Dongwu stabbed Jingzhou in the back, and when the news reached Chengdu, Zhuge Liang's face suddenly became gloomy.

There was no news in March, and Zhuge Liang thought that Dongwu had given up the plan to turn against the Han and was ready to continue to maintain the covenant. At that time, Zhuge Liang even thought about whether to send another envoy to strengthen contact with Jiangdong.

As a result, I didn't expect that Soochow suddenly made a move in April, and sure enough, he still chose to backstab.

Zhuge Liang received an urgent report from Jingzhou in early May, but Zhuge Liang was not worried about this.

This urgent report was transferred from Jingzhou to Chengdu by taking the route of Yong'an, and Zhuge Liang had already explained to Chen Zhi, the governor of Yong'an, that once he received the urgent report that Eastern Wu was attacking Jingzhou, Chen Zhi did not need to ask the imperial court, and could directly lead Yong'an's 10,000 northern army down the river immediately, support Xi Hong and Li Qiu in Wuling, and unify the command of Jingnan to fight.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang is not worried about whether Jiangdong's backstab can succeed this time, he is more concerned about how to develop diplomatic relations with Soochow in the current situation.

Today, the three-legged stand stands.

Dahan and Cao Wei are feuds, and the foundation of the two sides is destined to be impossible to reconcile, and they will inevitably be separated from each other.

Therefore, if you want to find external support, there is only one option for Soochow.

Zhuge Liang himself also said in "Longzhong Pair" that he "can help" Soochow, but now, it is obvious that the foreign policy of Soochow needs to be adjusted.

If it is possible, Zhuge Liang does not want to completely turn his face with Dongwu, and it is naturally best to form an alliance.

But it is clear that today's Eastern Wu no longer wants to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty, they have their own interests.

But in any case, what attitude should be used to end the fight after the fight, and how to avoid forcing Dongwu to fall to Cao Wei, this is the top priority that Zhuge Liang has to consider now.

Dahan didn't have the confidence to deal with the dual pressure of Cao Wei and Dongwu at the same time.

And it's . Zhuge Liang is worried that Cao Wei will not let go of such a good opportunity in the Guanzhong region in the north and the Guanzhong region in the north.

The Battle of Guanzhong is probably the biggest war.

Zhuge Liang has been worried about this, always waiting for the urgent report from Guanzhong, and even Zhuge Liang is ready to be in Guanzhong, and secretly instructed Zhang Fei to be ready to fight in Guanzhong at any time.

But, wait, wait, wait, until June, Zhuge Liang did not receive any battle report from Guanzhong.

Zhuge Liang, what does that wondering Cao Wei mean?!

If you don't fight Guanzhong again, wait for Liangzhou to free up your hands, you won't have a chance!

The war in Liangzhou is now coming to an end.

Liangzhou Hu Wang Zhiyuan led the troops to invade the border in December last year, and after a stalemate with the Liangzhou army for two months, he was never able to attack Liangzhou and get the food and grass supplies he needed.

The pressure on Liangzhou suddenly decreased a lot.

And with Ma Dai leading the Qinzhou county soldiers to support in place, the Liangzhou side was tough with Zhiyuan Duo in early March.

Zhao Yun sat under the command of the Chinese army, and repelled more than 40,000 people from the Zhiyuan Department in the first battle, and relieved the siege of Wuwei and Guzang counties.

In the process of defeat, Zhiyuanduo's troops were intercepted and killed by 3,000 Liangzhou cavalry led by Pang De himself, and Pang De's array beheaded two Hu generals, chasing and killing Zhiyuanduo all the way, forcing Zhiyuanduo to be embarrassed and escaped.

Zhiyuan, who barely survived, after collecting the remnants of the army, although he was still lingering near Liangzhou, it was obvious that he had the intention of retreating.

And after Zhiyuan withdrew his troops, Liangzhou freed up his hands, and Yongzhou had backup, so Cao Wei attacked Yongzhou again, but it didn't make much practical sense.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang really doesn't understand, what is Cao Wei doing, how can the opportunity for the three-way army to besiege Shu Han be done in two ways, and the most critical Guanzhong Road, why has there been no movement until now? !

In fact, Zhang Xi is also very curious about this question.

The preparations for the war in Guanzhong have been carried out one after another since the beginning of January, and the five major theaters have been demarcated, and they are being prepared one after another, and even after the end of spring ploughing, the top priority of the entire Yongzhou is to prepare for defense.

From April to June, the Wei army in Wuguan and Tongguan was stunned and did not move at all.

Zhang Xi couldn't figure out what Cao Wei was thinking.

What can you think. Cao Pi was busy increasing his defensive forces in the east of the river, recruiting the people of Tuntian into the army, and building guard posts along the river.

Zhang Xi prevented the Wei army from going out of Tong Pass and Wuguan, and Cao Pi also prevented Zhang Xi from crossing the river by detouring to attack the east of the river.

This mistake made Cao Pi temporarily stop his plan to attack Guanzhong.

However, a temporary suspension does not mean that this project is completely terminated. In July, Cao Pi saw that his "defensive loopholes" had almost been repaired, and he turned his head and remembered the attack again.

It's all July, and if you don't send troops to attack and disturb it, by August and September, the grain in Guanzhong for a year should be ripe.

Once it's winter, it's a fart.

Therefore, after consulting Liu Ye and Jiang Ji, Cao Pi directly ordered Guo Huai in Wuguan and Cao Zhen in Hangu Pass to choose an opportunity to go out of Guanzhong, attack Sanfu, and burn the crops in Guanzhong.

After Guo Huai and Cao Zhen received the edict, they did not slack off, and immediately sent troops to attack Guanzhong.

But. Actually, it didn't go well.

Guo Huai's side did not go well, but it is understandable.

If troops were sent at the beginning of March, there would be more than a dozen Wu forts at the Wuguan crossing, and it would still be very difficult to completely block the Wuguan Road and prevent the Wei army from infesting.

Even if Liu Yin and Jufu are good at defending, and Zhuge Qian can respond back and forth, it is still somewhat difficult to prevent the Wei army, which is divided into several small forces, from entering the right Fufeng.

But the problem is that Cao Wei dragged on for almost half a year before launching the offensive. In the past half a year, Liu Yin has not been idle, and he has nothing to do to build Wu Fort, and now there are more than 30 Wu Forts at Wuguan Daokou, and the depth is directly expanded to the range of forty or fifty miles away from Wuguan Road.

As soon as Guo Huai led the troops out of Wuguan Road, he ran into a large group of Wu Forts, even if the troops were divided and infiltrated, there were Wu Forts for forty or fifty miles around, and it was impossible to continue to go deep into the right Fufeng, that is, if he wanted to fight to support the war, there was no such basic condition.

If you don't solve these Wu forts, it is just a matter of how fast you die.

Guo Huai also tried to attack these Wu forts, but these Wu forts, just like those forts that Guo Huai had seen when he confronted Chen Zhi at the Bao Chuan Road crossing, were extremely strong, not to mention, a large number of ordnance and two or three hundred soldiers could be arranged in a Wu fort, and it was impossible to conquer such a Wu fort without more than a thousand people attacking.

Not to mention that there is almost only a five-mile to ten-mile road between these Wu forts, and it doesn't take half a day for one place to be attacked, and Shu thieves from other places come to help.

Guo Huai did not have so many troops at hand to fight with these Wu fort groups, after attacking Wu Fort several times to no avail, Guo Huai weighed the pros and cons, and finally chose to retreat, retreat to Wuguan, and then directly wrote to ask for guilt, admitting that he was not good at fighting.

Guo Huai's side made unfavorable progress, and Wang Chang's side, although the attack was smoother than Guo Huai's, it was not much better.

After Cao Zhen received the order, he continued to guard Guguan as a precaution, and at the same time appointed Wang Chang as the front-line commander of Tongguan, according to the strategy agreed before, with 7,000 soldiers, divided into seven routes, to attack the Zuo Fengyi area, Wang Chang led 3,000 people as a rear team, stationed in Tongguan, in response.

The seven-way thousand-person team was ordered to set off, left Tongguan, and marched towards Zuo Fengyi.

Then Wang Chang found that it was not easy for these seven thousand people to attack and harass in Zuo Fengyi.

As soon as the county soldiers saw the Wei army appear, they all retreated back to the county seat to defend as soon as possible.

This is nothing new, the number of county soldiers is small and the combat effectiveness is insufficient, and they will definitely not choose to meet a thousand Wei troops head-on, and retreat to the county town to defend, which is a routine operation.

But after the county soldiers retracted, they actually lit the wolf smoke at the first time, and then, in less than half a morning, an elite group of more than 1,000 Shu thieves appeared.

At this speed, just like these elite Shu thieves were stationed nearby, they caught several thousand-strong teams off guard.

A group of Wei soldiers were busy setting fire to the crops in the field, and it didn't take long for the Shu thieves to kill them. Those who can react and retreat in time are all captains of the thousand-man team who lead the army in a good way, and it should become appropriate.

And the most fatal thing is that the thousand-strong troops sent by Wang Chang were almost completely defeated in the fight with these Shu thieves, and none of them could complete the task.

Although their own casualties were not large, those Shu thieves did not chase with all their might, but they did not complete many strategic tasks.

It is true that some crops in the fertile fields were burned, but that loss was not a big loss for a county, let alone an entire county.

Wang Chang led his troops to fight back and forth in the Zuo Fengyi area for nearly a month, and when they added up, they didn't know whether they burned dozens of hectares of fields, but their own soldiers lost nearly 2,000 people. It's almost time for a large-scale battle.

Wang Chang also had to stop harassing, and then rushed to Hangu Pass in person to meet Cao Zhen and tell the details.

And Cao Zhen is not a brainless person, as soon as he heard Wang Chang's return, he immediately realized the problem - where did the Shu thieves come from so many powerful soldiers?!

Thinking of the military report that was sent back before, it was said that Zhang Xi had broken the 10,000 Northern Army into zero. Now Cao Zhen understands where the 10,000 Northern Army went.

But this matter, it's really a bit difficult to report directly to Cao Pi. After all, a group of people in the court thought that these 10,000 Shu thieves were going to smuggle across the Yellow River and harass the Hedong region.

But now that I look at it, people just stay in Zuo Fengyi and strengthen Zuo Fengyi's defense, and they don't think about it so much at all.

Who should bear this pot of misjudgment?!

Cao Zhen thought about it and finally decided, whether to learn from Guo Huai and write a book to ask for guilt or not, it was not his own decision, it was Cao Pi's decision.

As a courtier, you must at least have the consciousness of betraying the blame.

(End of chapter)