Chen Tai is different from Chen Qun. He actually doesn't have any deep feelings for Wei.
Chen Tai was born very late. From the time he can remember, his father has been an important minister under Cao Cao. He does not have much memory of experiencing troubled times. Moreover, as his father's power has become higher and higher, his status and treatment have also declined. It's getting better and better.
Therefore, Chen Tai does not think that everything he has now is brought to him by the Cao Wei court. Chen Tai thinks that he relies on his own abilities, the foundation of the Yingchuan Chen family, and his father. of asylum.
Really, if Chen Qun didn't have a good tutor and instilled relatively correct values in Chen Tai, I'm afraid Chen Tai's first thought now would not be to hold on, but to surrender the county.
Now Chen Tai is still sticking to it, just because of his duty and as a Confucian, he has his own persistence and ethics, which has little to do with whether he is loyal to the emperor and patriotic.
Therefore, although Chen Tai has not yet thought about surrendering, he has actually considered the issue of abandoning Yingchuan.
There's nothing I can do, I can't hold on.
Faced with such a huge gap in military strength and an already quite unstable internal environment, Chen Qun really didn't think he had the ability to defend Yingchuan.
Furthermore, if the Yingchuan noble family chooses to surrender to Ji Han, it must be after careful consideration to preserve the interests of the family, and it is impossible for the Shu Han side to force the Yingchuan family too much when the overall situation has been decided. Whether Chen Taishou guards Yingchuan County or not, his influence on the family will not be great.
Abandoning Yingchuan, retreating to Yanzhou, and conserving strength to continue fighting, in Chen Qun's view, was actually a pretty good strategic choice.
However, Chen Tai thought that Guo Huai would not agree to this.
Guo Huai was different from Chen Tai. He was a veteran of the Wei Dynasty, a man who was deeply favored by the monarchs of the two dynasties of the Wei Dynasty. Chen Tai thought it was feasible to abandon Yingchuan before the war started, but Chen Tai estimated that Guo Huai would Huai would not approve.
For this reason, although Chen Tai has always had this idea, he has never mentioned it in front of Guo Huai. He is even ready to wait for help in Xuchang.
But now, Guo Huai, an old general, actually took the initiative to ask Gao Tanglong to guard the rear. This really surprised Chen Tai.
As for Guo Huai, he naturally had his own reasons.
As a commander with excellent strategic vision, Guo Huai is also very clear that the current internal and external conditions of Yingchuan County are not suitable for holding on.
In this case, it is better to conserve troops and retreat, try to lengthen the logistics supply line of the Shu thieves, and find other weaknesses of the Shu thieves. This is what a military commander should do.
However, Yingchuan County must be defended.
After all, the current Zhengxi General Sima Yi is counterattacking Luoyang, and he is in Gong County. If he abandons Yingchuan County without saying hello and completely exposes Sima Zhengxi's flank to the Shu thieves, there will be big trouble. .
Therefore, the idea and suggestion given by Guo Huai was to temporarily shrink his troops and hold on in Xuchang for a while. At the same time, he quickly informed Sima Yi and asked him to withdraw his troops and recover through Hulao Pass. At that time, Guo Huai and Chen Tai could fight at Yingchuan. Withdraw to Yanzhou.
In this case, the gains and losses of Yanling are very important. It is related to the retreat route of Guo Huai and Chen Tai. This is the purpose of letting Gao Tanglong lead the troops to station in Yanling without being defended.
After listening to Guo Huai's idea, Chen Tai agreed with it. After a brief discussion, the two began to recruit county soldiers scattered in various counties and assemble in Xuchang to defend with all their strength.
When these two men gathered soldiers from various counties to Xuchang and prepared to defend to the death, Xu Shu had just led his troops and arrived in Xiangcheng.
There is no way, the marching speed of 150,000 soldiers and horses cannot be increased no matter what.
When Xu Shu led his army to Xiangcheng and learned from Zhang Yi about the recent troop mobilization in Yingchuan County, he immediately understood Chen Tai's strategic intentions.
Okay, since you want to hold on and give up the outer defense line, wouldn't I be sorry for your hard work if you don't take over these counties? !
Xu Shu immediately ordered that the entire army be divided into three groups.
The Northern Route Army was led by Jiang Xu, with Wang Ping as deputy general, with Wudang Feijun as the front, and 30,000 Qinzhou County soldiers as the middle army. It went north to seize Yangzhai and Changshe counties, cutting off the northern part of Xuchang and Yingchuan. Contact, then turn eastward and attack Yanling at the junction of Yingchuan and Chenliu, cutting off the retreat route of Yingchuan County troops into Chenliu.
The middle route army was led by Xu Shu himself, and led Guanqiu Jian, Hu Zun and other generals, with one hundred thousand troops, crossed Ru River and Ying River, stationed in Yingyin, and approached Xuchang.
The South Route Army, led by Kou Feng, led 20,000 Xiangyang County soldiers, and cooperated with Pang De's 20,000 Liangzhou cavalry. They followed the route that Jiang Wei used to detour and attack Xuchang, conquering various counties along the way, and finally met with Xu Shu at the foot of Xuchang City.
Since you, Chen Tai, have chosen to stick to Xuchang, then I will help you and completely surround Xuchang. Let’s see where you go this time.
After the arrangements were made, Jiang Xu and Kou Feng each took their military orders and prepared to set off.
Xu Shu was not too worried about the journey between Kou Feng and Pang De. After all, there was really nothing difficult about that journey.
However, Xu Shu was a little uneasy about Jiang Xu's journey and personally gave Jiang Xu some advice.
In fact, the main purpose is to remind Jiang Xu that he must do "nothing wrong" during this march. This must be done not only for the common people, but also for the aristocratic families.
There is no way, Yangzhai and Changshe counties are the third and fourth largest settlements of aristocratic families after Xuchang and Yingyin.
Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang have discussed their march into Yingchuan several times, and neither of them thinks they will encounter any big battle battle test. The biggest test is how to appease the Yingchuan family and enable them to Accept the rule of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, Xu Shu had to give Jiang Xu more instructions along the way.
Although Jiang Xu was also from a wealthy family in Tianshui and was very familiar with their ways, there were some differences in style between the wealthy families in Xiliang and the wealthy families in the Central Plains region.
Although Jiang Xu can be regarded as a rare talented person in the Tianshui family, in the eyes of this group of Central Plains aristocratic families, even a great talent like Jia Xu is regarded as a Liangzhou native. What does Jiang Xu mean? !
Therefore, Xu Shu could only tell Jiang Xu repeatedly to treat him with courtesy. Even if he was a little wronged, he should not get angry easily to damage the majesty of "Master Wang".
There is no way. If you want to pacify Yingchuan County as soon as possible, then these aristocratic families are the ones that the Han needs to fight for patiently. Give them enough face now. If there is any problem, it will not be too late to wait until the end of the Northern Expedition to settle the accounts.
Xu Shu had already said so, what else could Jiang Xu say? !
Jiang Xu's status is different now. He is already the governor of a state, and it is not without hope to serve in the central court in the future. For someone with a high position, there is no need to worry about some opposition families.
Another thing, even if Jiang Xu doesn't think about it for himself, he should think about it for Jiang Wei. Today, Jiang Wei is not only a confidant of the emperor, but has also nominally replaced Wu Yi as the supreme commander of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty.
Jiang Wei's future is broader than that of Jiang Xu. From the perspective of the Tianshui Jiang clan, Jiang Xu will not cause any trouble to his nephew Jiang Wei.
Therefore, when he led troops to attack Changshe this time, even if someone pointed at Jiang Xu's nose and scolded him, he had to endure it.
With this realization, Jiang Xu and Wang Ping led the troops together and headed straight for Yangzhai County.
But the facts proved that Xu Shu and Jiang Xu were thinking too much.
When Jiang Xu led his army and were still ten miles away from Yangzhai, the scouts discovered that a large number of people had gathered outside Yangzhai City. These people were holding things like food and wine bottles in their hands and kneeling on both sides of the road.
Wang Ping had no knowledge, and the Wudang Feijun he led had always been fighting tough battles, so he had never seen what this was like, but Jiang Xu knew it.
The process of traveling ten miles out of the city, eating a pot of milk, and welcoming the king's master is really standard.
As soon as he saw this posture, Jiang Xu immediately ordered the entire army to stop, and then asked Wang Ping to help restrain the army. He personally went forward with more than ten personal guards, talked to the Yangzhai County Magistrate and the head of the local aristocratic family, accepted the surrender, and entered the city. .
Well, the process needs to be followed.
After completing these procedures, Jiang Xucai, accompanied by the county magistrate and local aristocratic families, led 500 soldiers into the city to symbolically take over the city defense. The remaining soldiers, led by Wang Ping, were stationed outside Yangdi County.
Firstly, this is to give face to the local aristocratic families in Yangzhai, not to disturb their lives in the city, and it is also a way to win people's hearts.
Secondly, if there is something fishy in Yangdi County and something happens to Jiang Xu, Wang Ping will also be guarding the army outside the city, so the important event will not be delayed.
Best of both worlds.
And as Jiang Xu entered the city to appease the people, Yangzhai was captured without any blood.
Go east along Yangzhai and come to Yingshui, which is Changshe County.
In Changshe, Jiang Xu and Wang Ping encountered such a drama again. This time, even Wang Ping had experience. He knew what to do without Jiang Xu's instructions.
Situations like this are happening everywhere in Yingchuan County.
Xu Shu led his troops into Yingyang and Yingyin counties, and Kou Feng led his troops to occupy Linying. They all received the treatment of "eating a pot of pulp to welcome the king's army". To a certain extent, what Chen Tai did was really true. That's right. Based on what the people in Yingchuan County want now, if he divides his troops and defends him, he will only be completely betrayed by the county magistrates and wealthy families in various places.
But even so, when Chen Tai learned that the Shu army had no hindrance and easily occupied the counties of Yingchuan, he was extremely surprised.
It only took the Shu thieves less than half a month to completely pacify the counties around Xuchang. Now hundreds of thousands of troops have surrounded these bastards in Xuchang. The surrender is too fast, right? !
No, let's try to save some face. Doesn't it seem that our Yingchuan family is too unscrupulous to surrender one by one like this? !
(End of chapter)
