Cao Cao didn't have much to do now, and the fishing boats and ferries on the north bank of Huaishui were all accepted by Gan Ning, so he couldn't even think about sending troops across the river.

The weather is getting colder day by day, and the water will soon freeze. Zhang Yi is also racing against time, wanting to capture Sheyang before the Huaishui freezes.

However, Chen Deng and Yu Ban's defense always made him useless. Chen Deng, who had accumulated supplies in the city for several years, finally played an important role at this time, ensuring that the soldiers were rarely attrition in non-combat.

Zhang Yijun, who was outside the city, also stopped the siege because it suddenly snowed during the night. Zhang Yi clearly knew that this time was not suitable for siege, as the snow made the road inconvenient, and it was even more difficult to push the siege equipment.

If Zhang Yi even melts snow, it will absorb a lot of heat, the temperature will drop, and the water may freeze.

Zhang Yi looked at the snow that had no feet, and sighed: "It's really better to count people than the sky, pass on my general order to withdraw the army." ”

Zhang Yi said to Li Jing: "Pharmacist, I don't want to withdraw from Guangling this time, so I also asked Pharmacist to take people to defend Yandu, so as not to be recaptured by Cao Cao." I will give you the supplies in the army for three months, after which the Huaishui will definitely melt into ice, and then it will be the day when we attack the sun again. ”

Li Jing arched his hand and said: "Don't worry, my lord, with me, it is enough to ensure that the salt is not lost." ”

After sending Li Jing away, Zhang Yi ordered Li Jun's army to enter the sea from Huaishui, and then go south to Wu County to deliver supplies to Li Jing.

As for Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and others, they took refuge in the winter in the newly built water village in Ping'an, and strictly guarded the water village. And Xu Sheng's navy was stationed in Xia Cai Water Village.

Zhang Yi retreated to Ping'an County after the army was ready. That's not all, Zhang Yi stationed 4,000 men and horses in two military camps on the left and right sides of Ping'an County.

These two military camps were set up when Zhang Yi attacked Ping'an before, and now they are also considered to be reused.

The military camp between the defense and Yandu is Shang Shi's apprentice, and Shang's master and apprentice have just come from Hailing County. He successfully recovered the entire territory of Hailing County, and then set off to the north. However, when he arrived under Zhang Yi, he was attacking Sheyang, and it didn't play a role.

Defending between Ping'an County and Hongze Lake is Gan Ning, who is a fierce general on land and water. There is a fierce general Zhou Tai in Shuizhai, and it is a bit redundant for Gan Ning to stay there.

Zhang Yi still sent Meng Liang and Jiao Zan to Master Shang's apprentices, and the three of them cooperated very well, so there was no need to disassemble them. and sent Lu Meng to Gan Ning, these two have been good friends in history, which shows that the two can get along, and they have more advantages than others when they cooperate at this time.

The reason for this arrangement is actually that Gan Ning's character has certain flaws. Many people say that Zhang Fei is not sympathetic to villains, and Gan Ning is much better than him. This guy is a fierce general, but he has a short temperament, sometimes looks down on people, and is ready to kill at every turn.

Historically, if his servant had sinned against him, he would kill him. His servant ran to Lü Meng's mansion and begged Lü Meng for help. Lu Meng interceded with the servant when Gan Ning came, and Gan Ning promised to be better, took him out, and killed the servant as soon as he put it on. Lu Meng was very angry when he found out, so he went to question him, but Gan Ning couldn't lie on his clothes and couldn't get up, making Lu Meng angry.

The reason why Gan Ning and Zhang Fei died differently may be because Gan Ning is better than Zhang Fei in the world, at least he didn't keep those villains who had been punished by his side. Of course, he couldn't keep it if he wanted to, and he killed him.

Zhang Yi retreated while it was snowing, and Chen Deng and Yu Ban didn't think about pursuing at all. They were also unable to pursue, and they had only more than 3,000 men at their disposal, and the rest were either dead or wounded.

Zhang Yi's siege ability is very strong, especially the crossbowmen on the well, not only have a long range, but also are very accurate. Many soldiers were shot dead without paying attention. If it weren't for Zhang Yi's lack of crossbow arrows, Chen Deng and Yu Ban wouldn't have been able to defend the shooting sun at all.

Chen Deng asked the doctor to hurry up to treat the injuries, looking at the injuries all over the place, Chen Deng couldn't help but sigh, "I shouldn't have let Hua Tuo leave if I knew it." ”

Yu Ban glanced at him, does it make sense to say these things now? Hua Tuo insisted on leaving, but Chen Deng felt that he would not relapse for the time being, so he agreed. Hua Tuo crossed the Huaishui with the people that day, and now he should have been captured by Zhang Yi's army, right?

Whether they were arrested or not, Zhang Yi didn't know, those who were arrested were all placed in Dongyang County, and they were all managed by Buqi. Buqi didn't mention Hua Tuo, so Zhang Yi naturally had no way of knowing.

Two days after the snow melted, Cao Cao received a report from Tanmalai that the water froze. Cao Cao immediately returned to the army and entered Sheyang City.

Cao Cao brought an army of 30,000 this time, just to take advantage of the fact that the Huaishui was frozen, and take the opportunity to recover Guangling. Of course, it's best to take the land of Huainan as well!

After arriving in Sheyang, Cao Cao listened to the battle situation reported by Chen Deng and Yu Ban. Zhang Yi besieged the city for half a month, and the casualties of the soldiers exceeded 5,000, and now it is good to have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command.

More than 30,000 is really not an overwhelming advantage for more than 10,000. However, when the survey came to report, Zhang Yi actually arranged a defensive belt of more than 100 miles. From Yandu to Hongze Lake, block Cao Cao's attack.

When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately ordered the troops to send to Ping'an County. Zhang Yi divided all the soldiers into five parts, each part of three or four thousand people, which gave Cao Cao a chance to break through.

Cao Cao saw the opportunity to defeat Zhang Yi, so he naturally would not let it go, and took Yu Ban to Ping'an County.

When he arrived at Ping'an County, Cao Cao ordered the siege of the city, and then began to assemble siege equipment. These siege equipment were all prepared by Chen Deng in Sheyang, and Cao Cao dismantled them and transported them, and assembled them after arriving in Ping'an County.

Zhang Yi stood on top of the city tower and watched the army outside the city continue to be busy.

He wasn't scared at all, he was actually looking forward to fighting Cao Cao to see how capable Cao Cao was. Although there are numerical values, but after all, that thing is just a reference, and it is not accurate.

By the way, what is Cao Cao's value?

"Cao Cao, Force: 85, Strategy: 98, Strategy: 96, Internal Affairs: 97, Education: 93, Diplomacy: 90. Traits: Hero. ”

Hiss –

Zhang Yi couldn't help but gasp, he would never have thought that Cao Cao's five attributes were all over 90, and three of them were almost full value.

Looking at the short man who came down to the city to observe, Zhang Yi admired it very much. It is said that God is fair, and if you take away something, you will definitely return it.

Cao Cao was taken away from his appearance, but what he got was talent. If Cao Cao's appearance is also good-looking, then he may really be able to unify the Three Kingdoms! After all, this is a world where looks are watched.

However, Zhang Yi felt ironic that Cao Cao looked like this and actually disliked Zhang Song, how ugly was that Zhang Song?