- Foolish brother doesn't understand!

- Foolish brothers are not afraid?

- What is the eldest brother afraid of?

When Xiahou Yuan's deafening voice reached Cao Cao's ears, there was no doubt that his spirit was lifted a lot, and the eyes shot out of his pupils became sharper.

- "Yes, Miaocai is right, there are still 400,000 horsemen in Lone, and the territory under Lone is still the largest in the world?"

- "What are you afraid of? Why should you be afraid of the Guan family father and son? Lonely He was ever afraid of the big-eared thief and Zhuge Villager?"

Thinking of this, "hahahaha"... Cao Cao laughed suddenly, he greeted Xiahou Yuan, and when he saw Xiahou Yuan with an excited and excited face, he patted his shoulders with both hands, "Miaocai, you're right, there are hundreds of thousands of lonely troops, why be afraid?" ”

Feel Cao Cao's powerful palm rubbing against his shoulder...

Xiahou Yuan's expression was still solemn, and he said solemnly, "Big brother, don't worry, there are me and Mr. Jia in Hanzhong and Yangping Pass, even if it is only more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, it is enough to kill the 200,000 Shu army of the big-eared thief without leaving a single piece of armor." Guanzhong here, I just asked, counting the soldiers and horses returned by the eldest brother, there are more than 100,000 soldiers, if the eldest brother wants to recapture Luoyang, he only needs to send a letter to Ziwen in Jizhou in the north, and he will lead the army down, and the eldest brother will give an order, and the two roads will advance together, so how can Guan Yu resist? ”

Xiahou Yuan has always been an extreme pragmatist.

Before becoming the commander of the battlefield on the Western Front, he fought in the north and south, pacified the rebellion, and the army he rushed was longer than the road that an ordinary general had walked in his life!

Diligence and thrift are his qualities, grasping the big and letting go of the small, and being vigorous and resolute is his means.

In this situation, he directly stated his point of view.

Luoyang lost? The Son of Heaven is lost? Afraid of a bird? Mobilize the power of the whole country to take it back!

It's just that...

In this regard, Cao Cao's thoughts were different from his.

Cao Cao said solemnly: "Ziwen (Cao Zhang)'s letter was received when he was alone on the road, there are still the remnants of Wuhuan in the north, as well as the five Southern Xiongnu, and the Xianbei Hulu who are plundered by Koubian every year, when the news of the fall of Luoyang spreads over there, I can't guarantee what bad intentions these Hulu will have!" Ziwen's 200,000 soldiers didn't plan to move! Moreover... Luoyang is newly defeated, the morale of the three armies is low, and the morale of the enemy army is upright and high. When the time comes, whether it is Luoyang or the Son of Heaven, Lone will be taken back sooner or later! ”

Because of Xiahou Yuan's passionate and uplifting words;

Because I saw a good brother and a good brother-in-law Xiahou Yuan... The gloomy Cao Cao is gone, and in his place... Cao Cao has become a bold and wise hero again.

The lost light in that eye is back...

Xiahou Yuan was not in a hurry to counterattack Luoyang when he heard this, and he was a little excited at the moment, but... Since the eldest brother mentioned the word "timing", he vaguely understood.

Jia Xu, who has always been taciturn, is the crux of the problem, "General Xiahou, what does the king mean... We in Great Wei are in dire need of a big victory! The First World War in Hanzhong... If it wins, then it will be enough to boost the morale of the three armies and create conditions for a counterattack on Luoyang! The king has high hopes for the general..."

Cao Cao's favorite thing about Jia Xu is this, when to speak, what to say, when to shut up, this old poison understands too well.

The topic shifted to the Battle of Hanzhong, and Xiahou Yuan patted his chest and assured Cao Cao, "Before, I sent Heng'er (Xiahou Heng) and Zidan (Cao Zhen) to Guanzhong to recruit Yongliang soldiers and horses, just to ensure that nothing goes wrong, in fact... Although the big-eared thief is fierce, it is only the end of the crossbow, he has no food, haha... Mr. Jia sent back information about the fine work he planted in Shu, so even if Zhuge Villager poured out the strength of the entire Bashu, he didn't raise much food? It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei did not dare to go up to Dingjun Mountain, let alone forcibly break through the checkpoint I set! ”

Speaking of this, Xiahou Yuan's voice added a bit of conviction, "On the other hand... In our Hanzhong, there are five buckets of rice sect left a large amount of grain and grass, if you stick to it, it is enough for ten years in Hanzhong, big brother, you can rest assured, the day when the big-eared thief runs out of food, it is the time when I lead the army to assault... This time, he kept all the 200,000 Shu troops buried here, and captured the big-eared thief alive to boost the morale of the three armies! ”

The more Xiahou Yuan spoke, the more confident he became.

I don't blame him for this, in fact, the three armies did not move, and the grain and grass went first... What the army fears most is not the unfavorable situation of the war, but the supply of grain and grass!

Before the tuntian system, Cao Cao was constrained by grain and grass in every campaign.

This is the kind of taste that he can experience the most.

Looking at Xiahou Yuan's determined eyes, Cao Cao was also deeply encouraged, and he bowed his head heavily. "There are wonderful talents, Hanzhong... Alone too! ”

With Cao Cao's words... Jia Xu nodded slowly, and Cheng Yu hurriedly threw out the next topic, "King, the head of the war on the Western Front is in Hanzhong, and the situation in the Central Plains is temporarily stranded, but the most worrying thing today is Huainan... I heard that the war in Huainan had started, and it was not easy to think that General Wenyuan would be unable to support it alone..."

Cheng Yu's words just fell.

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed, "On the way to come, Lone has already sent a fast horse to Huainan in an expedited manner..."

"Big brother wants General Zhang to defend Hefei? Or follow the example of the former Xiaoyaojin War, and then hit those Jiangdong rats hard? ”

Xiahou Yuan spoke directly.

"No!" Cao Cao replied without thinking: "The current situation is not as good as back then, if Luoyang is lost, the entire Great Wei front is bound to retreat, and Hefei can't hold it!" ”

"That..."Xiahou Yuan's eyes widened, as if... He had a premonition of his eldest brother Cao Cao's order in Huainan, and he spoke faster, with puzzlement in his tone: "Then Huainan just let it go?" ”

blurted out these words, and Jia Xu and Cheng Yu glanced at each other.

The two closed their mouths tacitly, with a pair of eyes and noses, noses and hearts, they saw everything through, they all understood, but they didn't say anything.

But at this time, Cao Cao said coldly in a categorical tone:

"Let it go!"

"Barely defending, losing troops in Huainan, it is better to gather troops bravely, form a joint force, and hit the invading enemy..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao's voice carried a hint of absoluteness, "If the price of hurting the enemy's ten fingers is to cut off one finger, then Gu would rather hurt ten fingers!" This most crucial finger must not be broken! ”

It seems that Cao Cao's words are meaningful.

The "Ten Fingers" refers to Huainan, and the severed finger that he can't accept is Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan.

"Big brother... But..."Xiahou Yuan seemed to have something to say.

"Huh...", but Cao Cao blocked Xiahou Yuan's next words with a heavy exhale, "Wen Yuan is a righteous man, the most important righteous man in Lone, Wen Yuan can't have anything to do, Gu Wei only hopes that he can receive Lone's edict now, before the Jiangdong Army forms an encirclement of Hefei... Escape to Xuzhou! If so, it is the loss of Huainan, and the lonely dream can wake up with a smile! ”

This...

As Cao Cao's words came out, the audience was silent, not only Jia Xu and Cheng Yu, but even Xiahou Yuan, who was emotional, could also understand the difficulty and bitterness in his eldest brother's heart when he made this decision.

What he can do now... Not to persuade the big brother, but... It is to win the battle in Hanzhong, which is related to the rise and fall of the Great Wei!

Regain the morale and fighting spirit of the soldiers of the three armies of the Great Wei Dynasty who have fallen to the bottom!

- "Big brother, it's not easy for you to do it in today's situation!"

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"Hahaha... Hahaha..."

"The rats are the rats, look, look, General Ben is just making a slight move, and the Jiangdong rats are running away, hahaha..."

Huainan, outside the city of Hefei.

Zhang Liao's loud laughter and roar startled several finches that were already nesting on their branches.

Just now, he led the cavalry to attack and directly intercepted and killed an army transporting baggage from Jiangdong from the middle of the road, and won a complete victory, capturing countless baggage, grain and grass.

On the other hand, those Jiangdong soldiers and horses who were transporting heavy baggage just raised their heads and took a look, and found that when Zhang Liao rushed towards them, where was there any meaning to resist?

All the shield arrays collapsed and disintegrated in that moment...

All the soldiers and horses fled.

This battle... It can be said that Zhang Liao's self-confidence has been played again.

Let him realize once again that he... is still the Xiaoyaojin God of War who made Jiangdong children stop crying, this Huainan, as long as he is still there, he can still defend it, and he has not fallen!

"Rats, even if there are many people, even if they change their masters, they are still rats..."

"Hahahaha..."

Zhang Liao's heroic laughter continued.

"General Zhang Shenwu..."

"General Zhang Shenwu..."

A cadre of lieutenant generals praised again and again.

Oh, yes...

In the current situation in Huainan, such a big victory of General Zhang personally seems to be so precious.

Just then, a voice came.

The voice of the messenger was heard at about the same time as the messenger arrived.

"King Wei's edict, eight hundred miles to expedit... Eight hundred miles expedited..."

I saw the messenger break into the big tent, knelt on one knee panting, quickly untied the bamboo basket behind him, and then handed the edict of King Wei in the bamboo basket to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao hurriedly took it...

Now, he is also extremely concerned about the safety of King Cao Cao, but... At least the arrival of this letter can prove that the king is safe! As long as it's okay, then... It's just more important than anything else!

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao was pleasantly surprised.

Can... As this edict unfolded, as the words in the edict appeared in front of Zhang Liao, in his eyes... Only surprise remains, and there is no half of the word "joy".

"General? The king is safe, right? ”

"General... General, how did the king command? ”

It seemed that seeing the surprise on Zhang Liao's expression, the deputy general hurriedly asked.

But Zhang Liao, only him, seems to have an indescribable complex emotion in his heart, because... In Cao Cao's edict, the core word is a sentence:

——Abandon Jianghuai and retreat to Xuzhou immediately!

House! Withdraw!

House? Withdraw?

For a moment, Zhang Liao was stunned, as if... The scenes that happened in Huainan in the past are like passing clouds, flashing in front of you one by one.

Including the arrival of Sun's 100,000 army, the urgent letter sent by Cao Cao - "The thief is coming, it is fa"!

Including, he Zhang Wenyuan was stunned to cut and slash in Sun 100,000's army, and he cut it all night plus a morning, and he liked to mention the name of "Zhang Eight Hundred" in that battle...

Including, the 100,000 army is still terrified! Stop crying! The Jiangdong rats looked at the river and sighed.

Huainan, this is... The place where he Zhang Liao and his brothers exchanged blood and sweat, the unyielding city defense forged, is it... Do you have to give up like this?

Zhang Liao's heart began to struggle.

He knew that Cao Cao's decision must have made a reason, perhaps from the strategic consideration of the overall situation, or perhaps because of other emergencies.

However, giving up Huainan was undoubtedly a heavy blow to these soldiers who fought bloodily on the front line, and to him Zhang Liao.

"General... General..."

The lieutenants are still asking...

Zhang Liao waved his hand violently, "You guys retreat first..."

"But, General..."

The lieutenants still seemed to be looking forward to the king's edict.

The soldiers who followed Zhang Liao were all heroes, and none of them were afraid of death, even if the king Cao Cao let them fight bloodily and resist until the last moment, they would not blink their eyes or frown.

"Get out—"

Zhang Liao's voice was aggravated and thickened...

This made all the lieutenants look at each other, they seemed to have guessed something, and walked out of the Chinese army's tent in the eyes of each other.

On the other hand, Zhang Liao seemed to be in deep thought, he remembered the current situation, the days of fighting day and night in this land, and the huge sacrifices they had made here.

Giving up Huainan is equivalent to giving up all their efforts and sacrifices-

Can...

Oh, perhaps, there is nothing but that!

He Zhang Liao may not be the god of war in Huainan, but... But it must be Zhang Wenyuan, the general of the Great Wei's expedition to the east!

Just thought of this.

"Stomp..."

It was Xue Yi who heard that Zhang Liao's expression was wrong, and he specially rushed to the Chinese army tent to ask, no... To be precise, I want to persuade you.

Who would have thought... didn't wait for Xue Yi to open his mouth.

Zhang Liao's hand that was originally holding the desk with both hands suddenly raised a point, and he said lightly and in a low voice, "According to the king's edict, we will give up Huainan and withdraw into Xuzhou..."

Calm...

This is Xue Yi's history... The calmest voice that Zhang Liao heard was the calmest.

"Wenyuan..."

Xue Yi wanted to persuade him.

But Zhang Liao raised his hand to block his next words, "Perhaps, the king is right, instead of fighting the trapped beasts in Hefei, it is better to break through to Xuzhou while the enemy army has not yet closed the siege, Xuzhou... It is the world of land warfare, and we have a better chance of winning if we stop the invading enemy there! Most... And most importantly..."

At the end of Zhang Liao's words, he suddenly choked up, as if he couldn't chant the last sentence and didn't want to chant it.

Xue Yi's heart is like a mirror...

Zhang Wenyuan's last sentence is... It's that today's Great Wei can't afford a big defeat again, and it can't afford the death of a boss!

That's right...

It's the death!

It is this heroic and heroic rhetoric.

With this in mind, Xue Yi solemnly bowed his hand to Zhang Liao, then turned around and shouted loudly: "General Zhang has an order, give up Hefei, and immediately withdraw to Xuzhou... Evacuate to Xuzhou immediately—"

The voice was hoarse, not to mention Zhang Liao's reluctance to go, including Xue Yi... Including every soldier who has made contributions to this land, isn't their hearts full of helplessness and sorrow?

"Ahh

"Ahh

But in an hour, under the city of Hefei, the dense black armor army, they finally looked back at the plaque of Hefei City, leaving a deep sigh.

The deepest one still doesn't look back, or to be precise, Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan who can't bear to look back!

And just like that, historically... The Huainan controversy, which runs through the entire Three Kingdoms Wei and Wu games, at this moment... With the complete victory of the Han army, it was completely over!

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Shuzhong, Chengdu, an ordinary Taoist temple.

As soon as you enter the door, there is a wide hall, there is a bronze crane incense burner on both sides, the crane beak is floating with green smoke, the hall is placed with a bronze cow square tripod, the top of the tripod hangs the four words of "Sanxing Dahan" written in seal style, and the payment is made... It is the handwriting of Zhuge Liang, the military general in Shuzhong.

In the past few days, Zhuge Liang will come here every day to burn incense and pray, one is to ask God to bless and protect the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and the other is to pray... Food preparations can be smoother.

It is no exaggeration to say that this time... In less than three years after Liu Bei captured Bashu, and more than a year after the war in Bazhong and Xia, 200,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched in order to take the key point leading to the Central Plains in Shuzhong - Hanzhong!

Zhuge Liang tried his best to think about it-

In the entire Bashu, almost all the men are fighting and the women are lucky, and all the grain and grass that can be raised have been raised, and what can't be raised... That's really nothing.

But even so, the paperwork of urging food on the front line is simply not going on every day...

Zhuge Liang knew better than Liu Bei what the grain that came as scheduled meant in this battle of Hanzhong.

Can... He had done everything he could, and now all that was left was prayer.

"Ugh..."

After burning incense and praying, Zhuge Liang slowly stood up and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Yang Yi on the side hurriedly went to help, Zhuge Liang asked.

"Raising food and grass? But what's new? ”

"No..."Yang Yi could only say truthfully, he was trying to explain the latest problems, such as the non-cooperation of the southern and southern barbarian forces, such as the grain that arrived in Chengdu was wantonly detained by the barbarian king, and he had repeatedly sent envoys to negotiate, but to no avail...

Yang Yi wants to tell the story of things like this...

But at this moment.

"Jingzhou Urgent..."

An urgent letter from Jingzhou was hurriedly delivered, and Yang Yi hurriedly took it, quickly unfolded it, and presented it to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, squinted his eyes and looked thoughtfully at the words on the urgent item.

Can... Soon...

Zhuge Liang's expression changed from melancholy to surprise, and he exclaimed: "Okay, okay, Yun Chang's father and son have captured Luoyang and have received the Son of Heaven, okay... Okay..."

Surprise!

This was too much of a surprise for Zhuge Liang.

You must know that the pair of Longzhong formulated by him and Liu Bei was to go north in two ways, one out of Qinling to enter Guanzhong, and one out of Jingzhou to attack Luoyang in the north, and now... Half of this strategy has been completed ahead of schedule.

Even, even the Son of Heaven won back...

Then, from this moment on, their Han army's crusade against Cao Cao will become justified! You will be able to get the support of all the people of insight in the world!

This... It's so important!

But it's one thing to be important, and suddenly, Zhuge Liang noticed another thing.

If it is said...

If Yunchang and Yunqi have both reached Luoyang, and Longzhong's strategy has been overfulfilled, then... Then isn't the pressure on Xuande's side!

If Shuzhong can't break through... That... That Yun Chang is alone.

So... So...

Grain... Grain –

For a while, Zhuge Liang was a little dizzy, he... He had a kind of watching Longzhong's strategic plan achieve great success step by step, but... But... It's him... It was he who dragged his feet in this matter of raising food and internal affairs!

Call...

exhaled deeply, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel a little frustrated and depressed in his heart.

But suddenly, he thought of something again.

He hurriedly turned his head to Yang Yi, and did not mention the content of this urgent report, but asked solemnly: "Wei Gong (Yang Yi)?" What have Adou and Ke'er been doing lately? ”

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… (End of chapter)