Outside the Saiwai, Dongxian Beibu, Pinggang, Cao Cao's camp. ☆ → top ☆ → point ☆ → small ☆ → said,

Cao Cao looked at Xu Huang, Zhang He, Xu Huang, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun, Cao Chun and the pale Guo Jia and others, and said slowly: "Zhugong, we have fallen into a dead end, now we have only a desperate battle, this battle is won, we can take advantage of the victory to occupy Liucheng, break Wuhuan, if this battle is defeated, we will be difficult to set foot in the territory of Wuhuan for the rest of our lives, now Liu Qi is leading the army to attack Liu Bei in a hurry, if we can't quickly break the enemy army, I'm afraid that after we go back, the entire Guanzhong land is owned by Liu Qi." At that time, Liu Qi will be able to attack from three sides and attack my land in Henan, if it really comes to that day, I am afraid that my land in Henan will not be guaranteed. ”

When all the soldiers heard Cao Cao's words, their spirits were lifted, because they finally had a chance to be ashamed, and this time they would definitely seize the opportunity to completely defeat the enemy forces entrenched here.

It turned out that Cao Cao led a large army to conquer Wuhuan this time, and the first battle ended in defeat.

Because according to Cao Cao's previous inference, he originally thought that they would be able to occupy Liucheng, Wuhuan's old nest, in a month's time, but he didn't expect that the autumn rain would continue and the road would not be passable, so Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's construction, and took Tian Chou, a native of Beiping, as a guide, and the army went out of Lulongsai, hundreds of miles of mountains and valleys, passing through Baitan and Lipinggang, and was originally going to pass through the hinterland of Xianbei and point to Liucheng in the east.

But neither Cao Cao nor Guo Jia expected that Yuan Xi would lay an ambush here, and after the First World War, they actually lost thousands of people.

Because this place has been deserted for hundreds of years, and the road is difficult to travel, no one would ever think that the army would appear from here, and it stands to reason that whether it is the Yuan Xi brothers or the Wuhuan leader's eyes, it is impossible to think that his army will pass here, so he will never lay an ambush.

But in this impossible situation. But they really laid an ambush, who has such wisdom and foresight, this is the question they are most worried about.

Guo Jia and Cao Cao naturally didn't know, in fact, it was their great enemy Liu Qi who reminded Yuan Xi to pay attention to the line of defending Pinggang.

In fact, when Liu Qi formed an alliance with Yuan Xi at the beginning and made a gesture of attacking Qingzhou. In itself, it was to stimulate Cao Cao to attack Wuhuan, thinking that he was seeking an opportunity to create a zào in Guanzhong. Since he was familiar with history, he naturally knew that in history, Cao Cao's expedition to Wuhuan only took a month, and within this month's time, it was impossible for him to take Guanzhong, so he sent an envoy to Liucheng and told Yuan Xi of Cao Cao's plan to attack Liucheng through the hinterland of Xianbei, but he didn't believe it very much. Only then did Yuan Xi take only 10,000 people to set up an ambush here. Even so, they have achieved the record of destroying thousands of enemies, and if all the Wuhuan army comes, maybe Cao Cao will be wiped out this time.

It wasn't until he received the news of Yuan Xi's complete victory that he was completely impressed by Liu Qi's judgment, and continued to increase his troops to Pinggang, and according to the previous proposal of Liu Qi's envoy, he insisted on the Pinggang camp and did not come out. Avoid fighting the enemy, and as a result, the two armies faced off here for a month. He was more prepared to resist Cao Cao.

However, Guo Jia and Cao Cao are naturally not mediocre people, they have tested and attacked the enemy army after that, and found that there are no smart people among the enemy army, so they are a little relieved.

Although they suffered a great defeat and spent an extra month here with the enemy as a result, they found that the enemy army had gradually lost patience. It was decided to take the opportunity to launch a decisive battle, adopt the strategy of luring the enemy into depth, defeat the Yuan Xi army on the opposite side, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Liucheng in one go.

And just after the crowd dispersed. A trace of sadness immediately appeared on Cao Cao's seemingly peaceful face.

Naturally, he wasn't worried about the battle in three days, since he had found out that there were no masters in the Wuhuan army, he was naturally full of confidence in the battle in three days, but this didn't mean that he wasn't worried about other things.

The first thing that worried him was the situation in Guanzhong, because he got the news not long ago that Liu Bei had successively lost strategic places such as Wuguan, Wangxian, and Chencang, and that Liu Qi's army had come to Shangxian, Wuzhangyuan and other places.

Although Liu Bei's life or death has nothing to do with him, now, he also knows that Liu Bei's failure is a matter of time. But he also hoped that Liu Bei could slow down Liu Qi's pace, so that he could calmly break the Wuhuan and integrate the elite Wuhuan cavalry, so that he could have more sufficient defensive strength.

Another thing that worries him is Guo Jia's condition, due to the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, Guo Jia began to get sick not long after he arrived here, vomiting and diarrhea, his face was pale, he was described as thin, and he looked very bad.

But Guo Jia was gritting his teeth and insisting, he was using his persistence to prove to Cao Cao that he had not wavered in the slightest loyalty to Cao Cao because of Xun Yu's incident, and he would do his best to help Cao Cao take down Wuhuan, even if he would die because of it.

Now Cao Cao has long regretted that he would have doubted Guo Jia in the first place, otherwise, Guo Jia would not have been so eager to figure out Guò conquer Wuhuan and show loyalty to himself, but now although he has understood Guo Jia's loyalty, he bitterly found that he could no longer withdraw his troops.

This battle between him and Wuhuan must be fought, and he must win a big victory and completely occupy Liucheng, Wuhuan's old nest, only in this way can he live up to Guo Jia's sincerity to himself.

And at this moment, Cao Cao suddenly received a fast horse flying report: Liu Bei in just a few days, actually lost the Beidi, Xinping two counties and the right Fufeng Shang County, and Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry broke the cavalry of the Beidi Xian Lingqiang, killed the Qiang King Lei Ye, and then attacked Qi County for 300 miles, and unexpectedly broke Qi County, together with Huang Zhong's army, formed an encirclement of Zhang Bao's defenders of Quail, and Zhang Bao was ambushed by Ma Chao's army in the process of leading the army to retreat to Chiyang. Thousands of people died, and even the main general Zhang Bao was missing in the war.

Cao Cao was shocked when he heard the news, and at the same time secretly scolded Liu Bei for being incompetent, and he lost his army and land in such a short period of time, he knew that Liu Bei had no hope of saving, so he immediately wrote to Cao Ren, asking him to send troops to delay Liu Qi's offensive as much as possible, but at the same time warned Cao Ren that he must take preserving his own strength as the primary purpose, and at the same time instructed Cao Ren that once Liu Bei's defeat was inevitable, he must wait for the opportunity to seize the important land in Guanzhong, and at the same time strengthen the defense of Hongnong, Hedong and other places, and absolutely not give Liu Qi a chance.

In fact, Cao Cao didn't know that although Liu Bei's defeat was inevitable, it was by no means because he was incompetent, but because he was powerless.

Whether it is the size of the population, the collection of taxes, the training of soldiers, the production of weapons, the recommendation and training of talents, etc., he is far from being able to compare with Liu Qi, coupled with the fact that Liu Feng was killed by Liu Qi sent to Guanzhong to hype up the hype, leading to the turmoil of the people, and the continuous loss of troops and land has made the army's morale unstable, which has accelerated the fall of Liu Bei's forces.

Today's Liu Bei rule can be said to be a house leak and even rain, first of all, the people everywhere continue to rebel, opposing the practice of Qin Gong constantly increasing government taxes, levying levy and levying conscription to build fortifications, and the Southern Xiongnu also declared neutrality and no longer interfered in the contention between the Duke of Chu and the Duke of Qin, and although Cao Cao sent troops to help him defend the pass, the grain and grass were provided by Daqin, even so, they did not try their best to help themselves, such as when Zhou Yu led the army to break through Shang County, if the Wei army was willing to fight to the death, maybe they could counterattack and win, But when the Wei army saw that Zhou Yu's army had climbed to the top of the city, they turned around and ran, which affected Guan Xing's military morale.

And what makes Liu Bei feel desperate the most is that the soldiers under his command have lost confidence in guarding Guanzhong, even the white-eared soldiers who were known as the elite of the world before, now have a kind of sadness in their hearts, a kind of dying twilight, although they did not betray, they are still their most loyal and brave personal soldiers, and they do not spare their lives at all, bravely fight with the enemy, but that sense of sadness makes it difficult for them to exert their mobility and flexibility, so as to become more mechanical and wooden.

"Could it be that the foundation that I have worked so hard to build for more than 20 years has collapsed like this? I'm really unwilling, the heroes are competing for the deer, the wind and clouds will meet, there should be a place for me, but why did I suffer this fiasco? Is my general not strong enough? However, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others, which one is not the top general in the world? Is my advisor not shrewd enough? However, Zhuge Kongming had a far-sighted vision, and he planned the world in the thatched house, and proposed the strategy of our army to occupy Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Xichuan, and divide the world into three parts. But even so, I still have to face this final ending, I didn't expect that I thought I could make a huge wave on this stage, but I found that I could only bring a small wave......."

"Lord, the army is ready, should we immediately send reinforcements to guard Chiyang?" Zhuge Liang asked softly with a bitter face.

Liu Bei sighed slowly and said to Zhuge Liang: "Since the military advisor has been arranged, let Brother Ling set off for Chiyang." ”

"No." Zhuge Liang bowed to Liu Bei and was about to give an order to let Zhuge Jun lead the army to aid Chiyang.

But at this moment, I suddenly saw Zhong Jian holding this secret seal, retreated from the attendants, and said sadly: "Lord, the big thing is not good, Liu Qi led the army to pass through the Meridian Valley and occupied Duling County, not only Chang'an is in crisis, Lantian Pass has become a dangerous place, and even we are facing the danger of being attacked here. ”

"What?" When Liu Bei heard this, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he fell to the ground. (To be continued......)