?Because the danger in Chengdu was too sudden and it was an unstoppable and huge threat, Sima Fang urgently mobilized the Yizhou East Route Army led by Zhang Ren to return to Chengdu, and he had no time to inform Cao Cao's army who was attacking the northern part of Jingzhou.--.

In this way, Cao Cao, who had already surrounded Xiangyang City, did not know that the Yizhou army had retreated. He was still worried that if Zhang Renjun acted too quickly, he would violate the agreement made by both sides and seize more territory in Jingzhou.

Because he was worried that more territory would be occupied by Yizhou, Cao Cao's troops besieged Xiangyang City. Shortly after he issued the final persuasion to Liu Biao in the city, he immediately commanded the army to attack Xiangyang City.

Liu Biao, who had learned that the Tianyi Army was coming to rescue Xiangyang, was no longer as nervous as before. In addition, Huo Jun, Changsha, was also leading his army to Xiangyang, and he felt that he could wait until the moment when the dawn came.

There are 20,000 regular troops in Xiangyang City, and 2,000 iron guards similar to the trap camp, who are specifically responsible for protecting the security of the provincial governor's office, Liu Biao, Liu Qi and others. The 100,000 troops defending Cao Cao with 20,000 people seem to be a huge gap, but just think about Xiangyang City being called the southern "Crouching Tiger City" by the people a long time ago, you will know how strong this city has been managed in Liu Biao's hands.

Although Cao Cao had a lot of gunpowder to use, and even Huang Yueying had developed a rocket launch device similar to the "flamingos" of Jin for the imperial army, it was still not enough in front of Xiangyang, which was surrounded by water on three sides and built a urn on one side.

In the more than a year since Lu Meng arrived in Xiangyang secretly, the Jin State has provided Xiangyang with many very powerful defensive equipment through Gaoping to Hanzhong, then Hanzhong to Fangling and then to Xiangyang. These large defensive equipment are removable standard components, and they cannot see their true uses during transportation. However, when assembled by someone at the head of Xiangyang city, they become a weapon for killing.

Since Cao Cao had used gunpowder in Deng County, when it was a critical moment, Liu Biao no longer hid it. He asked the soldiers to move all the Sky Thunder purchased from Jin State from the arsenal and threw it at the city like money every day. This really hurt the Cao army outside the city. Although Sky Thunder was only the most basic type of firearm in Jin State, it was at least at the same level compared with the firearms used by Cao Army.

Once this kind of gunpowder iron ball that can be shot hits the ground and explodes, it may not directly kill many soldiers, but it will hurt many people. It will have a huge psychological shock to the soldiers. The best way to deal with this kind of firearm is to use the thunder chariot to fire the sky thunder at the city head, use the advantage of firepower to suppress it, and then quickly climb the city to fight, and find a way to open the gate of Xiangyang City.

The heroic sacrifice of Wang Wei and Xiang Chong touched the soldiers of Jingzhou. After Huang Zhong's deeds of fighting to the death in Huya Mountain were passed back, they greatly encouraged the soldiers guarding the city. What made everyone feel most exciting was that the Lord of the State Council told everyone that the King of Pingxi had sent a large army to approach Xiangyang, and Huo Jun, who was defending Changsha, was also on the way back to Xiangyang. As long as these two armies arrived in Xiangyang, it would not be as simple as lifting the siege of Xiangyang, but to find a way to leave Cao thieves.

After five consecutive besieging Xiangyang City, Cao Cao finally ordered the troops to suspend the attack after paying 20,000 soldiers' casualties.

The 120,000 army that went south had lost one third of it. If another 20,000 or 30,000 people were lost, Cao Cao would have to consider withdrawing his troops.

Shortly after Cao Cao stopped attacking Xiangyang, he suddenly heard an urgent report from Long Ashan, west of Xiangyang, saying that an army of tens of thousands of people was approaching Xiangyang quickly. Judging from the style of the flag, it should belong to an army under the command of King Pingxi.

Cao Cao hurriedly sent his adviser Cheng Yu to the west of Xiangyang for observation and observation, and found that the Tianyi army had already clearly set sail less than twenty miles west of Xiangyang City.

Although Cao Cao knew that he would fight the Jin army sooner or later, based on his understanding of Zhao Xing, the Jin troops would look for a high-sounding reason before launching wars over the years, sometimes it was passive defense, such as the Bingzhou War; sometimes it was for revenge, such as the attack on Yizhou.

It is obvious that this time the Tianyi Army did not follow the rules and drove twenty miles outside Xiangyang without any reason or excuse. Could it be that Jin State is really ready to launch a full-scale war?

Cao Cao really guessed it right this time. Zhao Xing had made up his mind to solve the problems of Yizhou and Central Plains at one time. Through a decisive battle in which all the legions participated, he completely unified the Han prefectures. This time, the Tianyi Army suddenly appeared in Jingzhou, one to rescue Xiangyang, and the other to train troops.

The question is, what excuse did the Tianyi Army use to attack Cao's army?

Zhao Gang, the commander of Tianyi Army, said to Cheng Yu with an angry look on his face: "Well, I'm really embarrassed. I came too in a hurry and didn't have time to think of a reason. Do you have to ask for a reason when fighting?"

Military advisor Lu Xun said very politely to Cheng Yu, who was already angry and turned green, "Don't listen to the nonsense of the army commander Zhao. This time we came to Xiangyang, mainly because we were invited by Liu Jingsheng, the governor of Jingzhou, and hoped to mediate the misunderstanding between the court and Jingzhou!"

Cheng Yu looked dark and asked Lu Xun angrily: "The Army Advisor said this very beautifully. What misunderstandings can the court and Jingzhou have between him and Jingzhou? If Liu Jingsheng asked the King of Xiangyang to move into Xiangyang City, there would naturally be no more disasters in the air. But until now, Liu Jingsheng has been disrespectful to the orders, and I don't know how the Tianyi Army is preparing to mediate the matter in Xiangyang!"

Lu Xun replied with a relaxed look on his face and said, "It's very easy to deal with. As long as the general leads his army back to Luoyang, we will not pursue it. Everyone will live a harmonious life!"

At first, Cheng Yu thought Lu Xun could say anything good, but his lungs were blown away when he heard this. The love lord Cao Cao led an army of 120,000 south to attack Xiangyang, and lost 40,000 troops, and was frightened by a Tianyi army sent by Zhao Xing and rolled back to Luoyang.

Cheng Yu didn't have to ask Cao Cao for advice at all. He turned his sleeves away in anger. When he left, he left a sentence: "The general was ordered by the descendant of today to come to Xiangyang to attack Liu Biao, a thief who was unjust. If Jin does not want to go to war with the court, I would like to advise your army to withdraw from Jingzhou quickly!"

Zhao Gang, who had been waiting impatiently, said indifferently: "Do you think I am still a three-year-old child? It will only take a while later. We Tianyi Army will still manage the matter in Xiangyang this time. If Cao Heizi doesn't look like the entire army, he should get out before we officially take action." Please come to see if there is no advertisement for the first time-honored--.

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