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A series of blows made this Wei Wendi a little unable to react. First of all, the iron chains and reefs were cleared and cleaned, and later the Yellow River Water Village surnamed Suo was burned clean. In this way, if his more than 200,000 troops are stranded in Henan, it will be difficult to come back.

And just now, there was bad news: Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others led a sudden detour to the north and entered Youzhou and Bingzhou. Yanmen was too guarded by Yanmen and surrendered to Yukaicheng, and the garrison in Youzhou was insufficient, and now all the prefectures and counties are also surrendering. As of Cao Pi receiving this information, only Shangdang was left in Bingzhou, and only Zhuojun was still in his hands in Youzhou. Cao Pi was in a hurry, and hurriedly sent his clan brothers Cao Xiu and Xiahou He to lead the army to garrison these two places to block the enemy army.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Liu Bei is scheming, and he actually sent people to raid Bingzhou and Youzhou. Now the emperor's army is stuck in Henan, and the waterway of the Yellow River is also patrolled by Liu Bei's sailors at night, like a moat. What are the best strategies for dealing with the current situation? ”

Above the court meeting, Cao Pi's words were already quite anxious, and there was almost no majesty of the emperor at all. This can't blame him for not being able to hold his breath, who would have thought that the situation would suddenly take a sharp turn, he originally wanted to go south, and now his lair is about to be ended.

A group of ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally said with a tentative surname: "Your Majesty, the current military situation is urgent, you can order King Zhongshan and General Xu Gongming to suspend the march, first send a large army to hold the cities in Nanyang and Yanzhou, and even abandon the land of Henan, and try to lead the army back to the land of Hebei, so as to make a plan." ”

"I also know that if the land of Hebei is lost at the moment, everything will be over. But now that the waterway of the Yellow River has been blocked, how can the second brother and Xu Gongming return to the army? Cao Pi said a little anxiously. Man Zhong didn't speak, but Jia Xu, who had been silent on the side, spoke: "Although Liu Bei has sent sailors to block the Yellow River crossing, the shore of the Yellow River is very vast, how can he cover everything?" It is better to break the army into pieces and scatter the river from all over the small ferries, so as not to be wiped out. ”

Jia Xu's suggestion seems to be more reasonable, but in fact, it is not very feasible. As soon as he finished speaking, Man Zhong had already begun to object: "Wen He's words are very inappropriate, once the army is broken into pieces, how can it be quickly assembled after returning to Hebei?" If they can't be assembled, then what use can a group of deserters return to Hebei? ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, although the soldiers are now out on the march, their families are still in Hebei. The soldiers can be informed that if they can return to Hebei, the fathers and elders of the family will not only be exempted from taxes, but also receive rewards. In this way, even if you can't gather all the soldiers, you can gather most of them. Jia Xu continued. In this way, everyone also understands. With such a temptation of interests, it should be possible to gather most of the troops.

Like the Han military system, Wei practiced the world military system. Every soldier is specially registered. In the past, this was done to prevent desertion. If anyone escapes, their families will also be implicated. And now it's doing it to gather people's hearts. Cao Pi also knew that Jia Xu's trick was a helpless way, and there was no other way to do it. As for the nearly 100,000 troops of Cao Hong, the commander of Si Li, because they were located on the front line in Guanzhong, Liu Bei could cross the Yellow River at any time to attack, so they could not be easily mobilized.

At that moment, Cao Pi urgently ordered Cao Hong to gather men and horses to prepare to return to Yecheng. At the same time, according to Jia Xu's suggestion, part of Henan's army was transferred back as much as possible. Of course, even if the whole army is transferred back from zero, it may not be very successful.

First of all, under the night patrol of Jingxiang Water Division, it is definitely not too easy to cross the river safely; Secondly, the 200,000 troops stranded in Henan now have to face Guan Yu's 400,000 soldiers and horses, so that the troops will be divided back a lot, and Nanyang and Yanzhou will not be able to hold it. If you go back less, then it will be difficult to help, and it will be a dilemma; Moreover, in the face of Guan Yu's pressing step by step, even if the people stranded in Henan just want to hold on or withdraw their troops, Guan Yu may not give them this opportunity. So no matter what, Cao Pi has suffered a loss this time. It's just that it's hard to say how much of a loss it will suffer, and even to a large extent, it depends on Cao Pi's character.

Just like now, most of Youzhou and Bingzhou have been lost, and if the land of Henan is lost again, Cao Pi will only have a few counties such as Jizhou and Hedong to defend. But in addition to being defeated and retreating, it is difficult to say whether Cao Wei still has enough morale to defend it. Moreover, after this battle, the comparison of strength between the two sides has reached an extremely large disparity. Now if Cao Pi wants to win, unless there is a miracle. Not to mention that Zhuge Liang still has one last killing move, and he hasn't used it yet.

Unlike the Shu Han in history, the land of Hebei occupied by Cao Wei now is mostly a plain area of Pingchuan, and there is no danger for the army to defend, but the opponent is the Han State, which almost unified the whole country. It can be said that from the moment Guanzhong belonged to Liu Bei, the fate of Cao Wei's demise was already doomed. If you rely on the superiority of troops to slowly crush and kill Hebei, you will be able to pacify Hebei in less than two years. And the reason why Zhuge Liang designed to lure the main force of the Cao army to the south was to avoid a crushing style of play, resulting in a tragic situation of killing 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 himself. At that time, even if you take the four states of Hebei, you will only get a piece of scorched earth.

So now, Cao Jun is in a dilemma, and this situation has become a foregone conclusion. And at this time, Guan Yu and Liu Bei both moved. Guan Yu's army, which had been stationed in Runan for a long time, began to divide into two routes, Guan Yu personally led a large army to advance to Nanyang, while Zhang Liao led the army to recover Yingchuan. And Liu Bei's Guanzhong military horses also began to leave Tongguan and attack Hangu Pass in order to capture Hongnong and the two counties of Henan. Liu Bei wants to cut off Cao Jun's way back, but he will not rely only on Jing Xiangshui.

Guan Yu marched into Nanyang, and the first to bear the brunt was Xu Gai, who stayed in Fancheng. After receiving the news of the enemy's killing, Xu Gai immediately informed Xu Huang, who was attacking Xincheng, and asked him to give up attacking Xincheng and other places, and quickly return to the army to keep Fancheng.

"What?" Seeing the urgent letter sent by his brother, Xu Huang was also shocked into a cold sweat. Originally, he was about to take the new city, but he didn't expect the enemy army to come to such a hand, and now his back road is about to be cut off. Although Xu Huang was very unwilling, he could only withdraw his troops first.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Xiu, the Taishou of Xincheng, was surprised to find that the enemy army did not attack the city again, and the camps under the city were empty. Zhang Xiu was surprised, but he was also secretly relieved. Xu Huang's ferocious siege of the city these days has brought him great pressure.

Xu Huang retreated very simply, almost lightly, and marched east along the north bank of the Han River to join his brothers who were holding on to Fancheng. The two places are not very far apart, and after three days, Xu Huang has already killed only a few dozen miles away from Fancheng. But for some reason, Xu Huang always felt as if something was missing in his heart, as if he had neglected something.

"General Yu, Fancheng has been besieged by the enemy brigade!" At this time, a scout sent by himself came back to report, Xu Huang listened to his words, and suddenly his heart was shocked, and he understood what he had been ignoring.

These days, during Xu Huang's march, he has been sending people to inquire about the news of Fancheng, and the news he got is that Fancheng has not been lost under Xu Gai's persistence. It is true that Fancheng is a strong city, and his own clan is also quite familiar with military strategy. But Fancheng is only 10,000 defenders, and in the face of Guan Yu's hundreds of thousands of troops pressing the border, how can he hold out for five or six days without being breached?

There is only one explanation, that is, Guan Yu is using Xu Gai as a bait to lure himself to come to the rescue. If he had gone from Nanxiang to join Cao Zhen in Wancheng from the beginning, then things would not have been like this.

These thoughts almost flashed through Xu Huang's mind, but at this moment, he heard a report from the rear army, saying that there was an army of no less than tens of thousands of people who suddenly crossed the river from Xiangyang and appeared in his rear army. Looking at the flag, it is Guan Ping, who evacuated Fancheng a few days ago. At the same time, there was also a large army ahead. Now there are enemy troops on the east and west, mountains in the south, and rivers in the north, and they are surrounded by regiments.

"Guan Ping is here now?" Xu Huang gritted his teeth and said, this little cub is here now, which really caught Xu Huang off guard. At this time, the enemy army in front of him had gradually appeared in Xu Huang's eyes, looking at the flag, it was a huge pass.

"Guan Yu?" Xu Huang felt a cool breath rushing to his mind, no matter how confident he was, he was not sure that he could still win in the face of Guan Yu's father and son's front and back attacks under the premise that he did not have an advantage in troops.

"General, what should we do?" Looking at the enemy troops that appeared in front and behind, the generals beside Xu Huang were already a little panicked. A sense of tragedy suddenly rose in Xu Huang's heart, and at that moment Xu Huang waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then crossed the big axe that had accompanied him for decades in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Now that Guan Yu's army is here, we are surrounded by the front and back and have fallen into a desperate situation. Soldiers, we are deeply favored by His Majesty and the former emperor, and we have nothing to repay but to die on the battlefield to fulfill our loyalty. ”

At this time, Xu Huang still had nearly 40,000 soldiers by his side, including many of Cao Wei's die-hard veterans like Qingzhou soldiers. After Xu Huang decided to fight to the death, these elites of the Cao army quickly gathered together, formed a circular formation that stood firm, and shrunk themselves into an iron-shelled turtle, ready to fight Guan Yu to the death.

"General, it seems that Xu Huang wants to fight us to the death." Seeing Xu Huang act like this, Zhou Tai, the general who came with Guan Yu, also sighed. Guan Yu nodded, just looking at the resolute figure in the army, Guan Yu also sighed slightly in his heart.

"Kill!" With Guan Yu's order, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, Liao Hua, and Guan Ping led their respective troops and began to kill Cao Jun's military formation. Xu Huang looked at the enemy soldiers who were getting closer and closer to him, the axe in his hand was still tightly clenched, but the corners of his mouth had begun to twitch.

(To be continued)