Hanzhong, the former fiefdom of the King of Hanzhong, was later raided by the Shu army, and almost all of Hanzhong was occupied by the Shu army. However, when the King of Hanzhong became angry and put in the army of the northern overlord Zhao, the place quickly changed.
situation.
The Shu army and the Han army fought in Hanzhong for more than three months. Both sides spent money and food, and even lost troops and generals. Both the Han army and the Shu army suffered heavy losses in the process of fighting in Hanzhong. But with the new force of the Zhao army,
After joining, the results came out quickly. In the end, two-thirds of Hanzhong was occupied by the Zhao army. The remaining one-third was defended by the Han army. The rich areas in Hanzhong basically fell into the hands of the Zhao army.
Naturally, the Shu army was not willing to let the Zhao army take away the fruit they had obtained. Therefore, less than a month later, due to insufficient preparations, insufficient reserves of grain and grass materials, and inconvenient mobilization, the Shu army launched another counterattack against Hanzhong. But just
Both the Zhao army and the Shu army in Hanzhong were competing for consumption.
At the critical moment of the war of attrition for money and food, the Han army, which was defeated by the Shu army and surrendered most of the territory under the jurisdiction of Hanzhong, suddenly went south and attacked the Qi army occupying Wuling Mansion in the southwest of Jingzhou. They attacked Wuling Mansion in one fell swoop and wiped out Hanzhong.
Hanzhong, where the king lost his title, suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Shu army.
Wuling Mansion in the southwest of Jingzhou was originally a subordinate area of Jingzhou. When the Han army and the Luo army jointly attacked Jingzhou and captured Jingzhou, the Shu army located in Yizhou and Ningzhou suddenly attacked and took advantage of the Han army and the Luo army.
Luo
The army claimed to have occupied this place. At first, the Han army and the Luo army were far outnumbered by the Shu army, and the Zhao army did not approach the south, leaving the Shu army without a strong foreign enemy. Therefore, the Luo army and the Han army had to attack Wuling.
The government gave in.
But now the Zhao army has a profound influence on the Shu army in the Hanzhong area in the north of Yizhou. Of course, this is not a good influence. Therefore, the Shu army cannot ignore the pressure of foreign enemies as usual. And
The Shu army had fought against the Han army and the Zhao army several times in Hanzhong before, which caused great problems in the Shu army's logistics and troop mobilization.[
Therefore, after the King of Hanzhong raided Wuling Mansion and occupied Wuling Mansion, King Shu Che had to let his defeated general Situ Fei, King of Hanzhong, counterattack him and capture Wuling Mansion. Although King Situ Che of Shu was very angry
, although he wanted to immediately send his army to counterattack the King of Hanzhong, but Situ Che
Now it is clear that the current situation of the Shu Army has suffered heavy losses. Although it can also mobilize troops from other places, this cannot be completed in a short time. In addition, the Shu Army fought hard with the Han Army and Zhao Army three times.
A total of more than 100,000 troops were mobilized, and countless grains and supplies were consumed.
Therefore, there are also problems with the logistics of the Shu army. Even if Situ Che, the king of Shu, wants to retaliate and counterattack, he does not have the ability at the moment. Of course, if it is just the Han army, Situ Che will not be afraid. But
, but to the north, the Zhao army is approaching in large numbers, and has the ability to move south at any time. Compared with the entire Yizhou governed by one prefecture in Jingzhou, the land of one prefecture in Jingzhou is naturally not worth mentioning.
Therefore, after the Han army occupied the land of Wuling Mansion, Situ Che could only give up the counterattack against the Han army and sit back and watch the Han army take the land of Wuling Mansion from him. This battle not only made Situ Che's original plan
In addition to the failure of the strategy of fighting Zhao Jun's attrition, it also caused him to lose face.
You must know that this Han army was the enemy that his Shu army had defeated before, but this enemy he had just defeated was now defeated with a group of remnants and captured the land from him. More importantly, although he defeated
He defeated the Han army, but failed to gain any benefit from it.
The extremely angry Situ Che suppressed the anger in his heart and the idea of counterattacking the Han army. He gave up the fight for Wuling Mansion and deployed his troops in the south of Jingzhou. At the same time, Situ Che also began to order his troops to step up their reserves of grain and grass supplies.
and weapons and equipment, and at the same time recruit new soldiers and prepare for training.
Of course, for Situ Che, the Han army did not pose a great threat to him. At most, it would make him lose face. For the Shu army, the greater threat was not the Han army, but the Zhao army occupying Hanzhong.
. Zhao Guo is powerful, and I am afraid that any normal person knows it now. Although I dare not say that if it is strong now, it will be strong in the future, but at least the current strength of Zhao Guo is no longer something that the Shu army can resist.
Therefore, when he was attacked by the Han army behind his back and raised the banner of alliance with the Zhao army, Situ Che had to give up and continue to fight with the Zhao army, and retreated the army to Yizhou to guard against the Zhao army going south from Jingzhou and entering.
The land east of Yizhou.
And Situ Che also knew very well that the land of Hanzhong had already been with him since he ordered the withdrawal. He had still had concerns about Hanzhong before. That was because the Zhao army had recently taken over the land of Hanzhong and its foundation in Hanzhong was insufficient.
And Zhao Jun also lacked food. So
, he dared to launch a counterattack against the Zhao army in the Hanzhong land, and even compete with the opponent. However, with his withdrawal, the Zhao army in the Hanzhong land will definitely get time to relax and repair. Then, the consequences will be
Zhao Jun's territory in Hanzhong was completely consolidated.
Situ Che was very clear about the new policies and systems of the Zhao State in the areas under his jurisdiction. Not to mention the areas under the jurisdiction of the Zhao State, even the areas under the jurisdiction of the Shu State were also using many things from the Zhao State. When Situ Che was still fighting back
The military restructuring implemented in the army actually came from the military system of the State of Zhao. After this defeat, Situ Che accelerated the process of implementing military restructuring in the Shu army under his command.
"My dear friends, what should we do now? After the Zhao army takes Yangping Pass, our attack on Hanzhong will be basically impossible. The attack on us by the Zhao army from the north will be much smoother. Now
To the north of our Shu army is the Zhao army, to the northeast is the Han army, and to the southeast is the Qi army of Jiaozhou. We are surrounded by enemies on three sides. I'm afraid it will be difficult for us.
To deal with it! Especially now that Zhao Jun has begun to transport a large amount of food into Hanzhong, and Zhao Jun has gradually established a foothold in Hanzhong, the problems we will need to face in the future will be more serious. I don’t know what your beloved ministers think of our Shu army’s next step.
Do you have any opinions on the action?" In the side hall, King Situ Che of Shu asked Lin Shiwen, Li Mingzhan and other important ministers with a solemn expression.
Lin Shiwen and others did not speak, but their faces were as solemn as Situ Che's. Because their detailed work in Hanzhong had returned news, for more than a month, the Zhao army in the north continued to transport a large number of troops.
Grain and grass supplies arrived in Hanzhong, and they have not stopped to this day.
Nowadays, Zhao Jun's dilemma in Hanzhong has been completely resolved, and he no longer has to worry about Zhao Jun's food problem in Hanzhong. In other words, Zhao Jun has completely established a foothold in Hanzhong. According to the system and policies implemented by Zhao Jun in Hanzhong
, it is not a problem at all for Zhao Jun to take over Hanzhong and stabilize Hanzhong.
Moreover, for the Shu army, a piece of bad news also came in. That is, the remnants of the powerful families in Hanzhong and the Shu army's spies in Hanzhong were basically swept away by the Zhao army.
middle
, all were eliminated. Moreover, the Zhao army from Hanzhong and the Zhao army from Liangzhou began to converge, and they gathered in the south of Yinping Mansion. They were expected to join forces and march south to Yizhou, making the officials and powerful families in Yizhou fearless.
Zhao Jun, who has solved the food crisis, is now capable of counterattacking Yizhou. In other words, Zhao Jun in Hanzhong can now retaliate at any time for the previous Shu army's attack on Hanzhong. However, although Zhao Jun in Hanzhong still has the ability to go south.
I mean, but in this more than a month, a
No action was taken until now. Especially in the last ten days or so, after Hanzhong Zhao Jun had completely stopped worrying about logistics issues, he still did not take action. This made Situ Che's worries become more and more intense, and he had to wait every other day.
It is necessary to summon important ministers to discuss the northern issue.
"Why? You're not talking? Are you afraid of the Zhao army in the north or do you think our Shu army has no hope?" Looking at the silent ministers in the palace, Situ Che's face couldn't help but darken.
Seeing Situ Che's anger, the courtiers in the palace couldn't help but lower their heads lower. For a long time, before Situ Che was about to get angry, Lin Shiwen said: "Your Majesty, we don't have to worry about the Zhao army in the north now. Although the Zhao army keeps coming.
to transport grain and grass supplies from Yongzhou to the south. However, Yongzhou and Hanzhong
The unsmooth passage between them severely restricted Zhao Jun's transportation volume. In other words, it seemed that Zhao Jun transported grain and grass supplies for a month, but in fact, they had just solved the dilemma of Zhao Jun in Hanzhong.
That’s all. Even if they have a surplus of food stored, it’s not enough to provide them with a war.”
"In addition, if Zhao Jun really intends to go south, he will never intend to gather a large army. Instead, he will suddenly go south and catch us by surprise. His actions now are clearly aimed at directing our scouts' sight on them, giving them a
We are just adding pressure. Therefore, we need to worry about this matter. All we need is to tightly defend the border areas."
Situ Che said suspiciously: "Really? However, the Zhao army from Liangzhou has already merged with the Zhao army from Hanzhong in the northern part of Yizhou, and they can arrive at Yizhou at any time. Moreover, they are also doing something at the same time
How can we be careless in preparing for an attack?"
Lin Shiwen's expression remained unchanged and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Zhao Jun did this to let us know that they are going to take action against us, so that we have to gather heavy troops in Yizhou. Zhao Jun's real purpose is nothing else.
, just to allow the Han army to the east to occupy Wuling Mansion, we had to give up the counterattack against the Han army. The Han army was not only an ally of the Zhao army, but also an ally of the Zhao army.
The army threatens another team on our flank. With the temperament of the King of Hanzhong, I am afraid that we will be our number one enemy in this life. Even the Zhao army will be ranked behind us. Therefore, the Zhao army needs the Han army to stand firm in Wuling Mansion.
, we need the Han army to go south to the Yangtze River and attack our eastern region at any time. When necessary, together with the Zhao army in Hanzhong, attack us from the east and west sides."
After hearing what Lin Shiwen said, Situ Che's expression changed, which made him feel both angry and regretful! What was annoying was that Zhao Jun was clearly mobilizing them by doing this, but they had to mobilize heavy troops to Yizhou.
A large number of troops gathered in the Yizhou area. After all, if Zhao Jun really goes south, Yizhou will bear the brunt and become Zhao Jun's primary target.[
What Situ Che regretted was that he should have listened to Lin Shiwen's words and not take action against Hanzhong. Even if he took action against Hanzhong, he would have to wait until the Han army was in crisis, or when the Han army and Zhao army were fighting first. However,
, he didn’t listen to Lin at first
With Shiwen's persuasion, he finally carried out a sneak attack on Hanzhong. As a result, he destroyed the entire southern princes alliance and made him a mortal enemy of the Han army. The king of Hanzhong would rather let Hanzhong fall into the hands of the princes' great enemy, King Zhao Xun.
, and didn’t want to fall into his hands, Situ Che.
It's nothing to anger the King of Hanzhong, but it destroyed the alliance of southern princes, and the situation was very bad for the southern princes. In the past, Situ Che thought that he was located in the southwest corner, had no contact with the Zhao army, and would not be attacked by the Zhao army.
Therefore, he has never taken the alliance of princes to heart
This was one of the reasons why he insisted on taking action against Hanzhong. But now, Situ Che finally understood the feelings of the former kings of Hanzhong and Luoyang. But now, when he wanted to rely on the alliance of princes to jointly fight against the Zhao army, he discovered that he had already
He personally destroyed the alliance of princes.
What's the point of regret, so Situ Che could only sigh secretly in his heart, and at the same time began to carry out some reforms in the Shu Kingdom, focusing his energy on the military restructuring and people's livelihood. It's funny to say that in the past, Zhao Jun was attacking
After the other princes, he, Situ Che, did not properly rectify the internal situation. Instead, he attacked east and west. Now that he found himself defeated by the Zhao army, he began to rectify the internal situation.
Seeing that Situ Che's face was ugly, Li Mingzhan, the right prime minister, said urgently: "Don't be upset, your Majesty. Although Zhao Jun used this method to contain the army in Yizhou, it is also beneficial to us. After all, we are currently reorganizing the army.
The large number of troops gathered here is also very convenient for us. At least, during this period of time, we have basically completed
Various restructuring of the army. The combat power of the army has now increased a lot. Because of the actual payment of soldiers' salaries and rewards for military merit, the soldiers no longer only worry about war. Therefore, at this time, we need to
Forget about other things, as long as we take care of the people's livelihood issues and increase the combat effectiveness of the army, then we will have achieved great gains."
"In addition, I suggest that we should give up our intention to regain the Wuling Mansion at this moment, and instead immediately contact the Luo Army and the Qi Army to form an alliance with them to resist the Zhao Army. Now that the Zhao Army is powerful, neither of us can fight against the Zhao Army alone.
Therefore, jointly uniting is our best way out."
"Unite the Luo army and the Qi army? Will they agree?" Situ Che's expression suddenly changed. The Shu army really needed allies at this moment, but since his surprise attack on the Han army, this so-called alliance has long been gone.
There is no connection anymore.
Li Mingzhan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, they will agree, and they must agree."
"The Luo Army is located in the south of Yongzhou, and is in the same state as the Han Army. Although the Luo Army was not attacked by the Zhao Army, the land of Jingzhou is now greatly influenced by Yongzhou. Why can the Han Army be able to
Go south to capture our Wuling Prefecture? Why did Zhao Xun choose the Han army to contain us from behind and support the Zhao army in Hanzhong, instead of sending the Luo army, which was more powerful and had deep trade relations with Yongzhou? Can the Han army succeed?
, can’t Luo Jun do it?”
"No, it's not that the Luo army is incompetent, nor does it have to be the Han army. It's that the Zhao army doesn't want the Luo army to be strong and doesn't need the Luo army to monopolize Jingzhou. Therefore, the Zhao army is the whole army that we almost defeated.
The King of Hanzhong, who was in the prime of his life, provided food and supplies, soldiers and armor, and formed an alliance with the Han army.
, at this moment, we are still trying to contain our army for the Han army. The purpose of the Zhao army is obviously to make the Han army strong again and once again able to share the land of Jingzhou equally with the Luo army. For the Zhao army, the two princes carve up Jingzhou.
It is much easier to deal with than one prince monopolizing Jingzhou."
"Of course, the King of Luoyang can understand this. The King of Luoyang provided a batch of grain and grass supplies to the Han army in an upright manner. What was its purpose? It was not to suppress the Han army and make himself the lord of Jingzhou. However, Zhao Jun this time
His actions caused the King of Hanzhong to rise again, and there was another
In order to share Jingzhou equally with the King of Luoyang. More importantly, the now weak Han army has become an ally of the Zhao army. This has seriously hindered the King of Luoyang's ambitions for Jingzhou. Therefore, the King of Luoyang now also hopes that
Someone can fight against the Zhao army, and someone can work with him to suppress the Han army."
"As for the Qi Army, let alone the Jieyi Army, which is becoming more and more powerful now. This is obvious proof. The Jieyi Army came from the Zhao State. This is something everyone knows. Although there may be accidents, it is not the Zhao Army.
We took action, but there is no doubt that Zhao Jun was deeply involved."
"In addition, the Xuzhou Zhao army to the north of the Qi army made preparations to move south many times when the Qi army was stationed in the north of the army and was preparing to go south to encircle and suppress the Jieyi army occupying the eastern part of Yangzhou. The Qi army had to stay in place and prepare for the battle.
.This must have made King Qi very angry, so now, like us, he is very
We need the support of the princes. Therefore, it is inevitable that we form an alliance with them." After a pause, Li Mingzhan continued: "No matter what happened in the past, we should look at the present. Your Majesty, I and Lord Lin have entered
After discussion, they all agreed that it would be best to immediately send envoys to contact these two families and form an alliance with them."
"Even if we cannot form an alliance, we must reach a closer relationship. If we reach an alliance with these two princes, or reach an agreement to fight against the Zhao army, then we can move the garrison in the northwest of Jiaozhou that borders them.
Being able to mobilize a lot of them will allow us to reduce the number of troops stationed here, and thus have more men and horses available for deployment."
Situ Che thought for a while, nodded and said: "What Aiqing said is very reasonable. I understand that there is no problem in forming an alliance with them. Let's do this. You and Lin Aiqing will be responsible for this matter. It is best to form an alliance, even if
No, we must let the three parties have the intention to jointly fight against Zhao Jun."