The death of Tuo Tuo caused shock in Shu.
Yang Jian's death shocked Shu.
Chen Qingzhi's rebellion shocked Shu.
The loss of Hanzhong shocked Shuzhong.
Zhou Yafu was the first to receive the news. When he saw Ji Chang escorting the embarrassed Fazheng, Shen Luoyan and others, he almost fainted.
When he knew that Wang Jian's 120,000 troops and horses had entered Hanzhong, Zhou Yafu had actually given up his plan to invade Hanzhong. Even though Liu Che had given him the order to support Hanzhong, he still gave up this plan and instead Instead, he made preparations to defend Nishikawa.
Wang Jian's 120,000 troops entered Hanzhong, so it would be meaningless for Zhou Yafu's 100,000 reinforcements to arrive. There were indeed 100,000 reinforcements. Wei Qing rushed towards Baishui Pass like a rainbow, and Zhou Yafu had to send reinforcements there.
As a famous general of the generation, Zhou Yafu has always seen clearly that the biggest advantage of Hanzhong is the geographical location, but if he continued to support Hanzhong at that time, he would inevitably have to start a field battle with the Jin army, and the geographical advantages that could be used were minimal.
Wang Jian's more than 100,000 yuan, Li Jing's and Feng Yi's more than 200,000 yuan, Zhou Yafu never thought of going up and giving them away directly. The opponents were both well-known generals in the world. No matter how confident Zhou Yafu was, he would never think that he could defeat the opponent with a hundred thousand troops.
If Zhou Yafu was really that arrogant, or to be more accurate, he would not be qualified to become a famous general.
So, he made what he thought was the most accurate choice.
However, Zhou Yafu thought that even if Hanzhong was lost, generals such as Tuo, Chen Qingzhi, Yang Jian, and Yu Da would be able to escape all the way, but he didn't know that he would bow down to the sky with this bow, and he should not go in if he should go in. Everyone got in, and only a few people came back in the end.
There was no way, who made the plan between Dai Tuo and Fazheng fall apart. The more dangerous the plan, the greater the possible results if it succeeds. But if it fails, the losses that may occur are likely to be unbearable.
Zhou Yafu knew that after this defeat, Shuzhong's vitality was severely damaged.
The loss of Hanzhong directly put the situation in Shuzhong into the most unfavorable position. Even if the Shu army in the future could repel the Jin army this time, Hanzhong could not get it back. Then the next situation will definitely not be easy.
More importantly, Shuzhong lost a large number of good ministers and generals. Hanzhong may still have a chance to take it back, but those good ministers and generals are really hard to come by.
This loss is likely to be a loss that can never be compensated.
How to find a series of talented people like Dai Tuo, Chen Qingzhi, Yang Jian, Yu Da, Zhang Xun, Zhu Fuyan, etc.?
oh! correct! Not long after Li Jing's visit, the 20,000-strong army of Wang Jian and Wang Ben's father and son had already conquered Nanzheng, and the master's father committed suicide in retaliation.
And the father-in-law was very cruel. Before he died, he burned all the grain and grass stored in Zheng Nei, Nanzhen. He would rather die than leave a grain of rice to the Jin army.
Once Nanzheng was lost, and hundreds of thousands of Jin troops had entered Hanzhong, people from all over the country surrendered after hearing the news. Even if there were some individuals who resisted, their final results can be imagined!
Li Jing left Wang Ben to lead 20,000 troops to sort out the remaining affairs in Hanzhong and be responsible for solving the remaining resistance forces in Hanzhong.
The remaining resistance forces in Hanzhong are nothing to fear and are not large-scale. They are just scattered in various places in Hanzhong, and it is more troublesome to clean them up. With Wang Ben and 20,000 soldiers and horses, he will put in more effort and slowly clean them up.
As long as Yangping Pass is firmly in their hands, even if Hanzhong has not been completely pacified yet, it will not be able to pose a real threat to the Jin army.
Therefore, Li Jing was unwilling to waste time on such "small matters", leaving Wang Ben to deal with it, and ordered Wang Jian to lead dozens of light cavalry to quickly march westward to prepare for the invasion of Xichuan.
The Battle of Hanzhong was actually not easy for the Jin army. More than 40,000 soldiers died on the battlefield. Moreover, the prisoners of the Shu army were now almost saved. If those prisoners of the Shu army are included, the Jin army lost a total of 60,000 horses in order to capture Hanzhong!
Li Jing and Feng Yibu's original army of 270,000 troops now still has 230,000 troops left!
In the years when the Jin army fought in the south and north, it almost never happened that such heavy casualties were paid in a battle. In the past, this number of casualties could almost be said to be the number of casualties after a complete battle. However, this battle against Shu only captured one Hanzhong. I don’t know how dangerous it will be after that. The great battle!
But fortunately, compared to their results, this loss is definitely worth it, not to mention the strategic significance of it.
For the political power established in Shu, Hanzhong was like opening a door to the house. If there is this door, it is a word "flee". At any time, as long as it is suitable, the political power of Shu can dodge. Without this door, it would be a "prison", and the Shu regime could only be trapped inside and would never be able to stand up.
The land of Shu is surrounded by high mountains. There are the Daba Mountains in the Qinling Mountains to the north, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the southwest, Wushan Mountains to the east, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to the west. If Shu was a city, the surrounding mountains would be natural city walls. It is very difficult for outside political powers to break in.
However, it is very difficult to defeat this regime. In ancient times when transportation was extremely inconvenient, if you led a large army over these high mountains and went out, your army would basically be exhausted and there would be no hope of fighting. In addition, the transportation of grain, grass and baggage is very difficult and cannot be kept up. Therefore, it is really difficult for the Shu regime to leave Shu and go to the Central Plains to conquer the country.
However, if there is Hanzhong, the situation will be very different. Hanzhong is located between Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountain and is a very important transit station. With this transfer station, the troops heading north from Sichuan can comfortably rest and adjust here and replenish food and grass. Although Hanzhong did not jump out of Sichuan, this transfer station could give the Shu army a great relief.
The Jin army's capture of Hanzhong was actually equivalent to cutting off Liu Che's way north to the Central Plains.
If Liu Che wants to expand again, the only way left is to face Zhu Yuanzhang. If the Shu army has no way to take back Hanzhong, then they say they will face a trapped dragon situation.
Of course, in fact, the current Shu army does not need to think that far. After all, the goal that the Jin army wanted to achieve for the Shu army was never just a word of "trap", but a word of "annihilation".
