The last three kingdoms

Chapter 368 Sima Wang

When Sima Wang set foot on the road to Longyou, he felt really restless. For decades, Wei and Shu had maintained a balance of power in the Guanlong area. In front of the iron-barrel-like defense of the governor, it has been to no avail. The border between the two sides has always been maintained at the front line of the Qinling Mountains, and there is mutual offense and defense, but no one has ever broken through this point.
But this balance was broken in the fourth year of Wei Jingyuan. Zhong Hui led an army of 18 into Shu in three routes, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger. Unstoppable.

However, the evolution of the world has exceeded everyone's expectations. Due to the entry of Wu State, Yizhou, which was originally in a clear situation, has become chaotic. Now Yizhou has almost become a big quagmire. Withdrawing and retreating, Zhonghui's 15 troops fell into it, and Wu Guo also invested half of his troops for it. The two sides' struggle in Yizhou can be said to spare no effort.

However, the Kingdom of Shu, which is settled in Nanzhong, seems to be forgotten by people. In the eyes of the world, the extremely barbaric land in Nanzhong, where the court of the Kingdom of Shu lived in exile, may not be able to do anything. In the current situation, the Kingdom of Shu has been marginalized.

But just when everyone in the world thought that the Kingdom of Shu was no longer an important matter, the news of the fall of the five counties of Longyou came. exception.

Sima Wang is the son of Sima Fu, the nephew of Sima Yi, and his stepbrother Sima Lang in his early years.The Sima family was a famous family in Hanoi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were the official officials. Since Sima Yi, the Sima family has become the de facto ruler of Cao Wei, and the power is in the hands of the people. Sima Wang, who is the core member of the Sima family, naturally deserves it has been reused.

Of course, Sima Wang's ability and talent are also quite outstanding, otherwise he would never be able to be reused and promoted under the circumstances of Sima's heirs.During Sima Wang's eight years as General Zhengxi and Governor of Yongliang, he prestiged Mingsu and organized the army. He successfully resisted Jiang Wei's attacks many times, and his reputation shook Guanlong.

Later, relying on his achievements in Guanlong, Sima moved to General Wei, the leader of the Central Army, and was in charge of the Forbidden Army. Last year, he was promoted to General Hussars. He is currently the highest-ranking general in the Great Wei Dynasty and one of the ruling core members of the Sima family.

It's no wonder that Sima Wang was the first candidate Sima Zhao thought of when he heard about the Longxi Incident.

Sima Wang didn't live up to Sima Zhao's high expectations, so he rushed to Chang'an to take up the post despite the wind and snow.Due to the severe cold weather, the army could not be mobilized. Sima Wang only brought dozens of entourages with him on this trip, which was almost the same as riding a horse alone to Chang'an.

The situation before Sima Wang was very serious. The five counties of Longyou and Jincheng County were lost, and the entire Guanzhong could mobilize less than [-] troops.

However, Sima Wang is a famous general after all, and he was not intimidated by the difficulties in front of him. Now that the road is blocked by heavy snow, the brigade can't move to Guanzhong, but it will also restrain the actions of the Shu army. Sima Wang is not too worried that the Shu army will be here. Launching an attack at this time, he adjusted the defense situation in Guanzhong in a timely manner, and adjusted the limited troops in Guanzhong to three points: Chang'an, Chencang and Xinping.Among them, Chang'an is the core of Guanzhong and must be protected. Chencang is the throat for the Shu army to advance from Longyou to the east, and Xinping is an important place to advance from Anding to the east. Keeping these three places is equivalent to defending Guanzhong.

Especially Chen Cang is the most important strategic location on the Guanlong Road. Several wars between Wei and Shu have been fought around it. Sima Wang has guarded Yongliang for eight years, and he is very familiar with the geography of Yongliang's mountains and rivers. Palm, after he arrived in Guanzhong, the appointment of this item was to adjust the guards of Chencang, appoint Yueqi School Captain Wang Hun as the guard of Chencang, and lead [-] troops to guard Chencang.

Sima Wang believed that with the strength of Chencang, even if the Shu army poured 3 horses to attack, it might not be able to win in a short time. Now it is the ninth day of the week, and the dripping water turns into ice. The defenders have the cover of the city wall to avoid the cold. , and the siege troops have no chance to stay too long in the wild ice and snow. As long as they can survive this winter and the Kanto army enters the Guanzhong, the situation can be reversed in an instant.

Sima Wang's judgment was still accurate. After the Shu army took the five counties of Longyou, they stopped advancing and never attacked Chencang.This winter, the two sides of Wei and Shu have maintained a state of daggers and crossbows, but they have not made any substantive contact. The balance of victory is quietly tilting towards Wei.

Just after the first month, the first wave of Wei troops had already entered Guanzhong from Kanto. Obviously, Sima Zhao was eager to regain the lost land in Longyou, and before the ice and snow had completely melted, he had already sent Sima Wang to increase his troops.

As the Kanto army entered the pass one after another, Sima Wang also began to plan a plan to march to Longxi. By the beginning of February, the number of troops in Guanzhong had reached [-]. Without using Yizhou and southern troops, Sima Zhao was able to mobilize an army of [-], which was the limit of the troops Wei could mobilize.

Neither Sima Zhao nor Sima Wang paid much attention to Liu Yin who sneaked into Longxi. In their eyes, Liu Yin was just a small person who took advantage of the situation and was not worth mentioning at all. What is the background of Wei State? How can such a small ant like Liu Yin be able to shake the profoundness of it.It is more than enough to recruit one hundred thousand troops to deal with him. Sima Zhao will not change his original strategy because of Liu Yin's appearance.

Sima Wang also had no doubt that this would be a war without much suspense. As long as the army of Wei State marched westward, this kind of victory would be crushing.

What's more, Sima Wang received a secret letter from Jincheng prefect Yang Xin before he set off. Yang Xin was forced to land in Shu at the beginning of the situation and was very regretful. Difficult.

Sima Wang was overjoyed, with Yang Xin behind him, it was difficult for Liu Yin not to be defeated. Even if he replied to Yang Xin, asking him to act according to the plan, he also promised Yang Xin that after the matter was completed, he would definitely tell the court that he would serve as the Governor of Liangzhou .Of course, Sima Wang was very happy to write this kind of empty check, and it was up to Sima Zhao to decide whether he would be the governor of Liangzhou in the future.

With Yang Xin's support, Sima Wang had no reason to doubt the success rate of this westward march. In order to fulfill Sima Zhao's expectations as soon as possible, Sima Wang intensively completed the final preparations before the attack and personally commanded an army of [-]. Follow Guanlong Avenue, march forward in a vast way, and point directly to Jieting.

(End of this chapter)