As Xu Shu expected, even if troops were sent to Huainan and Qingxu, the Jiangdong region would not be left without troops.

But as Guan Yu expected, although there were soldiers left behind in Jiangdong, they were only guarding the place, and the total number of these troops did not exceed 30,000, and there were more than enough places to defend themselves, and they were unable to attack Jingzhou at all.

After all, the leader of this northward trip is Zhou Yu, and Zhou Yu's overall view is not comparable to Lu Meng's generation, and Zhou Yu can see the current situation very clearly.

Cao Wei's threat was still too great, and the economy and population of the entire Hebei and Central Plains combined were larger than Jiangdong and Liu Bei's group combined.

At present, the main enemy is still Cao Wei, and before Huainan and Qingxu are digested without a strategy, Zhou Yu will not rashly choose to turn against Liu Bei again.

Therefore, this time Guan Yu transferred troops to the north, although he took a bit of risk, but at least Zhou Yu's side really did not give up Huainan and led his troops west to capture Jingzhou.

And Sun Quan, now is the most important time.

Sun Quan made peace with Cao Pi for the title of King Wu of the Great Han. Before the name of King Wu of the Han Dynasty was officially in his hands, Sun Quan didn't want to make any extraneous branches.

Another one, he is going to be the king, then Sun Quan has to take into account some political influence, and it is not good to turn his face with his allies at every turn, although the whole world knows that the alliance between the two families will be left with an empty shell name, but the time to turn his face is not at this time.

If you turn your back on the alliance and turn your face as soon as you become king, you will see that you are very immoral as the king of Wu.

Therefore, although Guan Yu's transfer of troops looks risky, in fact, no one in Jiangdong at this time has the heart to engage in any sneak attack.

After Guan Yu received reinforcements from Wang Ji and Shi Bao, at the end of January of the 26th year of Jian'an, he launched a large-scale attack on Wancheng again.

Zhang Liao's pressure suddenly increased.

Guan Yu can have reinforcements, but Zhang Liao can't find reinforcements for a while, once the balance of forces on the battlefield is broken, Zhang Liao can only choose to rely on the city defense to defend this road.

Therefore, Zhang Liao and Guan Yu fought in the area of Deng County in Nanyang, Guan Yu temporarily gained the upper hand by relying on the advantage of troops, and Deng County was in danger.

Guan Yu's sudden force made Cao Pi in Chang'an a little unable to sit still.

Once Guan Yu broke through the defenses of Deng County and marched into Wancheng, that Zhang Liao had no choice but to defend it.

And once Wancheng is lost, it means that Chang'an's flank is threatened, and Cao Pi, who sits in Chang'an, will no longer be safe. This is what Cao Pi does not want to see.

Cao Pi once again convened Xiahou Shang and others to discuss military affairs and made a response.

First of all, he ordered Sima Yi of Xudu to speed up his march to Xinye, and strive to launch an attack on Xinye as soon as possible to contain Guan Yu, who was attacking in Deng County.

Secondly, Cao Pi gritted his teeth and sent his last 10,000 Chinese troops to support Zhang Liao, betting that Zhang Liao could hold the defense line and defend Chang'an.

Third, he gave an order to Xu Huang to suspend the attack on Kou Feng in the front, turn to the defensive, and then transfer a part of his troops to send troops from Zuo Feng Yi to threaten Guan Yu's flank and support Zhang Liao in Wancheng.

In a nutshell, Cao Pi wants to fight the battle to defend Wancheng.

As long as he holds Wancheng, he Cao Pi will naturally be safe and sound, but once he can't hold Wancheng and Chang'an is threatened, then Cao Pi can really only give up northern Yongzhou and Liangzhou, summon Cao Ren to withdraw his troops from Shangqi, retreat to Chang'an, and fight the Chang'an defense battle.

To a certain extent, although Cao Pi did not have the majesty of his father, he was not too cowardly, and when he should have been released, he did not think about escaping Chang'an.

It's just that the sudden change in the situation on the battlefield this time has made the balance slowly begin to tilt in favor of Liu Bei, and Cao Pi can respond to it is indeed not too much.

The Western Battlefield, up and down the city. Cao Ren led the army to reinforce Shangtai, and at the same time increased the logistical pressure in the direction of Shangtai, and now Cao Ren's life is not easy.

Knowing that Liu Beijun on the opposite side was just to consume his own grain and grass, Cao Ren couldn't help but bring troops to Shangqi to support.

After all, Liu Bei's main offensive direction is here, and Shangqi must not be lost.

Cao Ren couldn't help but come, but after coming, in the face of the pressure of grain and grass logistics, Cao Ren had to take the initiative to seek an opportunity to break the enemy and personally lead the army to Liu Bei's army camp to challenge.

Now, the person who is in a hurry is Cao Ren, and Fa Zheng and Pang Tong will not choose to fight Cao Ren at this time.

If you can delay it for a while, try to delay the time, with the size of Cao Jun, every extra day of delay, the pressure on logistics and grass will become greater.

Fa Zheng and Pang Tong's idea is to increase the logistical pressure on the Cao army, and it is best to make the Cao army's grain and grass urgent before the Weishui thaw, so as to greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of the Cao army.

Obviously, Cao Ren also knew Liu Bei's plans, so although he was helpless, Cao Ren had to take the initiative to attack Liu Beijun's camp before the grain and grass ran out.

It is better to take the initiative to attack, relying on the advantage of troops, maybe you can break Liu Beijun, open the passage to Guangwei County and Tianshui County, and lead the army into the Yongliang area, so maybe you can directly turn the tables.

Well, in fact, Cao Ren also knew that with Liu Bei's ability to fight for half his life, and with the help of strategists like Fa Zheng and Pang Tong, it was almost impossible to suppress the opponent with the advantage of troops.

But Cao Ren has no better way now, except to take the initiative to attack, he can only watch his own grain and grass consumption day by day. Just fight, and if you do, it will be in your best interest.

At least, these troops, Cao Ren's losses.

Therefore, following the sudden start of the war on the Southern Front, the Western Front, which had been silent for a month, also resumed.

It's just that the situation on the battlefield on the Western Front is exactly the opposite of the battlefield on the Southern Front.

On the southern front, Liu Bei's army attacked with all his might, and Cao Jun defended with all his strength, while on the western front, it was Cao's army attacking with all his strength, and Liu Bei's army was defending with all his might.

Zhang Xi also returned to the front-line troops again, commanding the non-commissioned soldiers to defend. Now Liu Bei's use of Zhang Xi is more and more like a military general rather than a strategist, and in addition to Zhang Fei, Liu Bei's most trusted No. 2 leading general has a higher status than Ma Chao and Wei Yan.

Zhang Fei was responsible for the overall defense of the Shangqi line, Liu Bei personally commanded the Chinese army, and the overall defense of the Luoyang line, Liu Bei handed over all of it to Zhang Xi to command. Unconsciously, Zhang Xi also became a general guarding the side.

And Zhang Xi's opponent is still the old opponent Zhang He. The two sides have fought several times in Longshan, and they also know each other a lot, and they can barely be regarded as knowing each other.

Each other knows that the other is difficult, so neither of them wants to give the opponent a fatal blow by catching the flaw. Both of them were cautious, testing each other's offense and defense.

This led to the Lüyang front, which was the place with the lowest frequency and intensity of engagement on the entire Western Front.

But Zhang Xi beat like this, Liu Bei had no opinion, Zhang He beat like this, and Cao Ren's opinion was bigger.

He Liu Bei can't wait to continue to delay time, you Zhang He is so cooperative with others, and you are so careful in a battle, what do you want to do? !

Cao Ren directly sent messengers and repeatedly urged Zhang He to march quickly, even if it was to fill in the lives of people, he had to break through Zhang Xi on the opposite side as soon as possible, and open a gap for himself to attack Liu Bei's army from the side.

Zhang He is so angry now you know, why do I like to fish so much?!

Many times, Zhang He feels that his approach is the right thing and is most in line with the current battlefield situation, but there are always some brainless bosses who like to point fingers, and they have to make the situation more complicated and make the losses bigger. If you don't touch the fish, if you don't touch the fish, the responsibility is all for him, the person responsible for the specific implementation.

Sometimes it's really not that Zhang He wants to be bad, but when he encounters such a boss, he can't jump back because of such a trivial matter, is there any other choice than fishing? !

At Cao Ren's strong request, Zhang He finally launched a full-scale attack on Zhang Xi's camp, but Zhang He only ordered an attack, and Zhang He didn't care about how to attack, where to focus on attacking, and how to command the army to win.

Yes, Zhang He started to fish again.

If at the beginning, Zhang He led the army alone to rescue Longxi, Zhang He still had the heart to make meritorious contributions and succeed in the first battle, but now with the arrival of the Cao brothers, Zhang He's status in the army has plummeted, and there is a brainless boss on his head who is blindly commanding, and it will not have much to do with himself if he makes a contribution.

I'll do whatever you tell me to do, but count on me to take the initiative to find a way to break the enemy, so forget it. I touched it.

Zhang He touched the fish, and Zhang Xi suddenly felt that the battle in front of him was inexplicable.

Some time ago, when he played against Zhang He, Zhang Xi didn't dare to relax for a moment, always guarding against Zhang He's possible offensive methods, and always thinking about where Zhang He would seek a breakthrough. But now this battle is not too easy.

The Cao army on the opposite side will only rush over with a group of people, and when attacking, it is almost a full line attack, without a focus at all, but when retreating, it is sparsely pulled, some teams withdraw early, and some teams withdraw slowly, not at all like someone is seriously commanding.

Zhang Xi thought at first that this was another conspiracy played by Zhang He, but after a few tests, he found that it seemed that Zhang He had not arranged any back-up at all, and even once Zhang Xi arranged a counterattack when Cao's army retreated, and almost attacked directly in front of Zhang He's camp, and finally forced Zhang He to make a move, so he repelled Zhang Xi's attack.

Although it failed to really break through to Zhang He's Chinese army, Cao's losses in these attacks were not small at all.

Zhang Xi was puzzled. What's going on?!

And in the next few days, Zhang He continued this kind of bad command, which made Zhang Xi's courage bigger and bigger, and sometimes Zhang Xi even wondered if he wanted to counterattack on the whole front.

With the offensive situation of Cao Jun in front of him, once Liu Beijun counterattacks on all fronts, it may not be possible to really break the enemy in one fell swoop.

But Zhang Xi was always worried, after all, the Cao army in front of him was so low in organization and offensive ability that it was really not like a famous general like Zhang He could command it.

For this reason, Zhang Xi, who was cautious and cautious, specifically sought the advice of the military advisor Pang Tong.

And Pang Tong's response to this is only one - there will be no big loss if you try, what if it succeeds?!

Well, this answer is very unusual.

In the end, Pang Tong was still the same adventurous guy.

But if Zhang Xi thinks about it carefully, with the combat effectiveness that Cao Jun has always shown, in fact, it is not impossible to take the risk of trying.

(End of chapter)