When Zhang Ren and Fa were leading the army to toss Huang Zhong in Huya Mountain. The troops from other places were not idle.

There was originally a defensive line in the northern part of Jingzhou next to Xiangyang City, which was connected by Shandu, Dengxian and Caiyang, and the garrison was 40,000. After the ** incident in Xiangyang, Liu Biao's old general Huang Zu turned against the water and took 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Deng County to Xinye to defect to Liu Xie, the "King of Xiangyang". In this way, the defense line on the periphery of Xiangyang was cut off from the middle and lost its meaning.

Lü Meng suggested that Liu Biao transfer all the 10,000 soldiers stationed in Shandu to Xiangzhong and the 10,000 soldiers stationed in Caiyang by Wang Wei to Deng County to fill the vacancy left by Huang Zu and serve as a buffer north of Xiangyang. Liu Biao felt that this arrangement was also reasonable, so he agreed to Lu Meng's suggestion and let Xiang Zhong and Wang Wei join forces together and concentrate on garrisoning Deng County.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao to raise an army of 120,000 troops to the south, first stopping in Wancheng for a while, and then heading straight to Xiangyang, only to meet Wang Wei and Xiang Chong's desperate resistance in Deng County.

Don't look at Wang Wei and Xiang Chong, both of whom are little-known third-rate generals, but in the past half a year, they have not been without the hand-in-hand guidance of Jiang Xu and Lu Meng, not only have their horizons and vision broadened, but also have a more comprehensive and profound understanding of defensive operations. In particular, the two of them made great progress in how to build fortifications and how to make rational use of terrain and barriers such as castles for defensive operations.

Cao Heizi led the army south, originally thinking that Wang Wei and Xiang Pet would be frightened when they knew that they were coming, so they hurriedly withdrew to Xiangyang City, but the two little characters actually stayed in Deng County without fear of tigers.

Since someone is willing to sacrifice the flag to the army, Cao Cao is no longer polite. He allocated 10,000 soldiers each to the four generals Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Le Jin and Niu Jin, and launched a siege battle against Deng County. In Cao Cao's view, it was supposed to be a devastating battle, but it turned out that it was still unable to conquer Deng County after three days of fighting.

The 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers defending the city had lost at least 10,000, while the 40,000 Cao troops who besieged the city suffered even more heavy losses, and 20,000 soldiers were killed and disabled, and they directly withdrew from the battle sequence.

Cao Cao was very angry at such a result, and he really didn't expect to hit such a big nail in the first battle of his journey south. Lao Cao was furious, and immediately ordered his troops to use gunpowder that was originally planned to be used in the attack on Xiangyang, but the city wall of Deng County was quickly blown up, and tens of thousands of troops rushed into Deng County and slaughtered the remaining 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers.

Even so, Wang Weihe never surrendered and begged for mercy until death. The two generals scolded the names of Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and died together with Deng County. After Cao Cao's army uprooted Deng County, it lost another 10,000 soldiers, so that the original 120,000 army was only 100,000 left.

After the loss of Deng County, Xiangyang City was unhindered in front of Cao Cao, and there were less than 30,000 Jingzhou soldiers defending the city at this time.

Just when Cao Cao's troops were besieging Xiangyang City, a large army from Shangyong City in Hanzhong County had arrived near Fangling Port, which was only separated by a Jing Mountain from Xiangyang City. This army was the Tianyi army led by Zhao Gang and Lu Xun, and the purpose of their trip was to support Liu Biao in Xiangyang and drive Cao Cao's army south back to Xuchang. Although the Tianyi Army has not faced the enemy head-on since its formation, it was sent out by Zhao Xingyi ruthlessly this time, precisely because he wanted to sharpen the soul of this army through real blood and fire.

Hearing that Wang Wei and Xiang Chong were martyred, and the 20,000 troops stationed in Deng County had been annihilated by Cao Cao, Liu Biao, who was in Xiangyang, couldn't help but feel like a fire. At this time, there was more bad news from Yiling, the general Li Yan fell for Zhang Ren's plan, and all the 20,000 soldiers below Li Yan were annihilated by the Yizhou army, and Li Yan was also seriously injured and captured.

At this time, Liu Biao could no longer remain calm. He questioned Lü Meng and said, "Why is the aid promised by the King of Pingxi still missing?

Lu Meng understood Liu Biao's questioning very well, and the situation had developed to the present, and even he couldn't understand Zhao Xing's follow-up actions now. Lu Meng thought for a moment, and then said to Liu Biao: "If Lord Zhou Mu believes me, then I can urgently send a letter to General Huo Jun in Changsha, asking him to leave 10,000 troops to garrison Changsha, and then personally lead 20,000 troops north to support Xiangyang." If the situation continues to deteriorate, General Wenpin, who is stationed in Jiangxia, can also be ordered to return to Xiangyang. ”

Liu Biao knew that it was useless to blame Lu Meng at this time, so he had to follow Lu Meng's advice and hurriedly transferred Huo Jun, who was stationed in Changsha, to help defend Xiangyang.

The situation inside and outside Xiangyang City is on the verge of breaking out, but Huya Mountain, which was supposed to be the winner, has suddenly undergone a shocking change.

Seeing that Huang Zhong was about to go to Huangquan with the more than 10,000 surviving Jingzhou brothers to fulfill his oath to return the body on the battlefield, Zhang Renjun, who was besieging Huya Mountain, retreated urgently to the west overnight, and another day later, the Yizhou army stationed on Jingmen Mountain also urgently retreated westward!

Why did Zhang Renjun, who saw that he was about to be completed, hurriedly withdraw in the direction of Yizhou? There was only one answer, that is, Tai Shici led the army north, and he had already approached the heart of Yizhou with great momentum -- Chengdu City, the seat of Yizhou in the Chengdu Plain!

When Zhang Ren received a handwritten letter from Sima Fang in Yizhou about Chengdu's emergency and ordering the Eastern Route Army to urgently return to help, he excitedly shed two lines of tears, then raised his head and sighed, and shouted loudly: "It's a failure, it's a failure!"

Looking at the Yizhou army that was gradually withdrawing, the military advisor Ma Liang softly reminded Huang Zhong, who had not rested for seven consecutive days, and said: "Hansheng, the enemy army has withdrawn, and Huya Mountain is safe, so let's hurry up and return to the Chinese army's big tent to rest!"

Huang Zhong, who was already on the verge of a nervous breakdown, tightly held the back of the big bow, used the bow frame as a crutch to support his crumbling body, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm fine, quickly organize personnel to treat the injured brothers, and take out all the gold sore medicines obtained from the Jinguo Medical Institute for the brothers, and it is a ...... to save one more."

Before Huang Zhong finished speaking, he fell headlong in front of the position. Ma Liang hurriedly stepped forward to pull Huang Zhong, but heard Huang Zhong who was crawling on the ground already snoring like thunder. Huang Zhong was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he fell to the ground.

When the Yizhou East Route Army urgently retreated to the west, the Yizhou South Route Army, under the leadership of Tai Shici, had approached Lingguan Road in Yueshan County, which was only 200 miles away from Chengdu.

What made Sima's family even more frightened was that Zhang Hejun and Xu Rong, who had been doing nothing all the time, suddenly went berserk and used a super ferocious firearm to destroy the city in northern Yizhou.

According to the urgent report from the northern front line of Yizhou, the army of Liangguo is about to capture Jiameng Pass and approach Zitong, the northern gateway of Chengdu!

Things have developed to this point, and even Sima Yi, who has always sat firmly in Diaoyutai, panicked, he really couldn't understand where Tai Shici's troops from the south came from.