After severely attacking the Cao army's naval forces, Gan Ning immediately joined Jiang Qin, Ding Feng, and launched a crazy attack on Qing and Xu provinces along the coast and inland rivers.

Ding Feng even took less than 2,000 people, took only a small boat, and sneaked into Weizi Lake through the Wenshui River in the night, and then landed on the shore and hit Xia Pi, Xuzhou's capital. At that time, Xuzhou Governor Lu Qian was arranged for the civilians to transport food and grass to Huai'an, Xia Cai and other places.

Ding Feng, who arrived at night, immediately caught Lu Qian off guard. However, Lu Qian was still calm and sophisticated. He quickly gave up the food and grass vehicles outside the city and ordered the soldiers to cover the civilians and retreat into the city. Then, the city gate was closed and waited for dawn.

After Ding Fengcheng killed hundreds of Cao soldiers indiscriminately, he saw that he had no chance to take advantage of the situation, so he set fire to the food and grass vehicles and then decisively evacuated.

Since it was late at night, Lu Qian didn't know how many people there were in the enemy's army and whether there was any conspiracy. He did not dare to go out of the city to pursue him easily, so he could only watch Ding Feng set fire and leave.

After being almost crazy harassed by the Jinfan Navy, Qing, who was in short supply of troops, was unable to resist the commanders of Xu and the two states. They often "demolite the east wall, and the west wall was immediately in danger." They had to send emergency letters to Xuchang, Xiahou Dun, Zang Ba's army.

On the third day of the 10th month of the 11th year of Jian'an, General Li Tong, who stayed in Shouchun, led his troops across the Huai River and went north to reinforce Guan Yu.

After receiving reinforcements from Li Tong, Guan Yu changed his passive attitude for several days and took the initiative to attack Xiahou Dun, with the attitude of tangling with the opponent to the end.

At the same time, after receiving reinforcements from the 3,000 Guangling Army led by Hao Zhao, Wei Yan also challenged Zang Ba with extremely positive enthusiasm.

After two days of depressing Yan and Xu's battlefield, the sound of killing was shocking the sky again.

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Jingzhou, Xiangyang Governor's Office

Xu Shu and Kuai Yue summoned important officials and officials from Jingzhou to discuss the emergency military information just passed by Shangyong. After Liu Bei returned to Lujiang, the overall situation in Jingzhou was controlled by Xu Shu and Kuai Yue.

“My Lords.

Just now, an emergency military situation came from Shangyong..." Xu Shu picked up a silk book with a serious expression and handed it to the civil and military officials in the hall. "Xincheng (a county under Shangyong County, adjacent to Nanxiang County) was ordered by Shen Dan, who was connected with Cao Cao in the inner city. In the name of transporting food and grass, he disguised more than 2,000 soldiers as grain-giving men and women, and then he joined forces with his brother, Shen Yi, who was stationed in Nanxiang.

Rebellion opened the city gate and welcomed the siege Cao's army into the city. At present, Nanxiang City has been lost. Feng Xiaowei (Feng Xi) and Dong County Magistrate (Dong He) led the remnants of the army to retreat to Shangyong City. "

"What?" The officials who had not yet seen the Silk Book could not help but hear the news, and could not help but sigh. This shock was not only because of the rebellion of the Shen brothers, but also because of the loss of Nanxiang, but also implying the confrontation with Shangyong and Xiangyang.

Even the situation in Jingzhou is worried.

The Shen family was originally a large Shangyong clan. Shen Dan and Shen Yi's father served as the prefect of Shangyong. The two brothers were quite smart since childhood. One of them studied literature and the other was martial arts when they became adults.

Shen Dan was the ruling of a county at the age of 25, and Shen Yi served as the chief lieutenant in the army at the age of 23. His future is promising. Moreover, these two brothers have always had a good reputation among the Jingxiang gentry and have no bad record.

At first hearing that the Shen brothers surrendered to the Cao rebellion, most of the officials present felt unbelievable.

"military adviser.

During the rebellion of Shen Gong, was there any misinformation of the incident of Shen Gongliang's brothers colluding with the enemy? "The deceased father of Han Song and the Shen brothers in Jingzhou were old friends. He could not believe that after watching the old friends who grew up, he would have committed such a rebellious rebellion.

"Duke Han, this matter is indeed correct." Xu Shu shook his head slowly and broke Han Song's fantasy. "Bao Feng and the magistrate of County Dong have confirmed this. In addition, the scout has just reported that something strange happened in Xincheng County."

"These two evil beasts..." Han Song treated the Shen family brothers as his nephews, and couldn't help but shake his head with pain. "The Shen family's century-old foundation will be destroyed in their hands!"

"Yuanzhi, Nanxiangcheng was as solid as a soup, how could it be lost?" Jingzhou Dianxue was engaged in the incident of Pang Shanmin's loss.

Pang Shanmin was Pang Tong's cousin, and the son of Xu Shu's mentor Pang Degong. He was older than Xu Shu, so he usually called Xu Shu's name directly.

In fact, not only Pang Shanmin. Many people present also had this doubt. Nanxiangcheng was built against the mountain. After two expansions, it can definitely be called a copper wall.

Previously, Feng Xi had been guarding Nanxiang to fight against Man Chong's attack for more than 20 days, and did not encounter any danger.

Xu Shu knew that Pang Shanmin was proficient in government affairs, but he was not familiar with military affairs. He patiently explained: "Nanxiang Dicheng Defense is to prevent the outside but not the inside. It is used to fight against attacks from foreign enemies. It can definitely be called solid. However, if an attack is encountered behind the scenes, the defense ability will be greatly reduced, not to mention that the rebels are in chaos in the city this time.

Suddenly, Feng Xiaowei was able to lead some of his troops out of the city, and he had done a pretty good job."

"Nanxiang is connected with Shangyong's gate. Once this city is broken, Cao's army can march into Shangyong's hinterland!" Wang Can said with concern.

"This is not the most deadly..." Xi Zhen, who just started his territorial school from Lumen Academy two months ago and is currently a member of Jingzhou Diannong (the assistant officer of Diannong), said, "As long as Shangyong City is not lost, Shangyong County can be safe for the time being.

General Youwen guarded Shangyong City, and defense alone should not be a problem. What is even more worrying is that Cao's army is likely to transfer to the new city from Nanxiang and cross the Han River to directly attack the hinterland of Xiangyang."

Many civil and military officials present only thought about the dangers that Shangyong would encounter after the fall of Nanxiang, but they did not expect that Xiangyang was actually even more dangerous.

"What should I do?" Wang Can said in a panic, "So ask General Zhao to drive Cao's army out of Shangyong!"

"General Zhao needs to fight Cao Ren." Xi Zhen shook his head with a solemn expression and said, "Xinye, Fancheng has assembled more than 60,000 Cao troops. After General Zhao leaves, once Cao Ren seizes the opportunity, the situation will be even more dangerous."

It was not until this moment that a group of Jingzhou officials were shocked to find that, like the situation in Cao Cao's hinterland, the heart of Jingzhou was also empty.

During the Western Expedition to Hanzhong, 40,000 troops were mobilized; Zhao Yun fought against Cao Ren and 40,000 troops; originally, there were 15,000 troops in Shangyong and Nanxiang; there were nearly 15,000 troops led by Liu Pan to force Liu Zhang.

The huge Jingzhou, with more than 120,000 troops, can no longer draw decent troops except for nearly 10,000 people in Xiangyang City. Once the large-scale Cao army is attacked into the hinterland of Xiangyang, it will definitely be a nightmare.

Everyone looked at each other. They couldn't speak for a moment.

"Actually, these are not what I worry about the most..." Xu Shu sighed and said.

The civil and military officials all turned their attention to Xu Shu, wondering what "terrible" concerns he would say.

"Cao's army attacked Shangyong, and the supply line for transporting food, grass and supplies from Jingzhou to Hanzhong was cut off..." Xu Shu looked at the west direction and said in a deep voice, "The general has attacked Nanzheng.

As long as the Nanzheng and Yangping Pass were captured, the overall situation of the Battle of Hanzhong would be determined.

But the food, grass and supplies needed by the army are mostly reliant on Jingzhou's supplies. Once the food and grass are in urgent need, the situation in the general's place is worrying..."

Hanzhong was originally a very rich place and there was no shortage of food.

But unfortunately, because Xiahou Yuan was too fast to invade Hanzhong, Zhang Lu had no chance to take away the food and grass stockpiled in Nanzheng, Baocheng and other places when he retreated in a hurry, and all of them were cheaper to Cao's army.

At present, the food and grass that Zhang Lu can raise cannot even maintain his own troops, and even Huangshu will supply the Jingzhou army. Therefore, Jingzhou has been continuously transporting food and grass into Hanzhong to ensure the use of large army wars.

But now, this critical supply line is about to be out of stock.

After hearing Xu Shu's words, there was a silence in the hall. The originally stable battle situation was actually in extreme dilemma just because of the rebellion of the Shen brothers.

"Are you asking for help from Yangzhou?" After a long time, Xiang Lang suggested cautiously.

"The situation in Guan Junhou is tight, and there are still chaos in Yangzhou. And the distance cannot quench the near thirst..." Kuai Yue shook his head slowly and said.

"Does the military advisor and Kuai Gong have any countermeasures?" Xi Zhen looked at the two people in charge, who were also famous for their wisdom.

Xu Shu and Kuai Yue looked at each other, and a hesitant expression appeared on their faces.

After a while, Xu Shu sighed and said, "There is probably only one feasible solution right now..."

"What method?" several civil and military officials couldn't help but ask at the same time.

"Please give up the battle in Hanzhong and return to Jingzhou immediately!" Xu Shu said helplessly.

"Is this... this possible? Is it okay? Is Zhang Lu's careless?" Wang Can asked suspiciously.

Xu Shu ordered people to carry a sand table on the Hanzhong terrain to the middle of the hall, pointing to the point marked on Nanzheng, and then directly drew a straight line from Nanzheng and Shangyong.

"The general has already captured Nanzheng. If you want to return to the army, you don't need to take too many detours. You can go directly to Chiling and Anyang and return to Shangyong. Based on the itinerary, you can arrive in four days."

"Will the Cao army pursue?" Xiang Lang said in confusion.

"Cao's army did not send a letter to Fei Ge, and it would have been a while since the news of Shangyong was passed to Nanzheng. With the reputation of the general, if the army suddenly retreated, the enemy would probably think it was a trick to lure the enemy. He would never dare to pursue it rashly.

As long as it can be separated for half a day, it is enough!" Xu Shu replied quickly. "Although Hanzhong cannot be taken back for the time being, as long as Zhang Lu can defend Bazhong with Daba Mountain and Luoqi Pass, it should be no problem for Badong."

After pondering for a while, Han Song hesitated and said, "The general may not be able to return, and how can the lord explain it?"

"The general is good at military strategy. As long as he understands the situation in Jingzhou, he will definitely distinguish between pros and cons. I will pass on a letter to explain this matter, lord!" Xu Shu replied.

The civil and military officials looked at me, and I looked at you, and then nodded in agreement.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll order someone to pass on the letter immediately!" Xu Shu turned to Kuai Yue and said, "Kuai, please explain the rest of the matter!"

Kuai Yue nodded, Xu Shu bowed to everyone, and hurriedly left.

"It is now related to the survival of our Jingzhou. I hope that all the officials will unite and overcome difficulties together. The rebellion of the Shen family alone will put millions of people in Jingxiang into danger. Such thieves will be punished even if the barbarians destroy the nine clans.

The more I don’t want anyone to wait, I will trap my Jingzhou in the water and fire for my own selfish interests. It’s not too late to stop at this moment. If I am obsessed with it, I won’t blame myself for disregarding my past feelings.

"Kuai Yue's eyes were sharp, and everyone in the patrol hall told the warning with some meaning.

Among the civil and military officials, one of them could not hide his panic.
Chapter completed!