I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 207 Ji Han General Li Heng

After the Han army plowed all the way in, the Wei army's several resistances were suppressed.

The Wei army's front army formation was penetrated.

The former army finally couldn't bear it anymore and collapsed.

The biggest difference between elite infantry and cavalry when charging into battle is that cavalry needs to rely on impact to get into battle, while elite infantry does not.

After the forward collapsed, a large number of Wei troops crashed back like a tide.

"Run! Millions of Shu troops are coming to kill you!"

Someone in the military formation behind shouted something, and then more military formations began to collapse.

This collapse happened very quickly and completely.

Xin Pi, who was at the command post of the Chinese generals, had long seen the forward collapse. He hurriedly got off the general platform, mounted his horse and ran away with his men.

At this time he no longer had any hope.

Jiang Wei, who was still trembling with the Wei army's cavalry, learned that the main force of the Wei army collapsed, and immediately made a decisive move towards the main force of the Wei army.

When the Wei cavalry learned that the main force had collapsed, they were stunned on the spot.

Not to mention all of the main force were elites, at least they were veterans in armor and in front of the front or on both wings.

How could it collapse so quickly?

The battlefield did not allow them to think too much, and the Wei cavalry began to pursue Jiang Wei's tribe.

Tens of thousands of Wei troops collapsed and spread out on the snowy plains east of Chencang, everywhere. Some even ran to the Wei River where troops were borrowed and fled south.

When Jiang Wei's cavalry rushed into the collapsed Wei army, the cavalry pursuit began.

At this time, Xiahou Ba had completed his second charge.

The defense of the Han army's left wing was about to collapse, and the Wei army's cavalry was not much better. Many horses were no longer willing to charge.

Xiahou Ba tried to use coercive means to make a final attack, and the Han army would inevitably collapse.

But at this time, he received a military report from the Chinese army.

"Report! General, the main force of our army has collapsed!"

The messenger rushed over and shouted nervously.

Xiahou Ba was stunned when he heard this. He was confused at first, and then looked uneasily towards the location of the main army.

"Nonsense! My main force has tens of thousands of troops and is well-defended. How could it collapse so easily!"

"Report! Report! General! The main force of our army has collapsed!"

Another group of scouts rushed over.

"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Report! General! The main force of our army has collapsed!"

One after another, the scouts came to report. I don't know whether the main force collapsed or not, but Xiahou Ba was about to collapse.

At this time, Xiahou Ba had to admit it even if he didn't want to.

He looked around hurriedly: "Where is Jiang Wei's son?"

"Withdraw! Withdraw!" Xiahou Ba shouted several times unwillingly, "Quickly withdraw!"

If you don't withdraw, you may be killed by Jiang Wei in the rebellion! "

Speaking of counterattack, Jiang Wei has already gone after the main force of the Wei army.

But Zhang Hu led hundreds of cavalry to kill Xiahou Ba, who fled in panic.

At this time, the Wei army was no longer willing to fight and just fled one after another. Zhang Hu actually chased and killed more than 200 cavalry along the way.

The pursuit continued into the evening. The snowfield outside Chencang was covered with the corpses of Wei soldiers. The snowfield looked like a huge red carpet.

At this time, Gao Tanglong had returned to Mei County, and Mei County Magistrate Zhang Chun warmly received the imperial envoy.

"This time when Duke Gao came to the Western Front, I made preparations in a hurry. Please forgive me."

Gao Tanglong snorted coldly: "That Zhuge villager is so arrogant today!"

"Hey, why should Gao Gong be acquainted with him? Now the Shu army is demoralized. Governor Guo has already dispatched troops and generals. The Shu army will collapse today!"

"You still don't understand, the Shu army is very powerful." Gao Tanglong stroked his beard and expressed his recognition of the Han army's combat power, but the topic changed, "But today is different from the past. The Wu army attacked Yizhou, and Zhuge Liang is now How sure are you of fighting us in a decisive battle?"

"Even if our army is not weak and we all withdraw, Zhuge Liang will not be able to gain the upper hand. Wu's army is in Yizhou. For Zhuge Liang, it is like a thorn in his back. He can only withdraw his troops!"

Zhang Chun quickly picked up the wine and said: "Yes, yes, what Gao Gong said is absolutely true, unless the main force of our army is completely lost, but this is absolutely impossible..."

Before Zhang Chun finished speaking, the entourage who came with Gao Tanglong came in quickly and shouted: "Mr. Gao, something bad is happening! Something bad is happening!"

"Why are you so panicked?"

"An urgent report came from the front line. Our army was defeated and suffered heavy losses!"

The smile on Gao Tanglong's face instantly froze, he suddenly stood up and angrily shouted: "Stop talking nonsense!"

"The news has spread!"

Zhang Chun looked shocked, Gao Tanglong was stunned for a moment, and then walked out quickly after regaining consciousness.

"Where is Mr. Gao going?"

"Chang'an!"

On the sixth day of April and February in the 14th year of Jianxing, the Battle of Chencang ended with the collapse of the 30,000 main force of the Wei army.

For Zhuge Liang, not only did he achieve another great victory in Guanzhong today, but the victory at Baidi Mountain also arrived at Wuzhangyuan from Chengdu.

He couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Okay! Okay! Okay!"

After saying that, he picked up his pen and started writing a document: "I want to report to Your Majesty and give General Li Jian a fake ax!"

"Prime Minister, you can't do it!" When Yang Yi heard that Li Heng wanted to be promoted again, he quickly stood up to dissuade him, "Li Jian is so young, how can he pretend to be a yue? Besides, you are in Guanzhong, so what's the use of appointing him as a general?" "

"No need to say more!" Zhuge Liang had already started writing.

Zhuge Liang naturally had his own plans. This time, both front lines of battle were won. Part of the conservative forces in North Korea have been suppressed by Li Heng, and Li Heng's reputation has greatly increased.

Opposition to the Northern Expedition will be suppressed as never before.

At this time, Li Heng was promoted to general in a high-profile manner for two purposes:

1. Further promote Li Heng and train his successor.

2. Allow Li Heng to quickly mobilize more military resources and accelerate the provision of resources to Jiangzhou.

3. Let Li Heng recruit troops in a high-profile manner.

Especially the third point, the situation in Guanzhong is going well now. Once the high-profile recruitment of troops spreads, Sun Quan will think that Ji Han is taking advantage of the victory to increase investment in Guanzhong, and will never think that he is secretly raising troops from Jingzhou.

If Cao Rui learns of this, he will definitely continue to invest more resources in Guanzhong nervously.

After writing the memorial, Zhuge Liang told him to send it to Chengdu immediately.

At midnight on the seventh day of December, Gao Tanglong rushed to Chang'an overnight.

Guo Huai didn't sleep at this time, because he had received the news of Xiahou Ba's defeat.

"Xiahouba, this idiot, gave him all the best soldiers and horses, and he was actually disabled in one day!" Guo Tong, the son of Guo Huai, couldn't help but roar.

"The matter has come to an end. Reorganize your troops immediately. I want to go to the front line in person." Guo Huai said coldly.

"Grand Governor, Gao Tanglong is here."

"Let him come to me."

Gao Tanglong hurried over. When he saw that Chang'an City was already mobilizing troops, he knew that Guo Huai was going to the front line in person.

"Grand Governor."

"Gao Gong, you can return to the capital to resume your duties. Today's battle report on the Western Front, I have ordered 100,000 people to be rushed to Luoyang."

"Our army has really..."

"real!"

Gao Tanglong looked frustrated: "Will the Shu army come to Chang'an?"

"This is military affairs on the Western Front. Gao Gong should return to the capital immediately to resume his duties!"

Seeing that Guo Huai was unwilling to talk to him, Gao Tanglong left in embarrassment.

Before dawn, a large number of Wei troops gathered near Chang'an, preparing to go to the walled city on the front line of Chencang to prevent the Han army from taking advantage of the victory and pressing into Chang'an.

At nine o'clock, Du Ling woke up Du Yu who was still sleeping: "Mr. Lang, something big has happened!"

"Why are you so anxious to wake me up?"

"The Wei army was defeated in Chencang!"

"What did you say!" Du Yu was shocked.

"Guo Huai is now recruiting troops in Jingzhao and rushing to the front line overnight. I heard this from a good friend of mine. He is responsible for part of the household registration management in Jingzhao."

Du Yu quickly stood up.

He had never expected this turn of events.

"Could Zhuge Kongming really be able to prosper the Han Dynasty?"

"Mr. Lang, you are not a villain. Du Gong is not popular in the court. Now Liu Xu has taken away the paper business and bossed us around. I think we surrender..."

"Shut up, what are you talking about?" Du Yu asked after getting dressed, "How is the refined salt business going?"

"A lot of Shu money has flowed into the Chang'an area. I visited yesterday and many farmers have Shu money. Wherever there is Shu salt, there is Shu money!"

Du Yu took a deep breath and frowned even more tightly.

Du Yu did not accept money from Shu before. In fact, there was another very important reason, and that was the force of the Han army.

The Han army sold refined salt in Guanzhong, and the only reason they can still sell it now is that they are still in Guanzhong.

If they were forced back to Hanzhong by the Wei army, the sale of refined salt would be greatly affected.

At that time, many people will have a lot of Shu money in their hands, but they can't buy refined salt. No matter how you look at it, this business will be a loss.

But now it seems that it is much more difficult for the Wei army to drive the Han army out of Guanzhong.

"After dawn, go to Xiegukou and exchange some Shu money back."

"Does Mr. Lang want to buy refined salt?"

Du Yu sighed and said, "Go quickly."

"Here!"

Luoyang on the ninth day of December in the fourteenth year of Jianxing.

After reading the urgent report sent from Jiankang, Cao Rui's expression changed on the spot and he cursed: "Stupid pig! Stupid pig! Stupid pig!"

Liu Fang and Sun Zi were below, silent.

"Zhuge Liang has put his main force into Guanzhong, but Sun Quan can actually be defeated in such a short period of time!" Cao Rui turned pale with anger.

Sun Zi and Liu Fang also lamented that Sun Quan couldn't even grasp such a good opportunity. Such an alliance was such a scam!

"Your Majesty, calm down. Even if Sun Quan is defeated, it will have no impact on the overall situation, and we will not lose anything." Sun Zi said, "The worst case scenario is that Zhuge Liang is unwilling to retreat. The imperial court has reached an alliance with Sun Quan, and they will be allies from now on. This If Sun Quan fails to advance westward once, he will have another chance to advance westward in the future. If the Shu army can block it once, can it block it twice, three times or four times?"

Sun Zi's words made Cao Rui's anger calm down a little.

But the anger only subsided for a moment when the chamberlain outside the palace said: "Your Majesty, Chen Sikong would like to see you."

"Xuan come in!"

Chen Qun walked in nervously: "Your Majesty!"

"What does Chen Sikong want from me?"

"Your Majesty, the battle report has just been sent from the Western Front. Our army was defeated in Chencang, and more than half of the tens of thousands of troops were lost!"

Cao Rui stood up suddenly, his face ashen: "How is this possible!"

The chamberlain hurriedly took the battle report and presented it to Cao Rui. After reading it, Cao Rui threw the table away. Before he could speak, his body swayed and he fainted.

(End of this chapter)