My Ji Han Dynasty was prosperous in martial arts, but I have always convinced people with virtue

Chapter 58
The army of Wei State came out together, and Cao Cao's main force was in charge of the central army.

The situation of the battle ahead came one by one, and Cao Cao studied it carefully in the large carriage.

The former general Zhang He led his army to attack Hexi, but Wei Yan, the general of Shu, stopped him.Liu Feng and Meng Da set up twelve cities on the west side of the Luoshui River. Zhu Ling and Guo Huai attacked and could not pass.With one enemy and two, Liu Feng defeated the three thousand heavy armor of the Wei army.Zhang Yun led his army to repel Pang De and Cheng Gongying in Liangzhou, and Wei Yan retreated.

General Xia Houdun of the Chinese Army went to Xiagui and encountered Yan Yanjun.Yan Yan held on to the city, but Xiahou Dun was unable to overcome it, so he led his troops to surround it.

Xu Huang, the left guard, led his army to Lantian and met Zhang Fei. The two generals fought for three days, Zhao Yun's army returned, and Xu Huang retreated.

Cao Hong, the right guard, led tigers and leopards to ride Gaolu and approached Chang'an, but was blocked by Ma Chao's army and could not approach, so Cao Hong withdrew.

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After reading it, Cao Cao couldn't help complaining.

"The big-eared thief is a hypocrite, what kind of prestige is he showing off, look at me, Huang Xuer, and show you what it means to be brave!"

Generally speaking, in the war between Wei and Shu, except for the twelve cities on the west side of Luoshui River, the Wei army suffered some losses and lost some soldiers and horses.In other places, both sides come and go, evenly matched.

The lost personnel of each army were reported, and Cao Cao took a look, feeling a little distressed.

This war is like a huge meat grinder, devouring the lives of soldiers from Wei and Shu.

The important thing is that these soldiers and horses are all elites who followed Cao Cao in the South and North Wars, and belong to the old team.

Once lost, it is not so quick to make up for it.

Under the escort of Xu Chu, Cao Cao led his troops to Tongguan.

At that time, Cao Cao had asked Yu Jin to lead [-] elite troops to station.As long as Tongguan is in hand, Cao Cao can advance and retreat freely.

Entering Tongguan, Cao Cao immediately changed his deployment.

Several groups of soldiers and horses from the State of Wei failed to attack smoothly. Cao Cao stopped the attacks for the time being, and asked Xu Huang and Cao Hong to return to the army to protect Xiahou Dun's two wings.

For Cao Cao, the most unfavorable situation is that the whole army retreated to Tongguan, following the example of the allied forces with Ma Chao in previous years, and confronted across the Yellow River.

In this way, it is completely a competition for logistics and food to see who can't hold it first.

Although Liu Bei is no better than Ma Chao, and has the lands of Bashu and Hanzhong as granaries behind him, he is still much worse than Cao Cao, who is sitting in the land of seven states.

In terms of family background alone, Liu Bei's chances of winning will not be greater than Cao Cao's.

The reason why Cao Cao didn't do this at the beginning, but adopted an offensive posture, was not only because he wanted to compete with Liu Bei in his heart, but also because of the war in the direction of Jingzhou.

If the factors of the Jingzhou war are added in, the confrontation between the two armies may not be beneficial to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao intends to make a quick decision, but Liu Bei has not been in vain for a few years.

The battle report from the front line came, telling Cao Cao a realistic situation, the aggressive offensive strategy did not achieve a breakthrough, but lost soldiers and horses.

Then we can only shrink our troops first, and then follow up.

The loss on the battlefield is not what worries Cao Cao the most. What he really worries about is the situation thousands of miles away.

"Zhongda, Sun Quan is still promoting Hefei this time. Tell me, what is he going to do?"

Cao Cao called Sima Yi, but did not ridicule him.After reading the battle report from Hefei, Cao Cao could tell that Sun Quan did not appear to be attacking, but just hid by the water, not daring to approach Hefei City.

"Sun Quan should still want to take Jiang Xia."

Sima Yi made his own judgment.

"Now that Bashu is empty, most of the elite troops of Shu are in Guanzhong, and Guan Yu is also fighting fiercely in Xiangfan. Only Jiangxia's Wenpin and [-] soldiers and horses stand in front of Sun Quan. For Sun Quan, it is enough temptation."

Cao Cao stroked his beard with a smile on his face.

"But with [-] soldiers and horses, Sun Quan still dare not move!"

"So we can help him out."

"What does Zhong Da mean?"

"We can send a partial division from Runan to the north of Jiangxia to contain Wenpin's troops. Sun Quan is waiting, so we will give him this chance."
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Jiangxia.

When Wenpin knew that a partial cavalry of Cao Jun had entered the north of Jiangxia, he fell into hesitation.

With the strength in his hands, it is possible to deal with this Cao army.

But he was worried that once troops were sent northward, gaps would appear in Jiangxia's city defense.

Wenpin has always been prudent and dare not make a mistake at this critical moment.

Although Wenpin had no evidence to prove that Cao Cao and Sun Quan were connected, the appearance of this Cao army made him feel that something was wrong.

At this time, Ma Liang came over with a smile on his face.

"Ji Chang, you're still in the mood to laugh, I'm dying of anxiety!"

"Is the prefect worried about that Cao army?"

"Cao's elite army, if left unattended, Jiangxia's north may be captured by them. But if they send troops, I wonder if Soochow will take advantage of the situation and advance westward?"

As an old navy general, Wenpin knew that even though Sun Quan was in Hefei now, it would not take him long to turn his guns around and lead his army to Jiangxia.

Ma Liang took out a letter.

"This is a letter from the young master. It says to be careful of the Wu army's sneak attack. Although Lu Meng is in Wuchang, although he is sick, he must guard against it."

"Since this is the case, it seems that this soldier cannot be dispatched yet."

Ma Liang shook his head.

"The prefect can send troops to the north to wipe out this Cao army first."

"But what about Jiang Xia?"

Ma Liang stretched his white eyebrows and smiled lightly.

"Don't worry, we still have soldiers and horses in our hands! Let Lu Meng know that the more soldiers and horses in our city are drawn, the better."
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Wuchang.

Lu Meng, who announced that he was ill, was in a good mood at the moment. He was training a thousand dead soldiers in a cave.

"Shu Lang, there are only eight thousand sailors left in Jiangxia City."

In order to deceive others, Lu Meng chose to be in a remote place.The only person around who knew the details was Sun Quan's cousin, Sun Jiao.

Even the generals around him thought that Lu Meng was ill.

"So, the plan may work."

As soon as Lu Meng made plans, he contacted Sun Quan through Sun Jiao and got feedback.

"We sent these thousand dead soldiers to enter Jiangxia's east city under the guise of merchants, and then seized the port and controlled the waterway. I led an army of [-] to follow. As long as our navy reaches Jiangxia, we can separate the northern and southern cities of Jiangxia.

After that, concentrate superior forces, attack the old city of Xiakou, capture and kill Wenpin, then Jiangxia can be settled. "

At this time, Sun Jiao was also eager to make contributions and echoed Dao.

"As long as we control Jiangxia City, my lord can lead the army to come here. When the time comes, Jiangling will be ours."

Compared with Sun Jiao, Lu Meng has a bit more strategic vision.

"It's not enough to just win Jiangling. At this time, Wei and Shu are fighting fiercely. We can take advantage of the situation to win Baidi and Xiangfan, all based on the momentum of the Yangtze River."

That night, a thousand dead soldiers took off their armor, pretended to be merchants, drove merchant ships, and headed upstream towards Jiangxia City.

Along the road, the beacon towers passed by were not noticed.

One thousand white clothes, instead, the Jiangxia patrol soldiers were dealt with one by one.

At dawn, Lu Meng summoned all the generals under his command, confidently, and issued an order.

Capture Jiang Xia!

(End of this chapter)