Wars come and go as fast as they come. At three o'clock in the afternoon, that is, at about six o'clock in the evening, the war was completely over.

Xiahoudun was shot by Huang Zhong with an arrow, and Cao's army fell into chaos. At this time, Huang Zhong opened the gate of Zhuyang City, and the soldiers in the city attacked, cooperating with Zhao Yun on the river, and surrounded Cao's army on three sides.

Cao Jun was tired and sleepy at this time, and the main general fell, with almost no ability to resist. To describe the defeat of the army as a mountain can be regarded as a compliment to them.

Because more than eighty percent of Cao's army almost threw down their weapons and chose to surrender almost the moment the Jingzhou army was killed.

The remaining two percent of Cao's army had sporadic resistance, and some did not want to be prisoners and chose to abandon their armor and escape.

Some people ran to the Qinling Mountains in the west in a panic, some people subconsciously turned around and wanted to go to Jiangxinzhou, and some even jumped into the water from the river, delusionally thinking of swimming across the river and escaping back to Xiangyang.

But these were all in vain, the river was controlled, the city was all Jingzhou army, and the retreat route was also cut off by the fleet, and no one could escape from this net.

Soon Cao's army was completely annihilated, and all the soldiers who surrendered were captured and imprisoned in the camp outside the city.

The entire area of Zhuyang and Yin County was occupied by the Jingzhou army. Even the reinforcements sent by Xiahou Yuan were defeated by Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun's troops on the second day, and even the general Liu Zhu was killed by Zhao Yun in the chaos.

Two days later, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun took the captives back to Yicheng by boat, plus the prisoners of Sun Quan's army in Dangyang, and now Cao Sun is imprisoned in the two cities with more than 100,000 surrendered troops.

Such a large number of prisoners not only caused management pressure on the 40,000 Zhang Xiu Department, Liao Hua Department, and Meng Da Department who were guarding the prisoners of war, but also made the logistics even more tense, so that Shen Chen had to send a message to Kou Feng who went to Jingnan, asking him to collect grain and grass in Jingnan.

Now that Jingnan has been recovered, because Sun Quan was eager to go north to capture Jiangling Yidao and Xiakou, he did not have time to carry out sustainable fishing in Jingnan, so Jingnan has not been affected by the war at present.

The people should farm, cultivate, and live. Although due to the lack of the government, those families who were once suppressed by Liu Bei made a comeback, and they wanted to oppress the people in the fish and meat township.

But as Kou Feng returned to Changsha, officials from all walks of life who had fled also returned, and order was soon restored.

And Kou Feng has an impatient temperament, somewhat similar to Liu Bei when he was young, jealous and hateful, and after learning that those big families had taken refuge in Sun Quan and became the leading party, he immediately carried out a purge.

After hearing about the fall of Lü Meng and Sun Jiao, many families rushed to Jiaozhou, Yangzhou and other places, and the rest of them were still waiting and watching, either those who did not participate in the rebellion and honestly kept their duty, or those who still hoped that the situation of the war would change.

For the former, most of them are family officials in Yizhou, and have accepted Liu Bei's official position, status and money in exchange for land and population, these people belong to the Guishun faction, and Kou Feng did not do anything to them.

But for the latter, he is not welcome. Because he himself is a native of Changsha and belongs to the local family of Changsha, and his uncle is also a local family of Changsha, the union of the two families, plus his soldiers and horses, soon swept the entire Jingnan and killed many families.

With the southward movement of Kou Feng in September, and the restoration of order in Jingnan in October, and the resumption of government operations, Shen Chen could collect this year's grain and grass, and then levy and issue forced labor, so as to reduce the burden on Yizhou.

A few days later, in mid-October, in just seven or eight days, the news of Xiahoudun's beheading quickly spread throughout the north, and for a while, the entire Han world was shocked.

You must know that although Xiahoudun never won the war, and was once kidnapped, later generations jokingly called him the general of the meat ticket, but his promotion never stopped.

During the Cao Cao period, he became a former general; During the Cao Pi period, he was even more of a general. When he died in history, Cao Pi, who had usurped the throne as the emperor, personally dressed him in linen and filial piety, and in terms of status, he was the second person in the entire Cao Wei group, second only to Cao Cao.

The consequences of his beheading were no less than the killing of Guan Yu of Liu Bei's group. The blow and impact on the Cao Wei Group is incalculable.

And Shen Chen's war, from June into a desperate situation, to the end of August desperate situation, and then the army to the north, in just over a month, flooded Fancheng, captured in the ban, beheaded Xiahou, Henan bandits went crazy, the people of the northern rebellion Cao Wei were all led by its number, the prestige of the limelight was unparalleled for a while, and it was called the mighty Huaxia.

In Yancheng, Nanyang, the first to learn the news of Xiahou Yuan's killing was Xiahou Yuan and Xu Huang Zangba. In the Yancheng Mansion, Xiahou Yuan was scarlet with Tong Kong, looking at the information detected by the scouts in his hand, and roared angrily: "This is impossible, absolutely impossible!" Yuan Rang had tens of thousands of troops, how could he be killed like this? This must be the fake news released by Shen Chen to disturb the hearts of our army! But when he said this, his eyes didn't know why, and tears had already flowed out, and the tears seemed to have blood stains, and in the end, the whole person was so sad that even if he endured it, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

"General......" Xu Huang sighed: "Withdraw the troops, Ling Jun is right, Fu Fang has surrendered, and our entire withdrawal plan is known to Shen Chen." He intercepted and killed the former general, Xiangyang, halfway, and he couldn't save it. If we don't withdraw our troops, I'm afraid ....."

"Woo woo woo woo..... Yuan Rang ...... "Xiahou Yuan finally couldn't help it and cried, although he and Xiahou Yuan are not brothers, but for the sake of being brothers, they have always had a deep relationship, how can they not be very sad when they learn of his death?"

Zang Ba also persuaded: "General, Shen Chen's morale is now booming, but just as Ling Jun said lastly, his rear is also unstable, and even if he wins, it will only be a miserable victory." In the future, Jiangdong will inevitably be destroyed first, and we will now withdraw to Henan, and we can still save the soldiers and horses. ”

"I ......" Xiahou Yuan couldn't cry anymore, but in the evening, he finally issued an order to withdraw his troops, and Cao Jun retreated in a panic.

However, Xiahou Yuan still did not lose his mind at all, he ordered Xu Huang and Zang Ba to lead 50,000 people to retreat to Henan, and he led 40,000 people from Wuguan to the north, return to Shangluo, and regain control of Wuguan.

Because if he doesn't do this, then it is to hand over the control of Wuguan, Shen Chen is now invincible where the front of the army is going, and the control of Wuguan changes hands, he can take the pass from Wuguan directly and sneak attack Cao Cao's rear.

At that time, Cao Cao in Guanzhong was also in danger. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan had to guard the Wuguan Pass, and he must not let Shen Chen pass.

In the northern region, the news also spread rapidly, Lu Hunmin Sun Wolf, Guanzhong people Zheng Gan, Lu Shuihu, Wang Zhao, Runan people Wang Fu, and countless thieves and robbers entrenched in Dabie Mountain and Funiu Mountain south of Chendu, heard the news and cheered.

On the other hand, Cao Pi in Yecheng had a difficult time, the world thought that the Cao Wei group was strong, and it was easy to mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, but in fact, the strong was strong, but there were many places to defend.

Wuhuan in the north often rebelled, and the Xianbei tribes were not unified, there were pro-Wei people like Bu Dugen, and there were also people like Kirby Neng, who were superficially obedient, but in fact there were dissidents.

Therefore, Cao Wei had many garrisons in the north, such as Cao Zhang, Yan Rou, Tian Yu and others were all in Youzhou and other places to guard against the Karasuma Xianbei tribes.

The south is the top priority, although because of Sun Quan's alliance with it, almost all the soldiers and horses in Huainan and Xuzhou were transferred to Nanyang, but Cao Cao belonged to a multi-front battle, Youzhou and the state had soldiers and horses, Guanzhong and Liu Bei fought, Nanyang and Shen Chen fought.

If it weren't for Sun Quan's collusion with him, there would still be more than one line in the Huainan region, so in fact, the Cao Wei group fought everywhere, the internal military service was serious, and the soldiers and the people rebelled, which made Cao Pi anxious.

For this reason, he could only re-recruit some recruits in Yecheng, and sent Zheng Hun, Gao Qian, Shi Jian and others to crusade, but Sun Wolf Wang Fu and others could not resist and fled to Nanyang to join Shen Chen.

Guanzhong Liu Bei also quickly got the news. In fact, at this time, Liu Bei was also the end of the strong crossbow, and in history, he fought the battle of Hanzhong nearby, which led to instability in the rear and was forced to withdraw his troops back to Bashu to stabilize the rear.

Now he is out of Hanzhong, into the Guanzhong region, traveling hundreds of kilometers, and taking the initiative to attack Cao Wei's Chang'an City.

With such a long logistical supply line, you can imagine how much pressure it puts on him. But fortunately, they all survived.

In Liu Beijun's military camp in Ganting, they have been confronting Cao Cao for more than three months, and the daily transportation of grain and grass in the rear is extremely difficult.

Liu Bei fought against Cao Cao almost on thin ice, and under the advice and advice of the strategists, he did not dare to make any mistakes, attacked carefully, defended carefully, and carefully observed everything about Cao's army.

The caution is almost distressing. Because all his advisers and his own heart are telling him - believe in Xiaoqing.

If Shen Chen's defeat of Lu Meng, going north to flood Fancheng, and capturing Yu Ban only made Liu Bei breathe a sigh of relief, then when the news of Xiahoudun's beheading came, it was enough for him to finally raise his eyebrows.

"Hahahahaha." In the main general's camp, all the generals of Yizhou were there, and Guan Yufa was beside him, Liu Bei couldn't suppress the smile on his face and laughed insolently.

Everyone had a smile on their faces, and everyone felt happy from the bottom of their hearts. Although the road from Nanyang to Guanzhong was cut off, Shen Chen sent people to release carrier pigeons, as early as October 10, Zhuge Liang had learned the news that Xiahoudun was beheaded, so he immediately released the carrier pigeon and sent it to Hanzhong.

Jia Xu sat in Hanzhong, but Hanzhong did not send carrier pigeons to the front line, so he quickly went out of the ramp and forwarded the letter sent by Shen Chen to Jiangzhou to Pang Tong.

Pang Tong was planning grain and grass in the Wuzhang Plains, and he immediately sent someone to transfer the letter to Xu Shu Wei Yan in Taiting, and finally sent it to the front line.

Although it took seven or eight days due to the long distance, it was so-called

"A good meal is not afraid of being late, and a good word is not too slow." When the news reached Liu Bei's side, the morale of the army soared, which made the officers and men of the whole army feel uplifted.

"The King." Fa Zheng saw that Liu Bei was very happy, so he immediately said: "Xiaoqing's big victory this time has inspired Jingshu, and it should be announced to the whole army, and the whole world will celebrate together." ”

"Hmm." Liu Bei nodded approvingly and said, "Then do it." Fa Zheng said: "At present, Xiaoqing is attacking Sun Quan in the east of Nanyang, breaking Cao Cao in the north, and the rebellion in the rear is not stopped, Cao Cao must be worried that he will take advantage of the situation to go north and attack Henan, and he will probably choose to retreat to Chang'an and return to Guandong. ”

"Okay." Liu Bei's eyes showed a touch of perseverance, and he said in a deep voice: "Cao Cao has been fighting with the widow for many years, and he has been defeated repeatedly, and I will make Cao Cao pay the price in this battle!" After that, he began to dispatch troops, and ordered Guan Yu to be the general, take the lead in crossing the river to occupy the riverbank, and personally recruit for the Chinese army, Zhang Feimachao's cavalry as the flank, and Fa Zheng sat in the rear camp.

The rest of the generals Pang De, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, Huang Quan, Lei Tong, Yang Ren, Dong Ju, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Gao Xiang, Yang Bai, and Yang Ang set out on a mighty expedition.

At this time, in Juxian County, Cao Wei Xiangguo Zhong Xuan looked at the letter in his hand that was urgently sent from the direction of Wuguan, and his face was solemn as if he could drip water.

After Xiahoudun was killed, due to the distance, Shen Chen blocked the news, and it was not until three days later that Xiahou Yuan was rewarded by the scouts who risked his life to investigate, and hurriedly sent people from Wuguan to pass the message in the direction of Guanzhong.

The front line of Xiangfan is more than 500 kilometers away from Ju County, and even if they change horses and people along the way, it will take four days to rush to Chang'an, so they got the news that it was not much different from Liu Bei.

It stands to reason that after Zhong Xuan got the letter, he should immediately send someone to Chang'an to give Cao Cao a little shock from the southern battlefield.

But the news ...... Zhong Miao was afraid that when Cao Cao found out, it would not be a small shock, but a big death.

Cao Cao is now recuperating in Chang'an, his head wind is getting worse and worse, the pain is unbearable, and he can't even come to the front line, which shows the seriousness of his condition.

If you want to report it..... Even...... Zhong Xuan hesitated. The eldest son next to him, Zhong Yu, saw that his face was wrong, so he asked, "Father, what's wrong?" ”

"Ugh." Zhong Xuan let out a long sigh: "Shen Chen killed the former general, and the southern front was defeated. ”

"Huh?" Zhong Yu was shocked: "Then why don't you report to King Wei immediately?" Zhong Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "King Wei is in poor health, if he gets this news, wouldn't it be ......"

"Uh....." Zhong Yu hesitated: "But it is also a big sin to conceal and not report, if King Wei learns afterwards, I am afraid that it will be difficult for my father." ”

"Forget it." Zhong Xuan waved his hand: "Send someone to Dong Zhao, let Dong Zhao and Sima Yi have a headache." "It's all about playing the ball.

He gave the news to Dong Zhao and them, and Dong Zhao and they had to hesitate to report it to Cao Cao. If Cao Cao hangs up because of this matter, it is none of his business.

So it's uncomfortable, but Zhong Miao feels that even if the southern line is defeated, the Liu Bei Group and the Cao Cao Group are very tight in the rear, and Shen Chen probably can't afford to go north, so let's do it first.

At that moment, Zhong Yu also listened to his father's order and sent someone to send the letter to Chang'an immediately. But it didn't take long for another piece of news to arrive.

Liu Bei's army set out, began to give up holding on to the camp, took the initiative to attack, crossed the waterlogging, and came towards Ju County.

Zhong Miao had to abandon the psychological blow caused to him by the rout on the southern front, encouraged the soldiers to cheer up the army, and ordered all the armies to wait for Liu Bei to attack.

It's just that what Zhong Miao didn't know was that Cao Cao's head wind was slightly better these days. Early this morning, after getting out of bed and walking around, Cao Cao felt that he could do it again, and was worried about the situation on the battlefield in the south, so he decided to set off back to Juxian County and continue to conquer Liu Bei in person.

Just after mid-morning, Cao Cao rode out of the south gate of Chang'an with the tiger and leopard, and set off towards Haojing in the southwest of Chang'an.

Juxian is located in the southwest of Haojing, if Liu Bei breaks through Juxian, then Chang'an will have no danger to defend, all the way to the northeast, you can get to Chang'an outside the city, so Cao Cao had to personally sit in the town to resist Liu Bei's attack.

But at this time, he had not yet arrived at Hokyung, and when he was far away from the road, he saw several knights rushing towards him, and the two sides met on the road.

Cao Cao saw their costumes and knew that they were the front-line soldiers under his command, so he ordered Cao Chun to call those scouts over and ask about the situation on the front line.

Soon the soldiers came, they were the messengers sent by Zhong Xuan to deliver a letter to Chang'an. After coming over, Cao Cao asked, "What are you going to do?" The messengers squeaked and hesitated: "Back to the King of Wei, it was Xiangguo who ordered us to send the letter from Nanyang to Chang'an. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao suddenly came to his senses, thinking that Guo Jia's strategy had taken effect, and Xiahoudun successfully withdrew to Nanyang, so he smiled and said, "Show the widow." ”

"This ......" The messenger hesitated for a moment, and Zhong Xuan specially instructed them not to hand it over to Cao Cao, but to Dong Zhao.

"Huh?" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and looked at them,

"Didn't you hear the command of the widow?"

"Zeng!" Next to him, Cao Chun, Xu Chu and other guards immediately pulled out their swords. The Wei army is strict in governing the army, and if the subordinates dare not listen to the boss, the boss has the right to kill the other party.

Their sword soldiers frightened the messengers and kowtowed: "The king of Wei spared his life, it was Xiangguo who asked us to hand over the military sacrifice wine, and did not let us show it to the king of Wei." ”

"Bring it!" When Cao Cao heard this, he immediately realized that it was not good and scolded him harshly.

"Yui." The messenger did not dare to slack off, so he took the letter with both hands. Cao Cao took the letter, saw Xiahou Yuan's name on it, there was no Xiahou Yuan and Guo Jia, and suddenly felt bad, opened it, and the first sentence that caught his eye was the news of Guo Jia's death.

"Bonghyo!" Cao Cao only felt that the sky was spinning, and he almost fell off his horse.

"King Wei." Next to him, Xu Chu, Cao Chun, Sima Yi, Dong Zhao, Jiang Ji and others hurriedly hugged and helped.

"It doesn't matter." Cao Cao was slowly helped off the horse, waved his hand, soothed his mind, and then picked up the letter and continued to read it.

Later, I saw Xiahou Yuan write in the letter that Guo Jia died of illness and Fu Fang defected, so that the plan to cover Xiahoudun's retreat failed, Shen Chen sent Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun to intercept and kill Xiahoudun, and Xiahoudun was shot by Huang Zhong in the chaos.

"Yuan Rang, Yuan Rang." This time, Cao Cao couldn't hold on any longer, he only felt a tightness in his chest, and blood spurted from the corners of his mouth, staining the white paper scarlet.

"King Wei!" The crowd hurriedly held him up. Cao Cao only felt a splitting headache, his eyes were black, he fainted softly, and before he collapsed, he only left one sentence: "Let Zhong Xuan withdraw to Chang'an!" ”