Yingchuan, Jiaxian, Mopo.

Cao Cao's garrison has been here for nearly ten days, and Cao Ren finished handling the affairs of Wancheng and flew to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was sleeping when he came, and Cao Ren was about to go inside, but he was stopped by Xu Chu and strictly ordered not to allow it, only saying: "The king will come out." ”

Cao Ren's temper was angry on the spot, and it was difficult to break in, so he had to wait.

After Cao Cao woke up, Cao Ren came in, and at this time Cao Cao was reclining on the couch, and the bright sunlight from the skylight at the top of the big tent shone around the bed.

Cao Cao was holding a silk book in his hand, his face was fat, and his skin was dull.

Cao Ren stepped forward a few steps and arched his hand: "The subordinate brother is incompetent, and he almost ruined the country's society." ”

"It's good to come back, take a look at the letter sent by Yu Wenze. The clouds are amazing, amazing. ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and beckoned Cao Ren to sit on the edge of the bed, and handed a few volumes of silk books to Cao Ren. ”

"Hmph, Liu Xuande prides himself on winning the hearts of the people, but now it seems to be exaggerated."

Cao Cao smiled and smiled happily: "Yun Chang is lucky, and Huang Gongheng and Tian Xiaoxian are two people who save the building when it is about to fall." This Tian Xiaoxian was quite dangerous in using his troops, and he destroyed the heart of Lü Meng's army in a battle, causing Lü Meng to die of illness. What's even better is that in the first battle of October 10 Wheat City, Yun Chang captured and beheaded more than 23,000 Wu soldiers. ”

Cao Ren flipped through a scroll of silk books, and his teeth were a little sour: "This person is fierce, and his brother almost died in the hands of this person." If it weren't for the arrow, the younger brother would die with Fancheng. ”

"Hehe, the more fierce this person is, the more fortunate it is for the country."

Cao Cao changed to a comfortable lying position, squinting at the skylight: "Yizhou is already empty, otherwise how could Liu Xuande easily withdraw his troops from Hanzhong?" Jingzhou has made a big move, and now the epidemic is out, and the coming year will inevitably be empty, and it will be difficult to support the war. ”

If Liu Bei's main force is in Hanzhong, and there is still the strength to launch an expedition, Cao's army will completely collapse this year.

It was precisely because Liu Bei led the main force back to Yizhou to eat, that Cao Cao was able to evacuate from Chang'an to Luoyang, and then transfer from Luoyang to Mopo, the closer to Xudu, the stronger the effect of suppressing the Central Plains and the hearts of the people.

On the contrary, Liu Bei was in Hanzhong, and Cao Cao dared to withdraw his troops from Chang'an, and Guanlong was bound to be taken by Liu Bei; Even Liu Bei divided another 20,000 or 10,000 troops to support the Xiangfan battlefield, which was enough to make a final decision and kill Cao Ren in Fancheng.

Liu Bei gave up such a major strategic advantage and took the initiative to retreat, which shows that Yizhou really can't hold on.

Cao Ren listened quietly, and he was also glad in his heart.

Cao Cao continued: "I made an appointment with Yun Chang to fight Xiangfan again next autumn, and it is difficult to make the trip. Guanzhong and the Central Plains are empty and in urgent need of recuperation. Just south of Wancheng, there is no military food to raise. Prime Minister Cao Peng is calculating, there is a proposal to abandon Nanyang, what does Zixiao think? ”

"The younger brother thinks that he can't abandon Nanyang, give the younger brother 30,000 troops, and the younger brother can protect Wancheng from losing."

Cao Cao closed his eyes: "Thirty thousand is difficult." There were 240,000 Chinese and foreign armies in the world, and there were four battles before and after Hanzhong and Xiangfan, although new soldiers were recruited, now there are only 170,000. Reduce the defense of Hefei and move troops to Xudu and Luoyang, which can be perfect. ”

Hefei gathered an army to continue to reduce, so that Sun Quan could let go of his hands and feet and go to seize Jingzhou with Guan Yu without any worries; Completely abandon the Nanyang defenders, with the same intention, let Guan Yu fight Sun Quan with a big move.

Without much effort, the military and material resources of the Han army and the Wu army were consumed in the battle.

The more they fight, the less likely it is that the two sides will reconcile.

Cao Ren's expression was a little depressed: "Where should the younger brother go?" ”

"Xudu, Zixiao stayed in Xudu and supervised the military of Yanyu and Jingyang. Huainan has Wenyuan, Yexian has Gongming, with these two people, even if Yunchang and Sun Quan reconcile and attack suddenly, it is enough to consolidate the city. During this period, it should be recuperated. ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, Cao Ren suddenly felt a heavy pressure on his shoulders: "How is Yuan Rang placed?" ”

"Yuan Rang...... After working hard in the army, and with injuries and illnesses, I really can't bear to burden Yuan Rang anymore. The affairs of the south are entrusted to Zixiao, and I will lead Yuan back to Luoyang. It's a pity that Zheng Rong has been fighting all his life, and Luoyang is still broken. ”

Cao Cao said two lines of tears, Cao Ren rolled up his sleeves and wiped them, and he couldn't help crying.

Luoyang is the real hometown, growing up in Luoyang, studying and playing in Luoyang.

Cao Ren recalled the past of his youth, and his tears couldn't stop flowing, and this farewell may be goodbye.

Cao Ren's father, Cao Chi, was a lieutenant in Shizhong and Changshui, and died of the epidemic when Cao Ren was sixteen years old. At that time, Cao Ren and Cao Chun's brothers separated, Cao Ren was stubborn, got the family property, and recruited rangers with the family property to break into the career, and Cao Chun's gentle personality was supported by Cao Chi's old officials and subordinates, and he stayed in Luoyang, and was promoted to Huangmenlang at the age of seventeen.

Two years after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Chun, whose personality and talent can be called comprehensive, died of illness, which brought a very serious blow to Cao Cao and Cao Ren.

Counting up, the blood relationship between the Cao Ren brothers and Cao Cao is a bit far, not as close as Cao Hong and Cao Xiu.

Cao Cao's father Cao Song was passed on to Cao Teng, before the succession, Cao Song and Cao Hong's father were brothers, and the brothers also had a brother Cao Ding, the county guard of Wu County, who was Cao Xiu's grandfather. Both, Cao Cao and Cao Hong are cousins, and Cao Xiu is Cao Cao's cousin.

With the follow-up Xu Huang, Xiahoudun, and Zhang Liao successively leading their troops to Mopo, the army gathered here also scattered and retreated, retreating to Luoyang and Xudu.

Sun Quan's army was defeated in Maicheng, and the elite of the Chinese army was almost devastated, and the Haoqiang and Tuyi chieftains from all over Jingnan raised troops to expel them, or coerced the surrendered officials.

The officials of Lingling County put the county guard Hao Pu under house arrest, pushed the northern governor Xi Zhen as the county guard, and joined more than 10,000 troops to go north on the Xiangjiang River and go straight to Changsha.

The officials of Wuling County pushed the people of Xiangyang, and Wuling engaged Fan Zhou as the county guard, Chen Feng as the captain, and also joined nearly 10,000 troops along the oil river to the north, marching towards the public security city.

Mo Chong, another battalion governor of Tian Xin, gathered more than 5,000 soldiers to cross the Yangtze River branch on a bamboo raft and captured Jiangling Zhongzhou on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The entire Wu army west of the mouth of the Youjiang River retreated, and by October 19, Sun Quan burned down the city of Gong'an and led his troops to evacuate to Baqiu downstream.

The dragon boat draped in ribbons sailed on the river, and Sun Quan raised his eyes and looked around, but could not see a wisp of people on both sides of the strait.

The villages and fishing villages were empty, and they were afraid that when the Wu army retreated, they would take the forcibly relocated population to Yangzhou.

The Yi soldiers in Jingnan were still in full swing, and the Tuyi tribe was more afraid of Sun Quan's rule in Jingzhou than Han Haoqiang.

The main force against Sun Quan has always been the Tuyi tribe.

When Sun Quan's main force arrived in Baqiu, there were less than 30,000 people, and as soon as they entered Dongting Lake, bad news came one after another.

First, Changsha Tuyi raised troops, and then led Xi Zhen to attack the county city of Linxiang, and was besieging Yiyang; It was Jiang Xiayi again, and almost attacked the important town of Xiakou.

Not long after, Guiyang Tuyi raised troops and expelled the officials.

Not only Jingnan, after a big defeat, the news spread rapidly, and Tuyi in Jiaozhou was also ready to move.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, Jiaozhou and Liangzhou have never been stable.

It seems that this is no longer a matter of defeating Guan Yu and taking Jingzhou, nor is it a matter of keeping the three eastern counties of Jingzhou.

Tuyi in various places are vying to raise troops, and if they don't make it, they will lose it.

Due to sea storms and land rainforests, Sun Quan controlled only one of the main passages in Jiaozhou, which was the Ling Canal between Xiangshui and Lishui.

Xiangshui to the north, Lishui to the south, but the source of these two waters staggered, Qin cut a spiritual canal to connect the south and north two water systems.

In other words, after Liu Bei and Guan Yu freed their hands, they could block the Xiangjiang River from Lingling at any time and block the material transportation channels between Sun Quan and Jiaozhou.

Since the Battle of Chibi, Buqi's management of Jiaozhou has approached maturity, and it has reached the time when it can send troops to feed Sun Quan. At this time, if Liu Bei's throat was choked, he would feel distressed when he thought about it.

It is also because of the importance of the Lingqu channel, so Xiangshui is prosperous in commerce and trade, and Xiangguan has gathered a lot of business and travel materials, which are all transported from Jiaozhou to the north.

The bad news never stopped, and on October 22, Guan Yu broke through Sun Jiao's army in Huarong and captured 5,000.

Sun Jiao, Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, and Jiang Qin abandoned Hanjin and retreated to Xiakou, and more than 30,000 people from the Jingzhou Navy Division and Guan Yu's headquarters gathered in Hanjin and once again divided Sun Quan and the Eastern Road Partial Army into two.

When the news of his favorite clan general, Sun Huan, who was seriously injured and died, came to his ears, Sun Quan knew that he couldn't delay it any longer.

With Zhuge Jin as the messenger to visit Guan Yu, the army went down the Yangtze River, abandoned Changsha, and moved to Xiakou.

As long as you keep Xiakou, then it's easy to say anything.