Throughout the history of war, both Chinese and foreign, before the emergence of artillery, a weapon that has a significant destructive effect on a city, there is no doubt that the defending side has an absolute advantage in a city offensive and defensive battle. As long as there are enough It is not uncommon for a city to be defended for half a year or even a year with food and troops corresponding to the size of the city, and it is not uncommon for a city to successfully hold on for more than a year.
In a siege battle, the casualty ratio between the attacking and defending sides is usually four to one to five to one. In other words, as long as the ratio of troops does not exceed ten to one, the attacking side will not have an absolute advantage. In fact, if there is no effective large-scale attack The city's equipment and even a ten to one strength advantage were not enough to conquer the city.
Zhuge Liang has 80,000 troops in Longyou, while Guo Huai has more than 20,000. The ratio between the two sides is four to one. In a field battle, Zhuge Liang has enough advantages, but in a siege battle, this advantage is not enough to rely on. Two months. It has passed, but Zhuge Liang has not yet received any good news, not even news that he has captured all the counties in Longyou. There is only one possibility. He has not yet conquered Shanggui, so there is no good news worth reporting to the entire army.
Although this result is not ideal, it is not surprising. After all, Guo Huai is also a famous general in the Wei army, but half of Zhuge Liang's troops are new soldiers. It is expected that he cannot take Shanggui in a hurry. From another perspective From a perspective, no news is not necessarily a bad thing, at least not bad. If Zhuge Liang did not besiege the city, but attacked by force, then it would be bad news.
When it is impossible to break through the city wall quickly, relying on superior forces to besiege the city and wait for the enemy to run out of food and cause chaos is the safest way, and it is also the best way Zhuge Liang can take at present. Therefore, Wei Ba and Deng Zhi coincidentally thought of Zhuge Liang's current situation. It is not surprising that the situation should be to besiege the city and wait for the enemy to collapse.
But the problem is that what Deng Zhi wants to say is not actually about attacking the city, but has a deeper meaning.
Deng Zhi agreed to Wei Ba's letter to Zhuge Liang, requesting to recruit soldiers in Guanzhong, and thus got the opportunity to lead the troops to guard Wuguan. They only formed a temporary alliance, each getting what they needed, but there was no telling how strong the relationship was. Deng Zhi even more It is impossible to break away from Zhuge Liang's circle of interests and join Wei Ba's circle of interests. In fact, even Wei Ba does not dare to explicitly say that he wants to fight for power with Zhuge Liang. He still holds the title of Prime Minister's Mansion and joins the army. It is just taking advantage of Zhuge Liang's lack of time to intervene in Guanzhong to seize the real power first and seize the time to cultivate his own strength. It is far from breaking with Zhuge Liang.
Under such circumstances, it is normal for Deng Zhi to be concerned about Zhuge Liang's progress and worry about Zhuge Liang's safety. What Wei Ba wants to remind him is that guarding Guanzhong is the greatest help to the prime minister.
Deng Zhi could not object to Wei Ba's statement, so he could only acquiesce in the fact that Wei Ba refused to help Zhuge Liang use his troops to march to Longyou, because in his opinion, Wei Ba had done his best to defend Guanzhong. At present, There was no spare energy to help Zhuge Liang.
An tacit decision was made in the few words they expressed. On the surface, it was calm and relaxed, but in fact, there was a murderous intention hidden inside.
Wei Ba is very uncomfortable with this way of speaking, but he also knows that this is what happens in officialdom. It is impossible to explain anything so clearly. If you can't understand this, then just don't hang out in this circle. .
Fortunately, they didn't have much time to consider these things, and Sima Yi's army quickly arrived at Wuguan.
After learning that the vanguard suffered a disastrous defeat and that even the general Hu Zun himself was trapped in the city, the city government such as Sima Yi couldn't help but be shocked.
"Deng Zhi? Who is he?"
Jin Dongliu was speechless. Who knows who Deng Zhi is? All he knows is that he is an old man about fifty years old. He has never led an army and should be a civil servant. God knows how he suddenly transformed into a general leading an army. And
In the first battle, Hu Zun and more than 4,000 elite Wei troops were trapped.
This point is related to the official system of the Shu Han. The Shu Han emphasized military affairs, and even civilian officials were often given military titles, which was much more serious than Cao Wei and Soochow. Cao Wei also had cases where civilian officials were given military titles. For example, Chen Qun never led troops.
But he once served as the general of the Fu army. But that was only an honorary title for high-level officials, and it was far less serious than that of Shu Han.
In the Shu Han Dynasty, many civilian officials held official positions such as generals and lieutenants. This does not mean that these people can actually lead troops in war. It is just a political slogan. So from Cao Wei's perspective, they only focus on those who really lead the army.
Fighting generals like Deng Zhi, although they have the title of general, are actually civil servants, and generally do not come into the scope of attention.
Jin Dongliu and the others knew about Deng Zhi only because Deng Zhi appeared in Wuguan City. They didn't know what Deng Zhi had done before. The only thing that was certain was that he had never led an army before, at least not by himself.
Master Sima immediately called for Peng Heng. He had the most opportunities to travel to Yizhou and should know Deng Zhi well.
Peng Heng did know Deng Zhi, but he didn't believe that Deng Zhi had such ability. No matter how talented he was, he didn't know that Chang Yu had once told Deng Zhi that he would become a general when he was seventy years old.
This question was finally answered by Peng Xiaoyu. Peng Xiaoyu's knowledge of Deng Zhi was limited, but she provided a piece of information that Jin Dongliu could not provide.
Peng Xiaoyu said: Judging from various signs, Wei Ba should have arrived at Wuguan. He even brought more troops and was determined to defend Wuguan. Otherwise, with a similar number of troops, Deng Zhi might not dare to take this risk.
.You must know that the infantry combat effectiveness of the Wei army has always been superior to that of the Shu and Han army.
After hearing this, Sima Yi and his son looked a little ugly.
This was the second time they faced off against Wei Ba, less than a year after the first time. That time, Wei Ba was just an insignificant soldier in the Prime Minister's Palace, but he led the Wu army into Fangling, completely ending Sima Yi's plan to surprise Fangling.
, making his thousands-mile raid a negative example, and captured the general Jin Dongliu alive. This time, they faced each other again in Wuguan, but before they met, Wei Ba first devoured his four thousand forwards, and even Hu Zundu
Caught it.
Sima Yi and Sima Shi looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Sima Yi shook his head, looking a little helpless, but Sima Shi became a little angry. After Peng Xiaoyu arrived, the news that Xia Houhui was captured by Wei Ba spread naturally.
When it reached Master Sima's ears, he also learned from Peng Xiaoyu that Wei Ba liked beautiful girls. Needless to say, Xia Houhui, who became a prisoner, must have been ruined by Wei Ba.
When he thought of this, Master Sima felt very uncomfortable, as if he had eaten a fly. He did not necessarily want to marry Xia Houhui, but his unmarried wife was taken by Wei Ba, which made him unable to calm down.
think abut.
"Wei Ba personally came to Wuguan. It seems he wants to defend Wuguan to the death?"
Sima Yi thought for a while and shook his head: "It's hard to say now. Although he defeated Hu Zun, he did not have the strength to defend Wuguan against the main force of our army. At most, he just bought a little time. Of course, no matter whether he defends
If you don't defend, we will all have to storm Wuguan. If we can't go all out even at this level, we will have nothing to answer to Your Majesty."
Master Sima curled his lips in disdain: "Cao Zhen was so incompetent that he was unexpectedly attacked by Wei Yan and destroyed those boats. He could only sit on the east bank of the river and left the important task of entering Guanzhong to his father. Is the Wuguan Road so easy to walk?
?Well now, Wei Ba himself has arrived at Wuguan Road. It is obvious that he has focused his defense on Wuguan Road."
Sima Yi stared at Master Sima and suddenly said: "Ziyuan, you have been a little restless these past two days. Is it because of Xia Houhui?"
"Father, how could you..." Master Sima said halfway, but felt a little guilty. In front of his father, he was far less confident than in front of others. He knew his son better than his father, and he knew very well that his father could understand his psychology. He lowered his head.
, murmured: "I feel a little uncomfortable."
"What's so uncomfortable about this?" Sima Yi laughed silently and narrowed his eyes. "A woman, even if she is very beautiful and smart, is not worthy of your being tempted by her. When I hired you,
Regarding the Xiahou family, it was just because Xiahou was favored by the late emperor and had the late emperor’s wishes that I had no choice but to work in it. Do you think I don’t know the late emperor’s intentions? Ziyuan, I originally thought you knew this and would not get distracted. No.
I think I have such thoughts now."
Master Sima blushed: "Father, it's me who is impatient."
"Well, just pretend this never happened." Sima Yi said calmly: "If she can't come back, that's it. If she comes back, just marry her as usual. If she knows herself,
It would be even better if you take the initiative to cancel the engagement. When the time comes, I will choose another wife for you. The most important thing right now is how to break through Wuguan. Even if we don't want to make meritorious deeds, we can't sit back and watch Wei Ba occupy Guanzhong, let alone
Let him keep us out of Wuguan. This is our second fight. No matter what, we cannot lose at his hands again."
Master Sima thought for a moment: "Father, what should we do?"
"What else can we do?" Sima Yi sat up: "Use the right combination to win with the odd. Since he is good at using the odd, then I will use the majestic formation to see how he can still use the odd."
Sima Yi looked at Master Sima with bright eyes: "Zi Yuan, Cao Xiu is not alive for a few days. Cao Zhen is not in good health. He suffered another defeat in Pucheng this time. It is hard to say how many days he can survive. If you want me to warm you up,
If the County Sima Division takes another step forward, this will be a rare opportunity."
When Sima Shi heard this, he immediately became energetic. He heard what Sima Yi meant. Among the top leaders of the three war zones in Cao and Wei, Cao Xiu was about to die of illness, and Cao Zhen had been ill. Guanzhong was lost, and the world was in danger. Even if the emperor was afraid of them, Sima
Mr. Shi, considering the overall situation of the world, we cannot suppress the Sima family too much at this time, the only general we can still count on. If we want to gain more military power, this is a perfect opportunity.
"Father, when will we start attacking the city?"
"There's no rush." Sima Yi twirled his beard: "If you want to attack the city, of course you must first make preparations for the attack. Immediately send a letter to Your Majesty to report the war in Wuguan and ask him to send more troops and horses. It is best to have more troops. Bring some warships. Of course, we must also remind him of any unusual movements in the direction of Fangling and Jiangling."
Master Sima understood it and agreed repeatedly with a smile.
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