Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 807 Cao Pi Angrily Rebukes Xia Houmao

The guards surrounded Zhang Yun and left, and Wu Yi asked Yan Yan to be helped off the horse to rest.

"The old general is really brave. We are dazzled by seeing him. You should take a rest for now and I will call you when Zhang Xi leaves the city." Although Wu Yi complimented Yan Yan, he guessed that Yan Yan should be very tired from the other's complexion.

"Don't be so troublesome, just bring me a bed, the old man will wait for him in front of the camp." Yan Yan said panting.

Wu Yi winked, Yan Yan's soldiers immediately ran to move the bed, and Zhang Yi and other generals gathered around to praise him.

After half an hour, there was no sign of a cavalry in Chen Cang's direction.

Wu Yi frowned, and murmured, "That guy Zhang He isn't afraid, is he?"

Yan Yan didn't think so. He stood up abruptly, stroked his white beard and analyzed: "Zhang Yun is superb in martial arts, and he has no disadvantages in fighting me. He shouldn't be timid. Did he deliberately amuse us?"

"General Ziyuan, why don't you send troops to investigate?" Zhang Yi cupped his fists and offered his advice.

Wu Yi nodded and said, "That's fine, Bo Gong (Zhang Yi) will bring 3000 people to investigate."

"Wei." Zhang Yi cupped his fists and left.

When Zhang Yi arrived at the city of Chencang, he saw that the city gate was closed and there was no guard on the city. He sent someone to inform Wu Yi, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to smash the gate and climb the wall.

When Zhang Yun borrowed back to the city to change horses, he had already turned to the north of the city to cross the Wei River by boat, and successfully covered eight thousand defenders from escaping from the siege. On the contrary, Wang Sheng, who was in charge of supporting the east road, had an accident.

Wang Sheng led [-] troops out of the east gate, and he slowly marched towards the predetermined position five miles away. When he was about to reach the destination, Huang Zhong detoured along the southern mountain and almost wiped out Wang Sheng's army. .

Wang Sheng finally managed to break out of the siege, ran desperately to the edge of the Wei River, and luckily found a small boat. Wang Sheng abandoned his horse and boarded the boat and rowed to the north bank. Unfortunately, just after rowing a few feet away, an arrow shot him from behind. neck, and finally fell into the cold Weishui.

Huang Zhong put away his bow and arrows and led his troops to the west. Together with Wu Yi, they captured Chen Cang with a small number of defenders, and made Chang'an, Chen Cang, and Shangyu a line. A dog posture has formed.

Because Chencang Fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Liu Bei lost [-] soldiers here. Chen Shi and Deng Xian were lost and killed during the siege. If Wei Yan and Deng Ai hadn’t attacked Chang’an, the overall casualties would continue to expand, so Liu Bei was On the way to Chang'an, he promised to make Wei Yan the general of Zhenbei.

Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard this. If he kept his current military rank, he would surpass Gao Shun in this military rank and become the number one general under the generals of the four directions. So on the way, he reciprocated the favor and kept saying good things to Deng Ai.

Liu Bei and Lan Tian had agreed to proclaim themselves emperor after entering Chang'an. Now that he has achieved this short-term goal, he has also escaped from the constraints of Jingzhou and Yizhou, so he does not intend to be sympathetic to juniors like Deng Ai.

After the army entered Chang'an, Liu Bei hosted a banquet in Weiyang Palace and ordered that the meritorious soldiers should be rewarded according to their merits. At this time, Liu Bei was more experienced than when he arrived in Chengdu, and he did not give rewards indiscriminately because of his momentary pleasure.

When they were drunk, Wei Yan, Huang Zhong and others were full of pride. They all clamored to take advantage of the power of victory and continue to attack Luoyang at Tongguan.

Liu Beixu opened his eyes slightly noncommittal, while Zhao Yun's face was full of seriousness, the accompanying civil servants all looked at each other in blank dismay, these generals talked nonsense when they drank too much.

Seeing this, Fazheng got up and reminded Liu Bei loudly: "Your Majesty, although Chang'an has been captured, the military threat from Yongliang is still there. The three generals have not defeated the main force of Cao Zhen. Most of the counties are under the control of Wei State. Attacks will come at any time, we must first gain a firm foothold, and we must not be too ambitious."

Fazheng's voice was deafening, and the noisy palace quickly calmed down. Liu Bei opened his eyes and nodded at this moment and said, "Xiaozhi is right. Now is just the beginning. Let's get a firm foothold first, and everyone must not slack off."

"Your Majesty, please don't worry, the veteran is on standby at any time." Huang Zhong got up and clasped his fists.

Liu Bei waved his hand lightly, signaling those who wanted to stand up and express their determination to sit down, and then said solemnly: "We must eliminate the remaining enemies around Chang'an as soon as possible, and cut off the connection between the Cao army in the Central Plains and Yongliang. It is easy to send troops into Guanzhong, but it is difficult for us to cross Tongguan.”

"The relevant generals are holding back Nanyang and Nanxiang. Even if Cao Pi draws troops, it will be very limited. Your Majesty can send a general to station in Huayin, use Huayin as a military buffer zone for Chang'an, seize the time to calm down Yongliang, and then rest and advance. The original picture." Fazheng replied.

"After all, the second brother only has tens of thousands of soldiers. It would be fine if Sun Quan wins in Huainan. If Huainan wins with Wei in the end, the pressure on Jingzhou will be too great." Liu Bei frowned.

Fazheng comforted him: "Your Majesty's fate will be on our side. General Lan has taken action against the scholars last year. I believe that Jiaozhou has been completely pacified. He should spare his energy to help General Guan."

Liu Bei nodded, "I can't let Ziyu be too 'idle'."

On Wei Yan's way to Chencang, Xia Houmao rushed to Luoyang day and night. At that time, the people in the Central Plains were celebrating the New Year, and all counties and counties were in a state of peace and joy.

Wei Guodong was under great pressure in the war on the central and western fronts. Although Guan Yu was aggressive in Nanyang and Nanxiang, most of the time it was only a small-scale conflict. The largest battle took place in Nanxiang County. Huang Quan, Liu Feng, and Meng Da were controlled by Guan Yu Taking Nanxiang, Xu Huang finally retreated to Shunyang and joined Zhang Liao's troops.

Because of rumors that Liu Bei led the generals of Shu to go down the Han River, Cao Xiu, the general who conquered the south, rushed from Luoyang to the front to supervise the battle, but after "Liu Bei" arrived at the Jingzhou battlefield, he did not organize a larger offensive.

The news from the western front was slow, and the central battlefield and Guan Yu repeatedly dragged each other. What made Cao Pi most gratified was the eastern front.

Cao Ren suffered several defeats in Junqiu County at first, but he led Jiangdong soldiers away from Shishui and Chaohu Lake. Later, reinforcements from Zang Ba and Man Chong arrived, and they pushed Dongwu back under the absolute superiority of military strength.

Jiangdong soldiers were on land and at a disadvantage in terms of military strength. They were no match for the Wei army at all. They fled back to the ship after losing more than ten battles in a row. More than [-] soldiers were directly killed in Jiangdong. Sun Quan died in Junqiu County.

At this time, Cao Ren gathered troops from all walks of life to attack Ruxukou, threatening to drive the Dongwu people out of Huainan completely. Sun Quan recruited Lu Xun to stop it at a time of crisis.

The joy of Wei's monarchs and ministers did not last long, because Xia Houmao brought the shocking news from Yongliang that Liu Bei had led the main force of Yizhou to capture Guanzhong.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Cao Pi stood up in shock, and then angrily scolded Xia Houmao: "Nanxiang and Nanyang both said that Liu Bei is in Jingzhou, can he divide himself into two halves? What does Cao Zidan eat? What are you doing?" food?"

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Linjing can testify that I have really tried my best." Xia Houmao felt aggrieved like a child.

(End of this chapter)