Not killing prisoners, whether this is what Liu Chan said, is not important now, because Xu Gai and Xiahou Ba have already left Anyi City.
Xu Shu defeated the reinforcements brought by Cao Shuang, captured Anyi City, the headquarters of Hedong County, and basically declared the entire Hedong to be owned by the Han Dynasty.
Because the surrounding counties and counties learned that the Han army not only occupied the city of Anyi, but also defeated the Wei reinforcements Cao Shuang, they still had the intention to compete with Xu Shu.
Surrender!
Soon all the counties in Hedong expressed their willingness to surrender to the Han Dynasty.
After occupying Hedong, Xu Shu immediately deployed heavy troops to defend several fortresses in Hedong County, because he also knew very well that if Cao Wei lost Hedong, he would not let it go, and troops would surely attack soon.
For example, Sima Yi from Wuguan direction, Xu Shu had already learned the news. Sima Yi did not go directly to Jinzhong to rescue Cao Rui, but instead came straight to the east of Hedong.
Sima Yi had no choice but to make such a choice.
After all, Wuguan is closer to Hedong. If he takes a detour to Luoyang and then goes to Jinzhong, he can't afford the time delay on the way. Perhaps Cao Rui has been defeated and captured before he reaches Jinzhong, so it is better to take a shortcut. Going directly from the northeast of Hebei to Jinzhong, we can also take the opportunity to cut off the Han army's return route to Chang'an.
Sima Yi galloped towards the east of Hedong at night and under the stars. On the other side, the Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who had just returned from Tang Dynasty for reinforcements, did not relax at all. He led more than 30,000 people and headed straight for Guanzhong.
Originally he still had more than 40,000 elite troops left, but when passing through Nanzhong, he learned that Li Yi and Guan Feng, the prefects of Jianning, followed Xu Shu's wishes and took the opportunity to send troops to Jiaozhou. Now they have captured Jiaozhou and Guiyang counties.
Li Yi captured Jiaozhou and Guiyang, and Zhuge Jin, who was sent to Chang'an for peace talks by Soochow Wu, encountered an ambush on his way north from Jiangzhou to Hanzhong, and Zhuge Jin was killed.
After hearing the news, Sun Quan was furious and wanted to launch another army to attack Shuzhong. However, after Lu Xun's suggestion, Sun Quan dispatched 50,000 troops south and went straight to Jiaozhou. He wanted to use force to regain Jiaozhou and Guiyang counties.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang was devastated when he learned that his brother had been killed. He naturally knew that it was Cao Wei's doing. While he sent envoys to Wuchang to explain what happened, he rushed back to Chang'an at starry night.
However, before leaving, 10,000 elite troops were sent to support Li Yi and Guan Feng, while he took the remaining 30,000 people to the pass.
September 29, the 16th year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty (AD 238).
Chang'an.
Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Prime Minister!" Shi Jiang Wan, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, already knew the news of Zhuge Jin's murder. When he saw the Prime Minister at this time, he should not have mentioned the war ahead to him, but now it seems that it is impossible not to say it. He said: "Yesterday In the evening, Sima Yi has led his army to Hongnong."
"Hongnong?"
Zhuge Liang was immediately surprised. He naturally knew where Hongnong was. It was not far from Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty and less than a hundred miles away from Tongguan Pass.
"What's going on in Hedong?" Zhuge Liang asked.
"Return to Prime Minister!" Jiang Wan said: "Xu Yushi personally led 30,000 elite troops to Hedong. He captured Anyi City in Hedong the day before yesterday. Now all the counties in Hedong have surrendered."
"Okay!"
After hearing the news, Zhuge Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, he seemed to have forgotten the murder of his brother.
"Send the order!" Zhuge Liang said: "Immediately send someone to Wuguan and ask General Zhao to leave 10,000 people to guard Wuguan, and all the remaining troops will be transferred to Hedong."
"No!"
Jiang Wan immediately agreed and trotted out to arrange for people to go to Wuguan. Originally there were 40,000 troops in Wuguan, of which 30,000 were brought by Zhao Yun from Lantian Camp. However, when Liu Chan attacked Jinzhong, Xu Shu took away another one.
Thousands of people.
At this moment, there are nearly 30,000 people left in Wuguan.
But now that Sima Yi has led the main force to Hedong, and now the battlefields of Han and Wei will be placed in Hedong and even the Jinzhong Basin, Wuguan does not need too many soldiers and horses, and 10,000 people are enough to defend the pass.
However, Jinzhong and Hedong are in urgent need of a large number of troops.
At present, the Han army has nearly 30,000 cavalry in Jinyang, and more than 30,000 troops in Hedong. Added together, the Han army now has more than 60,000 people, but Cao Wei has more troops. Cao Rui brought 30,000 troops to Jinzhong
The total number of people, including the soldiers and horses from Shangdang, Yanmen and other counties, is almost 50,000.
As for Hedong, although Hedong has been captured by the Han Dynasty, Sima Yi hurriedly came with nearly 100,000 people. Even though he had suffered losses in Wuguan before, he also left 10,000 people to contain Wuguan. Now in Sima Yi's hands,
There must be at least 70,000 people.
In other words, Cao Wei has prepared 120,000 to 30,000 troops in Jinzhong and Hedong, while the Han army currently has only 60,000 troops in these two places.
In terms of numbers, the Han army was now at a disadvantage, so as soon as Zhuge Liang came back, he immediately began to mobilize his troops.
Twenty thousand people were transferred from Wuguan and led by Zhao Yun personally to assist Hedong. The 30,000 people brought back by Zhuge Liang were handed over to Guan Xing to lead them to the battlefield in Hedong.
Zhuge Liang stayed in Chang'an for the time being. After all, the imperial censor Xu Shu had already gone to the battlefield. He could stay in Chang'an first to prevent any loss in Guanzhong.
After all, Guanzhong is now the base camp.
October 2, early morning.
Sima Yi crossed the Yellow River via Shaanxi County, then passed through Dayang County, and when he entered Leishou Mountain, he encountered the Han army led by Xu Shu.
Xu Shu had long expected that Sima Yi would cross Lei Shou Mountain, attack Anyi City, and head north to Jinzhong.
However, Xu Shu had already deployed ten thousand cavalry at Lei Shou Mountain, waiting for Sima Yi's army to arrive, and then defeated Sima Yi in one fell swoop.
If Sima Yi is defeated here, and the Wei army wants to have ideas in Jinzhong and even Hedong, the chance of winning will not be so great.
"General!" Wen Qin said hurriedly as he entered the tent: "The Han army is blocking our exit. Our army has repeatedly attacked but cannot break through. What can we do?"
Wen Qin was very melancholy.
In the morning, he was ordered to attack Xu Shu, but unexpectedly, Xu Shu had the geographical advantage and was condescending. When the Wei army just entered the valley, they were attacked by the Han army's rolling logs, rocks, and countless arrows. They could not cross the valley at all.
"Father!" Sima Zhao asked, "Let the child go."
Wen Qin couldn't beat him, but Sima Zhao thought he could still do it, but Sima Yi frowned and did not agree to his son's request.
"General!"
Seeing that Sima Yi didn't say anything, all the generals in the tent were a little panicked. After all, they were ordered to rush to Jinzhong. If they delayed here, in case something unexpected happened to the emperor in Jinzhong...
Although the generals in the tent exclaimed in surprise, Sima Yi remained silent and looked at the map on the table carefully.
"General, please come up with an idea quickly."
"General!"
"..."
Everyone was as anxious as ants in a hot pot, but although Sima Yi frowned, he still looked at the map.
After a long while, Sima Yi said calmly: "Generals, don't be alarmed. Since Xu Shu led his army to block Lei Shou Mountain... then..." Sima Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "Generals, please
Look," he pointed at the map and said: "To enter the east of Hedong, we don't just have to go all the way to Leishou Mountain. We... we can also go west via Fenglingdu..."
But——
Before Sima Yi finished speaking, all the generals were shocked. Sima Shi shook his head and said: "Father, no, Fenglingdu is close to Tongguan. The Han army must have deployed heavy troops to wait for our army."
As soon as Master Sima finished speaking, all the generals nodded in agreement.
After all, Xu Shu's talents are not much worse than Zhuge Liang's. On the contrary, compared to Zhuge Liang's caution, he is better at making clever plans.
Think of Fenglingdu, such an important location.
How could Xu Shu not deploy heavy troops?
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This chapter has been completed!