Chapter 525: Ice and Fire

Those who don't know are not guilty, Xu Chu and Yu Ban, who have already suffered the same experience, helped Xu Huang up immediately, and the time when Xu Huang was captured was after Liu Feng had been trapped in Shangyong City, which also attracted Sima Yi's attention, he hurriedly asked about the process of Xu Huang's defeat, and Xu Huang also told Sima Yi how Zhou Yu and Ma Chao used tactics to defeat themselves and capture them alive.

At this time, Sima Yi finally faintly knew the reason for his defeat in his heart, in Jingzhou, even if he trapped Liu Feng and Pang Tong in Shangyong, but in addition to Shangyong, there were Zhou Yu, Wu Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others, in short, Liu Feng's accumulation over the years, although there was no special change in the number of troops, but these loyal ministers and good generals recruited under his command were already enough to be proud of the Central Plains.

Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and the like, that is a figure who can pose a big threat to Cao Cao as early as the original place, Zhou Yu is famous in Jiangdong at the age of twenty, and he is the most relied on by Sun Ce's side, not to mention Xu Shu, who helped him not to be destroyed under Liu Bei in the early years, and Pang Tong, who formed a sleeping dragon and phoenix chick with Zhuge Liang, these characters are randomly taken out and placed in the Wei State, which is one of the best, not to mention that now all of them are gathered around Liu Feng and willingly help him defend Jingzhou.

It is precisely because of their existence that they did not panic when Pang Tong and Wei Yan were besieged by Shangyong, and he did not panic when Liu Feng was besieged in Shangyong for the second time, and even when Deng Ai, a little-known young general in his twenties, led thousands of soldiers to guard Wancheng alone, he still did not panic.

The reason why this is the case, first of all, is naturally because of their incomparable loyalty to Liu Feng, even if they die in the city, they will never abandon the city and flee before they have done their best, and the most important reason is that in Sima Yi's view, they have absolute confidence in their comrades-in-arms and robes, they believe that their robes will appear in front of them at the last moment, of course, the premise of all this is that Liu Feng and others have expected the situation they will face in advance.

Faced with such a situation, Sima Yi looked back at the generals he had brought with him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, these people were indeed famous generals in the Wei State, but when they arrived in Jingzhou, they were all crushed by the people under Liu Feng's command, and the reason for this was nothing more than Liu Feng's good use of the people under his command, giving the people under his command the greatest degree of freedom, and arranging them all to the position they were best at, so that such an effect was achieved.

And the same situation in the Wei State, obviously if the generals of the Wei State can give full play to most of their talents, it is already a pretty good situation, Cao Zhi even let Sima Yi, who is indeed the most proficient leader in the Wei State to lead the army to fight the main general, but also let Cao Zhang return from the northern border thousands of miles away to supervise, so that all the discerning people can see the thing, how can they create an iron army like Liu Feng's command?

For a while, Sima Yi's heart was also full of powerlessness, not from his defeat this time and his inability to return to Yecheng to give advice to Cao Zhi, but from Liu Feng's strong pressure, he knew that it was almost impossible for Wei to exterminate Liu Feng in a short period of time, and according to Liu Feng's development speed, the longer the time, the smaller this possibility could only become.

After resting in Weixing County, Sima Yi and Cao Zhang led the army, and marched towards Yecheng in a mighty way, the atmosphere was as dignified as Yang Xiu's defeat before, because as the dominant side, he did not defeat any city in Jingzhou, but lost hundreds of thousands of troops, so no matter what the process was, and no matter how much trouble it had caused to Liu Feng's defenders, in this era of strife, the monarch only valued the result, and the people were even more so.

The only good news for Sima Yi can be said to be that Cao Zhang did not have any intention of shirking Sima Yi for the mistakes he had made during this critical period of the battle.

When resting in Weixing County, Cao Zhang confessed to Sima Yi that after returning to Yecheng, he would tell the truth in front of Cao Zhi, and would not let Sima Yi, as the main general, bear all the responsibility for this defeat, which made Sima Yi, who was originally a little afraid in his heart, a little relieved, he knew that Cao Zhi was originally very wary of the Sima family, and the only reason why the Sima family was still very prestigious in Wei was that Cao Zhi had to rely on Sima Yi's talent in the war.

In the previous battles, Sima Yi also perfectly maintained his image, and let his invincible image be deeply rooted in the hearts of the generals and people of Wei, but this time it was different, he didn't know what his image would become after this defeat, whether it would collapse instantly, and whether the glory of the Sima family would cease to exist with his defeat this time.

At this time, in stark contrast to Sima Yi's mood, is the situation in Xiangyang City, this time Sima Yi and Cao Zhang, the two most talented generals of the Wei State, led nearly 300,000 troops to roll in, which is really a huge test for Jingzhou and Liu Feng, who has just been proclaimed emperor, and now, less than two months have just passed, and this dark cloud suspended above Jingzhou has completely dissipated.

Liu Feng and his generals used powerful means to repel almost the toughest soldiers that Wei could send, and it was predictable that, unlike the last time, after this defeat, Wei would hardly launch another battle against Jingzhou in a short time.

That is to say, Liu Feng will usher in a rare opportunity for development, in this recuperation, it is obvious that Liu Feng will try to reverse the offensive and defensive relationship between himself and Wei, Liu Feng's Han can be said to be ready at this time, except for the strength is still at a disadvantage, they are no longer afraid of Wei in any other aspect, Liu Feng's soldiers and the people of Jingzhou and Yizhou are looking forward to the next battle after this victory, they no longer have to worry about defending the city, Instead, it will directly attack the territory of Wei.

On this night, Liu Feng had a grand banquet in his palace for the generals who participated in the battle this time, for this time the biggest heroes Zhou Yu and Pang Tong, Zhao Yun and others, under Liu Feng's command, they were already extremely popular ministers, and everyone was accustomed to their abilities, and the most impressive thing in this battle was undoubtedly Deng Ai, within a few days, his performance in Wancheng had spread to all parts of Jingzhou, for this young man in his early twenties, His legend has already begun......