Chapter 208 Total Attack on Shu
Ziwu Valley is the rightmost one among the four roads into Shu.
It enters the high mountains from the south of Chang'an and goes all the way south to Hanzhong. In peacetime, this is the closest mountain road between Guanzhong and Hanzhong.
However, in wartime, this path is generally not the first consideration. Because the road is so narrow, only one horse can pass at the nearest place. Many of the wooden planks with artificial structures are prone to problems.
Moreover, the entrance and exit of Ziwu Valley are all surrounded by mountains and dangerous peaks, so only a small number of troops are enough to block the road.
Because of this, Zhuge Liang was worried about Wei Yan leading five thousand troops to attack Chang'an. Suppose you have no problem walking through the Ziwu Valley and Chang'an can be captured. However, the Shu army cannot defeat the Wei army on the Guanzhong Plain due to the Communist Party.
What's more, Cao Wei has more than 100,000 troops stationed in Guanzhong, and there is no difference between sending 5,000 troops to Chang'an to attack the enemy. Even if Zhuge Liang doesn't feel sorry for these five thousand soldiers, he still has to consider whether Shu Han can lose Wei Yan.
But now, Ma Su no longer has this worry, because Zhuge Liang doesn't know about it at all.
"The Ziwu Valley is the shortest road to Shu, with a total length of more than 600 miles. It takes about ten days for the infantry to march. If something unexpected happens, half a month is enough to reach Guanzhong."
"The Prime Minister has just received the news by then, and he will definitely not have time to send someone to arrest me. This will give me at least a month of free time to commit suicide in Guanzhong..."
Ma Di was very shrewd in his calculations, and he already had a plan after he made his troops leave Ziwu Valley.
It would take at least ten days for the news from Hanzhong to reach Chengdu. When the prime minister knew about this, he had basically finished walking through Ziwu Valley.
After that, the people who came to capture him marched and had to walk for half a month and then chased him from Ziwu Valley for another month.
In this way, he can make trouble in Guanzhong for a month at the most. In this month, there were nearly 2,000 Hanzhong cavalry with their own troops and horses, so it was very easy to commit suicide.
The plan goes through! This time I even saw my great-grandmother waving to me!
Neither Jiang Wei nor Liu Yin were very clear about Ma Su's thoughts. However, they were not convinced by their general's arrangement.
Because Ma Su arranged both of them to the second echelon, he was responsible for commanding the subsequent three thousand Hanzhong response troops to guard the Ziwu Valley Pass. Ma Di personally led the cavalry to go out for a show. If the battle was unsuccessful, he would immediately return to Ziwu Valley.
This makes these two generals who want to make military exploits basically unable to achieve any military exploits.
After all, I am also a great talent recognized by you personally, General. Why do you just use me like this? No matter what, we have to act as a vanguard and kill General Cao Wei, right?
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When Hanzhong soldiers and horses passed all the way through Ziwu Valley and started traveling north on the narrow mountain road. At the same time, the Wei army in the direction of Chang'an also began to take action. This time, General Cao Zhen personally took command.
The dangerous mountains and rivers of Shu Han blocked many things. In addition to the enemy's army, there was also the outflow of intelligence.
The scouts deployed by Cao Zhen in Shu often had difficulty in sending back information. Even if it is sent back, it is usually more than half a year ago.
At this moment, Cao Zhen didn't know that the rebellion in Shu was gone, and the troubled nobles had already voted. He still followed the original plan and launched the largest conquest since the founding of Cao Wei.
The Liangzhou army numbered 40,000, led by the Liangzhou governor and the hussar general Sima Yi, and combined with the Qiang and Hu, they went south to attack Anding County. The Shu Han guarding this place was Wei Yan, the general of Zhenbei, and the armies of both sides quickly started fighting along the Yellow River.
In the direction of Yongzhou, there are slightly more soldiers and horses, with one hundred thousand elite soldiers and horses. The entire Guanzhong Army and Yongzhou almost came out in full force and rushed towards Chencang.
Fei Yi, the governor of Yongzhou, was directly responsible here, and sent all the troops from Yongzhou to help. At the same time, Fei Yi quickly sent a letter back to Chengdu, asking for help from the central government.
In the direction of Huainan, Cao Xiu also led 80,000 troops eastward to Nanyang and launched an all-out offensive against Shangyong counties.
At this moment, Zhao Yun and Zhang He were in charge here. The two famous generals in the late Eastern Han Dynasty also deployed their full defense against this junior who was trying to bully the minority.
Only a few months before the battle to defeat Wu, Cao Wei launched an all-out attack on the Shu Han, who was in the ascendant.
But in addition to this, Cao Zhen deployed an additional group of surprise troops. In other words, this strange army is the key to victory in the battle against Shu.
Cao Zhen selected 30,000 elite troops in Chang'an early and practiced mountain warfare day and night.
At this moment, Cao Zhen also spread this story, preparing to complete a reverse Ziwu Valley conspiracy.
According to Cao Zhen's plan, if Longyou encounters a counterattack by the main force of the Wei army, he will definitely mobilize all the troops from Hanzhong to rush to Longyou's aid. Hanzhong will be empty as a result, and the defense will not be as tight as before.
These 30,000 elite soldiers attacked Hanzhong along the Ziwu Valley and quickly captured Nanzheng, the transportation hub in the middle. Then he quickly took control of Hanzhong and cut off the connection between Longyou and Shuzhong.
As a result, Longyou and Shangyong have become isolated cities, and it is not certain whether they can block the Wei army's offensive. The Wei army only needed to protect Ziwu Valley and ensure the smooth flow of grain roads, and then they could recover all the lost territory without any effort.
The idea was very good and treacherous. In order to prevent accidents, Cao Zhen personally led the troops there and brought Xia Houba, a young general from the clan who had just debuted, as the vanguard.
It can be said that everything is ready, but I have the advantage!
However, Cao Zhen didn't know that the Chengdu court was really in a state of panic at this moment. But the specific reason was not because the four armies of Cao and Wei attacked Shu, but...
"What did you say! Where did that kid Ma Su go?" Zhuge Liang almost fell off his seat, and his expression suddenly changed.
The rest of the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, such as Jiang Wan, were all shocked.
"General Fu Guo personally led the troops to Ziwu Valley, saying that he would personally lead troops to Chang'an to explore the cause of the Northern Expedition!" The messenger from Hanzhong was trembling, timid and did not dare to raise his head.
At this moment, he could feel that the aura of the Prime Minister above him had changed.
"And in order to ensure that the fake Wei Dynasty does not detect it in advance, the emperor does not allow us to spread the word..."
"Is this... You Chang already so indulgent?" Zhuge Liang's face turned dark, and the anger in his eyes could not be concealed.
For a long time, Ma Su was at best a thorny figure who made unrealistic advances and did not obey military orders. But overall, he still cares about the overall situation and listens to orders.
Because of this, after subduing the local counterattack, Zhuge Liang sent Ma Di to Hanzhong. Ma Di was needed to guard the place, and a large number of Northern Expedition soldiers needed to be trained and commanded.
No one expected that Ma Di was not convinced and ran to the Northern Expedition to Chang'an!
If you don't pay attention to that place, Ma Su will die without a burial place!
"Send an order to Wu Ban and ask him to immediately lead his troops to Hanzhong to take over Nanzheng, and then immediately...forget it, I will go to Hanzhong in person, and I must capture Ma Su and hold him accountable!"