Chapter 825: A Big Game of Chess
But the plan never changed quickly, and when Liu Yuan was full of ambition to gather all the troops that could be gathered and was ready to make a big move, the entire southern front was suddenly changing and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the past two years, in order to eliminate the Shu army that entered the Shangdang, Liu Yuan spent too many troops and energy, so that he could only take a defensive position on the Hanoi front line and deal with the Jin army.
But Liu Yuan forgot that his opponent was not an ordinary person, but the famous general Yanghu, who was a famous general in the entire Wei and Jin Three Kingdoms era, and how could Qi Wannian, Hao Yuandu, Peng Dangzhong and others be able to fight against it.
Although Qi Wannian and others have more troops than Yanghu, in the repeated wars, Qi Wannian and others rarely win, especially in the battle of Wenxian at the beginning of the year, Yanghu with 30,000 people in one fell swoop defeated Qi Wannian and others' 70,000 soldiers and horses, beheaded nearly 20,000 enemies, completely recovered all the territory on the north bank of the Yellow River, and can be regarded as lifting the threat of Luoyang, which has been in crisis.
After that, Yanghu marched again, recovering Yixian, Yewang and Qinshui one after another, and completely expelled Qi Wannian and others from Hanoi County.
Since the rebellion of the Hu people, the Jin army is a rare victory, the loss of the division and humiliation, the collapse of the army, the Jin country, a mourning all over the field, the capital Luoyang, and even always under the threat of the Hu people's iron hooves, even Sima Yan has more than once germinated the idea of moving the capital. Yanghu recovered Hanoi County, the Jin court was jubilant, and Sima Yan was secretly relieved.
Now that the Jin State is fighting on two fronts in the north and south at the same time, the severity of the situation is so severe that Sima Yan is a little out of breath. After the Xiangyang Rebellion, Zhong Hui had successively conquered several counties such as Shangyong, Xincheng, and Jiangxia, and hooked up with the Wu State, as if the Jingzhou region under his control had become a country within a country.
Sima Yan's hatred for Zhong Hui is more than for anyone, you must know that Zhong Hui is just a lackey raised by the Sima family, Sima Zhao was alive, he trusted Zhong Hui a lot, and entrusted him with the great task of cutting down Shu, but this is such a white-eyed wolf, in vain the favor of the Sima family to him, at the most critical juncture of the Jin Kingdom, in the critical place of Sima Yan's henchmen, he stabbed him fiercely, this kind of pain made Sima Yan unforgettable for the rest of his life.
Therefore, the person Sima Yan hates the most is no more than Zhonghui, and the person he wants to get rid of the most is not as good as Zhonghui, but in the past two years, Sima Yan has just thought about it, the rebellion of the Hu people has already made him anxious, how can he still have the strength to deal with Zhonghui, in order to prevent Zhonghui from infiltrating to the north and threatening Luoyang, Sima Yan also had to send Du Pre to lead troops to garrison Nanyang to prevent Zhonghui.
A dignified Great Jin Dynasty has actually fallen like this, how can it not make Sima Yan heartbroken. Lu Kang, who entered and occupied Yiyang, was eyeing Runan and Huainan, Sima Yan was also forced to take a defensive position against Eastern Wu, and the Jin State did not even have the ability to recover Yiyang, and the entire southern front repeatedly contracted the defensive line, and the situation was extremely passive.
This big victory of Yanghu in Hanoi made the confidence of the monarchs and ministers of the Jin State soar, and they finally saw the dawn of the light. Sima Yan specially added Yanghu as the general to protect the country, and added 8,000 households to the food to show his merits.
Yanghu expressed his stubborn words, saying that the battle of Hanoi was just a small victory, and the Hu people were not destroyed, so they did not dare to take credit.
In fact, Yanghu knew very well that if it weren't for Liu Yin's containment of Liu Yuan's main army in the party, he would basically have no hope of winning in Hanoi. But after all, the relationship between Jin and Shu is hostile, and it is naturally impossible for Yanghu to make a contribution to Liu Yin, but he still secretly made a note for Liu Yin in his heart.
Liu Yin's eastward crossing did relieve a lot of pressure for Yanghu, but why Liu Yin chose to go east at this time made Yanghu puzzled.
The rebellion of the Huns, the blow to the Jin State is quite heavy, as a hostile relationship of the Shu State, this time is undoubtedly a good opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob the stone, if the Shu State is in the same situation, Yang Hu thinks that he including Sima Yan, will not hesitate to choose to do it at this time, this is a God-given opportunity to eliminate the old enemy after all.
But Liu Yin didn't seem to have this idea, and even took the initiative to propose an armistice and peace, when Yanghu saw the envoy sent by Liu Yin when he was in Hangu, he was deeply inexplicable, although Yanghu also learned that the Hu people in the north rebelled, and Liu Yin's rear was not very stable, and Liu Yin's proposal for peace seemed to be to eliminate future troubles.
This later basically became a relatively unanimous view of the Jin Kingdom, Liu Yin did not choose to go east for the time being, because there was a fire in the backyard of Guanzhong, Liu Yin took care of himself, and he had the spare strength to attack Guandong?
But Yanghu has a different opinion on this, the rebellion of Beidihu is true, but the area of the rebellion is limited to Weibei and has not had a fatal impact on Guanzhong. Could it be that a Beidihu is bigger than the entire Central Plains? In Liu Yin's vision, it shouldn't be so short-sighted, and he doesn't want to put the world at his fingertips, just to quell the rebellion of Beidihu, which is indeed a little incomprehensible to Yanghu.
The development of the situation was also in line with Yanghu's view, Liu Yin quickly put down the rebellion of Beidihu, while the Jin rebellion against the Huns has always been helpless, and the war has fallen into a stalemate. At this time, Liu Yin sent troops, he did not choose to march east from Tongguan and go straight to Luoyang, but crossed the Yellow River and attacked the lair of the Huns.
Is Liu Yin going to abide by the armistice agreement signed by the two sides? That's pure nonsense, this non-binding agreement is actually a dead letter, as long as it is in the interests of the country, it is a piece of waste paper in an instant.
Could it be that Liu Yin was afraid of the defenders of Hangu Pass in the Jin Kingdom? That's even more nonsense, now most of the Jin State's troops have been invested in the north and south lines, there is almost no more troops, if you have to say that the local defense is the weakest, it is undoubtedly the Western Front, from Tongguan to Luoyang, there is not much garrison force at all, if Liu Yin concentrates 130,000 troops to attack Hangu Pass, the Jin State is likely to really have the risk of losing the country.
However, Liu Yin gave up the opportunity to take the world lightly, chose a more powerful opponent, led his army to the east, and fought fiercely with the Huns in Bingzhou, which objectively helped Yanghu a great favor.
What exactly is Liu Yin trying to do?
Yanghu can't understand Liu Yin's behavior, whether he is stupid or wise, no one can answer this question now, Yanghu faintly guessed that maybe Liu Yin is in a big game of chess, a game of chess that others can't understand. (To be continued.) )