August 11, 263 AD. After five days of very devout prayer, Mr. Liu Chan, the leader of Shu Han, the sorcerer gave the instructions of the "heavenly gods": the pseudo-Wei will not come to commit crimes within ten years.

Of course, for the sake of their own lives, the gods will never give a single answer to their employers. Therefore, the wizard also said: If the pseudo-Wei comes to attack, the whole army will be destroyed.

Mr. Liu Chan, who received such an "oracle", ended the retreat with satisfaction and refreshment, and returned to the world.

Of course, what greeted him was definitely not the good news of "the tree was wiped out", but a ruthless blow to the head!

"Your Majesty! The puppet Wei mobilized an army of 180,000 and attacked in three ways. The three counties of Wudu, Yinping, and Hanzhong in the north of my Han Dynasty are in an emergency! ”

"Huh?!"

After a short period of panic, Liu Chan suddenly remembered something: "Hahahaha, there was a foreshadowing from heaven. If the puppet Wei doesn't come, if he comes, the whole army will be annihilated! ”

Big... Big brother, where do you get your confidence?

"Your Majesty!" Mi Zhao took a step on the court: "Your Majesty! This time, the puppet Wei poured the country into the country, which was to seek the funds for the Sima family to usurp the throne. The greatness of his determination is by no means comparable to Cao Zhen and Cao Shuang in the past. Now the 30,000 troops of the Great General are hanging alone in the distant bar, and the real strategic point of Hanzhong has less than 15,000 troops. The current situation can be described as dangerous...... Please also ask Your Majesty to send troops as soon as possible to support the general and the defenders of Hanzhong! ”

"Well, General Wei, do you have any opinions?" After scanning the entire court, Liu Chan named Zhuge Zhan's name.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that at this time, the puppet Wei has just sent troops, and the morale is booming. Our army must not be front-turned. At that time, he ordered the walls of the cities in Hanzhong to clear the wilderness to frustrate their spirit. At the same time, he ordered the general to return to the division from Yuzhong and sit in Yang'an Pass to ensure that Hanzhong was safe. As for the soldiers and horses of the CD, you can mobilize part of them first, but you don't have to rush to send troops. ”

"Zhuge Siyuan. Do you know what you're talking about? Puppet Wei's 180,000 army! At this time, my Han not only wanted to drive the CD's army north, but also mobilize the corps of Yong'an, Fuling, and Nanzhong to move closer to the CD......"

"Hehehe, Tiger Rider, you are an expert in business. But this war really can't be done. At this time, the morale of the enemy army is like a rainbow, if we throw all the main forces into Hanzhong at this time. Wouldn't that be a decisive battle in advance? In such a decisive battle, even if we win, my big man will be greatly injured! At that time, Dongwu will definitely betray the alliance, and Nanzhong will rebel again! If that happens, I'm in danger! ”

I have to say that what Zhuge Zhan said also makes sense. With the continuous weakening of Shu Han's national strength over the years, Shu Han really needs great determination and great risk if he wants to mobilize the elite of the whole country in one place.

Therefore, after Mr. Liu Chan left the customs, the first round of orders issued by the Shu Han court against Cao Wei's large-scale attack was:

First, the cities in Hanzhong could not hold out, relying on the fortified cities to consume the enemy's spirit. Wudu and Yinping gave up strategically - these two counties did not have much population in the first place. And because of the geographical aspect, as long as Hanzhong is in hand, after Cao Wei's army retreats, it will be easy for Shu Han to take it back.

Second, General Jiang Wei's mobile corps immediately returned from the Middle East. Enter Yang'an Pass and hold on.

Third, change the year name.

That's right, it's a change of the era name. From now on, the era name of Shu Han was directly changed from the sixth year of Jingyao to the first year of Yanxing.

Compared with Qin as a water virtue, the Han Dynasty established by Liu Bang has always been a fire virtue. Therefore, Yanxing is the re-prosperity of the Han Dynasty. But...... Okay, is that a good wish?

Other than that, there were no further instructions from the Shu Han court. Mr. Liu Chan's requests to Guan Yi in Fuling, Yan Yu in Yong'an, Huo Ge in Nanzhong and other local generals asking them to lead their troops to the north were not allowed—they were all well for me to stay in various places, and this attack by the puppet Wei was no big deal. Look at your boss, I'll change the name of the year to scare them to death......

At the same time, the northwest corner of the Shu Han territory, Yinping County, Huzhong.

This is located at the northern foot of the Minshan Mountain Range that moves from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the Sichuan Basin. Just as there are many intermountain basins in the Qinling Mountains, there are also many basins with gentle terrain in the Minshan Mountains. Huzhong is such an open mountain basin with fertile soil, which is extremely suitable for farming.

Jiang Wei, the general of the Shu Han Dynasty, has reclaimed 400,000 mu of wheat fields within a year since Jingyao came here to Tuntian in the fifth year. After planting the first winter wheat crop in the autumn of last year, the harvest season has already ushered in this summer.

According to common sense, the harvest season of winter wheat is generally in late June every year. However, because this is the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the altitude is on the high side. So the harvest season here is a little bit late. And it was this more than a month that led to the delay in the operation of Jiang Wei's corps.

"General! The scouts of our army stationed in the high mountains northwest of the basin reported that eighty miles away from here had discovered the vanguard troops of the puppet Wei. Looking at the flag, it should be the pseudo-Wei Jincheng who guards Yang Xin. ”

"Got it, probe again!"

"Whoa!"

After sending away the scouts, Jiang Wei looked at the map with a heavy face: "Gansong direction, Yang Xin." Our army is directly north, Wang Ji. In the northeast, the banner of Kanhiro was found...... Come in three ways, but where is Deng Shizai? ”

There weren't many people in the hall, but there were a few. But there are really not many people who can answer Jiang Wei's words.

Let's take a look at Jiang Wei's current team: Protector Liu Min, a contemporary of Wang Ping, is now seventy-five years old. Joining the army to be loyal is also a person who is almost seventy years old. Next is Zhao Tong, the commander of the cavalry, Zhao Guang, the general of the Yamen and others. They are all middle-aged and elderly people in their forties and fifties. Further down, there is no one!

No one answered. Jiang Wei didn't ask again. Instead, he spread out his right hand and opened the small note that was already about to be foiled by him: Deng Shizai followed the general, and Zhuge Xu intercepted it. The general is back to the east! Yi.

This was sent to Jiang Wei by someone from the Mi family firm in Hanzhong half a month ago. Relying on the advantage of the traverser, Guan Yi told Jiang Wei very clearly what kind of predicament he would face: Deng Ai's mission this time is not to fight you directly, but to follow you. As long as the battle situation in Hanzhong is tight, you must lead the army back east. What are you going to do when you have a tail behind you and an enemy in front of you to intercept you? Therefore, you should take advantage of Deng Ai's failure to follow and return to Hanzhong as soon as possible.

It's a pity that Jiang Wei, who was poor and scared, was really as Deng Ai expected, and dragged it until the wheat in the pile was ripe, and then he began to consider the problem of returning to Hanzhong in the east.

"Zicheng (Laizhong), our army's wheat fields have been harvested, right?"

"There are still more than 30,000 acres of wheat fields scattered on the hills that have not been harvested. The rest of the wheat fields on the flat land have been harvested and put into storage. ”

"Hey~~~ I made a mistake. All the 30,000 acres of wheat fields were burned. The whole army was ordered to prepare and equip. Two days later, our army returned eastward! ”

"Whoa!"

……

August 11, 263 AD. Jiang Wei's troops began to set out from Huzhong and advance towards Hanzhong County.

But Yuzhong, as the northwest corner of the Shu Han territory, is really, too remote.

It is 280 kilometers away from Yang'an Pass, the bottom of Hanzhong, and 260 kilometers away from the bridgehead of the traffic artery - this is the straight-line distance. In fact, under the extremely backward road conditions at that time, Jiang Weijun's eastward return journey was at least more than 600 kilometers! Without twenty days, Jiang Wei's army would not have been able to catch up with Yang'an Pass at all.

And twenty days is only a theoretical value of everything going well. In fact, this is simply not possible.

Because on this day, the main force of Deng Ai's army stationed in Di Dao also began to move south.