The last three kingdoms

Chapter 396 Coping
With grain in hand, don't panic in my heart.

After all, Sima Wang still has an army of [-] in his hands, which makes him seem to be able to easily deploy defenses in Guanzhong.

Ordinary generals rarely have the decisiveness of Sima Wang. In the Battle of Dishuiya, the Wei Army lost almost all of the vanguard cavalry battalion. In addition to the loss of attacking Jieting Tushan, more than 2 people were lost. Of course, compared with the total number of ten For an army of [-], losing [-] is not a serious injury.Ordinary generals will choose to counterattack as soon as possible to avenge the cavalry forward battalion.

But Sima Wang was surprisingly calm. He didn't let himself lose his mind because of his anger. He judged the situation and found that he had fallen into the encirclement of the Shu army. If he continued to fight, not only would he lose hope of victory, There may also be greater losses.

After all, Jieting's territory is narrow, and it is not suitable for large corps to fight at all. Almost all favorable terrains have been seized by the Shu army. Retreat, before the encirclement of the Shu army closed, the Wei army had calmly completed the withdrawal.

Withdrawing the army was not a rout. In order to cover the retreat of the army, Sima Wang arranged for the most elite troops to come to the rear. If the Shu army chased them all the way, Sima Wang would not mind giving them a head-on blow.

However, what Sima Wang admired a little was that Liu Yin actually stood still and did not send troops to pursue him. This also gave Sima Wang a new understanding of the young commander of the Shu army, and he was able to win a big victory. Still maintain a calm mind, such an opponent is a truly terrifying opponent.

The smooth retreat this time also allowed Sima Wang to preserve his strength. He knew very well that what he was going to face next would be a more brutal Guanzhong defense battle than the Jieting battle.

The core town of Bali Qinchuan is Chang'an, and if Chang'an can be defended, Guanzhong can be regarded as guarding.

After returning to Chang'an, Sima Wang put himself into active defense, and Chang'an City undoubtedly became the top priority of defense.

Fortunately, Chang'an City was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty. Although the imperial court moved the capital to Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the importance of Chang'an should not be underestimated. And Chang'an City is located in the core area of ​​Guanzhong.After the rebellion of Dong Zhuo and Li Guo at the end of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an and even Guanzhong were deserted. At the worst time, there were no chickens crowing for a hundred miles, bones were exposed in the wild, Guanzhong was dilapidated, the western capital was deserted, and even the human habitation was almost gone.

However, after Cao Wei established the country, he abolished the Sili Xiaowei Department, merged the Guanzhong Sanfu area into Yongzhou, and moved the state government of Yongliang from Jicheng to Chang'an, and Chang'an became the capital of Yongliang.

Although the war between Wei and Shu has never stopped for decades, the population and economy of Guanzhong are still slowly recovering. During the heyday of the Wei army's garrison, the troops stationed in the Guanlong area once reached 10,000+ people. It is obviously unrealistic to expect a large-scale army, food, grass and supplies to be transported from the Guanluo area, so the Wei State has a large-scale farm in Guanzhong to meet the needs of the front-line troops.Farming required a large population, so the State of Wei moved a lot of people from Kanto to Guanzhong. In just a few decades, the population in Guanzhong gradually recovered to the level of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Sima Wang naturally also listed the defense of Chang'an as a key point. He personally went to the city to direct the defense of the Wei army, and built Chang'an City into an impregnable fortress.

Of course, Sima Wang did not ignore the peripheral defense at all. There are only two ways to go from Longxi to Guanzhong, one is to go east along the Wei River, and the other is to go south along the Jing River. With these two routes, it will be difficult for the Shu army to attack the city of Chang'an.

"Reporting to the governor, the brigade of the Shu army has assembled in Anding County, and it seems that they intend to attack Xinping." After receiving the news, the scout soldiers hurriedly reported to Sima Wang.

"Oh?" Sima Wang had some doubts on his face. Obviously, the actions of the Shu army were somewhat unexpected. The Shu army chose to march from Anding this time, which was somewhat different from what he expected to march from Guanlong Avenue.

However, this is obviously not too surprising. It is also possible to march from Jingshui Road.

"Who will lead the army? How many troops will go to battle?"

It is obviously impossible for the scout soldiers to see with their own eyes who the general of the Shu army is, but they can tell from the opponent's banner, a big banner fluttering high in the wind, and a big "Liu" character It seems to prove that this is Liu Yin's handsome flag.As for the strength of the Shu army, the scouts also inferred it based on the Shu army's flags and other aspects.

Of course, the reconnaissance results of the scouts have seriously deviated. According to the report, An Ding has assembled at least [-] troops from the Shu army.

"6 or [-] people?" Sima Wang ordered loudly, "Bring the map!"

The Chinese military officer trotted all the way to fetch the general's map, and spread it on several cases.Sima Wang's eyes were a bit presbyopic, and he couldn't see clearly, but he still worked hard to find something on the map, and kept pointing and measuring with his fingers.

"It seems that Liu Yin is avoiding reality and pretending to be false. He is going to march from Anding. Pass our military order and order Hu Shi to lead [-] troops to Xinping to resist the enemy. The governor will also lead an army to Chiyang to help the army." Sima Wang responded quickly. Since the Shu army had assembled [-] to [-] troops in the direction of Anding, it was obvious that Liu Yin's intentions were obvious. Marching from Anding County, their next goal was to go straight to Chang'an.Then Sima Wang will never be helpless, and will definitely try to stop Liu Yin's advance.

Xinping is a county town less than a hundred miles away from Anding, which is the throat from Anding to Chang'an. Its gains and losses are directly related to whether Chang'an's defense system is strong, and naturally there is no room for mistakes.

Sima Wang made a decisive decision, soldiers came to block, water came to cover, and he decisively sent Hu Shi to Xinping to block the Shu army. At the same time, he also rushed to Chiyang to supervise the battle to resist the Shu army.

Su Yu, who joined the army, said with a worried face: "Liu Yin is looking for a long way, and instead of taking the Guanlong Avenue, he took the Jingshui Trail, which is confusing. The governor has to guard against it."

Sima Wang laughed loudly and said: "Su joined the army too much. If Liu Yin walked on Guanlong Avenue, he would definitely not be able to bypass Chencang. Chencang is so strong. Zhuge Liang led tens of thousands of troops to attack for more than 20 days. Yin obviously didn't want to repeat the same mistakes and took the Jingshui trail in an attempt to attack Chang'an from this road. However, his wishful thinking will never succeed, as long as our army guards Xinping, the Shu people will never be able to overcome them!"

(End of this chapter)