Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 403 Three families return to Jin ([-])

Five years later

Summer of the 56th year of Marquis Yan (266)
After five years of recuperation, Yuan Zhao had largely recovered from the energy lost in the battle against Yan. Sima Zhao finally started the plan to destroy Shu. At the same time, he proclaimed himself Duke of Jin, and Marquis of Jin was also promoted to Duke of Jin.

It is said that it is to destroy Shu, but Sima Zhao himself has no idea. His real goal is actually to seize Hanzhong and completely block the channel for the outward development of Shu.

Of course, if the ruler and ministers of the Shu Kingdom are stupid enough to let him be wiped out by luck, that would be great.

Sima Zhao once again mobilized 20 troops, and the troops were divided into four groups, still led by Liu Qin, Zhuge Xu, Zhong Hui, and Deng Ai.

Among them, although the coach is Zhong Hui, he does not have a fake Jieyue, and although Zhugetou has a fake Jieyue, he is not the coach, nor is he a general of the Guanzhong Army. As for Deng Ai, although he was born in Guanzhong, he belongs to the Guanzhong Army. , but he is neither the coach, nor does he have a fake Jieyue, and Liu Qin is just the prefect of Shangyong, and his official position is too low.

Under Sima Zhao's deliberate arrangement, none of the four leading generals can really say the same thing, forming a mutual restraint situation. In this way, even if one general wants to rebel, he will be stopped by the other three generals.

I have to say that Sima Zhao is worthy of being Sima Yi's son, and his checks and balances are still very strong.

In the four-way army, Zhong Hui led 11 troops, took the Baoxie Road and Tangruo Road and went straight to Hanzhong, Liu Qin led [-] troops, set out from Shangyong, went north along the Han River, and attacked the Meridian Valley area. Thousands of soldiers and horses set off from Shangyu to capture Wudu County. Deng Ai commanded soldiers and horses from the three counties of Liangzhou, a total of [-] soldiers and horses.

Among the 20 troops, there were [-] Qiang Hu people, [-] Huns, and [-] Xianbei people.

The Central Plains government recruited foreign troops to fight since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. By the time of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, this behavior had become the norm. By the end of the Han Dynasty and now, foreign mercenaries can be seen in almost every war.

Facing Yuan Zhao's 20 army at every turn, the Shu Han was very shabby.

There are only [-] soldiers in the military, and these [-] are still scattered in various places to guard. Only [-] can really be mobilized to the front line of Hanzhong, and within these [-] miles, another [-] will guard the various cities in Hanzhong.

Therefore, the army that Jiang Wei can directly mobilize for combat is actually only [-], and this [-] army is all Jiang Wei's trump card.

Since Sima Zhao deliberately pretended to go south to attack Wu State, he fooled the Shu Han monarchs and officials, so the Shu Han monarchs and officials did not have much vigilance.

Only Jiang Wei realized that something was wrong, so he played many times, asking the court to immediately strengthen Hanzhong's defenses.

But they were all ignored by Liu Chan, and there were more and more voices attacking Jiang Wei in the court.

The courtiers of the Shu Kingdom had no intention of resisting foreign enemies at all, and all their thoughts were used to attack Jiang Wei.

成都
Royal Palace
"Yuan Zhao's army is going to attack the state of Wu, but the general wants us to go to Hanzhong to guard against the Zhao army. I'm afraid it's to support ourselves." Eunuch Huang Hao reminded Liu Chan.

"Yeah." Liu Chan nodded, and he quite agreed with Huang Hao's statement in his heart. He looked at the dancers and said lightly while drinking: "I am a big man, and now it is singing and dancing, Haiyan Heqing!"

Liu Chan has also realized the gap in strength between his Great Han Kingdom and the Central Plains Zhao Kingdom over the years, so he no longer has any hope of unifying the Central Plains. He just hopes that the Great Han will not perish in his hands, and that he, the emperor, can Just enjoy and enjoy before the big man is completely destroyed.

Anyway, it is impossible for the Northern Expedition to be successful, so just lie flat, stop fighting, and enjoy the rest of your life!

There is wine today, drunk today, life is short, enjoy yourself in time!
After I die, no matter the flood!

"Your Majesty is wise!" the eunuch Huang Hao said flatteringly.

The Kingdom of Shu is Yuan Zhao's contemptuous name for Liu Bei's regime. The people of the Kingdom of Shu naturally call themselves "I am a great Han", but there is no need for General Yuan Zhao to be called Ji Han.

I am in a relationship with a hostile country to you. It is considered polite not to call you Shu dog. How could I call you what you call yourself?
Another month later, Zhong Hui's army had all advanced to the checkpoint of Hanzhong. Only then did the monarchs and ministers of Shu understand that Yuan Zhao's 20 troops were not going to attack Wu, but really came to attack their "big man".

Facing this critical moment, Jiang Wei proposed a bold risky plan, that is... close the door and beat the dog!
In the past, when facing Yuan Zhao's active attack, the Shu State always defended the checkpoints. After Yuan Zhao's army ran out of food in the mountain road, the Zhao army could only withdraw its troops. Go up and kill some Zhao Jun who are alone.

Although this way of playing is very stable and wins every time, but every time it is a small win, not many wins, there is no way to hurt Yuan Zhao's vitality.

After Jiang Wei heard that Yuan Zhao's 20 troops fell into the sand in the battle against Yan, he also wanted to follow the example of Yan State and give Zhao State a big one.

Therefore, he wanted to take the initiative to give up the checkpoint, put the main force of the Zhao army into Hanzhong, and then drag the main force of the Zhao army through the strong city.

This idea is very good, but it is a pity that General Zhao Jun is not a fool, and Jiang Wei's teammates are not gods.

This kind of "closing the door and beating the dog" tactic requires extremely high cooperation. If there is an inner ghost in the strong city and directly surrenders to Zhao Jun and provides Zhao Jun with food and grass, then Jiang Wei's "close the door and beat the dog" will become " Take the initiative to send the land."

Or if Jiang Wei failed to cut off the Zhao army's grain road, the main force of the Han army would wipe out the whole army.

Jiang Wei overestimated the unity within Shu and underestimated the abilities of generals like Sima Zhao.

After just a few months, most of the cities in Hanzhong surrendered to Zhonghui, and only a few cities still refused to surrender.

When many generals and civil servants of Yizhou's local faction heard that Zhong Hui's army was coming, they didn't want to resist at all, and they opened the city gates one after another, welcoming Zhao Jun to come to rescue them.

They have been exploited by the Dongzhou faction for 80 years, and they have had enough. In their eyes, Zhonghui is not an enemy at all, but a savior.

The momentum along the way was like a broken bamboo, which made Zhong Hui regain his confidence.

A few years ago, they attacked Yan State and returned in a disastrous defeat. This made all the generals of Zhao State feel that they are too good.

Now attacking Shu, their self-confidence has returned.

If I can't beat Yan, I can't beat you, Shu?
Hearing the news, Jiang Wei hurried back to Hanzhong, and incidentally defeated Zhuge Xu's [-] army guarding the checkpoint with the tactic of "strike the east and attack the west".

However, when he returned to Hanzhong, he found that most of Hanzhong had been occupied by Zhonghui, the Han army could no longer gain a foothold in Hanzhong, and Zhonghui's army was continuing to move south, preparing to destroy Shuhan in one go.

Facing this critical moment, Jiang Wei retreated to the Jiange, relying on natural dangers, successfully blocked Zhonghui's 2 army with 11 people.

However, although both Zhong Hui and Deng Ai wanted to strike while the iron was hot and continue to go south to destroy the Shu Han, Sima Zhao, who was far away in Luoyang, had other plans.

Sima Zhao was worried that if he was too hasty to destroy Shu, he might lose the battle, so he reminded Zhong Hui to be careful, and if there was no chance to destroy Shu, he should not be brave and just digest the occupied Hanzhong.

It is Sima Zhao's idea to take every step at a time and fight steadily.

(End of this chapter)