In order to defend Xuchang, Cao Ren and Li Tong took away most of the defenders in Runan, and in the face of Gao Lan, the Hebei army led by Guo Huai and Ma Dai barely resisted, and opened the city gate and surrendered, and Yuzhou fell directly into the hands of Yuan Xi. Although Yuzhou is not big, it is the center of the Central Plains, connecting Yangzhou, Yanzhou and Jingzhou together.

As the news of the fall of Yuzhou spread, the situation of Shouchun Shou generals Xiahoudun and Li Dian became even more difficult. Yuan Tan besieged Shouchun with an army of 100,000, Shouchun resisted for more than a month with the thick walls of the city and the strength of the soldiers. After Yuzhou was occupied by Yuan's army, the road back to Xuchang had been cut off, and Sun Quan also took advantage of the fire to rob, sent troops to capture Hefei, and began to occupy the Huainan region.

Xiahoudun also knew that Shouchun couldn't hold it, so he said to Li Dian: "Manchester City, Yuan's army has occupied Yuzhou, and the form of wanting to come to Xuchang is already in jeopardy. Jiangdong Sun Quan also took advantage of the fire to rob, captured Hefei and Huainan region, Shouchun is already a lonely city, can not hold, you lead the troops to break through, rush back to Xuchang, can be guarded, can not defend the retreat to Guanzhong, save the strength of our army. ”

Li Dian refused to obey, and resolutely said: "The general is the number one general under the Marquis of Qin, how can he lose?" Li Dian is willing to stick to Shouchun and break off for the general, although he has no regrets about dying. Although Li Dian advised him so, Xiahoudun still personally stayed behind to guard Shouchun, if the main general fled, the morale of Shouchun's soldiers would be gone. Li Dian saw that Xiahoudun insisted, so he could only lead a small number of soldiers to Xuchang by himself, hoping to get assistance from Xuchang.

Xiahoudun's death-defying attitude also stimulated the morale of the Shouchun defenders, and even in the face of the Yuan army, which was several times his own, he resolutely refused to surrender. After holding out for another month, Shouchun was finally broken by Yuan's army, and Xiahoudun committed suicide. Yuan Tan admired Xiahoudun's loyalty to the Cao family, which made Xiahoudun buried him.

Yuan Tan originally wanted to occupy Shouchun and continue to take Huainan and Hefei, but he never thought that Jiangdong would take advantage of the fire to rob, and he had already taken Hefei and Huainan early. Jiangdong is currently an ally of Hebei, if it is immoral to directly ask for Hefei and Huainan, at the suggestion of Xin Ping, Yuan Tan sent an envoy to negotiate with Jiangdong Sun Quan, with the Huai River as the boundary, the north of the Huai River to Hebei, and the south of the Huai River to Jiangdong.

When Yuan Xi learned that Yuzhou and the north of the Huai River had fallen into his hands, Cao Cao's forces in the Central Plains were only Xuchang and Wancheng, and he personally led a large army to attack Wancheng and block Cao's army's retreat to Guanzhong.

Cao Pi naturally couldn't let Yuan Xi easily capture Wancheng, and discussed with everyone: "Now Yuan Xi can't attack Xuchang, but he directly takes Wancheng on my back road, once Wancheng falls, our army will be dedicated to passivity, I don't know what the adults think?" ”

Cao Ren, as the most powerful general under Cao Pi, naturally has the greatest right to speak, and said to Cao Pi: "The eldest prince, Xuchang will be handed over to you." You and the generals led the army to support Wancheng, and if Wancheng could not be defended, they would retreat to Guanzhong. It is believed that with the power of the lord, Yizhou has been captured, and Guanzhong will be supported soon. And Yuan Xi had just won the Central Plains, and the people's hearts were unstable, so they did not dare to attack Guanzhong easily. ”

Cao Pi naturally wanted to return to Guanzhong, but if he brought this forward, his generals would definitely think that he was timid and afraid of things, and he could not be a monarch, and he would lose his inheritance rights in the future. Cao Ren's proposal is the most appropriate, he is in a high position, his order is very effective, and everyone also thinks that Wancheng cannot be lost. Cao Pi's acting skills are very clever, obviously he wants to retreat to Guanzhong, but he pretended to worry about Cao Renlai, and said sadly: "How can Zihuan leave Uncle Zixiao alone, my father asked me to guard Xuchang, how can I escape from the battle, wouldn't that live up to my father's expectations?" Or if I stay to guard Xuchang, Uncle Zixiao will go to support Wancheng, I will not let Uncle Zixiao down! ”

Cao Ren said that he didn't agree to anything, and in the end, under the persuasion of everyone, Cao Pi could only lead an army of 100,000 and go to Wancheng with Yu Ban, Xiahou Shang, Liu Ye and others to fight against Yuan Xi. Before leaving, Cao Ren was worried that Xuchang would not be able to hold on, so he asked Cao Pi to leave with the heirloom jade seal.

Yuan Xi discussed with Xu Shu: "Wancheng does not have many troops, it is not difficult for our army to capture Wancheng, but Cao Pi is very likely to send a large army to support, once it is found that Wancheng has been lost, it is very likely to retreat directly from Wuguan to Guanzhong, I really don't want to let go of the opportunity to hit Cao's army hard." ”

Xu Shu carefully inspected the maps of Xuchang, Wancheng, and Guanzhong, and then pointed to the terrain around Wancheng and analyzed it for Yuan Xi: "Wancheng is located in a high place, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Cao Pi must be anxious to rescue Wancheng, our army might as well ambush Xuchang on the way to Wancheng, after the ambush is successful, Cao Pi will go away and retreat to Guanzhong. Our army then disguised itself as Cao Jun, deceived the gate of Wancheng, and captured Wancheng. Wancheng was lost, Cao Ren was isolated, Xuchang was not guaranteed, he did not dare to return to Wancheng, and went directly to Wuguan, our army prepared in advance, Cao Ren could be broken, and Cao Ren could be captured. ”

According to Xu Shu's strategy, Yuan Xi really worked, and defeated Cao Pi near Wancheng, and Cao Pi could only retreat to Guanzhong. To Yuan Xi's surprise, on the way to pursue Cao Jun, Cao Pi actually lost the jade seal of the country on the way for some reason, which was obtained by a knight under Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun did not dare to slack off, and handed over the jade seal of the country to Yuan Xi.

I saw that the jade seal of the country is four inches in circumference, five dragons on the new city, there is a corner missing, inlaid with pure gold, the jade seal is ordered by the sky, and the eight big characters of longevity and Yongchang are exactly the same as in the rumors. This thing is very important, Xu Shu asked Yuan Xidao: "Lord, the one who often hears the jade seal has won the world, and three points in the world have already won two points, this is the destiny of heaven, I don't know what the lord has planned?" ”

The people around him were also nervous, Yuan Xi's decision was related to his future and future, they were not the real supporters of the Han family, and it was the general Yuan Xi who recognized them. Yuan Xi was loyal to the Han Dynasty, they were the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and if Yuan Xi wanted to stand on his own, they were loyal supporters of the Great Wei.

Compared with everyone's enthusiasm, Yuan Xi was much calmer, and said respectfully: "The Son of Heaven is not at fault, he is just a traitor, as for the jade seal, it will be sent to Luoyang to hand over to the Son of Heaven, to be assessed Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and then talk about others." ”

After Cao Pi was defeated, Yuan Xi asked Yuan Jun to wear Cao Jun's uniform, and deceived Wancheng City Gate as a reinforcement, Wancheng defender Lou Gui surrendered, and Yuan's army successfully occupied Wancheng. Yuan Xi reorganized Wancheng and released a thousand Cao army captives back to Xuchang.

Cao Ren heard that Wancheng had been lost, and Cao Pi was defeated by Yuan's army and did not know where to go. Cao Ren was suddenly worried, he originally wanted Cao Pi to return to Guanzhong, if he lost Cao Pi's life because of his decision, he was really ashamed of Cao Cao.

The strategist Cheng Yu was the calmest, and persuaded Cao Rendao: "General Zixiao, rest assured, the eldest prince is guarded by everyone, and he will be able to retreat to Guanzhong safely." Let's think about how to hold Xuchang first, the Central Plains has all fallen, Wancheng has also fallen into the hands of Yuan Jun, there is only one way to retreat to Guanzhong, Wuguan, and ask General Zixiao to prepare early. ”

Cao Ren was silent, although Xuchang was the largest city in the Central Plains, it was now a lonely city, and it could not be rescued by Cao Cao's army. After Cao Ren weighed which was more important, he decided to live and die with Xuchang, and said to everyone: "Everyone has followed the Marquis of Qin for a long time, they are loyal ministers of the Cao family, and they are also the hope of the Cao family, I have decided to stay in Xuchang and do my last strength for the Marquis of Qin." I also invited everyone to return to Guanzhong, and when I saw the Marquis of Qin, I said that I, Cao Ren, were loyal to the country and did not insult the dignity of the Cao family. ”

The generals saw that Cao Ren had no idea of retreating, and Cao Pi had retreated to Guanzhong, of course, with Cao Ren as the main body, swearing to defend Xuchang to the death. The whole city of Xuchang was united, even with the remaining 100,000 troops, stubbornly resisted the attack of the 300,000 troops of the Yuan army. Seeing that Xuchang was about to fall, the people of Xuchang still resisted stubbornly, and they believed that Cao Cao would be able to return triumphantly and rescue Xuchang.

So where is Cao Cao now? Whether Chengdu has been captured or not, the answer is no, but it is also soon. Cao Cao's army sneaked up on Zitong from the path, although Zhang Ren was on guard, but he was worried that Wu Lan would not be able to defend the Sword Pavilion, so he went to the Sword Pavilion in person. Brought Zhang Ren to the Sword Pavilion to see that Cao Jun was attacking lazily, this was definitely not the main force of Cao Jun, it was very likely that his conjecture was right, Cao Cao directly attacked Zitong.

Cao Cao wanted to sneak attack Zitong along the path, and saw that the intersection was already guarded by beneficial state soldiers, and his heart was half cold, but Xun You thought that there were not many defenders, and he didn't realize the importance of this place, as long as he took advantage of the dark, he could completely solve this defender unconsciously. Cao Cao looked at the defenders of Yizhou again, and decided to follow Xun You's strategy, wait until dark, secretly solve this defender, and then take the opportunity to attack Zitong.

Pang Yi didn't know where Cao Jun came from, he didn't have much defense, and he was captured by Cao Jun in his sleep. When Zhang Ren led his troops to support Zitong, Zitong had already been occupied by Cao's army, and was defeated by Cao Cao, so he could only retreat to the Sword Pavilion. Although Cao's army was sandwiched in the Sword Pavilion before and after, Zhang Ren refused to surrender, after all, there were still 50,000 Yizhou soldiers in the interval, and for a while, Cao Cao couldn't take the Sword Pavilion.

Another Cao army, led by Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, paid the price of more than 2,000 casualties, and finally passed through the Yinping Trail and took Mianzhu by surprise. The Yizhou army did not expect that the Cao army descended from the sky and came directly to Mianzhu, but was successfully attacked by the Cao army, and Mianzhu fell.

A series of news of defeats reached Chengdu, and Liu Zhang felt that Yizhou was finished, and he was finished. The people of Yizhou are still quite capable, but Liu Zhang does not know how to use people, Huang Quan suggested: "Lord, there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses in Chengdu, although I don't know how the Cao army occupied Mianzhu, but the number of troops must not be much, and the 30,000 Yizhou army will definitely be able to hold Chengdu." ”

Liu Zhang said worriedly: "Cao Cao has occupied Zitong and Mianzhu, and my Chengdu has fallen into a desperate situation, although there are 30,000 troops, they are unable to return to the sky, so it is better to sacrifice my life to protect Yizhou from war." ”

Zhang Song didn't like Cao Cao, if Cao Cao occupied Yizhou, not to mention that he was difficult to protect, it was inevitable to be ridiculed and ridiculed, and he also advised Liu Zhang: "Don't worry, the lord doesn't worry, although Zitong is lost, General Zhang Ren is still in the Sword Pavilion, and Cao Jun does not dare to attack the flawed Meng Pass." General Yan of Pasir County still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, if he can lead the troops to rescue, Mianzhu can be recovered, and the siege of Chengdu can be solved. ”

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