Pang Tong deceived Cao Ying, offered a strong crossbow car, lured Xiahou Yuan to divide his troops, and was broken one by one, and let Xu Huang mix into Lixia City, and finally Xun You's soldiers were defeated and killed, and kissed himself on the spot.

The news of Xun You's death reached Cao Ying's ears, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and he hugged his head and cried on the spot: "Xun You has done his best for my career and died." Now I want to raise the soldiers of Hebei, bring the people with Yan, urge the troops to go south, and Zhang Lang is male and female again, what do the officials think? ”

At this time, Jia Xu stepped forward and debuted: "No, Zhang Lang is now victorious in successive battles, and the three-way army converges on the Yellow River, our army cannot be fierce with the northern army and fight against the southern army on the water." At this time, Zhang Lang was vigorous, our army was defeated in a row, and the soldiers had no heart to fight, so they could only refuse to defend the north in order to recover. Due to the strong foundation in the north, it will not take two years to recover. However, due to the infinite expansion of Zhang Lang's territory and the infinite extension of the battle front, as time goes on, financial resources, grain and grass will become problems, and although Zhang Lang occupies most of Yanzhou by hegemonic means, as long as it takes a long time, the disadvantages will be immediately revealed, and the prime minister now only needs to sit and wait for the opportunity to recover the losses one by one. ”

Cao Ying sighed: "Even if I want to quit the army, but Zhang Lang is so aggressive, I'm afraid he won't give up." ”

Jia Xu said: "Now the form is not as good as people, and the prime minister can only hold on, which is not conducive to attacking." ”

Cao Ying said: "Now that Zhang Lang has Licheng, he will inevitably go north to Jibei. With Cao Bin's ability, I'm afraid that sooner or later I won't be able to withstand it. ”

Jia Xu said: "Since the prime minister is worried about this, he is willing to go to Jibei to help General Cao." ”

Cao Ying was a little reluctant to say: "As soon as Wenhe leaves, who will make plans for me?" In addition, Zhang Lang's army is already preparing to enter and exit Guandu, and he has a ghost like Guo Jia under his hands, but he is afraid that the land of Hanoi has begun to be unstable. ”

Jia Xu said quietly: "One person can help Hanoi to be safe and worry-free." ”

Cao Ying was pleasantly surprised: "Who is it?" ”

Jia Xu smiled and said: "He was once the son of Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang, the younger brother of Sima Lang, and Sima Yi is also." ”

Cao Ying frowned slightly and said, "Why is it him again?" ”

Jia Xu said solemnly: "This person is talented, there is no need to be suspicious, and now it is a plan to use people, as long as the prime minister is slightly guarded, he is not afraid of what tricks he will do." ”

Cao Ying said: "Sima Yi is good at governance, has a lot of power and scheming, and his scheming is extremely deep, I recruited him into the army in the early years, but he repeatedly said that he is blocked everywhere, but who can use it, but it can't be used, otherwise sooner or later there will be mutations." ”

Jia Xu was silent, Sima Yi was not his person, since Cao Ying had such a deep prejudice against him, if he had to say anything badly, he would be uninteresting, and he would have nothing to do.

But this Cao Ying suddenly smiled and said: "But it is also an expedient measure to use him now, and when the situation is stabilized, it is not too late to transfer back." ”

Jia Xu was a little surprised: "The prime minister still decided to use him?" ”

Cao Ying said in a deep voice: "There is no way to do it." Maybe I can't compare to you in terms of strategy, but in terms of looking at people, I have absolute confidence, what kind of person Sima Yi is, I can guess it. If this person has a lot of power in his hands, sooner or later he will change. ”

Jia Xu was silent again.

Jia Xu suddenly said: "At this time, Zhang Lang is ambitious, why don't you lobby Liu Bei and join forces to deal with him?" ”

Cao Ying said: "I haven't thought about this matter, but Liu Bei was supported by Zhang Lang, and now it seems impossible for him to rebel against the allies." ”

Jia Xu smiled: "Nothing is impossible. As long as Zhang Lang infringes on Liu Bei's current interests, anything is possible. ”

Cao Ying's heart suddenly moved: "What does Wenhe mean?" ”

Jia Xu said coldly: "Isn't Liu Bei attacking Guanzhong with all his strength now?" ”

Cao Ying's mind flashed and said: "What do you mean is to let our army withdraw the troops of Tongguan and Hangu, take time out of the four stops in Guanzhong, and let Zhang Lang enter the main pass." Once this piece of fat falls into Zhang Lang's mouth, Liu Bei will definitely not give up and turn against him closely? ”

Jia Xu said: "That's exactly what I mean. But I don't think the prime minister will give up Guanzhong so easily. Guanzhong four stops, can be a game of its own, can be attacked, retreat can be defended, Wuguan, Sanguan, Xiao Pass, Hangu Pass four stops and one pass, completely self-sufficient, no one can bear what. ”

Cao Ying nodded and said: "Yes, if it is not until the last moment, I will never let go of the land in Guanzhong, this is a place of hegemony, how can I let it go to the opponent?" ”

Jia Xu nodded in agreement. In fact, even if Cao Ying withdraws his troops from Guanzhong now, Zhang Lang may not dare to take over, and he doesn't want to turn his face with Liu Bei so soon. It's just that in this way, Liu Bei was cheapened in vain, allowing him to empty the country's strength and strengthen his army.

Cao Ying decided at this time: "Okay, there is Lao Wenhe in Jibei, I will naturally rest assured that I will have you go, and Pang Tong is just opportunistic enough." Thinking that he is not Wenhe's opponent, but Sima Yi is the main force of Zhang Lang and Guo Jia in Hebei, I am afraid that there is no chance of winning. ”

Jia Xu made a reassuring gesture, and then said to Cao Ying: "If you attack, the sentiment is insufficient, but you have to defend, with the danger of Hanoi, even if Guo Jia and Zhang Lang invade Jiangdong, I am afraid that there is nothing to do for a while, not to mention that Sima Yi is not an easy person, if there is any leak in Yilang, it is possible that he will be caught and beaten by him, and he will definitely not lose." ”

Cao Ying's mood was a little relaxed at this time and said: "Okay, I'll give an order to transfer Sima Yi into Hanoi immediately." ”

With Gao Shun's capture of Lixia City, the calculations that Jiangdong had already prepared immediately began to be implemented. Since Wen and Surabaya had been dug to connect the Yellow River and this key city was captured, Sun Quan, who had been on standby for a long time, finally opened 50,000 sailors from Jiangdong to go up to Juyeze along the Huai River and enter the Yellow River. And this waterway has become the most important grain route of the Jiangdong Army's eastern front.

Sun Quan led the naval army into the Yellow River, and immediately formed a front and rear attack on most of Cao Ying's territory in Yanzhou and Shandong, and Cao Ying's main force had retreated to Hebei, most of Yanzhou surrendered without a fight under the lure of this threat, and Zhang Lang pushed his sphere of influence into all areas south of the Yellow River in one fell swoop, except for the four villages in Guanzhong, which fell under Zhang Lang's control.

Due to the loss of Lixia, Xiahou Dun of Dongjun began to feel that his strength was weak, and Sun Quan drove his army into the Yellow River, completely cutting off their connection with Jibei, and they could only retreat to the north bank of the Yellow River. Everywhere, the Yanzhou area has completely fallen into Zhang Lang's hands, and the task of joining Jinan has finally been completed.

After a battle, in the faint sense, Zhang Lang's Jiangdong Group has replaced Cao Ying's position and become the first overlord of the Central Plains.

At this time, Zhuge Liang conquered Meng in the south, made progress in breaking through the surname, and had already killed Huichuan, and met the southern barbarian army at Lujin Pass. Zhuge Liang captured Meng Shu several times, and then released Meng Shu, wanting to do it once and for all, so that Yunnan would never rebel in his lifetime.

During Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, Liu Bei, who went to the right side of Long, fell into an unprecedented predicament. In the face of the tall city wall and the well-defended Chencang City, the troops were dismantled and the generals were demolished, and they returned without attacking several times. And Guan Yu, who was a surprise soldier, was blocked in the Meridian Valley, and he was not allowed to cross the thunder pond for half a step, and the army could only dry up there, neither advance nor retreat.

Shuzhong fought on both sides, although it was not overstretched, but it slowly began to show fatigue.

At this time, Zhang Lang swept through the entire area south of the Yellow River, reaching a new height.

At this time, Zhang Lang slowed down the pace of advance, and the army firmly established the first line of the Yellow River, and began to establish a naval training base in Xuzhou, in order to continuously supply the first line of the Yellow River. He also began to extend the area of Tuntian to the north bank of the Huai River, most of the areas below Yanzhou, so as to supply the front-line military rations. At the same time, Zhou Yu's army was ordered to enter Luoyang, recuperate, and prepare for the next batch of operations.

Due to the elongation of Zhang Lang's battle line, Moling, as the capital, has obviously felt that it has been remote, because of the territory of Yanzhou, with the protection of longitudinal extension, at this time Zhang Lang temporarily moved the capital to Shouchun, which is convenient to contact everything with the front line.

Zhou Shan's army had already reached Liaodong and reached a certain level of agreement with Gongsun Kang of Liaodong. This is not the end, Zhou Shan has secretly established a naval base on a small island in Bohai Bay, just waiting for Zhang Lang's order, he can immediately send troops to Qingzhou Jieshi or go deep from the coast of Youzhou, kill from the inner abdomen, disrupt the enemy's defense line, cut off the grain and grass routes, and so on. For Zhang Lang, this miracle soldier is not needed, and it is bound to receive the best results.

At this time, Zhang Lang promoted many newcomers, such as Lu Meng, Lu Xun and other young generals, each leading troops to defend one side and cultivate their abilities.

At this time, it was 219 AD, Zhang Lang was already in his forties, with a group of children under his knees, Zhang Yan already had the potential to become a generation of beauties. And Zhang Li is even more energetic, much bigger than ordinary children, and his surname is very naughty, always fighting and causing trouble. Every time I asked him what he wanted to do when he grew up, he puffed up his chest and said loudly, "I want to go to war like my father." ”

Wen Ji's father, Zhang Lang's father-in-law, has passed away due to old age and decrepitude. Before leaving, Huang Yueying cried more sadly than Wen Ji, because among the many people, except for Zhang Lang, it was Cai Yong who treated her well. (About Zhang Lang, Huang Yueying, and Da Qiao, I plan to write it in the outer chapter).

This said, Zhang Lang and the civil and military attachés traveled to Mount Tai, suddenly saw the purple air coming from the east, the sky was auspicious, and there were sandalwood four floating, the cranes danced, the mountains were full of flowers, and there were fairy music fluttering, and the civil and military attachés only said that the sky was auspicious and Zhang Lang. Destined to have the image of the Son of Heaven, there will be a civil official who will take the opportunity to come out, saying that Zhang Lang is full of merit, and that the Han family has been destroyed, and now the time is ripe, he should add a robe to his body and establish himself as the king of Wuzhong. As soon as these words came out, many thoughtful Wenchen immediately agreed.

But Zhang Lang didn't say yes, because he thought about more things and farther.

Although Zhang Lang did not agree, this matter had already fallen into the hearts of all civil and military officials, and it began to brew the development of the situation.

Subsequently, civil officials with other thoughts began to lobby the important ministers around Zhang Lang, preparing to persuade them to persuade Zhang Lang to establish himself as king.

(To be continued)