The last three kingdoms

Chapter 762
After a full winter of preparations, Liu Yin decided to cross the river to march.

According to the news from the Kanto, the Jin army suffered heavy losses on several fronts. Obviously, Sima Yan no longer had the strength to defeat the Hu people.

Historically, the cause of the five chaos was the War of the Eight Kings. In order to fight for power and profit, a protracted war was launched within the royal family of Jin. Runan King Sima Liang, Chu King Sima Wei, Zhao Wang Sima Lun, Qi Wang Sima Jiong, Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, Sima Yong, the king of Hejian, and Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea took turns to appear on stage. The Hus rebelled one after another, the Western Jin Dynasty was wiped out, and the Central Plains fell into the Wuhu Rebellion that had been dark for 300 years.

Although the big drama of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings has not yet been staged, the Rebellion of the Five Hus took the lead in kicking off the curtain, which is obviously inseparable from the decline of Jin's national power.

In history, the state of Jin destroyed Shu and swallowed Wu, unified the world, and indeed reached the peak of national power.In fact, the Wuhu has never stopped. The rebellion of the Xianbei people in Liangzhou and the rebellion of the Di people in Yongzhou in Wannian were both protracted and had a huge impact. The strength of nine bulls and two tigers was finally able to suppress these two rebellions.

After the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the national power of the Jin State declined. Facing the turbulent Hu rebellion, it was already powerless. Under the joint attack of the Hu, the Western Jin Dynasty quickly became one of the relatively short-lived dynasties in Chinese history. .

Therefore, it is obvious that the Rebellion of the Eight Kings was only the fuse of the five chaos, not the decisive factor. What really played a decisive role was the strength and military strength of the Jin State.

Sima Yan hastily replaced Wei when he did not gain an absolute advantage, which was a fatal flaw in itself, and the various turmoil brought about by the change of dynasty was also beyond his expectation.The rise of the Kingdom of Shu and the strength of the State of Wu made the newly established State of Jin not only fail to inherit and carry forward the strength of the State of Wei, but fell behind in this competition. It is an indisputable fact that he went to Wei.

The power of the five Hu people, including the Huns, is there, and it will not increase or decrease. After decades of continuous inland migration, millions of Hu people have infiltrated into the Central Plains. Perhaps Sima Yan has colored glasses, I have never looked at them directly, but the strength of the barbarians is constantly growing, and subtly, it has actually reached a quite terrifying level, only a critical point away.

At this time, Liu Yuan stood on the cusp of the storm.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, if Sima Yan hadn't deprived Liu Yuan of his position as Shangdang prefect and moved him to Daifang, perhaps Liu Yuan might not have had the heart of rebellion.

But by accident, there is still a certainty. Whether the ambitious Liu Yuan will stay in the position of Shangdang prefect without complaint, no one can be sure, but one thing is certain, even if there is no Liu Yuan, there will be Zhao Yuan and Wang Yuan rebelled, and the Five Hu Rebellion is an irreversible trend. After all, it is impossible for the Chinese nation to escape this catastrophe.

Naturally, Liu Yin has no reason to sit back and ignore the strength of the Wuhu. If the Jin Kingdom really perishes, the general situation of the world will be out of control. Therefore, Liu Yin has already made up his mind to send troops to the east. It is far easier to eliminate him when he is in power than when he gains power in the future.

The struggle between Jin and Shu, to put it bluntly, is a fight between brothers. Even if it is a fight for life and death, it is still an internal matter of the Chinese nation. The point of survival is absolutely intolerable and palliative.

At the moment when the Chinese nation is in peril, the struggle between Jin, Shu and Wu has become less important. What we have to do now is to fight against the enemy and unite with the outside world.

In order to prepare for the Eastern Expedition, Liu Yin has been planning a whole winter. The three major field armies have also completed their replenishment and rest. The garrison in each county has also been reorganized. Liu Yin has added all the newly added troops to the garrison. In fact, all counties, cities, and checkpoints have garrison troops to take on the task of city defense, and the three field legions can be drawn out and all put into the Eastern Expedition.

At that time, the Eastern Expedition was not just a simple matter of preparing the army. The soldiers and horses were not moved, and the food and grass went first. It involved logistics supplies of 13 horses, especially cross-border operations. The scale and quantity were unprecedented. This time, he is the Minister of Logistics, and he handles all the food, grass, supplies, and military supplies by himself.

This Eastern Expedition is as significant as Liu Yin's original Northern Expedition. It will definitely kick off the grand prelude to the strategic general offensive of the Kingdom of Shu, and it will have the same effect as a milestone. The generals of the Shu Army are full of confidence and high morale. All with great confidence.

From Qin to Jin, the continuous Yellow River is hundreds of miles away, but the Yellow River runs through the steep Qin and Jin Grand Canyons, and the current is turbulent. There are not many places to choose to cross the river, among which Pubanjin is the most important one.

But now choosing to enter Bingzhou from Pubanjin is not the most beneficial. Although Jin State lost most of Bingzhou and Hedong, Pubanjin has always been firmly controlled by Ruyin King Sima Jun.Although Jinshu is currently in a state of truce, if you want to enter Bingzhou, you must first cross the barrier of Pubanjin, and Sima Jun will definitely not agree.

However, Liu Yin has another idea. Even if Sima Jun agrees to the Shu army crossing the river, crossing the river from Pubanjin may not be the best way. The Huns' lair is in Zuoguo City. , it was quite a detour, and it would be a long way around. The entire marching route was intercepted by the Huns.

If you join the army to cross the Yellow River, you can directly attack Zuoguo City as soon as you cross the river, and deal a fatal blow to the Huns' lair. This is an ideal choice.

Jundu is in the middle of the Grand Canyon of the Qin and Jin Dynasties. When the Di people fled, they crossed the Yellow River from Jundu. However, it was winter and the Yellow River was frozen. It is quite easy to cross the Yellow River in Qi Wannian, as long as there are not a large number of people crossing at the same time. In the case of the river, the ice layer on the river can still bear it.It was in this way that Qi Wannian easily crossed the Yellow River, entered Bingzhou, and defected to Liu Yuan.

But it was spring at this time, and it was the time of the peach blossom flood. The river was soaring and the current was turbulent. It was not an easy task to join the army and cross the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)