Deng Ai has been studying the strategy of attacking Shu in the past two years because he knew that sooner or later there would be a battle. If he prepared early, the Wei army would have more advantages in taking the initiative.

Jiang Wei's plan to gather troops and gather valleys seems to be impeccable, but Deng Ai doesn't think that Jiang Wei's plan is completely built on the three fortresses in Hanzhong: Seoul, Lecheng and Yangping Pass that must be held. Once one of the three fortresses is captured by the Wei army, the battle situation in Hanzhong may undergo earth-shaking changes.

Especially Yangping Pass, which is the main throat to Shu, and it is also the hub connecting Hanzhong and Yinping. Its geographical location is quite important. The gains and losses of Yangguanping will determine the direction of the entire Hanzhong battle and even the battle to attack Shu. Therefore, Deng Ai has always maintained close attention to Yangping Pass.

In the Hanzhong defense system, both Seoul and Lecheng adopted a single general command system. Jiang Bin guarded Seoul and Wang She guarded Lecheng, but Yangping Pass adopted a double general system, with a regular general and a deputy general guarding him. The general is the governor of Guanzhong Fu Qian, and the deputy general is the governor of Wuxing Jiang Shu. In terms of military allocation, Yangping Pass is also the strongest among the surrounding areas of Hanzhong.

The deployment of the Shu army was naturally Deng Ai’s most concerned about. The total garrison of the Shu army in Hanzhong and Yinping areas reached more than 80,000, including nearly 50,000 in Hanzhong and about 30,000 in Yinping and Dazhong areas.

The 50,000 people in Hanzhong were basically the Yizhou army. This army has always belonged to Jiang Wei's direct troops and was the backbone of Jiang Wei's repeated northern expeditions. This time, Jiang Weinan was transferred to Yong'an and only took away 20,000 of them, and the rest of the troops were left in Hanzhong.

The former Hanzhong Governor was Hu Ji. Later, Hu Ji was dismissed for the sake of affairs and was demoted to the governor of Han Shou. The current Hanzhong Governor is the right general Yan Yu.

Yan Yu used to serve as the governor of Yong'an, but there seems to be no law in comparison between Yong'an and Hanzhong. Hanzhong has always been a bridgehead and frontier position for the northern expedition of Shu. Here, almost half of the troops of Shu's country were concentrated. Although Yong'an's geographical location was also very important, because it was adjacent to the allied Wu Kingdom, the probability of a war was very small, and the troops stationed were usually less than 10,000.

After Yan Yu clinged to Huang Hao, someone supported him behind him, so he naturally became much more tough. Yan Yu certainly hoped that he could hold more power in his hands. Huang Hao and Jiang Wei had a deep grudge and often offered slander to the backlor Liu Chan, hoping that Yan Yu would replace Jiang Wei's position in Hanzhong.

Later, the conspiracy succeeded, Jiang Wei and Yan Yu's defense zone exchanged, and Yan Yu successfully became the new Hanzhong Governor, while Jiang Wei entered Yong'an as a general.

The Hanzhong Governor's Office is located in Nanzheng, just between Seoul and Lecheng. After Yan Yu took office, he could have made great achievements and made a difference, but after arriving in Nanzheng, he found that Hanzhong's troops all had their own responsibilities. Nanzheng, as the Hanzhong county city, was actually an empty city and there were not many people to call at all.

This surprised Yan Yu. Jiang Wei's plan to gather troops and gather valleys was originally intended to give up Nan Zheng, and Yan Yu was obviously unaware of this plan. After arriving in Nan Zheng, he realized that he had been completely undermined. This Hanzhong Governor was purely an empty stance.

When Hu Ji was the governor of Hanzhong, Jiang Wei was a general and had been stationed in Hanzhong, so Hu Ji's status was relatively embarrassing. Although he was named the governor of Hanzhong, he could not do the role of governor of Hanzhong.

Of course, Yan Yu knew this, so if he wanted to be the governor of Hanzhong, he could not let Jiang Wei stay in Hanzhong. After all, Jiang Wei was the general and was responsible for commanding the troops of the entire Shu Kingdom. Yan Yu and Jiang Wei lived in the same place, so they would not be subject to Jiang Wei's control everywhere.

Therefore, Yan Yu had to try every means to transfer Jiang Wei from Hanzhong to Hanzhong, so that he could exercise his power in Hanzhong.

Although Yan Yu finally became the governor of Hanzhong as he wished, he was sadly aware that he was really a commander and had almost no troops to be transferred in Nanzheng. Jiang Bin, Wang She, Fu Qian and others refused to be ordered on the grounds of executing General Jiang Wei's orders, which almost made Yan Yu vomit blood.

When he was in Yong'an, although there were not many soldiers, only Yan Yu's orders were followed. Yan Yu asked them to go east, but they dared not go west, but they dared not go north. In Yong'an, Yan Yu's words were imperial edicts, and they were the same.

However, Yan Yu despised Yong'an's few soldiers and had low power. He yearned for the Hanzhong Governor in his heart. He thought about how glorious it was to command five times the troops that Yong'an could be. But after taking office, he realized that it was not the same thing. The Hanzhong Governor was just a position that was empty, with only official positions but no real power. The generals below were all slanderous and even openly disobeyed.

But Yan Yu was just a false official and had no power to govern these officials and generals. What's more, the power of the troops and horses in Hanzhong was in the hands of these generals. Yan Yu was afraid of the rat and did not dare to do too much, so Hanzhong has always maintained a wonderful deadlock.

The 50,000 troops in Hanzhong, 20,000 were stationed in the hands of Fu Qian and Jiang Shu. The most important Yangping Pass and Han Le City were stationed with 10,000 troops, respectively, led by Jiang Bin and Wang She. The remaining 10,000 troops were divided into ten divisions, ranging from 500 to 2,000 people, and stationed in Xi'an, Jianwei, Wuwei, Shimen, Wucheng, Jianchang, Linyuan and other places, thinking that they were guerrilla troops.

Among them, there were only two thousand soldiers of the Nanzheng defenders left for Yan Yu. You should know that Nanzheng is the center of Hanzhong and the largest city in Hanzhong County. Jiang Wei actually only left two thousand soldiers. It was obvious that he wanted to abandon the guard. This made Yan Yu extremely depressed.

Now he can mobilize only two thousand people. He is a dignified Hanzhong Governor with only such a little power. It's really unreasonable!

Of course, Yan Yu was unwilling to accept it, but with his own strength, he would definitely not be able to change the current situation. If he wanted to gain greater power and break through the shackles left by Jiang Wei, Yan Yu had to find a way in the court.

Jiang Wei is a general, and he is indeed a general, but he is not a person who can cover the world. Isn’t there any emperor Liu Chan above Jiang Wei’s head? No matter how high Jiang Wei’s official position is, he cannot be better than Liu Chan.

So after Yan Yu saw the situation in Hanzhong, he wrote a secret letter to Huang Hao, explaining to him the current situation in Hanzhong, hoping that Huang Hao could make suggestions in front of Liu Chan, bringing back the power that originally belonged to the governor of Hanzhong, and rebuilding the defense system in Hanzhong.
Chapter completed!