The tens of thousands of retreating Cao troops are difficult to hide, but in a few days, Cao Cao lost Chen Liu, and the news of retreating to Xuzhou is known to the world. The people in Xudu City heard that Cao's army was defeated, and they all said that Jia Xu slaughtered the city's revenge, and now they have to get revenge!

It was not only the city of Xudu that was boiling, but all the states under the rule of Pang Shanmin were celebrating, and on the contrary, whether it was Hebei or Jiangdong, everyone was afraid of Jingxiang soldiers.

Before the Chen Liu's war, Cao Cao took more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and crossed the Yellow River to recover the old land with great momentum, so that everyone in the world thought that Cao's army had a good chance of winning, but in just over a month, not only did not recover the lost land, but even Chen Liu, an important town in Yanzhou, was also lost.

Of course, there are also many people who believe that although Cao's army has lost its old legacy, its soldiers and horses have not been damaged much, and they still have the strength to fight, but when it is close to winter, if Cao Cao still wants to use troops, there is not much time left for him......

Before the messenger arrived, Zhuge Liang already knew that Cao Cao had taken a large army to Chenliu, and after Sima Yi arrived in Xuzhou, Zhuge Liang was in Xiaopei City, closed the city gate, and did not fight.

Xiao Pei is the place where Cao Jun cantoned grain, eat Cao Jun's grain, raise Jingxiang's soldiers, Zhuge Liang felt that he had been very comfortable for a few days, Sima Yi to Xiao Pei, only two feints to attack the city gate to no avail, then retreated thirty miles, and Jingxiang army and horses confronted each other far away.

In this way, it also gave Zhuge Liang the opportunity to send scouts around to investigate Xiao Pei's surroundings.

In times of war, news always moves faster than people, and when the scouts were resting in the villages around Xiaopei, they heard that Yanzhou had won a great victory. Cao Cao retreated from the news of Xuzhou, and now Cao's army has passed through Dongjun, and he is coming to Xuzhou in a mighty way, wanting to join forces with Sima Yi.

The scout got the news and hurriedly reported, Zhuge Liang heard that Cao Cao's army was coming, his heart tightened, and he urgently summoned Guan Yu and Wei Yan to discuss the matter together.

Xiaopeicheng is smaller, not better than Chen Liu. Although Zhuge Liang is very good at defending the city. But he didn't plan to use this city to reject 100,000 Cao troops.

When the second general arrived at the palace, he saw Zhuge Liang's face slightly worried, and after a while, Zhuge Liang sighed lightly and said: "It's a pity that there is a huge amount of grain and grass in this city......

After a sigh. Zhuge Liang told the second general the news that Cao Cao was coming to Xuzhou. Guan yu. When Wei Yan and the others heard this, they were all shocked, and Wei Yan didn't think twice. said to Zhuge Liang: "The lord is defeated? ”

"It's Liang who didn't explain it before, the lord has been retained, Cao Cao came this time, it was a rout...... "Zhuge Liang said, both of them showed surprise on their faces, Guan Yu sighed with emotion, and praised in his mouth: "In the past, Cao Cao's personal expedition was a rare defeat, but the lord only took a few days to get Cao Cao's place to raise troops, such a skill, Guan Mou was convinced!" ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he said: "Now that Chen Liuxin has arrived, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of the lord must also rest, and there is no spare strength to help us and others. ”

"But these grains and grasses in the city ......" Wei Yan's voice did not fall, but he was interrupted by Zhuge Liang: "Just burn it." ”

Wei Yan heard this, quite distressed, this time Cao Cao personally led the army to the expedition, the original plan was to meet in Xuzhou, the sword pointed to Shouchun, but Jing Xiang successively disrupted its rhythm of troops, so that it was divided into Yanzhou, Xuzhou two places, Xiaopei City accumulated countless grain, enough for 100,000 troops in March, after Xiaopei, Jingxiang soldiers are open stomachs, full stomach every day, but the rice grain in the warehouse, but there is no less......

Thinking of this, Wei Yan sighed: "We can also transport some grain and grass and return to Shouchun." ”

"After leaving Xiaopei, the army traveled lightly ......and quickly," Zhuge Liang sighed when he heard this: "I Jingxiang is not short of food, and then these grains are useless, since Jia Xu slaughtered the city of Xudu, Liang hated his evil deeds in his heart, and now Liang has planned to burn the city of Xiaopei, but also let Na Jia Xu know, what is called painful heart!" ”

Zhuge Liang said, Guan Yu and Wei Yan were only stunned for a moment, and then nodded firmly.

Zhuge Liang's response, although not more vicious than Jia Xu, but it is enough to make Cao Cao's flesh hurt, Cao Cao recuperated in Hebei for three years, before accumulating the ordnance, grain and grass of this army, and now Zhuge Liang burned half of the grain, such a move is enough to take revenge on Jia Xu's revenge!

In the early morning of the next day, Zhuge Liang ordered Guan Yu and Wei Yaner to gather an army, in addition to giving a small amount of grain and grass to the people in the city, and burned the grain in the Xiaopei granary, and then led the army out of the city, day and night, and rushed to Shouchun.

The fire burned for three days, and when Sima Yi's army and horses rushed to Xiaopei, he learned that Jing Xiang's revenge was so violent.

When Zhang He saw that Xiaopei's granaries were turned into coke, he was immediately furious, vomiting blood and falling from the horse, Sima Yi was busy with the army and Chinese medicine to save him, Zhang He woke up quietly under the horse, and said with tears in his eyes: "When Mr. Wenhe left Xuzhou, he handed over the grain of Xiaopeitun to Zhang to guard, and now the grain and grass of the army were burned, all of which were the fault of Zhang, Zhang had no face, and the prime minister, Mr. Wenhe ...... meet him."

When Sima Yi heard this, he sighed lightly.

The matter has come to this point, regret is useless, even if Zhang He's life is asked, Xiaopei's grain and grass will not be recovered...... Sima Yi saw that Zhang He wanted to find a short-term view, so he hurriedly persuaded him: "Chen Liu's defeat is the time when the prime minister is employing people, although the burning of Xiaopei's grain and grass is irreparable, but you should keep a useful body to relieve the prime minister's worries!"

When Zhang He heard this, he looked up to the sky and sighed, and said with a sad face: "Since Mr. Wenhe has been away for more than half a month, Zhang and Zhuge Kongming have confronted each other, and it is difficult to find a victory, what kind of useful body is Zhang?" ”

Seeing this, Sima Yi hurriedly ordered someone to take care of Zhang He, and sent another messenger to inform Cao Cao of the burning of Xiaopei's grain and grass.

A few days later, Cao Cao's army arrived at Xiaopei and met with Sima Yi.

After only seeing him for more than a month, Sima Yi noticed that the prime minister seemed to be much older, and he sighed in his heart.

After reporting the battle situation in detail to Cao Cao for several days, Cao Cao only nodded indifferently, this time leading the defeated army to come, along the way Cao Cao also thought about gathering the army and reconquering Yanzhou, but the burning of Xiaopei's grain and grass completely eliminated Cao Cao's thoughts.

Although he took away all the grain and grass in the city when he left Chenliu, but these grains and grasses were not enough for the 100,000 army to fight, and now for Cao Cao, the only thing he could do was to return to Hebei and regroup.

But they lost ground one after another. Revenge failed, Cao Cao was depressed and unsettled, although Zhang He asked for guilt one after another, wanting him to blame the burning of Xiaopei's grain and grass on Zhang He's head, but Cao Cao knew that Zhang He had done his best to fight like this.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao picked up Zhang He, who knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said to Zhang He: "Junyi." If you are healed of your sins. Cao lost Chen Liu this time, what should he be guilty of? ”

When Zhang He heard this, he didn't know how to answer, and Cao Cao sighed when he saw this: "The white horse has passed through the gap." Three years passed in the blink of an eye. However, Jing Xiang was so strong. In Cao's eyes, this former enemy is already very unfamiliar......"

Cao Cao said, and all the generals were indifferent.

Recalling that back then, Pang Shanmin was alone. When he went to Xu Capital to seek officials, many Cao generals had seen this person's appearance.

At that time, Pang Shanmin was only a weak scholar with clear eyebrows, but today, he has become the head of the only three remaining princes in the world......

But all the generals of Cao Ying know that even if they recuperate, they will fight for the world with Jing Xiang in the future, how easy is it to win?

Jing Xiang and Cao Jun also recuperated for three years before, but after three years, their combat power has increased several times compared to that year, although Cao Jun's combat power has also increased a lot, but compared with Jing Xiang's changes, it is invisible.

Just like the battle outside the city of Chen Liu, Cao Ying's only tiger and leopard cavalry can compete with Jingxiang's army and horses, and the rest of the troops fought with Jingxiang, and they all lost more than they won.

Moreover, Cao Cao also knew that Pang Shanmin did not do his best in this battle, and Pang Shanmin's ultimate goal was only to force Cao's army back to Hebei, perhaps in the hearts of Pang Shanmin, the opponent who needed to be solved first was Jiangdong Sun Quan, after all, Jiangdong was geographically adjacent to Jingxiang, no matter how weak Jiangdong was, the side of the couch would not allow others to sleep peacefully.

But how long can Sun Quan resist Jing Xiang?

Cao Cao originally hoped that Sun Quan could contain Jing Xiang more and leave him enough time to recuperate, but this war with Jing Xiang made Cao Cao even less optimistic about the prospects of Jiangdong.

Before Jiangdong could rely on Zhou Yu and lead the water army to fight with Jing Xiang, but Sun Quan, a strange monarch, forced Zhou Yu to vote for Jing Xiang.

Fortunately, it was close to the harsh winter, that is, the south of the Yangtze River gradually became colder, and the Jingxiang army and horses fought in the Central Plains for several months.

However, at the beginning of the spring of the next year, for Jing Xiang, it is enough to start another war, and at that time, it is very likely that there will be another prince in the world, and the world will be unknown.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao inevitably felt a sense of sadness in his heart, although Cao Cao did not want to see Sun Quan, but before Jingxiang occupied Shouchun, Hefei, and separated the Central Plains from Jiangdong, Jiangdong was also a hidden ally that the Central Plains could seek......

Cao Cao fell into thought and was silent for a long time, Guo Jia saw this and said to Cao Cao: "It's windy outside, and Cheng is quite going to the government to rest." ”

When Cao Cao heard Guo Jia's words, he came back to his senses and sighed: "Feng Xiao thinks, when should my army set off and return to Hebei?" ”

"As soon as possible."

Guo Jia said with a bitter face: "Now that Zhuge Liang's soldiers and horses have returned to Shouchun, Pang Shanmin will not stay in Chen for too long, my army has crossed the river this time and gained nothing, instead of wasting time in Xuzhou, it is better to return to Hebei as soon as possible and plan how to deal with Jingxiang in the future!" ”

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this, and told the generals that Xiaopei would rest for a day, and then embark on the return journey, the weather in the north was cold, if it dragged on for a long time, the Yellow River would freeze, and it would be even more unfavorable to the army's itinerary.

After a few days, the ferries in Xuzhou came and went, tens of thousands of Cao troops crossed the river and returned to Hebei, after exploring the horse and returning to Pang Shanmin, Pang Shanmin also put his mind at ease, summoned Pang Tong, Zhou Yu and the two entered the government to discuss the retreat.

Pang Tong and Zhou Yu didn't want Cao Cao to retreat, but now that Cao Jun is gone, they have a lot of complaints about Cao Cao's "weakness".

It's just that both of them know that the biggest reason for Cao Jun's retreat is the fire that Zhuge Liang set in Xiaopeicheng, which also made the anger in their hearts originally caused by Jia Xu's slaughter of the city extinguished a lot, and both of them praised Zhuge Liang for burning this fire beautifully.

Since Chen Liu, Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and others led the army and horses, pacified the surrounding counties of Chen Liu, now most of Yanzhou, are stationed in Jingxiang military horses, only in the direction of Dong County, Cao Jun has a lot of soldiers, it is close to the harsh winter, Pang Shanmin does not intend to use troops in this period of time.

Zhou Yu and Pang Tong are also quite satisfied with the current results, and the world can force Cao Cao to look like this. Only Jing Xiang.

Whether it is the battle of Tiger Prison, or the confrontation between Chen Liu, Zhou Yu, and Pang Tong, the results achieved by the two are enough to be proud of, and this successive battles have also made the two get what they want, so they all support Pang Shanmin's plan to return to Jingxiang.

The three of them discussed properly, Ma Chao led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, the garrison was retained, and the rest of the soldiers embarked on the return journey. A few days later. Pang Shanmin arrived in Xiangyang, and Erkui brought Jingxiang Wenwu to greet each other at the ferry.

Pang Shanmin got off the boat to meet Erkuai and said to the two: "Hard work two gentlemen." In Pang's absence. Settle down......"

Kuai Liang smiled when he heard this: "How can it be harder than the lord fighting outside." It's just that now the bitterness has come to an end, and according to Kuai's opinion, it is only a few years. The lord can pacify Jiangdong, the two princes of the Central Plains, and dominate the world! ”

Hearing this, Pang Shanmin nodded slightly.

This confrontation with Cao Cao, Pang Shanmin also had a deep feeling of the military strength of the Central Plains, Cao Cao commanded a lot of military horses, and there were many elites, but his army was virtuous, compared to Jing Xiang is still inferior, especially above its court, in addition to Guo Jia, Jia Xu can rely on, but also faced with Jiangdong, no successor situation.

Speaking of the generals in his army, in the past, Cao Cao set up five good generals in order to counter the name of the five tigers of Jingxiang.

However, now Xu Huang has been out of Jingxiang, Yu Ban was captured by Wei Yan, five good generals, only three people remained, the generals of the Cao family, and Cao Hong, now only rely on the Xiahou brothers and Cao Ren, Cao Xiu and other hard support, if Cao Cao wants to fight with Jingxiang in the future, I am afraid that when the generals in his army meet the enemy, Cao Cao will find that the generals in his hands are overstretched......

In this way, even if Cao Cao regroups in the future, he will still lose more and win less in the face of Jing Xiang, and this time Cao's army was defeated and returned, Pang Shanmin also calculated Cao Cao, wanting to change Cao Cao's direction from a strong army to a wide range of equipment......

Seeing that Pang Shanmin was thoughtful, Kuai Yue smiled and said: "The lord has returned from a great victory, why bother thinking about the war again?" Kuai has prepared a banquet in the Taishou Mansion, and the lord should reward the generals on this happy day! ”

Pang Shanmin came back to his senses when he heard this, nodded again and again, and then went to Taishou Mansion with Erkuai and a group of generals.

Entering the Taishou Mansion, Pang Shanmin actually saw a lot of Liu clansmen, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Liu Bei and others, all in the list, Pang Shanmin saw Liu Bei Meiyu between them, there was no haze in the past, and his heart was quite comforted.

Liu Bei saw Pang Shanmin's gaze, took two steps forward, and said with a smile: "Tang Hou defeated Cao Cao this time, but he has a long-cherished wish......

Pang Shanmin smiled when he heard this: "Uncle Huang blamed Pang for going on this expedition and didn't invite Uncle Huang Yanzhou and his party?" ”

"I have no plans to ......revisit the old place," Liu Bei said, and he caught a glimpse of Zhang Fei also entering the mansion, and immediately shouted to Zhang Fei: "Third brother! ”

"Big brother?!" When Zhang Fei heard Liu Bei's words, he stepped forward with a happy face, and after giving Liu Bei a bear hug, he smiled at Liu Bei and said, "Big brother, you have made a lot more fortune than before!" ”

"Don't fight for the world, the heart is wide and the body ......is fat," Liu Bei said, laughing at himself and laughing: "In the past, you and my brothers revived the ambition of the Han family, in the final analysis, it was still a selfish desire to prepare for it, and now I have woken up to the fact that what the people of the world need is not the Han family, but the prosperous world, and the third brother and Yun Chang are now on the right path......"

When Zhang Fei heard this, he nodded, thinking back to the days when he fought with Liu Bei everywhere, and sighed.

Pang Shanmin saw that Zhang Fei was a little sad, and couldn't help laughing: "Now that the emperor's uncle has come to his senses, Yide should be happy!" ”

When Zhang Fei heard Pang Shanmin's words, he came back to his senses, sighed lightly, and then said with a smile: "That's right, it's a pity that the second brother is still in Shouchun, and the three of my brothers can't reunite." ”

"Calculate the time, Yun Chang, Kong Ming should also come back!" Pang Shanmin said that, he listened to the messenger from outside the palace to report, saying that Shouchun military horses, also returned to Xiangyang, Pang Shanmin heard this, his heart was overjoyed, and he said to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei: "Yun Chang doesn't need to be talked about by everyone!" ”

After that, Pang Shanmin summoned the generals of the palace, and then went to the riverside ferry to greet Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu and others, and when they arrived at the ferry, Pang Shanmin had seen a mighty and majestic green-robed military general walking off the boat, Pang Shanmin saw this and hurriedly shouted: "The opposite side is Yun Chang?" ”

"Lord?! Big brother, third brother! Guan Yu heard the voice of Pang Shanmin, followed the prestige, and walked a few steps in front of the three people.

Pang Shanmin saw Guan Yu's dust, and couldn't help laughing: "Hard work, Kong Ming, the two of you sent troops to Xuzhou, this battle is not easy!" ”

"With Mr. Kong Ming's plan, Guan doesn't feel hard." Guan Yu said with emotion: "It's just a pity that the tens of thousands of stones of grain in Xiaopei City are ......."

Guan Yu said, everyone laughed, and burned Cao Cao's grain, which had dealt a huge blow to Cao Cao, but Guan Yu was still not satisfied, but wanted to bring the grain and grass back to Jingxiang......

Hearing Guan Yu's words, Zhang Fei also nodded thoughtfully, but heard Liu Bei smile and said: "I didn't know that the two virtuous brothers were so greedy. ”

"Yun Chang and Yide are just joking." As soon as Pang Shanmin's voice fell, he heard another clear voice on the other side, and when he looked for the sound, it was Kong Ming.

When Pang Shanmin saw Zhuge Liang, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, and when he came to Zhuge Liang, he smiled and said: "Kong Ming, I am talking about your fire, which burned Pang Mou's resentment in his heart, and it dissipated a lot!" This time, I Jingxiang should deal with Cao Cao's personal expedition, so that he will return with a feather, Kong Ming's fire, should be credited with the first credit! ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then said with a smile: "How can Liang compare to Shanggong Jin, Shiyuan's merit?" The battle of the tiger prison and lining is quite dangerous...... Besides, in the eyes of Yi Liang, he is the elder brother, and his achievements in this battle are only a lot more than Zhi Liang! (To be continued......)