"Wonderful! In this way, a strategic encirclement of Cao Wei was formed. Liu Du exclaimed.

Chen Wu had been looking at the map and pondering, and suddenly asked, "I have a question, which of these five armies is the main attack?" ”

"The second way, of course. You see, Nanyang is the gateway from Jingzhou to Guanzhong, which is close to Luoyang, the capital of Wei, and can contain a large number of Cao Wei's troops, and second, it can meet the army of Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng. Han Xuan drew a circle on the map, and then analyzed.

It's not that Han Xuan underestimated Zhuge Liang, it turned out that Zhuge Liang's five Northern Expeditions in history ended in failure. There are many reasons for this, and the loss of Jingzhou by Shu Han at that time is one of the reasons.

"Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng's task is mainly to contain the troops of Cao Wei's western front and respond to the main army. Ma Chao is famous in Xiliang, and he is familiar with the geography of Liangzhou, so he should let Prime Minister Zhuge mention him more. Han Xuan continued.

While the three were discussing, Liu Du's spies came to report that Cao Ren had become depressed and sick since the defeat of Mao Xu, and soon died of illness in the army.

"God help me! I should return to Jianye as soon as possible to rectify the military horses, and Keri will fight Wei! "As soon as Cao Ren, a famous general of the Wei State, died, Han Xuan's opponent was one less.

After Han Xuan returned to Jianye, he summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and asked Deng Zhi, who was the envoy of the New Han Dynasty, to read out the holy decree: "Towering China, there have been sages. Now there is the king of Chu, virtuous and benevolent. I and the king of Chu, there was a gap in the old days, the two countries were in dispute, and the people were killed. In ancient times, although the two emperors of Yan and Huang had fought in Hanquan, they were especially broken, and the two departments were united, and the big broken Chi was especially in Zhuolu, and it was passed on to future generations. Today, the king of Chu is planning for the people of the world, following the example of the ancient sages, and abandoning the past suspicions, and the two countries are united into one, and they plan for a great cause for a thousand years. I changed the title of King of Chu to 'King of One Word and Shoulder to Shoulder', and still commanded the army and people in Jiangnan, Ke Ri Xing Division, and fought Cao Wei ......... together"

After Deng Zhi finished reading the holy decree, Han Xuan accepted the decree, received the seal ribbon, and then announced the resolutions made at the meeting, and ordered all counties to implement them according to the order.

For a while, Jiangdong changed its course, and it was like a new atmosphere. The army on the border of Chu and Shu was also withdrawn and transferred to the north because of the merger of the two countries.

Of course, there were also a few diehards who were not convinced, and the sporadic rebellions were suppressed by Han Xuan. After stabilizing Jiangdong itself, Han Xuan sent people to Liaodong, Yizhou, Zhuyazhou, Wadao and other places to report.

Luoyang, the capital of Wei State, Cao Pi listened to the report of the spies, and said angrily: "Han Xuan's repeated person! I have been a minister to my Great Wei before, but now I am in fornication with Shu and want to offend my Great Wei, which is really hateful. I want to personally lead the army to ask for it, and I will definitely set foot in the south of the Yangtze River! ”

"Your Majesty is angry! The minister thought that although Chu was attached to Shu, the hearts of the people in Chu were not uniform, so he only had to order Han Zong and Jin Zong to lead troops to invade their territory and make them chaotic. Our army can take the opportunity to stabilize the rear, recover the lost territory in Qingzhou, and then fight with it when the rear is stable! Wang Lang admonished.

Jia Kui also followed the advice: "What Wang Situ said is extremely true, Your Majesty must not rush to send troops, but fell into the hands of Han Xuan and Liu Du. ”

Han Xuan heard that Wei was building a new city in Hefei to defend Jiangdong, so he sent troops to prepare to besiege the new city. Zhu Ran led the army to Chaohu, but the new city was far away from the water, and the Jiangdong naval army was defeated by the Wei army in land battles. Zhu Ran didn't dare to get off the ship to attack, and wanted to wait for Quan Cong to lead Wudang's army to join before attacking Xincheng.

Zhu Ran stopped, and Han Xuan frequently sent people to urge. Because Han Xuan also had to send troops to attack Han Zong and Jin Zong, if he could take Xincheng, he would definitely be able to deter these two rebel generals.

General Wei was full of favor and said to his subordinate generals: "Zhu Ran knows that if I move my troops outside the city, I will definitely boast about Haikou." Come to show their strength and invite fame. Although he did not dare to advance, he would definitely go ashore to show off his strength. ”

So Manzhong sent 6,000 horsemen to ambush and wait in the hidden place of the water. Later, Zhu Ran really went ashore to show off his soldiers, and the full of favored ambushes suddenly attacked, beheading hundreds, and many fled to the river and drowned.

Knowing that Zhu Ran was defeated, Han Xuan made the whole attack on Lu'an, but he was not victorious. Han Xuan put his main focus on Qi Chun, Qi Chun's guard general Jin Zong was the general of Chu State, and later killed the general Wang Zhi, led the army to defect to Wei, and repeatedly attacked the border of Chu State.

Han Xuan ordered He Qi to supervise Liu Shao, Luo Tong and other generals to lead 10,000 elite soldiers to raid Qichun, He Qi and Luo Tong lightly covered the attack and captured Jinzong alive. And Ling Yiyi, Han Zong led his troops to attack the northern counties of Lujiang County, burning, killing and looting, Lu Fan led the army and the people to fight back, Han Zong retired to Wei, and was named a rebellious general.

In the next few years, Han Xuan and Liu Du did not send troops on a large scale, but just seized the time to recuperate and recuperate, and the army was stockpiled with food.

During this period, Han Dang, who was far away on Wa Island, learned that his son Han Zong led his troops to defect to the Wei State, and he was so angry that a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and Han Dang, who was sad and angry, finally scolded the "rebel son" and died.

Then Tian Yu led the army to break Xianbei. Previously, Xianbei Kebineng, Micah, Suli and others cut the land and ruled, each with its own boundary, and swore an oath that none of them would sell horses to the Central Plains.

Kebi can trap and kill Budugen's brother Fuluo Han, annex Fuluo Han, and have a grudge with Budugen, Budugen's people are slightly weaker, with more than 10,000 people to protect Taiyuan and Yanmen County, and send Wei to sacrifice war horses, and Kebi can attack each other. Su Li, the leader of Xianbei in the east, also violated the alliance and sold a thousand war horses to Liaodong County, which was attacked by Kebineng. Su Li asked for help from Tian Yu, and Tian Yu led a light cavalry to attack the rear of the Kebineng army. Kebi was able to make the general Zonu lead the army to fight Tian Yu, and Tian Yu broke the Zonu army. Kebineng was dissatisfied and repeatedly harassed Liaodong County.

As Han Xuan expected, Wei sent heavy troops to Nanyang, Runan, Pei and other places. Previously, Cao Pi named Cao Zhen as the general of Zhenxi, and supervised the military of Yongzhou and Liangzhou. Zhang Jin, a native of Zhangye County, held Taishou hostage and rebelled in Jiuquan, and led an army to prevent Zou Qi from taking office. Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao to march to quell Zhang Jin's rebellion. Cao Pi transferred Cao Zhen back to Luoyang, and promoted Cao Zhen to the general of the army.

In 224, Cao Pi left Sima Yi to guard Xuchang, and his troops were divided into three routes and came to Jingzhou to fight Liu Du. Cao Pi personally sat in Wancheng as reinforcements, and sent the general Cao Zhen, the general Xiahou Shang to conquer the south, the left general Zhang He, and the right general Xu Huang to lead the middle army to attack Jiangxia.

Liu Du sent Wen to hire Sun Sheng and Mi Fang to lead an army of 10,000 to defend in Pingchun County and build an earthen city. Zhao Yun led 30,000 horses as foreign aid. Xu Huang led his troops to block Zhao Yun, Cao Zhendu, Zhang He, and Xiahou Shang led troops to storm Tucheng, but Wen Ping and Sun Sheng couldn't resist and immediately retreated.

Zhang He was stationed in Tucheng, Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang continued to lead the army to attack, Liu Du ordered Lü Meng, Liao Hua, Zhang Ren and other generals to lead the army to resist, and sent Wang Ping, Yang Cang and other generals to lead the army to detour to the rear to attack Zhang He, trying to cut off the Wei army's retreat.

Wang Ping and Yang Cang attacked Zhang He for a long time, and prepared to retreat to meet Zhao Yun, but as soon as the two of them withdrew, Zhang He led the army to kill from Tucheng, Wang Ping and Xiang Cang were defeated, and Zhang He led the army to chase and kill more than ten miles. Fortunately, he met Zhao Yun on the road, Zhao Yun repelled Zhang He, and returned to Liu Du with the two.

"The two of us were defeated by Zhang He, and the soldiers were lost, please punish Your Majesty!" As soon as Wang Ping and Yang Cang entered the big tent of the Chinese army, they knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

"That's it! Zhang He is good at changing his troops by skill, and the two of you are invincible. The Wei army is menacing, and it is necessary to defend Xiyang City. Liu Du didn't blame the two, but reused the two to guard Xiyang City, Wang Ping and Yang Cang couldn't help but be grateful.

Let's say that after Wang Ping and Yang Cang arrived in Xiyang City, there was a sudden outbreak of infectious diseases in the city, and many of the guards suffered from swollen diseases, and there were only 5,000 people left who were still capable of fighting.

And Cao Zhen's army has already approached the city of Xiyang, Xiahou Shang suggested that Cao Zhen build a mountain of earth, dig tunnels, and build a building to approach the city wall. The Wei army stood on the turret and fired arrows into the city, the Wei army had many soldiers, and for a time the arrows rained down, and the soldiers were frightened.

Wang Pingyan was fearless, inspired his soldiers, and took advantage of the enemy's tactical loopholes to break through the enemy's two military camps. The Wei army besieged Xiyang City for nearly a month and did not retreat. Xiyang ordered Yao Tai to lead the army to garrison the north gate, and saw that the Wei army was strong, the defenders in the city were few, and the grain and grass were about to run out, so he colluded with the Wei army and tried to act as an internal response. When Yao Tai was about to act, the matter was discovered, so Wang Ping beheaded Yao Tai according to military law. Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang and others failed to conquer Xiyang, so they had to withdraw the siege troops and retreat.