From Wang Yu's point of view, after successively defeating the main forces of Cao and Sun, the two strong enemies, there was no longer any resistance in the world, and he was somewhat at a loss when he looked around with his sword. However, the general trend of the times will not end or slow down because of his mood.

The only theme in the three years of Kaiyuan is endless conquest and smoke.

Under the abundant supply of Qingzhou's logistics system, the hussar troops who had won the victory in the Central Plains War had no intention of stopping, and after a short rest and replenishment, they launched the second wave of fierce offensive non-stop.

In this round of offensive, the first to make contributions was the Xuzhou Army, which did not perform much in the Central Plains War.

Almost at the same time that Wang Yu and Cao Cao had a decisive battle in Hanoi and Sun Ce forcibly crossed the Yellow River, Zhang Jaw adopted Pang Statistics' strategy and made a move to repair the plank road in the dark. He himself led the main force of the Xuzhou Army and Sun Quan's Jiangdong Army to conduct a tug-of-war in Peiguo, and secretly led three thousand cavalry infantry by Pang Tong and Xu Sheng to run a long distance, and in three days they made a detour of 800 miles, attacked Zhongli by surprise, and captured the city in one fell swoop!

Because there is no need to fight on horseback, there is no need to save horsepower, the marching speed of these 3,000 soldiers and horses is three points faster than that of the Hurricane Army.

The loss of Zhongli can be said to be a fatal blow to the Jiangdong Army.

Located in the middle reaches of the Huai River, Zhongli has been an important thoroughfare since ancient times and an important hub connecting Huainan and Yuzhou. Occupying this place is tantamount to cutting off the Jiangdong army, and Sun Quan's troops, who are fighting in Peiguo, are suddenly trapped to death. Not only were they unable to get supplies from the rear, but they were also cut off from the way back south.

He Qi and Lu Meng, who stayed in Huainan, were shocked when they heard the news, and immediately gathered all the forces that could be gathered in a short period of time to counterattack Zhongli. The situation is critical. The two of them even trained the strong women into the army, and then they couldn't talk about any command. Directly piled up the tens of thousands of people gathered under the city wall.

Neither of them is a scheming person, but they really can't think of any other way at this time. The grain road was intercepted, the back road was cut off, not to mention that there was no Sun Ce to preside over the overall situation, and the dragons had no leader, even if Sun Ce flew back with wings, it would be impossible to turn things around.

In the Battle of Changping of Qin and Zhao that year, the only reason why the Zhao army finally collapsed was that the back road was cut off and the army's morale collapsed.

The only thing that can change this tragic fact. It is to take Zhongli as soon as possible, and for this, He Qi and Lu Meng can pay all the price they can.

A tragic offensive and defensive battle began.

Although he knew that Pang Tong came prepared and would not be easy to deal with, He Qi still had a glimmer of hope - Pang Tong came too quickly, and the baggage he carried would definitely not be too much, and there was still hope for fighting consumption.

However, the harsh reality soon disappoints him.

The defenders were unusually well stocked, and it was not at all apparent that they were a light force attacking from afar. From the very beginning of the siege. The rain of arrows at the head of the city never stopped, and when the attack was at its most intense, there was a unique sound of bed crossbows and trebuchets from the top of the city!

It was only then that He Qi remembered in a trance. The Zhongli area seems to belong to Sui'an, and the Qingzhou Army has a very solid foundation in this area!

The battle is fought to this extent. Heqi was already desperate. The siege for the next few days was not so much a hard fight. It's better to say that it's just a numb performance of duties and a human service.

And Destiny ......

The siege was fought on the fifth day. News finally came back from the front, and after hiding it for three days, Sun Quan finally failed to keep the secret, and the whole army collapsed. All He Qi could do was to try to pick up Sun Quan and flee back to Jiangdong together.

Sun Quan was able to control his own people, but he couldn't prevent Zhang Jaw from sending people to shout outside the camp every day, and when the supply of grain and grass could not keep up and he had to reduce the use of the army, the rumors were completely confirmed. When the army's morale was turbulent, Zhang Jaw launched a strong attack at the right time, and collapse was of course inevitable.

Even more unlucky than Sun Quan and He Qi was Sun Ce, who returned from defeat in northern Hebei, but he was not discouraged, and he still wanted to regroup after joining his younger brother. But he never thought that he had just stepped into Pei County on his front foot, and he got the news of his brother's defeat, and it was directly a mouthful of blood spurting out.

If it weren't for Zhou Yu's instability in the face of danger and the commander Ruoding took over the command, perhaps this remnant army would have been completely confessed in Peiguo. Zhou Yu is Zhou Yu in the end, with strong means, in such a bad situation, he rushed out of the sky under the encirclement and interception of Zhang Liao, Huang Zhong, Zhang Jaw, and Lu Su.

Xiahou Yuan failed to complete the goal of raiding Linzi, he encountered Lu Su and Huang Zhong in Dongpingling, a fierce battle, he and Huang Zhong fateful encounter on the battlefield, after a dragon and tiger fight, was beheaded by the veteran.

After the end of the Qinghou Yuan army, Huang Zhong and Lu Su hurriedly marched westward, intending to rescue Gao Tang, but they received good news halfway, so they turned again, joined Zhang Liao in Lu County, and pursued southward.

Although Sun Ce was not captured, this military operation, which was later called the 'Central Plains Battle Royale', was quite successful.

Before this battle began, most of Huainan, Henan, and Yan'er prefectures had fallen, and the anti-Qingzhou coalition army even attacked the south bank of the Yellow River for a time. By the time this huge offensive reached its limit and came to an end temporarily, the Qingzhou Army had already regained all the lost ground, and except for the southwest region of Runan, the Qingzhou Army had effectively controlled the entire Central Plains.

This military operation lasted for three months, because the autumn harvest had to concentrate manpower, which affected the delivery of supplies, and the soldiers who were bravely pursuing it stopped. The end point of the soldiers, which is also the starting point of the southern expedition later, is in Hefei, Jiujiang County.

The Eastern Front was fighting vigorously and vigorously, and the battlefield on the Western Front was also soaring.

Xu Shu and Xu Huang's movements were very fast, and after Wang Yu went south for seven days, they completed their rest and swore to go on the expedition in Jinyang City.

An army that has experienced many battles in a short period of time, including two tragic large-scale battles, can regroup so quickly and restore the old view, which cannot but make people marvel at Qingzhou's logistics system.

In fact, the mobilization for war in northern Jizhou and Youzhou began months earlier. On the premise of not affecting normal production, Tian Feng summoned as many as 50,000 men who had undergone more than one year of militia-level military training as reserves. In order to replenish reinforcements to the front line at any time.

Xu Shubu was the first beneficiary of Qingzhou's mobilization capacity.

With the arrival of 30,000 reservists, a large number of food and grass equipment also followed. All Xu Shu has to do is formulate an overall strategy. The others also performed their own duties, and quickly completed the preparations before the dispatch of troops.

Adequate preparations, high morale, and all the prerequisites for victory, can the army be overwhelmed?

On the 10th, the east of the Hedong River, and then the troops were divided into two roads, Xu Shu led the army to attack Shaanxi County, Kehongnong, and cut off the connection between Nanyang and Guanzhong. compression from the front; Xu Huang led his troops to cross the river from Pubanjin and swept north of Guanzhong.

Cao Hong and Zhong Xuan, who stayed in the pass, were unfavorable several times, and they were ordered by Cao Cao to escape from Chang'an before they were completely surrounded by the Qingzhou army.

It only took more than a month before and after, and most of Guanzhong had been pacified, and only the remnants of Cao Hong and Zhong Xuan were still active in the area of Chencang and Sanguan, but there was no obstacle to the overall situation.

Due to the submission of Ma Chao and the generals of Xiliang, the only remaining problems on the Western Front were for the benefit of the state.

Compared to the east and west lines. Progress on the Jingzhou battlefield was a little slow.

After receiving the cooperation of the wind cavalry, Guan Ping fought very well in Yingchuan, and it only took less than a month to completely wipe out the remnants of the enemy. The main force was concentrated in Kunyang City, and Luyang's Yu Forbidden Army formed a flanking attack on Wancheng's Wenpin.

In the face of the menacing hussars, Wen Ping had no intention of winning. It's just that the confrontation in Wancheng has been in the story for more than half a month, and then he abandoned the hussars before they were fully launched.

Wen Ping is actually a very sleek person. He wouldn't fight to the death for a lord he hadn't even met a few times, or an emperor who had been praised as a puppet.

The cavalry of Qingzhou is strong. It's no joke, fighting with the hussars in the plains, let alone winning, may not even find a chance to surrender and be trampled into meat sauce.

Cao Cao didn't expect Wenpin to be so useless. He originally hoped to rely on Wen Ping to support him for a period of time, so that he could take the opportunity to free up his hands to settle Liu Biao behind him, but the 15,000 Jingzhou elites of Wen Ping actually retired without even holding on for a month, and he didn't leave enough time at all.

In desperation, he could only suspend the offensive against Jiangling, while changing generals, pushing the Cai and Kuai families, who had been tied to him on a rope, to the front line, and at the same time, from the team with heavy losses, pick out a few more barely usable, and lay multiple defense lines along the Shuishui, which was called Baihe in later generations, and prepared to defend to the end.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue regretted it so much in their hearts, they knew it was like this, why did they bother in the first place? But now they have no way out, even if they know that the future is dark, they can only desperately hold on.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the Qingzhou army is not advancing fast, Yuyang, Xinye, and Chaoyang fought all the way and retreated, and actually let them survive June.

Although the losses of the troops in these two months were also very large, they were much better than being defeated and annihilated. People are afraid to compare, and compared with the unlucky Jiangdong Army, their achievements are already quite brilliant.

What is even more fortunate is that after the capture of Chaoyang, the Qingzhou army suddenly stood still, as if it did not know that it would advance another hundred miles, which was Xiangyang, the important town of Jingzhou.

Garrisoned in Deng County, Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, who were the last barriers, were very relieved. Although they didn't quite understand why Cao Gong suddenly showed a death-like expression after getting the news, and his face was extremely gray, they knew very well that their family had hope of survival.

In fact, they were not particularly afraid of Wang Yu, although they were enemies, they knew a little about Wang Yu's reputation. Although this young general is good at fighting, he is not a person who blindly seeks war, and the most killings are to the outside world, and he actually has some human feelings for foreign races, princes and families in the Central Plains.

The Cai and Kuai families did attack Qingzhou-related aspects, but they failed to cause substantial damage, but only achieved Gan Ning's reputation. Such sins can still be repaid with merit. Of course, there must be a process of communication, and now that the Qingzhou Army has suddenly slowed down its offensive, isn't it a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?

After a private discussion, the two sent messengers. (To be continued......)