In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219 AD), in winter, Cao Cao blocked the exit of the Shu army into the Central Plains in order to seize the strategic land, and mobilized more than 100,000 troops to attack the three counties of Shangyong in two ways. The news came, Shu was shaken, Shu lord Liu Bei was forced to personally lead the army to the north, rescue Shangyong, the two sides launched a very tragic battle on the front line of Shangyong, the war just lasted for half a month, the casualties on both sides have exceeded 10,000 people, for a time Shangyong three counties outside the city corpses are all over the field, blood flows into a river.

In order to end this war as soon as possible, in October of the twentieth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei, the lord of Shu, ordered Zhuge Zhan, the general of Zhenbei, the chief general of Jingzhou, Zhao Yun, the general of Zhendong, the chief general of the Central Protector Army, Fu Shiren, the general of the public security guard, and Sun Jiao, the general of the Jiangdong expedition, to join forces, gather more than 10,000 cavalry, bypass the Xiangfan defense line heavily defended by the Cao army, and advance into the Central Plains.

After Young Master Zhuge 's cavalry bypassed the Xiangfan defense line, they went all the way north, because the Cao army defending the Central Plains either went south or west, and almost encountered no resistance along the way.

Riding on the horse, Young Master Zhuge hummed a little song and was in a good mood. Seeing this, Zhao Yun on the side said with a smile: "Zhan'er, have you figured out where to fight first this time?" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he smiled and said, "Then you still need to say it?" Wancheng! ”

Wancheng is relatively unlucky, because of his special and important strategic location, he has become the first target of Young Master Zhuge every time, but when Young Master Zhuge arrived in Wancheng, he found that it was no longer meaningful to fight Wancheng.

The Shu army entered Wancheng without any resistance, because Wancheng had no garrison, standing at the head of Wancheng, looking down on Wancheng, Young Master Zhuge slapped the head of the city suddenly, and said bitterly: "The thousand-year-old city was destroyed in one fell swoop, who the fuck did this?" It's so damning! This man should be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever. ”

Xiaobai on the side heard a black line and said, "Childe, didn't you let us burn it before you left?" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he turned around in surprise and said, "Really? After thinking about it, "It seems that there is such a thing!" Then he waved his hand and said with a sad face: "Hey, I am also for the benefit of the people!" Let's not nail it! ”

When Xiaobai heard this, he had a black line and laughed dryly.

Just when Young Master Zhuge was in the city and was saddened by the destruction of Wancheng by the military disaster, Zhao Yun strode up to the city, holding a battle report in his hand, strode forward, handed it to Young Master Zhuge and said: "Zhan'er, I have already asked, since you burned Wancheng last time, Cao Ren has moved the county administration of Nanyang to Anzhong in the south, where there are 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Wenpin, do we want to fight?" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he reached out and touched Zhao Yun's forehead in surprise, and after a while, he said to himself with a puzzled face: "No fever?" How can you talk nonsense? ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he opened Young Master Zhuge angrily and said, "You kid, even the master dares to tease!" ”

Young Master Zhuge hurriedly smiled and begged for mercy: "Master, I was wrong!" Or you're going to spank me! ”

Zhao Yun shook his head with a smile and said, "you, you still tell me, why can't you fight!" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Master, although Anzhong is small, it is also a complete city, Wen Ping is a fierce general of the Cao army, and the soldiers and horses under his command are twice as many as ours, how can this be fought!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yun nodded, and said: "Having said that, but if we don't fight the snake and fight the people, how can we transfer Cao Jun out and realize the strategic intention of encircling Wei and saving Zhao?" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he took out the map from his arms, spread it out on the ground, took a closer look, pointed to the location of Xu Du on the map with a smile, and said, "Let's fight Xu Du!" ”

When Zhao Yun heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Xu Du now has eighteen or nine thousand soldiers and horses, but it is not less than An Zhong's!" ”

When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he said with a smile: "He doesn't have many soldiers and horses, and the master won't fight yet!" ”

When Zhao Yun and Xiaobai heard this, they looked at each other, completely dizzy!

Young Master Zhuge did not spend the night in Wancheng, and in the evening, when he left Wancheng, he went straight to Xudu without stopping. At this time, the garrison of Xudu was about 17,800 people, and the garrison was Xiahou Shang.

Xiahou Shang received the news that the Shu army had invaded the territory, and was shocked, and hurriedly ordered the whole city to be under martial law, and at the same time rushed to the Shizifu with the battle report and asked to see Cao Pi.

When Xiahou Shang arrived at the Shizi Mansion, Cao Pi had already fallen asleep, but Xiahou Shang said that the military situation was urgent, so he forced the attendants to drag Cao Pi out of the bed.

Cao Pi walked out of the inner room with his clothes on, his face was displeased, he sighed, and asked with misty eyes: "Boren! What the hell can't you say tomorrow, and you have to drag me up in the middle of the night in such a hurry? ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded for sin, and said: "The prince forgives the sin, it is really an urgent military situation, otherwise the last general will never dare to disturb the rest of the prince late at night!" ”

Cao Pi saw that Xiahou Shang was nervous, and knew that the matter was not small, so he restrained his tired face, and asked, "What is the matter?" ”

Xiahou Shang took out the battle report from his arms and handed it to Cao Pi, Cao Pi took the battle report, read it carefully, slapped the table, and said angrily: "Damn, the Shu army is too deceitful, and has repeatedly attacked my Xu Capital, do you really think that there is no one in my court?" After speaking, he put together the battle report and asked, "How many people are in the Shu army?" ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he replied: "No less than 10,000 riders!" ”

Hearing this, Cao Pi nodded, and asked again, "How many soldiers and horses do we have now?" ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he replied: "There are five thousand cavalry, and one hundred and twenty or three thousand foot soldiers." ”

When Cao Pi heard this, he smiled and said, "That's enough! Order, tomorrow we will go out of the city and fight the Shu army! ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he was shocked and said: "Shizi, Xu Du has a great stake, and it is probably not appropriate to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Shu army!" It's better to stick to it, and you can be safe. ”

When Cao Pi heard this, he waved his hand unhappily and said: "The Shu army came from afar, our army waited for work, the Shu army had few soldiers, our army was outnumbered by the crowd, the Shu army was alone in depth, and our army fought locally, so advantageous, it had to be closed, and it would only make the world laugh if it was passed out." I've made up my mind, and I don't need to say it anymore! ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he couldn't say anything more, said goodbye to Cao Pi, and rushed back to the camp overnight, preparing to deploy the decisive battle with the Shu army tomorrow.

Xiahou Shang returned to the camp and spread out the defense map of Xudu and the surrounding military divisions, thinking about it, and feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

At this time, the soldiers outside the tent came to report, Sima Yi asked to see, Xiahou Shang heard this, frowned slightly, and said in his heart, isn't this product worried at home? How did you get to me? I thought so in my heart, but Sima Yi was Cao Pi's confidant, so he couldn't slack off, so he hurriedly went out to greet him in person.

Xiahou Shang came out of the gate, and when he saw Sima Yi dressed in plain clothes, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhongshuzi, it's so late, what kind of wind blew you to me!" ”

When Sima Yi heard this, he also arched his hand and said: "The wind in Shu is gusting, I have to come!" ”

Xiahou Shang was shocked when he heard this, and said, "You know everything!" ”

Sima Yi smiled bitterly and said: "The Shu army has invaded the territory, and now even the three-foot children in the city know about it, how can I not know?" ”

When Xiahou Shang heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect the people in the market to be so well-informed!" After speaking, he took Sima Yi's hand, and the two entered the big tent together.