The last three kingdoms

Chapter 680 tasteless
Sima Yan's spirit was greatly shaken, and he asked, "Who does Aiqing recommend?"

Yang Ji said solemnly: "The general of Zhenxi, Zhong Hui."

"Zhong Hui?" Sima Yan obviously didn't think that the person Yang Ji recommended was actually Zhong Hui, so he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

Yang Jidao: "Your Majesty, Zhong Zhenxi fought Lu Kang in Shu for three years, and he knows Lu Kang quite well. Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to win a hundred battles. I think that if you want to defeat Lu Kang, you must have Zhong Zhenxi."

Sima Yan nodded. He agreed with this. After all, Zhong Hui had dealt with Lu Kang for several years and had a deep understanding of Lu Kang. More importantly, Zhong Hui was not at a disadvantage when he fought with Lu Kang. One point is very important, at least I think that Zhong Hui's ability is only above Lu Kang, not below Lu Kang, but Zhong Hui is still in Yizhou at the moment, and it is difficult to quench his thirst in the distant water.

"Well, Yang Aiqing's words are reasonable. Among the generals in the dynasty, perhaps only Zhong Hui can stand up to Lu Kang, but Zhong Hui is still in Yizhou at the moment, how can he save the emergency?"

Yang Jidao: "Your Majesty, the current situation of the battle is changing. It is no longer comparable to what it was three or four years ago. Now our army is tight on both the north and south fronts. At this time, it does not make much sense to hold a county in Yizhou. It is better to be led by General Zhonghui." One hundred thousand elite troops are dispatched from Shu to solve Lu Kang on the southern front, and to threaten Liu Yin on the northern front.

Sima Yan also fell into deep thought. Indeed, the current situation in the world is unpredictable, and it is completely different from when he first conquered Shu three or four years ago. What's more, Zhong Hui's income in Shu is limited. So far, It also only grabbed the Yizhou territory east of Fushui, accounting for about one-third of Yizhou's territory.

Zhong Hui, who was once placed high hopes by Sima Zhao, failed to destroy the Shu Kingdom in the end. In the confrontation with the Shu Army and the Wu Army, he did not gain the upper hand. So far, he has only grabbed the territory east of Fushui in Yizhou .

However, if he gave up Yizhou, it would be unbearable for Sima Yan psychologically. In the past few years, in order to snatch Yizhou and destroy the Kingdom of Shu, the Wei and Jin Dynasties invested a lot of power, and the army alone lost [-] to [-] people. The amount of money, food, and supplies consumed was incalculable, and Sima Yan's heart ached when he thought about the waste of all these investments.

However, with the changing situation, Yizhou is no longer an urgent place. If Zhong Hui's army is still stationed in Sichuan at this moment, it really doesn't make much sense. If you want to get rid of Lu Kang on the southern front and Liu Yin on the western front, withdraw It is undoubtedly the best choice for the Yizhou soldiers to return to the Central Plains.

Sima Yan was silent for a moment, then said: "My dear friends, what do you think?"

All the ministers were also silent, because they didn't know what Sima Yan was thinking, so no one spoke for a while, but Jia Chong said: "I also think that Yizhou is a chicken rib at this time. Determine the overall situation of the Central Plains."

"Chicken ribs?" Sima Yan was stunned for a moment, and then a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he muttered to himself in a low voice: "It's tasteless to eat, but it's a pity to throw it away. I can't think of the great plan that my father worked so hard to plan to conquer Shu during his lifetime. It exists like a chicken rib, hey—”

After sighing for a while, Sima Yan could only accept the plan silently. In the end, he ordered someone to draft an imperial edict, which was sent to Langzhong by a six-hundred-mile express horse.

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Compared with the continuous flames of war in the Central Plains, after several years of fierce fighting, the land of central Shu has shown a rare calm state. The three kingdoms are clearly divided in the territory of the Shu army, and each is mainly defensive. In recent months, except for sporadic small-scale Apart from conflicts, it is difficult to see large-scale military encounters.

Will Chung be happy with the situation?
The answer is of course no.Since the defeat of Shu, the army led by Zhong Huisuo has played triumphant songs all the way, and has laid down many cities in the middle of Shu. Yongliang also cut off Zhonghui's return journey and cut off the supply line of food and grass for the [-] troops.

Just when everyone thought that Zhonghui was in a difficult situation and was in danger of annihilating his entire army, Zhonghui played a trick of his magic, abandoned the cities west of Fushui, and took Langzhong from Jiang Wei's hands. , and opened up the Padang Trail, which solved the life-threatening problem of food and grass supply.

This conversion of abandoned sons is also regarded as a classic battle example. Even Zhong Hui can't help being complacent. If there is no such godly hand of his own, the fate of the [-] troops will be in jeopardy.

However, this switch, in the final analysis, is still a loss for Zhong Hui. You must know that before this, the Jin army had already controlled the cities of Shu, including Chengdu Hanzhong, and the situation was very good. , defeated Jiang Wei, and dominated Yizhou ever since.

However, the result of the conversion was that the cities west of Fushui and Hanzhong were discarded. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Zhonghui's ambition to unify Yizhou. In the east of the water, except for Langzhong, there is almost no big city. It is very difficult to make achievements here.

However, Zhong Hui is not a person who gives up easily. He has been dormant in Langzhong for a year, and Zhong Hui is not blindly adopting a defensive position. Now that Wu Guo has transferred the main force away, there are only about [-] troops in Jiangzhou and Yong'an. Defending the army, this undoubtedly rekindled Zhong Hui's hope. He had already made a perfect plan, and it was a matter of time before Jiangzhou Yong'an was taken down.

But at this moment, an imperial edict from Luoyang was delivered to Langzhong, and Sima Yan ordered Zhonghui to return to Jingzhou immediately and give up all the cities in central Shu to which he belonged.

Zhong Hui was stunned, he didn't expect Sima Yan to issue such an order, even if the situation in the Central Plains was tense, he wouldn't give up the city area that he had worked so hard for over the years.

The helpless Zhong Hui could only call all the generals to discuss the matter. One stone struck a thousand waves, and the generals under him were clearly divided into two factions. The generals, mainly Hu Lie, the supervising army, guarding army, and guarding army, expressed that they should accept the imperial court's will , gave up Shu and returned to Jingzhou, but the opposition led by Xia Houxian, Ju An, etc. believed that Shu was not easy to get and should not be abandoned lightly. The real situation, they suggested to report to the imperial court, the statement was serious, and asked His Majesty to take back the order.

Zhong Hui was naturally inclined to the second opinion, so he thought twice and wrote a sincere memorial, detailing the harm of abandoning Shu, and asking Sima Yan to take back the emperor's order, so as to put the hearts of the Shu army at ease.

(End of this chapter)