Chapter 542: Confrontation between the Great Armies

Cao Pi glanced at everyone, "Do you have any way?" Sima Yi was about to speak, but Xu You rushed ahead and said, "Actually, this matter is not difficult!" As long as the army on the wing is transferred to Yuzhou, Yuzhou can be kept safe and sound! Cao Pi's eyes lit up, "That's right! Previously, more than 200,000 elite troops were mobilized in Yingshang, firstly, to support Hefei if necessary, and secondly, to prevent LΓΌ Bu's army from raiding Yingshang and cutting off the retreat of the Huainan army. Now that Sun Jian's army has been defeated, more than 200,000 elites are really expensive in Ying, so it is better to transfer them all to Yuzhou! ”

Glancing at Sima Yi, "What does Mr. think?" ”

Sima Yi nodded, hugged his fists and said, "The lord is wise!" ”

At this moment, a herald rushed in and reported excitedly: "Cavalry Lord, General Zhang Jaw has defeated Sun Jian again, and Sun Jian's tens of thousands of remnants have retreated into Jiangxia to fight the trapped beasts. In addition, General Cao Ren has captured Chaisang, General Li Dian has captured Wu County, and more than a dozen counties in Changsha, Yuzhang, Huiji, Lingling, Wuling, Guiyang, Cangwu, and Nanhai have sent envoys to ask for surrender. ”

Cao Pi laughed, "Okay, good! Good wine doesn't have such a good news! Pass on my order, seal Zhang Jaw as the left general, Cao Ren as the hussar general, and Li Dian as the right general. The herald clenched his fists and ran.

Xu You clenched his fists with joy on his face and said, "My lord, you should immediately reward the three armies." ”

Cao Pi nodded thoughtfully, "It should be!" Xun You,"

Xun Yu made a promise.

Cao Pi said: "Immediately withdraw 500 million yuan, 500,000 catties of meat, and 500,000 bottles from the treasury, and immediately set off for Jiangdong to reward the three armies!" ”

"No."

Sima Yi clasped his fists at Cao Pi and said: "My lord, I should let Mr. Xun You bring the lord's edict and order the generals to leave the necessary garrison soldiers and horses, and then immediately assemble in Jiangxia." Cao Ren was ordered to be the general of the unified army, Zhang Jaw and Li Dian were the deputy generals, and Ling Lejin led 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Cangwu to defend the direction of Jiaozhou. ”

Cao Pi nodded and said to Xun You: "Just follow this order!" ”

Xun Yu answered and ran down.

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Zhang Lang handed over the military affairs of Yanzhou to Jia Xu to be fully responsible, and at the same time ordered Cai Yan to be the assassin of the state, in charge of the civil affairs of the state, and appointed Zhao Yun as the general of the Yijun army, in charge of the military affairs of the state and Youzhou. Immediately, Zhang Lang led the Leopard Taowei and the Pingnan Army to leave Yanzhou and march in the direction of Yuzhou.

At the same time, the War Bear Legion and the Tiger Wing Legion also received a transfer order, and 80,000 War Bear Legion and 50,000 Tiger Wing Legion soldiers, a total of 130,000 troops, marched to Yuzhou through Nanyang.

Just when the army on Zhang Lang's side was mobilized, the elite of the 260,000 Cao army originally stationed on Yingshang also marched west to aid Yuzhou.

The armies of both sides arrived in Yuzhou on the front and back. The forward cavalry fought, Cao's army was unfavorable, and the army hurriedly entered Yuzhou City and closed the city gate. Since then, the Cao army in Yuzhou has more than 400,000 defenders, including 310,000 regular troops and more than 100,000 militiamen. And the army on Lu Bu's side, in terms of numbers, does not have any advantage.

Zhang Lang stood in front of the sand table, looking at the sand table terrain of Yuzhou, a little depressed, "Damn! Sima Yi actually expected that we would come to attack Yuzhou, and actually transferred all the troops on Ying! ”

Ma Chao said: "Our army has a large number of siege equipment, so I don't believe that it can't be opened!" ”

Xu Huang said: "You can't beat this city with siege equipment alone!" Both sides have more than 400,000 horses, although the other side has more than 100,000 people's troops, but the overall combat strength is not much lower than ours, and there are strong city defenses as support, and hundreds of thousands of people as backup! I don't dare to say that I can't attack by force, but even if I do, I'm afraid that our people won't be able to do much! ”

Ma Chao said angrily: "According to what you mean, let's not fight and withdraw the army and go back?" ”

Xu Huang was robbed by Ma Chao, although he was unhappy, but he didn't want to conflict with Ma Chao, so he didn't make a sound.

Zhang Lang looked at Zang Ba and Wu Yi, "What do you think?" ”

Zang overbearing: "It's better to avoid the front and use cavalry to raid Yingshang?" ”

Zhang Lang frowned and shook his head, "This won't work!" Now Yingshang has no serious impact on the battle situation! Even if we take Yingshang, it will be useless, but will plunge our cavalry into the enemy's encirclement! Zang Ba was silent. Wu Yi was always silent, it wasn't that he didn't want to give advice to Zhang Lang, but he couldn't think of any good way because of the lack of ink in his belly!

At this moment, the herald rushed in, knelt down and said, "General, Kong Mingxian's subordinates have brought a letter. Zhang Lang was overjoyed and hurriedly called for submission. The herald immediately stood up, took the letter from his bosom, and presented it to Zhang Lang with both hands. Zhang Lang took it apart and looked at it quickly, revealing a thoughtful look.

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Jiangxia.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were drinking in the inn. How could the three of them be in Jiangxia? It turned out that since the three of them fled from Xuchang, they fled all the way south. got rid of the pursuers, but he felt that the world was so big that there was no place for his three brothers. The three of them naturally couldn't go back to Xuchang, and they didn't want to go to Lu Bu, so Sun Jian became their only choice, the three brothers came all the way south, crossed the river by boat, came to Chaisang, and asked to see Sun Jian, Sun Jian greeted him with warm hospitality, so the three settled down under Sun Jian's hands, and Sun Jian allocated 10,000 infantry troops to his three brothers to command. Although the number of people is a little less, the three brothers are still very grateful, in their opinion, Sun Jian is at least much more generous than that Cao Cao!

Zhang Fei poured a bowl of wine and said depressedly: "I originally thought that the army could take Huainan in one go out of Chaohu, but I didn't expect that it would not be able to attack for a long time, and Zhang Jaw actually copied our back road, and the army returned to help, but it actually fell into the encirclement of the Cao army, and almost the whole army was wiped out!" Isn't that Zhou Lang known as comparable to Guan Zhongleyi? How did you get tricked? I think he just has a good face, and the girls blow him to the core! ”

Guan Yu shouted angrily: "Third brother, you just say a few words!" ”

Zhang Fei poured another bowl of wine, "It's all up to this step, and you don't let me speak, second brother, do you want to suffocate me?" ”

Guan Yu ignored Zhang Fei and said to Liu Bei: "Big brother, now that Sun Jian is trapped in the lonely city of Jiangxia, there are only more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid that we won't be able to stand it for long, we have to think of a way out!" ”

Zhang Fei shouted, "Second brother, what do you mean?" Do you want to defect to Lu Bu's three-surnamed family slave? I don't want to, you have to go, you go, I'll go home by myself and continue to be my butcher! ”

Liu Bei said angrily: "You guy, what are you messing up again!" Which one did you hear say that you want to take refuge in Lu Bu? Zhang Fei's expression softened, "That's good!" He took the bowl and poured it.

A veteran came in, hugged his fists and said, "Lord, two generals, there is a living person outside, saying that there is something important to discuss with the lord!" ”