In late June of the sixth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuzhou. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Guan Yu led the army to Suiyang to meet with Li Jing, who had arrived here in advance.

Li Yi's order was clear, demanding an immediate end to the war in the south. But now even if Guan Yu arrives in Suiyang, the strength of the army has increased, and he can defeat the rebels in the areas of Dangxian and Xiangxian, but it may not be able to stop the rebels from continuing to counterattack, and they must find a way to negotiate with Cao Cao and divide the relationship between Cao Cao, Yuan Tan and Liu Biao, so as to destroy the alliance of the rebels.

Li Jing said to Guan Yu: "Brother Yun, you lead the army to attack, and I will go back to Xuchang to convene the famous scholars and Confucians to discuss the plan to persuade the divide." ”

On June 24, Guan Yu ordered Li Zhong to lead an army of 8,000 to quietly cross the Bishui River, waiting for an opportunity to attack Xiao County and cut off Cao Cao's grain and grass transportation; Ordered Meng Heng to take 40,000 troops to stand by in Dangxian County and wait for his attack order.

On June 25, Guan Yu gathered an army of 32,000 and took the initiative to attack.

Yuan Tan, Cao Hong, Liu Xun, Man Chong and others waved their troops to meet the enemy, and the two sides fought bloodily by the Suishui River.

On June 26, Cao Cao personally went to the front and commanded an army of 70,000 to attack.

Guan Yu was not afraid, and Li Xuan and others took the lead, leading the soldiers to fight to the death, and the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered extremely heavy losses.

Cao Cao was very happy, he thought that the attack in the direction of Jingzhou had worked, and Li Jing went with some men and horses to support Luyang. And Guan Yu is a barbarian, who doesn't know the art of war, only knows how to fight to the death, so that the small number of troops has been severely damaged, and it is already in danger. He ordered all the thousands of defenders in Xiangcheng and Xiao County to be transferred to the battlefield overnight, preparing to deal a fatal blow to Guan Yu the next day.

In the early morning of June 27, Meng Hui led his army to the front line, and under the command of Guan Yu, an army of 40,000 launched an attack on the exhausted rebel camp.

Cao Cao, Yuan Tan and others were caught off guard, and the soldiers who had been fighting for two days in a row were already exhausted.

The rebels were defeated. The Northern Xinjiang Army covered up and killed all the way, cutting off countless heads.

Cao Cao fled to Xiao County, crossing the river while reorganizing his army.

Suddenly, Li Zhong led his army to kill.

Li Zhong found that Xiao County's army had crossed the river overnight* and went south, so he decided to attack Xiao County, but he did not expect that when he attacked the city, it was precisely the moment when Cao's army fled back in embarrassment.

Cao Jun was horrified and fled in all directions, drowning in countless people.

Li Zhong was also very panicked, he thought that Cao Cao had withdrawn his army, and the main force was behind, so he hurriedly retreated with the army.

Meng Hui and the others led the army to kill until dawn before stopping. In this battle, nearly 10,000 enemies were killed, and the heads were like mountains. In addition, more than 20,000 enemy soldiers were captured.

Cao Cao was defeated and returned to Pengcheng, panicked and worried that the Northern Frontier Army would take advantage of the situation to attack Xuzhou.

Yuan Tan fled to Qicheng and survived.

When Li Jing heard of the victory in Dangcheng, he was very excited, and while flying pigeons to pass on the master Li Yi, he hurriedly sent messengers to Pengcheng to persuade Cao Cao and tell him to immediately present a plea form, otherwise he would immediately wave his army to attack Xuzhou.

Li Jing said in the letter: "Do you think Liu Biao will help you fight Yuzhou? He had already sent someone to contact us secretly, and if it weren't for his tacit understanding, I would have been able to transfer all the main forces of Yuzhou to the Dangcheng battlefield? Liu Biao is the minister of the clan, and if he surrenders, at least he can be a free prince. But what about you? If you don't wake up again, you will wipe out the scourge of the Nine Clans. ”

Li Jing sent Han Ji to Xiangyang to persuade Liu Biao. Li Jing said in the letter: "Brother Jingsheng, you don't know who Cao Cao is? A few years ago, in order to win respite, he did not hesitate to marry his daughter to Northern Xinjiang. Now that he is defeated again, do you think he will surrender or not? He surrendered, was appeased, whether he was sincere or not, he would not hesitate to sacrifice your interests. It is even possible to give us food and grass to secretly help us fight Jingzhou in exchange for time for him to regain his strength. So, Brother Jingsheng, you better be sober, see the situation clearly before fighting, don't fall for other people's tricks in a daze, fall for other people's tricks, and don't even know how you died. ”

It was Yuan Ba who went to Qicheng to appease Yuan Tan. Yuan Tan now only has half of Peiguo left, and his strength is almost lost, but Yuan Ba persuaded him to take advantage of Cao Cao's defeat and not yet recover his vitality, and immediately sent people to Jiangdong to contact Sun Quan and Zhou Yu to seize Jiujiang and Lujiang, so as to find a new foothold for himself.

Yuan Ba said: "If you are in trouble, just mention it, I will use the power of Yuan Valve in Yuzhou to help you secretly." ”

Yuan Tan was grateful, although he knew that Yuan Ba might not really help him, but he really needed to cheer up and survive, otherwise he would be completely finished.

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July, Xiliang.

At the beginning of July, under the unremitting efforts of Zhang Liao and Ma Chao, and under the frequent attacks of the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the vigilance and timidity in the hearts of the Qiang people were gradually replaced by burning hatred and anger, and they gradually gathered on the front line of Jincheng and Yuzhong to prepare for a decisive battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army. However, Yao Qianna, the great chief of Yaodangqiang, repeatedly warned them not to leave the banks of the Huangshui River, not to cross the Yellow River and fight a decisive battle with the Han Chinese.

Yao Qianna's cavalry had been fighting with the northern cavalry on the north bank of the Huangshui River, and he noticed that the Han cavalry had signs of crossing the river, and immediately suspected that the northern Xinjiang army was going to encircle and annihilate the Qiang cavalry on the first line of Jincheng and Yuzhong, so he stopped Tang Xiao, another powerful faction of the Qiang Qiang army, from crossing the river several times.

However, the arrogant Tang Xiao turned a deaf ear, and on the seventh day of the seventh month, he led 12,000 Qiang cavalry to attack Yuzhong.

The Northern Xinjiang Army was defeated, retreated again and again, and was defeated into the Kwai Yuan Gorge.

The Qiang roared in.

Suddenly, the war drums were like thunder, the ambush troops were exhausted, and tens of thousands of northern Xinjiang troops surrounded the Qiang people and attacked bravely.

The Qiang people were defeated and desperately broke through, leaving thousands of corpses behind and fleeing in disarray, but they encountered the Xiliang army lurking from the Camel Ridge Trail near Jincheng. Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi and others commanded the army to stubbornly resist and block the Qiang people on the bank of the Yellow River.

Zhang Liao, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, Han De and others led the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang to catch up quickly and kill with the Qiang people again.

At this time, Hou Junji and Gao Xianzhi led 12,000 cavalry from the north to cross the river, and tens of thousands of troops surrounded the Qiang people and slashed at them.

Zhang Liao ordered, kill, not a single one left.

The war intensified. Tang Xiao, the commander of the Qiang Qu, was killed by Ma Chao, and thousands of Qiang people fell off their horses under the stormy attack of the Han army.

At dusk, when Li Yi arrived at the battlefield with the pro-guard army, the battle was over. The battlefield was littered with corpses and rivers of blood, which was unbearable.

Li Yi ordered to cross the river and kill Hehuang directly.

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In mid-July, the news that Li Yi had led his army into Hehuang reached Longxi, and everyone was shocked.

Liu Bei urgently summoned Zhu Ling, Pang Yi and others to discuss. Pang Tong, who had been following Liu Bei, suggested that Liu Bei immediately withdraw from Longxi and quickly seize Hanzhong, otherwise the army was very likely to be wiped out in Longxi and Wudu counties.

At this moment, Liu Bei was completely in trouble.

Since the Northern Xinjiang Army came out of the Dasan Pass, the food supply to Longxi has been completely cut off. Although Liu Bei is in Tuntian, Longxi, the climate is not suitable, the output is very low, and the grain is like a drop in the bucket, and he can't support himself. Transporting grain from Bashu and Hanzhong to Longxi, more than half of the consumption on the road will be removed. Therefore, Liu Bei's army has been struggling to survive, which is also one of the important reasons why Liu Bei was stranded in Longxi and could not conquer Hehuang.

Now there is no food to ensure the survival of the army, and it is not only the Qiang people who threaten the safety of the army, but also the powerful Northern Xinjiang Army. In this case, the withdrawal of Wudu became the only way out.

Thinking about his indomitable courage in coming to Xiliang last year, Liu Bei felt very desolate and painful.

It is true that Western Xinjiang is not a place for people, even if you have great ambitions, but in the face of hunger and cold, you can only tie your hands.

Now I don't even have the heart to fight the trapped beast, and I wish I could leave early.

But where is the way out for you when you leave Longxi?

Pang Tong analyzed the situation in detail and believed that now Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu were afraid of Li Yi and wanted to preserve their strength as much as possible, and they might not do their best to protect Wudu, so the army should quickly withdraw to Hechi and the first line to avoid the fate of the entire army.

Pang Tong said to Liu Bei: "For more than a month, the Northern Xinjiang Army has been attacking continuously and has approached Hechi, if Hechi falls, we will be in a desperate situation, and there is no chance of survival." After withdrawing to Wudu, we took advantage of the large troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army to suppress the border, and Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu both needed the opportunity for us to help by force, first taking Hanzhong and then Chengdu, so as to ensure the safety of Yizhou and block the pace of the Northern Xinjiang Army moving south. ”

Liu Bei had no choice. If he wants to live, he needs a place to live, and he has to grab it.

"Withdraw ......" Liu Bei no longer hesitated and gave a categorical order.

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In early July, the river is in the river.

The Qiang people fled when they heard the news, and the Northern Xinjiang Army could not find its main force, so they had to station their troops on the banks of the Huangshui River, patiently looking for opportunities.

Hou Junji led his army across the Yellow River and joined the Western Expeditionary Army.

Jia Xu suggested that the troops should be divided to lure the enemy. The main force pretended to attack Longxi, lurked in the area of Heguan and Caohan, and left a cavalry to lure the main force of the Qiang people in Hehuang.

Li Yi followed his plan and led his army to the south, crossed the Yellow River from the direction of Heguan, and began to attack Longxi.

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Golden City.

At the beginning of the month, Cui Lin, the special envoy to Hanzhong, finally returned in Li Yi's anxious anticipation, but the news he brought back disappointed Li Yi.

Zhang Lu refused Li Yi's request. Now the situation in Longnan has completely changed, Liu Bei may return to Wudu County at any time, the Northern Xinjiang Army may capture the line of Hechi and Xianren Pass at any time, and the tens of thousands of troops on the current Wudu battlefield may also withdraw into Hanzhong at any time.

At this time, if we take the risk of letting the Northern Xinjiang Army cross the plank road and secretly enter Hanzhong, it is very likely to destroy Hanzhong, turn Hanzhong into ruins, and let hundreds of thousands of people in Hanzhong suffer from the poison of war.

Whether it was for his own interests or for the interests of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu had no reason to agree to Li Yi's request.

Zhang Lu suggested that Li Yi increase his troops in Wudu County, take advantage of the fact that Liu Bei's army has not yet withdrawn from Longxi, take the lead in capturing the line of Hechi and Xianren Pass, cut off Liu Bei's retreat, and then firmly occupy Yangping Pass and Chuyang to ensure the safety of Hanzhong.

The premise of Zhang Lu's return to Shun is to ensure the safety of Hanzhong, and he will never do anything that may endanger the safety of Hanzhong.