Now Zhuge Liang is still stationing troops in Zigui, neither attacking Xiangyang nor pursuing Cao Cao's army.

This made Cao Cao a little confused. He couldn't figure out what Zhuge Liang wanted to do. In other words, anything Zhuge Liang could do was possible. In desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to leave troops at Yicheng and Dangyang along the way.

In this way, the troops attacking Jiangling will undoubtedly be weakened.

You must know that Fazheng, Huang Zhong had 70,000 to 80,000 defenders in Jiangling, and had strong city defense facilities. After Cao Cao's troops weakened, he could not attack for a long time.

What confused Cao Cao even more was that Liu Bei's troops had captured Suixian, Zhanghe, and Gao Lan had been defeated and fled to Xudu.

The retreat route of Zhang He and Gao Lan was what Cao Cao had warned before. After all, following the county is a small matter, but Xudu is a big deal. Liu Bei must be prevented from taking advantage of the situation to pursue Xudu.

But this time Liu Bei seemed to have the upper hand. He learned not to bite the hard nut and attack the weakest areas. He had no intention of attacking Xudu.

Sun Quan from the east saw the situation clearly and personally led an army to attack Hefei.

After all, Hefei only had less than 10,000 defenders from Zhang Liao's tribe.

Sun Quan thought this was a soft persimmon.

Compared with the last planned and premeditated alliance, this time it can be said that it is an alliance formed by various warlord groups acting according to the opportunity.

They saw opportunities from the current situation, and they didn't need anyone to organize or plan at all, they knew what to do themselves.

Sun Quan wanted to capture Hefei and went to Wancheng first.

Because Cao Cao opened rice fields in Wancheng and had a lot of money and grain, Sun Quan wanted to take Wancheng first and use the food in Wancheng to solve the problem of food and grass for the march.

This decision is undoubtedly the right one, but there is a minor problem:

In the original history, it was Lü Meng who proposed the siege strategy, and it was Gan Ning who risked his own life to attack the city and kill the defender Zhu Guang, so that Sun Quan successfully captured Wancheng.

But now that Lu Meng was gone, Gan Ning was snatched away by Li Qi again.

Except for Xu Sheng's idea of ​​erecting cloud ladders and building Hongqiao, no one proposed a more constructive method.

Sun Quan followed Xu Sheng's plan, but it was delayed for a long time. Before Wancheng was captured, Zhang Liao had already led troops from Hefei to rescue him.

At this time, Sun Quan was having trouble attacking the city. He was about to return to the camp and plan to attack again on another day. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the camp, the camp had been attacked by Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao Hengdao immediately stood in front of the camp and scolded Sun Quan: "You made an alliance with Prime Minister Cao at the beginning, and now you have turned your back on your promise to attack Wancheng. You are the most unfaithful person nowadays. Do you dare to fight to the death with me, Zhang Wenyuan, as an unfaithful rat?"

It was true that Li Qi scolded Sun Quan for going back on his word, and it is also true that Zhang Liao scolded Sun Quan for going back on his word now.

The result of being a wallflower is that neither party is pleased.

Although what Zhang Liao said was true, Sun Quan could not withstand such an insult. In anger, he raised his sword and wanted to fight Zhang Liao to the death.

Zhou Tai stopped Sun Quan and said, "My lord, watch carefully while I take the enemy general's head."

Zhou Tai stepped forward with his sword and fought with Zhang Liao for fifty rounds before Zhang Liao reined in his horse and ran back.

Sun Quan saw Zhou Tai's victory and the enemy's retreat, so he sent his troops to cover up the enemy, hoping to recapture the camp.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the gate of the village, there were already ambushed archers who fired thousands of arrows at Jiangdong soldiers. The soldiers in the front row fell to the ground after being struck by arrows.

Taking advantage of the chaos in Jiangdong's army, Zhang Liao led a group of cavalry to attack Sun Quan.

Sun Quan was horrified, but fortunately Ling Tong arrived and captured Zhang Liao.

It’s just that Sun Quan’s Jiangdong soldiers were not so lucky. In front of the cavalry, they could not resist the huge kinetic energy of the horse’s impact. It can be said that with this kinetic energy, the cavalry could kill the company with just a casual wave of the long sword.

A string of infantrymen were overturned. Not to mention that after their morale declined, their legs became weak when they saw the opponent's heavy horse hooves.

Ling Tong fought with Zhang Liao for forty or fifty times, and knowing that his side had a low chance of winning, he called Zhou Tai to protect Sun Quan and leave first.

Zhou Tai protected Sun Quan, but his own body was stabbed several times by the enemy.

At this time, Zhou Tai was already covered in scars, with blood soaking through his armor, but his expression remained unchanged. He finally protected Sun Quan and broke through the tight siege.

Sun Quan said: "Thanks to Youping for rescuing me from the siege, but Ling Tong is still at the core of the enemy's army. What should we do?"

Zhou Tai said: "My lord, please find a place to take shelter temporarily, and let me go to rescue you later."

Unexpectedly, not long after Zhou Taigang left, he suddenly saw another army coming from the front.

It turned out that Zhu Guang, the defender of Wancheng, learned that Zhang Liao's reinforcements had arrived, so he led his troops out of the city to cooperate with them inside and outside.

Sun Quan secretly cursed himself: You are seeking death! If you had known better, you would not have let Zhou Tai go.

Now is not the time to be a hero, so you should run away quickly.

Under the cover of the accompanying sergeants, Sun Quan just walked in the direction of Danyang County. After a few miles, another army of troops and horses came to kill him.

At that time, Sun Quan wanted to die and felt that suddenly, the whole world was filled with Cao soldiers.

When the army and horses came closer, Sun Quan suddenly discovered that the opponent was using the banners with the characters "Zhu" and "Quan".

It turned out that it was Zhu Ran who was stationed nearby, and Quan Cong led his army to meet Sun Quan.

Zhu Ran and Quan Cong were originally stationed on the other side of the Yangtze River, responsible for the northern defense. When they heard that Zhang Liao was coming from Hefei to rescue Wancheng, they were worried that Sun Quan's troops would not be able to cope with it, so they raised troops to help out, and happened to save Sun Quan who was defeated.

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Sun Quan retreated to the ship, and saw Zhou Tai and Ling returning with the remaining troops from a distance, and felt a little comfort in his heart.

If you can't conquer Wancheng, don't even think about Hefei.

On the other hand, Liu Bei's army went particularly smoothly because he did not go north to attack Xudu as Cao Cao expected. Instead, he headed west, captured Caiyang, and then headed towards Deng County.

General Cao Ren informed Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was shocked.

Deng County is adjacent to Xiangyang, so Liu Bei obviously came to Xiangyang.

Although Xiangyang is only a city under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County, it is Cao Cao's way back north.

Especially Xiangyang's population, money and food are very sufficient, and it is connected with Jiangxia County. If it belongs to Liu Bei, Liu Bei's strength will be greatly increased.

Of course, Liu Bei's army alone may not be able to capture Xiangyang.

However, Zhuge Liang is still watching Zigui. If the two armies join forces, Xiangyang may not be easy to defend.

What Cao Cao was worried about was exactly what Liu Bei was thinking.

It was not easy for Liu Bei to take Xiangyang alone. Of course he thought that Zhuge Liang could help him, so he wrote a book and sent it to Zhuge Liang.

The main message of the letter is: I have been friends with Li Zhenghong, the leader of Kongming, in the alliance to fight against Cao Cao for several years. Unfortunately, Liu Bei, I, is alone and weak, and I am often unable to help. I am so ashamed. This is a good opportunity to attack Xiangyang.

If Mr. Kong Ming can send troops from Zigui to attack Yicheng, Cao Cao will be afraid that his retreat will be cut off, so he will definitely return to the army to rescue him. When Jun and Fa Xiaozhi attack Cao Cao from both sides, Cao Ren will definitely bring troops from Xiangyang to rescue him, and then I, Liu Bei, can easily take over.

Went down to Xiangyang City.

As long as I capture Xiangyang City, I will definitely capture Fangling County and give it to Li Zhenghong as a token of my gratitude.

After Zhuge Liang read Liu Bei's handwritten letter, he thought to himself: What you have in mind is quite beautiful. Let me be the cannon fodder to attract the main force of Cao's army, and you will attack the city? I like to travel through the Three Kingdoms, starting from the time when a fallen grass turns into a bandit. Please collect it: (www.sodu777
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