Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 643 Yu

"Da Sima, Fu Ya and Murong Chui are attacking Longyou. The powerful forces inside and outside are cooperating. The two counties of Longxi and Tianshui have been lost. Yao Chang is trapped in Nan'an. I request Da Sima to send troops to provide some support!" Yuan Hong read to Huan Wen what had just been sent from the northwest. news.

It was not easy to send this news. It required careful lurking and painstaking efforts to pass through the three counties of Hanzhong and Shangyong, and then from Xiangyang to Dongguan.

It took more than two months, so whether Yao Chang is still there or not is a question.

Xi Chao thought for a while and said: "Nan'an is the home base of the Qiang people. When Deng Ai was the governor of Nan'an, he built a large number of forts. The Liang army only had about 40,000 to 50,000 troops and it would be difficult to capture it in a short period of time. Therefore, Yao Chang should have another battle. force!"

Deng Ai was not only a general who destroyed Shu, but also a genius in governing the country. The current canal system of the Huaihe River and the Central Plains was created by him. When he was the governor of the South Bank, he built a large number of forts. During the Yongjia Rebellion, he left a way for the Jin people in the northwest to survive.

However, times have changed, and these forts have now become fortresses against Liang's army.

"Longyou is thousands of miles away from the Jianghuai River. How to deal with him? Now that Lecheng is lost and half of Hanzhong is gone, I still have too much time to take care of myself." Huan Wen looked depressed.

The problem before him was indeed serious.

To send troops to rescue Hanzhong, it was necessary to detour through Shuzhong in order to invest Jingxiang's reinforcements, grain, grass, and ordnance.

This is a nightmare for Jiangdong.

If this consumption continues, Jiangdong will be dragged down.

But if there is no rescue, Hanzhong will be lost, Yao Chang will face siege from three sides, and Shuzhong in the key south will not be able to be saved.

Shuzhong was lost, and Jingxiang was semi-surrounded by Liang.

"Wang Meng, Xue Qiang...we were old friends with Da Sima back then..." Xi Chao had a strange look on his face.

During Wang Meng's Northern Expedition to Guanzhong, Wang Meng and Xue Qiang joined forces to join forces. However, they saw that Huan Wen had no ambition to conquer China, and was only interested in one-third of an acre of land east of the Yangtze River, and used the Northern Expedition to commit trespass.

The two turned around and left.

Huan Wen also ordered not to stop them and prepared a carriage for them...

As time passed, Huan Wen was in a dilemma as soon as the two took action.

"Ahem... I made a mistake back then... I don't know for a moment." The depression on Huan Wen's face became a little more depressed, and there was also a hint of embarrassment.

In fact, he did not misjudge Wang Meng at that time. He once commented on Wang Meng that "there is no Qing in Jiangdong". When he was about to retreat, Huan Wen invited Wang Meng to return to Jiangdong with him, but Wang Meng and Xue Qiang did not take a fancy to Huan Wen.

"Da Sima is open-minded and has the style of an ancient celebrity. Even if he knew that they would be enemies in the future, he would let them go." Xi Chao knew Huan Wen's character well.

At the Xinting meeting, the Hongmen banquet was prepared, and the swordsmen and axemen were ambushed. With just one order, Xie An and Wang Tanzhi could be killed, and two pillars of the Jiankang court were cut off. Huan Wen still couldn't bear it...

It can be said that the development of the world to the current situation, the situation in Jiangdong, and Huan Wen's situation of neither advancement nor inferiority are all due to Huan Wen's character.

"Well, anyone who knows me is a distinguished guest!" Huan Wen became happy when he was praised.

"Now that Xue Qiang has occupied Lecheng and has opened up the connection with Guanzhong, he has delayed attacking Nanzheng because he wants to use Hanzhong to consume Jiangdong's strength. Hanzhong has become useless. It is better to order Zhu Xu and Zhou Chu to defend the sword pavilion and defend Shuzhong. To ensure that Jingxiang is not in danger of visiting the west, we can send envoys again to contain the north and south, and the east of the Yangtze River can be protected from danger."

It is definitely impossible to send troops to rescue Hanzhong, and it falls into Wang Meng and Xue Qiang's scheme.

However, Huan Wen was a little unwilling to give up Hanzhong. After thinking for a while, "Didn't Li Yue think that I didn't dare to go to the Northern Expedition? Today we should besiege Hefei with great fanfare!"

"Don't do it, Grand Sima. Hefei is very strong. If you can't attack it for a long time, you will hurt your morale." Xi Chao tried his best to advise.

"Guests, you can rest assured. I will lead the army to the north and besiege but not attack. If the Luoyang army comes to help, we will retreat. The drought in Liang will be relieved and the country will be righteous. This way we can get a glimpse of Liang's strength."

Of course Huan Wen knew that Hefei was difficult to defeat, so he just showed it to Liang Guo and Jiangdong. In recent years, the Liang State has built an iron wall, stationed with 5,000 Heiyun elites. There are also 8,000 Heiyun knights in Shouchun in the north. Together with the suppressing troops on both sides of the Huaihe River, there are 30,000 people.

The purpose of sending troops this time was firstly to retaliate for his move of the capital to Luoyang, secondly to show toughness to Jiangdong and win over people's hearts with the Northern Expedition, and thirdly, it could be regarded as a "response" to Yao Chang.

The Liang State has not yet recovered from the severe drought, so it sends troops to Longyou and Hanzhong at the same time from the west. If it sends troops to the Jianghuai River, it will be a three-front battle, which will waste the Liang State's national strength.

Moreover, according to the news sent back in detail, after Tuoba Shi Yijian swept across Beihai on the grassland, his strength increased greatly and he continued to invade Youhe southward.

Huan Wen sent troops to besiege Hefei after careful consideration.

"It's okay if we just besiege but not attack. I have a plan that can kill three birds with one stone." Xi Chao rolled his eyes.

"Oh? Guests, tell me quickly." Huan Wen looked expectant.

"The Great Sima is in charge of all the Chinese and foreign military forces. The Guangling Beifu Army is also being dispatched. Now that the Northern Expedition is about to take place, we can order the Beifu Army to be the vanguard. First, we can test the strength of the Beifu Army. Secondly, if we really capture Hefei, it will be a great achievement. Still at Da Sima,"

Xi Chao made hundreds of moves in one step and moved east of the Yangtze River alone. These made great contributions to Huan Wen's advice.

If Huan Wen had listened to Xi Chao, he wouldn't have ended up in the current situation of neither getting better nor worse.

Huan Wen failed to adopt several key suggestions, thus missing good opportunities.

"Wonderful!" Huan Wen was overjoyed.

The Beifu army's attack on the city was unfavorable, and it was a loss of the strength of the Jiangdong court and the Xie family. It had no impact on Huan Wen. They could also use the defeat to manipulate the Xie family and force them to submit.

If it were won, Huan Wen, as the caller of the Northern Expedition, would definitely be the first to succeed.

In the past six months, Huan Wen had provoked several times, but Liang Guo remained indifferent, which only fueled Jiangdong's arrogance.

Now that the strength of the Liang State has not been restored, and it is attacking Guanzhong again, if we don't send troops at this time, do we still have to wait until the Liang State recovers its strength and unifies the Northern Kingdom?

Moreover, the Northern Expedition was not Huan Wen’s idea alone.

While the Jin Dynasty was still there, Liang Guo produced the "Book of Jin", which was obviously to send Jiangdong to death in advance.

That's all. In the key book, the Sima family was demoted to be worthless, and the noble families were in cahoots with each other.

Wang Xie Xun, Chen Yin, Yu Chu and other Jiangdong clans all wrote down the dirty things they had done, and blamed them for the rebellion of the Eight Kings and the disaster of Yongjia...

During Huan Wen's northern expedition to Luoyang, he saw the ruins of the Central Plains and the ruins thousands of miles away. He once said: "This caused the mainland of China to sink and ruins that lasted for hundreds of years. Wang Yifu and others had to take responsibility for it!"

Wang Yifu is Wang Yan, a famous Langya scholar who once knelt under Shi Le's crotch and begged for a living.

However, Huan Wen thought so in his heart but could not say it with his mouth.

Therefore, the Jin Dynasty's dissatisfaction with the Liang Kingdom is increasing day by day, and now they are fighting for more than just orthodoxy.

If the Liang Kingdom unified the world, then the Sima family and the nobles who traveled south in attire would forever be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and be infamous for thousands of years.

The Jiangdong nobles still want to have some face...

(End of this chapter)