Huang Zhong was furious and immediately ordered to surround Fenghuang Ridge.

Losing Cao Ang's reinforcements, Pan Zhang lost all his troops and had to give up Yanzipo, travel west to the river valley upstream of the canal water, detour for more than 300 miles, return to Dangqu, and report to Cao Cao.

After nearly half a month of repeated struggles, the battle between Yanzipo ended with the Wu army paying more than 2,000 casualties.

Cao Ang lost nearly 3,000 people and the injured were all over the camp. After half a month of battle, facing Huang Zhong, Deng Zhan and others' repeated attacks, Cao Ang fought extremely tenaciously. Although he was defeated, he finally played a move in front of Huang Zhong and returned to Fenghuang Ridge, which also allowed Huang Zhong and others to see his military ability and dare not take it lightly. While resting, they deployed the next stage of the battle to capture Xuanhan and Fenghuang Ridge.

At this time, Huang Zhong and others remembered Cao Cao's commentary "The Art of War" sent by His Majesty the Emperor before. Cao Ang's performance was simply a living example. If it weren't for the military strength and the equipment were obvious, it would be possible that who would have the last laugh in this battle.

Huang Zhong and others took out the book pressed under the box and placed it on the desk to read it at any time. The generals without books tried every means, either arranged for people to copy it, or gathered together to discuss every now and then.

In order to facilitate the learning of the generals under his command, Huang Zhong wrote a letter to His Majesty the Emperor. While reporting on the military situation, he requested the allocation of fifty "The Art of War" of Sun Tzu.

Cao Ang was trapped in Fenghuang Ridge, and Cao Cao was in a dilemma.

The autumn harvest has arrived, and Sun Ce’s personal expedition will soon begin, but he is trapped in Brazil and cannot move, which is very unfavorable for him.

Cao Cao, Chen Gong, Xin Ping and others repeatedly discussed countermeasures, and finally Chen Gong made a suggestion.

Use both soft and hard, and prepare both hands.

The soft one is to send envoys to surrender again, make partial changes to the conditions, no longer insist on retaining the title of King Shu, and considering the title of marquis, but requesting to retain a fief for the eldest son of the emperor, and beg to make partial adjustments to the new policy according to the special circumstances of Yizhou to ensure the interests of the Yizhou tribe.

On the one hand, this was to get the support of the old ministers of the former dynasty for four hundred years, and many of them left behind, and some of them were still in high positions and had considerable influence. On the other hand, it was to seek support from the Yizhou tribe, hoping to tie the Yizhou tribe firmly to the chariot of Shu Kingdom.

The hard-working method is to concentrate troops and gain time. Cuan Xi was appointed as the governor of the Southern Central and was fully responsible for the military and political affairs of the Southern Central. Gao Ding, Yong Kai, Zhu Bao and others each had a county under their jurisdiction. Cao Ren led the main force to retreat to Ba County and prepare to fight against the main force of the Wu army.

The situation is not good, and Yizhou may lose all its contentment. The two evils are the least, and he has to give up the mountainous areas in southern Yizhou, concentrate his troops, and stick to the plains in northern Yizhou. Promoting the Nanzhong tribes such as Cuan Xi on the front line also sets obstacles for Sun Ce. Judging from Sun Ce's attitude that he would rather fight in person than give in to the Bashu tribes, the possibility of his concession to the Nanzhong tribes is very small. Even if he gets Nanzhong, he will be deeply trapped, and at least he will be unable to advance north in a short period of time.

In this way, Shu can buy at least one or two years.

After repeated weighing, Cao Cao accepted Chen Gong's plan.
Chapter completed!