"Report to the military advisor!"

"There's an urgent military intelligence coming!"

A general handed over a letter to Yang Cunzhong.

"No...!"

"How can this servant suddenly challenge our army?"

"What's going on in the direction of Xiangyang?"

"How's the situation in Guanzhong?"

Yang Cunzhong immediately asked.

"Back to the military division!"

"I heard that the thief army has sent Li Mingzhong, who defeated our army before, to lead the army to press into the direction of Xiangyang, I'm afraid the situation in Xiangyang is no longer optimistic!"

"The news from the direction of Guanzhong, it seems that the thief leader Xu Xian himself has personally led the army into Guanzhong!"

The general responded.

"Since the thief leader led the army to attack our army on the western route and the northern expedition, and Li Mingzhong led the army to attack Xiangyang again, this servant still dares to challenge us like this, isn't it self-defeating?"

"So there's definitely something wrong with that!"

"There's definitely something wrong...!"

"Could it be... Could it be that the main force of the thief army sent troops to Guanzhong and Xiangyang in the name of the army, but in fact they have come to support the servant and the loyalty? ”

"Command it now!"

"We will withdraw our troops tonight, without any delay!"

Yang Cunzhong seemed to anticipate something.

Xiangyang City, Fancheng to the north.

"Report to the Governor of Zhou!"

"The thief army has already arrived ten miles north of our city!"

A spy reported to the prefect Zhou Dingyu.

"The thieves came so fast!"

"Hurry up and order, everyone will immediately join me and retreat to Xiangyang City in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Zhou Ding said and hurriedly ran out.

"Lord Prefect!"

"Could it be that the thief army is coming, and we just gave up Fancheng in vain?"

At this time, a general chased after him and asked about this week.

"Shao Dutong's 200,000 troops have been defeated in the hands of the thief army, do you think we can still hold this Fancheng?"

"Instead of making fearless sacrifices, it is better to retreat to Xiangyang City in the south of the Yangtze River to defend it!"

Zhou Ding responded while continuing to the South Gate Wharf.

After a while, Zhou Ding first walked out of the Fancheng Water Gate, and on the dock, he got on a warship.

"Governor Zhou!"

"Governor Zhou, go slowly... Walk slowly! ”

At this time, the previous general followed.

"Why are you so annoying?"

"If you don't organize your soldiers to evacuate Fancheng, what are you chasing after the prefect?"

Zhou Ding was a little unhappy at this time.

"Governor Zhou!"

"This Fancheng and Xiangyang in the south have been interdependent cities since ancient times, and they can't be easily given up!"

"I can't give up!"

"I hope that Governor Zhou will do your best to organize the soldiers and defend this Fancheng!"

"If Fancheng is surrendered in vain, does the prefect think that Xiangyang can be defended?"

The general painstakingly discouraged.

"When the Tartar army went south to our Xiangyang, did you forget?"

"At that time, I listened to the words of you people and defended Fancheng, resulting in more than 10,000 casualties among the soldiers!"

"Later, by retreating to Xiangyang, I completely repelled the army of the Tartars!"

"If it weren't for the fact that the official had scattered all the money in his family at that time, bribed the envoy, and reported the victory to the imperial court, you and the official would have been cut down to the people a long time ago!"

"You forgot the lesson of that time so quickly?"

"So now giving up this Fancheng and retreating to Xiangyang City in the south is the best way!"

Zhou Ding seems to have already planned for himself.

"But...!"

"But the Tartars are different from the thieves!"

"The Tartars are mainly cavalry, and they are not watery, so they couldn't cross this Han River and capture our Xiangyang City at that time!"

"On the contrary, the thief army knows how to fight water, so Fancheng was given to the thief army, and the thief army used this as a stronghold, how can we still hold Xiangyang City!"

The general continued to persuade.

"What are you afraid of?"

"Now that the situation on the western and eastern fronts is favorable to our Great Song Dynasty, it is impossible for the thief army to waste too much time in attacking this Xiangyang City!"

"This official believes that as long as we defend Xiangyang City, the thief army will inevitably retreat within two months!"

"So you don't say these alarmist words anymore!"

"Hurry up and organize the army to retreat!"

Of course, Zhou Ding couldn't listen to this general's words.

"Sail!"

"Get out of the boat...!"

Seeing that the general still had to persuade himself, Zhou Ding hurriedly ordered someone to take the ship offshore.

"The imperial court entrusted all the military and political power of Xiangyang to you Zhou Ding, it is really a mistake to pay people, a wrong person!"

"If this Fancheng is given to the thief army for nothing!"

"What will Xiangyang take to guard?"

"What are you going to do?"

After seeing Zhou Ding leave, the general couldn't help but sigh.

"General Yang!"

"Ahead is Fancheng, the northern gateway of Xiangyang City!"

A general reported to Yang Poyu.

"Fancheng, the key to capture Xiangyang!"

"I heard that Guan Gong did whatever it took to attack this Fancheng back then, but in the end, Fancheng was not won, and Guan Gong lost his life because of this!"

"What a pity!"

"Now it's my turn to attack Fancheng, I can't make the mistake of Guan Gong back then!"

"Tell me to go down, everyone is cautious, and you must not underestimate the enemy!"

Yang Poyu commanded.

But when the army reached the city wall, everyone found that there did not seem to be any defenders on the wall, and even the city gate was wide open.

"What's going on?"

"The huge Fancheng, why is there no one to guard it?"

"Where did those Song soldiers go?"

"Someone, let's go and find out what's going on inside!"

Yang Poyu was a little curious.

Afterwards, several spies immediately cautiously entered Fancheng to investigate the situation.

After a while, a spy returned.

"Report to General Yang!"

"The Song army in Fancheng, along with the people, has all evacuated, and now the city is empty!"

The spies reported to Yang Poyu.

"What?"

"Fancheng is such an important place, Song Jun actually gave up easily?"

"Haha... Ha ha! ”

"Fan Cheng, which Guan Yu didn't win even half his life back then, can actually let me Yang Poyu pick it up for nothing!"

"Well... That's great! ”

"Tell me to go down, and everyone will immediately follow me and enter Fancheng!"

So Yang Poyu was surprised, and with his soldiers, he took Fancheng, which was across the river from Xiangyang, without bloodshed.

Qinzhou City.

"Repay Yu Dutong!"

"I heard that Xu Xian's army has already supported Guanzhong!"

"A few commanders on the front line, let me come back and ask you, do we still want to continue to attack Fengxiang Mansion?"

An envoy hurriedly came to see that the Song West Route Army was under control of Yu Yunwen.

"Li Xianzhong has surrendered to the enemy, Shao Hongyuan has been captured, and the Middle Route Army has been wiped out, and now Xu Thief's army can deal with our Western Route Army and Eastern Route Army with all their might!"

"It seems that this Northern Expedition is doomed to be hopeless for victory!"

"You go back and tell a few generals in command, let them wait for the opportunity to move!"

"Fengxiang Mansion will fight if it is down, and if it can't be beaten, withdraw it!"

"Withdraw!"

Yu Yunwen looked helpless at this time.

"Withdraw?"

"Could it be that Yu Dutong means that we are going to prepare to withdraw to Shudi?"

"Could it be that we have given up on this hard Northern Expedition like this?"

A general next to him immediately asked.

"Yes!"

"If you don't withdraw your troops, do you want to wait for Xu Thief reinforcements to counterattack us on a large scale, so that our army will be completely annihilated?"

"The original role of our Western Route Army was to contain Xu Thief, so that the two armies of the Middle Road and the East Road could exert their strength to eliminate Xu Thief's main force in the Central Plains!"

"But now that the Eastern Route Army has not made the expected progress, and the Middle Route Army has been defeated, what else can our Western Route Army do?"

"So retreat to Shu and preserve your strength is the most important thing!"

Yu Yunwen explained.

"But... But this time we have returned to Shu, and if we want to recover Guanzhong in the future, I am afraid that there is no hope anymore! ”

The generals seem to be unwilling.

"So what's the solution?"

"With Zhuge Kongming's talent back then, his many northern expeditions and attacks on Guanzhong have never been victorious, and we can't take this Guanzhong, isn't it normal?"

"Do you think that with our talents, who can compare to Zhuge Kongming back then?"

Yu Yunwen can only comfort himself with Zeng Zhuge Liang at this moment, and he is helpless to be forced to withdraw this time.

"Yes!"

"We really don't have anyone who can compare to Zhuge Kongming back then!"

"But... Xu Thief's subordinates did not have the so-called Sima Yi back then! ”

The generals still seem reluctant to accept the withdrawal.

"Who said that there is no Sima Yi under Xu Thief?"

"Don't you know that the name of Tudan Hexi is Xiao Sima?"

"If it weren't for the fact that this disciple Shan Hexi was so cunning, emulating Sima Yi everywhere and avoiding war with our army, why would our army be facing the current situation?"

"Prepare to retire!"

"Retreat!"

Yu Yunwen had already made a decision in his heart.