Yu Ban's entire army was annihilated, and Cao Ren had no hope of getting out of trouble.

The battle report was transmitted back to Xudu, and the government and the opposition were shocked.

At the end of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao couldn't wait for the end of the New Year, and he couldn't wait for Xun Yu to prepare the materials, so he personally led more than 200,000 soldiers and horses to go straight to the Nanyang realm to kill.

Guan Yu was captured by the ban on the earthquake in China, and Cao Cao forcibly recruited the people in order to conquer the south, and their respective factors induced changes in the surrounding situation.

Cao Cao's army had just arrived in Ye County, Yingchuan Jia County, Henan Liang County, Hongnong Luhun and other places, all of which had strong actions in response to Guan Yu.

Liang County and Lu Hun rebelled with Cao Hong and Cao Xiu, while Jiaxian was only more than 100 miles away from Ye County, and they slapped Cao Cao in the face.

However, Cao Cao was skillful in the use of troops, and he was calm and did not respond impulsively, that is, the general Cheng Yu of Fenwu was conscripted, and the army continued to march in the direction of Wancheng.

In the first month of the following year, Cao Cao's army arrived in Wancheng.

Guan Yu didn't dare to let Cao Cao's army cross the river and march to Linyu County like he did against Yu Ban.

The Ganning Navy wanted to stop Cao's army from rushing to cross, and relaxed its vigilance on the rest of the waters, so they asked Li Tong, the Taishou of Runan, to seize the opportunity to use simple boats and boats to cross the water to transport grain for Fancheng.

Although Cao Ren had military rations to continue his life, he came to Nanyang in the summer, and the soldiers under his command lacked winter clothes, so they could not cooperate with Cao Cao to attack the county, so they could only shrink into Fancheng and wait for the recovery.

Cao Cao saw that Gan Ning was guarding the waterway, and the winter clothes provided by Xun Yu were insufficient, and he was not in a hurry to fight Guan Yu based on the failed experience of Cao Ren and Yu Ban.

There are many rivers in Nanyang, and the supply of grain and grass needs to wade through water.

Cao Cao first had to ensure the safety of the grain route and prevent Gan Ning from disturbing him from the waterway.

Considering that Guan Yu relied on the waterway with his troops, Cao Cao ordered people to build a pontoon bridge in Shuishui, and imitated Guan Yu's shipbuilding in Fancheng to threaten Xiangyang, and ordered Cai Mao to build a warship in Wancheng.

Guan Yu bullied Cao Cao for having no water army, so Cao Cao made it to him in person.

The strategic significance went beyond the shipbuilding itself, putting great pressure on the defenders of the county.

Cao Cao had many generals at this time, and the Central Plains and Hebei were rich in materials, so he temporarily built a naval army for containment, which could be achieved in two or three months.

If you wait a little longer, and wait until the scale of the water army is large-scale, it will form a trend of boulders crushing eggs.

When the strength is strong enough, the role of the conspiracy is far stronger than the conspiracy.

Cao Cao used his troops so steadily, and Guan Yu's defeat was only a matter of time.

It is estimated that when the temperature rises in March and April, Cao Cao and Cao Ren will launch an offensive.

Tens of thousands against hundreds of thousands, it is difficult for Guan Yu to create another miracle.

The remake of the Chibi War, winning or losing will affect the pattern of the world, and Guan Yu should not bear it alone.

After Liu Bei's class returned to Chang'an, he always paid attention to the situation in Jingzhou.

As for the situation in Liangzhou, Han Sui was entangled with Zhang Fei and Ma Chao for half a year, and abandoned Jincheng at the end of last year and fled to Hexi, adding an extra hidden danger to Liangzhou after the war.

After the war, he should have recuperated with the people, but after learning that Cao Cao personally led a large army to the south, Liu Bei could not continue to wait and see and govern the prefectures and counties, so he had to immediately send troops to open up a new battlefield to relieve the pressure on Guan Yu's side.

Liu Bei led the Liangzhou pastor, considering that Yang Qiu was sincere and had made a lot of contributions, and he was familiar with Liangzhou affairs.

At the suggestion of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei listed Yang Qiu as the Taishou of Jincheng, the general of Podi, and the Marquis of Fengdu Ting, and ordered him to guard Jincheng to defend Han and make a comeback, and with Mi Fang, Yuan Qi, and Ma Tie, he was appointed as the Taishou of Tianshui, Anding, and Longxi counties respectively.

After settling down and deploying the rear affairs, Liu Bei summoned Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, Pang De and other generals to gather 50,000 Hu and Han miscellaneous troops at Tongguan.

In February of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, taking advantage of Cao Hong and Cao Xiu to Luhun and Liang Xing to quell the rebellion, Liu Bei suddenly went out of Tongguan to besiege Hongnong.

Cao Xiu heard the news and led his troops back to the rescue, but finally lost to Zhao Yun and Pang De and retreated to Hangu Pass.

Previously, Ercao stared at Tongguan, and most of the soldiers under his command were Hebei soldiers, and their combat effectiveness itself was weak.

Cao Hong and Cao Xiu's troops were few and weak, and they were far from the combat strength of Liu Bei's Hu and Han miscellaneous armies, so they could only write to Wancheng to ask for help.

After Cao's army arrived in Wancheng, he reconnoitred the enemy's situation, supervised the construction of pontoon bridges, and the warships were on order, and Zhang Liao was ordered to hold on both sides of the river with Guan Yu, and there was no military conflict and confrontation.

During this time, Cao Cao's head stroke disease recurred from time to time, except for the memorial to his eldest son Cao Ang and the general Dian Wei, most of the time he spent warm and drinking in the city.

Revisiting the old place, there is wine but no beautiful woman to accompany him, Zou was deliberately snubbed by Cao Cao in Xu Du after Zhang Xiu returned to Shun.

Thinking of Zhang Xiu's death in the county, and the absurd things in Wancheng in the past, Cao Cao often drank drunk, so as to avoid the sad past and paralyzing headaches.

In mid-February, an urgent report from Luoyang arrived, and Cao Cao was hangover and did not wake up.

At that time, no one dared to call, only Xiahou Yuan rushed in.

As soon as the sound of heavy footsteps approached the bed, Cao Cao's body trembled and subconsciously opened his eyes, and held the sword beside him in his hand.

With a brush, he raised his sword and turned over to the ground, and shouted loudly in a daze:

"Whoever breaks into my bedroom, I am good at killing people in my lonely dreams."

"Prime Minister, it's me"

Thanks to Xiahou Yuan's dexterity to avoid it, he was afraid of being stabbed by a sword if he was an ordinary civil official.

Cao Cao was awakened by a familiar voice, so he threw his sword on the ground and rubbed his eyes, and then asked with a puzzled face: "Miaocai?" Why are you here? ”

"Prime Minister, something big is happening in the north."

Xiahou Yuan said as he saw Cao Hong's letter handed: "Liu Bei sent troops to capture Hongnong, and Zixiao and Wenlie sent an urgent report. ”

"What? This big-eared thief"

Cao Cao received the letter at a glance and three lines, quickly read the content of the letter, and then held the letter in his hand, and instructed Xiahou Yuan: "Quickly go and order the ministers and generals, and immediately go to the front hall to discuss matters." ”

"Yui."

Xiahou Yuan hugged his fists and walked away.

Cao Cao then stretched out his hands and motioned for his chamberlain to change his clothes.

If it weren't for Xiahou Yuan's intrusion, the inner servant would have died tragically under the sword, and he would have palpitations for the rest of his life, so he cowered and stepped forward to change his clothes.

Cao Cao doesn't consider the feelings of the little people, there is a lesson from Zhou Yu's poisoning, and he often changes the people around him, and the chamberlain still thinks that those 'seniors' were killed by the master's dream.

After a short time, Cao Cao put on his robe and walked to the front hall to meet the ministers.

After sitting down, Cao Cao raised the letter in his hand and calmly said that Liu Bei sent troops to Tongguan to occupy Hongnong and threaten Luoyang.

As the so-called soldier to soldier, general to general, Cao Cao should leave the general to deal with Guan Yu, and he should personally go to the line Liu Bei, but he wanted to listen to the views of the audience.

After all, Guan Yu played very well before, and Liu Bei did not have a brilliant record in his life.

Cao Cao thought in his heart that Guan Yu was more capable and must first nip it in the bud.

There was a commotion in the hall, some people suggested that Cao Cao go in person, and some people suggested that they divide their troops to take advantage of the enemy.

Only Xun You and Jia Xu stood still and didn't say a word.

Xun You is Cao Cao's most important mastermind, and he has contributed countless tricks to his current achievements.

And Jia Xu often paddled and fished, and Cao Cao was no stranger to him.

Cao Cao treated the Xun family as 'passive slacking' and chose to reuse the paddling master Jia Xu.

He stretched out his hand to stop everyone's argument, his eyes fell on Jia Xu, and he asked, "Wen He is silent, does he have a different opinion?" ”

"Yes, Prime Minister, I foolishly thought that Luoyang should not be saved."

(End of chapter)