Jiang Wei was not surprised by the loss of Nanzhong. The only thing that surprised him was how courageous it would take to attack Shu with Cao Liang's strategic arrangements in the three directions of the north and southeastern regions!

Nanzhong did not belong to the territory of Shu. There was not one-fifth of the territory controlled by the Han people in Nanzhong. More than 80% of the territory belonged to the barbarians. The places that the Shu army could occupy were some county towns, county towns and major transportation routes.

The barbarians were surrendered to Shu, but in fact they had considerable independence and autonomy. The officials sent by Shu Han to Nanzhong were basically unable to exercise power on the barbarians' territory.

Therefore, the Shu Han imperial court had always had a relatively weak control over Nanzhong. In the past, the establishment of the surrendered governor was only to coordinate and manage the relationship between the Han and Yi. It cannot be said that the power of the surrendered governor could cover the entire Nanzhong region.

Now, Huo Yi, the prefect of Jianning who is guarding Nanzhong, governs the seven counties of Nanzhong under the name of a county prefect. Not to mention actuality, even the nominal situation seems a bit difficult. His subordinates have only about 10,000 troops to survive. It is difficult to fight against the Wei army!

Therefore, when Jiang Wei heard the news that the Wei army was attacking Nanzhong, he couldn't help but sighed to the sky: "Nanzhong is lost!"

Before the news of the loss of Nanzhong came, Jiang Wei began to make targeted arrangements, because from Nanzhong to Chengdu, there were almost all the defensive vacuum areas of Shu Kingdom along the way. From north of Wei County, including Yuezhi County, Zhuti County, Jianwei County, Hanjia County, and Jiangyang County, there were not many soldiers and horses stationed in the county. If the Wei army was allowed to march from here, it would be like entering a deserted land and could quickly attack Chengdu.

Of course, Jiang Wei could not sit idly by. What was his purpose in defending Jiange to Yong'an? Isn't it just to prevent the Wei army from entering the Shuzhong Basin? At this moment, the Wei army bypassed the defense of the Shu army's northern and eastern lines, and directly started from the weakest southern line of the Shu army, and used an army of 80,000 troops to attack Nanzhong. This large roundabout strategic offensive made the Shu army, which had no surplus troops, unable to resist and could not defend.

But no matter how tight the troops were, Jiang Wei had to squeeze out some people from the gap. After all, if the Wei army was allowed to fight to Chengdu, all his previous efforts would be wasted.

Jiang Wei considered it over and over again and decided to send veteran Liao Hua to lead 10,000 troops to the road to prevent the Wei army from crossing the river and heading north after taking Nanzhong.

The Wu Road is at the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Lu River. The ancients always believed that the Min River was the main source of the Yangtze River, originating from Minshan, flowing through Chengdu, and then flowing eastward after the Wu Road converged with the Lu River. Therefore, the Wu Road belongs to the intersection of the three rivers and its geographical location is extremely important.

In fact, people in that era had limited cognition. Lushui, also known as the Jinsha River, was the main stream of the Yangtze River, and Minjiang River was just an important tributary of the Yangtze River. This wrong cognition was not corrected until the Ming Dynasty geographer Xu Xiake went on-site inspection, and it was able to make the Yangtze River the true largest river in China.

The main purpose of Jiang Wei sending Liao Hua to the Jade Road is to closely monitor the movements of the Wei army. Once the Wei army has plans to cross the Lu River or the Yangtze River north, they will try their best to use the natural danger to block the Wei army.

Of course, it is obviously unrealistic to expect Liao Hua to block the Wei army's attack if he wants to block the attack. Therefore, Jiang Wei sent Liao Hua to the Dao, which was just a vanguard, which was equivalent to a backup plan for Jiang Wei to deploy in advance. Once the Nanzhong was completely lost, the Shu army would not be numb and unable to deal with it.

If Jiang Wei wanted to block the Wei army's journey from the south, middle and north, it would require at least 40,000 to 50,000 troops. After all, from Yuezhi County to Jiangyang County, there would be at least a thousand miles of Jiang defense. With the current strength of the Shu army, it would probably be quite difficult to achieve everything.

From the south, middle and north, there is more than one road to pass. Whether it is the Wei army going to Yuezhi County or Jianwei County or Jiangyang County, they can all reach Chengdu. This undoubtedly gave Jiang Wei a headache. With such a path, Jiang Wei could not tell which Wei army would take.

If the troops were divided into guards, the Shu army would not have so many troops, but if the judgment was made incorrectly, the consequences would undoubtedly be extremely serious.

Therefore, Jiang Wei sent Liao Hua to the Dao, not all that he could hope Liao Hua could stop the Wei army. Instead, he formed a defensive structure in this area and grasped the movements of the Wei army in the Nanzhong area in advance. Once an emergency occurs, he would promptly warn Jiang Wei that Jiang Wei must dispatch troops to block the Wei army.

At the same time, Jiang Wei told Liao Hua that he could only guard the north bank of the Yangtze River or the Lu River, and not cross the river easily, nor could he send troops to Nanzhong easily. With the strength of Liao Hua's 10,000 troops, even if he went to Nanzhong for rescue, it would be useless. Not only would the Shu army in Nanzhong not be able to save it, but would instead bring his own troops in.

This is not to say that Jiang Wei has any prejudice against Huo Yi. Huo Yi has been far away from Nanzhong for a long time and has no connection with the ministers in the court who often impeached Jiang Wei, so basically he has no conflict with Jiang Wei.

But Jiang Wei was helpless when he was not saved. Even if he knew that Nanzhong was in danger, if Jiang Wei drew some of his troops to go to Nanzhong at this time, what would happen to Yong'an's defense line? Jiang Wei could only ignore the other.

So sending Liao Hua to lead 10,000 troops to the Path Road was already Jiang Wei's upper limit. In this case, sending Liao Hua to continue to move south was meaningless.

Perhaps some people would say the same thing, so why not order Huo Yi to evacuate Wei County and evacuate the remaining troops to the Dao?

But the reason why Jiang Wei did not give the order was that Yong'an and Wei County were far apart. After several information exchanges, Wei County was probably almost lost.

Besides, the army in Nanzhong is not under Jiang Wei's subordinates, but is directly ordered by the Shu court. If Jiang Wei wants to issue an order, he must contact the court and the imperial court will issue an order.

Besides, there is not only Huo Yi's army, but at least 100,000 barbarian troops available in Nanzhong. If Huo Yi cleverly uses the barbarian soldiers, Nanzhong might not have fallen into the hands of the Wei army, so it is not very realistic to let Huo Yi escape from Nanzhong too early.

However, the Wei army's actions were extremely fast. Before Jie Dai of the Battle of Ye Yu was spread to Wei County, two Wei army's cavalry had already appeared at the city of Wei County, and immediately cut off Huo Yi's retreat.

Even though Huo Yi had the intention to escape from Wei County at this moment, he had no chance again.
Chapter completed!