In the battle of Jieting, the situation changed several times in one day, and both sides fought quite thrillingly and exhausted.

As the sky darkened, both sides were unable to fight again, so they had to temporarily withdraw their troops and return to the camp to rest and recuperate.

After each side returned to the camp, both sides made their own judgments about the current situation.

Although Zhang He had the intention to continue to attack Jieting, the combat power of the two sides had reached some delicate balance, and there was no general in Shangtai to defend it, and Guo Huai was also worried that the back road would be lost, so he suggested that Zhang He should withdraw his troops for the time being, and not continue to stalemate with the Shu army in Jieting.

Although there is no street pavilion, all according to Longshan, but as long as you stick to Shangqi, there is a passage through Longshan, and there is still hope to rescue Liangzhou.

As long as Cao Pi personally led the elite of the Chinese army into Longshan and competed with Liu Bei's army, it was unknown who would kill the deer.

On the other side, after Zhang Fei, Zhang Xi, and Ma Chao met, they also had an exchange on the current battle situation.

Zhang Fei's main attack in the direction of Shangtai, because it was broken by Zhang He, temporarily lost the ability to forge ahead, and now he led his troops to climb the mountain to rescue Jieting, Zhang Fei was very worried about whether Jiang Xu could continue to hold the camp, if Cao Jun launched a counteroffensive in the direction of Shangqi and attacked Tianshui County, the consequences could be very serious.

And Ma Chao is mainly responsible for conveying the current war in Guangwei County.

Liu Bei personally led his troops to attack Guangwei County, but the progress was not as smooth as expected.

Indeed, with Liu Bei's troops coming to the city, most of the counties of Guangwei County chose to surrender, but the three counties, including the county administration of Guangwei County, were still holding on, waiting for Cao Wei's reinforcements to arrive.

This time, after getting Zhang Fei's report and learning that the Shangtai army was defeated and Jieting was in danger, under Pang Tong's strong suggestion, Liu Bei hurriedly ordered Ma Chao to lead the cavalry to quickly support Jieting, and caught up with this battle at the most critical moment, reversing the situation in one fell swoop.

But Ma Chao couldn't stay in the street pavilion for a long time, and Liu Bei in the direction of Guangwei County also needed Ma Chao's cavalry to cut off the connection between Guangwei County and other states and counties, so Ma Chao had to rush back to the battlefield in Guangwei County.

Zhang Xi made a judgment after synthesizing these circumstances - the street pavilion cannot be defended, but the city defense of the street pavilion is no longer durable, and it must be resolved quickly, it is best to defeat Zhang He and Guo Huai in one battle, and the worst must be fought if they are trapped and can't defend it, otherwise the street pavilion will always be under the threat of Cao Jun.

After all, even Ma Chao couldn't judge when Liu Bei would be able to capture Guangwei County, so many things could not be predicted immediately, and sufficient response plans must be prepared.

If Liu Bei can completely pacify Guangwei County within a few days, then Jieting will not be in great danger, but if Liu Bei is delayed and unable to break through Guangwei County, then Jieting such an important place will still have to continue to be defended.

But without the help of Ma Chao's Qianghu cavalry, it would be too difficult to rely on the remnants of less than 10,000 soldiers in the hands of Zhang Xi and Zhang Fei combined, and it would be too difficult to guard against Zhang He and Guo Huai's army at the same time.

Therefore, the most beneficial plan for Liu Beijun now is to decide the outcome of the first battle, but Zhang Xi is not sure, Zhang He and Guo Huai will give themselves this opportunity.

After all, Zhang He and Guo Huai are not fuel-efficient lamps, one is cautious and cautious, the other is resourceful, and with Cao Wei's economy and military size, both of them have the confidence to retreat to Shangqi, as long as they continue to hold on and hold Cao Wei's hope of entering Longshan Road, then they are not a failure.

Therefore, Zhang Xi had to discuss with Zhang Fei and others again and again to formulate as many response plans as possible.

And the next day, when Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led the troops to fight again, trying to find Cao Jun for a decisive battle, they found that the Cao camp in front of them was already an empty camp.

At this moment, even Zhang Xi felt that it was tricky.

Obviously, Zhang He and Guo Huai chose to retreat and retreat to Shangqi.

Sure enough, neither of them is easy to mess with, and now things are getting troublesome.

Zhang Xi is really not afraid that Zhang He and Guo Huai will continue to stay and attack Jieting, after all, there is not much difference in the strength of the two sides now, and if they really fight, it is really hard to say who can win.

But Zhang He and Guo Huai chose to retreat, which would make Zhang Xi's side very uncomfortable.

Zhang He and Guo Huai retreated to Shangtai, and the Shangtai troops were not only strong enough, but could even continue to attack Tianshui in the north. Zhang Fei can't continue to stay in the street pavilion, he must quickly retreat to his camp and hold on, otherwise with Jiang Xu and the two or three thousand defeated soldiers left in the camp, he will not be able to withstand the joint attack of Guo Huai and Zhang He, and the defense line of the camp will soon be lost.

And once these two people broke through the defense line and entered Tianshui County, Liu Beijun's flank would be seriously threatened.

In view of this, Zhang Xi immediately asked Zhang Fei to lead the troops back to the camp, and as for the street pavilion, Zhang Xi would continue to find a way to hold on to it.

And Ma Chao. Zhang Xi hoped that Ma Chao could temporarily leave a group of men and horses to meet back and forth between Jieting and Shangqi, not seeking to break the enemy, but only to provide some cavalry assistance to the defenders in both directions.

Hold the two places in this way, wait for Liu Bei to capture Guangwei, and the possibility of troops coming to Shangqi will be greater.

Ma Chao is reluctant to do this, after all, now the Qianghu cavalry is Ma Chao's capital for his achievements, if the troops are stationed here, Ma Chao's troops will be reduced, in case of a better opportunity to make contributions, Ma Chao will not be effective because of insufficient troops, it will affect Ma Chao's future status.

In the final analysis, Ma Chao still thought about his little Jiujiu, and did not give up the idea of seeking the history of Liangzhou.

In this regard, Zhang Xi can't say much, after all, Ma Chao's identity and status are there, and his own situation within Liu Bei's group is also special, except for Liu Bei, no one can theoretically command him.

Therefore, Zhang Xi could only try to persuade him, and in the end, it was up to Ma Chao to decide.

After some consideration, Ma Chao decided, for the sake of Zhang Fei's face, to leave his younger brother Ma Dai and the three thousand Qiang Hu cavalry as a response, and he and Pang De temporarily retreated to Guangwei County to assist Liu Bei to continue the attack on Guangwei.

After a night, the street pavilion, which had been fighting for several days, suddenly calmed down.

Zhang Xi led the remnants of more than 2,000 people, as well as the remaining 2,000 Wudang Fei troops after Wang Ping's sneak attack and death, totaling less than 5,000 people, to continue to garrison the street pavilion, repair the city wall, and set up a camp to deal with the attack that might come at any time from the direction of Shangqi to Cao's army.

Zhang Fei quickly led the army to retreat, withdrew his camp and held on, not giving Zhang He and Guo Huaixi a chance to enter Tianshui County.

The combined forces of Guo Huai and Zhang He, who retreated to Shangqi, did not immediately launch another offensive, and they also needed to rest for a period of time, especially the infantry under Zhang He, and the continuous combat plus yesterday's melee caused not a small loss.

For a while, Longshan fell into a brief calm.

At the same time, Liu Bei, with the help of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, continued to besiege Guangwei County, wanting to conquer Guangwei as soon as possible, march to Longshan, and coerce Chang'an.

And Cao Pi, who is in Chang'an, is now busy dealing with various changes.

Cao Pi really didn't expect that he would encounter so much trouble this time when he led the army to march in person.

Since the crossing of the Yellow River, there has been no good news.

First of all, Liu Beisheng attacked the east and west, and went out of Qishan Road to occupy Tianshui, and the three counties responded, and half of Yongzhou fell.

Immediately afterwards, Jiangdong sent troops to Hefei to threaten Runan.

Cao Pi had to stay in Luoyang for a short time, make various countermeasures, and split the 150,000 elites of the Chinese army he brought out from Yecheng and sent them to various places to rescue.

After doing these things, Cao Pi felt that there was no problem with this, right?!

As a result, the remaining 50,000 Chinese troops had just arrived in Chang'an, and before the buttocks were hot, they got the news that Guangling had fallen and Jiangdong was attacking Qingxu.

It's been too much of a toss along the way.

After Chang'an stabilized, Cao Pi followed Jiang Ji's suggestion and sent 10,000 reinforcements to Zang Ba, temporarily stabilizing the eastern defense line, at the same time, Cao Pi began to gather military power in Chang'an, Cao Ren personally went to the Baochuan crossing, instead of Cao Hong commanding the Chang'an defenders, and blocked Zhao Yun and Chen Dao at the Baochuan crossing, at this time, Cao Pi finally received a good news.

Zhang He went up against the Weishui in winter, unexpectedly broke Zhang Fei, and relieved the siege of Shangqi, and was besieging the street pavilion at this time.

As long as he occupies the street pavilion and controls Longshan, then Cao Pi can send troops into the northwest on a large scale to rescue Longyou and Liangzhou.

However, Cao Pi's good luck ended here.

Not long after receiving the good news that Zhang He had defeated Zhang Fei, bad news came from the east, saying that Cao Xiu was defeated in Shiting, and the 50,000 Chinese troops he brought with him were not only completely defeated by Zhou Yu, but also that Jia Kui, the defender of Hefei, had to abandon Hefei City in order to meet Cao Xiu, resulting in Jiangdong occupying Hefei.

Now that the battle situation between Huainan and Qingxu has been completely eroded, Cao Pi is considering whether to lose the direction of the pass, return to Luoyang to defend the town, send troops to aid Zang Ba and Cao Xiu, and strive to recapture Qingxu and Huainan.

At this time, Cao Pi received the news from Guo Huai that Zhang He was defeated in Jieting and had to retreat to Shangqi again, unable to control Longshan for a while.

Cao Pi now has a feeling of inheriting his father's old problem - his head is really painful.

(End of chapter)