Chapter 687: Reorganizing the Cavalry
Is the land of Hebei heavy? Of course it's important!
Emperor Guangwu took the world, relying on the land of Hebei; The world is not chaotic, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao discussed the situation in the world, and they fell in love with Hebei at a glance, he said: "I am based on the river in the south, the Yan Dynasty in the north, and the people of Rong Di, and the south to fight for the world, can you help?" At that time, Cao Cao actually wanted to be in Hebei, but Yuan Shao asked him, can he compete for land with his eldest brother? So he had no choice but to say: "I am the intelligence of the world, and I can do everything with the Tao." The words were beautiful, but they were not sincere, and as soon as he killed Yuan Shao, he moved his base camp to Yecheng, which Yuan Shao had operated for many years, and never moved his nest again.
Jizhou is the Xiongzhou of the world, with Taihang in the west, Yanshan in the north, the sea in the east, and the big river in the south.
But is that enough? Of course not enough!
Hebei is strong, but strategically speaking, it is very disadvantageous. If it is an enterprising regime based on Hebei's strength, it can expand in four directions, but if a declining regime is trapped in Hebei, it will be attacked from all sides, and sooner or later it will be a defeat.
What's more, it also involves moving the capital. For example, if the five capitals are today, Chang'an has been lost, Luoyang, Xuchang and Qiaojun are all in Henan, and only Yecheng is left in the Great Wei, wouldn't it be a loss of face? When the time comes, it will not only be the land that will be lost, but also the hearts and minds of the people. was originally the strongest of the Three Kingdoms, but now he is retreating to Hebei and is satisfied with secession, so who else will believe that Great Wei is orthodox?
It is absolutely impossible to make a decision, Cao Rui does not dare to do such a big gamble.
Between the upper and middle strategies, Cao Rui hesitated. The problem is not anything else. But Xiangyang and Fancheng are too important. There is a prerequisite for Sima Yi's strategy to succeed, that is, after Shu Han gets Xiangyang, Sun Quan will change his mind because Shu Han threatens his survival. This is indeed possible, Sun Quan attacked and killed Guan Yu for this reason. Once the Wei front retreated, the pressure on Sun Quan and Li Yan became smaller, and the contradictions between them would become greater, and it was not impossible to turn to killing each other.
The question is, is this bound to happen? If they don't appear, won't Xiangyang and Fancheng be lost in vain? Xiangyang and Fancheng were lost. It's just that Wancheng can't hold it. The situation could quickly turn into a big gamble.
The middle strategy seems to be the most secure, but this is a great test of Wei's national strength, and the army has been stalemate for a long time. A large amount of grain and grass needs to be consumed. Spring is coming soon. If you can't spring plough in time. There is bound to be a famine in the fall. What makes Cao Rui even more troublesome is that if he is trapped in Nanyang for a long time, once the Jianghuai battle situation is unfavorable. The back road is cut off, so what should I do? Hebei is not a peaceful place, it is one of the places where the big families are concentrated, and if they lose direct control, God knows what those people can do. If Hebei is in chaos, the world will also be in chaos.
Cao Rui didn't answer Sima Yi immediately, he had to weigh it carefully. Sima Yi was not surprised, and left calmly. When he returned to his camp, Sima Zhao immediately greeted him and asked impatiently, "Father, how is it?" β
Sima Yi glanced at Sima Shi sitting in the tent, took off his helmet and handed it to Sima Zhao, sat in front of the desk, and then asked, "Ziyuan, guess." β
Sima Shi thought for a while: "In my opinion, Bixia will definitely not take the next policy, and he will not gamble with the world." Between the top strategy and the middle strategy, I think he will take the best strategy. β
"Oh? weishenmeοΌ β
"If it's the best policy, the biggest possibility is to lose Xiangyang, Fancheng, and even Nanyang. But if he takes the middle way, he will face Wei Ba directly. Sima Shi laughed: "If he defeats Wei Ba, it won't do him any good, but if he loses to Wei Ba and loses Wancheng, he will lose face." Moreover, the war situation is stalemate until now, and the world's wealth will be exhausted, isn't he worried about changes in Hebei? What if Lu Xun and Zhao Tong entered Yingchuan and occupied Kunyang? Therefore, I think he will take the best step and hand over the battle in Nanyang to my father and son, while he will get out and return to Luoyang himself. β
Sima Yi smiled silently, and Sima Shi asked rhetorically, "What does Father think?" β
"The best policy and the middle policy, the number of five or five. However, you think that Bixia will take the best policy because she cares about her face, I don't agree. It is possible to worry about changes in Hebei. As for how he chooses, let's wait and see. Perhaps, depending on Liu Ziyang's attitude, Bixia has always trusted him, and at such times, his opinion is very important. β
Sima Shi nodded, Sima Zhao looked at his father, and then at his brother, wanting to ask but embarrassed to ask.
As Sima Yi expected, Cao Rui consulted Liu Ye and others, some of these people from the perspective of political struggle, suggested that Cao Rui return to Luoyang, stabilize the court, and temporarily hand over Nanyang to Sima Yi or others, and some from a military point of view, suggested that Cao Rui stick to Fancheng and persevere, Wu Shu is also exhausted, and if he persists for a while, there may be a turnaround.
Accounts vary.
It was Liu Ye who made Cao Rui make up his mind.
Liu Ye asked Cao Rui a word: What if Li Yan stopped after taking Fancheng, stopped moving forward, and turned to focus on managing Jingxiang and recuperating? Sun Quan attacked Guan Yu back then, on the one hand, of course, because Jing Xiang was important, and Guan Yu got Jingzhou, which was not good for Eastern Wu, but on the other hand, it was also because Guan Yu was too arrogant and didn't know how to have a good relationship with Sun Quan.
Although Li Yan was also a little arrogant, he did not have a direct conflict with Sun Quan, on the contrary, he also had Wei Ba by his side to help him plan. Wei Ba had just had a hard fight with Sun Quan, and in the blink of an eye, he asked Zhao Tong to marry Sun Luban, if he was not sure that he had a good relationship with Sun Quan, would he risk entering Nanxiang, he was not afraid that Sun Quan would cut off his back road?
Don't forget, now that Zhao Tong is with Lu Xun, this time Wu Shu is a joint army in the essence of the word, no matter how Li Yan and Wei Ba did it, this is a fact. If Guan Yu would have done the same back then, would he have ended up like that? Pinning hopes on Wu Shu's confrontation is inevitably a little unreliable, so it is better to defend instead of attack and wait for a turnaround.
Cao Rui accepted Liu Ye's suggestion, leaving Sima Yi to stick to Fancheng and return to Wancheng by himself. However, he added 10,000 men to Sima Yi, including 3,000 Yuyang Tucai.
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Two thousand horsemen galloped on the riverbank, their hooves kicking up the dry dust. Roll up an earth dragon, soar into the sky, and gallop from a distance.
"Points!" Tang Qianyu sat on the war horse, shouted lightly, and ordered the flag soldiers to wave the colorful flags, and the galloping cavalry quickly divided into two teams, like a torrent meeting a boulder, divided into two strands, and galloped smoothly to both sides. The knights deflected their bodies on their horses, and their movements were skillful and free. Cooperate tacitly.
"Hey!" Tang Qianyu ordered again. The cavalry converged again, merged into one stream, and came closer and closer.
"Stay!" Tang Qianyu raised his hand and shook it gently. The drums of war changed. Slow down. The cavalrymen slowly pulled the reins. The war horses gradually slowed down, and the front of the war horse ridge stopped their steps, and the knights raised their hands. Salute Wei Ba and the others on the ridge.
Wei Ba smiled and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, Qianyu, your ability to ride and fight has not fallen." β
"Alas, these people can only look at it, if they really want to go into battle and kill, it's not so easy." Tang Qianyu said regretfully: "It's a pity that the cavalry trained by General Zhao himself was all thrown in Duyang by Ma Dai. Ma Jiajun, really, I don't think he is as good as Miss Ma's ability. β
"Which horse girl?"
"Which other horse girl, Ma Wenshan." Guan Feng picked up the conversation and glanced at Wei Ba.
Wei Ba looked at her blankly: "I know that Ma Wenshan's riding skills are good, but can she practice?" Being able to ride a horse and being able to use cavalry are two different things. β
"It's okay, but it's definitely not as smart as Ma Dai, after all, I don't have any practical experience." Guan Feng gave Wei Ba a look and asked him to pay attention to Tang Qianyu's emotions. In fact, Wei Ba also saw that these people from Guanzhong all complained about Zhuge Liang, not that Zhuge Liang was bad, but their positions were different, especially in the battle of Duyang, where thousands of elite cavalry were lost in the hands of Ma Dai, which was a tragic lesson that many people could not forget.
"Soldiers are trained and fought, and it's too early to go into battle, but it should not be a problem to be used as scouts, send news, and intercept grain roads, right?"
"Of course." Tang Qianyu raised his eyebrows, and said proudly: "Two-thirds of these people are the Wei family's subordinates, and they are the strongest foot soldiers when they get off the horse, although they dare not say that they are the strongest horsemen when they get on the horse, they are not worse than ordinary knights." β
"Then I'll have it." Wei Ba nodded with satisfaction. After obtaining more than 2,000 war horses from Guo Li, he immediately set about forming his own cavalry. Wei Wu brought two thousand trilogies from Guanzhong, many of which were used to learn cavalry tactics with Zhao Yun with Tang Qianyu, and now they are all added to these cavalry.
Wei Ba also selected one-third of the knights whose hometowns were in Guanzhong and Longyou from among the Wei knights who surrendered. Everyone knows that this time Wei was attacked on three sides, and Longyou probably couldn't keep it, so these knights didn't have much resistance to joining Wei Ba's cavalry and fighting for Wei Ba. If it weren't for the fact that Guo Li was Mrs. Guo's uncle, Guo Li himself might have surrendered, and Xiping suffered a lot of losses in the rebellion that year. With his acquiescence and connivance, those knights from Xiping all joined Wei Ba's team.
In this way, Wei Ba established a cavalry of 2,000 people, with Tang Qianyu as the cavalry horseman. In the past few days, Wei Ba has been preparing for the battle in Wuguan and watching cavalry training, and his life has been very fulfilling.
Ding Feng ran over from a distance and handed Wei Ba two military newspapers. Wei Ba took the military report and read it, frowned, and his smile disappeared: "Cao Rui has returned to Wancheng." β
When Guan Feng and Tang Qianyu heard this, they asked in unison, "Then didn't we lose the opportunity to attack Wancheng?" β
Wei Ba nodded, and shook his head again...... (To be continued......)
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