Xu Shu sent letters to Lujiang, Shangyong and Hanzhong respectively. When he returned to the conference hall, the ministers in the hall had dispersed, and only Kuai Yue was left to deal with government affairs.

"Yuan Zhi, the documents were passed?" Seeing Xu Shu come in, Kuai Yue raised his head and put down his pen and said.

"Yeah..." Xu Shu responded lightly, then asked, "Mr. Kuai, have those two warned you?"

Kuai Yue nodded and said indifferently: "All of them are old ministers from Jingzhou, and their family has been in Jingxiang for nearly a hundred years, but they just ignore the countryside at all.

How much benefit can Cao Cao give? Let them enjoy the willingness to put millions of Jingxiang scholars and people in the war for their own personal gain."

"These two people seem to have a good relationship with the 'Guius Liu' in Nanyang. It seems that they are probably bewitched by him!" Xu Shu sighed and said.

Just when the war in Jingbei was at its peak, some signs of disharmony appeared in Xiangyang—a small number of Jingzhou officials had private contact with Cao Cao.

It was precisely because Xu Shu and Kuai Yue were concerned about this matter and also pay attention to Xinye and Fancheng's offensive and defensive battles that were approaching, so they relaxed slightly in other aspects, which gave the Shen brothers an opportunity to take advantage of.

"I have made it clear today. I can be forgiven for the previous love, but whoever dares to have any other abnormal movements should not blame me for being ruthless." Kuai Yue showed anger on his face, sighed lightly and said, "I told Yuan Zhi to laugh.

In the past, when Duke Jingsheng was in charge of Jingzhou, these unscrupulous people were always disturbed. Otherwise, with the power of Jingzhou, why did not increase half of the land in more than ten years? Now, the imperial uncle commanded Jingzhou, and it is time for great achievements, and he must not be in vain anymore."

"The war is tense now. The overall situation in Jingzhou is going to be a big deal for Kuai Gong!" Xu Shu said earnestly.

Although Xu Shu is not inferior to Kuai Yue in terms of current official positions (except for Jingzhou, Kuai Yue also has the status of the chief of the General's Office in the South), it is difficult to match his connections and reputation in Jingzhou.

Some things, if Xu Shu did, might arouse strong disgust among the officials and gentry of Jingzhou, but if it were Kuai Yue, it might be a normal thing.

Xu Shu was also quite polite to this leader of the Jingzhou gentry.

"Don't worry, before the general returns, you and I must stabilize the situation in Jingzhou!" Kuai Yue nodded, then thought of something, and said, "This time the lord went to war with Cao Cao in the fourth line, coupled with the chaos in Yangzhou.

At first glance, they all do their own things, but when you look at it carefully, there is a lot of connection inside. If nothing unexpected happens, it may be a huge plan designed by Cao Cao. And the first attack on Hanzhong is probably the first step in Cao Cao's plan. Invisibly.

We were actually led by him... By the way, Yuan Zhi! What's going on in Xuchang?"

Xu Shu was directly responsible for provoking officials who were dissatisfied with Cao Cao in Xuchang to uprising against Cao. With Kuai Yue's wisdom, he could naturally detect some signs from Xu Shu's daily words and deeds. Of course.

Xu Shu did not hide it from Kuai Yue, but instead discussed some details with the elder openly.

"If everything goes well, it will be these two days!"

"As long as there is chaos in Xuchang, Jingzhou and Yangzhou will be much less pressure..."

"Yeah..." Xu Shu nodded gently.

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The attack on Nanzheng entered the sixth day and the situation was gradually tilting towards us.

Although Zhang Lu may not be a hero, at least in terms of people's hearts, he did a pretty good job. When Yang Ren's coalition and I conquered Micang Mountain and the troops were directed to Nanzheng, the anti-Cao and civil unrest in the hinterland of Hanzhong became more and more frequent.

Not only that, the commanders of two counties around Nanzheng even sent envoys to contact Yang Ren and directly announced their return to Zhang Lu's command. In addition, the morale of Yang Song's rebels and local troops was fundamentally shaken.

Most rebel soldiers did not understand the truth of the matter at all, but blindly followed the orders. When they came back to their senses, they found that the regime in Hanzhong had changed, and "Shijun" Zhang Lu was expelled to Bazhong.

Instead, Cao Cao, who has always believed to be the enemy.

Because Cao Cao's reputation in Hanzhong was not good. In addition, Zhang Lu's counterattack was steadily advancing, many rebel soldiers were not willing to work for Cao Cao at all. They were slanderous when executing the orders.

Although Yang Song and Yang Bo tried their best to ease the soldiers' dissatisfaction, the two brothers had a very limited prestige among the military and civilians in Hanzhong. In the end, the ease became a repression, but the more people killed, the more morale of the army became more and more dispersed.

When the coalition forces attacked Nanzheng, rebel soldiers returned to the camp from time to time. From the beginning, dozens and hundreds of people were there, and later, a commander stationed outside even directly pulled two people (more than 2,000 people) under his command to surrender to the coalition forces.

By the sixth day, Yang Ren's troops had expanded from 8,000 to 15,000.

Of course, it is unknown whether there are spies who are deliberately sent to lurk...

My Lord Taishan is always worried that Yang Song's troops would rebel and could not leave the city to fight, so he could only entrench in Nanzheng City.

Another general of Fuyi, Jiang Xu, led a group of Cao's army to guard Yangping Pass.

But just as the situation was getting better and Yang Ren had even sent someone to inform Zhang Lu about his return to Hanzhong, two letters from Xiangyang and Brazil completely changed everything.

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In the tent of the Central Army Commander, the atmosphere of relaxation and joy that had been enjoyed a few days ago was gone, and the place was replaced by a solemn place.

The first thing I got was news from Brazil, and the previous concerns came true. At first, Yang Ang's counterattack against Brazil was extremely smooth. He quickly regained half of the land. By replacing the surrendered army, his troops were expanded to more than 10,000.

But victory also grew frivolous mentality. Yang Ang actually regarded Cao's army as a vulnerable army. He rushed and fought fiercely regardless of Zhu Huan's advice. In such endless marching, the soldiers' physical strength was exhausted and their sharpness was worn out.

Finally, when it was approaching Bading, Cao's general Gao Lan led more than 10,000 elite troops lurking beside him suddenly launched a counterattack.

Faced with the elite Cao's army waiting for the land, Yang Ang's tired soldiers were vulnerable at all. More than 10,000 troops either surrendered or collapsed. Even Yang Ang himself was almost killed by Gao Lan. Fortunately, Zhu Huan came to help in time.

After barely repelling Gao Lan's vanguard, Zhu Huan immediately retreated with Yang Ang, hid in the mountains and started a guerrilla battle to stop Cao's army's counterattack. At the same time, Zhu Huan quickly sent a letter to me, and Fu Tong's troops, who led his army to patrol Daba Mountain.

Less than half an hour after receiving the letter from Zhu Huan, the letter from Xiangyang arrived in the camp. The news this time was even more shocking————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

At the same time, the food, grass, and supplies supply line in my hand was also cut off. Due to the extremely tense situation, Xu Shu had directly suggested that I give up the battle in Hanzhong and return to the army to ensure the safety of Jingzhou.

In addition to our generals, there are also Yang Ren and his generals in his tent. This time the military discussion has already concern the overall strategic situation of the entire Battle of Hanzhong.

After Pang Tong gave a general introduction to the situation in Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Hanzhong (Pang Tong did not mention the civil strife in Yangzhou. The rebellious storm that occurred within Yangzhou, I had already received a letter from my elder brother a few days ago.

But this will affect our morale. Except for Huang Zhong and a few others, I did not make it public.) Dozens of people in the tent turned their attention to me.

Judging from the situation explained in Xu Shu's letter, it is imminent to return to Jingzhou. But as far as the current situation in Hanzhong is concerned, it is very unwilling.

After dozens of days of hard work, countless soldiers' casualties finally attacked the center of Hanzhong - Nanzheng. Although the city defense of Nanzheng was strong and the defense of Cao's army was tenacious, it was not impeccable.

Once Nanzheng is conquered, as long as Cao's defeated troops are driven, they can seize Yangping Pass again. By then, even if Gao Lan defeats Yang Ang, he will be destined to be a turtle in a jar.

But now, the choice between choices is really unwilling.

"Bo Jian..." After making up my mind, I looked up at Yang Ren and said with some difficulty.

It is hoped that Hanzhong will be restored, but I suddenly want to return to the army at this moment, and it is really difficult to speak. Obviously, after leaving my army, Yang Renxiu said that self-protection will be a problem if he conquers Nanzheng.

"Today's attack on Nanzheng is all thanks to General Zhang. If the emperor's uncle and General Zhang had no support from him, we still don't know where we are. Since Jingzhou is in trouble, General Zhang should return to the army to protect the safety of Jingzhou.

"Yang Ren saw my difficulties, but he didn't care too much. He replied rationally, "If Jingzhou is a mistake, even if it can be recaptured Hanzhong, it will be difficult for us to resist the counterattack of Cao's army alone.

As long as Jingzhou is safe, Lord Shijun can still borrow his troops from the emperor to recover Hanzhong in the future.”

Yang Ren is indeed a rare brave and resourceful general in Zhang Lu's army. He acts calmly and reliably, and analyzes the pros and cons. If it were Yang Ang at this moment, it might have cost me a lot of words.

"President Yang has to explain to Zhang Shijun!" Pang Tong said the following words for me.

Yang Ren coughed lightly, stopped the slight noise of the subordinates behind him, and then said, "General Zhang, don't worry, Military Commander Pang, I personally explain the situation to Lord Shijun!"

"Okay!" I patted the table lightly and said immediately, "Since that's the case, let's discuss the withdrawal of troops..."

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Just when the wars were rising in Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Jingzhou, Hanzhong and other places, like Liu Bei, Cao Cao himself did not personally visit any of the battlefields to command the battle, but stayed in Runan with Jia Xu, Liu Ye and other advisers.

However, in order to create an illusion for the opponent, Cao Cao ordered people to show his battle flags in Hanzhong and Jingzhou.

Runan is located in the middle of the battlefields of Jing, Han, Yan and Xu. Although it is not in the midst of the war, it is the best as the center for coordinating the overall situation.

Over the past few days, news from various battlefields has been gathered in Runan so that Cao Cao can modify his strategic policies according to changes in the situation.
Chapter completed!