There are many rivers near Xuchang City, and the more than 100,000 troops of the two countries are also isolated from each other because of the relationship between the rivers.

However, these rivers are not very big rivers, and even if it is the season of high water, they are only fifty paces wide, and the narrow places are only more than ten paces. Such a width is nothing to the soldiers under Zhang Yi's command, and the southerners' impression of the river is no different from a creek without a hundred steps wide. So Lü Meng relied on these rivers to divide the army into several parts, and there was no need to set up a large camp at all.

Cao Wei's army is completely different, the vast majority of them are northerners, even if the river is more than ten steps wide, it is considered a big river, and this is what the southern ships and northern horses say.

Although Cao Ren and Cao Chun had an army of 80,000 or 90,000, they could not put all the soldiers on the battlefield because of the river blockage. If they weren't familiar with the surroundings of Xuchang, they could always find a place to cross the river, otherwise they would have to attack river by river.

Because Lü Meng set up a large camp in Yingyang, he commanded in the center. Lu Xun set up a large camp in Yingyin, and Qin Qiong was the vanguard army. Wang Yanzhang guarded the flank at Changshe and blocked Cao Wei's cavalry from moving south. Su Lie was stationed in Linying, and he also protected the flanks, and with cavalry, Cao Chun easily did not dare to bypass Linying and go south. The area around Changshe is close to the mountains, and it is difficult to march on a large scale, and a small scale will be intercepted by Wang Yanzhang.

Seeing this situation, Cao Ren and Cao Chun couldn't help but feel heavy.

"Previously, we attacked the enemy's food and grass, but we were unable to gain the upper hand. Su Lie blocked the road that we were attacking, and we will be at a disadvantage in the future. Cao Ren said to Cao Chun worriedly.

Cao Chun was also worried, "Not only Xuchang is not good for us, but now Zhang Yi is attacking from multiple ways this time, Zhang Wenyuan has been defeated and retreated to Yanzhou, and Xu Gongming is trapped in Luoyang, if it weren't for Xuchang's many soldiers, we wouldn't be deadlocked until now." ”

"Zhang Yi does have a lot of soldiers, and His Majesty thinks things too simply." Cao Ren said: "Your Majesty wants to hold the states, but he will move the capital to Yecheng, causing turmoil in the hearts of the people. The soldiers didn't have much fighting spirit. And because of the Zen position, the ministers have different thoughts, and many wise and resourceful people have dispersed, and the talents who have not been there are no longer prosperous. “

Cao Chun was silent, and Cao Ren dared to say this. Cao Pi did a very bad job in this regard, and he was too anxious to usurp the Han alone, which made many people oppose it.

For example, Xun Yu, although he is not as loyal to the Han family as his uncle Xun Yu, he is still loyal to the Han family. He worked for the Han family very early and participated in the overthrow of Dong, but when the matter was revealed, he was still free to speak. Later, after following Cao Cao, he offered many plans and came up with clever plans. Even if Cao Cao was called king, Xun You did not object. But after Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Xun You said that he was sick and returned to his hometown. Of course, Xun You is really sick, he is almost sixty years old, it is normal to be sick, and he died this year in history.

But there is no way, and they can't just pull someone to give them advice. Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu, and Cao Zhen have absolutely nothing to say to let them charge into battle, and they are all good at commanding the army, but in terms of making suggestions, it is indeed not a strong point. So they took their advantage to the limit, that is, they led the troops to attack and defend, and they didn't need any strategies, just do it!

This barbaric way also made Lu Meng and Lu Xun think a lot less. Although they are all wise generals, it is better if they can win without using their brains. Zhang Yijun's favorite is this kind of hard encounter, their soldiers are elite, and the last thing they are afraid of is hard encounter, so there are no more people in you. As long as I put the bow and crossbow on the array, you will die as many as you come, and you are still afraid of this?

So the two sides began to fight hard near Xuchang. Lu Xun set up a bow and crossbow array, Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to raid over, Qin Qiong blocked the tiger and leopard cavalry, and was stopped by Cao Ren with his troops, Lu Xun used the bow and crossbow array to shoot over Cao Ren's army, in short, you are very happy to fight back and forth.

Cao Xiu and Wang Yanzhang were also entangled in the Changshe area, Cao Xiu was trying to intercept the grain road, and Wang Yanzhang was to support Xuchang, and then the two were deadlocked on the road. When the brave wins on the narrow road, Wang Yanzhang was not afraid of the cavalry led by Cao Xiu at all, he led the infantry in a military formation and even counterattacked Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu didn't understand what Wang Yanzhang meant at first, but after his cavalry was forced to stop by Wang Yanzhang's people, he learned about Wang Yanzhang's plan. Cavalry, after losing speed, is not as agile as the infantry, but will be restrained by the infantry. After Cao Xiu saw the casualties of the cavalry, he immediately disengaged from Wang Yanzhang, gathered again in the distance, and then reflexively killed back.

Su Lie led his troops to participate in it, but before he could reach the main battlefield, he was stopped by Cao Zhen and his troops. Cao Zhen thought that he was not Su Lie's opponent, so he chose to defend.

Su Lie led his troops to attack Cao Zhen's army formation, and the offensive was very fierce. However, Cao Zhen is not an easy person, and he dealt with it calmly, so that Su Lie really had no way to defeat him in a short time.

The fight between the two sides was fierce, and the generals and schools were injured by each other. However, Zhang Yi still had the advantage in this side, and the bow and crossbow formation was grouped together, and it was impossible to evacuate or break this military formation without hundreds or thousands of casualties.

The Xuchang area fought for a month, and Zhang Yi lost more than 4,000 people, while Cao Wei lost more than 10,000. These numbers of dead pushed the forces of both sides in an even direction.

However, after a month of fighting, both sides are already very tired. Cao Wei, in particular, was no longer able to fight. Cao Ren and the others immediately chose to avoid the battle, and only after resting and recuperating did they plan to fight with Lu Meng again.

Of course, Lu Meng disagreed, and challenged every day, after Cao Wei should not fight. Lü Meng asked people to attack the camp, and he built a lot of siege equipment in the rear, which finally came in handy at this time.

Dozens of trebuchets were pushed outside Cao Ying and outside Xuchang City, attacking Xuchang and Cao Ying. If you don't fight, then force you to fight!

Who knew that Cao Wei's people were quite tough, most of them withdrew into Xuchang City, and the remaining cavalry retreated into Yanling City. This made it a little difficult for Lü Meng and the others, and the siege battle needed to be prepared for a long time, so Lü Meng had to throw stones at Xuchang and let most of the soldiers rest.

After Zhang Yi left Xiyang, Ma Chao launched an attack on Chen Guo. He directly attacked Chen County, which was the seat of Chen State and the place where Cao Hong was stationed. Chen's position was north and south of Ru, which could help Xuchang block the enemy from the northeast. As long as Ma Chao can capture Chen, he can attack Yanling from the northeast and cut off the support for Xuchang from the north.