There are two ways to contact Yong'an and Chang'an. One is to send the message to Chengdu first, then take Jinniu Road north to Longxi, and then forward the message to Chang'an. This road is safer, but it is also time-consuming.

The other road is more direct, which is to send the message directly to Hanzhong through the Micang Road, then go north to Wuzhangyuan, and then transfer the message directly to Chang'an from Wuzhangyuan. However, because the Han army had just occupied the western part of Guanzhong, this road is of course more dangerous, and the messenger may be intercepted and plotted.

In order to let Zhang Zhi know the great news that Lu Kang had been killed as soon as possible, Fu Gong, Zhu Xiang and others simply arranged two messengers to advance west and north respectively, and took these two routes to report good news to Zhang Zhi. As a result, the Han army messenger who went directly north was lucky. When Guanzhong was not stable, he still sent the good news directly to Chang'an City, allowing Zhang Zhi to know the good news several days in advance.

When they learned that the Han navy had created such a miracle, the generals of the Han army congratulated Zhang Zhi one after another. Zhao Quan, who was also a former Wu Lian, shouted proudly, "It is worthy of being our old man Wu Lian. As expected, everyone can stand alone with it. It did not embarrass us Wu Lian! It did not embarrass us Wu Lian's veterans!"

"Transfer the order, and grant Fu Gong the title of Jiangzhou Governor and promoted to General Pingdong!"

After generously promoting Fu Gong, Zhang Zhi ordered Xue Rang again: "Zhuo Bo, immediately write a letter to Sun Hao with my reputation, and push all the faults of our rebellion and war with the Eastern Wu on Lu Kang, and advised Sun Hao to abandon his past grudges and continue to join forces with us to attack Jin. Then send the letter to Chengdu, and ask General Huo to arrange an envoy to send it to Sun Hao to test Sun Hao's subsequent attitude."

"Hou General, why did you want to reconcile with the Dog Thief of the Eastern Wu just after the battle of the Eastern Wu?" Zhao Quan asked strangely.

"Our main enemy is the Jin thief. If we can go to war without two sides, it is best to try to avoid the two sides." Zhang Zhi replied: "If we do not strive to ease the relationship with the Dongwu dog thief, we will definitely force the Dongwu dog thief to the Jin thief. So even if we don't have a big hope, we must test it. At least we must let Sun Hao know that we are still willing to join forces with him so that he can have an extra choice."

"What the latter general said is very true." Yan Yu agreed: "It is impossible to completely force the Eastern Wu dog thieves to the Jin thieves. Otherwise, once the Eastern Wu dog thieves set off troops to invade Yizhou, Zhu Xiang, Fu Gong and others might not be able to withstand it."

Zhao Quan woke up and nodded, and Yan Yuze suggested: "Later General, our navy defeated the Eastern Wu and killed Lu to resist the father and son. This good news should be made public as soon as possible. Only in this way can we inspire our military morale and make the Jin thieves completely die of their desire to counterattack Chang'an."

“Good idea.”

Zhang Zhi agreed immediately, but when the words came to his mouth, Zhang Zhi immediately changed his mind and said, "No, it cannot be made public! Not only can it not be made public, but on the contrary, we also have to block the news and we cannot rush to let our soldiers know about this."

"Why do you need to block the news?" Yan Yu asked strangely.

"The old general forgot the reaction of the Jin thief?" Zhang Zhi replied: "I bet that Yang Hu's manuscript must have not received this news yet, because if they want to know the situation in Yong'an, they can only do so through careful investigation. After the Jin thief found this news, they must first send it to Xiangyang through underground channels, and then report it from Xiangyang to Sima Yan. Then the Jin thief court conveyed it. Yang Hu's manuscript could know this situation. So at this time, Yang Hu must have not yet known that the Eastern Wu dog thief had been defeated and fled."

Yan Yu turned his eyes and thought about it. He quickly understood what Zhang Zhi meant and said, "The latter general wanted to seize this opportunity to send troops to advance eastward. He first went nearby to entangle the main force of the Jin thief, and then waited for Yang Hu to receive the news of the Eastern Wu defeat and was forced to fight to the decisive battle or abandon the camp and flee eastward, and then took the opportunity to annihilate or severely damage the main force of the Jin thief."

"It's the old general who knows me." Zhang Zhi smiled and said, "As long as we seize this opportunity to annihilate or severely damage the Jin thieves in Guanzhong, it will definitely be much easier to completely eat the entire Guanzhong Plain."

"But the latter general, there is a problem. What if the main force of the Jin thief ran away in advance?" Yan Yu asked: "After receiving the news that we suddenly advanced eastward, I don't know the situation of the Eastern Wu dog thief in Yong'an, and I am afraid that we will take advantage of the advantage of not requiring food channels to directly attack Tongguan. If Yang Hu's husband took the main force of the Jin thief to retreat directly to Tongguan for caution, wouldn't we have a waste of effort?"

"Of course, we have to use some small means to do this." Zhang Zhi replied with a smile, and then he said with a moment of consideration: "This way, let Wu Pei, the magistrate of Chang'an County who surrendered to us, come forward to report it."

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Two days later, a mysterious man suddenly sneaked up in front of the Jin army camp outside Xinfeng City, and stated his identity that he was the family of Wu Pei, the magistrate of Chang'an when Chang'an fell. He had a confidential letter about military information to be submitted to Yang Hu in person. The official of the Jin army camp did not dare to neglect after hearing this, so he quickly reported the situation to Yang Hu. As a result, Yang Hu laughed and said, "The person who sent the fake letters is here, I'll send the order, see you."

The personal soldiers who came to report the message sang Nuo and quickly went out to sing Nuo. Sima Jun next to him asked curiously: "Governor, you haven't seen the messenger yet, and you haven't read the letter yet, why have you concluded that it's a fake letter?"

"It's very simple. Wu Pei, a man who is not kind enough to report any important military information to us." Yang Hu replied with a smile: "Chang'an City is so big, there are so many city gates to escape from the city. If Wu Pei, a man who is really loyal to our Great Jin, can easily escape from the city. But since he did not escape and chose to stay and surrender, it proves that he is not loyal to our Great Jin court at all. How could a person who has no loyalty be kind enough to send us important military information to the thief army?"

"It is also a proof that Zhang Zhi's rebel traitor asked him to continue to serve as the magistrate of Chang'an County." Du Yu also smiled and said, "How treacherous is Zhang Zhi's rebel traitor? How could a surrendered official with a heart-to-heart Jin continue to serve as the magistrate of Chang'an County? Since Zhang Zhi's rebel traitor did this, it proves that Wu Pei's husband must have shown enough sincerity when surrendering. How could we believe the letters sent by such a person?"

Sima Jun woke up and praised Yang Hu's wise eyes to recognize people, and then said, "That's easy to deal with. Fake letters are delivered later. We just need to look at the fake letters in the opposite direction to know what kind of miscellaneous things Zhang Zhiniang sold in the gourd."

After a moment, the messenger was taken to Yang Hu and soon respectfully presented a letter written by Wu Pei, the magistrate of Chang'an County. Yang Hu took it quietly and looked carefully. Seeing that Wu Pei's letter was full of nonsense, he said that he was forced to surrender to the Han army to preserve his useful body. He was in the Han camp and was in Jin, and he never dared to forget the national kindness of the Great Jin Dynasty. Then he reported that he heard the news that the Han army would advance eastward in the near future, bypass Xinfeng and take Tongguan directly to cut off the Jin army's food route. He also suggested that Yang Hu quickly withdraw to Tongguan and not give the Han army the opportunity to cut off the Jin army's food route.

After reading this letter, Yang Hu was of course silent. He ordered the soldiers to take the messenger down for meals, and then handed the letter to Du Yu, Sima Jun and others. As a result, Du Yu and Wang Jun frowned when they saw it, but Sima Jun immediately shouted: "It's indeed a fake letter. Zhang Zhi's thief deliberately threatened to go directly to Tongguan. It was obvious that he wanted to trick us into withdrawing Tongguan and handing over the entire Guanzhong to him."

Yang Hu refused to express his opinion, but turned to Du Yu and Wang Jun and asked, "Yuan Kai, Shizhi, what do you think?"

After hesitating for a while, Du Yucai said: "It may be that it is true. Zhang Zhi's rebels have predicted that we will not believe in the traitor's informants, so he deliberately told us his real purpose, so that we think he is going to do the opposite, and then really bypass Xinfeng and go straight to Tongguan."

"The officials also think so." Wang Jun nodded and said, "Zhang Zhi is a treacherous traitor, there are so many tricks."

"What?" Sima Jun was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Do you really want to withdraw from Tongguan directly? We retreated to Tongguan, what should we do in Guanzhong? What should we do in Anding County, Xinping County and Beidi County in the north? Do we have to give it to Zhang Zhi's thief?"

Yang Hu didn't say anything, Du Yuze suggested: "Uncle, I think it's better to respond to changes in the future and take action. First, we will understand the real purpose of Zhang Zhi's thief. Anyway, the autumn harvest is coming soon. We can replenish some food and grass on the spot in Guanzhong, and we can also transfer grain from the east of the canal through Puban to replenish the front line. Even if Tongguan is really blocked by Zhang Zhi's thief, you don't have to be too scared."

"The best strategy." Wang Jun agreed: "It is definitely difficult for you to explain to the court to the governor directly withdrew from Tongguan and give up the entire Guanzhong. Only by firmly standing in Guanzhong and waiting for our reinforcements to arrive and change from the rear of the Han thieves, can we preserve the hope of counterattack and regaining Guanzhong."

Yang Hu nodded slowly and said, "Then let our soldiers continue to go deep into the ditches and high bases to prevent the sudden attack of the pseudo-Han thief army, and then wait and see if it doesn't work. We will withdraw back to Fengyi County and back to Puban to get food."

"This is almost the same." Sima Jun breathed a sigh of relief and warned again: "Governor, I would like to remind you that Guanzhong is the barrier of Sili, and you cannot give up no matter what. Otherwise, even if you are a royal relative, I will refer to you."

In this way, without knowing Zhang Zhi's true intention, Yang Hu had to choose to wait and see. Then, the next day, after receiving the news that Zhang Zhi personally led an army of 60,000 to advance eastward, Yang Hu decisively ordered the Jin army to stand with all his might, and did not dare to have the idea of ​​abandoning the camp and retreating immediately. He watched the Han army approaching Xinfeng City along the Weinan official road, calmly narrowing the distance with the Jin army.

It surprised Yang Hu, Du Yu and others. When the Han army arrived near Xinfeng in an orderly manner, it actually bypassed the Jin army's camp and continued to advance eastward. Yang Hu quickly arranged a large number of scouts to closely monitor the Han army's every move and demanded that the Han army be reported at any time.

When Tuqiong was seen, in the afternoon of the same day, the scout of the Jin army sent an urgent report that the Han army stopped advancing on the banks of the Wei River more than ten miles northeast of the Jin army camp, and then immediately established a solid camp in deep ditches and high acres, and put on an attitude of preparing to station there for a long time. When Yang Hu hurried to check the location of the Han army's camp on the sand table, he was stunned. This camp of the Han army actually threatened the Jin army's two grain channels, water and land, and basically cut off the Jin army's grain supply.

"Zhang Zhi's rebels want to cut off our food route at close range?" Du Yu also saw Zhang Zhi's purpose at a glance and said in surprise: "Why did he do this? Didn't he know that the Dongwu Rats had launched an attack on his rear of Yizhou, so he was not afraid that his rear would suddenly change during the long-term confrontation with us? He could not have known that we had already stockpiled a batch of food and grass in Xinfeng before?"

"Have he received the news and knew that his rear was temporarily safe?" Wang Jun vaguely guessed the truth and said, "It's impossible? Even if the infantry of the Eastern Wu rats is not good, their navy is invincible? Yong'an is surrounded by water and must fight water. In such a short time, it's impossible for Yong'an to decide the winner?"

Yang Hu remained silent, but it was only after a long time that Yang Hu slowly said: "Old solution: send more cavalry out of the camp to cut off the contact between Zhang Zhi's thief and his rear. Also, prepare the letter you forged before, and send it to Zhang Zhi's thief in a few days to see what he reacted."

Du Yu and Wang Jun nodded and said yes. Yang Hu immediately sent cavalry to attack, wandering around the Han army's camp and the rear roads, and making every effort to cut off the Han army's contact route from the rear. Then, three or four days later, Yang Hu arranged a fine envoy to go to the Han army camp to contact Zhang Zhi, and submitted a letter from Cuan Gu that Wang Jun and Du Yu had jointly forged, lying that Yong'an, an important town in Yizhou, had been breached by the Eastern Wu army, trying to shake the morale of the Han army with this, and also asked the envoy to carefully observe Zhang Zhi's reaction.

In the afternoon, the Jin army envoy returned to the camp to report. Yang Hu quickly asked the envoy about Zhang Zhi's reaction. The envoy replied truthfully: "Report to the Governor, Zhang Zhi's rebel thief just laughed after reading the letter, and then said, "Governor, you really responded to the dream he had more than six years ago, transformed into a goat and climbed to the top of Mount Tai, and became a statue of ruler of the world. There is also a man named Du to help you kill all the horses of the world. In addition, Zhang Zhi rebel thief also asked a villain to ask you when do you plan to help your nephew... and replace Your Majesty."

"Dog thief!" Yang Hu couldn't help but curse and said, "I never forget to sow discord and frame it. When I encounter such a scoundrel, I can be considered a bad bad thing for eight lifetimes when I encounter such a scoundrel."

After asking the messenger and confirming that Zhang Zhi was not panicked when he saw the letter, Du Yu couldn't help but frown and said to himself: "Is there something wrong? Logically speaking, even if Zhang Zhi's thief suspected that it was fake, it wouldn't be so calm? He is really not afraid that the rats from the Eastern Wu took Yong'an and threatened his Yong'an hinterland?"

Justice will be late, but it will not be late. Just when Yang Hu, Du Yu and others were puzzled, a personal soldier suddenly rushed into the central army's tent and submitted an urgent report to Yang Hu, saying, "Governor, the urgent report sent by the imperial court just now."

Without thinking too much, Yang Hu immediately took the urgent report and opened it to watch it. As a result, Yang Hu's face immediately turned like a dirt. Du Yu saw something was wrong from the side and asked Yang Hu quickly: "Uncle, what happened?"
Chapter completed!