The last three kingdoms

Chapter 461 Du Yu
Sima Zhao took advantage of the momentum of breaking Shu and wanted to dominate the world, so he raised his troops on a large scale and fought against Eastern Wu in Xiling.Sima Zhao played a very big game of chess, just to take advantage of the opportunity of Wu's main force entering Shu and destroy Wu in one fell swoop.

However, the Yangtze River defense line that Soochow has worked hard for many years is so easy to break through. Soochow is lacklustre in taking the initiative to attack foreign countries, but it has always achieved brilliant results in defensive operations. From the early Battle of Chibi to Later, in the battle of Yiling and Cao Pi's three-way attack on Wu, Soochow won a complete victory.

The importance of Xiling to Soochow is self-evident. Once it falls, not only may the Wei army break through the Yangtze River defense line, but also the logistics supply line of the Army's army entering Shu will be cut off. The catastrophe.Wei Guo also took a fancy to this point, so he sent Yang Hu and Du Yu to lead [-] troops to besiege Xiling.

The Wu side did not dare to underestimate it, and sent the general of Zhenxi, Lu Kai, to lead his troops to resist. The two sides launched the most difficult tug-of-war in Xiling.

The terrain of Xiling is complicated, the roads are dangerous and narrow, and the distance to the west of Xiling Gorge is only more than [-] li.Coupled with the fact that the Xiling Fortress of Wu State has been painstakingly managed for many years, the city defenses are strong and well-defended. During the year-long battle, the Wei army has never been able to make substantial progress.

It stands to reason that Sima Zhao should adjust his deployment if the attack is blocked, but Sima Zhao has been stubbornly not withdrawing his troops. It is obvious that winning Xiling will play a vital role in the overall situation.At this point, Sima Zhao is very patient. If he can't do it in one year, he can fight for two years. If he can't do it in two years, he can fight for three years.

If it hadn't been for the fall of Guanzhong, the Battle of Xiling would have been delayed indefinitely.

However, the fall of Guanzhong forced Sima Zhao to make major adjustments to the established strategy, among which withdrawing from Xiling was the most important step.

Yang Hu led 100 troops back to Xiangyang in response to Soochow's counterattack. Based on Sima Zhao's understanding of Soochow, after this withdrawal, Soochow will [-]% send troops to pursue them, and their goal is naturally Xiangyang, an important town in Jingzhou, is also the city that the Wu people have dreamed of conquering for decades.

And Du Yu's 5 horses were transferred to Nanxiang, preparing to attack Wuguan occupied by the Shu army.

Du Yu had previously served as a member of the army and the chief historian of the Zhenxi General's Mansion. As a member of Zhonghui's staff, he participated in the battle against Shu.When Jia Chong withdrew his troops from Langzhong, he was recalled to Luoyang by Sima Zhao. It was Du Yu who replaced Jia Chong in command of this army. Quickly put into the front line of Xiling.

Du Yu was born in a family of officials and eunuchs. His grandfather Du Ji was once a servant of Shangshu, and his father Du Shu was an official in Youzhou.It's just that his father, Du Shu, was upright and had many quarrels with the dignitaries in the court. Later, he was framed by a villain, exiled for thousands of miles, and finally died of anger.Influenced by his father, Du Yu was not reused in his early years.Although Du Yu grew up in an official family, he was not the kind of playboy who only knew how to enjoy himself.He has read a lot since he was a child and is diligent in writing. He has researched on economics, politics, calendar, law, mathematics, history and engineering.People at the time nicknamed him "Du Wuku" and praised him for his knowledge and versatility, like an arsenal with everything.He especially loves to read "Zuo Zhuan" and claims to have "Zuo Zhuan" addiction.

After the Gaopingling Incident, the Sima family has become the actual person in power of the Cao Wei regime. In order to win people's hearts and consolidate the rule, Sima Zhao began to recruit talents and appoint virtuous people. Talents like Yang Hu, Shan Tao, and Du Yu are the Sima family urgently needed by the political system.In this context, Du Yu married Sima Zhao's younger sister, Princess Gaolu, and became a core member of the Sima Group, so he began to make progress in his official career.

For Du Yu, who was leading the army for the first time, he was extremely eager to make contributions and justify his name. Due to his in-law relationship with the Sima family, Du Yu was considered a nepotism, which made the talented Du Yu very depressed. .

Du Yu originally expected to have an outstanding performance in the Battle of Xiling, but after a year-long confrontation, Wei and Wu fell into a stalemate in Xiling. But he couldn't show it, and he still didn't have an inch of power, which made Du Yu even more depressed.

This time, after receiving the withdrawal order from Sima Zhao, Du Yu discussed with Yang Hu the plan to withdraw the troops.With the urgency of the Wu people, after the Wei army retreats, they will definitely come to pursue them. If it weren't for Du Yu who had the task of attacking Wuguan assigned by Sima Zhao, Du Yu would like to set up an ambush halfway and give the Wu people a slap in the face. lesson.

But Du Yu didn't dare to delay. He knew very well that the reason why Sima Zhao made up his mind to withdraw his troops was because of the fall of Guanzhong. Under the direct threat, if Guanzhong is not recaptured for a day, Sima Zhao will have trouble sleeping and eating all day.

Of course, Du Yu's army alone was not enough to regain Guanzhong. Sima Zhao sent Du Yu to attack Wuguan. The main purpose was to help the Zhonghui army trapped in Shu.Using the attack on Wuguan as a bait, Liu Yin, who was in Hanzhong, was attracted to return to the rescue, creating conditions for Zhong Hui to break through and save himself.A more popular way of saying is to encircle Wei and save Zhao. Sima Zhao did not expect to take Wuguan lightly, but only hoped that Du Yu's actions could save Zhonghui's army.

Rescuing soldiers was like putting out a fire, and Du Yu's timetable for withdrawing troops was very urgent, so Du Yu discussed with Yang Hu that Du Yu would lead the troops to withdraw first, and after Yang Hu came, he would deal with Wu's pursuit.

After confirming the withdrawal plan, Du Yu set up camp overnight and headed north to Nanxiang.On the other hand, Yang Hu waited in strict battle, withdrew slowly, and walked in the direction of Xiangyang.

As soon as the Wei army withdrew, the Wu army would definitely send troops to pursue them. However, Lu Kai was cautious, and only led his troops to chase for a short distance. He had a little contact with the Wei army's rearguard troops. Seeing that Yang Hu was already prepared and his army was in good order, he probably would be able to continue the pursuit. , and may not be able to gain.For more than a year, Wei attacked Wu Shou and launched a protracted tug-of-war in the Xiling area. Both sides were exhausted. Now the defenders in Xiling have also lost a lot of people. Lu Kai dared not go deeper. Live in people and horses, retreat back to Xiling.

Yang Hu retreated calmly, but Du Yu almost ran all the way. Xiao Xing stayed overnight and traveled twice the road. He was almost non-stop along the way. It took less than five days to rush from Xiling to Nanning. Township.

(End of this chapter)