Yanzhou, a large state that has been governed by Cao Cao throughout his life, now has two-thirds of its land occupied by Tao Ying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Deng Ai broke through Chen Liu, and the land left in Cao Zhang's hands was only as big as Yingchuan, Chen Guo, Jiyin County and half of Runan.

Although Yanzhou has a small territory left to Cao Zhang, in order to survive, Cao Zhang has been recruiting troops in recent years, and now there are nearly 60,000 soldiers in these counties. Yanzhou, which is under the reckless army, accounts for half of the annual military expenditure, and the people naturally live a lonely life.

In the spring of 225, when the New Year came, Tao Ying raised 70,000 troops and sent to Yanzhou. When attacking Yanzhou, Zhuge Liang offered a plan to divide his troops and take it. Now Guo Huai led nearly 30,000 troops to guard Jiyin County, Guo Huai is brave and strategic, and these 30,000 soldiers and horses are also elite divisions, so it is better to bypass Guo Huai to attack Chen Guo and attack Yingchuan from Chen State. Tao Ying, in accordance with the route formulated by Zhuge Liang, first let Deng Ai and Zhong Miao divide their troops and lead the army horses of Bianjing and Si Li to enter Chenliu County to block Guo Huai's retreat to Yingchuan. At the same time, it also blocked the Yingchuan military horses from retreating to Jiyin County.

After Deng Ai and Zhong Miao sent troops, Tao Ying ordered Zhuge Liang to lead Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Tao Zhong to lead the men and horses of Bingzhou to attack Yingchuan, and ordered Zang Ba of Qingzhou to lead troops to attack the north of Jiyin County, Yuan Tan sent troops to attack the east of Jiyin County, Lu Qian led troops to guard Shanyang County, and Quan Rou Quanji father and son led troops to help defend Shanyang County to prevent Guo Huai from taking the opportunity to attack Xuzhou.

Jiyin County can go to Yingchuan from Liang State, so Tao Ying ordered Zhou Tai to lead his troops to guard the back road of Liang State to cut off Guo Huai. After completing the deployment of Jiyin County, Tao Ying ordered Cao Ren to lead the original Yanzhou soldiers and horses out of Huainan, and assisted the Runan rebel army from Huainan to attack Runan and deal with the Yanzhou general Xu Chu. After Cao Ren led the troops to set off, Tao Ying took Lu Xun as his military advisor, Cao Chun as the left vanguard, and Zhao Yun as the right vanguard from Liang to Ben Chen.

A blitzkrieg suddenly broke out in the spring of 225, in April, Cao Chun arrived in Chen, Chen Guoguo heard that the Xuzhou ace Hell Demon Army had arrived and surrendered without a fight, and Cao Chun made the first contribution to attack Cao Zhang. In May, Zang Ba led the army to defeat Guo Huai, Guo Huai led the army to flee to the Liang State, and the middle road was intercepted by Quan Rou's father and son, and the whole trace was Guo Huai, who set up an ambush on the border of the Liang State, and only a dozen Guo Huai fled to the Liang State.

Guo Huai had just arrived in the Liang Kingdom, and there was already a person waiting for a long time at the border of the Liang Kingdom. That person was none other than Tao Ying's personal general Zhou Tai! Zhou Tai led nearly 1,000 soldiers and horses to surround Guo Huai, and seeing that there was no way out, Guo Huai had to dismount and be arrested.

After pacifying Jiyin County, Zang Ba and Quan Rou father and son merged to kill Yingchuan County, and at this time, Cao Chun used a military horse pretending to be Chen Guoguo's prime minister to connect all the way to the three cities of Yingchuan, and killed until Fule, which was resisted by Cao Zhen, the general under Cao Pi. Cao Zhen blocked Cao Chun's approach, but Zhuge Liang led his troops to kill Zhang Liao as the vanguard until Yangzhai City, and the resistance he encountered along the way was not Zhang Liao's opponent.

At this time, Cao Zhang was still leading the troops to fight with Zhang Xiu in Wuyang, and when the rear came to the report that Zhuge Liang was about to arrive in Xudu, Cao Zhang hurriedly led the troops to defend Xudu. After Cao Zhang left, Zhang Xiu quickly captured Wuyang and began to march towards Xudu. There were enemies on all sides, and when Cao Zhang arrived at Xudu, Cao Zhang had already been defeated by the combined forces of Zhao Yun and Cao Chun. Cao Zhen led the troops to return to Xudu, and met Deng Ai on the way, Deng Ai had been in ambush for nearly five or six days, when Cao Zhen led the remnants of the army through a forest, Deng Ai suddenly killed, and the army trapped Cao Zhen to death.

Cao Zhen wanted to rush out of the conflict, and was shot dead by a bow and crossbow in the chaos, Cao Zhen died, and his subordinates surrendered to Deng Ai, and Deng Ai took advantage of the fisherman. Cao Zhen was defeated, and Zhuge Liang took the lead all the way to the outside of Xudu. At this time, the generals around Cao Zhang's side were either killed or injured in several battles, and there were not many people left who could really defend the city. I heard that the army of King Pengcheng had been killed under the city, and the people in the city were already fluctuating, and everyone wanted to open the door to let King Pengcheng's army and horses in.

At the critical moment, someone asked Cao Zhang to reuse Sima Yi, and when Cao Zhang went to invite Sima Yi, he found that Sima Yi's mansion was empty, and Sima Yi's family had long since disappeared.

In June, Xu Chu and Cao Ren fought in Runan, Xu Chu had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and Cao Ren led an army of more than 7,000 people, but there were still nearly 6,000 peasant rebels in Runan. After nearly two months of fierce fighting, Xu Chu's soldiers and horses have been left less than 4,000 people, Cao Ren used soldiers like a god, and also had Xuzhou's steam ships and trains to transport supplies, and the armament supply was superior to Xu Chu in all aspects, so Cao Ren defeated Xu Chu several times along the way.

In July, Tao Ying led the army to attack the city of Xudu, and Cao Zhang saw that the general trend had gone, so he could only go out and surrender. After Cao Zhang surrendered, Tao Ying asked people to go to Runan to recruit the tiger general Xu Chu, Xu Chu saw that the lord had surrendered, so he had no choice but to put down his weapons and surrender to Xuzhou.

It only took half a year, but Tao Ying has been preparing for decades!

Yanzhou has been decided, the people's hearts are rising, and the supply of grain and grass is very sufficient, at this time Zhuge Liang suggested that it is better to take advantage of it not to be quickly attacked Jingzhou, and then take the land occupied by Sun Quan! Under the plea of the generals, Tao Ying ordered the troops to seize the land of Yangzhou in four ways! However, before attacking Yangzhou, the soldiers should first rest in Yanzhou for two months, and then attack Yangzhou after the grain and grass are in place, and in these two months, Tao Ying's strategy group began to urgently formulate an attack strategy.

Now Sun Quan's land has a total of three counties, his nest is in Jiujiang County, and his subordinates are all governors of Lü Meng, and Lü Meng guards in Jingbei County to defend Tao Ying's fierce generals Guan Yu and Wei Yan. The other two counties, Lujiang County was guarded by Zhu Huan, and Jiujiang County was guarded by Sun Quan himself. The spy agency set up by Tao Ying has already known the situation of the entire Sun Quan's city and garrison, so Tao Ying is very confident in this battle.

In August, autumn was coming, and the riverside team arranged by Tao Ying also slowly arrived in Danyang Mansion. After discussion, Tao Ying arranged a total of three naval armies on the river, the first was the Guangling Naval Division led by Gan Ning, and the second was the Jiangnan Naval Division led by Jiang Qin. Guangling Sailor and Jiangnan Sailor are known as Xuzhou Erxiong, and these two Sailors are the highest configuration sailors in the world today.

The Guangling Navy Division has three giant warships, twelve medium-sized warships, and more than 60 small warships. The Jiangnan Navy Division is not inferior, the Jiangnan Navy Division has one giant warship, eight medium-sized warships, and more than 30 small warships. Although it is less than the Guangling Naval Division in terms of quantity, the Jiangnan Naval Division is far superior to the Guangling Naval Division several times in terms of equipment, and the most powerful of the Jiangnan Naval Division is the rapid-fire cannon, the rapid-fire cannon of the Jiangnan Naval Division has a long range, great power, and fast speed, which is far from being comparable to the Guangling Naval Division.

The task given to them by Tao Ying was for Gan Ning to defeat the Jiujiang Naval Division led by Sun Quan's general Cheng Pu, and then let Gan Ning lead the Naval Division north to attack the land of Jiujiang County from the south. After defeating Cheng Pu, the Jiangnan naval army led by Jiang Qin marched up the river and attacked the Lü Fan naval division stationed in Luyang County together with Xu Sheng of Jiujiang Prefecture.

After defeating Lu Fan's naval division, the two military horses landed to attack Ling Cao's military horses stationed in Luyang.

After the three-way water army was dispatched like this, Tao Ying ordered Guan Yu stationed in Jingbei to stay still, because Guan Yu, who was jealous of Lu Meng! Guan Yu didn't move, and Lu Meng didn't dare to return to the army to save Luyang. When Lu Meng does not move, the combat effectiveness of the entire Sun Quan team will drop by one level!

On the land, Wei Yan led his troops and horsemen to attack Luyang in two ways, Wei Yan led 10,000 troops to attack Jiangxia County, which was guarded by Lü Meng, and Huang Zhong led his army to attack Xiangyang. After Wei Yan got Jiangxia, he could guard Jiangxia and block Lü Meng's westward retreat, and when Guan Yu went east, Zhang Xiu went south, and Huang Zhong would definitely be able to defeat Lü Meng.

After arranging the battlefield in Jingbei, Tao Ying ordered the general Zhong Xuan to lead his troops to cooperate with Xu Huang and Xu Chu to attack Luyang County. Deng Ai led the troops and Ma Jian to be responsible for guarding the place where Jiujiang County and Luyang County were handed over, preventing the soldiers and horses of the two counties from converging.

The task of attacking Jiujiang County fell on Tao Ying, who personally led the troops, with Lu Xun, who had fought in the Battle of Yizhou, as the left governor, and his third brother Zhao Yun as the vanguard to attack Jiujiang County from Huainan County. On the other hand, Tao Ying took Zhuge Liang as the governor and Zhang Liao as the vanguard to attack Jiujiang County from Runan, and he led all the way with Cao Ren as the governor and Cao Chun as the vanguard to attack Jiujiang County from Chen State. At this point, Tao Ying divided into twelve routes, and the army was known as a million people, and he killed Sun Quan with the momentum of the wind and clouds.