When Zhong Xuan's side got the information and quietly withdrew the army, the Jingzhou army that confronted him also got a report.

Fa Zheng, Zhou Zhi, Huang Xu, and Wang Xiong hurriedly discussed, and all believed that the current situation, Zhong Xuan was no longer able to return to the sky, and would inevitably choose to retreat.

It's a pity that Zhang Ji and Yang Fu covered it up very well, the whole camp was as if nothing had happened, the fire was bright, there were many patrol soldiers, and the sentry cavalry couldn't see anything at all, and there were even two groups of sentry horses and the other party's spies met in the field, and more than ten people died.

Fa Zheng and Zhou Zhi couldn't figure out the truth and reason, and they were worried that they would be ambushed if they attacked rashly, so they just continued to investigate and waited for dawn before making a decision.

The next morning, the enemy camp was still a bustling scene, making it difficult to discern it.

It wasn't until a spy arrived in the army with a token and informed Fa Zheng, Zhou Zhi and others that last night they had seen a large number of Cao troops leave in batches, and they suddenly woke up and understood that the main force of the enemy had withdrawn.

Zhou Zhi decisively led his troops to attack the Cao army's camp, but he was in vain.

Because when he mobilized the sergeants and was about to set off, Zhang Ji and Yang Fu had already been reported by the spies, and at the same time quickly led their troops to evacuate and retreat to Balipo in the north of Lushi County.

This Bali Slope is a sloping land, and it is named because the entire slope is about eight miles in circumference.

It is also an important road in the north of Lushi County, it is a fork, whether it is to go north to Hongnong County Government, or to go east to Yiyang County, you must pass through this place, beyond the road is the continuous mountain ravine, rugged and bumpy.

When Zhou Zhi led his troops to chase here, he was stunned. Because I don't know when the road is on the high slope. A camp was set up. Although it is simple, both the location and the whole layout are very regular, and most importantly, it just blocked the road, and I think it was built yesterday.

It would be unrealistic to avoid those mountainous areas. It is possible to go deep into three or five miles, ten miles to hide and ambush, but if it is a cross-march, not to mention that the overall march of the army is difficult, even if all of them are foot soldiers with light clothing, it is also a hundred twists and turns, the more you go to the depths of the sparsely populated area, the more difficult it is to walk, and it is normal to not be able to get out for half a month in it, and the logistics supply is even more problematic.

Zhou Zhi and Fa Zheng's heads are quite normal. Of course, I didn't even think about it, and just gave up the unrealistic crossing of mountains and mountains. Only two hours later, the sergeants were mobilized to launch a strong attack on Cao's camp.

They knew very well in their hearts that Cao Jun could never leave too many people behind the broken back, and killing the past was the way!

But after the attack really began, the difficult Cheng Dù far exceeded their estimates, and Cao's army took advantage of the favorable terrain and camps to concentrate its forces to withstand one attack after another.

Zhou Zhi, Huang Xu, and Wang Xiong were not convinced, and personally took turns to rush to the camp.

But every time they attacked, although Cao Jun always kept Cao Jun busy for a while, they finally used various utensils such as bows and crossbows, rolling logs, hot oil, javelins, and even stones to force them back.

In this situation, it is more than on-the-spot command, and the defender must have an absolute advantage, and then see who makes the mistake first.

Although Zhou Zhi, Fa Zheng and others used various means, Zhang Ji and Yang Fu also responded calmly, using their own advantages to resist attacks again and again.

The two armies fell into a fierce battle, and after three days, Zhang Ji and Yang Fu ran out of ammunition and food, and Zhou Zhi and Fa Zheng successfully broke through the camp with absolute superiority, captured Zhang Ji and Yang Fu alive, and the remnants of Cao's army surrendered.

At this time, it had been four days and five nights since Zhong Xuan's army retreated, and it was too late to chase again, so Zhou Zhi had to reorganize his troops and horses and order someone to report the battle to all parties.

For Zhang Ji and Yang Fu, Fa Zheng and Zhou Zhi gave great respect after learning more about it, personally loosened the bind for the two, and treated each other as state guests.

At the same time, during Zhou Zhi's attack on Zhang Ji and Yang Fu, Wang Xu also led his troops east out of Tongguan.

Cao Zhen was worried that he would be besieged in Hongnong City and it would be difficult to escape, so he had to camp outside the city to buy time for Zhong Xuan to withdraw his troops.

Two days later, he received an urgent report from Zhong Xuan, and learned that the army had withdrawn along the line, and he did not dare to stay for long, so he hurriedly led his troops to retreat.

How can such a retreat without cover be justified?

Wang Xu led his troops to attack and kill along the way, and Cao's army suffered heavy casualties and fled in panic.

Subsequently, Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng led the Xiaoyaojin dead soldiers and sharpshooter armor soldiers to raid the small road, intercept the routed troops in Huangchi, and capture thousands of people.

Only Cao Zhen took hundreds of personal guards, broke through the siege first, and fled to Hangu Pass.

It's not that Cao Zhen is incompetent, but that this part of the soldiers and horses was originally used for the sake of breaking off, and it has been abandoned from the beginning, and Cao Zhen is just thinking about how much he can bring back, and he will bring back as much as he can, and he can't do anything, of course, he broke through decisively.

At this point, the whole county of Hongnong controlled by Cao's army was lost, and Zhong Miao led his troops to retreat to Henan.

He guarded Luhun Pass with Xu Rong, and he personally sat in Hangu Pass to curb the two major roads leading to Henan.

At the same time, he ordered a small group of soldiers to set up a cottage in the dangerous pass of the mountain path to monitor the strange soldiers that might appear, although it was impossible for the Jingzhou army to go deep alone, risk giving up logistics and supplies, and crossing the mountains and mountains, but he was still extremely cautious, just because the current battle situation had forced him to dare not go on any business again.

In fact, Zhong Xuan was too worried, and until now, Wang Xu not only took Hongnong by luck, but also wiped out half of Zhong Xuan's troops, which was already a great victory, and it was also a heavy blow to Cao Cao, and he didn't want to continue to advance eastward at all.

Not to mention that it is not easy to enter Henan in the east, it is not easy to take Luoyang and other places, even if it is given to him, he has no choice, because the current forces in his hands are not enough to defend such a vast territory, not to mention, now there is no strength enough to take Hangu Pass and Luhun Pass, and it is all empty talk.

A few days later, Wang Xu dispatched Zhang Liao to lead 30,000 White Tiger Legions and 2,000 Xiaoyaojin dead soldiers to Xin'an County on the border of Hongnong to guard against Cao's army at Hangu Pass.

Fa Zheng temporarily led several junior generals to command 20,000 troops of the Western Army to garrison Luhun County to prevent the invasion of Luhun Pass.

Wang Xiong led 10,000 soldiers of the Western Army to garrison Yiyang between Xin'an County in the north and Luhun County in the south, and responded in the center.

So far. The eastern frontier was secured.

Zhou Zhi and Huang Xu led the remaining 20,000 Southern Barbarian armor guards of the Western Legion. Quickly go north to Hongnong County Government. Rendezvous with Wang Xu, and then slowly returned to Chang'an.

On the ninth day of the first month of 200 AD, Wang Xu led his troops back to Chang'an and joined Gao Shun, Zhang He, Xu Shu and others.

At this time, the soldiers and horses available in Chang'an, as well as his 10,000 guards iron cavalry, Li Yan's 3,000 cavalry, Gao Shun and Zhang He's more than 10,000 Eastern Legions, and Wang Ling's 1,000 parts. The 20,000 Southern Barbarian Armor soldiers of the Western Legion led by Zhou Zhi and Huang Xu, if you add Gao Shun and Zhou Zhi's personal guards, trap the camp and the greedy wolf guard, then there are more than 48,000 people in total. In addition, there are more than 30,000 Cao army prisoners, who are now held in the barracks.

The following month became the time for the Jingzhou army to reap the fruits.

To the west of Sili, on the banks of the Yellow River, Jingzhao, Fengyi, Fufeng, and Hongnong counties, all Cao troops have long been evacuated, and now Zhong Xuan has retreated to Henan, and there is no longer the power to resist. Only a few county soldiers remained to maintain law and order.

Chen Dao, Zhou Zhi, Li Yan, and Wang Ling were ordered to set off, with Jingzhao as the center where Chang'an was located. Feng Yi in the north, Hongnong in the east, and Fufeng in the west were all recovered, and most of the counties and townships surrendered to the wind, and a very small number of stubborn ones were also broken in an instant.

Fortunately, Fu Zhi had already received a report from Wang Xu, and he had already prepared in advance with the ministers of the General's Mansion, so he quickly implemented the prepared plan and began to exchange the main officials of the county governments of Sili, of course, not to dismiss all the original posts, but to exchange them with some areas of Jingyi Erzhou, so as to achieve the goal of stabilizing the four counties of Sili.

However, this internal affairs cannot be completed in a moment and a half, and it is initially estimated that the entire reorganization will be completed, but it will take more than half a year.

But these are no longer what Wang Xu is worried about, and the ministers of the General's Mansion will naturally deal with them slowly.

During the period when Gao Shun and others traveled all over the world to recover the counties, he wholeheartedly took the generals who had not gone out to fight and comprehensively collected the more than 30,000 Cao troops who were detained in Chang'an. Through guò closely monitored and checked, those who have bad intentions, once discovered, are immediately killed.

The rest of the people, except for a few who were too old or too young, who were sent some money to return to their hometowns, and most of the rest were incorporated into Zhou Zhi's Western Army.

This made Zhou Zhile close his mouth, because his Western Legion became the first truly fully formed legion under Wang Xu's command.

In addition to the 30,000 people who are now temporarily stationed on the eastern border of Hongnong and commanded by Fa Zheng and Wang Xiong, there are also 50,000 people in Chang'an, 30,000 Cao troops surrendered, and 20,000 Nanban armor soldiers, and the strength of the legion is absolutely superior to all armies.

In mid-February 200 A.D., the generals who had been ordered to go out to the counties returned after taking the lead.

Wang Xu no longer had any doubts, waved his army westward, and went straight to Xiliang Wudu!

Wudu County is in the hands of Han Sui at the moment, adjacent to Sili Fufeng in the northeast, Black Mountain stretching thousands of miles in the east, Hanzhong in the southeast, and Yangping Pass is an important passage to guard Wudu into Hanzhong.

To the south are the mountains, and there are only a few dangerous roads leading to Yizhou, Baishui Pass and other important passes, all of which are located in those mountains.

As for the western part of Wudu County, it is the territory of the Qiang and the clans.

Wang Xu's expedition to the west also had only one goal, to repel Han Sui and occupy Wudu.

Because the geographical location of Wudu is too important, as long as Wudu is occupied, it will open up the connection between the western part of Sili and Hanzhong and Yizhou.

At the same time, the two armies of Wudu and Fufeng were adjacent to each other, which was also more conducive to the defensive deployment of the northwest border.

In addition, the rich lands that have developed such as Hanzhong and Yizhou will be protected by Wudu County from now on and will be better developed.

This is the place to go!

The army set off in a mighty way, and the soldiers were all high-spirited and morale-boosting!

Wang Xu also had a smile on his face, because he had never thought before he set out on the expedition that Si Li's first battle would be so full of twists and turns, not only unexpectedly taking the land of the four counties, but also getting stronger and stronger, he had a feeling of dreaming, and it was really the most cost-effective to take the time to pick up the leaks while others were fighting to the death.

"Report ......"

A high-pitched roar reached his ears, interrupting his thoughts.

In his puzzled gaze, a horse came to the dust, but in a moment, the horse was already rushing forward.

The person who came was quite young, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a resolute face, and he did not say anything long-winded, and he spoke bluntly.

"General Qiyu Wang, two months ago, Sun Jian led his troops to raid Yuzhang, the county capital Nanchang was lost, General Xu Huang led the Southern Army to fight with it, intending to recapture, the two armies could not hold each other, recently General Xu Huang in Zhou Yu's plan, the ambush was defeated and retreated, and he has retreated to the first line of Chaisang!"

"What did you say!"

The joy on Wang Xu's face disappeared in an instant, and his eyes were full of horror. (To be continued......)