The last three kingdoms

Chapter 196 Mr. Ai's Idea
Frankly speaking, blocking Deng Ai on Yinping Road was the first battle Liu Yin fought after he came to the Three Kingdoms, but that time Liu Yin led a trilogy of private soldiers, and there were less than a thousand soldiers. Compared with the regular army, this thousand troops Qu more or less has the flavor of mob.

But this time is different. Liu Yin, who is officially worshiped by General Anxi, now has three battalions in command, commanding a fully regularized army of 5000 troops. For Liu Yin, who has just taken over the military power, there is still a lot to learn.

Wouldn't it be a huge waste if Deng Ai's senior staff were not used.

Deng Ai calmly said: "I don't know where my lord wants to fight Wu Jun?"

Liu Yin and Zhuge Zhan Yan Yu had already reached a preliminary consensus on the location of the expedition this time. If the Wu army did not move after capturing Yong'an, the army would point directly at Yong'an and fight the Wu army in Yong'an. If the Wu army had already attacked the interior of Yizhou, then They wanted to rush to Jiangzhou before the Wu army, and use Jiangzhou's solid city defenses and dangerous terrain to prevent the Wu army from advancing westward.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, Zhuge Zhan has ordered the army to set off tomorrow, trying to reach Jiangzhou before the Wu army.

The current Jiangzhou is no longer the situation where tens of thousands of soldiers were in the past. At the beginning of the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Bei appointed Fei Guan as the prefect of Bajun. It was established the earliest and made great contributions to stabilizing the situation in Badi. During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Jiangzhou also became the largest source of reserve troops. When Zhuge Liang was short of troops in Hanzhong, he always deployed Jiangzhou garrisons to go north to supplement his combat power.However, with the decline of the national power of the Shu Han, the number of standing soldiers has been reduced again and again. After Deng Zhi, the last governor of Jiangzhou, died in office, no one served as the governor of Jiangzhou, and was finally abolished. Being transferred to other key points, Jiangzhou, as an important town, existed in name only.

But after the fall of Yong'an, Jiangzhou's strategic position became prominent. Jiangzhou guarded the water and land hubs in eastern Sichuan and was the center of the three counties in eastern Sichuan. If Jiangzhou fell, it would mean that the three counties in eastern Sichuan would fall into the enemy's hands.More importantly, after leaving Jiangzhou in the west, there is a flat Chengdu Plain, and there is almost no danger to defend.

So Zhuge Zhan also set his sights on Jiangzhou. If he wanted to block Lu Kang's Eastern Wu soldiers, he had to reach Jiangzhou City first.

Facing Deng Ai's question, Liu Yin told the truth. Deng Ai chuckled lightly, counted on his fingers, and said: "Luo Xian's son left Yong'an and came to Chengdu in the west. It will take at least five or six days on the way, and Zhuge Zhan It will take at least ten days for the army to arrive in Jiangzhou, so it will take about half a month, so the lord thinks that after Lu Kang wins Yong'an, he will go to Kuma and release Nanshan?"

Liu Yin frowned. It was Zhuge Zhan's wishful thinking to guard Jiangzhou. In fact, after taking Yong'an, Lu Kang would not stop at all, and would definitely take advantage of the situation and go west to snatch Jiangzhou.

"I'm also worried about this. If Lu Kang takes advantage of the situation and advances westward, I'm afraid Jiangzhou may have already fallen by the time we arrive at Jiangzhou." Liu Yin said worriedly, if he can't reach Jiangzhou before Lu Kang, After Zhuge Zhan led his army to Jiangzhou, he would turn defense into offense, and it would be difficult to take down Jiangzhou, which the Wu people had already defended.

Deng Ai Nianxu smiled slightly and said, "If I were Lu Kang, after capturing Yong'an, I would surely go all the way and take Jiangzhou in one go. As far as I know, there are less than a thousand defenders in Jiangzhou. It is impossible to block the tiger and wolf division in Jiangdong. What's more, after the Wu army captured Yong'an, they blocked the news and attacked Jiangzhou in the same way. Guarding Jiangzhou, I am afraid that the Shu army will have no chance of winning."

Liu Yin hesitated for a moment, then said: "Then according to Mr. Ai's opinion, how should we fight?"

Deng Ai said: "Lu Kang's appetite is definitely not limited to Yong'an Jiangzhou, his greater ambition is to seek Chengdu, so my lord doesn't need to go to Jiangzhou, but choose a dangerous place outside Chengdu to garrison, and intercept and kill Lu Kang on the way. If you resist, you can take the initiative in your own hands and wait for work with ease."

"Where does the gentleman think is the best place to stop?"

Deng Ai said in an affirmative tone: "From Jiangzhou to Chengdu, you must take the road of Qi. As long as the army of the lord and Zhuge Zhan can hold Qi County, Lu Kang will definitely not be able to cross it. As long as you stick to the city, the Wu people will surely lead their troops back after a long battle without success, so why worry about the Wu people not being defeated if they send their pursuers at that time?"

Qi County is not far from Chengdu. It is about two hundred miles east of Chengdu. It is the county seat of Dongguanghan County and one of the only roads leading to Chengdu.Deng Ai proposed a strategy to defend Qidao, which also made Liu Yin's eyes shine.Although Deng Ai is from Wei, he knows everything about the mountains and rivers in the middle of Shu. It is no wonder that Deng Ai dared to take the Yinping path to attack Shu. .

Liu Yin adopted Deng Ai's proposal, and after the assembly was completed, he rushed to the school field in the eastern suburbs of Chengdu. According to the original plan, Zhuge Zhan would lead the second army of Yulin Huben to appear on the school field in the eastern suburbs. At present, Zhuge Zhan will only advance and never procrastinate.

Just as Liu Yin expected, Zhuge Zhan arrived at the school military field an hour earlier.This is Zhuge Zhan's first time leading troops in a real sense since he became an official. Although he had served in military positions such as Captain Cavalry Captain and General Habayashi Nakaro, at most he was only a guard of honor when the emperor was on tour. There has never been a real swordsman fighting on the battlefield.

Zhuge Zhanqingbu Pingyun, who has been promoted many times in the court all the way, is naturally criticized behind his back, but the wise and powerful Zhuge Liang did not pass on his skills to his son, which made countless people secretly sigh.

So this battle is Zhuge Zhan's opportunity to prove himself, `he is eager to make contributions on the battlefield, so as to get out of his father's shadow.Zhuge Zhan was not very impressed with the concept of father. After all, he was only eight years old when his father died. Moreover, Zhuge Liang had been in charge of military affairs in Hanzhong, and he had never been back to his home in Chengdu for several years. I have never tasted much fatherly love.

But he did live under the shadow of Zhuge Liang. Whenever the imperial court issued a good decree, even though it was not Zhuge Zhan's suggestion and advocacy.The common people would tell each other: "This is what Zhuge Wu Xianghou advocated." This really put a lot of pressure on Zhuge Zhan.

After becoming the chief assistant minister, Zhuge Zhan's pressure continued unabated. He was eager to make contributions on the battlefield and completely take off the hat of relying on his father's shade.

(End of this chapter)