Chapter 106

Cao Pi is a little stupid.

A series of blows made the Wei Wendi a little unable to react. First of all, the chains and reefs were cleared clean, and later the Yellow River water village was burned clean by a fire. In this way, more than 200,000 troops are stranded in Henan, and it will be difficult for them to come back.

And just now, there was another bad news: Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others suddenly detoured to the north and entered Youzhou and Bingzhou. Tian Yu, the governor of Yanmen in Bingzhou, surrendered, and the garrison in all parts of Youzhou was insufficient. Now all the states and counties have also surrendered. By the time Cao Pi received this information, only the Shangdang was left in Bingzhou, and only Zhuo County was still in your hands. In a panic, Cao Pi hurriedly sent his brother Cao Xiu and Xiahou and the troops to garrison these two places to block the enemy.

"Guys, Liu Bei was so tricky that he actually sent people to attack Bingzhou and Youzhou. Now the imperial uncle's army is sluggish in Henan, and the Yellow River waterway is also patrolled by Liu Bei's sailors at night, just like a rut in the sky. What good strategy do you have to deal with the current situation?

Above the court meeting, Cao Pi's words were already relatively panicked, and there was almost no majesty of the emperor. It's no fault that he can't calm down. Who would have thought that the situation would suddenly turn sharply? He originally wanted to march south, but now his nest is about to be taken over.

A group of ministers, look at me, I look at you, and finally Man Chong tried to say, "Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent at present, you can order the King of Zhongshan and General Xu Gongming to suspend their troops, first send a large army to defend the cities in Nanyang and Yanzhou, and even abandon the land of Henan, and try to lead the army back to the land of Hebei to make every effort. "

"I also know that if the land in Hebei is lost, everything will be over. But now that the Yellow River waterway has been blocked, how can the second brother and Xu Gongming return to the army? Cao Pi said in a panic. Man Chong didn't say anything, but Jia Xu, who had been silent, said, "Now, although Liu Bei sent sailors to block the Yellow River ferry, the coast of the Yellow River is very broad. How can it be covered? It's better to turn the army into zero and cross the river from small ferries everywhere, so that it won't be caught in one net.

Jia Xu's suggestion seems to be more reasonable, but in practice, the feasible surname is not big. As soon as he finished speaking, Man Chong began to object: "Wen He's words are very inappropriate. Once the army is turned into zero, how can they gather quickly after returning to Hebei? If we can't get together, what's the use of a group of deserters returning to Hebei?

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that although the soldiers are on an expedition now, their families are still in Hebei. It can be announced that if the soldiers can return to Hebei, the parents of the family will not only be exempt from taxes, but also be rewarded. In this way, even if you can't gather all the soldiers, you can gather most of them. Jia Xu continued. He With that said, everyone also understands. With such benefits**, it should be possible to gather most of the soldiers.

Like the military system of Wei and Han, it implements the world military system. Every soldier will be specially registered. In the past, this was to prevent deserters. Once someone escapes, the family will also be implicated. But now this is to gather people's hearts. Cao Pi also knew that there was no other way for Jia Xu's move, and there was no other way. As for Cao Hong's nearly 100,000 troops, because they are located on the front line of Guanzhong, Liu Bei may cross the Yellow River to attack at any time, so they cannot be easily mobilized.

At present, Cao Pi urgently sent an order to Cao Hong to gather people to prepare to guard Ye City. At the same time, according to Jia Xu's suggestion, the army in Henan will be transferred back as much as possible. Of course, even if the army is transferred back to zero, it may not be very successful.

First of all, under the night patrol of the Jingxiang Water Division, it is absolutely not too easy to cross the river safely. Secondly, the 200,000 troops stranded in Henan are now facing Guan Yu's aggressive 400,000 soldiers and horses. In this way, Nanyang and Yanzhou can't defend it. If they go back less, it will be difficult to help, and it will be a dilemma. In addition, in the face of Guan Yu's step by step, even if the people stranded in Henan just want to hold on or withdraw, Guan Yu may not give them this opportunity. Therefore, in any case, Cao Pi suffered a loss this time. It's just that it's hard to say how much loss he has suffered, and even to a large extent, it depends on Cao Pi's character.

Just like now, most of Youzhou and Bingzhou have been lost. If they lose the land of Henan again, Cao Pi will only have a few counties such as Jizhou and Hedong to defend. However, in addition to the retreat, it is hard to say that Cao Wei still has enough morale to defend. Moreover, after this battle, the strength comparison between the two sides has reached an extremely different level. Now if Cao Pi wants to win, unless there is a miracle. Not to mention that Zhuge Liang has the last move to kill, which hasn't been used yet.

Unlike the historical Shu Han, the land of Hebei occupied by Cao Wei is mostly a plain area of Ma Pingchuan. There is no danger for the army to defend, but the opponent is the Han Kingdom that has almost unified the whole country. It can be said that from the moment Guanzhong belonged to Liu Bei, it was doomed to Cao Wei's fate. If you slowly crush Hebei with the advantage of military strength, you can calm down Hebei in less than two years. The reason why Zhuge Liang wanted to design and lure the main force of Cao's army to go south was to avoid crushing the game, resulting in a tragic situation of killing 1,000 enemies and injuring 800 themselves. At that time, even if you take the four prefectures of Hebei, you will only get a piece of scorched earth.

So now, Cao Jun is in a dilemma, and this situation has become a forgment. At this time, Guan Yu and Liu Bei moved. Guan Yu's army, which was stationed in Runan, began to be divided into two ways. Guan Yu personally led a large army to advance to Nanyang, while Zhang Liao led the army to recover Yingchuan. Liu Bei's Guanzhong army also began to go out of Tongguan and attack Hanguguan to capture Hongnong and the two counties of Henan. Liu Bei wants to cut off the return of Cao's army, but he will not rely only on Jingxiang sailors.

Guan Yu entered Nanyang, and the first one was Xu Gai, who stayed in Fancheng. After receiving the news of the enemy killing, Xu Gai immediately notified Xu Huang, who was attacking the new city, and asked him to give up attacking the new city and other places and quickly return to the army to save Fancheng.

"What?" Seeing the emergency letter sent by his younger brother, Xu Huang also broke out in a cold sweat. Originally, I was about to take the new city, but I didn't expect the enemy to come like this. Now my back road is about to be cut off. Although Xu Huang is very unwilling, he can only withdraw his troops now.

The next morning, Zhang Xiu, the governor of the new city, was surprised to find that the enemy did not attack the city again, and the camp under the city was also empty. The enemy withdrew from the ground at night. Zhang Xiu was surprised, but he was also secretly relieved. These days, Xu Huang's fierce siege has brought him great pressure.

Xu Huang retreated extremely simply, almost lightly moving forward, along the north bank of the Han River to the east, to meet his brother who stuck to Fancheng. The two places are not far apart. After the third day, Xu Huang had already killed dozens of miles away from Fancheng. But somehow, Xu Huang always felt as if something was missing in his heart, as if he had ignored something.

"General, Fancheng has been besieged by the enemy brigade!" At this time, a scout sent by himself came back to report. Xu Huang listened to his words and was suddenly shocked and understood what he had been ignoring.

These days, during Xu Huang's march, he has been sending people to inquire about the news of Fancheng. The news is that Fancheng has not lost under Xu Gai's persistence. Fancheng is a strong city, and his younger brother is also quite familiar with military strategies. However, Fancheng has only 10,000 defenders. In the face of the pressure of hundreds of thousands of Guan Yu's troops, how can he persist in five or six days without being broken?

There is only one explanation, that is, Guan Yu is using Xu Gai as bait to lure himself to rescue. If I had converged Cao Zhen from Nanxiang to Wancheng from the beginning, then things would not have been like this.

These thoughts almost flashed in Xu Huang's mind. At this time, he heard the report from the rear army, saying that there was an army of tens of thousands of people who suddenly crossed the river from Xiangyang and appeared in his rear army. Looking at the banner, it was the Guanping that evacuated from Fancheng a few days ago. At the same time, there was also a large army in front of it. Now I have enemy troops on both sides, mountains in the south and rivers in the north, which have been surrounded by groups.

"Is Guan Ping here now?" Xu Huang gritted his teeth and said that the little boy was coming now, which really caught Xu Huang off guard. At this time, the enemy in front of him has gradually appeared in Xu Huang's eyes. Looking at the flag, it was another huge sign.

"Guan Yu?" Xu Huang felt a cool air in his mind. No matter how confident he was, he was not sure that he could win in the face of Guan Yu's father and son's front and back attacks under the premise that his troops were not dominant.

"General, what should we do?" Looking at the enemy troops appearing before and after, the generals beside Xu Huang were already a little panicked. A tragic feeling suddenly rose in Xu Huang's heart. At that moment, Xu Huang waved to everyone to be quiet. Then he crossed the big axe that had accompanied him for decades in his hand and said in a low voice, "Now that Guan Yu's army has come here, we have been surrounded back and forth and fallen into a desperate situation. All the generals and soldiers, we are deeply favored by your majesty and the former emperor, and we can't repay you. We can only die in the battle to be loyal.

At this time, there were nearly 40,000 soldiers around Xu Huang, including Cao Wei's loyal old people like Qingzhou soldiers. After Xu Huang was determined to fight to death, these Cao's elites quickly gathered, surrounded by a strong circular array, shrank themselves into an iron-shell turtle, and prepared to fight with Guan Yu to the death.

"General, it seems that Xu Huang wants to fight to the death with us." Seeing Xu Huang's action, Zhou Tai, the general who came with Guan Yu, also sighed. Guan Yu nodded and just looked at the determined figure in the army. Guan Yu also sighed slightly in his heart.

"Kill!" With Guan Yu's order, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xi, Liao Hua and Guan Ping led their respective parts and began to kill Cao's army. Xu Huang looked at the enemy who was getting closer and closer to him. The axe in his hand was still holding tightly, but the corners of his mouth had begun to twitch.

(to be continued)