In addition to Xiyongzhou, what worries the king of Hanzhong the most is the land of Hanzhong. After the king of Hanzhong sent an order to the officials in Hanzhong, Hanzhong provided grain and grass for the Shu army and agreed to the withdrawal of the Shu army. In addition, dozens of colonels were taken down as reparations.

The king of Hanzhong did this, in addition to not wanting to anger the king of Shu in this few rooms and cause changes in his rear, he also wanted the Shu army to continue to support Xiyongzhou. That's why he will abandon some of his generals. It is a pity that the Shu army did not stop in Hanzhong, but began to wave its troops and withdraw.

If it is said that it is just a withdrawal of troops, but after the Shu army withdrew to the southern part of Hanzhong, it no longer continued to retreat south, but was stationed on the spot. In other words, the Shu army occupied the southern part of Hanzhong. The Shu army, which occupies the southern part of Hanzhong, because its south is connected to Yizhou, so its grain and grass materials do not need to be provided by Hanzhong, and they are directly supported by Yizhou in the rear. In this way, the Shu army cut off one-third of the territory from Hanzhong.

Moreover, because the Shu army occupied these areas, the Han army stationed in the south was all driven back by the Shu army. In this way, it also made the Shu army occupy this place and form a trend of separation. Speaking of which, there were originally Han army troops stationed in various places in the southern part of Hanzhong, and it was not easy for the Shu army to occupy these areas. However, because the king of Hanzhong did not want to turn against the Shu army, and hoped that the Shu army could continue to go north to support Xiyongzhou, the local officials and generals in Hanzhong were all under his military orders and should not easily provoke the Shu army.

In addition, because of the contradictions between the two sides of Hanzhong, the king of Hanzhong also ordered the execution of dozens of Han army generals and dozens of high-ranking Han Chinese officials. Now the officials and generals of the Han army in Hanzhong did not dare to provoke the Shu army easily. In addition, the actions of the Shu army in Hanzhong were also allowed by the king of Hanzhong.

As a result, when the Shu army retreated south, the army took advantage of the situation to occupy the southern city checkpoint and expelled the Han army. Of course, there are quite a few who surrender directly. In order to please the Shu army, the king of Hanzhong executed the officials and generals of Hanzhong, but many officials were deeply dissatisfied. If you lose your territory, it is difficult to explain it when you go back, so it is better to surrender to Shu directly.

The war in Dongyongzhou is not going well, and it is difficult to recover in Xiyongzhou. Now there is also a problem in Hanzhong, his old nest, how can the king of Hanzhong live in peace? The loss of Xiyongzhou has already made him feel distressed to death, and he is not willing to let Hanzhong also lose it.

After consulting with his soldiers, the king of Hanzhong decided to salute first and then soldier. The first salute is naturally to reason with the other party, of course, it is not enough to rely on him alone, so the king of Hanzhong decided to pull the king of Qi and the king of Luoyang together to reason with the king of Shu, hoping to use the power of the remaining two princes in the Southern Alliance, and then the king of Shu withdrew from Hanzhong.

If you can't be reasonable, then you can only talk to the other party about fists. However, the comparison of the strength of the Han army and the Shu army is still obvious. Therefore, this fist is naturally not angry and waving the army to the south. This reasoning fell on the seven thousand and Shu troops in Jingbei and Henan Mansion. Since you Situ Che attacked your allies, what else do we Situ Fei have to scruple about? You have more than 7,000 people, but in the north of the northern region of Jingzhou, as long as my Jingzhou cuts off your retreat road and your grain and grass materials, you are a turtle in an urn here.

Of course, if this is done, the king of Hanzhong believes that Situ Che, the king of Shu, will definitely not be reconciled. The most likely response is naturally to ignore these 7,000 Shu army soldiers, but use this as an excuse to move the army north and take his own land in Hanzhong. However, the king of Hanzhong believed that neither the king of Qi nor the king of Shu himself wanted the land of Jingzhou to be lost. Therefore, the last coercion of the king of Hanzhong was the land of Jingzhou.

However, this coercion does not mean that the king of Hanzhong will cede Jingzhou to the Zhao army when the Shu army attacks the land of Hanzhong, after all, this is only a hypothesis and cannot be a reality. His purpose was naturally to let the King of Qi, who was afraid of Jingzhou and avoided being attacked on all sides, stand on his side. And it is not Jingzhou that may really give up, or even let the Zhao army enter, but Hanzhong. The king of Hanzhong had already prepared for the worst, if the Shu army insisted on making a move against Hanzhong, then he would open the northern gateway of Hanzhong and let the Zhao army enter, and face off with the Shu army and the land of Hanzhong.

Xiangyang City, the center of Jingzhou, is also the place where the king of Luoyang now settles. After the king of Luoyang, who withdrew his troops from Jingbei, returned to Xiangyang City, he began to reorganize the Luo army that had withdrawn from the south, and also cut a lot. However, this also reduces the logistical pressure it has to bear.

Because among the Luo army and the Han army, many soldiers were recruited for the temporary expansion of the regional Zhao army, after the reduction, the Luo army only had more than 30,000 soldiers, and the rest were local county soldiers and government soldiers. The rectification of the Luo army made the Luo army also begin to be somewhat similar to the Zhao army. Of course, it is just some similarities, and the inside story between the two is very different.

This time he went north to support Xiyongzhou, and the king of Luoyang received the entrustment of the king of Hanzhong. King Luoyang naturally did not refuse, although he was not optimistic about this operation. But it still sent 5,000 soldiers and 5,000 auxiliaries.

As expected, the army failed to successfully enter the territory of Xiyongzhou and failed to bring support to Xiyongzhou. However, there is a gap with the expectation of the king of Luoyang, and the loss of these 10,000 soldiers is minimal. Originally, in the expectation of the king of Luoyang, the army of 10,000 people would be at least more than half. However, there was no loss in the army this time, that was because it could not advance, coupled with the heavy rain, which made it difficult to move forward, and the two sides did not start a big battle.

With the actions of the Zhao army in the north of Yizhou and the confrontation between the Shu army and Hanzhong in Hanzhong, the logistics support of the Shu king for reinforcements on this road was cut off by him, and the result is naturally needless to say, the 10,000 soldiers withdrew the same way, and some losses also occurred because of road problems.

"King Situ Che of Shu? The problem really lies with him, Zhao Xun has already figured out the southern princes. A little trick will make you start the infighting, but it's a pity that ......" Hearing the Hanzhong intelligence reported by his subordinates, Situ Hao, the king of Luoyang, was also silent. Although he was dissatisfied with the fact that the king of Hanzhong had ordered him, allied with the princes, and discussed his own affairs, he had already made his own decision without communicating with him first. However, seeing that the king of Hanzhong also followed him, he gradually lost the land of Xiyongzhou to Zhao Jun, and he also felt a trace of coolness.

As for the situation in the land of Hanzhong, although he does not understand the details. However, Situ Hao knew very well that this must have something to do with Zhao Jun, and it was very likely that it was Zhao Jun's strategy. But even if he knew, what could he do? For the land of Hanzhong, he can't intervene, of course, even if he can intervene, the king of Hanzhong and the king of Shu will not pay attention to him.

"Order the retreating army along Danshui, and let them temporarily stop in Shangyong, Xincheng and other places in eastern Hanzhong."

"King, this Shangyong, Xincheng, Fangling and other places, but the jurisdiction of Hanzhong, is the direct subordinate of the king of Hanzhong, this is not Jingzhou, we are stationed here, it is unreasonable. The garrison of the King of Hanzhong in Hanzhong has already made the King of Hanzhong very dissatisfied, and if we were to garrison troops in the eastern part of Hanzhong, it would certainly make the King of Hanzhong angry. When Lin Zixun, the general under the command of the King of Luoyang, heard this, his face changed, and he said urgently.

Situ Hao said lightly: "We are stationed here, first, to guard against the Zhao army that is heading south from Wuguan. Second, it is also to assist him in the rule of the Han army in Hanzhong and ensure the passage for the Han army to retreat eastward. Don't forget, in the north, there is a series of checkpoints occupied by Zhao Jun. If the Zhao army raided south and occupied this place, the land of Hanzhong would lose contact with Jingzhou. ”

"Now the king of Hanzhong is facing off against the king of Shu, and the Han army in Hanzhong is facing off against the Shu army, and the king has received news that most of the Han troops in Shangyong and other places have gone south to the south of Hanzhong to compete with the Shu army. In this operation, this king will greet Situ Fei and let him understand what we are doing. ”

"In addition, the strength of our Luo army is weak, even if we have the heart to occupy these regions, I am afraid that he will not be afraid of the king of Hanzhong. Don't forget, most of the rights in Jingzhou, which we occupy with him, have already fallen into his hands. ”

The reason why the king of Luoyang let his men and horses be stationed in the eastern part of Hanzhong, in addition to some of the reasons mentioned above, is also related to the fact that there are too many troops in Jingzhou. There are indeed many people in Jingzhou, and in the entire territory of Jingzhou, counting the areas occupied by the Zhao army, the Shu army and the Qi army, there are no less than 1.2 million people.

In the south, Jingzhou is the second most populous after Yangzhou. Jiangzhou, which ranks third, is also far behind. Of course, in the past, there would have been more people here. However, now, under the rule of the Northern Zhao State, there are no less than a few states with a population of more than a few states. You must know that this is still the result of the people who moved west and north under the rule of Zhao Jun many times.

However, although Jingzhou has a large population, it is occupied by the Zhao army, the Qi army, and the Shu army. In addition, the land of Jingzhou also had to provide almost all the logistics of the Luo army and the Han army, especially after Yongzhou was conquered and besieged by the Zhao army, the pressure on Jingzhou was even greater.

The king of Luoyang didn't want the cities of Jingzhou to be full of soldiers, and he didn't want all the troops to be stationed in the middle of Jingzhou, so that the burden on the people here was too heavy, so he sent the army to Xi'an.

In addition to wanting these regions to bear the logistics required by a part of the army, it will also be related to their views on the situation in Hanzhong. In his view, the dispute in the land of Hanzhong has already started, and the outcome of the future is unpredictable. However, among the kings of Hanzhong and Shu, it is still the king of Shu who has the advantage. If the king of Shu occupies the land of Hanzhong, the prefecture and county in the eastern part of Hanzhong near Jingzhou, he naturally cannot let the Shu army occupy it. Even if they occupy it, they can support more than 10,000 troops and provide the logistics needed for more than 10,000 troops to go on the expedition.

"King, news has come from the north again, the king of Hanzhong wants the king to write a handwritten letter, and send an envoy with a messenger from the king of Hanzhong and the king of Qi to go to the land of Hanzhong to solve the problem of southern Hanzhong, so that the Shu army can withdraw from the land of Hanzhong." Zhang Ye, the general of the Luo army, hurriedly came in from outside and reported to him.

"King of Hanzhong? Hanzhong? It seems that my younger brother is very unwilling and wants to suppress the Shu army with the princes of the three parties. As for the meaning of the king of Hanzhong, he naturally understands it very well.

Lin Zixun said in a deep voice: "King, is this matter acceptable or not?" This is a matter of meddling in the Shu army, we are not more powerful than the king of Qi, if we get involved, I am afraid that not only will there be no benefit, but it will ......."

Situ Hao said coldly: "Where are we now? is only a little stronger than the king of Hanzhong. If we don't participate this time, will we be able to get Situ Che, the king of Shu? No matter how we deal with it, in his eyes, we are still the rebels and thieves who split the Yong army, and he can't wait to kill us. If we are now with the king of Hanzhong, then we will stand on the same line with the king of Hanzhong and the king of Qi. Although the King of Qi was just unwilling to let the King of Shu take away the land of Hanzhong from the King of Hanzhong, the three of us together were enough to put pressure on the King of Shu. ”

"If we don't cooperate with the action this time, not only will the King of Shu not have any good impression of us, but we will also offend the King of Hanzhong and the King of Qi because of this. By then, we will have enemies everywhere, and we will have no allies. ”

"Besides, we are only one part of the operation this time, and it is not enough for the King of Shu to regard us as the number one enemy. Besides, we are just sending a messenger in hand. It is the king of Hanzhong who really acts, and it is the envoy of the king of Qi who can suppress the king of Shu. This king will write a letter in hand, and you will arrange for people to wait for the arrival of the envoys of the king of Hanzhong and the king of Qi, and then go to Chengdu with them. ”

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In Xiyongzhou, the Zhao army gathered together, and more than 100,000 troops gathered in Chang'an and Xianyang, preparing to attack the last two Han army cities in Xiyongzhou. In addition to the Sixth Town of the Forbidden Army, which was originally stationed in Liangzhou and was responsible for containing the western Zhufu counties of Xiyongzhou, continued to return to Liangzhou, the army of the four towns, together with the Imperial Forest Army around Zhao Xun, nearly five town soldiers, 120,000 troops, in addition to 30,000 soldiers stationed in various checkpoints and cities, 10,000 troops cooperated with the people and recruits to form local government soldiers and county soldiers, and the remaining 80,000 soldiers gathered between Chang'an and Xianyang.

"Soldiers, this attack on Xiyongzhou, judging from the current situation, we have achieved success. The connection between Xiyong Prefecture and the south has been blocked by us, and the reinforcements of the southern princes have also withdrawn. Now, the enemy we need to face is Xianyang and Chang'an, the last two strongholds of the Han army in Xiyongzhou. ”

Although the overall situation has been decided, there are still nearly 50,000 Han troops in these two places. Therefore, no one should be careless. The time to ask for merit is not now, but after the complete destruction of the Han army in Xiyongzhou. ”

After gathering the generals, Zhao Xun first encouraged the generals, and then gave the generals a preventive shot, so as not to cause accidents due to their pride and complacency. Don't forget, there is also a Lin Shucheng in Chang'an City. In order to stop Zhao Jun, this person even dared to coerce the families of the soldiers under his command.

"King, although the Han army still has a lot of soldiers in these two places, I am afraid that the Han soldiers in these two places are already panicked. The last general thinks that we can come out with a large army and storm the two places. Chang'an is not enough, the city is tall, there are many generals, and there is Lin Shucheng to assist. But this Xianyang City is far worse than Chang'an. That is it, why not take advantage of the situation to attack the city and break it in one fell swoop? A general suggested.

"Don't be careless, this Han army has no way to retreat, be careful that they jump off the wall in a hurry. Most of these Han troops were reinforcements from Hanzhong. In addition, a large part of them were Han soldiers who were unwilling to surrender to our western prefectures. Since they were unwilling to surrender at the beginning, they were able to flee here, which shows that they are determined to be hostile to our Great Zhao. I am afraid that many of these people are from the gentry of the big clans, and some of them are also the remnants of the northern clans that we exterminated. These people are not easy to deal with. If it is attacked, it will definitely have to pay too many casualties, and it is not worth it. "Naturally, there are people who oppose it. Of course, there is a lot of truth in what he said.

The families of the 15,000 Han army reinforcements in Xianyang are all in the land of Hanzhong, but these do not affect the decision-making of these ordinary soldiers. Perhaps the generals and colonels in these Han armies were afraid of their families and would not surrender easily as a last resort. However, the soldiers below are no longer restrained. Why don't we elaborate on the current situation in Xiyongzhou and persuade them to surrender. ”

"Yes, General Lee is right. In addition, this Xianyang is already an isolated city, far less than Chang'an. In addition to the fact that the city defense is not as good as Chang'an, it is more that the city of Xianyang is not like Chang'an, hoarding a large amount of grain and grass materials for its use. Therefore, we can also besiege this place and cut off the food and grass in the city. ”

The generals gathered together recounted their experiences and exchanged feelings with each other, and at the same time began to discuss the attack on Xianyang and Chang'an.

"Situ Aiqing, Yang Aiqing, how do you think we will act against these two cities?" Zhao Xun smiled and asked Situ Liang and Yang Wangqing beside him.

Situ Liang took the lead and said: "The minister thinks that the city of Chang'an City is tall and steep, and it must be difficult to attack it. Therefore, this place can only be besieged, persuaded to surrender, divided and disintegrated, and then this place can be taken. After all, there is a lonely city, even if Lin Shucheng, Luo Dingyuan and other officials and generals have the confidence to defend this place, the soldiers below, ordinary soldiers, merchants in the city, and ordinary people will definitely find it unbearable to continue to be trapped in the city by our army. In this way, we have the opportunity to win the biggest at the lowest cost. ”

"In contrast, Xianyang is much weaker. After all, this place was not as good as Chang'an, as the core of Xiyongzhou. Secondly, Chang'an hoarded a large amount of grain and grass materials, but there were no here. There are more than 30,000 soldiers in Chang'an City, but there are only more than 17,000 people here, which is far inferior to Chang'an. So, we have to act, and we should be the first to do so. As discussed by the generals, persuasion and siege can be used to the death, weakening their fighting spirit, disintegrating their fighting spirit, consuming their food and grass materials, and forcing them to surrender or go out of the city to fight. And so our opportunity comes. ”

"The most important thing is that the commander of the Han army's reinforcements is in Chang'an City, and the deputy general is also in Chang'an City. Those who stayed in Xianyang were just a partial general, just a few generals. We can trap this Xianyang for a few days first, and then take advantage of their lack of understanding of the situation in Chang'an to take action when their fighting spirit is weakened. Not only that, but we can also take certain actions under the pretense of reinforcements from the southern Shu army, after all, the Han army in the city can only be called the remnants of the Han army now. ”