At the beginning of March, the Chinese and foreign governments, with the great general Wei Chi Hui as the commander of the army, led more than 12,000 foot cavalry to set off from Chang'an and go south to attack Shu.

At the same time, Li Tai, who was far away in Jingzhou, also learned of the departure of Wei Chi's army almost at the same time. Because the military and government of Hanzhong are now in the hands of the Jingzhou Governor's Office, the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion has also received orders from the Chinese and foreign governments to cooperate with Wei Chi Yuan's march and battle.

Yuwen Dao of Qinzhou also received a notice of cooperation, Yuwen Dao had just finished the attack on the Qiang tribe in Longnan, and led an army of 3,000 with his subordinate Nanqi Prefecture Assassin Shi Luo Xie as the flank of Chi Hui, and then Luo Xie was also appointed as the marching commander.

Although Li Tai himself did not participate in this matter, his sense of presence and voice in this matter is not low. As early as last year, the Chinese and foreign governments summoned him to return to the government to discuss matters, and this year, before Wei Chi Hui officially set out on the expedition, Yu Wentai sent people to ask Li Tai's opinion.

So Li Tai also put forward a two-way march plan, the main force is naturally the army of Wei Chi Yuan, out of the Sanguan through the Chencang Road into the Hanzhong area, and then through the white horse, into the Sword Pavilion, until Fushui and then attack the Jinniu Road in Chengdu.

In addition, Li Tai also proposed to take He Ruodun as the general of the East Road, and crossed the Daba Mountain to attack the Lychee Road in Brazil, which was also the route he arranged for Li Qianzhe to focus on.

The Chinese and foreign governments have no objection to this, and the two-way march itself is a more prudent way of attacking. Just like when recovering Hanzhong before, it was also attacked by Da Xiwu and Li Tai in two ways, although Li Tai took the first surprise attack to take Nanzheng City, but if it was not for the timely arrival of Da Xiwu's army, it would be difficult to control the situation in Hanzhong in time.

Now, although the chief Yang Qianyun has been asked to surrender, but before the army enters Shuzhong, there will inevitably be variables and accidents, and at the same time as the main army knocks on the pass from the Sword Pavilion, it can also produce more changes in tactics.

Even if there are no variables, while the main army enters Shuzhong and takes Chengdu directly, the side road attracts the Shuzhong people from Danqu and Brazil, which can also relieve the pressure on the main army, so that it can capture Chengdu without distraction.

What's more, this way of deviating the division does not need to bother the Chinese and foreign governments to recruit people and horses, and issue provisions, without adding any burden, so naturally there is no reason to refuse.

In order to ensure that the two groups of men and horses could echo each other and cooperate flexibly, the Chinese and foreign governments also listened to Li Tai's advice and appointed his cousin Li Shicao as the commander of the march, mainly responsible for communication and liaison with He Ruodun's group.

Due to the fact that Wei Chi's headquarters needed to make a detour to Longnan through Sanguan, although they had already set off in early March, they did not enter the Hanzhong area until the end of the month.

Liangzhou Assassin Shi Cui You had already been waiting in the territory, and when Wei Chi Yuan's army entered, he led the state officials to meet him, and he was about to invite Wei Chi Yuan to go to Nanzheng City for a short rest, but was directly rejected by Wei Chi Yuan, who was thirsty for work.

"After several years of raising the soldiers, they have finally made the trip, and they can go to a foreign land and open up the territory for the country. Please ask Cui Yuanjun to arrange for the grain and grass to arrive, and the army will rest here for two days, and then go straight to Baima. ”

Although after more than half a month of marching on the mountain road, he still did not feel tired, ready to rush into Shu all the way with this momentum, and refused Cui You's invitation and asked him to transport the materials directly to the barracks.

When Wei Chi's army arrived in Hanzhong, He Ruodun and Li Qianzhe also led 5,000 cavalry from Ankang, Shannan, and entered the range of Daba Mountain.

This mountain road was first excavated for military purposes hundreds of years ago during the Three Kingdoms period, and there has been no large-scale renovation. Usually it is barely usable as a merchant road, but if it is used for marching, it is more rugged and difficult, so you can only travel lightly, and the speed of the march is not very fast.

At the same time that the two armies were vying to attack Shu, there were new changes in the Western Wei Kingdom. Emperor Yuanqin sent an envoy to invite Taishi Yuwentai to the court, hoping to discuss matters related to the invasion of Shu nearby, but Yuwentai temporarily refused on the grounds of inspecting the river defense.

Next, the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion had Tuyuhun repeatedly intruded the border and plundered the counties, Yuwentai was very angry after receiving the news, so he ordered to mobilize men and horses, and led 30,000 elite horsemen and Da Sima Duguxin to Longyou and directly to Guzang in Liangzhou, and was about to attack Tuyuhun in a big way. Tuyuhun Khan Kwaru was shocked after receiving the news, and hurriedly sent envoys to ask for conviction, which calmed Yuwentai's anger.

With the current situation of the Western Wei Dynasty, of course, it is not enough to launch a two-front battle, the reason why Yuwentai chose this node to pose a posture of using troops against Tuyuhun is naturally for Liwei, and the second is to temporarily avoid persecution from the emperor, once there is any change in the country, he can also lead the army to return in time.

When the Western Wei military dispatch expedition was carried out separately, the Jiangling regime was also busy fighting on two fronts.

The rebellion in Xiangzhou, which was originally regarded as a minor illness by Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang and not taken seriously, intensified, and soon after the Lu Na rebels entered Baling, Wang Seng Biao led the army to return to reinforcements in time and recaptured Baling City under repeated attacks, while Lu Na led the rebels back to Changsha and defeated Wang Seng Bian's front pursuers on the way.

Wang Sengbi led a large army to slowly advance and surrounded the rebel regiments in the city of Changsha. Changsha City was originally not very tall, but in the early stage of the Hou Jing Rebellion, Xiao Yu, the king of Hedong, once relied on this city to confront the Jiangling Military Government, and greatly strengthened the city defense of Changsha City during that period.

Now the rebels are defending the fortified city of Changsha, and Wang Lin's subordinates are also brave and elite, although Wang Seng Wei besieged the city, it was difficult to capture the city for a while.

Due to the existence of the rebels in Xiangzhou, it was difficult for the Jiangling regime to transfer all the troops west to defend the gorge, and Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang could only send the leading general Hu Shengyou to lead a group of people to reinforce Lu Fahe, who was stationed at the mouth of the gorge.

Because of the lack of combat effectiveness, Xiao Yi had no choice but to release the Hou Jingbu generals Ren Yue and Xie Daren who were imprisoned in prison, and ordered them to lead their armies west to reinforce them.

Here in Jiangling, Xiao Yi was anxious because he was caught in a two-sided battle, but soon his good brother Xiao Ji was also facing the same situation as him.

The news that the Western Wei army came south to attack Shu soon spread from the rear to the front line of Badong, Xiao Ji led the army east this time was not popular in Bashu, when they learned that the backyard was on fire, these Bashu civil and military ministers were anxious, and asked Xiao Ji to return to the division again and again.

But this matter has come to this point, and Xiao Ji also clearly feels that the troops deployed by the Jiangling side at the mouth of the gorge are insufficient, so he naturally refuses to give up this opportunity.

However, the crowd of subordinates was full of voices, and he could not avoid it, so he could only order the general Qian Yan to lead the people of his headquarters to come back to help, and repeatedly asked Qian Yan to lead his troops back here as soon as the Western Wei army was withdrawn to continue the battle.

So there was such a strange scene along the Yangtze River, although the Jiangling side fought on two fronts and the troops were insufficient, but the people and horses in Shuzhong also failed to break out of the gorge because of the division of troops to return to help, so that the situation once fell into a balance stalemate. was supposed to be a life-and-death war bully, but it actually revealed a bit of black humor.

But after all, not everyone was willing to play with the conspicuous bags of the Xiao family, and soon the situation of these three parties was broken.

Due to Yang Qianyun's Beitou, in mid-May, Wei Chi's army was able to enter Shuzhong unimpeded, reaching the shore of Fushui, and without any battle, it had already looked straight at the Chengdu Plain.

Yang Qianyun's surrender was a foregone conclusion, and it was not a surprise that it went smoothly without much turmoil. Wei Chi Hui first arranged for an envoy to send Yang Qian into the court to receive a reward, and then assigned his son-in-law to all sides, and temporarily took charge of Liangzhou affairs with his marching commander Shi Qiluo Xie, and led the people and horses of his headquarters to sit in the Sword Pavilion.

Then the real surprise came, and not long after the arrival of Wei Chi's army in Fushui, an envoy from the county of Brazil came to ask for surrender.

Wei Chi Hui was very happy when he learned of this, although the Chinese and foreign governments have vigorously carried out infiltration and lobbying work since last year, they have not yet reached Brazil County, and they did not expect these Shu people to come directly under the fear of surrendering.

Although Pasir County was the target of Herodun's attack in the previous plan, now that the other party had taken the initiative to surrender, Wei Chi Yuan didn't mind taking it in advance, so he sent his subordinate general Kaifu Yuanzhen to lead a group of men and horses to collect and collect materials from the Langzhong Mansion Treasury to help the army.

However, when Yuan Zhen led his troops to arrive, the Brazilian family who originally asked for surrender did not come out of the city. Yuan Zhen was not able to surrender, and he was very angry in his heart, when even if he ordered the troops to attack the city, but the terrain of Langzhong City was prominent, and more than 1,000 people from Yuan Zhen's department came lightly, so it was naturally difficult to overcome, and it was worth leading troops back to the Fushui camp.

After Wei Chi Yu learned of this, he was also indignant in his heart, but the most important thing at the moment was to capture Chengdu, and there was no time to investigate the crime of deception of the Brazilians for the time being, so the matter could only be stopped for the time being.

However, although Wei Chi Zhen suppressed his anger here for the time being, the Brazilians still refused to give up, and soon after Yuan Zhen returned, he sent another person to ask for surrender, and his words were sincere and his attitude was sincere, which made Wei Chi Hui unclear for a while.

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