Xia Cai

"Father, military advisor, Cao's army retreated, Cao's army retreated!" Guan Ping lifted the curtain and entered the commander's tent, excitedly reporting to Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang about the withdrawal of Xiahou Dun's army.

"How many have you withdrawn?" Guan Yu's eyes lit up and he asked in a deep voice.

"The entire army is set off, Xiahou Dun personally leads the rear of the palace!" Guan Ping said excitedly.

Due to reinforcements in the past few days, and the news from Lujiang brought by Li Tong personally comforted Xu Sheng, Zhu Ran, Chen Wu and others to a certain extent, Guan Yu's army has been maintaining an offensive and even pushed Xiahou Dun's army back for nearly five miles.

But in fact, the army has reached the end of its strength, and even Guan Yu himself can't say how long it can last.

"It seems that Kong Ming's strategy of advancing and retreating has worked!" Guan Yu turned to Zhuge Liang and said.

When Zhuge Liang heard that Xiahou Dun's army retreated so quickly and neatly, he had some questions in his heart and began to think.

"Go out and have a look!" Guan Yu stood up and walked out of the tent.

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly and followed Guan Yu.

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"I actually retreated 50 miles in a row?" After hearing the scout's report, Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a little confused. Such a complete retreat could almost be said to have given up the threat to Guan Yu's army.

It takes two hours for infantry to march quickly, and the cavalry will take almost one hour. With such a long time, as long as there are enough ships, Guan Yu's army can retreat through the Huai River without any danger.

Contact Xiahou Dun's previous move of trying to trap Guan Yu's army in Huaibei, it is indeed difficult not to doubt such a complete retreat.

"Major General, do you think the scout found Xiahou Dun divided his troops. In which direction did the divided troops go?" Zhuge Liang was more concerned about another matter mentioned by Guan Ping.

"It's heading northwest, and it seems all of them are cavalry!"

"Northwest direction?" Even Guan Yu was pissed up. "If you want to reinforce Qinghai, Xu and Cao's army should be heading northeast. How did they go to the northwest?"

"Mr., is there any fraud?" Xu Sheng expressed his opinion, "Maybe Xiahou Dun deliberately retreated to lure our army across the river and back to the army. Then he took the opportunity to attack halfway."

"Wenxiang's view is somewhat reasonable... Xiahou Dun is a cavalry. It is indeed very likely to launch a surprise attack with the cavalry." Guan Yu pondered the film and nodded slightly and said, "Kong Ming, what do you think?"

"There is insufficient intelligence at present, and it is difficult to make a conclusion for the time being. However, after a while, news from Wei Wenchang will come.

I could probably guess some clues..." Zhuge Liang seemed to have thought of something, but he did not say it immediately, "But Junhou, I think I can contact Shouchun to cross the river. Get the boat ready, and once you find an opportunity, you can drive to cross the river.

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"Yeah..." Guan Yu responded lightly.

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Three hours later, Wei Yan's letter flying pigeon flew into Guan Yu's military camp. Similar to the situation in Xia Cai, Zang Ba, who had been entangled with Wei Yan, also began to retreat.

"June. You can withdraw your troops!" Zhuge Liang smiled calmly and said to Guan Yu with considerable certainty.

"Why is the military advisor so sure?" Guan Ping said in a little astonishment.

At this moment, only the Guan Yu and his son were in the tent. Zhuge Liang had no scruples and said with a smile: "Do you still remember that Liang mentioned the plan to disturb Xuchang a few days ago?"

"Well..." Guan Yu nodded, feeling relieved, "Did Kong Ming say that the plan was successful?"

In fact, the plan to contact the anti-Cao court officials within Xuchang was jointly planned by Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang. Even the first person to propose this plan was Zhuge Liang.

"I don't know whether it is successful or not, but Xuchang must be in chaos." Zhuge Liang chuckled and said, "The cavalry sent by Xiahou Dun was not to seek opportunities to raid our army, but to rush back to Xuchang to stabilize the situation.

Although Cao Ren's troops were closer to Xuchang, Cao Cao had ideas about Jingzhou and would not let Cao Ren return to his post easily. Therefore, Cao Cao gave up Yan and Xu battlefields. He retreated generously and asked us to withdraw our troops. Junhou.

Without further ado, we immediately ordered the army to retreat and cross the river. As long as our side and Wei Wenchang are safe, we can support Jingzhou."

The news that Cao's army invaded Shangyong and Jingzhou had deteriorated the war. Yesterday, Xu Shufeige sent a letter. But although he knew that the situation was critical, Yangzhou could not help much.

There are not many available troops in Yangzhou now. Apart from Shouchun and Lujiang, there are only 20,000 new soldiers trained in Danyang. Moreover, one day, Guan Yu's army failed to escape, so the troops in Yangzhou could not be mobilized at all.

"Ping'er, please send me the order quickly. The entire army will set off immediately and retreat slowly. You can set up more traps behind the Feijun Hall to prevent Cao's army from pursuing!" Guan Yu was not vague and said immediately.

"No!" Guan Ping took the order and left quickly.

"Kong Ming, please send a letter to Yu Wenchang quickly and ask him to cross the river and withdraw back to Guangling immediately, but you also need to be careful and do not give Zang Ba the opportunity to take advantage of!" Turning his head, Guan Yu explained to Zhuge Liang again.

"Receive the order!"

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Hanzhong, Nanzheng

"General, it seems that Zhang Fei is probably really retreating!" Xun You said with a solemn expression after reading the documents that had just been sent from Man Chong.

"Mr. Xun, didn't you say that Zhang Fei was deceiving his retreat to lure our army to pursue him?" Xiahou said in confusion while wrapping his cloth on his left shoulder.

Xia Houshang was also considered to be a great fate. If Huang Zhong's arrow moved half an inch down, he might have been on his way back to Xuchang at this moment, but even so, he still lies for six days before he could barely get up.

"From the current situation in Hanzhong, it is undeniable that Zhang Fei took the initiative. This person's use of troops is quite difficult to guess. Most people use troops, and there are always some formats that can be found, either stable or strange.

But Zhang Fei was sometimes steady and almost conservative, sometimes bold and bold. In less than a month, he was able to reverse the battle situation in Hanzhong to such an extent, which was really amazing.

"Xun You sighed and said, "Although General Gao may have succeeded, it cannot change the overall situation of the war situation in Hanzhong. Now our army is completely unpopular in Hanzhong, and Yang Song's troops may even turn against each other at any time. If it weren't for the prime minister's plan.

You must suggest that General Xiahou withdraw from Hanzhong for the time being.

Since he had completely gained the upper hand, what reason would Zhang Fei retreat? Youchu also thought that he retreated to retreat to advance and lure our army to attack in an attempt to capture Nanzheng."

"But with this letter from Boning, I changed my view..." Xun You raised the silk book in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Fei must have received the news from Jingzhou first, so he immediately returned to Jingzhou."

"How is this possible?" Xiahou Yuanhu said with wide eyes and unbelievable words. "The terrain from Shangyong to Nanzheng is rugged, not to mention that even if the Jingzhou passes a letter, it is impossible for him to be ahead of Man Boning.

Boning's letter has arrived today, how could Zhang Fei get the news yesterday?"

"I heard that Liu Bei could convey messages through birds, maybe this is the method!" Xun You said with some uncertainty. Because of the pigeon training, using it in Liu Bei's side is also a very secret matter.

Cao Cao could not obtain more detailed information. Most people even did not believe that birds could be used to convey messages. "In this way, our scouts were subject to crazy hunting, and it was probably Zhang Fei's intention to hide his true intention."

Although it is impossible to fully recognize Xun You's analysis. Xiahou Yuan also knew that Zhang Fei's return to Jingzhou was that he would rather trust his existence than his non-existence.

Cao Cao's instructions to Xiahou Yuan were that if the Jingzhou army did not enter Hanzhong for rescue, it would have to be held back as long as it entered Hanzhong. Especially when he learned that Zhang Fei had personally led the army into Hanzhong, Cao Cao emphasized this point in particular.

Of course, it would be better if Xiahou Yuan could defeat Zhang Fei.

At this moment, once Zhang Fei's army returns, Cao Cao's plan to seize Jingbei will encounter great changes.

"If you come, send additional scouts to search for the enemy's movements."

"I will order you, and the army is ready to attack at any time!"

The enemy has retreated for nearly a day, and it is too late to pursue it at this moment. But as a commander, Xiahou Yuan still needs to make necessary responses.

"If you want to break, you will break; if you want to abandon, you will abandon. You are so decisive in using troops. Zhang Fei... is indeed a major trouble for the Prime Minister..." Xun You sighed lightly.

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Jingzhou. Shangyongdong City Tower

Wen Pin looked at Cao's army at the foot of the mountain, and his eyes were filled with anger. He pounded the wall with his right hand hatred. Shangyong is a mountain city, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Wen Pin is not afraid of Cao's army's attack at all. On the contrary, what he feared most was that Cao's army would not attack.

After Cao's army captured Nanxiang, just as Xu Shu, Kuai Yue and others were worried, they did not continue to go to Yongcheng, but quickly crossed the Han River and went directly south through Xincheng to attack Xiangyang County.

The 20,000 elite Cao army led by the Cao army general Zhang He hit the entire heart of Jingzhou, Xiangyang City, and immediately caused a huge panic in the nine counties of Jingxiang.

Of course, with the strong defense of Xiangyang City, not to mention only 20,000 Cao's army, even if there are 100,000, it will not be able to break through the city in a short period of time.

But if Zhang He did not attack the city, but instead detoured behind Zhao Yun and cooperated with Cao Ren to defeat Zhao Yun's army, the result would be even more terrifying. In addition, allowing such an elite Cao army to penetrate into the hinterland of Jingzhou may cause great panic.

In view of this, Xu Shu had to send troops to fight Zhang He. But no one among the generals stationed in Xiangyang could defeat Zhang He.

In just three days, the captain Chen Ying was killed, the captain Bao Long was seriously injured, and the casualties reached more than 6,000 soldiers. Xiangyang's defense even required the help of some officials' family soldiers.

On the other hand, Zhao Yun was also entangled by Cao Ren's crazy attack and could not escape and return to help.

Wen Pin learned about these situations through Fei Ge's letter, so he naturally wanted to lead his army to rescue. But Man Chong led more than 10,000 Cao's army and Shen Yidi rebels to seal the road from Shangyong City to Xiangyang.

In addition to the remnants brought back by Feng Xi from Nanxiang, Shangyong only had more than 8,000 troops.

Only if there are fewer troops and horses to attack, they will not be able to break through the obstacles of Cao's army. If there are too many, Shangyong City may not be able to be saved, which makes Wen Pin completely in a dilemma. These three or four days are like years for Wen Pin.

"General Wen, if you drag it down, the situation in General Zhao and Xiangyang will be very dangerous!" Feng Xi walked to Wenpin's side and said with an anxious look.

"Damn it, I'm going to fight!" Wen Pin said sternly, "Come up the servants of the city officials and the family members. Wen Du, can you use these people to defend Shangyong?"

"I can't guarantee whether I can keep it!" Feng Xi knew that Wen Pin was about to take a risk and responded with a sigh, "But I am willing to guarantee with my life, and the people are in the city!"

"If the person is not there, the city must be there!" Wen Pin hit Feng Xidi's chest and said sternly, "Shangyong is left to you. I want to see if that guy Zhang He is three heads and six arms."

Even if he is a tiger, I will break it down a few teeth!"

Wen Pin was about to gather troops in the city, but suddenly stopped and stood still.

"General Wen, what's wrong?" Feng Xi asked in surprise.

"Wendu, listen..." Wenpin pointed to the west and showed a look of surprise and doubt.

"What do you listen to?" Feng Xi raised his ears, but could not hear any abnormal sound.

"The horn, the horn, the horn, the horn, our horn!" Wen Pin suddenly showed an extremely ecstatic expression, ran down the city tower in a hurry, heading straight for the direction of Xicheng, "The general is back!"

"General... is back?!!!" Feng Xi was stunned for a moment, and he felt relieved after a while. He couldn't help but shout, "General is back!"

The soldiers guarding the city beside him looked at the inexplicably disobedient lieutenant. At first, they were shocked, and then they all felt relieved after hearing the content of the shouting.

In Liu Bei's army, there is only one person who will be directly called "General"!

"The general is back!" The entire East City Tower immediately became boiling, and soldiers roared loudly one after another, their voices trembled and echoed between the sky.

At the foot of the mountain, the Cao army soldiers were inexplicably shocked when they heard the screams. They didn't know what crazy the enemy troops in the city were going. Some even thought that the defenders were preparing to go out of the city to attack, so they hurriedly reported the matter to Man Chong.

Man Chong, who was neatly dressed, rushed to the front of the mountain, followed by several generals and Shen Yi.

At this moment, the clamor of the defenders on the city had stopped. After asking the soldiers around him about the situation, Man Chong had not yet felt it was wrong, but Shen Yi, who was familiar with the situation in Liu Bei's army, had a big change in his face.

"General Shen, what's wrong with you?" Man Chong asked in confusion when he noticed Shen Yi's abnormality.
Chapter completed!