The last three kingdoms

Chapter 994 Returning to Shangdang
Guyuan is the place where Liu Yin once fought. This time he came to Guyuan again, which made Liu Yin feel infinite emotion.

When he moved to Shangdang County, it was the most difficult time in the combat history of the Shu army. Liu Yin led 3 people into Shangdang, and faced the siege and interception of more than [-] Hun troops including the Huns and Jie people. To survive.

During the two years of fighting in the Shangdang, only Liu Yin knew the joys and sorrows. At the most difficult time, the entire army did not have a handful of food, and the Shu army was struggling to survive the hunger. Faith, no matter what, can't get over that difficulty.

What is commendable is that Liu Yin and his Shu army soldiers gritted their teeth and persisted. The past is unbearable, but it is precious.Suffering is the greatest wealth in life. Liu Yin can't remember who said this sentence, but the simple truth in it makes Liu Yin empathize with him. If you don't experience wind and rain, how can you see the rainbow and don't experience setbacks? How can you realize the value of success without suffering and suffering?

Wen Yang was unable to defend the entire territory of Shangdang due to his limited troops, so he could only shrink his troops to Huguan, the county town of Shangdang, and gave up all the cities in the west of Shangdang. The army entered Shangdang County and took Gu Yuan lightly without encountering any resistance from the Jin army.

From this point of view, Wenyang is undoubtedly wise. Shangdang has many mountains and many dangerous passes. Back then, the Huns with a hundred thousand troops encircled and suppressed the Shu army were also troubled by the lack of troops. They had to send troops to garrison every pass. A small number of people is not enough, and a large number of people can't afford it. As a result, Liu Yuan has not had many mobile troops. The [-] army seems to be a lot, but after it is actually distributed to various places, there are not many garrisons in each place.

The final result was that Liu Yin cleverly concentrated his forces and defeated them one by one. Liu Yuan once regarded the cage tactics as impenetrable, but in the end it was no different from paper lanterns.

Naturally, Wenyang will not follow in Liu Yuan's footsteps, let alone Wenyang's men, let alone a 3 army, even [-] people are exhausted and weak. How dare they all want to defend the vast Shangdang County? difficulty.

Therefore, Wen Yang simply gave up many counties in the west of Shangdang, and concentrated his troops to defend the Huguan area. As long as the Shangdang county can be defended, the Jin army still has a chance to gain a foothold in Bingzhou.

Moreover, Huguan is close to Jizhou. Even if the situation changes, Wenyang can ask Sima Jun in Jizhou for help at any time. He asked Sima Jun for help without hesitation.

Wen Yang is not sure that he can hold the entire territory of Shangdang, but he is still confident in holding Huguan.Wen Yang knows that the firearms of the Shu army are powerful, and if he sticks to Huguan, he may not be able to resist the attack of firearms, so Wen Yang has made full preparations for this.

First of all, the city wall of Huguan was reinforced. If all of the city walls of Huguan were to be renovated, no matter the manpower and financial resources, it would obviously not be able to keep up. Even if there were enough manpower and financial resources, the time would not be allowed.Therefore, Wenyang can only make a fuss about strengthening the city wall. Considering the characteristics of the powerful firearms of the Shu army, the rammed-earth city wall simply cannot withstand it, so Wenyang ordered the army and the stonemasons in the city to rush to repair Huguan City day and night. Huguan City's original defense level, a stone line of defense was rushed to repair.

Wen Yang believes that no matter how powerful the firearms of the Shu army are, there is always a way to restrain them. They can easily smash down the rammed earth walls, but for the stone walls, the degree of damage of gunpowder weapons is limited. It is a powerful fire and thunder, and it may not be able to destroy the solid city wall.

If the entire city wall is entirely made of stone bricks, it can be as solid as a rock in the true sense, as impregnable as gold, let alone a firearm, even if it is a weapon ten times more powerful, it may not be able to break the broken pot. Guancheng.

It's a pity that Wen Yang doesn't have the ability to completely rebuild Huguan City in terms of time and financial resources. He can only do some superficial things. Although this move is deeply questioned by the generals, Wen Yang believes that You can't do nothing, not to mention whether this kind of thing is useful or not, you need to prove it through practice. Wen Yang believes that there is absolutely nothing in the world that is useless. As long as you work hard, you will definitely be rewarded.

In order to deal with the Shu army, Wenyang did not retreat all the more than 3 troops into Huguan City. Wenyang is very clear about the fate of Chang'an City. The right move is to divide the troops and defend against the enemy on the periphery.

Wen Yang deployed the cavalry troops outside the city and built some simple fortifications. If the Shu army wanted to break through the cavalry line of defense and reach the city of Huguan, they would at least have to pay a huge price.

When Luoyang was lonely, Wenyang was very inferior, but behind this inferiority was a strong arrogance. Although the fiasco in Pingyang made Wenyang unforgettable, after he retreated to the Shangdang, he did not easily ask Sima Jun for help. It is his character that he would rather give up than give up. He gritted his teeth and wanted to get back from Shangdang everything that Pingyang lost. He would never accept Sima Jun's humiliation unless he had no choice.

Qi Hong, Wu Mao and others did not have much confidence in defending Shangdang. They thought that instead of fighting alone in Shangdang, it would be better to retreat to Jizhou and join the main force of the Jin army.

But if he stayed in Shangdang, he would be besieged by the Shu army several times larger than himself, and the situation would be extremely unfavorable, and if not, the entire army would be wiped out.

They also tried to persuade Wen Yang to give up Shangdang, but Wen Yang's attitude was very firm, and even bluntly vowed to live and die with Shangdang, leaving Qi Hong and Wu Mao speechless and had to follow Wen Yang's orders.

Among the generals of the Jin army, the only one who supports Wenyang is Duan Guang who is in charge of stationing Shangdang. Of course, Duan Guang's cognition is different from Wenyang. He believes that Shangdang is connected with Jizhou. If the soldiers of Jizhou enter Shangdang, the disadvantage of the Jin army in terms of strength can be reversed, and there is even the possibility of annihilating the enemy under the city of Huguan.

The generals of the Jin army have their own thoughts, but Wen Yang is full of confidence. The battle of Pingyang has already been turned over, and what he has to face now is a new battle, which can only be shown in the battle of Shangdang. Excellent, the lost reputation will surely be regained.

The only thing the Jin army needs to improve now is the morale of the army. Many people have not recovered from the defeat in Pingyang. Wen Yang visited each battalion in person to cheer and encourage the soldiers of the Jin army, boost morale, and make all preparations before the battle.

(End of this chapter)