Cao Cao's fight against Xuzhou is a battle against the water, if you take it, you will live, and if you can't take it, you will die! In this case, even if Liu Bei's main force fights, the outcome is unknown, let alone just Zang Ba, Liao Hua and the like?

The fall of Xiapi made Liu Bei regret not being at the beginning, and Cao Bao's backlash was even worse.

Liu Bei was afraid that Guangling would lose, so he sent someone to make peace with Yuan Shu, although Yuan Shu's strength was not good, but his heart was relatively high, Liu Bei invaded Jiujiang because he felt that Yuan Shu was not good, and now the backyard was on fire, and Yuan Shu couldn't afford it, and he talked about a truce, how could Yuan Shu agree?

Cao Cao entered Xiapi to rebuild, and did not continue to make any moves in a short period of time, Liu Bei transferred Guan Yu to withdraw from the Jiujiang battlefield to protect Guangling County.

Cao Cao also wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob and take Guangling, but he was worried that Jiang Sheng would send troops, so he did not move, and at the same time sent people to recruit soldiers everywhere to expand the army.

Jiang Sheng received the grain and grass materials sent by Xun Yu, and the problem of food and clothing for the people of Dongjun, Chenliu and Xiaopei was temporarily solved.

Yu Ban of Juyang took this opportunity and recruited troops on a large scale, and the Fourth Army restored its strength of 30,000, and registered more than 40,000 people to become reserve soldiers.

Jiang Sheng did not miss the opportunity to improve the quality of the soldiers, so he built and transformed the former Cao Army barracks outside Chen Liucheng into a training base, and Yu Ban was responsible for training nearly 70,000 newly recruited soldiers.

After a month's rest, Jiang Sheng decided to launch the Xuzhou Campaign to completely exterminate Cao Cao, but at this time, his intelligence captain Zhen Yan sent an urgent document: Liangzhou Mu Ma Teng and the Qiang armed forces destroyed the Qiang captain Han Sui, Han Sui was defeated and committed suicide, Ma Teng launched an attack on Yongzhou after Han Sui was armed, Yongzhou Mu Handan Shang fled and ran to Chang'an to ask Lu Bu for help.

Lü Bu issued a letter asking Ma Teng to suspend the war. According to Jiang Sheng's arrangement of the local administrative level, Lu Bu and Ma Teng are at the same level, and it is said that Lu Bu cannot order Ma Teng, but Lu Bu is a captain in Chang'an and has the power to control military affairs in the northwest.

Han Sui was appointed by Jiang Sheng in the name of Emperor Xian to protect the Qiang, Ma Teng sent troops without authorization and destroyed Han Sui, which is no different from rebellion, and Lu Bu's document is also reasonable.

But the ambitious Ma Teng ignored it, and sent Pang De, Ma Chao, Ma Tie, and Yan Xing to attack Anding and Hanyang counties in four ways, directly threatening the safety of Chang'an, Lu Bu sent a force of 30,000 soldiers and horses to block, was defeated by Ma Chao and led the army, and the soldiers who escaped back to Chang'an reported the situation in the northwest.

The total number of Ma Teng's four-way soldiers and horses is 230,000, and there are 60,000 Qiang soldiers behind, and Ma Teng's soldiers and horses left behind in Liangzhou are still 100,000, such a huge army scale, no wonder Ma Teng dares to challenge Jiang Sheng!

Lü Bu asked Li Tong of Nanyang to transfer half of his troops and horses to support the Chang'an operation, and at the same time sent an urgent report to Jiang Sheng for help.

The documents of the light and dark lines are here, Jiang Sheng is deeply regretful, it seems that the sky is going to live Cao Cao! In desperation, Jiang Sheng had no choice but to march westward.

The Fifth Army led by Zhang Ning was equipped with 20,000 recruits, and the Second Army led by Zhang He and the First Army directly under Jiang Sheng sent troops to the northwest.

Yu Ban's Fourth Army and Zhang Xiu's Sixth Army stayed in Yanzhou to deal with the eastern operations.

At the same time, Jiang Sheng ordered the Wenchou Seventh Army stationed in Bingzhou and the Chu Yan Army stationed in the Southern Xiongnu to move westward.

When the Southern Xiongnu heard about the battle in Liangzhou, he took the initiative to invite Ying and sent 10,000 horsemen to join Jiang Sheng's battle sequence.

The fleet led by Tai Shi Ci had no choice but to retreat to Langya to recuperate, and at the same time, it could also provide support for Yanzhou.

The original situation that looked like he was going to fight a big battle in Xuzhou quickly disappeared, and Cao Cao secretly shouted "Luckily".

After confirming the news that Jiang Sheng's army had gone west, Cao Cao personally led an army of 120,000 to the south to conquer Guangling County, and Guan Yu led 60,000 Guangling soldiers and horses to meet Cao Cao, winning three battles, and beheading Xiahoude, Lu Xiang, Wang Zhi, Jiao Touch and other generals, and the world was shaken.

Helplessly, Cao Cao had too many soldiers and horses, and after Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to fight, the situation on the battlefield was reversed.

After losing the army, he withdrew from Guangling, and Liu Bei was beaten by Ji Lingjun and couldn't raise his head.

Finally, Cao Cao and Yuan Shu privately made an agreement, agreeing to jointly exterminate Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was attacked by the east and west in this way, lost his troops, and only fled to the west with more than 10,000 cavalry and defected to Liu Biao.

After Liu Biao received Liu Bei, he mobilized troops and horses to attack Lujiang County, Liu Bei also just wanted to take revenge, so he attacked Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu's department could not resist Zhang Ying, and retreated again and again, and lost troops along the way.

Sun Ce sent Huang Gai to cross the river at night, and successfully attacked the Qiaorui under Yuan Shu's command, cut the Qiaorui, and captured a lot.

Yuan Shu saw this situation and knew that he could not last long, so he sent an envoy to see Cao Cao, expressing Yuan Shu's intention to submit to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's team of advisers studied all night, and all persuaded Cao Cao to accept Yuan Shu's submission and take over Yangzhou in name.

At present, Wu County and Huiji County are Sun Ce's sphere of influence, and Cao Cao only received Jiujiang and Lujiang counties when he received Yangzhou, which is the place in Jiangbei Cao has no naval army, and he cannot effectively govern Jiangnan, so he simply does not fight, and it is already good to have Xuzhou and North Yangzhou areas for development.

Yuan Shu's submission allowed Cao Cao to obtain a large amount of fertile land on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which was just conducive to Cao Cao's comeback!

In order to curb Liu Bei's invasion, Cao Cao sent Cao Hong to lead an army to support, but Liu Bei's attack was frustrated and he had to retreat to Xiangyang.

After the Lejin Department that surrendered to Jiang Sheng was broken up, it was placed under the command of Xunyou in Qingzhou, and Lejin himself was sent to Bingzhou to serve as the chief general of Jia Xu's border army.

Yu Ban, as one of the first generals to follow Jiang Sheng, Jiang Sheng asked him to stay in Yanzhou to be fully responsible for the Eastern Front, and Xu Huang's main task was to defend Yanzhou's economic development.

The captured Xiahou Yuan was escorted to Xiaopei, and Yu Ban knew that he was Cao Cao's relative, so he simply ignored him and locked him in the dungeon, Cao Cao would not care.

Sure enough, Cao Cao quickly sent Wei Chong as an envoy to negotiate and ask for the release of Xiahou Yuan.

Yu Ban was originally from a reckless background, and he casually came to the matter of the lion's big mouth: "It's okay to release Xiahou Yuan, but you have to say something, right?" ”

Wei Chong said: "Your army has a condition, so you might as well come here." ”

Yu Ban said: "Cao Cao is short of food and clothing, and we don't lack any wealth, so it's better to give us a piece of land." ”

Wei Chong had long expected this kind of request, so he asked, "I don't know which piece of land King Jin has taken a fancy to?" ”

Yu Bandao: "Of course, there is a place with obvious dividing lines. ”

The clear dividing line is either a mountain or a river. There are no mountains on Cao Cao's territory adjacent to Jiang Sheng's territory, but there is a big river - Huaishui.

Wei Chong's face changed, and he said angrily: "The King of Jin has such a big appetite, exchanging a prisoner of war for half of Xuzhou, this deal is really good!" ”

Yu Ban said in a tone of "That's whatever, Cao Cao sent you to beg me to release you." Besides, Xiahou Yuan is not just a prisoner of war, but also a relative of your father-in-law! ”