The international situation is becoming more and more complex.

In mid-June, the Tang State and the Song State joined forces to attack Beiliang.

In late June, the Tang State divided its troops and occupied one state and three counties in the northern part of the Jin State.

At the same time in late June, Beiliang counterattacked, and the Song Dynasty fought in the rejection of the north city, heavy casualties, both sides were not less than five land immortal masters to participate in the battle, this rejection of the north city of the battle, known as the battle of the master of the rivers and lakes.

At the beginning of July, Sima Kong became farther and farther on the road to death, and was proclaimed king in Jinyang City, called the new king.

Jinyang City is the fief of the princess of Jinyang, but after she married the emperor of Wei, there was no one in this fief, but Sima Kong captured Jinyang all the way after fleeing south with the young lord of Jin, as his temporary capital.

In terms of the capital of the Jin Kingdom, Shang Tianhong is already the spiritual pillar of the old ministers of the Jin Kingdom, it can be said that in addition to Sima Kong's party, only Shang Tianhong's family is left, and he has a secret edict in his body, which can be called conforming to the principles of heaven.

But at this moment, the entire Jin State is under the greatest pressure on him, on the one hand, he must be wary of what the Wei army will do, on the other hand, there is also an active preparation of the army to resist the invasion of the Tang army, and finally in mid-July, raise 100,000 troops, and Chen Qingzhi's 200,000 troops go hand in hand, intending to capture Sima Kong in one fell swoop.

In fact, at the beginning, Shang Tianhong's plan was to temporarily put Sima Kong aside, and at the same time be able to drag the Wei army back, but he didn't expect that Sima Kong actually wanted to blackmail the young emperor to crown him on the throne, which completely angered Shang Tianhong.

Dare to be the king today, dare to abolish the emperor tomorrow, in this way, Sima Kong must be eliminated first.

The outside must first be inside, this is the eternal truth.

And on the border pass side of the Jin State, Wei and Chu are also in full swing.

Zhao Yun was blocking the Chu army in the border pass area bordering the Chu state, and did not fight the Chu army with Cao Shen in the border pass area near the Jin state.

But if the two of them talk about pressure, it is tantamount to more pressure on Cao Shen's side.

At his disposal, there are only 300,000 troops.

However, after several months of brewing and major battles, the Chu army relied on a steady stream of troops to help each other, and already had an army of 500,000, while the Wei army had already reduced its strength a lot.

And the leader of the troops on the opposite side was Xiang Yan, the general of Chu State.

This made it more difficult for Cao Shen to deal with it.

This Xiang Yan is worthy of getting the true inheritance of Xiang Nantian, the military god of the Chu State, and his military methods are now called perfect.

Because of the limited number of troops, Cao Shen had to keep shortening the front, fighting as a trapped beast, dragging the Chu army to the death, and preventing them from crossing the border defense line of the Jin State.

Originally, Xiao Yuming wanted to transfer a force to rescue Cao Shen, but he refused, Xiao Yuming's army played the key to the entire war situation, and only by having them in the Jin State could they ensure the normal operation of His Majesty's plan to annex the Jin State.

Therefore, Cao Shen refused all the reinforcements, intending to fight the Chu army to the end alone.

Although it was difficult to fight the Chu army without reinforcements, the army brought by Cao Shen was the first army to follow Zhao Changqing to fight, and it was also the first batch of Wei soldiers who were the first to fight with the world, so how could they be discouraged because of the difficulty of the battle, so no matter how difficult it was for him here, his morale was never low.

In the tent.

Cao Shen was dirty, pointing and drawing on a map, and Bai Qi waited quietly aside.

After he completed his masterpiece on the map, he said to Bai Qi: "The battle plan of the Chu army has changed, they have left 300,000 troops to fight with us, and the rest of the army has been transferred to the area around our border pass. ”

Bai Qi naturally understood what was drawn on the map, and said: "I really didn't expect that the State of Chu, which is inconspicuous on weekdays, has such a big appetite and wants to annex the Jin State and my Wei State with its own strength." ”

Cao Shen shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that the real plotter they are trying to do is still the Jin Kingdom." But by taking advantage of this opportunity, we can do what we can count. ”

Bai Qi asked, "How do you calculate it?"

Cao Shen said: "You see, their main forces are still hoarded in the area of the Changliu Mountains, which are more than 300 miles away from the Chinese army in our battalion, and they have divided 200,000 troops from the Changliu Mountains to attack our border passes. If at this time, the 50,000 troops led by Ben Shuai would be claimed to have an army of 200,000, so the suspicion was set up, so that the Chu army believed that we were doing our best to rescue the border pass.

They will think that at this moment, the strength of our main battalion is empty, no matter what, they will be sent to attack our Chinese army's big tent, and at that time, you will lead the army to fight and retreat, make an appearance that is invincible to the Chu army, shrink the battle circle, retreat to the barren mountains, stand on the defensive, and delay the attack of the Chu army.

At the same time, you have to send a general and ask him to lead more than 20,000 men from the mountains to the rear of the vanguard of the Chu army, and then send 10,000 horses to cut off the supply routes of the enemy army and the army around the Changliu Mountains, and trap them alive near the barren mountains. ”

Bai Qi was puzzled and asked, "Marshal, how do you know that they will attack the camp of our army at all costs?"

Cao Shen said: "Because of Ben Shuai, after they learned that Ben Shuai personally led the army to rescue the border pass, they will definitely think that Ben Shuai took away a lot of soldiers and horses, leaving only you to deal with the enemy, at this time, they will inevitably send troops to attack our Chinese army at all costs, once our Chinese army is broken, the battle between our Wei army and Chu State will be a failure, they can't stand this temptation, and they will definitely light the enemy."

But you have to lose a few games before you can convince them that there really isn't much strength in our Chinese army at the moment. After they come to the vicinity of the barren mountain, you are pouring all your strength to defeat the Chu army, and the most critical part is that no matter how much pressure the commander is under at the border pass, as long as the border town is not broken, you can't come to support, and concentrate on fighting your white battle. ”

Cao Shen had no choice, only if he went in person, could he convince the Chu army that the Chinese army camp of the Wei army at this moment had indeed divided its troops and gone out, and the Wei army, which did not have Cao Shen personally in charge, was like a toothless tiger in the eyes of the Chu army.

Although Bai Qi had already gained fame in the previous Wei and Jin battles, after such a long time, many people forgot about this ruthless Wei army soldier.

This is also a creation given by Cao Shen to Bai Qi, if there is no accident in this battle, Bai Qi will completely change from this great battle and become a general through the ages, listed in the annals of history.

As for the war in the border area, Cao Shen decided to resist it with his own strength.

Otherwise, if we continue to divide troops to rescue the border passes, I am afraid that this 'plan to capture the enemy' will be self-defeating.

Bai Qi knew that the most critical part of this plan was that Cao Shen personally rescued the border pass, so there was no way to dissuade Cao Shen from changing his mind.

Because this is an opportunity for the Wei army, a chance to defeat the Chu army once and for all.

Cao Shen left with 50,000 people.

Go to the border pass and resist the attack of the Chu army.

There are 200,000 elites of the Chu army there, and there, there will be an extremely difficult battle to defend the city waiting for Cao Shen.

According to his guess, sure enough, the Chu army sent troops.

200,000 troops, 50,000 baggage soldiers, and 300,000 troops, directly attacked Bai Qi's Chinese army.

According to what Xiang Yan thought, regardless of whether Cao Shen really led a large force to support the border pass or not, he would fight and attack, and he would know in a battle.

Bai Qi knew Xiang Yan's ability, and he fought against Cao Guogong for many days, how could he be a general?

Therefore, in order to call the shots of this scene, Bai Qi paid an extremely painful price, and about 20,000 or 30,000 Wei soldiers were killed in battle, so he decided to deliberately retreat closer to the barren mountains.

When Xiang Yan saw Wei State's move, he immediately let the army take advantage of the victory to pursue.

If you run away to this extent, it must be that the Wei army is not strong enough, and if you don't take advantage of this time to wipe out the Wei army, when will you wait?

Fighting a war is, in a sense, like gambling.

There is only one thought of victory or defeat, the idea is right, there is no disadvantage, the idea is wrong, even if there is an army of millions, it is difficult to turn the tables.

Bai Qi here is very lively, Cao Shen returned to the border pass and did not fall behind, he personally boarded the city gate to supervise the battle, it is conceivable what kind of pressure the border pass is undergoing.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

Cao Shen stood on the city wall and saw that the Chu army that had just been attacked was attacked again, was this worth it?

Hurriedly mobilize the enthusiasm of the soldiers and prepare to defend against the enemy.

Wave after wave of enemy troops were repulsed, but the enemy army began to play a wheel tactic as if it were an endless army, regardless of the number of casualties, except for the onslaught!

It is said that the general of the state of Chu, who was in charge of attacking the border towns this time, had a deep hatred with the state of Wei.

For a while, Cao Shen didn't investigate who the other party's main general was, but when he saw the other party's lifeless play, he felt that the opposite side must be a hairy boy, but this kind of play just hit Cao Shen's weakness.

Just imagine, the Wei army is extremely lacking in troops and logistics, it is difficult to bear a large number of casualties every day, if it is a protracted war, in the case of sufficient food and grass, the Wei army can hold out for a period of time.

But now it seems that the Chu army did not give the Wei army this opportunity at all.

It is to capture the border in the shortest possible time.

Cao Shen had no choice but to cater to the Chu army's style of play.

After all, they were forced to defend the city.

But the other party has been attacking the city for a whole day and a night, and their troops are strong and can take turns to rest, but the Wei army can't!

Finally, after repelling this wave of Chu troops again, the Wei army ushered in a short rest.

As the commander of the three armies, Cao Shen should have recuperated and rested, but at this moment, because of the impact of the war situation, he did not feel the slightest sleepiness.

He patrolled back and forth on the city, and finally, staying in one place, Yao looked at the Chu army that was assembling in formation in the distance, he knew that the Chu army was coming to attack the city again, so he suddenly had an inexplicable sense of powerlessness, and muttered: "If Your Majesty comes to fight this battle, how will Your Majesty fight it?"

At the beginning, when Zhao Changqing fought the Battle of Chang'an, he personally went to the city several times to defeat Xiang Nantian's army.

Later, some soldiers integrated Zhao Changqing's style of fighting to protect Chang'an, and in the absence of major generals, they could turn defeat into victory, which is really amazing.

They gave him a name for this style of play called 'Empty City Strategy'.

However, even if Zhao Changqing created this new strategy, no one dared to implement it again.

For it is said in the world, 'After evergreen, there will be no empty city.'"

(End of chapter)