"What?! Mianzhu lost? Wei Yan listened to the scout's words, and instantly collapsed to the ground.

"This ......" Chen Gong was also speechless in shock at this time.

"Not only that, all the military rations in Mianzhu have been intercepted by the Qin army!" The scout, who was kneeling on the ground, also said with red eyes at this time.

"How is this possible? How many people were in the Qin army? How did it pass?! Wei Yan came to his senses for a while and asked.

However, the scout who was kneeling on the ground shook his head in the face of Wei Yan's question.

"It's over, it's really over! Gongtai, we are too underestimated!" Wei Yan only felt that the strength of his whole body was drained, and he sat down on the chair with a limp.

Chen Gong was also speechless in shock at this time, and only after a while did he come back and say, "Marshal, now is not the time to be sad!" The Qin army now occupies Mianzhu and has intercepted all the grain and grass of our army. And there is not much grain and grass left in the city!

Presumably, in the next step, Zhao Tuo must besiege Chengdu and surround our army to death in Chengdu. All we can do now is change our strategy quickly. If we sit back and wait for death, it is a trivial matter for us to die in battle, but if Yizhou is lost, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

In fact, what Chen Gong said is very reasonable, if he really let Zhao Tuo pass Yizhou,

"Gongtai, you say, what else can we do?" Wei Yan looked a little weak.

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid that Zhao Tuo has now mobilized heavy troops and is ready to launch a general attack on us! For now, I can only order the bridge on the Han River to be burned! Defend Chengdu and fight to the death with the Qin army! I saw Chen Gong gritting his teeth and said.

After hearing this, Wei Yan said with some horror: "Gongtai, once this bridge burns, our army will have no way to retreat!" Can't our army force a breakthrough? ”

"Marshal! Presumably Zhao Tuo has already gotten the news of the loss of Mianzhu! Next, we must send a large army to surround Chengdu!

If we forcibly break through, with the men and horses in our hands, it will not be enough for this Qin army to plug the teeth!

Burning bridges is the best way to do it at the moment! In this way, our army can concentrate its forces and defend Chengdu to the death. Delay a little longer and wait for reinforcements to arrive!

Now we can only hold off the Qin army as much as possible! Let people send letters and newspapers to the imperial court urgently, so that the imperial court can quickly send troops to the rescue! ”

Wei Yan listened, gritted his teeth, and said ruthlessly: "Okay! Just follow the policy of the public station! Set the bridge on fire! ”

After Wei Yan made a decision, on the one hand, he sent people to send a letter to the DPRK and China urgently. On the one hand, he ordered to burn the bridges and gather all his troops in the city to prepare for a decisive battle with the Qin army

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Just when Wei Yan and Chen Gong made a decision. Zhao Tuo, who had already received the news from Deng Aijie, was overjoyed, but he ordered more than 100,000 people under his command, starting from Jianwei, rushing towards Hanshui and Chengdu, vowing to annihilate Wei Yan in one fell swoop and take Yizhou!

However, as soon as the Qin army left Jianwei City, they got the information sent by the scouts in front of them, and the Han army burned the Hanshui Bridge with a fire! And all of them were withdrawn towards Chengdu.

Jia Xu listened, but smiled at Zhao Tuo: "Marshal, it seems that this Han army is going to make the last fight!"

Zhao Tuo nodded and said: "This Wei Yan and Chen Gong still have some skills, and they actually came up with this plan to delay our army, but if they do this, it is equivalent to cutting off their own retreat!"

Pass on my military orders! The whole army is speeding up, and before dark, it must reach Chengdu! Tomorrow morning, attack! ”

"Yes!"

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Just when the Han army in Yizhou fell into a trap because Deng Ai smuggled into the Han River. Cao Cao, who was far away, was also in a trap at this time!

Since the first battle of Shaxian, Cao Cao was defeated all the way to Cangwu, and only then did he gain a firm foothold and confront the Qin army across the river. And Zhang Liang also set up a large array under Cangwu City, constantly defeating the Qin army that crossed the river, and everything seemed to be so smooth.

But just three hours ago, a piece of news from the rear broke the favorable battle situation like a dream.

That is, Yixing Town, an important grain town in Jiujiang, has been lost! Not only that, but even the three important towns next to Yixing Town were burned to ruins by a sudden Qin army. And the leader of this Qin army is Li Cunxiao, who is under Shaxian County, and the second general of the Lian War!

When Cao Cao and Zhang Liang heard the news, they were both shocked. You must know that when the Jiujiang army was defeated and retreated, Cao Cao, under Zhang Liang's suggestion, sent troops to guard all the places along the river for dozens of miles. But now, Li Cunxiao appeared behind him as if falling from the sky, and he also captured his grain town. This news made it difficult for Cao Cao and even the entire high-level generals of the Jiujiang Army to accept.

Fortunately, although Cao Cao and Zhang Liang were shocked, they quickly recovered from their panic. Immediately, the two monarchs and ministers discussed all ways to deal with it.

The two thought about it and finally came up with a solution! That is to abandon Cangwu and garrison Guiping to defend against the Qin army.

If you want to say why Cao Cao gave up Cangwu this time, it is also a last resort! This cangwu can be said to be a battleground for soldiers in the entire Wuzhou!

As for why Cao Cao was in such a hurry to return to help, then we have to talk about the original deployment of the Jiujiang Army!

The Jiujiang Army had a total of more than 100,000 soldiers with armor, and there were more than 25,000 people in Yulin at the beginning, but after the first battle of Yulin, the Yulin defenders suffered heavy losses, and there were less than 10,000 people left.

Cangwu Xiahoudun had more than 20,000 people under his men, and later lost more than 5,000 people because he went to support Xiahou Yuan.

Cao Cao came from Changsha to support, with only 30,000 soldiers and horses. Combined with the strength of the two Xiahou brothers, a total of only more than 60,000 people, after the first battle of Shaxian, their morale plummeted, and the soldiers suffered heavy losses, so far, there are only more than 40,000 people.

As mentioned earlier, the soldiers of Jiujiang are no more than 100,000 people, remove the troops garrisoned by the two Xiahous, and then remove the troops in other places. The troops staying by Cao Cao's side in Changsha were only more than 50,000 people.

Cao Cao rushed from Changsha to support, leaving only more than 10,000 troops and 3,000 guards to garrison. It can be said that the current Changsha City is empty inside. If Li Cunxiao is allowed to take advantage of the situation, I am afraid that Cao Cao will not even have to return home! After all, Cao Cao's family members are all in Changsha City!

For this reason, Cao Cao naturally did not dare to take this risk, so he could only retreat, intercept the Qin army deep in the hinterland, and then find another way to resist Zhao Kuangyin's army!

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However, just when Cao Cao was anxious, Xiang Yu, an old neighbor, was not idle at the moment.

These days, Xiang Yu has been paying attention to the affairs of Cao Cao and Qin Jun in the past few days. At this moment, Xiang Yu has been waiting, waiting for Cao Cao to come and beg him to send troops!

Moreover, according to the information sent back by Dai Zong and Shi Qian, who were far away in Chang'an, the Han army that went north to expel the Xiongnu had also gone south, and it was estimated that they would be able to reach Chang'an in a few days.

At this moment, Xiang Yu knew that his opportunity had come!