Jiang Wei's move was a stratagem. To put it bluntly, it was to sow discord between Cao Wei and Soochow.
And this trick, the more Wu Yi thought about it, the more he felt that it was really exquisite and almost incomprehensible.
As for Soochow's habit of taking advantage since Sun Quan, they couldn't leave the city alone, and there was no mutual trust between Cao Wei and Soochow. If they really wanted to do this according to Jiang Wei's idea, at least The border between Yanzhou and Huainan will become a mess.
And how would the Cao Wei court react after learning about this? !
Could it be that Soochow has relapsed into its old habits and is preparing to take advantage of the situation and betray its alliance to attack Cao Wei? !
But if we just ignore it, how many counties in Yanzhou will be controlled by Wei under the encroachment of Soochow? !
Under such circumstances, could the Cao Wei court really resist the temptation to mobilize troops from Heluo and return to defend Yanzhou? !
You must know that Yanzhou is the last base of the Cao Wei court in the Central Plains. If it cannot defend Yanzhou, it will mean that the Cao Wei Group has completely withdrawn from the Central Plains and is trapped in Hebei.
This is not the pattern that a regime that aims to unify the world should have.
Anyway, Wu Yi felt that this matter really seemed to have something to do with it.
Of course, the most important thing is that whether it is Runan, Chen State, or the farthest Qiaojun, the distance from Yingchuan is not too far. Just over twenty days.
In this case, based on the physical fitness of the soldiers in Nan County, if they carry military rations once and supply them through some treasuries in Caowei County on the way, it should not be a big problem to last for more than ten or twenty days.
Don't worry about military ration supplies.
As for the 10,000 Southern troops, they would be quite a powerful force when placed in the three places of Runan, Chen State and Qiaojun, which are currently relatively empty in defense.
There is no need to worry that the Southern Army will be surrounded and suffer heavy losses, and it will be difficult to explain to the emperor later.
Then go for it! ! !
In this way, Wu Yi once again adopted Jiang Wei's suggestion and allowed Jiang Wei and Wen Qin to divide their troops into two groups and march into Runan.
This time, Jiang Wei learned the lessons from the last battle. He did not block Chen Tai last time. On the one hand, Chen Tai ran really fast. On the other hand, Jiang Wei was a little too confident and made mistakes in his prediction.
Jiang Wei thought that Chen Tai would not notice his whereabouts until at least he went north from Lin County, but in fact, before Jiang Wei arrived in Lin County, his whereabouts were known to Jiang Wei by a local family in Yingchuan. Wei underestimated the intelligence benefit of local operations.
Therefore, Jiang Wei learned this lesson this time. Although he and Wen Qin split their forces, Jiang Wei did not stay too far away from Wen Qin, for fear that if something happened, one side would be surrounded and the other side would not be able to rescue him in time.
Moreover, for this battle, out of caution, Jiang Wei did not choose to attack Zhencai, the important town in Runan. Instead, he chose the remaining two counties of the three counties in Runan controlled by Guo Huai, Ruyang and Zhaoling.
These two places are not far from each other, but there is still a distance from Shangcai. This can prevent the Wei army from Shangcai from coming too fast and the two sides having to fight head-on.
After all, after the two men divided their forces, each of them only had 5,000 Nan soldiers, which was fine for sneak attacks. However, for a frontal field battle, they seemed to be somewhat short of troops.
But... there is actually one thing. Jiang Wei guessed wrong again this time.
When Guo Huai was ordered to lead his troops north to support Xuchang, he left only 3,000 men in Shangcai and 2,000 men in Ruyang to defend Waizhaoling, leaving only 500 men to guard it.
There is no way. The three counties of Runan, Shangcai and Ruyang will face the threat of the Soochow Army directly.
Even if there is an alliance now, with Soochow's virtue, Guo Huai would not dare to leave someone to guard him.
Zhaoling is located in the interior. To the north is Yingchuan County and Chen State of Yanzhou, both of which are their own people.
Now that Wei and Wu are allied, both sides are deploying troops to attack Shuhan. It is enough for Ruyang and Shangcai to leave so many people for defense.
And if Soochow betrays its alliance and attacks Ruyang and Shangcai, even Ruyang and Shangcai cannot be defended. No matter how many troops are left in Zhaoling, they will not be able to defend it.
Therefore, when Jiang Wei led his troops to the foot of Zhaoling City, the Zhaoling County Magistrate looked at the army outside the city and then looked at the few shrimp soldiers and crabs in his hand. He decisively broke out of the city and surrendered.
Jiang Weibing conquered the city first without any bloodshed.
After entering the city and reassuring the people, Jiang Wei appointed the original Zhaoling County Magistrate of the Great Wei Dynasty as the Zhaoling County Magistrate of the Han Dynasty, confiscated the Wei seal ribbon of the Zhaoling County Magistrate, and ordered the craftsmen in the city to temporarily carve a Han official seal for the Zhaoling County Magistrate. Although the workmanship was poor. It's a bit rough, but in wartime, everything is kept simple.
After completing these things, Jiang Wei plundered all the money and food from the treasury in the city, and then immediately led his troops out of the city non-stop to Ruyang to assist Wen Qin in capturing Ruyang.
From the mouth of the Zhaoling County Magistrate, Jiang Wei learned that Ruyang was currently guarded by two thousand Wei troops. Wen Qin's five thousand troops might not be able to capture Ruyang immediately, so Jiang Wei immediately led his troops to assist in the battle. But he could wait until When Jiang Wei arrived at Ruyang, he discovered that Wen Qin had already captured Ruyang.
After asking, I found out that Ruyang County, like Zhaoling County, surrendered directly to Kaicheng.
On the one hand, the magistrate of Ruyang County was too timid and did not want to resist. On the other hand, Wen Qin lied that the Han army had conquered Yingchuan County and was now entering Runan in large numbers. After going to Cai Danxi to scare you, Ruyang Magistrate Yang actually believed it.
Otherwise, there is no way to explain how Wen Qin appeared under Ruyang City.
In this way, the Ruyang County Magistrate muddleheadedly chose to surrender from Kaicheng. Later, even if he wanted to go back on his word, it was too late.
After Wen Qin entered the city, he did the same thing as Jiang Wei. He calmed the people and announced the return of the Han Dynasty. He directly confiscated the Ruyang County magistrate's seal and ribbon, replaced it with a temporary Han Dynasty seal and ribbon, and then ransacked the treasury. Just at this time, Jiang Wei When they arrived, the two of them discussed and headed east along Ruyang County to lead the troops to attack Qiao County.
Well, by the way, the two thousand Wei troops in Ruyang County were also taken away.
As soon as these two people left, Ruyang County Magistrate's thoughts became vivid.
The Ruyang County Magistrate didn’t know what the Zhaoling County Magistrate was thinking, but the Ruyang County Magistrate had two thousand soldiers, but he didn’t even fight a single battle. He just opened the city and surrendered. According to Wei law, the Ruyang County Magistrate was definitely going to be killed. Asking guilt.
But now, the Shu thieves are gone and Ruyang County is still under his control. In order to reduce his guilt, the Ruyang County magistrate immediately wrote a letter asking for help to Zhang Te, the partial general who Guo Huai had left stationed in Shangcai. He said that the Shu thieves were attacking Ruyang and that he did not have enough troops. He asked Zhang Te to send troops immediately for reinforcements.
And when Zhang Te sent reinforcements, he said that the Shu thieves had been repelled by him, so this matter was just fooled away.
The Ruyang County Magistrate made up his mind and immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Te. But when the letter was finished and it was time to use the seal, the Ruyang County Magistrate discovered that his seal ribbon was gone.
It's not that he doesn't have a seal, but his current seal is the official seal of the Han Dynasty, not the official seal of the Wei Dynasty.
Well, if you use the official seal of the Han Dynasty to ask for reinforcements from the Wei Dynasty, you think you won't die fast enough, right? !
But if this matter cannot be resolved as soon as possible, and General Zhang Te discovers the truth later, his fate will not be much better. The Ruyang County Magistrate gritted his teeth, did not need to seal it, only left a signature, and then sent his own The envoy of the personal guard went to send a messenger to Zhang Te, the left-behind general in Cai, to explain face to face.
One can imagine what Zhang Te's attitude was when he received this letter.
Although the guards of the Ruyang County Magistrate repeatedly explained to Zhang Te that Ruyang was now very "critical" and urgently needed reinforcements, Zhang Te remained unmoved at all.
Zhang Te's mind was not that stupid to send troops without authorization because of a letter signed only without any official endorsement.
Moreover, Zhang Te has also thought about it. Even if what you, the Ruyang County Magistrate, said is true, you are really besieged by 10,000 Shu thieves. I only have 3,000 people at hand, even if I go with all my strength, I can help you defend it. After leaving Ruyang, what should I do if I go to Cai? !
How do you know that the Shu thieves will not turn around and attack Shangcai! ?
If Ruyang is lost, that is your responsibility, but if Shangcai is lost, I will be the one to be held accountable.
Therefore, we refused to send troops.
The Ruyang County Magistrate just waited and waited. Instead of waiting for reinforcements, he did wait for the troops from Soochow.
This group of Wu Gou, who was called a shameless one, actually said, "I heard that your country was attacked by Shu thieves, and I have come to rescue you and help with the defense." Then they entered the city without ceremony and took over the city defense.
At this time, will the Ruyang County Magistrate say anything useful? !
In this way, in less than ten days, the flag at the head of Ruyang County changed again. This time it became the flag of Soochow.
As for the Ruyang County Magistrate, within ten days, he became the Ruyang County Magistrate of Wei, Shu and Wu.
I have to say, this is also a very strange thing.
And the same thing happened repeatedly in Chen State and Qiao County in the next month.
Jiang Wei and Wen Qin divided their troops into two groups and coordinated with each other to attack the two counties of Chen State and Qiao County.
Hit what you can, and go around what you can't. They don't stop after they capture, they just collect the official seal of the local county magistrate, then search the government treasury for money, food and property, and then directly lead the army to leave, most likely in five or six days. The Soochow Army will come and take over the city.
These two people's wandering around directly made Gao Tanglong, who was in charge of left-behind affairs in Chenliu County, very anxious.
There is really no way, Yanzhou has insufficient troops, and the county soldiers have all followed Sima Yi or Jia Kui on the expedition. The five thousand soldiers in Gao Tanglong's hands have to be used to guard Chenliu County, and they can't take care of the affairs of Chen Guo and Qiao County.
Gao Tanglong had no choice but to report to the court, hoping that the court would come forward to negotiate with Soochow and ask for the return of the occupied county. On the other hand, he quickly wrote a letter to Jia Kui and asked Jia Kui to negotiate with Sima Yi and lead Yanzhou County. The soldiers returned to defense.
If we don't come back, the two southern counties of Yanzhou will be completely occupied by Soochow! ! !
(End of chapter)
