Wancheng.

Diao Xiong held a grand concubine ceremony in Xinye, and a few days later with Cai Yu**, he led the army north to return to Wancheng, leaving only Ji Ling to lead 5,000 infantry troops to garrison Xinye.

After all, Wancheng is the heart of Nanyang.

After returning to Wancheng, the first thing Mink Xiong did was to reorganize and surrender his troops and expand his army and train his troops.

Although he won Liu Biao in a row this time, the place where Diao Xiong was based was still only a county in Nanyang, and this county was a place of four battles, surrounded by strong enemies, and he could not relax for a day.

Ten days later, the main hall of the military palace.

Mink Xiongfang returned from inspecting the barracks, and only entered the lobby with his front foot, and Li Yanhou hurriedly followed.

"General, there is an urgent military situation sent by the detailed work." Li Yan's expression was quite solemn.

Diao Xiong's sword eyebrows condensed slightly, and he already had a bad premonition in his heart, but he sat down indifferently and ordered Li Yan to read the information with a flick of his hand.

"There is an urgent report from the north, Yanzhou Cao Cao led 30,000 soldiers and horses into Yingchuan, and the army went all the way south, approaching the north of my Nanyang."

"Also, there is also an urgent report from the order of Biyang County in the east, Sun Jian commanded 30,000 troops, and has once again entered Runan County, the counties are looking at the wind and falling, Sun Jian's troops are marching all the way west, under the banner of avenging Yuan Shu, and they are coming straight to my Nanyang."

These two military intelligence came out, and in the lobby, all the generals were in an uproar.

Cao Cao's new occupation of Yanzhou, forced the surrender of a million Qingzhou troops, the Central Plains, the momentum is flourishing, and now it is difficult to deal with the soldiers of a state.

And Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiangdong, in the name of avenging Yuan Shu, collected his defeated troops for his own use, and almost effortlessly took Jiujiang, a densely populated and economically rich county, and now in the name of revenge, he is moving westward, and the power of his troops should not be underestimated.

These two roads of soldiers and horses are extremely difficult to deal with when they pull out one way, not to mention attacking at the same time.

Moreover, there is Liu Biao in the south, ready to go north for revenge at any time, and now Diao Xiong is actually in the predicament of being attacked on three sides.

The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became solemn, and all the generals felt the seriousness of the situation.

"I really look up to my mink male, and they all come for me." Diao Xiong sneered, without fear, and turned his gaze to Pang Tong, "Strategist, what do you think." ”

Pang Tong is still a "paralyzed" face, and his joy and anger are invisible.

After pondering for a moment, Pang Tong shook his feather fan and said: "This must be Liu Biao's trick of Kuai Yue, and sent people to persuade Cao Cao and Sun Jian, the two princes, to send troops to besiege my Nanyang, so as to use the hands of these two to get rid of us." ”

Diao Xiong nodded slightly, Pang Tong's analysis was secretly in line with his speculation.

Nanyang and Yanyu are connected, can threaten Cao Cao from the flank, historically, Cao Cao in order to seize control of Nanyang, has several times with Liu Biao Zhang embroidery battle, he will never sit back and watch the ermine male to strengthen the wings, even if Liu Biao does not send people to persuade, Cao Cao will most likely send troops to attack.

As for Sun Jian, Diao Xiong has a revenge for taking his daughter, and with Sun Jian's character of revenge, it is impossible for him not to take revenge.

What's more, Sun Jian was under the banner of avenging Yuan Shu, so that he could take over Yuan Shu's old department, and now he has regrouped according to Shouchun, if he doesn't avenge Yuan Shu, it will be difficult to disappoint the hearts of the people.

These two roads of soldiers and horses add up to 60,000, plus Liu Biao's army, the total number should be more than 100,000!

100,000 enemy troops, this number is enough to deter the generals......

Mink Xiong now has only 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and nearly half of them are newly formed troops, which is still lacking compared with the elite soldiers of Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

Today, the enemy on the three roads, besieged by an army of 100,000, the situation can be said to be very unfavorable to Diao Xiong.

Mink Xiong's expression was as usual, and he walked to the map hanging on the screen, staring at the situation of friend and foe on the map, and muttered silently.

"Strategist, the enemy is menacing on three fronts, how do you think we should deal with it this time?" Mink Xiong's trusting gaze fell on Pang Tong again.

Pang Tong pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Liu Biao is suspicious, he will be afraid of Lu Bu, and he will not dare to entrust heavy troops. As for Cao Cao and Sun Jian's two enemy armies, these two enemies have far stronger family backgrounds than us, and if we want to defeat them, we must win quickly, and we can't afford to delay. As for how to win quickly......"

Pang was also at a loss when he was unified, after all, the situation was too unfavorable, and with the wisdom of Pang Unification, how could he think of a solution in a moment.

Mink Xiong stared at the map for a long time, and suddenly, a cold light flashed in the eagle's eyes, pointed to a point on the map, and asked, "Zhengfang, how is the state of the city defense of Biyang City?" ”

Everyone's eyes followed Mink Xiong's point, and fell on the easternmost part of Nanyang, a small city that had killed Yuan Shu.

"At the beginning, the general ordered me to guard Biyang, and I repaired the city wall several times, although the strength of this city is not as strong as Wancheng, it is barely possible."

Li Yan is a native of Biyang, and he naturally knows the situation in the county well.

Diao Xiong was silent, thoughtful, pacing in the tent, his sword eyebrows condensed.

After pondering for a moment, Mink Xiong's sword eyebrows stretched and shouted, "Where is Li Yan?" ”

"The last general!" Li Yan responded to the call.

Mink Xiong pointed to the map and said sharply: "I will rush to Biyang with 3,000 soldiers and horses with you in the starry night to garrison and hold the city until I lead a large army to help." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the generals were shocked, and even Li Yan was shocked, and he forgot to receive his order for a while.

"General, Sun Jian's 30,000-strong army is coming violently, and our army is only 3,000, facing a tenfold enemy, it is extremely difficult to defend." Li Yan said worriedly.

The eagle eyes of the mink eagle were as resolute as iron, and he gritted his teeth and said: "What I want is for you to nail Sun Jian under Biyang City, wait for me to concentrate my forces to defeat Cao Cao first, and then wave my army to the south, attack both inside and outside, and defeat Sun Jian in one fell swoop." ”

Li Yan suddenly realized, and only then did he understand Diao Xiong's intentions.

Wen Ping reminded: "The enemy is outnumbered, and it is true that we should break them one by one, but only 3,000 soldiers and horses are used to defend Biyang, which seems to be a little less." ”

"If there are too many soldiers and horses, Sun Jian will have some concerns, how can he wantonly besiege the city, how can he nail him to the city." Mink Xiong made his intentions clear.

Everyone completely understood Diao Xiong's intentions, and they all looked at Li Yan.

Mink Xiong looked at Li Yan and asked in a deep voice: "Zheng, it is really difficult for you to defend Biyang with 3,000 soldiers and horses, but the general really can't draw more troops to you, do you have the guts?" ”

Li Yan's expression immediately became excited, and he arched his hand, and said angrily: "I will trust it like this, don't say that it is 30,000 enemies, even if it is a million enemies, I, Li Yan, will be in the city, and people will die in the city!" ”

"Good!" Diao Xiong was greatly pleased, and said proudly: "Zhengfang, the success or failure of this battle is all on you, I, Mink Xiong, please, take the arrow!" ”

Li Yan was generous, took the order arrow with both hands, and said with a straight face: "Yan is willing to make a military order, if Biyang falls, Yan will live and die with the city!" ”

With the arrow in hand, Li Yan turned around and strode away.

Li Yan chose 3,000 elite infantry, galloped in the starry night, and went straight to Biyang.

As soon as Li Yan left, Pang Tong said: "I see that Cao Cao's use of troops is real and unpredictable, and he is really an opponent who is even more powerful than Sun Jian, even if the general personally raises a large army to meet the battle, is there enough certainty that before Biyang is lost, defeat Cao Cao and lead the army back to help?" ”

"If you can't fight or not, you have to fight this battle to know, besides, ......" Diao Xiong paused, and the corners of his mouth raised a playful expression, "Whether Cao Cao will really fight with me is still unknown." ”

All the generals were stunned, and they all wanted Cao Cao to come violently, and if they didn't fight with you, would they still come to drink tea with you.

Pang Tong was also stunned at first, and then his eyes moved, as if he understood the meaning of Mink Xiong's words.

"The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, this battle will be fought if it is not fought, you will cheer up, and kill again with the general."

Diao Xiong did not hesitate, and immediately left Pang to lead 2,000 soldiers and horses to defend the city, and he led Xu Rong and Wen to lead more than 8,000 cavalry to Wancheng in the north to meet Cao Cao.

In this battle, he has come out of the nest.