Text: Chasing the Wind (Author's Original Authorization)
In 244 AD, in order to monopolize the power of Cao Wei and make himself famous, Cao Shuang once again launched the Battle of Shu. This time, cao shuang was resolutely blocked by the Shu general Wang Ping, and it was difficult for Cao Shuang to achieve results. Later, the Shu army came with three reinforcements. The overseer Jiang Wei rushed to reinforcements from Longyou Wudu Commandery, Yizhou Assassin Shi Jiang Huan rushed to reinforcements from Fucheng, next to the Eastern Three Counties, and Shangshu Ling and the general Fei Yi rushed from Chengdu to reinforce. At this time, Cao Shuang's logistics supply could not keep up, and under the dilemma of reality and the persuasion of many people, Cao Shuang hesitated again and again, and finally had to retreat.
However, Fei Yi did not want Cao Shuang to withdraw so easily, and he led the mountain warfare troops in Chengdu to climb from the mountains on both sides of luogu Road from the top of Cao Shuang's army to the front of Cao Shuang to ambush Cao Shuang. The "Spring and Autumn of the Han Dynasty" records that Fei Yi's troops entered the Three Ridges to intercept Shuang, and Shuang fought bitterly, but he only got through it.
So the question is, at this time, Cao Shuang's army was already at the end of the crossbow, and the Reinforcements of the Shu Army gathered in Hanzhong, why didn't they expand the results? Why not kill Cao Wei?
The author feels that it is not that the Shu army does not want to, but that it cannot.
First of all, Cao Shuang's defeated army was larger than the horses, and the number was still large. Fei Yi only intercepted Cao Shuang in the mountains above the road of LuoGu Road, and Cao Shuang entered Luogu Pass, and Fei Yi stopped attacking.
Because Fei Yi's troops were small and could not forcibly attack Luogu Pass, how many people were there in Luo Gu Pass at this time? The "Biography of Wang Ping of the Three Kingdoms" records that the Wei general Cao Shuang led more than 100,000 troops to pounce on Hanchuan. Second, Fei Yi's troops ambushed Cao Shuang and walked even worse than the Luogu road taken by Cao Shuang's army, that is to say, after the ambush of Cao Shuang, if Fei Yi's army did not withdraw in time, but attacked Luo GuGuan, it would not be able to fight, not to say, food and drinking water would not be available, if they attacked Luo Gu Pass and then withdrew, in case the Cao Wei defenders of Luo Gu Pass came out, it would be difficult for Fei Yi's troops to withdraw safely.
Moreover, Wang Ping's troops could not pursue.
First, Cao Shuang's army to fight Hanzhong is taking the Luogu Road, which is in very bad condition, if Wang Ping leads the army to chase Cao Shuang, do you think Cao Shuang has so many strategists, will he not leave the rear troops? As the saying goes, the poor Ko Mo chased, and the victory of the troops after the LuoGu Road and Cao Wei was broken was not much.
Second, the Shu army as a whole did not have the large number of Cao Shuang's troops, and in the face of Cao Shuang's attack, Wang Ping only used eight formations and favorable terrain to defend. Wang Ping did not dare to attack Cao Shuang throughout the Battle of Xingshi, because Cao Wei's soldiers were the strongest troops since the end of the Han Dynasty, with terrible cavalry and fierce infantry. Attack, will be killed and wounded.
Third, even if Wang Ping and Fei Yi were lucky enough to capture Luogu Pass, the Luogu Pass would be the Zhou Zhicheng in Guanzhong and the Guanzhong Plain in yima Pingchuan. The "Chronicle of Guo Huai in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" records that Cao Shuang cut down Shu and the Huai Governor's troops were the forwards. Huai Du was unfavorable, and the army was pulled out, so it was not defeated. It turned out that before Cao Shuang retreated, Guo Huai had already led his troops to withdraw first, and Cao Wei's most elite cavalry unit was in Guo Huai's hands, fighting in the Guanzhong Plain, and the Shu army lacking cavalry had no advantage.
Fourth, Wang Ping's first task was to guard Hanzhong, and if Wang Ping went to Luogu Road to pursue Cao Shuang, Hanzhong was bound to be empty. According to the "Biography of Wang Ping in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms", Wang Pingbing was less than 30,000, so where did the soldiers of Shu Han go? It turned out that most of the soldiers of the Shu Han Dynasty were transferred away by Jiang Huan, and the "Biography of Jiang Huan in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" records that He thought that Zhuge Liang had counted the Qin Chuan in the past, and the road was dangerous and difficult, and he could not overcome it, so he could not take the water to the east. Nai Duo made a boat, wanting to be han, to attack Wei Xing and Shangyong. It will be old and sick, and it will not be done from time to time. Originally, the history of the Shu Han Dynasty was in the era of Jiang Wan, and the strategic direction was in the eastern three counties.
At this time, the Shu army was facing not only Cao Shuang and Guo Huai's Cao army in Luogu Dao, but also a Cao army that did not move, and Xiahou Xuan had been staring at the Shu army in Hanzhong in Chen Cang. If the Shu army pursued Cao Shuang, it was likely that Xiahou Xuan would lead his troops to take Chen Cangdao and take the opportunity to sneak attack.
In addition to Fei Yi and Wang Ping's troops not being able to move, Jiang Wei's troops could not move either, and Jiang Wei's first task was to defend against the Cao army on the right side of Long to retake the Wu capital Yinping. Moreover, Jiang Wei did not have many soldiers in his hands, and at this time, Jiang Wei was not very old, and the military and political power of the Shu Han Dynasty was in Jiang Wei's hands.
So can Jiang Huan attack the Cao Army? Yes, but as soon as he came, Jiang Huan became seriously ill and died two years later. Second, Jiang Huan's strategy was not to attack Guanzhong and Longyou, he wanted to build large ships, sneak attack on the eastern three counties, and make a threat to Xiangyang.
For various reasons, the Shu army was unable to expand the results of the Battle of Xingshi. In the final analysis, the four generals of the Shu Han Dynasty did not work together to twist into a rope. Wang Ping wanted to defend Hanzhong and seek an opportunity to annihilate the enemy. Fei Yi wanted to sneak up on Cao Jun and prevent Cao Jun from committing another crime. Jiang Wei wanted to attack Long Right. Jiang Huan wanted to use the water army to sneak into the eastern three counties. If Zhuge Chengxiang, who had monopolized the military and political power of the Shu Han Dynasty, were alive, the author felt that he would definitely be able to seize longyou in one battle.
Zhuge Liang made five Northern Expeditions in his lifetime, and although he attacked Guanzhong three times, the ultimate goal was longyou. At this moment, there are three particularly good conditions for capturing Longyou.
First, Guo Huai, the commander of Cao Wei's Right Army, was not in Long right, nor was the main force of Long Right Army, and Guo Huai and his troops were pulled by Cao Shuang to Guanzhong Zhou zhicheng. With Zhuge Chengxiang's fighting style, he would definitely send cavalry troops to quickly seize the street pavilion. It would be able to block Guo Huai's return to Longyou, and it would also prevent Cao Wei's Longyou region from asking for help from Guanzhong, and at that time, the main infantry force of the Shu army would only need to obediently digest Longyou. Because in 234 AD, Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition, sent Wei Yan Ma Dai to the northern plains to take the village, sheng sheng blocked the combined forces of Guo Huai and Sima Yi.
Second, cao shuang collected a large amount of grain in Guanzhong and a large amount of materials in Longyou for this harvest. The "Biography of Cao Shuang in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" records that at that time, Guanzhong and The Qiang and Qiang could not be supplied, the cattle, horses, mules, and donkeys died, and the Minyi wept on the road. The "Spring and Autumn of the Han Dynasty" also records that Cao Shuang's cattle and horses were lost and lost, and Qiang Hu sighed, while Guanzhong Longyou was wasted.
That is to say, at this time, the ethnic minorities in the Longyou region hated the Cao Wei regime, and if Zhuge Liang attacked the Longyou, they would naturally respond.
Third, the author also wants to emphasize again, when was Cao Shuang felling shu? It's spring. Spring is when the winter wheat in the Shaanxi-Gansu region has just been sown, and the soil in the Longyou area is not good, coupled with the lack of water, there are fewer wheat fields. Cutting wheat in the spring is similar to pulling seedlings to help grow.
231 AD. Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition, a large number of destruction of wheat fields also occurred in the spring. At that time, due to the destruction of the wheat fields by the Shu army, all the Cao troops in the Longyou area were starving, or Guo Huai thought of a way to solve it, and the "Biography of Guo Huai in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms" recorded that Shu came out of the city. At that time, Long Right Wugu, discussing the great luck of Guanzhong, Huai Yi Wei caressed Qiang and Hu, and the family went out of the valley to level their losses. Military food foot. Guo Huai's method was to find grain from the nomads, because the nomads had grain to buy from the Han people, and there were cattle and sheep. That solved the crisis.
At this time, Cao Shuang had offended the nomads in the Longyou region, and even if he reluctantly expropriated them again, the nomads' surplus grain was not much. If Zhuge Liang is alive, the timing is just right to take down Long Right at this time. After taking longyou, first, it can open up the Silk Road and crush Cao Wei from the economic volume; second, it can seize the war horses and cut off the source of the warhorses of cao Wei Guanzhong's regiment; third, it can train cavalry in ten years, and in the future, it will be able to fight again with Cao Wei.
Ten thousand steps back, even if the Shu army could not take long right, it could destroy all the wheat fields. At this time, the Shu army, Jiang Weiren spoke lightly, Jiang Huan insisted on attacking the eastern three counties, and Wang Ping and Fei Yi were more conservative, so they wasted a good opportunity. As soon as the opportunity passed, Cao Wei eased up, and the later Jiang Wei's northern expeditions could only break the sand.