The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 343 The Event of Hanzhong
Since Hanzhong is so important to Yizhou, isn't there any smart person in Yizhou who can see it?Why doesn't Yizhou Group try to take Hanzhong back?

Of course they also thought about it, but Liu Zhang, the current lord of Yizhou, was too weak and incompetent. He had only one state and eight counties, and he had nothing to do with Zhang Lu, who had only one county.

In the end, the reason is that there are many internal contradictions in Yizhou, and it is impossible to work together and unanimously external.

Fortunately, Zhang Lu is not a talented master. With the geographical advantages of Hanzhong, he has been the leader for many years in this small and wealthy basin with peace of mind.

However, Zhang Lu's good days are coming to an end, because both Cao Cao and Zhang Wu have freed up their hands, and they coincidentally pointed their next target at him.

After Zhang Wu completely pacified Jiangdong, he immediately expanded his army. The main aspect of the army expansion was infantry.

According to the plan of Cheqi General's Mansion, after the expansion of the army is completed, the Jingzhou Group has a total of 25 troops, including 15 sailors and [-] troops.

Among the [-] sailors, Gan Ning and Feng Xi led a total of [-] stationed in Jiangling. They are strengthening their training and preparing to take the Yangtze River to raid Chengdu.Most of the [-] sailors are the main elite troops and have participated in many large-scale water battles.

Ding Feng led [-] sailors to garrison Jianye to guard against Cao Cao's Xuzhou army in the north, and harassed them north along the waterway from time to time.

Wenpin led [-] naval troops to garrison in Chaisang to guard against Cao Ren who was garrisoned in Wancheng, while also maintaining the stability of Yuzhang and Luling counties.

There are also [-] sailors patrolling between Xiangyang and Jiangxia to guard against Xiahou Dun who is stationed in Wancheng.

And although the 15 infantry had been assembled, they did not meet the requirements in terms of weapons, equipment or training. There were only [-] elite infantry at most.

It is really difficult to compete with Cao Cao for Hanzhong with [-] elite infantry!
Although it is possible to reach Hanzhong by boat from Xiangyang on the Hanshui River, it is limited to commercial small boats, and the warships of the navy certainly cannot.Because the Han River is not a big river like the Yangtze River, the river becomes narrower as it goes upstream, and not far upstream from Xiangyang is full of vast mountains.

From the current Shiyan to Hanzhong, there are high mountains and cliffs on both sides of the Han River. The terrain is very dangerous and the river is narrow. As long as Hanzhong sends troops to block the two places of Ankang and Xixiang, Jingzhou's navy will not be able to enter Hanzhong.

Besides, even if the navy can go in, it's useless. When there is a real war, you have to abandon the ship and go ashore. Sending the navy is just taking off your pants and farting.

It is also very troublesome to go by land, and you need to climb mountains and ridges along the way, and Shangyong City, which is the closest to Hanzhong, is separated from Hanzhong by the Wudang Mountains.

Cao Cao didn't really have a chance to attack Hanzhong until the Ma Chao Rebellion was quelled. Before that, Cao Cao could only attack Hanzhong from Chang'an.

Hanzhong and Guanzhong were separated by the Qinling Mountains. If Cao Cao wanted to attack Hanzhong from Chang'an, he had to cross the Qinling Mountains.

After pacifying Ma Chao, Cao Cao completely occupied Liangzhou, and the land of Guanzhong and Xilong was truly safe, and it also provided Cao Cao with another way to attack Hanzhong.

That is to go around Liangzhou to the west of Hanzhong to attack Yangping Pass.

This point was easily guessed by Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others.

In Xiangyang Cheqi General's Mansion, Zhang Wuzheng convened several military divisions and generals to discuss matters in Hanzhong.

"My lord, after Cao Cao became the Duke of Wei, in order to enhance his prestige, he will definitely launch an army to conquer. There are various indications that the next target of Cao Cao's attack is Hanzhong Zhanglu, but Hanzhong is surrounded by mountains. It is difficult to walk in this cold winter, Cao Cao will definitely not send troops. It is estimated that Cao Cao will send troops when the spring is warm this year." Pang Tong pointed to the large sand table in the middle of the hall.

"Although Hanzhong and Xiangyang are connected by the Han River, there are many mountains separating them, which is really not conducive to our competition with Cao Cao for Hanzhong." Zhang Wu said with a sigh.

Xu Shu said: "After Cao Cao pacified Liangzhou, his strength increased greatly. If he attacked Hanzhong, he could dispatch at least 30 troops. Moreover, although Hanzhong is surrounded by mountains, the internal terrain is flat, which is suitable for Cao's army to fight on foot. Our army is now Although there are 15 infantry, they can only dispatch [-] at most, I am afraid that the land battle is not the opponent of Cao Jun."

Zhang Wu also saw the difficulty. The battle for Hanzhong relied on infantry, and the infantry in Jingzhou was definitely not as elite as Cao Jun. Zhang Wu didn't want to fight a war of attrition with Cao Cao now, because he couldn't afford it now.

In the original book, Liu Bei was able to take Hanzhong back from Cao Cao, because Liu Bei had already occupied Yizhou first, and he already had a lot of troops in his hands, and it was much more convenient to attack Hanzhong from Yizhou.

Secondly, after Cao Cao defeated Zhang Lu and occupied Hanzhong, he led the main army back, because Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to return Jiangxia, Changsha, and Guiyang as a condition for Sun Quan to attack Hefei.Cao Cao had no choice but to lead his army to rescue Hefei, leaving only Xia Houyuan, Zhang Yun and others to guard Hanzhong.

Now that Zhang Wu has not won Yizhou, he still has to fight against the main army led by Cao Cao, which is really difficult.

If I can cause Cao Cao some more trouble, it would be nice to delay him for a year or two.

It's a pity that there is no suitable opportunity. Now Cao Cao has basically unified the north. Except for the Gongsun family in Liaodong, no one can cause trouble for Cao Cao. To attack Cao Cao, they would not dare to give them three more guts.

In addition to causing trouble from Cao Cao's back, Zhang Wu can only find a way.Now if Zhang Wu wants to cause trouble for Cao Cao, he can send troops from two places.

One is to send troops from Fancheng to attack Wancheng, and then threaten Xudu.But Wancheng was guarded by Xiahoudun and Man Chong with heavy troops, and Jingzhou infantry had to fight against Cao Jun's elite infantry and cavalry. It was basically impossible to win, at least not now.

The other is to send troops from Jiangdong to fight Lujiang or Hefei to compete for the land of Jianghuai.But Jiangdong has just been pacified, and Jianye City has not yet been built, so it is really not suitable for sending troops.

While pulling his beard, Zhang Fei listened to the opinions of these military advisers boredly, but he was thinking in his heart that the general's mansion must take care of the lunch at noon, and he wondered what delicious food there was.

In this cold and twelfth lunar month, there are nine out of ten people who want to eat hot pot at noon.

According to Zhang Fei's previous temper, he must have yelled loudly that there is nothing to consider, let me lead the troops, and even Cao Cao was stabbed to death with a spear.

Now Zhang Fei has fought for most of his life. Of course, he also knows that he can't fight recklessly. When he fought with Cao Cao before, he lost more than he won, but he basically never lost when he fought with Zhang Wu.

So Zhang Fei also knew that in addition to being brave in war, he also needed to rely on resourcefulness.

At this time, Kuai Yue laughed and said, "My lord, although Hanzhong is important, it is for Yizhou. Now we haven't even won Yizhou, but we are thinking about competing with Cao Cao's 30 troops for Hanzhong. Is it too hasty?" gone?"

(End of this chapter)