Sun Quan made arrangements and immediately wrote an edict. On the one hand, he sent someone to Lu Xun to inform him of his intention to arrange for Pan Jun to be his deputy general, so as to avoid Lu Xun's suspicion. On the other hand, he urgently summoned Fei Yi. Fei Yi did not follow Zhuge Liang to Guanzhong. , he has been living in Wuchang and is responsible for liaison and communication with Wu State to ensure that there will be no new misunderstandings between the two parties.
Sun Quan informed Fei Yi of the current situation. Wei Ba broke the treaty, invaded Jiaozhou, and is now attacking Yanguan. Lu Xun therefore retaliated and was rushing to Chenyang. If nothing else happens, he may have occupied Chenyang. In this conflict, Both sides are responsible, but in the final analysis it was Wei Ba who provoked it first. Jiaozhou belongs to our Wu State, and Lingling also belongs to our Wu State. If he goes to tighten the pass, he is provoking trouble. If something goes wrong, you have to bear the responsibility. All responsibilities.
Facing Sun Quan's accusation, Fei Yi did not make any comment. He calmly said to Sun Quan, I can't just listen to the king's words. Wei Ba is reckless and impulsive, but we can't unjustly accuse him because of this. I will personally Rush to Yanguan, ask Wei Ba face to face, and then reply to the king.
Sun Quan had already prepared for Fei Yi's response. What did Wei Ba do? Make trouble. It left Wu State with no spare power to cooperate with Wei State in attacking Shu Han, so as to reduce Zhuge Liang's pressure in Guanzhong. To cause trouble, of course he had to delay time. Now The situation in Guanzhong is tense, how could Fei Yi easily agree to his withdrawal from Wei Ba. There are only two possibilities for Zhuge Liang to withdraw from Wei Ba. One is that the Shu Han in Guanzhong are defeated miserably, and Zhuge Liang needs the support of Wei Ba's troops. The other is the situation in Guanzhong. In the stalemate, Zhuge Liang needs Wu to coordinate, flank Wei, and force Wei to withdraw its troops. If Zhuge Liang wins a great victory in Guanzhong, then Wei Ba will not have to go back. Zhuge Liang will definitely let him capture Jingzhou in one go, and then seize Jiangdong. Complete destruction Sun Wu.
Therefore, Sun Quan sent Zhuge Jin to see Zhuge Liang and tell him his strategic intentions. If you don't recall Wei Ba, it will be like declaring war with Wu State. I will not give you time to think about it. I will directly join forces with Wei State. .Even if I don't have enough troops now and it's impossible to invade Yizhou in a large scale, I can still send people to attack Xincheng. It won't be a problem to contain your troops in Xiangyang.
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While Sun Quan was strategizing and deploying troops to deal with Wei Ba, Wei Ba was contemplating further actions at Yan Pass. After conquering Yan Pass, he received news from Liao Li that Lu Xun had gone to Chenyang. Wei Ba knew very well that Chenyang didn't have many soldiers. It would be easy for Lu Xun to capture Chenyang as long as he wanted to. But this was not a bad thing. Yan Guan succeeded and the Xiongxi tribe fell under his banner. He had no excuse to go to war with Wu anymore. Now Lu Xun captured Chenyang, which just gave him an excuse.
He had an excuse, but the war situation was not necessarily very optimistic. Yes, he now has a strong army. If he wanted, he could expand his army to 50,000 people. The problem was that he could not afford to support so many people, so he wanted to support those who had just surrendered. The Xiongxi tribe was reorganized, and a thousand elites were selected from the Xiongxi tribe. The others were sent home. Seize the time and prepare for the autumn harvest. The Wuhu barbarians who were invited were also treated in the same way. The five thousand people selected before were sent home. He stayed, and the others distributed some loot and went home to live their lives.
Shi Kuang and Xia Houxuan didn't understand Wei Ba's decision to reject the troops. The more people the better when fighting a war. Why do you have people coming to surrender and then driving back? Although you were generous, those barbarians did not feel embarrassed, but Isn’t it bad to have too many people?
Wei Ba answered in the affirmative, no. Every time there is one more soldier, there is one less farmer. I have to provide more grain and collect less grain. How heavy is my burden after all this time? I would rather have less.
Recruit more soldiers, let more people go home to farm, and pay me for food. The fewer people who eat food, and the more people who provide food, the easier my life will be.
This issue did not cause Wei Ba much trouble. Neither Shi Kuang nor Xia Houxuan had any power to influence him. What Wei Ba was having trouble with now was that he had a reason to start a war, but he had no plan to expand the war.
Jin Dongliu and others suggested going east and south, capturing the entire Yulin, and then attacking Cangwu, along the southern foot of Wuling, and attacking eastward until they captured the entire Jiaozhou. Shikuang also suggested the same, and he assured Wei Ba that
He could help Wei Ba occupy the entire Jiaozhou. After all, the Shi family had ruled Jiaozhou for thirty years, and their foundation was far beyond that of the Wu people who had just arrived a few years ago.
Wei Ba believed Shi Kuang's words, and the Shi family had such confidence. But the problem was that he didn't have time. It was already the end of June, and the autumn harvest would be in two months. After the autumn harvest, the Battle of Guanzhong would inevitably break out. From what Xia Houxuan said
It was learned that the Wei State had been preparing for this war for more than a year and was determined to recapture Guanzhong. In order to gather all the power in Guanzhong, Cao Rui did not hesitate to bow to Sun Quan and not only sent back Sun Liu's head, but also gave him a generous gift
Sun Quan promised that as long as Sun Quan helped him contain the Shu Han, he would agree to him proclaiming himself emperor, and intended to divide the river to rule and share the world with Sun Quan.
Wei Ba also knew that although Shu Han had half a year longer than Wei, and the harvest last year was not bad, Shu Han only had one state after all, and was no match for Wei in terms of population or total wealth. In addition, the cavalry
The shortage of military equipment forced the Shu Kingdom to rely on the passive situation of defense. Compared with the flexibility of the offensive, the defending side always suffered a lot. Once there was any negligence, it was possible to be completely defeated.
In other words, the best outcome for this war is a draw, and the current situation remains unchanged. If there is a slight mistake, then Guanzhong is likely to gain and lose again.
Gaining and losing Guanzhong may not be so scary for Shu Han. Guanzhong was just acquired anyway, and if it is lost, it is lost. But the Wei family is different. In order to capture Guanzhong, the Wei family invested a lot of manpower and material resources.
Nearly half of the soldiers were killed in the battle. If they were defeated again in Guanzhong, the Wei family would basically be empty.
The Shu Han could afford to be defeated, and the Wei family could not afford to be defeated. Wei Bagen did not want to linger in Jingzhou for too long, and he was ready to rush to the battlefield in Guanzhong at any time.
Under such circumstances, how could he capture Jiaozhou step by step?
"Should we defeat Zhu Ji and enter Lingling directly, or should we turn to Cangwu and enter Guiyang?" Wei Ba said to Jin Dongliu, Xiangfu and others: "This decision is actually to eat Zhu Ji's thousand cavalry first.
It's better to avoid him. In my opinion, eating is not that easy, but avoiding him also doesn't agree. If we walk in the mountains for a few days, Zhu Ji may be able to arrive in one day. No matter how we hide, we may not be able to escape.
he."
"Then the general means to eat him?" Jin Dongliu curled his lips and shook his head. "General, although a thousand cavalry are not many in number, they are not easy to deal with. If Zhu Ji refuses to enter the mountain, we basically have no chance.
If you fight him head-on, you will only be beaten passively."
Wei Ba did not say anything. He looked at the others. Among all the generals here, the most familiar with cavalry tactics are undoubtedly Jin Dongliu and Wang Shuang, who surrendered from Wei. None of the Xiangfu and others have experienced it.
In large-scale cavalry battles, they simply cannot understand what a painful experience it is to have thousands of cavalry chasing you day and night. This cannot be solved by a simple comparison of numbers.
The best way to deal with cavalry is to ambush and lure them into terrain that is unfavorable to cavalry. Curbing the cavalry's impact ability and encircling them can achieve twice the result with half the effort. This is how Zhang Fei defeated Zhang He. But there is a prerequisite for using tactics.
, that is, the other party will fall into the trap. If the other party does not fall for it, no matter how good your strategy is, it is to act it out for yourself. Zhu Ji is indeed young. But he is not reckless. Last time at Longyan Beach, he had already seen Wei Ba's power.
Now that Wei Ba has easily captured Yan Pass, Zhu Ji is even more vigilant. He retreated directly to Quanling and guarded Xiang Pass. He made it clear that he wanted to use defense instead of attack. He was determined not to enter the mountainous area. If he wanted to lure such a frightened bird to attack,
The difficulty can be imagined.
Fighting, but not being able to fight, avoiding, but not being able to avoid, this is a big problem.
Wei Ba and the generals discussed for a long time, but no result was reached, so they had to let everyone go to rest. We will discuss it tomorrow. When he returned to his room, Guan Feng, who was sitting in front of the case and reading a book, came up to him. He looked at his face.
, and laughed: "Why, the discussion didn't go smoothly?"
"Well, it's really not easy to chase four legs with two legs." Wei Ba took off his cloak and handed it to Guan Feng. He walked to the case and took a look at the book on the case: "What book is this?"
"Shi Xie's "Spring and Autumn Annals"." Guan Feng said with a smile: "This person who has been a famous teacher is very clever. He has some subtle words and great meanings, but even if you think about it in a lifetime, you may not be able to figure it out."
"Do you really want to be a doctor?" Wei Ba grinned, lying on the couch, clasping his hands behind his head, looking at the blue-black roof in trance.
"If you don't want to be a doctor, why can't you study?" Guan Feng sat on the edge of the couch, stretched out his hand to touch Wei Ba's thin cheek, and frowned distressedly: "You have to pay attention to your body. You have been too tired during this period, and your chin is sharp.
Already."
"Really?" Wei Ba touched his face and sighed: "I feel too tired. I used to only think about gaining military power, but now that I have military power, I realize that this is really not a life for human beings.
Look, it’s really annoying for more than 10,000 people to eat, clothe, and have this and that. It’s better than before, even though I don’t have any power, I don’t have to worry about so many things.”
"You only know now." Guan Feng sneered: "I also heard my father say this back then. In the beginning, he followed the late emperor around, and he often had only a few hundred people under his command, and at most he had only a few hundred people.
Even a thousand people were enough to worry about. Later, when I was stationed in Jingzhou and had tens of thousands of people under my command, I realized how easy my life was before."
"Yeah, I'm under too much pressure." Wei Ba murmured, "I need to reduce the pressure, otherwise I'm going to explode."
"How do you want to relieve stress?" Guan Feng took a cattail leaf fan and fanned it again and again. A strand of black hair on the edge of his hair flew up in the wind and scratched Wei Ba's face, tickling him. Wei Ba glanced at her and said,
Suddenly he smiled and said, "It's useless to tell you."
"Who would it be useful to tell?" Guan Feng was not angry and responded smoothly.
"I have to tell Yuan Rong about this." Wei Ba sighed deliberately: "However, she is probably about to give birth now, so talking about it is in vain. Alas - it's so painful."
Guan Feng blushed and slapped him: "Are you men like this, thinking about... mating every day?"
"Don't say it so harshly." Wei Ba suddenly got excited, "Let me tell you, in addition to the role of reproducing offspring, it also has the role of reducing stress and promoting relationships. The four major functions of the room are:
Guang Si is just one of them, the communication between spirit and body is the most important. Do you know why illegitimate children are smart? It is the person who is most devoted in the affair that can give birth to the best children."
"Nonsense!" Guan Feng blushed and spat at Wei Ba, and stood up to leave. Wei Ba grabbed her and begged: "Sister, practice brings true knowledge, why don't we give it a try."
"You can go with whoever you want to try. I don't want to be so unclear, and I don't want to give birth to a child with no status. I will be ridiculed by others and be unable to hold my head up for the rest of my life." Guan Feng broke away from Wei Ba.
, turned around to run away. Wei Ba shouted: "It's better than this, sister, we won't kill anyone, and we won't destroy your chastity, isn't it?"
Guan Feng stopped at the door, but refused to look back. She turned her face sideways and her voice was as low as a mosquito's cry: "Is there such a way?"
"Of course." Wei Ba jumped up excitedly, picked up Guan Feng by the waist, kicked the door shut with his feet, and walked excitedly to the couch. As he walked, he whispered a few words into Guan Feng's ear.
Guan Feng screamed: "You are so disgusting!"
"It's not like you haven't done it before. There's nothing disgusting about it." Wei Ba chuckled mischievously, and regardless of Guan Feng's struggles and objections, he hugged Guan Feng and got on the bed.
ps: Wei Ba needs courage, Lao Zhuang needs monthly votes!