Chapter 31: The aftermath of the Great War

After Niu Jin entered the country, he was like a bamboo, and only 5,000 people instantly took Shangyong, Fangling and Tin counties. Cao Cao heard the music, that is, the three counties were cut into Fangling County, and Ren Shenyi was the Taishou of Fangling - this is a later story, not to mention it for the time being.

And said that Niu Jin, Shen Yi, Ma Tan and others led soldiers and horses to attack Xicheng, Meng Da was shocked when he heard the report, and while sending people to Nan Zheng for help, he ordered to search for Shen Tan - he was afraid that Shen Tan would be like his brother, and he would be the internal response of the Wei family, and at the same time he thought that if he could use Shen Tan as a threat, he might be able to mess with Shen Yi's heart and delay the pace of the enemy's attack.

However, soon someone came to report, saying that Shen Duwei pretended to be sick a few days ago, closed the door of the house, and did not leave the council, and now broke his door and went in to search, and there were only some servants left, saying that Shen Tan had long since disappeared - in fact, it was for Shen Yi to send people to find out his intentions, Shen Tan did not have the heart of rebellion, and the envoy had already been secretly taught by Shen Yi, and simply robbed Shen Tan and Shen Yiju, and it is estimated that at this time, he has already arrived in the Niu Jin army.

As a result, the reinforcements from Hanzhong had not yet arrived, and Cao Wei's army was killed under the city of Xicheng first. At this time, there were more than 5,000 people, Cao Ren heard that Shen Yi was willing to surrender, and immediately ordered Sun Guan, who came to help in advance, to lead his troops to follow, coupled with Shen's surrender, the total number of troops entering Shangyong County reached nearly 20,000.

Shangyong County was not the focus of Shu Han's defense, and the number of troops and horses in the department was limited - one was not as easy to carry as the Yangtze River, if there were strong guards, it would be difficult for the enemy to penetrate, and the main force of Cao Wei Jingzhou should still be directed to Sanba; Second, they thought that the Shen clan would fight hard to resist in order to protect their power, and as long as it dragged on for a few days, Nan Zheng could send reinforcements, so there was no need to set up too many soldiers and horses in advance; As for the third. The main forces were all taken by Liu Bei to fight Guanzhong. The defense of Nanzheng and Samba is crucial. How can there be extra troops allocated to Meng Da?

The key garrison in the Han was Li Yan first, and then Fa Zheng, and Mencius were all good friends, thinking that with Meng Da's ability, he would be able to hold the Xicheng and not fall. Of course, the premise must be that Meng Da can firmly control the Shen brothers......

However, the upper echelons of Fa, Li, and Meng, a group of Dongzhou scholars, were mostly from the Central Plains or Jingxiangshi. I couldn't afford to look down on those hillbillies in Shu, who wanted to flee into Shu, but they became rootless grass, and were suppressed by the upper echelons of Dongzhou scholars at that time, and they were not allowed to show their talents, so they turned their backs on the Lord and welcomed Liu Bei; When Liu Bei defeated Liu Zhang, this group of people suddenly became noble, and they couldn't live forever, most of them were arrogant and had no children to spare. Therefore, the law is destroying the law and discipline in Chengdu. Killing a person who has injured himself; Li Yan was good at acting alone in Hanzhong, and was finally humiliated by Pang Tong; Meng Da is the same in Shangyong. He humiliated Shen Tan for a long time, thinking that the strong dragon could subdue the head snake......

The Shen brothers were under the low eaves and had to bow their heads, but Shen Tan had a gentle temperament and gritted his teeth and endured it, but Shen Yi finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he was easily pulled into Cao Wei's camp by Ma Tan.

In the original history, it was Liu Feng who did not treat the buns as food, and it was Liu Feng who stepped on the head snake of this vote, so Meng Da was blamed for not saving Guan Yu and was forced to rebel, Shen Yi was still of the same heart with him at that time, and led the army to drive Liu Feng away. Later, Meng Da led the new city Taishou (Hexi City, Shangyong, and Fangling as one), Shen Tan surrendered because of his untrue intentions, and was moved to Nanyang to live, Shen Yi was still under his command, but Meng Da bullied Shen Yi, making Shen Yi repeatedly play Meng Da to rebel. In the end, Cao Wei cut the western city into Weixing County, so that Shen Yi guarded it, and Shen Yi immediately cooperated with Sima Yi to kill Meng Da......

It's just that on this timeline, Shen Yi rebelled first, and Meng Dake didn't want to rebel yet - it was still early, and his backstage boss Fa Zheng was still sitting with Nan Zheng - so he stuck to Xicheng, wanting to have a long-term confrontation with the Wei army, waiting for reinforcements from Hanzhong. Problem: Shen Tan served as the lieutenant of Shangyong for several years, and the party was dense, secretly liaising with the Wei army, Ma Tan suggested that they didn't need to do more, as long as they spread rumors everywhere, saying that Pang Tong was dead, Liu Bei was defeated, and the reinforcements would definitely not come.

Sure enough, Mencius instantly felt that he was in an embattled predicament, and no one around him could be trusted, so he was forced to abandon and flee after Cao Wei's siege of the city for four days. As a result, when he arrived at Shiquan, he ran into 7,000 reinforcements led by Wu Ban - but if he wanted to take these 7,000 people to recapture Xicheng, the chance of success was very small, and Wu Ban did not dare to advance, so he stuck to Shiquan and reported to Fa Zheng.

Fa Xiao was so angry that he almost vomited blood twice, but there was nothing he could do. The main force of the Shu army followed Liu Bei to Guanzhong, and they were all tired, so if you want them to defend the village in the same place, and then send them to fight an offensive battle, it will not be a big support, and there is not enough food and grass. They had to send thousands of additional men to Shiquan to consolidate the city defenses and prevent the Wei army from going further.

Niu Jin led the army around Shiquan City, and when he saw that there was no gap to take advantage of, he had no choice but to retreat. Although this trip failed to directly enter Hanzhong, he finally took half of Shangyong County and forced the enemy to set up a heavy garrison in the west of Hanzhong, which can also reduce the pressure on the northern front to a certain extent - he didn't know at this time that Liu Bei had withdrawn from Guanzhong, and Cao Cao was forced to return to Luo because of the running out of grain - so he retreated to Xicheng.

This can be said to be the aftermath of the Battle of Guanzhong, and the other two aftermaths are in Wudu and Nanzhong. First of all, in terms of Wudu, Yang Fu and Su Ze's attack was really attacking instead of defending to prevent Ma Chao from making a comeback, but in fact, he did not have the determination and ability to destroy it in one go, so he finally captured more than 4,000 households of Han Qiang and other clans in Liangzhou, and then retreated - Ma Mengqi was lucky to survive.

As for the South and Central side, the results were much greater. Because a secret agreement has already been made between Buqiu and Yonghong and others, the difference is just a time for an official launch, and when an urgent order came from Luoyang, Buqiu sent someone to inform Yonghong, saying that Liu Bei jumped over the wall in a hurry, and personally led the army to attack Guanzhong, and now Chengdu is empty, it is a good time for you to revolt. Yonghong went to discuss with Zhu Bao, and Zhu Bao said: "The original proposal of the Wei army to conquer Shu in three ways, we will cause trouble, and now the northern expedition of Shu is the master, if we win, we will wait for it again, isn't it dangerous?" "The situation is not the same as what was promised, shall we wait and see for a while?

Yonghong said that I think that the timing of the launch is better than originally expected. Why? In the original plan, Cao Wei attacked Shu three times, and we disturbed Nanzhong, which could only be regarded as an additive, and it didn't matter to Cao Wei if it didn't succeed, so they refused to give us a hereditary position, just a marquis...... But now that Liu Bei is going north, Cao Wei is using me, once it is launched, he will seize the entire Nanzhong and gain a firm foothold, even if he cuts the land and the king has something to talk about.

Besides, if Liu Bei is defeated in Guanzhong, or retreats with his whole body, forcing Cao Wei not to dare to use troops in Shuzhong in the short term, we have a secret communication with Cao Wei, it is difficult to ensure that the news is not leaked, and once Liu Bei slows down, he will inevitably clean us up. So we must launch first, then if Liu Bei is defeated, we can ask Cao Wei for credit, if Liu Bei wins, he will inevitably face Cao Wei's main force, and there is no time to take care of the affairs of Nanzhong, maybe we can still block the troops of Jiaozhou as a condition, and ask a few vassal kings from Liu Bei's hands to come out......

Whether it is from Wei or from Han, we need to have stronger strength, and now that Liu Bei is going north, Chengdu is empty, and there is no way to conquer, it is the best time, the opportunity must not be lost, and the time will not come again!

Yong Min was clever and eloquent, and finally Zhu Zhu was persuaded by him, so he secretly contacted Ji Xi, Liu Xuan and others, first pretending to marry his daughter, feasting the Chinese martial arts of the county, and also invited Deng Fang, the governor of the capital of Yu, and then captured Deng Fang before the banquet and escorted him to Jiaozhou.

In this way, the three counties of Qiqi, Yueshan, Yizhou and Qianwei changed color for a while, and only Yongchang County, which was in the far southwest, was still under the Han Dynasty. So Zhu Bao, Yonghong, and Xi joined forces to enter Yongchang.

But only halfway down the road, I heard two shocking news. First, Chengdu sent Li Hui to the south to urge grain and materials, and after Li Hui heard about the change, he summoned Qianwei as a county soldier and a vassal state of Shu County, conquered the capital city, killed Liu Zhou and Wolf Cen, and expelled Gao Ding; Second, Jiaozhou sent 7,000 soldiers and horses, with Huang Zhong as the main general, and he had already crossed the border into Qiqi.

Zhu Bao was shocked, and said that according to the original plan, we will launch in Nanzhong, and the Wei army will not enter the strategy, and we will enter Nanzhong in case we encounter pressure from the northern front and send a request to them, then we will enter Nanzhong, but now why did they take the initiative to kill it? "Do you want to betray the alliance and harm me?" Yonghong nodded, and said that this should not be ignored - fortunately, Li Hui has recovered half of Yueshan County, let's just use this as an excuse not to go west, so we will turn around and go back to guard our home-" But we will return to Yizhou and Yizhou, and Wei Junke will also be difficult to bully. ”

So he hurriedly returned to the division and sent someone to greet Huang Zhong and asked why the general came? Huang Zhong said Of course, I came to deal with you, and I had no other intentions. The envoy returned, Yonghong and others said, we don't need reinforcements for the time being, the general can retreat to Jiaozhou - or we go north to block Li Hui, how about you help us fight Yongchang?

For this group of local snakes, and they are new generals, no matter how loyal Huang Hansheng is, he will never trust him unreservedly - I will hang my army for thousands of miles to fight Yongchang, and the logistics and supply lines are all in your hands, once I change my face, I will definitely die in a foreign land! So he replied, saying that I would not go to Yongchang, but from Jiaozhou to Nanzhong, the road was not easy to walk, and once a few people were in danger, I was afraid that I would not be able to rescue in time. It's best for you to let me have one or two troops stationed in the Nanzhong region, so that I can respond at any time.

As a result of the final negotiations, the Wei army occupied Ju Town and Wanwen County in the southern part of the county, and promised not to move forward unless they received a letter asking for help. Zhu Bao and Yong Minxin said that there are many Yi people and few Han people in those two counties, and the grain output is also very limited, even if you occupy it, it is impossible to directly threaten us, and if we want to turn our faces and expel you, it will be a matter of minutes - just sell General Huang more face, and don't let you run in vain. (To be continued.) )