The weather in early August was already getting overcast, and the north wind from the Siberian plain was blowing the hills, and all the trees were gently swaying with the wind.

Yu Ban's landing tactics were obviously a failure. He lost more than 4,000 in this battle, of which less than 1,000 were killed, at least 2,000 died in the chaotic robbery of the ship and fled, and the remaining nearly 2,000 chose to surrender.

Zhou Budo looked at the embarrassed Cao Jun who fled, and even regretted whether he was too ruthless, in case the Cao army did not dare to land on the island to fight in the future, then what kind of excuse should they find to evacuate, and the sheep suit was defeated

What about "fleeing" to the south?

"Division...... Teacher. Deng Ai wiped the sweat from his forehead and trotted all the way back, and reported to Zhou Budo: "Battle..... The battlefield has been cleaned. "Shen Chen and Zhou Budo are both students of Song Zhong, and they are usually commensurate with brothers.

In the Han Dynasty, there was no theory of teachers and brothers, and at that time there were only the words of the same family or classmates, and there was no particularly strict relationship between teachers and disciples.

Later, Shen Chen set up his own door and carried forward Shen Xue to become a generation of Confucianism, so he standardized the titles, etiquette, and formats between the same doors, which made it easier for the group between the same doors to keep warm.

Although it doesn't sound good, no matter what era it is, a person's hard work can never be as good as a group of people with the same goal.

What Shen Chen advocated to his disciples was to support the unity of the country, maintain the development of the Han nation, ensure the survival and interests of the people, weaken the influence of the family lords, and strive to build a beautiful country where everyone has food and clothing.

When he does it alone, the resistance and difficulties he encounters are naturally endless. Only by building a professional team can someone help him do this thankless job and career together.

Now Zhou Budo has become another person who inherits his ideas after Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Pang Tong and others, and his disciples have Deng Ai, Xie Hui, Shan Yi and other outstanding talents, and he will one day be able to realize his vision.

After hearing Deng Ai's report, Zhou Budo nodded slightly, and then waved his hand and said: "The Cao army should not come to attack in the next few days, but you still have to be careful, my senior brother told me that I must hold on for 20 days, and I can only evacuate by the end of August, and I must not lose Yuliangzhou." ”

"Yui." Deng Ai bowed solemnly, his eyes full of determination. And when Ban and Zhou Budo took the lead in the first battle, Liu Bei, who was far away in Guanzhong, was still fighting Cao Cao.

This time, Liu Bei dispatched not the rabble recruited by Wudu, but the elite of a hundred battles under Guan Yu, 60,000 old team who followed him at the beginning, plus 10,000 people, 10,000 cavalry, and the total number of soldiers reached 80,000.

Due to the extremely long front, there were as many as 120,000 people drawn from Hanzhong alone, and the army was claimed to be 300,000.

This battle is actually very unfavorable for Liu Bei, Hanzhong is less than 300 kilometers away from Chang'an, but most of them are rolling mountains, and even the road is directly on the plank road on the cliff, it is extremely inconvenient to transport grain, and the Mid-Autumn Festival rainy season, rainy endlessly.

Even when Zhuge Liang was the most successful in history, he only killed Wuzhangyuan south of Yixian, and it was still a hundred kilometers away from Ganting in the south of Huaili, so Liu Bei was congenitally deficient in objective factors such as grain transportation and long-distance combat.

However, even if he knew that this battle was extremely unfavorable for him, Liu Bei had to forcibly go out. Because strategically, even if this battle is lost, Hanzhong will not be lost, as long as Hanzhong is not lost, then other losses are negligible.

And if the southern strategy is successful, he will be able to get the whole of Yangzhou and Jiaozhou. Therefore, although Pang Tong, Xu Shu, Fa Zheng, Jia Xu and others all thought that this victory was slim, Liu Bei also had to attack Chang'an and contain Cao Cao's main army.

Fifty miles south of Huaili County, this place is the Hou Xi'an City Hubei District, the ancient name of the county, the location of the Ganting is in the west of the county, there is a small river in the middle called the Shui River, for the later generations of the Yi District of the Flood River.

Liu Bei's army was stationed west of the River, and Cao Cao's army was stationed in Jucheng, east of the River. The reason why the two sides fought here was due to the following reasons, one was that the south of this place was the Meridian Road, and to the south of fifty miles was the Fu Luo Road, and a small force of several thousand people could be sent out of the Meridian Valley from Hanzhong to harass the flank of the Cao army.

The second is that this place can go straight to Wuguan all the way to the east, go straight to Chang'an in the northeast, and can gallop to help Nanyang, or it can be used as a momentum to attack Chang'an, which is an extremely important strategic place.

The third is the most important point, that is, it is closest to Chencang Road and Baochuan Road, which is convenient for transporting grain, otherwise if it is from other places, it will have to cross Weishui.

Therefore, based on the above points, sending troops to Juxian is the best choice. Cao Cao naturally understood this, so he urgently withdrew troops from Nanyang to help Guanzhong, the two sides were not much different, and they were both elite soldiers, the only difference was that Liu Bei's grain road was lengthy, and the supply was more difficult, so he couldn't fight for a long time.

At this moment, Liu Beiyingzhai in Ganting, the east, west and north are the vast and boundless Guanzhong Plain, and the south is the majestic and tall Qinling Giant Peak, and there are several rivers flowing out and flowing into the Weishui in the north.

Liu Bei stood on the high base in the village and watched, the Cao army camp on the other side of the river in the distance is constantly dispatching troops, there are soldiers and horses in the camp and the city of Juxian City constantly going back and forth, the waterlogging is not big, but the rainy season of the Qinling Mountains, the recent autumn rain in the upper reaches is continuous, so the waves are rolling, and the Cao army is building a pontoon bridge downstream.

"The King." Fa Zheng walked up to Liu Bei and bowed to him. Now along the line from Hanzhong to Ju County, Liu Bei's group is a fortress step by step, and there are sentry posts everywhere.

Jia Xu sat in Hanzhong and was responsible for the transportation of grain and grass, Pang Tong was the rear grain and grass center in the area of Tangyu Township in Wuzhangyuan, and Xu Shu Wei Yan was in Taiting, that is, the area of Zhouzhi County in later generations as the rear army to prevent Cao Cao from cutting off the grain route.

Liu Bei's main army, under the command of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Pang De, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Huang Quan, Guan Ping, from Ganting to the rear Taiting camp for more than 20 miles.

At this moment, Fa Zheng came over and said to Liu Bei: "Cao Cao's battle this time must be to fight with us as soon as possible, so that after repelling us, he will immediately rush to the aid of Nanyang. ”

"Hmm." Liu Bei looked at the east with deep eyes, and said softly: "It stands to reason that the widow should do this. ”

"Then why ......" Fa Zheng puzzled: "The king wants to order the soldiers and horses to be reorganized and leave the camp at noon?" Liu Bei unconsciously touched the gray hair on his temples, remembered the old face when he looked at the bronze mirror this morning, and sighed: "Filial piety, the widow is sixty years old." Since the beginning of the army in Zhuo County, how long has the conquest lasted for 30 years? However, the widow never defeated Cao Cao, so that the country collapsed, and the Han family was held by thieves. Fa Zheng said: "Since this is the case, then it should be more persistent, Kong Ming sent a letter to Hanzhong a few days ago, the letter said that Sun Quan has entered the Yan, the main force of soldiers and horses into Nanjun, waiting for Huang Zhong's army to dispatch, cooperate with Xiaoqing to annihilate his soldiers and horses, Jiangdong can be obtained." ”

"yes." Liu Bei sighed: "But as I said just now, the widow has lost a lifetime and escaped for a lifetime, and this time, I don't want to run away again." Because maybe after this time, the widow will never see Cao Cao again, if he has not defeated him in his whole life, wouldn't this life be very boring? ”

"Forehead......" Fa Zheng thought for a while, and then replied: "That being the case, please put on the royal crown and board the chariot, this time, the king should be condescending, let Cao Cao take a good look, the Han world, there is still a king like the pillar of optimus standing on the dome." ”

"Okay." Liu Bei nodded heavily. After noon, Cao's army crossed the river on a large scale from the pontoon bridge to the north of the waterlogged water.

Liu Beijun did not intercept it, because the Guanzhong Plain was unobstructed, and there was no place to ambush, and Liu Bei's army could be seen from a distance of more than ten miles on the opposite bank.

Therefore, if it is dispatched directly, at most, it is to let the Cao army withdraw to the north bank of the waterlogged water, which is useless for the war between the two sides, not to mention that the Cao army can also cross the river from Weishui in the north, in case the Cao army crosses the river on both sides, one side is contained here, and the other side comes from Weishui, wouldn't it be ambushed by the Cao army?

And Liu Bei wanted to fight Cao Cao head-on, in addition to the difficulty of transporting grain and grass supplies, and he couldn't fight for a long time, he believed that no matter in terms of troops, quality, equipment, and combat power, he would never fall behind.

In that case, what is there to be afraid of when the two sides face off against each other? Therefore, he did not hesitate to fight. After Cao's army crossed the river and assembled more than ten miles away from Liu Bei's army camp in the south, Liu Bei's side also began to mobilize the whole battalion of soldiers and began to line up out of the camp.

In this battle, in addition to Zhang Feima's more than 10,000 cavalry cruising to the northwest Taiting to prevent the Cao army cavalry from taking the opportunity to sneak attack the rear grain road, almost the main force was dispatched, and there were only more than 10,000 people left in the camp, and the 50,000 army marched out of the camp.

Cao Cao rode on a war horse, his face was also very old, his hair was gray and white, and he was also wearing the crown dress of the king of Wei, which was not as good as the emperor's, but it was the costume of the princes and kings, which was logically an act of transgression.

However, his power has reached the top in the north, not to mention violating the alliance of the white horse to be a king with a different surname, even if he usurps the throne and becomes the emperor, it is estimated that there is no hindrance, so no one can stop his arrogance, even Liu Bei can only blame, and he can't move a bit.

Behind Cao Cao, the vast plain was densely packed with black Cao soldiers, and further north, there were large areas of cavalry galloping, billowing gray smoke floating in the air, splashing countless dust.

The distance between the two sides was soon narrowing, and at a place about six miles away from Liu Bei's military camp, the people on both sides finally met.

About two miles to the east of them were flooded, and on all sides were vast plains. Once part of the fertile Guanzhong Plain, it has long been uncultivated due to years of war, and the dilapidated villages have disappeared, and the fields have turned into barren land and overgrown with weeds, becoming a happy land for herbivores such as hares and wild deer.

If you look down from the sky, you will see that the crowds on both sides are more than a mile apart, lined up in formations, stretching for several miles, divided into multiple squares, and facing each other from afar.

In front of the center of the formation, Liu Bei's chariot was majestic and tall, and he was wearing the crown clothes of the princes, with nine strings of crowns, second only to the twelve sons of heaven.

Condescendingly, looking down at Cao Cao in the distance, at least today, he is on an equal footing with Cao Cao in terms of status.

When Cao Cao saw this scene, he said to the left and right with some unhappiness: "The widow did not come out in the chariot, but Liu Bei, a shoe seller, was in a high position. Xu Chu said: "The king of Wei is relieved, the last general will take Liu Bei's middle battle and take the chariot for the king of Wei." ”

"Hahahahaha." Cao Cao laughed and stroked his beard and said: "What do you want to do with the chariot that Liu Bei has sat in, if you bring Liu Bei's head, the widow will be happy." ”

"Cao Cao!" At this moment, Liu Bei's chariot slowly drove forward, and he stood on the carriage and shouted: "Do you dare to come out and catch up with the old people?" ”

"Hmph." Cao Cao glanced at the distance, Guan Yu was holding a knife and sitting on the side of the red rabbit horse to protect him, so he patted the horse forward and said, "Why don't you dare." "The two sides quickly approached.

When they arrived in the center of the battle array, the two were about six or seven zhang away, Guan Yu protected Liu Bei, and Xu Chu protected Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei, who also had an old face, and suddenly felt a little emotional. Cao Cao never thought that the person he once admired would become his biggest opponent in the future.

Even if he has been defeated repeatedly, even if he has never bargained for it in his own hands. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Tao Qian, and those strong enemies failed to stop Cao Cao's indomitable progress, but Liu Bei, who was driven to run around at that time, stood in his footsteps to unify the world.

Maybe that's life. At the end of time, it is not that you have a lot of power, but that a person who you once looked down on and was far inferior to you, but finally moved forward, not only catching up with you, being on an equal footing with you, and even wanting to surpass you.

The fate of the world is so wonderful, just as Qin Shi Huang did not find the elixir in his life, Guan Yu, who he dreamed of, resolutely left him and returned to Liu Bei after beheading Yan Liang.

"Cloud Chief." Cao Cao looked at Guan Yu and said unconsciously: "You are also a lot older. ”

"Sikong." Guan Yu still called him as before, and said, "People will always grow old and die." Only if you don't waste your life can you be a husband. ”

"Hahahahaha." Cao Cao laughed and said, "The widow's life has not been wasted. Xuande, you were just a general under the widow's tent back then, repeatedly betrayed the court, and was chased by the widow like a chicken dog, do you think you can defeat the widow today? Liu Bei stood on the car and said seriously: "Meng De's kindness back then is unforgettable, but the Han is a big Han beaten down by the ancestors, and the public wants to take it for himself, so he doesn't agree, and the ancestors don't agree." Thanks to the favor of the year, but I have begged Yuan Shu for Meng De, conquered Lu Bu, and Yun Chang also beheaded Yan Liang for Meng De, this favor has been repaid, and then, it is time to prepare to recapture the ancestral country. ”

"Huh." Cao Cao sneered: "You are a person who has no virtue, and you dare to call the number of days? How did you get beaten by me and run away in embarrassment, today is just a repetition of the past, you still have to think about how to escape. ”

"Prepare this time, never escape!" Liu Bei looked at him with a solemn gaze and said firmly: "Cao Mengde, this battle, let's win it." After saying that, he did not hesitate to order the coachman to go back.

Heaven and earth seemed to be flashing with a trace of thunder because of these loud words. It's August. The autumn wind is up.

It's about to rain too.