Chapter 27: The Siege
Yongcheng is located in the northwest direction of Beiyuan, in the west of Fufeng County, and is the traffic artery connecting Fufeng County and Longxi Counties.
At the same time, it is also Sima Yi's tuntian place in Fufeng County.
After approaching the Yongcheng area, the Guanzhong area gradually became populated, and it was no longer that barren scene.
The fields are crisscrossed, and the villages are full of dock forts.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the Yellow Turban Uprising, many people and scholars formed villages to protect themselves.
Although these dock forts may not look very large, a dock fort can hold more than 1,000 people.
Moreover, the defense of the dock fort is also very amazing, whether it is the city wall, the arrow tower, the antlers, everything.
In the Kansai region, due to the mixed living of Han and Qiang, this kind of dock fort can not only prevent wild beasts, but also defend against these ill-intentioned Qiang Hu.
The Shu army, under the leadership of Jiang Wei, did not commit any crimes along the way.
Most of these heroes in Guanxi were hiding in the dock fort, turning a blind eye to the Shu army that was rushing in violent.
For these Haoqiang, no matter who Wei Shu is the master of this land, they don't care, because no matter who they are, they have to win them over.
After all, the strong and strong of the Shi clan is the local head snake, the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, if you want to manage this area well, then the support of the local Shi clan is indispensable.
If he offends the local scholars, Wei Shu's rule will not last long.
Therefore, in the Wei and Jin dynasties, for scholars, the interests of the family were always higher than the interests of the state.
Because these scholars were born in the scholar family, because of the cultivation of the family and the recommendation of the family, they were qualified to enter the court as officials.
It can be said that from students to scholars, scholars can serve in one stop, so that their children can appear from generation to generation as officials.
Jiang Wei is also from a local scholar's family, so he naturally knows everything about it.
As long as these gentry are not enemies of him, Jiang Wei will naturally not have nothing to provoke these gentry.
However, judging from the reactions of these scholars, it seems that the Yongcheng area has already received the news that Jiang Wei is going north.
Sure enough, when Jiang Weibing came to the city of Yongcheng, what he saw was Yongcheng with four doors closed.
Fortunately, Jiang Wei didn't expect to hide his whereabouts.
In order to fight against Zhuge Liang's army, before Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Sima Yi had already withdrawn the army in the Guanzhong area.
Except for the soldiers who could maintain basic order, the soldiers who defended the city were not transferred, and basically all the troops were transferred to Sima Yi's account.
Now although the city wall of Yongcheng is tall, but the city is empty, Jiang Wei is here, it is inevitable for Yongcheng.
Coming from afar, Jiang Wei did not recklessly order the siege of the city on the first day, but let people start to set up camp on the spot, and then sent messengers to Yongcheng to surrender, hoping to surrender without a fight.
However, the person who can be entrusted with the important task by Sima Yi and garrison Yongcheng must be Sima Yi's henchman.
Hu Zhe, a native of Anding County, Yongzhou, the Hu clan is a big clan in Yongzhou, and Hu Zhe is one of the Hu clansmen.
After Sima Yi entered Yongzhou, the Hu clan directly took refuge in Sima Yi.
Hu Zunnai is the son of the contemporary head of the Hu family, and was personally included in the command and cultivated by Sima Yi.
During several Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions, Hu Zundu had military exploits, and he had been awarded the title of general, even if he was a miscellaneous general, but in the Three Kingdoms era, those who could become generals were already the best among the generals.
Even when Zhao Yun died in the end, he was still just a miscellaneous general.
In history, Hu Zun followed Sima Yi to snipe Zhuge Liang in Weibei, causing Zhuge Liang to die of illness in Wuzhang Plain.
Then he followed Sima Yi and went on an expedition to Liaodong, and then followed Sima Yi to the south, attacked Eastern Wu, and was finally worshiped as General Wei, which was an official position equal to Sanping.
After his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of General of Che Cavalry.
Throughout Hu Zun's life, he has been working under Sima Yi, and he can be said to be a staunch Sima faction.
Now that Hu Zhe, as a member of the Hu clan, it is naturally impossible for him to betray Sima Yi and surrender in Kaecheng.
After Jiang Wei learned the result of persuasion, he was not discouraged, but just ordered his craftsmen to start building siege equipment.
Although Yongcheng is strong, the army is empty, and it is not difficult to take Yongcheng in Jiang Wei's opinion.
Then, Liu Yu was invited by Jiang Wei to the big tent and began to deliberate.
After Liu Yu entered the big tent, he saw Jiang Wei standing in the tent, in a daze at the map hanging in front of him.
After hearing the footsteps, Jiang Wei slowly turned around, and Liu Yu bowed to Jiang Wei and said:
"I've seen the general."
"Get up."
Jiang Wei said in a light tone:
"We have arrived in Yongcheng, the next step is to build equipment, and then attack the city."
"However, the warriors in the surrounding dock forts, I don't know if they will send troops to rescue me, which makes me very worried, I wonder if Dexing can solve my worries?"
Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this is Jiang Wei who asked him to go to the periphery to fight the autumn wind, and to beat those warriors in the dock fort.
Let them not act rashly, otherwise the knives of the Shu army will not recognize people.
However, Jiang Wei also wanted to break Liu Yu away, and the provincial Liu Yu made trouble for him.
"Dare not take the order!"
Liu Yu did not hesitate, and replied directly:
"Ask the general to give the order."
In either case, Liu Yu has no reason to refuse, after all, Jiang Wei is the main general, and Liu Yu only has to obey orders.
Jiang Wei bowed his head slightly and said:
"According to the scout's report, there are two dock forts in the north of Yongcheng, and there is a scene that is ready to move."
"I and your two thousand tiger infantry troops, firmly monitor the movement in the north, once these people dare to send troops to rescue, Dexing will not be merciful, directly send troops, thunder strike."
"Set an example for the surrounding Dock Forts."
"Those who obey my big man, Qiu has not committed any crimes, but those who dare to obey will not be left behind."
As he spoke, Jiang Wei's right hand turned into a palm knife and swung it downward.
Liu Yu was shocked, understood what Jiang Wei meant, gave up his orders, and then left the big tent.
I thought that Jiang Wei was originally from Wei, and he would at least show mercy to the Wei people.
But I didn't expect Jiang Wei to be a ruthless person who was decisive in killing, and he didn't leave the chicken and dog behind, and he didn't care about the situation at all.
However, thinking that Jiang Wei could become the general of Shu Han in the future, inherit Zhuge Liang's legacy, and launch eleven Northern Expeditions, Liu Yu was relieved.
After all, Jiang Wei's obsession with the Northern Expedition is even deeper than that of the generals of Shu Han, so it can be seen that Jiang Wei has already regarded himself as a Shu person at this moment.
Liu Yu led 2,000 elite soldiers to the north of Yongcheng City.
Then he chose the main road, began to set up camp, and sent scouts from all sides to probe the enemy.
Jiang Wei's task to Liu Yu was to monitor the movement in the north of the city, not to attack the city from the north of the city, and Liu Yu naturally did not need to build siege equipment.
According to Liu Yu's estimate, Jiang Wei estimated that he planned to break the city directly from the south of the city, and then take the credit for breaking the city alone, so as to help him rise to the top in the future.
Of course, these may be Zhuge Liang's original intentions, after all, Jiang Wei can get a record now, which is too few.
Liu Yu doesn't care, his life and death are unpredictable now, where do you care about this.
He just spread scouts and didn't let the army reinforce Yongcheng from the north.
After setting up camp, Liu Yu sat alone in the big tent, thinking about how to get Zhuge Liang to retire.
After thinking hard, Liu Yu felt as if he had forgotten something important, but this matter was very important, even related to his own life and death.
After thinking about it hard, Liu Yu's mind flashed, and he was about to remember what he had forgotten, when suddenly a scout hurriedly reported outside the tent:
"Report, fifteen miles away from our army, I found traces of enemy troops."
Liu Yu was shocked in his heart, he couldn't hold on to the inspiration just now, and hammered his head in frustration.
However, now that the enemy army has been discovered, Liu Yu can only solve the matter in front of him first, otherwise he will delay the important matter of the military plane, and it is likely to be cut by Jiang Wei to correct the military law.
Liu Yu hurriedly went out of the account and inquired about the enemy's situation.
After learning about the military situation, Liu Yu's brows furrowed tightly, because things didn't seem to be as simple as he imagined.