Guan Yu didn't know how long he had been in a coma, and in a daze, Guan Yu seemed to have seen a lot of old friends and brothers again.

And when Guan Yu woke up again, he was even a little unsure if he was still in a dream.

Because he saw a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

said familiar, because this dark face is one of the faces that Guan Yu will never forget in his life.

Say strange because. Compared with more than a year ago, the wrinkles on the third brother's face and the gray hair on his head have increased a lot.

"Third brother?!" Guan Yu tried to ask, but the hoarse voice and weak state made Guan Yu himself taken aback and a little difficult to accept.

Zhang Fei, who had been paying attention to Guan Yu's state, hurriedly stepped forward at this time, gently pressed Guan Yu's shoulder, and said, "Second brother, don't get up. And it is good to give birth to and raise. ”

Zhang Fei had already paid great attention to his volume and lowered his voice to speak, but to Guan Yu's ears, it was still harsh.

At this time, Guan Yu somewhat understood something, but he didn't understand it a little.

There are some things that he has been mentally prepared for, and the arrangements have been arranged, and the things that should be dealt with have been dealt with.

But there are some things that he still needs to figure out and figure out.

Therefore, Guan Yu supported his body, tried his best to keep himself awake, and asked slowly, "Wei thief."

"The Wei thief has retreated, and the second brother is relieved." Zhang Fei hurriedly said.

Obviously, Zhang Fei understood what Guan Yu was going to ask, and he also knew what the second brother was most concerned about now.

But Zhang Fei's answer did not satisfy Guan Yu, so Guan Yu tried to say anything more.

At this time, Xu Shu, who was on the side, also came up and whispered to Guan Yu, "The prince is relieved. Sima Yi retreated from Wancheng and led the remnants of the army to retreat to Kunyang, and Shu had ordered his soldiers to lead the troops to pursue. Wuguan Guo Huai, after learning that Wancheng was occupied, took the initiative to abandon the pass and withdraw the army, and now it is estimated that he has also retreated to Kunyang, so the three generals can lead the troops here. ”

"Today, we are waiting, there are 110,000 horse infantry, after the rest and assembly are completed, they will march to Luoyang under the command of the three generals.

Xu Shu said a lot, but in fact, Guan Yu was already relieved after hearing that the Wei army had withdrawn to Kunyang and that Zhang Fei had broken through Wuguan to intercept and come to Wancheng.

Guan Yu, who was relieved, fell into a half-dream-like state again, seemingly awake, but seemed to be in a dream again

Seeing Guan Yu fall into a deep sleep again, Zhang Fei and Xu Shu were a little silent, glanced at each other, and finally left Guan Yinping to take care of Guan Yu, and the two left the Zhongjun tent with a heavy face.

On the one hand, the two of them are now very worried about Guan Yu's state, worried that Guan Yu may never wake up if he falls asleep this time.

After all, this is the only time in the past few days that Guan Yu has come to his senses.

On the other hand, although the things Xu Shu said to Guan Yu just now were true, Xu Shu did not make all the key information clear.

The war is not completely over.

Sima Yi did lose Wancheng, but before leaving Wancheng, by holding the withdrawal channel at the north gate, Sima Yi collected more than 8,000 defeated troops, including Sima Zhao and others.

Deng Ai was indeed ordered to pursue Sima Yi's retreating defeated soldiers, but Deng Ai did not expect that in such an extremely unfavorable situation, Sima Yi would dare to set up an ambush halfway and hit Deng Ai in an ambush.

Although Deng Ai responded well in the battle, did not cause casualties, and successfully broke through, it was precisely because of this that Sima Yi opened the distance between him and the pursuers, and Deng Ai had lost the opportunity to rely on the pursuit to eliminate the Wancheng rout.

In terms of Wuguan, the first thing Sima Yi did after evacuating Wancheng was to send someone to inform Guo Huai of Wuguan that Sima Shi had retreated.

Wancheng has been lost, and there is no point in continuing to hold on to Wuguan, rather than burying this army of seven or eight thousand people in vain, it is better to gather it back and retreat to Kunyang.

After receiving the news of the loss of Wancheng, although Guo Huai and Sima Shi of Wuguan were also very flustered, their military literacy was not low, they discussed with each other, continued to set up false flags on the city tower, and then led the troops to retreat overnight, retreating all the way, taking the northeast direction of Lixian County, and retreating directly to Kunyang.

Zhang Fei, who was under Wuguan, really didn't expect that Guo Huai withdrew his troops so simply, it took a whole morning, and the scouts in Zhang Fei's army found out that something was wrong, and the whole Wuguan was a little too quiet.

In this way, Zhang Fei and others, who wasted half a day, failed to catch up with Guo Huai's retreat, so they could only lead the troops all the way through Xixian and Lixian, and went southeast to Wancheng, where they converged with the Jingzhou army.

It was also at this time that Zhang Fei learned that Guan Yu had fainted during the siege, and in this case, where did Zhang Fei still have the heart to command the army to continue the attack.

Zhang Fei's mood is still understandable, but it is not possible not to continue to maintain pressure on Wei Jun.

The strategic purpose of this Northern Expedition is of course to occupy Wancheng and open up a passage into the hinterland of the Central Plains, but now there is such a good opportunity, if you don't try to attack in the direction of Luoyang and wait for the enemy army to ease up, there will not be such a good opportunity.

Zhang Fei couldn't keep his composure, but Xu Shu was still able to keep his composure. After receiving the authorization of Zhang Fei, the general of the chariot cavalry, Wang Ji received the order and took 30,000 foot soldiers to join the 10,000 people of Deng Ai's subordinates who had gone to pursue before to attack Kunyang.

And then there was no then.

When Wang Ji led his troops to Kunyang with Deng Ai, there were already 7,000 defeated troops of Wancheng led by Sima Yi and 10,000 soldiers of Yingchuan County led by Wang Ling.

The actual strength of the two sides was roughly 38,000 to 17,000, with the Han army having the upper hand.

Wang Ji discussed it with Deng Ai, and felt that it was not impossible to fight his own military superiority, not to mention, it also represented the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.

If Emperor Guangwu had a spirit in the sky, and another meteor fell from the sky, this time he should have smashed it in Kunyang City occupied by the Wei army on the opposite side.

Of course, this is a bit whimsical, but in terms of troops and morale, the Han army is indeed the superior side.

Therefore, Wang Ji ordered the whole army to set up camp, and then Deng Ai was responsible for cutting down trees and making siege equipment on the spot. It doesn't take too much, it can be a threat.

On the one hand, half of the Wei army in Kunyang City was defeated, and the morale was not high, and Wang Ji did not intend to give Sima Yi a chance to regain the morale of the army.

Therefore, as long as it can quickly launch an attack and pose a threat to the defense of Kunyang City, the defeated army of Wancheng will inevitably have no intention of fighting, which will also affect the morale of the soldiers of Yingchuan County.

On the other hand, although Kunyang City is the place where Emperor Guangwu became famous, it is not the "land of dragon prosperity" of Emperor Guangwu.

Kunyang is ordinary, a small city located at the junction of Yingchuan County and Nanyang County.

From a geographical point of view, Kunyang is indeed the main road connecting Yingchuan County and Nanyang County, but whether it is the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty or the subsequent princes, the impact on Kunyang is not great, this place has been under the control of Cao Wei since Cao Cao raised troops and united with the Yingchuan family to occupy Yingchuan.

Therefore, Kunyang City has not been under much threat, so there is no need to strengthen the city walls and hoard arsenals.

The city wall of Kunyang is not high, and there is not enough armament, so there is really no need for any large-scale siege equipment, some hook ladders, cloud ladders are enough, and even the car may not need to be built, which can cause enough deterrence to the city defense of Kunyang.

As a result, Deng Ai spent only five days cutting down trees and building hook ladders in preparation for a strong assault on Kunyang.

But. At this time, Cao Zhen led the main force of 25,000 Sili troops and rushed to Kunyang.

A few days later, Guo Huai and Sima Shi also led the 7,000 remnants of Wuguan to retreat here.

At this moment, the comparison of the forces of the two sides was reversed, Wang Ji only had more than 37,000 people on his side, and the Wei army once again gathered 50,000 people in Kunyang.

And a small Kunyang, 90,000 people were concentrated inside and outside the city at once, and the siege battle was not the first priority, and the field battle between the two sides became the first choice.

Kunyang City could not accommodate so many defenders, so Cao Zhen led his troops to go down in the southwest corner of Kunyang City, and formed a horn with Sima Yi and others in Kunyang City to assist in the defense.

As soon as Wang Ji saw that Cao Zhen's troops had arrived, in order to prevent Cao Zhen from dividing his troops to attack his flank, Wang Ji also had to divide his troops, so that Deng Ai continued to watch Sima Yi and Wang Ling in the city in front of Kunyang City, and himself, which led 20,000 people to move to Cao Zhen's camp not far away, and the two armies confronted each other.

Around Kunyang, it seemed that there was tension, but in fact, for a while, both armies were a bit of a bogeyer and couldn't fight.

Wang Ji was afraid of the size of the Wei army's strength and could not judge whether the Wei army had follow-up reinforcements, while Sima Yi's side was worried about the morale of the army, after all, most of the Wei army came to Kunyang after a defeat.

No one dared to take the initiative to attack, and they all wanted to stabilize a wave first and put defense first.

Wang Ji saw that the situation was a little stalemate, and he had no intention of risking a hard attack, so he immediately sent a military report to Wancheng to explain the situation, and at the same time hoped that Xu Shu would send troops to help as soon as possible.

After all, although the Han army is now resting, the total strength is already as high as 110,000, even if 10,000 people are left to garrison Wancheng, the available troops are about 100,000.

And now here in Kunyang, Wang Ji only has 40,000 soldiers and horses.

Kunyang is a place that is located in an open area, and the 200,000 troops of Xinmang besieged Kunyang back then, and it is not a problem to have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

As long as the advantage of troops is regained, it is not too difficult to capture Kunyang.

Therefore, the overall situation now is still favorable to the Han army.

Under such circumstances, Xu Shu received a military report from Wang Ji.

It stands to reason that Wang Ji's consideration is correct, Xu Shu directly sent troops, and with the advantage of troops, he could directly push Kunyang and even the entire Yingchuan County.

But it was also around the same time that Xu Shu received a request for reinforcements from Xiangyang who stayed behind and Jiangling Taishou Shibao.

Wen Ping's military newspaper said that about ten days ago, the Eastern Wu naval army suddenly moved up the Han River, and the vanguard troops even reached the outskirts of Yicheng County next to Xiangyang.

Shi Bao's military report said that since half a month ago, the Dongwu Navy has sent troops from the two directions of Jiangxia, Shaxian and Lukou under the pretext of drills, and has often cruised on the Yangtze River, the most recent of which was only 50 miles away from the port outside the public security city.

The military reports of these two people actually conveyed a meaning - Dongwu is unstable.

This made Xu Shu hesitate.

In the end, it is necessary to continue to march into Yingchuan, attack Henan, and coerce Luoyang, or to occupy Wancheng, collect it after it is built, and return to the army to assist in the defense of Xiangyang and Jiangling, so as to prevent the backstabbing of Eastern Wu.

Xu Shu really can't decide this question by himself.

(End of chapter)