Cangqiu Castle.

"The Shu army has retreated!"

On the sickbed, Huan Wu sat up with some difficulty and picked up a cup from the short table beside him.

The tea moistened my throat, and the dry feeling was much better. Huan Wu looked at Fang Yuting who was standing in front of him, and his face was still a little surprised.

It is said that the king of Shu sent an edict to force Yang Xian to withdraw from the army. Our army visited the school and crossed Weishui to explore the camp of the Shu army, and found that it had long been gone. ”

"King Shu? Does she have what it takes? ”

In the eyes of Huan Wu and even the princes of the world, King Xia Gong Ni of Shu is just a puppet in Yang Xian's hands, how could she affect Yang Xian's decision.

However, at this time, the Xia Gong of the King of Shu sent an edict to withdraw the army, which is indeed worth playing.

"Behind the King of Shu is the Xia family, it stands to reason that their relationship with Yang Xian is quite tense, there is no reason to help Yang Xian at this time, and carry this black cauldron on his back?"

"This is also what the subordinates don't understand."

The withdrawal of the Shu army this time was very sudden, and the edict of the king of Shu was even more sudden, without any warning beforehand. The information obtained by Fang Yuting's divine guards was all the strength of the Shu army, putting on a posture of wanting to fight the Liang army to the death.

"At that time, Xia Gongni disappeared, Shu was in turmoil, and Xia almost tore his face with Yang Xian. After that, although Yang Xian brought back Xia Gong Ni, the rift between the Xia family and Yang Xian was irreparable. At this time, watching Yang Xian and our army lose both, it should be what the Xia clan is most willing to see. ”

At the beginning of the chaos in the world, the Xia clan fled from the Shendu with Yang Zhong. Then the Battle of Weishui, Xia Yunhua and Xia Yunqi, the two sisters, were scattered by the chaotic army. A part of the Xia clan followed Xia Yunhua into Shu, and the others followed Xia Yunhua's side.

After Yang Zhong's death, Yang Chun withdrew from the court dispute in order to protect the young master, and the Yang family also retreated into the background. The Xia clan of Xiancheng once held great power.

But in the past six years, Yang Xian first deposed the county soldiers from all over the Shu State, and then exiled Li, Zhang, Huang and other members of the Yizhou family, firmly holding the authority of the Shu State in his hands. So much so that after Xia Yunhua's death, the Xia family, who originally wanted to use Yang Xian to balance the clans in Yizhou, had not yet reacted, and the Shu Kingdom had become controlled by Yang Xian alone, and they were also on the edge of the area, just like the Xia clan in the Shendu.

Whether it is the Xia clan of Shendu or the Xia clan of Xiancheng, what they are most willing to see is that Yang Xian and Huan Wu will fight to defeat both, and it is best for both to die.

Huan Wu shook his head, and couldn't figure out the internal movements of Shu for a while, so he could only raise his cup helplessly and take another sip of tea.

"Lord, do we want to raise an army to attack the Shu army?"

"Who is in the Shu army behind the palace?"

Huan Wu listened to Fang Yuting's words and felt in his heart. Although the Shu army has retreated, it is equivalent to the victory of the Liang army. However, this time the Shu army was in the north, and the impact on the Liang army was very bad. The Shu army took advantage of the future of the main force of the Liang army, and was rampant on both sides of the Weishui, and Qin Feng even took more than 3,800 Xiliang iron cavalry to Fufeng County.

This dry Shu general, Jin Xin and Qin Feng are the most, and they don't take Liang Jun in their eyes at all, they come when they want to come, and they can leave when they want.

For Huan Wu and the Liang generals, there was no light on their faces. If you can take advantage of the opportunity of the Shu army's retreat to chase and kill and achieve results, you can save face to some extent.

"It's Shu General Yang Ping."

As soon as he heard that it was Yang Ping, Huan Wu put down the cup he was holding.

"Those who are good keepers have no great deeds. In the past, I underestimated this Yang Ping, but now it seems that he has obtained a bit of Yang Chun's true biography. Since Yang Xian is the queen of this person, he naturally won't give us a chance, so there is no need to pursue. ”

The Liang army and the Shu army held each other on both sides of the Weishui for these days, although there were no large-scale battles, but small-scale temptations in private occurred every day.

Yang Ping's age is not too old, but the style of marching and arranging the formation gives people the feeling of being old and serious.

"Lord, after the Shu army retreats into Sanshui Pass, take advantage of their main force to return to Shu, should we recapture Sanshui Pass?"

Sanshui Pass is the gateway of Yongzhou to Shu, and its strategic location is very important. With it, the security of the southern area of Zhongdi County is guaranteed, and without it, this vast area will be exposed to the Shu army's troops from time to time.

"No!" Huan Wu was very sure, "Sanshui Pass is only twenty miles away from the walled city of our army, but it is hundreds of miles away from the walled city of the Shu army. In Yang Xian's hands, the Shu army will rise north, and we will be able to grasp the trend as soon as possible. ”

The scattered water pass was in the hands of the Shu army, and it was impossible for Yang Xian to put tens of thousands of troops in it, because the logistics could not support it at all. With the strength of the Shu army stationed at Sanshui Pass, the Yu Liang army did not pose much threat.

On the contrary, once the Shu army massively increases its troops and disperses the water pass, then it is equivalent to an early warning. In the past, if the Liang army wanted to grasp the movements of the Shu army, it had to cross hundreds of miles of Shu Road, but now it only takes twenty miles.

Fang Yuting quickly understood what Huan Wu meant, but he was a little worried.

"But in this case, the southern part of Midland County must garrison a garrison. Moreover, it takes a fairly reliable guy to keep the situation in check. ”

Fang Yuting said this, but Huan Wu smiled, as if he already had an idea in his heart.

"Does the lord already have someone in his heart?"

"Meng Qing!"

Scattered water off.

The main force of the Shu army retreated into this Xiongguan, and a large number of supplies were also transported here.

For a time, this pass was bustling and became very crowded, and the soldiers of the Shu army could not even find a place to stay.

"My lord! Is our army going to abandon this Sanshui Pass? ”

Among the towers of the city pass, a group of Shu generals have some disputes, for this Xiongguan is to guard or abandon?

Although Sanshui Pass is the intersection of Yizhou and Yongzhou, it has always been called the gateway of Guanzhong. Because twenty miles to the north of Sanshui Pass is the vast Guanzhong Plain, the forces on the Guanzhong side can transport a large amount of materials here to resist the enemy army in the direction of Yizhou.

On the contrary, although the forces in the direction of Yizhou were able to transport materials to Sanshui Pass through Sanshui, they were hundreds of miles away, and their value was much smaller.

Yang Xian shook his head and said, "Our army will rise north in the future, and it will also pass through the Sanshui Pass." If you forsake it today, he will regain it tomorrow. After this battle, the Liang army should not raise troops to seize the pass. As for the transportation of grain and grass, troops can be divided into garrisons on the rice cang road. ”

The rice cang road is dangerous, but there are also scattered areas on the hundreds of miles of long road, and the terrain is relatively flat and suitable for farming. The division of troops can be used as the fulcrum of the Shu army's march into Sanshui Pass, and secondly, it can also relieve the pressure on military rations.

If the Shu army wants to go on a northern expedition, then it must operate the Micang Road, which is the most important transportation artery for the Shu army to go north.

"Obey the orders of the Lord."