The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 432 The Battle of Huainan Ends
Cao Cao lost his composure, and the others couldn't say anything, they were all thinking about how to deal with it, and people like Sima Yi already felt that something was wrong.Originally, if the defense line from Yangping Pass to Dingjun Mountain relied on the terrain, it would be difficult for the Chu army in Yizhou to break through this line of defense. If this line of defense was not broken first, the opponent would not dare to enter the Hanzhong Basin.

But now that Dingjun Mountain is lost, the defense line has been opened. With Zhang Wu's courage and Xu Shu's ability, he will definitely launch a mad attack on Hanzhong with all his strength.Since that Fazheng was able to kill Xia Houyuan, he didn't seem to be waiting for nothing. In this way, Cao Jun's strength in Hanzhong might not be the opponent's opponent.

After Cao Cao cried loudly and bitterly for a few times, he suddenly felt a splitting headache and almost passed out clutching his head.

"King Wei!"

"King Wei!"

The people around him hurriedly supported Cao Cao, and someone hurried to find the doctor who followed the army.

Cao Cao covered his head and said feebly: "Send the order to retreat back to Xudu. Order Xu Huang to lead five thousand cavalry to rush to Hanzhong under the stars at night!"

Now we can only hope that Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Du Xi, Guo Huai and others can hold on to Nanzheng. As long as they can persist until the reinforcements arrive, they may be able to take back Dingjunshan Fortress.

Cao Cao's choice to retreat means that he has given up the territory of Huainan. In this case, the defenders in Hefei must also withdraw, otherwise they will be trapped to death by Zhang Wu.

So Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao to lead the army to meet Cao Ren's withdrawal in Hefei City.

At this time, Zhang Wu also received the news from Hanzhong and laughed happily.

"Hahahaha...well, well done!" Zhang Wu was full of smiles, extremely satisfied.

After killing Xiahouyuan and capturing Dingjun Mountain, the door to Hanzhong was opened. At this time, the main force of Cao's army was in Huainan, and it was too late to rescue Hanzhong. Cao Cao didn't have many troops in Guanzhong and Liangzhou. The current Cao army lacks a unified command and dispatch. I believe that with the abilities of Xu Shu and Fa Zheng, the capture of Hanzhong should be sure.

Ma Liang also said happily: "Congratulations, my lord, for taking Huainan and Hanzhong at the same time, defeating Cao Cao, and unifying the world is just around the corner!"

Capturing Hanzhong is the strategic goal set by the Zhangwu Group two years ago, and it is also a crucial step for Zhang Wu to start the process of unifying the world. It can be said that Zhang Wu is determined to win Hanzhong. condition.

Lei Xu's surrender brought Zhang Wu a pleasant surprise. He did not expect to obtain the entire land of Huainan so easily. Not only did he obtain a rich grain-producing land, but he also extended the line of defense northward to the Huaihe River, finally occupying the entire land of Huainan. of Yangzhou.

Although Zhang Wu's nominal territory did not expand after acquiring Hanzhong and Huainan, because Hanzhong originally belonged to Yizhou and Huainan originally belonged to Yangzhou, but Zhang Wu's actual territory expanded a lot at once.

Cao Cao, Cao Cao, you are really self-inflicted. Do you still like to kill people indiscriminately in the future?

Once Xia Houyuan died, Cao Cao would definitely withdraw his troops. The Huainan battlefield was a foregone conclusion. Cao Cao would definitely not waste time here, and he was going to save Hanzhong.

But, I’m afraid you’re already too late!

"If Cao Cao wants to withdraw his troops, he will definitely abandon Hefei. Zhao Yun will lead his cavalry to harass him. Don't rush after him. We are going to take over Hefei." Zhang Wu ordered.

Sure enough, Cao Ren, the guard of Hefei, got Cao Cao's order, but had no choice but to abandon Hefei, and retreated northward under the cover of Zhang Liao's cavalry to join Cao Cao.

Zhao Yun followed closely behind with his cavalry, while Zhang Wu himself led [-] infantry in pursuit.

Every time Zhang Liao led his cavalry to rush up, Zhao Yun led his troops back instead of confronting Cao Jun's cavalry head-on, because Zhao Yun knew that half of the cavalry in his hands were recruits, not Cao Jun's opponents.

However, Zhao Yun used the harassment tactics of the light cavalry to the extreme, which made Cao Ren miserable. In the end, he had to order to abandon the luggage and quickly withdraw, because the scouts found out that Zhang Wu personally led his troops to chase him. It would be bad if Zhang Wu caught up with him. Done.

Zhang Wu ordered no more pursuit, led his troops into Hefei, arranged for Zhao Yun and Ma Liang to stay in Hefei temporarily, and then rushed to Shouchun himself.

After taking Huainan, apart from Zhang Wu, the happiest people are Lu Su, Jiang Qin, Lu Meng and other members of the Huaisi Gang. Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jin are also very happy, because Huainan is next to Xuzhou, far away from their hometown. Close again.

After Zhang Wu came to Shouchun, he began to appease the people and do some things to deal with the aftermath.

Lei Xu was still the prefect of Jiujiang, with the rank of General Zhendong. It was because of Lei Xu's voluntary defection that Zhang Wucai took Huainan so easily.Zhang Wu, who has always distinguished rewards and punishments, naturally did not hesitate to reward Lei Xu.Lei Xu's position was immediately on the same level as Guan Yu and Gan Ning, and he was only lower than Ma Chao among generals, so he was naturally very moved.

Of course, high or low positions do not represent real power. In fact, Lei Xu, the Zhendong General, is just like Ma Chao's Zhengxi General, and he only enjoys a treatment. Guan Yu and Gan Ning hold military power.Guan Yu and Gan Ning, as the core generals, will definitely be promoted in the future.

In order to win people's hearts, Zhang Wu ordered Lei Xu to build a shrine for Liu Fu to commemorate. The people in Huainan all felt the kindness of Liu Fu, and the people were very grateful to Zhang Wu when they heard about it.

After this great battle in Huainan, the people and families were plundered by Cao Cao, and there was an urgent need to resume production. Except for Shouchun, the officials of other counties also needed to be appeased or adjusted. Zhang Wu then handed over these matters to Lu Su, Huang Quan and a group of subordinate officials, he wanted to lead the troops to continue westward and completely drive Cao Cao's strength north of the Huaihe River.

As for Hanzhong, Zhang Wu felt that he didn't need to send people to support him. With Xu Shu's ability and the strength of the entire Yizhou, plus Cao's army basically had no soldiers in Guanzhong and Liangzhou, taking Hanzhong should be No problem.Besides, even if Zhang Wu sets off now, it is impossible to reach Hanzhong before Cao Cao. He believes that Xu Shu can attack Hanzhong before Cao Cao arrives.

Cao Cao was also very worried about the situation in Hanzhong, because he knew Cao Hong's virtues and abilities, so it was okay to let him go into battle and fight Ma Chao for [-] rounds, but if he was asked to lead the army, he would be worse than a pig .

Fortunately, when Cao Hong was asked to support Hanzhong, Cao Xiu was asked to go with him because he was worried. Cao Cao admired Cao Xiu and praised him as the Cao family's "thousand-mile horse". Cao Hong has a brain, and Cao Cao also ordered Cao Hong to listen to Cao Xiu's opinions before leaving.

With Zhang He, Cao Xiu, Du Xi and Guo Huai around, and [-] soldiers, it shouldn't be a problem to defend Nanzheng, right?It's just that Cao Cao hasn't received the news that Cao Hong was ambush and only [-] of the [-] army is left, otherwise he might spit out a mouthful of blood.

After getting rid of the pursuit of the Chu army, the main force of the Cao army temporarily rested in Runan. Because the infantry was too slow and the journey to Hanzhong was too long, Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to lead Zhang Liao, Le Jin and [-] cavalry to Hanzhong. The rest of the infantry scattered to defend along the Huaihe River.

(End of this chapter)