The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1047 The Yellow River Defense Line
After Yang Hu returned to Han, he temporarily served as an aide under Liu Yin's tent. After all, after a person of his status surrendered, the Shu Han court at least had to take out an official position of corresponding status, although it was said that the three orphans like the Taifu Yang Hu will definitely not be granted a position at the same level, but the Shu Han court should not be too shabby, at least a seat for the three princes and nine ministers must be given.

However, Yang Hu didn't seem to care. After going through all these twists and turns, Yang Hu's heart was as calm as water, and he had no desires or desires.

With the end of the war in Hanoi, the Kingdom of Shu has controlled all the land north of the Yellow River except Youzhou. It starts from Luliang in the west and reaches Bohai Sea in the east. It was another brilliant victory after Shu State occupied Yongliang and Liangzhou. This victory basically controlled the general trend of the world. No matter whether it is a commoner or a wealthy family, no one doubts that the declining Jin State is at the end of the road. If there are too many, it is only a matter of time before the Shu Kingdom wins the final victory.

Of course, Liu Yin will not let the Jin Kingdom linger until next year. After the Battle of Hanoi, Liu Yin ordered Chen Bing to cross the Yellow River to the north bank of the Yellow River, and to deal the final blow to the crumbling Sima Jin Dynasty.

From Tongguan to the estuary, the lower reaches of the Yellow River stretching thousands of miles have become the last line of defense for Jin to resist Shu. In order to restore the decline, Sima Yan struggled to the death and mobilized all available forces to deploy defenses on the south bank of the Yellow River to guard against death. ,spare no effort.

The Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, and there are no less than a dozen ferries that can cross the river. In the Luoyang area alone, there are three ferries: Xiaopingjin, Mengjin, and Wushejin. ferry.So many ferries may become the targets of the Shu army. Although the Yellow River is known as a natural danger, the defensive pressure of the Jin army is also very heavy.

Sima Yan handed over the task of defending the Yanzhou section of the Yellow River in Qingzhou to Ma Long, the governor of Qingzhou, and Sima Yan personally controlled the command of the Yellow River section in Sizhou.There is no doubt that these three crossings in the north of Luoyang are likely to become the primary targets of the Shu army crossing the river. Sima Yan invested heavily in the Luoyang river section and appointed Zhu Zhen as the governor of Xiaopingjin Pass and Jiang Jun as the governor of Mengjin Pass. Li Bin was the governor of Jinguan of Wushe, and strengthened the defense along the Yellow River.

Although the position of governor can be large or small, the largest governor also leads the soldiers and horses of several states, and has power over the world, but the smallest governor also commands the land of several counties, and is the governor of one party. It is indeed the first time for him to be the governor after the founding of the Jin Kingdom. From one aspect, it can be seen how much Sima Yan attaches importance to the Yellow River defense line.

Sima Yan can't afford to lose now, all the land north of the Yellow River has fallen, and along the Huaihe River in Jingzhou, Jin's power has also been greatly suppressed, and now Jin's territory has been squeezed beyond the Yellow River. In the south, in the narrow strip north of the Huaihe River, only Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou (Huainan), Yuzhou and most of Sizhou are left in the places that Jin can control at present. Although Youzhou is still in name Under the rule of the Jin State, the Jin State court completely lost the ability to control Youzhou, which had been reduced to an enclave.

Compared with the heyday of the Wei State, the territory of the successor Jin State has shrunk by more than half. Of course, the size of the territory does not determine the strength of the country. Shu State, which only had one state in the past, is the weakest among the Three Kingdoms. Becoming the biggest winner is enough to prove that it is not just territorial factors that determine success or failure.

Although the state of Jin has collapsed, it still has the land of the five states, which is vaster than the state of Shu back then.

But what determines the outcome of a war has nothing to do with the size of the territory. The strength and decline of a country ultimately depends on force.

The army of Wei and Jin has always been the leader among the Three Kingdoms. At the peak of Wei, the standing army alone had 60 troops, which was more than the combined armies of Wu and Shu. The reason why the two-front battle has never been defeated.

But with the strong rise of the Shu Kingdom, that is, after Liu Yin captured Yongliang Pass, the strength of the Wei Kingdom gradually went downhill.But the Wei State at that time was still the strongest among the Three Kingdoms, and still had the strength to compete with Wu and Shu.

Sima's replacement of Wei is just the result of the trend, and of course it is also related to Sima Yan's obsession with the throne and his desire to win the Ninth Five-Year King. In the era of Sima Yi and Sima Shi Sima Zhao, didn't they have the ability to usurp the throne? Naturally That's not the case, it's just that the older generation of the Sima family are not as flamboyant as Sima Yan, and they are not as greedy as Sima Yan.

Sima Yan harbored an ambition to rule the world. After Sima Zhao's death, he couldn't wait to seize power and force Emperor Wei to abdicate. The long throne.

However, the Sima Jin Dynasty was destined to be a short-lived dynasty. The price Sima Yan paid for ascending to the throne was extremely heavy. In just one battle between Yan and You, the pillars of the Jin Kingdom did not know how much they lost. It was once known as a wealth of talents. The Great Jin Dynasty, when it was first established, there were no suitable people for many positions, and in the end it could only fill up the numbers with bad ones.

The Jin Dynasty, which seems to have infinite scenery, has been a deformed product since its birth. Behind the superficial prosperity, there are many loopholes.

Liu Yuan, a Hun, saw this weakness of the Jin State, so he dared to brazenly rebel and burn the flames of war to the heart of the Jin State.

If Liu Yin's attack sounded Sima Jin's death knell, then Liu Yuan's rebellion undoubtedly became a reminder, making Sima Jin's already worrying situation worse, and Zhong Hui's rebellion was on Sima Jin's wound With another pinch of salt, Sima Yan, who had just sat on the throne, still enjoyed the respect of the emperor, so he had to face the dilemma of fighting on the third front. The Jin Dynasty has been in turmoil since its establishment.

After he exhausted all his efforts to put down the rebellion of the Huns and other Hu people, he suddenly looked back and found that the mountains and rivers were still the same, but things seemed to be different, and the power of Shu had penetrated into the confidant of Jin. , Nuo Da's country is no longer for Sima Yan to focus on beauty.

Sima Yan had no choice but to continue the war. The national strength of the Jin Dynasty was exhausted in the eternal war. The fall of Hebei and the destruction of the main army, Sima Jun, Yang Hu, Jia Chong, and Wen Yang, the pillars The loss of the Great Jin Dynasty is destined to never recover from a fall, and there will be no chance of a comeback.

(End of this chapter)