Chapter 309 The Battle of Shu to Destroy Wu (the troops were divided into eight groups)
The demise of Wei was a huge benefit to the Shu Han, but it was also the same for the surrounding forces such as the Eastern Qianghu, Southern Xiongnu, Central Xianbei, Eastern Xianbei, Three Wuhuan, and Gongsun Yuan.
Bingzhou was divided into three by the Hu people. The Eastern Qiang and Barbarians occupied two counties in the inner bend of the Yellow River. The Xiongnu controlled the two counties in the northeast corner of Jizi Bay. The remaining five counties all belonged to the Central Xianbei, that is, Altais.
The Xianbei tribe.
The territory controlled by the three departments has increased compared with before.
The twelve counties of Youzhou were also divided between Dongxianbei and Wuhuan.
In the south of the Yangtze River, Lu Xun struggled to win the tug-of-war with Sun Quan, and finally occupied Wuling County and reached the south bank of the Yangtze River.
The world presents a situation of strong Qin fighting against the six kingdoms. The Shu Han is very much like the strong Qin in the past, with one family being the only one. The many forces in the Kanto region are like the six kingdoms, each occupying one continent and half a county, with average strength and scattered sand.
After swallowing up the main force of the Wei State, the Shu Han Dynasty already had the capital to launch an all-out war and attack from multiple directions.
Since the Battle of Yecheng, the Central Plains, which had been at peace for twenty-eight years, has rekindled war.
Taiwei Sima Yi was sent to Jizhou to attack Tian Yu and Man Chong;
Xiahou Ba was sent to Yecheng to persuade Xiahou Xuan to surrender;
Zhao Yun was sent to Hedong to capture and surrender Qin Lang;
Jiang Wei was sent to Hefei to capture and surrender Zhuge Dan;
Hao Zhao and five men were sent to Xiangyang to capture and surrender Guanqiu Jian;
A large number of officials, escorted by groups of soldiers, rushed to the six prefectures of Yan, Qing, Hebei, Xu, Yang, and Henan to inform the people and take over the city.
For a time, the Central Plains was very lively.
The first news of success came from Hedong. As Cao Cao's adopted son, Qin Lang opened the city gates as soon as Zhao Yun's army entered Hedong and led his troops to surrender.
Cao and Wei were both dead, and he, the adopted son of the Cao family, had no need to persist.
In May, good news came from Yecheng. When Xiahouba's army arrived at Yecheng, Xiahou Xuan chose to surrender.
Immediately afterwards, good news came from Hefei. Zhuge Dan did not choose to resist the Shu army, but left Hefei's army to Jiang Wei and went straight to Chang'an with his personal entourage.
In June, the governor of Xiangyang changed hands, and Hao Zhao successfully took over the city and 50,000 Wei troops.
Only Sima Yi in Jizhou showed no movement. However, he succeeded in forcing Tian Yu and Man Chong to the Changshan area, unable to move.
The territory controlled by the Shu Han suddenly increased to six states, and many affairs, like a snow mountain collapsing, suddenly fell on the shoulders of both the internal and external governments of the Shu Han.
Zhuge Liang, who was in urgent need of rest, had to get busy again and use his wise thinking to quickly control the situation in the Central Plains and Hebei.
A year passed in the blink of an eye, and the time came to the summer of the twelfth year of Jianxing (234 years).
After more than a year of hard work, the Shu Han Dynasty has completely controlled the six states of the Central Plains. Together with the five states it previously owned and the Lu family of Jiaozhou who nominally took refuge, it has already occupied twelve and a half of all sixteen states in the world.
Only Bingzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou and half of Jingzhou are left that have not yet been unified.
There were huge differences among the officials in the court on whether to attack the surrounding Wuhu or Soochow first.
Most of the officials of the original Wei State preferred to attack and annex the Hu people in Youzhou first. The reason was that the Shu Han navy was at a disadvantage and the time to attack Wu had not yet come.
The former Shu Han officials also tended to unite with Lu Xun to attack Soochow. The reason was that the natural dangers of the Yangtze River were no longer unique to Wu. If the Eighth Route Army came out together, they could defeat Soochow in an instant and achieve the great cause of unifying the world.
In the court hall, the civil and military officials were arguing fiercely and the quarrel was endless.
It is worth mentioning that in Jizhou, Sima Yi was still in a stalemate with Tian Yu and Man Chong, and occasionally attacked each other, with each other winning or losing. It seemed that this battle would take a long time to determine the winner.
As the situation in the world became increasingly clear, the cowardly and playful Liu Chan was also praised to the heavens, with free praises such as "willing to delegate power", "employ people without doubt", "governed by doing nothing", "moral and virtuous", etc.
Almost drowned Liu Chan.
Ma Su's reputation has gradually been forgotten by the world, and has been replaced by the new ten tiger generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, Jiang Wei, Xiahou Ba, Qin Lang, Hao Zhao, Zhao Guang, Zhang Xiu, Huang Xi, Li Sheng, Yang Baiwan, and Qu Bu.
These ten people have all achieved great fame in the past year.
Zhuge Liang was visibly older. He often stood on the east gate tower of Chang'an City and looked to the southeast.
He hoped to see the world unified in his lifetime and then return to Wollongong to have a look.
In order to quickly realize this wish, the man must be invited out.
Without him, the process of unifying the world would have been much slower.
………
Just as Ma Su was lying on the bamboo chair, enjoying the coolness in the back garden under the autumn sun, Zhuge Liang came.
For more than a year, Ma Di has not even left the house. He has taken good care of his body. And because he forbids the servants in the house to discuss the situation in the world, he now knows nothing about the situation outside.
Ma Su even planned to stay in the house for more than ten years to see if he could catch a big fish by then.
Unexpectedly, it seemed that just over a year had passed before Zhuge Liang came.
Ma Su knew that there were only two situations when Zhuge Liang came to visit him. One was that the world was unified, and the other was that the world could not be unified in a short time.
Considering that it had not been long since the Wei Kingdom was destroyed, Ma Di guessed that Zhuge Liang's purpose was the latter.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Zhuge Liang say: "Youchang, you have been reinstated by His Majesty."
really!
I'm going to be sent to fight again.
Ma Di didn't even raise his eyelids and said lazily: "I'm old and don't want to fight anymore. Prime Minister, please find someone else."
Zhuge Liang was silent for a while: "The Qiang King Axiu was attacked by the Liangzhou Qiang people again,"
Ma Su still had no interest, "She is so good at fighting, she should be able to handle it."
Zhuge Liang added: "This time our Eighth Route Army came out together and defeated Soochow in one wave."
Ma Su shook his head: "Prime Minister, what does this have to do with whether the world is unified or not? I'm just a commoner."
"..."
Zhuge Liang was silent for a long time this time, "Youchang, I heard that a pair of twin sisters appeared in Soochow. They are seven feet tall and their legs are also seven feet long."
Ma Su jumped up from the recliner: "Damn it! Where is my general's seal?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and handed over the general's seal.
…
August, the twelfth year of Jianxing.
An urgent report came from the border. General Ma Su of the Shu Han Dynasty raised 300,000 troops. The army was divided into eight routes by land and water, and he was about to attack Soochow.
The scale of this war against Wu was the first and largest offensive launched by the Shu Han against Soochow since Liu Bei's death. The Yangtze River Offensive and Defense War in the post-Three Kingdoms era officially kicked off.
As the general, Ma Su was fully responsible for coordinating this battle.
The news reached the Jianye Palace, but there was no corresponding response, because Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Wu, was not in Jianye at this time, and his attention was attracted by another matter.
Lu Xun raised 50,000 troops, marched out by land and water, and attacked Changsha and Guiyang counties of Wu State again.
