Prologue Before the War II
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But in some cases, choosing Hanzhong as a base and facing the Huns is not a good choice.
Perhaps there is a partial gap in the strength of the Xiongnu compared to the Wei State in the Three Kingdoms period in later generations, but if it is really necessary to move the capital south to Hanzhong, then it is very likely that it will be difficult for the Great Qin Empire to have the ability to make a comeback in a short period of time.
Because if this kind of fiasco really happens, then the situation of the Great Qin Empire is likely to deteriorate rapidly, and at that time, in addition to the areas east of Liaoning County that can protect themselves, the areas controlled by the Great Qin Empire north and south of the Yellow River and even east of Ba County will quickly fall into chaos again.
And what's even more fatal is that the Great Qin Empire may not be able to fall into large-scale chaos in Hanzhong County, Ba County, and Shu County, but these three places are not as controlling as the later Shu and Han periods.
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In 221 AD, Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor in Chengdu (now Sichuan), and the country was called Han, known as "Shu" or "Shu Han" in history, also known as "Liu Shu" and "Ji Han". It occupies most of present-day Sichuan and Yunnan, all of Guizhou and Chongqing, and part of the Bailongjiang River basin in Hanzhong and Gansu Province. In 263, it was destroyed by Wei. A total of two emperors, forty-three years.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the struggle between relatives and eunuchs continued, which made the government more and more popular, and then the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out. But soon, He Jin and Dong Zhuo were defeated successively, and the situation in the world gradually turned into a melee between the princes.
In the heyday of the Shu Han Dynasty, it occupied Jingzhou and Yizhou, and after the battle of Guan Yu lost Jingzhou and Liu Beiyiling, the national strength was damaged, and then the national strength of Shu was restored by Zhuge Liang, and the southern and central regions were forced to submit, from which a large number of natural resources such as materials, population, equipment and minerals were obtained, and the national strength was strong again. Militarily, Shu Han also often took the initiative, but gradually declined in the later period, and was eventually destroyed by the Sima family, who controlled Cao Wei.
Since the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei has taken possession of Jingzhou, and in order to realize the plan of "Longzhong Pair" to cross Jing and Yi, he has intended to attack Yizhou. At this time, Liu Zhang was subject to Zhang Lu, who was guarding Hanzhong, and there was a powerful Cao Cao's intention to attack Hanzhong, posing a threat to Shu, so Zhang Song persuaded Liu Zhang to welcome Liu Bei into Shu to enhance his strength and protect himself. Liu Zhang then invited Liu Bei to Shu. Liu Bei had a good relationship with Liu Zhang in the early days after entering Shu, and Liu Zhang even gave Liu Bei soldiers and asked him to supervise the Baishui Army and let him attack Zhang Lu. Liu Bei stopped moving forward after he arrived at Jiameng. In December of the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Liu Bei broke with Liu Zhang and launched a war. Liu Bei kept approaching Chengdu, and Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun also entered Shu to help in the war, but Liu Bei's army was blocked for a year when he was in Luocheng, and it was not until May of the 19th year of Jian'an (214) that Liu Bei besieged Chengdu, and Liu Zhang surrendered to Liu Bei.
In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Zheng Du, who was engaged in Yizhou, heard the news of Liu Bei's army, and said to Liu Zhang: "The left general Liu Bei's lone army went deep and attacked from afar, his soldiers were less than 10,000, and the soldiers did not belong to him wholeheartedly, and the army had no baggage, so they could only rely on looting the crops in the fields for food. Therefore, the best way is to drive all the people in Brazil and Zitong to the west of Neishui and Fushui, and burn all the grain and materials in the warehouses of Brazil and Zitong and the crops in the fields. Liu Bei led the army to challenge, and we couldn't hold out. They have nowhere to loot grain and grass, but in a hundred days, they will inevitably retreat automatically, and when they retreat, we will attack again, and we will definitely be able to catch Liu Bei. When Liu Bei heard the news, he was very worried and asked Fa Zheng about countermeasures, and Fa Zheng said: "Liu Zhang will not adopt Zheng Du's strategy in the end, you don't have to worry. Liu Zhang said to his subordinates: "I have heard of resisting the enemy to protect the people, but I have never heard of moving the people to hide from the enemy." "Don't use Zheng Du's strategy.
Liu Zhang sent his generals Liu Bi, Ling Bao, Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, Wu Yi and others to resist Liu Bei, but they were all defeated and retreated to Mianzhu, and Wu Yi surrendered to Liu Bei's army. Liu Zhang also sent Li Yan, a native of Nanyang, and Fei Guan, a native of Jiangxia, to command various military horses stationed in Mianzhu, but Li Yan and Fei Guan also led their subordinates to surrender to Liu Bei. Liu Bei's army became more powerful and sent his subordinate generals to occupy the surrounding counties. Liu Xun, the son of Liu Bi, Zhang Ren and Liu Zhang, retreated to the city, and Liu Bei marched to besiege the city. Zhang Ren led the army out of the city and fought with Liu Beijun at Yanqiao, Zhang Renjun was defeated and Zhang Ren was killed.
In the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Zhuge Liang left Guan Yu to stay in Jingzhou, and led his troops up the Yangtze River with Zhang Fei and Yue Yun to conquer Badong. went to Jiangzhou, defeated and captured Bajun Taishou Yan alive. Zhang Fei scolded Yan Yan: "My army has arrived, why don't you surrender, but dare to lead the army to resist!" Yan Yan said: "You have unreasonably seized my Jiangzhou, Jiangzhou only has a decapitated general, not a surrendered general!" Zhang Fei was furious and ordered his subordinates to pull Yan Yan out and behead him. Yan Yan described his demeanor unchanged, saying: "If you cut off your head, you will cut off your head, what kind of anger!" Zhang Fei admired Yan Yan's courage, released him, and made him his guest. Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun to pacify Jiangyang and Qianwei through the outer waters, and sent Zhang Fei to pacify Brazil and Deyang.
Liu Bei besieged the city for nearly a year, and Pang Tong was shot by a stray arrow and died. Fa Zheng wrote a letter to Liu Zhang, analyzing the strength of the situation, and said: "After General Zuo Liu Bei raised his army, he still had old feelings for you, and in fact there was no malice. I think you should change your attitude in order to keep the dignity of your home. Liu Zhang did not reply. Liu Bei broke through the city and then besieged Chengdu. Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Qu also led troops to rendezvous.
Ma Chao knew that Zhang Lu was a person who was not worth discussing with him, and Zhang Lu's subordinate Yang Ang and others had repeatedly slandered his talents, so he was depressed. Liu Bei sent Jianning Governor Li Hui to lobby Ma Chao, and Ma Chao fled from Wudu to the Diren tribe and secretly wrote to Liu Bei asking for surrender. Liu Bei sent people to stop Ma Chao, but secretly sent troops to help. Ma Chao came to Chengdu, Liu Bei ordered him to lead the army to garrison the north of the city, and the people in Chengdu were very shocked and terrified.
Liu Bei besieged Chengdu for dozens of days, and sent Jian Yong, a native of Zhonglang Zhuo County, into the city to persuade Liu Zhang to surrender. At this time, there were still 30,000 elite soldiers in the city, and the grain and silk could support a year, and the officials and the people were willing to fight to the death. Liu Zhang said: "Our father and son have ruled Yizhou for more than 20 years, and they have no kindness to the people. The people have been fighting hard for three years, and the corpses are in the wilderness, it is really because of me Liu Zhang, how can I rest assured!" Therefore, he ordered to open the city gate, and came out in a car with Jian Yong to surrender, and his subordinates were all sad and weeping. Liu Bei placed Liu Zhang in the place of public security, returned all his belongings, and asked him to wear the seal of General Zhenwei.
Liu Bei entered Chengdu, led the Yizhou pastor, feasted on the soldiers, took Zhuge Liang as the general of the military division, rewarded the meritorious generals, and added officials to the knights. At the same time, he adopted Liu Ba's suggestion, minted 100 coins, opened an official market, stabilized prices, resumed production, and soon consolidated his dominant position in Yizhou.
Liu Bei then captured Yizhou, led Yizhou pastor, and exiled Liu Zhang to the public security. After Liu Bei gained Yizhou, he realized Zhuge Liang's strategy of "crossing Jing and benefiting" in Longzhong, and established a stable base for Liu Bei.
After Liu Bei captured Yizhou, Sun Quan asked Liu Bei for Jingzhou, and Liu Bei only said: "After I get Liangzhou, I will give Jingzhou to you." Sun Quan was therefore resentful, and sent Lü Meng to attack the three counties of Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang, and compete with Liu Bei for Jingzhou, destroying the Sun-Liu alliance, and at the same time planting the root of Sun Quan's order for Lü Meng to attack Jingzhou in the future.
Cao Cao occupied Hanzhong in the following year (215), endangering the security of Shu, during which some battles also broke out, and for the safety of Yizhou, Liu Bei launched the Battle of Hanzhong in the 22nd year of Jian'an (217) to fight with Cao Cao for Hanzhong.
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Lei Tong, Wu Lan and others to attack and defend the game, and Cao Cao sent Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen to resist.
In the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218), Zhang Feitun soldiers fortified the mountain and made the appearance of cutting off Cao Hong's rear, but Cao Xiu saw through it. Cao Hong, at the suggestion of Cao Xiu, attacked Wu Lan while the Shu army had not yet assembled, Lei Tong, Wu Lan and others were killed, and Ma Chao and Zhang Fei retreated.
Liu Bei also sent the general Chen Shi to attack Ma Mingge Dao, intending to sever the connection between Hanzhong and Xu Du, but was defeated by Xu Huang and suffered many casualties.
In July, Liu Bei personally led his army to occupy Yangping Pass. [7] Cao Cao commanded troops in Xudu and prepared to rescue Hanzhong. In September, Cao Cao led his army to Chang'an.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei gave up Yangping Pass, crossed the water in the south, and camped in Dingjun Mountain, and Xiahou Yuan led the army to seize Dingjun Mountain.
Liu Bei sent troops to burn the antlers of Xiahou Yuan's camp at night. Xiahou Yuan sent Zhang He to guard the east and the south by himself. Liu Bei transferred more than 10,000 soldiers and horses into ten divisions to attack Zhang He, Zhang He fought in person, and Liu Bei was difficult to conquer for a while. Xiahou Yuan personally led elite soldiers to rescue Zhang He, Liu Bei sent Huang Zhong to attack Xiahou Yuan, Huang Zhong took advantage of the high terrain, shouted loudly, and rushed to attack Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan's army and Huang Zhong's army were in close combat. Xiahou Yuan and Yizhou Assassin Zhao Hao were all beheaded by Huang Zhongjun.
After Xiahou Yuan died in battle, the Cao army in Hanzhong was panicked, and Guo Huai, Du Xian and others recommended Zhang He to temporarily lead the armies in Hanzhong to calm the hearts of the people. Zhang He led the army to garrison Yangping Pass.
After Liu Bei beheaded Xiahou Yuan, he planned to cross the Han River to attack Guo Huai, but Guo Huai's subordinates saw that their own troops were too small to match, so they suggested that Guo Huai could form a formation according to the Han River. However, Guo Huai thought that this was a sign of weakness, and he should stay away from the Han River and attack while Liu Bei's army was halfway through. But Liu Bei saw Guo Huai's way of forming a formation and did not cross the water.
In March, Cao Cao led a large army to the border of Hanzhong and stationed at Yangping Pass.
Liu Bei was full of ambition and said that even if Cao Cao came in person, he would not be able to change anything, and he would definitely have Hanzhong. Liu Bei camped on the mountain, occupied the danger, held on without a fight, and confronted Cao Cao.
Cao Cao came to fight for Hanzhong and transported tens of millions of bags of grain and grass to Beishan for hoarding.
Liu Bei sent people to Chengdu to let Zhuge Liang transfer troops to support, Yang Hong thought that Hanzhong was the throat of Yizhou, the disaster of the family, and the opportunity for survival, and advised Zhuge Liang to "men should fight, women should be lucky" at this time.
When Huang Zhong was in Zhao Yun's camp. Huang Zhong saw that Cao Cao had transported so much grain and grass, so he suggested that Zhao Yun could go and rob it. However, Cao Cao's grain hoarding land should be heavily guarded, and for the sake of prudence, Zhao Yun agreed with Huang Zhong on a time limit, and then let Huang Zhong lead his troops to rob grain. Huang Zhong was indeed ambushed by Cao Cao's army, and Zhao Yun led the light cavalry to rescue Huang Zhong and Zhang Zhi back to the camp. Cao Jun chased after him, until Zhao Yun's camp was in front of Zhao Yun's camp, Zhao Yun opened the camp gate, and the flag died down, Cao Jun suspected that Zhao Yun had an ambush and led the army to retreat, Zhao Yun took the opportunity to counterattack, Cao Jun was frightened, trampled on each other, and suffered many casualties.
Later, Liu Bei began to take the initiative to attack and sent Liu Feng to call for battle in front of Yangping Pass, Cao Cao scolded Liu Bei for often sending his son to fight, saying that he could use Huang Xu'er Cao Zhang to fight Liu Feng. Cao Cao then sent someone to summon Cao Zhang to aid Hanzhong.
In May, Cao Zhang traveled day and night to Chang'an. But Cao Cao had already withdrawn from Hanzhong.
The Battle of Hanzhong ended with Liu Bei's victory. In the autumn and July, Liu Bei was called the king of Hanzhong.
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Judging from these records, Hanzhong and Bashu are in fact horns of each other, as long as Hanzhong and Bajun are not lost, then Shu County, as the core area, is basically foolproof.
But judging from the current situation, the main reason why Zhang Jiashi arranged the retreat route in Hanzhong instead of Sanchuan County or even the safer place around the river was that the Great Qin Empire had better control over these three places.
There is no information to prove that Liu Bang got the two counties of Bashu out of thin air, it is very likely that Liu Bang burned the plank road in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy, and then along the road, from Hanzhong to the south, attacked Shu County, defeated the unknown Shu County guard at that time, and seized control of Shu County.
It is not known what Liu Bang's situation will be after he gets Shu County, but one thing is clear, it is possible that Liu Bang appeased the natives of Shu and relieved his worries before he officially led his army north to attack Sanqin.
At present, the Great Qin Empire's control over Bajun is no longer as weak as it was during the First Emperor's period. However, after the purging of several county guards and county lieutenants, including Liu Bang's invasion of the west, most of the forces against the Great Qin Empire in Ba County have been eliminated.
Only a small number of them are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, and they can't afford to make any waves at the moment.
Although the situation in Shu County is not as good as that of Ba County, there is one thing that Zhang Jiashi has to pay attention to, that is, the current Chengdu Plain, even if it is not a country of abundance, but if it is cultivated for a period of time, and when the time is right, even if it is Yingxun, he may be able to follow Liu Bang's example, send troops to Guanzhong, and once again carry out the road of revival of the Great Qin Empire.
Although Zhang Jiashi did not want this to happen, it seemed too early for him to judge who would kill him and the Huns.
It's just that before winning or losing, Zhang Jiashi had to let his core civil and military know that this is the path to choose with the worst result. [To be continued.] ]