Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 819 The Long Journey

On the third day of March, at the camp of the Shu army in Weinan, Zhuge Liang was in a state of uneasiness. The chief clerk, Yang Yi, came to report to Yangping pass guard Wan Sheng to send someone to deliver a letter. A bad thought came to his mind.

"Report to the prime minister, Wei Jun Jiang Wei attacked, Hanzhong fell! General Wei Yan died!"

"Ah!" Zhuge Liang yelled, and he fainted on the ground.

Yang Yi, Wang Ping, Ma Dai and others hurriedly helped Zhuge Liang to the couch, and pinched his chest. It took Zhuge Liang a long time to wake up.

When Zhuge Liang was in Longzhong, he occasionally did some farm work, mostly traveling around, and his physical condition was not bad at that time.Since he took control of the government, all sports have been abandoned, marching is by car instead of riding a horse, and he is thinking about everything in person every day, eating little, sleeping less, lack of sports, exhausting his mind and brain, irregular work and rest, The nutrition can't keep up, Zhuge Liang's physical condition is very bad, otherwise he wouldn't faint from the rush of blood.

A brief coma soon awakened.After waking up, he could only suffer another blow: Yangping Pass fell, and Wan Sheng died in battle.

"Prime Minister, please give me 1 horses, and I would like to lead the army to recapture Yangping Pass." Wang Ping volunteered.

Courage is commendable, no one believes that Wang Ping has the ability to take back Yangping Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, unless the entire army retreats.How to return?The two ends of the Baoxie Road were blocked, and the Wei army did not need to attack. As long as they guarded both ends of the crossing, the Shu army would starve to death in the valley within a month.

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly. "Ma Dai, you and Chen Shi lead ten thousand people to Qishan Road. Be sure to open Qishan Road, and we will return to the army from Wudu. Then let Zhang Yi go to Chencang, and transport all the horses, food and grass to the Weinan camp. Chencang is useless. Hey. Yang Yi, you send people back to Chengdu from a small path, and order Ma Zhong, the governor of Jiangzhou, to go to Jiange to garrison. You must not let the Wei army enter Sichuan. Hold Jiang Wei back."

From Weinan to Shu and back four thousand miles, it would take a month for the road to clear up, and two months for the detour. Ma Zhong and Zhang Yi can't be counted on, but it's better than nothing.

Except for a few generals in the Shu camp, no one knew what happened in Hanzhong. Zhang Ni led the army and rushed back with food and grass. The Shu army thought it was reinforcements, and their morale did not decrease.Cao Zhen still couldn't hold on, as if he didn't know that Jiang Wei had captured Hanzhong.

Half a month later, Ma Dai sent someone to deliver a letter. Jiang Wei had seized Wudu, and Qishan Road was cut off!Yizhou can't go back.

Dark clouds enveloped the big tent, Zhuge Liang stood in front of the map for a long time, sighed: "Baoxie Road and Qishan Road are blocked, so we can only go west from Longxi to Qiang and return to Wenshan County. Let Ma Dai negotiate with the Qiang people and withdraw tonight."

The road to Qiang is long and dangerous. It depends not only on whether the Qiang people will cooperate and intercept them, but also on whether Cao Zhen will chase after them.However, having 5000 troops to fight is better than being blocked in the valley road and waiting to die.

On March [-]th, the Shu army withdrew from Weinan and marched westward, embarking on a long march.

Hearing that Zhuge Liang was heading west, the mighty general Xu Zhi wanted to pursue him. Cao Zhen smiled and said, "The trapped beasts are still fighting, and the centipedes are dead but not stiff. Zhuge Liang is already a rootless weed and at the end of his road. Why should I push him too hard? I expect him to withdraw his army." There must be preparations, and it is not beautiful to ambush, I just need to follow slowly, what can it do to me?"

Then he ordered Xun Kai to go to the Qiang people, bribe their leaders with a lot of money, and lure them to attack and harass the Shu army. Wen Hou and Xu Zhi led 2 people to follow the Shu army far away. Unless the Shu army was broken by the Qiang people, they were not allowed to enter lightly.Cao Zhen sent people to Luoyang to report the victory. Three days later, when the Shu army was far away, Cao Zhen led the army into Hanzhong.

On the ninth day of March, Cao Pi received two memorials, one happy and one worrying.

Happily, the general I personally promoted lived up to expectations, and took Hanzhong in less than [-] days from boasting to Haikou.It not only proves that Jiang Wei has talent, but also proves that Cao Pi has vision.Congratulations to Cao Pi were made by those who celebrated and flattered.

Of course, there are also those who don’t have long-sightedness. Jiang Wei’s method is too vicious. In order to seize Hanzhong, he even beheaded two generals without authorization. .This is Man Chong and Chen Qun, who are very important to Cao Pi. Cao Pi is so angry that he scolds pedantry. Naturally, extraordinary measures must be taken in extraordinary times. In order to relieve Jiang Wei, Cao Pi cannot take the blame. Therefore, Cao Pi can only say that Jiang Wei and Cheng Wucha Ming Ershen had the intention of surrendering to the enemy, so he planned to kill him, and charged Ershen with an unnecessary crime.

Cao Pi ordered Jin Jiangwei to be the general of Zhenxi and Marquis of Jicheng, Cheng Wu to be the prefect of Hanzhong, and Deng Xian to be the prefect of Shangyong.According to Jiang Wei's plan, in the next step, he and Cao Zhen will encircle and suppress Zhuge Liang in Weinan, and then enter Shu. Cao Pi is of course happy that the western front can be calmed down quickly.

However, another memorial caused Cao Pi's mood to be mercilessly hit.On the third day of March, Xiandi Liu Xie paid homage to his ancestors in Peijun, conferred the title of Ten Holy Dukes, and held a military parade.

Worshiping the ancestors and enshrining the ten saints is just a matter of appearances, and the military parade is really shocking.The emergence of Xuanjiaqi, Qingqi, independent battalion, especially Qiying, shocked the government and the public. Is the Han army so powerful?How to compete with the powerful weapons of the Han army has become the shadow in everyone's heart.

The strategies Cao Ren and Sima Yi gave to deal with the flying ladder were consistent with Sima Wang's. One was to fight in the field so that the flying ladder could not approach the city; the other was to dig deep trenches and traps to destroy the road so that the flying ladder could not move.Because Du Ji and Man Chong did not master the core technology, the imitation of the flying ladder was not satisfactory.

After three full days of consideration, Cao Pi decided to partially adopt Liu Ye's suggestion and issued three edicts:

First, take Chang'an as the accompanying capital, also known as the Western Capital, and order Liu Ye, Jiang Ji, and Pang Shanmin to go to Chang'an, and together with Zhang Ji and Kuai Jun, take charge of the political affairs in the west, and use Wen Huo as the garrison captain to garrison fields in Hongnong, Longyou County and other places .

Second, order Sima Lang, the governor of Yanzhou, and Lu Gong, the governor of Yuzhou, to move the rich merchants, wealthy families, and wealthy households in the city westward to Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Hongnong and other places; order Cao Ren and Sima Yi to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, dig deep ditches along the city and set up moats, and strictly guard against death .

Third, order Cao Zhen and Jiang Wei to take Yizhou as soon as possible even if they cannot eliminate Zhuge Liang, and Xia Houshang provides all assistance.

Because Jiang Wei quickly captured Hanzhong, Cao Pi had the confidence, and if he captured Yizhou, he would have no worries. Not only did he have soldiers, horses, food and grass to help him, but he also had a way out.Cao Ren and Sima Yi didn't have to withdraw their troops, and had plenty of time to move their population and wealth to the west to stabilize their rear.Cao Ren had 8 horses, and Sima Yi had [-]. The two could fight Zhou Cang freely. Yanzhou and Yuzhou became the fighting zone.And Cao Pi still controls half of the country. According to Jiang Wei, it is not yet known who will die in the future.

Cao Pi is just worried, the road to Shu is difficult, and there are many dangers and obstacles. Can Cao Zhen and Jiang Wei win Yizhou?
(End of this chapter)