The 20,000 Cao troops who were dormant in the darkness followed Le Jin and slaughtered Ancheng Wu Camp like tigers and wolves.

Le Jin took the lead, slashed down the enemy guards guarding the gate, and brandished a big knife into the enemy camp.

The Wu people obviously did not have much preparation for the night surprise attack of the Cao army, and were taken by surprise.

Despite this, after hearing the warning, the 5,000 Wu people immediately assembled to respond to the battle, stubbornly resisting the frenzied onslaught of Cao's army.

It's just that Le Jin came here not to annihilate this Wu army, but to burn grain and grass.

According to the prior plan, Le Jin led more than 10,000 Cao troops to continue to attack the Wu people to suppress their counterattack. The remaining more than 10,000 soldiers and soldiers of Cao piled dry firewood next to countless granaries and set fire to the camp.

Together, the tongue of fire quickly spread towards the area controlled by the Wu people, and in a moment, the entire camp was full of smoke.

Seeing that the fire had spread to the point where it could not be extinguished and the goal had been achieved, Le Jin immediately made a decision and ordered the whole army to retreat quickly.

When more than 20,000 Cao troops heard Mingjin's order, they did not like to fight, and immediately withdrew from the enemy camp and retreated in the direction of Shouchun along the path they came.

After the men and horses of the brigade withdrew from the battlefield, Le stationed in the horse and looked back, only to see that the front line of Ancheng was already raging, and half of the sky was burned red like charcoal.

In the long sea of fire, the figure of the Wu people flickered around, as if trying to put out the fire, and seemed to be escaping the burning of the fire.

The raging fire is no longer controllable.

"Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, I really want to see what kind of expression you will have after learning that the grain and grass have been burned by me, hehe......"

Le Jin's face swelled with a vengeful expression, and after sneering, Le Ma turned around and walked away in the direction of Shouchun.

After a night of running and exuberance, the soldiers quickly became physically and mentally exhausted, and the speed of the march gradually slowed down.

When the east was white and the sky was bright, Lejin's surprise army arrived in the Yangting area.

This is a small town between Shouchun and Ancheng, and when you arrive here, the road is quite flat, and there are large waist-length rice fields between the fields on both sides.

Le Jin did not urge the soldiers to move quickly, after the big victory, his body and mind also relaxed, and at this moment, he was thinking about the next strategy.

He wondered if it was necessary for him to launch another pursuit battle on the way to withdraw his army, completely crushing the morale of the Wu people and making them dare not covet Shouchun again.

The oblique moon sinks in the west, and the sky in the east gets brighter and brighter.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a thin sharp sound from the eardrums, and the sound, as if it was something sharp, pierced the air, and flew towards this side from far and near.

Poof~~ There was a muffled sound, and just a few steps away, a soldier fell to the ground.

Looking through the morning light, there was an arrow stuck in the soldier's head.

The army was taken aback, Le Jin's brows suddenly froze, and he hurriedly raised his head and swept around.

At this moment, there was a commotion in their ears, as if thousands of birds and finches hidden in the rice bushes were startled at the same time, and in the morning light, countless cold lights shot at them from all directions.

Arrows, that's arrows that kill!

Le Jin was shocked, and after a while, he hurriedly drew his knife and danced an iron curtain to protect his body.

In an instant, a rain of arrows fell from the sky, and amid the screams one after another, the unsuspecting soldiers fell to the ground one after another like harvested wheat.

It's an ambush, and in the rice fields on both sides of the avenue, there are already countless ambushes!

It wasn't until death came that Le Jin and his 20,000 victorious soldiers suddenly realized that they had unknowingly entered the enemy's ambush circle.

Only, it's too late.

Tens of thousands of Wu crossbowmen hidden in the rice fields swarmed up like ghosts, and the arrows that were as hideous as the gaze of death were like pouring rain, spreading to those unsuspecting soldiers.

Most of the Cao soldiers didn't even have time to react, so they died silently under the enemy's arrows.

The survivors who were shocked howled and ran in the direction of Shouchun.

However, the enemy lurking in the rice bushes seemed to be endless, stretching for miles, and everywhere there was a rain of arrows.

Le Jin, who was galloping on his horse, found that there were fewer and fewer subordinates around him, and behind him, the corpse had paved the avenue with a thick layer, like blood, spreading along the avenue to both sides, and soon poured into the rice fields.

He was bleeding everywhere, he was already in pain and had suffered a few arrow wounds, and he was almost desperate, until this time he realized that Zhou Yu had long expected his so-called plan, and An Cheng's grain and grass were just bait to lure him into the bait.

Abominable, hateful, pathetic...... At this time, his mood was so complicated and how desperate.

In the loud sound of a thousand birds flapping their wings, the most violent rain of arrows, like a net from heaven and earth, ruthlessly buckled towards him.

"Is this the end......

………………………………………… East of Tongguan, Cao Jun's camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Cao Ying held the bad news from Huainan in his hand, and his old face was like ashes.

His hands were shaking slightly.

has been in the world for more than ten years, even at the most critical moment of the Battle of Guandu, he has never been afraid.

But now, he felt more fear than ever.

People, once they have too much, the more they care.

I once thought that the whole world would be my own, but now, it seems that even everything I have will be taken away from me.

That's what scared him.

In Guanzhong, Xiahou Yuan was killed, Zhang Jaw surrendered, and the counties of Guanlong surrendered to Liu.

Nanyang, Cao Hong died in battle, Wenpin surrendered to Liu Feng, and Nanyang was lost.

Huainan, Le Jin was killed in ambush, Shouchun City was broken, the Wu people's naval army reached Xuzhou from the Huai River, Xu Yang was empty, and all the counties surrendered.

The eastern, central, and southern sides were defeated everywhere, and the opposition forces in the Xudu area took the opportunity to rise up, and the rebellion of rebellion, the riot of riots, and the entire south of the Yellow River was already in danger.

The hard-working foundation of the Central Plains is facing a trend of collapse in a few months.

Everything is because of the move of the three eastern counties.

One wrong step, one wrong step, and all the games are lost.

At this moment, Cao Ying, in addition to heartache, was also deeply remorseful, regretting that he shouldn't have too much appetite and wanted to swallow Er Liu in one fell swoop, but as a result, he ended up in the situation in front of him.

"If Xun Qing is here, how can I end up in such a defeat......"

Cao Ying tore the silk book in his hand fiercely, and repeatedly lamented Xun Yu's death, but he completely forgot that his first strategist was inexplicably depressed because he opposed him to call him the Duke of Wei and was snubbed by him.

"Prime Minister, now that the two Huai are lost, Nanyang has fallen, and the hearts of the people in Xudu are boiling, I am afraid that it is difficult to defend, and it is time to make a decision."

The person who spoke was Liu Ye, and at this most critical juncture, what he conceived for him was Liu Ye, who was a descendant of the Han family.

Cao Ying tried his best to suppress his pain and grief, took a deep breath, and asked silently: "Then in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Liu Ye said: "It is imperative that the prime minister immediately order the capital to be moved to Luoyang, so as to avoid being attacked by Liu Feng and Sun Quan from both sides in the area of Xudu. ”

At present, there are defeats everywhere, and within a few months, Cao Ying's field troops have lost 1560,000 troops, and Cao Ying's available troops are less than 200,000 troops, and the total number of troops is already at a disadvantage against Liu and Yisun.

Xu Du is a place of four battles, and there is no danger to defend, it is obviously not wise to blindly stick to this place.

"Well, the matter of moving the capital should be carried out immediately, but what else?" Cao Ying nodded in agreement.

Liu Ye continued: "The Wu people went deep into Xuzhou, and the troops in the southeast were empty, and they couldn't resist it at all. I think that the prime minister should give up retaking Guanzhong, lead the division to return to Luoyang, increase troops in Yanzhou and Qingzhou on the one hand, prevent the Wu people from advancing to the Central Plains, and on the other hand, take Luoyang as the center, rely on the danger of the eight passes to fortify, and stabilize this land in the heart of the Central Plains.

As long as Luoyang can be kept from losing, and then backed by Hebei Prefectures, I believe that sooner or later we will be able to recover the lost territory. ”

Although Liu Ye's suggestion is a little "humiliating", Cao Ying also knows very well that times have changed, and now it is no longer what he wants.

Cao Ying looked around at the strategists and asked coldly, "Ziyang's plan, what do you think?" ”

The strategists were silent, and no one dared to speak.

Cao Ying was silent for a long time, and sighed when he looked up to the sky.

………………………… Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

It has been seven days since the end of the battle of Nanyang, and at the same time, the war between Guanzhong and the southeast has also come to an end, and news has also come from Xudu that the Han Emperor Liu Xie has moved to Luoyang, and it seems that Cao Ying has indeed been forced to move the capital.

At this time, Liu Feng didn't plan to fight anymore.

His territory faced Xu Luo, and if the army continued to move north, it would only force Cao Ying to transfer most of his troops south to fight him, and at this time, it would only create opportunities for Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

What's more, in the continuous battle, the grain and grass have been exhausted, and the tens of thousands of surrendered troops have been suddenly collected, so many mouths are opened, and if the fight continues, Liu Feng will wait to provoke the people's uprising.

Under various considerations, Liu Feng decided to temporarily suspend his army.

Wei Yan, who was originally stationed in Xiangyang, was promoted to general of the expedition to the north by Liu Feng at this time, leading an army of 30,000 troops to garrison Nanyang to guard Wancheng, and Liu Feng himself led the army back to Xiangyang.

For the previous surrender of the civil appointment, Liu Feng fulfilled his promise to him, and did not let him deal with Cao Ying, but reappointed him as the Taishou of Changsha and asked him to go to Jingnan to guard against Eastern Wu. The rest of the generals who surrendered in the battle of Nanyang, such as Hou Yin and Deng Ping, were rewarded by Liu Feng.

In Yizhou, Ma Tan and Meng Da's department, after Cao Ying withdrew from Jianping, was ordered to lead the army north, and took the opportunity to capture the three eastern counties such as Shangyong.

Just as Liu Feng arrived in Xiangyang, another piece of good news followed.

Xu Shu is here.

(To be continued)