On the third day of November in the first winter of Xianxi, it was the winter solstice, and there was a sudden heavy snowfall, and the weather was cold.

After the winter solstice, the temperature drops, and after the heavy snowfall, the temperature plummets, and the snow does not melt in winter. There are years when the winter snow sits, the weather is extremely cold, the cold is unbearable, and the common people have no warm clothing, and many of them freeze to death on the road.

Of course, no matter how cold the weather is, he can't freeze the noble Jin King Sima Zhao, at this moment he is in the warm pavilion of the Jin Palace, dressed in light clothes, holding a scroll, is looking at it attentively, the room is warm, two attendants are cooking wine under the steps, and the wine is fragrant.

"King Qi Jin, Jia Chong, the middle guard, and Pei Xiu, the regular attendant of the loose cavalry, are waiting outside the palace." An attendant stepped forward to report.

Jia Chong and Pei Xiu were summoned by Sima Zhao just now, the weather was cold, and it was the Winter Festival, and all the officials were resting, but Sima Zhao didn't rest, the war in Jingyi and the two states was in full swing, and there were many reports like snowflakes.

"Please!" Sima Zhao put down the file and ordered Jia Chong and Pei Xiu to come in.

Jia Chong and Pei Xiu were both dressed in thick furs, shook off the snowflakes on their bodies, rubbed their hands that were red from the cold, and paid homage to Sima Zhao together after coming in. "The minister greets His Royal Highness the King of Jin."

"Excuse me." Sima Zhao looked at Jia Chong Pei Xiu's frozen blue cheeks and red purple nose, and couldn't help but laugh secretly, and said with concern: "It's cold outside, Gonglu, Ji Yan, the wine is cooked here, drink two cups to warm up your body first." ”

"King Xie Jin." Jia Chong Pei Xiu was indeed so cold that he was wearing a robe and riding in a warm car. It was because they stood outside Sima Zhao's palace for a while, they were shivering from the cold, which showed how cold the weather was, and the two of them drank the hot wine handed over by the attendants, and their bodies were a little warm.

"King Jin is urgently summoned, but something big has happened?" Jia Chong took the lead.

Sima Zhao pointed to the document on the case. Said: "It's not very important, it's just that the war in Jingyi Erzhou is stalemate, Zhong Hui and Yanghu are asking for reinforcements, Lone is also worried, the army that can fight has been transferred to the front line, even in the area of Jingshi, the garrison has nothing left, and if you send reinforcements, Lone is also stretched." ”

Now it's freezing in the north. It is not suitable to use troops, but the weather in the south has not been cold enough to shoot, so the war in Yizhou and Jingzhou has not stopped, and the Wu State has been fighting for many years, and the military strength and grain and grass are very consumed. If the war continues for another year and a half, I am afraid that even the powerful Wei State will be unable to sustain it.

Don't look at the Wei State, which claims to have 600,000 troops. However, the army of 180,000 has been invested in Shu, and the army of 250,000 has been invested in Wu, and nearly seventy percent of the army has been transferred to the front line, and even the garrison in the area of Luoyang is empty, not to mention other states and counties, and Wei has ten prefectures under its jurisdiction. The current garrison in each state is only one or two hundred thousand, and these troops are already the lowest guarantee, and if he transfers troops to the front line, Sima Zhao is indeed a deep headache.

Yanghu and Du Pre's attack on Xiling did not go well, despite the fact that an army of 150,000 was invested. But the Wu people's determination to defend Xiling is very great, the gains and losses of Xiling are related to the back road to enter the Wu army in Yizhou, once Xiling is lost, the logistics channel of the entire Wu army is cut off, which is an unbearable burden for the Wu State. Therefore, Wu sent Lu Kai, the general of Zhengbei, to Xiling to command the battle, and gathered heavy troops to defend Xiling.

Of course, the Wei army was not completely without gains, although Xiling was not conquered, but it took Dangyang and Zhijiang east of Xiling, which posed a threat to Jiangling, Nanjun, an important town in Jingzhou, which made Sun Hao, the lord of Wu, feel pressure.

Compared with the simplicity and clarity of the situation in Jingzhou, the situation in Yizhou can be described as a dog's tooth staggering, the three parties are involved in the melee, some cities in Guanghan County, East Guanghan County and Zitong County have changed hands several times, Lu Kang defended Fucheng and Luocheng to the death, but Zhonghui successfully conquered Jinzhu and Wucheng, and divided the Fu and Wu armies into two sections, and they could not care about each other. However, on the southern front, the Wu army captured the city of Yun, which directly threatened the ruins of Chengdu occupied by the Wei army.

The fierce battle between Wu and Wei in Shuzhong, instead of stopping, is becoming more and more intense, no wonder Zhong Hui repeatedly wrote to ask for reinforcements, the confrontation in Yizhou played a critical moment, both sides were bitten to death, as long as they relaxed at this time, it is likely to lose the opportunity to annex Yizhou.

As for Jiang Wei, he has always played the role of a spoiler, relying on the favorable terrain in Shuzhong, and has started a sports war out of nowhere, whether it is Wei or Wu, he will take a bite when he has the opportunity. Jiang Wei took Langzhong as a stronghold, attacked everywhere, attacked Zitong to the west, and constantly harassed Jiangzhou to the south, so that Zhong Hui and Lu Kang were tired of coping.

Although Sima Zhao sat in Luoyang, he had a clear understanding of the overall situation of the world, whether it was in the direction of Yizhou and Jingzhou, the Wei army still had an advantage in overall strength, and there was no need to increase troops at all.

Jia Chong said: "Zhong will have 150,000 soldiers, after many years of fighting, although there are many casualties, but the Wu people also have a lot of casualties, overall, in Yizhou, our troops still occupy the upper hand, now into the Shu army, the number of troops is not a problem, grain and grass is given is the most difficult, the more people sent, the more difficult it is to supply grain and grass, thousands of miles of hanging grain, nearly seventy percent of the grain and grass is consumed in the middle of the transportation, Shu Road is difficult, Hanzhong Avenue is not smooth, the lack of grain and grass will inevitably lead to the frontline of the army difficulties. The minister thought that it was necessary to take Hancheng, Lecheng, and Jinjin in Hanzhong as soon as possible, and open up the entire Hanzhong passage, so that it would be possible to transport grain from Guanzhong to Yizhou unimpeded. ”

Sima Zhao nodded, at the beginning of the year, he had ordered Zhong Hui to send people to take the two cities of Hanle, but because of the fierce war in Shuzhong, Zhong Hui lacked skills, and he has not been able to open up the main road in Hanzhong, which cannot but be said to be a failure. The expenditure of the 150,000 army is by no means a minority, and the Shu land is a scorched earth, thousands of miles of red land, the Wei army can not be the enemy to eat, the required grain and grass, all have to be paid by Guanzhong, compared to the smooth waterway transportation of the Wu State, all the grain and grass of the Shu army must go through the difficult and long Shu Road, so this situation must be improved.

At this time, someone outside the palace reported: "King Qijin, there is an urgent book in Longxi." (To be continued.) )