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Chapter 928 Destroy Jin! Destroy Jin!

With one stab, the head fell to the ground.¤:¤

The prime minister of the Han Dynasty, the living dragon, the symbol of wisdom, the defender of justice, the famous Zhuge Liang, was killed like this.

Zhao Yun looked at the falling head and let out a long breath, as if the anger he had accumulated for a long time was finally vented.

The great feud of the Zhao family was finally over.

Zhao Yun took a deep breath, the anger on his face gradually faded, and he soon regained his composure.

After beheading Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun then made a report to the emperor Yan Liang and told him that he was beheading Zhuge Liang to thank Yan Liang for his kindness in avenging his great hatred.

Yan Liang knew that Zhao Yun would not let Zhuge Liang go, and Zhuge Liang's result was also within his expectation.

Thinking about this enemy who had been against him for many years, second only to Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and now his body and head were separated, Yan Liang also let out a long breath of evil, and felt extremely relieved.

Yan Liang ordered that Zhuge Liang's head be hung on the north gate of Luoyang and could not be taken down for a year to shock people.

After destroying Zhuge Liang, Yan Liang's next move was naturally to send his troops north to destroy Sima Yi, the ambitious wolf.

Now that the first snow has fallen and the entire Fenhe River is frozen, there is nothing that can stop Yan Liang's troops from destroying the Jin Dynasty.

A few days later, Yan Liang gave the order to mobilize an army of 300,000 troops and divide it into four groups to attack Jin.

On the Youzhou side, Taishi Ci led 30,000 Youzhou troops to attack Daijun and threaten the northern part of Jin.

Jizhou's middle army, led by Wei Yan, led 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Jin Dynasty's waist from Jingxing Pass.

Yan Liang then led a personal expedition, led an army of 240,000, crossed the Yellow River north, and marched directly to Jinyang.

Hundreds of thousands of troops marched towards the Jin Kingdom from all directions. In this cold winter, the sky above the northern country was quickly covered by the dark clouds of war.

Yan Liang led his army across the river and entered Hedong County. A few days later, he settled in Pingyang City. With Pingyang City's grain and grass supply base, the army headed north.

News of the Chu army's massive attack soon spread throughout the Jin state, and the officials and people of the Jin state were shocked.

Jinyang City, Imperial Palace.

Above the Golden Palace, the atmosphere was solemn.

The news of the Chu army's invasion of 300,000 troops greatly frightened the Jin Dynasty's monarchs and ministers. Sima Yi summoned all ministers to discuss countermeasures, but the ministers were all anxious and unable to come up with any perfect strategy.

It's no wonder. Since the defeat at Linfen in the previous campaign, the Jin army lost more than 10,000 troops, and its strength has been severely damaged.

The current situation is that Sima Yi has no more than 50,000 local Jin troops at his disposal. With these troops, even with the help of the Xianbei people, the military strength is still a bit shabby compared to the Chu army.

Moreover, King Kebi of Wei could be restrained by Murong Xianbei in the east. Even if he sent troops to help, he probably wouldn't be able to send many troops.

Under this situation, the situation was unfavorable to Jin.

"Dai County has been a dangerous place in the world since ancient times. With Han Meng and capable generals, only 10,000 troops and horses are enough. As for the middle road, Jingxing is the most dangerous place in the world. I thought that if 10,000 troops were stationed, it would be enough to stop the enemy from advancing westward. This way

If so, we only need to concentrate our main force to prevent the main force of the Chu army in the south from advancing northward. We only need to wait until the beginning of next spring, and when the rain falls and the mountain roads become muddy, the Chu army will naturally retreat without a fight."

At the critical moment, Jia Kui stood up and spoke eloquently to share Sima Yi's worries.

After hearing his opinions, the ministers were slightly excited and seemed to see a lot of hope.

Sima Yi nodded slightly. With his intelligence, how could he not have thought of the strategy mentioned by Jia Kui?

He knew very well that facing the Chu State, his Jin State had almost no advantages except geographical location.

The mountains and rivers inside and outside Bingzhou are not inferior to those of Shu, a country with natural dangers. Even if there is no obstruction from the Fen River flood, there is nothing to fear from the Chu army.

Sima Yi pondered for a long time, then stood up and looked around the ministers, strong confidence flowing on his face.

"All the heroes in the world have been destroyed, but I am the only one left. Our country, the Jin Dynasty, is the last obstacle to prevent the Yan thieves from annexing the world, and it is also the last hope for the common people in the world. For the sake of justice, for the sake of benevolence and righteousness, and for the sake of our country, the Jin Dynasty, I decree

You will fight side by side with me and fight to the death against the invasion of the Yan thieves."

Sima Yi's solemn and bold words inspired the morale of Jin's ministers.

At the bottom of the stairs, Jia Kui, Wang Ling and other ministers, as well as Sima Lang, Sima Fu and other relatives were also impassioned and declared that they would fight Yan Liang to the death.

With the people's hearts encouraged, Sima Yi issued several orders in succession to mobilize all the strength of the Jin State to resist the Chu army's attack.

In the north of Dai County, Sima Yi used his brother Sima Lang as a guard and went to Dai County to "assist" Han Meng in guarding the northern gate of Jin.

In the middle, Sima Yi ordered Sima Fu to command 10,000 troops and defend Jingxing Pass.

Sima Yi then led the main force south to Xihe County to block the main force of the Chu army from moving north.

In addition, Sima Yi also ordered to marry the daughters of Tuoba and Xiaozhong Xianbei nobles to form a marriage alliance with Xianbei and borrow troops from the Xianbei people to fight against Chu.

Jin armies and Xianbei armies came out from all directions and went to the border areas of Jin to resist the Chu army's attack.

In order to prevent the Chu army from moving north, Sima Yi ordered his troops to cut down trees and destroy mountains and rocks to fill up the mountain roads in southern Shanxi and delay the Chu army from moving north.

In order to deal with the Chu army's city-breaking artillery, Sima Yi had already ordered all the passes along the way to be reinforced with rocks to increase their sturdiness.

As for the Chu army's water dragon cannons, Sima Yi had already made preparations. He ordered each pass to dig shelter holes in the pass before winter and stockpile a large amount of dry firewood to cope with the Chu army's tactics of freezing the city.

Now Sima Yi had tried his best to stop the Chu army's attack.



Jiexiu, Chu army camp.

Yan Liang stood at the tent door, clasping his hands and looking at the dangerous pass standing in the mountains. There was a bit of coldness on Yingwu's face.

"The danger of Bingzhou is indeed well-deserved..." Yan Liang sighed secretly in his heart.

Although Yan Liang had a main force of more than 200,000, he could only advance along the narrow roads on both sides of the Fen River, and had to attack the Jin army's passes one after another along the way.

After dispatching troops for nearly a month, the Chu army spent a lot of effort to reach Jiexiu from Yong'an, advancing less than a hundred miles.

From Jiexiu to the north, there are seven or eight fortifications such as Wu County and Jingling. Each of them is a stone city built on the mountain. If Yan Liang advances at this speed, he is afraid that he may not be able to defeat him until the beginning of next spring.

Killed at the foot of Jinyang City.

If the war is postponed until the beginning of spring, and a heavy rain occurs, the originally rugged mountain roads in Bingzhou will become muddy in an instant, and flash floods will occur.

At that time, Yan Liang could only choose to retreat.

Yan Liang had to admit that Sima Yi, a wolf, did have a good defense. It was no wonder that in the past, he could defend until Zhuge Liang was beaten to death.

"Your Majesty, I think that Bingzhou is not as good as Hebei, so it is not a good strategy to continue to attack like this." Xu Shu added.

After Yan Liang returned to Luoyang this time, he left Prime Minister Pang Tong in Luoyang to assist the prince in charge of the government in handling government affairs. Therefore, during the northern expedition, Yan Liang only used Xu Shu and Fazheng as his army staff.

"Sima Yi is fully prepared. All the passes have been specially reinforced. Our water dragon cannons and city-breaking cannons can't do anything. As Yuan Zhi said, it is not a wise move to continue the attack and only lose soldiers and soldiers."

Fazheng also added some words.

Yan Liang turned around and glanced at the two of them, "If we don't attack by force, is there any way to attack Jinyang?"

Xu Shu and Fazheng looked at each other, their brows deeply furrowed, both thinking hard about strategies.

After a while, Xu Shu's eyes suddenly lit up. He rushed to the hung map in a few steps and scanned it repeatedly.

Seeing his expression, Yan Liang knew that Xu Shu must have some strange idea.

Sure enough, not long after, the corners of Xu Shu's mouth turned slightly strange.

He raised his head, traced a spot on the map with his finger, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, since we can't open the road to Jinyang City from the front, why not change our thinking and attack in a roundabout way?"

"A roundabout attack?" Yan Liang perked up and followed what Xu Shu was pointing at. His thoughts were racing, and a hint of excitement appeared on his face in a blink of an eye.

At this time, Fazheng's face was full of surprise: "Your Majesty, Yuan Zhi's plan is brilliant. I believe that Sima Yi will concentrate all his efforts on guarding the south. He will be merciful in this area. We can use that as a breakthrough."

Yan Liang put his hands behind his back, pondered and weighed it again and again, nodded solemnly, and said happily: "Very good, Yuan Zhi's plan is very good, I will follow your plan."

Two days later, the Chu army located directly south of Jiexiu Pass began to slowly retreat.

Two hundred thousand Chu troops retreated one after another. Within a few days, they retreated from Jiexiu to Yong'an.

In the process of retreating, the Chu army moved away all the people living in a radius of hundreds of miles, and burned the cities and passes everywhere to a white ground.

Various actions of the Chu army were soon reported to Sima Yi, who was supervising the battle in Jingling City.

This news lifted the spirits of Sima Yi and his monarchs.

"The Chu army must have been unable to attack for a long time and could not withstand the bitter cold in Bingzhou, so they had to withdraw their troops." Jia Kui said excitedly.

Sima Yi had a somewhat confident smile on his face, as if he was proud of his strategic success. He slightly stroked his short beard, and his whole body gradually became filled with a bit of pride.

"The Yan thief is full of tricks. I am worried that his retreat this time is just a pretense, and he will come back soon. I send an order to all the armies not to relax their vigilance and to guard the city tightly to prevent the Chu army from raiding."

Although Sima Yi was confident and proud, he did not dare to look down upon Yan Liang, fearing that Yan Liang would suddenly catch him off guard if he retreated in order to advance.

However, Sima Yi's caution was dispelled by the scout's intelligence.

The main force of the Chu army had retreated to the Pingyang area, and Yan Liang himself led the Chinese army to retreat to the Hedong area in the south and had begun to cross the Yellow River south.

All signs clearly and mistakenly indicate that Yan Liang is indeed planning to withdraw his troops.

Just when Sima Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Yan Liang was already sitting on the red rabbit horse, walking on the frozen ice of the Yellow River.

"This time, Sima Yiyuan is in good spirits. If we fight again next year, your Majesty will definitely be able to wipe out the Jin Kingdom." Zhou Cang said boldly from the side. He seemed to think that Yan Liang was depressed because of his retreat, so he tactfully cheered Yan Liang up.

Yan Liang sneered: "Who said I was going to retreat."

Zhou Cang was stunned for a moment, with a confused look on his face, thinking to himself that the army had already reached the Yellow River, so what else could it be if they didn't retreat?

"Pass my decree, the army will turn back to the southeast, follow me and rush to Dangjun, and go straight to Huguan!" Yan Liang's voice was like thunder, and he raised his whip and shouted.


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