Surrounded by it, Cao Ying has nothing to worry about now. The city wall of Xuchang is extremely dangerous, and if you have a little bit of scraping together, you can at least gather 70,000 horses. Even if Liu Bei wants to swallow himself in one bite, he must have a good mouth.

Xuchang City, as the former capital under Cao Ying's rule, is not a problem with the stability of people's hearts. The hoarded grain and grass was enough for an army of 70,000 for half a year. Many deep wells were dug in the city, and there was no shortage of drinking water. Cao Ying had enough confidence to use himself as a bait to attract Liu Bei's siege, and then waited for Xun You and others who stayed in Hebei to send reinforcements over, and in cooperation with Cao Ren in Liang County, he could join forces to defeat Liu Bei.

As a result, after waiting for a month, I didn't see the shadow of half of the reinforcements, and Cao Ying couldn't sit still. Dozens of small works were sent out in a row to inquire about the news, and only two came back three days later, and both brought him bad news.

What Jia Xu had been fearing finally happened, and Liu Bei sent almost all the sailors into the Yellow River waterway, in order to block Hebei's support for Yanzhou. In the past, it was only grain and grass, but now all the larger wharves in the lower reaches of the Yellow River have been guarded by Ganning, and as long as there is transportation from Hebei, they have all been cut off. Just half a month ago, Hebei sent a reinforcement of 20,000 people to force the Yellow River, but Gan Ning hit the boat with a wreck, and more than 5,000 people were buried in the Yellow River.

After several failed attempts, Xun You also had to face the reality: under the resistance of Jingxiang Water Division, forcibly crossing the river was simply self-defeating. He had no choice but to send someone to secretly cross the river first, and told Cao Ren of Liang County that it was no longer realistic to cross the river now, and that it was better to go upstream to find a more remote ferry and then make plans.

"Damn, Marine!" Cao Ying threw the military newspaper in his hand on the table and said angrily. To be precise, since Gan Ning captured Wuguan that year, Liu Bei has never fought Cao Ying head-on with the water army. After not touching the sailor for a long time, the result was Cao Ying's paralysis and carelessness, and as a result, he was calculated ruthlessly. Now Cao Ying's situation is very passive, and it seems that he can only act at the opportunity.

Cao Ying was unlucky, naturally many people were happy, and the happiest one was, of course, Liu Bei. Although he failed to swallow Cao Ren in one bite, considering that his own side had the upper hand in the three battles of Guanzhong, Xuchang and Liangjun, Liu Bei was in a cool mood now. Liu Bei himself, together with Guan Yu, led an army of 120,000 to besiege Xuchang; Let Li Tong lead an army of 20,000 to garrison Wancheng, and Li Yan to lead an army of 20,000 to garrison Fancheng to block the reinforcements from Sizhou; Zhang Fei and Gao Ran led an army of 20,000 troops to garrison Xu Tian and block the road for Cao Ren of Liang County to come to Cao Ying's rescue. There is only one purpose, that is, to trap Cao Ying alive and die in Xuchang.

"Bo Tao's letter said that Cao Ying moved more than 300,000 people in Longxi to the eastern part of the country, so as to stabilize the livelihood of the people in the counties, and he has now been blocked on the bank of the Jing River, and it is difficult to take the pass for a while!" Liu Bei also sighed after looking at a letter sent by Zhao Feng. Of course, there is more to the letter than these, Zhao Feng also told him that just now Ma Chao, with the assistance of Fazheng, has captured Jincheng, and now the entire Liangzhou has been captured by Ma Chao, how to treat Ma Chao and even the entire Ma family, and Liu Bei has to make an idea as soon as possible.

Liu Bei's move was very fast, and he immediately took the identity of the Duke of Qi Guo, without the approval of the imperial court, and directly named Ma Chao as the general of the expedition to the west, the assassin of Liangzhou, and the marquis of Chen Cang; Ma Dai is the general of the captives, Wuwei is too guarded, and he leads the Beiyuan Pavilion Marquis. As soon as the rest of the official positions were handed over to Zhao Feng to deal with. This long reward order arrived in the hands of Zhao Feng in Jicheng after a long journey eight days later.

"Congratulations!" Ma Chao, who had just come to Jicheng, immediately smiled from ear to ear after reading the reward order, although the name of General Shenweitian was majestic, it was not an official title after all. Now this Liangzhou Assassin History, General Zhengxi, Chen Canghou or something, it is much better than this false name. He was nervous, and he didn't realize that once he accepted the canonization, he would be tantamount to acquiescing to becoming Liu Bei's subordinate. At least, that's what it looks like to others.

"Congratulations, brother, now that you have the canonization of the imperial court, you can justify your name and sit in Xiliang!" Although Ma Dai is a little smart, there is no need to spoil the fun at this time, right? What's more, Ma Teng, who has just recovered from a serious illness, is also here today, and with him, there is no need to tell it yourself.

"Brother Bo Tao, now that I am the assassin of Liangzhou, I don't think it is as good as you and me uniting Sichuanzhong and Xiliang, as well as all the horses of the Baqiang Department, and immediately send troops to Guanzhong to defeat Xiahou Yuan in one fell swoop!" After Ma Chao's excitement calmed down a little, he also put forward his own suggestions.

"I also want to do this, but unfortunately now the west of the Jing River is deserted, and the previous march, the grain and grass that Xichuan has hoarded for many years has been almost consumed, how can I enter the army? Moreover, Xun Yu transferred another 40,000 reinforcements to Guanzhong before, but it was difficult for us to win in a hurry! Zhao Feng smiled bitterly. Through this battle, Zhao Feng already had a clear understanding of the weak combat power of the Sichuan army. Before reorganizing them into an army again, Zhao Feng didn't want to venture again. If Lu Xun hadn't succeeded in raiding Han Hao in the end, whether he could defend the street pavilion or not would have been able to defend it.

Looking at Ma Chao, who was a little disappointed, Zhao Feng comforted: "Now the lord's army has besieged Cao Ying in the land of Xuchang, and the land of the Central Plains can be said. Now that the people's livelihood in the desolate land is withering, we will temporarily stop the army to recuperate and wait until the next decisive battle! ”

"That's it!" Ma Chao said hatefully. Although Han Sui had fallen into his own hands, the culprit of this mutiny was Cao Ying. In addition to himself, his sister and his father, everyone else in the family called Han Sui harmed. Sooner or later, I will take revenge on myself.

Wait, Han Sui, Ma Chao thought of this, and hurriedly said to his Lao Tzu: "Father, Han Sui's guy and that Han Qi have been captured by me, what is my father going to do?" ”

"What else, kill!" Ma Teng snorted. Everyone also knows that things have come to this point, Ma Teng and Han Sui are already unstoppable, and it is too unrealistic not to kill Han Sui. At that moment, Ma Chao returned to Jincheng first, but Ma Teng stayed and began to discuss the specific matters of Liangzhou with Zhao Feng.

It's not that their idle eggs hurt, but because there are too many things in Xiliang. Especially in the area of Longxi, Wudu, Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, these four counties, either belong to Liangzhou, or belong to Yongzhou, the Han Dynasty has not been stable for four hundred years, of which Wudu County is the place where the Di people live. Now that Ma Chao is the assassin of Liangzhou, how to calculate these four counties, it is best to explain it now.

To Zhao Feng's surprise, Ma Teng took the initiative to include these four counties in Yongzhou, but recommended some candidates for officials, which was quite unexpected by Zhao Feng. But it's normal to think about it, in the corner of the west of Liang, it is really difficult to compete with Cao Ying, so the surname Suo is looking for a big tree to lean onto.

Ma Teng gave up the ownership of the four counties, but these four counties, plus the two counties of Yinping and Weiguang, after this great war, these six counties are really desolate. Zhao Feng's experience in post-war governance is also quite rich, but this time the situation is too serious, more than 300,000 people were forcibly relocated by Cheng Yu, and the entire land of Longxi is now extremely desolate.

Fortunately, there is Zhuge Liang, with him, Zhao Feng can hand over these things to him to deal with. After getting the news of Zhao Feng, Zhuge Liang immediately began to transfer more than 40,000 households from Hanzhong and Xichuan to Longxi to carry out military cantonment with the local garrison. It is estimated that in a period of one or two years, it will be able to recover fifty or sixty percent of its vitality. Of course, there is still a long way to go before we can fully recover.

Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang have entered the stage of post-war reconstruction, Liu Bei and Cao Ying in the Central Plains are still fighting, and Xun You and others who stayed in Hebei are doing their best to rescue Cao Ying. Consciously or unconsciously, they all ignore one person.

"Mr. Gongda, something is wrong!" In Yecheng on this day, the young Xiahou Ba came in a hurry, his face full of anxiety.

"General Zhongquan, what's the matter?" Xun You looked at Xiahou Ba, who had always been young and calm, so anxious, and suddenly realized that the matter was a little serious, and hurriedly asked.

"This is a military report sent by Uncle Yuanrang!" Xiahou Ba trembled and handed a military report in his hand to Xun You. Xun You took a look and was also shocked: "Yuan Tan led tens of thousands of troops to attack Youzhou, and he has already taken Youbeiping County?" ”

"Exactly!" Xiahou Ba said abruptly. Yuan Tan has been nesting there all these years since he was beaten back to Liaodong three years ago, but he didn't expect that now he has also come to take advantage of the fire to rob, which is really unguardable.

"Yuan Tan doesn't have to worry about it, but he has the frustration and Tian Feng and Guo Tu's people to assist, but he can't be taken lightly!" Xun You groaned. As soon as he finished speaking, he found that manpower was too short now, and there was no one else who could deal with Fu Zhu and Tian Feng except himself. But once he leaves Yecheng, who will take charge of the defense? Xun You began to miss his deceased uncle a little.

"Gongda, wait for me to go to Youzhou and help General Xiahou to block Yuan Tan!" With a somewhat tired voice, a rickety figure appeared in the doorway.

"Bonghyo, why are you here?" Xun You looked like Guo Jia, who was so sick that he was dying, and he almost didn't scare himself. Guo Jia's face was already abnormally flushed, but he still smiled reluctantly: "It's okay, I know my own illness." Instead of lying at home and waiting to die, I might as well help you with a little more. The tone was indescribably calm.

"No, with a body like yours, I'm afraid that you won't die before you reach Liaodong, I can't let you take this risk!" Xun Yu objected unquestionably.

"But who can help General Yuan Rang deal with Frustrated Tian Feng except me? Youzhou was originally Yuan Tan's foundation, in case he took Youzhou, I am afraid that the northern Xinjiang will not be at peace! Guo Jia said helplessly. Without waiting for Xun You to object again, Guo Jia said again: "Now that the lord is trapped in Xuchang, who can sit in Yecheng without you?" I, Guo Jia, am just a strategist, so Yuan Tan will leave it to me to deal with! ”

"Okay!" Looking at Guo Jia, Xun Yu finally sighed. The next time, Xun You asked Xiahou Ba and Cao Zhang to lead 50,000 Jizhou troops to Youzhou to help Xiahou Dun to block Yuan Tan, and Guo Jia, a strategist who had been seriously ill in bed for a long time, also went out with the army to participate in the military.

And this time, he never came back.

(To be continued)