Chapter 181 The end of the war against Wu
Outside Xiangyang City, the Wei army, which had failed to attack the city again, retreated like a tide.
"How many waves have we been repelled?" Liu Yin threw away the broken sword in his hand and asked the deputy general while breathing heavily.
"In the seventh wave, Wei Jun seems to be fighting tooth and nail."
Liu Yin's previous deputy general had died in the battle, and his current deputy general was a young general from the Ma clan in Yicheng. He was also covered in blood at this moment, and he had obviously fought several times in hand-to-hand combat with Liu Yin.
"Okay, as long as we can defend for one more day, Prime Minister Zhuge and General Youchang will have less pressure. Under the circumstances of one ebb and flow, is there any reason why the pseudo-Wei An will be invincible?"
Although he was seriously injured, Liu Yin was very satisfied.
Previously, he was just a military governor, responsible for the garrison in Chengdu, and had almost no contact with the battlefield.
After being promoted by Ma Di, Liu Yin entered the circle of Shuhan military circles. Following Fa Wu all the way down, he had seen and experienced it, and Liu Yin was very satisfied with it.
Especially now, he has been able to defend Xiangyang City for more than several months like a miracle. Even if he died in this battle, his name would be left in the history books.
Leave a name in history, what man doesn't desire such treatment.
"But Lieutenant Liu, the troops we have on hand may not be able to withstand the next Wei army's attack." Liu Yin's lieutenant pondered for a moment and said to Liu Yin cautiously.
"The Wei army has been besieging the city for several months and has suffered heavy losses among its soldiers. Now there are only a thousand capable warriors in each department, so it is estimated that they will not be able to defend it for much longer."
"You can hold on as long as you can! Holding on longer is a victory." Liu Yin said with a smile, without any fear of death.
"In order to support the great cause of the Han Dynasty, even General Fenwei is not afraid of death. What should we be afraid of?"
Liu Yin's words did not arouse the approval of the deputy general, but he also had no objection.
He is a descendant of the Ma family, and his interests share the honor and disgrace of the Ma family. Now that the entire Yicheng family has decided to tie Ma Su to death and join the Shu Han, he has no objections.
Keep hanging on!
However, just when Liu Yin was ready to fight to death in Xiangyang, he saw that the Wei army, which had retreated in an orderly manner, was in chaos. Not long after, the black Cao Wei flags were suddenly mixed with a large number of red Shu army flags!
"I am Han General Chen Shiye!" A Han general took the lead and led the Han army to rush out from the flank of the Wei army.
At this time, the Wei army had just finished attacking the city and had not yet returned to camp in time. Chen Shi led his troops on an urgent march from Dangyang. The Wei army had no time to regroup before Chen Shi killed them behind him.
The Wei army that besieged the city was in chaos for a while, and they scattered in all directions.
After Chen Shi killed the Wei army, he did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but took advantage of the situation and came to Xiangyang City. Upon seeing this, Liu Yin quickly opened the city to welcome Chen Shi into the city.
"Liu Lieutenant! Thank you for your hard work for guarding Xiangyang for so long!" Although Chen Shi was a general, he was very polite to Liu Yin, the captain, and held his hand.
"The last general has met General Chen!" Liu Yin quickly saluted and thanked Chen Shi for coming to his aid.
"You don't have to thank me. Lieutenant Liu defended Xiangyang for the country, allowing the Prime Minister to capture Nanxiang County. This is a great achievement. The Han Dynasty has always rewarded meritorious deeds. How can it be allowed to allow ministers with great merits to die in battle?" Chen Shi waved his hand to him. Liu Yin said.
"However, I still suggest that Lieutenant Liu return to Yidao first to avoid the limelight for the time being."
"Avoid the limelight? Avoid the limelight for what?" Liu Yin hesitated and asked subconsciously.
"Of course it's to avoid the limelight of General Youchang." Chen Shi shook his head helplessly and said to Liu Yin.
"Originally, General Ma planned to personally lead troops to rescue him, but it was a pity that the Prime Minister did not trust him. Before I left, General Youchang repeatedly told me to hurry up. If I could see you in person, I would give you a slap in the face as a punishment for disobeying military orders. "
Liu Yin's mouth twitched, suddenly feeling that his future was in danger.
How about going to Nanzhong to avoid the limelight and wait until General Ma's anger subsides before returning to Chengdu?
"But before that, we have to evacuate Xiangyang first. According to reports from the cavalry, tens of thousands of Cao Wei's main forces have arrived in Caiyang. The Prime Minister has ordered that all troops and horses should withdraw from Nanyang County. The war is about to end!"
"Wei!" Liu Yin was also shocked in his heart, and he cupped his hands and accepted the order.
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Chen Shi followed the Prime Minister's order and led more than ten thousand troops to rescue Xiangyang, and successfully pulled out Liu Yin's tribe who was finally defending Xiangyang.
Since then, the Shu army has completely withdrawn from the Nanyang battlefield, leaving only some troops stationed in Wudang and Nanxiang. When the main force of the Wei army came back after traveling thousands of miles, the Shu army was already empty.
So far, from the beginning of the year when Zhuge Liang led the army to attack Zigui Yiling to the withdrawal from Nanyang, the war against Wu that lasted for nearly a year was over.
The Shu Army almost became the biggest winner in this battle, winning almost everything with relatively low losses.
Although the territory of this battle did not expand much, the symbolic significance to the Shu Han was far greater than that of the first Northern Expedition.
The first is to avenge the death of the Shu generals and rectify the name of the late emperor. Then they attacked Soochow and occupied the Yangtze River Pass. Soochow will be more honest for a long time in the future.
However, the specific time period for being honest remains to be discussed.
The most important thing among them is that the Jingzhou faction headed by Jiang Wan and Fei Yi has been filled with talents.
While Ma Di continued to harass Nanyang, he broke through Cao Wei's blockade of Jingbei. Many people from Jingbei took the opportunity to go south and defected to the Shu Han. Many of them were local talents who were depressed and frustrated because of the nine-level Zhongzheng system.
Among them, several later became the pillars of Shu Han.
The same goes for Ma Su. When Ma Su went north, almost his whole family moved southward in Yicheng, and they all followed the Shu army into Yizhou. The Jingzhou faction has achieved an influx of talents in a short period of time, and will become Zhuge Liang's main force in stabilizing the political situation in the future.
In the end, it was Shu Han who successfully safeguarded his destiny. Wu Laoer surrendered to the Shu Han and invited himself to take the imperial title to lead the Marquis of Wu.
This was undoubtedly a shot in the arm, allowing officials of the Shu Han Dynasty to see the hope of reviving the destiny of the Han Dynasty.
However, although Shu Han won, Cao Wei did not lose too much.
Although Nanxiang County was lost, the whole of Nanyang lost its troops and generals. But for Cao Wei, all the losses were made up for by Soochow.
In the past, Cao Pi fought against Ruxuwu for a long time. When Lu Xun was tripped by Zhuge Liang, Cao Xiu successfully defeated him. Wu general Lu Fan was shot by a stray arrow while fleeing and was seriously injured before leaving.
When the Wei army in Wuchang was evacuating, it was pursued by Sun Quan's imperial commander. Then Wei general Wenpin led his troops to fight back and defeated the Wu soldiers by the river.
When these series of achievements were added up, Cao Wei found that he did not seem to be too much at a loss.
However, if you win, you will naturally lose. Shu Han did not lose, and Cao Wei did not lose.
So who loses?