There are a few people who are particularly conspicuous in the team of night raids, and they are the old department of the Jiangdong Group. Unlike Pang De, Xu Sheng, Han Dang, Chen Wu, and Dong Xi have been subordinate to Liu Cong since Chaisang returned to Liu Cong, except for Xu Sheng, who made contributions when he conquered Danyang, the rest can be said to be an example of inch work.

Now that Jiangdong has not been completely subdued, Liu Cong will naturally not be angry, they will stay in Jiangdong, and these people are all famous generals in Jiangdong, and they don't want to be idle, they follow Liu Cong to fight thousands of miles along the way, and now they finally have the opportunity to fight again, so they naturally have to come up with a twelve-point ability, and they can't let Pang De let Wei Yan and others underestimate it.

In this way, although the scale of the night attack was only more than 10,000 people, nine generals were dispatched! Even Pang Tong, who had always been rushing forward, advised Cong whether to leave Wei Yan or Zhang Ren to garrison Baishui Pass. Liu Cong shook his head and smiled, now he is only the beginning of his hegemony, and even he has not slept on the merit book, and Wei Yan, Zhang Ren and others cannot be specialized. Moreover, Wei Yan and Zhang Renzhi's brave night attack can play a role in Chengdu to the maximum.

Of course, each of these nine people is wearing special armor, and there is also a layer of soft armor in it, and the mounts under the crotch are also carefully selected horses. As long as it is not surrounded by many people, there should be no worries about life. Even if they were recognized by Cao Cao and surrounded by the group, it would not be difficult for these people to break through from the thousands of troops.

Another reason why Liu Cong chose this time to attack at night was that Cao Cao had been attacking Baishui Pass for several months, and Baishui Pass had always been unable to hold out. Perhaps at the beginning of the battle, Cao Cao would have taken serious precautions, and after such a long period of fierce battle, he would definitely slack off from top to bottom!

That night, after the third watch, more than 10,000 people quietly rushed to the Cao army camp under the leadership of several generals. As Liu Cong expected, Cao Jun was also extremely tired, and after collecting troops that day, he rested early. Although there were also a few people on duty outside the camp, because Huang Zhong and others quietly led people to the front of the barracks, after a quick arrow, there were a few muffled sounds.

Then more than 10,000 soldiers quickly entered the Cao army camp from south to north! Especially Pang De, Han Dang and others broke away from the team as soon as they entered the Cao Jun barracks, and they all went on a rampage with red eyes! The Gangdong quartet led by Han Dang rushed to the forefront. Despite the panic, Cao's army immediately organized a counterattack.

But on a local scale, basically the four of Han Dang are invincible! Those Cao soldiers who hurriedly took up their arms could withstand the left and right rush of the four, and the entire central line was stirred up. Pang De on the left flank was also in high spirits when he saw it, and shouted loudly to the Liangzhou warriors behind him: "Sons, we can't lag behind!" ”

Not only Han Dang, Pang De, but even Wei Yan, Zhao Yun and others have not had such a hearty battle for a long time! Stimulated by other generals, they also burst out with great enthusiasm. And the unjust ghosts under the gun are naturally indispensable! Wei Yan seems to have found the feeling of being a bandit back then.

This night attack lasted for about an hour, and it was not until Cao Cao and others rushed from the rear of the barracks to organize resistance that Wei Yan and others stopped their positions and gradually retreated. When Cao Cao led his troops to chase after him, Pang De and others volunteered to take charge of the rear. When Cao Cao was about to chase after Baishui Guanqian, he found that Liu Cong had already led his subordinates to answer outside the pass. Cao Cao had no choice but to collect his troops and return to the camp, because of the third watch in the middle of the night, he didn't know if Liu Cong still had an ambush elsewhere.

The soldiers who participated in the night attack were extremely excited, and they did not gradually disperse until dawn. According to a rough calculation, in addition to the Liangzhou soldiers led by Pang De, they lost nearly 1,000 people, and the cavalry at the forefront of the charge lost more than 1,000 people. More than 9,000 of the 12,000 people who returned to Baishui Pass during the night attack were killed, and more than 15,000 were killed, and countless were wounded.

Such a record can be regarded as very brilliant, and it was achieved under the absolute numerical superiority of Cao's army. When Cao Cao was even more depressed, after the success of the night attack, Liu Cong retreated again. But Cao Jun had to be on guard night and night. Several times he found that there was movement on the side of Baishui Pass, so he sent scouts to check in time, but found that a large number of people were digging trenches outside the pass.

When Cao's army arrived, these people immediately retreated to the Guannai. In fact, Liu Cong is not untargeted. Now that the tunnel dug by Cao Cao has been blocked, all that remains is a frontal assault, and digging trenches outside the pass, and even fences and others can effectively delay the attack speed of Cao's army.

These crucial arrows and two arrows will greatly increase the casualties of Cao's army! If Cao Cao wanted to successfully attack the city, he had to spend time leveling the ground outside the pass. In this way, you have to fight with Liu Cong! Although the population of Hanzhong County is also quite large, after all, Cao Cao has just been pacified, and the distance from Hanzhong City is far away, so the consumption is naturally greater than Liu Cong!

Liu Cong dispatched the people to dig trenches, set up fences, and reject horses at night, but Cao Cao did not dare to send the people alone at night, so there would only be no return. And during the day, a lot of offensive time is wasted. The Baishui Pass Navy can calmly watch the enemy's people work on the city wall, and once they enter the firing range, they will be unceremonious!

This lasted for ten days, and Cao Cao ordered to find another way from both sides of Baishui Pass, preparing to break into the middle of the river from other places, but Liu Cong had expected it, so he also widely distributed scouts along the Baishui Pass. Although the battle at Baishui Pass continued, the attack power of Cao's army decreased significantly, and on the contrary, the morale of the Baishui Pass defense was high because of Liu Cong's personal supervision.

With the end of the autumn harvest, the number of minfu soon increased by 20,000, and nearly 60,000 minfu were assembled in the entire pass, outnumbering the number of defenders, and a large part of them were required to strengthen the Baishui Pass fortifications and dig various trenches outside the pass to block the rhythm of Cao's attack. If it weren't for the mountains blocking it, Liu Cong would have been able to dig out a moat like Fancheng outside Baishui Pass.

As winter approached, Cao Cao began to falter again, and in seven years, he had three large-scale head-on clashes with Liu Cong, the first of which was the embarrassment of the withdrawal to Xuchang. Although he was unwilling to do so for the second time, he was forced to conclude a peace treaty with Liu Cong after losing his advantage.

This third time was originally a good opportunity, but Cao Cao didn't expect Sun Quan to be so indifferent, and even more than Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu was stationed at Baishui Pass to stop Cao Cao for at least a few months. And the comfort of Zhang Liao on the eastern front continued. After Lu Xun arrived in Lujiang, Zhang Liao obviously felt the pressure. Lu Xun's ability to govern is much stronger than Zhang Liao's. Although Zhang Liao commanded the troops well, the Lujiang River was close to the end, and the east was the water village. And Jianye also fell into the hands of Liu Cong, if Lu Xun is allowed to become bigger in Lujiang, Zhang Liao will face the danger of being attacked from both sides! So she hoped that Cao Cao could give him more troops and suppress Lu Xun.

Cao Cao naturally didn't want to give up attacking Baishui Pass, and now Liu Cong's pacification of Jiangdong was just around the corner, if Baishui Pass could not be broken, then he would have to face a reality of dividing the world. And the fact that the three fronts in the east and west can't help Liu Cong will become a huge psychological obstacle and affect the officers and men of the whole army!

But the defense of Baishui Pass is indeed very good, which is also due to the foundation laid by Liu Zhang back then, plus the operation of Wei Yan and Zhang Ren over the years. Finally, in November, Cao's army decided to withdraw its troops and abandon the attack on Baishui Pass. Because of the news from the eastern front, Gan Ning had successfully captured Wu County, and joined Liu Pan in Qiantang to prepare to cross the river to attack Shaoxing!

Now in Jiangdong, Gan Ning and Liu Pan have a total of 60,000 amphibious infantry in their hands, plus the support of most of Yangzhou. And Sun Quan in Shaoxing and Sun Jing, who rushed back from Jiaozhou, were only 30,000 people. The most important thing is that Sun Quan's actions are lost in the hearts of the people in Jiangdong. Several of the main garrisons in Jiangdong, Chaisang, Jianye and Wuxian were all in the hands of Liu Cong.

Sun Quan wants to resist stubbornly, but he is afraid that he will not last long. Zhang Zhao began to govern Yangzhou in Jianye, which let Cao Cao know that Sun Quan was out of play! Sun Quan's lack of drama means that he can't contain Liu Cong. If Cao Cao continues to attack at Baishui Pass, then Zhang Liao may face a flanking attack. Compared with Baishui Pass, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in addition to the city in the Jianghuai area, Liu Cong has the advantage in the water. If Huaiyang is lost, even if he gets the entire Yizhou, Cao Cao doesn't think he will take advantage of it. In particular, the grain production in Xuzhou is very high.

So Cao Cao must return to Xuchang as soon as possible! And the withdrawal of troops means that Cao Cao acknowledges the fact that the world is divided. Then the next thing Cao Cao has to think about is the issue of the throne. Regardless of whether Liu Cong is rewarded or not, Cao Cao will definitely be unhappy, it is right for him to be the king of Wei, but it is definitely not the reward of the court controlled by Liu Cong. He wants to claim himself the throne and even the emperor of the territory he occupies. Although the previous coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes allowed him to occupy a lot of political advantages, it also restricted Cao Cao from going further.

Now that there is no such obstacle, Cao Cao wants to take the step of the supervision committee to let his group break with the Han Dynasty and make himself rightful, which is not an easy thing, not even easier than the Western Expedition!

It is not an easy thing to retreat, first of all, the newly conquered Hanzhong has covered up all kinds of contradictions during the war, once Cao Cao leaves, various forces will inevitably rise, and there is the disposal of the old master Zhang Lu. Cao Cao thought that with his return to Xuchang, Liu Cong would also return to Xiangyang, but Wei Yan and Zhang Ren would definitely continue to stay at Baishui Pass, and it was not easy to find a general who was the same age as Wei Yan and had both civil and military skills.

After weighing it repeatedly, Cao Cao decided to leave Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong, two veterans, plus Guo Huai, the grandson of Guo Quan, the former great Si Nong, and Xiahou Shang's two nephews, Xiahou Shang and Xiahou De's nephew Cao Xiu, stationed in Hanzhong, which shows that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Hanzhong! And don't resist Xiahou Yuan and others, once Liu Cong comes to attack, you only need to stick to the city and wait for support! Don't rush in!

In Cao Cao's view, Wei Yan and Zhang Renzhiyong were not lost to Xiahou Yuan in their prime, and they seemed to be better in arranging troops, so he pinned his hopes on the fact that once a war broke out on the Western Front, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and others would be able to resist the attack with the advantage of the city and wait for reinforcements. And Cao Cao will deploy heavy troops in Chang'an and Liangzhou, and it should not take much time to come to support.