Over the years, the state of Chu has been defeated by Eastern Wu several times, and its national strength has been consumed a lot. In that year, Sun Ce attacked Chu, restored Yuzhang, and captured the Lujiang River. When Sun Ce died, the Chu and Han courts breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that when Sun Wu threatened to go, there was also Zhou Yu.

took advantage of the fire to rob, and as a result, it was countermeasured, Chaisang was defeated, and the elite soldiers of Chu and Han suffered heavy losses. This year, in order to resist the invasion of Jiangxia Wu's army, the Jingbei troops of Chu State were insufficient, and thousands of elites were in Wancheng, which resulted in Cai Zhong being lost, and less than half of them were contained by Guan Yu, the general of Xinye.

This time, the Wei army invaded the south in a big way, exhausted Jingbei, and gathered 20,000 people again led by Cai Mao to the north to Xinye to resist Cao Cao. However, this combat power is really difficult to compliment. On the one hand, Liu Bei was asked to send troops from Jiangxia, and some of the most elite soldiers and horses of Chu and Han were stationed on the eastern front.

Although Cai Mao is used, Liu Biao is extremely dissatisfied with this Jingxiang family that has been defeated many times and lost troops, from Zhang Yun to Cai Mao to Cai Zhong. After all, the state of Chu and Han was abolished by this cadre.

Cao Cao temporarily withdrew to consolidate the back road, which temporarily relieved the Chu and Han courts, and the reinforcements quickly went north. Cai Mao was ruthless, this time he had to fight steadily and resist a strong enemy. Fang passed the morning sun, and before he arrived, it came again that Xinye had fallen.

Cao Cao took it by surprise again, went and returned, and sent Lejin and Xu Chu to attack Xinye. The Wei army, which was several times weaker in front, retreated Cao's soldiers, and Guan Yu inevitably relaxed for a while. Le and Xu Er generals attacked and occupied the head of Dongcheng to welcome Cao Cao's follow-up army.

Guan Yu's reaction was fast, but Cao Jun took the lead, there were not many elite soldiers in the city, and the people were panicked. The benefits of the city were cut off, and Guan Yu was unable to return to the sky, hating his carelessness on the one hand, and retreating south on the other hand. When the reinforcements did not arrive, he fought to the death with the Wei army, and his life was wasted. Guan Yu, escaped quickly.

Xinye has fallen, and Xiangyang is in sight. Dewan City, and looking back at Xiangyang, the King of Wei became greedy.

Accepting Guan Yu's defeated army, Cai Mao didn't care about attacking this "Liu Bei system", and did not hesitate to lead the army to retreat towards Xiangyang. After Xinye, there was no danger to rely on, with the rabble under his command, where would he dare to fight with Cao Jun in the absence of a fortification. As for the ruined city of the rising sun, it is completely insufficient.

Cai Mao's troops and horses are the last force of Chu in Jiangbei except for Liu Bei's side. If it is annihilated by the Wei army, then with the emptiness of Xiangyang, when the reinforcements from Jiangxia and Xiangzhou have not arrived, the Chu State will not be able to resist it.

If Xiangyang falls, then Chu Han will really have the worry of losing the country. Liu Biao was almost shocked three times a day during this time, and under the persuasion of Kuai Yue and other ministers, his mood eased slightly, and he didn't blame Cai Mao. Immediately issued an edict to mobilize the entire city of soldiers and civilians to strengthen the city's defense. In addition, Liu Bei, together with Wang Wei and Huang Zhong of Xiangzhou, was strictly ordered to raise troops to serve the king.

Since the Chu army took the initiative to retreat, Cao Cao did not hesitate to lead the army to Kou Xiangyang. The distance of 100 miles is three days away. To Xiangyang, the capital of Chu, Cao Cao's southern attack on Chu and Han this time was extremely deep.

Under the garrison city, the Wei army was no longer in a hurry to attack this time, and Cao Cao really sent the army to the north to attack the counties along the way and stabilize the rear. In the city of Xiangyang, there is abundant grain and grass, and although the quality of the army is low, there are still thousands of elite forbidden troops that Liu Biao has never used.

Cao Cao began to seek stability, and he led the army south along the way, attacking and fighting in a hurry. From Kunyang to Xiangyang, a distance of more than 400 miles, although the preparations were sufficient and the attack was smooth, the Wei army was also exhausted.

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"What's going on with the Wei army?" Liu Biao was supported and stepped up to the west city of Xiangyang, personally inspecting the city defense and motivating the soldiers.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Wei army has one battalion in Jiangnan and one battalion in Jiangbei, and there is no intention of attacking yet." Cai Mao immediately said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the city of Xiangdu is strong, our army and people are united, and there is water conservancy, the Wei army will not be able to go down!" ”

Liu Biao still "trusted" Cai Mao very much, and ordered him to preside over the garrison of the city, and these days, he also tried his best to arrange the guard. Cai Mao seems to have never been so serious in her life.

Trying to open his somewhat misty old eyes, Liu Biao looked at the Wei army camp outside the city, the distance was not close, and he couldn't see it clearly, but Liu Biao could feel the momentum of the Wei army.

"Since the beginning of Jing Han, how could he have also been an enemy army, and the soldiers were in the city?" The old man's voice spit out from Liu Biao's mouth, full of sorrow. The surrounding courtiers all subconsciously buried their heads.

Liu Biao has been in Jingzhou for more than ten years, and over the years, he has also been at war with the surrounding forces, and he has really not been beaten by the enemy to such a hinterland. The only exception was that Liu Heng led the remnants of the cavalry to disturb Jingzhou that year, when Liu Heng was just a rogue to fight, and when he went to Xiangyang, he was only "embarrassed" to go north after looking across the water.

But this time, tens of thousands of Wei troops came south, and there was not much resistance from the hundreds of miles of county passes, so that they went straight to the capital. This time there is a worry of losing the country!

"That's it! The matter has come to this, you should do your best to appease the people and garrison Xiangdu to wait for reinforcements! Liu looked extremely tired on the surface and waved his hand. His hair was now snow-white with a hint of gray, and the coffin board was already beckoning to him.

"The ministers will fight to the death, protect the tourmaline, and protect the Han world!" Cai Mao took the lead in the gambling oath.

glanced at Cai Mao, his eyes were sharp, not at all like what an old man in the age of a sixtieth birthday could show, Cai Mao was actually under pressure.

"When will the reinforcements from Jiangxia and Xiangzhou arrive?"

"Back to Your Majesty, over there in Xiangzhou, General Wang Wei has gathered 20,000 troops and came north in the starry night, but Changsha is far away from Xiangdu, and it is difficult to go north in a short time. On the other side of Nanjun, General Wenpin has already led the army out of Jiangling, and he will definitely be able to arrive in less than three days. Kuai Liang, who was beside him, immediately said.

"What about Liu Bei?" Liu Biao frowned and asked in a deep voice.

Kuai Liang had a little "hesitation" on his face: "General Zhengdong sent someone to deliver a message, the Wu army was very pressed, and it was difficult for the soldiers and horses to move lightly. He is trying his best to dispatch, evenly dispatch troops and horses, and support Xiangdu! Let me wait and hold on a little longer! ”

Kuai Liang's words were naturally processed, the enemy soldiers pressed to the national capital, and Liu Bei would not sit idly by and watch Xiangyang even if he was selfish. It is true that the Wu army oppressed the day, but Liu Bei had already drawn troops and horses from the Jiangxia battlefield where Chu and Wu were intertwined.

Kuai Liang did this, naturally wanting to give Liu Bei eye medicine in front of Liu Biao. In the past, the Cai clan was prosperous and controlled the military power, and Liu Bei stood up to fight against Cai Mao, which was happy to see it come to fruition. But over the years, as Liu Bei's power has grown stronger and stronger, and Liu Biao has sometimes shown jealousy and rejection of the Jingxiang clan, the Kuai family and others have also begun to be jealous of Liu Bei.

The enemy army is overwhelmed, and they are still thinking about infighting and power balance. Kuai Liang is a wise man, and he is confident that he has self-confidence, and it is difficult for the Wei army to break through Xiangyang.

"Liu Xuande! What does he want to do? Hearing this, Liu Biao muttered, and his face was not good: "Jiangling and Changsha are moving, Jiangxia is close at hand, how dare he delay it like this?" Its rejection of Xia Kou is advantageous, and it needs 30,000 elites to resist Zhou Yu's children? ”

"Send someone to urge again!" Liu Biao coughed violently a few times and commanded sharply.

"No!"

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The Wei army outside Xiangyang City, except for the auxiliary soldiers and Ding Zhuang who went north to capture the back road, still had more than 60,000 people. Of course, these armies, except for 30,000 soldiers, were all recruited from the counties.

Li Dian led people to inspect the front camp, there was a sleeve fluttering, swaying in the wind, thanks to the Xia army, he is now a famous one-armed general in the Wei army. In this southern expedition, he begged Cao Cao so that he had to follow the army. Such a "waste man", in this war against Chu, commanded forcefully, and still made military achievements.

The surrounding Wei soldiers and soldiers couldn't help but cast their eyes on him with admiration. Li Dian comforted the soldiers, his eyes kept looking at Xiangyang, and his expression was a little solemn.

"Xiangyang is not easy to attack!" In the camp of the Wei army in the west of the city, Cao Cao stood on top of the walled tower, overlooking Xiangyang in the distance, and sighed.

In the past few days, he has quietly visited the situation around Xiangyang, which is not a good place to get along. It is surrounded by water on three sides and surrounded by mountains on one side. If you attack from the north and east, you need the cooperation of the navy, and the Wei army is the sailor. The mountains in the south, Cao Cao came from the north, and he would not go around to the south. The most suitable side for attacking, there are many sandbanks and tidal flats, and it is very hard to cross the river.

Cao Cao divided the north and south camps to force the city, which was already a big risk, but fortunately, the naval armies of Chu and Han were mostly concentrated in Xiakou and Jiangling, otherwise they would be able to cut off the connection between the north and the south with the advantage of the sailors.

"Your Majesty! Withdraw your troops! Cheng Yu was on Cao Cao's side, Cheng Yu thought about it for a moment and said.

"The soldiers are approaching the enemy country, and before they have attacked, they will retreat! Zhong Degong's words are too frustrating! Hearing Cheng Yu's words, Cao Cao was frowning and thinking, and Xu Chu, who was beside him, couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, the last general asks for an order to lead the army to attack!" ”

Cao Cao stopped Xu Chu, pondered for a moment, and turned his head to look at Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao, desperate to pull out Xiangyang, can you have a plan?" ”

Guo Jia's expression was not easy, and he sighed slightly: "Xiangyang City is so strong, there is no need to say more, it is not as good as the cities in the north!" Liu Biao has ruled Jing for more than ten years, the people's hearts are dependent, and our army wants to seize the capital of the country. ”

"The ministers look at the topography of Xiangyang, or they can build a walled city according to the mountains south of the city, cut off the traffic of Xiangyang's external roads, and then refuse the aid of its naval army!" Guo Jia stared at the city wall of Xiangyang and said slowly: "However, our army has no water army, and when its water division arrives, it is our army that is controlled." Moreover, this is a method of trapping the enemy, which takes a long time, and the king does not have much time to fight under the city. In addition, a large number of troops are needed, and the strength of our army is not enough to trap Xiangyang. ”

"In addition, our army went south and penetrated deep into the enemy country, and the battle line was too long, and the pressure on the supply of grain, grass and ordnance was very great. Although the king sent an army to clear the rear in order to protect the grain road, Nanyang was not attached to the people after all, and during this time, many Chu people in the north had spontaneously attacked our baggage team in groups! Cheng Yu also added: "There are reports lurking in the shadows of Chu, Jiangxia, Jiangling, and even Xiangzhou, and all kinds of reinforcements from Chu have been mobilized. The foot soldiers are still good, but the minister is only worried about his naval army, if it goes north and separates me from the north and south, then our army will be in danger! ”

Cao Cao was silent, his small eyes were extremely deep, and his expression was a little unnatural.

"In the past, Wu Anjun invaded Chu and flooded the Yan City of Chu! Now that it is lonely, is it feasible to flood Xiangyang? Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Cheng and Guo with a flying expression.

Guo Jia shook his head: "The terrain of Xiangyang is very high, and the flood plan may not be effective. And this plan also costs a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, and the time required is not short! ”

Cao Cao naturally understood what Guo Jia meant, and sighed for a long time: "The world is divided, it is extremely similar to the Warring States, and now Fang Jue, it is not easy to destroy the country!" ”

"It's just that the time hasn't come yet!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Liu Biao is dying of old age, and his life is short!" When he dies, with the situation of Chu, it is difficult to have civil strife! At that time, it was the opportunity to destroy the country! ”

"Coming here alone, the purpose was originally only for Nanyang, who would have thought that it would be so easy to reach Chudu!" Cao Cao bowed his head, and his tone quickly became firm: "People are bitter and inadequate, they have to be Wan, and they want Xiangyang!" ”

"Prepare to withdraw!" With a long breath, Cao Cao's eyes flashed: "Send someone to envoy Liu Biao!" ”

The Wei army moved quietly and prepared for the withdrawal. Tens of thousands of Ding Zhuang, gathered in the water, reinforced and widened the pontoon bridge that crossed the river before. The atmosphere in Xiangyang City was even more tense, and he only felt that the Wei army was preparing for the communication between the north and the south and the launching of a city war.

On the one hand, he sent people to monitor the surroundings of Xiangyang, and Cao Cao sent people into the city to inform Liu Biao that he could have 100,000 grains, 10,000 gold, and 1,000 horses of Chu Jin, and cut the cities north of the water in exchange for the Wei army to retreat.

Faced with Cao Cao's lion opening his mouth without the slightest hesitation, Liu Biao angrily reprimanded the envoy and categorically refused. Another person was sent to urgently urge reinforcements from all walks of life.

Cao Cao just sent someone to tease Liu Biao, in case he deceived Liu Biao? Within a day, Cao Cao issued an order to withdraw his troops. His marching scouts were spread quite far, and on the Han River, hundreds of miles south of Xiangyang, there was already a Chu army on the water.

When all the southern troops withdrew to the north, Cao Cao was also relieved, and then marched north in a grand manner.

The Wei army withdrew without a fight, which relaxed the tense nerves of the Chu and Han monarchs, at least the worry of losing the country was gone. But he still didn't dare to relax too much, for fear that Cao Cao would kill him again.

Until it was confirmed that the Wei army had really withdrawn, in Xiangyang, there was another sound of counterattack. Reinforcements from all walks of life are also coming one after another, although the danger of Xiangyang has been solved, but the people of Chu still seem to be a little "afraid"!

To the north of Xiangyang, a large area of land was captured by Cao Wei, but it can't be just counted. Especially in the case of the fall of Xinye, for the state of Chu, the capital of the country faced the Wei army. The foot soldiers did not dare to move lightly for the time being, but the sailors did not matter, and the Wei army did not pose any threat to the big guys such as warships and warships.

Going north along the water, the water army of Chu almost "escorted" the Wei army to retreat north.

"This Zhou Yu Xiao'er, I want to share the Chu country with the orphans, Wu has Jiangxia, Wei has Nanyang, Nanjun!" In the tent, Cao Cao smiled contemptuously.

As soon as his words fell, several advisors also laughed.

"Although Zhou Gongjin is young, he is also a masterpiece of a generation. Last year, he was a blockbuster, helping to stabilize the court of Wu State, and Chaisang fought a battle and defeated the elite of Chu State. Now with a widowed army, he is overpowering Liu Bei, and the talent of the commander should not be underestimated! Guo Jia's tone was full of praise for Zhou Yu: "Divide Chu with Wu, if you succeed, I'm afraid that Wu will be able to do Chu!" ”

Cao Cao turned his head and ordered: "Send someone to restore Zhou Yu, let him break through Xiakou first, occupy Jiangxia, and share Jingxiang with him!" ”

It's a bit of a scribble, and I don't want to waste my brain to round out what "reasonableness". In addition to the interest of writing a book, I want to achieve an achievement of "a million words", and now that the water is full of words, I find that there is not much motivation to write... Next, the book may be about to enter a state of fate. If you are in a good mood, you will have two more; If you are in a bad mood or in a bad state, you will change or break the change. Until the end.