Tianshui County doesn't know how old Jiang Wei is this year.
When talking about Tianshui County, one person who cannot be avoided is Jiang Wei Tianshui Qilin'er.
According to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Jiang Wei was the first person to fall into Zhuge Liang's trap, and he was also Zhuge Liang's apprentice. In order to regain Jiang Wei's heart, Zhuge Liang specially invited Jiang Wei's mother to persuade Jiang Wei to surrender after capturing Jixian.
But according to history, Jiang Wei and others actually surrendered on their own initiative. After the failure of the first Northern Expedition, Jiang Wei followed Zhuge Liang and retreated to Shu, but Jiang Wei's mother stayed in Jixian. From then on, Jiang Wei He never saw his mother again.
But no matter whether Jiang Wei in this world is following the romance line or the historical line, one thing is undeniable - there is Jiang Wei in Tianshui County, and this matter is not easy to deal with.
The current situation is actually different from that during Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition. The situation is very different.
In history, when Zhuge Liang conquered, the talents of Ji Han withered, and only one of the five tiger generals, Zhao Yun, was still there. The others, from Zhuge Liang to Wei Yan, Wu Yi and others, were not ranked at all on Cao Wei's side.
At that time, Cao Wei even believed that Zhuge Liang was just a scholar. It was okay to bully the barbarians in the south, but fighting against the great Wei was purely seeking death.
Therefore, Cao Pi was vigorously attacking Jiangdong. In fact, to put it bluntly, he believed that Ji Han had lost hope after Liu Bei's death and could only wait to die slowly in Shu.
As a result, Zhuge Liang's attack shook Yongliang and all three counties surrendered. A big factor in this was that Cao Wei was unprepared and lacked troops in Yongliang. He did not expect that Zhuge Liang used his troops so fiercely and directly defeated Guo Huai and his The Liangzhou regiment scurried away with their heads in their hands.
The rich and powerful families in Liangzhou immediately chose to surrender when they saw how awesome Zhuge Liang was. Even the funniest thing was Anding County, which was separated by Longshan Mountain. Zhuge Liang's army couldn't get through at the moment, so they all sent people to fight. He surrendered directly under the banner of the Han Dynasty.
But the current situation is a bit hard to say.
This time the Northern Expedition was led by Liu Bei, King of Hanzhong. He was the only remaining prince from the older generation who had made great achievements. He was the best in the world in terms of reputation and ability to lead troops.
But for this reason, Cao Wei's arrangements in Yongliang were not weak at all, and no one dared to underestimate the power of Liu Bei's personal leadership of the Northern Expedition.
First, Guo Huai, the governor of Liangzhou, had personally led the Liangzhou army to Tianshui County in the north of Yongzhou after receiving Cao Pi's warning.
Yes, Tianshui County belongs to Liangzhou according to the administrative division of the Han Dynasty, but according to the administrative division of Cao Wei, it belongs to Yongzhou. Anyway, everyone has his own opinion.
Guo Huai brought a lot of soldiers this time, more than 50,000 people, and a lot of cavalry, all Qiang and Hu cavalry, more than 30,000 Qiang and Hu cavalry.
This is Guo Huai's trump card, used to deal with Yizhou's gang of bumpkins who have no cavalry.
As for the direction of Guanzhong, Cao Hong led 50,000 troops to garrison Chang'an. He was accompanied by 30,000 troops from Zhang Liao in Wancheng. Luoyang and Xudu added up to 50,000 troops. They could support Cao Hong in Chang'an at any time, adding up to a total of 150,000 troops.
Putting so many troops together shows that Cao Wei did not take the Yongliang area lightly at all.
Therefore, this time when he left Qishan Road to attack Tianshui County, Zhang Xi could not be sure whether Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding counties would directly open the city and surrender, causing the Yongliang shock.
After all, Cao Jun's troops in the Yongliang area are quite large, and it's really hard to say which side those poor families are on.
If the aristocratic families in Tianshui County really choose to side with Cao Wei, then Zhang Xi will have to face not only Guo Huai, but also Jiang Wei.
But no matter what, Zhang Xi still had to continue to lead his troops out of Qishan Road. Qishan Fort was captured. If he didn't seize the time to march into Tianshui and put Guo Huai in Tianshui on guard, the matter would not be possible.
In addition, according to the arrangement of the King of Hanzhong, Zhang Xi also needs to lead troops to Tianshui County as soon as possible to attract the attention of Guo Huai's Liangzhou Army.
Because, the letter sent by the King of Hanzhong has already informed Zhang Xi of his next battle plan.
Liu Bei has sent Ma Chao to lead more than 10,000 Qiang and Hu Yi troops to go north from the Qiang territory in Wudu to attack the Longyou area.
The cavalry can run faster than the infantry. If Zhang Xi cannot attract the attention of the Liangzhou Army before the cavalry reaches Tianshui County, he will not be able to provide Ma Chao with the opportunity to defeat the Liangzhou Army from the flank.
Once Guo Huai reacts in advance and divides his troops to resist, Tianshui County will be a little difficult to fight.
But the situation on Zhang Xi's side is actually not very good. After capturing Qishan Fort, he only has less than 20,000 vanguard troops, and they are all infantry.
Even if we count the horses of all the scouts and generals, we still can't find 200 horses.
If we leave Qishan Road and confront the Liangzhou Army, it's hard to say whether we can hold back Guo Huai's Liangzhou Army.
Zhang Xi is really worried about this. After all, in this era, it is really difficult for infantry to fight against cavalry. Even if they use spear formation, it is not very effective.
Moreover, the Qiang and Hu cavalry in Liangzhou are all light cavalry, they are engaged in mounted shooting, and there are not enough naval forces near Tianshui for Zhang Xi to defeat the moon formation. It is hard to say whether the Qiang and Hu cavalry can be stopped by relying on the chariot formation alone. Hu cavalry's cavalry shooting.
The Yongliang area has always been a place where cavalry decides the outcome. It is really difficult to use infantry.
From this we can also see how Prime Minister Zhuge used his troops like a god when he violently beat Guo Huai in history.
Zhang Xi thought about it while leading his troops on the road. Until they were almost out of Qishan Road, he still didn't think of a good way.
It seems that we really can only take one step at a time.
After seven or eight days of traveling along the way, Zhang Xi finally entered the territory of Tianshui County, and at this time, Wei Yan was finally able to ride a horse.
It was impossible for Wei Yan to give up the expedition just because he was hit by two arrows in his butt. Although he was carried along the way, as soon as his injuries improved a little, he couldn't wait to mount his war horse.
Showing it to Zhang Xi, she was always worried that the wound on his butt would burst.
You are not allowed to fight with the army, but these days when leading troops in battle, you do not have to ride on a horse and charge into battle. You are a commander, can't you direct the battle? !
Why do you have to fight with your own ass? !
But it seemed that Wei Yan didn't care at all, and his butt seemed to be able to withstand it very well. The wound didn't even break when he was riding on a bumpy horseback.
When the front army entered the boundary of Tianshui County, Zhang Xi did not rush into the army. Instead, he reconvened Wei Yan, Zhang Yi, and Jufu to evaluate and discuss the current situation.
Tianshui County should already know the news that Zhang Xi and others entered Yongliang via Qishan Road, but it is still not easy to determine whether this is the main force of Liu Bei's army or a partial force.
After all, in the direction of Baoxie Road, Zhao Yun and Chen Dao had already left the entrance of Baoxie Road with the banner of Liu Bei, King of Hanzhong. Cao Hong, the governor of Yongliang, had already led his army to intercept them.
In this case, Zhang Xi really couldn't predict how Guo Huai of Tianshui County would react.
It is possible that Guo Huai will go south to Guanzhong at Cao Hong's request to help him block the "main force" of Liu Bei's army at Baoxie Road, but it is more likely that Guo Huai will fight Liu Bei's army in Tianshui first and make a decision after clarifying the reality. .
Anyway, Zhang Xi thinks that Guo Huai should choose the latter. After all, Guo Huai is also a famous general. At least Guo Huai is much more capable than Cao Hong.
This kind of person will not make decisions without knowing the situation between ourselves and the enemy. He will definitely make a decision and then act.
In addition, even if Guo Huai wanted to advance eastward, Zhang Xi could not let him go. After all, Zhang Xi's purpose was to contain Guo Huai and create a chance for Ma Chao, who was detouring, to completely defeat Guo Huai's Liangzhou Army.
Therefore, Zhang Xi felt that he might really have to risk his losses and take the initiative to find the main force of Guo Huai's army.
Zhang Xi analyzed the current situation with the three generals and received approval from everyone, including Wei Yan.
Especially Wei Yan, he felt that he was able to do it again, and planned to lead 10,000 people to attack the city on his own initiative to attract Guo Huai's army.
But... one thing is that this is really a good way to attract Guo Huai to lead his army.
After all, you, Guo Huai, are guarding Tianshui County. If we attack the city of Tianshui County, you have to come to the rescue, right? !
Moreover, according to the detailed reports, Guo Huai's Liangzhou Army has a high proportion of cavalry. Therefore, if we can avoid fighting with Guo Huai's Liangzhou Army in a field battle, we must first capture the city of Tianshui and hold on to it. , maybe it is the most effective way to attract Guo Huai's army.
But here, you need to make a choice-which county to attack.
The closest to the Qishan crossing is definitely Xi County. If you are rushing for time, it is definitely more appropriate to occupy Xi County first.
But now Guo Huai's army is in Pingxiang County, a county in Tianshui County, with Ji County in between.
And if Liu Bei's strategic purpose requires Zhang Xi to cooperate with Ma Chao's Qiang and Hu cavalry from Didao to defeat the Liangzhou Army, then Xi County is too far back and too far away from Ma Chao and others, so it must Continuing to go north, the best location is Ji County.
But the distance between Hebei County and Pingxiang County is too close, and Zhang Xi is not sure whether Guo Huai will give him this time.
Moreover, there is a troublesome person in Jixian County who is not considered a trouble - Tianshui Qilin'er, Jiang Wei.
Is it inevitable that he will have to run into the heir to Marquis Wu after all? !
(End of chapter)
