"My lord, there is an urgent report from the front, Yang Su has rebelled, Baishui...Baishui Pass has been lost!" Huo Guang said with a sad expression.
The northern gate of Shu has also been lost. At this point, the situation in Shu has further deteriorated!
The loss of Baishui Pass also means that the only reliable gates in northern Shu are Jiameng and Jiange. Although Guancheng is still there at this time, there is actually no big difference between now and when it was lost. Got it!
Although there are still important places such as Peicheng in the south of Jiange, if the Jin army really hits here, it means that the Jin army is not far from Chengdu!
If that time really comes, it actually means that the land of Shu has been almost lost!
"Yang Su?" Liu Che was so shocked that he even dropped the pen in his hand on the document.
Although Baishui Pass was lost, if it was really because of inferior skills and was defeated by the Jin army head-on, Liu Che would not be like this.
However, now they are defeated because of the rebellion of their own side, which makes Liu Che a little hard to accept!
First it was Rong Di, then Yang Su, and the final choice of a series of civil and military officials led by Chen Qingzhi after being captured was also to surrender!
The word "jiang" touched Liu Che quite a lot!
In original history, what was the fate of Li Ling who was defeated and surrendered? Even Sima Qian was affected to a certain extent!
Liu Che was somewhat tolerant of the defeated generals. But for the generals who surrendered like this, even if they were captured alive after the defeat, Liu Che would become more murderous after hearing about this surrendered general. He would even give birth to a murderous intention. The idea of killing the nine tribes.
"My lord, Yang Duanhe, Yang Shuang and others all hold important positions in our army, right?" Huo Guang asked tentatively.
After all, these people come from the same clan, and among these people, Yang Su has great prestige!
Although it is really not appropriate to engage in civil strife at this time, after all, it is not beneficial to the overall situation and will only make the situation more chaotic. However, if similar things are launched at this time, the blow to them will only be greater!
Therefore, even Huo Guang was a little unsure at this time about how to choose between these two paths for the remaining Yang clan members!
"No need, just let people take good care of them. Now is the time to employ people, and these people are the best generals!" Liu Che said after thinking deeply and suppressing the anger in his heart.
Although these people and Yang Su are from the same Yang family, there are big differences between them.
Although Yang Su has great prestige among many Yang clan members, in the end, Yang Guang, as the son of Yang Jian, inherited more of the loyalty of these Yang clan members.
Moreover, Yang Duanhe, Yang Shuang and others are not like Yang Su, who have been in Shuzhong for many years without leaving even a single bloodline. Yang Duanhe, Yang Shuang and others have been in Shuzhong for many years, and their wives and concubines have already There are quite a few, so it is inevitable to leave a seed so that a few more blood lines can come out.
Besides, these people don't have Yang Xuangan's weakness.
It's just that the seeds of suspicion have been planted in Liu Che's heart, but due to the real environment, he can't attack it at this time.
"Lord, there is another piece of good news!"
"Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Kuangyin joined forces to attack Jiangxia! Li Mu has retreated to Jiangling, and now Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Xiu have joined forces to attack Jiangling!" Huo Guang began to smile at this time.
In the Bashu war situation, the Shu army has been losing continuously. Under the current situation, if they only rely on the Shu army, they may be in trouble this time!
Therefore, the Bashu Group is now placing more hope that the alliance of princes can defeat the Jin army!
However, the northern princes continued to suffer defeats at Hulao Pass, losing troops and generals. It would be difficult to accomplish anything just by looking at them.
Fortunately, although the princes in the north are not very powerful, at least Zhu Yuanzhang in the south is quite reliable.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang, a great enemy, once gave Liu Che all sorts of headaches, at least when he was a teammate, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite capable and would not fall behind like others.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had already had a plan to join forces with Zhao Kuangyin to defeat Jiangxia, but he did not implement it at the first time.
After all, although they are already teammates in name, even so, if Zhao Kuangyin is asked to help, Zhao Kuangyin cannot help him in vain! To put it bluntly, everything is just an exchange of interests.
Unless it was a last resort, Zhu Yuanzhang would certainly not be willing to ask Zhao Kuangyin for help. If he went to Zhao Kuangyin, he might not be able to gain much, but he would definitely lose a lot.
It is precisely because of this that although Zhu Yuanzhang had already had an idea, he did not implement it. Instead, he prepared to fight Jiangxia with his own strength.
However, although Zhu Yuanzhang's military strength is far greater than that of Li Mu, and his soldiers are elite and brave, Li Mu is also in danger of Jiangxia!
After fighting for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang had given up the idea of continuing to fight like this. If he continued to fight like this, Zhu Yuanzhang was absolutely sure that he could defeat Jiangxia.
However, the losses required in the process of defeating Jiangxia were enough to make Zhu Yuanzhang give up this desperate style of play!
Every prince has a steelyard in his heart. To conquer a city, they all have a bottom line in their mind as to how much price they have to pay.
If they exceed this bottom line, even if they can capture this kind of city, they will still be considered a loser. After capturing this city, they have actually lost their original meaning.
Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang made a simple calculation based on the previous battle situation, he gave up on continuing to fight forcefully, and instead picked up the idea of joining forces with Zhao Kuangyin again.
In short, in the following time, Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant Zhu Sheng personally became a lobbyist, and finally successfully completed the exchange of interests with Zhao Kuangyin!
As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately pretended to continue attacking Jiangxia. While Zhao Kuangyin continued to fight Yue Fei, he sent Tian Dan with 20,000 troops to raid Jiangxia's rear.
After all, Jiangxia connects the three states of Jing, Yang, and Yu. From the direction of Yuzhou, you can launch a backstab in Jiangxia.
No matter how powerful Li Mu is, there is a limit. Zhu Yuanzhang, Tian Dan, and Xu Da are not necessarily worse than him. Under such a huge disadvantage, not to mention Li Mu, even Bai Qi can stand in his position.
Can't go down.
Of course, if Li Mu wants to hold on, although Jiang Xia will always lose, Li Mu can always hold on for a longer time!
However, Li Mu chose to abandon Jiangxia voluntarily, and chose to lead his troops to retreat to Nanjun before Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Kuangyin completed the encirclement, and rendezvoused with Zhuge Liang who was guarding Jiangling.