The last three kingdoms

Chapter 458 Speechless
Chen Shou did not go south with Jiang Wei, but went north alone and returned to Yang'an Pass.

Generally speaking, Chen Shou was quite disappointed with this itinerary. He did not persuade Jiang Wei and Liu Yin to launch a joint north-south attack and trapped Zhong Hui to death near Chengdu.After Jiang Wei entered Jiange, he gave Zhong Hui a chance to escape. As a result, Zhong Hui succeeded in counterattack and captured Xuanhan in Langzhong, which led to the failure of Liu Yin's plan.

In Liu Yin's plan, he was to force Zhonghui's army to go north from Jiange to attack Yang'an Pass. As long as Liu Yin firmly guarded Yang'an Pass, it would be equivalent to trapping all of Zhonghui's army in the place where Chen Shou was walking. Between Whitewater Canyons.

"This is really a good place to trap the enemy!" Chen Shou looked at the Baishui Gorge, and couldn't help feeling infinitely, the so-called opportunity must never be lost, and a wonderful strategy to defeat the enemy was aborted.

After arriving at Yang'an Pass, Chen Shou went straight to see Liu Yin.

Liu Yin was in Yang'an Pass, but his heart was in Shu. Before Chen Shou came back, Liu Yin had sent several groups of scouts to go to Shu to find out what happened. Therefore, what happened in Shu, Liu Yin Basically know it like the back of your hand.

Jiang Wei's sudden attack on Jiange really made Liu Yin a little confused, but he soon understood the profound meaning contained in it. This is the rhythm of Jiang Wei's jumping out to fight for merit.

Frankly speaking, from the beginning to the end, Liu Yin didn't mean to compete for strengths and weaknesses. He hated the mutual rivalry in the court. The reason why the Shu Han was weak was not because of the endless and endless The internal friction emptied the national power of the Shu State, which gave Wei the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Since he launched the Northern Expedition, he never had the idea of ​​taking credit for his pride. The Shu Han building was about to collapse, and what Liu Yin thought about was how to do his best to turn the tide and blaze a trail of blood.But if you want to plant flowers and flowers will not bloom, but willow willows will become shade if you don’t want to. I am afraid that even Liu Yin himself never thought that the Northern Expedition would be so smooth. The golden siege wiped out all the troops under Li Fu, the prefect of Wei Hanzhong.

Liu Yin's next plan is very simple, which is to prepare to unite with Jiang Wei to carry out a large-scale annihilation operation against the Zhonghui army that invaded Shu, and by the way, clean up Lu Kang's troops and restore the country and society of the Shu Han.

Dealing with Lu Kang is only a long-term goal. After all, Lu Kang still has strong water transportation capabilities. He can attack when he advances, and he can defend when he retreats.But Zhonghui is different. With the grain transportation channel in Hanzhong blocked, Zhonghui's army is already in a desperate situation. Even if Zhonghui still has some food and grass on hand, he will never last for too long. If the army does not attack, Zhong Hui's defeat is only a matter of time.

However, Jiang Wei's excessive force this time provided Zhong Hui with an opportunity. The Jiange has no strategic value for Zhong Hui. Treating Jiange as an abandoned child, he lured Jiang Wei to lead his troops to attack with all his strength, but at this moment Zhong Hui suddenly turned his spearhead and took Langzhong instead.

On the surface, it seems that there is no disadvantage in this exchange. The Shu army exchanged the land of one county for the territory of four counties in the west. It is indeed a victory worthy of Daqing.But Liu Yin knew that Jiang Wei had missed the best chance to eliminate Zhong Hui. Although he had regained his dominant position in the battle of Central Shu, the battle in Central Shu had dragged on infinitely.

After Chen Shou came back, he told Liu Yin about his trip to Langzhong very "regretfully". left and right.

Yang'anguan's well-arranged defenses have lost their value, and the situation in Central Shu has gradually settled down after the earth-shaking changes during this period. Yu Ping, after the division and combination of the forces of all parties, the situation in Central Shu is still in an endless situation, and in a short period of time, it is by no means easy to completely solve the problem in Central Sichuan.

When Liu Yin went to see Deng Ai, he clearly saw a trace of disappointment in Deng Ai's eyes. Liu Yin knew that Deng Ai could spare no effort to help him because he pinned his hope of revenge on him. A best opportunity, but it disappeared in Jiang Wei's thought. It's no wonder that Deng Ai was a little depressed.

Liu Yin also had no choice but to express to him that there are always opportunities, and now that the general situation of the world has undergone fundamental changes, the situation that Wei is strong and Shu is weak has changed subtly, and Zhong Hui escaped by chance at this moment, but did not It does not mean that he will have such good luck again in the future.

Deng Ai quickly recovered his calm. Originally, he thought that revenge would be a long-term and arduous task, even with little hope, but Liu Yin's performance was so brilliant that the fire of hope in Deng Ai's heart was intensified. , even if the good opportunity is missed this time, but the future will be long, and it may not be that there will be no more opportunities.

The conversation between the two lasted for a long time. Before leaving, Deng Ai said meaningfully: "My lord is still very young, and the road ahead is still very long. People don't harm tigers, and tigers harm people's hearts. It is necessary to beware of evil people's hearts all the time." .”

Liu Yin was speechless, saluted and turned around to leave.

Deng Ai is right, Liu Yin is really still young, this youth is not only young in age, the so-called cold world, sinister people, Liu Yin does have a lot to learn, the higher the status, the greater the merit, Naturally, the more suspicions he faced, Jiang Wei taught Liu Yin a profound lesson this time.

People can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, and people can't help themselves in the court. Liu Yin didn't intend to get involved in the vortex of power struggle, but the world is unpredictable, and sometimes he really can't help himself.

Liu Yin personally drafted a memorial, which was the first memorial he submitted to the court since the Northern Expedition in August last year.Now that the entire Chenghan Avenue has been opened up, and the road to Nanzhong has been unimpeded, it is time to report to the master Liu Chan.

Liu Yin detailed everything that happened in the past year or so, but for the last battle, he only mentioned it in one stroke, with vague words, merits and demerits.

After writing the memorial, Liu Yin found out that the candles on the case had been burned out. It was clear to him that he had written the memorial all night. It was handed over to the messenger, and he watched the fast horse leave.

It will be a new day, and tomorrow will be separated by mountains, and the world will be boundless.

(End of this chapter)