Guan Yu led the Yangzhou Navy to defeat the Chaohu Lake in Daqian, which shocked the entire Jiangnan. In the past few years, the situation in the Hanzhong War was not good, and all knowledgeable people in the world were aware of the precarious situation of the Han Dynasty.
But Guan Yu's victory gave the Jiangnan nobles a glimmer of hope. The Daqian army was not invincible, and they would also be defeated. In such an environment, this victory became extremely important. Guan Yu His name caused a sensation throughout Jiangnan, and he was regarded as a hero by the Han Dynasty!
It's a pity that Guan Yu's hero didn't last long, and soon they were in despair again. Because Fan Xian's navy landed in Qiantang County, Kuaiji County. Although Guan Yu built a fort here and stationed 2,000 soldiers.
However, facing hundreds of warships and 50,000 troops, Qiantang Fort was overwhelmed by artillery, and the defenders were defeated after resisting for two days.
After Fan Xian captured Qiantang County, 20,000 marines quickly landed, and then captured the surrounding counties such as Yuhang and Fuchun. The richest county in Kuaiji County was captured.
These places are the hinterland of Yangzhou. After the Daqian Army landed for the first time, the Xuzhou Army could continuously enter Yangzhou through the sea channel. It can be said that Yangzhou at this time was already extremely dangerous.
In the past two years, every noble family in Yangzhou had tightened their strings, but when they heard that the Daqian Army had invaded Kuaiji County, their strings were instantly broken.
Han, let’s destroy the family like this. If Lei Gong wants to ransack his house, he can do it. If he wants to be exiled, he can be exiled. I’ll be fine!
With this kind of thinking, the entire Kuaiji County nobility and nobles looked down upon the flag of Daqian. They were all brave. In many places, Fan Xian had not sent soldiers yet, but they just heard that Fan Xian's army was coming. , the flags on the city became those of the army! So Fan Xian had to divide his troops to garrison in these counties, and at the same time ordered his subordinates to speed up and transport Wang Lei's army to Kuaiji County!
After Zhu Zhi learned that Kuaiji County had been captured by Fan Xian, he immediately sent someone to contact Guan Yu and asked Guan Yu to lead the navy to return reinforcements!
Therefore, even though Guan Yu defeated the Chaohu Navy, it allowed the Daqian army to occupy a stronghold in Yangzhou. It is not yet known whether it can withstand the continuous flow of Daqian soldiers. It is really difficult to say whether Guan Yu will win or lose this battle. .
At the military camp of the Dagan Army in Hanzhong, Xu Wei was watching the battle reports of Yuzhou and Yangzhou.
As Liu Bei took the initiative to expand the front, nearly a million troops from both sides of Daqian and Han fought on the 5,000-mile front. Generally speaking, there was a win or loss for each other. Guan Yu annihilated the navy of Daqian's army in Yangzhou. However, they also lost several counties in Yangzhou, and more importantly, allowed the Daqian Army to establish a stronghold in Yangzhou. Later, they would have to face a steady stream of Xuzhou troops attacking Yangzhou. It can be said that the gain outweighs the loss.
In the direction of Jingzhou, Zhang Fei's attack was even worse. As soon as the vanguard troops left Jingzhou, they were beaten back by Yang Feng. Now they are fighting the Luyang defense battle, but facing tens of thousands of elite troops from Yuzhou, there are still a lot of troops from behind. Reinforcements kept coming. Obviously, it was difficult for Zhang Fei to hold Nanyang County at this time. The Han army's front line in Nanyang County was constantly retreating, which was beneficial to Da Qian.
The overall trend on the battlefield now is that Da Gan's side has the upper hand. At this time, there are only more than 100,000 troops in the Jiangnan area, but Da Gan's army can mobilize 400,000 troops. In terms of equipment and strength, both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have the upper hand. It's better to go all out. In Xu Wei's opinion, according to this trend, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will be defeated faster than Liu Bei!
Xu Wei laughed when he saw the battle report: "Liu Bei has done a good thing and accelerated the progress of unifying the world!"
The terrain of Hanzhong is already dangerous, and Liu Bei brought all the elites of the Han Dynasty to Hanzhong, so Xu Wei fought for two years but failed to capture Hanzhong. Originally, Xu Wei thought that Liu Bei had almost run out of food and grass, and the war was about to end. .
But he didn't expect Liu Bei to be so determined that he risked his life and robbed the entire granary of the most powerful people in Shu. The powerful nobles in Shu actually suffered this loss. Xu Wei was extremely surprised when he learned about this. Yes, this is still the arrogant and domineering noble family of the Han Dynasty. They are just like little white sheep. Dong Zhuo will definitely be furious if he sees this!
But it was indeed the worst news for Xu Wei. Liu Bei had obtained tens of millions of shi of food. Before all the food was consumed, it was obvious that this war would be difficult to end.
But now changing the direction of the attack and attacking in the Jiangnan area may improve the situation in Hanzhong. This change is beneficial to the Daqian side! So Xu Wei simply waited for the good news from Yang Feng and Fan Xian in Hanzhong!
At the same time, in the snow-capped mountains of the plateau, Ma Chao led his men through hundreds of miles of swamps, and then walked hundreds of miles along the mountains, and finally found a gap in the mountains.
Ma Chao and the others excitedly crossed the mountain pass, dressed him and his men as Qiang people (after spending more than a year in the wilderness, now Ma Chao and the others only need to wear sheepskin coats to become more Qiang people) and continued south. Finally, they found In front of him is Guangrou County in central Sichuan, which is only 300 miles away from Chengdu, and there are no passes to block it along the way. The army can completely kill Chengdu directly.
"We succeeded!" This discovery made Ma Chao extremely excited. He finally found this offensive path! After making this huge discovery, Ma Chao and the others immediately returned the same way and then passed the news to the Hanzhong front line!
Half a month later, Hanzhong, Dagan Army barracks!
Zhang Baiqi walked in excitedly and said to Xu Wei: "It's great news for the ruling class. Ma Chao has sent a message. He has opened the road from Xiliang to Sichuan. This swamp can actually accommodate an army. As long as we get through this swamp and walk another 500 miles, we can enter Guangrou County through the gap in the mountains. After marching for more than 300 miles, our army can reach Chengdu without any defenses along the way. Our army, as long as our magic soldiers descend from the sky, and with Chengdu's current weak defense, we will definitely be able to defeat him in one battle. By then, Liu Bei's hometown will have been captured by us, let's see how he can fight against us!"
Xu Wei said excitedly: "We finally found the way into Shuzhong. Ma Chao and the others have made their first contribution! Zhang Baiqi, you lead an army of 30,000 into Wudu County to fight with Ma Chao and the others. Remember to try your best to select people on the plateau." The Qiang soldiers who live in the area are more adapted to the plateau environment. I am waiting for your good news in Hanzhong!"
Zhang Baiqi cupped his hands and saluted, saying: "I will definitely serve the little emperor who is in power and captures the big man!"
After finishing speaking, Zhang Baiqi left the tent and began to order all the soldiers in Xiliang. Especially the soldiers near the plateau were all taken under his command!
The next day, Zhang Baiqi marched toward Wudu County with his 30,000 troops!