Cao Shuang finally agreed to Huan Fan's suggestion and transferred the last 13,000 soldiers from Yecheng to Chaoge City to reinforce Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang. At the same time, he ordered Fan Yangjun soldiers to step up their march and arrive at Yecheng for garrison as soon as possible.
At this time, if nothing unexpected happens, Yecheng's military strength will only be empty for about half a month. But as we all know, when you think something is going to happen, there is a high probability that it will. .
Just when Cao Shuang had just dispatched the last batch of defenders in Yecheng, Yan Rou, the prefect of Daijun in Youzhou, sent an urgent battle report.
Daijun was attacked by Shu bandits.
What's even more terrible is that the Shu thieves attacked with not only infantry but also Huns cavalry, with a total strength of nearly 100,000.
This news was sent to Yecheng, and Cao Shuang's brain was going to explode. No matter how he thought about it, Cao Shuang couldn't figure out why there were Shu thieves coming from the north, and the total force was as high as 100,000 people? !
What's even more terrible is that Yecheng is now depleted of troops.
Fanyang County soldiers still have about ten days to arrive in Yecheng, and the last batch of imperial guards in Yecheng have already set off for three days. Even if they send people to call them back immediately, it will take at least about five days to arrive. Return to Yecheng.
During this period of time, Cao Shuang was really worried that if the Shu thieves attacking Dai County broke through Dai County and went south, there would be a big problem.
After all, Yan Rou said that it was 100,000 people, but Daijun's defensive force only totaled more than 30,000 people.
Moreover, the offensive side can concentrate the attack, but the defensive side must defend various parts of Dai County, and must divide its troops for defense. It will also take time to mobilize troops midway. This will obviously increase the contrast between offensive and defensive forces. If one does not respond in time, the Shu thieves will really can easily go south.
Cao Shuang, who finally felt a little more at ease, was now circling anxiously in the General's Mansion in Yecheng.
At this time, Deng Ai was indeed leading a coalition of 100,000 infantry and cavalry troops to attack Daijun.
Even Deng Ai did not expect that his contrary-strategic trip to the north and Bingzhou would not only put down the Xianbei rebellion, but also increase the number of troops, and directly gathered an army of 100,000.
Along the way, Deng Ai first adopted Wang Jun's suggestion. After leaving Shangdang County, he directly marched into Taiyuan County and persuaded Cao Wei's Taiyuan County Governor Lu Zhi to surrender.
Deng Ai went north this time. Although Deng Ai wanted to quell the Hu rebellion, in the eyes of Cao Wei Fang, the Shu thieves went north this time to take advantage of the situation.
The most serious places for the Xianbei rebellion this time were Yanmen County and Taiyuan County.
Of these two counties, Yanmen County is where Bu Dugen sends troops to attack, while Taiyuan County is where Kirby can send troops to attack. There is no other special reason, just because these two counties are farther away from the two people's hometown. Just closer.
But for Taiyuan County, this is not good news.
Jinyang in Taiyuan County is the seat of Bingzhou, and it is also the most prosperous place in Bingzhou. Affected by this factor, Taiyuan County is also the richest place among the six counties in Bingzhou.
This place has the largest concentration of Bingzhou aristocratic families. It is also the place with the largest population and is the essence of Bingzhou.
However, some time ago, Bi Gui transferred most of the soldiers from Bingzhou County to Hanoi County. In total, he transferred nearly 70,000 troops. As a result, the garrison strength of Taiyuan County was reduced from 50,000 at its peak to the current level. of about 18,000 people.
Among these 18,000 people, 10,000 still need to defend the prefecture and govern Jinyang, and the remaining 8,000 are deployed in various counties in Taiyuan County. This force is not an ordinary empty force.
Yanmen County, which is also responsible for border defense, has also been continuously mobilized by Bi Gui to move south. Now there are less than 20,000 troops left to guard this defense line. Let alone the Xianbei people, any barbarian would not be able to defend this line. Everyone will have a rebellious heart.
However, this time it was Xianbei Kebi who was able to seize the opportunity first, and at the same time gave up some of his interests and roped in Bu Dugen to send troops together. As a result, Yanmen County and Taiyuan County were attacked at the same time and were unable to respond to each other.
In addition, the Qiang people, Di people and other Hu people also took advantage of the situation and fished in troubled waters. This led to the Hu people's rebellion in the northern part of Bingzhou, which became larger and larger in scale.
As for Cao Wei, on the one hand, it was limited by Lu Zhi's personal abilities. He was better at civil governance, and lacked effective responses to sudden rebellions. He also lacked the prestige to intimidate foreign tribes. On the other hand, Lu Zhi's troops on hand were seriously insufficient, and in order to take into account the interests of the Bingzhou aristocratic families, he could not dispatch the garrison of Jinyang, which governs the state, to reinforce other counties. This directly led to the loss of all the northwest counties of Taiyuan County. They can only retreat to Jinyang to protect themselves, and at the same time seek help from Shangdang County and Xinxing County.
At this time, the war in Hanoi was tense. At the same time, Deng Ai led his troops into Bingzhou and captured Huguan in Shangdang County.
Dong Bi of Shangdang County faced Gaodu County and Huguan County and was successively captured by Shu thieves. He did not have enough troops and could only hold Changzi County, the county seat of Shangdang County, and had no time to rescue Taiyuan County.
At this time, Deng Ai did not attack Changzi County, but went northward towards Taiyuan County. In Lu Zhi's eyes, the situation he faced was that the northwest region was captured by the Xianbei people, and the Shu thieves came from Coming from the southeast.
You want to say that the Shu thieves are not here to take advantage of the situation, but who will believe it? ! !
Anyway, Lu Zhi didn't think he had any chance of winning in such a situation where he was attacked from both sides.
At this time, Deng Ai sent Wang Jun as his plenipotentiary representative to Jinyang to persuade Lu Zhi to surrender.
After meeting Lu Zhi, Wang Jun only emphasized two things.
First, the main force of Bingzhou is now going south and is trapped in the quagmire of the war in Hanoi County. Even if the war in Hanoi ends at this time, it is unlikely that Taiyuan County will have reinforcements arriving in a short time.
Lu Zhi has no chance of winning.
Second, regardless of the Han and Wei dynasties, they all wear Chinese clothes, but the Xianbei people in the west of Bingzhou are more primitive barbarians than the Huns.
After all, the Huns have been Sinicized by the Han Dynasty for more than 400 years. Especially the high-level Xiongnu people are basically full of yearning for Chinese clothes. But if Jinyang is conquered by the Xianbei people, they will not talk to you about benevolence, justice and etiquette.
After all, you, Lu Zhi, are Hua Xia Zhengshuo, a well-dressed man. How do you choose? Do you still need to hesitate? !
After listening to Wang Jun's persuasion to surrender, Lu Zhi only thought about it for about a quarter of an hour, and immediately decided to surrender to Deng Ai, preparing to welcome Deng Ai into Jinyang.
In fact, Lu Zhi knew a little more than Deng Ai.
Because Deng Ai is fighting alone, his intelligence system is lagging behind, and a lot of information has not been delivered in time. However, Lu Zhi has received a message from Dong Bi of Shangdang County and learned that Bi Gui died in the battle and Qin Lang was trapped in Zhi. County news.
Not to mention reinforcements, even the original main force of Bingzhou may not be able to return.
In this case, even if Deng Ai does not surrender now, when the Han army frees up its hands and goes north to attack Bingzhou, it will still be impossible to defend.
Since it will fall sooner or later, it is better to surrender now, at least it sounds better. I did this because I had to surrender in order to keep China's reputation.
Surrender is more dignified.
And not only that, after Lu Zhi agreed to surrender to Ji Han, he specially wrote a letter and sent it to Dong Bi of the Shangdang Party.
Now that he has chosen to surrender, Lu Zhi has to think about his future status in Ji Han.
Lu Zhi and Dong Bi had a pretty good relationship when they were both under Bi Gui. Now Lu Zhi has chosen to surrender. If he can persuade Dong Bi to surrender together, it will be considered a great achievement.
Obviously, Lu Zhi knew Dong Bi relatively well and knew that this person had never been a loyal and unyielding person for the Wei Dynasty. Especially when there was a ready step to step down, Lu Zhi believed in what choice Dong Bi would make.
In this way, even Deng Ai and Wang Jun did not expect that this offer of surrender came with a buy-one-get-one-free offer. When Deng Ai led his troops into Jinyang, he immediately received a surrender letter from Dong Bi of Shangdang County.
They captured two counties at once.
Of course Deng Ai was very happy, but at this time, Lu Zhi felt a little regretful. If he had known that Deng Ai had only brought less than 15,000 people, he might not have surrendered so happily.
Feeling a bit cheated.
But, I’ve already voted, and now it’s too late to regret it.
However, Lu Zhi was still a little worried about how the 10,000 people in Jinyang City and the 15,000 people brought by Deng Ai, totaling 25,000 soldiers, could repel Kebineng's attack and put down the Bingzhou rebellion. ? !
Over there, there was a coalition of 60,000 barbarians, both on foot and on cavalry.
You can't wait until this group of barbarians are wreaking havoc in Bingzhou and have completely plundered enough, and then retreat on your own, right? !
(End of chapter)
