Chapter 65: The Three Eastern Counties

At this time, the generals at the head of the city looked from afar, and the Wei people's camp was already in chaos at this time, and in the entire camp, the Wei people's rebels who had been unable to organize themselves were shouting unconsciously and fleeing, and those who had the intention to resist were also disrupted.

After Li Mu checked the seal, there was no problem, but at this time there was no joy, if it was daylight, the people around him could see his iron blue face, but at this moment, he felt a sullenness in his chest, his hand was clenched, and his fingers even penetrated into the masonry of the city wall.

That's it...... It's just one day away, looking at the situation, both sides are at the limit, the Wei people are not well prepared, and the Han State has not fought with all its might; As long as they carry through tomorrow, then the Wei people will have to retreat, as long as they take the remaining military strength to pursue, plus those Qiang people hidden in the Wei people's counties, and capture one or two cities, then they can play the banner of a great victory, with 5,000 people against 20,000 people, and a big victory, this battle will inevitably spread inside and outside, enough to win prestige.

In the future, you can rely on this prestige, slowly figure it out, stand firm, and take Cao Wei's Sima Clan's road!

Nowadays, although the king is virtuous, sooner or later there will be chaos, and there is a lot to be done to emulate Sima's family!

But now Guan Yi and Luo Shang, the two Han generals with a reputation for bravery, actually came to attack and kill the Wei people, but it was a good time to fight, to wait for work, and actually chose to attack when the armies of both sides were tired after the ninth day of the siege, and even his son did not know where to get the service of the rangers, and assassinated the enemy generals, under such conditions, it will be a big victory.

And he was picked like this, his sacrifice in the past ten days, all his thoughts, are equivalent to all in vain, thinking about it, he really almost broke his teeth.

Looking at it like this, the reinforcements must be nearby, there must be scouts guarding outside, and even the reinforcements may have come a few days ago, that Zhang Teng and Fa Shang, since seven days ago, have taken over the heavy responsibility of night patrols, I am afraid it has something to do with this.

But in the past few days, he has not been saved, and even sat and watched the defenders fight, almost to the point of destruction, until the most favorable time, before launching, now an attack, the Wei people will be defeated, that is, Deng Ai, as a famous general in the world, can no longer turn over in the face of this situation, and this kind of defeat, I am afraid that the Han State will definitely be able to obtain greater results.

At that time, the great Han Liezu and Wei Wu fought a decisive battle here, and finally won the land of the three eastern counties, and the great cause of Ji Han reached its peak.

The land of the three eastern counties can be said to be extremely important, and it is not simply to expand the territory, and the three eastern counties are also strategically important.

Whether from the perspective of the past or the present, "Ancong is frank and takes Longyou" is the best strategic offensive direction of Shu.

At that time, the prime minister's strategy in Longzhong also expounded the strategic relationship between the three eastern counties and the general trend of the world.

In "Longzhong Pair", the prime minister pointed out the geographical relationship between Jingzhou and Yizhou, which are each other's surface and interior, and the offensive and defensive alliances.

After 15 years of Jian'an, Liezu finally captured the five counties of Jingzhou, established his own base, and initially gained a firm foothold; The following year, at the invitation of Liu Zhang, Liu Bei entered Shu and captured Yizhou in the nineteenth year of Jian'an.

Since then, the land of Jingyi envisioned by the prime minister also fell into the pocket of Liezu, and then Liezu also established a ruling area across the two states of Jingyi, and after the Battle of Hanzhong, Liezu defeated Cao Cao and captured Hanzhong, that is, at this time, Ji Han's power reached its peak.

At that time, after Liezu seized Jingzhou, let General Guan defend it, and after Liezu was called the king of Hanzhong in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, General Guan also took advantage of the situation to impress the Northern Expedition and strategically attacked Xiangyang and Fancheng.

At that time, the three eastern counties were occupied by Liu Feng and Meng Da, and the three eastern counties were very close to Xiangyang and Fancheng, and they were a perfect front that could support each other's attack and defense, so General Guan asked Liu Feng and Meng Da to assist him in besieging Xiangyang.

At that time, Ji Han was also facing a very good situation, once General Guan took the two counties of Xiangyang and Fancheng, he could form a solid defense line with the three eastern counties, and could also form a corner to attack Cao Wei.

The three eastern counties and Xiangyang can go back and forth to support the defense and coordinate the attack, so at that time, General Guan's Northern Expedition was very important to Ji Han, it was actually what the prime minister said in "Longzhong Pair" "The army of Jingzhou will be Xiang Wan and Luo"; If General Guan had occupied Xiangyang and Fancheng at that time, then he would have advanced Ji Han's offensive direction directly to the east of Hanshui, and could march into the Central Plains at any time, directly aiming at the ruling core of Wei.

Therefore, at that time, General Guan's Northern Expedition was essentially the continued development of the "Longzhong strategy", and its whole purpose was to continuously advance the overall power of Ji and Han to the Central Plains region centered on Luoyang.

Therefore, when General Guan did not defeat Maicheng, the three eastern counties were a very important strategic stronghold for Ji Han.

Because Ji Han could choose to send troops from Hanzhong and use Shangyong as a stronghold, while General Guan could send troops from Jingzhou and Xiangyang, and after the two armies met, they could go directly to the core of the Central Plains.

Therefore, after General Guan flooded the Seventh Army, surrendered to the ban, and killed Pang De, Ji Han's momentum also reached its peak, and Wei Wu at that time was terrified, and once planned to move the capital away from Xuchang to avoid the threat he faced after Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang and Fancheng.

The situation at that time was: Cao Gong discussed moving Xu to avoid his sharpness, Sima Xuanwang and Jiang Ji thought that Guan Yu had a will, and Sun Quan would not want to; You can send someone to persuade the power to tiptoe, and Xu cut Jiangnan to seal the power, then Fan Wei will relieve himself.

The rest of the matter is known to the world, due to Sun Quan's sneak attack, Liezu's efforts to operate in Jingzhou for many years came to naught, and the most important thing is that Ji Han's original good situation is gone.

In the case that Ji Han still occupied Jingzhou, he could use Jingzhou as his base to continuously launch attacks against Cao Wei in the north, and when he had the three eastern counties, he could also send troops through Hanzhong to assist.

The two are horns of each other, and they can plot against each other when they advance, and they can also coordinate their defense when they retreat, but after General Guan defeated Maicheng, these envisaged strategic advantages did not exist.

After the loss of Jingzhou and the three eastern counties, in addition to saying that Ji Han's territory had shrunk violently, the most fatal thing was that Jingzhou, the base of the Northern Expedition, was gone, and the good situation before it turned sharply and faced great changes.

First of all, Cao Wei successfully held Xiangyang and Fancheng, and secondly, he also recaptured the three eastern counties, which made Cao Wei's military pressure small, and from Shangyong to Xiangyang, Cao Wei formed a solid defense line to block Ji Han's attack.

It is basically equivalent to blocking the direction of Ji Han's attack on the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains from the Hanshui area, because when Liezu was fighting the battle of Hanzhong, the reason why Cao Cao did not dare to entangle with Liezu in Hanzhong for too long, but chose to withdraw from Hanzhong after two months of assistance, was because Cao Cao was facing the double pressure of Ji Han's Jingzhou Army and Eastern Wu at that time.

Moreover, at that time, the Cao Wei regime suffered a large loss of troops, so Cao Cao was unwilling to be overly entangled with Liezu in Hanzhong, and chose to retreat after only two months of arriving in Hanzhong, because he was worried that the Ji Han Jingzhou army on the Jingzhou side would exert pressure on him.

If General Guan had attacked Xiangyang in advance and succeeded, Cao Cao would have been trapped in Hanzhong and outflanked.

If Sun Quan had intervened at that time, then Cao Cao would really face a catastrophe.

Therefore, Cao Cao saw that the situation was not good, and soon withdrew from Hanzhong, which also allowed Liezu to take the opportunity to occupy the three eastern counties, but after Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, this situation changed, Cao Cao not only held Xiangyang, but also because of the Han rebels, recaptured the three eastern counties, and most importantly, Ji Han's power in Jingzhou was also lost.

As a result, Ji Han could no longer rely on Jingzhou to exert military pressure on Cao Wei, and the three eastern counties and Xiangyang had formed a strong defense line to block Ji Han in Hanzhong and blockade into Shu.

And at that time, Sun Quan killed General Guan, so that Liu Sun's alliance relationship was broken, although it was later repaired, but under the circumstances at that time, even the prime minister did not dare to rashly attack Shangyong, because he had to guard against Dongwu, which was very close to the battle line.

From a geographical point of view, the location of the three eastern counties is a standard mountainous area, surrounded by Qinling, Daba Mountain, Wudang Mountain, Wushan and other mountain ranges, if Ji Han did not lose Jingzhou, he could send troops from Hanzhong to echo the offensive of the Jingzhou army, and exert military pressure on the Central Plains.

But it is a pity that Ji Han not only lost Jingzhou, but also lost the three eastern counties, resulting in a very good offensive strategic front becoming an excellent defensive front for Cao Wei to trap Ji Han in Hanzhong.

Then Jingzhou was occupied by Eastern Wu, and the three eastern counties were also occupied by Cao Wei, and with the natural danger to block Ji Han in Hanzhong, and then the prime minister wanted to attack the Central Plains from the direction of Shangyong during the Northern Expedition, and it was obviously unrealistic to lose the Jingzhou army, and it was impossible for his side to take advantage of the half.

Therefore, the strategic offensive direction after Ji Han was naturally adjusted, and the prime minister's readjustment of "An Cong Tandao, Ping Longyou" is also a grand strategic direction suitable for the Han State, as long as the Longyou region is taken, then Ji Han can enter the flat Guanzhong Plain.

After that, it was natural to reproduce the momentum of the Qin State in that year, dominate Guanlong, and then send the army all the way to attack the Central Plains, and there is almost no natural danger on the way, but the strategic direction is no problem, but the opponent encountered is a lifelong rival, and the results of the six Qishan battles are minimal.

Subsequently, the general Jiang Wei succeeded the prime minister's ambition and went on a northern expedition for many years, but there were not many results.

Since then, Ji Han has been trapped in the mountains by Cao Wei with the help of excellent geographical advantages.

And now, after winning the three eastern counties, Ji Han's strategic direction will not change, after all, Ji Han does not have the Jingzhou army at this time, if he comes out of the three eastern counties, it will be a wedding dress for Sun Wu.

However, with the three eastern counties, Ji Han can deter Xiangyang, Nanyang and other counties of Wei and contain Cao Wei's troops, and the offensive resistance on the western front will be much less.

For a while, the taste of pain filled his heart, and he wanted to vomit blood.

Li Mu is an old fox, he thought of this, and knew that once the Wei people's army was broken, even if the Wei people could go back, but the army was lost, what was the use of some remnants?

I'm afraid that the time when Ji Han annexed the three eastern counties is today, but he has added a lot of strength!

After this, where will the Li family go? Do you really want to learn from Sima?

In the distance below the city, the sound of rolling killing was surging, and the camp in the distance even turned into a sea of fire, obviously the Wei people were gone.

Listening to the sound of "wow", Li Mu felt bored at this time, his body swayed, and he vomited out a mouthful of blood, but it was a ten-day battle, almost sleepless, his body was extremely tired, and his heart was traumatized, seeing this situation, his heart hurt greatly, and his stasis became more intense, and he vomited blood.

"The owner of the village (general)!" Suddenly, there was chaos in the city, but although Li Mu was powerless, he also knew that the general trend had gone at this time, so he could only take advantage of the situation.

"General Zhang is brave, please lead my son Li Itch, lead the soldiers who can fight in the city, and chase and kill the Wei thieves; Fa Sima is the city guard on my behalf, and my son Li Liu follows it......"

After the explanation, Li Mu fainted, and the two brothers Li Liu and Li Qi could only obey the order, and there was still one-third of the city that Zhang Teng Fashang could order, and one-third of them were blindly obedient, and the strength of their Li clan was only the remaining one-third, that is, more than five hundred people.

Zhang Teng ordered his troops, named 1,500 people who could fight, and took Li Yi out of the city to chase and kill the Wei people, leaving more than 100 elites to Fa Shang, as well as some lightly wounded soldiers, to maintain order in the city.

There are still a lot of grain, grass and weapons in the city, Li Mu thought that those were rich supports, but he didn't know that these grains, grasses and ordnance were used to support the next stage of the battle.

Arrows whistling in the air from time to time, Luo Shang and Guan Yi each took a cavalry like an iron stream, constantly killing back and forth, the infantry behind them, at this time, "boom", once again opened a gap in the camp, has been brazenly killed, a tragic murderous aura, steaming up the sky of this Wei camp.

Even if they attacked at night, the stubborn resistance of the Wei people still appeared, and some elite Wei soldiers who were suspiciously trained by Deng Ai started a fierce camp battle with the Han soldiers who were killed.

However, the stubborn resistance of this small battalion could not affect the overall situation, and on the whole, most of the Wei people still fled.

During the entanglement, someone shouted: "General, I found that the enemy general has fled, do you want to pursue?" ”

Guan Yi looked around at this time, although the Wei people fled a lot, but there were actually three or four thousand capable soldiers trapped in the camp, and the most important thing was that there were about the same number of wounded Wei soldiers as this, and although the Wei people were chaotic at this time, there was still local resistance, Guan Yi shook his head at the moment, and said: "Don't chase, give orders, don't kill those who surrender!" ”

"Those who descend will not be killed!" Suddenly, an order was issued, and a group of Han cavalry shouted and killed in this camp, constantly slashing and killing the enemy soldiers who were still resisting, and shouting.

Someone shouted again: "General Wei has fled, General Wei has fled!" ”

Finally, there were fewer and fewer people resisting among the Wei people, and the killing noise gradually subsided.