In the last years of the Shu Han Dynasty, the general Jiang Wei was defeated in the battle against the great eunuch Huang Hao, and in order to protect himself, Jiang Wei led his army to a place called Puzhong. So where is the middle of the road? Shu Han's territory is so big, Jiang Wei chose to avoid disaster in The Middle?
In the fifth year of the Shu Han Dynasty (262 AD), the Shu Han Dynasty was in a marked decline, but In order to inherit the legacy of Zhuge Liang the Marquis of Wu, Jiang Wei still sent troops to attack the Sun of Taoshui despite the persuasion of the Cheqi general Liao Hua and others. However, the Wei general Deng Ai was able to let Jiang Wei succeed and quickly repulse the Shu army. After Jiang Wei's defeat, he retreated to Puzhong .
The approximate location of Puzhong was near zhouqu county in present-day Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province. The geographical environment of Dazhong is very complex, sandwiched between the Min Mountains and the Dieshan Mountains, and the Bailong River passes between the two mountains, forming a narrow river valley. Take Zhouqu County, for example, the altitude of Zhouqu is very high, the highest point is about 4500 meters, and the lowest is more than 1,000 meters. The Bailongjiang Valley is the lowest elevation in Zhouqu County. Because it is surrounded by high mountains, the temperature of Zhouqu can be called warm in winter and cool in summer, which is called Longshang Peach Blossom Garden, which is very suitable for living. In the middle of the river, it is hidden in the environment of "only in this mountain, the clouds are deep and unknown".
Why can't Jiang Wei fight a eunuch? There are two reasons for this. The apparent reason, of course, was that the later lord Liu Chan favored Huang Hao. But the deeper reason, the history books also mention, is that after Jiang Wei entered Shu from Wei, he fought wars year after year but did not make any great achievements. Zhuge Liang was Liu Chan's father and had a lofty status, and Liu Chan certainly did not dare to be arrogant. Huang Hao did not dare to his tail when Zhuge Liang was there. Jiang Wei has been fighting for many years without success, and there is no solid record to suppress Huang Hao, no wonder Huang Hao is not afraid of Jiang Wei.
Moreover, Jiang Wei is a martial artist, and the power play is far worse than Huang Hao. Before taking down Huang Hao's absolute strength, Jiang Wei actually reprimanded Huang Hao in person, which was equivalent to cutting off his own back road in the official arena. After leaving the palace, Jiang Wei regretted that he had spoken too much. Although Liu Chan ordered Huang Hao to apologize to himself, the fool could also see that Huang Hao was going to close the net against Jiang Wei. Huang Hao had already taken a fancy to Jiang Wei's position as a great general, and wanted his confidant Yan Yu to take Jiang Wei's place.
Jiang Wei was very distressed by this. In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he goes to find a person, Hao Zheng. Who is Hao Zheng? After the death of Shu, the later lord Liu Chan entered Luo, and Sima Zhao feasted on Liu Chan. Liu Chan said a famous saying: Here is happy, do not think about Shu. Then a minister whispered to Liu Chan: Hurry up and cry, just say that the ancestors' graves are in Shu, which leads to ridicule by Sima Zhao and others. The person who taught Liu Chan to say this was Hao Zheng. In the rendition, Jiang Wei asked Yu Zheng to calculate, and Hao Zheng told him: "Why doesn't the general tun soldiers learn from Marquis Tun Tian in Longxi in order to move later?" The reason why he wanted to raise soldiers in Puzhong was that the land in Puzhong was "extremely fat" and very suitable for farming. If the army does not have food, the enemy will not be in chaos, and it will not be possible to fight a war without sufficient grain and grass. In addition, from the perspective of military geography, Hao Zheng also tried to make Chen Tun's rationality in the army.
It was located in Longxi, very close to the Longxi counties of the State of Wei. Jiang Wei was in The Army, and when the grain was ripe, he could take the opportunity to capture the counties of Longxi. Once successful, Shu Han was able to get rid of its strategic disadvantages in the war with the State of Wei. Shu Han's occupation of Longxi and Liangzhou not only increased territory and population, but also cut off the strategic passage between the Wei state and the western region. The State of Wei would be forced to undergo strategic contraction, and the strategic advantage vacated by the State of Wei would be monopolized by the Shu Han. After the Loss of Liangzhou, Guanzhong of the State of Wei was blocked by the Yellow River in the east, and was very passive strategically.
If the Shu Han Dynasty took the land of Guanxi (west of Tongguan), it would form a situation in which the three kingdoms of Northern Zhou, Northern Qi, and Chen were established in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties. Among the later three kingdoms, Northern Zhou was the strongest, because Northern Zhou occupied Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Xichuan. The Sui Dynasty, which eventually unified the world, was a continuation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, nothing more than a signboard.
Of course, this strategy was too idealistic, and in the case of the talent of the Wei state, it was very difficult for Jiang Wei to win Longxi through the Tun army. But jiang Weitun soldiers, there is another advantage, Hao Zheng did not say it in the speech. Located in the number one military town of Shu Han defense against Wei, west of Hanzhong and north of Yinping, It was an important fulcrum for the defense of the northern line of Shu Han. Yin ping? You read that right, it was the Yin Ping that Deng Ai smuggled in not long ago, the heavenly graben where the Death Knell of Shu Han rang.
Jiang Weitun's army posed a great threat to Wei's western strategy, and Sima Zhao had to take Puzhong. After the Shu Dynasty, Zhong Hui led the main force into Hanzhong, and there were four lines of soldiers and horses directed directly at Puzhong, namely Deng Aibu from Di Dao, Yang Xinbu from Jincheng, Qianhongbu from Longxi, and Wang Qibu from Tianshui.
Jiang Wei did not have many troops, and was not an opponent of several Wei armies. Hearing that Zhong would enter Hanzhong, Jiang Wei led his army to leave Puzhong, and Zhuge Xu and other troops of the Wei army could not catch up with him, and sat back and watched Jiang Wei enter Shu through Yin Ping. Yuzhong was occupied by the Wei army, and Yinping had no danger to defend, and then fulfilled Deng Ai's unworldly achievement of smuggling Yinping and forcing the Shu lord to surrender.