However, it was said that Cao Zhen and Li Dian led the troops, attacked and harassed Nanyang counties everywhere, plundered the people, and disturbed the local chickens and dogs wherever they went. Not to mention that the big families in the city fled one after another, and the people scattered outside the city also had to help the old and the young to come to Wanxian along the official road.

Cao Zhen also wanted to kidnap the population, but was stopped by Li Dian: "Zidan, our army is fighting south of Jingzhou, and the people at this time are the people under our rule in the future, why bother?" Wouldn't it be good to let them go to Wan County and consume the food of Wan County? ”

Cao Zhen heard this, and laughed a few times: "It is according to Mancheng's words." After that, the march was deliberately driven south by the people. Wen Ping was in Wancheng, and when he saw the endless stream of refugees, he couldn't help but exclaim: "The counties have been broken? Then he asked.

Reports came from left and right, saying that Cao's army had attacked and disturbed the counties, and there was no peace, so they had to flee south. Wen Ping was furious and said, "Why don't you go into the city nearby to avoid it?" ”

Left and right: "The people have said that Cao's army is very vicious, if they don't evacuate, they will set fire to the house, and if they don't go south, they will shoot them with arrows." He didn't dare to enter the city nearby, so he had to come south. ”

Wen Ping is also a general, just thinking about it, I understand what Cao Jun means. It is clearly intended to drive the people to consume their own food. Maybe there are spies lurking among them, and they won't start until the decisive battle to attack the city. After thinking about it for a while, Wen Ping sneered and said, "Give the people a day's food, so that they can continue to go south and get food to Xiangyang along the way." Don't let a man into the city! Violators are killed! ”

Wen Ping thought to himself, don't you want to consume my food, I can still afford a day's food, let all the people go to Xiangyang, there are lords and ministers there, and the huge Jingzhou is afraid that these people will not be able to settle down. As for whether there are any spies, you will not be allowed to enter the city anyway, and someone will find out when the time comes.

Wen Ping sent people food, and sent people to comfort and persuade the people, saying that the war here was about to break out and it was not safe, so he waited to eat all the way to Xiangyang. The people also understood that the Wancheng officials were telling the truth, so they didn't complain, and silently received the food, and then took their families around the city and went to Xiangyang.

Among the refugees, countless sturdy men looked at the city and sighed: "It's a pity, that Wen Ping is worthy of being the general of Jingzhou." This response has made it impossible for us to enter the city to make contributions. ”

Someone else persuaded: "It's okay, if you can enter Xiangyang and find out the news, it will also be meritorious." Then he said no more, mingled with the crowd, and went south.

The people of several counties in the north of Nanyang were almost driven away by Cao Zhen and Li Dian, and several county towns were also held behind closed doors. Cao Zhen originally wanted to attack the city, but later discussed with Li Dianyi, it was useless to fight here, and Wancheng was nailed to the water, and he still had to fight Wancheng if he beat it, but if he beat Wancheng, he could send someone to surrender here. So he turned his horse's head and led the army to Wancheng.

Wan County, a large city in the world, has been the seat of Nanyang County since the Qin period. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been a famous iron-smelting center in the country, and the Western Han Dynasty set up industrial and iron officials here. The first emperor built the capital here, and the Guangwu Emperor rose here, and it was also called the emperor's hometown. When Nanyang was at its peak, the population of the county was nearly 3 million, which was the highest among all counties in the world, and Wanxian County, as the political, economic, cultural and commercial center of Nanyang, was even more dazzling. The city of Wanxian County is larger than the imperial capital Luoyang, and the population is more than Luoyang, which has to be said to be a great wonder of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It is still very difficult to capture such a big city. There have been countless wars in Nanyang in history. One of the three major battlefields of the Yellow Turban Army was in Nanyang. When Sun Jian was used by Yuan Shu, he also deceived and killed Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi here. In front of Nanyang, there are Bowang, West Hubei and two counties and the sunset gathering village as a support. Under layers of obstacles, Cao Jun has fought until now, but he has only occupied an empty city. He also lost his own troops.

After Cao Zhen and Li Dian arrived here, they came to see Cao Hong, and when they heard that Cao Hong had lost, they couldn't help but be shocked. He is Cao Cao's adopted son, Cao Hong is his uncle, he naturally knows Cao Hong's ability, seeing that Cao Hong and Yu Ban brought troops here together and made a mess, so he asked: "In addition to Wen Ping and Liu Pan in Jingzhou, who else is the general?" ”

Cao Hong was even more embarrassed, that Huo Jun was clearly a fledgling boy, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and he was designed a few times by dividing five by two, which was really embarrassing. But he couldn't help but answer, so he hummed and said: "There is a person named Huo Jun, who is very extraordinary. ”

Cao Zhen said: "The four of us are here today, no matter how extraordinary they are, how can we be stopped, and why are we worried about Wancheng?" ”

Cao Hong thought about it, too, you Wenpin and a few others can't do it with three songs and six arms. So he led his troops to attack Western Hubei.

Xi'e is on the right side of the water, and as soon as they fight, Wancheng and Sunset gather and send troops to help. Yu Ban saw it, so he said: "It's better to divide the troops, I and Zilian will go to Xi'e, and Zidan and Mancheng will guard the water." If the enemy comes, tell him. ”

And they took it, and divided their troops. On this day, Cao Hong led the troops out again, and Yu Ban said: "Zilian go, I ambush the soldiers in the road." Cao Hong followed his words, and led the troops away, and sure enough, Wancheng Wenpin led troops to help. Seeing Wen hiring, Cao Zhen and Li Dian led troops to greet them. The two armies competed, the smoke and dust were billowing, the gloomy clouds were bleak, and the sun and moon were dark. The flag covers the sky and the earth, and the sound of the golden drum shakes the sky. The sunset guard will be afraid of the loss of the text, and he can't hold it back, so he comes out of the village to rescue.

In the middle of the line, the road is forbidden, and it suddenly raises troops to attack the back side of the sunset guard, and the Jingzhou army suddenly meets the enemy, and the formation is scattered. The guards couldn't stop drinking, so they had to lead their troops back. Yu Chu came at the end, took advantage of the situation to cover up, and killed until the front of the village. Countless victories have been returned.

Wen Ping saw that there was an ambush all the way, he was shocked, afraid of being calculated, so he led the troops away, the generals chased for a while, and saw that Wen Ping's army marched without flaws, and couldn't help but admire: "This must be Jingzhou elite soldiers!" "Knowing that there is no chance, I retreat. When they arrived at the camp, the generals saw that more than 1,000 people had been beheaded and taken prisoner today, and they had received countless golden drums and banners. couldn't help but be overjoyed, so he set up a banquet to reward the trilogy.

Wen Ping knew that the sunset would gather the guards and the soldiers were defeated, but he was not to blame, so he only ordered him to guard the village and not go out without orders. In the government Chinese hiring, but it is very annoying. That Cai Mao came from the army, saying that he was here to help, but he was sitting in the city and didn't care about anything. What's the use? frowned, then took up the pen and wrote a letter, so that the soldiers went to Xiangyang.

Liu Biao was in Xiangyang, and when he got the letter of Wenpin, he was furious in his heart, and he secretly failed to meet my expectations. He wanted to return Cai Mao and send someone else to him. Liu Biao believed in the study case and went to change his clothes. Mrs. Cai came to the study to serve tea, and when she saw that her husband was not there, she sat aside, and suddenly saw an open letter on the case, and her heart moved, so she got up and looked at it. At a glance, it turned out to be Wen Pingyu's letter to reprimand Cai Mao for dereliction of duty in Nanyang. I couldn't help but feel angry in my heart. Secretly said that my brother risked arrows and stones, fearless of hardships and dangers, and led the army to help you defend the city regardless of death, and this is still a good defense?