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Didao County is a small county town in Longxi, although the land in Longxi is fertile, but in recent years there have been frequent wars, in just ten years, Longxi County has changed hands several times. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info from Ma Teng to Han Sui, and then from Han Sui to Xiahou Yuan, and from Xiahou Yuan to Liu Bei, and later occupied by Sima Yi. And when Zhao Feng pacified Guanzhong last year, Longxi was also recaptured by Ma Chao. In the past ten years, Longxi has changed hands back and forth as many as five times. Di Dao is located on the main road of transportation, and if there is a war, it will suffer twists and turns. Therefore, most of the people in the city have either moved away or died in the war over the years. More than half of the houses in the city were empty.

"I didn't expect the livelihood of Longxi to wither, but it was so much!" Walking on the somewhat empty Didao Street, Zhao Feng also sighed. This is already the third day after he came to Longxi, first wait for Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Zhang Fei to join the military horses, and then wait for the main force of Cao's army to withdraw from Hebei, and then draw salary from the bottom of the kettle. The army agreed to gather in Didao, and now Zhao Feng and others have also arrived, only Zhang Fei arrived a few days late because the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong had to hand over the defense.

"For so many years, the prince is still worried about the country and the people as always!" It was Zhao Yun who came with him who sighed, and when he heard Zhao Yun's words, Zhao Feng frowned unexpectedly, and finally said: "Zilong, you and I are old friends, why be so vulgar?" "If you want to say that this Zhao Yun is good at everything, it's just that sometimes he is too rigid, and he is so meticulous in what he calls or something.

"Hehe, general, you are still so free and easy!" Zhao Yun said with a smile, and at this moment, a horse galloped over, and immediately a female knight was none other than Zhao Yun's little wife, Ma Yunlu.

"Yo, Lord Zhao, it's been a long time!" When Ma Yunlu saw Zhao Feng, he also said with a sharp voice, which made the two big men smile bitterly. is almost thirty years old, and she is still as lively and active as a little girl, and she is almost Zhao Yun's little daughter. Of course, Zhao Feng also knew that Zhao Yun had always been extremely doting on this little wife, so now she was becoming more and more lawless.

"How about Yunlu, what about your eldest brother?" Zhao Yun didn't want Zhao Feng to be too embarrassed, so he quickly changed the topic and asked. Ma Yunlu pursed his lips when he heard this, and then said: "Yesterday, a few more leaders of some tribe came to Wudu and dragged him to drink. ”

To say that this Ma Chao's reputation is really not covered, after arriving in Di Dao, there was an endless stream of these minority tribal leaders who came to visit him. Finally, there is a Ma Dai who is not drunk, and he can still gather the army after Pang De and Ma Chao are drunk, otherwise, when the war starts, how many Xiliang iron cavalry will be able to go into battle, Zhao Feng is not sure.

After a few more days, Zhang Fei also arrived. In history, the five tiger generals of Shu Han, in addition to Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, dispatched three of them to raid Hebei this time, plus Zhao Feng and Zhang Ren, Pang De and Ma Dai, the luxury of the lineup is simply eye-catching.

According to Zhang Fei, when he came, Guan Yu and the others' troops were almost mobilized. With such frequent troop movements, it is naturally impossible to conceal Cao Jun's meticulous work. At present, Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops are gathered in the land of Qingxu, and Cao Pi of Yecheng soon got the news.

"Zhongqing, as you expected, Liu Bei secretly mobilized troops and horses in the land of Qingxu, if we rashly send troops to attack Shanyang and other places, we will inevitably be divided and surrounded by Liu Bei, and we will be defeated." After circulating the latest information in his hand to everyone, Cao Pi was also a little proud.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, we should gather troops and horses according to the previous plan, immediately cross the river to the land of Henan, and take advantage of the situation to capture Jingxiang!" After Cao Hong saw it, he immediately asked. Cao Pi nodded, and then he spoke: "According to the report of Tan Malai, the garrison of Jingxiang is very lax, the defenders of Wancheng are only a few thousand, and most of the military horses in Xuchang have also been transferred by Li Yan to Shanyang and other places. ”

"That's right!" Cao Pi nodded and said, Cao Pi already knew the significance of this battle. Thinking that his father has never been able to win Jingzhou in his life, if he can take it down, it will naturally be able to greatly boost morale and people's hearts.

A few days later, 300,000 troops from Hebei gathered in Yecheng, and then went south to the Yellow River crossing, claiming to cross the Yellow River from Yanjin. Before leaving, Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi also personally swore an oath for Cao Hong and other generals who went on this expedition.

"Uncle Huang, drink this cup to the brim, this time the troops are all up to Uncle Huang!" After pouring a glass of wine and handing it to Cao Hong, Cao Pi's hands trembled unexpectedly. Rao is his surname has been calm since he was a child, and he can't help but be a little nervous at this time. After all, the stakes are too great in this battle.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will live up to Your Majesty's trust and seize Jingxiang and Xuchang to repay Your Majesty and the first emperor for their kindness!" Cao Hong trembled and took the wine glass and drank it all, but there was a trace of tears in the corner of his eyes: Meng De, Zixiao, Yuan Rang and Miaocai are no longer there, but brother, even if I am the only one left, I must go all out for your country.

This army, with Cao Hong as the commander and Cheng Yu as the strategist, suddenly turned west and rushed along the river to Hanoi County after heading south to the crossing of the Yellow River. Yin Caotai of Henan had already prepared boats for the army to cross the river. Due to the abundance of ships, more than half of the 300,000 troops crossed the river in just one day, including all the cavalry, except for 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry and 20,000 Hu cavalry, in addition to 20,000 Youyan iron cavalry. More than 50,000 cavalry troops went down to Nanyang, and this momentum was absolutely leveraged.

"General Gongming, the key to the success or failure of this battle depends on whether you can take Nanyang as soon as possible!" After converging with Hongnong's local Xu Huang, Cao Hong also spoke in a solemn and authentic tone. Since Xiahou Yuan died in battle, Xu Huang is recognized as the first person in the Cao army's raid, and even Cao Hong knows that he is inferior to Xu Huang.

"Don't worry, the general will take Wancheng for the general, and point to Xiangyang!" Xu Huang said abruptly. Tanma has already been discovered, and at present, most of the military horses in Jingzhou have been transferred by Guan Yu to ambush in the Central Plains, and there are only thousands of defenders in Xiangyang and other places. If you're lucky, not to mention Wancheng, even Jingbei can be decided in a battle.

The military situation was urgent, and after the two separated, Xu Huang immediately led 50,000 foot soldiers to the south, and the soldiers pointed directly at the land of Wancheng. At the same time, Cao Zhang led people to attack Xuchang, and Cao Hong himself sat in Hanoi County as a countermeasure. This time, Cao Hong learned to be obedient, and he didn't dare to easily dispatch all the troops, so he just waited to take these important cities and then make a decision.

The words were divided into two ends, Xu Huang's march was very fast, and the land of Nanyang was a plain, and it didn't take long for Xu Huang to appear under Wancheng City. Wancheng Taishou Meng Da was shocked when he saw Xu Huang leading an army of 50,000 people suddenly here.

"General, how should this be?" Seeing that Meng Da was also at a loss, several of his staff members hurriedly asked him. Meng Da looked at the boundless army under the city, as the so-called soldiers are full of thousands without borders, and there are no edges for more than 10,000 soldiers. In the land of the plains, the scene of tens of thousands of troops covering the sky is indeed shocking enough. Especially in Wancheng, the defenders are only more than 6,000 old, weak, sick and disabled.

"The king of Xiangyang didn't listen to our advice, and forcibly mobilized the Jingxiang army, and all of them went to Xuzhou to set up an ambush. There are only 30,000 horses in the entire Jingzhou, and they are all stationed in Xiangyang and other places. I only have more than 6,000 people here, what are you going to fight with Xu Huang! Meng Da remembered what happened before, and his heart was even more chilling.

In order to ensure the confidentiality of the plan, only a few high-level people knew about the entire plan, and a small Taishou like Meng Da naturally didn't know what Guan Yu and they were trying to do with all the troops. In fact, since Cao Hong, Xu Huang and others are all battle-hardened veterans, if it is a fake defeat, even if you pretend to be similar, you will still be recognized. Therefore, Meng Da and the more than 6,000 defenders were all used as bargaining chips to lure the enemy, and if they didn't get it right, they would all be killed.

This is also a helpless thing, in order to be able to deceive Cao Pi, this capital still has to be paid. However, what even Zhuge Liang didn't expect was that because of this Meng Da's greed for life and fear of death, the fake drama was really done, and in the end, it made the effect more realistic. After Xu Huang besieged the city, he did not directly attack the city, but sent people to persuade him to surrender. He clearly told Meng Da that his troops were almost ten times that of Meng Da. If you want to resist stubbornly, you can break through Wancheng in one day at most. When the time comes, the whole city will not be left behind.

In the face of such an aggressive ultimatum, as well as his previous resentment against Guan Yu's troop transfer plan, and the fact that he was originally a greedy boy who was afraid of death, Meng Da did not need to bear any psychological pressure, and quickly agreed to surrender.

"General Meng abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, congratulations!" Although he despises Meng Da's character very much, Xu Huang still has to say these scenes. Meng Da, like the previous time, immediately played the role of counteroffensive after surrendering: "General Xu, now there are only more than 30,000 infantry troops in Jingzhou, and the rest are county soldiers. Even in Xiangyang, there are only 5,000 defenders, and Fancheng is only 3,000. The general will move his army south as soon as possible, and Jingbei will be decided in one fell swoop! ”

"Thank you, General Meng!" Xu Huang had already known the distribution of the Jingzhou army from Xizuo, and now since Meng Da said so, it means that his refuge is still sincere, Xu Huang also put his mind at ease, leaving 10,000 defenders to stay in Wancheng, in case of the enemy in Guanzhong, Xu Huang himself led the army to continue south, attacking Anzhong, Xiajiadeng County, and even Xiangyang, Fancheng and Xinye and other places.

At the same time, Cao Zhang's 50,000 horses came to Xuchang, and the Xuchang guard was Zhang Da, a general left by Li Yan. Like Meng Da, when this guy saw Cao Zhen's troops pressing the border, he didn't resist at all, and immediately surrendered Kaicheng. After Cao Zhen entered the city, he appeased the people, and at the same time ordered someone to report to Cao Hong, who was sitting in the Tiger Prison Pass, so that he could make a decision as soon as possible.

"Okay, King Zhongshan and Gongming are really talented generals. In just two days, he has already penetrated more than 200 miles into the enemy's territory, which can be described as rapid progress! Cao Hong was also overjoyed when he saw the military report sent by the two. I knew that Guan Yu's lair was empty, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly. Wancheng and Xuchang defended Kaicheng and surrendered, although several small counties resisted along the way, but they were quickly flattened. Now Xu Huang has conquered Nanxiang and Xinye, and the troops are directed at Fancheng.

"The defender of Fancheng is Guan Ping, the eldest son of Guan Yu, if he can capture or kill him, his morale will inevitably be greatly boosted, and Jing Xiang will be decided in one fell swoop. But quickly, after Guan Yu and the others got the news of the attack on Jingzhou, they would definitely return to help. If we don't capture Fancheng as soon as possible, I'm afraid that we won't be able to gain a foothold in Nanyang! Cheng Yu also admonished. Cao Hong naturally knew the key to this, and immediately ordered to send people to transport thunderbolt cars to the front line overnight to help attack the city, and sent people to inform Cao Pi of the battle situation as soon as possible.

(To be continued)