At this time, at the end of spring, the local grain and grass in Hanzhong were far from the harvest season, and the grain and grass that supplied the Zhao army with 40,000 or 50,000 mouths had to be transported from Guanzhong through the Xiegu Valley to the front line in Hanzhong.

With the passage of time, on the Zhao army's side, the supply of grain and grass has shown signs of inadequacy.

Ji Zheng is very relaxed, the difficulty of transporting grain and grass from Liangzhong to the north is far inferior to transporting it from Guanzhong to the south, and his tens of thousands of grains and grass can be transported to Yangcheng Pass through Daoge Pass, and there is no need to worry about the problem of grain and grass at all.

What Ji Zhen has to do every day is to drink a little wine in the Guancheng, listen to Fa Zheng's discussion of the trend of the world, and when he has time, he goes to the Guancheng to enjoy the sunset, and the life is comfortable.

In the evening of this day, Ji Zheng was discussing the art of war with Fa Zheng in the tent, and personally reported that he would present a handwritten letter from Cao Cao.

Ji Zhen unfolded the letter, glanced at it, and couldn't help but have a trace of wonder on his face, "I didn't expect that this Zhou King Zhang Yuan was so good, Cao Cao only retreated to Hanzhong on the front foot, and he broke through Yueyang on the back foot and killed Yuan Shang." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the Liang Chinese martial artists were shocked.

Ji Zhen showed Cao Cao's letter to everyone.

It turned out that Cao Cao's letter was to inform him of the news of the fall of Yueyang, and also said that Zhang Yuan invited him to send troops, but he wanted to use him to contain himself, and in the end, Zhang Yuan benefited from the fisherman.

Cao Cao finally said in the letter that Zhang Yuan was the public enemy of the world, persuaded Ji Ji to stop helping Zhang Yuan, persuaded Ji Zhen to understand the general situation, and led the army to withdraw from Yangcheng Pass, and Zhao Liang and Liang stopped making peace and jointly dealt with Zhang Yuan, the great enemy.

"I reminded Liang Gong before, even if we want to seize Hanzhong, we should send troops when Cao Cao and Zhang Yuan are both defeated and unable to save them, but Liang Gong was bewitched by Feng Chen's clever words, and he had to send troops in advance, but he just did Zhang Yuan a big favor."

As he spoke, it was Ji Zheng's newly promoted and reused young strategist Fa Zheng, who defeated Cao Cao's attack a year ago by virtue of Fa Zheng's strategy, and used Fa Zheng's strategy to take the Yang Cheng Pass first.

It can be said that Fa Zheng has now stepped forward and has become Ji Zhen, that is, Liu Zhang in the eyes of everyone, the most trusted strategist.

Ji Zhen's favor and trust also made Fa Zheng a little less scrupled, and he bluntly blamed Ji Zheng's decision-making in his words.

Ji Zhen's face sank slightly, and a little displeasure flashed in his eyes, so he threw the letter on the desk, and said proudly: "This duke sent troops in advance, naturally there is the intention of this duke, and now that the Yangcheng Pass is in my middle, even if Cao Cao leads the army to help, there is a fear, reply to Cao Cao to the duke, let him either roll up the cover and roll out of Hanzhong, or continue to consume, want me to let the Yangcheng Pass go out, dream!" ”

Outside the Yangcheng Pass, the Zhao army camped.

Syllable!

"What a rampant Liu Zhang, he dares not to take this king in his eyes!" Cao Cao slammed the reply to the letter of Ji on the desk angrily, and Jiao Cheng's face burned with anger.

Guo Jia picked up the letter, looked at it a few times, and couldn't help frowning.

Ji Zheng's letter was so crazy that he actually used "roll up and cover the eggs" to Cao Cao, which was full of contempt.

"Although Liu Zhang is a crazy thief, he occupies Yangcheng Pass, and he has the terrain and no worries about grain and grass, but he does have crazy capital." Guo Jia sighed.

Hua Xiong's face was ashamed, and he blamed himself: "King, it was Yuanzhi's dereliction of duty that led to the loss of Yangcheng Pass. ”

"It's none of your business." Cao Cao flicked it and sighed: "It was Zhang Yuan's strategist who was so powerful that he persuaded Liu Zhang to send troops in advance, to the surprise of this king, you can keep Nanzheng from losing, it is already a great achievement." ”

Hua Xiong's expression eased slightly, and he said: "Since Liu Zhang, this thief is so crazy, then we will attack with the whole army, and I don't believe that we can't take back Yangcheng Pass." ”

The generals on the left and right, such as Zhang Ji and Ma Chao, shouted indignantly.

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, but smiled bitterly, and said: "Pass the order, and move all the 200,000 men and women in Hanzhong to Guanzhong first, and as soon as Dingkou is withdrawn, the army will retreat to the north." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Hua Xiong hurriedly said: "King, Hanzhong is the result of our bloody battle, it is not only the barrier to the south of my Great Zhao, but also the springboard for us to capture the Liang State, how can it be so easily given to Liu Zhang's dog thief." ”

Cao Cao sighed, unable to explain, and glanced at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia coughed a few times, got up and explained: "The strength of Yangcheng Pass is not inferior to Tongguan, and the number of our army is comparable to that of the Liang army, so it can be said that it does not have any advantage, and it is impossible to capture Yangcheng Pass in the short term." However, the Liang Road is difficult and dangerous, it is not easy to transport grain and grass, and our grain and grass supply has begun to be poor, and if it drags on any longer, it will not only be impossible to capture Yangcheng Pass, but I am afraid that our army will be defeated without a fight due to the shortage of grain and grass. ”

After saying this, Hua Xiong and other generals all fell silent, and they no longer called for war generously, obviously understanding Cao Cao's difficulties.

"Since it is impossible to capture Yangcheng Pass, the wisest choice is naturally to take the initiative to retreat and move all the population of Hanzhong away, even if Liu Zhang gets Hanzhong at that time, he only gets an empty shell, there is not enough Dingkou, he wants to use Hanzhong to threaten the hinterland of my Guanzhong, and it cannot be realized for a while."

Guo Jia's words pointed out the stakes, and the people who said it would be convinced, and there would be no objections.

Cao Cao sighed, stood up with a look on his face, and said: "Now that the matter is now, there is no choice, pass on the king's order, and prepare to withdraw the troops." ”

……

To the south of the city, the Zhou army camped.

This confrontation has lasted for about a month, and although the Zhou army is prosperous, it is helpless in the face of the city of Chengcheng, which is a border city.

Zhang Yuanneng felt that the mental and physical strength of the soldiers had reached the limit, and with a few big victories, the fighting spirit that he had forcibly mustered had also reached the end of the strong crossbow and entered the descending channel.

At this moment, the latest information came from the southwest:

Cao Cao abandoned Hanzhong, led more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians, crossed the Zhaoling Valley Road, and withdrew to Guanzhong, Liu Zhang's army went east out of Yangcheng Pass, and occupied Nanzheng without blood.

Hanzhong Yi.

"This Ji Strike is worthy of being a generation of overlords, and sure enough, there are two brushes, and they can actually capture Yangcheng Pass, and Cao Cao, who was forced to abandon Hanzhong, is a little surprising to me......" Zhang Yuan looked at the intelligence and sighed secretly.

"King, since the war between Zhao and Liang has ended, and we are unable to take this city again, in our opinion, it should be time for us to accept it when we see it, and Zhai Shi will return to Beijing." Li Sijin said.

Zhang Yuan got up and stood in front of the map, his mind wandering, weighing the pros and cons.