The last three kingdoms

Chapter 444 Seeing Yang'an Pass Again

As the prefect of Hanzhong, Li Fu is naturally the highest commander of the Wei State in Hanzhong County, and is in charge of the military and political power in Hanzhong. However, he has never stayed in Hanzhong County to govern Nanzheng. It is absolutely impossible for the prefect of Hanzhong to act as an agent for the affairs of a county like the prefects in other places. His more responsibilities are to besiege the two key passes in Hanzhong and get rid of the remaining power of Shu in Hanzhong as soon as possible.

Originally Li Fu's siege of Seoul, and the deputy guard Xun Kai's siege of Lecheng was Zhonghui's established policy, but several roving troops of the Shu army in the Hanzhong area were quite happy, constantly disturbing the logistics supply line of the Wei army, making Li Fu I have a headache.For this reason, Li Fu specially ordered Xun Kai to mobilize part of his troops to attack and wipe out the rogue soldiers of the Shu army. As for the military affairs of Lecheng, Li Fu sent another general Fang Hong to take over the post.

Xun Kai is capable of both civil and military affairs, and he really lived up to Li Fu's expectations. In just a few months, he successively wiped out three groups of Shu troops, and launched a siege campaign against the last group of soldiers, Lu Xun. , forcing Lu Xun into the inclined valley, victory is in sight.

While Li Fu was waiting for Xun Kai to return triumphantly, Xun Kai unexpectedly lost contact, which made Li Fu deeply puzzled, and hurriedly sent someone to Xiegu to find out.

The news that came back from Xiegu shocked Li Fu so much that he almost dropped his jaw to the ground in shock.

Although the news that Longxi was occupied by the Shu army had already spread to Hanzhong, it did not affect the Wei army in Hanzhong. As long as the food roads were smooth, the Wei army in Hanzhong had nothing to worry about.Li Fu also knew very well that the emptiness around Guanlong gave the Shu army an opportunity to take advantage of it. As long as the Wei army mobilized troops to fight back, it would be no problem to destroy this stealthy Shu army.

However, such a major military operation is not something that Li Fu, a small prefect of Hanzhong, can dominate. Fu did not doubt at all that Sima Wang would wipe out the remnants of the Shu army in Longxi with the force of wind and clouds.

Because the majestic Qinling Mountains are separated, the news exchange between Hanzhong and Guanzhong usually lags behind by about half a month. Li Fu's mentality is very relaxed. It seems that the fierce battle in Guanlong has nothing to do with him. What he has to face now , is how to win Seoul and Lecheng.

The shock that Xun Kai's defeat brought to Li Fu is self-evident. Not only Xun Kai was wiped out at Xieyuguan, but even Sima Wang, the governor of Yongliang, was defeated in Wuzhangyuan. Liu Yin, the general of Shu, looked at him with admiration.

However, Li Fu felt that the war was still far away. He believed that although Liu Yin had won successive victories in Guanlong, it would not be easy to win Chang'an. The war never ends.But if the Battle of Guanzhong is not over, it is impossible for the Shu army to bring the flames of war to Hanzhong. During this period, the Wei army in Hanzhong can still sit back and relax.

The only thing that worried Li Fu was that the fall of Chencang and Mei County cut off the grain transportation channel for the Wei army in Hanzhong. It is bound to be difficult to use.

Of course, the Wei army is not just a grain transport channel in Guanzhong. If it is difficult to transport grain in Guanzhong, they have another set of backup plans, which is to transport grain from Shangyong to Hanzhong, and then transfer it from Hanzhong to Shu, so as to ensure the transportation of grain in Zhongzhong. The supply of food and grass for the army.However, this is a channel that will only be used as a last resort, and there is no need to open it yet.

Li Fuke dutifully sent the news he had received to Zhong Hui in Shu, and attached his analysis. Li Fu assured Zhong Hui that although the situation in Guanzhong was dangerous, Hanzhong was as safe as a mountain, and the logistics supply channel Although some difficulties have been encountered, there is no need to worry, the supply of food and grass on the front line will still be sufficient.

When Li Fu sent this letter, he didn't know that Chang'an had fallen, and at this moment Liu Yin was leading an army through Ziwu Valley and heading towards Hanzhong.

The barrier of the mountains makes the news very serious. In many cases, it is fatal to deliver the news a day or two late. What's more, there is a half-month lag between Guanzhong and Hanzhong. Half a month is enough to cause earth-shaking changes. up.

Fang Hong retreated from Lecheng, and went to Li Fu with a mournful face.

Li Fu asked why, Fang Hong told the details one by one, Li Fu was dumbfounded, speechless for a while.

Li Fu couldn't help being shocked. In just a few days, Liu Yin had already captured Chang'an and killed him in Hanzhong. It was so fast, it was like a heavenly soldier.

Li Fu did not blame Fang Hong. Based on the strength of the two sides, if Fang Hong insisted on fighting, he would definitely not be Liu Yin's opponent, and the entire army would probably be wiped out.

But Lecheng, Seoul will also face the same situation.Although the Wei army surrounded Seoul like an iron barrel, once they encountered reinforcements from the enemy, such a siege formation would definitely not be conducive to combat.

Seoul is located in the north of the Han River, and the vast Hanzhong Plain is a great challenge for the defense of the Wei army. The Shu army has a strong cavalry, and the plain is the stage for them to display. The Wei army has no danger to defend. It is difficult to defend against cavalry attacks.

Once the battle starts, the Shu army will cooperate from inside to outside. Jiang Bin, who was surrounded in Seoul, will definitely come out and join forces with Liu Yin. Liu Yin has 3 troops in Hanzhong. There are 5000 to [-] defenders, and now the Wei army in Hanzhong is full, and the total number does not exceed [-]. The disparity in strength makes Li Fu even more worried.

"Withdraw! Continue to withdraw!" After Li Fu recognized the situation, he also adopted the same strategy as Fang Hong. Before Liu Yin's brigade could kill them, Li Fu ordered the Wei army to retreat completely.

As for where to evacuate, Li Fu had already made arrangements. The distance between Hancheng and Yang'an Pass was less than sixty or seventy miles.

Yang’an Pass is the throat of Qin’s entry into Shu. When Zhong Hui attacked Shu, he completely ignored the strongholds of Lecheng in Seoul and took Yang’an Pass directly, thus opening the door to enter Shu. Now Li Fu is from Han Le The second city withdrew its troops, and the first choice for defense was Yang'an Pass.

The fall of Yang'an Pass because of Jiang Shu's treason and surrender to the enemy is the eternal pain in Fu Qian's heart. This time Liu Yin marched into Hanzhong, Yang'an Pass is naturally inevitable.

Yang'an Pass, which is only an important passageway between Yongyi and Yizhou, stands on the cusp of the wind and waves again at this moment.

(End of this chapter)