"Young master, because Cao Cao coerced the people as a hostage, the lord could not pursue. Now that Cao Cao has successfully withdrawn to Guanzhong, I hope that Gongzi will prepare early to prevent the enemy from being attacked on his back ......"

Just a few days after the end of the Battle of Hanzhong, Mi Zhu, who was a general of An Han, hurried to Jiangling as the messenger of his father Liu Bei again.

Although on the surface, Mi Zhu came to introduce him to the detailed process of the Battle of Hanzhong, how could Liu Chan not know that this was because his father failed to deal a powerful blow to Cao Cao when he retreated, so that Cao Cao was able to retreat, so he specifically asked him to explain to himself.

After all, Cao Cao's retreat from Hanzhong means that Liu Chan is about to face the pressure of Cao Cao's army, which is equivalent to taking over the burden on Liu Bei before.

Speaking of which, because of the reason of alcohol, the 'healing elixir', the third master and Ma Chao overfulfilled the task and took Wudu County first, coupled with the powerful blow of the Skynet secret guard sent by Liu Chan to Cao Cao's grain road, this time the Hanzhong battle between Cao and Liu, Liu Bei's side got much more benefits than in the original plot.

For example, the most important wealth of this period, the common population. Because of factors such as the instability of the grain road and the loss of Nanyang, this time Cao Cao failed to relocate the people of Hanzhong as in the original plot, so that his father Liu Bei only got an empty city.

But there are pros and cons to everything, and because of this, compared to the embarrassment of 'insulting its sharp crowd and only being able to get out of itself' when retreating in the original plot, Cao Cao's losses in this withdrawal are not much smaller, and it can even be said that he retreated with his whole body.

You must know that in the original plot, after Cao Cao withdrew to Hanzhong, he couldn't recover after two months of rest, and he could only use refueling tactics to continuously aid Xiangfan.

And now Cao Cao is no longer as heavy as in the original plot, and Nanyang has been lost, so he will naturally not use this oil tactic again, and it is very likely that he will lead the army that has just withdrawn from Hanzhong to directly come to Jingzhou with Mount Tai to pounce.

In this way, it naturally ruined Liu Chan's plan to take the opportunity to annex the six counties of Jiangdong. After all, if it is like the refueling tactics in the original plot, it is enough to defend with the troops in the hands of the second master.

But now, it is obvious that it is definitely not enough to rely on the 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army in the hands of the second master to block the army that Cao Cao is about to lead in person.

Therefore, Liu Chan's choice now is either to gradually relinquish Nanyang and buy some time for the annexation of Jiangdong. Either it is to temporarily stop the plan to annex Jiangdong and first repel Cao Cao's upcoming counteroffensive, and there is no third option.

It's just that, not to mention the important role of Nanyang as the gateway to the Central Plains, just because it is the homeland of Jingzhou, he can't give it up easily.

And Sun Quan's six counties in Jiangdong have now been taken by him to take almost four counties, leaving only Danyang, Wu County and Huiji Half County, let him give up such a good opportunity, he is really unwilling.

"Forget it, anyway, it's been twenty-three years since Jian'an, and it's not long before Cao Cao's curtain call. When the time comes, take the opportunity of Cao Cao's curtain call, and it will be too late to swallow this last bite of meat. ’

Unwilling to return, but in the case of strength is not really strong enough, everything always needs to be trade-off. So after some careful thinking, Liu Chan quickly made a decision.

"But the prince doesn't have to worry too much, the lord has already told the princess, and after taking the three counties of Shangyong, he can lead 20,000 troops to help......"

Just when Liu Chan was secretly making a decision, looking at the solemnity and unwillingness that flashed on his face before, Mi Zhu hurriedly mentioned Kou Fenglai, who was now attacking Shangyong Third County.

"Oh? The eldest brother wants to come to Jingzhou to help, that's great. My uncle turned around and told my father, isn't it just that the time to sweep Jiangdong will be later, I'm not in a hurry, just wait and ......"

Hearing that Daddy sent Kou Feng to lead the army to help, Liu Chan was even more relieved now.

"Childe, the secret report that came from Chang'an just now, Cao Cao ordered Xiahoudun to be a general, and led 30,000 troops to Wuguan. Cao Cao himself personally led an army of 50,000 and Xu Huang's army of 70,000 was heading towards Luo, probably preparing to go south from Luoyang......"

Just when Liu Chan had just made a decision, Pang Tong was also a little unwilling to find Liu Chan with the secret report he had just received.

"Hehe, it's okay, it's just a temporary respite for Sun Quan. Cao Cao can't get cheap from his father, and he can't get good with us either. When we clean up Cao Cao by then, it's not too late to swallow the last bite of Jiangdong's meat! ”

After taking the secret report in Pang Tong's hand and looking at it, Liu Chan, who had made up his mind, chuckled indifferently.

"Military advisor, immediately order Zhao Yun, Deng Ai, and Pan Jun to suspend the attack on Danyang and Wujun, and first clear the land occupied by Lujiang, Yuzhang, Luling and Huiji......

Putting down the secret report in his hand, Liu Chan was not verbose, and immediately issued an order to suspend the attack on Danyang and Wujun, the two last territories of Sun Quan.

"In addition, let Uncle Yun and Deng Ai each send 5,000 people, led by Guan Ping, to Wancheng, and wait for the second uncle to call ......"

Although the plan to annex Jiangdong was suspended, it was clear that Liu Chan did not intend to give Sun Quan the opportunity to regain the territory he occupied.

Therefore, of the more than 40,000 troops attacking Jiangdong this time, only 10,000 Wudang Fei troops were transferred back by him.

After all, because the front in the Jiangdong direction was moved forward, Jingzhou, which had completely lost its worries, was able to mobilize more troops.

According to Liu Chan's calculations, if it is drawn from various counties, plus the surrendered army that has just been incorporated and the 10,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangling, it will definitely not be a problem to make up 40,000. Coupled with Kou Feng's 20,000 Yizhou reinforcements, it is also not difficult to gather 100,000 troops.

It's just that there is no need to pile up all the soldiers and horses in Nanyang, so Liu Chan is preparing to leave 20,000 reserve troops in Jiangling, and only use 80,000 troops to meet Cao Cao's upcoming 100,000 army.

After all, this battle was not a major Northern Expedition, but only aimed at defense. As the defending side, 80,000 against 100,000 is enough.

"Uncle, there is no problem with Jingzhou's troops at the moment, but Jingzhou lacks generals to lead the army. I'm even using Pan Zhizhong as a general now. My uncle helped me tell my father how about sending me a few more generals. ”

Soon, after adjusting the current strategic deployment, Liu Chan immediately turned his head and cried to Mi Zhu as 'poor'.

There is no way, now Jingzhou is too short of generals who can take charge of themselves. In addition to the second master and Zhao Yun, there are also Deng Ai and Guan Ping, plus a Pan Jun who turned from literature to martial arts.

As for a 'fierce' general like Shamaha, it is no problem to lead a large army to charge, but when it comes to leading the army, the ability in this area is much worse.

"Haha, it's not easy? As long as Adou you speak, the lord will not allow it, so why do you need to tell your uncle? ”

Hearing Liu Chan's request, Mi Fang couldn't help but laugh heartily.

At this point, after suspending the final blow on Jiangdong and quickly readjusting all deployments, Liu Chan was ready to welcome the arrival of Cao Cao, a 'lovely traitor'.