On the one hand, Cao Pi was busy making peace with Sun Quan, but on the other hand, he had already sent 30,000 of his Chinese army to Baochuan Road to join the original Chang'an defenders led by Cao Ren and Cao Hong.

After the combined army, Cao's army totaled more than 70,000 people, and Cao Pi asked Cao Ren to immediately lead these soldiers from Weishui west into Longshan, and converge with Guo Huai and Zhang He, who were holding on to Shangqi, and Liu Bei for control of Longshan.

At the same time, Cao Pi also sent a messenger to deliver a letter to Xu Miao, who was holding out in Liangzhou, ordering him to immediately organize Liangzhou soldiers to counterattack Tianshui County in the north of Yongzhou, and put pressure on Liu Bei's army from the flank and rear.

Although they all know that the families in Liangzhou are the grass on the wall, although Xu Miao is committed to the imperial court, it is difficult for a person to support himself in Liangzhou. But in this situation, as long as it can involve the energy of Liu Bei's group and thin the strength of Liu Bei's group, no matter whether the tricks are useful or not, Cao Pi is willing to try it.

After making these arrangements, Cao Pi sat in Chang'an and waited for the battle report from the front.

There is one thing to say, Cao Pi's approach is not wrong, at least he has made all the preparations he should have made, and all the troops that can be sent have been sent, and he is the monarch of one party, not to mention sitting in Chang'an in person, and only leaving an army of 10,000 people in his hand to guard, which is already very courageous.

But. There are some things, you have to see who you compare yourself to.

Anyway, Cao Ren felt that if Cao Cao encountered the current situation, he would not sit in Chang'an to watch the play, and would definitely personally lead the troops to Shangqi and fight Liu Bei head-on.

Although he knew that Cao Pi could not be compared with Cao Cao, it was already rare for Cao Pi to have the courage to sit in Chang'an. But Cao Ren always felt uncomfortable, and couldn't get used to this kind of practice when he needed to work hard, and the lord sat in the rear.

As for Cao Hong, Cao Hong now has a big opinion of Cao Pi.

actually took his military power?!!

That bastard boy, shouldn't you really think that Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi's partner is easy to bully, and the dignified white soldier is easy to bully, right?!

If you think it's a bully, you can try it?!

Even if the eldest brother came to the Bao Slope Road in person, it was only to temporarily suppress the 10,000 white soldiers led by Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi, and now Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi are shrinking into the Bao Slope and not coming out, but that is just the loss of troops that the other party does not want to fight hard, and it does not mean that the eldest brother has completely repelled them.

Even if it is the eldest brother, it is just that after repelling Zhao Yun and Chen, he arranged for the soldiers to guard the key passes, blocking the way out of Zhao and Chen, although it is stronger than the back and forth between himself and others, but according to this, he will be deprived of his military power, and Cao Hong is absolutely unconvinced.

But because his handle was caught by Cao Pi, and it was the eldest brother who came to lead the troops in person, Cao Hong did not attack directly.

Cao Ren also knew Cao Hong's thoughts, but now the situation is already like this.

Let's not talk about the simple truth of a son of heaven and a courtier, the generals of the Cao clan, the lack of success in the past two years has been a bit serious, the older generation of Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun and others have passed away, the new generation of Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang, Qin Lang and others have not experienced the training of the war, and their brothers are the last pillars of the Cao clan, even if they are dissatisfied, they have to support Cao Pi.

After all, this is Cao's family business.

Therefore, Cao Ren had to appease his younger brother again and again, and at the same time ordered Cao Hong to be the vanguard, lead the troops to Shangqi first, and join Zhang He and Guo Huai, while he stayed at the Baochuan crossing, and waited for Cao Zhen to come from the Chencang crossing to take over the Baochuan crossing for him, and then lead the troops north.

Cao Ren made all the arrangements he could, and in the northwest, the tide of the battle had also undergone some changes.

After retreating to Shangqi, Zhang He and Guo Huai rested for a few days, recovered some combat strength, and were preparing to attack Zhang Fei's camp in front of them with all their might.

Liu Bei finally led the army to break through the county of Guangwei County and ruled Linwei County, and Wang Yun, the Taishou of Guangwei County, was killed in battle, and other states and counties surrendered one after another.

Liu Bei had completely pacified the other prefectures and counties of Guangwei County, and was leading his troops to quickly go to the last state and county of Guangwei County, Luoyang County.

Once Liu Bei's soldiers come to Luoyang, then the street pavilion will be completely controlled by Liu Beijun, and it will be impossible for Zhang He to divide his troops to attack the street pavilion and take Longshan.

The current Liu Bei group has passed the most dangerous moment, and when Liu Bei personally leads the troops to Luoyang, then the surrounded ones will become Zhang He and Guo Huai of Shangqi.

In just a few days, the battle situation in northern Yongzhou has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Now there are two roads in front of Zhang He and Guo Huai.

One is to break Zhang Fei in front of him, expand the depth of Shangqi's defense, and avoid being caught by Liu Bei in the future.

The other way is to quickly seize Luoyang, and connect Luoyang with Sui, and use each other as horns, and wait for the follow-up Cao Ren reinforcements to arrive, and then do a decisive battle.

Zhang He and Guo Huai discussed for a long time and decided to attack on two fronts.

It is not difficult to seize Luoyang, and now there are only more than 100 soldiers of Liu Beijun's army in Luoyang, and the street pavilion behind Luoyang, Zhang Xi is also suffering heavy losses, and he should be unable to support Luoyang for the time being.

The real problem of Lüyang is not whether it can be occupied, but how to hold Lüyang under the attack of Liu Bei's army.

If he could follow the example of the famous future two hundred years ago, hold on to Lüyang with a small number of troops, and wait for Cao Ren's brigade to reinforce the army, Cao Wei would not be without the possibility of defeating Liu Bei and taking Longshan.

As for Zhang Fei on the front, although it is not easy to deal with, Zhang Fei has few soldiers after all, even if Zhang Fei has returned to the defense now, he is only six or seven thousand soldiers who have survived, and at least half of them are soldiers who have just returned to the camp after a long journey.

In the hands of Guo Huai and Zhang He, there are nearly 30,000 soldiers combined, although half of them are cavalry, which is not suitable for fighting in the mountains, but the remaining more than 10,000 foot soldiers are enough to break through the camp guarded by Zhang Fei.

And time waits for no one.

I took a little rest before, but I waited for the news that Liu Bei had broken through Linwei, if I continued to grind now, once I waited for Liu Bei's reinforcements to arrive, then whether it was Luo Yang or Zhang Fei on the front, I couldn't get any of them.

Therefore, after resting for five days, the Cao army in Shangtai City was dispatched again, and a team led by Zhang He, with most of the cavalry and a small number of infantry, quickly seized Lüyang before Liu Bei's arrival.

Guo Huai, on the other hand, led most of the foot soldiers and launched a fierce attack on Zhang Fei's camp in front of him.

Zhang Fei was indeed under a lot of pressure in the face of Guo Huai's attack, and his troops were too small after all.

But Zhang Fei is not an incompetent reckless man after all, when it comes to the ability of infantry to command operations, Zhang Fei is no worse than Guo Huai, not to mention that this time Zhang Fei also has 3,000 Qiang Hu cavalry led by Ma Dai as a response.

Guo Huai was about to break through Zhang Fei's camp several times, and every time at this time, Ma Dai would lead 3,000 Qiang Hu cavalry to attack, causing a lot of trouble to Guo Huai's attacking army.

It's not that Guo Huai doesn't have cavalry in his hands, and it's not that he doesn't understand the intentions of Zhang Fei and Ma Dai, but although Guo Huai has cavalry in his hands, he doesn't have a qualified cavalry general.

Even though Guo Huai's cavalry combat strength should be stronger than Ma Dai's Qianghu cavalry, but because there is no qualified cavalry general to command, and Zhang Fei's ability to grasp fighters is too strong, every time Guo Huai's attacking soldiers are a little slack, Zhang Fei can always seize the opportunity to launch a wave of counterattacks to disrupt Guo Huai's army's attack.

Therefore, although Guo Huai has always had an advantageous situation, he still let Zhang Fei stubbornly hold on and wait for the reinforcements from Xixian led by Wei Yan.

As soon as Guo Huai saw that Liu Beijun's reinforcements had arrived, he knew that things were no longer possible, so he immediately retreated to Shangqi and continued to hold on, waiting for Cao Ren's reinforcements to arrive.

And Zhang He's side, after occupying Luoyang, he didn't want to go to the direction of the street pavilion again, after all, according to the information Zhang He obtained, although Zhang Xi had thousands of foot soldiers on hand to guard the street pavilion, but after that big battle, there were not many soldiers who could really fight, otherwise they wouldn't even come to Luoyang to seize it.

Therefore, Zhang He actually considered whether to rely on the speed of the cavalry and attack the street pavilion again before Liu Bei's army arrived. But not long after Zhang He arrived at the street pavilion, he found Liu Beijun's banner on the mountains around Luoyang.

Zhang He couldn't be sure whether this was a soldier sent to Zhang Xi from the Jieting direction, or Liu Bei's vanguard troops. Anyway, no matter how you look at it, it's not good news.

If the soldiers in the direction of the street pavilion, it means that Zhang Xi does not seem to be as weak as he imagined, and he still has the strength to reconnoiter the situation in Luoyang, if it is the vanguard of Liu Bei's army, it means that Liu Bei's army is not far from Luoyang.

Under such circumstances, out of a cautious mentality, Zhang He did not act rashly, but chose to strengthen the city defense of Lüyang and prepared to stick to Lüyang.

And that's it, three days later.

Liu Bei personally led the main force of the Northern Expedition with more than 50,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 Qiang Hu cavalry, arrived at Jieting, and after converging the remnants of Zhangxi's army, the peak of the army pointed directly at Luoyang.

At the same time, more than 30,000 people from the front of Cao Wei's reinforcements led by Cao Hong also arrived in Shangqi.

The two sides once again engaged in a confrontation in this small area in the southeast of Guangwei County.

(End of chapter)