Zhen Mijiao smiled: "I can't imagine that a dignified generation of generals will also shoot other people's sycophants like this." Needless to say, you have a worried look on your face, and from what you have just hinted at, the three-year-old knows that you should have come to Miss Ben for this matter. ”

Zhang Langwei shouted: "You mean that General Ben is not even as good as a three-year-old child? ”

Zhen Mi covered her small mouth, and her willow eyebrows had been bent into the shape of a crescent moon, and she could see that she was proud. Zhen Mi finally held back a smile and said, "This is the general, you said it, Miss Ben didn't say that." ”

Zhang Lang spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders again, and said indifferently: "Come on, Miss Zhen doesn't know if you have something to do now?" ”

Zhen Mi shook her head and said, "It's okay, I just want to go for a walk in the back flower courtyard." ”

Zhang Lang perked up and said: "This is very good, General Ben really has something to discuss with you." ”

Zhen Mi said strangely: "Is there something that you can't solve?" If it was Cao Ying's southern invasion, couldn't there be many capable people under the general? If they are all helpless, the little woman has no choice. ”

Zhang Lang waved his hand and said depressedly: "Now is not the time to be modest. ”

Zhen Mijiao smiled: "Since this is the case, the little woman will listen to it." ”

Zhang Lang and Zhen Mi walked together to the back garden.

The scenery here is beautiful, the design is unique, the rockery fountain, the panjing flower stand, the green seedlings and flowers are red, creating a natural atmosphere.

Zhang Lang and Zhen Mi sat down in a pavilion, surrounded by the fragrance of flowers, and bursts of elegant light incense wafting everywhere.

Zhang Lang took a deep breath, his face was intoxicated, and he seemed to feel so unreal.

Zhen Mi also leaned lightly on the pavilion pillar, her eyes were like water, overflowing with tenderness, and she paused more on Zhang Lang's face.

Zhang Lang was immersed in this dream-like realm, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and he praised lightly: "A good environment can indeed cultivate a person's feelings." After staying in such an elegant environment for a long time, no matter how ambitious a person is, he will become indisputable. ”

What Zhang Lang said was obviously inappropriate, and Zhen Mi, who provoked him, rolled his eyes and said, "Don't fight in three or two sentences, okay?" ”

Zhang Lang smiled bitterly: "If the Central Plains can be peaceful sooner, maybe I can also have more time to visit the mountains and rivers." ”

Zhen Mi looked at Zhang Lang like a strange person, and sneered: "Don't pretend here, if it's too peaceful, I'm afraid that you will be more indulged in the feeling of calling for wind and rain and holding hegemony, how can you give up your hands to play." ”

Zhang Lang didn't argue, but said lightly: "If Miss Zhen thinks the same, there is nothing good about General Ben." ”

Zhen Mi couldn't stand Zhang Lang's tone the most, she pursed her lips and said with a dissatisfied face: "It seems that Miss Ben is wrong to blame you again?" ”

Zhang Lang smiled slightly: "Hehe." Let's not talk about it, let's discuss it when we have time. Let's talk about Cao Ying. For the last few days, there has been something that General Ben has been unable to figure out, and his men have not given me any satisfactory explanation. It stands to reason that Cao Ying will pacify the north, and he will have to take a year or two to rest and recuperate, and completely disintegrate the opposing forces. Only in this way can we raise the army again without any worries. But this is not the case now, in less than half a year, Cao Ying moved his troops to the south, and almost poured all the troops in Hebei and Guanzhong, which is very incomprehensible. With Cao Ying's thoughtfulness, it is absolutely impossible for such an unwise move to occur. Therefore, General Ben wanted to hear what opinions Zhen Junshi didn't know to have, so as to solve the congestion. ”

Zhen Mi sorted out her thoughts for a while, and the confused eyes just now immediately became clear, like a pair of gems shining brightly. She said coquettishly: "Actually, this is also very difficult to understand. Let me ask the general, after Cao Ying pacified Hebei, who was the biggest obstacle to the unification of the Central Plains? ”

Zhang Lang didn't think about it and said, "It's Zhang." ”

Zhen Mi chuckled, like a peach blossom blooming in March, instantly discoloring the whole world, and Zhang Lang once again unconsciously indulged in it. Zhen Mi said shyly in Zhang Lang's fiery gaze: "That's it, the general's threat has reached the point where Cao Ying can't sleep, he will take Hebei, and the general will take Jingzhou." If Cao Ying goes to destroy Ma Teng again, maybe the general will take Shuchuan again. At this point, Cao Ying can't accept it no matter what. So he wants to take advantage of the momentum of just destroying Hebei and taking Jiangdong, which is also completely understandable. ”

Zhang Lang frowned and said, "If it's just like this, it's not enough reason for Cao Ying to raise troops." I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, Cao Ying should understand, and I believe that he can see through three points better than me. ”

Zhen Mi lightly shook her forehead and said thoughtfully: "It can't be that Cao Ying doesn't know that he is too much, so he wants to take advantage of his lifetime to complete the great cause of reunification, right?" ”

Zhang Lang shook his head when he heard this, and argued: "How is it possible? Cao Ying has just passed fifty, which is the golden age of his life, and he has not heard of any symptoms, how can he not talk much? I don't know what you think. Zhang Lang sighed again and again as he spoke.

Zhen Mi giggled and said, "It's not just to see your sad face, people are making you happy." ”

Zhang Lang was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "When is it, you are still joking." ”

Zhen Mi didn't pay attention to Zhang Lang's "tiger might" at all, and just said softly: "If you didn't guess wrong, it should be that he knew that you had a blood edict, so he wanted to kill you as soon as possible." Although he coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes, how to say that Cao Ying was still a nominal Hanchen, and he himself did not personally say that he wanted to rebel or establish himself as the king, if you make the blood edict public, I believe it will have a great impact on Cao Ying's reputation, and recently let the world's heroes not be ashamed of him, and the voice of opposition is getting higher and higher. ”

Zhang Lang was shocked and said in surprise: "How do you know that I have a blood edict on my body?" Did Rong'er tell you that? ”

Zhen Mi looked at Zhang Lang's surprised expression, and couldn't help but say a little proudly: "Just react that Miss Ben knows." As for how to get the news, please don't ask the general. ”

Zhang Lang was not in the mood to dwell on this issue, but asked: "If Cao Ying knew that I had a blood edict and was in a hurry to send troops to fight, it would be somewhat understandable. But the question is, how does he know that I have a blood edict? Could it be that Yu Qian leaked secrets? ”

Zhen Mi looked at Zhang Lang like an idiot, and said angrily: "What's impossible about this?" If this emperor still wants to save the Han family, it is normal to provoke a war between you and Cao Ying. ”

Zhang Lang said with a solemn face: "Does Emperor Xian have such a deep scheming?" ”

Zhen Mi said disapprerovingly: "Maybe he doesn't, but the few old courtiers behind him are difficult to guess." ”

Zhang Lang, who was already in a bad mood, became even more depressed and said: "What I am most afraid of is these black hands, who don't seem to have any special abilities, but secretly come to help them from time to time and add fuel to the fire, which is the most difficult to accept." ”

Zhen Mi nodded and said, "That's true." ”

Zhang Lang said angrily: "At such a critical juncture, another seemingly puppet emperor has emerged, which is really a headache." ”

Zhen Mi glanced at Zhang Lang deeply, and said seriously: "With the unbeatable hegemonic hand of the general, are you afraid that he will not succeed?" ”

Zhang Lang woke up suddenly, and said arrogantly: "Afraid? This word doesn't have that word in this general's dictionary. What will happen in the future, everyone will ride a donkey and read the record book - we'll see. ”

Zhen Mi was moved, and looked at Zhang Lang's manly spirit with some fascination, carefully recalled what Zhang Lang said, and muttered: "Riding a donkey and reading the record book - let's see, tsk, it's really an ingenious analogy." ”

Zhang Lang said: "Miss Zhen, General Shu Ben will not accompany you, there are still some things waiting for me to deal with, and I will have a long chat with you in the future." ”

Zhen Mi's expression was slightly disappointed, but it quickly passed away in a blink of an eye, and she forced herself to say: "Okay, the general is working hard all night, remember to take care of your body, don't exhaust yourself." ”

Zhang Lang looked at Zhen Mi deeply a few times, and said meaningfully: "Thank you." I will, Miss Zhen, rest assured, I won't fall so easily until something is done. ”

Zhen Mi also seemed to understand what Zhang Lang was saying, her face was pale pink, and she lowered her head shyly.

Zhang Lang turned around and left with a satisfied smile. And Zhen Mi's staring eyes kept staring at Zhang Lang's tall back until it disappeared.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, in September 208 AD, the vanguard of Cao Yingnan's expeditionary army had an encounter with the Jiangdong Army in Nanyang, which opened the confrontation between the North and the South.

In October of the same year, Cao Ying sent the general Le Jin to lead 50,000 troops, out of Xuchang, into Runan, in order to contain Xu Huang's troops in Yuzhou.

In November, Cao Ang led 30,000 troops to capture Lushan, and the Jiangdong Army retreated to the west of Yushui and defended Nanyang.

Cao Jun looked at each other across the water, couldn't attack for a long time, and began to think about changes. In the first month of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Jun sent strange soldiers to Xinye in a hurry to cut off the connection between Fancheng and Nanyang. Prepare to attack Nanyang in one go.

In January, the Jiangdong Army took the initiative to attack for the first time, seizing Anle and blocking the retreat of Cao's army in Xinye, which was heading south.

In the middle of the month, Zhou Yu ordered Jiang Qin's generals to march from Deng and lead the Xinye garrison to attack Cao's army at Quexi Slope, and Cao's army was defeated and retreated.

When Cao Ren learned the news, he wanted to save Cao Ang and personally led his troops to besiege An Le.

At the end of the month, Anle City was broken, and the Jiangdong Army lost 3,000 deaths.

At the beginning of February, Zhou Yu took advantage of Cao Ren's army to settle in the residence of peace and happiness and attacked Delu Mountain from the new.

Cao saw that he was in the middle of a multi-legion attack, and the situation was not good, so he immediately retreated to Xiangcheng.

The two armies began to enter a phase of stalemate.

At the same time, in the first month of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Xiahou Yuan led an army of 100,000 troops to camp in Juye and Shanyang.

In January, Xiahou Yuan led his troops to storm Fengxian, and after several unsuccessful battles, he retreated to Jiuli Mountain.

In mid-February, Cao Chun was ordered to lead 20,000 out of Tai'an, wanting to attack Mount Tai with Beihai, Jiang Yu was defeated and retreated to Yangdu.

At the end of February, Xiahou Yuan launched another surprise attack on Fengxian, and although the defenders fought bravely to kill the enemy, they still could not support the defeat.

At the beginning of March, Gao Shun increased his troops to Xiaopei, set foot in Rencheng, and controlled Wen and Si Ershui, and it was difficult for Xiahou Yuan to advance half a step for a while.

Then Cao Chunbing divided into two roads, all the way to take Yangdu, all the way to Langya.

As a result, Tai Shi Ci, who had been prepared for a long time, was defeated in both ways, and Cao Chun fled in the wilderness, only to almost die. Subsequently, Xiahou Yuan repeatedly dispatched troops to try to break the balance, but under Zhang Liao's strict defense, he returned several times in vain, although he occasionally won, but it was not enough to change the whole situation. The two armies also began to enter a stalemate phase.

With the armies on the left and right flanks blocked, Cao Ying finally led the army to Shouchun in mid-February.

Zhao Yun led 50,000 horses, Yu Yingshang, Xia Cai and other places laid heavy defenses, not seeking to fight with the main force of Cao's army, but based on a steady defense.

On the one hand, Cao Ying asked Le Jin to continue to suppress Xu Huang and prevent him from sending troops to attack Cao Ren's army, and on the other hand, he actively mobilized, intending to revitalize the two wings. After learning that the two roads were accepted, on the one hand, Li Dian was sent to lead tens of thousands of horses to attack Ruyin, and on the other hand, Han Hao and Li Tong each led 20,000 horses to wade through Yingshui and go straight to Pengzhou, intending to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, so that Zhang Liao could take care of the head and tail, and distract Xiaopei and Langya's defense. And he led the army to the whole line and attacked the Huai River defense line.

In April, Li Dian captured Ruyin and quickly advanced to Shouchun.

Jiangdong general Zang Ba fought fiercely for several times, and was defeated by Xi Zhicai in Yingshang County and retreated to Hongze.

Li Dian sent his deputy general Mao Jue to lead 10,000 troops and hurriedly pursued Zang Ba.

Zang Ba showed that he was already weak and arrogant in his heart. The following month, with the help of the powerful combat ability of the naval army on Hongze Lake, he defeated the pursuer Mao Jue and beheaded him in the chaos, which shocked the Cao army. Zang Ba won the victory and did not retreat immediately, but secretly went north, buried Han Hao and Li Tong's men, and firmly nailed the army to the Lingbi area, unable to go north. Once they pursued, Zang Ba took a detour to Xiacai, and for a while, Han Hao and Li Tong had no choice, they didn't advance, and they couldn't retreat.

Although Cao Ying's power was great, no one dared to fight on the Jiangdong Army, and the battle situation was always stalemate.

In May, Cao Ying couldn't sit still, and personally marched to beat the drums, and Li Dian charged as a fierce general, wanting to capture the Anfengjin ferry in one go.

But under Zhao Yun's calm command, Cao Ying returned several times in vain, and sacrificed the lives of thousands of soldiers in vain.

Zhao Yun asked the Jiangdong army to set up camp on the water, connecting several miles, attacking again and again, and retreating to the south of the Huai River.

For a while, Cao Ying had no choice at all.

Hundreds of thousands of troops, stuck alive north of the Huai River, could not be crossed.

After holding each other for two months, the strategist Xun You thought of a plan and dedicated it to Cao Ying.

Xun You said: "This time the enemy army is full of tenacity, our army has been attacking for half a year, and the enemy army is not able to defend it, and it will not take the slightest advantage." If it goes on like this, it's not a good idea. If the lord pretends to retreat, if the enemy comes to chase, we can't clear it, and kill a horse gun; If they don't chase after them, it will be good for the soldiers to retreat to Xudu and recuperate. It's not too late to wait for the spring flowers to bloom in the coming year. ”

Cao Ying hated and said: "If you retreat like this, I can't fill my hatred." ”

Xun You said: "The best way for the snake to be in the hole is not to dig the ground to catch the snake, but how to lure the snake out of the hole." As long as their main force can be brought out, our army has a good chance of winning. ”

(To be continued)