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Zhang Jaw listened to Gao Ran's words, but he was stunned for a long time, and finally smiled: "I haven't seen you for many years, my brother is still so fast!" In the words, he sighed with emotion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Gao Ran smiled, but continued: "At present, my brother already knows everything, and the fall of Cao Wei is inevitable. In the absence of this winter, the land of Hebei will be all for His Majesty. In this situation, does the elder brother still want to accompany Cao Wei to the funeral, or with the 20,000 horses in his hand, turn things around? ”

Cao Pi's situation is not good, and this jaw is also known. But if you want to say that Cao Wei will stop cooking this year, he thinks that it will not be enough, and he is also strange at the moment: "At present, some of Cao Zilian's army has returned to Hebei, plus the local garrison in Hebei, at least it can be held, how can it be said that the destruction is imminent?" ”

"What my brother said is right, in fact, Cao Hong can still lead some military horses to escape back to Hebei, which is indeed unexpected. But my brother doesn't know," Gao Ran also paused when he said this, and then said: "Just a few days ago, a 40,000-strong army and horse in Qingzhou, under the leadership of Wen Zhongye, left Beihai by boat, and had already gone north to raid Bohai County!" Once the Bohai Sea is lost, then the Cao army of Zhuo County will be attacked on the back of the enemy, do you think Youzhou will be able to keep it at that time? ”

"What?" Zhang Jaw was shocked when he heard this, and a cold sweat broke out behind him. Gao Ran continued unhurriedly and said, "Besides, the 20,000 defenders of my brother will definitely not be able to stop His Majesty's 400,000 army. The day after tomorrow, our army will wave its division to the north and attack the Guanzhong army on both sides to capture the subordinate place. Now Cao Wei's main force is in the secluded place, and Si Li does not have too many garrisons. Once Si Li fell, he could attack the Shangdang from Hedong County. As a result, the annexation of the state is also not guaranteed. ”

"Brother, don't be alarmist, although Si Li doesn't have too many garrisons, there are still natural dangers in the Yellow River that can stop it!" After opening his jaw and calming down, he said weakly. Gao Ran smiled when he heard this, but finally said: "Wen Zhongye took the sea route to raid Jizhou, and it was still easy, this Yellow River natural danger, in the eyes of Jingxiang Water Master, is naturally not worth mentioning!" Once Youhe and Sili fall, what should happen to the rest of Jizhou? After saying this, Zhang Jaw's face was already a dead ash.

"Grandma, it seems that Cao Wei is really not good, should I take refuge in Uncle Liu Huang? But I have changed hands several times before, and now I have surrendered to the enemy again, won't it make the people of the world laugh at me, greedy for life and afraid of death? Zhang Jaw was fighting fiercely in his heart, and a piece of Gao Yan seemed to see his thoughts, and immediately spoke: "Brother is afraid of being ridiculed, greedy for life and afraid of death?" ”

"That's what I mean!" Zhang Jaw nodded, but he waved his hand and said: "Brother's words are wrong, Cao Pi is not Cao Ying, he usurped the Han and stood up, and he is already recognized as a traitor in the world." The elder brother said that he abandoned him today, which can only be said to be abandoning the darkness and turning to the light, so why is he greedy for life and afraid of death? Zhang Jaw listened, and he was also thoughtful.

"General Gao, please drink tea!" At this moment, an attendant brought tea, Gao Ran took the teacup, looked at the person and said, "Aren't you Zhang Si?" ”

"The villain is Zhang Si, it's rare that General Gao still remembers the villain!" The man was flattered. Zhang Sinai is Zhang Jaw's personal guard, and he has been following him for many years. Zhang Jaw has a deep friendship with Gao Ran, and Gao Ran also knows him. Looking at Zhang Si, Gao Ran also turned his head to Zhang Jaw and said: "Brother Junyi, even if you want to be loyal to Cao Wei to the death, but the sword has no eyes in the chaotic army, these good brothers who have followed you for many years will also die here, how can you bear it?" ”

As soon as he said this, the silent jaw also trembled. These famous generals have a characteristic, that is, they love the soldiers, which can make the soldiers swear to serve to the death. And now Zhang Jaw also knows his situation, which is called an embattled one. Zhang Jaw thought about it, and finally sighed and said: "Uncle Liuhuang's name of benevolence and righteousness is known to the world, and I have admired it for a long time. In this case, surrendering will not only damage my name, but it can save the lives of 20,000 brothers, so why can't I let go? ”

In the afternoon, Zhang Jaw ordered the three armies to lay down their arms and surrender Kaesong. After Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei entered the city, he immediately named Zhang Jaw as the general of Zhenbei, and then Zhuo Bayuan Zhenbei General Gao Lan as the general of Zhengbei. After the army entered Wancheng, it rested for three days, and then immediately sent troops to Hebei to sweep away the last foundation of the Cao family. And the night before sending troops, Liu Bei still summoned Zhuge Liang and others to discuss the military situation. Zhang Jaw, as a general, was also brought in for consultation.

"Zhongqing, now Cao Hong has broken the army into pieces, unexpectedly retained most of his strength, and returned to Hebei. What should we do now? After Liu Bei saw that everyone had arrived, he also asked with some concern. I thought that the foolproof plan went wrong, and whoever changed it would be a little uneasy.

"This is caused by the negligence of the ministers, please condemn Your Majesty!" When Zhuge Liang heard this, he immediately asked for sin. In fact, Zhuge Liang was also negligent, he didn't expect Jia Xu to come up with such a trick. In fact, if Cao Hong had been more resolute and completely abandoned the land of Henan and brought everyone back to Hebei, then the situation would have been different, and the pressure on Zhao Feng, Zhang Fei and others would have been even greater at this moment.

"It's inevitable that the marching formation will be negligent, and it is also human nature to be negligent." Liu Bei waved his hand. I didn't want to open my jaw at this time, but I said: "Your Majesty, although Cao Hong's army that retreated to Hebei has more than 100,000, it is still difficult to repel the two groups of people and horses, King Fufeng and General Che Cai. Now Your Majesty is moving forward steadily, at most for half a year, at least a few months, and the land of Hebei will be obtained by Your Majesty! ”

Zhang Jaw is a general, and he is naturally very clear about the affairs of Hebei. At that moment, Liu Bei followed his advice and crossed the river with a large army to attack Hanoi, Wei County, Chaoge and other places. With the cooperation of Jingxiang Water Division, although the Yellow River is not vulnerable, it is close to nothing. Cao Wei originally had an army of more than 500,000, but now the battle of Henan has lost more than 100,000, and the land of seclusion has lost tens of thousands, leaving more than 100,000 to resist Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng and others, leaving only 100,000 troops to garrison the banks of the Yellow River, and the troops are really a little stretched. On a few occasions, the banks of the Yellow River were almost given a bridgehead by the Jingxiang Water Division. Fortunately, Jia Xu had already sent people to build beacon towers every few miles along the Yellow River, and whenever there was an enemy, they would light smoke during the day and raise fires at night. Under such a shake echo, the fragile defense line of the Yellow River, although full of dangers, still survived.

All this was basically unknown to Cao Hong's 100,000-strong army in Shangdang County, which was further north. After receiving Cao Hong's support, the comparison of the strength of the Han army and the Wei army has almost become a one-to-one equal situation. However, some of the Han army were enemy troops who had taken refuge in them, and their loyalty was not guaranteed; However, many of the Wei army were new recruits and were seriously inexperienced in combat.

"Bingzhou is sparsely populated, and being able to raise an army of 50,000 is the limit. Now that Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng's 100,000 troops are here, plus Tian Yu has surrendered to the enemy, it is said that the grain and grass will inevitably be poor for a long time. Let's stay here until they run out of food, and then make plans! "In Shangdang City, Zhenbei Zhonglang will lead Shao and say carefully, under him, Cao Zhang and other generals are there. Everyone nodded in agreement, but Cheng Yu didn't say a word.

"Mr. Zhongde, do you think there is something wrong?" Cao Hong asked a little strangely. Cheng Yu looked up at everyone, and finally spoke: "What General Qian said is good, but now that Jinyang has been lost, even if it is until Zhang Fei's food is exhausted and the army is withdrawn, it will be difficult for us to recover the state." Moreover, if we avoid and do not fight, Zhang Fei can send troops across the Jinshui to attack the land of Sili, so wouldn't it be a matter of losing the other? ”

"What should I do now, Mr. Nai?" Cao Hong heard Cheng Yu's words, and his face became solemn. Cheng Yu was silent for a long time, but finally spoke: "We are now under enemy on all sides, if we don't repel one of them, it will be really difficult to deal with the situation in front of us. Looking at all the people and horses, only we have the strength to compete with the enemy. The only way to do this is to repel Zhang Fei first, and then make a plan! ”

"Not bad!" Cao Hong listened to Cheng Yu's words, and he also knew his current situation. On the side of Youzhou, in the face of the attacks of Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, Cao Xiu and Xiahou Ba were not opponents at all, so they could only defend the city. In the face of the offensive of hundreds of thousands of troops in Henan, Sili and Jizhou only relied on the Yellow River to barely defend. In this case, once the war lasts for too long, then the morale of the own side will be greatly reduced, and in the end, it will be self-defeating from the inside.

In other words, only by repelling all the way can we have the capital to continue to deal with Liu Bei. Judging from the current situation, the rest of the roads are relatively passive, only they have the capital here, and they are fighting with their opponents openly. Thinking of this, Cao Hong also made up his mind, slapped the table at the moment and said: "Now the rise and fall of the imperial court and the safety of the society are all on us. In this situation, there is no other choice but to fight Zhang Feipifu to the death and fight him back. Pass my general order, the three armies will pull out and kill Jinyang! ”

Cao Hong weighed it carefully, and felt that although the strength was equal, he had more than 10,000 tiger and leopard cavalry and 20,000 Hu cavalry in his hands, and the number of cavalry in the opponent's hand was not as good as his own. If you start a real hard fight, your chances of winning are still relatively large. Unless Liu Bei transferred troops from Guanzhong to support Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei would be defeated in the north. But Guanzhong is still far away from here, and it is not easy for Liu Bei to transfer troops, so his chances of winning are still very good. As long as he can defeat Zhang Fei, when the time comes, he will recover the annexed state, which will be a matter of course.

At this time in Jinyang, Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei became supporting roles. On this day, at the suggestion of Song Xian and Wei Xu, the two went to worship Ding Yuan together.

"After Ding Thorn Shi was killed by Lu Bu, the head was also dedicated to Dong Zhuo, and only a few personal soldiers took advantage of the chaos to transport his body back to Jinyang and secretly buried it." Song Xian introduced. Because of Zhao Feng's relationship, he didn't meet Yan Liang, and he lived more than ten years longer than in history.

"I didn't expect Ding Yuan to be in the state, but he still has some prestige!" Zhao Feng was a little surprised. According to Song Xian, Ding Yuan was known for his bravery and often resisted foreign invasions, so he had great prestige among the people of Bingzhou. Zhao Feng estimated that it should be similar to Ma Teng. The dead were great, and after the people had made some sacrifices, they went back. As a result, as soon as he returned to the city, Tian Yu hurriedly ran to tell them that Cao Hong led a large army to Jinyang to kill.

(To be continued)