Originally, before Cao Ren led the army to attack Xicheng, although he took most of the troops in Nanyang County away, he did not transfer Cao Xiu's Wei army in the Fancheng area.

The reason is very simple, because Fancheng is the first line of defense of Great Wei guarding Nanyang County, and Guan Yu was more threatening than Mi Yang at that time.

Therefore, even if the Wei army led by Cao Ren was destroyed outside the western city, the troops in Cao Xiu's hands were not damaged in the slightest.

And if you want to hold Fancheng, which is located on the plain and has no mountains as a barrier, Cao Xiu's troops will definitely not be less than 10,000.

In fact, Cao Xiu originally had about 15,000 troops in his hands, and later because of Sun Li's strategy, he transferred 3,000 troops to Sun Li to Yancheng to garrison, so at present, Cao Xiu can mobilize about 12,000 Wei troops in Fancheng.

The 12,000 Wei army in Cao Xiu's hands was expanded through the expansion of Cao Cao's foreign army left in Nanyang that year, and its combat effectiveness was naturally good.

Previously, Cao Xiu was afraid of Guan Yu because of Sun Li's advice, so he had been leading the 12,000 Wei army to retreat in Fancheng.

It's just that among the only remaining famous generals of the Cao clan, Cao Xiu's military style is particularly biased towards the violent aspect.

Although tens of thousands of Han troops outside Fancheng did not attack Fancheng before, they were surrounded by tens of thousands of Han troops for several months, which originally made Cao Xiu, who had a violent personality, hold his breath in his heart.

What's more, Guan Yu had also placed the corpses of the Wei army's iron horsemen who died in battle outside Fancheng before.

Cao Xiu once served as the leader of the Central Army, so among the thousands of corpses, many of them were his old subordinates.

Guan Yu's approach made Cao Xiu hate him very much.

So after Cao Xiu, who was in Fancheng today, noticed that the Han army was withdrawing from the siege, he immediately reorganized his troops and horses in Fancheng.

After most of the Han army took the lead in retreating from the northern siege of Fancheng, Cao Xiu immediately led an army of 10,000 from the north gate of Fancheng.

Although Cao Xiu was under siege, he could not get much information to deduce why the Han army suddenly withdrew from the siege.

It's just that no matter what the reason for the Han army's withdrawal from the siege, Cao Xiu, who is good at seizing the opportunity, will immediately lead the army out of the city.

The reason why Cao Xiu led the army to retreat in Fancheng was because there were no reinforcements from the Wei army outside Fancheng at that time, and the troops in his hands were not advantageous.

But now not far from Fancheng, there are tens of thousands of Wei troops led by Zhang Liao.

Yancheng and Fancheng are not far away, although Cao Xiu, who is trapped in the city, cannot chat with Zhang Liao outside Yancheng in real time.

But Zhang Liao told Cao Xiu some things by lighting the beacon fire.

There are tens of thousands of reinforcements from his own side not far away, and Cao Xiu will definitely choose to lead the army after the Han army withdraws.

In terms of the art of war, this move can be used as a horn with Zhang Liao's army.

From a personal point of view, Cao Xiu thought about whether he could find a flaw when the Han army retreated, so as to give the Han army a hard blow, so as to vent the anger in his heart for the past few months.

It's just that Cao Xiu was disappointed that when he led the army out of Fancheng, he didn't find this flaw.

Under normal circumstances, the infantry army is somewhat similar to the aircraft of later generations.

The most susceptible time for an airplane crash is when it takes off and lands. ….

And the time when the ancient infantry army was most easily taken advantage of by the enemy was when it was time to march and retreat.

Many excellent tactics in ancient times were derived from this weakness of the infantry army, such as classic tactics such as "attacking halfway, encircling the point to send reinforcements, and waiting for work at leisure".

Well, at first, Cao Xiu also wanted to come up with a tactic similar to the half-crossing attack.

But when Cao Xiu led his army out of Fancheng, he immediately dispelled this idea.

Although the Han army, under Guan Yu's order, took the lead in withdrawing from outside the northern siege of Fancheng, the Han army's withdrawal did not seem to be panicked.

Before evacuating, they orderly transported a large number of antlers and horses that could be reused onto the baggage carts, and chose to burn those items that could not be transported on the spot.

So when Cao Xiu led the army, he saw a scene: Fancheng

Outside the north gate, there was a mess, and there were even flames burning in many places.

The flames burning everywhere made the open space outside the north gate of Fancheng look a little hot in this cold winter.

And because most of the burning items are wooden, under the blowing of the cold wind, many of the wood produced by burning are completely ashed, and a large number of them float in the world where Cao Xiu and tens of thousands of Wei troops are located.

There are even a lot of them that have fallen on Cao Xiu.

Outside the north gate of Fancheng, which was a little hot and constantly drifting with ashes, Cao Xiu saw that the Han army that had just evacuated from the north gate had not gone far at all.

Outside Fancheng was a vast plain, and Cao Xiu, who was riding on a horse, looked from afar, and the follow-up troops of the tens of thousands of Han troops were even less than a mile away from them.

This scene made Cao Xiu's heart flash with deep suspicion.

Shouldn't evacuation be done as soon as possible?

But when he saw the unhurried appearance of the Han army now, it didn't look like it was retreating, but it seemed like it was luring the enemy.

The most important thing is that Cao Xiu's eyesight is excellent, and he looks ahead condescendingly, just in time to see who the general who is currently leading thousands of Han troops to cover the retreat of the front army.

Eight feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, and a black iron spear in his hand.

Who is this person who is not Zhang Fei.

After seeing that it was Zhang Fei who was responsible for leading the army to retreat, Cao Xiu's eyes couldn't help but narrow.

This is his subconscious action when he has been in the army for many years and encounters danger.

The first time Cao Xiu met Zhang Fei was more than ten years ago.

But the first time he really fought Zhang Fei was a few years ago.

In the battle of Xia Wei a few years ago, Zhang Fei, who did not have much troops, successfully bluffed Cao Hong, the commander of the Wei army at the time, through bluffing.

It's just that Zhang Fei's strategy didn't hide Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu guessed that Zhang Fei did not have much army in his hands at all, so at Cao Xiu's suggestion, he personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry to attack Xiajiao.

In that battle, Cao Xiu killed Lei Tong, Ren Kui and other generals, and won the battle of Xia Xuan.

That battle made the world know Cao Xiu.

It's just that what puzzles the world is that Cao Xiu has already judged that Zhang Fei doesn't have much army at all.

Why didn't the Wei army, which had the superior forces, directly take Zhang Fei's position, or continue to expand the results of the battle to attack Zhang Fei's department after the victory in the Battle of Xiafen?

You must know that there were famous generals such as Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Zhang Ji in the Wei army at that time, and the heads of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were much more valuable than Wu Lan and others. ….

Others don't know this reason, but Cao Xiu himself knows it very well.

There is no him, because of the jealousy of Zhang Fei in his heart.

Cao Xiu's jealousy of Zhang Fei stemmed from the moment he first met Zhang Fei more than ten years ago.

That year, Cao Xiu also belonged to Cao Chun's commander, a member of the five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, and followed Cao Cao to hunt down Liu Bei and others in Dangyang.

The day Cao Xiu first saw Zhang Fei was in front of a bridge, which was not long, only a dozen steps away at most.

On the other side of the bridge with 5,000 tigers and leopards, there were only Zhang Fei and 20 cavalrymen.

But it was such a disparity in the strength of the troops, and the scene that happened later became a shame for the life of 5,000 tigers and leopards, and even a shame for Cao Cao's life.

A man broke the bridge according to the water, stared at the spear, and roared angrily at the five thousand tiger and leopard riders who killed the people:

"As Zhang Yide, you can come to the death together!"

That roar was like thunder, and the five thousand tigers and leopards were terrified.

And at that time, the long knives in their hands were still flowing, and the blood gathered from hundreds of thousands of people.

This scene was also deeply reflected in the heart of Cao Xiu, who was still young at that time.

There are shadows that can never be erased.

It can be said that between Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Cao Xiu's jealousy of Zhang Fei is stronger.

When he saw that it was Zhang Fei who personally led the army to suppress the formation, Cao Xiu, who was originally in a hurry, thinking of leading the army to pursue the Han army to avenge the blood hatred, suddenly dispelled him

Intend.

Now the distance between Zhang Fei and Cao Xiu is not far, but only one mile.

At present, the troops in Cao Xiu's hands are no less than Zhang Fei, and even Cao Xiu has a city behind him to rely on.

It's just that Cao Xiu, who traveled thousands of miles to the land of China in order to bury his grandfather and defect to Cao Cao, was praised by Cao Cao as "the Cao family's thousand-mile horse", but today he doesn't even dare to cross the distance of this mile.

Thousands of miles are easy to travel, one mile is difficult to cross, is this the Cao family's thousands of miles?

Just when Cao Xiu was leading more than 10,000 Wei troops to look at the Han army that was gradually moving away, the more than 10,000 Han troops who were retreating also saw the Wei army coming out of the city behind them.

Originally, when the retreat of your own army, an enemy army with a strength no less than your own suddenly appeared behind you, and the retreating infantry army would be alarmed.

But with Zhang Fei in the rear, the retreating 10,000 Han troops did not fall into this mood.

And Zhang Fei, who was in charge of pressing the formation, also saw Cao Xiu not far away.

Unlike Cao Xiu, who had a deep fear of Zhang Fei in his heart, Zhang Fei's eyes when he looked at Cao Xiu were a little more playful.

The turtle comes out of the turtle shell.

It's just fun to be fun, Zhang Fei, who focuses on the overall situation, doesn't think about the idea of fighting Cao Xiu now.

He is just like a leisurely stroll, guarding the back of more than 10,000 Han troops.

And just when this scene of "confrontation" between the two sides occurred, the 10,000 Wei troops led by Sun Li also rushed outside Fancheng.

Cao Xiu's generals saw that another 10,000 troops were coming, and immediately said to Cao Xiu happily: "General, our army is now twice as strong as the enemy, and it can be attacked!"

This general did not know Zhang Fei.

Different from the general's joy, Cao Xiu's face flashed with hesitation after listening to the general's words. ….

20,000 for your own side and 10,000 for the enemy.

Your side is ready to attack, and the enemy is retreating.

From the various comparisons on the bright side, Cao Xiu felt that if he launched an attack on this 10,000-strong Han army, the odds of victory were indeed quite large.

It's just that Zhang Fei has always been brave and strategic, will his move today be a trick to lure the enemy?

Cao Xiu, who has always dared to act, is in a struggle of thoughts at this moment.

When Cao Xiu's thoughts were constantly struggling, Sun Li hurriedly rode to Cao Xiu and reported to him the contents of Cao Pi's holy decree.

Sun Li was worried that Cao Xiu would be impulsive.

It's just that what Sun Li didn't know was that his report freed Cao Xiu from his struggle.

Cao Xiu turned his head to the subordinates who advised him to attack, and said, "Since Your Majesty has an order, then our army will not move for the time being."

After saying this, Cao Xiu naturally took over the command of Sun Li's 10,000 Wei army.

Then he led 20,000 Wei troops and followed behind the 10,000 Han troops not far away.

It seems to be watching, and it seems to be sending off passengers.

...

If the army marches from Wancheng to Yancheng, it will take at least ten days for the infantry army.

It's just that for the light cavalry who report the military situation, they can come to Wancheng from outside the city in a few days.

A few days later, Cao Pi, who was in Wancheng, successfully got the news that Zhang Liao reported to him.

After knowing that the Han army was withdrawing from Fancheng, Cao Pi was angry and happy.

Cao Pi was angry that he thought that the Han army's move was to retreat back to Xiangyang.

Just after humiliating him, I wanted to run away, how could it be so cheap?

If he really let these tens of thousands of Han soldiers return to Xiangyang unscathed, where will he put his face?

Cao Pixi's thing is that with the withdrawal of the Han army, this means that Cao Xiu, who has been trapped in Fancheng, has successfully escaped from the predicament.

Cao Xiu still has tens of thousands of Wei troops in his hands.

Now the Wei army around Fancheng has more than 70,000!

Under this complicated mood of anger and joy, Cao Pi immediately made a decision.

He ordered someone to quickly summon Xu Chu, the general of the military guard, who had just arrived in Wancheng.

After the arrival of Xu Chu, who was on the back of the tiger, Cao Pi came to Xu Chu and held his hand and said, "Next, please Huhou!"

After Cao Cao's death, Xu Chu was appointed by Cao Pi as the general of Wuwei and was in charge of the Luoyang Central Army.

Originally, according to his identity, he couldn't leave Luoyang.

It's just that the current war situation needs, and Cao Pi can't manage it so much.

And Xu Chu, who is the general of Wuwei, of course knows what Cao Pi's purpose is for specially summoning him to Wancheng, and he also knows what Cao Pi meant by what he said to him just now.

Xu Chu was serious and said little, and after Cao Pi said that sentence to him, Xu Chu just bowed deeply to Cao Pi.

He is willing to go to the soup for the Cao family for generations.

After Xu Chu bowed to himself, Cao Pi hurriedly asked Sun Zi to write a holy decree, Cao Pi handed over the holy decree he had just written to Xu Chu, and ordered him:

"Go ahead, and defeat all the unsubordinate thieves for the Great Wei!"

After Cao Pi said this, Xu Chu respectfully accepted the holy decree with both hands, and then walked outside without looking back.

Watching Xu Chu, who looked like a tiger and leopard, leave, Cao Pi's heart suddenly felt a sense of stability.

In terms of generals, how can he Cao Wei be lacking.

In order not to let the Han army escape, Cao Pi did not want to wait any longer, although the other generals he had summoned had not yet arrived, but the opportunity could not be lost.

It's just that when one focuses too much on one thing, one tends to forget another.

Cao Pi is now full of shame for killing the enemy, but he has forgotten what his biggest purpose was when he urgently summoned Zhang He, the general of the left.

Maybe Cao Pi remembers, but his strong strength allows him to ignore this factor.

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In the first month of the second year of Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Cao Pi of Wei moved the general of Wuwei to the right Xu Chu as the general of Huwei.

In the same month, Xu Chu, who had just arrived outside Wancheng, hurried south with the holy decree of Emperor Wei in hand.

It was the holy decree of Emperor Cao Pi of Wei to officially start the war.

The storm is surging at this time.

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