Chapter 143: Shulong Unification (Part 1)
"What's the situation in Hanzhong City?" Wang Hongyi stood in front of the army on a horse and asked the Thirteen Divisions and Hundred Houses beside him who were responsible for collecting Hanzhong intelligence.
Hanzhong is located in Longjian, but it has a plain. A lot of food has been stored in Hanzhong County, and its financial and material resources are not weak.
Moreover, this place is the gateway to the two places, and the border between the two places is very close. The county town in front of us is even more called the richest place of Dragon Sword.
Even if Wang Hongyi does not like the commercial development potential of this county town, he will not ignore the military role played by this county town on the border!
As long as you take down all the dragon swords and take them into your own control, even if only a few thousand people guard it, it will not be easy for Guo Wentong to capture this city and enter Shu.
The thunder chariots and other objects in Wang Hongyi's hand are not comparable to those of other vassals. It is definitely not easy for a big city like Hanzhong to rely solely on hard attacks.
Under such circumstances, Wang Hongyi naturally would not let others take over this county.
Wang Hongyi ordered people not to rush to attack the city, for a big plan. Now that Guo Wentong's army has retreated, Hanzhong is already a piece of fat meat that can penetrate his mouth, how can it fly away?
Of course, out of habit, Wang Hongyi would first get used to it, from the Thirteen Divisions, first understand the situation in the city at this time, and then make a decision on how to attack this city.
"Lord, there are 10,000 soldiers in Hanzhong County. According to spies' information, although morale has dropped sharply, there are still nine thousand to fight." The 13th Division Hundred Houses reported to Wang Hongyi.
With the ability of the Thirteenth Division, it was not difficult to send people to Hanzhong before the war broke out, but it was impossible to access the confidential information.
The information that the lower-level officials and soldiers in the city could obtain was sent out of the city from time to time.
"Nine thousand defenders, if we attack them forcibly, our army will suffer 20,000 or 30,000 yuan..." Wang Hongyi frowned slightly.
Hanzhong County is bound to win. If Zhong Wendao can surrender obediently, he will give this person a chance to spare his life, but this person insists on not surrendering, which is to fight for some losses.
Of course, when it comes, a personnel cleaning is inevitable, including the heads of the entire Zhong Wendao clan.
The horn sounded. Tens of thousands of Shu soldiers lined up and slowly rushed towards the city.
They were covered in red armor, with amazing momentum, and the city was covered with color.
"May people hold the armor, flags, and heads of the camp, and continue to shout to the city. If no one responds within half an hour, our army will attack the city again. If we will never surrender, we will kill them all!" Wang Hongyi's eyes cold and he said in a deep voice.
After a moment, an officer with a huge voice, under the escort of several personal soldiers, rode his horse towards the city wall, ran to a distance of one hundred steps from the city, and stopped far away.
There were also personal soldiers who threw a large number of armor on the ground.
The officer shouted to the city: "Listen to the city, I will inform you of the Duke of Shu. In this chaotic era, Duke of Shu received the order of heaven, and was the Lord of Shu. He valued virtuousness and ability. He would be rewarded for those who are virtuous and talented. If the prefect and generals in the city lead their troops to join us, the lesser ones will be in the original position, and the more serious ones will be rewarded."
"Guo Wentong resisted the king's army. Our army was defeated, and defeated nine hundred camps, and killed the main general Fu Zicheng. At this time, it was obvious to you and others that this was the Duke of Shu who loved talents and the people. If he dared to resist stubbornly, the army would break into the city and regret it."
The sound spread from afar, and the whole city could hear it clearly. Looking at Guo Jun's armor and head below, the panic spread immediately in the Hanzhong County city.
The first thing to bear was the defenders on the city. They were originally relying on resistance, but Guo Wentong met reinforcements. At this time, when he heard this, his fighting spirit was almost lost.
These soldiers all showed despair.
Although there are nearly 10,000 in the city, everyone feels that it is unsafe every day. If this continues, you can only use a catapult to bombard the city wall, and you can quickly break through a gap.
By then, 40,000 troops poured into the city, how could there be a way out?
"Lord or not moving?" On the first stone steps in the city, there were two people standing, one of whom was the guard who protected the prefect, and the other was Li He, the confidant minister of the prefect.
Li He looked embarrassed, his face was gray and his eyes were even red. Obviously, he had not slept soundly these days. As Zhong Wendao's confidant, it was strange that he could still sleep soundly under this situation.
The guard who was stopped by him heard Li He's question and hurriedly replied: "Mr. Li, the Lord is like this when he comes down from the city. Why don't you go there later?"
"Okay, go and do your business. I am waiting here." Li He nodded and said helplessly.
The guard retreated aside.
At this time, someone started to shout out again outside the city. Li He found that the body of the lord Zhong Wendao trembled, obviously he was awakened.
Just saw something not far away, Zhong Wendao signaled him to come over.
"Master, can you have any countermeasures when you persuade me to surrender outside?" Li He asked directly as soon as he walked over. At this time, he could spare his polite words or polite words.
"Li He, pass the order down and prepare to open the city gate and surrender to Wang Hongyi." Zhong Wendao was silent for a while and said.
"Master..." Zhong Wendao's words shocked Li He. He swallowed what he wanted to persuade him immediately and carefully observed his expression. Seeing that it was not a joke, he couldn't help but say in reverse: "Master, have you figured it out? This is your foundation! And maybe the Qin army was not defeated."
Zhong Wendao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Hanzhong City can no longer hold on. If this continues, the Shu army will be broken even if it doesn't matter if the Qin army comes again, it will be a surrender."
He walked down, shook his hand and said, "Tell the outside that Hanzhong has surrendered, and make some preparations to open the city gate and welcome them into the city."
As he spoke, he stopped talking.
Looking at him walking, Li He felt Zhong Wendao's back suddenly become desolate.
However, now it was not the time to sigh, and the shouting outside stopped again. I wonder if the Shu army would attack the city next, Li He hurried to the top of the city and expressed his surrender to the Shu army below the city.
"It's only Wudu County." When the city gate opened wide, Zhong Wendao walked out to greet them in his prefect's robe, holding a large sealed list and other items, Wang Hongyi thought to himself.
Five days later, Hanzhong Prefect's Mansion
Wang Hongyi was standing in the garden, looking at the garden under the sun, thinking with his ups and downs in his heart.
In the fifteenth year of Chuizheng, Wang Hongde's third year of his previous life ended, Li Chengye rebelled, Wang Hongde was defeated and imprisoned for ten years. Now it is also the fifteenth year of Chuizheng, but he can definitely unify Shu, one year ahead of schedule.
However, Chuizheng could not rest for sixteen years. According to the situation in his previous life, two years later, even in the eighteenth year of Chuizheng, Guo Wentong was basically unified in Guanzhong.
Now, after two years of total struggle, the idea of ​​attacking Qin was gone, and as Guo Wentong retreated, it was gone.
It is September now, and there is no room for this year. We must migrate and reclaim, and strive to plant winter wheat before the middle of winter to achieve a bumper harvest next year.
Next year, there will be two ways, one is to conquer Shangyong. In ancient times, it was said that "Shangyong was good at fighting, and Qin and Chu were defeated." Although it is impossible now, it is also a big county, which can recruit tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
There is also the one who goes downstream and attacks Yiling.
When you think of Yiling, you will think of the Battle of Yiling in the history of the earth.
The Battle of Yiling is one of the three major battles in the history of the Three Kingdoms. These three major battles are the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling.
The Battle of Guandu is the battle of Cao Cao's national fortune, the Battle of Chibi is the battle of the Three Kingdoms national fortune, and the battle of Yiling is the battle of being side by side, of course, it is also related to the national fortune of Shu and Wu.
Yiling is the only land channel from Shu to Jing.
It broke out in the first year of Zhangwu in Shu Han (221) and ended in the second year of Zhangwu in Shu Han (222). It was a war between the Eastern Wu (Sun Quan) and Shu Han (Liu Bei) during the Three Kingdoms period to compete for the five southern counties of Jingzhou.
"Yizhou is blocked and fertile, and the land of Tianfu was fertile for thousands of miles. Emperor Gaozu made the emperor's career... The general led the people of Yizhou out of Qinchuan, and who dared not to eat a pot of slurry to welcome the general? If this is true, then hegemony can be achieved and the Han Dynasty can prosper."
Liu Bei rushed to send troops without being prepared for Shu. This was related to the battle between Shu and Wu, and the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River became the main channel between the two countries.
Yiling is located in high mountains and ridges, and the troops are difficult to expand. When the Wu army was guarding the important places and not going to fight, the Shu army had no choice but to set up dozens of camps on the ground hundreds of miles from Jianping to Yiling.
Therefore, the logistics difficulties were difficult, and the troops were scattered in the hundreds of miles of battalions and were defeated by Lu Xun. Liu Bei was embarrassed by the defeat of Yiling, and he was ill and died in Baidi City. The battle of Yiling ended like this.
The Battle of Yiling was Liu Bei's last battle and the most thorough battle. He lost the country's fortune all at once and the possibility of the three rises of the Han Dynasty.
However, the situation is different now. There is neither Wei nor Wu. The army led by Wang Hongyi is equivalent to Liu Bei's troops in official history, with 40,000 troops, but the situation is very different.
As long as the 40,000 army occupied Yiling and Shangyong responded, he would attack from both sides and capture Jingbei in one fell swoop.
"Lord!" The accompanying guard who was walking quickly saw Wang Hongyi being out of sight, stepped forward and bowed and said, "Lu Bei, the prefect of Wudu County, sent an envoy to surrender."
On the fifth day after he won Hanzhong, Wudu County sent an envoy to surrender voluntarily. It was very quick. Wang Hongyi woke up with a "Oh".
Wang Hongyi listened, turned around, pondered for a while, and smiled, saying, "It's hard to break the heart!"
I was addicted to the foreground just now, and said with a smile: "I'll go back now and let him come and pay homage!"
The accompanying guard responded and retreated to pass the order.
Wang Hongyi went back and immediately set up a guard of etiquette. He saw a personal soldier standing at every five steps, each standing solemnly with a knife, so that people could not look at him.
This majesty and temperament came out immediately.
Under the guidance of a eunuch, the messenger followed behind him. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but change his color. When he arrived at the hall, he saw a eunuch leading him in.
The messenger leaned on the ground just by feeling, as soon as he entered: "Greetings to Duke Shu!"
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Chapter completed!