Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 822 Central Plains War (3)

"Could it be possible that the [-]-strong army that will be banned is also a bluff? The Han army is going to break through from Liang County?" Sima Zhao was a little unconvinced.

"After the Han army won the victory, they marched into Xiayi. It seems to be true." Sima Yi said dejectedly. "Lu Yu only has more than ten thousand people, how can he keep it?"

"Xiayi is not safe, and Ku County is even more dangerous. However, our army is lying near the father of the city, and we can no longer send troops to reinforce..."

"This is Yangmou. Zhou Cang's march like this is to tell me clearly that he wants to surround me here. He knows this but he has nothing to do." Yu Jin didn't move, Guo Huai didn't dare to move.

"Ask Cao Ren for help."

"It's too late." Sima Yi waved his hand, suddenly aged ten years, not because of his lack of ability, but because of the huge difference in strength. "Withdraw the troops and tell Lu Yu that he no longer needs to defend Xiayi, and return to Juyang to ask Chen Liu for help. Make Guo Huai not to focus on the movement of the ban, let Chen Tai lead thousands of people to Ku County, and you and I retreat to Qiao County."

The defense of Qiao County is stronger than that of Ku County, but not weaker, and Qiao County is closer to Ku County, the two places can echo each other, and the Han army dare not directly attack Ku County.

After working so hard for half a year, Yu County gave up like this, and Sima Zhao couldn't help but stomp his foot to pass the order in resentment.

On March [-]th, after Xiang County, Sima Yi was forced to withdraw his troops again.The army of Wei withdrew all the luggage and the people from the county, and the people continued to move westward into Guanzhong. Sima Zhao ordered the city to be set on fire, and the fire lasted for three days.

On March [-]th, when Deng Ai entered the county, it was already ruined and devastated. He ordered the city to be repaired and pushed to the earth wall to bury the deep trench.

Sima Yi was extremely nervous waiting for the Han army to attack in Qiao County. As a result, not only did Chengfu's Yu Jin not move, but the Han army did not continue to march after capturing Xiayi.Sima and his son were puzzled, and it was not until five days later that the [-] Han army slowly approached from Yu County, but the leader was restrained.

On March 23, Guo Huai came to report that Chengfu's Han army did not attack Ku County in the northwest, but turned to Song County in the southwest under the leadership of Deng Ai, meaning to attack Runan County, and the prefect Sima Fu hurried back to Runan.

Sima Yi's face was full of sorrow, Runan was connected to Yingchuan and Chen County in the north, Zhou Cang's plot was far bigger than he imagined, he still valued a county, but Zhou Cang valued a state.Immediately, Sima Yi showed his face again, Zhou Cang used such a large-scale army, but gave himself room to maneuver, ordered He Kui to return to Chenjun, Guo Huai and Zhang Hu entered Runan, and asked Guo Huai to let Deng Ai go regardless of the gains and losses of a city. Go deep and lengthen its battle line, cut off its food road and return route, and trap Deng Ai in Runan to find an opportunity to annihilate him.

On March [-]th, Sha Zan and Chen still retreated from Lu Yu, occupied Xiayi, and took part.

An accident occurred when passing through Shanfu County. A Wei army suddenly attacked and almost burned the rams and ladders accompanying the army.Dianman was in the vanguard, Sha Zan was in the middle, and Chen Qian was in the back. There shouldn't have been any problems, but they didn't expect that Cao Ren sent Li Dian to the south to rescue Peijun, but he had been wandering between Shanyang and Jiyin. Although there are only 5000 people in Dian, they are all elites who fought on the battlefield, and half of them have experienced the Battle of Xiaoyaojin.

There are not many veterans who followed Cao Cao back then, and Li Dian is one of them, with courage and rich experience.Knowing that the Han army was going north, Li Dian knew that he had few troops, so he sent someone to tell Shanyang prefect Guan Qiujian to be careful. He divided the 5000 people into two groups, one led by himself to fight against Chen Qianyou, and the other led by his son Li Dian. Zhen led the fire with torches and burned the Han army's supplies.The Wei army led by Li Zhen just set fire regardless of everyone's life and death, which caused great trouble to Chen Qian. Chen Qian tried his best to keep the food and grass. Zan learned that there was no way to put out the rescue.

Li Dian burned the Han army's siege equipment at the cost of losing thousands of people.Sha Zan and Dianman were furious, but there was nothing they could do.In cross-border combat, in order to prevent Li Dian from attacking again, Sha Zan had to slow down his pace slightly, shorten the distance between the three teams, and ordered his soldiers to cut down huge trees along the way to prepare for building siege weapons.

The result disappointed Sha Zan again: Cao Ren not only built high walls and dug deep trenches in order to deal with the siege weapons, but also ordered to cut down all the towering trees in Yanzhou. .Along the way, there are either unproductive saplings or firewood that can only be used as waste.Everything is not going well, and Sha Zan deeply feels that Shanyang is not so easy to get.

Sure enough, as he thought, Wu Gang, who originally planned to send troops from Lu County, sent someone to deliver a letter. Cao Zhang returned to Rencheng after he was re-activated, and with the help of his younger brother Cao Zhi, he recruited another ten thousand people and stared at the vicinity of Zou County. Wu Gang dared not Go south easily.

Zhou Cang gave Sha Zan a general order and asked to take the two counties by force. He was able to contain a total of 3 troops from Li Dian, Guanqiu Jian, and Cao Zhang. Sha Zan felt that his strategic intention had been achieved, so he simply surrounded Jinxiang County without attacking, and waited for Lu Xun to attack. Confront Cao Ren.

Lu Xun's information was wrong, Cao Ren's men were not [-], but nearly [-]!In addition to keeping his beloved classics, Cao Zhi, the king of Chenliu, scattered all his wealth and collections. He recruited more than ten thousand young men from Chenliu, Yingchuan big families and wealthy families, and gave some of them to Cao Zhang, and the rest to Cao Ren.The Xun family, a wealthy family in Yingchuan, once again showed their sincerity to the Cao family. The elderly Xun Yan, Xun Yu's third brother, called on the tribe to contribute money and people, and also called nearly [-] people, led by his son Xun Yue to Dongjun to help in the war.

On March 2000th, Chen Ben and Fang Kai led the army from Gucheng to the south, and Shouzhang of Dongping County was still chosen for the first battle.In Shouzhang Wujian City, Dai Ling built a long fort here like the second Guandu.Chen Ben made a strong attack for two days, but was repelled by the Wei army, losing [-] people, and the advantages of Qingqi and Xuanjia were not brought into play at all.So Chen Ben temporarily gave up attacking Shouzhang, and on March [-] sent Fang Kai to lead Qingqi to attack Dongpinglu in the southeast.

Cao Ren was in shock for a day in Dongjun. After learning that the Han army was attacking Yuzhou, he ordered everyone to take precautions, and ordered Guan Qiujian and Li Dian in Shanyang to be ready to rescue them at any time. Unexpectedly, a few days later, Li Dian reported that the Han army suddenly went north. Cao Zhang reported to Wu Gang in Lu County that he was ready to move, which made Cao Ren unable to grasp Zhou Cang's routine for a while. It was not until Chen Ben went to Dongping County that Cao Ren realized that Zhou Cang was planning to launch a full-scale attack.

Li Dian burned down the siege equipment of the Han army, which made Cao Ren somewhat at ease. It seems that the initiative to attack has something to do!Although he was very reluctant, Cao Ren still handed over the three thousand horses in his hand to Chang Diao, and ordered Xun Yue to lead his troops to Dongpinglu with Chang Diao, so that he could take care of Cao Zhang and protect his southeast, and also look for opportunities to destroy the Han army's attack. city ​​weapon.

Xiahouhui 1 horses guarded the white horses, Xiahouba 2 horses guarded Puyang, and Linghu Yu 1 horses guarded Linqiu. Cao Ren felt that the East County had been consolidated. On March [-]th, Cao Ren and his son led an army of [-] troops to leave the east. The county rushed to the Dongping battlefield.

(End of this chapter)