"How many months have you been?" Chang'an, Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao raised his head tiredly. Over the past few months, he has not slept soundly, not just because of the battle situation in Hanzhong.

When Cao Cao was preparing to march into Hanzhong, he made comprehensive arrangements, first letting Ma Chao explore the way, and then expelling Ma Chao, dispatching troops from Xiliang and Nanyang to attack Hanzhong. There were also a surprise troops traveling to Ziwu Valley and entering Hanzhong, and in addition, they joined forces with Sun Quan to attack Jingzhou.

If it succeeds, Hanzhong may have changed hands long ago. Not to mention taking Yizhou, Liu Bei was lucky enough to escape back to Jingzhou alive.

But the result and development of the matter were somewhat different from the initial idea. The war in Hanzhong was in a deadlock, and although Sun Quan agreed to form an alliance, after so long, he had no intention of taking action. Obviously, he was still waiting and watching. What's worse, the ministers in the court began to make trouble again.

But is politics? That's it. The war has been fighting until now, and it is impossible to keep going according to his own wishes. Whether Sun Quan or Liu Bei, they are not easy. Cao Cao has experienced many storms in his life. He is not anxious about the current situation. Cao Cao can afford to waste it. Before the end of the Battle of Yizhou, Cao Cao was still confident that he could invade Hanzhong.

As long as you take down Hanzhong, the clowns who are now jumping up and down in the court should be able to shut up, but...

"Prime Minister, it has been half a year. Our army has been sending scouts and provocates into Ziwu Valley these days, but no one has survived so far. General Miaocai is afraid..." Cheng Yu couldn't continue.

According to the food and grass carried by Xiahou Yuan at that time, there was no movement in Hanzhong at this time. He either ambushed in the Ziwu Valley or lost in the vast Qin River and starved to death. This is no longer a disaster, but hopelessness in survival.

However, he was afraid that Cao Cao would not accept this, and the Prime Minister's recent condition was not very good. For Cao Cao, Cheng Yu was worried that Cao Cao would have something wrong with Cao Cao because of this. That would be a big deal.

Cao Cao closed his eyes silently. He didn't know what Cheng Yu thought in his heart that the general would inevitably die in the formation, but he always had some fantasies in his heart.

Ziwu Valley now seems to have been blocked by the other party, and Cao Cao no longer wants to think about it anymore.

Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and said nothing more. He knew that Cao Cao had already understood, but he was just unwilling to accept it.

"Report~" A small school quickly walked outside the door and shouted: "Prime Minister, there is a Nanyang urgent report!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao opened his eyes and smiled a little on his face. The main force of Liu Bei's army was here, and the Shangyong front line could not be too strong. Cao Ren is a general in the center of the clan that Cao Cao valued very much. I hope he could bring some good news to him.

Cheng Yu stepped forward, took the letter from some elementary school, walked quickly to Cao Cao, and bowed to hand over the letter.

Cao Cao took the letter, removed the hot paint, and opened it to look. The smile on his face gradually solidified and then disappeared. Cheng Yu, who was standing on the ground, could clearly feel that the temperature in the house had dropped a lot at this moment.

"Premier...Prime Minister?" Even though he had been following Cao Cao for many years and felt the terrifying low pressure emitted from Cao Cao's body, Cheng Yu's heart trembled and he called in a low voice.

"Meng Da?" Cao Cao closed the letter, with a smile on his face, but the next moment, the letter was slapped on the table by Cao Cao, and the bamboo slip was cracked directly, and blood flowed out from Cao Cao's fingers.

Cheng Yu didn't know who Meng Da was, but the situation in front of him could make Cao Cao so angry. Obviously, the war on Shangyong's front line was not too optimistic. He didn't care much at this time and hurriedly ordered someone to come and send a doctor to help Cao Cao hold the wound.

Cao Cao closed his eyes, and for a moment, he felt as if he had become ten years older. Cheng Yu silently picked up the scattered bamboo paper from the desk and spliced ​​it together.

Cao Hong died in battle!?

Cheng Yu felt a little chill when he looked at the blood-stained handwriting. If Xiahou Yuan was included, this time he went to Hanzhong, two generals would fall from the Cao clan one after another.

The achievements have not been made, but Cao Cao has indeed lost the general one after another, which is not a good sign. After looking at Cao Cao, Cheng Yu wanted to speak but stopped, but in the end he did not speak. The current situation is useless, no matter what he said, it will be of no use. If he retreats at this time, Cao Cao's prestige will inevitably be greatly damaged. In any case, he cannot retreat now.

"I am confused, Zhongde is on my behalf!" Cao Cao held his head and his head began to ache again, but there was one thing he knew that the order he issued at this moment might have some emotions. At this time, Cao Cao must not be confused here, so he asked Cheng Yu to give orders on his behalf temporarily.

"Here!" Cheng Yu bowed and responded, sending Cao Cao away.

This battle is hard to fight!

Looking at the direction of Cao Cao's departure, Cheng Yu sighed.

...

Liu Yi didn't know that Cao Hong's death had only been passed to Cao Cao. However, the battle situation in Hanzhong is now like a quagmire, and the two sides are stalemate. Liu Bei has enough defense, but he is unable to attack. On the other hand, it is difficult for Cao's army to break through Liu Bei's army's defense and enter Hanzhong. This battle may be incomplete in the end, but the battle situation in Yizhou must be decided.

Pang Tong was injured, and Liu Yi’s biggest worry is that Liu Bei recruited Zhuge Liang into Shu. In that case, no matter who stayed to guard Jingzhou, it would be easy to have friction with Jiangdong.

Along the way, Liu Yi kept sorting out the information that had been summarized from the front line over the past year in his heart.

Liu Zhang several times forced Liu Bei to hand over Zhang Lu, who had surrendered to Liu Bei, and threatened Liu Bei with food and grass, causing Liu Bei to rise up and resist, first seized Baishui Pass and then Fu County.

This reason is much more sufficient than in history, because Liu Zhang did have fear of Liu Bei and wanted to weaken Liu Bei. Liu Bei was forced to resist after being forced to the dead end. Baishui, Fu County, and Brazil, Liu Bei fought very smoothly.

When he went to war, he brought 50,000 Hanzhong troops. Not long ago, Li Yan, the Mianzhu Pass, led the crowd to surrender. In addition, the troops from Baishui Pass, Fu County, and Brazil were defeated all the way. Liu Bei's troops did not lose too much, but instead surrendered many Shu troops. Now the troops are about 70,000, but they are stuck in Luo County and cannot advance in a short time.

When Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, Liu Bei obviously wanted to rush to pacify Yizhou and then gather troops to deal with Cao's army. The current situation was caused by Yizhou's failure to pacify. If Yizhou could be occupied as soon as possible, the situation would naturally stabilize. But how should this situation be broken? The current situation is very different from history.

Liu Yi urged his horse to gallop all the way. The road from Hanzhong to Jiameng Pass has been repaired by him. It is quite smooth, but it is not difficult to get off the road.

When they arrived at Jiameng Pass, Liu Yi stopped for a day. Because there were no opponents around, Huo Jun was transferred to the front line by Liu Bei. The guards of Baishui Pass were a small school, and there were only three or five hundred defenders.

Without too much greeting, Liu Yi stopped here, mainly for supplies. He ordered people to go to the factories built in the past, and mobilized a large amount of cement, wood, and iron ingots to the front line.

Until now, Liu Yi didn't have any use in his mind when he came to the front line. He would just transfer these things to the front line. After all, it was his own business and might be useful.

The generals of Jiameng Pass had a certain degree of Huo Jun's demeanor and meticulously carried out military affairs. Even if Liu Yi came, he would have to check the official documents. As for mobilizing these materials, it was only after Liu Yi took out the transfer order given by Liu Bei and let it go.

Liu Yi agreed with this meticulous attitude. The current situation is different. Jiameng Pass can only be said to be relatively safe. The battle between Liu Bei and Liu Zhang has not only fought on the front line of Luocheng, Bajun, Guanghan and other places. They may find the rear at any time. If the other party deceived the city gate, what can three or five hundred people do? By then, Liu Bei's retreat will be really cut off.

Liu Yi actually admires such a general who can complete his work meticulously, not be charmed by the superiors or bully the inferiors. Such a general is the cornerstone of a force.

After asking about the other party's name, Liu Yi set out early the next morning. Although the road was not as easy as before, it was finally smooth. There were only two thousand people responsible for escorting Liu Yi. Along the way, he did not encounter any thief who was blindly hijacked.

When I saw Liu Bei again, I could feel Liu Bei's fatigue. When I saw Liu Yi, Liu Bei only barely showed a smile.

"Lord, how about the Shiyuan?" After Liu Yi saw this, he hurriedly asked, if Pang Tong really died, it would be a big loss for Liu Bei.

"I'm awake." Liu Bei brought Liu Yi to Pang Tong's military tent. Before he could enter the door, the breath of herbs filled the surroundings came to his nose.

Pang Tong looked a little miserable. According to Liu Bei's statement, Pang Tong saw that Luocheng could not be captured for a long time and was a little anxious. He personally went to the front line to help Liu Bei break the city.

He was just a military advisor and was good at making suggestions, but he was not his job when he was really on the front line. He didn't understand many crises and survival skills on the battlefield. When he encountered a rain of arrows on the other side, everyone else made evasive moves, and only Pang Tong didn't understand what was going on.

At that time, Pang Tong was stabbed into a hedgehog, and everyone thought he was dead. Who knew that the arrows were not stuck deep, and there were several key parts protected by the armor given by Liu Yi. The most important thing was that his head was not shot by the arrows. It looked miserable, but it was actually too much blood loss.

When Liu Yi saw Pang Tong, Pang Tong's face was still extremely pale, but according to the doctor's words, after half a year of recuperation, it would be almost fine. However, in the past six months, it would be better to try not to work hard, otherwise the disease would be rooted.

"Boyuan, thank you." Seeing Liu Yi coming, Pang Tong's eyes lit up and then smiled bitterly.

If it weren't for those life-saving guys that Liu Yi gave him, I'm afraid that what he saw now would be a corpse.

"Just live and have a good rest. I will build a bamboo building for you later so that you can rest with peace of mind. Don't worry about the battlefield."

"Boyuan has a plan to defeat the enemy?" Pang Tong was overjoyed when he heard this and looked at Liu Yi and said.

"No."
Chapter completed!