Shu Chen

Chapter 538
The reason why the Wei army suddenly stopped and returned was naturally the success of Li Tangmang's attack.

He was told by Zheng Pu, at the end of June, he carefully selected more than a thousand elite horse thieves from his subordinates, all of them were dressed as the Southern Huns, and under the banner of Liu Bao, they entered along the Wudingshui River Valley. Wei belongs to Xihe County.

After looking at Taiyuan County in Bingzhou all the way, he also claimed that he was sent by Liu Bao, the great Shanyu of the Xiongnu, to call on all the southern Xiongnu tribes to get rid of the control of Wei State, and return to the Hetao Plain in the north to restore the former glory of the Xiongnu .

This approach shocked all the counties and counties of Wei State and Bingzhou.

When Wei Wu Cao Cao was alive, he divided the Southern Huns into five parts and placed them in Bingzhou, and now Qubei, the pro-Wei supervisor of the Huns, has passed away.

If Liu Bao from the left really sent people to contact other tribes, it would definitely cause turmoil.

Although it would not induce the Southern Huns to rebel, it is inevitable that some tribal leaders or Haoyou took advantage of the turmoil in their hearts to plunder or disturb them.

Therefore, Wei Guo sent many county soldiers to Taiyuan County for defense and vigilance.

But unexpectedly, after Li Tangmang entered Xihe County, he suddenly went south and turned into Hedong County, burning huts all the way and trampling on the grain that was about to be harvested, causing great disturbance in Hedong.

And before Chen Tai, who was guarding Hedong County, dispatched troops to encircle him, he crossed the river from Pubanjin again non-stop, and turned into Zuofengyi.

Zuo Fengyi's defensive center of gravity is in the north, and he is almost defenseless against the south and east.

It also made Li Tangmang's thousand riders feel like no one was in the land.

Trampling the fields, digging ditches and ditches, looting the mansions in the fields, donating food and fodder to Li Shu, and burning the luggage that was transported to supply the Youfufeng army, etc., left Feng Yi in chaos within ten days.

Those Lishu and Qianghu tribes who had previously migrated from Anding County also took advantage of this opportunity to explode because they were forced to register as registered permanent residence by the Wei government and had undertaken too many corvees in this battle.Some took the opportunity to kill officials and seize supplies, some gathered crowds to plunder and fled into the valley to become bandits, and some even took this opportunity to escape from Wei State's jurisdiction and become survivors.

Regarding this, Feng Yi's prefect Chen Ben was in a hurry to dispatch troops from the north to quell the chaos.

But this move also allowed Li Tangmang to find a loophole in Zuo Fengyi's northern defense line, and escaped from a tributary of the Dahe River to Shangjun, Bingzhou. There are more than a hundred riders.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not surprising.

After their in-depth disturbance this time, they were configured with one man and two horses, and they never stayed in one place for more than two days, and they did not attribute gold, silver, etc. to their own drag along the way. normal.

Bandits rise, prefectures and counties are in chaos, and the people of the common people are in panic.

Faced with the destruction of countless fields in the rear, and the delay in the transfer of food, fodder and luggage for the army, neither Cao Rui nor Sima Yi had any intention of fighting the Han army anymore.

In particular, Sima Division has lived up to expectations, and has already made Jiangdong give up the alliance with Bashu and send troops to Jingxiang!
Yes, the Jiangdong soldiers came directly at the Jingxiang front of Wei State. They abandoned the covenant with the Han, and it was the price paid by Wei State for the safety of Guanzhong.

Wei and Wu did not form an alliance.

But a consensus was reached.

Master Gain Sima made Sun Quan very clear that once the big man is still in the old capital and occupies Guanzhong, both Wei and Wu will face an unbearable burden.

For example, Wei Guo's theory of the destiny of the Han Dynasty will usher in the melting of ice and snow.

It is inevitable that we will step into the predicament of not being attached to people and restlessness in counties and counties.

In addition, many poor or reckless people who did not benefit from the power distribution of the Han Dynasty in the Wei Dynasty in the past would turn to the Han army with the hope of making contributions and revitalizing their lintels.Even some tyrants who have gained benefits will prepare for "rare goods to live in" and take risks for the possibility of further development of their family.

The most deadly thing is that the soldiers no longer have the courage to fight.

Just as the strong Qin conquered the six kingdoms in the past, the Wei state, which still occupies the rich and prosperous land in the world, will usher in the image of defeat when it hears the arrival of Shu soldiers and "cannot swallow the food".

Jiangdong will also not have a good time.

Don't look at the fact that Bashu has been fighting against Wei Guo all these years, it is because of the struggle for destiny.

Once Bashu gains power and the national power becomes strong, they will inevitably recall the shame and hatred of the Battle of Xiangfan and the Battle of Yiling!
Those Bashu generals who lost their fathers in these two battles will shout the white horse alliance of "not the Liu family but the king, and the world will fight together", prompting Bashu and Jiangdong to turn against each other and meet swords again!
And Jiangdong couldn't even beat Wei, so how could it resist Bashu who defeated Wei?
It is the consensus of Wei and Wu that Ba and Shu should not be allowed to enter the pass.

Therefore, when Master Sima brought Cao Rui's sincerity to Wuchang, Sun Quan felt that for Wu, the best result was that the world would continue to maintain the three kingdoms.

Cao Rui's sincerity is very bold, but he intends to exchange counties with Wu.

For example, the state of Wei assigned Jiangxia County, Xiangyang, Fancheng, and the three east counties to Jiangdong; while Jiangdong assigned the new and old cities of Hefei and Lujiang County in the north of the river to Wei state.

Both sides exposed their respective capitals to the opponent's soldiers.

For example, after Jiangdong has won the second city of Xiangfan, he can enter Yuzhou in the east, attack Luoyang by attacking or bypassing Wancheng in the north; and after Wei Guo has won Lujiang County and the old and new cities of Fufei, he can cross the river from Lujiang to attack the heart of Jiangdong. If you want to break through or bypass Ruxuwu, you can come to Jianye City.

Such a replacement, regardless of the size of the territory or the strategic sense, seems to be the Wei State's compromise in order to achieve its goals.

Without him, because everyone knows that reaching an agreement with Jiangdong is seeking skin from a tiger.

With his capricious nature, after winning Jingxiang, he might turn his head around and form an alliance with Bashu again, and supervise the troops to attack the two states of Henan and Yanzhou in the state of Wei.

But in fact, Jiangdong is the one who suffers.

Because with the current situation, the state of Wu has entered the Jingxiang front, and it is bound to defend the state of Wei against Bashu's soldiers!
Let me ask, on the basis of the old blood feud between Han and Wu, Jiangdong betrayed the covenant at the critical moment when the Han was still in the old capital, which caused the Han to fall short. Could the Han army not come to attack?
In other words, how dare the Han army devote all its power to compete with Wei Guo for Guanzhong before ensuring that Jiangdong has no strength to attack Bashu and no worries?
Sun Quan knew the pros and cons clearly.

But he couldn't care less.

Because everyone in Jiangdong felt that Jiangdong had reached the point where he had to drink poison to quench his thirst.

Needless to say, the biggest reason is that he is worried that when the Han Dynasty becomes stronger, he will send troops to Jiangdong for revenge.

On the other hand, Sun Quan needed the fertile land in Jingbei to appease Wu and the aristocratic families in Jingnan after the hope of Huainan was shattered and the Liao-style rebellion caused turmoil.

Real benefits are the most reassuring thing~
The last reason is Sun Quan's selfishness. He wants to leave a possibility for his descendants to compete for the world.

(End of this chapter)