Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 224 Don't Be That Praying Mantis

This in turn forced Sima Division, whose military capabilities were still immature, to lead his army to a decisive battle.

This is by far the most effective strategy.

In fact, Han Xin 400 years ago, and Zhuge Liang and Ma Di today, all faced the same problem: how to gain a firm foothold after crossing the natural dangers of the Qinling Mountains and projecting troops to the Guanzhong Plain?

The final result is that Han Xin easily crossed the natural dangers of the Qinling Mountains, wiped out the land of the Three Qins without any effort, and helped Liu Bang lay the first step to unify the world;
Zhuge Liang also crossed the natural danger of Qinling Mountains, but he failed to gain a firm foothold, and finally had to withdraw his troops hastily and give up halfway;

Ma Di also easily crossed the natural barriers of the Qinling Mountains, and won some areas in Guanzhong. He is planning to capture more areas and expand the results of the battle.

The same route of dispatching troops, the same commanders with superb military qualities, why is it so easy for Han Xin, Ma Di is easy to handle, but Zhuge Liang is so difficult?
Is it Zhuge Liang's ability?
Naturally not.

Although Zhuge Liang is good at running the army and short at ingenuity, his military capabilities are still top-notch in this era.

There is only one reason, the opponents faced by the three are different in strength!

When Han Xin came out of Sichuan, he commanded 15 Han troops, and his opponents were three Guanzhong kings who were fighting each other.Each of these three princes and kings has only about [-] soldiers and horses, and their strength is extremely weak. Not only do they not have an inch of land outside the pass, they even do not control the Longyou area.

Han Xin led the army to start from the west of Hanzhong, and the troops were divided into two groups. One was led by Han Xin to take the Chencang Road, and went out of Chencang City to approach Guanzhong. , Attacking Zhang Han on both sides.

Zhang Han, king of Yong, was originally a general of the Qin Dynasty. After surrendering to Xiang Yu, he was named king.Zhang Han originally had 20 main forces of the Qin Army, but they were all killed by Xiang Yu after the Battle of Julu, so he was actually a polished commander when he was King Yong, and the troops he could mobilize mainly came from Guanzhong, the original state of Qin after Xiang Yu adapted it. The army, totaling no more than fifty thousand.

This part of the troops is not only small, but also not strong in combat effectiveness.
It can be seen that in terms of military strength, Han Xin is at least three times stronger than Zhang Han, and the Han army is divided into battles. Except for some of them who moved up to confuse Zhang Han in Ziwu Valley, the rest are Han Xin who came out of Chencang, and those who came out of Qishan. Fan Kuai and Guan Ying.The number of soldiers and horses in any of them is more than that of Zhang Han.

Although Han Xin divided his troops into two groups and theoretically gave Zhang Han a chance to defeat each of them, but that only existed in theory.In fact, the three troops of King Yong Zhanghan, King Sai and King Zhai were not opponents of any of the Han army's troops.

Originally, after Chen Cangcheng was breached, Zhang Han dealt with Han Xin for some time, but soon the cavalry of Fan Kui and Guan Ying rushed to the Guanzhong battlefield, instantly widening the difference in strength between the two sides.Zhang Han's side failed to get the quick support of King Sai and King Zhai, so he was quickly defeated by the Han army, and fled to Feiqiu in embarrassment to set up a defense line.

After Zhang Han was disabled, he could barely defend, but he also lost the ability to take the initiative to attack. The remaining kings Sai and Zhai had already been defeated by the powerful Han army one by one.

Han Xin used the strong to defeat the weak, quickly occupied most of Guanzhong, pacified the Sanqin, and won the initial victory of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony.

The scene switches to Zhuge Liang in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition, Chen Bing Wuzhangyuan, faced the opponent Wei Guo-a country whose strength was more than ten times that of King Yong, King Sai and King Zhai combined.

Not to mention that Sima Yi's military ability is much, much higher than that of the three kings, and the backup that Wei can provide is endless.

This made Zhuge Liang, who was at a disadvantage in his own strength, have no chance to divide his troops to attack.

Obviously, Zhuge Liang would never have sent troops to Wuzhangyuan to seek a gamble-style decisive battle if he hadn't known that his fate would be near.

Zhuge Liang's war goals for the previous Northern Expeditions have always been clear, that is, to go out of Qishan and try to seize the Longliang area.As for the annexation of Guanzhong, even Zhuge Liang himself thought that the Shu army did not have such a big appetite.Constrained by the small number of soldiers in the Kingdom of Shu, the Northern Expedition was only able to mobilize more than [-] soldiers and horses with all the strength of the whole country. It was impossible to replicate Han Xin's strategy of feigning an attack all the way and advancing side by side.

This can be seen from the first Northern Expedition. At that time, Zhao Yun's containment troops along the way were only 3000 to [-] people, and they were quickly defeated by Cao Zhen's tens of thousands of troops.Even Ma Di, the original owner who was in charge of guarding the street pavilion to stop Wei's reinforcements, was defeated in large part because of his limited strength.

Just imagine, Zhao Yun's feigned attack had enough soldiers and horses to restrain the main force of Cao Wei Guanzhong. If the original owner Ma Di had enough troops to withstand Zhang Yun's attack head-on, he would definitely not choose to camp on the mountain.Zhuge Liang had plenty of time to eliminate the remaining Cao Wei resistance forces in Longyou, so the situation of the Northern Expedition at that time was quite different.

It can be seen from this that there is no problem with Zhuge Liang's strategy of the Northern Expedition, but the powerful Wei State infinitely magnified the shortcomings of the Shu Han's lack of troops.

The weak military strength of the Shu Han could not support Zhuge Liang's grand dream of the Northern Expedition, which caused several Northern Expeditions to fall short.

The scene is changed to Ma Su's side.

由于马谡的到来及一通精准的操作，迅速缩小了蜀国与魏国的国力差距，令两国的人口对比从四年前的一比六（110万人口对690万人口），拉近到如今的一比二（330万人口对605万人口）；兵力对比也从四年前的约一比四（15万士兵对55万士兵）缩小到一比二（28万士兵对50万士兵）。

In addition, Ma Di led the army to defeat the Wei army several times, and wiped out a large number of Wei army's elite soldiers.

The situation was reversed in an instant.

The most important thing is that Wei State is surrounded by enemies on all sides. Sun Quan in the east and Ke Bineng in the north restrained more than half of Wei State's troops.The State of Wei was unable to devote all its military power to the Western Front. Under various constraints, the Shu Han became the dominant side.

Not to mention that the Shu Han also adopted a strategy of dividing troops, just like the battle between Wei and Shu in another time and space, Sima Yi was tripped by Zhuge Liang in Longyou (Jiang Wei was tripped by Deng Ai), and the Chang'an generals faced Ma Di's offensive (Hanzhong generals face Zhonghui's army).

The superposition of so many favorable factors gave Ma Di the conditions to run rampant in Guanzhong today.

All in all, crossing the Qinling Mountains and marching into Guanzhong has never been a problem for the Sichuan regime. The problem is that you have to be tough enough. Otherwise, even if you lead troops into Guanzhong, you will soon be unable to withstand it and withdraw.

If you are not strong enough, everything will be out of the question.

However, Ma Di is soberly aware that the current good situation is only temporary.

The situation of the Three Kingdoms is completely different from the situation when Han Xin came out of Sichuan.

When Han Xin came out of Sichuan, there were endless wars in the Kanto. Although Xiang Yu made the princes and kings fearful, he had no ability to rule the world. The princes often fought for their own interests, and the Han army could take advantage of the chaos.

Today, the Shu Han is not facing such a situation. If the first enemy Han Xin encountered in Chuchuan was three hyenas fighting each other, then the enemies of Shu Han Chuchuan were two fierce tigers.

Once the Shu Han made a major breakthrough in the Guanzhong battlefield and even the Western Front battlefield, and occupied the Cao Wei base camp in Chang'an and marched eastward to Luoyang, would it be possible to reproduce the flooded Seventh Army in the Battle of Guan Yu and Xiangfan, and Sun Quan plagiarized the scene?
Most likely it will.

You must know that if the Shu Han is located in the five lands of Guan, Long, Liang, Han, and Sichuan, it is completely the posture of the Qin State Tiger looking at the East during the Warring States Period, which caused a fundamental reversal in the balance of power among Wei, Shu, and Wu. In order to maintain their own interests, they will inevitably turn around and form an alliance with Wei, and send troops upstream from the Yangtze River to attack Shuhan.

Therefore, the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han showed only the bilateral relationship between the Shu Han and Cao Wei at the initial stage, but as long as there was a major change in the battle situation, it would inevitably involve the intervention of Soochow, and it would evolve into a complicated situation with three sides intertwined.

In order to prevent the Shu-Wu alliance, which already exists in name only, from breaking apart quickly, and to prevent the State of Wu from falling to the State of Wei prematurely, the two families jointly sanctioned the Shu Han. , even if successful.

As for Guanzhong, this is a delicacy that the current Shu Han cannot swallow in one bite.

When Ma Su led an army of [-] troops into Mei County, he did not encounter any resistance.More than [-] Wei soldiers stationed in Mei County immediately abandoned the city and fled towards Zhouzhi and Chang'an after seeing the big banner of the Shu army.The Shu army easily controlled the entire city of Mei County.

The city of Mei County was first built in the Qin Dynasty. The city walls are old and the gates are mottled. Obviously, there is no great defense capability. This is also the main reason why the five hundred Wei troops abandoned the city and fled.

Ma Di ordered Yang Wanwan to lead [-] soldiers into the city, set up a list to calm the people, and control the situation; he also ordered the three major generals to lead [-] soldiers and horses each, and spread the message to the surrounding counties, ordering them to open the city and surrender quickly.

The rest of the large troops set up camp in the open area on the south bank of the Weishui River outside Mei County, waiting for an opportunity to advance slowly.

"Wait for Xu Jin?"

Yang Wanwan looked at Ma Di in surprise, and then asked hesitantly: "General, our army is unstoppable now, why didn't you take advantage of Sima Division's reinforcements being blocked at Xiaoguan, and go directly to Chang'an, and the soldiers approached the city to capture Cao Rui alive?"

I have to say that this proposal is very constructive.

There is also a certain probability of success.

"As you said, our army is approaching the city, and the ruler of Wei is trapped in Chang'an. Who will be the biggest beneficiary?" Ma Su, with his hands behind his back, looked down at the quietly flowing Wei River, his voice was a bit ethereal.

Yang Wanwan thought for a while, and asked uncertainly, "Isn't it me, Ji Han?"

"No!" Ma Di shook his head.

"Millions, have you ever heard a saying: When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman wins."

Yang Wanwan clasped his hands and replied: "I have heard of it, and I have also heard of 'mantis catching cicadas, and orioles behind'."

"Then tell me, who is the mantis and who is the cicada? Who is the oriole and who is the hunter?"

Yang Wanwan frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "The general is stupid, I don't know."

Ma Di glanced back at Yang Wanwan, his eyes lingered on his white face like jade for a moment, and said with a smile: "You don't need to know who is a praying mantis and who is a cicada, who is an oriole and who is a hunter, you just need to know." , I, Ji Han, will never be that praying mantis."

"Oh." Yang Wanwan nodded half-understood.

With the scorching sun hanging high in the sky, the two generals stopped by the Weishui River, staring at the vast land across the river with ecstasy, thinking about each other.

(End of this chapter)