Sima Yi was in Wei County, confronting Zhang Xi in a battle of wits and courage. At this time, new changes occurred on the battlefield in Hanoi.
As Qin Lang led his troops to abandon Heyang and retreat north to Yewang County, Zhuge Liang did not hesitate to advance. He occupied Heyang unceremoniously and moved the main force westward, leaving only Ma Dai at Mengjin Ferry and Liu Yin at Beizhong City. garrison.
Xiahou Ba couldn't help it because of this move.
You said that if Zhuge Liang still led the main force at Mengjin Ferry and besieged Wen County, Xiahou Ba would really not dare to act rashly with more than 50,000 county soldiers in his hands. He could only hold on to the city and stop the advance of the Shu thieves.
But now Zhuge Liang has led the main force to Heyang, leaving only Ma Dai with 20,000 soldiers at Mengjin Ferry, and only 10,000 county soldiers in Beizhong City. This is a good opportunity.
If Xiahou Ba can capture Mengjin Ferry and completely cut off the food and grass supply line for the Shu bandits' central army in their northern expedition, then the hundreds of thousands of Shu bandits in Hanoi County may become turtles in a urn and have no place to escape.
But the problem is that although this thing looks tempting, something feels wrong.
Xiahou Ba had good qualifications to begin with and was familiar with the art of war. After these years of experience, he has grown a lot. No matter how you look at it, it looks a bit like Zhuge Liang deliberately left a loophole to lure the snake out of its hole.
If Mengjindu cannot be captured, and Wen County is defeated by Zhuge Liang's return army secretly attacking Chencang, then the situation in Hanoi County will completely collapse.
Therefore, during the ten days when Zhuge Liang first marched westward to Heyang, Xiahou Ba was always entangled in his heart and did not dare to send troops easily until Le Wei led 20,000 soldiers to reinforce Wen County.
Xiahou Ba once again had an idea.
More than ten days have passed. Zhuge Liang should have led his troops to Heyang. His pressure on Wen County has dropped sharply. During this period of time, Zhuge Liang has not seen any return troops to reinforce Mengjin or Beizhong City. It can be seen that It may not be a scam.
With the arrival of troops led by Le Wei, reinforcements arrived in Wen County, and the number of troops that could be mobilized suddenly reached nearly 80,000.
Even if Le Wei's 20,000 men were left to garrison Wen County, it would still be risky to lead the attack by himself, but the probability of success would be much higher than before.
The situation suddenly changed and became beneficial to Wei. Xiahou Ba really didn't want to miss such an opportunity.
Of course, Xiahou Ba is not a brainless person. It is not that easy to attack Mengjin or Beizhong City rashly.
Mengjin's Ma Dai is good at using cavalry, and it is not clear how capable the infantry is. However, Mengjin Ferry has been repaired by Shu thieves for many years, and the various defense facilities are stable. It may not be easy to capture it in a short time.
Although Beizhong City is small and easy to attack, the defender there is Liu Yin, a general known for his good defense. There are endless defensive methods, and it is not that easy to defeat it in one battle.
Therefore, attacking these two places by force is not the best strategy.
Xiahou Ba thought about it and felt that he should still use the strategy of encircling the point and calling for reinforcements.
He first led a large army to besiege Beizhong City, attracting Ma Dai from Mengjindu to take the initiative to send troops to help. Then he ambushed the Shu bandits halfway and defeated Ma Dai's troops. As long as Ma Dai was defeated and then pursued back to Mengjindu, it would be possible to defeat him. Mengjin Ferry was captured in battle.
The Mengjin Ferry was lost, and the Han army's food and grass that entered Hanoi were cut off. With nearly 200,000 Shu thieves consuming food and grass, it would only take about ten days for these Shu thieves to lose their combat effectiveness and collapse without a fight. .
After thinking about it, Xiahouba felt that this strategy was still feasible, but there was one problem that needed to be solved - once he besieged Beizhong City, how could he ensure that it was Ma Dai from Mengjindu and not Zhuge Liang in Heyang who came to the rescue? .
Yes, Mengjin Ferry is closer to Beizhong City, but the problem is that the Shu thieves cannot not know the importance of Mengjin Ferry.
Although Zhuge Liang in Heyang is further away, Zhuge Liang has hundreds of thousands of people around him who can be deployed. Once Beizhong City is attacked, Liu Yin will hold on for a while and Zhuge Liang will send reinforcements from Heyang, which is the most correct response.
Therefore, if you want Ma Dai of Mengjindu to send troops to rescue Beizhong City, you must find a way to temporarily prevent Zhuge Liang from leaving Heyang.
This matter required Qin Lang's cooperation. Xiahou Ba quickly wrote to Qin Lang, telling him his plan and seeking Qin Lang's help.
To be honest, when Qin Lang received Xiahou Ba's letter, he was very hesitant.
Qin Lang is not very good at other things, but he is self-aware.
He knows his level. It's okay to lead troops to defend passively, but he has to take the initiative to contain Zhuge Liang. Are you kidding me?
That was Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu thieves.
Although, Zhuge Liang in this time and space is not as perverted and scary as in history. Many of his achievements were messed up by someone and distributed to many people. The point of "releasing the saddle".
However, in these years, Zhuge Liang guarded the Heluo area, and Sima Yi and Chen Tai had no choice but to defend themselves. This record alone is enough to prove Zhuge Liang's gold content.
Qin Lang has been guarding Hanoi County for five or six years, and he has the most intuitive understanding of Zhuge Liang. He doesn't think he can compete with Zhuge Liang in just these two moments.
Therefore, Qin Lang's tactics against Xiahou Ba are actually very doubtful. At our level, can we really retake Mengjin Ferry in one battle and then force back the hundreds of thousands of Shu thieves led by Zhuge Liang himself? !
However, Qin Lang still has some tactical vision. After careful study, Qin Lang found that the tactics Xiahou Ba mentioned in the letter seemed to make some sense.
Indeed, the Shu bandits' military deployment in Hanoi County is somewhat heavy in the west and light in the east. If they can re-capture the north bank of Mengjin Crossing as Xiahou Ba planned, then it is really possible to defeat Hanoi in one battle.
And even if it fails, Xiahou Ba still has the capital to retreat to Wen County. If he continues to defend, the best he can do is to maintain the same situation as the current situation.
So. Do you want to do it? !
Qin Lang was very hesitant, so he found Bi Gui and discussed the matter with Bi Gui. Bi Gui said, do it! ! !
First of all, although Zhuge Liang is powerful, he is still a human being, and it is impossible for a human being not to make mistakes. Perhaps the loopholes in the military deployment of the Shu bandits are caused by Zhuge Liang's eagerness for success and wanting to open up the connection between Hedong and Hanoi counties as soon as possible. mistake.
Secondly, I have 20,000 Bingzhou cavalry in hand, and the entire Bingzhou is to the north of Yewang. If that doesn't work, we can continue to move troops south from Bingzhou, I'm afraid he will be a hammer! ! !
This time the Shu thieves attacked Hanoi County. Except for the reconnaissance cavalry, they did not have even half a cavalry.
If you put the great merit in front of yourself and don't take it, wouldn't you be sorry to God? !
Bi Gui is not stupid, he has just been led astray by the trend of Cao Wei in recent years, and he has been praised so much that he doesn't know what to say.
As the nine-level Zhongzheng system was slowly eroded by the wealthy families, Cao Wei internally flattered each other, and empty talk prevailed. In the early years, Cao Rui wanted to suppress it, but after Cao Rui passed away, Cao Fang came to power, and Cao Shuang took power to assist the government, these people like to flatter each other. One by one, Cao Shuang promoted everyone to power. It’s strange that the atmosphere is good.
Bi Gui was a bit better before, at best his military skills were poor, and his political abilities were still acceptable, otherwise he would not have been valued by Cao Rui and left the town to be the governor of the state.
But, over the years, Bi Gui has been hanging out with people from Cao Shuang's group. After being praised a few times, he really became famous. Zhuge Liang is a famous person in the world, and Bi Gui is also a famous person in the world. Who is worse than the other? !
Bi Gui really thought so, he really didn't think he was any worse than Zhuge Liang! ! !
Furthermore, Bi Gui actually urgently needs to have a credit to gain face for himself and the interest groups he represents behind him.
Although Bi Gui is not strictly a talent promoted by Cao Shuang, Bi Gui and Cao Shuang are political allies and their interests are consistent.
Don't look at it. Cao Shuang finally put down his arrogance and went to the door in person to ask Sima Yi to come out. In fact, Cao Shuang felt awkward in his heart.
Therefore, Cao Shuang still hopes that his people can get some credit before Sima Yi can, and at least save his face.
As for this matter, we can only rely on Bi Gui.
There was no way, most of Cao Shuang's confidants or allies were in Yecheng, and the only one who actually held military power outside was Bi Gui.
As for the Sima family, Sima Yi is now leading troops to Wei County to defend Zhangxi, and Sima Division is fighting in the north of Hedong County. As long as one of the two father and son makes some breakthroughs and defeats the Shu thieves in the future, he will be rewarded based on his merits. The Sima family is still making money, and Sima Yi is bound to return to the court.
Therefore, Cao Shuang also needed his confidants to establish meritorious deeds so that he could be promoted in the future to check and balance Sima Yi. Therefore, Cao Shuang still wrote to Bi Gui privately, hoping that he could find opportunities to make more meritorious deeds. It would be best to establish enough before Sima Yi made meritorious deeds. Meritorious service.
And people like Bi Gui who like empty talk usually have a low morale. He is not a person who is willing to be inferior to others. He didn't see the opportunity before, but now that he sees the opportunity, can Bi Gui let it go easily? !
For this reason, Bi Gui tried his best to persuade Qin Lang to send troops, and said that he could immediately mobilize Bingzhou County soldiers to go south, and at the same time send Bingzhou cavalry as the vanguard to counterattack Heyang first! ! !
In order to achieve meritorious service, Bi Gui also risked his life.
(End of chapter)
