Xu Huang and Man Chong finally retreated with their troops, and when the two left before Sun Ce and Liu Bei arrived with the army, they were both relieved for the time being. No matter what happens after that, at least for this time, you are still safe.

The two of them took their own soldiers and ran for twenty miles in one breath, and then stopped to rest. It's not okay to not stop, after all, even if Xu Huang and Man Chong can survive, their soldiers may not be able to stand up. Besides, they haven't seen the shadow of Sun Ce and Liu Bei and their Sun Liu alliance, so both of them also think that basically they won't catch up again. After all, the pursuit was originally a taboo, and it was still so late, when was this time, so ......

What's more important is that Man Chong thinks clearly, don't look at Sun Ce and Liu Bei have already formed an alliance, and now they have already formed a Sun-Liu coalition. Yes, in many cases, the two can work together, but in some cases, the two will never work together. At this time, it should be said that it is when they are distracted, so it can be regarded as less worried.

can only let the soldiers rest in place, but Xu Huang and Man Zhong let their soldiers be on guard at all times, after all, they are not completely safe now-

At this time, it was naturally impossible to camp or anything, so it was only a temporary rest, at most it was half an hour, so Xu Huang and Man Chong also found a big tree. Sit down under the big tree.

At this time, I heard Man Zhong say, "Tonight's incident is thanks to Komei's coming." Or, alas, the consequences are unimaginable! ”

Xu Huang waved his hand when he heard this, and then said to Man Chong, "Mr. Berning said this, you are doing things under the main account, and you should help each other!" Again. The lord had already asked a certain person to return to Xiangyang, but it was delayed until tonight. That's ......"

Man Chong nodded when he heard this, but he still asked, "I don't know Fang Ling now?" ”

Although Man Pet can also hear it, it seems that something has happened to Fang Ling. But he still asked.

As a result, Xu Huang listened. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Don't hide it from Mr. Fangling, it's lost!" ”

When Manzhong heard this, he also shook his head regretfully-

Full of favor said that he and Xu Huang are also difficult brothers. You see that you just lost Xiangyang, and Xu Huang also lost Fang Ling before, so the two of them really have the same disease. Just waiting to go to Wuling. Let's go to my lord's place to ask for guilt, but I still have to take a detour to Wuling. I don't know how long it will take to get there.

Xu Huang didn't hide it, so he simply told him about the battle in Fangling. In the end, Man Zhong said, "Gongming can't be blamed entirely on the Fangling War, but in front of the lord, Gongming still has to take the initiative to take responsibility!" ”

Xu Huang nodded, "That's natural, sir, since this is still the case, then you and I should go to Wuling as soon as possible to see the lord!" ”

Naturally, Man Pet will not disagree, Xu Huang wants to ask for guilt, why shouldn't he be. There are only two county towns on his side, but now they are all lost, and I don't know what his lord will do if he learns such news. I don't think there will be any good expressions, but as for how to punish the two of them, I don't know.

In Linyuan, Wuling County, Cao Cao, who was resting in the big tent at this time, heard the report from the Tanma who came back from Nanjun, "Report to the lord, Xiangyang is lost!" At this time, it has been captured by the Sun-Liu coalition army! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he frowned, and said in his heart that Xiangyang was lost! It was still captured by the Sun-Liu coalition army! So, what happened to Man Boning?

So he hurriedly asked, "How is Man Boning?" ”

"Back to the lord, I don't know how it is! But that day and night, reinforcements from our army arrived, and then the two armies retreated together and disappeared! ”

Cao Cao nodded, he naturally thought of it, it should be Xu Huang who came, but ......

waved his hand to the horse, and went down, at this time Cao Cao said: "Someone!" ”

"Lord!"

"Go and invite the two gentlemen Gongda and Zhongde over!"

"No!" ――

After a while, Xun You and Cheng Yu came to their lord's Chinese army tent, and after Cao Cao asked the two to sit down, he said to the two: "Gongda, Zhongde, Xiangyang, have been lost!" ”

When the two of them heard this, they were also slightly surprised, this matter is true, even for the two of them, they have to be surprised, after all, this is also beyond their expectations.

Xun You asked at this time, "Dare to ask the lord, I don't know if it was the Sun Liu coalition army that did it?" ”

Cao Cao snorted coldly when he heard this, "Hmph! It was they, taking advantage of my absence, to surround the city with a large army, and then ......"

Cao Cao said the words of Tanma to Xun You and the two, and the two of them nodded, and this time they both understood and understood. It seems that it was the Sun and Liu coalition forces that occupied Xiangyang City. But if you think about it carefully, it's not that you can't understand it, if you Sun Ce and Liu Bei, it is estimated that you will do the same now.

But anyway, now that Xiangyang is lost, then his lord asked the two of them to come here, is this for? ――

As soon as Xun You asked, Cao Cao smiled and said, "Gongda, Zhongde, Tanma said, on the last night, our army reinforcements arrived, so Bo Ning led the troops to kill, and finally broke out of the encirclement, I don't know what you think?" ”

At this time, Cheng Yu asked, "Could it be that the lord thinks so." Is it General Komeito who came with reinforcements? ”

Cao Cao smiled, "Then that's not the case, is there anything else?" ”

At this time, Xun You and Cheng Yu couldn't help nodding. Xun Yu asked again, "So what does the lord mean?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head slowly, "Tanma had already been sent to Fangling before, but now for so many days, there has been no news, so I'm afraid it's more than lucky!" ”

Cheng Yu asked hurriedly. "The lord is saying that there is a change in Fangling!"

Cao Cao and Xun Yu both nodded, yes. That's it, only in this way can we explain why Xu Huang only appeared that night. This is not what I expected at all. And why did he not come back for a long time? So it can only be that something happened to Fang Ling-

At this time, Xun You and Cheng Yu's faces were very bad, to be honest, aside from Nanyang County, since they entered Jingzhou, they only occupied one Xiangyang, and then Fangling, of course, Fangling is not a place in Jingzhou. But it is indeed a city that it occupied after entering Jingzhou, which is true.

But now. Fangling may have been recaptured by the Liangzhou army, and Xiangyang, not to mention, was directly occupied by the Sun and Liu coalition forces. Jiangxia Qichun has an army of nearly 100,000 horses, not counting the people and horses in other parts of Jiangxia, but in Nanjun, north of Wuling, there are more than 100,000 Sun and Liu coalition troops, eyeing them. And his side is in Linyuan, Wuling, but the siege is blocked, so at this time in Jingzhou, he is the most unfavorable one, and there are basically strong enemies around.

The key is that even the way out has been cut off by others, so if you can't retreat, you can only move forward. But isn't it, Nanjun and Jiangxia are not their own territory, so if they want to retreat to Nanyang, how do they go. Anyway, no matter how you go, it's someone else's territory, isn't this just being cut off by someone else's way out?

When Xun You and Cheng Yu thought of this, Khan also came down directly, there was no way not to come down, really, it was rare for him to encounter such a situation, but now, it is indeed the case.

Xun You said at this time, "My lord, I must not let my soldiers know about this matter, otherwise, it will be unfavorable to the army and the war!" ”

Cheng Yu next to him also hurriedly said, "The subordinates seconded the proposal, and the words of the public are very good!" ”

Cao Cao nodded, how could he not know, after listening to the report of the Tanma, he thought of it. And he is indeed very angry in his heart, but what can he do like this, can Xiangyang and Fangling be taken back by their own side at once. So Cao Cao held back the anger in his heart, but asked the soldiers to find Xun You and Cheng Yu, ready to discuss together, what to do.

What is the situation now, don't you know, you can say that you have dominated the world for nearly 20 years, and it is really rare to encounter such a tricky situation, but now it is encountered again-

I have to admit that just like this, this shape shì has turned the situation that my side does not have an advantage in Jingzhou to the lowest advantage. This can't be admitted, his own side is indeed the most disadvantaged among so many forces in Jingzhou today, and he can't say how inferior he was before, but now, it's really like this.

Cao Cao looked at Xun You and Cheng Yu, and then asked, "I don't know what happens to our army now?" ”

Xun You said at this time: "Lord, now that the top priority is now, our army can only move forward. Therefore, Wuling, especially Linyuan, is a city that our army must take! ”

Looking at Xun You's firm attitude and his expression at this time, Cao Cao knew that Linyuan City, no matter what, he had to take it down. And after Xun You finished speaking, Cheng Yu almost said the same thing, but he added in his heart, only in this way can our army negotiate better with the Sun Liu coalition army!

In fact, Xun You also thinks the same, if he says that he is in Jingzhou, except for Nanyang County, he does not occupy a city or a place at all, then negotiate with Sun Ce and Liu Bei. It's all about to suffer. But an ordinary city is definitely not good, so it can only occupy a county seat like Linyuan, or even occupy a county. That's good, or it won't do you any good.

Cao Cao couldn't help nodding when he heard this, now it can only be like this, and the others won't work.

So he said, "The two of you are reasonable, and now it can only be so." But it's not just me who can't know about it. Even other people, let's hide it for a while! ”

Cao Cao's meaning, don't say it. The two of them hurriedly promised, "The lord is wise, and his subordinates will keep it secret!" ”

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, he was still very relieved about the two of them. A strategist is not like a general. Sometimes it's easy to slip through if you don't pay attention. Especially these two people, of course, I believe it.

To say that Cao Cao is also very worried now, he is also worried, but even so, he will not show anything lightly in front of his subordinates. So when you look at him, it's really not much different from usual, but in my heart, it's not calm at all. Now Jingzhou's shape is not good for itself at all. Therefore, in order to prevent their own side from suffering, now they can only fight to the death. You have to take this city.

Wu Anguo took three thousand Liangzhou soldiers to take the waterway, and they went all the way down the river to Qichun, and as soon as they arrived, Ma Chao came out with everyone to greet them.

Although Wu Anguo did not fight with Sun Liu's allied army, this is not important, as long as he can bring his soldiers back safely. At least in Ma Chao's opinion, his own 3,000 soldiers are much more important than a Xiling City. Therefore, Wu Anguo can bring the troops back, even if it is a merit, and he has been stationed in Xiling before, so bringing someone out to pick him up can be regarded as a recognition of his serious work, so Ma Chao went out of the city directly.

After Wu Anguo got off the ship with his soldiers, he was indeed flattered when he saw that his lord had greeted everyone with him.

hurriedly walked a few steps, arrived in front of Ma Chao, and said: "Lord, my subordinates are incompetent, and I am ashamed of our army!" ”

Although it was his lord who let him retreat, Wu Anguo still thought that he was not capable enough, or maybe he didn't have to-

And Ma Chao smiled when he heard this, "This matter is not about you, in fact, it is just a Xiling, and I also deliberately let him Sun Bofu and Liu Xuande, it doesn't matter!" As long as Wu'an and all the soldiers are safe, it's fine, and the rest is not important! ”

As soon as the soldiers heard the words of their lord, to be honest, most of them were really moved in their hearts. To say that they can really hear that what their lord said is true, to be honest, to be able to have such a lord, really, what more extravagant could there be.

Wu Anguo wanted to say something, but was pulled away by Ma Chao, "This is not the place to speak, let's go into the city and talk!" ”

"No!"

At this time, Wu Anguo could only listen to his lord's words, what else could he say.

After arriving at Ma Chao's mansion, everyone sat down, and then Ma Chao asked Wu Anguo a lot about the situation in Xiling, but for the matter of Sun and Liu's coalition army, Wu Anguo didn't know as much as them, so Ma Chao didn't ask much about this.

In the end, chatting and chatting, it was almost dark, Ma Chao specially set up a banquet for Wu Anguo, which was regarded as a reception for him, and everyone ate very well at a dinner party. After the retreat of the Sun-Liu coalition army, they are also rare, this is really such an easy meal, it is true, no matter what you said before, it is really not as good as this effect-

After Wu Anguo came back with his troops, Ma Chao temporarily let go of a matter, after all, he was also a little worried before, if Wu Anguo really met with Sun Liu's coalition army, then it must be more auspicious in the end. Wu Anguo's ability is indeed okay, but the Sun Liu Lianjun is not a vegetarian, not to mention hundreds of thousands of soldiers, Liu Bei also has a general like Wen Chou, so Wu Anguo's martial arts are not people's opponents, so if you really want to encounter it, then the final result can't be very good.

After some time, Tanma returned from Nanjun to report that Xiangyang had been captured by the Sun-Liu coalition army. When Ma Chao heard this, it was still the case in the end, after all, Manzhong with 5,000 people couldn't stop Sun Ce and Liu Bei from hundreds of thousands of them after all. However, when Ma Chao heard that one night, the Yanzhou army came to help him, he was also interested.

Because Fangling is too far away from Qichun, so Ma Chao doesn't know about that place, so he didn't know anything at this time, and after a few days, he learned that after Fangling was lost, it was taken back by his own side, and then Xu Huang fled, sent people to exchange grain and grass for Lu Jian, and then ......-

Ma Chaoxin said, it turns out that so many things have happened, it seems that it is time for his Liangzhou Army to continue to act, and now that he has rested in Qichun for so long, if he doesn't move again, will everyone in the world forget about him. (To be continued......)