Chapter 279: The Battle of Guanzhong (4)
On the historical plane, Du Pre is known as the first military strategist in the Western Jin Dynasty and is known as Du Wuku. Although at this time, due to physical reasons, he has always been regarded as a logistics civil officer. But there is no doubt that there is a rather deep furrow in his chest.
When he just received the news of Jiang Wei's breakthrough through the Meridian Valley in the evening, although Du Wei's heart was a little panicked, he was more excited: he finally had the opportunity to show what he had learned in his chest!
The night of the 26th was a sleepless night for Chang'an. A large number of ordinary people, domestic slaves, and private soldiers were attracted or driven to the city wall by various means by the Chang'an garrison. Then start marshalling on the spot.
Originally, there were more than 10,000 garrisons in Chang'an, but everyone was promoted to one to three levels that night. The chief became a military candidate, and the ordinary soldiers were promoted to the rank of captain and chief...... It's all hectic, but it's also orderly.
The reason why it is orderly is because the Zhang and Wei families are ruthless. Send all the people with organizational ability in the family in Chang'an City - the Zhang and Wei families are super families, and there are tens of thousands of serfs in the manor? In the mansion in Chang'an City, there are hundreds or thousands of slaves? To make such a large family run in an orderly manner, how can there be fewer managers at various levels internally?
Therefore, under the organization of these people, about 100,000 men in the entire Chang'an City were all arranged on the city wall in an orderly manner and formed a team.
Then, on the morning of the 27th, Jiang Wei's army, which was full of interest and was ready to "take lightly" Chang'an, was poured cold from top to bottom.
"This ......" withstood the pouring rain on his head, looking at the flags and dense human heads on the city wall. Jiang Wei only felt that his mouth was full of bitterness.
Thundered...... A thunderbolt woke up Jiang Wei, who had been in a daze under the city for a long time, and he turned his head very puzzled: "Meng Jing......"
"General, the last general doesn't know what happened in Chang'an City last night. But what the last general can be sure of is that at least yesterday morning, there were only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, and the only general in charge was Du Yuankai, the sick man...... Could it be that Shi Bao from Yixian County rushed back to Chang'an last night? But how can it be so fast? ”
"It's not Shibao who went back to Chang'an." Jiang Wei, who regained his mind under the city, came back to his senses at this time: "There are actually very few soldiers in the city, only about one-tenth. The rest, all of them are people's husbands. ”
"Huh? Well! Indeed, as the general said. The generals of the Han army, at this time, also built a pergola with their hands and made a careful observation of the Chang'an city wall: there is a big difference between the long-trained soldiers and the people who have just taken the swords and guns. Excluding individual talents, others pretend not to be.
"It turned out to be a bluff." After breathing a sigh of relief, Zhao Guang leaned over to Jiang Wei: "General, the enemy army is insufficient after all, we can still storm this city!" ”
"It's late." Shaking his head weakly: "I have been watching the city for a long time, although the people in the city look panicked, but for such a long time, they have honestly stood in their positions and did not move. Based on this, it can be seen that the enemy general is not ordinary. ”
After saying this, Jiang Wei did not hesitate, lightly clamped the horse's belly, and came out of the battle: "Jiang Wei, the general of the Han Dynasty, Jiang Bo is here, who is in charge of the enemy army in the city?" Please come out and answer. ”
After a while, a calm male voice sounded: "Shi Du Yuankai, the governor of the Great Jin Expedition to the Western General's Mansion, greeted General Jiang. General, the fighter plane has been lost, and Chang'an is no longer desirable. Shi Da Sima's 200,000 army was behind him. Why didn't the general retire at this time? ”
"Hahahaha~~~ Du Yuankai, good! Ben will remember your name! After saying this, Jiang Wei immediately beat his horse back to the battle, and immediately began to give orders in front of the enemy: "Order!" The scout team spread a hundred miles to the west, and immediately reported back when they encountered the main force of Shibud. ”
"Whoa!"
"The whole army is advancing to Huaili County in the southwest!"
"General?"
Jiang Wei's order, everyone in Shu Han couldn't understand: "General, Chang'an is at your feet, on the city wall is just a group of people who have just been captured to fill the number, we are waiting for the elite of a hundred battles, we can go down with one drum!" ”
"Hey~~~" After a long sigh of great unwillingness, Jiang Wei shook his head: "After the hard battle last night, the formation of the commando team was all disrupted, Wei hesitated for a while, did not disrupt it with chaos, and led the commando team to attack Chang'an directly at night. This is a big mistake! As for today, as the so-called thousands of troops are easy to get, it is difficult to find a general, these people, under the command of Du Yuankai, rely on Chang'an Jiancheng, and we can't take it quickly. ”
Jiang Wei's words are very clear: the sheep led by lions are not easy to mess with, so forget the idea of attacking Chang'an City. But what, these guys are people's husbands, so it's okay to defend the city and come out to fight? He Jiang Wei can't wait! But people will definitely not be stupid. So what to do? Easy to do. To the west, a little closer to Shibao, a little farther away from Chang'an - we were originally here to relieve Guan Zifeng, and we were originally pursuing a decisive battle with the enemy's main force in the field. So, now let's go to Huaili County.
Where is Huaili? It is located right between Chang'an and Yixian. Occupy there, and directly block the grain channel of the stone bud. General Shibao had no choice but to withdraw the encirclement of the second city of Yixian County, and returned east to fight a decisive battle with me. If this battle is won, Chang'an will naturally take it. If you lose, you will have to find a way to withdraw your troops.
The many generals of Shu Han who spoke were speechless, and they could only silently carry out Jiang Wei's orders.
Watching Jiang Wei's army slowly retreat, the originally tense and murderous air on the head of Chang'an City suddenly eased. In a few moments, the entire Chang'an City resounded with a huge cheer: "Wan Sheng!" Du Changshi is mighty! ”
There was a roar of cheers all over the city, and the sycophants around him were like a tide in front of him. At this time, Du Yu was not lost at all, on the contrary, he was very sober at this moment: "Shaokang! ”
"Long history, Wei Xiong is here."
"Please also ask Shaokang to work hard and personally gallop to Luoyang. After seeing His Majesty, give him this letter. Tell Your Majesty that our army has come to eliminate the main force of the Shu thieves in one fell swoop and completely take back Longxi and Liangzhou. Please make up your Majesty's mind to lead all the remaining Chinese troops in Luoyang and immediately drive the expedition in person! ”
This letter was written by Du Pre in the early hours of this morning. Strictly speaking, he wrote two letters, one is a deduction of the situation after Jiang Wei's siege - this one is no longer needed. In Jiang Wei's letter that he did not attack Chang'an, Du pre-made a careful analysis of the current situation in Guanzhong for Sima Yan.
First, after Jiang Wei entered the Guanzhong Plain through the Meridian Valley, all the troops of the Shu thieves were about 100,000 people, and all of them crossed the Qinling Mountains. This laid the groundwork for a decisive battle.
Second, the Shu thieves are now in great difficulty and danger: first, the routes back to Hanzhong such as the Bao Chuan Road and the Chen Cang Road are guarded by our army. Second, Qin Chuan is also in our hands now, if the Shu thieves fail in the decisive battle on the Guanzhong Plain, they can't get it if they want to retreat to Longxi. Third, Chang'an is now in our hands, and the Meridian Valley of the Shu thieves can be cut off by us at any time.
Thirdly, now we have a superiority in forces: 200,000 against 100,000. You can fight. If His Majesty leads the remaining tens of thousands of Luoyang Chinese troops into Guanzhong, we can achieve an advantage close to three to one. Moreover, at this time, His Majesty's personal expedition will greatly boost morale, and the soldiers will definitely fight hard.
But you have to be fast. Because Jiang Wei is likely to cut off Shi Da Sima's grain channel. The minister estimated that the food of Da Sima's army under the city of Yixian could last for fifteen days at most. Therefore, Your Majesty, you must lead your army to Chang'an within ten days. Otherwise, in order not to be Zhao Kuo, Da Sima will inevitably take the initiative to fight Jiang Wei. At that time, the people on the minister's side could not fight, and more than 10,000 soldiers were of little help to Shi Da Sima. And the thirty or forty thousand people in Guan Zifeng's hands in Yixian County can rush out to support Jiang Wei. When the time comes, Shi Da Sima will be attacked from both sides, and it will be unpredictable.
In case Shi Da Sima was defeated, the ministers would not dare to defend Chang'an. He could only lead the army to retreat to Tongguan to ensure the safety of Luoyang.
So Your Majesty, hurry! Let's send troops!