On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 541
After Cui Che took all of Guanzhong, the goal of the next stage is naturally to take advantage of the victory and pursue the four counties of Hechi, Hanchuan, Xicheng, and Fangling.

Hanchuan County has eight counties under its jurisdiction, with 11910 households, governing Nanzheng County (now Hanzhong Nanzheng District, Shaanxi).

Because it is located between the Guanzhong Basin and the Sichuan Basin, you can go to Longyou via Qishan Road, and you can get in touch with Jingxiang and the Central Plains along the Hanshui River.

Xicheng County has six counties under its jurisdiction, with 14341 households, and governs Jinchuan County (now Ankang, Shaanxi).

Fangling County has four counties under its jurisdiction, with 7106 households, governing Guangqian County (now Fangxian County, Hubei).

Hechi County has five counties under its jurisdiction, with 11202 households, and governs Liangquan County (now Fengxian County, Shaanxi).

Qi Wang Yang Hao and Yu Wenshu are now in Hanchuan County, in the city of Nanzheng.

Yu Wenshu really did not expect that the day after he left Daxing, the city would be captured by Cui Che, which made him rejoice that he left early, otherwise he might follow in the footsteps of Gao Jiong who committed suicide.

In comparison, the news of Sanguan's fall was within his expectation.

Its weak defense on the east side made Yuwen Shuben not place high hopes on Sanguan.

Now that Guanzhong has been lost, the counties in Longyou have severed their connection with Hanchuan after Tianshui's rebellion, and they can't hold on for long.

The memorial to Yang Guang has been sent to Jiangdu. Yu Wenshu didn't know what kind of punishment fell on him, but he was still determined to guard Hanchuan for Yang Guang.

For the possible future Northern Expedition, recapture Guanlong, and keep the seeds of hope.

After all, dispatching troops from Hanchuan, in any case, has less logistical pressure than dispatching troops from Shu.

"Father, do you really think that the saint still has the intention to regain Guanzhong?"

In the wing room, Yuwen Shiji said worriedly.

He is the third son of Yu Wenshu. His two elder brothers, Yu Wenhuaji and Yu Wenzhiji, have followed Yang Guang to Jiangdu. Only Yuwenshiji stayed in the north to serve his father.

Prior to this, King Yang of Qi fled Daxing ahead of schedule, along with Yuwenshi and his entourage. After Yuwenshu arrived, the father and son also reunited in Nanzheng City.

What Yu Wenshi said made Yu Wenshu silent. He also knew that Yang Guang voluntarily gave up Guanzhong and fled to the south of the Yangtze River, so how could he have the ambition to regain Guanzhong.

Cui Che had written a poem to ridicule Yang Guang before, saying:
'Outside the mountains, the green hills and the buildings outside the buildings, when will the singing and dancing in the south of the Yangtze River stop.

The warm wind made the tourists drunk, and turned Yangzhou into Yongzhou. '

Although Yang Guang strictly forbids this poem to be sung, it has aroused the resonance of many people.

Yuwen Shiji was one of them. Although he stayed in the north, he often communicated with his two elder brothers by letter.

Yu Wenshu explained:

"You can't blame the sage for this matter, these are the seeds of disaster planted by the late emperor.

"Since ancient times, Yanzhao has many elite soldiers, but the late emperor let Cui Che occupy the land of Yan for a long time because of the love of his son-in-law.

"If you want to replace it again, you are helpless, and you don't want to trigger a civil war, so you can only let it go.

"Yang Liang, who was guarding Hedong, led the wolves into the house, making the elite soldiers of Hedong also belong to Cui Che.

"Guanzhong has recuperated for many years, and the soldiers have been out of battle for a long time. Cui Che's soldiers from Yanzhao have been fighting against the Turks all year round. They are the strongest soldiers in the world. It is difficult for the soldiers of Guanlong Mansion to compete with them. Otherwise, the saints would not urgently recruit Xiaoguo righteous soldiers.

"It's just that the repeated failures made the sage discouraged, so he moved south, taking advantage of the Wu people's boats to fend off the enemy.

"Once Cui Che's southern campaign fails miserably and the elite loses in the rivers and rivers, it will be time for us to regroup and go north to reclaim the lost ground!"

However, Yuwen Shiji was very pessimistic. He reminded:

"Father, Cui Che is currently training naval forces in Xuzhou, so it can be seen that this person knows the difference between northern and southern warfare.

"If Wu's boats and boats are always in danger, how can there be a Great Sui to pacify Jiangnan and rule the world."

Yu Wenshu didn't take it seriously and said:

"The two are not the same. The Great Sui occupied the land of Shu and shared the natural danger of the Yangtze River with the Chen Dynasty. This is one of them.

"Chen Shubao is dissolute and immoral, he didn't even send a ship to intercept him, thinking that the king's spirit is in Jinling, so that He Ruobi, Han Qinhu and others can cross the river calmly, this is the second.

"Although the saint is depressed now, he has served his father for decades, and he knows that he has great ambitions. How can he be compared with Chen Shubao?"

After that, he stopped talking about the world situation with Yuwen Shihe, and he was also afraid that he would be persuaded by this son.

Before retiring Yuwen Shiji, Yuwenshu specially told him that today's words must not be mentioned to outsiders, otherwise he will be killed.

Yu Wenshu knew that even if he lost Guan Long and even Hanchuan County, Yang Guang would not kill himself.

But if Yuwenshi and these words spread, Yang Guang will inevitably wonder if this is Yu Wenshu's idea of ​​being a father, and wonder whether Yu Wenshu will have an affair with Cui Che in a pessimistic mood.

Yuwen Shi and bowed should be.

After leaving his father's room, Yu Wenshiji had a sad face, he deeply felt that Yang Guang could not be Cui Che's opponent.

But his father is Yang Guang's most trusted subject, and he is also loyal to Yang Guang, and the relationship between Yu Wenshu and Cui Che is not friendly, which makes Yu Wenshu worry about the future of his family, but also helpless.

Among the ministers who moved south from Guanzhong and local scholars in Jiangnan, those who shared the same views as Yu Wenshu accounted for the vast majority.

They believed that Yang Guang couldn't beat Cui Che's elite cavalry in the north, but he could also take advantage of the natural dangers of the river and row the river with Cui Che to rule.

After all, if the natural barriers of the Yangtze River were so easy to overcome, there would be no more than 270 years of troubled times where the North and the South were divided.

As for the unification of the Sui Dynasty, it was purely the result of Nanliang losing the land of Shu and Chen Shubao's random command.

At the same time, after Cui Che rested for a day at the pass, he left all of Jiuxi in the pass, and led the army westward.

From Guanzhong to Hanchuan County, there are four main passages. From east to west, they are Ziwu Road, Tangluo Road, Baoxie Road and Chencang Road.

Ziwu Road is the longest and most difficult road among the four passages. Since ancient times, many generals have proposed to attack Guanzhong via Ziwu Valley, but there has never been a successful case.

Although the Tangluo Road is the shortest of the four passages, the mountain roads along the way are steep and difficult to pass.

Baoxie Road is a mountain passage, and it is also the main route for the transportation between Bashu and Qinchuan in ancient times.

However, because Yu Wenshu ordered the plank road to be burned down, Cui Che could not choose to march from the Baoxie Road, but could only seize Sanguan and choose Chencang Road.

Han Xin's plank road built in the open, crossing Chencang secretly, is the mountain plank road of Baoxie Road, and what he crosses is the Chencang Road that Cui Che is walking now.

Cui Che marched along the valley road in the upper reaches of the Jialing River, approaching Hechi County.

Zhifeng County, Hechi County, is on the only way from Chencang Road to Hanchuan.

If you want to go down to Hanchuan, you must take Hechi.

(End of this chapter)