At Jingxing, Zhang He led 10,000 fine cavalry across Jingxing, leaving the majestic Taihang Mountains behind.
Three months after the siege of Luoyang was resolved, there was no movement of troops from Soochow. Cao Rui was finally able to transfer Zhang He, a veteran general, to the Bingzhou battlefield. In addition, he not only replaced Zhang He's men and horses that had been lost in the previous battle.
, and also allocated to Zhang He a Bingzhou cavalry originally belonging to Zhang Liao, led by Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu. Among these troops were some old soldiers from Hanoi with party status. They were the soldiers who were sent by Zhang Liao to Hanoi under the orders of General He Jin.
Recruited from other places. After nearly fifty years of war, these people have changed from vigorous young people to gray-haired old people, and their number has also changed from thousands to dozens.
These people were sent not to fight, but to use their familiarity with their hometown as guides to guide the army through the mountains and appear behind the Shu Han army.
It has been more than three months since Jiang Wei and Wei Yan attacked Huguan. The Wei army has been unable to break through the defense line from the south and east. If Hao Zhao had not been experienced in defending the city, Huguan would have been lost long ago. As soon as Cao Rui was free, he sent Zhang He and others
The experienced veterans will solve the siege of Huguan.
Zhang He took a long detour to avoid Jiang Wei's defense, entered Taiyuan County from Jingxing, and then went south from Taiyuan County to attack the back of the Shu Han army. Zhang He knew that Wei Yan led 10,000 Xiliang Jingqi Zheng and Xiahou
Ba faced off and guarded Jiang Wei's left flank. To break the siege of Huguan, Wei Yan and his elite cavalry must first be defeated.
In order to kill Wei Yan as much as possible, Zhang He sent someone to notify Xiahou Ba and asked him to attack together.
After Xiahou Ba received the news, he was overjoyed. Although he had attacked many times during this period, Wei Yan was stronger than him in terms of combat experience and military strength, so he could not get closer to Huguan and could only watch Hao helplessly.
Zhao was trapped in Huguan and could not escape. Now that Zhang He had arrived, the Wei army had the upper hand in terms of both the strength of the troops and the commanding ability of the generals. He could finally feel proud.
Xiahou Ba was well prepared. After receiving the news that the vanguard led by Zhang Hu and Tian Fu had entered Lu County, he immediately led more than 5,000 cavalry to attack and charged towards Huguan with great momentum.
Wei Yan received the report and immediately sent troops to intercept. After getting the news, Fa Miao rushed to see Wei Yan and reminded Wei Yan that Xiahou Ba suddenly sent troops and showed no hesitation. I am afraid that reinforcements will arrive.
Wei Yan disagreed.
Fa Miao was helpless. He had followed Wei Yan for several months and had already mastered Wei Yan's temper. He was a scholar who had never been on the battlefield and was not even considered a military strategist. Wei Yan would not take his words seriously.
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Although Wei Yan was proud, he was not negligent. He expanded the scope of the scout investigation. He was prepared for contingency, and sent someone to notify Jiang Wei before leading his troops to fight against Xiahou Ba. The two sides were located twenty miles north of Huguan.
Encountered in a local area, the attack began immediately.
The two sides had fought many times, and they already knew the basics. Therefore, they did not make any more tests and went all out from the beginning. Xiahou Ba led hundreds of tiger and leopard cavalry to rush to the front line. Waves of attacks were set off, attacking Wei Yan.
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After half an hour of fighting, Xiahou Ba's offensive did not slow down at all, but became more and more fierce. Wei Yan felt something strange, and while he counterattacked, he calmly removed the main force from the battlefield. His vigilance was soon proven to be
Wisely, the scouts came to report that a large number of Wei cavalry were found in the northwest. They were coming quickly.
Wei Yan was shocked at this time. He knew that he had been fooled. Xiahou Ba's desperate attack was not to understand the siege of Huguan, but to delay him. If he did not take the initiative to withdraw the main force from the battlefield, but interfered with Xiahou Ba
At the same time, when reinforcements from the Wei army appeared, he was completely unable to fight back.
Wei Yan did not dare to neglect and immediately withdrew from the battlefield. At the same time, he alerted Jiang Wei that new reinforcements from the Wei army had arrived.
When Zhang Hu and Tian Fu arrived, Wei Yan had already left the battle. Although Xiahouba wanted to entangle Wei Yan, he was unable to surround Wei Yan due to lack of troops and could only watch Wei Yan fly away. However, they did not
Discouraged, he joined forces and pursued Wei Yan again.
Wei Yan had no desire to fight at this time. He was worried that these reinforcements were not all, and more reinforcements were coming. Before he understood the true strength of the enemy, he was unwilling to launch a hasty attack. He led the army to Jiang Wei
Get closer and prepare to counterattack with a large formation of infantry.
When Jiang Wei learned that Wei Yan had retreated, he became furious.
After besieging Shangdang for nearly four months, Jiang Wei saw that all the surrounding counties of Shangdang County had fallen into his hands, but Huguan could not be conquered for a long time. Jiang Wei had long been a little impatient. If he could not conquer Huguan in one day, he would not be able to truly occupy it in one day.
The war at Shangdang and Bingzhou cannot be regarded as a real breakthrough. For Zhuge Liang, who was under tremendous pressure and raised food and fodder for Chang'an, every day of delay was a torment.
Jiang Wei himself was also under tremendous pressure. Zhuge Liang tried his best to reconsider, and instead of using Wei Yan or Wu Yi, he was asked to be the leader of this army, which placed too much burden on his shoulders.
If he fails to complete the strategic mission, he will be the chief culprit and his ability will be generally questioned.
He racked his brains and thought hard, and came up with many ways to attack the city. He also threw more than 300,000 fire bombs, but Huguan was still firmly in Hao Zhao's hands. This seemed to have happened again.
A scene in Jicheng. A strong attack could not break the city. All we could do was wait for the city to run out of food.
Originally Jiang Wei thought that after three months, the will of the defenders in the city would be weakened, but after three months, the Wei troops in the city could not see any possibility of wavering. At this time, Wei Yan gave up the northern defense line again
, making him unable to restrain his anger and clashed with Wei Yan.
Faced with Jiang Wei's rage, Wei Yan was dismissive and sarcastic. The two completely fell out and had a big quarrel. Wei Yan led his cavalry out of the camp and found another place to set up camp.
Jiang Wei was very angry. He wished he could take over Wei Yan's military power and command it himself. Unfortunately, even with the Prime Minister's trust, he could not compete with Wei Yan's prestige. He could only look at Wei Yan's back and sulk. Before he could calm down,
Xiahou Ba, Zhang Hu and others came forward.
There were only 20,000 people around Jiang Wei, and after a long attack without any results, they were already tired. Facing the menacing Wei army's elite cavalry, they could only withdraw from the encirclement. Then, Jiang Wei received news that Zhang He led the main force to arrive.
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Jiang Wei was heartbroken. He knew that he had lost the chance of victory and could no longer occupy Shangdang, let alone complete his strategic intention of occupying Bingzhou.
In desperation, Jiang Wei announced his retreat.
However, retreating was not that easy. Zhang He led the cavalry in pursuit. Xiahou Ba, Zhang Hu, Tian Fu and others took turns fighting, almost treating Jiang Wei as a piece of fat meat. Everyone wanted to bite off a piece of Jiang Wei's body.
Come. They came and went like the wind, attacking Jiang Wei's position again and again.
Jiang Wei tried his best to fight and retreat. By the time Wu Yi came to rescue him, he had only ten thousand people left. However, when he saw Wu Yi for the first time, Jiang Wei let out a sigh of relief.
Instead of reviewing his own success or failure, he gritted his teeth and said to Wu Yi:
"I want to write a letter to impeach Wei Yan."
Wu Yi smiled bitterly and sighed secretly.
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Wei Yan's impeachment letter arrived at Zhuge Liang's desk before Jiang Wei.
After receiving the impeachment letter from Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang did not respond for a long time. He sat in the room like a clay puppet, motionless. He did not take Wei Yan's accusations against Jiang Wei to heart. He was worried that since there were a large number of Wei troops
The cavalry entered Taiyuan, and Zhang He was leading the army, so Jiang Wei's plan to capture Huguan was completely ruined. There was not much difference in the strength of the two sides, but the discord between Wei Yan and Jiang Wei seriously weakened the combat effectiveness of the Shu Han army, especially
When Wei Yan controlled almost all the cavalry.
The fundamental source of this contradiction is that Jiang Wei is not qualified enough. He arranged for Jiang Wei to be the leader, which aroused the resentment of generals like Wei Yan. Jiang Wei failed to conquer Huguan for three consecutive months, and I am afraid that he also disagreed with his generals.
It doesn't matter if you contribute. Not only are generals like Guan Xing who are later heroes dissatisfied with Jiang Wei, but even generals like Zhang Wei who have no background may not obey Jiang Wei's words. Although they will not openly oppose it, they secretly use it.
With small means, it is still very easy.
He wanted Jiang Wei to become famous in one battle, but in the end he pushed Jiang Wei to the point where he was beyond his capabilities. If he had personally led this army to attack Huguan, this situation might not have happened.
In the final analysis, this is still his fault. Rather than impeaching Jiang Wei for being incompetent, Wei Yan is accusing him of improper employment and nepotism. And I'm afraid Wei Yan is not the only one who wants to say this, but those people either don't have the confidence of Wei Yan
, or not as arrogant as Wei Yan.
Even the last glimmer of hope was shattered in the Battle of Luoyang. It was a complete defeat and there was no record to speak of. In addition to paying nearly 30,000 casualties and a large amount of food and baggage, the only result was that Wei Ba owed a large sum of money.
It also gave Li Yan an excuse to accuse.
Zhuge Liang could almost imagine Li Yan's proud sneer.
Two days later, the news that Jiang Wei withdrew from Shangdang and retreated to Zhiguan reached Chang'an, and people in the Prime Minister's Office were panicked. Yang Yi, the chief minister, Hu Ji, who joined the army, and others gathered to discuss how to shoulder the responsibility for the defeat. Now the Prime Minister's Office is working with
In the battle with the General's Mansion, he was defeated steadily. If Zhuge Liang takes up this matter again, the Prime Minister's Mansion will be even less able to fight against the General's Mansion, which will inevitably cause Li Yan's strength to further expand. The best way now is to use
Jiang Weilai should shoulder this responsibility. If it is not enough, then Wu Yi and Wei Yan should be added. In short, Zhuge Liang himself must be removed from it to ensure that the core of the Prime Minister's Palace does not collapse.
This scene seems familiar. During the Battle of Longyou, Ma Di was killed for this reason, but Ma Di was saved by Wei Ba. Today Jiang Wei was pushed to the position of the scapegoat, but he failed to stand up for Jiang Wei.
"We cannot let Jiang Wei bear the main responsibility." Zhuge Liang said in a hoarse voice: "Besides, facing a veteran general like Zhang He and facing the pursuit of more than 15,000 fine cavalry, Jiang Wei had no cavalry and could retreat unscathed.
It’s so rare. How could I destroy the pillars of the country because of my own interests?”
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