After Yue Fei discussed with Zhao Yun and Sima Yi, Feige sent a letter to Xu Da, asking him to temporarily suspend the war and not fight. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

With Xu Da's current strength, the possibility of conquering Yangping Pass in a short period of time is very small. And the long-term attack on Yangping Pass, the Northern Xinjiang Army could not afford it. Therefore, Yue Fei told Xu Da in his letter that the army of Lu Yi and Lu Qian had conquered Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng, and successfully broke through the defense line of the eastern flank of Han, and waited until autumn, the imperial court would appropriately increase the troops in Lu Yi according to the development of the situation, so that he and you could fight and take Hanzhong together. At present, the focus of the imperial court is to do its best to support the two battlefields of Nanyang and Xuzhou, neither of which can afford to lose, and the imperial court has no choice but to temporarily abandon the Longnan battlefield.

At present, the situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou is not good. The information obtained from various sources confirmed that Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, and Cao Pi had gathered about 100,000 troops on the south bank of Huaishui, and although they had no signs of attacking north in the short term, if the northern Xinjiang army could not conquer Pengcheng for a long time, they would definitely cross the river north in the summer.

If Pengcheng cannot be conquered, the cavalry army will not be able to return to the north in time, and the climate in the south in summer will be a huge test for the cavalry in the north of Xinjiang.

Guan Yu expressed the same concern in a letter to the imperial court. Since Cao Cao and the main civil and military officials of Xuzhou and their families were in Pengcheng, Pengcheng's defense was very tenacious. It will be very difficult for the army to capture Pengcheng before July. In addition, once the cavalry returns to the northern frontier, the northern Xinjiang army needs sufficient troops to garrison the Huai River line, and if the losses are too great when Pengcheng forcibly attacks, the northern Xinjiang army may not be able to block the fierce counterattack of the rebels in the future.

Therefore, the lord Li Yi categorically decided that the Xuzhou battlefield would be temporarily suspended, and ordered the army on the Nanyang battlefield to launch an attack, take Wancheng, and then quickly transfer part of the troops to reinforce the Xuzhou battlefield.

Li Yi Feige passed on Li Jing that before the end of June, he must conquer Wancheng and occupy Nanyang.

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In early June of the seventh year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanyang.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou weighed it again and again, but decided to send troops north to contain the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Nanyang battlefield, so as to give Cao Cao in Xuzhou the opportunity to win a counterattack. If the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Nanyang battlefield reinforces Xuzhou, Cao Cao will be completely finished. Cao Cao is finished, and Xiangyang is in danger.

However, the Jingzhou army was very afraid of the northern cavalry, especially Xuzhou Cao Cao, under the attack of the northern cavalry, had no power to fight back, and was defeated, which made the Jingzhou soldiers even more frightened, lest they be eaten by the northern cavalry like the Cao army.

After Liu Cong crossed the Han River with his army, Yuwen Chengdu and Lu Wenlong's cavalry attacked repeatedly, and the Jingzhou army could not move an inch and did not dare to leave Xiangyang too far.

At this moment, the situation in Wancheng is precarious.

Wancheng was besieged by the Northern Xinjiang Army for three months, and due to the large number of defenders in the city, the time of siege far exceeded the originally expected time, and the food in the city was very tight. Although the soldiers were still able to eat one meal a day, the people in the city had long since run out of food, and many were starving to death. When the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Nieyang, they deliberately let Song Zhong flee into Wancheng with his army, just to increase the consumption of food in Wancheng, and their goal was achieved.

There were too many rebels on the battlefield in Nanyang, and the 100,000 troops were concentrated in Wancheng, no matter how sharp the northern army had, it would not be able to easily take the city. Besieging but not attacking is actually a helpless move by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

The long period of three months gradually caused the defenders in the city to gradually lose confidence and morale. Especially after the people of Wancheng began to die in large numbers, the morale of the army was completely chaotic. The army was in turmoil, the soldiers were in panic, and everyone gradually neglected to guard against the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the Northern Xinjiang Army slowly dug the tunnel under the city wall at this time.

In mid-June, Li Jing and Tai Shici commanded an army of 100,000 to launch a general attack on Wancheng.

More than 3,000 catapults, more than 10,000 crossbow trucks, and all kinds of giant chariots, indignations, and oars were on the battlefield at the same time.

Seven days later, the tunnels dug by the Northern Army came into play, and a hundred-pace-long section of the city wall collapsed. The main body of the city wall of Wancheng is made of rammed earth, and its hardness cannot be compared with the stone wall of Luoyang, coupled with the bombardment of dozens of heavy stone cannons of the Northern Xinjiang Army for five consecutive days, this section of the city wall is like fluffy sand.

The Northern Frontier Army slaughtered like a tide, and the earth-shattering killing sound shook the heavens and the earth.

In the face of the attack of the 100,000-strong army, even with Zhang Xiu's bravery, it was completely useless, not to mention the soldiers of the Jingzhou army, who were all heartbroken and surrendered one after another. Zhang Xiu, Kuai Liang, Wen Ping, Xiang Lang, Xiang Zhong and other generals and strategists in the city were all captured, and more than 90,000 of the 100,000 troops were taken prisoner by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

On June 22, Li Jing, the general of Zhengxi, and Tai Shici, the general of Andong, entered Wancheng.

On June 23, Li Jing reported his victory to Jicheng and the general.

On June 24, Tai Shici's 50,000-strong army rushed to the battlefield of Xuzhou day and night.

In late June, Tian Li Yi rushed to Pengcheng with the heavy cavalry of the pro-guard army, shot in the city, and persuaded Cao Cao to surrender. Cao Cao ignored it.

On June 25, Li Yi was overjoyed when he received the news of Nanyang's victory, and immediately ordered to inform the soldiers of the army. For a time, the war drums were like thunder, and the deafening cheers resounded throughout Pengcheng.

Li Yi invited Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, and Cao Chun to talk about the victory in Nanyang. Finally, he said: "The four of you will discuss it, send someone into the city, and persuade Cao Cao to surrender immediately." ”

Cao Ren entered Pengcheng with Li Yi's letter, and when he saw Cao Cao, he was stunned. Cao Cao had fallen into a deep coma because of a head wind attack, and even if he was awake occasionally, he was delirious and babbling nonsense.

"How so?" Cao Ren knelt beside Cao Cao, hugging his head and crying.

"He's desperate, completely desperate...... Cheng Yu sighed miserably, "Eighteen years, eighteen years of fighting, but in the end he failed, who can bear this kind of pain?" ”

On the second day of the seventh month, Cao Cao fell into a complete coma, and Cao Ren led the military generals of Xuzhou to surrender.

After Cao Cao was given emergency treatment by the military medical craftsmen to stabilize his condition, Li Yi sent someone to quickly send Cao Cao to Jicheng for treatment.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, Li Yitong led an army of 80,000 to the south of the Huai River.

On the eighth day of the seventh month, Taishi Citong led the army to Xuzhou.

On the 10th day of the seventh month, Zhang He, the general of Zhengdong, Lü Bu, the general of Zhenbei, and Xue Rengui, the general of the Yue cavalry, led the 2nd, 4th, and 8th cavalry corps to quickly evacuate Xuzhou and return to northern Xinjiang.

Li Yi was also very reluctant to make this decision, summer has arrived, and the cavalry soldiers and war horses have obvious unadaptability, and there has been a small amount of non-combat attrition. If the cavalry does not withdraw to the north, I am afraid that it will fall under the great enemy of weather.

On July 12, Tai Shici rushed to Xia Cai with the forward army to meet Li Yi.

"Ziyi, when do you think we will cross the river?" Li Yi stood on the embankment of the Ma River, pointed to the opposite bank, and asked proudly.

"In the opinion of the last general, it is better to rest for a while." Tai Shi Ci said with a smile, "General Guan Yu has already crossed the river from the direction of Sikou and entered Guangling, if he can capture Guangling City before the end of July, we can attack Jiujiang County on both sides." In this way, the lord will soon be able to drink the Yangtze River. ”

"No, cross the river immediately......" Li Yi waved his horsewhip vigorously and laughed, "Who can stop what the master is pointing to?" ”

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In July, Guan Yu led his army into Guangling County, and Guangling Taishou Chen Deng and his father Chen Qi relied on the Huaishui natural danger to block Guan Yu's troops in the area north of Huaishui.

The hottest dog days of the year came, and although the infantry of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the south had been stationed in the three prefectures of Henan and Yanqing for a year or two, they were still a little unsuitable for the weather in the south.

Li Yi had no choice but to suspend the offensive and camp on the north bank of Huaishui, waiting for the scorching heat to pass and the cool autumn to arrive.

Taking advantage of the temporary withdrawal of the Northern Xinjiang Army, Sun Quan ordered Zhou Yu and Lu Su to lead the Jiangdong Army to retreat to Jiangdong.

Cao Pi lost the Jiangdong reinforcements, but with the support of Xiahou Yuan, Chen Deng, Chen Qi and others, he succeeded as the king of Wei.

In order to resist the northern Xinjiang army from crossing the Huai to the south, Cao Pi vigorously recruited troops in the three counties of Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and Guangling County.

Jiujiang County, Lujiang County and Guangling County are rare rich delta areas surrounded by water on three sides, although they have suffered some wars over the years, but compared to the Central Plains, it is still peaceful, so the population of the three counties is not a lot, as high as 1.5 million. And Cao Pi, who was desperate for military force, actually raised an army of 500,000 in two months, and almost recruited men from 60 years old to 16 years old in the three counties.

When Cao Pi stood at the head of Shouchun City and saw that the city was overwhelmed with his own soldiers and horses, he finally had the confidence to block the Northern Xinjiang Army north of Huaishui.

There is a way that the emperor does not send hungry soldiers, Cao Pi endured the pain and took out the money and food he had gathered, and in the sound of the horn that shook the sky, 500,000 troops were marched. Stationed along the Huaishui line, from Tateshi County in Lujiang County to Huaiyin in Guangling County, more than ten large camps were set up along the way, stretching for hundreds of miles.

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In the seventh year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, at the beginning of August 202 AD, Guan Yu, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Army, led the second army to assemble in Xia Cai City after completing the strategic goal.

Outside Xia Cai City, the 150,000 troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army gathered and waited for the day.

The Great Tent of the Chinese Army.

After Li Yi listened to the intelligence of the Cao Army in the south of Huaishui, he was taken aback: "What? Cao Pi's kid actually gathered an army of 500,000? How is this possible? ”

The scout hurriedly replied: "Lord, Cao Pi went around to catch strong men, and only then did he get an army of 500,000. Now it is stationed along the Huaishui River and spreads for hundreds of miles! ”

Li Yi waved off the scout and said: "Several military advisors, now that Cao Pi has gathered 500,000 troops to defend along the river, it seems that if our army wants to cross the river, I'm afraid it will not be easy!" ”

To cross the river, you need to rush to the beach and land, and the other side has so many troops, this tidal flat is not easy to grab.