Chapter 220: After Zhongliang
The offensive of the Wu army was very fierce, looking east from the city head of Yuxian, dense, layered, all over the mountains, overwhelming, the Wu army used almost all the troops, in a vain attempt to break the will of the defenders with continuous impact.
But this seems to be a kind of futility, under the command of Liu Yin, the Shu army defending the city is united, and the will is more solid than the city wall of Yu County, and the arrows and stones under the city are like rain, and the Wu army has paid the price of heavy casualties, and still cannot move forward.
The attack was frustrated for several days, and the Wu army was forced to stop the siege and retreat for thirty miles. The strategy of land resistance is to show the enemy weakness, put on a posture of retreating, and then lure the Shu army to pursue, and only in the plain field can the Wu army give full play to the numerical advantage of the Wu army.
However, these little tricks of Lu Kang, how could they hide from Liu Yin, although Zhuge Shang, Li Qiu and others strongly asked for a battle to attack, Liu Yin smiled and did not speak, but just ordered to repair the city, strengthen the garrison, and stick to Yunxian.
Zhuge Zhan's body was placed in the coffin, and Liu Yin asked the lord Bo Chen Shou to draft a recital, with Chen details, and Zhuge Shang personally escorted the coffin back to Chengdu.
On the day of the trip, Liu Yin was dressed in a vegetarian dress and saw him off on foot, which he used in this way to express his admiration for this loyal minister who died heroically. The three armies are vegetarian, and thousands of people are crying together, and they are mourning.
Yan Yu's body was also put into a thin coffin and returned to Chengdu for disposal by the imperial court.
It is foreseeable that Zhuge Zhan's death will be buried with a national rite and admired by tens of thousands of people, but Yan Yu's death is spurned by thousands of people, and his body is in the wild, and he was even beaten and scattered. The same death, but different treatment, Yan Yuquan was consumed, and he did not hesitate to go to the road of treason and surrender to the enemy, but in the end, he was ruined and discredited, and died without a place to be buried.
Yan Yu died. There was a vacancy in the commander of the right army, and before he was appointed by the imperial court, Liu Yin temporarily took his place. Several major generals of the Right Army, who were also Yan Yu's confidants and cronies, died under the knife in the process of counterinsurgency. Now the only one who can be regarded as a general of the right army is Ma Rong, the subordinate of the tent whose position is not too high.
It was precisely because Ma Rong stood up resolutely that day that Liu Yin was able to successfully defeat Yan Yu and successfully plot against the Right Army. Ma Rong was injured by Yan Yu's cane, and after a few days of recuperation, the injury gradually healed, Liu Yin called him to him and said: "Yan Yu's rebellion, thanks to General Ma's stepping forward, it was successfully resolved. General Ma came out of the sludge without staining. Loyal to the Han Dynasty, the contribution is indispensable, I have played the court, there will be a reward. ”
Ma Rong bowed and said: "Thank you for the general's support, Rong Shi is Hanchen, how can he be in the same stream with the thief, turn his back on the enemy and turn his back on the enemy, although Yan Yu threatens and lures." Even if he is forced to die, Rong will not change his will. ”
Liu Yin nodded approvingly: "The time is poor. Danger sees loyalty, but I don't know who General Ma is. ”
Ma Rong said: "My ancestor is Hou Ma Zhong, the general of Zhennan, Pengxiang. ”
Ma Zhong was a famous general in the middle of the Shu Han Dynasty, and in the Battle of Yiling, Ma Zhong was ordered to rescue Liu Bei, and was appreciated by Liu Bei, after Zhuge Liang took charge. Ma Zhong served as the subordinate governor, followed Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and made many military exploits. Ma Zhong's greatest achievement was still during his tenure as the governor of the capital, quelling the rebellion of the head Liu Zhou in the Nanzhong period. Decisive in handling things, standing side by side, deeply loved by the people, and also maintained a stable rear for the Shu Han court. Among the several governors of the Imperial Palace, Ma Zhong's prestige was the highest, and although his successor Yan Yu was known as diligent and capable, he was far from Ma Zhong in terms of merit and talent.
After Ma Zhong's death, his title was inherited by his eldest son Ma Xiu, presumably Ma Rong was Ma Zhong's youngest son.
"After Guo Zhongliang!" Liu Yin praised, "In this way, I will temporarily promote you to the rank of general, assist in leading the right army, and wait for the reward of the imperial court to come down, and then appoint." "After all, the Right Army is not Liu Yin's direct subordinate troops, he does not have the authority to appoint and dismiss personnel, and now there is a shortage of generals in the Right Army, and only Ma Rong can be used.
On the side of the Chinese army, although the main general Zhuge Zhan was killed, there were Li Qiu, the right governor of Yulin, and Huang Chong, the middle man of Huben, and there was no shortage of manpower, but in the battle of Qingyangpu, the casualties of the Chinese army were extremely heavy, more than 20,000 people were injured in half, and the establishment of many parts existed in name only. Taking advantage of the gap time, Liu Yin assisted Li Qiu and Huang Chong to complete the reorganization of the Yulin Right Army and the Tiger Ben Army, merging the formation, and enriching the troops, although the size of the two armies was reduced to two battalions, but the combat effectiveness could be significantly improved.
The casualties of the left army were not too large, and the establishment was not moved, and as for the lack of personnel, it could not be replenished for the time being, and I am afraid that we would have to return to Chengdu to make up for the shortage of troops.
After completing the reorganization of the three armies, the morale of the Shu army was completely renewed, and Liu Yin was naturally full of confidence in defending Yuncheng. But the defeat of Qingyangpu, this kind of loss is irretrievable, now the Shu army's strength is more than enough, but it is not enough to counterattack, if Zhuge Zhanken listened to Liu Yin's advice and stubbornly resisted, maybe it would not be today's situation.
But war is never hypothetical, it is often a wrong step and a complete loss.
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Now Lu Kang is facing a difficult decision, the plan to lure the snake out of the hole has failed, and the next thing is whether to continue to storm Yuncheng or retreat to Jiangzhou, the generals have different opinions and debates.
Liuping and Bu Shen (after the death of the Bu Xie, he took over his position by Bu Xian, commanding his subordinates) tried their best to support the plan to attack the city again, thinking that the Wu army must take the opportunity of the victory of Qingyangpu to take the city of Yuncheng in one go, and then enter Chengdu, now is a golden opportunity, we must seize this opportunity, take advantage of the victory, and destroy the Shu State, otherwise the snake will not die, it will be counterattacked, once the Shu State eases up, it will inevitably fight back and retaliate frantically, and the Wu State will be forever peaceful.
Sheng Man has a different opinion, that the sneak attack on Shu is over, although the battle of Qingyangpu annihilated a lot of Shu army, but failed to eat the main force of the Shu army, now the Shu army is ready, stick to Yuncheng, it is not easy to take Yuncheng, if the Wu army can not attack in Yuncheng for a long time, it will face the danger of being cut off the back road, once the supply of grain and grass is not continued, nearly 100,000 troops will be in despair. It's better to accept it now, retreat to Jiangzhou, preserve strength, and wait until the situation in Shuzhong changes again, and then march again.
The generals of the Wu army were also divided into two factions, one faction was the main advance, and the other faction was the main retreat, and the two sides were fighting for each other.
When the two sides were in dispute, they could only turn their attention to Lu Kang, the supreme commander of the Wu army's front line, who had just been promoted to the general of the town army and the governor of Zuo Dadu, after all, only Lu Kang had the final decision. (To be continued......)