When Cao Cao saw Wang Kai's army, he did not order the pursuit, because Wang Kai's army was withdrawn in an orderly manner, and his troops and horses were not enough to win a complete victory.

Eventually, Cao Cao watched Wang Kai's army begin to retreat westward.

After Cao Cao couldn't see Wang Kaijun's trace, he raised his troops to enter Wancheng from the north gate.

At this time, Zhang Xiu withdrew from Wancheng with more than 20,000 Xiliang troops and began to flee.

After leaving Wancheng for a hundred miles, Zhang Xiu said to Jia Xu beside him: "Wenhe, now that Wancheng has been lost, where will we go next?" ”

"Lord, the southwest of Wancheng is Nieyang County, we can capture Nieyang and wait for the opportunity to move."

After Zhang Xiu adopted it, he immediately led his army to kill Nieyang.

It only took one day for Zhang Xiu's Xiliang army to reach Nieyang County.

Because of the lack of garrison in Nieyang County, Zhang Xiu's army easily captured Nieyang and garrisoned it.

Besides, after Cao's army entered Wancheng, Cao Cao immediately summoned Liu Pan, Huang Zhong and Kuai Yue and said to them: "Three, you should be the first to conquer Wancheng this time!" ”

Hearing Cao Cao say this, Liu Pan replied: "Cao Sikong, now that Zhang Xiu has been driven away, do you think you will give Wancheng to my Jingzhou army to garrison?" ”

After hearing this, Cao Cao immediately laughed and replied: "General Liu, don't worry, although Zhang Xiu was driven away, he did not ambush him, wait for me to destroy Zhang Xiu and then give up Wancheng." ”

Seeing Cao Cao say this, Kuai Yue asked: "I wonder when Cao Sikong plans to kill Zhang Xiu?" ”

"Our army has just fought a few battles with Wang Zhenxi's soldiers and horses, at least we have to wait for our army to recover before embroidering, and our army will temporarily live in Wancheng during this time."

Hearing Cao Cao say this, Kuai Yue immediately understood that Cao Cao was planning to cheat, but Cao Cao was powerful, and he dared not speak out.

After hearing this, Liu Pan could only helplessly station in Wancheng with Cao Jun.

Then turn to Wang Kai's side.

After Wang Kai withdrew his troops all the way west to the state of Li, he directly ordered the state of Li to be defeated.

Then, Wang Kai gathered his ministers in the county government of Liguo.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Wancheng has been captured by Cao's army, I intend to attack Wancheng in a day or two, I don't know what you think?"

Hearing this, Xu Tao immediately said: "The lord can't! ”

"Mao Gong, what do you think?"

"Lord, Cao Cao took Wancheng with the help of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, we have no name now, if we rashly attack Cao's army, I am afraid that Cao Cao will immediately give us a charge of rebellion, and at that time, once Cao Cao calls on the heroes to send troops, we will be mired in the quagmire and unable to extricate ourselves."

Wang Kai thought for a while and immediately replied: "Mao Gong, although you are reasonable, but Wancheng is the throat of our army's exit, if Cao Cao has a firm foothold in Wancheng, then our army will have no chance to get out of the customs." ”

When he heard this, Xu Tao was also distressed, because Cao Cao's capture of Wancheng really hit Wang Kai's weakness.

At this time, Li Ru stood up and said to Wang Kai: "Lord, although Wancheng is unattackable now, our army can take advantage of the situation to capture the county town between Wuguan and Fangling, after all, it is Liu Biao who is unkind first. ”

After listening to Li Ru's proposal, Wang Kai suddenly pondered.

After a while, Wang Kai said, "Wenyou, go and get the sketch of Nanyang County." ”

After Li Ru got the order, he immediately submitted the sketch of Nanyang County drawn by Jin Yiwei.

After Wang Kai took the sketch, he immediately opened it and looked at it.

When Wang Kai discovered a waterway from Hanzhong to Wuguan, he immediately said: "Wenyou, your words have reminded me. ”

"My lord, what have you discovered?"

"I found that Shangyong County and Tin County have waterways that can lead to Wuguan."

Hearing this, Li Ru, Xu Tao and Han Sui, who were relatively agile, all guessed something, but none of them took the initiative to say it.

At this time, Wang Kai said again: "I intend to secretly move the people of Hanzhong to Wuguan from the waterway, what do you think? ”

After hearing this, everyone immediately thought about it.

After a while, Wang Kai saw that there was still no one to speak, so he immediately nodded at Xu Tao and said, "Mao Gong, you can speak first!" ”

"My lord, although it is feasible to use the waterway to relocate the people of Hanzhong, there are several difficulties that need to be overcome."

"I want to hear about it!"

"My lord, the first thing to do when migrating the people of Hanzhong from the waterway is how to guard against the Jingzhou naval army; The second point is how to prevent the leakage of news about the relocation of people; The third point is how we build transport ships. ”

"Mao Gong, I have a plan in my heart, you all come and take a look."

After hearing this, everyone immediately gathered around Wang Kai.

Wang Kai then pointed to the map and began to say: "Look! If the Jingzhou naval army wants to come from Xiangyang, they must pass through Zhuyang County, Yin County and Yu County, and I plan to send 10,000 soldiers and horses to capture Zhuyang to build the first line of defense, and then I will use the iron cable to build the second and third lines of defense in Yin County and Yu County. ”

Hearing this, Li Ru nodded and said, "The lord is feasible with this method!" With these three lines of defense, even if the Jingzhou Navy has three heads and six arms, it will not be able to come over. ”

At this time, Han Sui, Xu Tao, and Qin Qiong also agreed.

Immediately after, Wang Kai said: "After building a defensive line, I will set up checkpoints in each city and close the city gates, and then I will let the Jinyi Guards wander around to investigate, so that the leakage of news will be minimized." ”

Hearing this, everyone agreed again.

In the end, Wang Kai said again: "As for the relocation of the people of Hanzhong, I plan to build a transport ship of 2,000 people in Shangyong County and Tin County respectively, supplemented by a chain of iron cables to form a chain of ships, five ships can carry 10,000 people in a row, until they can fill a million people and stop, I plan to finish the battle!" ”

After hearing this, everyone was also shocked by Wang Kai's plan.

Immediately after, Xu Tao said: "My lord, according to your law, it will take at least a year to relocate the people of Hanzhong, and even if you speed up, it will take at least half a year, will this be a long time?" ”

"No, today's Nanyang is complicated, there will be no major changes in a short period of time, and the top priority is to take the place between Wuguan and Fangling as soon as possible."

Seeing Wang Kai say this, Xu Tao had no doubts.

Immediately after, Wang Kai asked, "Do you still have doubts?" ”

After hearing this, everyone said that there was no doubt.

Immediately, Wang Kai ordered: "Xu Tao listens to the order, I order you to enter Hanzhong and work with Du Taishou to supervise the construction of a chain of ships for the relocation of the people." ”

"Command!"

"Also, the registration of these millions of people is also completed by you and Du Taishou."

After Xu Tao received the order again, Wang Kai said to Ma Teng again: "Ma Teng listens to the order!" ”

"The end will be."

"I order you to rush to Fangling immediately to join Ma Dai."

"The last general obeys!"

"After you converge, you will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to capture Zhuyang and build a defensive line."

After Ma Teng received the order again, Wang Kai said to Qin Qiong and Han Sui again: "Qin Qiong and Han Sui obey the order!" ”

The two of them immediately stood up after receiving the order.

"I order you to send 30,000 troops to capture Yin County and Yu County, and build iron cables."

The two of them received the order as soon as they received the order.

Finally, Wang Kai said to Xue Li: "Xue Li listens to orders!" ”

"The last general!"

"I order you to lead 30,000 troops to conquer the five counties of Wudang, Shunyang, Nanxiang, Xi and Danshui."

"The last general obeys!"

In the end, Wang Kai left Li Ru, Pei Xingyan, Wei Chigong and 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Liguo.