Before dawn, Wu Jie led the army to evacuate to the southwest, leaving only Commander Tian Sheng and a thousand soldiers to continue to defend the city and cover the retreat of the main army.
The Jin soldiers entered Hanzhong from Ziwu Valley. The fall of Raofeng Pass meant the fall of Hanzhong, and there was no need to defend Xianren Pass.
Wu Jie led his 15,000 main force to retreat towards Xicheng County, entering Jinniu Road to guard Jianmen Pass.
Liu Ziyu stated in the letter that he would lead 3,000 soldiers to retreat southward along the Micang Road, and at the same time burn down the plank road on the Micang Road to cut off the Jin soldiers' attempt to go south to Bashu via the Micang Road.
This decision was very wise. Fu Xuan had once taken Micang Road to retreat south. He was very familiar with Micang Road and could not give him any chance.
In this way, the Jin soldiers were left with only Jinniu Road to enter Shu. As long as they defended Xicheng County and Jianmen Pass, the Jin soldiers might not be able to enter Shu.
Two days later, Wanyan Wushu's army occupied Nanzheng County. He stood on the top of the city and said to the generals with high spirits: "This time I am going south with my family to become the king of Shu and become a Shu native.
Become a shipping king, build thousands of warships, and send an army down the river. The destruction of the Song Dynasty is just around the corner!"
Wanyan Wushu turned around and smiled at the generals: "Destroy the Song Dynasty, and I will be rich and noble together with all the generals!"
"Eternal life bless us!"
Dozens of generals cheered together.
Early the next morning, Wanyan Helisa led an army of 50,000 from Nanxianren Pass to Nanzheng County. The two armies merged, and Wanyan Wushu immediately divided his troops into two groups. He continued to lead an army of 10,000 as a surprise force, with Fu Xuan leading the way.
The rice warehouse road leads to Shu.
Wanyan Helisa then led an army of 50,000 to attack Xicheng County within five days. If the attack failed within five days, the troops would be divided into two groups. One group would continue to confront Xicheng County, and the other group would enter Jinniu Road and march toward Jianmen Pass.
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The Dujianjun Mansion in Bianliang was originally the residence of Prime Minister Cai Jing, but now it is the Supervisory Army Mansion, which is also the residence of Wan Yanchang.
After returning from the embarrassing defeat in Xiangyang, Wan Yanchang kept a low profile during this period and basically did not go to Guanzhong.
In fact, Jingxiang was defeated miserably, and Wan Yanchang was eliminated from the Sichuan-Shaanxi strategy. He was no longer qualified to judge the situation in Guanzhong.
Wan Yanchang was in a low mood, but he did not give up the pursuit of Chen Qing. He sent letters to Qin Hui and Queen Mother Wei, asking to prevent Chen Qing's army from returning to Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Wan Yanchang even hoped that Qin Hui could convict Chen Qing and deprive him of his military power.
Wan Yanchang finally saw clearly that Chen Qing had grown into a famous general like Wu Jie, and he was more strategic and visionary than Wu Jie, and he was better at using various advanced weapons, such as gunpowder and kerosene.
Chen Qing will inevitably become a huge stumbling block for the Jin Kingdom's demise and the Song Dynasty's demise.
Before, only Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and Wu Jie were the thorns in the Jin Kingdom's side, but now there is another Chen Qing.
He had to strangle Chen Qing before the Song Dynasty truly realized his great value, just like the Song Dynasty strangled Li Gang.
In the afternoon, Wan Yanchang received an urgent military report sent by fast horse from the Jinguo Pavilion in Lin'an.
The content of the letter was revealed by Qin Hui, which really surprised Wanyan Chang. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty ordered Chen Qing to lead the army to the northwest for support. Chen Qing's plan was to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao, and attack Fengxiang to force Wanyan Wushu to retreat.
Wan Yanchang took a breath of air. Chen Qing's sword was too accurate. It was the biggest weakness of Jin Bing. All the generals' families were in Fengxiang Mansion. This bastard's eyes were too vicious.
Wan Yanchang walked to the map and looked carefully. Chen Qing sent troops from Baling. He must have taken the Xiangyang Road to Shangzhou and entered Guanzhong. Of course, he might also have entered Guanzhong via Ziwu Valley.
The Jin soldiers could no longer be mobilized, so they had to mobilize the Qi army to prevent Chen Qing's army from entering Guanzhong.
Wan Yanchang immediately ordered: "Prepare the carriage and go to the palace!"
He wanted Liu Yu to send troops to Shangzhou, one was Wuguan and the other was Lantian Pass, two crucial passes.
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Chen Qing traveled at lightning speed and arrived at Baling County in only five days. He ordered Yang Yuanqing to lead 5,000 troops to transport supplies by waterway into Bashu. He himself led 15,000 troops and 1,000 camels to go to Xiangyang Road.
Shangzhou.
At this time, Li Gang also sent an order, ordering Huguang Deputy Envoy Zhe Yanzhi to fully ensure the logistics of Chen Qing's army.
There are two routes for Chen Qing to enter Guanzhong, one is the Shangzhou route, and the other is via the Ziwu Road. Generally, the Shangzhou route is used. The other is relatively close to Dengzhou and has convenient logistics and supplies. This is the most convenient route.
Taking the Ziwu Road is too detoured and extremely risky. If the Ziwu Pass cannot be conquered, there may be no food to return. And even if the Ziwu Pass is captured, there will be no food to support the nearly ten days of the Ziwu Road.
In the afternoon of this day, Chen Qing led the army to Guanghua County. From here, the roads would separate, either heading west to Fangzhou or north to Dengzhou.
Chen Qing ordered the army to stay where they were and rest for the night.
The camp had just been set up when the soldiers came to report, "A man came from outside the camp and said that he and the capital had an agreement with Xiangyang."
Chen Qing thought about it and suddenly realized that Jiang Yan, who surrendered to him in Xiazhou, must have come first. He quickly ordered: "Please come in quickly!"
Not long after, Jiang Yan, wearing a hat and Tsing Yi, walked in quickly. He bowed and saluted, "Jiang Yan has come to join the capital as promised. I hope the capital will accept him!"
Chen Qing was overjoyed and quickly returned the courtesy: "I am lucky that you are willing to help me, sir. Come in and sit down and have a cup of hot tea!"
Chen Qing asked Jiang Yan to sit down in the tent first, and then asked his soldiers to serve hot tea.
Jiang Yan took a sip of tea first, and his body felt much warmer. He smiled and said, "He knew that Dutong would definitely take the Xiangyang Road to Guanzhong."
"Why?"
Jiang Yanxian smiled slightly and said: "If the imperial court wants to relieve the crisis in Bashu, it can only rely on the unification of the capital. The best way for the unification of the capital to relieve the danger is to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao and attack the Fengxiang lair of the Jin soldiers. I am not wrong about my humble position!"
Chen Qing secretly admired that he could be called a hero and saw the same thing. He added: "Sir, it seems you have news to tell me?"
Jiang Yan nodded first, "I got news when I came here that the puppet Qi mobilized 30,000 troops from Guanzhong to gather in Shangzhou. The enemy also knew that they were all going to attack Guanzhong."
Chen Qing sighed in his heart. The only Jin generals who could mobilize 30,000 puppet Qi troops were Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Chang. Wanyan Nianhan was on the Yangzhou front line, and Wanyan Wushu was attacking Sichuan. Then
It can only be Wan Yanchang. There is no need to think about it. It must be Qin Hui who revealed his attack target and attack route to Wan Yanchang.
The offensive route determined by Chen Qing in the imperial study was to capture Shangzhou, establish a logistics base in Shangzhou, and then attack Guanzhong from Shangzhou.
But when Chen Qing gave advice to the emperor, Qin Hui was right next to him. How could he not be wary of Qin Hui? This means that soldiers are not afraid of deceit. He, Chen Qinghui, didn't even understand this?
"Sir, do you have any good suggestions?"
Jiang Yanxian smiled and said: "The section of Danshui in Xiangyang is not frozen, but the section in Shangzhou is frozen. If we all want to attack Wuguan, we can send a surprise army to enter Shangzhou along the ice of Danshui and directly bypass it.
Get behind Wuguan and attack Wuguan from the front and back, and Wuguan will not be able to defend it."
Chen Qing nodded and walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "If I want to walk through Ziwu Valley again, is there any way sir to solve the food and grass problem for me?"
