A day later, the main army led by Wang Xu personally passed through Wancheng, turned east, and galloped to Wuyin.

Along the way, he got Li Yan's battle report again.

After reading it, although Chen Deng didn't like Li Yan's way of behaving, he couldn't help but sigh sincerely: "Li Yan is really a handsome talent, he knows the will of the lord, and he took advantage of the situation to completely pull out the nail of Wuyin, and the Northern Expedition of the army finally has no worries." ”

The reason why he said this was because there were several small roads in the mountains and fields east of Wuyin, leading to Runan in Yuzhou, and although it was extremely difficult for a large army to get through, it was a problem after all.

However, after Li Yan seized the county seat of Wuyin, he almost didn't need Wang Xu's order, he had already understood the general trend, took the initiative to attack, used the remaining Cao army armor in Wuyin City, pretended to be Cao Jun, and defrauded the Cao army posts guarding various trails with lightning speed, and arranged for soldiers to be stationed.

In this way, it can be regarded as a successful construction of a defensive line to avoid being attacked and harassed by Cao's army in the rear after the army continues to move north.

Holding the injured battle report, Wang Xu pondered for a long time, and finally turned his head to look at Guo Jia, nodded and said, "You can notify the other side to start the operation!" ”

"The minister will send his confidants over!" Guo Jia is as calm as ever.

"Remember, this time, I just need to see the results!" Wang Xu's tone was categorical.

"The minister understands!"

Guo Jia understands Wang Xu's meaning very well, that is, regardless of the cost, not listening to the process, only looking at the result, it is a dead order.

The entire Northern Expedition strategy finally really unfolded at this moment, and only a few people such as Guo Jia, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Chen Deng, and Xu Shu knew how huge the plot was this time.

Xi Zhicai and Cheng Yu, who were far away in Yingchuan, had no way of knowing what the purpose of Chu's Northern Expedition was. But anyway. These two talented people with outstanding intelligence. did not slack off the slightest bit because of this, when the news of Wuyin's loss came, the two were stunned at first, but then there was calm, because this was what they expected.

"The loss is a bit big!" The wrinkles at the corners of Cheng Yu's eyes were stacked together, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes, I originally thought that General Zang Ba would at least be able to lead most of the men and horses to retreat safely, but I didn't expect that now General Zang was captured by the other party!" Xi Zhicai sighed and shook his head: "If the lord knows." Surely there will be a lot of rage. ”

"I can't control it now, whether General Zang lives or dies can only depend on his creation, and he must fight in the Yin War, which is caused by his own underestimation of the enemy. We can't change the whole plan because of him, and now it's on the line and we have to send it. Cheng Yu said.

Xi Zhicai didn't rush to answer, and walked around the house, as if he was calculating.

"In my opinion, it's almost time to act!"

"I think so too!"

Cheng Yu echoed. The two looked at each other, and they both showed a faint smile.

November 205 A.D. Wang Xu led the army to Wuyin and launched a vigorous Northern Expedition.

At the same time, Cao Cao finally broke the coalition of Karasuma and Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang in the north of Youzhou, and the Karasuma King was beheaded by Xu Chu, and the lords of Karasuma were also killed seven or eight out of ten, leaving only hundreds of defenders Karasuma Shan Yu Louban, as well as Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and others fled east and defected to Gongsun Kang of Liaodong.

The Karasuma tribes then surrendered, and Cao Cao collected and surrendered the population of the various tribes in the Sai Nei by hundreds of thousands, and shocked the northern frontier.

Just on the day that Wang Xu was stationed in Wuyin, Cao Cao left Cao Ren as the commander, and the former Yuan Shao's general Ju Yi, his eldest son Cao Ang, and his son Cao Zhang, who was only 17 years old, led 50,000 elite soldiers to stay in northern Xinjiang, chasing down the remnants of the enemy and bandits inside and outside the Sai, accommodating the people, and stabilizing Youzhou.

As for himself, he returned to Yecheng with the main army and civil and military forces.

As early as when the coalition forces of Lou Ban, Yuan Shang and others had not been completely defeated, but the shape had been clear, the Cao army of various departments in Hebei had been mobilized on a large scale and began to quickly assemble in the Bingzhou area, and its intention was self-evident, this was to completely recover the annexed state.

Gao Shun had already led his troops back to Yongzhou for a few months, but after hearing that Yuan Shang was completely defeated, Gao Gan was shocked in the face of Cao's fierce large-scale mobilization, and hurriedly asked for help again.

This time, Gao Shun still did not hesitate and decided to raise troops again to go to the state to help him resist Cao.

In the past few days in Wuyin, Wang Xu received secret reports from all parties one after another, and a sense of wind and rain arose in an instant, and on the third day of his arrival in Wuyin, he got an unexpected news.

Jiangdong raised an army of 150,000 as early as half a month ago and sent troops to the Huai River in an attempt to plot against Xuzhou.

Unexpectedly, but suffered an unprecedented fiasco, Sima Yi, who had been missing for a long time, reappeared to assist Xun You, Li Dian, Cao Xiu, Gao Ran and others, and in just over half a month, they completely defeated the Jiangdong army, and the lineup of this Jiangdong army is not weak.

Sun Jian personally led the troops to the battle, and there were many famous ministers and good generals such as Sun Ce, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Ling Cao, Chen Wu, Pan Zhang, Yu Turn, Bu Qi, etc., which can be described as unprecedented luxury.

But I didn't expect to plant a big heel inexplicably.

The two armies fought a huge war along the Huai River in Xuzhou, and the final result was that within half a month, Cao's army with 70,000 horses and horses repelled an enemy twice as large as itself.

Sima Yi and Xun You shined in this battle, and the layout was interlocking, which can be called a model of military art.

Tong guò lured the enemy, and the way of division forced the 150,000 army of Jiangdong to divide into three routes.

Then, with a plan to make something out of nothing, he concentrated his superior forces to attack Sun Jian's Chinese army at night, and with the help of the fire strategy, forced Sun Jian to quickly rout, and then cleverly set up a trick to ambush the other Jiangdong armies that rushed to help, and in just two or three days, the entire Jiangdong main force was completely defeated.

In this battle, in addition to Sima Yi and Xun You, the two shook the world, as the main general Li Dian, also deservedly ranked among the famous generals, if Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and others were here, of course, it would not be his turn, but he was deeply respected in the Cao army in this history, but most of the time as a deputy general was saved zài, and was used by Cao Cao to make up for the military masters of those famous generals, finally let go of his hand and showed his style.

Whether it is the macro dispatch of the army or the detailed connection in the command process, it has a perfect mastery. In the slightest errand cuò. It will also cause severe consequences in the case. But he has always maintained his demeanor as a Confucian general, confident and calm, always without the slightest mistake, when he has an advantage, step by step, so that Jiangdong Wenwu can not find a chance to turn the tables at all.

Li Dian's name has since shocked Jiangdong and regarded it as a flood beast.

Meanwhile. The two young generals in Caoying's formation also showed their dazzling edge in this battle, and the stars shone brightly.

One is Guo Huai, and the other is Hao Zhao.

These two meritorious ministers who resisted Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in history have shown their heads early in the process of complete change, and their unique shape has given them a stage and opportunity to rise, and the new history has created them, and they have also used their own abilities to dance with history. The light of the famous general bloomed quickly.

The rest also have Wang Shuang and other generations, although they are not so conspicuous. But it also makes people's eyes shine.

Jiangdong was defeated very badly, if it weren't for the time when the army crossed the Huai River in the south, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, Ling Cao and others struggled to break off, I am afraid that even half of them would not be able to go back.

But even so, Jiangdong still suffered heavy losses.

Sun Jian was seriously injured, followed the Sun family for many years, loyal and extraordinary, Ling Cao, who was extraordinary in both civil and military affairs, desperately blocked the intersection when he was broken, fought to the last soldier, and stabbed to death for the rebels.

Sun Jing, Sun Jian's younger brother Sun Jing, who had followed Sun Jian since the beginning of the army, and Sun Jing's second son, Sun Yu, also died in this battle and died at the foot of Miao'er Mountain.

Even the veterans Han Dang and Zu Mao also fell in this battle, and when they initially covered Sun Jian's retreat, the two rushed into the enemy side by side with the heart of death, and died in battle.

Poor Zu Mao escaped the fate of dying for Sun Jian in history, and lived for more than ten years, but in the end he died for Sun Jian, I really don't know if it should be said to be the destiny of heaven.

I can only sigh: time, life!

The defeated army of Jiangdong withdrew to the south bank of the Huai River and returned to the precipitous fortress of the city, silently savoring the bitterness and pain after the defeat.

The Cao army did not take advantage of the victory to go south, because they did not have enough strength, killed a thousand enemies, and lost 800 themselves, they were already insufficient in strength, and they did not have the strength to attack, so they could only stick to their homeland and wait for the times to change, but the names of these people shook the world.

It was drizzling in Wuyin County today, and the temperature was dropping, and it already felt like a winter.

Wang Xu took Guo Jia and Chen Deng to inspect the military camp in the process, suddenly received information from Jiangdong, and after reading it, he handed it to Guo Jia and the others, and remained silent.

"Alas!" With a sigh, Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh: "Since ancient times, how many people have been fighting!" ”

Sun Jing is Wang Xu's old acquaintance, at the beginning of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Sun Jing has always been in charge of Sun Jian's logistics, low-key and enthusiastic, and his character has nothing to say, although the two are not close friends, but they also have some old feelings, for some reason, suddenly seeing the news of his death, his heart became extremely heavy.

As for Han Dang and Zu Mao, of course, they are more familiar, they fought side by side in the early years, but they are not familiar with each other.

In the past, although he was not to be outdone, he still kept his face in three points, thinking that if he could be captured alive, he would never kill him, and everyone knew this.

"There are fewer and fewer old people back then, and I really don't know how many will be left when the world is stable." Wang Xu's voice seemed a little distant, and his expression was confused, reminiscing about the memory that was already a little vague.

Chen Deng saw that his feelings were a little low, and he couldn't help but persuade him: "Lord, life and death are unpredictable, don't be too sentimental, beware of hurting your body!" ”

Wang Xu didn't pick him up, his thoughts fluttered, and he suddenly remembered for some reason that his aunt who was far away in the Central Plains and was also Chen Deng's aunt, for him, he had seen it when he was a child, and he hadn't seen it for more than 20 years in the blink of an eye.

"Yuanlong, did you say that your aunt and his old man have been doing well all these years?"

"Mother Chen?" Chen Deng was puzzled, but still replied: "After she and her father moved from Xuzhou back then, they have always lived a very ...... life."

As he spoke, he reacted suddenly. "Lord, do you mean your aunt and her old man?"

"Yes!" Wang Xu nodded: "I really hope to see her again!" I also want to eat the dim sum that her old man cooked for me again, it tastes very special! ”

For some reason, he suddenly felt that when he was a child, he really lost too much when he was bent on being the king and hegemonic!

"Hehe, there must be a chance! In fact, the minister also wants to eat! Chen Deng said with an optimistic smile.

"Yes! We all want to eat ......."

At this moment, Wang Xu's eyes changed and became very sharp.

"So we have to fight back, fight back to Shanyang, and lay down the Central Plains!"

ps: It's three shifts today, I feel very sleepy, and I'll continue to fight tomorrow! (To be continued......)