The Chu army's attack on Wu was beyond imagination, and the characteristics that Wu was proud of had no advantage in front of Chu.

On the contrary, the state of Chu occupies an absolute dominance, whether it is the ability of generals and ministers, or the combat power of troops, or material supplies, all of which occupy an overwhelming advantage.

In the winter moon, when Zhou Zhi on the North Road, Gao Shun on the Middle Road and the main force of the Wu Army fought bravely, the South Road took the lead in making breakthroughs.

Ling Tong, Zhu Ran, and He Qi, who were trapped in Jian'an, were outnumbered due to insufficient troops, and the army of the South Road of Chu State, under the command of Zhao Yun and Xu Shu, first divided their troops to break through some counties around their main force, and then presented an encirclement of their main force, and the soldiers of Wu State were forced to retreat.

Wu State Jian'an County was completely lost, Zhao Yun then led the main force of the South Road to the north, outflanking the main force of Wu State that was fighting with the army of Chu State in the middle, and Lu Su, the commander of the Wu Army in the middle of the road, faced the enemy on the back of the abdomen, and chose to retreat after hearing the news, and quickly notified Sun Ce further north.

Sun Ce's leadership is the core force of the Wu State, at this time is fighting bravely with the Chu State North Route Army, with the south of Ling Tong, Zhu Ran and others forced to retreat, Lu Su is also about to retreat, then if he does not retreat quickly, it is likely to face the siege of the Chu State Three Route Army.

Soon, Sun Ce and Lu Su, the two main forces of Wu State, withdrew to Danyang successively, and the three-way army of Chu State was not in a hurry to pursue and advanced steadily.

Zhou Zhihe, the commander of the Northern Route Army, and Pang Tong, who joined the army, were worried about the threat of Wu's naval army, and in the process of continuing to march, they sent Xu Huang, the commander of the southern army, to lead his troops to destroy all the water villages of Wu on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and set up heavy troops along the river for defense.

Zhou Yu lost the support of the land army, and the resistance became more and more difficult. After two months of fighting alone, I finally burned out. Lu Xun led the Haiyun Army to attack on all fronts. Defeated in one fell swoop. Zhou Yu was helpless. He led the remnants of the navy down the river and retreated to the north of Jianye.

At this time, the army of the North Road and the Middle Road of Chu had already joined forces in Danyang County, and fought a decisive battle with the main force of Wu in the area of Lingyang and Anwu in the north of Huangshan, while Zhao Yun's army on the South Road was in the remnants led by Ling Tong, Zhu Ran and others in Huiji.

Wu Guo can be said to have fallen into a desperate situation, and only his last breath is left.

Compared with the Yangzhou battlefield, the state of Chu fell into a comprehensive disadvantage in the north, with the four major armies of the North, Xuanwu, Dongfang, and White Tiger plus part of the Northern Army and the Western Army. All of them have suffered heavy losses. The long defensive line made them suffer in the face of a full-scale attack by the Wei state.

Even if Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong, Zhuge Liang and others have the ability to reach the sky, it is impossible to reverse the objective facts, and the Wei State's Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Xi Zhicai, Xiahou generals, Cao generals, Man Chong, Li Dian, Guo Huai, Hao Zhao and other advisers and good generals are not so easy to deal with.

One urgent report after another came to Xiangyang, making Wang Xu happy for the war in Yangzhou, but also full of worries.

Until the main force in the south reached Danyang and victory was in sight, Wang Xu, after careful consideration, decided to completely abandon the three counties of the state and Feng Yi in the north of Yongzhou, and all the northern military forces shrank to the core of Yongzhou. Stationed in various dangerous passes, according to the danger to guard. Mainly to take the state of Wu.

Although this move seems a little cold and cruel, it is a rational move in line with the current situation, although the loss of the four counties makes the north no longer have strategic depth and a springboard for attacking Wei, but it alleviates the urgent need, so that the military power of the north is no longer rapidly depleted, and can be used as a barrier to better defend Wei.

For long-term considerations, Wang Xu finally informed Jia Kui, the general of Zhenbei, that he hoped that he would lead part of the northern army to accompany him, and lead these tribes to move westward again, temporarily avoiding Wei, and then compensating for the future when Chu regained the lost territory.

Jia Kui has formed a deep friendship with those tribes in northern Xinjiang over the years, and he can't bear to abandon it, so he readily agreed.

In fact, when organizing the retreat, the generals and officials of the state were extremely reluctant to leave, almost in tears, and the pain was difficult to understand if they had not experienced it.

In March 219, after paying a certain price, the Chu State withdrew all its northern forces to the north of Hongnong and Chang'an to contain various dangers and passes.

Wei did not give up because of this, and attacked with all their might, but at this time they could not occupy much advantage, and the defense of the Chu army was greatly reduced, and they occupied a dangerous pass and geographical advantage, which was enough to deal with it calmly, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle of equal strength.

The news quickly spread to Yangzhou, and Wu was almost desperate.

The strong man of the Chu State broke his wrist, the loss was huge, but it preserved the military strength of the north, and now the Wei State wants to break the Chu army, it is even more difficult, and this is tantamount to bad news for the Wu State, they don't know how long they can resist, if the Wei State cannot force the Chu State to retreat, then the outcome can be imagined.

Cao Cao also knew this, and continuously ordered Yanzhou's army to attack Nanyang, but unfortunately its strength was also limited, most of the main force was in the north, and all the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Central Plains were combined, and it was difficult to pose too much threat to Nanyang guarded by Zhang He.

At the end of April, the remnants of the Wu army, which had been trapped in Huiji for several months, were no longer able to resist, and many Wu generals such as Ling Tong and Zhu Ran led their troops to break through the siege and failed, and most of the remaining soldiers surrendered, leaving only more than 1,000 cronies to retreat into Shanyin County with them.

This is still Zhao Yun obeyed Wang Xu's instructions before the expedition, and let it go if he can, without affecting the war situation, and try not to kill the generals of Wu State, so he did not order the release of arrows, and deliberately controlled it, otherwise these generals of Wu State would have no chance of surviving at all.

Subsequently, Xu Shu led 10,000 people to stay in Shanyin, and Zhao Yun led the main army into Danyang.

At this point, the main force of Wu was besieged in Danyang, with the army of Chu State North Road in the west, the army of Chu State Middle Road in the south, and the army of Chu State South Road in the east, and the situation was dangerous. At the same time, the state of Chu continued to send a large number of officials and began to take over Yangzhou, while the Jiaozhou army was fully assigned to various localities to temporarily take charge of local stability.

The remnants of the main force of Wu were putting up their last resistance in Danyang, expecting a breakthrough in the northern Wei to gain a glimmer of life.

But the reality is that the northern defense line of the Chu State can resist for absolutely longer than them, which is determined by the current objective situation and strength.

In mid-May, Lu Xun led the Haiyun Army to completely defeat the remnants of Wu Guo's naval division on the river in the west of Jianye with an overwhelming advantage, and then set off for Jianye.

The main forces of the Wu army on the front were forced to withdraw again, abandoning the last favorable defensive zone.

Under the strict supervision of Guo Jia, the three-way army of Chu did not despise because victory was in sight, and did not slow down, and all the armies echoed each other, advancing in an orderly manner layer by layer, just like rippling water, layer after layer, which could not only push each other, but also make it difficult for Wu's ambush plan to work, which can be said to make full use of the favorable situation and absolute superiority in troops. Moreover, the development of Wu over the years has made the roads extend in all directions, which also provides convenient conditions for this action.

In June, Wudu Jianye, located on the north bank of the Danyang River, was besieged, and the main army gathered outside the city.

But in fact, the ministers in Wu Guocheng had already exploded, and most of the important ministers were trying to persuade Sun Jian to surrender.

On June 17, Wang Xu's pardon order was passed to Jianye and informed Wu that as long as the Sun family could lead the Wu State to surrender, not only would there be no fault, but it would be meritorious!

Accompanying Jianye was the noble concubine Sun Shangxiang, who personally came forward to persuade her.

Sun Shangxiang is the daughter of the Sun family, and her words played a very big role, at least calming the hearts of the Sun family.

After many struggles, Sun Jian, who was already old, finally let out a long sigh and ordered surrender.

Wu Guozhong will weep bitterly and mourn.

Subsequently, the Sun family and Jiangdong important ministers entered the Chu camp in an orderly manner, received favorable treatment, and a few days later, Dian Wei and Chen Zhi personally led the army to escort them to Xiangyang.

Guo Jia and Zhao Yun's army on the South Road stayed in Danyang County and began to deal with the aftermath. The Northern Route Army and the Middle Route Army, with the assistance of Lu Xun, quickly crossed the river and headed north to take over the land north of the Yangtze River of Wu. When Cao Cao fainted on the spot when he learned of the fall of Wu a few days later, the two-way army of Chu had already driven into the southern part of the Central Plains.

Since then, the Sun family, which has dominated Jiangdong for more than 20 years, has withdrawn from the stage of history and has become part of the Great Chu Dynasty.

The state of Chu occupied the entire south, and the eastern territory advanced to the central part of Yuzhou and Xuzhou, separating the north and south of the Central Plains from the state of Wei.

Because Wei was already empty in the Central Plains, it had to stop the offensive on the northern front, divide most of its forces to the south, and start to deploy the southern defense, while the Chu State was already chaotic due to the initial determination of Wu, and the soldiers were tired and stable, so they had no certainty of advancing northward, so they could only deploy a defensive line on the border.

Such a situation made Wang Xu, who was in Xiangyang, so excited that he couldn't control himself, and he couldn't sleep for two consecutive days!

He knew that the goal he had been fighting for all his life was getting closer and closer!

On this day, he was in a good mood to accompany Cai Yan and Diao Chan to relax in the imperial garden, but a female official came over with a worried look.

"Your Majesty! Big things are not good! ”

"Panic what!" Wang Xu frowned and reprimanded, turned his head to look at her and said, "Say it slowly!" ”

The female officer is also very smart, no matter how much, she panted first and threw out a sentence.

"The general of the town army is critically ill!"

"Who's critically ill?"

"Zhou Zhi, the general of the town army!"

"You say it again?"

Wang Xu's expression at this time was very terrifying, the female officer was too timid to look at her, bowed her head and said softly: "The general of the Zhenjun army is critically ill and has just been sent to Xiangyang, the divine doctors are helpless, saying that he may not survive three days, General Zhou sent someone to report, saying that he wants to see His Majesty for the last time!" ”

When the words fell, Wang Xu's eyes turned black and he fainted directly.

"Your Majesty!!"

Cai Yan and Diao Chan were in a hurry, hurriedly helped him up, and quickly carried him to a pavilion with the assistance of the palace maid.

Xu Shu rushed to hear the news, and happened to meet Wang Xu who had just woken up, the two looked at each other for a moment, and Wang Xu got up.

"Wen Ya, come with me to see next Zhou Zhi!"

"He's dead?"

"I don't know, but the female officer doesn't dare to lie to me!"

"But what's going on with your body? Although Zhou Zhi's news hit you hard, with your body, why is it so fragile? ”

Wang Xu paused, but soon sighed: "It should be that these days are hard to control yourself, you are too emotional, and you are stimulated by the sudden bad news!" Okay, my body is fine, let's go see Zhou Zhi first. (To be continued......)