Faced with the Guo and Wei regime that were almost unified, Liu Zhang's Shu Han regime even occupied Hanzhong, the key road to leaving Shu, and could not fight in Shu at all.

If you want to leave Shu and fight for orthodox status, you must first get it to Hanzhong, but Liu Zhang couldn't get it.

His military strength was not enough to allow him to get Hanzhong, so he simply gave up. He took the defensive stance, which was equivalent to telling the people of Yizhou that he could not compete for orthodoxy.

He could not make the Yizhou people believe that his regime was an orthodox regime, and he could not make the Yizhou people believe that his regime had a future, so the Shu Han regime could not make the Yizhou people sacrifice their lives for it.

This regime is not so stable from the moment it is established, it is just a political product, not a national entity.

If Liu Zhang was tough enough, he should have known that he would either surrender or immediately raise an army to fight for Hanzhong to show his attitude.

But he didn't, he was scared by the Wei army.

The longer the delay is now, the more people in Yizhou cannot trust him.

Since you cannot become orthodox, don’t stop us from pursuing orthodox.

Most Yizhou people think this way, and even those Dongzhou people who have the same idea view the problem in this way.

They were about to lose confidence in this regime and did not believe that this regime could seize orthodoxy from the powerful Guo and Wei regime.

So at the Luoyang Military Conference, someone continued Guo Peng's words at that time, saying that the people of Yizhou would definitely surrender voluntarily and would not need a large army to fight.

However, this overly optimistic idea was rejected by Guo Peng again.

"Liu Zhang will not surrender easily. He is not Liu Cong. He has not had time to promote any confidants just now. Liu Zhang has a ruling foundation. If he decides to resist, we still have to fight. Having said that, as long as he defeats them in one battle, Liu Zhang will quickly lose confidence."

Liu Zhang would resist, but he would not resist to the end.

Guo Peng finalized his own ideas.

He still needs to move troops, he must move troops, and he must defeat Liu Zhang, otherwise Liu Zhang would never surrender easily.

No matter how loud the voice of the Lord and the Sect is, in Yizhou, the army is mainly in the hands of the main war faction. The Lord and the Sect have a loud voice but lacks decisive power.

Liu Zhang is the greatest common divisor of the two forces, and his decision will affect the actions of the entire Yizhou.

At present, Liu Zhang's opinions are very important. If Liu Zhang surrenders, it is meaningless for the pro-war faction to continue to fight. If Liu Zhang takes the lead in the war, then the battle in Yizhou must be fought.

Liu Zhang hesitated for a long time and was unable to make a decision.

He was reluctant to let him give up his status and power and become a prisoner in his heart.

Although he knew that he could not resist, he probably had few people who had such a mind to let him take the initiative to become a prisoner.

But if you don’t want to encounter such an ending, you must have the ability to compete with Mr. Guo.

Liu Zhang did not.

Look left and right, and find that there are not many people around you who are willing to support you, and there are not many people who want to surrender.

Of course, it is much better than Liu Cong. At least he has a group of old officials around him. In order to abide by political rules, he must support himself and protect himself.

So Liu Zhang was a little confused. He neither wanted to die nor became a prisoner. He wanted to live such a life, maintain separatist and independence, even if he was surrendered to the tribute.

But Liu Zhang himself also knew that Guo Peng's continued victory, and unification was the mainstream trend, and it could not be changed, and it was even more impossible to allow himself to maintain his de facto independence. Guo Peng would definitely fight and seize Yizhou.

By then, will you still have a way out?

Liu Zhang fell into deep entanglement.

Liu Zhang could not make a choice, and the quarrel between the pro-war faction and the surrender faction became more and more intense, and the game between them became more and more intense. It continued from the court to outside the court, fighting, arguing, and trying to make the other party admit defeat.

At this time, Guo Peng had already determined that Liu Zhang would never surrender easily and that he would not give up the position he had already obtained. Although he was not strong enough, his consciousness as a ruler would make him persist for a while until he had to.

Liu Zhang did not have the courage to die, which was the reason why he could not maintain his foundation.

So Guo Peng began to put pressure on Yizhou under the premise of pacifying Jingzhou.

On October 18, the first year of Yande, Guo Peng sent an order to Zhu Ling, ordering Zhu Ling to march from Zigui to Wu County, establish a new bridgehead in Wu County, speed up the transportation of strategic materials to Wu County, open up a suitable way of march, and follow the path of Zhuge Liang entering Sichuan.

Then Guo Peng directly sent an order to Zhang He, the commander of the Hanzhong Garrison Army, and ordered Zhang He to conduct a major military exercise in Hanzhong County and carry out a tough battle exercise.

Chen Gong, the governor of Yongzhou, received the order from Guo Peng and began to transport food, fodder and various strategic materials to Hanzhong to increase the strategic reserves of Hanzhong County.

Cao Ren, the governor of Guanzhong Daying and general of Zhenxi, received the order from Guo Peng, and ordered that 20,000 troops be mobilized from Guanzhong Daying, and they marched to Hanzhong, stationed in Hanzhong, and prepare for war in Hanzhong.

Guan Yu, commander of the Anding County Governor's Army, and Cao Xiu, commander of the Jincheng County Governor's Army, went south together. Guan Yu was appointed as General Annan, and Zhang He and Cao Xiu were appointed as deputy generals, and general led the Hanzhong Front Army.

Carefully trained, actively prepared for war, and waited for orders to go south to attack Yizhou. This way, Zhong Hui went south to destroy Shu.

Anyway, it is necessary to fight sooner or later. It is better to prepare early than to prepare late. Guo Peng ordered the army to prepare and the local government should also prepare. Once there is a change within Yizhou, it can be dealt with in a timely manner.

Attacking Jingzhou, there were three troops to advance, and attacking Yizhou could only advance in two directions.

In fact, Guo Peng was also ready to give him the entire Jingzhou for free, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth that Jingzhou would be given in vain in more than a month.

In this way, he directly obtained the troops and food and fodder savings from Jingzhou. The main force of the Central Plains Corps was intact and helped the people of Jingzhou. He could almost immediately start the next war.

This means that the main force of the Wei army was basically inflicted on this battle. Even the battles of the four counties in Jingnan were carried out with the surrendered army in Jingzhou as the main force, and the main force of the Wei army was almost intact.

Under such circumstances, Guo Peng already had the confidence to start a war against Yizhou immediately.

Guo Peng can be said to be determined to win Yizhou.

He wanted Yizhou very much. He needed the rich mineral resources and well salt resources in many places in Yizhou very much, so Yizhou must fight, and he must fight hard. He hit Nanzhong and actually occupied Yizhou and obtained the rich local resources.

Therefore, under Guo Peng's order, the Wei army gathered about 30,000 people in Hanzhong, and Jingzhou took out 40,000 main force in the southern expedition, plus 10,000 Jingzhou naval army, a total of 50,000 people.

From this, an army of 80,000 people was gathered as the main force to destroy Yizhou.

The Wei army marched in two directions, one westward and one southward, with its troops westward as the main force, and its troops were partial divisions. The army marched to the designated location to assemble, which brought extremely heavy pressure to the Shu Han regime.

To mobilize the civilians and a large number of auxiliary soldiers of Hanzhong County and Nan County to transport food and fodder to the army to enhance the army's continuous combat capabilities, Guo Peng required the two armies to ensure at least half a year of food and grass supply capacity.

Of course, the battle in Jingzhou has just been fought here, and it is impossible to start a war to attack Shuzhong immediately.

It is likely that the war will happen next year, but now it is okay to show your muscles and make the people of Yizhou mess up.

Guo Peng wanted to put pressure on Liu Zhang and let Liu Zhang be his knife. Before the war started, let Liu Zhang do it himself and deal with a group of local surrendered factions within Yizhou.

The more Liu Zhang cleaned up, the easier it would be for him to occupy Yizhou in the future.
Chapter completed!