Chapter 197: Menacing

Under the leadership of Zhuge Zhan, the army of the Han Dynasty left Chengdu in a mighty manner and marched eastward, with flags covering the sun, guns and halberds like forests, and the momentum was majestic.

Liu Yin secretly observed that although Zhuge Zhan had not officially gone out to fight, he was orderly when he marched, and the walls were strict and the camp tents were neat when he camped.

However, Liu Yin secretly shook his head and sighed, Zhuge Zhan seems to have a strong military formation and strict barriers on the surface, but with these alone, can he fight? Liu Yin remembers the battle of Mianzhu in history, the battle related to the future and fate of Shu Han was finally buried by Zhuge Zhan's low-level mistakes, Zhuge Zhan only learned Zhuge Liang's fur, and thought that he was invincible in the world, but in front of Deng Ai, who had been fighting for a long time, he was as white as a primary school student.

Maybe it's Zhuge Zhan's lack of experience, a famous general like Deng Ai, almost step by step from the grassroots level, Zhuge Zhan's career is smooth, he has reached the peak of life without experiencing any twists and turns, and he is a very good minister, but this kind of life experience is almost no help for him to command the war, and people who grow up in good times are generally more arrogant and arrogant, but when they encounter setbacks, they are obviously lower than those who grow up in adversity.

If Zhuge Liang can live a few more years, if Zhuge Zhan can sharpen more on the front line of the border pass, maybe the tragedy of the Battle of Mianzhu will not be repeated, but this assumption is impossible, Shu Han can conquer the generals such as Jiang Wei, Zong Pre, Zhang Yi, and Liao Hua are now on the front line, and Chengdu can take charge of the army. Except for Zhuge Zhan. There really is no one else. History once again pushed Zhuge Zhan to the foreground to shoulder the burden of the rise and fall of Shu Han.

And his opponent was replaced by Deng Ai and Lu Kang. Don't look at Lu Kang is now unknown, but he is the last famous general of Eastern Wu, Lu Kang's battle of fame is the battle of Xiling a few years later, with 30,000 people in one fell swoop to defeat the Jin army's 80,000 army and attack and kill the rebel general Bu Yan, this battle also made Lu Kang famous all over the world. The powerful Western Jin Dynasty had a chance to destroy Wu after destroying Shu for seventeen years, precisely because Lu Kangrong had guarded the border for more than ten years. The Jin people never dared to cross the thunder pool by half a step, and after the death of Lu Kang, the state of Wu lost its mainstay, but a few years of prosperity was swallowed up by the Western Jin Dynasty.

At this time, Zhuge Zhan didn't know how terrible his opponent was, he was full of spirit and determined to advance, and even the two sides of the front of the team outlined with gold and silver threads of the "Han" character and the "Zhuge name" were also showing up in the wind, and did not hide the boss's complacency.

Liu Yin wanted to remind Zhuge Zhan to pay enough attention to Lu Kang, but when the words came to his lips, Liu Yin swallowed back. Although Zhuge Zhan's attitude towards him after the conversation on the expedition was much more friendly, it did not mean that he could speak out in front of Zhuge Zhan. At this moment, Lu Kang is indeed unknown. It's just the title of Lu Xun's son, and he can't get any proud records, so Zhuge Zhan believes that Lu Kang is a terrible opponent, and Liu Yin can't come up with any convincing words.

Compared with Liu Yin, it seems that Yan Yu's relationship is closer to Zhuge Zhan. Yan Yu had a signboard-like smile on his face, and he was even more respectful to Zhuge Zhan, obeying his words, and Yan Yu carried out Zhuge Zhan's orders to the letter. Although Zhuge Zhan knew that Yan Yu and Huang Hao had a good relationship, he didn't stretch out his hand to hit the smiling person, not to mention that Yan Yu was also a rare heavy general in Shu, and he had served as the governor of Yu and Yong'an, and he could be called a powerful general.

It is not difficult to understand that Yan Yu is not only the commander of this expedition, but also the first auxiliary minister of the court, and Yan Yu, who has always been speculative, would be strange if he did not talk to Zhuge Zhan.

However, what makes Liu Yin puzzling is that Yan Yu not only deliberately befriended Zhuge Zhan, but also had a very friendly attitude with himself, and even considered to be humble, it stands to reason that Yan Yu is the right general, although Liu Chan banned the title of general, but his rank is still above Liu Yin's General Anxi, so he can't slap himself?

Within a few days, the army had already arrived in Zhiyu County, the county of Dongguanghan County. Dongguanghan County is a newly established county in the east of Guanghan County during the Yanxi period, with only four counties under its jurisdiction, and the area is not large, but it is the eastern gateway of Chengdu, and the strategic location is extremely dangerous.

Yunxian County is also the line of defense planned by Liu Yin this time, and when the troops are here, Zhuge Zhan has no intention of stopping the march, which can't help but make Liu Yin secretly anxious.

The army stayed in Yixian for one night, and when he was ready to start the next morning, Liu Yin was looking forward to it, and finally waited for Ah Jian's "good" news. For the sake of prudence, Liu Yin did not send ordinary scouts, but sent Ah Jian, who was best at reconnaissance and tracking, to Jiangzhou to spy on the military situation. Ah Nuran lived up to Liu Yin's expectations, got the latest information on Wu Jun's movements in the shortest possible time, and immediately returned to report to Liu Yin.

This news is "good" for Liu Yin, but for the Shu Han army, it is undoubtedly a disaster, the Wu army led by Lu Kang has not only sneak attack and captured Jiangzhou, but also at this moment, the forward has approached Deyang, and it is only three or four days away from Yu County. Moreover, the number of the Wu army was not the 30,000 people expected before, but a full 100,000 army, more than double the number of the Shu army.

Obviously, after the Wu army conquered Yong'an, it immediately increased its troops on a large scale to eastern Sichuan, and 100,000 troops entered Sichuan, and it seems that the appetite of the Wu people must not be limited to a few counties in eastern Sichuan, and their ambition is to take the entire Yizhou.

Because the Wu army blocked the water and land transportation of the entire eastern Sichuan after conquering Yong'an, the Shu Han court did not know much about the situation in Yong'an. Despite this, the Shu Han dynasty was still too optimistic about the situation, believing that the Wu army that entered Sichuan had a strength of at most 30,000 or 40,000, and it was estimated that it had not yet reached Jiangzhou, let alone posed a danger to Chengdu.

But in fact, the determination of the Wu people to swallow Shu at this time was unusually large, not only the strength of the army far exceeded the estimate of the Shu people, but they also acted quickly and unexpectedly, menacing, not only have taken the important town of Jiangzhou in Badong, but also attacked Deyang to the north, pointing directly to Chengdu.

Liu Yin didn't dare to delay, and went directly to Zhuge Zhan's camp. (To be continued......)