War disasters spread throughout the land of China. Sima Zhao and Zhong Hui competed with the Central Plains of Hebei, and Eastern Wu competed with Shanyue. Only Yizhou, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Sanfu and even Yinzhou under the rule of Shu Han were prosperous.

In the blink of an eye, it was early spring of the second year. The people in Shu Han were harmonious and the weather was smooth and harmonious. The land of Yongliang gradually recovered its vitality, and the alien races had long been far away from the Han territory and traverse the Western Regions. Jingzhou and Jiaozhou had also become stable in the past year and a half, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment without any resistance. Everyone could see clearly that the peace of Shu Han was something that Cao Wei did not have in the Eastern Wu, so who would not yearn for it?

The residents have their own houses, and the farmer has their own fields. Handicrafts and commerce are booming. At the same time, private schools and schools in various places are also constantly established like mushrooms after a rain. Although Hu Leique did not come to the fore, it secretly controlled the mouthpiece of public opinion in Shu Han and secretly created momentum for the various national policies of Shu Han. Liu Chan, Fan Jian, Qiao Zhou and others introduced effective assessment methods to assess and depose and promote the county magistrates of each county. Whether it is work efficiency or diligent attitude of governing the government, it has greatly improved.

Conflicts between various classes still exist, but under Liu Chan's thunderous skills, they can gain their own interests within the allowed scope without daring to surpass them. This also played a very important role in the stability and development of Shu Han.

When developing internal affairs and various industries, each prefecture and county are constantly recruiting and training troops. The interests of military households can be guaranteed, and the number of young people who like to join the army is gradually increasing. The wars that the country has to face is destined. Through the secret propaganda of Hu Leique, the people have subtly become aware of crisis. Joining the army, writing, business, and farming are all for the country, and no matter which industry you do, you can support your family and even get higher rewards. With the choice of the people, there are more people who love to do it, which indirectly promotes the progress and development of all walks of life.

In the Chengdu Imperial Palace, Liu Chan's stable life after more than a year has recovered both energy and physical strength. On this day, the prefectures and ministers from various states gathered in the court to report their duties. At the same time, they also wrote a letter to request Liu Chan to allow Shu Han to send troops to start the road of conquest again.

Whether it was Jiang Wei, Liu Yin, or Fan Jian, who was in charge of war, Qiao Zhou believed that the time for Shu Han to restore the Han Dynasty was ripe. Eastern Wu only pacified the Shanyue inside half a year ago, but Wang Ji, the general of Wei State, who was hanging at his doorstep, still sent naval troops deep into the Three Wus to destroy and harass them. Without the assistance of naval troops in the Jiangnan area, the Wu State was always difficult to resume production and its national strength was declining.

Zhong Hui led the alien race to defend Luoyang and Jizhou in Bingzhou, and fought fiercely with Cao Wei in Hebei. Although the people's hearts were towards Cao Wei, there were too many cavalry from the alien race. Under Zhong Hui's unified arrangement, Sima Zhao was very troubled. However, Zhong Hui was good at military strategy, and his government affairs were far inferior to that of the military strategy. The alien races around him were only aware of the basics of government affairs, and the Han civil servants who surrendered to Zhong Hui had no talent for robbery. In addition, the alien races were used to plundering and letting go, so although they had Jizhou and Bingzhou and even the most prosperous Luoyang, they could only sit and eat nothing, and they could not make any achievements. The two sides were still in the confrontation stage, but the alien races had obvious insufficient momentum. The distance between the cavalry went deeper and shorter every time.

After some discussion, the monarchs and ministers of Shu Han decided to send troops to attack Wu first, and take all the lands in Jiangnan to form a north-south confrontation with Cao Wei. At that time, the three places in Chang'an, Jingzhou and Jiangnan could send troops to attack Cao Wei from three places. Liu Chan clearly refused the food and salary assistance proposed by Zhong Hui. Zhong Hui was willing to play a buffering role between Shu and Wei, and as the vanguard of Shu Han, continued to fight with Cao Wei, but Liu Chan was not willing to disappoint the subjects in the country because of this force. The harm of the foreign race to the Han people was too great. Even if Cao Wei was an enemy country, he could help foreign races to attack Cao Wei, it would not be accepted by the world, especially the bureaucratic class and noble families who were dominated by Confucianism.

At that moment, Jiang Wei and others returned to Chang'an Yongliang to gather their troops, observing the situation, they were always ready to seize Luoyang, a vital capital. At the same time, Fan Changsheng stayed in Jingzhou, Huang Chongyanghu pointed out 70,000 Jingzhou soldiers as vanguards, Zhuge Zhan led 40,000 barbarians from Jiaozhou, and Liu Chan led 80,000 Sichuan troops as support. Yinzhou also organized 30,000 Yinzhou natives to help with the war. A total of 220,000 troops, plus 30,000 navy troops, a total of 250,000 naval troops, and 500,000 were declared to the outside world, 500,000 were going downstream and heading straight to the south of the Yangtze River!

The news came to Jiangnan and caused shock and commotion. After experiencing the danger of destroying the country, he launched a long-term battle with Shanyue. The military and civilians in Jiangnan were already exhausted. The Lord of Wu Sun Liang hurriedly ordered his troops to support Chaisang and other places, but he was still worried and was frowning all day long. Years of wars caused the army in Jiangdong to significantly reduce its personnel. Production and construction require manpower, but the war and garrison are also inseparable from manpower. Not to mention the sharp decline in the country, the Jiangliu Waterway has become a place for Cao Wei warships to show off his power, and the Jiangdong treasury was empty for a while.

After receiving the warning, the guard general of Chaisang, Wu Yan quickly found more than 20,000 soldiers who were working in the farm, and six or seven thousand people in the city were ready to defend Chaisang. Looking at the warships of Shu Han coming from afar, Wu Yan hoped that Cao Wei's navy could also appear. If Chaisang was captured by Shu Han, Cao Wei would seem to be in trouble in Jiangnan. Helplessly, Cao Wei's troops were all transferred back to the north, and the troops left in the south were not enough to consume the Shu army. After waiting for a long time, he saw the Shu army landing.

The vanguards of the Shu army, Yang Hu and Huang Chong, acted quickly. After landing, they distributed troops to surround Chaisang without hesitation, and camped in dangerous places in all directions, while cutting off important traffic routes. Looking at the busy Shu army, Wu Yan could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Without the assistance of the navy, this Jiangnan was a place where people could gallop. Chaisang's troops and combat power were difficult to cope with such a powerful Shu army. You should know that the advanced fighting tools of Shu Han were famous for a year and a half or even two years ago. If they left the city to fight in the field, the Wei people had a chance, but the Wu people had no chance of winning.

The two sides were at peace that night. Faced with the siege of 70,000 Shu troops, the Wu army could only sit in the lonely city and wait for assistance. The tactics such as leaving the city to rob the camp seemed to be very ill in front of famous generals such as Yang Hu and Huang Chong.

The next morning, the Shu army began to attack the city. Before siege, the letter of persuading surrender first shot into the city. The conditions offered by the Shu people were very simple. It is easy to say that they could open the city and surrender. After they could not defend the city, they would massacre the city! For the fragile minds of the people of Wu, the massacre of the city was too sensitive and serious. Years of war have killed every household and their willpower have been repeatedly hit. How can they withstand the grief of losing their relatives?

Ichihiko thought for a long time but finally failed to respond. Opening the city gate can protect the people of this city, but at the same time it also opens the national gate.

The Shu army outside the city did not wait for people, and the war drums were beating as scheduled, and the atmosphere was tight. The Wu army prepared things to defend the city at the top of the city to resist the attack of the Shu army and the catapults. As a country that once had the catapults as a weapon, the Wu people knew the power of it. However, the performance of the Shu army disappointed the Wu people.

After entering the range of the Wu army, tens of thousands of Shu troops stopped advancing, but used crossbows and Wu army to shoot at the firepower of the Wu people. Countless crossbow chariots were launched from the Shu Han army formation. These crossbow chariots were unique in style, several times larger than ordinary crossbow chariots, and they required more than a hundred soldiers to push out. The crossbow arrows on the chariots were very exaggerated, especially the arrows were made of unknown material, and they could only see clearly the tips of the arrow constantly reflecting light in the sun, with a murderous aura.

Seeing the crossbow chariot pushing closer and closer, Wu Yan suddenly had a bad premonition and hurriedly ordered the troops to aim at Shu Han's crossbow chariot to shoot rockets!

Since Shu Han relied on this crossbow cart to attack the city, his defense was naturally thoughtful. Moreover, there were already arrangements for setting fire on the crossbow cart. At the same time, the crossbow archers of the Shu army also frantically counterattacked the Wu army's offensive. The crossbow cart finally stopped at a reasonable distance, only seeing a Shu Han lieutenant standing on the chariot, with more than ten people beside him holding shields to block the arrows. The lieutenant was aiming at a protruding place on the crossbow cart. He kept swinging in his hand, and the Shu army below chose to constantly change the direction of the crossbow cart according to his command.
Chapter completed!