Dongwu was also prepared for this backstab, and successively dispatched nearly 100,000 troops.

The central route was in charge of the general Sun Huan, and led 40,000 troops up the river to attack Yidao Xie Dong. If it goes well, go all the way west along the Yangtze River and find a way to go down the river into Sichuan. If it doesn't go well, cut off the road to help from Shuzhong, blocking the possibility of the Shu army's follow-up assistance.

A total of 30,000 troops were sent to the south road, and they went north from Changsha, Jiaozhou, and besieged Wuling County with Sun Huan, intending to knock out this piece of frontier position in Shuhan and Jingzhou.

The northern route was commanded by the governor Lu Xun, and Ding Feng Zhuge was the vanguard, with a total of 40,000 troops from the Han River to the north. After Ding Feng and Zhuge Zhi repeated their old tricks and successfully crossed the river in white clothes to take the outer city of Xiangyang, Lu Xun led the army to arrive, and then the army pressed forward to attack Fancheng, an important town in Nanyang.

I have to say that although the level of the Northern Expedition is not good, Dongwu is talented in backstabbing. A total of 100,000 troops, all of them hit the vital parts of the Shu Han defense line.

However, after the army captured Xiangyang City, Ding Feng had been worried. He's actually fought with Ma Yan, and that bastard clearly doesn't look like a careless person.

But if Ding Feng was asked to say what was wrong and where there was a risk, he really couldn't say it. Except for the inner city of Xiangyang, where there are only a few thousand people who are trapped and fighting beasts, the rest of the Shu army is not a big threat.

So after thinking about it for a long time, Ding Feng's brain also stopped responding, and began to concentrate on thinking about continuing to attack.

The Xiangfan defense line, the focus of which is Xiangyang. At this moment, it was suddenly attacked by Dongwu, causing Xiangyang to be breached, and Xiang Pet instantly fell into an unfavorable dilemma.

When Lu Xun led the army to kick him, Xiang Chong shrank the battle line and retreated his soldiers and horses to Fancheng to defend it.

Lu Xun's army arrived, and Zhu Ran was assigned to lead his troops westward and go up the river to cut off the retreat of the Shu army. Then Lu Xun personally sat in Fancheng and besieged Fancheng strongly, and the army was shocked for a while!

At this time, it seemed that Shu Han's side was completely caught off guard. Xiangfan, which had been gnawed by his family in the south for more than half a year, was attacked and fell by Soochow in a few days, and for a time the morale of the Han army that was still fighting in the entire north was hit.

Seeing this, Cao Wei finally let out a long breath. Dongwu finally started from behind, and finally it was no longer their family fighting against the Great Demon King Ma Yan.

Encouraged by the Eastern Wu side, Sun Li, who confronted Zhang Yi in Wancheng, launched a night attack on Zhang Yi's troops at night after receiving support from Guo Huai. In the end, although the victory was not large, Zhang Yi was forced to abandon the camp and retreat to Wancheng.

Then Sun Li's army came to the city of Wancheng, and divided his troops to threaten the Shu army's grain route, and for a time the retreat of the Han army in the direction of Yingchuan was in danger.

The scouts of Eastern Wu and Cao Wei gathered here at this moment, and their eyes were all fixed on the Han army in Yingchuan. In such a critical situation, what will Ma Jian do, will he have any tricks to turn defeat into victory?

However, to the final relief of Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, the Han army stationed on the border of Yingchuan began to retreat.

First of all, the Han army stationed in Yingyin pulled out the camp, and retreated more than ten miles to camp on the first day. The next day, he retreated more than ten miles, and slowly withdrew his troops step by step.

The Han army in Thorny Water also began to pack up and prepare for retreat.

Obviously, Ma Jian did not break the boat, but chose to retreat safely. When the news returned to Xu Du, Cao Rui was even more ecstatic, and quickly convened a court meeting to discuss whether he should pursue Ma Yan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Dongwu has made a move, Xiangyang has been taken, the retreat of the Shu army is about to be cut off, and victory is in sight." Cao Rui looked at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the whole person's spirit was much better.

The same is true of the other civil and military officials, who seem to be in a lot of spirits. finally boiled Ma Tan away, and Yingchuan could be regarded as saving it.

"Now Ma Tan knows that he is invincible, and he has already led the troops to defeat him, and plans to retreat to Nanyang to resist. Now I hope to send troops to pursue and break the horse in thorny waters, I don't know what Zhu Aiqing thinks? ”

Cao Rui put forward the idea of chasing Ma Jian and expressed his hope for everyone's opinion. But soon, Sikong Chen Qun stood up and expressed his opposition.

"Your Majesty, Ma Jian is cunning and good at winning surprise attacks. Under its command, the morale of the Shu army was often greatly shaken under the huge disadvantage, and the defeat turned into victory. Now that the retreat of his troops has achieved its goal, it is really not a clever move to pursue and attack. Chen Qun stood up, looked at Cao Rui who was eager to try with a serious expression, and admonished seriously.

What's more, even if Ma Tan is good at taking risks, he often has a back hand. Now that the Shu army has retreated so decisively, it is difficult to say whether there is a conspiracy in it. ”

"If Your Majesty is rash, I'm afraid it is"

After listening to Chen Qun's suggestion, Cao Rui's brows suddenly furrowed, and he didn't like it in his heart.

Chen Qun's meaning is very simple, our most basic requirement is to force Ma Jian back. Now that Ma Tan has also been instigated and the Shu army has withdrawn, it is time to stop there.

This is indeed a good statement, but it is not Cao Rui's idea. Seeing that he has been riding his face by Ma Jian for so long, he can't be happy if he doesn't catch up.

Can't Ma Tan come to my Longxing land to smash and rob it, and then I finally send it out of the country, right? If this spreads, my Great Wei Tianzi will be shameless.

But obviously, Situ Gaorou saw Cao Rui's thoughts very clearly, and immediately stood up and said,

"What Your Majesty said is very true, now more than 200,000 troops of Wei and Wu have attacked Xishu and surrounded Ma Tan in Nanyang. Now Ma Tan returned in vain, and the retreat was cut off, it was the moment when the army's heart was shaken, and the pursuit in such a situation would be a great success! ”

"This so-called heaven does not take it, but suffers from it! The fighter plane is changing rapidly, what is there to hesitate about, defeating this thief is today! ”

Gao Rou's words made Cao Rui's face look a little better, and then he looked at the other civil and military forces and asked.

In the end, most of the people who supported the pursuers said that Ma Jian was at the end of the road, and defeat was inevitable. Now the pursuit can not only break the Shu army, but it is even possible to capture Ma Jian alive.

Chen Qun stepped aside and remained silent.

In the end, after everyone's opinions were basically unified, Cao Rui personally made a decision.

"In such a situation, Ma Jian will inevitably be in internal and external difficulties, and the army is afraid that it will be in an uproar. In such a situation, Ma Jian will definitely die! ”

"Chase the whole army! I want to personally drive the expedition and lead the army to meet Ma Jian for a while! ”

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Xu Du made a decision in the civil and military collective, and finally Cao Rui gave the order for the whole army to pursue. The 100,000 Wei troops of Yingchuan pursued the retreating Shu army from three directions, striving to completely encircle Ma Tan on the east bank of the thorny water.

At this moment, Ma Yan's situation seems to be worse than that of Guan Erye back then. A total of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses of Wei and Wu all pressed up, just to encircle him.

After a sneak attack, there were chasing soldiers, and in just half a month, the battle situation in Nanyang seemed to have come to the darkest moment.

(End of chapter)