"Hehe, now Governor Liu should be happy, a few days ago he asked to transfer people to the northwest!"

"In the past few years, Yan Guoli has not been able to catch it, and his support for the northwest is not enough, but later it is thanks to Zhengchang's efforts to maintain it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoNow that the strategic focus of Yan has shifted to the west, it will increase support for Liangzhou in the future and strive to rebuild hegemony in the Western Regions as soon as possible. ”

"King, Deng Yue and Zhou Fu have just come over and entrusted them with important tasks, is it appropriate?"

"What? Shirong is still worried that they have a bad heart? ”

Wei Shuo explained with a smile: "Hehe, Shirong is too worried. Since the widow dares to reuse the two, he is not afraid of them making trouble. Not to mention that the Western Regions are isolated and suspended, without the support of the Yan Kingdom, even if they have ulterior motives, they can't make any big waves. ”

"That's just as well!"

Mo Han immediately changed his voice and said: "However, Chen Zhen didn't expect that the imperial court would wipe out Wang Dun in such a short period of time, so that the hidden dangers within the imperial court will be eliminated, and the Son of Heaven will inevitably not become another Eastern Wu in the future." ”

"Well, Shirong's concern is not unreasonable, I heard that the Son of Heaven has been busy implementing the new policy recently. When I was in Laoshan, I also learned about the new Jiangdong policy, at least from the content point of view, if the imperial court is really determined to carry it out, Jiangdong's strength will definitely rise to a higher level. ”

"However, do you think that the new policy proposed by the Son of Heaven will be supported by the family?"

There was a hint of sarcasm on the corner of Wei Shuo's mouth, to be honest, he was not optimistic about the new policy implemented by Sima Shao at all.

Sima Shao thought that he could succeed by copying Yan Guo, but he didn't know that Yan Guo's success brought a lot of luck.

When Wei Shuo was tossing in Liaodong back then, it was precisely because of the blockade of Hulu and the sea that he was almost undisturbed by the family. When the family reacted, they found that Wei Shuo had grown into Cen Tianshu and had full wings.

And Sima Shao established his prestige by quelling the Wang Dun Rebellion, and mastered a lot of evidence of the family's crimes through Xi Jian, which temporarily forced the family to retreat.

However, Wei Shuo believed that with the gradual deepening of the new policy, the contradictions between the Son of Heaven and the family would become more and more acute, and when the contradictions between the two sides became irreconcilable, there would inevitably be a fierce conflict, ending with the complete collapse of one side.

"Forget it, let's not talk about Jiangdong, let's talk about the war in the southwest, can there be military reports from the front?"

"Back to the king, since going south to Hanzhong, there has been no military report, but the minister thinks that the military report should come in these days."

……

"What?! The Yan army has broken through Jiangzhou and is coming in the direction of Chengdu? What about Taifu's army? ”

Knowing that the Yan army had won Jiangzhou, Li Xiong, who was sitting in Chengdu, was like a thunderbolt from the sky.

At the beginning, when the news of the loss of Hanzhong and the annihilation of Li Shou's entire army came, he realized that Jiangzhou was in danger, so he specially transferred Taifu Li Xiang to lead 10,000 troops to garrison Jiangzhou.

Who knew that after half a month, Jiangzhou fell into the hands of Yan Jun again.

As soon as Jiangzhou was lost, the southeast gate of Chengdu was opened, and the Yan army could sweep from the southeast to Chengdu.

Even if the Yan army was unwilling to go on a solo expedition to Chengdu, they could go north along the Fujiang River to capture Fucheng.

Fucheng is the throat of Zitong County to Chengdu, just the south entrance of Jinniu Road.

Once Fucheng is lost, the Yan army will cut off the retreat of Li Yue's army stationed in Zitong County, so that Jianmen Pass will lose its due role.

"Prime Minister, the situation is critical now, what can I do?" Li Xiong asked Prime Minister Fan Ben with a sad face.

In the face of the powerful Yan army's large-scale attack, Fan Ben couldn't save the current decline even if he had three heads and six arms, so he could only comfort him with kind words: "Your Majesty, don't worry, although Taifu lost Jiangzhou, he still has at least more than 10,000 troops in his hands." As long as it deals with it carefully, it should not be a big problem to temporarily block the Yan army in Jiangyang and Qianwei counties. ”

"Taifu didn't stop the Yan army's offensive in Jiangzhou, and now he has retreated to Jiangyang, can he stop the Yan army?"

"If you can't stop it, you have to stop it, otherwise the Yan army will come to the city!"

Fan Ben said helplessly: "In fact, the minister is more worried that the Yan army will go north to seize Fucheng, which is not only the northeast gateway of Chengdu, but also the throat of Zitong's retreat to Chengdu. Once Fucheng is lost, the cavalry general Li Yue will be trapped and die in Zitong County, and the Sword Pavilion Heavenly Danger will also lose its due role. ”

"That'...... Why don't you take advantage of the fact that the Yan army has not yet launched an attack and order Li Yue to withdraw to Chengdu? ”

Looking at the panicked Li Xiong, Fan Ben's heart was gloomy, he didn't expect that Li Xiong, who had always performed well, would make a stupid move when facing life and death, and recalling Li Yue would certainly strengthen Chengdu's troops, but it would also give up the Sword Pavilion Heavenly Danger. The Yan army from Qinzhou will approach Fucheng and Chengdu along the Jinniu Road, and then Cheng Han will have no other way out except to sit in Chengdu.

"No! At this moment, we must not transfer the general to abandon Zitong, otherwise we will die and have no place to be buried. ”

"Then what should I do according to Aiqing's wishes?" Li Xiong has completely messed up the charter, and can only count on Fan Ben to give him ideas.

Fan Ben pondered for a moment and said: "After the Yan army won Jiangzhou, whether it was attacking Chengdu or advancing Fucheng, it had already gained the upper hand. And all we can do is to strengthen the defense of various places, and strive to rely on the city to block the offensive of the Yan army. After all, the Jiangzhou Yan Army is alone, and the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be for Cheng Han. ”

"Good! I immediately issued an order to Li Yue, Li Xiang and other generals, telling them to strictly guard the city, and those who dare to escape without permission will be killed! ”

At the critical juncture, Li Xiong rarely acted vigorously and resolutely, and immediately issued a series of military orders, dispatched envoys to Qianwei, Jiangyang, Zitong and other counties, and ordered the garrisons of Zhuti, Yueshan, and Hanjia counties to move north without grain and straw, and march north lightly to support Jiangyang, Chengdu, and Zitong respectively.

Although Li Xiong's move was to ensure the safety of Chengdu, Jiangyang, and Zitong, he did not expect that as the garrisons of various counties and counties in the southwest of Yizhou moved north, the southwest troops were empty, laying the groundwork for Yao Yizhong's attack on the southwest of Yizhou in the future.

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I have to say that Li Xiong and Fan Ben overestimated the strength of the Yan army, and after the Yan army captured Jiangzhou, there was no sign of attacking Chengdu.

The successful capture of Jiangzhou made Beigong Chunzhi, the commander of the Left Route Army, complacent, and ordered to go to Chenghan, the task undertaken by the Left Route Army at the beginning was only to lure the enemy. However, no one expected that in the end, it was the Left Route Army that broke the stalemate first, not only capturing Hanzhong, but also attacking Shu first along the Micang Road.

However, in order to grab time, the Left Route Army ran more than 500 kilometers along the Micang Road, breaking through more than 20 cottages in Chenghan along the way, chasing the butts of the defeated armies in Chenghan and taking Jiangzhou in one fell swoop. By now, the Left Route Army has reached its limit, and even in the face of Li Xiang, who is close at hand and has lost his dog, he is no longer able to attack.

First of all, it is not only the poor supply of food, grass and ordnance; Secondly, since entering Shu, although the army has been fighting successively, after all, there have been vicious battles for most of the month, and the soldiers are tired.

In the end, the current strength of the Left Route Army into Shu is too small, and the total number of troops before and after is only more than 10,000. It's okay to guard the city with this little force, but if you really want to attack Chengdu or Fucheng desperately, it is very likely that you will be surrounded and annihilated by Cheng Han taking the opportunity.

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The left route army had to stop advancing due to lack of strength, while the middle route army was completely blocked by Li Yue's army under the Jianmen Pass, and the main general Xie Ai used many methods in order to break through the Jianmen Pass and the natural danger of Motianling, but he was never able to break the deadlock.

Xie Ai looked at the heavily guarded Sword Gate Gate on the opposite side, and felt indignant in his heart.

To put it mildly, the city wall of Jianmen Pass is not high, the moat is not wide enough, and there is no sheep and horse city, so it should be relatively easy to attack.

It's just that both sides of Jianmen Pass are steep and difficult to climb cliffs, and Jianmen Pass is just between the cliffs, just blocking the entrance to the Golden Bull Road. And to enter the Golden Bull Road, you must break through the current Sword Gate.

Just when Xie Ai was helpless, he suddenly received information secretly sent by Song Yuan. After reading it, Xie Ai finally breathed a sigh of relief and temporarily stopped attacking the Sword Gate Pass head-on, waiting for the changes in the pass.

It is said that although Song Yuan has been following Li Yue, and Li Yue is also obedient to her, there are some things she can't decide. For example, if the defenders of Motianling and Jianmen Pass are mobilized, as long as Li Yue is not stupid, he will never reduce the garrisons in the two places.

Especially after the loss of Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, Jianmen Pass became the only natural danger that prevented the Yan army from entering Shu from the Golden Bull Road.

And Motianling is the key for the Yan army to bypass the Jianmen Pass through the Yinping Trail and attack Fucheng directly.

Unless Li Yue doesn't care about the gains and losses of Chengdu and the retreat issue, he will definitely not let anyone interfere in the defense of Jianmen Pass and Motianling, not even Song Yuan.

This is also the reason why Song Yuan has not moved, not that she doesn't want to help Xie Ai, but that she has no chance at all. (To be continued.) )