Due to the defeat of Yufu County in Soochow and the fall of Guiyang County, the Han army took advantage of the situation and attacked Jiaozhou County, which shocked the Wuchang government and the public. As a last resort, Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, sent General Zhuge Jin as envoy to Chang'an in order to negotiate with
The Han Dynasty re-established the alliance.
The allied forces of Wei and Wu intended to destroy the Han Dynasty in one battle, but not long after the war began, the Wu army suffered a major defeat, and the important task of destroying the Han fell entirely into the hands of Sima Yi.
August 26, the 16th year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty (AD 238).
Wuguan.
Wei army camp.
The unsuccessful attack on Wuguan for several days made Cao Wei's general Sima Yi very upset. At this time, he suddenly learned that Soochow was defeated. Sun Quan, the leader of Wu, sent an envoy to reconcile with the Shu Han, which made Sima Yi furious.
“It’s a fool’s errand!”
“It’s a fool’s errand!”
“It’s a fool’s errand!”
Sima Yi's roar exploded in the central military tent, shocking all the generals to the point where no one dared to speak out.
"Father!" Master Sima on the side was stunned for a long time, and then said calmly: "Father, don't be angry."
"The alliance with Soochow was originally just the icing on the cake."
After saying that, Master Sima smiled and said: "Even without Soochow, I, the Wei Dynasty, can still destroy Western Shu."
"Yes!"
"General, the eldest son is right."
Several generals hurriedly agreed, saying that they are currently fighting with the Shu army, and the commander cannot mess up his position because of Soochow.
After the generals finished speaking, Sima Yi's mood eased a little, but his face was still gloomy.
"Generals, don't be alarmed!" Sima Yi paused and then said: "I will definitely not miss my army's expedition because of the incident in Soochow."
Sima Yi's tone softened, which made all the generals breathe a sigh of relief.
At this moment, Sima Zhao suddenly said: "Father, I have a plan to make the Wu-Shu alliance fail."
"Oh???"
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
"What's my son's plan?" Sima Yi said, "You might as well tell the generals about it."
"Father!" Sima Zhao said: "When Zhuge Jin entered Shu to discuss peace, he should have passed through Yizhou via the Yangtze River and jumped over the Qinling Mountains to Chang'an."
Since Soochow wants to make peace with the Shu Han, Zhuge Jin, as an envoy, must not dare to pass through the Wei territory and enter the Shu territory. Sima Zhao continued: "My father can send several people to enter the Shu territory in disguise and ambush halfway, and wait until Zhuge Jin
As soon as he arrived, he pretended to be a Shu man and intercepted him."
"If Zhuge Jin is killed in Shu," Sima Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly and said proudly: "Can Wu and Shu still form an alliance?"
As soon as Sima Zhao finished speaking, all the generals exclaimed: "Young General, this is a very good plan!"
Taichang Gaorou nodded slightly and said: "If Wu and Shu cannot form an alliance, even if Sun Quan will not continue to send troops to contain the Shu army, I, the Wei Dynasty, do not have to worry about Sun Quan's constraints."
"Yes!" Sima Yi nodded after hearing this: "Wen Hui's words are reasonable. If Sun Quan doesn't take advantage of the opportunity, our army can attack Wuguan with all its strength."
This is what Sima Yi is most worried about. In this battle, Sun Quan is involved in the joint attack on Shu. It is not that Sima Yi is worried that the Wei Dynasty will not be able to defeat the Shu Han, but that when the Wei Dynasty attacks the Shu Han, Sun Quan will stab him in the back.
As a general of the Wei Dynasty, Sima Yi naturally knew his opponents very well.
Soon after the accounts were settled, more than ten people quietly left the Wei army camp.
As for Sima Yi, he continued to arrange soldiers and launched a fierce attack on Wuguan. Previously, he hoped to contain the Shu Han with Soochow. Now that Soochow has been defeated, now he can only rely on the Wei Dynasty to attack the Shu Han.
Moreover, Sima Yi knew better that there was not much time left for the Wei Dynasty.
Although Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan have not yet returned to Guanzhong, the news that the Wei army is approaching Wuguan is believed to have already reached Tang Yan and Dawan.
Facing the Wei's attack, whether it was Zhuge Liang or the Shu Han Emperor Liu Chan, I believe they would immediately withdraw from Tang Yan and Dawan, and then rush back to Guanzhong as soon as possible to resist the Wei's attack.
Therefore, Sima Yi now needs to race against time to open the Wuguan Passage before Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan return to the pass to aid.
Just——
Now guarding Wuguan is veteran general Zhao Yun. Although Sima Yi attacked for days, he was unable to shake Wuguan at all.
Inside Wuguan City.
After Zhao Yun practiced a set of Tai Chi, he suddenly felt refreshed. Just as he was wiping the sweat from his cheeks, deputy general Wang Ping walked in from outside.
"Zijun!" Zhao Yun said, "Can Sima Yi come?"
Hearing this, Wang Ping shook his head and smiled and said: "Hahaha, why is the old general so looking forward to the Wei army attacking the city?" As he spoke, he walked closer and said: "The Wei army has been attacking the city for days, and the soldiers are exhausted physically and mentally. Today, the Wei army has stopped fighting, and our army is just in time.
Take the opportunity to rest."
As soon as Wang Ping finished speaking, Zhao Yun sighed: "If His Majesty and the Prime Minister hadn't been fighting outside, Yun would have really wanted to lead his troops out of the city to fight that Sima Yi."
"The old general keeps getting stronger and stronger!" Wang Ping complimented: "It's just Sima Yi, why does the old general need to go out in person?"
"Is it possible that Zijun also thinks that I am old?" Zhao Yun was immediately unhappy and said, "Why don't Zijun compete with me to see if I can still fight?"
When Wang Ping heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Old General, please calm down. How can I dare to compete with the old general?"
Zhao Yun naturally knew that Wang Ping was just complimenting him, so he smiled and said, "That's all. Zijun came here in a hurry. Is there something important?"
Wang Ping was not on duty at the top of the city, but he came to him. Zhao Yun could naturally feel that Wang Ping must have something to discuss with him.
"Old General!" Wang Ping nodded and said, "I do have something I want to discuss with the old general."
"Oh!" Zhao Yundao said, "Zijun, please speak."
"Old General!" Wang Ping said: "The Wei army has been attacking the city for days, and it is rare to have a break today. Although our army can take the opportunity to rest and regroup." Wang Ping frowned and said, "Everyone in the world says that Sima is too scheming. The general is worried that Sima will suddenly stop fighting.
Are you thinking of some trick?"
"Yes!" Zhao Yun nodded when he heard this and said: "What Zijun said is absolutely true. In today's world, when it comes to strategy, Sima is as famous as the prime minister."
"The Wei army has stopped fighting, and our army can take the opportunity to rest and regroup;" Zhao Yun said: "But the sergeants at the top of the city must not relax at all to prevent the Wei army from suddenly attacking the city."
Zhao Yun naturally knew about Sima Yi's reputation. In the past few days, Sima even used three-bow bed crossbows to attack the city. However, in comparison, the Wei army's three-bow bed crossbows could not compete with the big Han's bed crossbows.
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The Wei army's bed crossbows had a range of about four to five hundred paces, and they were all single-shot spears. Although the Wei army also used gun tips wrapped in tung oil to burn the city, Han Emperor Liu Chan had already anticipated this, and had already planned it a few years ago.
All passes have been reinforced.
The most important thing is that all the city gates at the passes are watered with cement. This is also because when he heard that Kebi Neng burned Fanyang City Gate, Liu Chan ordered all the passes to water the city gates with cement to prevent it from happening again.
This kind of thing.
Wuguan was the place most likely to be attacked by Cao Wei, so the Han Dynasty was naturally more concerned about this pass.
So in the past few days, Sima Yi also used Ke Bineng's method to plan to burn down the city gate with muskets, because the cement gate in Wuguan was considered aborted.
Of course, the three-bow bed crossbows owned by the Wei army were themselves obsolete products of the Han Dynasty. When the two armies just fought, the Wei army's more than a hundred three-bow bed crossbows were pushed to the front of the formation, and the more than a hundred three-bow bed crossbows at the head of Wuguan City were also prepared.
Ready.
After a duel, the Han army's three-bow bed crossbows could directly suppress the Wei army, because not only did the Han army's bed crossbows have a range greater than that of the Wei army, but the Han army's bed crossbows were no longer single-shot crossbows, and dozens of them could be fired at a time.
The feather arrow shoots five to six hundred steps.
The so-called rain of arrows, the Han army achieved the ultimate.
This was also the case in the past few days. Although the Wei army made repeated attacks, it was difficult for them to approach Wuguan.
With this powerful multi-shot crossbow, it is naturally difficult for Sima Yi to break through the Wuguan guarded by Zhao Yun.
However, the Wei army did not come out to attack the city again today, which made Wang Ping a little worried. He was worried that Sima Yi was thinking of some scheme. After all, this man was very clever and had a lot of tricks.
Just——
Zhao Yun and Wang Ping were nervous for a long time. In the afternoon, they realized that they were too worried, because in the afternoon, the Wei army launched another attack on Wuguan.
However, facing the hail of arrows, the Wei army was still unable to move forward.
"Father!"
In front of the Wei army's formation, Sima Zhao was worried and said: "The Shu army is raining arrows so densely, how can our army get close to the city?"
This is not the first day like this.
From the first day of the attack on Wuguan, the Shu army greeted them with rain of arrows every day, as if they couldn't use up their arrows.
Sima Yi also frowned, but he had no other choice.
"The Shu army is raining arrows so densely that our army can hardly move forward. What can we do?" Sima Zhao continued: "Father, please think of a way quickly."
Sima Yi was in trouble. He had been thinking of a way almost every day these days. However, facing the overwhelming rain of arrows, he could not let his soldiers charge to the death. But if he did not charge, the Wei army could only look at the city and sigh.
I originally thought that by shooting at each other, I could create pressure on the Shu army and then take the opportunity to attack the city.
However, this pair of shots discovered that if the Wei army wanted to shoot to the top of the city, they needed to push the bed crossbow to a distance of 400 steps from Wuguan. However, if pushed to this distance, the Wei army's bed crossbow would all be exposed to the Shu army.
Within the range of the arrow rain.
What to do?
What can I do?
After several rains of arrows were fired, Zhao Yun waved his hand to signal to stop shooting temporarily. He said with a smile: "Starting today, except when the Wei army attacks, no more crossbow arrows will be fired."
"No!"
After these days of consumption, the Han army's arrows were consumed a lot, but not many Wei soldiers were killed, because the Wei army basically did not attack the city on a large scale, and only a small group of troops risked their lives to kill every day.
Seeing that the arrow rain at the top of Wuguan City had stopped, Sima Zhao was immediately overjoyed and said: "Father, Zhao Yun has no arrows. Can our army take the opportunity to attack the city?"
Just now, I was worried about how to attack, but now the Shu army suddenly stopped shooting, but Sima Yi shook his head and said: "No!"
"Why?" Sima Zhao was puzzled.
"How did you know that there are no arrows in Wuguan?" Sima Yi said angrily: "If our army rushes with all its strength and Zhao Yun launches another rain of arrows, wouldn't it be difficult for our army to parry it?"
Sima Zhao stopped talking, because his father's words were not unreasonable.
However, I look at Wuguan from a distance every day, but I can't launch an attack on the city.