Longzhong is located in Zhonglu, Nanyang County, across the Han River from Fancheng, at this time Cao's army has conquered Fancheng, but can not cross the Han River.

The Han River in the Han Dynasty was very wide, and the naval army in Jingzhou had an absolute advantage, except for Sun Quan in Jiangdong, almost no one could compete with Liu Biao on the water.

On the other side of Hefei City, Zhang Liao stubbornly defended and fell into the downwind, and the historical Xiaoyaojin victory could not be repeated here.

Because the people who commanded the battle were different, even if Zhang Liao was lucky to be able to hold it, he had to face Zhou Yu, who even Cao Cao couldn't defeat.

Liu Bei's side also fought extremely hard, after entering Yuzhou to conquer Wufang, he encountered Cao Ren's strong resistance in Ancheng, and Cao Ren's department, which fought against the water, made Liu Bei unable to advance an inch.

Ancheng is backed by Rushui, the city is tall and strong, Cao Ren is good at using soldiers, Rao is Guan Zhang Zhao is extremely brave, but in the face of the army, he can only look at the ocean and sigh.

The three fronts have gains and losses with each other, but with the fall of Liu Biao, Jingzhou's internal balance was suddenly unbalanced, and it was divided into three factions of supporters, and the competition with each other simply added fuel to the fire.

The Huang family supported Liu Qi, the Cai family supported Liu Cong, the Kuai family had inexplicable neutral opinions, and most of the celebrities in Yanyu and Jingzhou who were exiled to Jingzhou supported Liu Bei.

Liu Biao, who was lying on the hospital bed, was in a dilemma, he knew that his son might not be able to keep the foundation, but he was unwilling to give it to Liu Bei.

"The lord can no longer sit and watch the success or failure, for the sake of today's plan, we must put some pressure on Cao Cao, the servant suggested sending troops to Hedong, and Xia Hongnong broke off the contact with Guanzhong, so Ma Teng and Han Sui must withdraw the army, Liu Biao can take this opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief, and then we will retreat to ......"

In June, when the sun was blazing and Jingzhou restarted, Cao Cao changed the direction of the attack, making Xiahou Yuan sit in Fancheng to attract Liu Biao's main force, and he personally waved his army east to unite with Cao Ren to attack Liu Bei.

In this battle, Cao's army fought a big victory, Liu Bei lost his troops and retreated to the first line of defense of Tongbai Mountain, Cao Cao divided his troops into Hefei, repelled Zhou Yu's attack, and the siege of Hefei was lifted.

Xiangyang City was in turmoil, and they all asked Liu Biao to set up an heir as soon as possible to reassure the people, and Pang Tong immediately suggested to Yuan Xi to send troops when he saw this.

At this time, Hebei had pacified the central Xianbei, and after capturing Fuluohan, Xu Shu suggested that he be returned to Budugen.

And in the original twelve tribes of Xianbei in the central part of the country, eighteen Xianbei adults were divided, the nomadic range of their respective tribes was demarcated, and the Xianbei Zhonglang general was sent to manage it.

Yuan Xi's hand learned from the later generations of Huang Taiji to divide the Mongols, the grassland is too big, and it is extremely difficult to fully sinicize.

In this era without the Industrial Revolution, it is impossible to annex the entire steppe, and the long distance is enough.

The only thing that can be done is to control part of the south of the desert, and the rest can only be managed by the nomads, so the best thing to do is to limit their tribal annexation and grow into a giant.

Tian Yu was appointed as the general of the Protector of Xianbei, and the same Tian Chou was appointed as the captain of the Guardian Karasuma, stationed in Liaodong to cooperate with Su Muyan.

Although the name is the captain of the Karasuma school, in fact, the target is still Xianbei, but it is the eastern Xianbei who is in charge.

Because the eastern Xianbei took refuge in the Yuan family very early, Yuan Xi did not deal with it like the central Xianbei, but he also used the status of the boss to divide their respective territories and not allow each other to conquer.

Yuan Xi, who was free, could indeed send troops to participate in the struggle for hegemony between Cao and Liu, but it was not appropriate to directly participate in the battle for Jingzhou, and Pang Tong's suggestion was timely.

Gao Gan, who received the order, immediately sent Gao Ran to send troops, and did not occupy the entire Hedong County, but went south along Wangwu Mountain to enter Hongnong County.

Hebei's attack this time was a big surprise, and it did not go west to attack the important towns of Hedong, the economically prosperous region, so it did not attract attention at first.

Zhong Xuan guarded in Chang'an again, there were no outstanding talents in Hanoi County and Luoyang, and the army of Gao Ran was just attacking a small county town, and the surrounding people only cared about guarding their own territory, thinking that Hebei wanted Cao Cao to withdraw his troops.

But in less than half a month, after Gao Lan's army captured Kei Pass, it did not march to Hanoi, but went south to attack Hangu Pass, and the talent dream of Hanoi County and Luoyang woke up.

Hangu Pass is the border checkpoint between Luoyang and Hongnong County, known as the title of a husband and a man, but now Hangu Pass has long become Cao Cao's back garden, and it is very safe.

There are not many soldiers left here, think about it, there are two counties of Hedong and Hanoi in front of them, Luoyang in the east and Hongnong in the west, all of which are Cao Cao's territory, who is still stationed here.

Unlike before, in the past, the imperial capital of Luoyang naturally had to be heavily guarded here, but Cao Cao moved Liu Xie to Xudu, and the old capital had long been in ruins, so there was no need to spend energy.

As a result, Hangu Pass was not held for even a day, and Zhang Xiu then rushed to replace Gao Ran and went straight to the south.

Hongnong County was originally a very prosperous county in the Han Dynasty, but since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, it has become a hard-hit area, and later it became Zhang Baiqi's back garden.

This time, Zhang Bai, who followed Zhang Xiu to the south, rode lightly to Yiyang and Quanwu, passed through Bear's Ears Mountain, and there were endless plains in front of him, and there were very few county seats.

When Cao Cao received the news, Zhang Xiu's army had arrived at Wuguan, and it was not only Cao Cao who was surprised, but also Ma Teng and Han Sui's frightened faces.

Once Wuguan is captured, then the two of them can't go back, Ma Teng is better, with more than 10,000 troops under his command, it is also a bit useful, Cao Cao still needs to reuse him.

But Han Sui only brought 5,000 people to support Cao Cao, and after the battle in the past few months, it would be good if there were 3,000 people left under his command.

And he is too treacherous, and his important advisers and generals are brought with him, for fear that he is not at home and the nest is controlled by his subordinates.

Once he can't go back, his territory will be leaderless and will soon fall apart.

"Lord, the last general asks for orders to reinforce Wuguan with Shoucheng!"

Han Sui didn't dare to dispute with Ma Teng now, so he immediately found Ma Teng to apologize, and promised some conditions, and the two re-formed an alliance to return to Guanzhong.

Cao Cao also has a headache, don't let go, these two brothers obviously have no intention of being here, if they are released, the good situation on the Jingzhou front will be in a stalemate.

Seeing this, Xun You stepped forward and persuaded: "Don't be impatient, Yuan Xianyi's move is weak, obviously forcing us to give up Jingzhou, and we can't be led by his nose." ”

Han Sui was displeased when he heard this: "This is a conspiracy, how can Han not know, but if there are no reinforcements, there will be chaos in Guanzhong, and it will be difficult to clean it up in the future." ”

Xun You said with a smile: "Hebei's light troops are going straight in, the battle line is too long, doesn't Brother Wen Yue believe in Brother Yuan Chang's ability, at this time he must organize the Yongzhou army to counterattack, once the Yuan army is cut off, Zhang Xiu may not be able to go back." ”

Zhong Xuan did send troops, Jingzhao County organized tens of thousands of troops to enter Hongnong County, and the Si Li Department also received his order to organize the armies of Hanoi, Hedong and Luoyang to attack Gaolan.