Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

The battalions at the front of the main force of the Wei army responded quickly. At this time, it was necessary to make a decisive decision and use killing to awaken the panic of the defeated soldiers. When the blood of Wei soldiers' swords was stained with the blood of his comrades, Cao Xiu really turned the tide and stabilized the situation. He then sent people to gather the defeated soldiers and re-formation , and prepared to counterattack the pursuing Jingzhou soldiers.

When Cao Xiu stabilized his position, the bright yellow flag swayed in the wind at the position of the central army where Guan Yu was located in the north, and then Jingzhou soldiers began to retreat one after another.

What does Guan Yu want to do?Cao Xiu frowned.

Fighting Guan Yu this year, I obviously feel that the opponent's use of troops is more casual, but the results are often unexpected.

Cao Xiu himself has just passed the age of [-], and it is obviously a "career rising period", but he feels that his mind is not as flexible as Guan Yu's. The red-faced thief has already passed his sixtieth birthday, so it can't be said that he has become old and confused, at least he can't become stronger endlessly, right?Who can understand this pain?

Commander Cao Xiu was powerful and commanded properly, so that the main force of the Wei army was not disrupted by the rout, but the casualties were still the Wei army in Nanyang, and Cao Zhang lost nearly half of the [-] vanguards.

Because he had to deal with the chaos caused by the rout of the army, Cao Xiu watched Jingzhou soldiers calmly retreat. The [-] casualties recorded by the Wei army today became the highest casualties in a single day during the entire Nanyang War.

Cao Xiu purges the whole army and continues to advance. At night, he camps fifteen miles south of Bowang City. The whole camp is shrouded in the haze of Cao Zhang's beheading.

Zhang He's rear army escorted the entire army to supply supplies, and also joined Cao Xiu around dusk. When he heard that Cao Zhang died at the hands of Lan Ji, he had a feeling of guessing right in his heart.

"Jun Yi, King Ren Cheng was beheaded in front of the formation, and the morale of the whole army is low. What countermeasures do you have?" Cao Xiu looked at the generals under his command, and thought that only Zhang Yun had the highest vision.

Zhang He sighed and said: "The two armies pay attention to using their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses. Since Guan Yu's generals are strong and have few troops, Da Sima wants to urge the generals not to be brave. We still choose to win with the masses. Now our army is running out of food and grass. The most important thing is to find a way." Send the battle report to the Central Plains..."

"I have dispatched [-] teams of scouts in batches and ordered them to disperse and bypass Bowang City at night. After all, it is early spring, and the stars in the sky are chatting at night, and Siye can hardly see his fingers. It is impossible for Guan Yu to stop them all." Cao Xiu was confident. After Man Man finished speaking, his face was filled with sadness again, "King Ren Cheng was so brave, so he died in the hands of a junior, Si Zhi really felt a pity, Lan Ji is really not easy..."

Zhang He shook his head and smiled wryly: "As the saying goes, there are still strong players in the strong. Lan Ji's ability to fight against Wen Yuan against Sanbaihe shows that his strength, skill, and endurance are all outstanding. Although Ren Chengwang is brave, he has no experience in fighting fierce generals. Listen Said that Lan Ji is Guan Yu's son-in-law, I am afraid that he is often given advice, and his bravery is probably unmatched among the younger generation."

"Junyi's analysis is reasonable. Ren Chengwang's impulsive fight will be killed. Although his skills are not as good as others, it is also comparable to himself..." Cao Xiu stopped abruptly, and then changed the subject: "Oh, why do I keep bringing up unpleasant things? Let's talk about fighting tomorrow, how does Jun Yi think this battle will be fought?"

Although Cao Xiu didn't finish his sentence, Zhang He is also a Linglong man, and he knew the reason after a little thought. If Cao Zhang wasn't Cao Cao's own son, he might not have fought impulsively today, because the stronger he is, the easier it is for Cao Pi to fear him. He is depressed Mood will affect the battle, maybe Cao Zhang was distracted at that time.

They have already fought for [-] rounds, so why can't they get injured and escape?Zhang Hexin said that I have rich experience, unless the force is absolutely suppressed, it must be no problem to escape in battle.

"There are few people in Bowang City. The general thought that Guan Yu's tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers could not all hide in the city for defense. We can draw out the garrison outside the city, slowly cut off the threat outside Bowang, and then just besiege the city and trap it. .” Zhang He cupped his fists and offered his advice.

"I'm afraid Guan Yu won't cooperate like this, and our troops have only a very slight advantage over Guan Yu. If we encounter today's disastrous defeat again, the consequences will be unimaginable." Cao Xiu couldn't help shaking his head with a wry smile. Last year's extra 10,000+ soldiers didn't take advantage of it. When it comes to cheapness, now there is only an advantage of [-] to [-].

"Uh...then use your troops more safely..." Zhang He had no other way.

Guan Yu had a difference of 10,000+ troops last year, and he was able to fight well. Now there is only a slight gap between the two sides. It is said that they can fight more actively, but Guan Yu is not only thinking about Cao Xiu. Fighting too aggressively will easily increase the damage of Jingzhou soldiers. The direct attack on Luoyang, the capital of Xu, caused a lag, so Guan Yu was more cautious this year, but soon Wei Guo took practical actions to urge Guan Yu to become active.

Chapter 936 Give You Dignity Please Kill Yourself

The scouts Cao Xiu sent at night, like released birds, disappeared forever in the sky.

Although the terrain in Nanyang is flat, the main roads and avenues must be chosen for marching. It is easy to lose your way and be swallowed by nature such as thorns and swamps.

The main road leading to the Central Plains is also the area that Guan Yu focuses on. He also puts Meng Da, who is good at defense, in Duyang, which means that if Bowang does not guard against it, there is a second layer of insurance in front of Duyang.

In addition, the Han army has a good mass base in this area, and the fish that slip through the net will be tipped off by the people nearby, so Cao Xiu's idea is ultimately futile.

Guan Yu relied on the rations, winter clothes, and arrows he swindled from the Central Plains to stay in Bowang and planned to play with Cao Xiu slowly. However, after confronting the opponent and probing for less than three days, new news came from the direction of Duyang.

Not only did Wei’s rear not send any more supplies, they actually sent small groups of troops out of Ye County to investigate. Although they were all dealt with by Meng Da’s troops in the end, it showed that the Wei court had discovered the clues. And the 'oil and water' has almost been squeezed out.

Guan Yu saw that the "oil and water" in the Central Plains was almost exhausted, so he changed his steady style in recent months and began to actively launch a fierce attack on Cao Xiu's army.

Cao Xiu was caught off guard and retreated [-] li in the battle that day. Then the Jingzhou soldiers took advantage of the victory to pursue and drove all the Wei troops in Nanyang back to Wancheng in a few days. Cao Xiu has since turned from attack to defense.

When Zhang Liao was stationed in Wancheng, he repaired and strengthened the city wall. Although Guan Yu was in full swing at this time, he did not choose to attack the city by force.

Cao Xiu didn't have much food in store at this time, so Guan Yu was not in a hurry at all, time is the best helper to defeat the enemy.

Jingzhou soldiers pursued to the waters of Wancheng, but the warships could not move forward due to the blockage of the river. Guan Yu ordered the warships to stop at the river section, and sent scouts to Wancheng to closely monitor, but stopped other military operations.

Guan Yu sent troops out of Xiangyang in October last year, and has been out fighting for nearly half a year now, relying on Wei's supplies to survive the winter smoothly, but when the opponent realized that he had been tricked, he decisively "cut off food", and Jingzhou soldiers began to "sit and eat".

Seeing that Guan Yu was calm and calm all day long, Guan Ping was the first to lose his temper. He found Guan Yu alone and said, "Father, there is no way for us to waste money here. I'm afraid we can't believe all the words of the soldiers. In case the food in Wancheng It is very sufficient, so we will become passive after two or three months? Haier thinks that the river should be dredged immediately, and the troops will come to Wancheng to put pressure on Cao Xiu."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and explained: "There is no danger around Wancheng to defend. It is not a city where grain is guarded. In addition, it is close to Zhongyuan, so it is impossible to store more here. I guess Cao Xiu's army grain is almost exhausted. As for dredging the river, it is meaningless. Great, it is the dry season in winter, the water level of the river has already dropped a lot, and the river is cold, and dredging is time-consuming and laborious, which is really not advisable.”

Guan Ping thought for a while, and made a suggestion: "The people in Bowang and Duyang are loyal to the great man. If some peasants are recruited to help dredging here, my son thinks that as long as the father raises his arms, he will surely follow like a cloud."

"Tanzhi also knows that the State of Wei will not provide food anymore. If the people are recruited to help dredge the river, won't our food consumption be faster?" Guan Yu laughed dumbly.

"Uh... my son is not thinking carefully. If my father thinks that dredging is time-consuming and laborious, why don't we just surround Wancheng? Now that the strength of the two sides is almost equal, I guess Cao Xiu will not fight us head-on. You send Zhongling out to monitor and spy , I'm afraid I'll never meet a general like General Zhang again..." Guan Ping shook his head lightly.

"Because my father didn't intend to send Zhongling, but Anguo clamored to learn how to reconnaissance, so Zhongling had to go with him. In addition, this place is nearly seventy miles away from Wancheng. There is a risk of transporting food without the cover of a warship. I will not Give Cao Xiu any chance, and you must know that promising food to hungry soldiers is more effective than promising high officials and generous salaries, so let the Wei army collapse on its own." Guan Yu nodded and said.

"The Wei army will kill people and slaughter the city. If it is the day when the food is exhausted, isn't father worried that they will go south? It will be bad if they harm the city under your rule." Guan Ping frowned.

Guan Yu didn't take it seriously: "Does Ping'er think Yuan Zhi is just a display? We have deduced it together before the war. If Cao Xiu put all his eggs in one basket to seize the city of Jingzhou, he would organize the people and the defenders to defend it and never give the Wei army an opportunity. only……"

"Just what?" Guan Ping asked.

"It's just to prevent Cao Xiu from going south to Xinye, and then fleeing from the north of Tongbai Mountain to Runan. After fighting for so long, Man Chong didn't come to help, which proves that the Huainan battlefield is also very fierce." Guan Yu replied seriously.

After listening, Guan Ping tried to ask: "Why don't you divide your troops and go back to Xinye to garrison? If the Huainan battlefield is really at a critical moment, you can't let Cao Xiu and the others pass."

Guan Yu nodded: "My father is planning this. I will send you [-] soldiers and horses. In addition, I will send someone to contact Yuan Zhi. The big fish in Nanyang are dying. We will collect the nets after the spring."

"Wei." Guan Ping embraced the order.

Guan Yu was watching Wancheng from the side of the river, and Cao Xiu's life became more and more difficult day by day. Seeing that the food in the treasury was slowly bottoming out, his hair and beard, like Cao Zhen, were completely white during this time.

After going out of the city to fight Guan Yu, he was no match. Cao Xiu sent troops to the south to plunder several times, because he could not break through the city defense with too few troops, but he was afraid that Guan Yu would attack Wancheng by sending too many troops.

Cao Xiu very much hoped that Guan Yu would come to attack by force. Defending the city is much easier than fighting in the wild. Unfortunately, Guan Yu on the opposite side did not go on the road at all. Cao Xiu wasted time and food in entanglement.

It wasn't until the mountains and rivers were exhausted that Cao Xiu turned his heart and went south with all the soldiers in Wancheng.

When the Wei army moved, so did the Jingzhou soldiers.

On the land of Nanyang, the scene of "lions chasing wildebeests" was reproduced. At this time, the number of wildebeests was greatly reduced compared with when Bowang sent troops at the beginning, and every time there were confrontations, "wildebeests" fell to the ground with casualties.

At the end of May, Cao Xiu divided his troops and went south to plunder. The main force he led failed to attack Fancheng, and he was forced to turn to the northwest for two hundred miles.

Finally, he fled to the banks of the Han River. Cao Xiu, whose face was covered in blood, was left with the same blood-stained old horse. He looked at the surrounding generals of the Han army, and his heart was filled with sorrow.

The general who rushed to the front saw that Cao Xiu was alone, thinking that the opportunity to kill the general had come, and when they were about to surround and kill him, they were suddenly stopped by Guan Yu's voice.

Seeing that Cao Xiu was so tenacious, Guan Yu showed great admiration, and said in a loud voice: "Cao Xiu, you have done your best as the great Sima of the Wei State, and you can be regarded as a hero of the Wei State. It's just that you were born at an untimely time. Roll, it cannot be reversed by human power, Guan knows that you will not surrender, so he will give you dignity and commit suicide..."

"Being defeated by General Guan, I, Cao Xiu, deservedly lost. You use warships to cooperate with land battles. This move is really wonderful." Cao Xiu sighed at the end, lowered his head and stroked the knotted mane of the horse, and said meaningfully: "Good horse, follow me down the river to practice the navy, drive..."

Chapter 937 Wu Jun is replaced by Wu Jun

Cao Xiu grasped the reins tightly from left to right, and stabbed the horse's rump with a sword in his right hand. The horse was in pain and jumped into the river. Cao Xiu and his horse were swallowed by the Han River.

"Cao Xiu is really strange. He would rather be buried in the belly of a fish than leave a whole body." Lan Ji shook his head puzzled.

Guan Yu glanced at Lan Ji, stroked his beard and sighed: "Cao Cao has a good eye, Cao Xiu is indeed a thousand-mile horse, but it was the fault of the Cao family."

"General, more than ten days ago, the scouts came to report that Zhang He and Cao Xiu split up and went across the river. This person is a veteran of the Wei State, the Major General..." Pang De reminded in a low voice.

"My eldest brother is not afraid of Zhang Yun." Guan Xing muttered and lowered his head.

Guan Yu didn't blame Guan Xing for interrupting, but said decisively with false eyes: "Zhang Yun is already a lost dog, and I have confidence in Tan Zhi."

"Grandfather, since we have wiped out Cao Xiu's army, shouldn't it be time to march into the Central Plains?" Lan Ji asked excitedly.

Guan Yu nodded slightly, "Let's go to Wancheng to station first. After Yuanzhi clears the river, the supplies from the rear can be transported to the front. In addition, I haven't heard from your father for a long time, and I don't know how the Huainan battlefield is going. Hefei is a difficult point."

"Hehe, the Wei army in Runan didn't support Cao Xiu. I'm afraid Xia Houshang will have a hard time. When we conquer the Central Plains first, the Wei army in Huainan will be destroyed without attack." Lan Ji showed a row of teeth.

"There are Gan Ning, Lu Xun, and your elder brother who is like a father in the Huainan battlefield. Xia Houshang is probably no better than Cao Xiu." Guan Yu nodded in affirmation first, and then told Guan Xing: "Let's lead the team to go north first, and you go Xiangyang invited Yuan Zhi to come to Wancheng, as a father, I want to discuss with him the use of troops in the Central Plains."

"Wei." Guan Xing cupped his fists.

"Lingming, you lead the cavalry from your headquarters to Xinye, and Zhang He has a lot of soldiers and horses, so you go and assist Tan Zhi to eliminate the remnants of the enemy." Guan Yu said again.

"The last general takes orders." Pang De responded sonorously.

When Pang De arrived in Xinye, he learned that Guan Ping had won all three battles with Zhang He, and that the Wei army finally fled to Pingshi, Biyang and other places, and Guan Ping was now pursuing him.

The generals of Zhang He were so hungry that they couldn't match Guan Ping's soldiers head-on, so Zhang He made a crooked idea when he was defeated in the first battle. He took the initiative to invite Guan Ping to single-handedly before the battle, hoping to be like Lan Ji beheaded Cao Zhang. , Through the formation of the enemy will restore the decline.

As a result, Guan Ping's strength was also astonishing, and he was able to fight Zhang Yun for [-] rounds with ease.

Zhang He wanted to go to Runan to ask Man Chong to blame, because Cao Xiu and Guan Yu had been dealing with Guan Yu for more than half a year, and Runan hadn't sent a single soldier or grain of food there, but before he arrived in Pingyu, he found that the people on the way had closed their doors and closed their houses. What a big deal.

After inquiring, it was learned that Huainan was completely lost, and the people of Runan were forced to take them to the lower reaches of the Huaihe River by Man Chong. They also used the same method of blocking the river, and planned to use the same stupid method to delay Yangzhou's navy and warships from entering the Central Plains through the Huaihe River.

After hearing this, Zhang Yun suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the people everywhere hid from him and seemed to regard him as a recruited officer, but he couldn't understand how Hefei was strong and how Xia Houshang was defeated.

Xia Houshang lost Huainan, and Runan will soon become a new battlefield.

Upholding the principle that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall, Zhang He resolutely chose to leave Runan and flee to the capital Luoyang via Yingchuan.

Originally thought that both Nanyang and Huainan were lost, and the atmosphere in Luoyang would be very tense, but Zhang Yun found a different scene. He saw many large boats parked beside Luoshui, and he could faintly hear women's laughter.

When Zhang He stood there wondering, a group of soldiers in imperial uniform quickly surrounded him, and he immediately revealed his identity, which also attracted Zhu Shuo, the leading general in the army.

"General Zhang, is it possible that the battle in Nanyang is over? Da Sima sent you back?" Zhu Shuo was full of doubts.

Zhang He asked in surprise, "Don't tell me General Zhu doesn't know?"

"I don't know what?" Zhu Shuo frowned.

Zhang He swallowed his saliva, and answered with difficulty: "Guan Yu used tricks to cut off the food roads in the Central Plains, and the garrison in Wancheng was defeated because of the cut off. Nanyang may have fallen into the enemy's hands..."

"What did you say? Where is Da Sima?" Zhu Shuo's jaw almost dropped.

"Guan Yu blocked the way back to the Central Plains, and Da Sima could only choose to divide his troops to break through in the opposite direction. He hoped that by attacking Fancheng and Xiangyang, Guan Yu's Jingzhou soldiers and horses would be forced to return. Da Sima joined forces inside and outside, my task is to go to Runan to ask for reinforcements, I don't know if he will succeed or not..." Although Zhang Xi said so, he thought that the danger was more than good, after all, what would a soldier who was so hungry and powerless take? To capture Fancheng and Xiangyang?

Zhu Shuo frowned, "The counties sent many soldiers and horses out of Ye County to investigate, but they were all blocked by the enemy general Meng Da outside Duyang City. Recently, there has been no new move in the direction of Duyang. Perhaps Da Sima's plan has succeeded. gone?"

"Uh...it's not yet known..." Zhang Yun said in his heart that if Cao Xiu's plan can be successful, he doesn't know how lucky it will be. He changed the subject and pointed to the boats in Luoshui and asked curiously: "Yancai, what are you... ..."

"Last year, Guan Yu used the name of Da Sima to ask for a large amount of supplies in various counties and counties in the Central Plains. There were riots in many places in winter, and Huainan was defeated so thoroughly. His Majesty has decided to move the capital back to Yecheng. The batch is a female family member in the palace..." Zhu Shuo shook his head helplessly.

"Guan Yu also knows this kind of conspiracy? No wonder he is like a stone in Bowang City..." Zhang Xi had just sighed halfway, and suddenly recalled the word "moving the capital", and asked in surprise, "Your Majesty really wants to decide to move the capital?"

"Since the first emperor's battle in Hanzhong, the state of Wei has hardly stopped fighting in the past six years. Even the rich Central Plains can't help it. Every time the war recruits hundreds of thousands of civilians, the people who can't pay their taxes continue to riot. The Yellow River The south bank has been hollowed out, but Jizhou has been resting and recuperating all these years, and it is the most affluent place in the country..." Zhu Shuo replied with a nod.

"Uh... General Xiahou can mobilize soldiers and horses. Although the combat power is not as good as the elite Nanyang garrison, the number is far more than 10. How could they be defeated by Lu Xun and Gan Ning? I heard that they are fighting on their own. Without Guan Yu's unified dispatch, couldn't they defeat each of them?" Zhang He was puzzled.

"Hey, it's a long story. According to the battle report written by General Xiahou to His Majesty, the main reason is Man Chong..." Zhu Shuo shook his head.

"Man Boning? How could it be him?" Zhang Xi was shocked.

Zhu Shuo spread his arms and briefly told Zhang He the situation.

It turned out that Cao Pi made peace with Sun Quan the year before last, and Huainan ushered in a short-term peace, and the current defeat was buried at that time.

Jiangdong's soldiers fought in water, and their combat effectiveness on the shore was low. This situation was noticed by Wei Guoshou. Man Chong suggested building a new city in the former Hefei City, and wanted to force the Eastern Wu soldiers ashore. Jiang Ji then took advantage of the truce between the two countries. Send someone to implement Man Chong's suggestion.

Jiang Ji originally wanted to use Hefei Shuangcheng to defend Soochow, but his opponent changed from Wu Jun to Wu Jun.

Chapter 938 Returning to Beijing to Serve as the Chief Farmer

Gan Ning successfully occupied the entire territory of Lujiang River, and the troops of Wei State in Huainan were forced to concentrate in the two cities of Hefei.

During the Battle of Lujiang, Gan Ning's troops showed strong land combat capabilities, so Xia Houshang paid special attention to Gan Ning, and asked Xia Houru to help defend the new city, and did not pay attention to Lu Xun's old Jiangdong troops.

The story of eight hundred breaking one hundred thousand has been circulating in the Huainan area. Xia Houru's Taishan soldiers fought against the Eastern Wu army many times, forming an inertial thinking that Jiangdong soldiers are weak in land battles.

After the start of the strategy of attacking the Huaihe River in an all-round way, the entrapment army, which had not been seen for a long time, joined the battlefield by water. Neither the main general Xia Houru nor the Taishan soldiers under his command had ever seen the strength of the entrapment army, and mistakenly thought that Lu Xun had come here to put on a show.

The Taishan soldiers who were originally commanded by Zang Ba had seen Gao Shun's trapped camp during Lv Bu's occupation of Xuzhou. Unfortunately, more than 20 years have passed. After completing the replacement, Xia Houru suffered from the confusion of information.

Seeing that the "Jiangdong soldiers" disembarked and fought on land on their own initiative, Xia Houru happily went out of the city to confront them head-on. As a result, the old Soochow army, led by the fallen army, defeated the Taishan soldiers and captured Hefei in the first battle.

The Taishan soldiers were defeated by the "Jiangdong soldiers", and the leader of Xincheng, Xia Houshang, was stunned. He was dispatching troops to meet Gan Ning, and in a panic, sent [-] troops to Jiang Ji.

After the victory of the diplomatic war in Hefei City, Lan Yuan led the trapped army to chase to the west of the city, and the soldiers and horses covering Lu Xun took advantage of the chaos to seize the city. During this period, they happened to encounter Jiang Ji and Xia Houba.

The news of the tiger and leopard riding in Huainan was detected in advance by Lanyuan's reconnaissance battalion. He brought his favorite chariot and set up many bunkers out of thin air on the battlefield, successfully limiting the impact of the heavy armored tiger and leopard rider. .

Two legendary armies from the Three Kingdoms era had a fateful confrontation outside the city of Hefei. In the end, the trapped army defeated the opponent with relatively small losses.

There are many reasons for the victory of the trapped army. In addition to Lan Yuan's flexible use of chariots as cover, it is also related to the fact that the soldiers and generals of the trapped army are improving, while the quality of the soldiers and generals of the tiger and leopard cavalry is deteriorating.

Just like spoiled fruit, when the skin is damaged, the inside is already rotten.

Xia Houru lost Hefei, and it didn't matter whether he fought in the new city or not, because the Jiangdong warships could not be fettered, and the artificial canal dug during the Cao Cao period in the north of the city was transferred from Chaohu to Feishui and Huaihe Rivers, directly attacking Xiahoushang's rear important town Shouchun.

Cao Cao's purpose of digging the artificial canal was mainly for the military to go south to Jiangdong. At this time, it became the help of Yangzhou warships to go north, which belonged to shooting himself in the foot.

Wei Guo lost Hefei, and the Yangzhou warship went north to Shouchunhui to cut off the grain road. Xia Houshang panicked when he had no choice.

Xia Houshang saw that the boat was done, so he led his army back to Shouchun and sent Man Chong, Jia Kui and others to the south to help. During this period, Gan Ning, Lu Xun, and Lan Yuan took advantage of the victory to pursue them.

During the northward retreat of Wei State's army, Wenpin's navy stationed in Shaoling came to rescue, but was completely defeated by Lu Xunyu Feishui, and Wei State's navy disappeared.