Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 7 The Battle of Yiling ①

There is another deeper reason why Liu Chan supported Wang Ping so much. During the first Northern Expedition, he replaced Ma Di to guard the Jieting. In his previous life, he saw Ma Di disobeying Wang Ping’s words and losing the Jieting. In terms of mistakes, Zhuge Liang will never be able to realize his strategic intentions in his life: to seize Longyou, occupy the two prefectures of Yongliang and Liangzhou, and threaten Guanzhong with a high-level situation.

Liu Chan took a few deep breaths to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind. The most important thing right now is the battle of Yiling. It may be difficult to turn the tide of the battle, but it is necessary to minimize losses. A legacy must be left behind for the Northern Expedition.

Before Liu Chan knelt down to sit in the case, he analyzed the strategic situation before and after the Yiling War. In fact, the more he understood the Shu Han, the more he found that from Liu Bei's point of view, he had to fight.

First, to avenge Guan Yu, who is like a brother. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Liu Bei are as close as brothers. They have been friends for nearly 28 years since Liu Bei was 30 years old.After all, with Liu Bei's character of beating the governor angrily, it would be strange not to send troops.

Second, with regard to an explanation from officials of the Jingzhou Department, after the Battle of Chibi, Jingzhou officials were roughly divided into two parts, one part supported Cao Cao, and the other part took refuge in Liu Bei. Now that their hometown has been taken, Liu Bei must express everything.

Third, Jingzhou is an important part of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's long-term confrontation. No matter what Longzhong's idea of ​​using troops from the two places to attack the north is, Jingzhou, the place of the Four Wars, must get Sun Wu from the east and Cao Wei from the north. Jingzhou is feasible.After all, it was always difficult to attack Cao Wei from Yizhou to the north, and Qinling was sad. From ancient times to the present, there was only one Han Xin, and it was successful because the Han River did not divert.After Zhuge's Northern Expedition, the regime entered Shu, like a turtle in a urn, and its existence time depends on when the Central Plains regime is unified.Therefore, Jingzhou's battle is more important than Yizhou in some respects.

Fourth, Liu Bei, as the supreme leader, must express something in order to demonstrate to the people of the world that the Liu family is the lord of the world.

Liu Chan continued to think about the chain reaction of the entire Three Kingdoms after the Yiling War.

First of all, although Cao Pi got the opportunity to dominate the world, Cao Pi has great personal ability and talent, and if he listens to Liu Ye taking the opportunity to attack Wu, then there will be a tendency for the three kingdoms to stand together.

"Liu Ye's Biography Cited by Fu Zi": When power asks for surrender without reason, there must be urgency.Quanqian attacked and killed Guan Yu, and took the four counties of Jingzhou. Prepared for anger, he must attack him with great force.There are strong bandits outside, and the hearts of the people are uneasy, and they are afraid that China will take advantage of their provocations and attack them, so they deliberately ask for surrender.Quan makes good use of troops and knows how to change when he sees the strategy. This must be the reason for his strategy.Three points today, China eight out of ten.Wu and Shu each protect a state, blocking mountains and rivers, and saving each other in an emergency, which is also the benefit of this small country.Now they are still attacking each other, and the sky is doomed.It is appropriate to revive the division and cross the river to attack it.Shu attacked the outside, and I attacked the inside, and Wu's death would not last within ten months.When Wu died, Shu was alone.If half of Wu is cut off, Shu will not be able to survive for a long time. What's more, if Shu gets the outside, I get the inside!
Cao Pi refused to listen. After the battle of Yiling, Cao Pi attacked Wu, and Liu Ye persuaded: "Eastern Wu wins with all will, and the southern expedition will be difficult to succeed." Cao Pi refused to listen to the defeat and returned.

"Liu Ye's Biography": "The army was defeated and retreated, Wu Lijing was turned into abolished, and the emperor wanted to mobilize the crowd to attack him. Ye thought that "he has a new ambition, and he is united from top to bottom, and it is difficult to rush if he hinders the rivers and lakes." "The emperor didn't listen.

Cao Pi can be said to be: his personal ability is far behind Cao Cao and Cao Rui.In the words of later generations: people are addicted to food, giving him a chance is useless.

Secondly, from the Battle of Cao Wei to Yiling and before Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the military focus was on Soochow, and the Shu Han had no time to take care of it.Under neglect, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition to Longyou actually had only [-] troops.

In the end, after the Battle of Yiling in the Eastern Wu Dynasty, they occupied most of Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Jingzhou, and their strength increased greatly, and they took on the targets of Cao Wei's key attack.

Liu Chan sighed leisurely: "Afterwards, we must adjust the strategy, reform the bureaucracy, and change the military service. Go north to Longyou to occupy Yongzhou and Liangzhou, and become the trend of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Only then can we hope to unify the world. In this case, it must be in line with the historical results. , if the first Northern Expedition to Cao Wei. Cao Wei did not relax his vigilance against the Shu Han, the Northern Expedition will be difficult. Therefore, it is best that the battle of Yiling can be lost, but it cannot be the end of "just the death of the first emperor" as in history ""

Therefore, Liu Chan believes that the Shu Han can lose in the battle of Yiling, and the loss must look tragic, but the actual loss cannot be broken.

You can't be driven to Baidi City like in history, retreat to Zigui to regroup, and occupy Jingbei after the Northern Expedition is successful in the future, but you can go east again and fight again. The outcome of the Yiling battle will definitely be different. The terrain of Baidi City is easy to be surrounded by Sun Wu's navy, and it is difficult to march on the road, so it is best to retreat to Zigui.

In terms of changes in the battle situation, the most important thing is that Huang Quan must successfully retreat. Huang Quan has tens of thousands of people. Huang Quan has outstanding personal ability.

Secondly, Ma Liang, Fu Tong, Cheng Ji, Zhang Nan and other generals fought for rescue.

Third, how many soldiers can be saved? Soldiers are needed instead of supplies. Big men lack population, especially strong young people.

In the end, the Shu Han kept a low profile, marched south to the south, saved food and grass, repaired the armor, gathered strength and went north, and fought for the first time.

Liu Chan finally settled on the idea of ​​time travel that has been swaying ever since,
Author's Note (Why Cao Wei didn't pay attention to Shu Han after the Yiling War, because the Shu Han suffered heavy losses in the Yiling War, Nanzhong rebelled, the only famous general recognized by Wei State Guan Yu was defeated, and there was no one in Shu Han. Do not govern the people, go to war, and fight in the Central Plains without disarming the armor. The protagonist is forward-looking and knows the causal relationship, so he is worried about affecting the course of history. Losing the biggest golden finger of the traverser, when he loses this golden finger, is a Northern Expedition Success. If the ending of the Shuhan battle in Yiling changes too much now, it means that the protagonist will not have a golden finger in the future, and history will change a lot of things according to the butterfly effect.

The golden finger is equivalent to a one-time nuclear weapon, you must use it at the most important time to get the most benefit, and the author travels late, the battle of Yiling begins in June, the protagonist travels through May, and he couldn't go to Yiling before, June is to fulfill his filial piety Go to Yiling in name.Lu Xun's game is basically finished at this time, and it depends on when to close. It is basically impossible to change the situation of the battle. Therefore, let the battle of Yiling be lost, preserve strength, pacify Nanzhong as soon as possible, accumulate strength, and lead the whole country in the first Northern Expedition. Zhibing is the most hopeful to change the embarrassing situation of the Shu Han. In the end, now that the Shu Han won the battle of Yiling, it became Cao Pi's attack on Shu. Now he must fight and let Soochow be the first bird.

The next chapter will analyze the characteristics of Lu Xun's use of troops. Although Lu Xun is a Confucian general, his use of troops is extremely ruthless and confusing.

Lu Xun's tactical concept is very strong, so it is not surprising that Liu Bei lost to Lu Xun. )
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