sima Wang's reinforcements arrived, Jiang Wei retreated.

In a word: If you want to surround you, you will go, and I will continue to shrink in Jicheng and ignore you. After waiting for more than half a month, the reinforcements from Guanzhong arrived, and your food should start to be a little tight. That's when I struck.

But Hu Fen's dream didn't last long. On the eighth day of October, Duan Zhuo of Shangtai brought him bad news.

"You mean, Jiang Wei is building a dam in the upper reaches of the Jing River, preparing to carry out a water attack on Shangqi City?"

"Yes, General Zhenxi. The dam was not far from the city where I was going, and we could see it clearly at the top of the city. ”

"Hey, but the dam was built and the wall was broken down by breaking the water released by the dam. How high does this levee have to be built? So where did Jiang Wei get so much manpower? ”

"This subordinate is not very clear. General Duan sent his subordinates here, first, to tell General Zhenxi about the movements of the Shu thieves. Secondly, I hope that the general will be able to send reinforcements as soon as possible! ”

"Well, you came out of Shangtai City without any hindrance?"

"Nope. The Shu thieves were not completely cut off from the traffic inside and outside Shangtai City. As long as you don't get close to the dam construction site, you won't have to be embarrassed to get in and out of the city. ”

"Tsk, this Jiang Boyo is clearly going to fight with him outside Shangtai City!"

From the fifth day of October when he received Jiang Wei's large-scale invasion, Hu Fen urgently summoned the Longxi Army scattered all over the country to move closer to Jicheng. At the same time, a messenger was sent to Guanzhong to ask for help. However, this will only be the eighth day of October, and the envoy sent to Guanzhong will still be on the way. And in this legion, the farthest from the headquarters, the Wenyang Division, which was sent to Anding County to quell the local Qiang rebellion, will probably not have received the order to return to the army.

This Shu thief came too suddenly! Didn't you say that you would send troops after spring ploughing next year? At this time, the troops will be dispatched, and the weather will not be frozen. Those people who are with the army will not be able to participate in next year's spring ploughing. In a poor and small country like yours, don't you want to live if you don't take spring plowing seriously for a year?

But Shu Han's internal affairs don't need him to worry about it. At this time, the top priority is how to solve the siege of Shangtai.

"Go down and rest first. Ben will need to think carefully about any way to deal with Jiang Boyo. ”

"Whoa! The subordinates waited for the general's orders at the post house. ”

waved away Duan Zhuo's envoy, Hu Fen only felt a headache: "Come on, go and invite Xuan Si and Ji Wei." ”

Ji Wei is Wen Yang's younger brother Wen Hu. The two brothers had a rough fate and supported each other. During the battle, Wen Yang was responsible for charging into battle, and Wen Hu was responsible for commanding the follow-up soldiers to respond. Therefore, although this martial artist is not as good as his brother, he is actually a very good lieutenant.

Xuan Si is Wang Chang's second son, Wang Shen. His elder brother is Wang Hun and Wang Xuanchong, the actual controllers of the Jingzhou Legion of the Jin Empire. As the second son, Wang Shen's military strategy is not as good as that of his brother, but his political strategy is much higher. On the basis of history, this Wang Shen later achieved the Jizhou Assassin History of the Western Jin Dynasty. In this plane, after he followed Hu Fen to Longxi, he helped Hu Fen do a lot of things in terms of civil affairs. It effectively pacified the alien races who were about to move in this place.

"Two, that's the general situation on the front line at the moment. At present, there are 50,000 people in our Longxi army, 10,000 in Huran, and only more than 30,000 people have gathered in Jicheng, and there are nearly 10,000 people, led by Ciqian and Shiyuan (Hu Yuan) respectively, to quell the rebellion outside, and it is estimated that it will take at least half a month to come back. How should our army respond now? Please also ask for your advice. ”

As a son of the Taiyuan Wang family, Wang Shen is of course also from a big family. It was the highest of the three in the room. But the Taiyuan Wang family's tutoring is very good (one of Wang Chang's masterpieces is the family ring), so Wang Shen, who knew that his military strategy was not good at it, raised his hand towards Wenhu.

The Wen brothers have been on the cold bench in Luoyang for many years, and their arrogance has long been washed clean. Seeing Wang Shen raise his hand towards him, Wen Hu quickly stood up and saluted the two of them before he spoke: "General Zhenxi, Changshi, the last general thinks that it will take a long time to build a dam on the river. It can't be done in ten days and half a month. And it's already October, and the amount of water in the Jinghe River is already small, and it will only be smaller in winter. So even if Jiang Wei wants to break the city with water, it will take at least more than a month. At that time, the reinforcements in Guanzhong should have arrived. Therefore, it is still best for our army to stand still. At the end, the general is a little shallow and foolish, and the two officials are asked to correct it. ”

"Well, general, I think what Ji Wei said should be right. In addition, in addition to urging the troops of Ciqian and Shiyuan to return to the building as soon as possible, we should also send envoys to hook up with the Qiang people. It would be better for them to send troops to come to their aid. ”

"Speaking of which, ......" Hu Fen sighed: "Xuan Si, you have been in Longxi for a few years. It should be known that five years ago, Deng Shizai invaded Shu and requisitioned many cattle and horses from the nearby Qiang tribes. As a result, none of these things were returned, not to mention, and 5,000 Qiang people were lost. Although Deng Shizai bought these things with money at the beginning. But the Qiang don't think so. They just feel that they have only received rent once and that they are gone. ”

"And over the years, Ma Chao's grandson is called Ma Jie's. and the rebellious man named Long Yu of Tianshui, who wandered around the nearby Qiang tribe every day. I am only worried that the hearts of the Qiang people are no longer with us. ”

"Hehehe, General, not really. Qiang people, do not rest on virtue, only focus on interests. Refusing to accept indoctrination, only emphasizing force. We have a lot of grain in Jicheng, as long as we take out enough food and order Ciqian to visit most of the Qiang people on the way back to the army, we should still be able to find a lot of reinforcements. ”

"Well, Xuan Si has a point. So does Xuan Si have a specific goal? ”

"Yes, and it's the only goal: Yao Kehui, the Qiang chief who is now nomadic in the three counties of Longxi, Xiping, and Jincheng!"

"Yao Kehui? No way! Xuan Si, you should know that this guy is a cunning jackal! Speaking of which, this bureaucrat has been the head of the tribe for more than 20 years, and has always oscillated between the former Wei State and Western Shu. He collects money from both sides, and he helps with both sides. Even those who received money from Xishu and helped Wei to fight Xishu, or who immediately turned around and killed Wei after receiving money from Wei...... And in this situation, he continued to use the hands of Wei and Shu to eliminate the surrounding Qiang tribes. Over the decades, it has already had more than 100,000 people! This person is a wolf with ambitions, and all he wants is to establish an independent Qiang state. In order to achieve this goal, we will do everything. This kind of person has no faith at all! If I really pinned the hope of reinforcements on him, I would rather let Ciqian go to those small tribes, dozens or hundreds of people, and gather sand into towers little by little. ”

"But General, we don't have much time. Even if the whole division of the general Zhengxi entered Longxi, our two families together did not have the full certainty of Jiang Wei's victory in the field battle. Moreover, in the battle of Shu five years ago, Yao Kehui completely showed his attitude and killed the envoy sent by Xishu. Worst of all, we have to keep that guy neutral! ”

“…… Hey, this side of Longxi is Yao Kehui, there is a bald tree function in the north of Guanzhong, there is Li Mu next to Chang'an, and there is Liu Meng, the right virtuous king of the Huns, and further north, there is Liu Meng, the right virtuous king of the Huns...... All of them have more than 100,000 people. When did these aliens become powerful? Then please ask Xuan Si to go quickly. Well, although we don't expect that guy to really serve us, we still have to be a little more generous in our words. Otherwise, it won't be good for that guy to see our predicament. ”

"Whoa! The subordinates will go down and make arrangements. ”

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"Boyo, the construction of the embankment is going well, and with the prefabricated slabs made of cement provided by Zifeng, we can easily build a dam on the Jinghe River."

"Good, the next thing is to wait for the water level of the Jing River to rise to a certain level. Hey, it's a pity that this is winter, and the amount of water in the Jinghe River is too small, so it looks like we'll have to wait for seven or eight days. ”

"Hehehe, it's okay. Although I have always been thinking about the street kiosk in my heart, I can still afford to delay this little time. But there is one thing, Boyo, you sent Wang Chengzong's eldest son to visit Yao Kehui, well, I just want to remind you that Yao Kehui is as cunning as a fox, and you must not be gullible! ”

"Hmmm! If Yao Kehui hadn't rebelled back then, Chen Tai would have become a prisoner of my subordinates. Five years ago, the pseudo-Wei Koubian, this Yao Kehui completely made his position hostile to our Han Dynasty. How could I believe such a person? I can't say, I just need him to be neutral at this time. When we calm down Yongliang, I have to settle the grievances of the past few decades with this guy! ”