The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 929 Meridian Meter

In April of the seventh year of Zhang Wu, Cao Pi's deadline finally came, and his life came to an end.He then left the crown prince Cao Rui alone to Cao Ren, Cao Zhen, Chen Qun and Sima Yi, and finally passed away.

Cao Rui immediately ascended the throne, adding Cao Ren as Taiwei and Governor; adding Cao Zhen as General of the Chinese Army; adding Sima Yi as General of Fujun, Zuo Pushe remained unchanged;

At first glance, a large character suddenly appeared in the official positions of Cao Zhen, Sima Yi and Chen Qun.There is a deep intention in this.

According to the practice in the officialdom since the Western Han Dynasty, if a big character is added to the general number, even if the official position is just a general number, it will still become worth double, which is a manifestation of mastering great power.

Therefore, among the above four ministers of Cao Pi's Tuogu, Cao Ren and the Taiwei are firmly seated in the first position of the three princes, and with the addition of the Great Governor, their status is of course unshakable.And Cao Zhen, Sima Yi and Chen Qun have also become powerful.

After the enthronement was over, Cao Wei's ministers began to affirm Cao Pi's posthumous title, while preparing for the national funeral intensively.

Liu Chan's side waited for the news of Cao Pi's death in the shortest time, and he couldn't help being overjoyed.

And Liu Chan's performance of taking precautions before that made all the troops in the Shu Han territory have been mobilized in advance, and many troops are even in a state of battle. As long as Chengdu gives an order, they can go to the battlefield immediately.

Moreover, Liu Chan's second plan has been secretly activated for some time, and it is time to use it at this time.

First of all, Liu Chan issued an edict to all the troops in Hanzhong, Xiangyang County and Jiangdong to start an attack.

Then, internally, or in other words, it should be personnel adjustments to Chengdu immediately started.

Liu Chan ordered Da Sima Donghe to go out of Jingzhou and sit in Jingzhou to command the war between the Jingzhou and Yangzhou armies, and at the same time supervise the preparation of various combat materials.

Liu Chan ordered Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, to sit in Chengdu to supervise various state affairs and maintain the stable operation of domestic government affairs.As for the various speeches against or in support of Liu Chan that are still fermenting in the territory of Shu Han, Liu Chan gave Zhuge Liang a special explanation, all pursuing an infinitely tolerant attitude towards speeches, and there is no need to suppress speeches.

Liu Chan followed up with an edict that Lu Xun's troops stationed in Brazil County entered Hanzhong County to replace Hanzhong, which had become empty of troops after Wei Yan's army was dispatched.

And Liu Chan himself will immediately set off from Chengdu to Hanzhong to sit in town.This is why Liu Chan entrusted all state affairs to Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.

The above personnel arrangements are part of the second plan drawn up by Liu Chan.

The other part, in fact, has already been handed over to Zong Yu for secret execution, and it is going well.

According to Liu Chan's order, Zong Yu secretly entered the Guanzhong area with Han Long's caravan a few months ago.

It should be said that the Guanzhong area was governed by Zhang Ji very well at this time in Yongzhou, but because the power of the Han people here has declined, although the Cao Wei army maintains a strong military deterrence here, the strength of various ethnic minorities in the local area is actually growing day by day. Increase.

In addition, Cao Wei used troops here for many years, which greatly disturbed the life and production of ethnic minorities, and caused great loss of life and property. Therefore, many tribes also had strong dissatisfaction with Cao Wei.As a result, there are often many tribal soldiers carrying out armed rebellions.

As for Zong Yu's dispatch this time, he first had to convince the leaders of the Hu and Qiang people in Yongzhou and Liangzhou that once the Shu Han army launched an attack on the Cao Wei army, they would immediately respond to each other.

According to some information sent back, the leaders of the Shaodang Qiang, Baima Qiang, Shaohe Qiang, Xi Qiang, and Dianna tribes among the Qiang and Hu people who had migrated into various parts of Yongzhou, received the letter sent by Zong Yu. After a large amount of property, all intentions have been moved.

Next, Zongyu will continue to move westward to persuade other Hu and Qiang tribes in Liangzhou to participate.

As for Wei Yan, after receiving Liu Chan's order to attack, he immediately sent out troops, and his deputy general Pang De personally led the troops out, with only about four thousand people.But these troops were all barbarians carefully selected by Wei Yan, some of them were selected from the captives of the Southwest Yi, and some were selected from the 5000 Wuxi barbarian army that Zhang Yi sent to Hanzhong County. .

Therefore, these people have a very distinctive feature, that is, they are very good at fighting in the mountains. For them, crossing mountains and ridges is like walking on flat ground.

The reason why Wei Yan did this was actually only one purpose, and that was to launch a sneak attack on Chang'an City through the extremely difficult Ziwu Valley!Moreover, before this, Wei Yan had already used the military drill as a cover to secretly send out some people to build some plank roads in the dangerous area in Meridian.

Wei Yan's Meridian Valley plan has always been very controversial in history.

"Wei Lue" records the contradiction between Wei Yan and Zhuge Liang in this way: Wei Yan suggested that he should lead five thousand elite soldiers and five thousand grain, and go straight out of Bao, along the Qinling Mountains to the east, and at midnight to the north, But ten days can march to Chang'an.General Xia Houmao of Wei State Anxi, who guarded Chang'an, was timid and planless. "When I heard that Yan was dying, I would flee by boat." Chang'an was within easy reach.Wei Guo gathered the army "for about twenty days", Zhuge Liang's army can take the opportunity to "come from the inclined valley, and it will be enough to reach it".In this way, the west of Chang'an can be pacified in one fell swoop.

However, Zhuge Liang believed that there were too many uncertain factors in this plan, and it may not be so smooth. If it fails, it will fall into a dilemma. In the end, he chose "An Cong and a smooth road, you can take Longyou, everything will be conquered without any danger", and established the first to conquer The strategy of using Longyou as a springboard for attack.

So Zhuge Liang sent Zhendong General Zhao Yun and Yangwu General Deng Zhi to lead an army of horses as suspects, and Jigu set up a situation to attack Meicheng from the north of Xiegu Road to attract the Wei army.Cao Rui, Emperor Ming of the Wei Dynasty, ordered Cao Zhen to supervise the Guanyou armies and go to resist Zhao Yun.Zhuge Liang personally led the main force to attack Qishan.

However, due to major changes in historical conditions this time, Liu Chan was well prepared for the Northern Expedition in Hanzhong with large-scale troops from Jingzhou and Yangzhou as support, so he decided to use Wei Yan's Meridian Valley strategy again. I believe it should be possible in one fell swoop. The attack on Chang'an was successful.

In this case, after taking control of Chang'an City first, Wei Yan immediately dispatched a large army to support it, and quickly took the Sanfu area of ​​Chang'an, which is currently the most fertile area in Guanzhong.

Then the scope of the battle will continue to expand, gradually achieve corresponding results, and finally block Cao Wei's reinforcements from the vicinity of Luoyang and even the south of Bingzhou.

If the Shu Han army can finally successfully repel these Cao Wei troops, then the Shu Han army can safely turn around and clean up the Cao Wei defenders in Yongzhou and Liangzhou.

Facing Cao Wei's army, which is not too large in number and scattered in strength, it should not be very difficult to defeat them.At that time, the area of ​​Yongzhou and Liangzhou, which will be called Qianli Qinchuan in the future, will fall into the hands of the Shuhan army.

Then, the Shu Han took a crucial step in the journey to unify the world.From a historical point of view, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, relied on Han Xin's ingenious plan to secretly cross Chencang through Mingxiu plank road, successfully captured Guanzhong, and created a base leading to the pass for his road to conquer the world.

And Liu Chan's Shu Han now seems to want to follow the path of Han Gaozu Liu Bang.In fact, when Liu Chan was in Jingzhou, he once explained this matter to Zhuge Qiao and Deng Ai, but now he is just practicing it himself.

Having said that, Wei Yan's side has long been ready for everything, and Liu Chan's edict is missing.

With the arrival of Liu Chan's edict, Wei Yan immediately ordered Pang De to lead the army to attack.

Eight days later, after a very strong march, Pound's troops finally arrived at the exit of Meridian Valley after losing more than 300 people, which is less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an!

Pang De ordered the army to rest on the spot for half a day. That night they attacked Chang'an City at night. After a fierce battle, they finally succeeded in capturing the city.At this time in Yongzhou, Zhang Ji fled Chang'an in a hurry.

Pang De immediately sent people back to report to Wei Yan, and then began to organize city defense in the city to deal with the counterattack of Cao Wei's army in Zhang Ji's Sanfu area.

Next, Pound fought an arduous battle to defend the city with four thousand troops and Zhang Ji's troops.

Pang De is indeed a man who is not afraid of death. He takes the lead in the battle at the top of the city every day. Great morale boost.

It was also under the encouragement of such morale that the Shu Han army, which had only about 4000 people, repelled the powerful attacks of the Cao Wei army time and time again on the huge Chang'an city.

By the time Wei Yan's reinforcements arrived, eight days had passed. Pound was covered with ten wounds and persisted until the end, and finally passed out due to excessive bleeding.

The losses of the soldiers of the Shu Han army were even more astonishing.In addition to the loss of more than 300 people in Ziwu Valley, another five or six hundred people were lost when Chang'an City was captured. In fact, only 600 people could be used to guard Chang'an City.

But when Wei Yan's reinforcements arrived, there were less than 2000 people who could finally stand up and continue fighting.Therefore, if Wei Yan's men were delayed by a day or two, the consequences would be disastrous.

Wei Yan's men immediately launched a counterattack against Zhang Ji's Cao Wei army, and then repelled them.

Wei Yan then led his army into the city of Chang'an.

At this time, Liu Chan had left Chengdu and came to Nanzheng.

(End of this chapter)