Cheng Yu besieged Jiangling for half a month, and saw that the grain and grass were becoming more and more insufficient, and he had a retreat in his heart. At this time, rumors spread in the army, saying that the army rations had been cut off, and the main general was ready to let the army return to Jiangdong, and most of the soldiers were ready to pack up their things and wait for the retreat.

When Cheng Yu learned of this, he was furious on the spot, and in the afternoon, on the grounds of indulging the army's heart, he angrily beheaded the grain officer and hung his body on the third day of the military to show the military prestige. At the same time, Cheng Yu secretly sent his henchmen to appease his subordinates, saying that the grain and grass were already on the way, and they could be reached without saying anything. Cheng Yu's deception of the soldiers was also extremely helpless. But fortunately, the position was temporarily suppressed, and the morale did not appear to be chaotic before the battle. But paper can't contain the fire in the end, and he also knows that if he hides it for a while, he can't hide it for a lifetime.

In the following days, Cheng Yu risked his life and went to the front line in person, commanding his soldiers to launch an extremely strong attack on Jiangling City.

After four days, the soldiers braved the sky full of arrows and arrows, and under the urging of the war drums, they all carried sandbags on their backs, fearless of death, and followed one after another, so that the Gangneung moat was filled. For this alone, the Jiangdong Army paid the price of two thousand soldiers. Early the next morning after filling in the moat, 5,000 heavy infantry, under the leadership of Jiang Qin, set up ladders, pushed rushing carts, and carried wooden donkeys to the big city of Jiangling, starting this fierce battle.

The city wall of Gangneung is high and thick, Kuailiang is well organized, and nearly 10,000 city guards are scattered in various positions, with wooden fences, iron thunder, boiling water, and boiling oil, all of which are lacking. As soon as a cloud ladder comes up, whether there is anyone or not, it will be pushed violently, and then the items that have been prepared will fall down all over the sky. The Jiangdong Army suffered numerous casualties.

After counting in this way, the troops defending the city in Nanjun did not suffer many injuries, but the Jiangdong army had already suffered heavy losses, and the number of soldiers was sharply reduced.

Although Cheng Yu was as irritable as thunder, he didn't have anything to do.

For nearly a decade, the city of Gangneung has heard the sound of war drums and horns at night, and they have been unable to sleep at night, and they are worried that they will be afraid that the next moment, the city will be ruined. In normal times, no one dares to go out on the street in the daytime, only soldiers who keep running back and forth, and the bustling city has long been depressed and deserted.

Kuai Liang knew that this was the return of the Jiangdong Army, desperate fight, as long as it could withstand this time, the Jiangdong Army would retreat due to lack of food and grass, and then the victory would be himself, every time he thought of this time, he secretly laughed proudly in his heart.

However, at this time, Liu Biao couldn't support it. In the legislature, except for a few people in the state who grasped some dynamics of the war situation and repeatedly insisted on fighting, most of the mediocre officials began to support the peace, and some even opened the city and surrendered. Liu Biao was furious, how could he be willing to destroy the regime he had built up single-handedly? Under Kuaiyue's repeated advocacy of forceful warfare, all opposition parties withdrew in disgrace.

I thought that this was the case, but at the third watch the next night, the Jiangdong Army suddenly launched the most violent surprise attack on Jiangling City since the siege. Almost all the soldiers participated in this battle, and the sound of killing resounded for ten miles, and the war drums beat in the sky. For a time, Gangneung City was full of rumors, and the grass and trees were all soldiers. In this place, Huang Chengyan and Pang Degong, two wealthy families in Jingzhou, gathered four or five thousand diners, together with some other officials who had already been sold by the Jiangdong Army, pretended to support the battle to defend the city, and after arriving at the city, they suddenly rebelled, and cut off the door lock, opened the city gate, and welcomed the Jiangdong Army into the city.

After a bloody battle, Nanjun changed hands, and Zhang Lang's banner was finally planted on the vast land of Jingchu.

In the sixth year of Jian'an, in the early summer and early autumn of 202 AD, the Jiangdong Army received strong support from the Huang family and the Pang family in Jingzhou under the condition that the military food was insufficient, and welcomed the Jiangdong Army into the city. Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang were beheaded, and the Kuai family was uprooted in Nanjun and implicated countless people. Cai Mao and Liu Biao surrendered, and were assigned to the south after the fact, and they were never allowed to set foot in the land of Jiangdong.

And Huang Chengyan and Pang Degong were hired by Zhang Lang with heavy money, Huang Chengyan had no intention of official positions, and Pang Degong served as the envoy of Nanjun and held important official positions.

After two or three years of battle between Zhang Lang Group and Liu Biao Group in Jingchudi, Zhang Lang once again won more with less, completing a strong stroke of his legendary life. He seized the strategic stronghold of Baqiu in advance and forced the enemy to divide his forces; Later, many parties rushed to the Jiangling area for a long time to mobilize Cai Mao's main army; Then he sent surprise troops to besiege Wulin and Hanyang, took the two most representative defensive strongholds of Liu Biaofang, and finally used the method of increasing the focus and reducing the concentration to encircle and annihilate the main combat army in Jingzhong, and then combined with the outside to take Jiangling in one fell swoop, break Liu Biao's regime, cross Jingxu, defend the river and defend Huai for himself, and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, taking the most solid step.

The city of Jiangling was broken, marking the collapse of Liu Biao's power, and since then, several counties in Jingzhou have all looked forward to the wind and descended, and Zhang Lang's momentum was like Zhongtian. Just after Nanjun City broke the number, Zhang Lang asked Cheng Yu to preside over all the affairs, and he led a group of people to return to Jiangdong.

Moling.

Another year, the spring flowers are blooming, and the peach and plum are all over the south of the Yangtze River.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Lang has been back in Moling for several months, and every time he is busy with official business, he is busy with affairs.

Zhang Lang is the happiest when he returns home at night. Playing with his wives, teasing Zhang Yan, hugging Zhang Li. Zhang Li, the son born to Yang Rong, is white and chubby, very cute, and Zhang Lang likes it from the bottom of his heart. It's just that Zhang Lang has a regret in his heart, that is, he never saw Zhen Mi again, and he doesn't know where she is now?

This time, the news from Jiaozhou that Zhao Yun's 100,000 horses had been scattered back to Longchuan to rest because of the lack of military rations. This gave Shixie, who was already crumbling, a breather. After Zhang Lang heard the news, he shook his head helplessly, Jiangdong has a thin bottom, and he has been fighting for many years, and there is no deficit in finance, which is a great luck. If you encounter an opponent of Zhuge Liang and Cao Ying's level, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win it for a while, and when the time comes, I am afraid that it will be myself who will suffer in the end. What's more, after this proven, he does not have enough strength to support a two-front war. If Cao Ying rules the north in the future, he will inevitably go south by many routes, the first line of Jingzhou, the first line of Xuzhou, etc., how long can he hold out at that time? Thinking of Sun Quan, it was precisely because he opened up the Two Lakes Front after taking Jingzhou, which led to his rapid demise, how could he not keep it in mind after taking the Ming Jian of history? It seems that he really has to rest for a few years, so that all the military food and materials are sufficient, so that he can have the greatest capital.

In the following year, Zhang Lang dug deep holes, accumulated grain, and slowly became king, except for the occasional rebellion in Jingzhou and Zhao Yun's move to Jiaozhou again, all major fronts were completely silent, training soldiers, collecting grain and grass, and developing internal affairs.

Compared with the recuperation after the Jiangdong War, the Central Plains seemed to be uneventful.

Cao Ying has taken Jizhou and began to sweep Hebei. Although Yuan Shao's sons resisted hard, they were not Cao Ying's opponents, and they were defeated and retreated. Cao Ying had already learned that Zhang Lang had taken Jingzhou, and he was worried that he would go out of Nanyang and Yingchuan to besiege Luoyang, so he quickly asked the general Cao Ren and the strategist Xun You to lead 100,000 troops from Hebei to Yanzhou to help Xiahou Yuan defend against Zhang Lang's invasion. He himself hastened the pace of pacification in the north.

At this time, Liu Bei, at the instigation of Zhuge Liang, cooperated with Shuzhong Fazheng, Zhang Song and others to plot to recapture Chengdu. Zhuge Liang first asked Liu Beijun to stay in Guangyuan, rest for a year, and sell people's hearts. As soon as the time comes, immediately let Guan Yu take a man and horse to receive the Sword Pavilion and go straight to Jiangyou; After Zhang Fei attacked Yangping Road with a man, he guarded Jiameng Pass; Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang brought 30,000 horses and horses to Zitong. Under Zhuge Liang's tricks, Zitong guarded Leng Bao and Wu Lan, and under the unpreparedness, one was killed and the other was captured in a daze. Zitong missed, Chengdu is unstable, although there is still a checkpoint in Fucheng, but where to go through the resourceful Zhuge Liang's repeated tricks, Chengdu changes hands, it is only a matter of time.

The shape of the four kingdoms is slowly formed.

Cao Ying dominated the north, Zhang Lang had a panoramic view of the south of the Yangtze River, Liu Bei replaced Liu Zhang, based in Shuzhong, and Ma Teng occupied Xiliang and Shaanxi, looking at Guanzhong. But Zhang Lang understands that once Hebei is stable, it will inevitably suffer Ma Teng, although Ma Teng is brave, but he is not Cao Ying's opponent, Ma Teng is destroyed, and as recorded in the history books, the three-legged stand up.

This night, Zhang Lang was in the room and Wen Ji **, ready to hug and sleep.

Cai Yan opened her beautiful eyes slightly, her eyes were full of satisfaction after the storm, her originally dignified expression, at this moment, exuded a sacrosanct holiness, her voice was extremely gentle and sweet: "Lord Husband, I received a letter from Zhen Mi's sister today, she said that it won't be long before she can return to Moling and rest for a while." ”

Zhang Lang's heart jumped violently, but his mouth said flatly: "Oh, is it? ”

Cai Yan laughed softly, glanced at Zhang Lang, her eyebrows were crossed, she stroked Zhang Lang's strong chest, and said with a smile: "Don't use this tone, although Lord Fujun's expression pretends not to care, but here betrays you." After speaking, with his slender fingers, he drew a small circle on Zhang Lang's heart.

Zhang Lang smiled bitterly, hugged Cai Yan tighter, and said indifferently: "It's just a little surprised, I haven't heard from her for so long, and now I suddenly heard you say that she is coming back, of course I will be a little surprised." ”

Cai Yan said with a smile: "Lord Husband is still hard-mouthed. ”

Zhang Lang sighed and said, "What if she comes back?" ”

Cai Yan suddenly raised his body, and the beautiful scenery on his chest was unobstructed, and Zhang Lang's eyes suddenly lit up, staring at him deadly. Even after tasting countless tastes, Zhang Lang's heart once again couldn't control himself, full of passion and impulsiveness. Cai Yan obviously didn't know that he had unconsciously aroused Zhang Lang's ** again, but he said diligently: "Sister Zhen is back this time, husband, you must find a way to leave her and let her not leave." ”

Zhang Lang said helplessly: "With her feet on her, she wants to leave, how can I keep her?" ”

Cai Yan smiled slyly and said: "You don't need to keep her feet, just keep her heart, so that even if she wants to leave, she won't be able to walk for long, and she will come back soon." ”

Zhang Lang was stunned, his palm gently rubbed Cai Yan's black hair like green silk, which was extremely smooth, and he smiled bitterly: "If I could keep her, I would have kept her a long time ago, otherwise it wouldn't have been delayed until now." ”

Cai Yan's black black eyes rolled, and said seriously: "Listen to Sister Zhen, this time all the way down, there has always been a handsome and chic, graceful beautiful man to accompany her every day, although Zhen Mi said that she didn't like him, but the man is like a ghost, lingering, over time, Sister Zhen has no choice, just think about it, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that I will be in love for a long time, Sister Zhen will follow someone else, you don't regret it then." ”

Zhang Lang was shocked in his heart, and said nonsense: "Don't talk nonsense, Zhen Mi is not such a casual woman." ”

Cai Yan didn't seem to see Zhang Lang's expression at all, and said softly: "But with Sister Zhen's beauty, it's not surprising to attract others." ”

Zhang Lang suddenly felt that his heart was in turmoil, and he didn't know what to say.

Cai Yan sighed and said: "If the husband doesn't work harder, I'm afraid that the form will become more and more unfavorable, so don't regret it then." ”

Zhang Lang laughed at himself and said: "That's right, the building near the water gets the moon first, and women have to spend time with them." ”

Cai Yanfeng's eyes were miserable, and she muttered in her mouth: "The building near the water gets the moon first, husband, why do you blurt out seemingly inadvertently, but you are very rich in such a philosophy?" ”

Zhang Lang was no longer in the mood to tease Cai Yan at this time, what she said just now was like a stone, rippling her entire heart.

Throughout the night, Zhang Lang felt that he was sleeping in a daze, and as if he had dreamed many dreams, dreaming that Zhen Mi followed a handsome and extraordinary man, dancing among the flowers, and the two were very affectionate. And on the side, just like a fool, just a foil.

Early the next morning, Zhang Lang woke up. Thinking of the dream at night, I made a sudden determination in my heart, it seems that I can't confuse myself like this, I must get what I like. Zhen Mi has more or less affection for herself, and she really likes this beauty very much, it seems that she really has to work harder, otherwise she will regret it for the rest of her life. Thinking of this time, Zhang Lang only felt in good spirits, and when he saw that Cai Yan was still asleep, he couldn't help but kiss this delicate mouthful, he knew that Cai Yan also had the heart to remind himself last night. Some obsessively came back to their senses from Wen Ji's charming appearance, Zhang Lang tiptoed up and began to practice "Dunjia Heavenly Book".

Recently, Zhang Lang has been practicing diligently, but he always feels that he has made little progress, and he is afraid that he has reached a bottleneck, right? If you can break through this layer, I believe that your ability will inevitably increase. It's just that with the current mentality, how can there be a breakthrough? I can't concentrate at all, even if I can, I don't have much benefit, it seems that I have to talk to Zhang Ning about it.

(To be continued)