Chapter 1254: Confrontation at the top of the city, confrontation below the city
Three days later, Feng Duhu finally stood on the top of Tianjingguan and looked south.
The undulating Taihang Mountains are endless, with layers upon layers of peaks.
The mountains are surrounded by floating clouds, and the autumn sun shines slantingly, and you can still distinguish green and yellow in the distance.
Further away, you can only see the gray and black forest covering it.
“Do you, the Central Protector, want to see Hanoi?”
Zhang Jiu, who was following behind, saw Feng Duhu's appearance and couldn't help but smile and ask.
It took three days to capture Tianjing Pass, and Wu Qianjun handed over a passable answer sheet. Zhang Jiu was in a pretty good mood.
Because the Wuqian Army was in the first battle, I didn't expect to be able to compare with the veteran elites such as the Tiger Infantry Wudang Army.
So he didn’t have high expectations.
Fortunately, the opponent this time is not too strong.
After all, the morale of the defenders at Tianjingguan was forcibly raised.
But this kind of compulsion can never be repeated and cannot last long.
Especially in Zhang, he followed Du Yu's suggestion and occupied the hills on both sides of Tianjing Pass first, pretending to make a detour to cut off the back of Guan City.
The defenders on Guancheng, whose military morale was already unstable, finally could no longer suppress their panic.
No matter how much the defender threatens, the effect will be lost if it is repeated too many times.
When the Han army launched another large-scale attack, the defenders completely lost their fighting spirit.
Hearing Zhang Jiu’s words, Feng Duhu also smiled on his face and pointed forward:
“Although I want to see a thousand miles away, how can I see Hanoi with the towering mountains blocking my sight?”
Zhang's eyes lit up, he took a step forward and asked in a low voice:
“Does the Central Protector have an interest in Hanoi?”
Where is that place in Hanoi?
That's Sima Yi's hometown!
At the same time, it is also the foundation of the Sima family!
"Zhongdu protects the Taihang Pass, and the most dangerous one is Tianjing Pass. Now that Tianjing Pass has been lowered, the Sima Division hastily retreated."
Zhang swallowed a sip of saliva, with excitement on his face, "If Zhongdu Hu leads the army southward, he may not be able to get a glimpse of Hanoi!"
It seemed that he had expected Zhang to say this. The expression on Feng Duhu's face did not change, but he just glanced at Zhang with a slightly strange look.
Zhang was startled: "Zhongduhu, could it be that the last general has not considered it well?"
"No," Feng Duhu shook his head, "I just thought of something."
“I don’t know what you mean?”
“Heroes think alike.”
"ah?"
Zhang didn't know why.
I heard Feng Duhu say leisurely, "Before you, there was someone who made the same statement as you."
Then he sighed again:
"I really agree with this strategy, but how can everything in the world be fulfilled?"
Zhang then humbly asked for advice:
"The final general is dull and does not understand the profound meaning of what the Protector of Zhongdu said."
After all, he was defeated and captured alive by an unknown ghost king, and then was tricked to the point of almost losing his reputation.
General Zhang has always been in awe in front of the Central Protector.
There is no way. Some psychological shadows, coupled with the bonuses of various rumors, are sometimes difficult to eliminate.
"Actually, Yuan Kai had proposed an idea similar to yours long before you, but I thought about it again and again and finally rejected his opinion. Do you know why?"
"So Du Canjun also proposed this idea?" Zhang was slightly surprised, and Du Yu's young face could not help but appear in his mind.
Thinking again of his proposal for this battle, I couldn't help but secretly thought:
No wonder Du Yuankai was able to enter the Zhongduhu sect and become his direct disciple. This son is truly remarkable.
“Yes, he also proposed that after defeating Sima Division, he would take advantage of the situation to capture Tianjing Pass, and then take advantage of the great victory to advance towards Hanoi.”
“This strategy really makes me excited, but it is impossible to realize at the moment.”
Zhang thought for a moment and asked tentatively:
“Does the Central Protector feel that the troops are insufficient?”
“Insufficient troops is one aspect, but more importantly, food and grass.”
Feng Duhu said slowly, "General Zhang, haven't you noticed that this month's food and grass are already half a month late?"
If it were delayed for another half month, I'm afraid there would be no way to capture Tianjing Pass without the front army.
“Insufficient food and grass?”
Zhang finally came to his senses.
With Feng Duhu personally in charge, the matter of food and grass for the army will naturally be taken over by the staff group.
As the general, Zhang only needs to lead the troops to fight, and does not need to worry about the rest, which makes it much easier.
However, they did not expect that the food and grass in the rear were actually tight.
It is true that I did not expect it.
Since he abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side, Zhang Ji's impression was that the Han Dynasty had always had plenty of money and food, and he never had to worry about logistics and food problems when marching and fighting.
"This battle has been fought for too long. All eight armies of Guanzhong were dispatched. How is this different from a nationwide expedition? The Han Dynasty was not prepared at all."
Feng Duhu's voice became a little deeper, "Otherwise, how could I have taken advantage of the Wei thief?"
The scale of this battle far exceeded everyone's expectations.
It is estimated that even Sima Yi, the instigator, did not expect that it would end like this.
On Jihan's side, all the infantry and cavalry came out, and Guanzhong, Bingzhou, Hedong, Longyou, Liangzhou and other places were completely emptied of troops and food.
If you want to continue the war, you can only use Shu, a strategic granary.
But even if it is necessary to mobilize the food and grass in Shu, how can it be so easy in a hurry?
Not only will it disrupt Feng Duhu’s arrangements in Shu, but more importantly, the road to Shu will be difficult to pass!
Just by transporting grain from Shu and then transferring it to the front line, there are really only one out of ten. This statement is a fact and is not an exaggeration at all.
Coupled with the long distance, it would be in a hurry to wait until the end of the year for Shuzhong to allocate enough grain and grass to be transported to Guanzhong and then distribute it to the front line.
At that time, it is already the coldest time. If not necessary, the soldiers should take a good rest.
This rest will have to wait until at least the beginning of next spring.
After spring, farming is more important than fighting.
The plan for the year begins with spring.
If the spring plowing work is not done well and there is no food stored, then people will starve to death.
Especially in places such as Guanzhong, Hedong, and Taiyuan, the past few years have been a critical period for the implementation of the New Deal.
If too many civilians are deployed to fight this battle, which affects spring farming, it will give some people an excuse to criticize the New Deal.
The troll will not tell you the facts or reasons, he just needs to seize the result and start trolling.
Why is it that when you implement the New Deal, the harvest is not good?
It must be the New Deal that doesn’t work!
What war?
Isn’t fighting something that lies ahead?
There is no rebel army in the rear, so where can we fight?
Can you come up with a better excuse?
Aren't you willing to be more careful even if you make excuses?
It’s because of your new policies that everyone can’t have enough to eat!
Therefore, it is said that soldiers are important matters of the country, and we must pay attention to them!
As one of the powerful people in the Han Dynasty, Feng Duhu had to consider the overall situation and even the future.
Rather than just looking at the immediate gains and losses.
Sima Yi, as the representative of the Guandong family, launched this battle between the two parties, especially the attack on Taiyuan.
It does seem a bit risky, and it doesn’t seem to be in line with Sima Yi’s usual style.
So, in addition to wanting to counterattack the big Han.
Whether it is possible that they also have the intention to disrupt or even interrupt the implementation of the Han Dynasty's New Deal is worth doubting.
After all, the Han Dynasty’s Reform was digging up the roots of aristocratic families!
Feng Duhu naturally would not tell Zhang all these things.
However, after knowing that the rear area had begun to struggle to provide food, Zhang Jiu could not help but sigh with emotion on his face:
“That’s it! I often heard that Jiang Shangshu provided food and grass for the army, and he has always had enough food and clothing.”
“I didn’t expect that even Jiang Shangshu can’t deliver food on time. It seems that it is really difficult to raise food.”
As soon as Zhang Ji mentioned Jiang Wan, Feng Duhu couldn't help but cough, with a strange look on his face.
How about saying that Jiang Wan is a real person?
If Jiang Wan could hear what Feng Duhu was thinking at this time, he would definitely be unable to help but say:
I have heard that Feng Duhu is very good at amassing money. Since Feng Duhu asked me to give priority to supplying food and fodder for the Tiger Infantry Army and the Armed Guard Army, I must have found a way to come to Feng Duhu's side.
Of course, Jiang Wan is not wrong to believe in Feng Duhu so much.
Because he has indeed thought of a way—that is, to kill a pig to celebrate the New Year.
Although there are still more than two months before the Chinese New Year, and the pigs in Shangdang are not as fat as the pigs in Hedong.
But when people are so hungry, how can they care about the fatness of pigs?
Besides, no matter how thin a pig is, there will always be a few ounces of meat on it, right?
If there’s not enough meat, why don’t we still have pork bones to make soup?
Isn’t this the right time to knock on the bones and **** out the marrow?
Kill first to fill your stomach and then talk!
Part of the latest batch of grain and grass was sent from the eldest son.
Obviously, Shi Bao had deeply understood what Feng Duhu meant.
At the moment, what Feng Duhu has to consider is how to preserve the results of the battle, rather than continue to expand the results.
Just when the war in Shangdang was calming down, Feng Duhu was preparing to dispatch soldiers to guard various passes in the city.
Yecheng in Jizhou, a city away from Taihang, is about to ignite a raging war.
Huan Fan, the governor of Jizhou in Wei State, who was standing at the top of Yecheng, pointed at the city and shouted:
“Sima Zhongda, you are the Grand Tutor of the Wei Dynasty and the auxiliary minister personally designated by the late emperor!”
"You don't want to be loyal to the country, and you don't want to fight against thieves for the country. Now, without the emperor's order, you lead troops across the state without authorization and raise troops to surround the capital of Wei!"
"What are you going to do? Are you going to rebel? Emperor Wu has long said that you are not a good minister because you are looking down on the wolf, but now you are helping the Western thieves and harming our great Wei Dynasty!"
“Sima Yi, you have a heart like a lizard, a wolf by nature, and your sins are so serious that heaven and earth will not tolerate you!”
"All the people who are loyal to the Wei Dynasty are willing to eat your flesh! You're a handsome man! You're an old thief with a gray beard! You will soon be under the Nine Springs. How can you face the three emperors of me?"
…
Huan Fan jumped around the city and cursed, and his vicious words continued.
If Sima Yi hadn't mastered the art of nourishing qi, at such a young age, he would have been scolded by Huan Fan to the point of having a cerebral hemorrhage, causing him to turn over and fall off his horse on the spot.
It’s just that since Sima Yi took the risk to attack Taiyuan and then saw that the timing was slightly wrong, he immediately diverted to Jizhou and surrounded Yecheng with lightning speed, so he naturally had a plan in advance.
Moreover, Hanoi County is adjacent to Wei County where Yecheng is located. With careful understanding, Sima Yi might know the situation in Yecheng better than Huan Fan, the governor of Jizhou.
Although Kuang Huanfan had long-term aspirations, he was dedicated to competing in the world.
Every time he pastors a place, he is at odds with his colleagues.
At the time when Qing and Xu Zhu were military governors, they had a housing dispute with Zou Qi, the governor of Xuzhou.
He even tried to use his power to kill Zou Qi, but Zou Qi reported him and was dismissed from office.
Later he was reactivated, but he was dissatisfied when he was appointed governor of Yanzhou, so he withdrew again soon after.
Later, Cao Shuang came to power. Seeing that he was a fellow countryman, he made him the governor of Jizhou.
But Huanfan was not happy because Lü Zhao, the general of Zhenbei and the shepherd of Jizhou at that time, came into office later than him, and his official position was higher than his own.
His wife Zhong was pregnant at that time. After some persuasion, Huanfan became angry and stabbed Zhong in the stomach with the handle of his Huanshou knife.
As a result, both Zhong and his unborn child died.
Huan Fan was a man, as his wife Zhong said, who was both "difficult to do well" and "difficult to do well".
It means that you can neither be a superior nor a subordinate.
Even if he is reluctantly appointed as the governor of Jizhou now, how can his temperament change so much that he can calm down and understand the affairs of Jizhou?
He stood at the top of the city and scolded Sima Yi vigorously, but the weapon of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons. After all, words and cannons are no match for stone cannons.
Looking at the army outside the city, it was impossible for Huan Fan to say that he was not panicking at all.
He was not afraid of death, but of not being able to defend Jizhou.
What is even more fearful is that as the governor of Jizhou, Sima Yi easily captured Jizhou without any precautions.
Helping himself to be wise, always strong and never willing to be inferior to others.
Now he is being manipulated by Sima Yi, and he is awakened from a dream by the troops approaching the city.
When people in the world talk about this matter in the future, I am afraid they will all laugh at Huan Yuan for his ignorance and lack of plan, and for betraying the trust of General Cao.
At this thought, Huan Fan felt that it was even worse than killing himself.
The most terrible thing is that he was indeed tricked by Sima Yi into "secretly hiding Chen Cang".
This fact is irrefutable.
Hunted, angry, regretful and afraid, Huan Fan naturally jumped to his feet.
He almost used the most vicious words he could think of in his life to scold Sima Yi.
Compared to Huan Fan's rage and incompetence, Sima Yi is much more relaxed.
At this point, he can no longer look back—although he has no intention of turning back.
After all, rather than being trapped in Luoyang and waiting to die, it is better to make a fortune.
If you can't defeat the Western bandits, how can you defeat General Cao and his famous men?
He didn't even need to think about excuses. General Cao himself brought the clues to his door.
"Huan Shijun, I and Cao Shuang were entrusted by the late emperor to assist the emperor together. Yi was in Luoyang, fending off the Western thieves alone, working day and night, not daring to slack off, just to serve as a screen for the Western Frontier for the Wei Dynasty."
"However, as a general, Cao Shuang took the young emperor to Xuchang, forced the queen mother to stay in another palace, destroyed the loyal and good people in the court, and summoned the jackals to the desk."
"Changes in court code, changes in government orders several times, things get worse, officials are in turmoil, and people are uneasy."
“In the general’s palace, there were many wives and concubines in the back courtyard, and seven or eight of the late emperor’s talented people were secretly taken for entertainment purposes.”
"He also faked the imperial edict and sent fifty-seven talented people to Yetai, so that the late Emperor Jieyu could teach them how to use them."
“He is good at acquiring Taiyue musical instruments, and bans soldiers from his arsenal. He builds a cave room, surrounds it with fine decorations, and gathers in it to drink and have fun.”
"His subordinates He Yan, Deng Yang, and Ding Mi were all ministers. They were elected by Yan Dian, and were appointed as school captains by Gui Si. They used their power to rule the country and divided hundreds of hectares of mulberry fields in Luoyang and Ye Wang Dian Nongbu, and destroyed Tangmu land as property and stole it. Official property.”
“Cao Shuang and the other dogs and eagles can be said to be monopolistic in power, act arrogantly and extravagantly, are disloyal to the royal family, and are not upright to humanity.”
After counting Cao Shuang’s many crimes in one breath, Sima Yi continued to have people proclaim loudly:
"Yi planned to join the party and attack Taiyuan. He once asked Jizhou for help, hoping to join hands with Huan Shijun to cooperate with the Wei Dynasty."
“However, Commander Huan and Cao Shuang are from the same hometown, and he was promoted by Cao Shuang, but he sat back and watched me lead a lonely army to fight in Shangdang Taiyuan without any reinforcements.”
“It caused the Shangdang to gain and then lose it, it caused Taiyuan to be unable to attack, and it made it difficult for me to stand alone against all the thieves.”
"Looking at Cao Shuang in Xuchang, he was in the rear, controlled the treasury, and supported a large army. Instead of being able to control the Wu invaders in the south, he surrendered Xiangyang to the Wu invaders."
"We, the Wei Dynasty, no longer have the advantage to control the Wu invaders. This is all Cao Shuang's fault!"
Huan Fan at the top of the city, before he finished listening, he no longer cared about the demeanor of a celebrity and started swearing again and again:
"Fart! You fart! You are talking nonsense, you are slandering the general!"
Hooping up and down, Huan Fan wanted to fly down to the city and stop Sima Yi's mouth.
But apart from shouting "Sima Yi is talking nonsense", he could not refute a single word.
The plausibility of scolding Sima Yi at the beginning was gone.
The reason is very simple, because the things Sima Yi listed are all facts and there is no fabrication.
Even saying that he sat back and watched the Shangdang war and ignored it is half truth.
Because Sima Yi did send a letter, saying that he wanted to attack Taiyuan from Jingxing.
But at that time, who knew that Sima Yi could actually march into Taiyuan?
Besides, the letter didn’t specify a time.
Based on their respective positions, he naturally regarded Sima Yi as talking nonsense and making a joke out of this unclear letter.
However, I didn’t expect that someone would make fun of this matter today.
“Idiot, idiot, as stupid as a pig or a dog!”
This sentence is another scolding of Cao Shuang and the Three Dogs of Taichung.
It is not said that the Queen Mother was forced to live in a separate palace, nor was it said that the late emperor recruited talented people as family servants, not to mention taking Taiyue musical instruments without permission, and banning soldiers from the arsenal.
Let's talk about "dividing hundreds of hectares of mulberry fields in Luoyang and Yewang Diannong Department, and destroying Tangmu land as property and stealing official property."
His mother’s wife!
Luoyang, Henan, the Wild King of Hanoi, those are all Sima Yi’s territory. Are you, the three dogs in Taichung, so poor and crazy?
Even the royal estates and farms in these places dared to grab them!
Furthermore, Sima Yi opened his eyes and let you do whatever you want in these two places. Haven't you ever thought about the conspiracy?
"Huan Shijun, I brought a large army here today for no other reason than two things!"
I could hear Sima Yi calling someone from the city:
“First, our army has been fighting one after another, and the soldiers are exhausted and very short of food. They have not had enough food for many days, and Cao Shuang has not provided food and grass on time and in quantity.”
“That’s why I came here today to borrow some food and grass from Ambassador Huan.”
"Secondly, I heard that Cao Shuang sent dozens of talented people from the late emperor to Yecheng to teach the late emperor Jieyu how to do tricks!"
"Yi is bold and wants to overstep his bounds today. He only wants to avenge the royal family. Please ask Huan to open the city gate and let Yi lead his people into Yetai to see what's going on."
As soon as Huan Fan heard this, he broke into a cold sweat!
Because there are indeed talented people from the late emperor sent by Cao Shuang in Yetai!
"Beauty Cao Zidan, your life is as refreshing as a calf's ears! We may be implicated and our clan will be destroyed!"
(End of this chapter)