The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 502: Endless Internal Fighting
The newly appointed Yong'an Governor Yan Yu stood on the city wall, looking at the Wei army building siege equipment in the distance, without saying a word.

The generals around him were very frightened at this moment.

Unlike Hanzhong, the Shu army in Yong'an had not fought a war for a long time.

Whether in terms of military strength or the elite level of the soldiers, they seem to be far behind.

These Wei troops basically did not treat them as human beings. They started cutting down trees and building siege equipment in front of them. It seemed that they had no intention of defending themselves at all.

"General! This thief Cao is going too far!"

"Please allow me to lead the cavalry to attack their camp!"

A general spoke.

Yan Yu didn't even look at him.

I would be crazy to take the initiative.

The garrison in Yong'an was only about 20,000. Wang Ji's army originally had nearly 50,000 soldiers, and they received a large number of surrendered soldiers from the State of Wu. Together with the reinforcements from Wen Qin, the strength of the army reached almost 60,000 to 70,000.

Moreover, the morale and combat effectiveness of the two sides are not at the same level at all.

Yong'an's location is very dangerous.

If this place is breached, the entire Badong will fall. After Yong'an, Shu Kingdom does not even have any decent checkpoints to stop the enemy. The enemy can even kill all the way to Chengdu and destroy the country directly.

The army was already at a disadvantage, so how could Yan Yu dare to take the initiative to send troops to fight the enemy?

Under the current circumstances, it is already very difficult to defend Yong'an, stop the enemy here, and try to get reinforcements as soon as possible.

Seeing that Yan Yu didn't answer, the general felt a little embarrassed.

Yan Yu then slowly said, "Don't go out to fight. Continue to fortify the city. Yong'an is a strong city with enough food. Chengdu will not sit idly by. What else is there to worry about?"

"The military strategy says: if there are ten of them, surround them. As long as Cao Cao doesn't send an army of 200,000, there's no need to worry."

He waved his hand, pretending nothing had happened, turned around and walked down the city wall.

Seeing Yan Yu so confident, the generals immediately felt relieved.

After returning to the mansion and walking into the study, Yan Yu's expression was no longer as calm as before.

My great general, can't we rest for some time?

Yan Yu's face was full of worry.

If the Qiang and Hu people want to make their rebellion bigger, there are two prerequisites: first, there must be a famous scholar to take the lead, and second, a Hu-Han coalition army must be formed.

Generally speaking, a disaster would occur, and then everyone would rebel together, find a famous scholar to be their leader, and unite in the name of the people of Liangzhou, so that they could deal with the government.

The people of Liangzhou are very xenophobic. Even if they are rebels, as long as they are locals, they are willing to stand on their side, which makes it extremely difficult for the government to suppress the rebellion.

But it is different now. No disaster has occurred in Yongliang in the past two years. There is no possibility of a local rebellion. It is simply that the Qiang and Hu tribes have risen up to avenge their leader.

Although these tribes have nearly 100,000 people, as mentioned earlier, their lifestyles have undergone tremendous changes depending on the areas they live in. They have long since moved away from a purely nomadic life. Many tribes are semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural, and the proportion of farming is even increasing.

It is unlikely that these people would leave their farmland, throw away their hoes, and then climb onto their horses to fight for their leader.

Besides, Cao Wei is not the Later Han Dynasty.

These three kingdoms all emerged from the hellish difficulty of the late Han Dynasty. Regardless of anything else, their combat effectiveness is still impeccable.

These three kingdoms basically never lost to foreign enemies, even the weak Shu and Wu were like this, let alone Cao Wei.

Yan Yu was sure that these Qiang and Hu people would soon surrender.

And our general will have to face Deng Ai's army alone.

If he were to be dragged into Yongliang, Wang Ji's army would intensify its efforts, and perhaps even Wen Qin's army and Guanqiu Jian's army would come to help.

The situation in Yong'an depends entirely on Jiang Wei's performance.

This has nothing to do with me.

If Jiang Wei was implicated or even defeated, Wang Ji's feint attack here would probably become a real attack.

Wang Ji didn't care about the State of Wu at all. After all, he had two large legions behind him, eyeing him covetously.

Wen Qin and Guanqiu Jian's Yuyang Corps, and Hu Zun's Qingxu Corps.

Thinking of this, Yan Yu felt even more of a headache.

I hope the general can be more restrained and not be so anxious.

At this moment, Wang Ji also came to Xiling in person.

Wang Ji summoned many generals here and told them about specific strategies.

Wang Ji did not want to attack Yong'an by force at this moment, but he had to put pressure on Shu.

What he had to do now was to force Shu to send troops to rescue, involve the enemy's army, and put pressure on Jiang Wei at the same time, so that he would not dare to go deeper.

What will happen in the future depends on the performance of the Yongliang Legion.

Happy Township.

General Shi Ji looked at the intelligence in his hands, his brow twisted, making him look even more distressed. Wang Ji had already begun to take action, dispatching troops to Xiling to prepare for the attack on Shu.

However, Shi Ji was unable to do anything.

He was seriously short of troops and had no ability to storm the enemy city.

But these are not the most fatal problems. The most fatal problem is that the Wu government is not willing to send troops at this moment.

He has submitted three consecutive memorials to the court, but has not received any response so far.

Shi Ji sighed deeply and then instructed his deputy general, "Continue to send people to keep an eye on it and get the entire army ready."

Even if we cannot capture Cao's city, we have to send troops at this moment. Even if we can only contain a part of them, it is better than doing nothing.

If Cao Cao takes over Shu, how long can I hold on?

Shi Ji's eyes were full of fatigue.

But he didn't know that his memorial at this moment had caused great controversy within Jianye.

Sun Xiu sat in the upper seat and specially convened a court meeting to decide this matter.

The ministers of Wu were now discussing intensely whether to send troops.

"Don't send out troops!"

Before Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing even opened their mouths, the officials they supported had already begun writing letters of opposition.

Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing looked at each other, their eyes full of pride.

After Sun Xiu came to power, the Wu State should have gotten rid of the model of powerful ministers, but in the end, two powerful ministers still appeared in the Wu State.

Zhang Bu was in charge of the palace offices, and Puyang Xing was in charge of military and national affairs, and the two of them supported each other.

Sun Xiu completely delegated power to them and allowed them to handle important affairs of the court. The ministers were extremely dissatisfied with this, but they could do nothing about it.

As for Sun Xiu himself, he was completely immersed in the joy of reading.

He devoted himself to classical books and was determined to read all the works of various authors. All his thoughts were on the classics, and he studied the classics every day. He also liked shooting pheasants. When he was not reading, he would always go out hunting early in the morning and would not come back until very late.

He spent his days hunting and studying scriptures.

It can be said that if he were the emperor of Wei, the officials of Wei would be overjoyed.

He rarely interfered in the government affairs of the temple. The only thing he did during these days was to demand the reconstruction of schools, to promote education and to develop the country, to attach importance to classics, and to set up five classics doctors.
At this moment, Sun Xiu sat in the upper seat, listening quietly to the arguments among the ministers without saying a word.

Shi Ji, Ding Feng and others wrote to the imperial court, hoping that troops could be dispatched as soon as possible to prevent Cao Cao from dealing with the Kingdom of Shu.

However, this aroused the vigilance of Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing.

These two men colluded with each other, monopolized the government, arranged their own confidants, and suppressed the alliance of major families in the court, which made the Wu court officials extremely dissatisfied. They repeatedly proposed to the emperor, requesting that Ding Feng stay in Jingzhou and let General Shi Ji come back to handle the affairs of the world.

This was obviously a plan to use the general to suppress these two powerful ministers.

Although Shi Ji and Ding Feng were thinking about how to defeat Cao Cao, the two people in the court were thinking about how they were plotting to seize their power.

There always seems to be some difference in the ideas of military strategists and politicians.

In the eyes of Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing, Shi Ji was playing a big game.

Sending troops to harass Cao's bandits is just an excuse. Yong'an is so solid, why do we need to send people to help?

If Cao Cao fails to capture Yong'an, then this matter will become Shi Ji's merit, and then he will use this merit to write a letter again to ask for an alliance with Shu. At that time, Ding Feng will have to return to Jianye, and his military power will be unstable.
Thinking of Shi Ji's conspiracies, Puyang Xing couldn't help but shudder. This old guy is really cunning!

I almost fell into his trap!
"With Wang Ji's military strength, it is impossible to break through Yong'an. He may have sent troops this time to lure us out so that he can attack our army."

"If Shu is attacked, we will send troops to aid, but if they attack our reinforcements, will Shu send troops?! They will just wait and see!"

"Even if we finally defeat Cao Cao, what good will it do us? What compensation will Shu give us?"

"We wasted manpower and food, but in the end, we gained nothing. Both sides suffered losses, while Shu suffered no losses at all!"

"I've heard that the general is close to Shu, but I didn't expect him to be this close!"

The ministers spoke loudly, and those ugly faces looked very ferocious in Sun Xiu's eyes.

The strength of the local clans of Wu State was extremely powerful.

Sun Xiu's legitimacy was not that strong, so he did not dare to use the old ministers from the big families. He could only use the two ministers closest to him to fight against them.

The consequence of doing so is that the government is in a state of chaos.

The most frustrating thing is that Sun Xiu clearly knows everything, but there is very little he can do.

After he came to power, although Zhang Bu and Puyang Xing monopolized the government, the domestic agriculture, economy and education all gained a stable environment and began to recover slowly.

Sun Xiu's idea was to focus as much as possible on agriculture.

The Wu State originally had a relatively strong financial situation, but it was ruined by the scoundrel Gu Chen and even began to have food problems.

After discussion, Puyang Xing and others believed that they could build Danyang Lake Field and Puli Pond to add tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land to the State of Wu and increase agricultural income.

Before Sun Xiu could come to terms with this, Cao Cao was preparing to attack Shu.
Alas, what can I do?

(End of this chapter)