Lu Xun withdrew from Liang State, garrisoned Peiguo, and at the same time ordered Zhuge Dan of Xiapi to gather troops on the border of Xiapi County and threaten Shanyang County, in fact, he wanted to tell Xu Shu that he was here to take advantage of the fire to rob.

The withdrawal from the Liang State was an expression that the Eastern Wu army did not want to face off with the Shu Han army. Of course, the main reason is that it may not be able to do it, after all, Pang De led a cavalry unit, and the Huainan soldiers under Lu Xun were all infantry.

And Tun Shou Peiguo is very obvious to express his purpose, which is to grab territory.

As for whether Lu Xun was worried about whether the cavalry led by Pang De would pursue into Peiguo, Lu Xun was indeed not worried.

Between Liang and Pei, there is a large mountainous and hilly terrain dominated by Dangshan, although it is said that the cavalry is not unable to fight in these terrain areas, but the primary target of the Shu Han army must be Cao Wei, not his Eastern Wu.

Xu Shu should not let Pang De lead the cavalry into the mountains in order to expel the Eastern Wu army that came to take advantage.

Taking a step back, even if he really broke in, relying on the terrain advantage, weakening the combat capability of the cavalry, and using 50,000 soldiers against 20,000 cavalry in the mountains, Lu Xun was still sure.

As for the last dispatch of troops to threaten Sanyang County. This is to show favor to Shu Han.

Eastern Wu suddenly gathered troops at this critical juncture, not only the Shu Han side would be wary, but also the Cao Wei side would also be wary.

Although it is said that the Wei-Wu alliance is now, but people with a little brain will not take this alliance too seriously, and now Yanzhou is in an emergency, and Dongwu suddenly Chen soldiers are on the border, do you say that he wants to guard against Shu Han beating rabbits with grass, or is he going to take advantage of the fire to rob it? !

Anyway, Cao Wei didn't believe that Soochow would be so peaceful.

Therefore, when Shanyang County encounters an actual threat, and Jia Kui, who is in Jiyin County next door to Shanyang County, will he take it lightly?!

As long as Dongwu has such a presence on the border, then no matter whether Jiyin County is attacked by Shu Han or not, Jia Kui must strengthen his vigilance, and may even ask Sima Yi for reinforcements, such a situation is also beneficial to Shu Han.

Lu Xun has done so many things, in fact, he is still taking advantage of the complexity of the current situation, trying not to offend both sides as much as possible, and profiting from it, but what he has done is relatively more acceptable.

At least in Xu Shu's opinion, he really can't do anything about the Eastern Wu Army.

Although Xu Shu could indeed see that Lu Xun's hand was fishing in troubled waters, Xu Shu was indeed as Lu Xun expected, it was impossible for him to leave Sima Yi of Yongqiu alone and turn his head to go to war with Dongwu.

Transferred to the south, Pang De's department was transferred to the south, Xu Shu called back the main battlefield of Chenliu County, and in the direction of Liang State, Pang De sent Hu Zun to occupy it, and at the same time made a posture of attacking Jiyin County in the north.

But in fact, Hu Zun's soldiers and horses, Xu Shu planned to let him stay in Liang Guo without moving.

You Lu Xun occupies a Pei country, Lao Tzu acquiesces, but if you enter the Liang country again. That would really be a war between the two countries.

This is to draw a red line for Lu Xun, Xu Shu believes that with Lu Xun's intelligence, he should be able to understand.

As for Qian Jun and Chen Guo. Xu Shu thought about it for a while, and decided to send 5,000 soldiers and horses, led by Zhuge Qian and Liao Hua, to attack these two places.

It is not difficult to attack these two Yanzhou counties that have been cut off from Sima Yi, and Xu Shu's purpose is not to occupy and hold here, the real purpose is the same as that of Liang, which is to draw a line and not give the Eastern Wu army a chance to occupy these places again.

It's just that Xu Shu's idea is also Lu Xun's idea, since Xu Shu can draw a line for me, it shows that Shu Han doesn't want to start a war with Eastern Wu at this time.

In that case, I can also draw a line for you.

For this reason, Lu Xun asked Sun Shao to lead 3,000 troops to attack Qian County, and let Zhu Ju of Runan divide 3,000 troops out of Chen State. In the case of trying not to clash head-on with Shu Han, seize the county seat in this country and a county.

It's up to whom.

In the south of Yanzhou, the Han and Wu families were in full swing to grab each other's territory, and Sima Yi in Yongqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

Although Sima Yi could also see that Lu Xun's troops were just taking advantage of the fire to rob, objectively, it still gave him a certain respite.

Now that Xu Shu is still in the south of Chenliu County, and there is no time to go north immediately, then Sima Yi also has a certain amount of time to adjust and sort out the current defense situation in Yanzhou.

Especially on the Dongjun side, no matter what Sima Yi thought, he felt that the defense line was too weak.

Jiyin County has Jia Kui leading troops to guard, and Guo Huai leading troops to support, adding up to about 30,000 troops.

In the previous situation, to be honest, Sima Yi was still worried about whether the 30,000 troops could withstand the Shu thieves' division of troops to attack, but now it seems that the pressure on that side should not be too great.

Lu Xun led his troops to Peiguo, killing him, Xu Shu didn't dare to easily divide his troops to attack Jiyin County, and if he wanted to attack Jiyin County from the south of Chenliu County, he had to pass through Liang State, and Peiguo was just behind the side of Liang State.

Xu Shu dared to divide his troops to attack Jiyin County, so Lu Xun probably would not politely march directly into Liang State, attack the flank of Shu thieves, and find a way to occupy Liang State.

Therefore, in the direction of Jiyin County, there are only 20,000 or 30,000 Shu thieves who are left to die, or only 20,000 cavalry wandering in Liang State.

These Shu thieves, not only to occupy the city, guard against Lu Xun, but also to bear the burden of going north to attack Jiyin County, I am afraid they are powerless.

As for Zhuge Dan Lu Xun in the east, he underestimated Sima Yi a little, Sima Yi, an old fox, could see at a glance that this road of soldiers and horses was just a bluff, and taking a step back, even if Zhuge Dan really led the troops to occupy Shanyang County, Sima Yi would also lose.

On his side, Jia Kui's goal is not to hold the entire Jiyin County, he only needs to hold Dingtao and protect the flanks of Yongqiu, then his strategic goal has been achieved.

The rest of the place, if you want to grab the two countries of Shu and Wu, then you can do whatever you want, it is best for you to grab the fire and fight, then Sima Yi will definitely watch the show happily.

On the contrary, on the side of Dongjun, although Xiahou He had the Jiancheng Puyang in hand, he faced the elite forbidden army of Shu thieves led by Wei Yan. Whether it is in terms of the number of troops, the quality of the soldiers, and the ability of the coach, they are all at a disadvantage in all aspects.

Xiahou He may be able to hold on for a while, but he certainly won't be able to hold on for too long.

And once Puyang is lost, sour dates and Yanjin will be in danger.

Although Sima Yi had already ordered Sima Shi to return to Dongjun as soon as possible, and also asked the imperial court for help, the ghost knew when Sima Shi would be able to return to help, and Sima Yi was not as sure that the imperial court would send a forbidden army to help as before.

Therefore, Sima Yi thought about it and decided to take a risk - he ordered Jia Kui of Tao to divide his troops into 10,000 soldiers and hand them over to Guo Huai to command him to go to Suozao and Yanjin to deploy defenses.

Anyway, now there are 30,000 people in Dingtao, and there are 20,000 guards after 10,000 people, and in the face of the bluffing Shu thieves and Wu dogs in the south, they are also sure that they can hold it.

On the contrary, the Yongqiu that Sima Yi now occupies, the positive pressure is very great.

Now the two Wei armies of Sima Yi and Chen Tai together are only 70,000 or 80,000 people, and in Xu Shu in the south of Chenliu County, the main army includes the cavalry, and there are already 150,000 people, not to mention that there are still 50,000 elites in Dongjun who are wreaking havoc under the command of Wei Yan, and the gap in strength is too big.

Although Yongqiu is an important town in Chenliu, Yongqiu County is not on the main traffic route, and in terms of the open plain terrain of Yanzhou, there is no geographical advantage. It is difficult to think about it to hold an attack of 150,000 men with 780,000 men, including 20,000 cavalry.

If he could, of course Sima Yi wanted Guo Huai to lead his troops back to Yongqiu, but unfortunately the situation in Dongjun was even more dangerous.

That was the last retreat of the entire Yanzhou Wei army, and it could never be lost.

Sima Yi also hopes that on the frontal battlefield, there will be more troops, and there will be more famous generals like Guo Huai who can be called, but unfortunately, there is really no one in the army to use.

Is it possible to hand over the back road of the entire Yanzhou army to Cao Shuang, who has a low eye, to guard?!

Really, at this time, Sima Yi is also lamenting that the talents of Great Wei are really getting fewer and fewer, and the generals who can be used to take charge on their own can now be counted on one hand.

Think about what a lot of talents there were under the command of Emperor Taizuwu back then, and then think about the time under Emperor Taizuwen, there were still a lot of available generals, but now, how did it come to this point?!

Well. In fact, with Sima Yi's political IQ, he was more or less aware of what the reason was, but. He couldn't really say it.

One is that the Great Wei has been continuously defeated over the years and lost land, resulting in the continuous loss of talents.

Another. The Jiupin Zhongzheng system is really a double-edged sword.

In the early years, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system was okay, and local officials could still ensure some discipline and fairness, and they could also recommend some useful talents.

For example, Wang Chang, Chen Tai and others were promoted through this nine-grade Zhongzheng system.

But over the years, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system has slowly begun to change its taste, and the selected talents are really, quite indescribable.

Especially in the ten years when the Shu thieves occupied Nanyang and threatened Heluo, the mentality of the big families in many places was slowly changing, and with the loss of Luoyang, this situation became more and more obvious.

These things, in fact, Sima Yi didn't look at them in his eyes, but . The Sima family is also one of them, what can he say.

People's minds change.

(End of chapter)