The last three kingdoms

Chapter 369 Street Pavilion: The Eternal Pain in Shu People's Hearts

Longshan is a high mountain in the west of the Guanzhong Plain. Like a bird's-eye view from the air, Longxi is just like a field ridge at the head of the Guanzhong Plain, so the world gave it a more appropriate name - Longshan, and because of its twists and turns, There are six layers of winding roads to climb to the top, also known as Liupan Mountain.

If you want to enter Longxi from Guanzhong, the Longshan Mountains running north-south are a barrier that must be crossed. It is unrealistic to cross Longshan Mountains on a six-fold winding road, so the best route is the passes in the thousands of miles of Longshan Mountains.

Compared with other passes with dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Jieting is undoubtedly the most wonderful pass.Longshan is majestic and precipitous, stretching for thousands of miles, but when it comes to Jieting, it seems to be cut off, leaving a flat road several miles wide, so from ancient times to the present, Jieting pass has become an important passage from Guanzhong to Longyou .And such a terrain undoubtedly made Jieting easy to attack but difficult to defend.

Speaking of Jieting is undoubtedly an eternal pain in the hearts of Shu people.

In the sixth year of Jianxing in Shu, Zhuge Liang wrote the eternal article "Teacher's List", expressing his determination to the later master Liu Chan and vowing to be the master of the Northern Expedition.It has to be said that this was the largest and most recent Northern Expedition of the Shu Han Dynasty, and it was also the closest to success. Zhuge Liang sent his troops out of Mount Qi, and the world was shaken. Stick to Shangbi and refuse to surrender.

At that time, Cao Wei's court responded positively and effectively. Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui decisively sent the famous general Zhang He to lead [-] troops to help Longyou.Zhang Yun also lived up to Cao Rui's expectations, and went all the way to Longyou without hesitation.

From Guanzhong to Longyou, the most ideal way is to take the official road of Jieting. Naturally, Zhang He would not choose another road, riding [-] steps, and heading straight to Jieting at the speed of chasing stars and moons.

Zhuge Liang naturally also realized the importance of Jieting, but after the troops left Qishan, the Shu army had already dispersed in order to attack the counties on Longshang, and it was difficult to deal with Zhang Yun's attack, so Ma Di stood on the cusp of the storm.

Ma Di is an aide-like talent. He offered advice and suggestions during Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, and made contributions to Zhuge Liang's pacification of Nanzhong. Jieting put the heaviest burden on Ma Su's shoulders.

But the well-known result is that Ma Su was defeated and failed to defend the street pavilion, which also led to the failure of the first Northern Expedition.Is it because Ma Di's exaggerated words on paper cannot be reused, or is Zhuge Liang's wrong strategy in employing people?All this seems to have become meaningless. The situation of the first Northern Expedition of Shu was reversed when the situation was very good, but it became a haze that will never go away in the hearts of Shu people.

In the following decades, although Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei tried their best time and time again to help the Han Dynasty restore the country, but because the Wei State had already taken precautions, in the environment where the enemy and our forces were extremely different, It is already out of reach to achieve the same victory as the first Northern Expedition.

This undoubtedly makes the people of Shu feel more deeply about the loss of Jieting. If everything can be done again and Ma Su, who is useless, may be replaced, Jieting may not be lost, and the Shu Han will not lose the captured counties in Longyou, and even You can send your troops to Guanzhong and go straight to Luoyang.

But history has no assumptions, and the fall of Jieting has become the most unbearable past event in the hearts of Shu people.

A cool mountain wind blew over Fu Qian's dignified and resolute face.

The wind in spring is gentle and warm, and the whole Longshan Mountain has shown a light green color in the spring breeze. The green mountains and green waters are boundless in spring, but Fu Qian has no mood to appreciate it at all. The vast and vast Guanzhong Plain.

The great war that took place here 37 years ago has long been obliterated, and the sound of iron horses and golden swords can no longer be heard on the desolate and lonely ancient roads, but history once again has an amazing coincidence. It has become the focus of the world's attention again, and it will once again carry the hopes and expectations of Xiangshu people.

Fu Qian only felt that the burden on his shoulders seemed to be as heavy as a ton, which made him almost out of breath.

"Perhaps Ma Di felt the same way back then?" Fu Qian laughed at himself.

In fact, the current situation is strikingly similar to that of Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition. He took the counties of Longyou aggressively, but had to divide his troops to fight against the enemy. But the difference is that Zhuge Liang's opponent was Guo Huai, while Liu Yin's The opponent is the Qiang people of a different race. Cao Wei's reinforcements came again in great force, and Jieting once again became the lifeblood of the Shu army.

Only by keeping the Jieting can we keep the six counties in Longyou that we have already obtained. If we can't keep the Jieting, the result can only be the same as Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, with failure and a broken halberd.

Perhaps the situation was even worse. At that time, Zhuge Liang still had a retreat after all. At that time, Hanzhong was still the base camp of the Shu army. If the Northern Expedition failed, there was still a chance to retreat.At this time, the Shu army basically has no way to retreat. If they really want to retreat again, they can only retreat to the grassland and snow-capped mountains. place.

Put it to death and come back to life!
This is the situation that the Shu army is facing now. If you can't win, you will perish!There is no second choice.

After Fu Qian and Liu Yin divided their troops, they led Hubu Zuoying, Hubu Youying, Yang'anying and Wudangying 2 troops to Jieting.

Back then, Ma Di also led 2 horses, perhaps he was a little more relaxed than Fu Chen, after all, it was his first time leading troops in battle, for a staff member who only participated in the planning in the Chinese army tent, it was very difficult at first. The confidence and complacency with which he was leading the army was indescribable. With the high hopes of Prime Minister Zhuge and the expectations of the Shu Han Dynasty, Ma Di embarked on a road of no return.

The ideal is full, but the reality is too skinny. The headstrong Ma Di was finally beheaded because of the failure of Jieting. Maybe Zhuge Liang didn’t want to kill him, but someone must pay for the failure. Ma Di can only become That scapegoat was used to appease the anger of the government and the opposition.

Later generations almost unanimously blamed the loss of Jieting on Ma Di's strategic mistakes. Ma Di seriously violated the military common sense of establishing a stronghold in power and stationed his troops on a mountain without water source. The source of water was guarded alone, which led to failure.

But is this really the case?Even if Ma Di implemented the correct defensive strategy, could he really be able to defend the street pavilion?

(End of this chapter)