At the same time that Liu Jing received the battle report from Ganning, Cao Pi also received an urgent report of 800 miles from the Linzi defenders, and 30,000 Han troops suddenly appeared in Qingzhou, all the way like a bamboo, and had swept most of Qingzhou.

When Cao Pi got the news, it was when he was having lunch, and Cao Pi was taken aback by the danger of Qingzhou, the wine bottle in his hand fell to the ground in fright, his face instantly turned pale, his voice trembled, and he urgently ordered the guards to summon Cheng Yu to see him.

Cao Pi also has no intention of dining, his heart is like a fire, if Qingzhou is lost, it will threaten the safety of Hebei, what should he do? The biggest problem now is that he doesn't have enough troops at his disposal.

Among the 150,000 troops that Cao Jun invested in the Central Plains War, Cao Ren led the main force of 80,000 troops, 30,000 troops in Qiaoxian, and 20,000 troops in the Yu Ban Department that was annihilated by the Han army, so there were only 20,000 defenders left in Pengcheng, plus 10,000 tiger guards brought by Cao Pi, the defenders of Pengcheng only had 30,000 people, not only to protect the safety of Cao Pi, but also to defend Pengcheng, where is there an army to aid Qingzhou?

After thinking about it, only Zhang Liao's army could be used, but Cao Pi couldn't make up his mind for a while, he needed to listen to Cheng Yu's advice.

During this time, Cheng Yu's health was not very good, and he was a little sick, which is also the reason for his advanced age, he was nearly eighty years old, and followed Cao Pi to Xuzhou for a long journey, and he was not suitable for the water and soil of Xuzhou for a while, so he fell ill, and it was not until the past two days that he got a little better.

Cheng Yu came to the inner hall on crutches, Cao Pi hurriedly ordered the guards to help him sit down, and asked with concern, "Is the military advisor feeling better?" ”

"It's better, I can get up and walk around for the next two days."

Cao Pi sighed, "The military advisor is nearly eighty years old, and he is still going south with me, Cao Pi is ashamed!" ”

"Your Highness doesn't have to blame yourself, since Duke Wei entrusted His Highness to the old minister, the old minister should do his best to assist, I don't know what urgent matter His Highness has?"

Cheng Yu knows Cao Pi very well, Cao Pi is more rigid and self-serving, he doesn't like to listen to his subordinates' construction, and the layout of the transfer of troops after coming to Xuzhou is Cao Pi's decision, he basically doesn't ask himself, and today he sent someone to find him, something big must have happened.

Cao Pi didn't have the heart to care about Cheng Yu's health now, he just asked casually, and he immediately said: "I just received an urgent report from Linzi, tens of thousands of Han troops suddenly appeared in Qingzhou, and most of Qingzhou has been captured, we only have 5,000 garrisons in Linzi, and Qingzhou is in danger." ”

Cheng Yu was also secretly surprised, how could the Han army suddenly kill Qingzhou? But as soon as he thought about it, he understood that this must be the Han warship heading north from the sea, and the sneak attack on Jiaozhou appeared again.

He sighed slightly: "This is also what the old minister is worried about, after the Han army destroyed Jiaozhou, Wei Gong and the old minister were very worried that the Han army would do the trick and send the water army to attack Hebei or Qingzhou, but this time in the battle of the Central Plains, the Han army mainly attacked Xuchang, and it seems that it has nothing to do with the water army, so the old minister did not pay attention to the water army, but I didn't expect the water army to be dispatched, Liu Jing has a careful layout, and the water does not leak, which is really admirable." ”

Cao Pi's face became gloomy, it turned out that his father and Cheng Yu had noticed the movements of the Han army and the navy for a long time, but they didn't tell themselves, what is the use of regretting it now? In particular, Cheng Yu praised Liu Jing for his careful layout, which was undoubtedly a slap in the face, implying that he was not thoughtful, which made Cao Pi very uncomfortable.

He held back the dissatisfaction in his heart, and said to Cheng Yu: "I want Zhang Liao's army to go north to rescue Qingzhou, I don't know if the military advisor thinks it is feasible?" ”

Cheng Yu pondered for a moment and asked, "Other than that, is there any other plan?" ”

Cao Pi shook his head, "Otherwise, we can only send Yedu's army, but Yedu's garrison is less than 50,000, and sending too many troops will affect the safety of Yedu, so I think about it, I can only send Zhang Liao to the north, and there is no other army to call on." ”

Cheng Yu nodded, "Since the prince has decided, the old minister has nothing to say, so let's send troops according to the prince's decision!" ”

"But how to fight the battle of the Central Plains, don't the military divisions have a little bit of construction?" Cao Pi couldn't help but say again.

Cheng Yu sighed, "The only thing that Lao Chen can do is to return to Yedu as much as possible, if we want to find a way to recruit troops, the lack of troops is our biggest weakness, I hope it's still too late!" ”

Of course, Cao Pi understood what Cheng Yu meant, that is, he wanted not to interfere with Cao Ren's command, which he could understand, he had now let Cao Ren take full command of the battle, but there was another meaning in Cheng Yu's words, that is, it implied that the passivity of the Central Plains Battle was caused by him Cao Pi, which made Cao Pi listen extremely harshly.

Cao Pi couldn't bear it anymore, got up and said to the guards: "The military division is not in good health, it is not suitable to sit for a long time, help the military division to go back to rest, send a doctor to recuperate the military division, and don't slack off!" ”

Cheng Yu understood in his heart, and smiled and said: "Lao Chen is indeed old and mediocre, so he has to go back." ”

He stood up with difficulty, helped the guards and slowly left, Cao Pi kept watching the news of Cheng Yu's back, and finally couldn't help but slam the inkstone on the ground and scolded: "What kind of military advisor is this?" Don't say a word if it's useful, it's a big bunch of nonsense, this kind of old and mediocre person, don't use it! ”

Cao Pi walked a few steps in a distraught, but the shape was in danger and he was not allowed to think about it anymore, so he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, order Zhang Liao to lead his troops to rush to Qingzhou and rescue Linzi City!" ”

Cao Pi gave the order to send troops, and at this moment, a guard rushed to the front of the hall, bowed down and said, "Qi Shizi, there is an urgent express letter from the Chinese servants." ”……

Cheng Yu came out of Cao Pi's temporary palace, and the eldest grandson Cheng Ke, who was waiting outside the palace, hurriedly greeted him, hugged his grandfather and said, "Grandfather, watch out for the steps!" ”

Cheng Yu nodded, "Let's go back first!" ”

Cheng Ke helped his grandfather get into the carriage and ordered the coachman to start returning home, inside the carriage, Cheng Yu had been silent, Cheng Ke looked back at the cavalry, and saw that they were not in front of the window, so he whispered to his grandfather: "I just received a letter from my father, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi came to visit my father successively." ”

Cheng Ke's father is Cheng Yu's eldest son Cheng Wu, this news made Cheng Yu stunned, he asked, "Where is the letter?" ”

"The letter is in the house, and the grandson didn't bring it out."

After a moment of silence, Cheng Yu asked again, "What else did the letter say?" ”

"There is also Xiahoudun who said goodbye without saying goodbye, it is said that he went to Taiyuan."

Cheng Yu closed his eyes, and after a while, he sneered and said, "Go back and pack your luggage!" Today or tomorrow, we will return to Yedu. ”……

The change of shape can be described as changing rapidly, just when the 30,000 naval army sneaked into Qingzhou, the situation in Yedu also underwent subtle changes, after the 50,000 Youzhou army was taken away by Zhang Liao 30,000, Cao Zhang took decisive measures and stayed in the Yedu North military camp overnight, and firmly held the remaining 20,000 Youzhou troops in his own hands.

At the same time, Cao Zhi visited Xiahoudun at night, and early the next morning, Xiahoudun left Yedu without authorization and rushed to Taiyuan, which was the sphere of influence of the Xiahou clan, and was guarded by Xiahoudun's nephew Xiahou Shang.

Although the situation in Yedu was still very calm and unprosperous, Cao Pi saw the turbulence of the undercurrent under the calm situation, and he was so anxious that on the night of receiving Hua Xin's urgent letter, he handed over the military power to Cao Xiu to guard Xuzhou, and ordered someone to send the tiger talisman to Cao Ren, and ordered him to be fully responsible for the Central Plains Campaign.

After hastily arranging the battle, Cao Pi set off overnight and rushed back to Yedu under the escort of 10,000 tiger guards

In early June, Zhang Liao's 30,000 troops crossed the Yellow River and killed Qingzhou, and Cao Pi's army also entered Dongjun and was about to cross the river to the north, and at this time, the Han army, which had confronted Cao's army for nearly 20 days, finally launched an attack on Qianxian.

Because the Yizhou army led by Zhang Ren and the Hanzhong army led by Meng Da had arrived in Qiaojun, the total strength of the Han army camp reached 200,000, plus the 30,000 Han troops who intercepted Cao Ren's retreat in Xiangxian, the Han army had occupied an absolute superiority in strength.

Liu Jing immediately led an army of 200,000 to surround Qian County, attacking the city day and night, and the county was in danger, and Niu Jin continuously asked Cao Ren for help.

Although Cao Pi had already handed over command to Cao Ren, Cao Ren's army missed the opportunity to return to Xuzhou, and 30,000 Han troops in Xiangxian intercepted it, and Pang De's cavalry was eyeing it from one side.

The main force of the Cao army has been unable to withdraw to Xuzhou, Cao Ren knew that the Han army was forcing him to rescue Qian County, but he had no choice but to lead 80,000 Cao troops to Qian County, except for fighting to the death with the Han army, Cao Ren had no third way to go.

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Outside the city of Qiaojun, three hundred giant trebuchets transported from Xuchang stood proudly, the boulders were thrown, making a piercing whistling sound, smashing the head of the city, the soldiers on the head of the city shouted, they all bowed their heads and fell down, the battlements hit by the boulders, and suddenly the gravel splashed, together with the broken bricks of the battlements, the boulders continued to roll, and smashed the last trebuchet on the head of the city, the wooden base was broken, the tall trebuchet shook a few times, and squeaked and fell to the city.

This time, the Han army did not use fire oil or army to attack the city, but used trebuchets to fight against Cao's army, more to put pressure on Qian County and force the main force of Cao's army to come to help.

In the two-day catapult battle, the Han army's trebuchets defeated Cao's trebuchets with a longer range, destroying almost all the trebuchets on the city, Cao's army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the Han army also paid the price of fifteen trebuchets being destroyed, and hundreds of Han soldiers were killed or wounded.

Two days of round-the-clock attacks scarred the city wall, although the city wall did not collapse, but the city wall was full of shocking cracks, most of the battlements were smashed, and only a few thousand people were left on the head of the city, and the rest of the soldiers all retreated to the city to take refuge.

At this time, there was a dangerous situation in the west city, a section of the city wall finally could not withstand the continuous boulder attacks of the Han army, and collapsed, and a gap of nearly 30 zhang wide appeared, and the filling of the sand in the city wall also poured down.

"General!"

A soldier rushed to Niu Jin and reported: "A section of the city wall in Xicheng has collapsed, and the Han army's offensive is too dense for the brothers to repair. ”

Niu Jin's worst fear finally appeared, once the city wall was opened, the Han army would attack the city, and Qian County could not hold it at all, he was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "Why hasn't the governor come yet, he wants to die in a hurry!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of a horn in the distance, one after another, and the soldiers at the head of the city immediately cheered, and some soldiers shouted: "Our reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming!" ”

Two days after the Han army besieged Qian County, Cao Ren's main army finally arrived.

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