Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 606 Sima Yi’s bargaining chip
In the ninth year of the Chu calendar, Wei Yan led the army, and under the command of Fazheng, the troops left Ziwu Valley!
In order to avoid Longyou's sneak attack - although Liu Bei's situation is unclear, Guan Yu should not be interested in fighting, but Ma Chao is hard to say... so Zhao Yun still sits in Hanzhong.

Wei Yan was very excited and wanted to lead his troops into battle, but Zhao Yun made a special agreement with him to make him obey Fa Zheng's command.

Ziwu Valley is not so easy to pass. Even if the journey is safe, even if it is an elite army and lightly equipped troops, it will take six or seven days to pass...

Historically, when Cao Zhen was conquering Shu, he wanted to go to Ziwu Valley out of the blue. However, after a heavy rain, he lingered in the valley for more than a month. In the end, he didn't even touch the edge of the Shu army, so he ran out of ammunition and food and could only rush. retreat.

Both the Chu and Han armies had many scouts here, and the terrain was not suitable for an attack. It could not be passed in a day or two. In fact, there were not many surprise troops.

Moreover, it was not yet the first lunar month, so Fazheng felt a little uneasy - if there was a bad spring or a heavy snowstorm, he would be in trouble this time!

Even if they have been carefully dealt with, once bad weather occurs, the Chu army can only achieve an "orderly withdrawal."

However, there was not much precipitation in Chang'an and Hanzhong in winter. Finally, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Chu army fought with a small group of Han troops.

However, the Han army now had no intention of fighting. Instead of being too much of an obstacle, Fazheng was able to retreat a lot. After that, they continued to advance. On the sixth day of the lunar month, they discovered that there was already a camp of Zheng's army ahead!

Although the road was rugged and the artillery was still being transported, the Chu army's advantage was still fully demonstrated due to the advantage of the infuriating crossbows.

After learning that the Chu army was advancing, Sima Yi specially arranged for Xu Huang to lead [-] troops in an effort to block Ziwukou...

The narrow terrain greatly restricted the advantages of the Chu army, especially the rugged terrain, which made the artillery transportation of weapons for attacking fortresses extremely slow.

As a result, although the Chu army repeatedly had the upper hand in battles, it was difficult to turn the advantage into a decisive victory!

Of course, if it continues, Fazheng is confident that he will be able to force his way out of Ziwukou in half a month.

However, only two days after the battle, Zhong Yao came to the front of the Chu army as a messenger...

Fazheng naturally treated Zhong Yao with courtesy and invited people into the camp first - Fazheng himself was from Fufeng, Guanzhong. Zhong Yao was more than 20 years older than him. He had been an official in the "Chaozhong" in his early years. Dong Zhuo threatened the emperor. When he moved west to Chang'an, Zhong Yao was also in the court, and Natural Law recognized Zhong Yao.

"Who is Mr. Zhong going to be the envoy this time?" Although Fazheng didn't mean to be careless, he didn't do so many things in the camp. He didn't even prepare tea. He asked bluntly as soon as they met.

After all, Zhong Yao is a court official, but he is also Cao Cao's "spokesperson". At the same time, he is cooperating with Zheng Hou this time. Who is the messenger? It's really hard to say!

"Long time no see, Xiaozhi is still so righteous and fast-talking." Zhong Yao, who was already over 50, smiled at the unkind Fazheng.

Fazheng said nothing, still staring at Zhong Yao in front of him.

The saying that Zheng is a "righteous man" obviously does not really mean that he values ​​righteousness over life, but that he is not tactful in dealing with things - this is something that Fa Zheng still knows in his heart.

This is indeed the case, but the lack of smoothness of Fa Zheng is completely different from Wei Yan's hatred in history and Mi Heng's hatred now. It can only be said that Fa Zheng is not so omnipotent and is far from flawed.

Seeing that Fazheng didn't answer, Zhong Yao continued without feeling embarrassed: "It doesn't matter whose envoy I am. If the King of Chu wants to do so, I can be the envoy of the King of Chu back to Chang'an... But this time the Chu State sends troops. Why?"

"Zheng Hou Zhang Yan was cruel and was seduced by Sima Yi. He killed the Han Emperor and plundered the people of Chang'an. How could I, the great Chu, stand by and watch?" Fazheng sneered.

Why did Chu send troops?
Nonsense, Chang'an is in chaos, why doesn't Chu send troops?Is this still the time when we need a reason to attack the Han capital?

Since Zhong Yao asked such a stupid question, Fa Zheng naturally had a "stupid" answer.

Zhong Yao saw that the law was so "pragmatic", so he didn't feel annoyed, he just smiled, and then said the same pragmatic words.

"Oh? If I were the king of Chu, I should be more concerned about Xichuan now, right? This is a letter to Xu Jing, the prefect of Shu County. If the Chu State is interested, it can use this strategy to rebel against Xu Jing." Zhong Yao said, taking out his chips, Or bait!
Indeed, for the Chu State that already occupied Hanzhong, from a purely strategic perspective, Xichuan should be the first target.

Otherwise, if you hold Hanzhong in your hand, you have to be wary of Xichuan, and you will not be able to take advantage of Hanzhong's geographical advantage at all.

On the contrary, if Xichuan can be taken, the lands of Hanzhong and Bashu will also be returned to the Chu State. Not only will half of the world be included, but Hanzhong, Xiangfan, and Huainan will all be in the Chu State, which is enough to capture the dragon!

Even...even if the Qi army of Longyou is left to fight with the Zheng army in Guanzhong, it would be excellent to take the opportunity to regain Qingxu and Longyou.

When Fazheng heard this, he opened the letter that was not sealed in the first place.

I saw that most of them contained ordinary greetings and words of solicitation. Looking at this letter alone, I couldn't tell much. However, Fazheng didn't think that Marquis Zheng...or Sima Yi was naive enough to use this "empty city strategy"!
Shu County is the core of Xichuan. Both the city and Guanghan are in Shu County.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that Xu Jing is far from being the best in Shu County. On the contrary, because of the existence of Shuhou Mansion, his power is more limited than that of ordinary governors.

However, it is undeniable that if Xu Jing assists, Shu County will be easier to invade. Even considering Deng Ai's progress in Nanzhong, he can definitely try to enter Shu this year!

but……

"Hua Xin, the great scholar of Chu, was detained by Marquis Zheng in Chang'an. If we don't see the scholar Hua Xin, the Chu army will not withdraw its troops!" Fa Zheng simply revealed something.

Zhong Yao frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "Master Hua left without saying goodbye before Marquis Zheng entered the city that day. Maybe... he was delayed on the road? I will also look for him on his behalf later."

Fazheng was not worried that Sima Yi would dare to deliberately detain Hua Xin at this time. After all... Hua Xin was of little use to the Chu State from a pragmatic perspective.

On the contrary, if someone touches Hua Xin at this time, he will face revenge that is countless times the actual loss of Chu State!

Liu Xie might be motivated, but there was no reason for Sima Yi to be motivated.

As for Liu Bei?

Fazheng doesn't know anything about Liu Bei now...

At the same time, in Chang'an City, the news of Liu Xie's death was officially announced!

As the "chief culprit", it was naturally Dong Cheng who had repeatedly slandered and misled Liu Xie. After Liu Xie's death, he was also executed by Zhang Yan, the righteous envoy of Zhenghou who upheld justice and rescued the Marquis of Qi.

Liu Xie did not abdicate, so naturally he did not get the word "Xian". At Sima Yi's suggestion, Zheng Hou drafted the posthumous title of Xiao Ai for him. At the same time, in Chang'an, he enshrined the son of Queen Fu as the emperor...

Historically, both of Empress Fu's sons were killed by Cao Cao. However, under the White Rabbit Effect, the Han Emperor had already moved eastward before Cao Cao took action, and naturally the princes were also killed.

However, although Concubine Dong Guifei and her prince were not executed, they were deposed as common people and placed under house arrest.

After learning the news, Liu Bei stayed up all night and had a heart-to-heart talk with Hua Xin the next day...

After the afternoon, Hua Xin came to the palace calmly and handed in his resignation openly and openly - as if the person who disappeared a few days ago was not him, and he just woke up from a hangover today!
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