On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 541 The troops dispersed from the pass

After Cui Che captured all Guanzhong, the next stage's goal was naturally to take advantage of the victory and pursue the four counties of Hechi, Hanchuan, Xicheng, and Fangling.

Hanchuan County has jurisdiction over eight counties, with 11,910 households, and governs Nanzheng County (now Nazheng District, Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province).

Because it is located between the Guanzhong Basin and the Sichuan Basin, you can go to Longyou via the Qishan Road, and you can get in touch with Jingxiang and the Central Plains along the Han River. It is located at a transportation hub and has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Xicheng County has six counties under its jurisdiction, with 14,341 households, and governs Jinchuan County (now Ankang, Shaanxi Province).

Fangling County has jurisdiction over four counties, with 7106 households, and governs Guangqian County (today's Fangxian County, Hubei Province).

Hechi County has jurisdiction over five counties, with 11,202 households, and governs Liangquan County (today's Feng County, Shaanxi Province).

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

Yuwenshu really didn't expect that the city would be captured by Cui Che the day after he left Daxing. This made him grateful that he left early, otherwise he would have followed in the footsteps of Gao Xing who committed suicide.

In comparison, the news of the loss of Sanguan was within his expectation.

Its weak defense on the east side prevented Yuwen Shu from placing high hopes on Sanguan.

Now, Guanzhong has been lost. After Tianshui defected, Longyou counties have severed their ties with Hanchuan, and they won't be able to hold on for long.

The memorial to plead guilty to Yang Guang has been sent to Jiangdu. Yuwenshu didn't know what kind of punishment would befall him, but he was still determined to guard Hanchuan for Yang Guang.

Preserve the seeds of hope for the possible future Northern Expedition to recapture Guanlong.

After all, sending troops from Hanchuan will cause less logistical pressure than sending troops from Shu.

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

In the side room, Yu Wenshiji said worriedly.

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

Previously, King Yang Jian of Qi fled Daxing in advance, accompanied by Yu Wenshu. After Yu Wenshu arrived, the father and son also reunited in Nanzheng City.

Yuwen Shiji's words made Yu Wenshu silent. He also knew that Yang Guang voluntarily gave up Guanzhong and fled to Jiangnan, so how could he have the ambition to regain Guanzhong.

Cui Che had previously written a poem to ridicule Yang Guang. The poem said:

‘Beyond the mountains, there are towers outside the mountains, when will the singing and dancing in the south of the Yangtze River end?

"The warm wind makes the tourists drunk and makes Yangzhou look like Yongzhou."

Although Yang Guang strictly prohibited the singing of this poem, it still resonated with many people.

Yu Wenshiji was one of them. Although he stayed in the north, he often exchanged letters with his two elder brothers. He also knew that the ministers who moved south did not want to make progress and were intoxicated in the mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yuwenshu explained:

"This matter cannot be entirely blamed on the saint, these are all the evils planted by the late emperor.

"Since ancient times, Yan and Zhao had many elite soldiers, but because of his father-in-law's love, the late emperor allowed Cui Che to control Yan for a long time and allowed him to win over people's hearts, so that he could not lose his tail.

“If we want to replace him again, we have no choice but to do nothing, and we don’t want to trigger a civil war, so we can only let it go.

"And Yang Liang, who was guarding Hedong, lured the wolf into the house, so that the elite soldiers of Hedong were also owned by Cui Che.

"Guanzhong has been resting and recuperating for many years, and the soldiers have been separated from the battlefield for a long time. However, the Yanzhao soldiers under Cui Che have been fighting against the Turks all the year round. They are the strongest soldiers in the world. The soldiers of Guanlong Mansion can hardly compete with them. Otherwise, the saint would not urgently recruit the Xiaoguo martyrs.

"But the repeated defeats made the saint discouraged, so he moved south and took advantage of the Wu people's boats to fend off the enemy.

"Once Cui Che's southern expedition fails miserably and his elite troops are lost in the rivers, it will be time for us to regroup and go north to take back the lost territory!"

However, Yuwen Shiji was very pessimistic. He reminded:

"Father, Cui Che is now training as a naval force in Xuzhou. It shows that this man knows the difference in warfare between the north and the south.

"If the people of Wu were invincible, how could the Sui Dynasty conquer the south of the Yangtze River and unify the world?"

Yu Wenshu said unconcernedly:

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

"Chen Shubao was so dissolute and immoral that he did not send a ship to intercept him. He thought that his royal power was in Jinling, allowing He Ruobi, Han Qinhu and others to cross the river calmly. This is the second reason.

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

After that, he stopped talking to Yuwen Shiji about the situation in the world. He was also afraid that he would be persuaded by his son.

Before dismissing Yu Wenshu, Yu Wenshu specifically told him that what he said today must not be mentioned to outsiders, otherwise he would be killed.

Yuwenshu knew that even if he lost Guanlong and even Hanchuan County, Yang Guang would not kill him.

But if Yuwenshi and these words spread, Yang Guang can't help but wonder whether this is Yuwenshu's father's idea, and whether Yuwenshu will have an affair with Cui Che in a pessimistic mood.

Yuwenshi and bowing should be.

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

But it happened that his father was Yang Guang's most trusted minister and was also loyal to Yang Guang. The relationship between Yu Wenshu and Cui Che could not be called friendly. This made Yu Wenshu worried about the future of his family, but he also

Nothing can be done.

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

They believed that Yang Guang could not defeat Cui Che's elite cavalry in the north, but he could still rely on the natural dangers of the rivers to fight across the river with Cui Che.

After all, if the natural dangers of the Yangtze River were so easy to overcome, there would be no more troubled times like the division between the north and the south for more than 270 years.

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

At the same time, after Cui Che rested for a day in Sanguan, he left all Jiuxi in Guancheng and personally led the army out to the west.

There are four main passages from Guanzhong to Hanchuan County, namely Ziwu Road, Tangluo Road, Baoxie Road and Chencang Road from east to west.

The Ziwu Road is the longest and most difficult road among the four passages. Since ancient times, many generals have proposed to attack Guanzhong via the 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 navigate.

Baoxie Road is a mountain passage and the main route for 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 Baoxie Road. He could only seize Sanguan and choose Chencang Road.

Han Xin built a plank road in the open and crossed Chencang secretly. What he built was the mountain plank road of Baoxie Road, and what he crossed was the Chencang Road that Cui Che is taking now.

Cui Che marched along the valley road along the upper reaches of the Jialing River and approached Hechi County.

Hechi County governs Feng County and is on the only road leading from Chencang Road to Hanchuan River.

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

(End of chapter)