"My lord, why do you see that this Yellow Turban Army is related to the Han Army?" Zhuge Dan asked.

"The so-called three armies went first without moving grain and grass. How much food do the 100,000 Yellow Turban Army have to consume every day? Originally, the Jizhou Yellow Turban was a share of several thousand people, and the food supply was very good, but now there are so many people, if there is no one to support them from behind, how can they form an army? Sima Yi paused, and then said: "There is another point, this Leling is not far from Nanpi City, Nanpi is a big city in Jizhou, there are many soldiers in the city, if the Yellow Turban Army is purely for food, it should attack Nanpi, instead of choosing to come to Leling." Since the Yellow Turban Army came to attack Leling, it was either for the Cao Army in Leling, or for us! ”

"Although the combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army is not good, and the equipment is also very backward, but the victory is in the outnumber, the two armies are fighting in front of the formation, although I am not afraid of him, but if the Yellow Turban Army intercepts the back road, then our army is in danger. So you go and arrange it right away, and withdraw the troops immediately! ”

"My lord, then we didn't come in vain, we stayed in Hebei for a long time, and we consumed a lot of grain and grass, if we go back to Qingzhou for a long time, Your Majesty will blame you, what should we do?" Zhuge Dan said with a bitter face.

"It's okay, isn't there still Quan Cong and Ding Feng? I deliberately did not kill them, just so that when the war did not go well, they would be punished. The two of them lost Leling and disrupted my plan, so they didn't get an inch of land in Hebei! With these two scapegoats, Your Majesty will not punish me. Sima Yi said gloomily.

……

On the same day, Wu's army withdrew and withdrew to Qingzhou.

On the official road, the Yellow Turban Army was slowly marching towards Leling.

Zhou Cang and Liao Hua sat on their horses, looking at the mighty advance of the Yellow Turban Army around them, but they were not happy at all.

Liao Hua pointed to the Yellow Turban Army behind him and said, "Old Zhou, it's too slow!" If you go on like this, I'm afraid it will take a few days to get to Leling! ”

"Okay, Liao Hua, how fast do you expect them to go? You can be content, you can bring so many soldiers, my Zhou Cang is the first time in my life! At this time, Zhou Cang was still immersed in the happiness of commanding 100,000 people.

Zhou Cang and Liao Hua are both Guan Yu's generals, the difference is that Liao Hua's ability to lead troops is much stronger than Zhou Cang's. On weekdays, Guan Gong led the troops, all with Liao Hua as the vanguard, and Zhou Cang and Guan Ping escorted the Chinese army. After all, Zhou Cang had no chance to lead the troops at all, so he enjoyed the feeling of leading the troops alone.

"Report!" The spy ran over with a long voice, came to the two of them, and said, "Report to the two generals, Leling Sima Yi has withdrawn and retreated to Qingzhou!" ”

"Ran away?" Liao Hua raised his eyebrows: "Lao Zhou, take a look, we are walking too slowly, let that Sima Yi run away!" ”

"Okay, run away, run away, who is Sima Yi? Old treacherous and cunning, can we compare, even if Sima Yi is in Leling, we can't fight him! It's just right to run, let's go and incorporate the Leling Cao Army, which is also a great achievement! Zhou Cangle said.

"You can see ......"

……

With the passage of time, the Han army gradually took control of various counties in Jizhou. Cao Rong has fallen, and there will be no large-scale resistance from the counties and counties.

The main force of the Cao army in Leling, after a few days of consumption, the grain and grass gradually ran out, and Cao Shuang had no news, and gradually began to fluctuate, and Adou sent troops to absorb this group of Cao army who ran out of food.

Sima Yi retreated to Qingzhou, and it was announced that the plan of Eastern Wu to seize Jizhou failed, so far, for the end of the battle of Jizhou for several years, the Wei State was destroyed, and the Eastern Wu did not gain an inch of land, although the Han Dynasty took over Jizhou, which was already full of holes, and in the following days, the reconstruction of Jizhou will cost the Han a lot of manpower and material resources. It can be said that in the short term, Jizhou has suffered some losses.

In Yecheng, Adou is also very depressed, in order to capture Jizhou, Adou mobilized almost all the elite, and even gathered a lot of people from the Nanban and Yongzhou people, now Adou's main force is in Jizhou, and in order to deploy these soldiers, Adou also spent a lot of grain and grass, but I didn't expect that a battle was not fought, Jizhou took it, counting the money and food spent on the previous troop transfer, it was a waste of a lot.

The soldiers have all arrived in Jizhou, and the money and food have been used, but the battle has not been fought. This back and forth consumption made Adou's flesh hurt very much, and then thinking about the Cao army and the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban troops who settled Leling, and they had to spend a lot of money and food, Adou was very aggrieved.

Sending troops to fight is like this, if you don't make money, you will lose, now in Jizhou, Adou has soldiers and food, but he can't start, there is a feeling of eating dumb losses, but soon, Jiang Wei, who was stationed in Youzhou, reminded Adou that Adou decided to fight Liaodong and crusade against Gongsun Yuan.

For the Han army, whether it is a soldier or a general, they have already arrived in Jizhou, if they go back directly, it is better to take advantage of the situation to go north to capture Liaodong in one fell swoop and kill Gongsun Yuan.

The fall of the Wei State, such as today's two, counts the population controlled by the Han Dynasty is larger, but the territory controlled by Eastern Wu, whether it is Jingzhou, Huainan, Xuzhou, Jiangdong. They are all places where grain is produced, and in the era of cold weapons, there is a population where there is food, and it can be said that the potential of Soochow in the future is huge!

Gongsun Yuan is the idea of fighting left and right, but after all, Gongsun Yuan borders Adou, for Eastern Wu, Gongsun Yuan is an object of wooing, and for the Han Dynasty, Gongsun Yuan is not only an object of wooing, but also a potential threat. So Jiang Wei of Youzhou wrote to Adou. It was proposed to take advantage of the fact that the army was in Jizhou to go east to conquer Gongsun Yuan.

After careful consideration, Adou also felt that what Jiang Wei said was very reasonable, with the fall of the Wei State, the Sun-Liu alliance has completely collapsed, the world is divided, in the days to come, the Han Dynasty and the Eastern Wu must be a continuous war, rather than waiting until the future war with the Eastern Wu has to be careful to guard against the Gongsun Yuan behind, it is better to take advantage of the present to solve the Gongsun Yuan, once and for all.

So Adou ordered Wei Yan to be the commander-in-chief, Ma Qiu and Guo Huai as the deputy commanders, and Jiang Wei as the vanguard, leading the army to attack Liaodong. The rest of Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhang Yi, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Hu Zun, Fu Tong and other generals should also be accompanied.

……

Yecheng.

A point platform has been set up on the school field, and Adou personally sees Wei Yan off.

"General Wei, drink this cup full, I wish you to pacify Liaodong and return triumphantly!" Adou personally picked up a wine glass and handed it to Wei Yan.

Although Wei Yan was covered in armor, he still knelt down on his knees, took the wine glass, and then said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Watching Wei Yan drink all the wine in the cup, Adoucai continued: "General Wei, this Liaodong is bitter and cold, you must take care of your body when you go to Liaodong." In addition, Gongsun Yuan is far inferior to our army in terms of military strength and military generals, so you don't need to be anxious, just fight steadily. ”

"Obey the order!"

"There are few talents under Gongsun Yuan, but Deng Ai is not an ordinary person. As far as I know, Deng Ai is a good person who uses strange soldiers and is quite difficult to deal with, and I hope that the general will not underestimate the enemy. In addition, although Deng Ai is handsome, he likes to do everything himself. Every time you charge, you will inevitably take the lead, and if you can take advantage of this, you may be able to capture Deng Ai! Adou continued.

"The minister has written it down!"

"Okay, the auspicious time has come, let the general out!" Adou shouted, Wei Yan bowed to Adou again, stood up and left.

In front of the city gates.

Ma Qiu's subordinates were all cavalry, and entering the school field took up too much space, so Ma Qiu led his cavalry to wait outside the city.

A car came slowly, then slowly stopped, and then Zhuge Liang walked out of the car.

"Prime Minister, why are you here, you are not welcome, forgive your sins, forgive your sins......" Ma Qiu got off the horse and greeted him with a smile.

Zhuge Liang nodded at Ma Qiu, and then said, "The general is going to go on the expedition, and Liang Te is here to see him off." ”

"The prime minister is really polite."

I only heard Zhuge Liang continue: "In this Eastern Expedition to Liaodong, our army is overwhelming, and I expect that Gongsun Yuan will not dare to fight with me, so he will choose to temporarily avoid the edge, build high barriers, and hold the position." Once at that time, our army's offensive is not smooth, not to mention the empty consumption of troops, it will also consume a lot of grain and grass, so I specially prepared a clever plan, and when the attack does not go well, the general can open it up! ”

Zhuge Liang said, took out a bag and handed it over.

Ma Qiu hurriedly took it, everyone said that Zhuge Liang was like a god, and Zhuge Liang's tips were also famous all over the world, and he could always make people turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious in trouble, so Ma Qiu was also looking forward to it.

"Prime Minister, General Wei Yan is the commander of this expedition, why don't you give this bag to General Wei Yan, but give it to me?" Ma Qiu asked puzzled.

"The plan on this bag can only be completed if you Liangzhou cavalry open the way, and I should give it to you! Besides, Wei Yan is very arrogant, if he gives him this bag, it will not work, it is better to rub his sharp spirit first, so he can win a big victory! ”

……

Liaodong, Xiangping City.

The news of Jizhou's large-scale deployment of troops and generals to attack Liaodong naturally could not be concealed from the spies in Liaodong, and someone here had already transmitted the news back to Xiangping, Liaodong.

"Oh, the Han army is overwhelmed, how should this be?" Gongsun Yuan asked his courtiers.

Although Gongsun Yuan is ambitious, his ability is average, and he is far worse than his grandfather Gongsun Du, even compared to his father Gongsun Kang. Now Adou's attack has made Gongsun Yuan at a loss and has no countermeasures.

"The lord doesn't have to worry, the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth, and the minister has already made a plan." Deng Ai stood up for the first time.

"Shizai, tell me quickly, what do you think of?"

"Lord, I am a bitter and cold place in Liaodong, and the people of the Central Plains must be difficult to adapt to the climate of Liaodong when they first come to my Liaodong, so we only need to clear the wilderness with strong walls, build high bases for defense, and refuse to fight. The Han army transported grain to Liaodong, and the losses were huge, so when the Han army did not support itself, it would definitely withdraw its own troops. And the lord can repair a letter to Sun Deng of Shouchun and ask him to send reinforcements, so that my Liaodong can be safe! ”