Zhending City, it actually fell!?

In an instant, Liu Bei felt that a thunderbolt fell above his head, hitting his head dizzy, and his whole mind was blank. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In front of his eyes, the thick city wall of Zhending City immediately appeared, the towering city tower, and the picture of the Wei army's stone bullets in the air, but it could only tickle Zhending City.

It was such a city that even the Wei army's heavy city-breaking hammer could not break through, but it was broken overnight?

How is this possible!

Not only Liu Bei, but also Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and other Han civil and military officials, all of them also looked shocked and fell into a state of confusion and surprise.

"Zhending City is as solid as a rock, how can it be easily breached?" Zhuge Liang calmed down first and asked in surprise.

The scout had no choice but to make a bitter face and tell the truth about how the Zhending City suddenly earthquake, the city wall collapsed, and the Wei army took the opportunity to break through the city.

There was an uproar!

From Liu Bei to those ordinary soldiers, everyone who heard this explanation was shocked and shocked.

The indestructible Zhending City was collapsed by an inexplicable earthquake, which is too coincidental and incredible!

In everyone's minds, they couldn't help but think of the scene of the southern expedition that year, when it was the critical moment of the decisive battle, but the earth suddenly shook and cracked a long ditch, isolating Liu Bei to the south of the long ditch, almost killing Liu Bei.

Now, another earthquake has helped the potters break through the impregnable Zhending City, which is so coincidental.

"Earthquake, earthquake, another earthquake, the sky has no eyes, why do you always help that traitor, hateful, hateful......" Liu Bei, who woke up, clenched his fists and clicked, with a face of indignation, gritting his teeth and scolding.

Silent.

After the uproar, the monarchs and ministers of the Han Kingdom fell into silence, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

At this time, it was still Zhuge Liang who was the first to recover his understanding, shaking his feather fan and sighing lightly: "I don't want the pottery thief to be so lucky, now it is really determined that Lunu has fallen, and the north of Hebei is no longer defensible, our army has lost its foothold, and there is no point in going south. ”

Retreat to Yijing!

These four words echoed in Liu Bei's ears, like steel needles, stabbing Liu Bei's heart fiercely, piercing him to the point of heartache.

Retreating to Yijing also announced the defeat of his southern expedition, and he was busy for most of the year in vain, and finally returned to the starting point.

Liu Bei was unwilling, unwilling, but helpless.

There is no way, who let "God" help the potter again at this critical moment.

After pondering for a long time, sighing for a long time, and not being able to bear it for a long time, Liu Bei had to let out a long sigh, shook his hand weakly, and said in a deep voice: "That's it, spread my will, the whole army retreats, and retreats to Yijing." ”

The order was handed down, and on the same day, the menacing 80,000 Han army iron cavalry had to turn back and retreat to Yijing in panic.

And the Lu Nu infantry army under the command of Zhang Fei and other generals also kept kicking, and after receiving Liu Bei's order to retreat, they also withdrew to Yijing in one breath.

The Yijing defense line is a solid defense line built by relying on the Yishui River and taking Yijing as the center.

In order to resist the invasion of Wei, Liu Bei mobilized a large number of people and material resources, and on the basis of the fortifications built by Gongsun Zhan that year, it was reinforced many times and became a great wall to the south of him.

Three days after Liu Bei's army retreated to the Yijing defense line, Tao Shang led 350,000 victorious Great Wei soldiers to slaughter in a mighty manner.

More than 300,000 troops, with a company camp of dozens of miles, formed an offensive posture against the Yijing defense line.

Yijing's defense line was strong, Liu Bei's troops were 130,000, and the number of Wei troops was only three times that of the enemy.

As a result, at the end of the summer, the Wei and Han armies formed a confrontation on the Yijing front.

……

The camp of the Wei army, the imperial tent.

The potter sat on the top, sipping the wine of the Gan family, and listening to the discussion of the civil and military elites in front of the tent.

Even if there is no way to capture the Yijing defense line at the moment, the potters have enough capital to enjoy this leisure.

Very simply, the Qin State has been destroyed, the Xianbei people have also been beaten away, the five counties in the north of Jin have recaptured three counties, and now the invasion of the Han State has also been repulsed, all the land has been recovered, and the war has basically completed the strategic goals set before the war.

As for whether he can break through the Yijing defense line and destroy the Han Kingdom in one go, it will be an extra joy.

"Your Majesty, the Yijing defense line is very strong, our army has been defeated one after another, and the physical strength and fighting spirit of the soldiers have reached the limit, and the minister thinks that there is no point in such a stalemate, it is better to return to Beijing with the class teacher, and it is not too late for him to destroy the Han Kingdom one day."

Han Shin was the first to stand up and put forward a proposal to withdraw the troops.

Many generals nodded their heads and agreed with Han Xin's proposal.

Xiang Yu said: "Right now, we have easily repelled Xianbei, and defeated the Han army, just as we broke through Yijing in one fell swoop and destroyed the Han State in one fell swoop, how can we retreat lightly." ”

Han Xin sighed lightly, "Of course I also want to destroy the Han State in one go, but has General Xiang ever thought that although the Han army lost Zhending City, it only lost 20,000 soldiers and horses, and a Hou Jing surrendered to the general, in fact, it did not hurt the vitality, with the current strength of our army, I want to swallow the Han State in one go, but I am afraid that I am not sure enough." ”

Before Xiang Yu could speak, Han Xin immediately said: "There is one more thing we must not forget, the Han army is mainly cavalry, even if we can break through the Yijing defense line, when the time comes, the army will go deep into the hinterland of Youzhou, and the Han army will use their superior cavalry to wantonly copy our army's grain route, what will we deal with?" ”

With a few words, Xiang Yu was completely asked, and he immediately fell silent, with a bit of self-realization in his eyes.

At this time, Liu Ji stammered: "General Han is right, too few cavalry has always been the weakness of our army, and if you want to conquer Youzhou and even the land of the southern grassland, it is always impossible to have a sufficient number of cavalry." ”

Chen Ping also nodded and said: "Yes, instead of having a senseless stalemate with Liu Bei here, it is better to withdraw our troops as soon as possible to solve the rebellion in Jiaozhou, and at the same time use the newly acquired Liangzhou to seize the time to expand the cavalry, and when we have enough strong cavalry, we will wave our army north to sweep away the Han State, and then there will be no disadvantage." ”

Chen Ping's words were talking about the heart of the potter, and it also strengthened his heart to retreat.

In fact, this is also the reason why he wanted to destroy Qin first, on the one hand, because Cao Cao was weaker than Liu Bei, and on the other hand, because he wanted to get Liangzhou, a land where horses were produced, only in this way could he expand the cavalry in large numbers and have the ability to destroy the Han State, which was dominated by cavalry.

"You said that you want to withdraw the troops and expand the cavalry, but you said that you want to clean up that Hong Xiuquan, but is it a little bit of a big deal, that guy is just a man who pretends to be a ghost, and we don't need to mobilize the army, General Zhou and they are enough to destroy him." Xiang Yu said disapprecatingly.

As soon as the words fell, Su Qin hurriedly walked into the big tent with a solemn face.

"Your Majesty, the latest urgent report from Jinyi Nanwei, that Hong Xiuquan's Taiping army has captured Guiyang County, and now the troops are rushing north, heading directly at Changsha."

As soon as these words came out, in the big tent, the expressions of the ministers of Great Wei changed.

Xiang Yu also frowned, surprised, and said hurriedly: "What ability does Hong Xiuquan have, he actually attacked Jingzhou and killed Changsha County, how is this possible." ”

Su Qin sighed: "According to the information of my Jinyiwei, in addition to being demagogic, Hong Xiuquan really has nothing outstanding, but all the puppet kings under his command, such as Yang Xiuqing and Feng Yunshan, are all extremely resourceful, Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng and other generals are also very useful soldiers, and it is rumored that there are also Sima Hui, Pang Degong, and a person named Xu Shu to give him advice, it is because of the help of these talents that Hong Xiuquan can take Jiaozhou in a short time, and now he has broken Guiyang and forced Changsha." ”

In the big tent, the expressions of the ministers changed slightly, and they all showed a look of surprise, obviously not expecting that there was also a dragon and a crouching tiger in the Taiping army.

The potter also frowned, and what made him feel jealous was not Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai and the like, the strength of these people was all in his expectation.

To the surprise of the pottery merchants, a master like Sima Hui, as well as a top strategist like Xu Shu, also defected to Hong Xiuquan's command.

His thoughts raced, recalling the ins and outs, and the potter quickly figured out the reason, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth.

Sima Hui is the teacher of Wolong and Phoenix, and he is also a famous person of the family in Jingxiang, and he implemented the Shang Yang reform, but it was precisely to push the family to a dead end, which is probably the reason why Sima Hui fled from Jingzhou and had to defect to Hong Xiuquan.

Besides, Xu Shu, in history, when Liu Bei fled to Xinye, he should have gone out of the mountains to help Liu Bei, but until the pottery merchant destroyed Jing Chu, Xu Shu never showed up.

The potter guessed that Xu Shu should still be studying under Sima Hui at that time, and should have fled to Jiaozhou with his teacher, and also defected to Hong Xiuquan.

As for Pang Degong, not to mention, the Pang family was originally one of the four major families in Jingzhou, and his nephew was Pang Tong, as the representative of the Pang family who fled from Jingzhou, he defected to Hong Xiuquan and wanted to kill back in Jingzhou and revive the glory of the Pang family, so it is naturally not surprising.

"These disgruntled careerists, all jumped out, and they want to use Hong Xiuquan's strength to make a last stand, very good, I will take the opportunity to eradicate you jumping clowns!" The potter's fist struck a few times, and the murderous intent ignited.

All the ministers nodded yes, at this time, even Xiang Yu did not dare to underestimate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which meant the seriousness of this threat.

At this time, Han Xin said again: "This time I retired from the army and went to clean up the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the minister thought it was a superior policy, but the minister was worried that once Your Majesty used troops against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Liu Bei would collude with the Xianbei people to take advantage of the situation to go south and invade Hebei again." ”

When the words fell, Zhang Yi hurried in again, and said with a happy face: "Your Majesty, good news, good news!" ”