Chapter 452

The loss of Wancheng made Wei and the Han completely reversed in attack and defense, because Wei Yan swept away the autumn wind in Guanzhong, and in less than half a year, the entire Guanzhong and Liangzhou belonged to the Han, and Pang De and others were ordered to form a cavalry force of 20,000 people.

After capturing Wancheng, Liu Cong returned to Xiangyang, leaving Guan Yu and Fa Zheng to guard Wancheng. Yu Ban led 20,000 troops to Runen to meet Gan Ning and Lu Xun who fought in Jianghuai.

On the other hand, on the Wei side, because Cao Zhang's move to disrupt the deployment of the entire Wei State, not only could he not support Guanzhong in wartime, but the soldiers and horses in Hebei, Yanzhou and other places hurriedly met the battle, in order to pacify Cao Zhang. Although Sima Yi was in charge of Xuchang, in order to completely defeat Cao Zhang, Wei still used nearly 60,000 horses in Xuchang and the surrounding areas.

After a stalemate of three months, Cao Zhang's 30,000 horses became less than 10,000 and finally surrendered. And during the three months of Sima Yi and Cao Zhang's stalemate, Guan Yu gained a firm foothold in Wancheng and steadily pushed the empire's defense line forward. Straight to Xuchang!

Yu Banzai led his troops eastward, crossed Runan, formed a siege of Hefei, and faced the three-way attack of Ban, Gan Ning and Lu Xun, although Zhang Liao did his best. But the trend is the same. In the end, Lu Xun used a plan to break Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao died in Hefei!

As soon as Zhang Liao died, the entire Wei army on the eastern front immediately collapsed. Gan Ning and others struck while the iron was hot, took the entire Jianghuai into their arms, and the soldiers began to march to Xuzhou.

In the face of the aggressiveness of the Han army, Cao Pi was also powerless, and now it was only Sima Yi of Xuchang who could resist the Han army, but Xuchang was related to the safety of Yecheng, and Cao Pi did not dare to move. And Sima Yi wanted to take back Wancheng, but encountered stubborn resistance from Guan Yu and Fa Zheng.

The two sides have been back and forth in the Luyang area, and the war has not stopped, but the two sides have never been able to move forward. Destining Sima Yi is Liu Cong's established strategy, because of the expansion of the territory, today's Han finally looks like a court in the true sense. Compared with the territory of Cao **, the territory of Wei has been reduced by nearly half, and the generals are also old and dead.

Xu Huang, Xu Chu and others were not as brave as they were back then, and the younger generation of Guo Huai decided to return to the Han after being defeated by Wei Yan several times. On the Han side, Deng Ai and Lu Xun were better than one another, and the discerning people gradually saw the trend, saying that Cao Cao and Liu Cong were divided into two parts, so with Cao Cao's death, there was no one in Wei who could compete with Liu Cong.

Including Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, a large number of people flock to the south every month, and those who are reluctant to do their ancestral business can only hope that the Han army will fight as soon as possible, the world will be unified as soon as possible, and they will live a more stable life.

Winter goes to spring, after occupying Guanzhong, after capturing Hefei. Liu Cong ordered the whole country to recuperate for two years. In the past two years, the South has continued to flourish. And Cao Pi in the north is trying to get rid of Cao Zhang, who once took the opportunity to make trouble and then surrendered. and the famous Cao Zhi.

Cao Pi finally found an opportunity, and in the name of entertaining Cao Zhang to play chess, he poisoned Cao Zhang in the jujube and sent Cao Zhang to see Cao Cao. And Cao Zhi saw that he couldn't stay in Yecheng, so he ran to Sima Yi for help, hoping to leave his life. As a politician, Sima Yi is not soft-hearted, he is an unwavering supporter of Cao Pi. And Cao Pi did become the emperor.

But if Cao Cao chose Cao Zhi to inherit the throne, presumably Sima Yi would not live long. So despite Cao Zhi's pleading, Sima Yi was unmoved. The angry Cao Zhi scolded, and finally returned to Yecheng angrily to wait for death.

Two years later, Liu Cong raised troops for the Northern Expedition again, and this time the third route became the fourth route. Wei Yan, Guo Huai, and Pang led the troops out of Tongguan to Luoyang, Deng Ai, Fa Zheng, and Pang De went out of Wancheng to lead troops to attack Xuchang, Lu Xun led troops out of Hefei to Yanzhou, and Gan Ning and Xu Shu set off from Jianye all the way north to take Xuzhou!

The four-way army has a total of more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, plus more than 600,000 people, known as a million army! For the first time, Liu Cong also had the courage of Cao Cao's million-strong teacher to cross the river. The economy and population occupy an absolute advantage, and Liu Cong occupies a great righteousness in the name of the Zhongxing Han Dynasty. Of course, the most important thing is that the Han Dynasty must have more advanced weapons and training methods.

This time the Northern Expedition lasted for more than a year, and the first to break through was Lu Xun and Gan Ning in the east, Gan Ning swept through Xuzhou and quickly divided most of Yanzhou with Lu Xun, and Wei Yan on the west road also captured another important town Luoyang in the rush of Wei!

The loss of Luoyang changed the situation of Sima Yi and Deng Ai, who were originally deadlocked near Xuchang, in an instant. To the north of Luoyang is Hanoi, and to the north of Hanoi is Yecheng, if Yecheng is breached, Sima Yi of Xuchang will face a situation of being surrounded on all sides.

Moreover, Yecheng was the capital of the Wei state, and the symbolic meaning was even greater, and with the loss of Yecheng, Sima Yi and all the other Wei soldiers also lost the meaning of resistance. So at this time, Sima Yi hated only that there were no two Sima Yi, or that Zhang Liao was still alive. If Zhang Liao and the others are still there, one guards Luoyang and the other guards Xuchang, and in time, they may be able to reverse the decline.

But there is no ifs in history, this is a troubled era, Liu Cong is bent on unifying China, naturally he will not be soft-hearted, as long as the general of Wei does not surrender, he will naturally go to see Cao Cao. Luoyang was lost, Sima Yi was powerless, and he wanted to continue to fight wits and courage with Deng Ai, Fa Zheng and others in Xuchang. But Cao Pi couldn't sit still, and reality didn't allow him to continue to stay in Xuchang.

Sima Yi is now the only Liang of Wei, and if he doesn't take a step back, it means that Wei will lose a large amount of land. But now Sima Yi is facing the embarrassing situation of hastily withdrawing from Wancheng, if he doesn't stop Wei Yan, Wei Yan will drive straight into Yecheng!

But if Xuchang is relinquished, Liu Cong will definitely not let Wei have another chance to come down, and then Chenliu and Puyang will be occupied one after another, then Wei will be forced to the north of the Yellow River! Sima Yi was looking forward to a miracle, but the miracle did not come for a long time, but it was Lu Xun's army that came.

After passing through Xiaopei, Lu Xun rushed straight to Xuchang according to the agreement, the purpose was to contain Sima, and Deng Ai and Lu Xun in the middle did not seek results, but tried their best to drag the living forces of Wei and create opportunities for Wei Yan and Gan Ning to raid Yecheng in the east and west.

As long as any of the east and west roads approach Yecheng, the entire Wei Kingdom will fall apart! No matter how stubborn Xuchang is, it will lose its meaning! Lu Xun did not disappoint Liu Cong. After coming to Xuchang, Sima Yi had no chance to run if he wanted to. Three times the enemy's strength, plus two young and wise generals with command talents, did not lose to the old and spicy Sima in the slightest.

On the third day of Sima Yi's breakthrough with his troops, more than a dozen members of the Sima clan, including Sima Yi, and more than 10,000 Wei soldiers were captured by Lu Xunsheng. Due to Liu Cong's clear instructions earlier, Sima Yi was stubborn, hindered the great cause of reunification, and seriously affected the process of the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, and his crime was unforgivable!

So Sima Yi didn't see Cao Pi, didn't even see Liu Cong, and didn't see Lu Xun before being executed! If you want to return to the Han, no one will give him a chance!!

Sima Yi's death shook the Wei State again, and now the people of the Yecheng court are panicking, and Cao Pi wants to fight back, but the fact is that people from all over Hebei have defected one after another! The territory of the Great Wei State, which was once divided into two worlds, is being encroached upon step by step by the Great Han!

This was a battle without suspense, and Wei Yan on the Western Front arrived at Yecheng in only two months without strong resistance. And Gan Ning on the eastern front knew that he couldn't compete with Wei Yan for speed, so he went all the way north to take Beihai, seize the plains, and attack the southern skin, faintly having the taste of copying Cao Pi's nest from behind.

After the execution of the Sima clan, Lu Xun and Deng Ai merged together, quickly took Chen Liu, crossed the south bank of the Yellow River of Baima Tunbing, and looked at Yecheng from afar.

The situation is very good, Liu Cong finally doesn't have to worry about the war, and now he and Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu discuss the most about returning the capital to Chang'an, and Xiangyang's prosperity has surpassed Chang'an and Luoyang. But in the eyes of readers, Chang'an is the real capital of the Han Dynasty.

In the history of China, whether it is Jianye, Chengdu or today's Yecheng, it is only the capital of small vassal states, and even the most powerful Wei State was eventually wiped out quickly, and you can't believe it in the dragon vein!

Although the Cai clan of Xiangyang strongly opposed the relocation of the capital, Liu Cong knew that in the real history of the Three Kingdoms, there were Jiangdong wealthy clans who tried their best to oppose Sun Quan's move to Wuchang, and the end was that Sun Quan finally made no achievements, and finally Wu surrendered without waiting for the enemy to attack.

Of course, Liu Cong has a more important consideration, which is the ethnic minority in the north. Historically, due to the conflict between the Three Kingdoms that lasted until 280 years, coupled with the mediocrity of the rulers of the two Jin Dynasty, it led to the later Wuhu Chaohua. Liu Cong admires Zhu Di's spirit of the Son of Heaven guarding the country.

Although it is not possible to move the capital to Bingzhou or even Youzhou at this stage, returning to Chang'an is not only justifiable but also beneficial to the westward expansion of the empire, think about the prosperous Tang Dynasty!

Just after everything was ready, Xiangyang Palace welcomed a familiar and mysterious guest!

This guest is both familiar and unfamiliar, saying that it is familiar because Liu Cong has seen her many times, and because every time she appears, it is at such a wonderful and critical moment. This person is Liu Cong's old friend, Bai Xiaoqing.

If Bai Xiaoqing doesn't appear again, maybe Liu Cong will forget about this person, after all, among all living beings, it is not strange that a great man has some adventures. But the problem is that Bai Xiaoqing appeared. The first few times it was because Liu Cong encountered such and such difficulties. Because of Bai Xiaoqing's appearance, everything is solved!

And now, this time, Liu Cong feels that everything is on the right track, and it is only a matter of time before Zhongxing Dahan has his own sense of forward planning, plus the assistance of Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, Lu Xun and other talents. In terms of military generals, Wei Yan, Deng Ai and others are really the year to fight, even if they follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to attack the Huns for thousands of miles!

So is Bai Xiaoqing's coming this time the icing on the cake?