The last three kingdoms

Chapter 457 The New Pattern in Central Shu
Although it is just a ruin, its significance is extraordinary. This is the capital of the Shu Han Dynasty. No matter what it becomes, as long as the Shu Han Dynasty exists, it will be the capital of the Shu Han Dynasty. Its symbolic significance is even greater than its practical significance.

Walking among the scorched earth and rubble, Jiang Wei could vaguely discern the location of the previous imperial palace. Seeing the once glorious imperial city of Shu Capital reduced to ruins, Jiang Wei couldn't help sighing.Jiang Wei felt that the burden on his shoulders was extremely heavy, and he could hardly breathe. Yes, he is the general of the Shu Han, and he shoulders the responsibility for the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty. Who else?

If we simply look at the situation in Shu, Jiang Wei's recovery of Jiange, Mianzhu, Luocheng, and Chengdu this time can be regarded as an incomparably brilliant victory. The only flaw in the ointment is the loss of Langzhong.But if this battle is regarded as an exchange, then the Shu Han has made a lot of money this time. They exchanged Langzhong for at least four counties from Jiange to Chengdu (except Fucheng). There is nothing wrong with buying and selling.

Especially after recapturing Chengdu, Zitong, Wenshan, Guanghan, and Shujun in the north and Hanjia and Jianwei in the south, which are still controlled by Shu, were connected together, and the road to Nanzhong was opened. It can be said that Jiang Wei's victory this time restored half of the land of the Shu Han, which is of far-reaching significance, no less than Liu Yin's capture of Guanlong.

All the compliments flocked to Jiang Wei without hesitation, and everyone praised Jiang Wei for being wise and resolute in assessing the situation, making timely decisions and planning strategies with ease, counterattacking Jiange was a stroke of genius, and he took back Chengdu in one go, even if he was a famous general , but also so.

What people are good at is judging heroes by success or failure. When the Wei State aggressively attacked Shu, they did not consider the huge gap between Wei and Shu, but blindly accused Jiang Wei of retreating steadily and questioned Jiang Wei's ability to lead the army. Today, when Jiang Wei regained Chengdu, everyone praised Jiang Wei for his efforts to turn the tide, and everyone expected it.

As for the loss of Langzhong, it was selectively ignored by people. In war, there are always gains and losses. As long as the gains outweigh the losses, it is a success, and the flaws do not conceal the advantages. On this point, people are often very tolerant.

Even Zhang Yi, who has always been at odds with Jiang Wei, highly praised Jiang Wei's wisdom and wisdom this time. This is a long-lost victory for the Shu army. For Zhang Yi, who is loyal to the Shu Han, no matter what kind of victory, as long as it is beneficial to the Shu Han, it is worth celebrating.

Amidst the praise, Jiang Wei was extremely reserved. Perhaps in the eyes of others, this was Jiang Wei's humility. In fact, Jiang Wei knew very well that the Shu Han had missed the opportunity to win a greater victory.

I am afraid that Jiang Wei never expected that Zhong Hui would be so decisive. He resolutely gave up his vested interests in Sichuan, and decisively sent his troops eastward, captured Brazil, and opened up the Padang trail.As a result, the plan to wipe out Zhonghui's army has obviously come to naught, and Zhonghui has regained a firm foothold in the area east of Fushui, and there is always the possibility of a comeback.

Jiang Wei couldn't care less about other things. After occupying Chengdu and other places, Jiang Wei's troops were a bit stretched by the extension of the defense line, so Jiang Wei had to go all out to rebuild the defense line and take an active defensive posture. To ensure that the fruits of these victories will not fall by the wayside.

After Zhonghui occupied Langzhong and Xuanhan, he immediately sent people to dredge the Padang Trail and move grain and grass from Shangyong Xincheng and other places to solve the food shortage problem for the [-] troops.After receiving food supplies, the morale of the Wei army quickly settled down, and Zhong Hui naturally did not need to withdraw from Shuzhong. Although the Wei army suffered repeated defeats and lost generals, its main force still remained, and it gained a firm foothold in Brazil County. After that, Zhonghui started his expansion again.

Of course, Zhong Hui chose Yong'an as the target this time. After capturing Xuanhan, the Wei army was not far away from Yong'an. Zhong Hui suddenly launched an attack on Yong'an. the back road.

Hit a snake and strike seven inches. If Yang'an Pass is Zhonghui's seven inches, then Yong'an is Lu Kang's seven inches.For more than a year, the two sides have been engaged in a decisive battle around Fucheng. In fact, Zhong Hui was beyond his reach, otherwise he would have sent troops to attack Yong'an long ago.

Yong'an is related to the life and death of the Wu army in Shu. Once Yong'an falls, the embarrassment that happened to Zhong Hui before will undoubtedly fall on Lu Kang.

The Wu army invested a lot of troops in Shu. The first two batches of troops entering Yizhou alone reached 15. However, with the stalemate in the war in Jingzhou, Wu no longer had the power to send reinforcements to Shu. After more than a year of consumption of the 15 army, there are only [-] to [-] left.Of course, the strength of troops is not absolute. The real hidden danger of Wu Jun is that the battle is too long.

Wu Jun's more than [-] troops are distributed on the long front from Yong'an to Fucheng. This front is close to thousands of miles, just like a snake with a winding head. The tail of the snake is Yong'an, the body of the snake is Jiangzhou, and the head of the snake is undoubtedly Fucheng. .The main purpose of Lu Kang's capture of Fucheng was to rely on Fucheng and radiate to the entire Shu region, but the entry of the Wei army made Lu Kang's attempt shattered, and Wu and Wei fell into a long-term war of confrontation.

The battle at the beginning was always around Fucheng, that is to say, the Wei army had been attacking the snake's head, but after this incident, Zhong Hui marched into the east of Sichuan, and directly aimed at the tail of the big snake in Wu State, trying to kill the snake. Wu Guo's army strangled between Bashan Shushui.

Lu Kang learned from the painful experience, thinking that there is not much point in sticking to Fucheng at this moment. Instead, it has formed a situation that cannot be lost. Now that the Wei army is attacking Yong'an with all its strength, if there is a slight mistake, the consequences will be disastrous.Lu Kang finally gave up Fucheng helplessly, and concentrated all his forces on Jiangzhou and Yong'an, defending the two cities.

After the Shu army captured Fu City, the situation in the entire Shu region has become increasingly clear. So far, Wei and Shu have used the Fu River as the dividing line. The Shu State occupies most of the territory west of the Fu River, while the area east of the Fu River , fell into the hands of the State of Wei, and after the Wu army retreated to Yong'an, Jiangzhou, it also limited its sphere of influence to the southeast of Central Shu. The new pattern of the Three Kingdoms in Central Shu has already been implicitly formed.

Of course, these boundaries are relatively vague. With the development of the situation, the war in the central Sichuan area will only intensify.

(End of this chapter)