Chapter 83: When the storm comes

Shouchun.

Sun Deng put down the memorial in his hand and twisted his neck with some fatigue. Then he licked his lips, feeling a little thirsty.

"Your Majesty, please use tea!" Huang Hao gave a cup of tea with a smile on his face.

Sun Deng nodded with satisfaction and drank the tea in one go.

In recent years, Huang Hao's career has been smooth sailing. He has gone from an inconspicuous little eunuch to a celebrity beside Sun Deng. Everyone in the palace eunuchs and palace maids have to act according to Huang Hao's expression.

Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun walked in from outside and happened to see Huang Haozheng standing beside Sun Deng with a look of welcome.

In recent years, Sun Deng favored Huang Hao, and all the civil and military officials in the court knew about this. Before the New Year, Sun Deng wanted to be appointed as an official.

Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun looked at each other, and both sides saw the deep concern in each other's eyes. Eunuch's autocracy, even if it was just an intention, was enough to make Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun uneasy for a long time.

"Keep to Your Majesty." Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun knelt down at the same time.

"Your dear, please be calm!" Sun Deng looked at the two of them and said, "Two Youths, Cao Zhen led the army to attack Luoyang. Chang'an sent an envoy to hope that we can send troops to Xuzhou. I feel that the main force of Cao's army is now attacking Luoyang, and I must be unable to defend Xuzhou. Since I ascended the throne, I have not taken any land. Now this great opportunity, I want to hear the opinions of the two Youths."

Zhuge Jin took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, Luoyang is now facing Cao Zhen's full attack. If Liu Chan wants to save Luoyang, he will definitely resist it with all his might. Liu Chan came to us and didn't want us to share some pressure for him."

"Your dear is right. But Sun and Liu join forces to fight against Cao Wei together was the strategy set by the late emperor. Now that Liu Chan is asking for help and we will not send troops, it is a bit unreasonable in name."

"Your Majesty, I think what Lord Zhuge said is very true. Now that Cao Zhen attacks Luoyang and Liu Chan is trying his best to defend, both sides will try their best to do their national strength. If both sides continue to consume, no matter which side wins, both sides will be greatly damaged and unable to attack again. At that time, we will send troops again, which is the best way." Lu Xun added.

"What is Lu Aiqing's consciousness?"

"Your Majesty, after the two sides decide the victory, we will attack Cao Wei again. Your Majesty must not forget that Gongsun Yuan from Liaodong and the late emperor has an alliance. When Cao Wei's power is greatly damaged, Your Majesty can confer Gongsun Yuan as the King of Yan and make him attack Youzhou, while our army goes north to attack Xuzhou and Qingzhou. Qingzhou Donglai is very close to Liaodong Sea Road, so we can build a line with Gongsun Yuan, support each other, and slowly destroy the power of Wei. Liu Chan and Cao Zhen in Chang'an will have great strength and will be unable to attack Cao. At that time, the Central Plains can all belong to our country. If Your Majesty obtains the Central Plains, Your Majesty will occupy seven parts of the world. After ten years of savings, you will definitely be able to target Guanzhong, destroy Shu Han, and unify the world."

"Good words!" Sun Deng's eyes lit up. According to Lu Xun's plan, when Wei and Shu Han were both defeated, the Eastern Wu would send troops again. At that time, the Eastern Wu had Gongsun Yuan's strange troops, and it was impossible for Wei to take care of both sides in an instant. The Eastern Wu went north to Xuzhou and Qingzhou, occupied the Shandong Peninsula, and used the powerful navy in Jiangdong to connect with Gongsun Yuan from Liaodong through sea routes and support each other.

"But love, how should I deal with the envoy sent by Liu Chan? I am still in an alliance with Chang'an after all..." Sun Deng continued to ask.

"Haha, Your Majesty, this is easy. The people of Yizhou Mountain have been unstable recently. Your Majesty can say that they want to quell the rebellion of Yizhou Mountain. This way, you can shirk troops, and the second is to stabilize Sima Yi, which makes Sima Yi think we are powerless to fight the northern expedition. When Your Majesty truly fights the northern expedition, you can catch Sima Yi off guard."

"Well, okay, let's do this as my dear said!"

...

Hongnong.

The Han army and the Wei army have already set up their own formation.

"Jiang Wei, you shameless person. When your father was loyal to the country, resisted the Western Qiang, and died in the battlefield, you were so good that you turned against the enemy. Are you worthy of your dead father?" Zhang Hu shouted.

"Hmph, Zhang Hu, my father was a minister of the Han Dynasty back then, guarding the frontier of my Han Dynasty, and protecting the people of my Han Dynasty. Now I am also a Han minister, so why did you say that you have to turn against the enemy? On the contrary, your father Zhang Liao was once a Han minister, but now you are a lackey of Wei Ni. What are you facing your ancestors and ancestors!" Jiang Wei immediately refuted.

"Uh..." Zhang Hu was immediately lost by Jiang Wei's run.

Although Cao Cao was a hero for a lifetime, Cao Cao never nominally called himself emperor and usurped the Han Dynasty. When Jiang Wei's father died in battle, the country was still a great man in name, so Jiang Wei's father was always a Han minister.

"Jiang Wei, don't talk nonsense, let's see what you can do! Who rushed to capture the traitor Jiang Wei?" Zhang Hu shouted.

"The last wish!" Zhang Hu didn't even have time to see who was running out.

"Jiang Wei died and I am..."

"I'm not interested in knowing your name." Jiang Wei swung his spear, and a long rainbow rushed out, turning into several phantoms, and a few sparks flashed by, and the Cao general was already picked off.

"No wonder Deng Ai was injured by Jiang Wei's hand. I didn't expect it to be so powerful. Jiang Wei's martial arts should be above me." Zhang Hu sighed unconfidently, and then thought to himself: "This Jiang Wei is powerful, you should use wheel battles."

"Listen, go up and fight Jiang Wei. If you can't defeat him, you will immediately withdraw. Use wheel battles to fight Jiang Wei. I don't believe that I can't kill him!"

"The last general obeys the order." Zhang Hu gave the order, and five generals of Cao's army rushed forward.

There are more people and fewer people, no one will be cowardly, so even though they know that Jiang Wei is powerful, the five people still rushed up.

"Do you want to fight with the wheel? Come on!" Jiang Wei was not afraid at all and went up to meet him.

...

A cavalry rushed to Zhang Hu's army.

"Can General Zhang Hu be there?"

"I'm here." Zhang Hu looked back and found that Cao Zhen was coming.

"What's the matter? What's the general's order?" Zhang Hu asked.

"General, General, you are ordered to go back immediately."

"Go back? Why?"

"This..." The guard looked around, looking at his left and right, looking like he was indescribable.

"Come here, come near me and tell me what's going on."

The guard immediately approached Zhang Hu and whispered: "General, Han general Zhang Ren suddenly appeared outside Xingyang City. Xingyang was lost, and our army's retreat was robbed..."

"What happened? How could this be possible? Aren't Xingyang all our people? Where did the Han army escape from!"

"I don't know about this last general, but the general hopes you will go back immediately."

"I understand." Zhang Hu breathed a long sigh, then said, "Ming Jin will withdraw the troops!"

In front, several Cao army generals were fighting with Jiang Wei in wheel battles.

Suddenly, Cao's army retreated.

"Huh, what's going on?" Jiang Wei was slightly stunned. The battle had just begun and the outcome was not decided. Why did Cao's army withdraw his troops after the battle?

Seeing Cao's army slowly retreating, Jiang Wei felt more and more confused.

"Come here, I will report back to the Prime Minister immediately, Cao's army retreated."

...

"How did they get to Xingyang!" Cao Zhen frowned and looked at the map in front of him, puzzled.

"Yingchuan, Yellow River, where did Zhang Ren go? Yingchuan? There is Xiahou Ba in Yingchuan. You have to go around Yingchuan to Xingyang. There are 30,000 people, not one or two people, and you will definitely be discovered. Yellow River? Not right, the Yellow River channel is so fast, and it is easier to be discovered when you walk through the Yellow River. How did Zhang Ren go? Could it be that he could not fly over!"

"Yingchuan, Huanghe, where is it?" Cao Zhen scratched his head, and then sighed helplessly: "Forget it, I don't want to think about these anymore, it's useless to think about these things. It seems that they have settled their minds and cut off the way out and trapped me here... I really think that it can stop the army!"

"General, what should I do?" Chen Tai asked.

"Fortunately, some people were in Chenliuliu that day, and now they are just in handy. When Xingyang is captured, Chenliu will probably get the news soon. It won't take long to see Chenliu send troops to Xingyang to attack the tunnel. Besides, if Chenliu doesn't send troops, we have more than 100,000 troops, are we afraid that we will not be able to retake Xingyang!" Cao Zhen said.

"General, do you mean we will return to Xingyang?"

"Well, Xingyang is my retreat and cannot be intercepted. You can prepare for it. Once Zhang Hu comes back, we will take back Xingyang."

...

Chen Liu and Xu Shu have been paying close attention to the news in Xingyang.

"Report..." The school rushed in and reported: "Prime Minister, it's not good. I just received the news that Xingyang was lost."

"Lost?" Xu Shu nodded calmly, and then said, "I understand, you can go down first."

"Yes!" The little school peeked at Xu Shu in surprise. Xu Shu's reaction was too calm.

"I'm finally here. I've been waiting for so long, and I'm finally here!" A cold light flashed in Xu Shu's eyes, and then he shouted: "Come."

"Prime Minister, what are you asking?"

"Immediately prepare to reorganize the troops and retake Xingyang. Also, send people to Hedong and Yingchuan to tell Wang Ling and Xiahouba that they should guard their respective defense areas and do not have to lead troops to Xingyang. Although I don't know how the Han army came to the city of Xingyang, I think since the Han army could reach the city of Xingyang, maybe they would also appear in Hedong and Yingchuan. So tell them not to leave their posts without permission." Xu Shu said.

...

Xingyang.

Zhang Ren stood on the city tower with a deep face.

Xingyang was captured without any effort, but Zhang Ren could predict that Cao Zhen would inevitably launch a large-scale counterattack. Xingyang was Cao Zhen's way out, and Cao Zhen would never give up.

What made Zhang Ren even more worried was that Xingyang would not only face Cao Zhen's attack, but might send troops to attack Xingyang in Chenliu to the east, Yingchuan to the south, and even Hedong to the north. Xingyang's special location seemed to cut off Cao Zhen's retreat, but in fact he was isolated and would inevitably be counterattacked by Cao's army.
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