"What did you say?"

When Cao Cao heard the news that Chen Gong had brought back, his voice raised a lot.

He was full of confidence, and before he finished his words, he sent a message back and said that Xinye was gone?

In front of Zhang Song, he was slapped in the face so quickly!

Even Zhang Song was shocked, their Sichuan and Shu army has not yet appeared, and Cao Cao is about to disappear?

Should I leave Cao Cao alone and run back to Sichuan?

It seems dangerous to stay in Xiangyang.

"Yang Zhao has hit Fancheng!"

Chen Gong had no choice but to repeat and said: "Zhicai and they are already on the way back. ”

"How could we, lose so quickly?" Cao Cao asked loudly.

Chen Gong couldn't answer this question.

The news of the specific defeat has not yet come back, and they are also confused now.

"Duke Chu!"

Zhang Song asked in disbelief: "You Xiangyang, can you still hold it?" ”

"Of course you can hold it!"

Cao Cao's mood eased, and he understood that he couldn't be excited now, and he had to calm down before he could take countermeasures, and said: "Zhang Ziqiao, you go back and tell your Hanzhong King immediately, we will continue to cooperate and resist Yang Zhao together, don't forget, if I am gone, you Hanzhong King will not have a good time." ”

Zhang Song's worries were exactly like this, and he promised: "Okay! ”

Next, Zhang Song left.

Cao Cao immediately gathered everyone together to discuss what else to do, when another news came, which made them feel desperate.

"My lord, the family in Jingzhou said that they will no longer support us, and they will not provide any more supplies such as grain and grass."

Cheng Yu said eagerly: "Among them, it is led by the Huang family in Cannan, what should we do?" ”

"It's the Huang family again, how dare Huang Rong?" Cao Cao was furious.

He should have wiped out the Huang family from the beginning, and he shouldn't rely too much on the family, and now he was stabbed by the family, he hated it!

"Come on, destroy all those families!"

Cao Cao shouted angrily.

Chen Qun was the first to stop: "The lord is angry, you must not destroy the family, under those families, there are tribes, and there are still a lot of people gathered, and you can form an army." We are dealing with Yang Zhao, and if we divide our troops to deal with the family, we will not have enough troops. ”

He is a member of the family, for the sake of the group of the family, how can Cao Cao do this.

The people from other families around him are all so persuasive.

Resolutely safeguard the interests of the family group and cannot be destroyed by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's anger gradually subsided.

"What should we do?" Cao Cao asked again.

Yang Zhaodu is about to kill Xiangyang, what else can they do?

The strategists around him anxiously thought of a way.

——

Yang Zhao was almost resting in Fancheng.

At this time, the rain finally stopped, the embankments of the Hanshui and other rivers were completely blocked, and the reconstruction of Fancheng could be carried out smoothly after the arrival of the construction team.

With the impact of destroying the river embankment, the flow of the Han River is not as turbulent as it was at the beginning.

Yang Zhao and the others easily crossed the river and went directly to Xiangyang to kill.

Not long after, Yang Zhao led the army to the edge of the moat outside Xiangyang City.

In order to defend the city of Xiangyang, Cao Cao processed the moat.

The digging was wider and deeper.

At this time, suspension bridges and other things have long been destroyed, and to cross the moat, it is necessary to build pontoon bridges, or use rafts, or even drain the water from the moat, and then fill the riverbed.

Cao Cao gathered all the troops of Jingzhou in Xiangyang, and artillery and other firearms were all arranged on the bank of the moat, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at Yang Zhao in the north.

There are also large armies stationed on the shore.

Just waiting for Yang Zhao's arrival.

Now that Yang Zhao is here, the soldiers stationed on the bank of the moat were a little trembling with fright, and hurriedly went back to report, and after waiting for a long time, Cao Cao came out of the city.

"Cao Mengde, we meet again." Yang Zhao laughed.

Cao Cao endured his anger and said coldly: "Yang Mingguang, we have already said that we will make peace, draw the river and govern each other, and do not interfere with each other, why do you still come to attack me?" ”

Yang Zhao shrugged his shoulders and said, "If I don't beat you, will you come to beat me in the future?" It will definitely come, sooner or later we will have a war to the death, and you don't need to show yourself too noble, take any peace too formal, it's just expedient. ”

After a pause, he continued: "If you are willing to surrender the city, I can not kill you, and I can still let your Cao family live well, without worrying about food and clothing, how about it?" ”

Cao Cao said in a loud voice: "Even if I die, I won't surrender!" ”

"Backbone!"

Yang Zhao smiled appreciatively, and said aloud: "I hope that when Xiangyang City is broken, you still have such backbone, for the sake of us who used to be friends, I came to persuade you to surrender and give you a chance, if you refuse to surrender, you will not be friends in the future." ”

Cao Cao retorted: "We have long ceased to be friends. ”

Yang Zhao said: "No longer a friend? That's what you said, so I'm not welcome. ”

After that, Yang Zhao didn't fight directly.

Cao Cao asked people to be on the shore to strengthen the defense, and at the same time sent people to urge Liu Bei and ask Liu Bei when he would come soonest.

Xiangyang is now defended by a moat.

If Yang Zhao was allowed to hit the edge of the city wall, he was worried that the city wall would not be able to stop Yang Zhao's bombardment.

——

Zhang Song hurried back, and when he came to Yangqu County, he and Liu Bei went east, preparing to meet the army that cooperated with Cao Cao.

"Ziqiao, what's wrong?" Liu Bei asked.

Zhang Song said: "When I came back, Yang Zhao defeated Fancheng, and according to the time, it should be under Xiangyang City now, and Cao Cao urged us to go east as soon as possible. ”

"So fast?"

Fa Zheng said in shock.

It's really too fast.

Far beyond their predictions.

Xu Shu said: "It seems that Xiangyang can't last long. ”

Liu Bei asked, "Cao Cao can't hold Xiangyang?" ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said: "There is a great possibility that you can't hold it, Cao Cao is gone, and we are fast, so we must speed up the speed of going east, but I think that there is no need to go to Xiangyang again, can Ziqiao go to Xiangyang again?" ”

"Of course no problem!"

Zhang Song agreed.

He is not afraid, Xiangyang is surrounded by Yang Zhao, and he will be inseparable.

"You go and tell Cao Cao that if Xiangyang can't hold it, immediately abandon the city and go south to the Yangtze River, and we will meet him at the Yangtze River." Pang Tong said.

Zhang Song nodded slightly, just rested for a while, then took the people around him and continued to rush to Xiangyang.

Liu Bei didn't have much confidence and asked, "Strategist, can we really fight?" ”

Pang Tong said: "It may not be able to fight, but in any case, we have to give it a try, there is still hope for fighting, if you stand by and watch, you are waiting for death, unless the lord is willing to surrender." ”

Now surrendering, he is very unwilling.

Finally, he laid a piece of the world, and he didn't want to give it to Yang Zhao, as long as he still had a chance, he wanted to resist to the end.

"No surrender!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said: "Then let's give it a try, no matter what, I have to defend Sichuan and Shu, and I don't want Yang Zhao to succeed!" ”