Shen County was broken and materials were destroyed, not only the morale of the Cao troops besieging Xia Cai was shaken, but even the morale of the Cao soldiers on the front line of Anfengjin plummeted. Although the news had been received in advance that Zhao Yun had returned from Shen County, the soldiers of Yingshang had no heart to fight, and they were broken by Zhao Yun in a few days.

Since Yingshang County was newly controlled by the Jiangdong Army, the Cao soldiers who attacked Yangquan City had no choice but to retreat to Anfengjin.

And where will Ling Tong and Huang Xu let go of the great opportunity to regain the lost territory, the whole army will be dispatched, and the three armies will chase after each other.

Although the chief general of Cao Bing had the intention to make meritorious contributions, he had no choice but to face the embarrassing situation of being caught on both sides. It is impossible to defend alone, and it has become unrealistic to expect reinforcements from Ruyin, and the retreat has been blocked by Zhao Yun. But Lord Cao obviously missed a move, Yuan Lu and Fu Bo have been recaptured by Xu Huang with his troops, and what awaits him is an uncertain situation of life and death.

Zhao Yun's battle in Shen County completely disrupted the deployment of Cao's army. Although Cao Ying tried to remedy it in many ways, but the far water could not save the near fire, although the road from Wuping in Jiao County to Shen County was not far, but the fatal thing was that it also supported the front line of Shouchun, Shen County was broken, in a short time, how could Wuping bear the burden of all the troops on the front line of the Chinese army? Once the Shouchun route from Anfengjin to Yangquan is blocked, Jiangdong can transfer most of its energy to Xia Cai, and with the skills of Zhang Lang's subordinates, how can he break the battle situation by attacking a little?

Cao Ying was extremely angry, and ordered Cao Hong, so that he would break through Cai Cheng within ten years anyway, if the mission failed, not only would he lose his official position, but he was afraid that his head would not be guaranteed. Cao Hong was forced to make a military order and went out with a heavy heart.

Although the Xiacai defense line was strengthened year after year under Xu Shu's foresight, in the face of Cao Hong leading the soldiers to attack the fortifications frantically, it was also stormy, and the city defense was about to be lost several times, but fortunately, Zhu Huan led the soldiers to reinforce from the side, which repelled wave after wave of enemy attacks.

Bloody autumn, crazy October.

The Jiangdong army used swords and swords, blood and life to resist the fiercest siege of the Cao army.

The autumn wind was heavy, and the lime city walls were dyed dark red. The fortified city walls are full of holes and devastation.

Xia Cai City seems to be the darkness before and after dawn, experiencing the washing of the storm.

Xu Shu hadn't closed his eyes for a long time, his eyes were bloodshot, and his originally honest and calm face had a faint gloomy blood. Xia Cai's important surname, it goes without saying that if you can't stand it here, Shouchun will be besieged next. Born as the commander-in-chief, Xu Shu can be regarded as trying his best, and even thinking hard about the strategy of resisting the enemy.

When the news of Zhao Yun's victory came from Shen County, Xu Shu did not elated that Cao Ying would retreat, but instructed the officers and soldiers of the three armies to be more cautious and cautious against the siege of Cao's army, and against the norm, he encouraged the people of Xia Cai to collect common city defense equipment together. Many of his soldiers were puzzled, and Xu Shu said: "Cao Ying has no way to retreat, only to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and fight all the way against the water." And this attack must be the craziest and most intense. Whether Xia Cai can be saved, whether Shouchun can be stable, and whether the Huaisi defense line can continue to be controlled will inevitably be known within this decade. As long as it is past this decade, it is said that it is winter, and the materials in Shen County are destroyed, Cao Jun's military rations and salaries will inevitably be tight immediately, and Cao Ying will have to retreat if he doesn't want to retreat at that time. So we have to be careful and ready for battle. ”

The general had an epiphany, bowed to Xu Shu's great wisdom, and went out to prepare for the matter.

Sure enough, the development of the situation was just as Xu Shu expected, and Cao Bing frantically counterattacked Cai. Fortunately, Xu Shu and the soldiers were well prepared, so they repelled the attacks organized by Cao Hong again and again to ensure the stability of Xia Cai.

In the blink of an eye, it seems that winter is coming, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and the north wind is howling. Cao Jun's food and grass were tight, and Cao Ying even called the generals to discuss the withdrawal of the army.

Cao Ying said: "Now that our army's materials are difficult to continue, and there is a military situation in Wuguan and Sanguan, I am afraid that if we do not retreat and return to defend, the hearts of the people in the Central Plains will be shaken, and it is difficult to guarantee that people with different hearts will take the opportunity to cause chaos." ”

Xun You said: "Lord, if you withdraw now, I'm afraid that Xu Shu will send someone to chase after you." Our soldiers are in a low position, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, they can't withstand the Jiangdong Army's back and forth charges, once they can't resist, they are afraid that the entire Chinese army will be in a desperate situation. ”

Cao Yingpi smiled and said: "I have already thought about this matter, if the Jiangdong Army pursues, it is exactly what I want." Cao Zhen led 50,000 horses to break off, Cao Xiu led 30,000 horses to ambush, if Xu Shu really retreated, our army will order it, Cao Zhen cut off its back road, our army turned around and pounced, surrounded its three armies, and Cao Xiu ambushed, counterattacked Cai, not only can encircle and annihilate Xu Shu's main force, but also take the opportunity to take Cai, isn't it a beautiful thing? ”

Xun Youxian was a little worried: "After these confrontations, the guard general Xu Shu is obviously not easy, I am afraid that he will not be so easily fooled, in case the plan is discovered, I am afraid that it will be useless." ”

Cao Ying nodded, his expression was slightly irritated, and said, "What does Gongda mean?" ”

Xun You pondered: "Our army should retreat in batches, step by step, retreat ten miles, set up a camp, pause, and continue to exercise, so that we can return to Xuchang safely." ”

Cao Ying agreed: "According to Gongda's words, the three armies were ordered to go down, and Ming said that they would begin to withdraw in batches. ”

Cao Ying finally withdrew from the army, and after this encouraging news came, the soldiers in Xia Cai City were jubilant. There are even more soldiers who are eager to try, waiting for the main general to give the order to pursue, and beat the water dogs, so as to get out of the depression in the past few months.

Xu Shu closely observed the two days, and saw that Cao's soldiers retreated in a very orderly manner, and a group of people set up camp for dozens of miles to set up a village and arrange defenses. After a few days, another batch was returned, and this was the case again. Xu Shu wanted to lead the troops to pursue, but although Cao Bing retreated, the distance between the two armies in front and back kept sounding, and Cao Ying was in the camp step by step, Xu Shu felt helpless for a while, so he could only watch Cao Ying retreat to Xuchang so slowly.

The news of Cao Ying's withdrawal soon reached Zhao Yun's ears, and because Zhao Yun had raised the troops of Huang Xu and Ling Tong in time, he planned to besiege Cao Ying in Shen County. But soon Xu Shu flew to the book and dispelled Zhao Yun's thoughts, although Cao Ying retreated, the two wings of Cao Bing were still there. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the legions on both sides should be broken first. After thinking about it, Zhao Yun agreed with Xu Shu's idea, so he asked Huang Xu and Ling Tong to lead tens of thousands of soldiers to join forces with Xu Huang, enter Runan, cooperate with Zhou Yu's army on the west side, attack Yingchuan County, strive to take Yingchuan, and force Xuchang. The eastern flank front was still stalemate, Xiahou Yuan could not break through Xiaopei, and Gao Shun could not repel Cao's soldiers. In addition, seeing that winter is on, both armies have returned to the DPRK to prepare for another battle in the coming year.

On the west front, Cao Ren couldn't stop Zhou Yu's impact, and Cao Ying retreated very slowly, and Xu Huang took the lead in taking the lead, and the two people began to frantically attack Yingchuan County, and for a time Cao Ren was embattled and precarious.

Xun or at this time must not personally lead troops to reinforce Yingchuan, so that the situation can be stabilized. At the same time, tens of thousands of horses were also dispatched to Wuguan to prevent the Jiangdong Army from opening and closing the door.

In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed, and it was already the Winter Festival, Zhou Yu could not overcome it for a long time, and Cao Ying had returned to the division for reinforcements, so he withdrew his troops and retreated to Xiangcheng.

The Great War of the North and South has finally come to an end.

In this battle, Cao Fang and Zhang Lang were generally tied, but after careful calculation, the Jiangdong side still lost some, and the defending side was always passive. In particular, the Huaisi defense line in the middle was broken by the Cao army several times, and although it was finally taken back, the losses were also quite heavy. Fortunately, with the help of Zhao Yunshenwei, he broke Qishen County, which turned the situation around. On the contrary, the two sides hoped to tie, Xuzhou lost the position of Feng County, but Zhou Yu captured the important town of Xiangcheng. But one thing that made Zhang Lang scruple was that although he repelled Cao Ying this time, it was difficult to guarantee that he would be able to repel Cao Ying's attack next time, or the next time. With the strong strength of the north, Cao Ying can endlessly tug at a glance, but he doesn't have that capital. What I hope most now is that Liu Bei can develop rapidly in Sichuan and join forces with himself to fight Cao. Of course, Zhang Lang is not a person who only relies on others.

Liu Bei is now like a fish in water in Sichuan, constantly recruiting troops and selling horses, hiring celebrities from all walks of life, talented people have like-minded people, and his power is growing. Under the auspices of Zhuge Liang, the military and political aspects have been greatly improved, and the money and grain have accumulated more and more, which is no longer comparable. And Liu Bei also began to become ambitious, especially after receiving Zhang Lang's letter, he couldn't wait to discuss with Zhuge Liang about the possible surname of attacking Hanzhong.

Zhuge Liang knew that the important surname of Hanzhong geography, although Zhang Lang had other goals, but the land of Hanzhong, as the gateway to Sichuan and Shu, was fought for soldiers, so Zhuge Liang did not say anything, so he began to lead troops out of Hanzhong and attack Zhang Lu.

The two armies fought for a long time, Zhuge Liang was obviously superior, and as the battle deepened, Zhang Lu gradually became irresistible.

At this time, Zhang Lang, who was far away in Jiangdong, felt depressed because he didn't know who to send to Xuzhou on his behalf. One is Mihuan's father, his old father-in-law died of illness; Second, when Zhang Liao and Xiahou Yuan faced off, the Japanese in the rear once again made waves, and Zhang Liao had no time to take care of it now. After thinking about it, Zhang Lang finally decided to let Tian Feng go, because he couldn't find the most suitable candidate for a while.

The problem of the Japanese has been trapped in Zhang Liao for a long time, but the problem has not been solved for a long time, and this time, taking advantage of the opportunity of Cao Ying's withdrawal from the army, we must uproot these annoying people.

Zhang Lang took advantage of this rare opportunity to assign tasks and rearrange the first-line defense system of Huaisi.

In the blink of an eye, it was the spring of the following year, and after Cao Ying stabilized the Xuchang form, he sent the generals to Ban and Lejin to lead 100,000 horses and horses to Sanguan to resist Ma Teng's invasion. At the same time, Liu Bei has already taken a lot of initiative in the battle for Hanzhong, if nothing else, it will be a matter of time before Hanzhong changes hands.

Cao Ying fought on two fronts, although the troops were still strong, Zhang Lang still decided to take the initiative to attack on his own to contain Cao Ying's strength and energy.

Zhang Lang and Ma Teng joined forces to attack Cao Ying on both sides, but Cao Ying was scheming, on the one hand, he did not fight with the main force of the Jiangdong Army, and on the other hand, he besieged Ma Teng's troops with all his might, and stuck the Xiliang soldiers and horses outside the Sanguan and could not go further.

After more than half a year of back and forth, both sides paid a great price for casualties, and finally Ma Teng first ran out of military rations and retreated to Shaanxi. And Yu Ban listened to Liu Ye's suggestion, led his troops to chase after him, and the Xiliang soldiers who were killed fled in the wilderness.

And Zhang Lang saw that Ma Teng had been repulsed, and it was difficult for him to make progress for a while, so he also returned to Shouchun, regained his strength, and asked for military information again.

At this time, exciting news finally came from Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang planned to set the army mountain, Zhang Fei broke through Baocheng, Zhang Lu was besieged for thirty years, Kaicheng surrendered, and Hanzhong was pacified.

A year later, Zhang Lang, Liu Bei, and Ma Teng marched together to attack Cao Ying.

Ma Teng led an army of 200,000, and his son Ma Chao led the iron cavalry as the vanguard, and then went out of Xiliang, went to Qinchuan, and attacked Fufeng County.

Liu Bei led 100,000 Hanzhong troops out of the Meridian Valley and headed for Chang'an.

And Zhang Lang mobilized 300,000 horses, one route Zhou Yu led troops into Sankun, and one route Zhang Liao invaded Dongjun. He personally led the army out of Shouchun and marched to Wuping. The three-way army, three arrows fired at the same time, Xiao is Cao Ying's soldiers were strong and strong, and he panicked for a while.

At the same time, Zhang Lang transferred back to the general Zhou Tai, and asked him to lead 20,000 sailors from the Wuxu Dock, take the newly developed new "Mengchong Battleship", prepare enough food and supplies, and start sailing north along the East China Sea from the Yangtze River to carry out the most legendary and extremely difficult sea voyage at that time. If successful, it will be able to cut through the rear of the enemy, posing a great threat to the enemy.

The three-way coalition army can be described as high morale, and it is like a bamboo.

After a brief period of panic, Cao Ying quickly summoned his advisers to discuss.

The military advisor Xi Zhicai said: "This three-way coalition is not trivial, Jiangdong doesn't say much, Ma Teng has never made a comeback this time, and learned the lesson of the last time, but I'm afraid that this time it will be more difficult to deal with." And Liu Bei's wings are getting harder, and he has replaced Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu to become the overlord of Shuchuan, and he is arrogant and not to be underestimated. This is the biggest test since the lord raised his army. ”

Cao Ying pondered: "The Jiangdong Army led by Zhang Lang is only afraid that there is no one to stop except for his true appearance. And the courage of the horse, a little strategy, not to be afraid. However, Liu Bei won Shuchuan and Hanzhong in a short period of time, and he can still gain a firm foothold, and there must be help from masters. This passer-by should also be dealt with carefully. ”

Xun You said: "Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang's help, which is why he has risen so fast." ”

Cao Hong volunteered: "Liu Bei's little ear is not worried, and his subordinates volunteered to lead troops to attack him." ”

Cao Ying reprimanded angrily: "The matter of Xia Cai before, the prime minister hasn't settled accounts with you yet, do you still dare to be arrogant?" ”

Cao Hong was startled, and his expression Nuo Nuo retreated.

(To be continued)