Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang as the military advisor of General Zuo's Mansion, but seeing that Guan Yu didn't seem to approve of Zhuge Liang very much, he thought about it and decided to use Xu Rong as the general to cooperate with Zhuge Liang to be responsible for the attack on Hanzhong from Nanyang, so as to also test Zhuge Liang's talent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since having a deep talk with Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei has become more and more uneasy about Jingzhou and Yuzhou, and always feels that something is going to happen, so he had a deep talk with Guan Yu again, and then took Liu Feng, Ma Zhong, and Chen Zhi back to Brazil.

Liu Bei returned to Brazil and recruited 5,000 soldiers again, plus more than 20,000 Yizhou troops from Zitong and Jiange, totaling more than 50,000 people, and the soldiers attacked Hanchang and Jiameng in two ways.

Zhang Wei was defeated and forced to defend Hanchang, at this time, there was an emergency from Xicheng, Zhang Lu was shocked, and ordered Zhang Wei to retreat to Nanzheng, when Zhang Wei broke through, Pang De was injured by Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei bit and took advantage of the situation to seize Dingjun Mountain on the side of Nanzheng, and suddenly isolated Ma Chao from Hanzhong, cutting off the connection between Ma Chao and Hanzhong.

At this moment, an accident happened!

Jingzhou Liu Biao died of illness, Cai Mao took out Liu Biao's will, passed Jingzhou Mu to the second son Liu Qi, Liu Qi was not convinced, with the support of Pang Tong, Chen Bingnan County, just when Liu Qi's two brothers had an internal fight, Sun Quan's army approached, Jiangxia's Xiling and Shaxian had been lost, and they were attacking Xiakou, Cai Mao and Liu Xian were shocked.

Cai Mao said: "Prime Minister Cao Cheng has many generals, supports the Son of Heaven to destroy the world, Liu Qi and Liu Bei are friendly, it is better to take refuge in Prime Minister Cao Cheng." ”

Liu Xi saw the border of his brother Chen Bing's Nanjun, Sun Quan's offensive was fierce, and he saw that Jiangxia had been lost, and Nanjun was not guaranteed, and the six gods had no master, so he had to agree.

At this time, Cao Cao had learned that Liu Shi was attacking Liaodong, and seeing Sun Quan attacking Jiangxia, he was thinking about whether to take advantage of the fire to rob? It's just that whether to recover Youzhou or Jiangdong is undecided!

After receiving Cai Mao's letter, he was overjoyed, and after discussing with Guo Jia and others, he transferred 300,000 troops, divided the troops into several routes, one way to attack Yexian into Nanyang, and the other from Luzhou to Jiangxia, and joined forces with the Jingzhou army to attack Sun Quan, and the third way to attack Danyang.

Sun Quan was shocked and hurriedly retreated back to Chaisang to aid Danyang.

Cao Cao did not chase after him, but attacked Nanyang with the Jingzhou army, thus forming a north-south attack.

When the news reached Zhuge Liang, who had just captured Xicheng, he was shocked, ordered Xu Rong to defend Xicheng, sent someone to inform Liu Bei, and led an army of 10,000 to return to Nanyang.

At this time, most of Nanyang has been lost, Guan Yu retreated to Wancheng, Wu Anguo retreated to Xinye, if it were not for Chang'an's letter to urgently dispatch Liu Wei to lead tens of thousands of troops to help, I am afraid that Nanyang can keep a few cities It is really unpredictable. After Zhuge Liang returned to Nanyang, he discussed with Guan Yu and Liu Wei and decided to ambush Cao Cao in Anzhong, and then retreat to Yuxian County.

Cao Cao's army occupied Xinye, Wuyin, and Bowang, and formed a confrontation with Guan Yu.

On the other hand, after Cao Cao integrated the Jingzhou army, he used Liu Hao, Zhu Ling, Zhang Yun, and Cai Mao to attack Chaisang with 100,000 Jingzhou naval troops, Cao Cao led 200,000 troops to sweep Jiangling, and Liu Pan, who was stationed in Changsha Youxian County because of the change in Jingzhou, accepted Liu Qi's invitation and unified with Pang to capture Jiangling, and saw Cao Cao's army attacking, and was forced to retreat to Yiling.

Cao Cao did not chase after him, but went to Wuling, Liu Qi was shocked, took Wen Ping, and retreated to Qianling with Shamoke.

Cao Cao saw Liu Qi retreat to the mountains, leaving Zhang Ge to guard Wuling, and he took more than 100,000 people to attack Yuzhang in Changsha.

Zhou Yu, who was fighting hard with Liu in Chaisang, was shocked, and ordered Cheng Pushou to bring 20,000 troops to help Nanchang. As soon as he arrived at Haidu, he was ambushed by the Haiyang clan, Zhou Yu was unfortunately wounded by an arrow, and the rescue soldiers had to retreat to Chaisang again, and then to Danyang.

At this time, Liu Shi was not idle.

Liu Shigang came back from Liaodong, Jia Xu according to the urgent report sent from Chang'an, the change in Jingzhou, and General Zuo asked Liu Zhang for help, Liu Zhang said that Yizhou was difficult, only gave 2,000 veterans, General Zuo was angry, pretending to use military orders to recruit Yang Huai and Zhang Ren to discuss matters and seize Zitong. Yang Huai was beheaded if he did not surrender, Zhang Ren pretended to surrender, secretly ran out of the city gate, and fled to Fuxian.

General Zuo knew that the matter had been exposed, so he ordered Yang Feng, Liu Feng, and Wang Ping to guard Hanchang, Zhang Fei to seize Jiangzhou, and first went down the river to pick up Liu Pan into Sichuan, leaving Pang Tong to assist Yang Feng in guarding Brazil and Badong County, Zhang Fei and Liu Pan attacked the city along the outer water, and he took He Yi, Chen Dao, Table Ying, and Xu Fu to attack Fu County one by one to Liu Shixiang.

Jia Xu said, "General Zuo attacked Yizhou, Zhang Lu will not be idle, and he is most worried that Zhang Lu will unite with Yizhou, collude with Cao Cao, seize Brazil, Badong, and then lead Cao's army along the river into Sichuan, which is a bit troublesome." However, Cao Cao's current goal should be to take Jiangdong first, and then compete with the lord and the eldest prince for the world. ”

As soon as Fa Zheng heard that Yizhou was in chaos, Zhang Lu was forced back to Hanzhong, and Xicheng was also captured, he said excitedly: "Our Yongzhou army should take the opportunity to take Liangzhou, allocate the trouble of Han Sui, and then seize Hanzhong in several ways." In this way, the Yongzhou army will occupy the advantageous position, the eldest prince will lead the army of Yizhou to Jingzhou, and the lord will divide the two armies out of Luoyang and Jizhou, and a battle can be completed! ”

Liu Shi smiled: "Don't forget that Cao Cao now has an army of seven or eight hundred thousand, how many do we have?" If you want to decide on a war, it is not realistic at present, and it is very likely that Jiangdong Sun Quan will not be able to hold it. ”

"What if we storm Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou now?" Fa Zheng asked.

Liu Shidao: "If we send troops to attack Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou now, it will definitely cause trouble to Cao Cao, but it is difficult to say whether we can take Jizhou." Now the Cao army has at least 300,000 troops in Yanzhou and Jizhou, while our Yongzhou army plus Youzhou and Qingzhou is only 300,000 in total, and these 300,000 must not be fully invested, at least 150,000 must be left to guard against Han Sui, Zhang Yan, Xianbei, Xiongnu and other Hu people. ”

Fa Zhengdao: "Does the lord mean that he wants to solve these problems first? ”

Liu Shidao: "Yes! Neither is it! If the Hu people couldn't get Cao Cao's support, it would be difficult to have a large-scale attack now, and Zhang Yan's attitude was unclear, so he could fight for it. Didn't Wen He say that Zhang Yan had different opinions on whether to join Cao or join us? If he is forced to be ruthless now, it is possible to let him throw himself into Cao Cao's side, and once Zhang Yan throws himself to Cao, it will be extremely unfavorable to our Jizhou. And what is more worried is whether the recovery of Yizhou by the eldest brother will be smooth? ”

Liu Shi looked at Jia Xu: "What does Wen He think we should do now?" ”

Jia Xu said quietly: "First cut out the miscellaneous fish, and then fight with Cao Cao." ”

"Good! Leave 100,000 troops to Zilong and Xiaozhi to stick to Youzhou, and fight for Zhang Yan's department, as long as Zhang Yan can form an alliance with us, he can form a piece with Bingzhou and Hanoi, so that Jizhou can form a real threat. Wen He and I immediately returned to Chang'an with 50,000 horsemen and took Liangzhou. ”

Fa Zhengdao: "It's better for Jia Junshi to stay in Youzhou, and I will return to Chang'an with the lord." ”

Liu Shi smiled: "You better stay in Youzhou!" You will fight the battle in the future, as long as you can convince Zhang Yan, it will be a great achievement to defend Youzhou. ”

Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "Lord! ”

Liu Shidao: "Are you more familiar with Han Sui than Wen He?" ”

"Can't!"

"In that case! You'd better stay in Youzhou! Liu Shi said with a smile.

Jia Xu also smiled rarely, "This Fa Zheng is simply a war maniac!" ”