After more than a month of preparation, the Wei army finally prepared everything and set off for the country of Panyue.

Yang Hu, Wen Qin and Zhang Tong personally saw Deng Zhong off. The 30,000 Han Yi soldiers were fully equipped and embarked on the journey with great enthusiasm.

Deng Zhong is also full of confidence now. If he continues to stay in the Central Army, it will be almost impossible to get another chance to be promoted. After all, there are only three positions of chief and deputy governor of the Central Army, but there are as many as five battalions. Moreover, the Central Army is only a last-time party among the fifth battalion of the Central Army. Before the Central Army, the cavalry had a cavalry and infantry battalion, and they were the main force of the elite. The promotion opportunities for the Cavalent General and the Infantry General were far greater than that of Deng Zhong.

This time, Cao Liang named Deng Zhong to lead his army to the Pan Yue Kingdom, which clearly gave him a chance to make contributions. As long as Deng Zhong performed well enough in the conquest of Pan Yue Kingdom, he would have a chance to be promoted in the future.

At the beginning, Deng Zhong didn't quite understand the significance of going to the Panyue Kingdom. Later, Yang Hu told him something, and then he suddenly realized that as Shu Kingdom was destroyed and the world was peaceful, it would be difficult for the generals to achieve success.

But if Deng Zhong succeeds in his expedition to Panyue Kingdom at this moment, it will be equivalent to opening the door of merit again. Panyue Kingdom goes west and Cheli Kingdom. Cheli Kingdom goes west and there are countless territory.

Therefore, Panyue Kingdom is not an end point, but a new starting point. If Deng Zhong could seize this opportunity, his future status would never be inferior to his father Deng Ai.

After hearing Deng Zhong's words, he immediately told Yang Hu that he would definitely live up to the holy hope and create a new world for the Great Wei Dynasty.

It is impolite to come but not go. Shamoke led 30,000 soldiers to invade Nanzhong. This time, the Wei army sent troops to Panyue, which was famous. If they didn't teach them a lesson, these barbarian countries would not know that the sky was high and the earth was rich.

Yang Hu told Deng Zhong that he only needed to take charge of the conquest. As for the logistics supply, he didn't need to worry about it. While Wen Qin was responsible for the logistics support of other troops, he would also provide the army of the Western Expedition with perfect logistics support. Deng Zhong just needed to be responsible for the war with all his heart.

In addition, Yang Hu selected hundreds of prisoners of war among the captured Pan Yue soldiers as guides. As long as Deng Zhong could properly use these surrendered soldiers, there would be no problem of getting lost.

Moreover, based on the descriptions of these surrendered soldiers, Yang Hu also specially sent people to draw maps of Panyue Kingdom and nearby Cheli Kingdom and Daguang Kingdom for Deng Zhong to march and fight.

The Wei army was extremely well prepared for this expedition, but because they were facing a completely unfamiliar environment and completely unfamiliar enemy, Yang Hu could not guarantee that they could be foolproof. Therefore, Yang Hu told Deng Zhong that if the war was unfavorable, there was no need to show off. He retreated to Yongchang County first. At that time, Yang Hu would send reinforcements to assist Deng Zhong.

Deng Zhong agreed one by one, bowed to say goodbye to Yang Hu and others, left Wei County, and embarked on the road to the Western Expedition.

After Yang Hu sent Deng Zhong away, his next task was still quite heavy. After all, Yang Hu had been delaying in Nanzhong for a long time. At this time, Shu Kingdom had already known about the situation of Nanzhong and would make corresponding adjustments in defense.

In short, the Wei army had no chance to attack, and the next step was to fight a tough battle. The Lushui River was placed in front of Yang Hu. Only as long as the crossing of Lushui was successful would the Wei army have the opportunity to step into Shu and ring the death knell of Shu.

So Yang Hu gathered a team in Wei County, advanced northward, and pointed directly at Lushui.

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After the news that the Wei army captured Nanzhong reached Chengdu, the government and the people of Shu were shocked. In the eyes of Shu people, Nanzhong was the rear of Shu, and it was absolutely impossible to retreat. Now that the Wei army conquered Nanzhong in one fell swoop, it undoubtedly completely cut off Shu's last retreat.

However, this is not the point. Previously, the pressure from Wei State attacked Shu State mainly came from two aspects, one was the North Road and the other was the East Road. The situation on the North Road was the worst. Shu State lost the three counties of Hanzhong, Yinping and Wudu, and only relied on the natural danger of Jiange to barely guard the North Gate.

Although the situation on the eastern front was better, the Wei army concentrated a large number of troops in Xiling to attack Yong'an with all their might. The situation in Yong'an is now extremely serious and has reached a point where it cannot be lost. Once there is a place in Yong'an or Jiange, the entire defense line of Shu Kingdom will collapse.

I originally thought that after defending Jiange and Yong'an, the situation of Shu would temporarily turn into danger, but I didn't expect that Wei's killing move was not just here. They attacked Nanzhong from Jiaozhou, Meng Li surrendered, Huo Yi died in battle, and all the seven counties in Nanzhong fell into the hands of the Wei army. As a result, the gateway of the southern line opened, the situation suddenly deteriorated, and Shu was in danger.

After hearing the news, Liu Chan was restless and panicked, and quickly summoned the ministers to discuss matters.

The ministers also look at me, and I look at you, there is no way out. There are not many defenders in the South Central, and Huo Yi's direct troops only have more than 10,000 people. With such a little force, it is almost impossible to stop the Wei army. Therefore, Huo Yi's defeat and death were completely expected.

At this moment, there were only 20,000 imperial guards in Chengdu, all under the command of General Zhuge Zhan, the general of the Guard. However, it was just a foolish thing to expect that 20,000 imperial guards could stop the 100,000 Wei troops. Therefore, when Liu Chan asked for advice from the ministers, Zhuge Zhan just bowed his head and said nothing.

The other ministers had no good idea. Although they were talking a lot, they were inconsistent. After a long period of argument, they did not discuss a solution to it. Instead, they made Liu Chan's head a big fuss.

Liu Chan also sighed helplessly. Although these court officials, although they are usually five or six, are quite excited to impeach others, when they really encounter something, they are like headless flies, and in the end there is not even a person they can rely on.

Secretary Lang Xizheng came out to report: "Your Majesty will leave this military and national affairs to General Jiang Wei for handling."

At this time, the ministers agreed, all thinking that General Jiang Wei had a plan to retreat to the enemy, and Liu Chan should issue an order to Jiang Wei to handle the matter.

Liu Chan sighed helplessly. These ministers, they usually impeach Jiang Wei, were the most excited and wanted to get rid of it. However, now, they remembered Jiang Wei. Fortunately, Liu Chan did not listen to them at the beginning, otherwise there would be no one who could share the worries at this moment.

So Liu Chan issued an order to Jiang Wei, asking him to send troops to fight against the Wei army from the south, middle and north.
Chapter completed!