… Embroidery can be heard. Muttered to himself! "From Fuhan to Zhidong. The best dedicated Lule worries about Hanfeng and then turns into the Yangtze River? After Zhang Xiu finished speaking, his expression was abrupt, and Fa Zheng and Gan Ning next to him also understood, and said in unison: "Hanfeng!" ”

Fa Zheng's eyes froze, and he said: "Jiang is really still old and spicy, Yan Yan seems to be attacking Brazil in the north, but in fact, the real purpose is Hanfeng." He knew that our army had captured Linjiang and cut off the waterway from Jiangzhou to Badong, so he would think that he would sleep peacefully. But in fact, there is still a land route from Jiangzhou to Badong, but because the road is difficult, it takes a long time, and Yan Yan sent troops early, I am afraid that Hanfeng has already been attacked at this time! ”

Gan Ning nodded, and said with a solemn expression: "Hanfeng only has a few hundred defenders, if Yan Yan's army arrives, I'm afraid,"

Zhang Xiu frowned, shook his head and said: "It doesn't stop here, Yan Yan must have arranged for another army to send troops from Jiangzhou to attack Linjiang with his army. And if our army does not capture Yufu, then it will completely restrain our army, and this old guy really can't be underestimated! ”

Gan Ning heard this, and hurriedly said: "Lord, we must send troops to recapture Hanfeng as soon as possible, Linjiang has Ziquan and five thousand soldiers here, and it should be able to hold out for a while, as long as our army recaptures Hanfeng before Linjiang is lost, then Yan Yan'er's strategy will fail." When our army returns to Linjiang, we can force Yan Yan Lao'er back to Jiangzhou! ”

Fa Zheng nodded and said: "What Xingba said is true, it is already the end of May, and the lord's army has returned to Hanfeng in June, and the time is not too easy." If Hanfeng cannot be recaptured before winter and the grain and grass from Xuanhan can be transported to Badong, this winter may be a devastating blow to our army. ”

Zhang Xiu nodded solemnly and said, "Yan Yan Lao'er only has an army of 30,000. It must divide its forces to attack Linjiang, the city wall of Hanfeng is not strong, and the military training of Yizhou is insufficient. Although attacking Hanfeng is not like capturing the fish, you can raid the water gate, but our army will be a little sure of attacking Hanfeng. ”

Fa Zheng heard this, nodded and said, "Lord." Without further ado, leave a guard to defend the fish, and our army will immediately return to the division. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, looked at Gan Ning with his eyes, and then shook his head secretly, Gan Ning's guide has a huge role, and Zhang Xiu must take it with him. But Yufu City is important, there must be a general to guard it, thinking of this, Zhang Xiu ordered loudly: "Xingba, immediately go to the army." Xiaozhi immediately went to pass the word, let Hu Che'er temporarily defend the fish, Wu Yi deputy, and secretly told Lao Hu to keep an eye on Wu Yi, don't let him play tricks, he will leave another 5,000 Hanzhong Corps here, and those soldiers will be brought together, and they will be rectified on the way to Xingba. ”

There is no way to bring the pawns, Yufu City is extremely heavy, it is to guard the gateway of Jingzhou into Yizhou, and there is no room for loss, especially now that there is a hidden dragon in Jingzhou, this city has become more important.

Here Zhang Xiu returned to the division and did not press the table for the time being, but the second major collision between Yuan and Cao had already begun.

Yuan Shao led Yuan Zhen, Yuan Xi, and Gao Gan to lead Youjiqing, as well as a total of 200,000 concubines from the original four routes of Yizhou, and crossed the Yellow River separating Chongzhou and Yizhou in Pingqiu, preparing to attack Chenliu, and then take Xuchang directly.

After Cao Cao heard the news, he immediately raised 100,000 troops from Xuchang to meet Yuan Shao. Cao Cao crossed the Yellow River, which flowed through the territory of Chongzhou, and the Yellow River was diverted from Guandu, as mentioned above, and the armies of both sides met at Cangting in April.

Yuan Shao learned from the defeat of Guandu, step by step, not lightly, and the first battle with Cao Cao was indistinguishable.

Cao Cao is in a hurry, because Yuan Shao's army is more than him, if Yuan Shao is attacked step by step, Cao Cao is afraid that he will be defeated. Moreover, the first battle was won or lost with Yuan Shao, and the morale of Yuan's army recovered a lot.

In Cao's camp, Cao Cao was at a loss. Pacing back and forth in the big tent.

At this time, Dian Wei walked in and reported: "My lord, all gentlemen ask to see me. ”

Cao Cao heard it and said, "Spread it quickly." Then he immediately walked back to the throne.

Guo Jia, Xun You, Xi Zhong, Cheng Yu and others rushed in, Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's sad appearance at a glance, and smiled slightly: "Why worry about the lord, Zhongde has a good plan to break the enemy!" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked Cheng Yu: "What is Zhongde's good strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Cheng Yu stroked his long hair and said with a smile: "Yu has a ten-sided ambush strategy, which can break Yuan Shao!" ”

Cao Cao listened and hurriedly asked, Cheng Yu walked to the map and compared it in detail, the more Cao Cao listened, the brighter his eyes became, and the smile on his face became stronger.

After Cheng Yu's advice, Cao Cao's army began to retreat, and it was already early June when it retreated to Cangting on the side of the Yellow River in Chongzhou.

Cao Cao's army kept retreating, but it was Yuan Shao who tasted victory again, and felt that although Guandu was defeated, Cao Cao was not his opponent, and Yuan Shao began to be a little frivolous again.

One night, Xu Zhu led a group of people and horses to rob Yuan Shao's camp, Yuan Shao "insight" immediately after the pursuit of the five-way army, when the chase to the Yellow River, Cao Cao commanded the Chinese army to fight against the water, and there were fierce generals Dian Wei and Xu Zhichong to kill in the forefront, Cao's morale was greatly boosted, and the five-way army led by Yuan Shao was desperately killed.

As soon as Yuan Shao retreated, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Li Tong, and Zhu Ling on the left were killed, and the right Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, Yu Ban, Le Jin, and Li Dian were killed again, and the ten ambushes knocked out the eight pavilions of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao and the people under his command were not lightly injured, and they could only lead the remnants of the soldiers to flee back to Yizhou in a hurry. At the same time, he was afraid that Cao Cao would attack, so he asked Yuan Zhen to return to Qingzhou to be on guard, and Yuan Xi and Gao Gan returned to Youzhou and Bingzhou respectively.

The Battle of Cangting ended with another victory for Cao Cao, and the balance of victory between Yuan and Cao began to shift. In this battle, Cao Cao was also the best of his best, and Li Tong, who was originally left in Runan, was also transferred back, so that Manzhong could guard Runan, plus Zhu Ling, with these two newly promoted generals, Cao Cao was able to gather enough people from ten roads.

These two people replaced Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, who were now dug up by Zhang Xiu and were originally the second of Cao Cao's five good generals.

Cao Cao Cangting won a great victory, and after the autumn harvest, the grain and grass were enough, and the army advanced into Hebei. When Yuan Shao heard this, he immediately sent Yuan Shang to lead his troops into battle, and the two sides met in Liyang, and with Yuan Shang's ability, he was the opponent of Cao Cao's generals. And Yuan Shang also relied on his own bravery and went out to invite the battle, Cao Cao sent Zhang Jaw to fight, and defeated Yuan Shang. Yuan Shao was defeated and fled back to Hancheng, and Cao Cao was preparing to capture Hancheng in one fell swoop. How do you know that there is an urgent report from the south, Hefei is lost, Sun Ce's army is in Shouchun, and the attack is very urgent, Cao Ren can't resist before sending a letter to Cao Cao to ask for reinforcements.

This greatly surprised Cao Cao, and the fortified city of Hefei and the command of Cao Ren, who had extremely strong defensive capabilities, could not hold Sun Ce's attack. Cao Cao began to feel that Jiangdong, who had been silent for several years, began to be powerful, and his lion-hearted overlord Sun Ce was a well

Cao Cao did not dare to be careless about Sun Jian, and his threat was second only to Zhang Xiu, so he sent his most trusted subordinate Cao Ren to supervise the military of Huainan and defend the fortified city of Hefei. How do you know that when he defeated Yuan Shao again. Hefei could not hold it, and Sun Jian's army could attack Huainan at any time, which was extremely unfavorable for Cao Cao to retain Huainan, a grain producing area.

Under the persuasion of Guo Jia and others, Cao Cao immediately returned to the division to rescue Huainan, although Hefei was lost, but there was still Shouchun, Shouchun must not be lost, otherwise Cao Cao would lose Huainan, which is not only a grain production area, but also a strategic place. And if Sun Jian gets Huainan, the whole Jiangdong will become his stable rear, with Huainan as the outpost, Xuzhou can be taken in the northeast, Xuchang can be attacked in the west, and the Central Plains can be advanced in the north, which is extremely important for Cao Cao and Sun Jian.

It is for this reason that Sun Quan repeatedly attacked Hefei in history, but unfortunately Cao Wei sent the world's first-class generals to garrison here, and the most famous is naturally Zhang Liao, so that Sun Quan repeatedly attacked. But now history has changed, Sun Jian, Sun Ce did not die, Jiangdong internal stability, under Sun Ce's troops, Zhou Yu took advantage of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's battle, which lasted almost two years and finally captured the Jiancheng Hefei, Jiangdong army advanced into Huainan, only to take Shouchun.

Here I really have to sigh Cao Cao, who defeated the great enemy Yuan Shao twice and was about to attack Hebei, but the backyard was on fire, and the Jiangdong Tiger broke in, so that he had to return to the division to fight. Fortunately, Zhang Xiu in the west did not fall into the well at this time, and the main target of his army was Yizhou, otherwise Cao Cao would not have the ability to deal with three strong enemies at the same time.

Cao Cao was quickly returning to Huainan, and Yan Yan personally led 15,000 troops from Hanfeng on the Yizhou side, and cooperated with 10,000 troops along the way to Jiangzhou, and attacked Linjiang City together.

On the city of Linjiang, Wang Shuang held a big knife in his hand, and the Yizhou army under the city was under the black pressure, and the five thousand soldiers beside him were all troops of the Hanzhong Corps, although the combat power was not as good as the Pofeng Battalion, but it was still slightly better than the Yizhou Army that had not been fought for a long time.

Wang Shuang was on the side of the east city gate, looking at the strict banner under the city, and immediately knew that it was Yan Yan, a veteran of Yizhou. Zhang Xiu had already told him before leaving, to be careful with Yan Yan, among the generals in Yizhou, Yan Yan and Zhang Ren were the strongest. Therefore, when Wang Shuang heard that Yan Yan was here in Dongcheng, he immediately came here to defend it.

Linjiang City is not a small city in Yizhou, although it cannot be compared with the big cities of Chengdu and Jiangzhou, but it is also an important city in Sichuan, so the city is also strong, not comparable to ordinary small cities. And more importantly, this is the place where the general Gan Ning was born. When Gan Ning was young, he worshipped a hermit in the mountains near Linjiang City to learn art, and after completing his studies, he killed all the bandits near Linjiang City, one was to avenge his father, and the other was naturally to eliminate harm to the people. Therefore, after Gan Ning returned to Linjiang City, the people came out to greet him, especially when he heard that Gan Ning served under Zhang Xiu, the general of the fat cavalry, and was also a general.

Thanks to Gan Ning, the people of Linjiang City did not resist Zhang Xiu's army, and now that Yan Yan's soldiers are in the city, most of the people of Linjiang are naturally hiding at home, and a small number of people who have received Gan Ning's favor come out to help defend the city, Wang Shuang asked them to inspect the city with some of the defenders to prevent night

The performance of the people made Wang Shuang's heart feel a little calm, if the people in the city were unstable and secretly helped Yan Yan, he would have a headache. Looking at the sword-wielding veteran under the city, Wang Shuang half-squinted his eyes and shouted: "Yan Yan Lao'er, you are already a person who has been cut into the ground in half, why do you still come to die, isn't it really too long?" ”

Although Wang Shuang is rough and impatient, he often mixed in the market before he joined Zhang Xiu, and this poisonous tongue was naturally cultivated.

As soon as these words came out, Yan Yan was immediately furious, and pointed a knife at the king of the city and said, "Who is with the old man to catch this fang!" The old man rewarded a hundred gold! Kill! ”

Obviously, Wang Shuang provoked Yan Yan to be really angry, and he didn't say a word about the scene, and let the army charge as soon as he opened his mouth. Wang Shuang's eyes were half squinted, looking at the Yizhou army charging under the city. Although there are many Yizhou soldiers, their combat strength is uneven. The elite troops as strong as Zhang Renlian's are already comparable to the Breaking Front Battalion, of course, there are not many of them, but most of Zhang Ren's soldiers can be on par with the soldiers of the Hanzhong Corps, otherwise the two sides would not have fought so fiercely on the front line of Sword Pavilion and Jiameng Pass. It was as weak as the defenders of Yufu City, and was hit by Zhang Xiu's charge, and Gan Ning attacked from the water gate, and Yufu City was broken.

This Yan Yan's part is also considered elite in Yizhou, second only to Zhang Ren's troops, and it is not much worse than the Hanzhong Corps. On the side of the east city gate, 3,000 people of the front army carried the ladder and launched a charge, and the sound of war drums and trumpets sounded at the same time. The army from Jiangzhou on the Xicheng side heard this and immediately launched an attack.

Seeing this, Wang Shuang's face was solemn, and he pulled a small colonel. said: "Inform Gan Hao over there in Xicheng and let him hold Xicheng, if the city is broken, his brother will not let him go." The little colonel heard the sound and turned away. This Gan Hao is Gan Ning's brother, only twenty years old, he also likes martial arts, and especially admires his brother Gan Ning, this time Gan Ning came back and instructed him in martial arts for a few days. Before Zhang Xiu went to attack Yufu, he promoted Gan Hao and made him Wang Shuang's deputy. Guarding the river together.

After giving the order, Wang Shuang shouted: "Archers, where are they? Give Lao Tzu a line of "arrows on the wind, ready, and release the arrows!" ”

"Woohoo

Although Wang Shuang's command was not as experienced as Huang Zhong, Tai Shici and other battle-hardened people, the Hanzhong Corps was well-trained, and after listening to Wang Shuang's orders, the sharp arrows in his hands flew out, intertwined into a relatively dense rain of arrows in mid-air, and poured towards the charging Yizhou army.

"Tuk tuk

The sharp arrow came head, and the Yizhou soldier who charged at the front raised the rattan shield in his hand, although the dense arrow rain strength was not enough, but it could not penetrate the unique equipment of the Yizhou soldier, and the sharp arrow fell on the rattan shield and made a special muffled sound.

This rattan shield is naturally not comparable to the invulnerable rattan armor in the romance, and its defensive power is somewhat inferior to the leather shield used by the soldiers of the Central Plains. But this rattan shield is easy to manufacture, and it is not heavy, which is convenient for Yizhou soldiers to march in the mountains, and they can also grab the rattan shield to cross the river when they encounter water. And the effect of defending against these arrow rain is still OK, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, although the defense of the vine shield is not as good as the leather shield, but it is light, and the soldiers are more flexible in combat.