Under the joint promotion of the three forces, Jiaozhou shaped shì struck an unknown situation.

In order to deal with the new situation, Wang Xu appointed Cheng Bing as the Taishou of Jiaozhi, and rushed to Jiaozhi with thousands of Jiaozhou troops from the original Yulin County, who was responsible for the stability and pacification of Jiaozhi County, and transferred Xu Sheng and the guards who remained in Jiaozhou back to Yulin to prepare for the next fierce battle.

In this way, Jiaozhi County was garrisoned by thousands of Jiaozhou troops led by Cheng Bing, which was enough to ensure internal stability and guard against the weak Jiuzhen and Rinan Second Counties in the south.

Hepu was garrisoned by Zhuge Liang with 5,000 guards and iron cavalry.

Yulin County has the most soldiers and horses, Dian Wei and Yan Liang's personal soldiers total 4,000, Yang Huai, Liu Yun, He Yi and others led the Blue Dragon Legion 5,000 foot soldiers, and when Xu Sheng returns from Jiaozhi with troops, then there will be more than 4,000 guards and iron cavalry, as well as Xu Sheng's sharpshooter armor 2,000, then the strength will reach more than 15,000, which is enough to deal with the shape for the time being.

However, Xu Sheng couldn't start from Jiaozhi for a while, and he had to wait for Cheng Bing to lead his troops to arrive and hand over before he dared to go north.

On the second day of Cheng Bing's departure, Wang Xu was inspecting various city defenses, but suddenly several members of the spy department came to find him.

"Your Majesty, and the state will report!"

"Youzhou is coming!"

"Xiangyang is coming!"

"Huh?" Wang Xu was greatly surprised, and reported three times in a row. "What happened? Let's talk about Xiangyang first! ”

The three members of the spy department knelt down on one knee in front of them, looking respectful, and one of them immediately replied: "Back to the king, Taiwei Guo entrusted the spy to report that the big case in Hanzhong has been solved, and now all the relevant people are in custody, waiting for the lord to go back and send them down!" ”

"Whew......" Wang Xu breathed a long sigh of relief. It turned out to be that case. As long as nothing major happens in Xiangyang. Nothing else is a problem.

As for the big internal case, I am not in a hurry to understand it for the time being, the matter is urgent, and since it has been caught, it will not hurt to deal with it later. Moreover, at this time, he was far away in Jiaozhou, and he could not personally check the evidence, so it was difficult to make a wise decision. "You repay Guo Jia, the aftermath of the Hanzhong case is appeased. He has full authority to deal with it, and as for the punishment of those criminals, I will wait until I go back to find out the details, and then make a decision!" ”

"No!"

The spy member among them saluted and got up and left, not asking more questions or listening, this was their strict discipline.

Wang Xu nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at the other two who were still kneeling on one knee: "How about the state over there?" Let's talk about the state first! ”

"Return to the lord, and win seven battles in the state. The three generals Gao Shun, Deng Zhi, and Jia Kui, and the 60,000 Xuanwu Legion of Feng Yi County entered the state. Convergence of Gao Gan, not only broke the 30,000 soldiers and horses of Yu Ban and others to reinforce Bingzhou, but also repelled Cao Cao's original 80,000 soldiers and horses stationed at the border of Bingzhou, beheaded more than 20 generals, captured money, food, materials and countless soldiers of Cao's army, and shocked Hebei! Cao Jun was forced to retreat to the dangerous pass, and did not dare to compete with it! ”

"Good! Well played! Hahaha......" Wang Xu was very happy and smiled from ear to ear: "The battle of annexing the state, but the strategy deployed by the generals?" ”

"It's not, it is said that Taiwei Guo deployed the army plan in advance and reported to General Gao Shun, but the entire battle of Bingzhou was the two generals of Gao Shun Commander Deng Zhi and Jia Kui, each with their own clever plans, and in the actual battle, the original strategy also changed slightly!" The spy crew on the left replied with a little excitement, such a big victory, and the spy crew was also quite excited.

"Hahaha!! Happy, happy! ”

For many days, Wang Xu was holding a sulk in his chest because he was calculated, and at this time he finally swept it away and showed a sincere smile. "What about Cao Jun's losses?"

"Back to the king, the specific number is unknown, according to the preliminary news from Bingzhou, Cao's 110,000 army, more than 30,000 dead and wounded, more than 20,000 prisoners, the rest scattered, fled back to Jizhou and Bingzhou border in various dangerous passes, money, food, materials, armor and horses are currently unknown number, but extremely huge!"

The more Wang Xu listened, the happier he became, and laughed loudly: "Cao Mengde always calculates against this king, and the battle of the state, Gao Shuntong Deng Zhi and Jia Kui, the two generals, cooperate with the state to assassinate Shi Gaogan, and raise his prestige on the battlefield, breaking the 110,000 Cao army, shocking the enemy's courage, and making outstanding achievements!" ”

Speaking, his only contemplation was to continue: "You wait for me to send an order to Xiangyang, draft documents, Gao Shun has followed this king for many years, fought in the south and the north, and accumulated countless meritorious achievements, and now he led his troops to break through Cao's army of 110,000, and Weizhen Hebei, before and after, and specially promoted him to the former general of Chu State, Fengyang Pavilion, and 300 households!" ”

"Taiwei Guo Jia, the overall situation of the town, has made meritorious contributions, accumulated his merits before and after, sealed the filial piety pavilion, and ate 300 households!"

"Although Deng Zhi and Jia Kui have made miraculous achievements, they were promoted earlier, and their merits are insufficient. The rest of the soldiers, but by the Taiwei Mansion to calculate the merits, divided the reward, and the detailed results will be reported to the king in writing! ”

"No!" The subordinate on the left shouted his order and got up to leave.

Now that there is still one person left kneeling quietly in place, Wang Xu knew that he must be the one who reported the war in Youzhou, paused for a moment, and asked out loud: "You talk about Youzhou!" ”

"Back to the king, Cao Cao went on a northern expedition to Youzhou at the end of last year, and Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang resisted with all their might. After several months of fierce fighting between the two sides, the two gradually became defeated, and Cheng Yu then persuaded Yuan Xi's generals Jiao Touch and Zhang Nan to join them, and the two turned against each other and joined forces with Cao Jun to attack the Yuan brothers, causing them to be defeated. ”

When the spy shadow group said this, they swallowed their saliva, and then opened their chapped lips again and said: "Subsequently, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang continued to flee north with the defeated soldiers, hiding in the Wuhuan tribe in the north of Youzhou, and the Wuhuan tribe moved accordingly. ”

Wang Xu was not very surprised by this result, he had already made some preparations in his heart, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to be so fast.

It is impossible for Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang to stop Cao Cao, there is no doubt about it, if they had the ability to reverse the situation, there would not be such a situation as the Yuan family's forces are today.

As for the Wuhuan clan sending troops to help, it was even more expected, not only because of the memory and history, but also because of the inextricable connection between the Wuhuan clan and the Yuan family, as well as the ambition shown by Bun Dun and others, they would never tolerate Cao Cao occupying Youzhou.

The Wuhuan people, like the powerful Xianbei tribe today, belonged to one of the ancient Donghu tribes, until hundreds of years ago, as the Huns defeated the Donghu, the Wuhuan people gradually declined, migrated to Wuhuan Mountain for a generation to live, hence the name.

During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, his eloquence was strategic, and he sent troops to the north several times to attack the powerful Huns, and beat them out of Monan, and the Wuhuan people also surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and migrated to live outside the five counties of Youzhou to live and graze, which was equivalent to replacing the Han Dynasty to defend the northern frontier and resist and monitor the declining Huns.

At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty, ushered in a short period of prosperity, and the Wuhuan people moved south again, living in the most marginal part of northern Xinjiang, but most of them are still in the form of tribes, and have not formed a unity, but they are already very familiar with the Han people, and there are many people who live together.

But it is precisely because of this loose management that Wuhuan flourished again, seeing the decline of the Han Dynasty, those Shan Yu and adults also had their minds, when Wuhuan Lord Qiu Liju rebelled with Zhongshan Taishou Zhang Chun, and Yuyang Zhang Ju and other generations, killing the then guard Wuhuan Captain Gong Qi Chou, Youbeiping Taishou Liu Zheng, Liaodong Taishou Yang Zhong and others, which was a deep disaster.

It was not until later that Liu Yu was transferred by the imperial court back to Youzhou Mu, and this disaster finally subsided.

Just because Liu Yu was the assassin of Youzhou in his early years, he was very good to the Hu people, and was deeply loved and admired by the Hu people, as soon as he came, even Qiu Liju did not dare to act rashly, and then surrendered, Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and others were isolated, lost the greatest support, and soon died.

When Wang Xu traveled outside the Saiwai and returned, it was because of the rebellion of Qiu Liju, Zhang Chun, and Zhang Ju that he took some trouble to go south.

Qiu Liju died of illness soon after, and before he died, he saw that his son Lou Ban was still young, so he let Congzi Badun take power, but unfortunately later Nanlou, Su Fuyan, Wu Yan and other Wuhuan adults, or Yinglou Ban was Shan Yu, and Badun abdicated as king.

However, this is not a small ambition, in the early years he plotted to accumulate strength, wanting to follow the example of the Xiongnu Mao Dunshan Yu and Xianbei Tanshi Huai, establish hegemony in the northern grasslands, and let the Wuhuan people regain their peak, but at that time his strength was not enough, and he lacked enough background, so he took the initiative to marry Yuan Shao.

When Gongsun Chan was the strongest, it was greater than the rising Yuan Shao power, and the reason for the failure was that in addition to the fact that Yuan Shao's power itself had a lot of capable generals and generals, it was also one of the reasons why he led the Wuhuan cavalry to help him strongly, and he often sent troops to attack Gongsun Zan .

Because he knew that Gongsun Chan hated the Hu people the most, and if he was in power, he would not have a good life for the Wuhuan clan.

It is for this reason that the relationship between the Wuhuan clan and the Yuan family is getting closer and closer, and even their single title is still sealed by Yuan Shao on behalf of the imperial court.

Now that the Yuan family is on the verge of extinction, Cao Cao waved his army north, if he does not join forces to resist, their position will inevitably not be maintained, let alone rise again to become hegemonic, he knows very well that Cao Cao is impossible to allow a powerful overlord behind him, Cao Cao's heart is bigger than Yuan Shao!

Therefore, this is an irreconcilable contradiction, and its resistance is completely expected by Wang Xu.

After Wang Xu thought about it seriously in his heart, he asked the spy people again: "When did the news come from the defeat of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang brothers in Youzhou who fled to Wuhuan?" ”

"It's been more than two months!" The spy explained: "The news first reached Xiangyang, and then we went south, but after arriving in Jiaozhou, we learned that the king was fighting everywhere, and the march was secret, and we couldn't know the exact location of the king with a lot of effort, and we went around a big circle before turning back to Yulin, so we delayed for some time!" ”

"Well, thank you for your hard work!" Wang Xu didn't mean to blame, he just calculated the time, and then waved his hand and said: "You go back, remember to tell Xiangyang, if there is any more news, but you can't find me, as long as it is not an extremely confidential matter, it can be handed over to Kong Ming or Xu Sheng and anyone else." ”

"No!"

After the spy crew left, Wang Xu stood alone in place, looking at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance, the mountains and green forests, and his thoughts fluctuated.

"Time is running out!" (To be continued......)