484. All-out war
Liu Beijun can be said to be miserable, and the award Zhang Fei was also injured. However, the Wu army also suffered a lot of losses, because of the stubborn resistance of the Qi army, the Wu army suffered tens of thousands of casualties. In other words, Wu Junsheng was victorious, but it was a tragic victory.
After Liu Bei learned the news, he didn't say anything, and directly sent people to Qingzhou and Xuzhou again, and ordered to mobilize 50,000 horses to come. This time, Liu Bei decided to make Soochow pay a heavy price.
The men and horses will not come soon, and Liu Bei can't wait anymore at this time, so he personally led the army straight to Runan City.
"Lord Qiqi, the front is where the three generals set up a fortress before!" The scout rode on his horse and reported respectfully to Liu Bei. Liu Bei listened to the command and said, "Lead the way in front of the head." ”
The scout agreed, turned the horse and walked forward, Liu Bei followed him with his guards for a few hundred meters and saw a piece of scorched earth in the distance, the scout pointed over there and said, "Lord, please look over there!" ”
Liu Bei nodded after hearing this, and then said to a personal guard guarding beside him: "You take a few people over to see if there is an ambush there." The guard said yes, and rushed over with a group of cavalry.
There was not much time, and the guards returned to Liu Bei and said, "Lord, the last general has checked and found nothing abnormal!" When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately ordered the army to move forward and set up camp in that area tonight.
The soldiers rushed over immediately after receiving the order, Liu Bei asked people to hurry up and set up camp, and at the same time dispersed all the scouts under his command, he learned the lesson of Zhang Fei last time, and he must not let the Eastern Wu army touch his nose.
Fortunately, Dongwu really didn't dare to come, so Liu Bei prepared a bowl but couldn't use it. The next day, Liu Bei ordered the whole army to set off. The army continued to move forward, and approached the camp of the Soochow army.
Just when Liu Bei's side was about to make a move, Zhao Yun and Zhou Yu opened up around the land of the mean. Although it was still a tie, just relying on Shangyong City blocked Zhao Yun and all the horses under him, no matter how Zhao Yun attacked wildly, Zhou Yu stayed in front of the formation, and would rather die than withdraw from Shangyong. Therefore, the war is anxious, but it will not be finished for a while.
Han Fei's side was also disrupted at this time, taking advantage of the attack of Eastern Wu, Cao Cao hated Han Fei in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about him. Sent people to assassinate him, but they were all killed by Han Fei's personal guards, Han Fei had long prevented someone from assassinating him, so all the Taoist personal guards around him had undergone special training, not only proficient in poisoning and drug testing, but also knew how to assassinate. Considering this, the people sent by Cao Cao were found and killed by Han Fei's personal guards several times before they could make a move.
In this way, all parties exerted their strength, and you fought to the death in different places. After a month, Zhou Yu couldn't hold it anymore, so he returned to Jingzhou with the remnants. Although Zhao Yun won Shangyong, the entire Shangyong City was basically scrapped, and the losses were too huge, so Guan Yu's plan to advance eastward was stopped.
As soon as this side ended, Sun Quan of Runan also retreated, and he and Liu Bei had a stalemate here for a month, and the two sides fought three battles, basically winning and losing each other, and losing a lot of people and horses. Sun Quan had no choice but to take Liu Bei, let alone take Runan, and if he continued to fight, it would only be a waste of national strength, so Sun Quan decided to retreat to Jiangdong. Since Sun Quan had retreated, there was no point for Liu Bei to stay, so he ordered the army to return to Changyi.
Han Fei's Dongjun and Yecheng have been impregnable by him, especially Yecheng, Han Fei specially transferred the general Xu Rong to guard the town, and Cao Cao also sent people to raid, but was beaten by Xu Rong and returned.
At this point, both sides knew that they could not fight, and Han Fei's side was unable to attack anymore, so on this day, Cao Cao sent an envoy into the Dongjun City.
"You are Cao Cao's messenger?" Han Fei looked at the scribe below and asked lightly.
"Yes, it's just that I've seen Master Han Junshi." The scribe saluted Han Fei.
"Oh, why did Cao Cao send you here?" Han Fei's face remained impassive, and he still asked lightly.
"I came here to negotiate peace on the orders of the King of Wei." The scribe said respectfully.
"Peace?" Han Fei's heart moved when he heard this, "What conditions are there to say, let's hear it." ”
"King Wei's conditions are very simple, there are only two conditions, one is that the two sides will not have a truce before the beginning of spring next year, and they must not start a war for no reason. Second, please ask the Han military division to release our general, and the king of Wei is willing to pay a ransom......"
"Well, needless to say, I agree to the first one, and forget the second! Yu Ban is still obedient to my lord Liu Bei, you tell Cao Cao not to worry about him anymore. ”
"This ...... But we got the news that General Yu Ban is still in prison by you, so why do you want to say it? The scribe paused and continued.
"Hahaha!" Han Fei laughed and said, "You are also an interesting person, there are some things that I have to say?" Although Yu Ban is now in custody, after my lord destroys Cao Cao in the coming year, he can't help but not surrender. Do you understand? ”
Scribes:.........
Sending this person away, Han Fei knew that Cao Cao would definitely not make any more moves, the reason was very simple, he could consume it at the moment, but Cao Cao couldn't afford it. Whether it is grain and grass or territory, the current Cao Cao cannot be compared with Liu Bei at all, even if Sun Quan is counted, he is only on par with Liu Bei, so Han Fei is not afraid of Cao Cao at all in a war of attrition.
Sure enough, as expected, the scribe returned to Cao Ying, and as soon as he told Han Fei what he had said, Cao Cao was immediately furious! But after he was angry, he couldn't do anything. Without waiting and swallowing his anger, he led people back to Xuchang City.
As soon as Cao Cao returned to Xuchang, he fell ill, and it is said that he suffered from a headache that made him suffer every day. The military and political power was temporarily handed over to the second son Cao Pi, and Guo Jia and Sima Yi were ordered to assist him.
Cao Pi's ambition is not small, but he did a big thing when Cao Cao was sick, which also made the great Sikong Xun Yu resign and go into hiding, yes, the overall strength of Wei has become a success.
It turned out that Cao Pi had always had the ambition to be the emperor, and although Emperor Han Xian was a puppet in his reign, he occupied the righteousness, so Cao Cao could only be the king of Wei and could not go further. In order to control Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao even married his two daughters to him as concubines.
After Cao Pi came to power, he began to plot to get rid of Emperor Han Xian, and then let Cao Cao become emperor. He handed over this matter to his confidant Sima Yi to carry out. Sima Yi was worried that he had no chance to ascend to the throne, so he quietly bought off the eunuchs in the palace and poisoned Emperor Han Xian's diet.
Within a few days, Emperor Xian of Han was poisoned and died. Cao Cao was shocked to learn of this, his condition worsened, and he passed away after a few days of ineffective treatment. A generation of heroes fell, and after Cao Pi buried Cao Cao, he directly inherited the throne of King Wei. His younger brother Cao Zhang was named the king of Yan, and his younger brother Cao Zhi was the king of Jin. And the logistics training horses are preparing for the big battle with Liu Bei in the coming year.
(End of chapter)