Back in Luoyang, it has been a long time.

Yang Zhao's various conjectures about Taiping Dao were put aside for the time being, and the next thing to do was to continue to calm the world, fight Cao Cao, and not give Cao Cao a chance to breathe.

The grain and grass in the army, as well as the soldiers who went out to fight, had almost been assembled before Yang Zhao went to the west.

After Yang Zhao came back, he accompanied his wife and children for a while, and then directly sent troops south and went to Jingzhou to kill again.

The naval division in the army was transferred accordingly.

The Ganning of the Lujiang River, through various tributaries of the Yangtze River, began to penetrate deep into Jingzhou.

Ma Jun and the warships they built are more and more numerous.

Now they are basically equipped in the army, in order to help Yang Zhao conquer Jingzhou, destroy Cao Cao, and pacify the southern part of the Han Dynasty.

Soon, Yang Zhao came to Yuzhou.

The spies sent by Cao Cao found out about Yang Zhao's movements, and hurriedly sent the news back, so anxious that they couldn't do it.

"Yang Zhao has finally gone south!"

When Cao Cao received the news from the spies, he immediately called all the people around him to discuss what to do.

Through Xianbei and Yang Zhao to go to Kangju, Cao Cao won a lot of time.

Those firearms were produced in mass quantities and in increasing quantities.

Sima Fu brought the technology to them, and even made seamless steel pipes, which could make guns like rifles and other guns that fired continuously.

These technologies were all stolen by Sima Fu from Taiping Road, and all of them were handed over to Cao Liu and them free of charge, but Cao Cao was still very uneasy when he got the news that Yang Zhao was going south, and felt that he was not an opponent, and he was afraid that he would not be able to win this battle.

"Zhicai, how is it good?"

Cao Cao set his sights on Xi Zhong.

Xi Zhong said: "In terms of weapons, our weapons may not be as good as Yang Zhao. But you can put a large number of weapons in Xinye first, prepare for defense, and Wancheng can give up. We will form a defensive line in Xinye, and if we can block it, we will continue to block it, and if we can't stop it, we can only give up Xiangyang and flee to the south. ”

Chen Gongdao: "According to Zhicai, we are in Xiangyang, and we have to be ready to leave?" ”

"As it should be!"

Xi Zhong said: "In the south of Jingzhou, the river network is dense, which is an obstacle for Yang Zhao! We have been rooted in Jingzhou for so long, and we are familiar with everything in the south, if we want to retreat, we can only use the advantages of the river network and hold on to Yang Zhao. At the same time, we have to contact Liu Bei in Sichuan and Shu, if we are defeated and our lips are cold, Liu Bei will definitely be willing to send troops to support. ”

Cao Cao spread out a map, studied it for a moment, and agreed: "Zhicai is right! Pass my order, everyone pack up their things, and if Xinye can't stop Yang Zhao, retreat to the south as soon as possible. ”

That's the only thing they do.

After all, Yang Zhao's strength is in front of him, if he can't fight and is not ready to run away, he may not be able to escape.

"Fengxian, can you still fight again?"

Cao Cao's gaze fell on Lu Bu.

In that battle, Lu Bu was completely defeated by Yang Zhao, and he was beaten to the point that he didn't even have self-confidence.

Until now, it hasn't been able to recover.

Cao Cao knew about Lu Bu's situation and was worried that he would not be able to go to the battlefield again, and his subordinates would lose a fierce general.

There are fierce generals, and maybe they can delay Yang Zhao for a while.

"Yes!"

Lu Bu's tone was not as confident as at the beginning, but he couldn't help fighting.

"Good!"

Cao Cao said solemnly: "Feng Xian is the main general, Wen Chang, Ji Chang, Zilian and Zixiao, you follow, and then fight Yang Zhao, I don't believe it, I can't beat Yang Zhao." ”

Xi Zhong said: "Lord, I ask to go to Xinye. ”

Cao Cao agreed: "Okay, but Zhicai should pay attention to safety." ”

There is a military advisor to follow, who can better command the battle, and of course he agreed.

Xi Zhong nodded slightly.

If there is danger, he is confident that he can predict it in advance and withdraw from Shinno.

"Fight!"

Cao Cao shouted again.

This is a decisive battle for them.

If you can defeat and block Yang Zhao, it won't be a big problem.

Otherwise, it is one step closer to perdition.

Among Cao's army, the whole army lined up, and under the leadership of Xi Zhong and Lu Bu, they went north to Xinye.

At the same time, in Xiangyang City, they were all packing up their things.

Ready to run.

The people who contacted Liu Bei were also sent out.

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After Yang Zhao came to Yuzhou, it was already evening, and he was temporarily stationed to rest.

"The lord can contact Huang Gong of Xunan and ask him to disturb Cao Cao's rear." Jia Xu happened to make a suggestion.

Cao Cao relied on more wealthy families.

If the Huang family is used and the family's support for Cao Cao is cut off, the rear will be chaotic.

What's more, when those families saw Yang Zhao defeated, they would first have special thoughts, and they might have wanted to surrender a long time ago, so they waited for Yang Zhao to persuade them to surrender.

"Shadow, go arrange it."

Yang Zhao adopted this plan.

The shadow people around him quickly left the barracks.

Xun You said: "According to the current time, Cao Cao already knows that the news of our southward movement is very likely to send someone to intercept it. ”

Jia Xu said disdainfully: "Cao Cao's interception, at most, is in Xinye, and it won't have much impact on us, and it is actually very easy to hit Xiangyang." ”

"But the timing of our play doesn't seem to be the right time."

Zhou Yu looked up at the sky and said worriedly: "It's July and August, which is the season of abundant rain, and it may be difficult for us northern soldiers to adapt to the rainy season in the south. ”

Once it rains, a lot happens.

For example, it is not conducive to marching, for example, it will attract waterlogging, or epidemics.

"Just prepare the herbs."

Sun Quan also followed in the army, also as a person from the south, he was quite familiar with Jingzhou, Sun Jian was the Taishou of Changsha before, they stayed in Jingzhou for a while, so they followed to lead the way, and said: "In the medical school of the lord, Huashen Medicine has researched a lot of medicines, and it is easy to prevent diseases." ”

Yang Zhao said: "Prepare it, arrange for someone to go back, contact Hua Yuanhua, and send a large amount of medicine." ”

What they say, you have to guard against.

"The shadow will go south first, and find out what Cao Cao's movements are now, and who will resist our army." Yang Zhao finally said.

The shadow people were sent out one after another.

All kinds of preparations in the army have also been made.

Rested for the night.

Early the next morning, Yang Zhao and the others continued to move south, and soon came to the outside of Wancheng.

Although Cao Cao said that he would give up Wancheng, there were still thousands of people stationed in Wancheng, and when they saw Yang Zhao coming, they immediately lit the beacon, and a black smoke rushed into the sky.

In the south of Wancheng, there are many beacon towers.

Seeing that Wancheng was ignited, the beacon towers in the south were also lit one after another, and the soldiers stationed there abandoned the city and ran away, sending the news back.

As soon as they arrived in Xinye, they found that black smoke rushed into the sky from the north.

"Yang Zhao is here!"

Xi Zhong said in a deep voice: "It's so fast! ”

Hearing this, Lu Bu, who was standing beside him, had a very uneasy feeling.

This is directly frightened by Yang Zhao, destroyed self-confidence, frustrated pride, and left sequelae, so that he dare not face Yang Zhao again.