The imperial city is not big, but the geographical location is important, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, defeated, and finally retreated to the White Emperor City, which shows that Liu Bei was still very confident in the defensive ability of the White Emperor City at that time, Liu Bei firmly believed that Jiangdong could not break through the White Emperor City, so he dared to stay in the White Emperor City.

And for Lu Xun, the White Emperor City must also be more. It is precisely because of the outstanding defensive ability of the White Emperor City that as long as Lu Xun takes the White Emperor City, there will be a good place to attack and retreat, and even if the battle of Shu is not smooth, it can also ensure the retreat of the army.

The White Emperor City is surrounded by water on three sides, and the three sides of this ring of water are naturally not conducive to attacking, while the other side is still surrounded by mountains, the road is rugged, and it is difficult for large-scale troops to deploy, so it also limits the number of troops invested in the attack.

But even so, Zhang Ren still had no intention of defending the White Emperor City. There are dozens of checkpoints from Padang to the west, so Zhang Ren has enough space to defend, so Zhang Ren doesn't care too much about the gains and losses of this city and place.

However, at this time, Zhang Ren was most worried about Adou, and now Adou went to Yiling to raid the Wu army's grain storage land, once successful, the Wu army's grain and grass could not be supplied, and it would inevitably retreat.

But Adou is the prince of Shu Han, and to carry out this task as Adou, if there is any accident, it will definitely be worth the loss.

After Zhang Ren heard Adou's plan before, he once expressed his willingness to personally lead the troops to carry out this task, and let Adou Liu Zhangshuzhong, but Adou insisted on going in person, Zhang Ren naturally argued with Adou, so in the end, Adou led the troops to Yiling.

Zhang Ren stood on the wall of the White Emperor City, looking at Lu Xun in the distance, and silently prayed in his heart that nothing would happen to Adou.

Outside the city.

"Governor, everything has been arranged, ready to attack the city at any time!"

Lu Xun nodded. Then he waved his hand: "Order." Siege now! ”

With Lu Xun's order. The Jiangdong sergeants flocked to the White Emperor City like a tide. Soldiers carried a wide variety of siege weapons. Rushed to the White Emperor City.

"Prepare to release the arrows!" Zhang Ren gave an order. The archers immediately rushed to the walls. The Shu army bent its bow and set up a frame. aimed at the Wu army in the distance.

"Let me go!" Zhang Ren gave an order. Countless arrows pierced the sky. rushed towards Wu Jun. Then rushed to the front row, and Wu Jun fell down instantly.

Even so. After a few rounds of arrow rain. The Wu army still rushed under the city walls.

"Prepare for Rolling Wood Stone!" Zhang Ren shouted. The soldiers immediately lifted the logs. Throw yourself at the city.

Zhang Ren's experience in defending the city is very rich, during the Liu Zhang period, Zhang Ren was stationed at Jiameng Pass all the year round to resist Zhang Lu, and later defended ~ the city, Liu Bei attacked for a year and did not take it. Zhang Ren is used to seeing big scenes, so now in the face of the Jiangdong army, Zhang Ren did not panic at all, and every order was issued in a reasonable and orderly manner, without revealing the slightest flaw.

Under the city, Lu Xun's brows became tighter and tighter, and after this period of observation, Lu Xun found that Zhang Ren did not have the slightest flaw when he was guarding the city. Lu Xun had already sensed that Zhang Ren was a difficult opponent to deal with.

This is just a White Emperor City, and from Badong to the west, there are still dozens of checkpoints waiting for the Wu army. If Zhang Ren defended the city and consumed such a battle with the Wu army at every checkpoint, I am afraid that he would not be able to reach the city of Chengdu in a year or two.

At this time, Lu Xun couldn't help but envy Liu Bei's luck. At that time, with Zhang Song's help, Liu Zhang stupidly invited Liu Bei into Shu to deal with Zhang Lu, but the result was to lure the wolf into the house. Later, when Zhuge Liang entered Shu again, he could join Liu Bei in and out, but even so, Liu Bei fought for several years in the entire Battle of Xichuan.

When Zhuge Liang entered Shu, he advanced by land and water, with Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun taking the water route and Zhang Fei taking the land route. This is similar to my current situation. The difference is that Liu Bei's troops were far less than his own at that time, and the total number of waterways was only thirty or forty thousand.

Today's Lu Xun can naturally take the waterway to Xichuan like Zhuge Liang back then, and with the powerful navy of Jiangdong, the waterway will be much smoother than Zhuge Liang back then.

But when you Zhuge Liang entered Shu, Liu Bei had already hit ~ the city, and Xichuan had Liu Bei's response, so Zhuge Liang had a place to stay in the most base after entering Shu. But now Lu Xun has no place to stay when he enters Shu by water, so Lu Xun can't enter Shu by water like Zhuge Liang back then, but can only enter Shu by land step by step, just like Zhang Fei back then.

But Zhang Fei explained Yan Yan, and most of the generals in Shuzhong were Yan Yan's protégés, relying on Yan Yan's old face, Zhang Fei easily passed the dozens of checkpoints and joined Liu Bei.

Now, Lu Xun doesn't have another person like Yan Yan to help him.

……

Three days later.

On the city tower, Zhang Ren's gaze swept to the Wu army under the city.

For three days, the offensive of the Wu army became more and more fierce day by day. Just yesterday, the Wu army had already attacked the city tower and fought a short battle with the Shu army, and then Zhang Ren personally went into battle to defeat the Wu army.

Now, although the White Emperor City is far from the time when the city is broken, Zhang Ren no longer intends to continue to defend in the White Emperor City. There are still dozens of checkpoints to the west of Badong, for the Wu army, the White Emperor is only the first level, even if the White Emperor is lost, Xichuan still has enough strategic depth, and Zhang Ren has no need to press the treasure capital in the White Emperor City.

Wu army camp.

Lu Xun looked at the sky, it was time to launch today's siege.

Ding Feng walked over: "Dudu, Lord Zhuge Jin is here!" ”

"Brother Ziyu is here?" Hearing the news, Lu Xun realized that something was wrong. At this time, Zhuge Jin should stay in Yiling, and he should definitely not appear here. According to Zhuge Jin's cautious character, it is absolutely impossible to leave Yiling's grain and grass and run to the front line.

Unless it's Yiling's loss!

Thinking of this, Lu Xun immediately shouted: "Hurry up and call Ziyu over!" ”

Zhuge Jin walked in, and when he saw Lu Xun, he immediately knelt down and said, "Dudu, the grain ...... of Yiling"

"What happened to the grain in Yilingdi?" Lu Xun hurriedly asked.

"All the food in Yiling is gone! All burned! Zhuge Jin said.

"What the hell is going on, tell me in detail!"

"Yes!" Zhuge Jin told Lu Xun what had happened in detail, and Lu Xun stayed there completely after listening to it.

After a while, Lu Xun looked up to the sky and sighed: "Let's withdraw the army!" ”

"Governor, withdraw the troops?"

"The food is gone, what are we going to fight?" Lu Xun said with some discouragement.

"Dudu, our army has a large number of people, and we still have the strength to fight, and as long as we capture the city of Shu, we can collect grain and grass from Shu!"

"Do you remember the defeat of Yuan Shaoguandu? If we continue, I'm afraid we will become another Yuan Shao! When Lu Xun said this, he sighed slightly: "Liu Bei gave birth to a good son!" With this son, who in the world can compete with it! This troubled world is going to end after all......"

……

That night, Lu Xun's army left the White Emperor City and withdrew to Jiangdong.

White Emperor City.

The scout cavalry hurried to Zhang Ren's approach.

"General, it has been detected, Lu Xun has indeed withdrawn!"

"Huh......" Zhang Ren breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has succeeded!" Someone is coming, go out immediately to find out the news of His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

After another day, Adou returned to White Emperor City.

Adou knew that if Lu Xun's grain and grass were destroyed, he would definitely retreat immediately. Adou was worried that he would meet Lu Xun on the way back to Shu, so he deliberately took a long detour, and it was precisely because Adou took a long detour that he was a day slower than Zhuge Jin.

Really calculated, this war did not last too long, but throughout the whole process, Lu Xun has been led by Adou's nose, according to Adou's original plan, it is completely possible to annihilate Lu Xun's army, but he didn't expect Huang Chengyan to make a big mistake.

After the war, Jiangdong still suffered a big loss. The Jingzhou army that surrendered in the previous battle of Jingzhou lost more than half, and more importantly, the grain and grass stored in Jiangdong for many years were also burned by Adou, at least for three years, it was difficult for Sun Quan to start the war again.

For Shu, the victory in this battle made Shu not need to worry about Sun Quan in the east for the time being, and could do its best to capture Yongzhou. This also increased Cao's pressure.

Cao didn't expect that the five-way army designed by Sima Yi did not cause too much trouble to Liu Bei.

On the Yongzhou side, Cheriji attacked Liu Bei at Cao's request, but he didn't expect to meet Ma Chao as soon as he arrived in Jincheng.

Ma Chao has a nickname among the Qiang people, called General Shenweitian, and this nickname was made by Ma Chao with his own strength. Behind these five short words, there is the blood of countless Qiang people. For Ma Chao, the Qiang people are both respectful and afraid.

After seeing Ma Chao, Cherrigi immediately lost his temper, although Cherrigi had 150,000 troops in his hands, and Ma Chao only brought 20,000 people in addition to the people and horses of the headquarters, but with Ma Chao's prestige, Cherrigi didn't even fight, so he led the army back.

As soon as the army of Xianbei King Kebineng passed the county, he heard that Cherrigi had withdrawn. Kebineng felt that he was unable to support himself alone, and wanted to withdraw from the army, but because of Cao's situation, Kebineng claimed that he was not accustomed to the water and soil of the Central Plains, was seriously ill, and needed to recuperate, so he stationed the army in Shangjun and did not advance.

When Cao Zhen's 100,000 army faced Liu Bei, he could only be in a passive defensive posture, even if Sima Yi was strategizing, but Cao's army was inferior in numbers, coupled with the courage of the generals under Liu Bei, so Cao Zhen could only take a stubborn posture and temporarily stabilize the defense line on the front line of Chencang.

If Lu Xun's withdrawal is added, Sima Yi's ideal five-way army has already abolished the three-way army.

And just when Adou and Lu Xun were fighting, Meng Shu of the Southern Barbarians finally couldn't sit still.

Sun Quan's army attacked Shu, and all the attention of the Shu army was bound to be focused on the east, and Meng Huo saw this as a good opportunity, so he decided to raise an army to rebel.

A wave has just flattened, a wave has risen again, and the smoke has risen again in Shudi!

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Chapter 2 is delivered. I didn't expect it to be more than two o'clock in the morning, but I finally finished writing.