On the battlefield of Lüyang, after two consecutive wars, the front briefly fell into peace.

Cao Hong, who almost died on the battlefield of Lüyang, did not attack again this time, and even Cao Ren couldn't blame his own brother for the defeat.

Again, the Cao army on the Lüyang battlefield lost more than 10,000 troops in the attack and defense during this period, and was unable to launch a new round of offensive for the time being, so it could only passively turn into a confrontation situation.

On the other two fronts, Guo Huai's attack on Zhang Fei and Wei Yan did not make much progress, on the contrary, they were united by Zhang Fei and Wei Yan, and they were almost pressed to the ground and rubbed.

Zhang Fei has been defeated by Guo Huai many times before, not because of how strong Guo Huai is, but purely because of the lack of troops in Zhang Fei's hands.

Now that Zhang Fei has been supplemented by reinforcements, he is facing Guo Huai under almost the strength of the army, and he is the defender, Guo Huai has no way to take Zhang Fei's defense line at all.

Coupled with Zhang Fei's combat characteristics, he will definitely not stick to one place quietly, and will go out of the camp to fight from time to time, with the help of Wei Yan, an adventurous guy. This front is not so much a duel between offense and defense, but rather a decisive victory between the two sides in the field.

Guo Huai faced the other two famous generals alone, and it was strange that he could please him.

One Wei Yan is enough for Guo Huai to stop, not to mention that there is also an old famous general Zhang Fei!

Zhang Fei is really different from ordinary celebrities.

Other generals, as they get older, the force value may weaken, and the older they get, they will subconsciously reduce the number of times they go into battle to kill the enemy in person, even if it is Guan Yu, most of them have been commanding operations over the years, and they are not very good at personally killing the enemy.

But Zhang Fei doesn't seem to conform to this law, he still likes to kill the enemy in person as before, and the most terrible thing is that this Zhang Sanye is still the unstoppable enemy of 10,000 people.

If it's just that, it's okay, Guo Huai is not without a way to deal with Zhang Fei, the most terrifying thing is that as he gets older, Zhang Fei's intelligence seems to have been in a stage of continuous growth.

From time to time, a ghost idea pops up, which makes Guo Huai sometimes have to be fooled, if it weren't for Guo Huai's own ability, he was a lot more cautious after being fooled once, maybe he would have to suffer more losses.

But anyway, on Zhang Fei's side, Guo Huai faced two famous generals alone, and his performance was the most difficult.

As for the central line troops personally commanded by Cao Ren, against the Chinese army personally commanded by Liu Bei, the two sides fought back and forth.

On the one hand, Cao Ren's ability is not bad, and he can be regarded as a famous general.

On the other hand, Liu Bei's side has too many concerns, as the backbone of the whole army, Liu Bei's side must not lose, so even with the help of Fa Zheng and Pang Tong, Liu Bei's side is relatively restrained, not seeking a big victory, only seeking to be undefeated.

In such a situation, on the contrary, Cao Ren in the middle played quite smoothly, and the two sides went back and forth, attacking and defending each other.

And as time goes on, the time comes to February. The Weishui next to Shangtai has finally thawed completely, and as long as the spring flood is over, then the grain and grass transported from Chang'an to Shangtai can take the Weishui waterway.

Cao Ren will no longer be limited by logistical pressure, neither need to limit the consumption of grain and grass every day, nor do he need to rush to defeat Liu Beijun in front of him.

It's hard for you to say that Cao Ren is in such a hurry to launch an attack on Liu Bei, whether he really wants to defeat Liu Bei's army, or whether he wants to consume some of his own soldiers and reduce the logistical pressure, but in any case, Cao Ren has also temporarily survived his most difficult moment, as long as he insists on early March, Chang'an should be able to transport a large amount of grain from the waterway to Shangqi, and there will be no need to transport grain through rugged mountain roads again.

Since there is not much pressure on logistics, there is not much need for Cao Ren, and he has to seek the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Liu Bei Although he did not retreat and hold on, Cao Jun's current offensive on the Western Front has indeed slowed down temporarily.

On the current battlefield on the Western Front, the Cao army still has about 80,000 defenders, and Liu Beijun's side, including Ma Chao's Qianghu cavalry, adds up to about 60,000 people.

If no one takes the initiative to launch a large-scale offensive, then the Western Front will once again fall into a strategic stalemate.

In this regard, neither Pang Tong nor Fa Zheng has a very good way.

The place is too small, and the deployment of forces on both sides is very clear and clear, and there is no possibility of surprise troops.

In addition, due to the terrain restrictions, there are only a few mountain roads in Longshan, and there is no chance to detour to attack the rear of the enemy army and cut off the enemy's grain route, even with the wit of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, there is really no way to take Cao Ren for a while.

Just when both sides thought that the big war would turn into a protracted war of attrition. The battlefield on the Southern Front has undergone unexpected changes.

On the battlefield on the southern front, it was Guan Yu who received reinforcements and stormed Zhang Liao, and in early February, he captured Deng County, which had not been completely captured for three months, forcing Zhang Liao to retreat to Wancheng.

And just when Guan Yu was about to march forward and continue to attack Wancheng, Xu Huang led the army of Feng Yi on the left and Fufeng on the right to the south in time, threatening Guan Yu's flank.

In order to ensure the safety of his flanks, Guan Yu had to suspend his northward movement and rest in Deng County, and at the same time assigned his troops to Wang Ji and asked Wang Ji to block Xu Huang and ensure the safety of his flanks.

In terms of Xinye, the Xinye defenders commanded by Deng Ai finally waited for the Xudu army led by Sima Yi, Deng Ai carefully defended Xinye, not giving Sima Yi too many opportunities, and at the same time, Zhang Wei, who was in Fancheng, also took the initiative to send troops to threaten Sima Yi's flank, causing Sima Yi to make some slow progress under Xinye City.

Originally, everyone thought that the war on the southern front would also enter a new stalemate, but Kou Feng in the direction of Shangyong suddenly became powerful.

No one thought that Kou Feng, who was in the direction of Shangyong, would suddenly change the situation of the battle when he was beaten by Xu Huang and almost returned to Shangyong.

Kou Feng's existence is really inconspicuous on the battlefield of the Southern Front, where many famous generals gather.

Although Kou Feng is also famous for his martial arts, and he is somewhat famous after fighting for so many years, there is no shortage of reckless men who are good at martial arts in these years, compared with Xu Huang, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao and other famous generals, Kou Feng is completely an inconspicuous small role.

Before, Kou Feng was caught by Xu Huang and beaten up, which is very illustrative.

And now, in order to support Zhang Liao, Xu Huang had to lead his troops south, so he handed over the task of defending the right to support the wind to Wang Jing.

One thing to say, this is not a strategic mistake.

First, Kou Feng asked Xu Huang to beat him, but he was about to be beaten back to the upper level, not to mention staying away from the right Fufeng area, and the morale of the soldiers was almost gone, so there was no need to worry about it at all.

Second, Wang Jing had used thousands of soldiers and horses to block the attack of Kou Feng's 20,000 army before, leaving Wang Jing to guard against Kou Feng, which was more than enough.

Therefore, neither Xu Huang nor Cao Pi, who was in Chang'an, regarded the Youfufeng area as a threat.

But it was in this place that had no sense of existence that there was a fatal sneak attack.

No one knows why, Liu Beijun's Yidu Taishou Meng Da suddenly led 10,000 county soldiers to the north, and without Wang Jing noticing, he detoured behind Wang Jing, and cooperated with Kou Feng in front of Wang Jing to attack on both sides, and broke Wang Jing's defensive army in Shangyong.

After that, Meng Da joined forces with Kou Feng and marched to the right Fufeng area again, threatening Chang'an.

After the defeat of the army, Wang Jing, although he tried to gather the remnants of the army, but in the end it was the newly defeated army, and the strength was seriously insufficient, only more than 3,000 people, in the face of Meng Da and Kou Feng's more than 20,000 troops, he was unable to stop it, and he was defeated three times in a row, resulting in Kou Feng Meng Da's army was only 200 miles away from Chang'an.

Cao Pi was suddenly shocked, while ordering Wang Jing to continue to defend to the death, while urgently recruiting Xu Huang to return to defense, and at the same time ordered Cao Zhen, who was at the Bao Slope Crossing, to give up defending the Bao Slope and quickly retreat to Chang'an.

The situation on the battlefield suddenly changed drastically, and everyone on the entire southern front battlefield was caught off guard.

It's not just that Cao Wei's people were caught off guard, but even Guan Yu was a little caught off guard, how did Meng Da appear near Shangyong?!

Guan Yu didn't remember that he had sent the soldiers of Yidu County to the north, after all, Yidu County was the main road connecting Jingzhou and Shudi, and it was also an important force in the defense of Jiangling.

And Guan Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition on the Southern Front, did not mobilize Meng Da, let alone Liu Bei, who was far away in Longshan Road, gave such an order.

In fact, Meng Da's dispatch of troops this time was actually not transferred by anyone, and it was completely Meng Da's own initiative.

Meng Da has never been a person of peace, seeing that even Wang Ji and Shi Bao came out of nowhere, all of them are in high positions in the state and county, and his former friend Li Yan has become a high-ranking official in Jiangzhou, the governor, and Fa Zheng has become Liu Bei's mastermind. Meng Da is in a hurry.

He was a great hero who helped Liu Bei enter Sichuan, and several other people were reused by Liu Bei, only he was trapped in Jingzhou, and there was no room for development.

In fact, Meng Da had a chance, but when Jiangdong attacked Jingzhou, in order to ensure his status, he did not send troops to rescue Jiangling, but after the Jiangling defense war, unknown people like Wang Ji and Shi Bao were promoted to high positions in the state and county, and he was still a Yidu Taishou.

Although Liu Bei did not blame himself for this, Meng Da was the most restless in his heart.

He is not afraid that Liu Bei will be blamed, and if he is blamed, it also shows that Liu Bei has expectations for himself, and Meng Da is most afraid that Liu Bei will be like Guan Yu and completely forget about himself.

This time, Guan Yu transferred troops to rescue, and would rather transfer Jiangling's troops to the north, but he didn't think that he was too guarded. Meng Da could not stand such treatment.

Meng Da wanted to change, but at this time, Meng Da would definitely not choose to raise the county to vote for Wei He was in the hinterland of Jingzhou, and he was afraid that he would not die fast enough.

Meng Da was in the rear, and carefully studied the situation in front of him, and found that whether it was Longshan Road or Nanyang, the battle situation was in a stalemate, and the only place that could break this stalemate and make himself useful at the same time was the Shangyong direction that no one cared about.

One thing to say, Meng Da's ability is no problem, his strategic vision is also there, and he does not lack the courage to see the enemy's weakness, Meng Da did not hesitate to raise troops privately.

(End of chapter)