Chapter 455: A New Pattern in Shu
Although it is only a ruin, but its significance is extraordinary, this is the capital of Shu Han, no matter what it becomes, as long as the Shu Han Dynasty exists, it is the capital of the Shu Han Dynasty, and its symbolic meaning is even greater than the practical significance.
Walking through the scorched earth and rubble, Jiang Wei could vaguely distinguish the location of the previous palace, and watching the once glorious imperial city of Shudu reduced to ruins, Jiang Wei couldn't help but sigh. The country is in ruins, the society is in danger, Jiang Wei feels that the burden on his shoulders is a thousand pounds, and he is almost out of breath, yes, he is the general of Shu Han, shouldering the responsibility of the rise and fall of the Han family, who else should I?
If purely from the perspective of the situation in Shudi, Jiang Wei's recovery of Jiange, Mianzhu, Luocheng, and Chengdu this time can be called an incomparably brilliant victory, and the only flaw in the ointment is the loss of Langzhong. But if this battle is regarded as an exchange, then Shu Han can be said to have made a lot of money this time, and exchanged Langzhong for the territory of at least four counties from Jiange to Chengdu (except Fucheng), and this transaction is not a loss.
Especially after the recapture of Chengdu, Zitong, Wenshan, Guanghan, Shu County in the north and Hanjia and Jianwei in the south who are still in the hands of Shu are connected together, and open up the road to Nanzhong, it can be said that Jiang Wei's great victory, restored half of the Shu Han country, its significance is far-reaching, no less than Liu Yin's capture of Guanlong.
All the beautiful words poured into Jiang Wei without hesitation, and all the people praised Jiang Wei for judging the situation wisely and decisively, making decisions on the spot, strategizing freely, and counterattacking the Sword Pavilion can be described as a stroke of genius, and he recaptured Chengdu in one go. Even if it is a famous general through the ages. And that's it.
The best thing people are at is to judge heroes by their success or failure. When Wei attacked Shu on a large scale, they did not consider the huge gap between Wei and Shu, but blindly accused Jiang Wei of losing and retreating, and questioned Jiang Wei's ability to lead the army.
As for the loss of Langzhong, it has been selectively ignored. In war, there are always gains and losses, as long as the gains outweigh the losses, it is a success, and the flaws are not concealed, and people are often very tolerant in this regard.
Even Zhang Yi, who has always disagreed with Jiang Wei, praised Jiang Wei's wisdom and wisdom this time, this is a long-lost victory for the Shu army, for the Shu Han Dynasty in a predicament. It is a battle of Zhongxing, for Zhang Yi, who is loyal to Shu Han. No matter what kind of victory, as long as it is a victory in favor of Shu Han, it is worth celebrating.
In the midst of praise, Jiang Wei was extremely reserved, perhaps in the eyes of others, thinking that this was Jiang Wei's humility, but in fact, Jiang Wei knew very well in his heart that Shu Han had missed the opportunity to win a greater victory.
I am afraid that Jiang Wei never expected Zhong Hui to be so decisive, resolutely gave up his vested interests in Shuzhong, and decisively waved eastward, seized Brazil, and opened up the Padang road. As a result, the plan to annihilate the Zhonghui Legion has obviously come to naught, and the Zhonghui has regained a foothold in the area east of Fushui, and there is always the possibility of a comeback.
Jiang Wei couldn't think about anything else, after occupying Chengdu and other places, the elongation of the defense line made Jiang Wei's troops a little stretched, so Jiang Wei had to go all out to rebuild the defense line and make an active defensive posture to ensure that these victories would not be lost.
After Zhong Hui occupied Langzhong and Xuanhan, he immediately sent people to dredge the Badong Trail and carry grain and grass from Shangyong New Town and other places to solve the problem of food shortage for 100,000 troops. After obtaining the supply of grain and grass, the military spirit of the Wei army quickly settled down, and Zhong Hui naturally did not need to withdraw from Shuzhong, although the Wei army suffered repeated defeats and lost generals, but its main force still existed, and after gaining a firm foothold in Brazil County, Zhong Hui began his expansion again.
Of course, this time the target Zhong Hui chose Yong'an, after capturing Xuanhan, the Wei army was not far from Yong'an, Zhong Hui suddenly launched an attack on Yong'an, the intention was obvious, that is, to take Yong'an in one fell swoop, and copy the back road of Lu Kang.
Fight snakes and hit seven inches, if Yang'an Guan is the seven inches of Zhonghui, then Yong'an is the seven inches of Lu Kang. For more than a year, the two sides have been fighting a decisive battle around Fucheng, in fact, Zhong Hui is beyond the reach of the whip, otherwise he would have sent troops to attack Yong'an.
Yong'an is related to the life and death of the entire army in Shu and Wu, once Yong'an is lost, then the embarrassment that happened to Zhong Hui before will undoubtedly fall on Lu Kang's body.
The Wu army invested in Shu is not a small number of troops, only the first two batches of troops into Yizhou reached 150,000 people, but with the stalemate of the Jingzhou war, Wu no longer has the strength to send reinforcements into Shu, Wu 150,000 troops after more than a year of attrition, there are only 1120,000 left. Of course, the strength of the army is not absolutely dominant, and the battle stretch is too long, which is the real hidden danger of the Wu army.
The more than 100,000 troops of the Wu army are distributed on the long front from Yong'an to Fucheng, this front is close to thousands of miles, just like a snake with its head raised in twists and turns, the snake tail is Yong'an, the snake body is Jiangzhou, and the snake head is undoubtedly Fucheng. At the beginning, the purpose of Lu Kang's capture of Fucheng was to rely on Fucheng and radiate to the entire Shu region, but the entry of the Wei army shattered Lu Kang's attempt, and Wu and Wei fell into a tearing war for a long time.
The original battle has always been around Fucheng, that is to say, the Wei army has been attacking the head of the snake, but after this incident, Zhong Hui marched into eastern Sichuan, and directly aimed at the snake tail of the big snake of Wu State, wanting to strangle the army of Wu State between Bashan and Shushui.
Lu Kang learned from the pain, thinking that it no longer makes much sense to hold on to Fucheng at this moment, but instead it has formed a situation where the tail is too big to fall, and now the Wei army is attacking Yong'an with all its might, and the slightest mistake will have unimaginable consequences. Lu Kang finally reluctantly gave up Fucheng and concentrated all his forces in Jiangzhou and Yong'an, defending the two cities.
After the Shu army took Fucheng, the situation of the whole Shu land has become increasingly clear, so far, Wei and Shu countries to Fushui as the dividing line, Shu occupies most of the territory west of Fushui, and the area east of Fushui has fallen into the hands of Wei, and after the Wu army retreated to Jiangzhou Yong'an, it also limited its sphere of influence to the southeast of Shuzhong, and the new pattern of the Three Kingdoms in Shu has been faintly formed.
Of course, these boundaries are relatively vague, and with the development of the situation, the war in Shuzhong will only intensify. (To be continued.) )