Liu Bei really didn't plan to attack Wuguan and Tongguan at this time.

Wuguan and Tongguan, as the east two passes of the four passes in Guanzhong, are the checkpoints that directly connect the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Tongguan was newly built by Cao Cao twenty years ago, and its reputation and status cannot be compared with the other three passes for the time being, but Hangu Pass behind Tongguan is prestigious.

As for Wuguan, not to mention, it is an important checkpoint from Guanzhong to the land of Jingchu, and now Jingzhou has been occupied by Liu Bei, leaving one Nanyang County in front, if Wuguan is lost, then Nanyang County will face the situation of being attacked on the back.

Therefore, once Liu Bei enters Tongguan in the east or goes south to Wuguan, the Cao Wei group will definitely do its best to defend the two passes, and these two passes are dangerous and notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack. If Liu Bei attacks Wuguan at this time, he will inevitably set off a protracted war again.

Liu Bei's Ji Han has a thin foundation in the end, and now he is fighting with the family foundation accumulated in Jingzhou and Yizhou in the past few years, Liangzhou is a big pit, and the people's livelihood has not been fully restored, and there are many foreign races around, and it takes money to suppress these Qianghu alien races.

And Yongzhou has just started, and the most elite Guanzhong region has just been captured, so there is really no strength to start another big war.

Therefore, under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei decided to temporarily give up attacking Wuguan after thinking about it seriously, and even called Zhang Xi, who was besieging Tongguan, back.

It's a pity to get Zhang Xi.

Thirty counterweight catapults have been built, and they have been smashed against Tongguan for seven or eight days, smashing Wang Chang into a dizzy one, thinking that if it really can't work, he will go out of the city and fight to the death. Liu Bei's edict arrived, and Zhang Xi could only be ordered to withdraw his troops.

Zhang Xi felt a pity, because he felt that he could really win the "first pass of the ages" Tongguan, but in Liu Bei's eyes, Tongguan was desirable at any time, and what really hindered it was Hangu Pass behind Tongguan, which was recognized as the first pass in the world in this era.

If you are not sure to take Hangu Pass, taking a Tongguan will not pose a substantial threat to Luoyang.

In Liu Bei's Sanfu offensive plan, the requirement for attacking Tongguan was only to hope that Zhang Xi could cut off the passage for the Manchu people to enter from Tongguan, force Manchu to change the route to Wuguan, and buy time for the main army.

Now that this strategic goal has been achieved, there is no need to continue to entangle under Tongguan, it is better to withdraw the troops for the time being, and the province will waste military food and troops.

Zhang Xi's withdrawal made Wang Chang confused, and he thought that Zhang Xi was engaged in some conspiracy.

But unfortunately, Zhang Xi really retreated, and Tongguan was not captured after all, so Wang Chang escaped with good luck.

But even so, Wang Chang also knew that his side would not last long.

Tongguan is too close to Chang'an, if the Shu thieves want to operate Guanzhong, Wuguan, which is five or six hundred miles away, can be ignored for the time being, but Tongguan, which is about three hundred miles, must find a way to control it in their own hands, otherwise the safety of Guanzhong cannot be fully guaranteed.

Therefore, Wang Chang immediately played the Great Wei Emperor's Son and asked Cao Pi to send enough reinforcements to garrison Tongguan, if he didn't guard Tongguan, Hangu Pass behind Tongguan must be heavily guarded.

Otherwise, Luoyang will not be insured.

This matter, in fact, there is really no need for Wang Chang to remind him, Cao Pi is not so brain-dead that he doesn't know the importance of Hangu Pass.

Although it is said that because of the diversion of the Yellow River and the sediment deposit, the Qinhan Valley Pass and the Hanhan Valley Pass have lost their original dangerous terrain to some extent, but no matter what, the two passes themselves are very complete in terms of defense facilities.

Qin Hangu Pass withstood the siege of the Six Kingdoms back then, which shows its strength.

Although the Hanhan Valley Pass is more of an economic and political factor, it is also a pass built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which is only more than 300 years ago, and has been repaired and strengthened during the two Han Dynasty.

The most important thing is that these two Hangu Passes are on the west side of Luoyang, and they are ready-made protective barriers in Luoyang, and it is impossible for Cao Pi to ignore them.

That is, now Cao Pi can't send enough reinforcements for a while. After this breath, Cao Pi will definitely strengthen the defense of Tongguan, Qinhan Valley Pass, and Hanhan Valley Pass, and defend Luoyang with all his might.

In fact, this breath has actually eased almost.

On the Guanzhong side, although the defense of Guanzhong failed in the end, he had to retreat to Tongguan and Wuguan to protect himself. But Manzhong relocated nearly 400,000 people in Guanzhong, although it cannot be said that Guanzhong was completely emptied, it can also be said that Liu Bei was left with a dilapidated Guanzhong.

On the Nanyang side, with the arrival of Sima Yi, the Nanyang defense line was finally temporarily stabilized, and at the same time, Cao Zhen's reinforcements had entered the customs and could support Nanyang at any time.

At this time, Cao Pi, limited by the transmission efficiency of communication, did not know the news that Liu Bei had temporarily withdrawn his troops after entering Chang'an, and that the Jingzhou Army had begun to withdraw troops to Xiangyang.

However, there is good news that Cao Pi has now received.

Gu Yong, the peace envoy sent by Sun Quan, had also arrived in Luoyang and asked to meet Cao Pi in order to reconcile the two countries.

Although Cao Pi really wanted to blast Sun Quan's envoys out of Luoyang, but. If Qingxu's war stops, he will be able to free up his troops, whether it is to support Nanyang or stick to the three passes, at least he doesn't have to worry about the lack of troops.

Cao Pi was very unhappy, but for Cao Pi, Dongwu's side was always just a clown jumping off the beam, and the real henchman had to be Liu Bei's Shuhan Group in the west.

Therefore, Cao Pi still met Gu Yong in person.

Then, Cao Pi was really angry.

Sun Quan is a child, he deceives people too much!!!

Obviously he came to seek peace, but he actually opened his mouth, not only asking Cao Pi to recognize Sun Quan's throne as Emperor of Eastern Wu, and the two were on an equal footing, but also asking Cao Wei's army to completely abandon Pengchengguo and withdraw from Qingxu. The most infuriating thing is that this bastard kid still has the face to marry Cao Pi's daughter for his son.

It was not for the sake of the crown prince Sun Deng, but for the sake of his second son.

This old boy is just kicking his nose in the face.

Really, at that moment, Cao Pi really thought about whether to send someone to Liu Bei to contact him privately, and discuss whether we should make a truce first, unite to take Jiangdong first, destroy the shameless Sun 100,000, and then fight for whether the surname of this world is Cao or Liu.

The one surnamed Sun is too disgusting.

It's a pity that Cao Pi can only think about it like that, his reason tells him that if he really wants to do this, Liu Bei will be able to poke this thing out when he turns around, making the world laugh at him.

Wei and Han, the foundation of the country was decided, these two are mortal enemies, never die, and there is no possibility of any alliance at all.

Cao Pi dared to fall into Liu Bei's hands like this, which in itself shows that he is weak-minded, he thinks that he is not right, but he is just a prince who fights for the world in troubled times.

What Cao Pi did before and what orthodoxy he emphasized was all in vain.

Therefore, although Cao Pi was disgusting, he still had to endure it and sent Sun Zi and Liu Fang to deal with Gu Yong.

Acknowledging Sun Quan's throne is not even a matter of even thinking about it, at most Sun Quan is allowed to claim himself the lord of Eastern Wu and want to be on an equal footing with him as the emperor of Great Wei, and there is no room for negotiation in this matter at all.

Giving up Peng Chengguo is also something to talk about, and Cao Pi will not do it if he has no interest.

If you are beaten down by someone, you are incompetent, your skills are not as good as others, and if you lose, you lose.

You can take the initiative to give up the territory yourself. Cao Pi hasn't gotten to this point yet.

It's not impossible to marry a daughter, but it can't be to marry his Cao Pi's daughter.

His own daughter of Cao Pi must marry Sun Quan's crown prince Sun Deng, and she must be a concubine, this is a matter of political principle.

In the final analysis, Cao Pi is still unwilling to recognize Sun Quan's throne, according to Cao Pi's truest thoughts, Sun Quan's death is just a prince, and it is Cao Pi's extrajudicial grace to be allowed to call him the king, and I still want to admit that you are on an equal footing with me? !

If it weren't for the fact that reality really didn't allow it, even if Cao Pi wanted to marry Sun Quan, he would just choose a clan girl within the Cao clan to marry.

Sun Quan's son wants to marry my own daughter of the Great Wei Emperor, but he really wants to be blind.

Anyway, the condition is this condition, if you are willing to make peace, if you are not willing to make peace, we will continue to consume.

This condition made Sun Zi and Liu Fang very difficult, and it also made Gu Yong quite difficult.

Indeed, according to Cao Wei's conditions, this is hardly a condition for reaching a peace agreement, and the differences between the two sides are so great that the first article cannot be passed.

Sun Zi and Liu Fang didn't get any bottom-line requirements at all, it was an edict from Cao Pi, and they didn't even have room to bargain.

As for Gu Yong's side, Sun Quan gave the bottom line that the other two conditions are not important, let Cao Pi recognize his throne, this is the key, and Cao Wei must be relieved.

But what's going on with this lord of Soochow?!

It's like the relationship between the central court and the feudal state, with Sun Quan's temper, can he accept such a title? !

Although Liu Bei didn't admit it openly, at least the two sides called each other names, and you Cao Pi put the status of both sides on the same level, and you Cao Pi are still like superiors and subordinates, Sun Quan is capable? !

Sun Quan wanted the title of Emperor Wu, not King Wu of Great Wei.

But no matter what Gu Yong said, Cao Wei just bit this and didn't let go, which made Gu Yong helpless.

And as Liu Bei stationed troops in Guanzhong and the news of the Jingzhou army's withdrawal to Xiangyang reached Luoyang, Gu Yong knew that if he didn't reach a peace agreement with Cao Wei soon, things would be in trouble.

Once Cao Wei freed his hands in the Northwest War, and then moved eastward to support Pengcheng and counterattack Xuzhou, that. That's a big problem.

There was no way, Gu Yong could only write a letter quickly, write down Cao Wei's conditions, and quickly report back to Sun Quan, asking Emperor Wu to decide.

(End of chapter)