Chapter 451

Sima Yi was defeated and retreated, but fortunately, he was not prepared to attack the city with all his strength before, and although he lost some of his soldiers by retreating to Wancheng, it was not to collapse immediately, but the next two news were that a man as strong as Sima Yi could not bear it.

The first one was naturally that Xu Huang of Nieyang in the west of Wancheng was defeated. Sima Yi met Liu Cong in Deng County, so he thought that Liu Cong's main force must be hidden around Deng County. If he knew that just when he was defeated, Fa Zheng and Guan Yu were besieging Xu Huang, and he would definitely smoke from all his knots.

Originally, Xu Huang was stationed in Nieyang, and Guan Yu attacked the city every day, but he couldn't hold out, because the strength was about the same, Xu Huang had the confidence to consume until Guan Yu retreated. It's just that suddenly on this day, Guan Yu attacked the south gate of Nieyang like crazy, and there were two or three thousand casualties in just one hour, but Guan Yu still refused to get up, until countless Han army corpses lay down at the south gate.

Xu Huang's first reaction was that Guan Yu wanted to capture the old man, and deliberately made a fierce attack posture in order to retreat safely. So he sent scouts to follow Guan Yu. Sure enough, after Guan Yu left Nieyang, he went straight to Deng County, and there was no rule along the way.

Could it be that Deng County is in an emergency? Just when Xu Huang was suspicious, a herald came to Wancheng and told Xu Huang that Sima Dudu would go out of the city to attack Deng County, and ask General Xu to stick to Nieyang! Sima Yi originally didn't know what Liu Cong was doing, so he sent someone to inform Xu Huang, also to prevent that if something happened to his side, Xu Huang would have a way out if he held Nieyang.

But Xu Huang misunderstood, as soon as he heard that Sima Yi, who had always insisted on sticking to the city, actually led his troops to attack, coupled with Guan Yu's strange withdrawal of troops, presumably something big happened in Deng County or Xinye. This is a good opportunity for revenge, since the siege of Guan Yu was completed, Xu Huang has been ordered to take a turtle retreat. The soldiers under him couldn't hold it back for a long time, and so did Xu Huang.

Now such a good opportunity, even if they can't hit Deng County to grab merit, at least they have to make Guan Yu pay a price, and as soon as Xu Huang's subordinates heard that the general was going to lead them out of the city to meet the enemy, their morale was high, like a tiger descending the mountain, chasing after Guan Yu!

However, when Xu Huang went out of the city and chased him for less than a dozen miles, he felt that something was wrong, because at first Guan Yubu ran lifelessly, and now it seems that he is deliberately waiting for himself. Xu Huang hurriedly ordered to gather the troops and sent scouts to investigate everywhere. Only this time he didn't get more detailed information, but waited for Fazheng's 40,000 ambush soldiers.

The fifteen,000 people that Xu Huang brought out to pursue Guan Yu were quickly separated into two sections by Fa Zheng from both sides, and only a small part escaped back to Nieyangcheng. Most of them, including Xu Huang, were quickly surrounded on all sides, and Guan Yu, who was running in front, waited for Fa Zheng to send troops, and then turned around and headed towards Nieyang.

Facing the Han army, which was several times his size, and in the open field, Xu Huang was powerless at this time. Only then did his soldiers understand that Guan Yu's previous strange actions were just to lure the snake out of the hole, and the continuous flow of Han troops around him made most of the Wei soldiers feel cold in their hearts.

The battlefield ambush lasted for two hours, Xu Huang relied on his own bravery and the protection of his own soldiers, fled in a hurry, and did not dare to return to Nieyang with his men and horses, but went straight to Wancheng. After the main general fled, the Han army began to harvest, especially Guan Yu, who was also aggrieved.

The previous attack on Wancheng has been fruitless, and later he was ordered to attack Nieyang without success. If it weren't for Liu Cong in Deng County, Guan Yu would really be unwilling to lure Guan Yu as a chess piece, the last time Wen Ping and others ambushed Cao Pi with infantry, it was Guan Yu's bait.

Although Guan Yu was unwilling, he had to admire the strategy of the lord and those sergeants, and the 30,000 infantry did to fight against Cao Pi's 30,000 cavalry, and he Guan Yu also saw it for the first time. And this time, Fa Zheng, who was a military advisor, risked the danger of being attacked by Sima Yi in Deng County and led a heavy army to come, and Guan Yu naturally did not dare to be careless.

Fortunately, the result was satisfactory, Xu Huang brought back only three or four thousand people to Wancheng, and the rest were either dead or wounded, and three or four thousand people were taken prisoner. After cleaning up the Wei army outside the city, Fa Zheng and Guan Yu's soldiers joined forces and began to storm Nieyang. blacken

Originally, there were not many defenders in Yang City, but they could see the battle outside the city clearly, and they handed over Nieyang after not holding out for long.

After successfully taking Nieyang, Fa Zheng asked Guan Yu to lead the troops to guard Nieyang, and he led the troops to Wancheng, in order to relieve the pressure on Deng County, but he didn't expect Sima Yi to flee back to Wancheng a long time ago. As soon as he inquired, Fa Zheng would also laugh. This battle was originally planned to capture Nieyang and deprive the defenders of Wancheng of strong support.

Unexpectedly, the lord was not idle, which made Sima Yi suffer a big loss. In this way, around Wancheng, the Han army has more than 80,000 people, of which the two wings of Nieyang and Sheqi are in the hands of the Han army, while the defenders in Wancheng City are less than 30,000, and they have experienced two consecutive defeats and low morale.

And that's not the scariest thing! On the fourth day when Sima Yi returned to Wancheng and was ready to hold on to help, news came from Xuchang that Cao Zhang led his troops to attack Xuchang! It turned out that after Cao Zhang met Sima Yi in Luoyang, although he was reprimanded by Sima Yi for a while, he repented. Originally, he planned to return to Chang'an with his troops, and wait until the Han army was repulsed, and then deal with Cao Pi.

But when he learned that Zhang Ren led 10,000 troops to garrison Tongguan and Wei Yan had pressed Chang'an, he changed his mind about going west. Continuing to go north, Cao Pi was already on guard, and the lone army was very passive once it was defeated, so Cao Zhang thought about capturing Xuchang and then contacting Zhang Liao as far away as Hefei.

Because of all the generals who followed Cao Cao in the southern and northern wars, Zhang Liao valued Cao Zhang the most, and he had heavy troops. In Cao Zhang's view, as long as Xuchang is taken, no matter how bad it is, he can occupy Xuzhou and Jianghuai with Zhang Liao, plus part of the territory of Yuzhou, he still has the strength to compete with Cao Pi.

His move is indeed very calculating, at least Cao Pi in Yecheng and Sima Yi in Wancheng are in a hurry! If Xuchang is occupied by Cao Zhang, Wancheng will lose its backup, and Sima Yi will have 30,000 soldiers and horses to compete with Liu Cong! Therefore, after learning the news, Sima Yi sent people to verify it for a while, and prepared to withdraw his troops.

Sima Yi's plan is that if Cao Chang wants to capture Xuchang, he will have to abandon Wancheng and return to Xuchang, shrinking his forces in order to continue to compete with Liu Cong, as for Cao Zhang, Sima Yi does not think that he can succeed, so as long as he returns to Xuchang, let alone 30,000, plus 30,000 Cao Zhang may not be able to take Xuchang.

Cao Pi, who is far away from you, is also red-eyed, and he would rather Cao Zhang lead his troops to attack Yecheng. The city wall of Ye is high and deep, and there is no chance of victory for 30,000 people to attack the city. And Cao Zhang went to Xuchang, and he could only cheapen Liu Cong. The civil and military forces of the Wei State Manchu Dynasty were also dumbfounded when they learned of Cao Zhang's move!

Those officials who were originally unwilling to prepare to welcome the new lord in Yecheng calmed down, Cao Zhang is really good in terms of martial arts, but if he is afraid that his brain is less than one-tenth of Cao Pi, no wonder Sima Yi's fox supports him so firmly! Even Cao Zhi, who wanted to unite with Cao Zhang and compete with Cao Pi, scolded Cao Zhang for being a bastard after learning the news.

Cao Zhang went towards Xuchang, Sima Yi was unwilling to leave Wancheng with his troops in a hurry, he wanted to return to Xuchang before Cao Zhang broke through Xuchang, and Xuchang would not fall into the hands of Liu Cong in the entire Yuzhou and Yanzhou.

And Liu Cong's army, which was guarding outside the city, also moved when he heard the news, and as soon as Sima Yi withdrew, he got the news there.

"Xiaozhi, what do you say this Sima Yi wants?"

"Presumably Cao Zhang took a few cities, and Cao Pi of Yecheng couldn't sit still, so he urgently recruited King Sima Yiqin." No matter how smart the two of them were, they couldn't have imagined that Cao Zhang would actually help such a big favor. You must know that Liu Cong is mentally prepared to spend half a year with Sima Yi in Wancheng.

Originally, the Imperial Expedition was just a gimmick to attract the attention of the enemy. Before Wei Yan didn't sweep the audience, the lone army in the middle couldn't hold on even if he could win. Under the management of Cao Cao, especially in Hebei, there was no war for many years, the population and economy recovered well, although Cao Cao died, but those who followed Cao Cao were not finished, and the support of the people of Hebei for Cao was also incomparable to that of Guanzhong and Jianghuai.

However, since Sima Yi had withdrawn, Liu Cong immediately stationed in Wancheng, and sent Guan Yu to lead his elite troops to chase after Sima Yi, ready to see the opportunity on the road to make another profit. At the same time, the news of the war in Wancheng was quickly reported to Guanzhong, Wei Yan and Jiangdong Ganning and others.

The most hopeless middle road was actually the first to end the war, and when Wancheng was taken, the entire Jingbei and southwestern Yuzhou were subsumed into the Han Dynasty. Liu Cong planned to stay in Wancheng for a period of time, gradually pacify the surrounding counties, and then wait for news from the east and west.

Although Zhang Liao on the eastern front struggled to hold on, the bad news came one after another, Chang'an was lost, Cao Zhang rebelled, and Wancheng was lost......

Gan Ning and Lu Xun partnered, that is, they did not attack Hefei, but acted along the Yangtze River and Huai River, starting from Jianye and pointing directly at Xuzhou, which made Zhang Liao very embarrassed.

But if he sits idly by, Gan Ning will drive the chairman straight in and occupy the entire Jianghuai region. But in this case, the other two fronts of Wei lost one after another, and the blow to morale was self-evident.

After Sima Yi returned to Xuchang, Cao Zhang asked Zhang Liao for help as soon as possible. Although Cao Zhang is just a martial artist, he is not stupid, he knows that his 30,000 horses cannot be conquered when Sima Yi is stationed in Xuchang, so he hopes that Zhang Liao will divide his troops from Hefei to attack and disturb.

Zhang Liao naturally couldn't agree, he used to value Cao Zhang, because Cao Zhang was brave by nature, and he didn't have the hypocrisy of an ordinary son, but now Cao Zhang is rebellious, and there is no chance of winning, so it is naturally impossible for him to send troops to support Cao Zhang.

What's more, the original battle situation in Hefei was unfavorable to Zhang Liao. At this time, dividing the troops is tantamount to telling Gan Ning, come to Hefei, Hefei is empty! However, even if Zhang Liao sticks to Hefei, the current situation can not be reversed, because Cao Zhang, the entire center of Wei has been disrupted and has no time to take care of Guanzhong, Wei Yan is like a bamboo in Guanzhong, after learning that there is no hope for reinforcements, other defenders in Guanzhong have opened the city and surrendered.

I wish you all a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year!