As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei issued an edict to the world, counting Cao Cao's crimes of holding the emperor hostage, killing the empress and prince, slaughtering the people of Xuzhou, and Cao Pi's usurpation of the Han family, and called on the officials and people in various places to rise up together, crusade against Cao Wei, and restore the Han dynasty. {with}{dream} щ{suimеng][lā}

Guan Yu commanded the generals to continue the attack on the Wei army from the south, and vowed to take Luoyang within two months.

Zhang Fei continued to build large ships on the Western Front, commanding Deng Zhi and Wang Ping from Hangu and Gao Xiang on the north bank of Shaanxi and Tianjin, and also continued to put strong pressure on the enemy defenders.

Cao Pi, who is in Luoyang, is now very annoyed, the front has suffered successive defeats, the army on the western front has almost lost everything, although the losses on the southern front are not too big, but the enemy is not Liu Bei's army, can this Luoyang really be saved?

To add insult to injury, he found that he now didn't know who to put in command of the battle.

Cao Xiu on the Western Front died of illness, Cao Zhen was a little stupid, Zhang Zhan died, Sima Yi was paralyzed, and there was no one left of the officials and generals in charge who could be used.

Although the southern front was better, Cao Ren and Xiahou Shang, as well as Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and others, all retreated, and the army losses were not too great, but after these people retreated from Wancheng, they were also a little depressed, and the generals of the defeated army did not dare to talk about war strategies lightly.

A few of the older ones learned from Jia Xu and told the old man to resign, and a few suddenly became seriously ill and bedridden, and also submitted his resignation to him, asking him to recuperate.

Cao Pi is strange, if he is sick, he will be sick, but there are a few like Sima Yi, who also had a stroke and was half paralyzed, is this stroke also a contagious disease?

Alas, forget it, come to think of it, those guys know that they are powerless to turn the tide, get out and dodge, Cao Pi is not in the mood to get to the bottom of it now. Now he only hopes that a wise and brave man will come up with a good idea, which can repel Liu Bei and make the country temporarily tide over the difficulties.

Alas, my father also suffered many setbacks back then, and in the end, with the help of everyone, he unified the Central Plains and beat Liu Bei to flee in all directions, why was it my turn to be the emperor that I was forced by Liu Bei to be like this? Aren't these officials still those officials, and the generals still those generals? No one has the courage to stand up and share my problems?

Of course there is, his younger brother Cao Zhang couldn't sit still for a long time, and he sent someone to hand the chapter to the palace, saying that he couldn't watch the rivers and mountains laid down by the first emperor, and it was destroyed in the hands of Liu Bei. Now that the country is in trouble, I, Cao Zhang, as the emperor, naturally have an unshirkable responsibility, and I am willing to lead the army to meet the enemy and retreat Liu Bei to protect the Wei family.

Cao Pi let out a "phew" and threw the piece aside, becoming more and more depressed.

Just as you can! What does that mean? Want to say that I can't fight? My Cao Pi's swordsmanship is not bad! You relied on some force on your own, and even asked Jia Kui to ask your father's Wei Wang Xishou at your father's funeral, obviously you just want to usurp power and seize the throne, and I dare to hand over the army to you again? You still honestly stay in Zhongmu's own house, and you are bored, so you can raise stones and fight boxing in the courtyard alone.

His younger brother Cao Zhi also sent someone from afar to send a piece of music, saying that the brothers are connected by flesh and blood, and now that the enemy is present, they should unite as one, although they didn't get along well with you before, but that is all in the past. In order to defeat the enemy, I wanted to come to Jingshi, discuss countermeasures with the officials, and do my part.

Cao Pi let out a "phew" and threw the piece into the fire.

What does that mean? Are you smart? What am I inferior to you? I'm better than you in every way! Otherwise, why did you let me inherit the throne in the end? Father's eyes are bright, and he has already seen through your little cleverness! You can just compose a few lines of poetry and sing a few songs, are you still still thieves and want to show off? You just stay in Linzi honestly, write poems, drink wine, and live your little life. It's not your turn to worry about national affairs!

Some officials were also really anxious, and secretly handed over the chapter, saying that the defeat of the army now may be because Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and others lacked experience in leading troops after all, and they were too reckless in dealing with things, so they fell for the enemy's tricks, so it was better to quickly use some old generals who had followed the first emperor for a long time to come out to take charge, such as Cao Hong, who successfully repelled the attack of Liu Bei's main army last time and kept the Guanlong area......

"Phew!" Cao Pi's anger is even stronger, who is so short-sighted that he dares to mention the reactivation of Cao Hong? If it weren't for the Queen Mother's intercession, I would have condemned him to death a few days ago. At this time, let me go and ask him to come out of the mountain again? Where do you put my face? I put him to death, and now you persuade me to ask him to return to the mountains to take charge of the army, because you are worried that he will not have a chance to retaliate, and there will be no chance to kill me in turn?

Saying that Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu are not capable enough, only those veterans who followed the first emperor have the ability to resist Liu Bei's attack, isn't this clearly saying that my Cao Pi's eyesight is not good? Didn't you say that my Cao Pi was far worse than my father? Where am I worse than Daddy? Dad just became the king of Wei, but I, Cao Pi, became the emperor!

If it weren't for the fact that he was in an extraordinary situation now, he was worried that the conflict between the old and new courtiers would rise, causing greater chaos in the Beijing Division, and this fold was secretly handed over, Cao Pi really wanted to drag that guy out and behead him directly.

However, when it came to the fiasco of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, Cao Pi couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, these two brothers also lost too quickly and too miserably, obviously the terrain in the Guanlong area is easy to defend and difficult to attack, how can the enemy hit Tongguan and Hangu so quickly? Theoretically speaking, the enemy on the Jingzhou side has a waterway advantage, and our side does not have much terrain to use except for the fortified city, so why is it that the defeat is not so bad?

Although Guan Long's troops are smaller than those on Nanyang's side, there are also far fewer enemies there.

This reason must be discussed carefully to learn from the past.

Thinking about it, it is true that they are too light on the enemy, and they have been exploited by the enemy many times, tempted by the enemy, led by the nose and walked around, and as a result, they were beaten everywhere. If you stick to all the dangers at the beginning, the walls are clear, even if one or two places are broken through by the enemy, but the enemy's food transportation is not enough, and the follow-up is weak, you will take the initiative to seek a battle and attack the fortified city, which will be much easier to fight, and after a long time, the enemy division and veteran soldiers are tired, so they will naturally retreat, and then they will go out to pursue with all their strength, and you can defeat the enemy army.

Alas, since the battle can't be beaten, let's hold on, this Luoyang terrain is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and it is also a good place for defense, as long as the army is gathered to stick to everywhere, wait for Liu Bei and them to attack on the back, and when the loss is large, then counterattack.

By the way, the enemy still has such a siege weapon as a catapult, fortunately, Sima Yi has already analyzed it, this kind of thing is also good for defending the city, and it must be manufactured in large quantities in a hurry.