Liu Biao of Jingzhou and the friendly forces of the Jin State joined forces. Finally drove away the fierce imperial army. Cao Cao retreated to Deng County, north of Xiangyang, for medical treatment, and the remaining nearly 70,000 Cao troops were also combined into one place, stationed in the area of Deng County, waiting for the general's next command and dispatch.

After the end of the war, the Tianyi army retreated twenty miles to the west and stationed the army at the foot of Long'a Mountain for rest. In this way, it is also to tell Liu Biao that Tianyijun has no interest in Xiangyang City, and is purely here to support Xiangyang.

Liu Biao, who has come back to his senses, is secretly regretting in the city. He knew that the Tianyi army was so capable of fighting, so he didn't have to panic and order Wen Ping, who was stationed in Jiangxia, to lead the army back to help. Jiangxia is close to Yangzhou and Yuzhou, originally guarding the east gate of Jingzhou, once Wen Ping led the army to evacuate, it is guaranteed that a certain force will take advantage of the weakness and occupy Jiangxia.

In fact, Liu Biao's worries are not superfluous at all. Soon after Wen Ping exhausted his 40,000 troops and went upriver along the Yangtze River waterway, an army of more than 10,000 people marched into Jiangxia and won Xiling without much effort.

This army that took advantage of the fire to rob was Huang Zu.

Huang Zu turned against the water and took refuge in the king of Xiangyang, and then the king of Xiangyang secretly obeyed the call of the imperial court, and after turning around, it was actually equivalent to Cao Cao absorbing the 20,000 soldiers abducted by Huang Zu from Jingzhou.

Before Cao Cao led his army southward this time, he secretly informed Huang Zu, who was originally stationed in Xinye, to make a detour to Yuzhou and ambush in the upper reaches of irrigation west of Dabie Mountain.

This is where Lao Cao's far-sightedness and vision are extraordinary. Although he led the army to attack Xiangyang, he did not only focus on Xiangyang. Let Huang Zu ambush near Jiangxia, or ambush and contain the Wenpin army who returned to help, or take the opportunity to capture Jiangxia, it is a good move. It can not only test Huang Zu's obedience, but also wedge a nail in Jiangxia, forming a favorable situation in which Cao Jun and Liu Jun have me and are inseparable from each other.

Yangzhou is now in the hands of Liu Bei, the Sili area is also equivalent to the sphere of influence of Liu Bei's faction, and Yuzhou is co-located by the Cao and Liu coalition forces. Cao Cao's main forces were in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou south of the Yellow River, but he did not have a foot in the Yangtze River valley. With Huang Zu, the anti-bone boy, acting as the vanguard, it saved Cao Cao a lot of trouble and gave Cao Cao the greatest opportunity to get involved in Jingzhou.

The so-called "Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang" is probably Cao Cao's hand. He first attracted the attention of all parties to the direction of Xiangyang, and then took advantage of the fact that everyone was about to ignore Huang Zu, and won Jiangxia. This hand-to-hand play was not even noticed by the Han Rong garrison of Lujiang County, Yangzhou, which was close to Jiangxia. Even if Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang learned about this after the passage of time, they could only sigh, it was not good to send troops to exterminate Huang Zu, right?

To say that this Wenpin general, who has only heard his voice and has not seen him, can win the trust of Liu Biaozhi and sit firmly in the top spot among the generals in Jingzhou, and he is also a general who can take on great responsibilities.

Wen Ping, the word Zhongye, a native of Wancheng, Nanyang, is a famous general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period in the official history. Wen Ping was originally the general of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and after Liu Biao's death, his son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao. At first, Wen Ping refused to take the initiative to meet Cao Cao, until Cao Cao summoned him to meet him and asked him why he had not come for a long time, but Wen Ping said that he could not protect the whole territory, so he had no face to see people. Cao Cao was moved by this loyalty, and still asked him to guard Jiangxia, so that he could command the northern army and guard the Jingjiang River.

Wen Ping lived up to Cao Cao's expectations, and when guarding Jingcheng, he repeatedly led troops to stop Guan Yu's army, attacked his baggage, burned his warships, and made great contributions, becoming one of the generals who Cao Gong relied on as a barrier, and his reputation spread far and wide. Later, he was more from the conquest, and he was awarded the title of General Hou, Marquis of Xinye. During Cao Rui's accession to the throne, Wen Ping repelled the invading Sun Quan in Jiangxia.

From this historical record, it can be seen that Wen Ping not only has great talent, but also is a loyal general. Even his master Liu Cong surrendered, and as a general, he did not rush to Cao Cao to flatter Cao Cao like Cai Mao and Zhang Yunzhi, but felt very ashamed and hid without seeing anyone. If you have this heart of honor and disgrace, you will be worthy of respect at all times.

In this life, because Liu Biao has the support of Zhao Xing, he will not be able to hang up for a while, so Wen Ping naturally does not have to follow the second son Liu Cong to Cao Cao. After receiving Liu Biao's urgent letter for help from Xiangyang, although it was a little difficult for Wen Ping to give up the land of Jiangxia, he still did not hesitate to raise an army of 40,000 and retreat to Xiangyang as quickly as possible.

In Wen Ping's view, there is still a chance to regain it after losing Jiangxia, if Xiangyang is lost and Liu Biao is exterminated by Cao Cao, then he will become an ownerless general, and it is a question of where to go in the future.

The Jingzhou army stationed in Jiangxia has a total of 40,000 troops, including 20,000 infantry and 20,000 sailors, which can completely hold the gateway of Jingzhou to Jiangdong in the south, which can be described as an extremely important strategic point. When Wen Ping retreated, he decisively chose to use warships to transport foot soldiers, and then emptied all the grain, grass and armaments in Xiling City, and then led the army upstream.

In this way, Huang Zu, who was ambushed on land, naturally had no chance to ambush Wen Ping, and when he led his army to rush into Xiling City, which had been stationed for many years, he found that Wen Ping had only left him an empty city, and the frustration and depression at that time can be imagined.

When Wen Ping led the army to Xiangyang, it had been three days since the end of the Xiangyang War, but it was not too late. According to the situation at that time, when Huo Jun's 20,000 troops arrived in Xiangyang first, Cao's army had no possibility of capturing Xiangyang. Wen Pingjun's return just made Liu Biao more confident.

Cao Cao's troops were still in Deng County, and although they had grown from 120,000 at the time of arrival to more than 70,000 now, they looked covered in bruises, but the emaciated camels were bigger than horses, and the threat to Xiangyang City was still there. Once Cao Heizi's head stroke disease recovered, it would be a big trouble if he transferred troops from the north to the south.

Since Wen Ping returned to Xiangyang with 40,000 troops, he and Huo Jun will concentrate on defending Xiangyang City in the future. With these two generals who are good at defense sitting in Xiangyang, and there are 70,000 troops for them to dispatch and command, I am afraid that Cao Cao will be difficult to take Xiangyang City even if he dispatches 150,000 people in the future.

Wen Pingjun came back, but Tianyijun left without hesitation.

According to Lü Meng's suggestion, Liu Biao asked Huang Zhongyi, who remained in Yiling, to join forces with the Tianyi army in the future, and the two armies would go upriver along the Shangjiang River to capture Zigui and Wuxian, which were still occupied by the Yizhou East Route Army.

If there is a chance, this time Huang Zhong and Lu Xun will advance to Yizhou, capture Yufu City, and completely block the possibility of Sima Yi going east again.

Zhao Xing dealt with the Sima family in Yizhou, and now it has reached the final stage.