The last three kingdoms

Chapter 453 Unexpectedly
The situation in central Sichuan in the past two years can be described as a dog-tooth criss-cross. The three parties have been fighting constantly. There is me in you, and you in me. They attack each other and get entangled.Many cities have changed hands several times. Today's surname is Wei, tomorrow's surname is Shu, and the day after tomorrow it may be named Wu. Because of the war, Shu Zhongping, which is thousands of miles away, has been completely reduced to a thousand miles of red land. , originally it was the busy spring season, but the field was barren, except for the weeds spreading and growing wantonly, there was not a single seedling to be seen.

The battle is based on comprehensive national power. Wei State has a deep foundation in this area. In the battle with Soochow, it seems to have the upper hand. It has successively conquered Luocheng and Mianzhu, and then marched southeast, pushing Jiangzhou. There is a tendency to directly copy Lu Kang's back.

However, although the State of Wu was retreating steadily, it still firmly guarded Fucheng, an important town in northern Sichuan, which made Zhong Hui feel like a thorn in his throat. If Fucheng could not be conquered, all food and grass materials had to detour around Wenshan Road to reach Chengdu, which was time-consuming and laborious. This bottleneck has always restricted Zhonghui's development in central Sichuan, and made the smug Zhonghui always have a sense of hopelessness. The feeling of exertion.

In order to open up the Chenghan Avenue, Zhong Hui has been sparing no effort to attack Fucheng, but the terrain of Fucheng is extremely dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Fucheng is close to Fushui, and the Wei army cannot cut off the waterway traffic of the Wu army, which makes the source of troops for the Wu army Materials can be continuously replenished to Fucheng.

This caused Zhong Hui to suffer from constant headaches. Fucheng was like a fishbone stuck in Zhong Hui's throat, unable to spit it out or swallow it.

Last year, the news of Liu Yin's sneak attack on Longxi shocked Zhong Hui. Although many people thought Liu Yin's actions were a case of ringworm and scabies, Zhong Hui knew that no matter how small the disease was, it was also a disease. Zhonghui is so sensitive. After all, the land of Guanlong is the logistics supply base of Zhonghui's army. If there is a loss, the 10,000+ troops will probably have to drink the northwest wind.

At that time, Zhong Hui immediately wrote to Sima Zhao, asking Sima Zhao to allow him to send troops back to help Guan Long, but Sima Zhao seemed to disagree. He doesn't have to worry about it.

When Zhong Hui heard that it was Sima Wang who led the expedition to Yongliang, he couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief. Sima Wang was a veteran general, and he was not inferior to Zhong Hui in terms of reputation, qualifications or experience. With the veteran general sitting in Guanzhong, Liu Yin must not be able to cause much trouble.

However, the development of the situation in Guanlong was unexpected by Zhonghui. The defeat of Jieting completely annihilated Wei's hope of counterattacking Longxi, and the ensuing battle of Wuzhangyuan and the fall of Chencang made the situation in Guanlong even worse. Get out of hand.

Due to the remoteness of the roads blocked by Guanshan, it will be half a month before Zhonghui gets the news from the front line of Guanlong. It was Zhong Hui who had just heard that Jieting was defeated, and that Chencang had already fallen over there. When he heard the news of Chencang's fall, Liu Yin's army had already arrived at the city of Chang'an.

The rapid collapse of the situation in Guanlong made Zhong feel unprepared. The rapid advance of the Shu army in Guanlong had already seriously threatened the supply line of Zhonghui's army. Once the grain road was cut off, Zhonghui's entire army would be destroyed Food and grass are cut off, and they are in a desperate situation.

Years of wars have plagued the Central Shu area, ten rooms are empty, and the fields are barren. It is impossible to feed on the enemy. Otherwise, Wei Guo would not have transshipped thousands of miles from Guanzhong and paid five or six times the price to transport grain.The fate of the entire Wei army entering Shu was tied to Guanzhong. It is no wonder that when the news of Guanlong came, the Wei army was panicked. Many generals suggested that Zhong Hui immediately send troops back to Guanzhong to keep this lifeline open.

However, Zhong Hui was hesitant. One of the reasons was that Sima Zhao's order was very clear and he was not allowed to intervene in the affairs of Guanzhong. To easily mobilize troops and horses, the so-called not to give orders to the emperor outside the country, is all nonsense, and to act in violation of orders is to risk decapitation.Zhong Hui knew Sima Zhao's character very well. He was tolerant on the outside and jealous on the inside, and he had no doubts about employing others.

The second is that Zhonghui still had illusions about Simawang, thinking that the situation in Guanzhong was not so dire that it could not be handled. Zhonghui was still very relieved about Chang'an City. I'm afraid I won't be able to attack in a year and a half.As long as Chang'an can be defended, the food road leading to Yizhou will be safe for the time being.

The third point is also the most important point. Even if it is to return to Guanzhong, it must be planned before making a move. At the very least, grasp the current military situation in Guanzhong and make corresponding strategic deployments.But at this moment, the information sent back from Guanzhong was changing day by day, and Zhong Hui couldn't accurately grasp the current movement of the Shu army at all, and advancing blindly would only lead to failure.

Therefore, although the situation in Guanzhong deteriorated for a while, Zhong Hui has been watching the changes, wanting to wait and see again, but Zhong Hui's fantasy was shattered by the reality. After entering Chang'an, and had already rushed to Hanzhong, he defeated the Wei army who was besieging the gold by surprise, and broke the siege of gold.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yin advanced even further, breaking the siege of Lecheng and Seoul successively. Li Fu, the prefect of Hanzhong, retreated steadily. will be in hand.

To be honest, Zhong Hui really felt dazed. The evolution of the current situation has far exceeded his imagination. It stands to reason that Sima Wang is also a veteran general who has been famous for a long time. He is also a top existence. The reason why he was appointed as the governor of Yongliang, presumably Sima Zhao valued his ability rather than clan relationship.

But it was such a battle-tested veteran who was defeated by Liu Yin, a little-known Shu general.According to the information in his hands, Liu Yin is the son of Liu Li, King of Anping, and the servant of Liu Chan, the Lord of Shu. He is a pampered member of the royal family. He has never been in the army before. He is said to be recovering from a serious illness. How could he become so powerful? ?Deng Ai's defeat in Yinping Road was due to the geographical advantages, and the land of Guanlong was Wei's stronghold, no matter the right time, place and people were on Wei's side, but Sima Wang was actually defeated, and It was a crushing defeat, which made it difficult for Zhong Hui to accept emotionally.

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