The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 427

On May [-], Ji Han's army arrived at Tongguan City and began to attack the city.

At the beginning of September, Guan Yi led an army of [-] to cross the Yellow River in Wubao, the former Shangjun County of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and entered Xihe County in Bingzhou.

At the same time, due to concerns about the battle situation in Tongguan, Du Yu had no choice but to mobilize [-] Bingzhou troops to Luoyang to appease Sima Yan's heart under Sima Yan's express instructions.As a result, the defense of Jinyang City was empty.

On the eighth day of October, Guan Yi went to the empty Jinyang in a battle.The pocket formation that Du Yu tried so hard to arrange for Guan Yi was completely in vain.

On the [-]th, Guan Yi led his army southward from Jinyang.Arrived in Qi County on the thirteenth.On the [-]th, he entered the world and rested.The South Gate of Taiyuan County was in the hands of the Han army.

During this period of time, Jin Zou Cao tried his best, and finally passed the news to Du Yu on October [-]th.

After receiving the news, Du Yu reacted quickly in addition to being shocked: all 7 members of the Shangdang Legion were dispatched and quickly went north to Yangtou Mountain at the junction of Shangdang County and Taiyuan County.Cao basically gave an accurate figure for Jin's advance this time: the strength of the Han army is about [-] to [-].With such an equal force, Du Yu didn't dare to put Guan Yi on the plains in Shangdang County to fight. He could only seize the geographical advantage first, and then talk about other things.

Du Yu then wrote two letters.

The first letter was sent to Wang Jun in Puban City, which probably means that Guan Zifeng's main force has already circled behind us.The Han army on the other side of you should be bluffing, so try to attack.If the defense of the Han army is empty and you invade Fengyi County all at once, then the Han army of the three routes must retreat across the board.

The second letter was of course a report to Sima Yan: Your Majesty, there is such a thing... In short, because I, Du, made a wrong choice in deploying troops, the enemy took advantage of the loophole.In short, this is all the minister's fault!
However, even though we lost Jinyang, we actually have an advantage: if we want to maintain Guan Zifeng's grain road, we must cross Luliang Mountain.Therefore, no matter how strong the national power of the Shu thieves is, at least it is very difficult for Guan Zifeng to transfer food now.First find a precipitous place to hold your ground, and then His Majesty should send the main force of the Luoyang Central Army northward to station at Mianshangju, and confront Guan Zifeng at an angle with your troops on Yangtou Mountain.Because of the difficulty of the food road, if Guan Zifeng didn't want to retreat in despair, he had to lead his army to attack the dangerous place guarded by my heavy troops.At that time, it is time for us to defeat the enemy.

On the [-]th, Du Yu's memorial arrived in Luoyang.Then Sima Yan felt as if he had been slapped wildly several times, his cheeks were burning with pain.

In fact, at the end of last month, Taiyuan Wang Simagui led his army to Luoyang City.Some elders of the Sima family, as well as Jia Chong, Pei Xiu and others, have repeatedly expressed their dissatisfaction with Sima Yan's transfer of troops from the state to reinforce Luoyang's troops: Tongguan is still there!The enemy has failed to pose an effective threat to Tongguan, so what danger can Luoyang have?Changing strategies and layouts at every turn like you.Then what is the use of the old temple?

Fortunately, although Sima Yan had various problems, he was not like the later Ming Shizong who refused to admit his mistakes.Therefore, at the emergency meeting on the night of the [-]th, Sima Yan confessed his mistake as soon as he came up.

"My lords, although the young master took the initiative to take responsibility, I know all of this is due to my lack of firm will and lack of confidence in Xiaoxing. Therefore, I am guilty of everything."

"Your Majesty, it's pointless to hold anyone accountable now." He cast a meaningful and menacing glance at Yang Jun, whose expression was changing.Pei Xiu came out: "Your Majesty, Taiyuan County has been lost now, but although Guan Zifeng jumped out of the pocket that Shao Fu prepared for him, he also ran into the cage by himself. Therefore, what we should do now is to agree on how to do it as soon as possible." Send the Chinese army to the north to attack Guan Zifeng!"

"This..." Although I regretted that the transfer of troops from Bingzhou led to the rapid fall of Jinyang.But when it came to sending the Chinese army northward, Sima Yan hesitated again.It's very simple: now it has been found that Guan Yi's military strength in Taiyuan County is 5 to 10, so how many will the Luoyang Central Army send?Judging from the current high ratio of recruits in the Luoyang Central Army, if more than [-] people are not sent, Guan Yi may be able to photograph all the scum in one face-to-face.But send more than [-]?Now there are only [-] people in Luoyang plus the [-] Prince Guards.

Seeing Sima Yan's hesitation, Pei Xiu didn't know what the emperor was afraid of: "Your Majesty, there is indeed no major battle in Tongguan now. The main force of the Shu thieves has already appeared. They are not near Huayin County at all. I went to Taiyuan. Therefore, Tongguan is worry-free! And Luoyang’s [-] troops have been idle in this national war. I think it’s inappropriate to do this!”

Unfortunately, in today's meeting, in addition to the emperor being slapped in the face, the ministers are also destined to be slapped in the face.Not long after Pei Xiu finished speaking, a Jin Zou Cao hurriedly appeared outside the door.Jia Chong walked out immediately after seeing it, and ran in later.

He glanced at Pei Xiu apologetically, and then said to Sima Yan: "Your Majesty, Xiaoxing just sent the battle report from Tongguan. The Shu thieves have changed their attack methods, and the first city wall of Tongguan is under threat."

"Ah? What's going on? Show me quickly!"

Malone also made it very clear in the report: "I now fully understand the name of cement. This method of throwing stones to lay the foundation first, and then casting liquid cement as the adhesive is indeed very effective. But what , the enemy's troops under the city of Tongguan are actually insufficient (even if there are 20 to [-] troops, the terrain here in Tongguan also determines that they cannot deploy). Therefore, although Tongguan has encountered a real threat, the overall situation It is still under the control of our army, so His Majesty can rest assured. I am here to report to you, there is no other meaning."

From Ma Long's point of view, any new situation on the battlefield must be reported to the emperor truthfully.But Ma Long really didn't think that Zhang Zunguang could win Tongguan based on this.Moreover, as a good general, Malone's vision has never been limited to Tongguan, but has always paid attention to the national war situation.Therefore, in Ma Long's report, there is very little space for telling the facts, and more is to comfort Sima Yan: I am really all right here!Your Majesty, don't draw too many troops here!

It can be said that it was the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, and in the future, there will be fewer and fewer such ministers.

Unfortunately, after reading Ma Long's report, Sima Yan was not at all moved by Ma Long's courage.On the contrary, I feel that Malone is too underestimating the enemy.

"Hey! This Ma Xiaoxing really made a great contribution to repelling Jiang Wei under Tongguan City. But isn't this too self-confident?"

"Your Majesty, what Xiaoxing said is very clear!"

"Hey, everyone, you don't understand." Sima Yan sighed and stood up: "In fact, I have been thinking all these years, what would happen if our country moved immediately after the loss of Guanzhong. If we moved the capital, today’s situation would not be so passive. Unfortunately, Guan Zifeng’s sentence “The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country” was blinded by Guan Zifeng. If we moved the capital to Yecheng that day, how could we be restrained like today? So powerful."

It can be said that Sima Yan is the emperor after all, standing at the highest point of a country.What he saw was indeed different from many people.

The location of the capital must be the focus of national defense, and there must be no mistakes.Since Luoyang is now a border, a large part of Jin's limited military strength has been dragged to Luoyang.What if the capital of Jin was moved to Yecheng?Look at the east-west confrontation between the Eastern and Western Wei and the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi in later generations.Neither the Eastern Wei Dynasty nor the Northern Qi Dynasty would imprison a large number of troops in one place because of Luoyang.As a result, the country's troops can be fully mobilized to implement maneuvers.

"Of course, it's too late to talk about moving the capital now. However, Luoyang is now the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty. There are no less than 60 people living around Luoyang, tens of thousands of domestic officials, hundreds of family members of the clan, and industries are all in Luoyang If we draw out a large number of Luoyang's troops at this time, then we don't need the Shu bandits to come to the city, just a few Si Wencao can make my great Jin shake!"

"...Your Majesty has far-reaching thoughts, and I can't wait for you."

"Hey, if you really thought about it, it wouldn't be what it is now. For Shaofu's side, reinforcements will still be given. But it can't be too much, just [-]. Then, the conscription order will be issued again, so that Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places will conscript another [-] troops."

As a result, most of the production in these three states will collapse.Although she thought so in her heart, Pei Xiu didn't say it out: "The minister complies with the order, and Shang Shutai will start to handle this matter immediately."

"In addition, order Wang Shizhi to cross the river as soon as possible to conduct a test. If the Shu thieves really have no defenses in Fengyi County, our army can make a stance to drive directly to Chang'an. Chang'an is also the pseudo-capital of the Shu thieves. Guan Zifeng can't bear the consequences of the fall of Chang'an. .”

"The minister complies with the order and immediately sends an order to Wang Shizhi."

"Maoxian, I will go to Soochow immediately tomorrow. Then Sun Hao wants to sit back and watch me and Guan Zifeng suffer from both losses. Hmph, this idea is really stupid. Tell him, if Soochow sends troops to attack Shu within this year, Shouchun, I will give it to you." he!"

"His Majesty?!"

"When the country is in trouble, let's get over it first. Everyone, I have always been clear that the only thing that can pose a threat to our Great Jin is the Han Kingdom, which still embraces ideals throughout the country. It is not the corrupt Wugou! So, as long as we block the attack of the Han Kingdom this time, the place of Shouchun, I, Da Jin, can take it back anytime I want!"

Hearing that His Majesty changed the Shu thief who had been called for decades into the Han Kingdom, everyone in the venue frowned slightly: this country is already strong enough to bear the name Han.

"Your Majesty..." Jia Chong, the chariot general, took a deep breath: "Your Majesty's painstaking efforts, I understand. I will try my best to do what Your Majesty said just now. However, Bingzhou is still short of troops. This plan will add tens of thousands of elite soldiers to our Great Jin!"

(End of this chapter)