From the news obtained by those secret chess, Ma Su learned that Zhang He's guarding Mengtouyan was not as simple as preventing Liu Bei from attacking Hanzhong, but also had other mystery.

Although Cao Cao was afraid of going to war on both sides and did not take the initiative to advance to Xichuan, he would not sit idly by and watch Liu Bei stabilize the situation in Xichuan, and then reorganized his army to counterattack Hanzhong.

Xiahou Yuan was extremely capable and always was the trump card in Cao Cao's hands. During his guarding Guanzhong, he almost pacified the entire Xiliang. He was left by Cao Cao in Hanzhong to guard him, which was as solid as a god.

Zhang He is a wise and brave general, and he can stand alone! It was Cao Cao's plan to stay and be Xiahou Yuan's assistant.

Cao Cao believed that offense was the best defense. He asked Zhang He to stay, so he wanted him to send troops to harass Baxi County and make Liu Bei's army exhausted, which was equivalent to attacking Qianzhan for Cao Cao's attack on Xichuan.

Liu Bei naturally knew the importance of Baxi County. Before Zhang He advanced, he appointed Huang Quan as his guard and led 5,000 troops to Brazil to resist Cao's attack.

Huang Quan, whose courtesy name is Gongheng, was from Langzhong County, Baxi County, so he is very familiar with the situation here.

He also expected Cao Cao to be a breakthrough in Brazil, so he volunteered to come. In addition to making achievements, he also had the idea of ​​returning to his hometown.

Huang Quan was originally Liu Zhang's chief clerk and had extraordinary knowledge. He had repeatedly advised Liu Zhang not to welcome Liu Bei into Sichuan, saying that he ignored Liu Zhang's face and was therefore released to Guanghan as the county magistrate.

After Liu Zhang surrendered, Huang Quan did not surrender voluntarily, but returned to his home in Chengdu. After Liu Bei came to invite him in person, he accepted Liu Bei's official position and was appointed as a general.

After Huang Quan led his troops back to Brazil, he did not show off in front of his hometown, but instead led his troops to work to stabilize local order.

Pacifying the local ethnic minorities is the primary task, and the most important thing is to convince the leader of the monk Du Bin and the seven surnames of Yi Wang Pu Hu of Ba County.

These people had gained a lot of benefits from Zhang Lu, and they had been against the local government for a long time, which was equivalent to the pawns built by Zhang Lu, which was his trust in preparing to attack Brazil.

After Zhang Lujing joined Cao Cao, he introduced these forces to Zhang He.

When Zhang He saw their role, he tried to win over it at any cost. He had become the supporter of Zhang He's march into Brazil. Of course, they would not sincerely submit to Liu Bei because of Huang Quan's verbal comfort.

Although the strength of their tribes is not weak, they still cannot compete with Huang Quan's five thousand troops. They can only be a false conspiracy and disobey Huang Quan, making him unable to let go.

Zhang He had these tribes as his internal support, and the incorporated Zhang Lu army led the way. He led the army into Brazil and fought in Dangqu, Mengtou, Dangshi and other places. It was very smooth, invincible, and the battle was extraordinary.

In addition to harassment, Zhang He's mission also plunders the population, so he naturally would not really attack Xichuan.

Therefore, instead of conquering cities and territories, he gathered the local residents and migrated to Hanzhong to enrich the population.

Perhaps Cao Cao was not optimistic about the prospect of defending Hanzhong, or perhaps he wanted to plunder the population of Xichuan. After pacifying Hanzhong, he did not manage Hanzhong well, but instead migrated a large number of people to Guanzhong.

Zhang He moved the population of Brazil to Hanzhong, which just happened to fill the population shortage of Hanzhong.

Huang Quan was good at strategy and his martial arts were just average. In terms of attacking cities and capturing camps, marching and fighting, he naturally could not do anything to Zhang He who carried out guerrilla warfare.

Huang Quan himself had only more than 5,000 troops, and it was a bit reluctant to guard all the cities, so he naturally could not send troops to stop Zhang He from plundering the population, so he had to ask Liu Bei for help.

Liu Bei, who knew the importance of Baxi County, naturally could not tolerate Zhang He going rampant in Baxi County, summoning Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and other advisers to discuss together.

Because Zhang He is very skilled in martial arts, he has a great reputation.

There were not many generals under Liu Bei who could compete with Zhang He in martial arts, and few could defeat Zhang He.

Finally, to be on the safe side, Liu Bei followed Zhuge Liang's plan to let Zhang Fei, who was the bravest of the three armies, as the main general, Lei Tong as the deputy general, lead 10,000 troops to Brazil to resist Zhang He's attack.

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The first tentative battle between Cao Cao and Sun Quan was soon over, ending with Le Jin being injured by an arrow.

In general, Cao Cao was at a disadvantage.

Cao Cao had an absolute advantage in both military strength and land combat ability!

After discussing with his advisers and generals, he felt that he should break out of Sun Quan's water camp first and force the two armies to fight on the shore. The best strategy was to do so.

The next day, Cao Cao divided his troops into five groups to attack Ruxuwu:

Cao Cao led the middle road; Zhang Liao on the left and Li Dian on the second road; Xu Huang on the right and Pang De on the second road. Each road led 10,000 people and ran to the riverside.

Sun Quan's army was skilled in water warfare, and his combat effectiveness on land was obviously inferior to that of Cao's army.

Therefore, Sun Quan also hopes to fight Cao Cao in the water camp.

He left Dong Xi, and the two generals Xu Sheng led 10,000 troops to defend the Ruxu Shui Village. He led his own army to build a village on the shore along the mountain, thinking that it was a force to slay the corner.

The Jiangdong Army did not have many soldiers in the water camp. On the building boat, they saw Cao Cao's five armies coming overwhelmingly, and the soldiers were all afraid.

Xu Sheng's morale was sluggish and said passionately:

"Why fear the king's fortune and the king's loyalty to him!"

In order to increase morale, Xu Sheng and Dong Xi discussed and asked Dong Xi to stay in the camp. He only brought hundreds of warriors to cross the river with a small boat and entered the enemy formation.

Xu Sheng was on the boat and had long been looking at the direction of the attack.

Cao Cao's army was generally very strong in combat, but only Li Dian's chief general of the five-way army horses was slightly weaker in martial arts. Therefore, Xu Sheng directly broke into Li Dian's army.

At that time, the two armies were in a battle against each other, and the main general was still very powerful. Xu Sheng rushed out of Li Dian's army. Li Dian stopped the fight, but could not stop it, and retreated step by step. Dong Zhi was on the ship, causing the troops to beat drums and cheer.

Suddenly, the wind blew on the river, the white waves spread out, and the waves surging.

When the soldiers saw that the big ship could not withstand the wind and waves, they were about to capsize, and they all ran to the ship to escape.

Dong Xi didn't dare to lose the water camp and shouted:

"They will be ordered by the emperor to guard against the thieves here, how dare they abandon the ship and leave!" He immediately killed more than ten soldiers in the ship.

But not long after, the storm became stronger and stronger, and Dong Xi's large ship was overturned by the huge storm.

Although Dong Xi was good at water, he was covered in clothes and armor, so he could not escape from the strong winds and waves. He died in the river mouth. The ten thousand troops guarding the village were also disintegrated.

Xu Sheng led hundreds of men to Li Dian's army, clashing with each other, and fewer and fewer people were accompanying him. Although it was extremely dangerous, he escaped his life.

Sun Quan ordered Chen Wu to lead a thousand escorts. He heard the battle by the river and led his troops to rescue him. He was meeting Pang De. The two armies were fighting in a melee. Chen Wu was defeated and retreated soon.

Sun Quan was guarding the land camp. He heard that Cao Cao divided five routes to attack the water camp and personally led 10,000 troops with Zhou Tai to help the battle.
Chapter completed!