Cao Cao was dancing in the yin, and after cleaning up his mood, he sent people back to listen to the news. On this day, the scout came to report that after Zhang Xiu collected his troops, he abandoned Nanyang and went west, looking at his marching route, he actually entered the customs. And the cities of Wanxian County have been occupied by Liu Biao's troops.

Cao Cao got the report and said with a smile: "Zhang Xiu has gone, who else in Jingzhou dares to stop me?" Then he led his troops back to Wancheng.

Cai Mao guarded Wan County, and when he heard that Cao Cao had returned, he was horrified, so he closed the door and held on, and sent people to Xiangyang for help. Liu Biao was in Xiangyang, and when he heard that Cao Cao was coming again, he summoned his ministers to ask him.

The ministers were afraid that Cao Cao was powerful, and Jingnan was not peaceful, Zhang Xiu went again, thinking that Jingzhou would not be guaranteed, so they persuaded Liu Biao to surrender. Don't drive Liu Xian out of the queue and said: "Today's heroes are fighting, and all the heroes are rising." Cao Cao has two states, and he is good at using soldiers, and many virtuous and handsome people return to him. This time the troops were moved to Jianghan, and I was afraid that the general would not be able to control it. Today's victory, if you raise Jingzhou to attach Cao Cao, Cao will be a German general, enjoy the blessings for a long time, and hang down the heirs, this is a perfect strategy. ”

Liu Xian's words were quite in Liu's heart. He's going to be sixty years old. Life is in the world, and the grass and trees are in autumn. How long will he live? The fate of the Han Empire is no longer something he can decide. Then then, you can only care about what is behind you. How to continue the prosperity of your children and grandchildren and your family is the most important thing. Now that Jingzhou has no help, Liu Xuande's actions in Yangzhou have forced Sun Cebing to retreat to Jiangxia. But Cao Cao still came to Nanyang, making it clear that he wanted to get Jingzhou and then quickly. Now that Jingnan is turbulent, the north is all relying on Huang Zu and Cai Mao, but I am afraid that it will not be able to resist Cao Cao. What about abandoning the three counties of Jingnan and transferring Wenpin and Liu Pan to the north?

Liu Biao looked at his mastermind Kuai Yue again, wanting to hear his opinion. Kuai Yue was also quite helpless, he persuaded you to take the initiative before, but you brought 100,000 armor and sat back and watched the success or failure of the world. Now that the strength of the world has been decided, what can I do about it? Then he said: "With the current situation of Jingzhou, its momentum is not enough to imperial Cao Gong. It's better to return to Cao Gong. ”

When Liu Biao heard this, his mind turned, no matter what, since Jingzhou was targeted by Sun Jian and Cao Cao, it is estimated that it will not be able to survive itself. However, he surrendered without doing a single battle, and he was really unwilling in his heart, so he said: "Order Liu Pan to guard Hanshou, and hire him to return to Wan, so as to control Cao Cao." ”

Let's fight first, if you really can't beat it, then give Jingzhou to Cao Cao, and take your family to Xuande to be a Qingke. It's a pity that Xuande is too far away from Jingzhou, otherwise, there would be no need to be cheap Cao Cao.

Wen hired the general's order, so Liu Pan and Jin Xuan guarded Wuling County, and he led the army to return to the north, gathering at sunset in Bingtun, and camping near the water. He also sent a message to Wancheng, so that Cai Mao defended the city by himself, and he was maneuvering outside, and he fought against Cao's army together.

Cao Cao led his army to Wancheng in person, and shouted under the city: "The troops in the city have heard, our army has arrived, and you can quickly surrender." Otherwise, the army will attack the city, and those who besiege and surrender will not be forgiven! ”

Cao Cao is threatening and intimidating again, if it weren't for the Wenpin army being outside the city, I'm afraid that Cai Mao would really open the city gate. Rao is like this, Cai Mao in the city heard this, and his face couldn't help but change.

The tragic siege battle finally began. The winner will have everything, and the loser will lose everything. Therefore, the two groups of people attacked and defended, killing selflessly and devotedly, from time to time someone fell down from the ladder, and from time to time someone continued to climb up. Archers poured out arrows on each other, sword and shield men and pikemen, you chop me, I stab you. Blood splattered and heads rolled. Human life, in a brutal war, is so cheap.

In the rumbling of drums, the indifferent general, commanding the indifferent soldiers, charged again and again. It seems that he wants to fill this huge Wancheng with human lives.

Cao Cao straddled his horse and kept his posture motionless to look out. The sound of fighting not far ahead seemed to have no effect on him. The only thing he cared about was when he would be able to break through Wancheng and he would be able to rest in it.

Siege warfare, boring and boring. This kind of war of attrition, which has no technical content, is fought for the courage, ferocity, and patience of the officers and men of the three armies. The sun was tilting, and when red clouds appeared on the hills to the west, both sides seemed to be a little exhausted. Still, they didn't stop. At the urging of the main general, he clutched the handle of the knife that had been soaked in sweat and blood, stared at the blood-red eyes, howled, and gasped, ready to use his last strength to overturn the other party.

Cao Cao waved his hand and finally ordered the troops to be withdrawn. The soldiers will retreat and retreat from the city in turn. But the Jingzhou army didn't even have the courage to chase and kill, and when they saw Cao Jun retreating, they threw the knife and gun in their hands and spread them on the ground, just wanting to sleep until dawn.

Cai Mao was at the head of the city, dragging her heavy body, commanding left and right, and began to clean up the mess. The wounded soldiers are to be rescued, and the dead bodies are to be buried. The city defense materials should also be replenished. The generals and colonels around him listened to the order and left one by one, and teams of civilians ran back and forth, carrying away the wounded soldiers and corpses all over the ground. Cai Mao raised her head and looked at the burning clouds in the sky, and suddenly a sense of tiredness came to her heart. He grew up in Jingzhou, and until now for decades, he followed Liu Biao to pacify the Jingzhou sect thieves and sweep the counties, and he has never had the fatigue of today. He boasted that he was accustomed to seeing blood, but he was also shocked by the tragedy of today. If Cao Jun is such a fierce soldier, how can this Wancheng be defended.

Cao Cao was in the camp and summoned the generals and said: "Today's siege, I know the reality of Cai Mao. It is not difficult to break Wancheng, but it is difficult to hire people. "Cao Cao's big hand is a little on the map, and it just falls on the camp of Wen Ping.

Cao Cao looked around at the generals and said, "I heard that Wen Ping is a tiger general in Jingzhou, who can fight you?" ”

Xiahou Yuan came out and said: "I am willing to take the first rank for the lord!" ”

Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others were also unwilling to be left behind, and they asked for war one after another. Cao Cao saw that everyone was eager to fight, and laughed and said: "In this way, Miaocai and Zixiao will attack Wenpin tomorrow, and Zilian and Zihe will continue to attack the city." ”

Wen Ping watched Cao Cao's siege of the city all the time today. After Cao Cao collected his troops, Wen Ping returned to the camp and thought to himself, Cao Cao still had the strength to attack the city, and he thought it was to prevent me from attacking. Cao Cao has been fighting for many years, and he will want to attack me first, and then fight Wancheng. So he was in the camp and prepared for battle to prevent Cao Cao.

Early the next morning, all I could hear was the rumbling of drums and the sound of trumpets outside the camp. Wen hired to watch it, and sure enough, Cao Bing came. Wen Ping said in his heart, I heard that Cao Cao has a tiger and leopard to ride, and he can shake Zhang Xiuliangzhou's iron horse without falling behind, I can't be defeated, but I can stick to it. Then he led the army and stuck to the camp.

Seeing this, Xiahou Yuan sneered, you think that if you don't come out, I can't do anything about you. Then choose an outlet, accumulate more firewood, and attack it with fire. Seeing this, Wen Ping asked the sergeants to cover their mouths and noses with wet wipes, and each of them held a huge shield to protect his body, and went to extinguish the fire.

Xiahou Yuan dug the tunnel again, and Wen Ping saw it, and first led water to irrigate it. Its camp is high, and the river water pours down, flooding the tunnel. Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren used all kinds of means, and Wen was hired in the camp, calm and calm, and resolved them one by one.

In the end, Xiahou Yuan was furious, so he led the army to surround his camp on three sides, wanting to pull it out. The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.