The armies of Han and Wei were in a stalemate at Wuguan, but Zhuge Liang, who was far in the southwest, was already anxious. Fortunately, after more than half a year of hard work, Tang Yang State had been completely conquered.
"Prime Minister!" Yang Yi, who joined the army, said, "Prime Minister, there is no need to worry too much. Although Sima Yi has many people, Wuguan has been reinforced and it will not be easy for the Wei army to break through it quickly."
Zhuge Liang naturally knows this truth.
However, the Wei army did not retreat for a day.
He will never have peace for a day.
However, what made him slightly relieved was that Soochow's troops were completely repulsed, and now the Han only had to face Sima Yi's troops.
"Where is your Majesty now?" Zhuge Liang asked casually.
"Return to the Prime Minister!" Yang Yi said: "Looking at the schedule, Your Majesty should be out of the desert soon."
"Yeah!" Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.
Liu Chan sent troops to Dawan without informing him in advance. By the time he learned that Liu Chan was sending troops to Dawan, Liu Chan had already solved the problem of Dawan and the army had retreated to Kucha City.
The news we learned at the same time was, of course, that the Wei and Wu coalition forces were attacking the Han Dynasty.
"Send orders to the three armies!" Zhuge Liang said: "Tomorrow the troops will return to Wuguan to aid."
"No!" Yang Yi responded, and then asked: "Prime Minister, where should we march?"
"Nanzhong!" Zhuge Liang affirmed.
Now that the Diqiang land has been completely pacified, in addition to letting the former queen of the Tang Dynasty continue to serve as the queen of the Tang Dynasty, Zhuge Liang also established the Southwest Protectorate in Tang Dynasty, and Hao Zhao led 10,000 elite troops to garrison it.
The obstacles in the backyard have been cleared, and Zhuge Liang now needs to rush back to Guanzhong as soon as possible to resist Sima Yi's attack.
Time——
For Zhuge Liang, time is very precious now. He needs to rush back to Guanzhong before Sima Yi breaks Wuguan.
At the same time, he also hoped that Emperor Liu Chan could rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible, because he already knew that Liu Chan took away 60,000 fine cavalry during his western expedition to Dayuan.
After several years of development, the Han Dynasty had 100,000 cavalry in Guanzhong. Tang Yan only brought 10,000 cavalry when he sent troops this time, but Liu Chan took away 60,000 cavalry in one go.
Counting the 15,000 cavalry in the hands of Wei Yan in the Hetao area, there are only more than 10,000 cavalry left in Guanzhong at this time. If Sima Yi breaks Wuguan, the Han Dynasty will face Cao Wei's cavalry in the Guanzhong Plain.
Over the past few years, Zhuge Liang naturally knew that Cao Wei's military strength has also been greatly supplemented. They now have more than 100,000 cavalry. Once Sima Yi breaks Wuguan, they will soon fight against Luoyang.
Cooperate inside and outside to capture Tongguan.
At that time, Cao Wei will definitely press the territory with a large army.
Therefore, the cavalry Liu Chan has now is crucial.
Just——
What Zhuge Liang didn't expect was that on August 26, Liu Chan led 40,000 cavalry across the desert and entered Dunhuang City.
However, during this crossing of the desert, Liu Chan lost another four to five thousand people.
Of the 60,000 cavalry taken away from Chang'an a few months ago, by this time, in addition to Guo Huai's 10,000 cavalry to garrison in Qiuci, there were only more than 30,000 left.
Outside Dunhuang City.
More than 30,000 cavalrymen lined up neatly, and Liu Chan felt a little pain.
However, he was not for the four or five thousand cavalry, but for the remaining three thousand Dawan horses.
Five thousand Dawan horses were selected from Dawan. After all the hard work, nearly two thousand of them died. Nuoqi looked at it and said with relief: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Nuoqi will send a letter to his father the next day, asking him to
Send several thousand more horses to Your Majesty."
"Alas!" Liu Chan shook his head and said, "Forget it, even if we send thousands more horses over, we will still lose a lot if we keep going through this process."
Now looking back at the information he had read in his previous life, Liu Chan was actually a little lucky. After all, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he also selected thousands of Dawan horses from Dawan, but by the time he arrived at Yumen Pass, there were only more than a thousand horses left.
Based on this calculation, his loss this time is not too great.
"Guansuo!" Liu Chan shouted casually: "I will leave these horses to you," Liu Chan said with special distress: "Don't let these horses of mine be damaged, do you know?"
"No!"
Guan Suo immediately agreed.
"Remember!" Liu Chan said again: "When you get to Shu, you must tell Zhang Shao that these Dawan horses cannot mate with Shu horses. I don't need hybrid war horses."
"No!"
Liu Chan had this plan when he was selecting horses in Dawan.
He did not intend to follow the information he had read in his previous life. For example, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, horses from the mainland were used to crossbreed with the Dawan horses obtained from the mainland.
He doesn't want it.
He wanted purebred Dawan horses. It was also for this reason that when he selected horses in Dawan, he deliberately selected them in a one-to-one ratio of males to females.
Perhaps this method may allow horses to grow relatively slowly.
But Liu Chan is not in a hurry now. Although the Han Dynasty is still a powerful enemy, the Han Dynasty really has no shortage of war horses.
Liangzhou horses and Hetao war horses.
Now it is enough to cope with the current situation. As for these Dawan horses, he can slowly breed them. Maybe in five or ten years, the big man will have a large number of purebred sweat-blooded horses.
As for the pastures where these Dawan horses are kept, they could have been placed in Liangzhou or the Hetao area, but after thinking about it, Liu Chan finally decided to put them in Shuzhong.
There are large areas of grassland in the northwest of Yizhou.
In comparison, Yizhou is the current rear area of the Han Dynasty. After years of governance by the late emperor and the prime minister, the situation in Yizhou is relatively stable.
Three years ago, Liu Chan asked his brother-in-law Zhang Shao to return to Chengdu.
Sending Dawan horses to Chengdu this time should be the best choice.
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Guan Suo left Dunhuang with more than 3,000 Dawan horses and headed towards Shuzhong. Liu Chan and the remaining 30,000 fine horses stayed in Dunhuang for one day.
After a day's rest, Liu Chan divided his 30,000 elite cavalry into two groups.
Among them, Zhao led 10,000 people, passed Longyou with great fanfare, then entered Guanzhong and headed straight for Wuguan.
At the same time, Zhao Tong's troops were flying the dragon flag of Emperor Liu Chan.
The purpose of this move is to let everyone in the world know that Emperor Liu Chan of the Han Dynasty, who conquered Dawan in the west, has returned to the court with his troops and is rushing to Wuguan to help.
It's just that Liu Chan doesn't plan for all 30,000 people to go to Wuguan.
September 17.
Shangjun——
When Liu Chan suddenly appeared in Shangjun with 20,000 elite cavalry, the former general Wei Yan was really shocked.
"Your Majesty!"
Inside the military tent, Wei Yan was a little panicked.
Seeing Wei Yan's frightened look, Liu Chan smiled and said, "Don't be alarmed, my dear. If I had informed you in advance, how could you be so alarmed?"
Before Wei Yan could reply, Liu Chan said again: "Cao Wei is attacking my Wuguan. Do you know everything about it, your love?"
"Return to Your Majesty!" Wei Yan nodded and said, "I already know this."
Of course Wei Yan knew about such a big thing, but he was responsible for guarding the Hetao area to prevent the Xianbei and Hu people in the north from taking the opportunity to attack. Otherwise, he really wanted to lead his soldiers and gallop thousands of miles to Wuguan to fight Sima Yi.
After guarding the Hetao area for these years, Wei Yan almost fell ill.
As a former general of the Han Dynasty, it was extremely boring to gallop on the grassland every day. The Xianbei people and the barbarians did not dare to invade the country.
"Ai Qing, do you have any ideas?" Liu Chan asked.
"Your Majesty!" Wei Yan was immediately delighted and said, "Your Majesty, do you want your ministers to go to Wuguan to resist Sima Yi?"
"A humble minister will definitely live up to his mission!"
But Liu Chan waved his hand and said: "Wei Aiqing, General Wei!"
"You are always good at using cunning strategies?" Liu Chan said with a smile: "Why do you only want to go to Wuguan? Is there no other way to repel the Wei army?"
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Wei Yan was stunned.
He just wanted to go to the front line, instead of hanging out with horses, cattle and sheep on this grassland all day long. He wanted to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds.
"Your Majesty!" Wei Yan was a little confused.
Liu Chan knew that he was good at using cunning tactics, and he was very happy about this. He did like to use cunning tactics. For example, during the Northern Expedition, he once proposed sending troops out of Ziwu Valley, but Prime Minister Zhuge Liang initially vetoed it.
But later Liu Chan used this strategy to pacify the entire Guanzhong in one battle.
This is enough to show that his original strategy is still feasible.
It's just that he didn't think of dividing his troops into three groups to occupy Wuguan, Tongguan, and Pubanjin respectively. Therefore, if the prime minister had adopted his suggestion, Guanzhong might not have been able to be pacified.
However, Liu Chan perfected his plan and occupied the three passes. It was not that easy for the Wei army in Luoyang to march into Guanzhong again.
It is also for this reason that Wei Yan admires Liu Chan from the bottom of his heart.
When Liu Chan said this, he seemed to feel that Liu Chan had some novel ideas, or some clever strategies.
Seeing the surprised look on Wei Yan's face, Liu Chan immediately stood up and walked towards the map aside.
"Wei Aiqing!" Liu Chan suddenly pointed to the map and asked, "Where is this?"
"Jinzhong!" Wei Yan said in horror.
"Who owns Jinzhong now?" Liu Chan asked again.
"Cao Wei!" Wei Yan's eyes widened and he said, "Your Majesty, are you planning to encircle Wei and save Zhao?"
Liu Chan suddenly pointed to the Jinzhong Basin. As a general in hundreds of battles, how could Wei Yan not understand what Liu Chan wanted to express? This meaning is too obvious, okay?
"Exactly!" Liu Chan nodded and said: "Sima Yi is now personally leading an army of 100,000 to attack our Wuguan. If our army goes to Wuguan to resist, the outcome will be to defeat Sima Yi at most." Liu Chan sighed: "Just defend Wuguan.
But if we can’t take the opportunity to expand our territory, what’s the point?”
"If our army suddenly appears in the Jinzhong Basin;" Liu Chan said with a smile: "What does Wei Aiqing think Cao Wei will do?"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Wei Yan was overjoyed and said: "Cao Wei never dreamed that our army would attack his Jinzhong. If he captured Jinzhong, hahaha..." Wei Yan suddenly laughed loudly and said: "Cao Wei will
If there is no more natural danger to defend, Cao Wei will surely perish."
Wei Yan is naturally adventurous, so for Liu Chan, who is more adventurous, they can really pee in a pot.
At this time, Liu Chan wanted to send troops to Jinzhong, but Wei Yan had no idea what the consequences of this plan would be.
All he can think of is to win Jinzhong.
In Wei Yan's mind, the picture at this time was very beautiful.
The Han Dynasty occupies the three states of Yiyong and Liang, and has the Hetao and the blessing of the Western Regions. If it can push its power to the front line of the Taihang Mountains, the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty may come early.
As soon as he thought of this, Wei Yan bowed excitedly and said, "Your Majesty! I would like to ask you to send troops to Jinzhong."
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could Wei Yan let it go so easily?
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This chapter has been completed!