Originally, Zhang Yun really wanted to be loyal to Liu Qi, after all, when Liu Qi first ascended to the throne, Zhuge Liang's ability was undoubtedly reflected.

The ensuing Northern Expedition made Zhang Yun even more frightened, and he didn't dare to have any second hearts, but with the subsequent series of events, Zhang Yun's thoughts obviously changed to the right.

In the end, Cao Cao personally led an army of 80,000 to the south, and Cao Ren led an army of 50,000 to attack Jiangxia, and after the news came, Zhang Yun, the grass on the wall, threw himself into the arms of Wei without hesitation, and by the way, two-thirds of Jingzhou's sailors!

With the sailors brought by Zhang Yun, the Wei army's naval forces in Jingzhou can be said to have the upper hand all of a sudden, and in just three days, Wenpin's defense line was completely broken without entering the field, and he fled back to Xiangyang in embarrassment, and the 100,000 army led by him actually had as many as 70,000 people surrender to the Wei army!

After breaking through Wenpin's defensive line, Cao Cao immediately led his army to continue southward and set up camp in the fields north of Xiangyang.

After Cao Cao led the army to the city of Xiangyang, he immediately sent light cavalry to block the main roads in and out of Xiangyang, and at the same time, the army led by Cao Ren also officially came with good news, a day ago, Cao Ren also led the army to capture Jiangxia, at this time, with the help of the sailors led by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the army continued to drive across the Yangtze River and converge towards Cao Cao.

Two days later, in the morning, the army led by Cao Cao and Zhang Liao's army officially met under the city of Xiangyang, and the strength of the Great Wei reached as many as 130,000 in one fell swoop, and the momentum was shocking!

"Zixiao, well done! You have lived up to my expectations."

Cao Cao couldn't help but pat Cao Ren's arm and exclaimed. Cao Ren actually captured Jiangxia in just a few days this time, which was beyond Cao Cao's expectations.

Cao Ren bowed and said, "The last general will meet Your Majesty!" He looked a little excited. The generals behind him immediately bowed down with him.

Cao Cao picked up Cao Ren and said with emotion: "I haven't seen you and your generals for a long time!" Come, come with me into the Great Tent! As he spoke, he grabbed Cao Ren's palm and walked into the big tent, and the generals followed one after another.

Entering the big tent, Cao Ren Chao Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Tai Shici. Dian Wei and the others hugged their fists and said: "I haven't seen you for many days, and the generals are as good as ever!" ”

Dian Wei smiled and touched his head: Zhao Yun smiled: "Zixiao, you are becoming more and more stable!" Cao Ren was stunned. Thinking of his former self, he also let out a sympathetic laugh.

Cao Cao, who was sitting on the main seat, saw that the generals under his command got along well, and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction: "Okay! I'll talk about it later! Now, let's discuss the attack on Xiangyang! ”

The tent fell silent. The generals looked at Cao Cao. The battle intent in his eyes was blazing.

Cao Cao couldn't help but nodded, turned his head and asked Guo Jiadao, who had just come back: "Fengxiao, tell everyone about the current situation in Xiangyang!" ”

"Yes!"

Guo Jia bowed his hand and took two steps forward and said: "The puppet Han army is about 300,000 in terms of land and water, but its main force has already been lost, and the current strength to defend Xiangyang is about 100,000. Among them, nearly 40,000 are new troops temporarily recruited by the puppet Han, and their combat power is weak! It is worth noting the city defense of Xiangyang City. Although Xiangyang is not as good as Chang'an Luoyang, but it is also a number of strong cities in the south, plus it is a pseudo-Han capital, the city wall is high and thick, needless to say, the city gate is divided into two layers, the first layer is the iron gate, the second layer is the city gate made of about half a foot thick hardwood, all are extremely strong, ordinary siege means are difficult to break, in addition, Xiangyang City also has an urn city, even if the city gate is broken, if the troops attacking the city along the city wall do not make progress at the same time, it will fall into death, the source of the moat is the Yangtze River, four zhang wide, and the bottom of the river is densely covered with sharp piles: above the city wall, There is a masonry arrow tower every twenty steps! ”

Guo Jia spent nearly a quarter of an hour to roughly introduce the situation in Xiangyang, all the generals frowned slightly, and Dian Wei behind Cao Cao touched his big head and sighed: "His grandfather's!" This Xiangyang is simply a big turtle! Xu Chu on the side nodded sympathetically.

Ma Chao, who looked arrogant, came out and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the last general will ask for his life, and he will personally lead an elite siege tomorrow to attack the city, and he will definitely capture Xiangyang within one day!" ”

"No!" Guo Jia vetoed: "The city defense of Xiangyang City is too strong, if it is attacked, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses!" ”

Ma Chao snorted coldly and said disapprerovitically: "How can there be immortals in siege and war!" Then he hugged his fists at Cao Cao and said: "Your Majesty, the last general only needs 20,000 elites to attack Xiangyang City!" ”

Cao Cao frowned slightly and thought about it, and his fingers habitually tapped lightly on a few sides. His eyes fell on Zhao Yun's body and asked, "Zilong, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yun hugged his fists and said: "The last general is only His Majesty's horse head!" However, Mo Xi thinks that what General Meng Qi said is reasonable! ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, turned his head and asked Guo Jia, "Fengxiao, do you have any good ideas?" ”

Guo Jia replied: "Your Majesty, according to the information handed over by the secret agents of Jinyi Wei a few days ago, the food in Xiangyang City is only enough for one and a half months!" Why don't we besiege instead of attack! ”

Cao Si pondered: "In this way, wouldn't it take nearly two months!" We don't have that much time! ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and persuaded: "Your Majesty, you don't have to decide on a major conquest for other things!" ”

Guo Jia's words were entirely because he thought that Cao Cao was worried about the affairs of Shu Han, Guo Jia's envoy this time was very difficult to say, although Shu Han did delay the dispatch of troops, but the delay does not mean that there are no troops, and the Shu Han army at this time may have already left Yangping Pass!

Fortunately, the period of delay in sending troops by Shu Han gave the Wei army a chance to react, and Xiahoudun, under Cao Cao's orders, had already personally led an army of 50,000 to join the 30,000 army in Chang'an to guard Chang'an, so there was no need to worry too much about the battle situation in Guanzhong.

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about Xichuan's affairs!" An hour ago, I received a secret letter from Yangzhou Jinyiwei, they had been executed by Sun Jian, in the letter, they found out that Sun Jian was still not giving up, and was actively preparing to go north! ”

Cao Cao's words made the generals under his tent look at each other and frown slightly, but the generals were not worried about Sun Jian's army, but worried about the change in the battle situation in the east again, which was also a kind of trouble for the big country of Wei, after all, the territory was too big, and there were too many directions to be attacked.

After Cao Cao pondered for a while, he said to the generals under the account: "Since our army became an army, we have not stormed a fortified city like Xiangyang, which is not a good thing, and besides, I don't want to delay it for too long and make a mistake!" I decided that the whole army would repair for two days, and the day after tomorrow morning I would attack the city with all my might! (To be continued......)