Xiahou Yuan fled suddenly, which caught the 30,000 infantry of the front army by surprise, waiting for them to find out that the matter was dangerous and wanted to retreat, they were greeted by countless sabers and iron horses, under the sharp blades, one after another Cao soldiers were cut to the ground.

Under the encirclement, Xiahou Yuan took 70,000 infantry all the way, and every time he encountered an attack, there would be a young general who would lead the army to resist as if he were dead, and after a period of division, he only withdrew from the battle circle with less than 20,000 soldiers.

After seeing that there were less than 20,000 people around him, Xiahou Yuan's eyes were full of tears, and when he saw a brother behind him who was cut to the ground, and then divided by ten thousand swords, his heart was bleeding, but he couldn't do anything.

"Let's go." Seeing that the battle situation was like this, Xiahou Yuan had to make up his mind to abandon his brother, because he had already seen that the Dragon and Tiger Legion led by Zhao Yun was coming out of the army, and if he didn't flee, he was afraid that even these 20,000 people would be entangled and wiped out.

Xiahou Yuan fled, and retreated frantically in the direction of Xu Du with 20,000 horses. After Zhang Chao knew, he didn't give an order to pursue, the other party had people like Cao Cao and Xi Zhicai, he couldn't take risks rashly, and he was saying that he didn't have the ability to destroy Cao Cao in a battle, even if it was so, it was better to accept it when it was good.

In the first battle of Gongxian, Zhang Chao lost 110,000 horses, and the general Huang Zhong was seriously injured. In the battle of Cross Slope, he avenged this revenge, destroyed Cao Cao with 150,000 horses, and also seriously injured the opponent's general Xiahoudun, which can be regarded as a matter of not being rude.

After the end of the Battle of Cross Slope, it also represented the defeat of the alliance of princes to march into the division. After getting the news here, Dong Zhuo's army in the west and Yuan Shao's army in the east both retreated for dozens of miles and put on a defensive posture.

Cao Cao also retreated to Xudu after being severely defeated, and began to recruit troops again to strengthen his army.

When the matter was reported back to the southern county of Jingzhou, Liu Bei was very worried after hearing about it, "It's bad, it's bad, this time Zhang Chaosheng wins, he will definitely take revenge on me, how can this be good." ”

Zhuge Liang on the side, his face was still very calm, and he said: "Don't panic, my lord, although the alliance of princes has been defeated, Zhang Zhiyuan's situation is not much better, he has also suffered a heavy blow, and now he has no ability to attack us." But what we have to do now is how to strengthen ourselves, and we must take advantage of this period of time to train soldiers and collect grain and grass. ”

After Guan Yu's defeat, Cao Cao asked Liu Bei to continue to send troops, or to provide enough food and grass for the army to support in wartime.

Jingzhou's internal affairs have not been completely resolved, if Liu Bei is sending troops, it is likely that the situation will be unstable, so he chose to provide grain and grass, but who would have thought that the grain and grass were defeated soon after they were transported to the front line, which made his food logistics have a lot of problems.

Zhuge Liang naturally knows all this. With his ability, if he follows a wise and powerful lord, it may not take long to create a great career. But now, when he has more than enough strength to gain a foothold, he has to focus on his own development, and the matter of external expansion can only be suppressed first.

Fortunately, through this battle, the danger of Jingzhou was temporarily lifted. Zhang Chao and Cao Cao have been hit hard, and they have little ability to deal with them in a short period of time, this is the development time that Zhuge Liang wants.

Under Zhuge Liang's plan, the battle against Zhang was launched.

With the efforts of Zhang Chao and his subordinates, they solved this crisis, but at the same time, they also suffered a lot of losses. After the end of the first battle of Cross Slope, Zhang Chao arranged for Xu Shu and Xu Huang to return to guard Huguan; Zhang Hehe and Fu returned to Hanoi; Li Ru led the Dragon and Tiger Army to guard Luoyang City.

Zhang Chao himself, accompanied by Guo Jia, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, returned to Jinyang, Bingzhou with the disabled Zhang Jiajun and the trapped camp led by General Gao Shun, who only had 200 people left, and he wanted to reorganize the Sixth Army and the Hedong Army.

With a large amount of gold and silver stolen from Chenliu, Zhang Chao quickly began to recover, and the population under his rule was large, and a new army was soon established. All you need now is time to train.

Compared with Zhang Chao's rapid recovery, Cao Cao, who lost his belongings, was indeed in crisis.

In the first battle of Cross Slope, a full loss of 150,000 horses and horses, which was equivalent to a heavy blow to his main force, taking this opportunity, the Bao Han faction began to move, and they began to communicate privately, intending to threaten Cao Cao's position as prime minister and restore it to Han unification.

For these things, Cao Cao's eyeliner left in Xu Du was reported, which made him angry, and he wondered if he wanted to kill some people.

Cao Cao had murderous intentions, and Xun Yu urgently found Xi Zhicai to discuss countermeasures. Under the advice of the two important strategists, there was no bloody storm in Luoyang City, but Mao Jie, one of the Chen guards who had been captured alive by Zhang Chao and released, was indeed beheaded.

Mao Jie originally cooperated with General Lejin to guard Chenliu, but he was caught off guard because of Zhang Chao's sudden attack.

Fortunately, in the end, Zhang Chao did not kill him, nor did he persuade him to surrender, but let him go. Mao Jie, who originally thought that he had escaped, never thought that he would die under the lord.

Mao Jie was killed, and after the matter spread to Luoyang, the people in the Baohan faction were panicked, and Cao Cao was angry and even dared to kill his loyal generals, so what else did not dare to do or kill? Originally, those ministers who wanted to join forces with the outside world to attack Cao Cao became much quieter for a while.

Cao Cao listened to the advice of Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu, and after suppressing the civil strife with his head, he took advantage of the advantages of having four states to recruit troops and grow stronger.

On the land of the Central Plains, a battle of gunpowder was washed away by the rain and became quiet again. Until March 2019, the princes were at peace with each other. It's just that everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm, and when there is no one to unify the country, the war will continue to continue.

In March, the whole state began to recover, and spring came, making it seem as if everything was exuding vitality.

In the mansion of the general of Jinyang City, the sun has brought a lot of warmth at noon, and at this time, Zhang Chao will take the initiative to put down his official duties and play with several ladies and children in the courtyard.

"Zhang Lang, when are you going to go to Yangzhou to pick up Sister Shangxiang?" A few children were playing in the company of maids, and several ladies chatted here with their husband Zhang Chao in the pavilion. And this sentence was said by the eldest lady Cai Yan.

Cai Yan, who gave birth to Zhang Tian and Zhang Xiao, has no trace of deformation, on the contrary, it is much plumper, and there is also some more mature feminine temperament and brilliance.

As soon as Cai Yan's words were finished, the other women all laughed quietly. Among them, Zhen Mi and Xiao Qiao laughed the most.

At the beginning of the year, Xiao Qiao reached the age specified by Zhang Chao, and he was married, and now he is the fifth lady who has completed the eight classics.

Suddenly hearing Cai Yan's words, Zhang Chao's face became very embarrassed, he knew that the so-called sister Shangxiang was Sun Jian's only daughter Sun Shangxiang.

From the mouth of Zhang Cheng, who escaped back, Zhang Chao and several ladies all knew what Sun Shangxiang had done for Zhangjia Distillery, although it was not saved in the end, fortunately, Zhang Cheng, who was familiar with the situation, still came back, which was a big achievement.

After Zhang Cheng came back, under the curiosity of several ladies, this revealed the fact that Sun Shangxiang admired the second son very much, so it became a talking point in the mouths of several ladies.

Although everyone knows that there is a heroine in Yangzhou who admires Zhang Chao, not everyone dares to say this, and among the several ladies, only the eldest lady Cai Yan and the second lady Bai Tong have such power.

Bai Tong was the first person to follow Zhang Chao, and he was the one who witnessed his growth step by step, and he had a great say in many things. She is also the only daughter among several daughters who can discuss political affairs with Zhang Chao. It's just that she speaks and acts very proportionately, so she won't speak out.

is Cai Yan, as the eldest lady, and there is a father like Cai Yong, who is famous all over the world, and there are many times when his temperament is very casual.

Now that Cai Yan asked this question, Zhang Chao, who was still smiling and drinking tea, suddenly changed his face, and then twisted his head to the side.

Perhaps because of the reason of being born again, he is more accustomed to the way of equality between men and women. He has always been very indulgent to his wife, far from being as straightforward as other men in charge. It is precisely because of this that several ladies are really open in front of him.

He had naturally heard Zhang Cheng say about Sun Shangxiang a long time ago, and in his heart, he was also very curious about this general who had become Mrs. Liu Bei in history. But it's too early to talk about marrying a wife, after all, no one has seen it, so it's a bit abrupt to say that marrying a relative. And he now has five wives who are beautiful and fragrant, and he is already very satisfied.

thought that if he didn't answer, the ladies wouldn't say anything about it, but Cai Yan still said it, which made him not know how to answer for a while.

Zhang Chao was silent, but lowered his head, which looked in Cai Yan's eyes and said, "What's the matter, Zhang Lang, don't you like Sister Shangxiang?" ”

"This... I haven't even met before, so why like it? Zhang Chao knew that it would be impossible not to answer, so he wanted to push it.