From 228 to 229, after the Wang army jumped out, the western front of Wei was defeated and retreated, losing countless generals and horses; not only lost Yongzhou, but also lost Tongguan, the gateway of the division, and Liangzhou and the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions directly cut off contact; After suffering a great injury, Emperor Wei Ming finally understood that he could not defeat Wang Jun, at least for the time being, and could only put together heavy troops in the three counties of Pingyang, Hedong, and Hongnong in Sili, as well as Weixing County in Jingzhou, to defend against the eastward invasion of the Han army.

Fortunately, in several other directions, Wei did not have any problems.

On the Eastern Front, Cao Zhen strongly pressed Wu on the battlefield, which made Sun Quan reluctant to start the war lightly; But Sun Quan relied on the natural danger of the river, and Cao Zhen couldn't beat it, and the two sides looked at each other across the river and entered the stage of stalemate; On the northern front, Tian Yu and Zhao defeated Kebineng, so that Xianbei had to temporarily withdraw his ambition to expand his power in the south.

On July 1, 229 A.D., Weiyang Palace, Chengming Palace.

Wang Jun and Zhao Zilong were chatting while making tea, planning to cut down Shu; In this matter, when Wang Jun broke into Hanzhong at night to save Lao Zhao, he made up his mind, but because of the strategic arrangement, he could only give priority to Guanzhong; Now, the entire Guanzhong is in his own hands, and after a period of development, he should educate the old man Zhuge .

Hanzhong was taken first, and then the soldiers and horses of the three routes went south, and won the three counties of Zitong, Wenshan, and Brazil in one fell swoop...... It's just that the plan can't always keep up with the change of things.

Deng Zhi hurried to Weiyang Palace and brought an urgent report from Jiang Wei, the general of Qinglong, that Xu Miao, the assassin of Wei Liangzhou, intended to take refuge.

For Wang Jun, this news is too exciting, could it be said that he has begun to gather the qi of "Wang Ba" in his body?

If Liangzhou is collected, Wang Jun's territory is equivalent to a fraction of a double, and the huge territory of the Western Regions Changshi Mansion is also in the hands of Liangzhou Thorn History; A huge world map hung aside, this is the joint work of Ada and Arnold, Wang Jun got up and roughly measured it, rub! Winning all two places is equivalent to more than 7 times the increase in one's own territory!

However, don't look at this territory is so big, but it is basically a desolate and bitter cold place, the land is vast and sparsely populated, even if it is defeated, the defense is very enough; After Wang Jun took Yongzhou, he still did not let Jiang Wei fight westward, which was based on this consideration.

However, the land sent to the door, especially the talents sent to the door, Wang Jun is very welcome.

In fact, Xu Miao's choice to do so was largely forced by the situation.

The Han army rose suddenly, and in a short period of time, Yongzhou became the territory of the Wang army, completely cutting off Xu Miao and them from the Central Plains of Wei; This was originally nothing, Xu Miao could wait for the Wei army to "recover" Yongzhou, or he could find an opportunity to attack the Han army by himself, although he only had 30,000 horses. It's just that other forces around will not let go of this great opportunity; The Northern Xiongnu basically controlled Wusun and had begun to invade the area of Changshifu in the Western Regions; Kebi Neng was in the east, and was beaten by Tian Yu and Zhao so that he had no temper, so he ran to the west, making people constantly disturb Liangzhou's anger; And the Qiang forces in the south also took the opportunity to rub oil.

In short, the current Xu Miao, embattled, is very sad; Self-reliance? It is true that some subordinates have mentioned this, but Xu Miao categorically refused...... Don't say that Xu Miao doesn't have this heart, just say that he is a king who may hang up at any time, does it mean to be hairy?

In order to save the people in his jurisdiction from the suffering of war, and in order to prevent the officials and soldiers under his command from meaningless death, Xu Miao thought twice and finally decided to join Wang Jun.

Not to mention how big the territory is, in fact, Xu Miao alone is very worthwhile; In addition to his addiction to alcohol, Xu Miao has outstanding political ability, integrity, and noble behavior...... For this good thing of adding countless flowers on the cake, Wang Jun quickly made a decision.

Xu Miao, changed his name, changed his name from the Great Wei Liangzhou Thorn History, to the Great Han Liangzhou Thorn History, and was also in charge of the Western Regions Changshi Mansion; In this way, Xu Miao became the first state assassin in the history of the Han Dynasty, of course, before that, Wang Jun actually only had one Yongzhou. model, follow the practice of recovering Hong Kong and Macao in later generations, and hand over the administrative management to Xu Miao; The army, under the control of Wang Jun, is a must, and the establishment is first included in Jiang Wei's Qinglong Army, and then arranged for reorganization after eliminating the surrounding hidden dangers.

In this good deed of adding countless flowers to the cake, Wang Jun also accidentally found a big red flower, that is, Cangci, who served as the Taishou of Dunhuang County; Because of geographical reasons, the Western Regions Changshi Mansion was actually arranged by Xu Miao to be managed by Cangci; Cangci is a noble person, politically prefers to suppress the strong, pays attention to the people's livelihood, and is loved by the people of all ethnic groups with virtue and politics.

Because Xu Miao had just thrown over, Wang Jun was not good at digging the corner immediately, so he could only let Cangci go first; However, I remember that in history, Cangci died in office not many years ago, and it is said that he was in poor health...... Ada, who has superb medical skills, became a special envoy and made a special trip; In order not to be overly special, Ada took Xu Miao and other middle and high-level officials to do a compulsory physical examination.

As soon as the news of Xu Miao's defection to King Han spread, all parties reacted differently.

Sun Quan in the southeast was surprised by the rapid expansion of Wang's army, but because the territory of the two sides did not border, and there was no contact, he just kept an eye on himself.

Cao Rong in the east, it is said that after receiving the news, he did not speak for a day, and he was sad; The next day, he issued an order to recall Cao Zhen, preparing to discuss countermeasures and adjust the deployment of all things; The Southern Xiongnu in the northeast, seeing that their "master" Wei Guo had no temper, naturally did not dare to make any moves.

Xianbei in the north, as soon as he heard the news, immediately stopped his actions to disturb Liangzhou; Kebineng was beaten by the Wei State, and if Liangzhou hadn't been isolated, he wouldn't have sent someone to disturb him; Obviously, even Wei was no match for the Han army, and Xianbei naturally did not want to face the Han army, which was gaining momentum.

In the Shu Kingdom in the south, Adou didn't say anything, and no one knew what he was thinking; And the old man Zhuge who has great power in his hands is busy non-stop, and the first action is to continue to overdraft the national strength and recruit soldiers; In the second action, envoys were sent to Sun Quan of Wu and Kebineng of Xianbei; The third action was to send cronies to Xichuan to investigate the movements of Ma Dai and Ma Cheng.

Relatively speaking, only some of the Qiang king's forces in the southwest, as well as the Northern Xiongnu and Wusun in the northwest, still did not know whether they were alive or dead, and directly sent troops.

For those who don't know whether they are alive or dead, Wang Jun is not merciful......... That being said, it seems a little difficult to do it after a few people put together and carefully measure the distance.

Starting from Yongzhou, let alone entering the Wusun Kingdom to educate the enemy, it will take 2,200 kilometers to rush to Loulan alone; Lao Zhao likes to use li to calculate, that is, 4,400 miles, if you hit Balkhash Lake in Wusun Kingdom, you have to add more than 2,200 miles!

Compared with the maps of later generations, the territory of Wusun State covers the eastern part of today's Kyrgyzstan, the southeast of Kazakhstan, and parts of Xinjiang Province, which is indeed far enough; The Northern Xiongnu are in the eastern part of Kazakhstan and the northern corner of Xinjiang Province; Even in later generations, land transportation is very inconvenient.

At the end, Wang Jun gritted his teeth, and those who offended my Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!

Leave 5,000 Qinglong troops to stay in Nan'an, Longxi, and Tianshui counties; Qinglong general Jiang Wei, Zhonglang general Ma Zhong, and auxiliary army Zhonglang general Zhao Tong led 25,000 Qinglong troops into Liangzhou and integrated the original 30,000 troops in Liangzhou.

A month later, Ma Zhong, the general of Zhonglang, led 25,000 horses and horses to guard the counties of Liangzhou, and sent troops from Xiping County to conquer the hostile Qiang clan; Jiang Wei, the general of Qinglong, and Zhao Tong, the general of the auxiliary army, led 30,000 horses and horses to Loulan, the seat of the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions.

The war broke out in an unexpected area, so that the plan of the Wang army's southern expedition to Shu could only be temporarily shelved.

Wang Jun also plans to go to the northwest with Zhao Zilong, especially to Dunhuang and Loulan; You know, these places have become ruins in later generations, which is a pity; Obviously, Wang Jun's idea is by no means a royal expedition or anything like that, it is purely an idea of "official" travel, and with generals such as Jiang Wei, Ma Zhong, and Zhao Tong, Wang Jun is not worried about the war.

The trees want to be quiet, and the wind does not stop.

The old man Zhuge is very smart, he chooses a point to destroy, in his opinion, if he doesn't take advantage of the foundation of the Wang Army, he will have no chance in the future; Sun Quan didn't bother with Zhuge Liang, and Kebineng also didn't bother with him; For Sun Quan, it is easy to say that it is easy to fight against Wei and deal with Wang Jun...... It doesn't seem to have anything to do with me, at least not yet; For Kebineng, it is more cost-effective to wait and see than to participate, and it is better to let Shu be cannon fodder than to do it yourself.

Looks like there are no allies left?

It is unbelievable that Zhuge Liang, who does not give up, actually got into a relationship with Wei State!

There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests; Under the agitation of Wang Jun, the two families of Wei and Shu actually joined forces to deal with the Han army, and even negotiated the division of territory; The Guanzhong Plain naturally belongs to the Wei State, and the Yinping County, Wudu County, Longxi County, Nan'an County, Tianshui County, and Guangwei County under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou all belong to the Shu State; As for the ownership of Liangzhou and the Western Regions Changshi Mansion, both sides have tacitly avoided them.

If Zhuge Liang can really get the 6 counties, he will naturally be able to master Liangzhou and the Western Regions Changshi Mansion; However, if the conditions are brought out when negotiating, Wei will inevitably feel that it is a loss, and it may not be able to negotiate; Set aside things that may cause controversy, and only talk about what is acceptable to both parties, this is the calculation of the old man Zhuge ; In order to show sincerity, Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, and Dian Lin, who were sent by Wang Jun, were returned to Wei by the old man Zhuge .

In fact, it was enough for Wei to recapture the Guanzhong Plain; Taking a step back, with the Central Plains in hand, Si Li has the western barrier, and it is much easier to recapture other areas; Emperor Wei Ming, Cao Zhen, Chen Qun, and Sima Yi agreed to this matter as soon as they muttered, but Wei left a hand, which was not what Zhuge Liang expected.

The Wei State quickly took action, and the four counties of Pingyang, Hedong, Hongnong, and Weixing gathered 200,000 soldiers and horses, which is half of the country's troops in the Wei State now; The Wei State, which was greatly injured, also began to follow Zhuge Liang's approach, conscripted troops everywhere across the country, and began to overdraft the national strength; However, Wei Guoguang mobilized troops and practiced every day, but he didn't do it...... In addition to Chen Qun, Cao Zhen and Sima Yi all suffered a lot; The so-called keeping a hand is to let Zhuge Liang do it first, as long as he can achieve a little success, then Wei will officially do it.

Zhuge Liang was not stupid, but he still chose to do it first; What is the reason inside, first of all, this matter was instigated by him, so he naturally needs to move first, and Zhuge Liang is eager to obtain military exploits in order to restore his reputation in Shu; The successive failures have made the people of Shuzhong begin to question Zhuge Liang, and the unstable situation in the southern and central regions has also begun to magnify; In short, Lao Zhu's words are not good, and he needs to use the victory of foreign wars to settle the domestic contradictions.

Wei Yan, the governor of Hanzhong, Fei Yi, Huo Yi, and Zhuge Qiao, the prime minister, led 30,000 Shu troops from Hanzhong and attacked Wudu directly;

Wu Yi, the governor of Guanzhong, Liao Hua, the governor of Guangwu, and Jiang Wan, the prime minister, led 30,000 Shu troops, and came out of Zitong to attack Yinping County;

Zhuge Liang took Shi Xianglang, the head of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yang Yi, the Prime Minister's Army, and Xiang Chong, the leader of the Prime Minister's Mansion, led 20,000 Shu troops and commanded the battle in Hanzhong.

The battle report is like snowflakes, and it is constantly sent to Weiyang Palace; The White Tiger Army placed 15,000 men in Yinping and Wudu, and the centralized defense was acceptable, but the scattered defense was enough; the White Tiger general Guo Huai issued an order to abandon the small villages and towns, and shrink the forces to defend the main cities...... However, this inevitably leads to a temporary loss of some territory; From another point of view, it is equivalent to Zhuge Liang who has made such a little achievement.

On the Wei side, it was believed that Zhuge Liang's achievements were there, but it seemed that they were not enough, and the time was not yet ripe for the army to be dispatched; In front of the embarrassing multiple-choice question, Emperor Wei Ming and others took great pains to find a way to compromise. After the order was issued, the main army of the Wei army began to move closer to the east and southeast of Yongzhou, directly threatening several important passes of the Han army; The Southern Xiongnu, who submitted to Wei, served as "pathfinders" and began to attack Anding County north of Yongzhou.

For a while, the people in Yongzhou were panicked, and it was not a few months before they had to experience war again; In fact, whether it is the Xuanwu Army guarding the north or the White Tiger Army guarding the south, they have not suffered losses, but where do the common people know this; The grapevine will always spread faster and be more believable than the official news.

Weiyang Palace has an earthquake!

Wang Jun was angry; After working hard for so long, even the chair of Weiyang Palace has not yet been hot, and a group of people actually came to "beat" themselves.

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So, Zhao Zilong, the captain of the Han Dynasty, and Deng Zhi, the general of Yulin, went straight to Hanzhong with 30,000 Yulin troops; Aid Wudu, Yinping? Wang Jun thought that it was not necessary, Guo Huai, Hao Zhao, Zhang Wei, plus 30,000 White Tiger Army, the attack was insufficient, and there was no problem in defense. The Southern Huns on the northern front will at most add some trouble to Zhang Jaw, and they can't set off much storm; Only on the eastern front, the strength of Wei is still slowly rising, according to the news, it has reached 250,000, plus Cao Zhen, Sima Yi and other important ministers of Wei have all gone to the front line, and the pressure is huge.

Wang Jun still underestimated Zhuge Liang after all, and gave Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, Dian Lin and others to Lao Zhu, originally wanting to borrow a knife to kill people, but they lost; Speaking of which, Emperor Wei Ming's Cao Rong is really pot-bellied, and he didn't have the slightest suspicion or blame, and still reused Sima Yi and others, which is unimaginable in later generations.

There was no way, Wang Jun had no choice but to leave Cao Ying, who had a bigger and bigger belly, and said goodbye to the abundant Qiangke, and took Arnold out of Chang'an and went east; Relatively speaking, if Wei officially started, Tongguan and Wuguan were their best choices, and other areas were not to say that they couldn't, but the geographical conditions were very bad, and the movement of the large army was very restricted.

Wang Jun went to Tongguan, Arnold went to Wuguan, and Adashan was doing the work of a "miracle doctor" in the northwest, and he would not be able to rush back for a while; The tactical deployment of the Wang army was simple and clear, with a steady defense on the northern front, a sweep of the army on the western front, and a counterattack on the southern front, as for the eastern front......

As the sun set, the lonely Arnold, pulling a big carriage by himself, hurried to the southeast; a Vulcan cannon, impressively placed on top of a pile of boxes; 2 square ammunition feeders, 13 ammunition boxes neatly stacked underneath, and a box of leaflets; Wang Jun gave Arnold a full 30,000 rounds of 7.62mm NATO standard M62 tracer bullets.

The so-called tactics of the Eastern Front are clear at a glance, first send leaflets to warn, and if it doesn't work, then go straight to the slaughter!

This is indeed against Wang Jun's original intention, but the reality of the situation makes Wang Jun have no choice; The foundation of the newly born Han State has not yet been laid, and if the situation of fighting on all sides is maintained for a long time, not to mention that the Han army will be defeated by the enemy, even if it is delayed, it can also drag down the Wang army and them.

On August 11, Wang Jun, accompanied by 100 forest horses, rushed to Tongguan in the dust; At this time, Wang Ping, the Suzaku general who personally sat in Tongguan, had already led his troops to repel the first strong attack of the Wei army; After watching for a month, Wei finally officially started, and the surrounding area of the Han Dynasty was completely full of smoke. (To be continued.) )