Zhang Xi really didn't like Meng Da, but on the battlefield, Zhang Xi obviously didn't want Meng Da to die.

Wang Chang's strategy is indeed a good method, but at the same time, this method is also very dangerous.

The Wei army will not watch you seize Fuzhou and cut off their back routes, so even if Meng Da can easily seize Fuzhou, don't think about holding it easily.

sent a Liu Yin as a deputy to Meng Dajia, not that Zhang Xi did not trust Meng Da, on the contrary, it was that Zhang Xi did not want Meng Da to take risks and had an accident, so he gave him an insurance.

After all, Liu Yin is delicate and good at defense, and the battle of Huaili City back then made Liu Yin's reputation for being good at defending spread all over the world.

Of course, Zhang Xi didn't know what Meng Da thought, but since the commander in the army was Zhang Xi, Meng Da could only accept what kind of arrangement Zhang Xi made.

In this way, after determining the battle plan, Meng Da took Liu Yin as his deputy general, and led 5,000 troops to attack Fuzhou in the center of the Yellow River under the response of Huang Quan's remaining Yellow River naval army.

The reason why there are only 5,000 people is because the place in Fuzhou in the middle of the river is really small and cannot accommodate too many people to fight, on the other hand, from the perspective of supply, the Meng Da army, which can only rely on Huang Quan's army to transport supplies, has fewer people, and the supply pressure is lighter.

After all, once Fuzhou is captured, Meng Da also needs to hold on for a while.

During this period of time, Zhang Xi naturally could not be idle, he wanted to put enough pressure on the Wei army in front of Mengjindu, so that Sima Shi did not dare to draw too many troops to counterattack Fuzhou, the center of the river, and respond to Meng Da's headquarters.

This is a battle that tests not only the ability to hold on, but also the ability to cooperate with each other.

Sima Shi and Xiahouba will finally usher in their own real tests.

And just when Meng Jindu was ready to fight. Nanyang, Wancheng.

After more than half a month of preparation, the Northern Expedition army in Wancheng was finally assembled.

The Qinzhou county soldiers led by Jiang Xu and the Liangzhou cavalry led by Pang De are finally in place, and the Northern Expedition can be officially started.

On the one hand, Xu Shu asked Ma Dai to lead the Qianghu rangers to set off first to deliver the military report to Zhuge Liang in Luoyang, and on the other hand, he directly swore an oath to launch the Northern Expedition and lead the main army to Xiangcheng in Yingchuan County.

Nearly 150,000 soldiers and horses went to Yingchuan County, and Cao Wei had already passed this matter to Xuchang and put it in front of Chen Tai and Guo Huai.

The two of them are at a loss for this.

Now all the county soldiers in Yingchuan County add up to less than 40,000 people, and this gap in strength is inevitably a little too big.

If it's just a gap in troops, it's actually easier to do, Sima Yi left a hand in Chenliu County, and there were 50,000 soldiers and horses there who didn't follow Sima Yi to counterattack Luoyang, and if some of them were sent over to support, the gap in troops could be narrowed slightly.

What really made Chen Tai and Guo Huai feel helpless was the change in the attitude of the Yingchuan family.

Today's Yingchuan family, in terms of attitude, has changed a lot from two years ago.

On the one hand, it was because of the Luoyang counteroffensive five years ago, the thunder of the Great Wei was loud and the rain was small, although a beautiful battle was fought in Yingchuan, but in Luoyang, the counteroffensive ended in failure.

This made the Yingchuan family have doubts about whether Cao Wei could recapture Luoyang.

On the other hand, with the death of Chen Qun two years ago, the Yingchuan family lost the last person with the right to speak in the Great Wei Dynasty, and Chen Tai, who was regarded as Chen Qun's successor, was still placed in Yingchuan by the Great Wei court, which caused the dissatisfaction of the Yingchuan family.

Since the death of Erxun, the influence of the Yingchuan family in the Great Wei court has been declining, and with the death of Chen Qun, the Yingchuan family has lost its last political leader, and its power in the Great Wei court has declined in an all-round way, and it has been completely suppressed by the Hebei family and the Heluo family.

And Cao Rong, the son of the Great Wei Dynasty, doesn't seem to have any intention to appease this, and now the Great Wei is basically the Heluo family and the Hebei family, so why does the Yingchuan family continue to insist on serving the Great Wei?!

In addition, over the years, Zhuge Liang, who is sitting in Luoyang, has not used various means to win over the Yingchuan family, and the court structure of the Han Dynasty has also made the Yingchuan family see the possibility that they can continue to ensure their interests by taking refuge in the past.

The first is the issue of spokespersons, and in the Han Dynasty, the Yingchuan family has two natural spokespersons, and all of them are high and powerful.

Zhang Xi and Xu Shu.

Although these two people are from poor families, they are from Yingchuan after all.

In this era of extremely strong local concepts, the same Yingchuan people are the natural bond, and these two people, one is the hussar general of the Han Dynasty, the minister of Tuogu, and the other Although the position is not high, but the qualifications are profound, all they need is an opportunity to be in a high position immediately.

If these two people are used as their spokespersons, the Yingchuan family chooses to defect to the Han Dynasty, and they will immediately have a certain right to speak in the court.

The second problem is the structure of interests within the Han court.

The current Han court is basically a group of Yizhou Yankees and a group of Jingzhou Yankees have the final say.

Jingzhou is okay, after all, it was the territory of Chu in the early years, and after so many years of cultivation and assimilation, everyone can barely accept the Jingzhou family Confucian. But Yizhou turtles, they know how to govern the country with a fart!!

The Yingchuan family asked themselves, with the background of the Yingchuan family, once they defected to the Han Dynasty, they might have to have some games and benefit distribution with the Jingzhou Yankees, but for the Yizhou Yankees, they didn't need to use any means at all, and they could easily seize their political discourse.

Of course, if the capital of the Han Dynasty is still in Chengdu and is located in the southwest, the Yingchuan family may also have to consider the other party's geographical advantage, but now the Han Dynasty has moved the capital to Chang'an, and I heard that the capital was originally going to move to Luoyang, but the timing was not suitable, so it was not finally formed.

Well, although Luoyang is better, Chang'an is not unacceptable.

This is the change in the thinking of the Yingchuan family now, they no longer resist the Han entering Yingchuan, and even the Heluo area.

As a member of the Yingchuan family, Chen Tai is actually clear about the situation inside the Yingchuan family. Chen Tai is just a person, he can't even represent the Yingchuan Chen family, so naturally he can't influence the judgment made by the Yingchuan family based on his own interests.

As for Guo Huai, in fact, Guo Huai can also feel the undercurrent surging inside Yingchuan County.

Guo Huai is also from a big family, and he actually knows very well what the style of doing things is like in a big family.

In addition, Guo Huai has also been in Yingchuan County for almost three years, and Chen Tai has not hidden some things from him, so Guo Huai actually knows that there are signs of instability in the family in this place.

Can. So what?!

Chen Tai is Chen Qun's son, after Chen Qun's death two years ago, Chen Tai inherited Chen Qun's title, but did not add any official position, and was not transferred back to Yecheng by the imperial court, but let him continue to guard Yingchuan County. Chen Tai is treated like this, how much better can Guo Huai be? !

Just these two people, what do you say to the imperial court, can the imperial court controlled by the Hebei family listen to it?!

The only person who can still listen to their advice is Sima Yi. But is Sima Yi's life better?!

That Cao Shuang, who has nothing to do in Yanzhou all these years, has been picking on Sima Yi, and his arrogant and domineering style has been spread from Yanzhou to Yingchuan County, and Sima Yi can still leave a reinforcement of up to 50,000 people for the two of them in Chenliu County, which is already considered benevolent and righteous.

This time, after hearing the news that Xu Shu led 150,000 troops and was about to arrive in Xiangcheng, the two of them had no other way than to get together and look at each other.

The two of them actually knew very well that in the past, the two of them were able to defend Yingchuan because the Yingchuan family did not want to see the Han enter Yingchuan County and affect their interests, but now, this greatest help is no longer there.

40,000 against 150,000 people, how can this be guarded?!

In the end, it was Chen Tai who took the initiative to propose, saying, "There is a huge disparity in troops, and Yingyin should no longer defend the old general and withdraw to Xuchang, and stick to it and wait for help." ”

After several years of rest and recruitment, there are now a total of 38,000 soldiers in Yingchuan County, and the previous defense strategy was that Guo Huai led 15,000 troops to garrison Yingyin County, as a barrier on the west side of Xuchang, to prevent the Shu army from Rushui to Xiangcheng from attacking.

But now, the strength of the Northern Expedition of the Shu thieves is as high as 150,000, plus Zhang Wei of Xiangcheng and Wang Ping of Jiaxian, I am afraid that the total strength is nearly 180,000, and it is meaningless to divide the troops to defend it.

Therefore, Chen Tai's meaning is to let Guo Huai abandon the defense of Yingyin, give up the outer defense line of Xuchang, and directly trap Xuchang.

Guo Huai was silent for a long time about Chen Tai's idea, and finally nodded and agreed.

But then, Guo Huai added.

"Adjustable Chen Liutai guards Gao Tanglong, and leads the army to help. Garrisoned in Yanling. ”

When Chen Tai heard this, he was directly stunned.

In fact, Chen Tai also wanted to say this, but he was always worried about Guo Huai's attitude, so he never spoke. But who would have thought that it was Guo Huai who took the initiative to say it.

It was inevitable that Chen Liu's reinforcements would come to support Yingchuan County, and with the army in the hands of Chen Tai and Guo Huai, it was impossible to stop the attack of the 150,000 army led by Xu Shu.

However, let Gao Tanglong of Chenliu County lead the troops to garrison Yanling. Yanling is located east of Xuchang, near the junction of Yingchuan County and Chenliu County.

Let Gao Tanglong station troops here, in fact, the subtext is to let Gao Tanglong help hold Xuchang's retreat to Chenliu County.

This means to abandon Yingchuan

(End of chapter)