Zhou Yafu was the first to receive the news. When he saw Ji Chang escorting the embarrassed Fazheng, Shen Luoyan and others, he almost fainted.
When he knew that Wang Jian's 120,000 soldiers and horses had entered Hanzhong, Zhou Yafu had actually given up his plan to invade Hanzhong. Even though Liu Che had given him the order to support Hanzhong, he still gave up this plan and instead Instead, preparations were made to defend Nishikawa.
Wang Jian's 120,000 soldiers and horses entered Hanzhong, so it would be meaningless even if Zhou Yafu's 100,000 reinforcements arrived. It was indeed 100,000 reinforcements. Wei Qing rushed towards Baishui Pass with great momentum, and Zhou Yafu had to send reinforcements there.
As a famous general of the generation, Zhou Yafu has always seen clearly that the biggest advantage of Hanzhong is the geographical location. However, if he continued to support Hanzhong at that time, he would inevitably have to start a field battle with the Jin army, and the geographical advantages that could be used were minimal.
Wang Jian's more than 100,000 yuan, Li Jing's, and Feng Yi's more than 200,000 yuan, Zhou Yafu never thought of directly going up and killing them. The opponents were all famous generals in the world. No matter how confident Zhou Yafu was, he would never think that he With one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, you can defeat the opponent.
If Zhou Yafu was really that arrogant, or to be more precise, he recognized himself clearly, he would not be qualified to become a famous general.
So, he made what he thought was the most accurate choice.
However, Zhou Yafu thought that even if Hanzhong was lost, generals such as Tuo Tuo, Chen Qingzhi, Yang Jian, and Yu Da would be able to escape all the way, but he didn't know that he would bow down to the sky with this bow, and he should not join in if he should. Everyone got in, and only a few people came back in the end.
There is no way, who made the plan of Tuo Tuo and Fazheng fall apart. The more dangerous the plan, the greater the possible results if it succeeds. But if it fails, there may be consequences. The loss is also very likely to be unbearable.
Zhou Yafu knew that after this defeat, the vitality of Shuzhong was severely damaged.
The loss of Hanzhong directly put the situation in Shuzhong at the most unfavorable position. Even if the Shu army in the future could repel the Jin army this time, Hanzhong was not recovered. Then the next situation will definitely not be the same. It will be better.
What's more important is that Shuzhong has lost a large number of good ministers and generals. Hanzhong may still have a chance to take it back, but those good ministers and generals are really hard to come by.
This loss is likely to be a loss that can never be compensated.
How to find talents like Dai Tuo, Chen Qingzhi, Yang Jian, Yu Da, Zhang Xun, Zhu Fuyan and so on?
Oh! That’s right! Shortly after Li Jing’s visit, the 20,000-strong army of Wang Jian and Wang Ben’s father and son had already captured Nanzheng, and the master’s father committed suicide in retaliation.
And the father-in-law was so ruthless that before he died, he burned all the grain and grass stored in Zheng Nei, Nanzhen. He would rather die than leave a grain of rice to the Jin army.
Once Nanzheng was lost, and hundreds of thousands of Jin troops had already entered Hanzhong, people from all over the country surrendered after hearing the news. Even if some individuals resisted, their final results can be imagined!
Li Jing left Wang Ben to lead 20,000 troops to sort out the remaining affairs in Hanzhong and be responsible for solving the remaining resistance forces in Hanzhong.
The remaining resistance forces in Hanzhong are nothing to fear and are not large-scale. They are just scattered in various places in Hanzhong, so it is more troublesome to clean them up. Wang Ben will take more effort with 20,000 troops and horses, and they will be dealt with slowly.
As long as Yangping Pass is firmly in their hands, even if Hanzhong has not been completely pacified yet, it will not be able to pose a real threat to the Jin army.
Therefore, Li Jing was unwilling to waste time on such a "little matter", leaving Wang Ben to deal with it, and ordered Wang Jian to lead dozens of light cavalry to quickly march westward to prepare for the invasion of Xichuan.
In the Battle of Hanzhong, the Jin army actually had a hard time. More than 40,000 Erlang died on the battlefield. Moreover, those prisoners of the Shu army were almost saved in time now. If those prisoners of the Shu army are included, the Jin army had to fight for the victory.
Taking Hanzhong, a total of 60,000 horses were lost!
Li Jing and Feng Yibu's original army of 270,000 troops now still has 230,000 troops left!
In the few years when the Jin army fought in the south and north, it almost never happened that such heavy casualties were incurred in a single battle. In the past, this number of casualties could almost be said to be the casualties after a complete battle.
The numbers are high, but this battle against Shu only captured Hanzhong. I don’t know how dangerous the battle will be after that!
But fortunately, compared to their results, this loss is definitely worth it, not to mention the strategic significance of it.
For the political power established in Shu, Hanzhong is like opening a door in a house. If there is this door, it is a "flight". At any time, as long as it is suitable, the political power of Shu can break. If there is not,
This gate is the word "prison". The Shu regime can only be trapped inside and will never be able to stand up.
The land of Shu is surrounded by high mountains. There are the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains in the north, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the southwest, the Wushan Mountains in the east, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west. If Shu was a city, the surrounding mountains would be natural city walls. Governments from outside would want to invade.
,Very difficult.
However, it is very difficult to defeat this regime. In ancient times when transportation was extremely inconvenient, if you led a large army over these high mountains and went out, your army would basically be exhausted and there would be no hope of fighting.
.In addition, the transportation of grain, grass and baggage is very difficult and cannot be kept up. Therefore, it is too difficult for the Shu government to leave Shu and go to the Central Plains to conquer the country.
However, if there is Hanzhong, the situation will be completely different. Hanzhong is located between the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain and is a very important transit station. With this transit station, the troops heading north from Sichuan can rest here comfortably.
Adjustments were made to supply grain and grass. Although Hanzhong did not jump out of Sichuan, this transfer station could give the Shu army a big sigh of relief.
The Jin army's capture of Hanzhong was equivalent to cutting off Liu Che's path north to the Central Plains.
If Liu Che wants to expand again, the only way left is to face Zhu Yuanzhang. If the Shu army has no way to take back Hanzhong, then they say they will face a trapped dragon situation.
Of course, in fact, there is no need for the current Shu army to think that far. After all, the goal that the Jin army wants to achieve for the Shu army has never been just a word of "trap", but a word of "annihilation".
