Zhang Heren is stupid, really.

Don't bring such a playful person.

He desperately blocked Liu Bei's attack here, but Xiahou Yuan, who was the main general, actually only took 400 people to repair the antlers, and then was beheaded by the enemy veteran Huang Zhong. So what's next?!

The current army is not the kind of army with strong organization and discipline in later generations, and the death of the army commander is enough to make an army collapse on the spot.

Zhang He knew that if he allowed the army to collapse now, he would not be able to run away in the face of Liu Beijun's pursuit.

Therefore, Zhang He hurriedly found the overseer Du Xi and the military Sima Guo Huai to discuss countermeasures.

Guo Huai and Du Xi also knew the seriousness of this matter, so they simply proposed that Zhang He temporarily take over the post of general and lead the rest of the soldiers to retreat to Yangping Pass, and join Xu Huang to wait for help.

Guo Huai is the military Sima, Du Xi is the overseer, these two people agreed, Zhang He has no worries. The key is that Zhang He didn't want to die in Hanzhong so inexplicably.

Xiahou Yuan's death is inexplicable enough, if he also dies because of the rout, it will be really funny.

Therefore, Zhang He gathered the existing remnants, fought and retreated with Liu Beijun, slowly retreated to the direction of Yangping Pass, joined Xu Huang, who was left behind, and defended Yangping Pass together.

At the same time, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Cao Cao, the king of Wei, about the changes in Hanzhong. The rest of the matter can only be left to King Wei for a headache.

Zhang He and Xu Huang are both high-ranking members of the army, and they all know that King Wei has arrived in Chang'an, and it is nothing more than a matter of ten days to enter Hanzhong.

With the solidity of Yangping Pass, it is not a big problem to hold on for more than ten days.

As for Liu Bei, he didn't expect to rely on the less than 20,000 people brought over the mountains and mountains to attack Yangping Pass, in case Cao Cao suddenly killed from the rear, he would have nowhere to run.

Therefore, Liu Bei retreated to the camp on Dingjun Mountain, first praised and rewarded Huang Zhong for his miraculous achievements, and at the same time collected Xiahou Yuan's body and buried it on Dingjun Mountain.

First, Xiahou Yuan is also a famous general who shocks the world, although his position is different, but Liu Bei will still give him the treatment he should have after death.

Second, you can't let the third brother be too difficult to do.

Zhang Fei's wife is Xiahou Yuan's niece, and she is the kind of person who has great kindness.

Back then, in order to support this niece, Xiahou Yuan gave up one of his sons alive.

Although he had a different position before his death, he was buried after his death, which can be regarded as an explanation to his younger siblings.

Then, Liu Bei immediately ordered Wei Yan and Wu Yi to lead a part of the soldiers and horses to be stationed in front of Yangping Pass and continue to create pressure on Yangping Pass.

Zhao Yun and Pang Tong led the remaining soldiers and horses to come to the aid from the Micang Mountain Road and stationed on the Dingjun Mountain.

At the same time, he asked Gao Xiang and Huang Quan to prepare in advance, hoarding grain and grass on Micang Mountain, guarding the grain road, and serving as the rear wing of the army.

After doing these things, Liu Bei happily told Fa Zheng and Pang Tong that even if Cao Cao personally led the troops here, he would not be afraid of him.

At this time, Cao Cao was being tortured by head wind disease.

The fall of Xiangfan made Cao Cao's head wind disease happen again.

But after Cao Cao made a decision against his head and sent Jiang Ji to Jiangdong, Xiahou Shang to support Cao Ren, and Sima Yi to sit in Xu Du to do these things, Cao Cao's headache was much better.

After that, things became more and more favorable to Cao Cao.

Jiang Ji sent a letter from Jiangdong, saying that Sun Quan had accepted the edict of the imperial court, and Jiang Ji also stayed in Jiangdong, urging Jiangdong to send troops to attack Jingzhou.

There is also good news from Cao Ren's side, he has suppressed Hou Yin's rebellion, and now he has broken through Wancheng, and is resting and cleaning up the mess.

Sima Yi had also quickly arrived at Xudu, strengthened the city defenses, contacted the defenders of Runan, and did a good job of preventing Guan Yu from attacking Xudu.

Three good news, so that Cao Cao's head wind finally improved a lot, Cao Cao decided to send troops to Hanzhong in the near future to support Xiahou Yuan.

Then, Cao Cao received a battle report that Xiahou Yuan was killed and Hanzhong was in an emergency.

Cao Cao almost didn't catch his breath at that time, his eyes were black, and he fainted directly.

After waking up, Cao Cao had a splitting headache, and with such a strong headache, he ordered the three armies to immediately raise troops and go to Hanzhong, where he Cao Cao wanted to fight Liu Bei to the death.

After explaining this, Cao Cao waved his subordinates away, and he cried alone.

Cao Cao, although he is a traitorous male, no one trusts him, but he has a really good relationship with several brothers of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and the military and political power is willing to be handed over to them.

And Xiahou Yuan's death was too sudden, Cao Cao endured the grief in his heart, and after making military arrangements, he couldn't hold back anymore, and he cried alone.

After crying for a day and a night, Cao Cao finally temporarily cleaned up his mood, and regardless of it at the moment, he personally led the army forward, went to Hanzhong, and fought Liu Bei to the death.

At this time, there was no Jiang Ji or Sima Yi by Cao Cao's side. Of course, with the personalities of these two, it is estimated that they will not persuade Cao Cao when they encounter this kind of thing.

Therefore, if Cao Cao wanted to lead the army forward, no one dared to advise him.

However, Cao Zhang asked Cao Cao, do you want to tell your uncle Cao Ren about this matter. This is a euphemistic reminder to Cao Cao, and Xiangfan's affairs have not been arranged.

After Cao Cao reacted, he immediately asked people to report the funeral to Cao Ren in Wancheng, and at the same time ordered Cao Ren to lead the army to Xiangfan as soon as possible, and take advantage of Guan Yu's unstable foothold to attack quickly, and not let Guan Yu go north.

Then, Cao Cao endured a headache and made a decision - to send Zhang Liao, the defender of Hefei, to Zang Ba in Xuzhou, and the two led the Xuzhou army as Cao Ren's backup to attack Xiangfan.

At the same time, he ordered Lejin to defend Hefei, and if he encountered a fierce attack by the Jiangdong army, Lejin was allowed to abandon Hefei, retreat to Huaibei, and give up the Huainan area to Jiangdong.

Cao Cao was taking a risk, risking that Jiangdong was willing to follow his orders to attack Jingzhou.

As long as Jiangdong attacks Jingzhou, then the threat of Xiangfan and Huainan can be lifted, and as long as he defeats Liu Bei in Hanzhong, then he is still the one who holds the initiative to unify the world.

If Jiangdong does not sneak attack Jingzhou, turn to the east to attack Hefei. Then Cao Cao may really not be able to keep the land of Huainan and Huaibei, and even lose Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

After all, there are no garrisons left.

But Cao Cao pondered and pondered, but he still felt that Liu Bei was his biggest enemy, so the direction of Hanzhong and Xiangfan must not be released, and Liu Bei must be blocked in Yizhou.

As for Jiangdong's ability to treat Sun Quan Xiao'er, even if he is allowed to occupy Huaihe Qingxu, he will not be able to hold it, and he will be able to get it back sooner or later.

After doing these things, Cao Cao continued to lead his troops westward to Hanzhong.

And Cao Ren of Wancheng, after learning the news of Xiahou Yuan's death, was overwhelmed with grief and made a tragic thing that everyone and God were angry about.

He indulged his soldiers and slaughtered Wancheng.

This is something that Cao Cao himself didn't expect, of course, maybe Cao Cao may not care if he knows.

Anyway, Cao Wei's record of slaughtering the city is seen in the annals of history thirteen times, Cao Cao himself slaughtered a total of five times, and the remaining eight times were slaughtered by Cao Cao's indulgence of his subordinates.

As for the small-scale massacres that do not appear in the annals of history, then I really don't know how many.

In the early days, Cao Wei's regulations were so cruel: the Cao army could accept the enemy army that surrendered before the siege of the Cao army, and would give preferential treatment, but those who surrendered after the siege of the Cao army would not accept it, not only did they not accept surrender, but according to the regulations, after the city was captured, it would be slaughtered.

Don't talk about the meaning of "slaughter" is to conquer, this is pure.

There are indeed some differences between the word "slaughter" in modern and ancient contexts, but in terms of practical effects, the difference is really not big.

"Tu" in ancient times, it does have the meaning of "Kecheng Duo Zhu", the surface meaning does refer to the killing of those defenders who do not surrender after the city is broken, and it does not seem to involve the people.

But the problem is, the ancient army, organization and discipline are like that, especially the army under Cao Cao, it is common to take advantage of the chaos to plunder the people, do you expect them to stick to morality and not kill the people?!

What's more, Cao Cao's slaughter of Xuzhou has a clear historical record, that is, the slaughter of the people, and even Chen Shou said that Cao Cao was "too much slaughter".

Of course, standing on the basis of the troubled times, it can be understood that this is an extreme measure adopted by Cao Cao in order to quickly pacify the troubled times, with the purpose of intimidating some undetermined defenders and reducing the casualties of the siege. But when it was time to slaughter, he never relented.

In some places, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and Cao Cao is not forced to do this, for example, after defeating Wuhuan, Cao Cao slaughtered Liucheng, most likely to deter other foreign races, so that they dare not despise the Central Plains, but this time Tu Wancheng is completely venting his personal anger.

can understand Cao Cao's purpose in formulating military regulations for the slaughter of the city, but this kind of inappropriate approach to human life is really unacceptable.

Guan Yu is one of those people who can't accept it.

In Xiangyang, when he heard that Cao Ren had slaughtered Wancheng, Guan Yu was furious and came directly to Fancheng, found Zhang Xi, and sought the possibility of sending troops to attack Wancheng.

Although Zhang Xi also hates Cao Ren's approach, there are many ways to vent his anger, what kind of thing is it to vent anger with innocent people?!

But so be it. Not really.

"Junhou, Feixi doesn't want to, it's just. Now that the water is receding, Xiangfan is not stable, and we should not move lightly! Zhang Xi himself also suppressed the fire, but he had to persuade Guan Yu, "Moreover, north of Fancheng to Wancheng, most of the plains are suitable for Cao's cavalry to fight. It's better to defend the city! ”

There is another sentence, Zhang Xi can't say that when the news reaches Xiangfan, people may have finished slaughtering a long time ago, and they can't save people if they go, so it's better to bear with it first.

Guan Yu obviously knew that things could only be like this, he just couldn't get angry.

Besides, Guan Yu doesn't have to worry.

Anyway, Cao Ren Pifu is stationed in Wancheng, if Cao Jun wants to attack Xiangfan, Cao Ren Pifu must be the boss, it is better to wait in Xiangfan, waiting for this shameless man to send him to the door.

However, speaking of Xiangfan's defense, Guan Yu finally remembered that he had a very important matter to discuss with Zhang Xi.

Should we transfer troops from Nanjun?!

Guan Yu has been thinking about this for a long time, and has always wanted to talk to Zhang Xi, but Guan Yu is in Xiangyang, and Zhang Xi is stationed in Fancheng, and the two of them can't leave the station for a while.

And both of them were very busy during this time.

Zhang Xi was busy rectifying the defense of Fancheng, rebuilding the housing facilities in Fancheng City, repairing the flooded city walls, and at the same time paying attention to the prevention and control of the plague, there will be a great epidemic after the catastrophe.

And Guan Yu is also very busy, he has been busy sorting out the affairs in Xiangyang City, dealing with government affairs, appeasing surrendered officials and sergeants, and has to be responsible for dealing with the big families in the city, considering some things such as the exchange of interests, Guan Yu is really not good at it.

Therefore, Guan Yu has already written to Ma Liang, asking him to come to Xiangyang to help him if he can take a break, at least deal with the family, and it will be better to hand it over to Ma Liang, who is from a Jingzhou family.

By the way, Guan Yu also asked Ma Liang to bring Fei Yi with him, this person has enough ability, maybe he can help him deal with government affairs.

After making these arrangements, Guan Yu was finally able to find time to find Zhang Xi to discuss the transfer of troops from Nanjun to the north.

And now, the water on the outskirts of Fancheng has long since receded, but the ground is relatively muddy, and it is not suitable for going out to fight and march.

Winter is about to begin, and when the weather turns cool and the land is frozen, Cao's army will definitely send troops at this time to attack Fancheng.

Relying on the existing less than 40,000 people, Guan Yu always felt that the troops were a little insufficient.

In order to defend the Xiangfan waterway, Guan Yu had to prepare at least 20,000 sailors.

And in Xiangyang City, Guan Yu has to leave at least 10,000 people to watch the original 20,000 soldiers, otherwise once the front line starts fighting, Xiangyang City mutiny, that is the most troublesome thing.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei suffered this loss, and resisted Cao Bing in Fancheng, but Xiangyang surrendered first, so that Liu Bei could only defeat Changban Slope.

With the lessons of the past, Guan Yu will not let the families and subordinates in Xiangyang go unattended, and must leave someone to watch this group of two or five boys.

Therefore, the defenders that Guan Yu can really put in Fancheng are only five or six thousand.

It's just that if it's arranged like this, it will be equivalent to Guan Yu allocating all the troops at hand, Guan Yu has no mobile troops at all, once the battle situation reaches a stalemate, Guan Yu will have nothing to do.

Therefore, Guan Yu came to Zhang Xi to discuss whether he could transfer 10,000 soldiers from Nanjun to Xiangyang to support.

There is a lot of nonsense today, but mainly because when I watched the video, I received some information that ruined the three views, and I have to say that Cao Cao's "slaughter" city means "conquering", and Professor Yi Zhongtian only dared to euphemistically say that it was not necessarily Cao Cao's order, and he did not dare to deny the fact that Cao Jun slaughtered the city. Now some people really are. There is no bottom line.

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