As the saying goes, stealing the chicken will lose the rice. Cao Rui had such a feeling at this moment; he originally wanted to take advantage of Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang's absence in Chang'an to send troops to capture Guanzhong.

But——

The truth is just the opposite.

Sima Yi sent 100,000 troops, and together with Sun Quan, he also sent 80,000 Wu troops.

As a result, Sima Yi stood still in Wuguan. As for Soochow's 80,000 navy troops, they were defeated by Li Feng in Yufu County, and also lost Zigui. What's more terrible is that Xu Shu asked Li Yi to follow Jianning Send troops to attack Jiaozhou.

Soochow never dreamed that the Han army would send troops from Jianning to the south, first conquering Guiyang County without any bloodshed, and then forcibly conquering Jiaozhou.

This——

Sun Quan's head was about to explode. He joined forces with Wei to attack Shu. Not only did they not gain a single city or territory, but they lost two counties in a row. At the same time, the entire area from the south of Jiaozhou to Jiaozhi County was basically given to the Han Dynasty.

Now Sun Quan just wants to reconcile with the Han Dynasty, because he also wants to return Jiaozhou and Guiyang counties, and at the same time, he also hopes that the Han army will withdraw from these two counties.

Sun Quan can still send envoys to repair it.

Where is Cao Rui?

Go and cultivate with Liu Chan at this time?

Impossible——

Although Sima Yi's army was blocked outside Wuguan City, there were originally 50,000 troops stationed in Luoyang. Previously, Cao Shuang was sent to rescue Hedong with 20,000 elite troops. Now Luoyang only has 30,000 troops left to mobilize.

However, Cao Rui is very willing.

As soon as Cao Shuang left, he personally led the last 30,000 elite troops from Luoyang to the north via the Qingzhang River, and then entered Shangdang County, preparing for a decisive battle with Liu Chan in Jinyang.

238 AD, September 27, noon.

Shangdang County, County Sheriff’s Mansion.

Dozens of civil servants and generals stood in the entire county governor's mansion. They all looked nervous because the place where the county governor used to sit was replaced by someone today.

This person is the emperor of the Wei Dynasty - Cao Rui.

Cao Rui had a gloomy face.

After several days of rapid march, he finally arrived at Shangdang County.

"Zhang Aiqing!"

Cao Rui suddenly called out, which immediately surprised Zhang Hu, the governor of Shangdang County. He quickly stepped out of the queue and bowed: "I am here."

Zhang Hu, the son of the famous Wei general Zhang Liao, was a partial general and was granted the title of Marquis of Jinyang. He is currently the prefect of Shangdang County.

Cao Rui looked at Zhang Hu and asked: "Ai Qing, please tell me, what is the situation in Jinyang now, and where is Liu Adou now?"

"Back to Your Majesty!" Zhang Hu said: "A few days ago, the Han army suddenly sent troops out of Wenshui, attacked Daling County by surprise, and then defrauded Jinyang City..."

Zhang Hu reported to Cao Rui the battle in the Jinzhong Basin these past few days, but by the time he finished speaking, the sweat on his forehead had already fallen like raindrops.

"Sudden...surprise attack...fraud..." Cao Rui said coldly: "Is Liu Adou going to kill me in the hinterland of Wei Dynasty like this?"

!!!

As soon as Cao Rui finished speaking, Zhang Hu and the others who went to Shangdang County Civil and Military Affairs suddenly felt chills running down their backs.

But, he was also very depressed.

Liu Adou arrived too quickly. By the time he knew it, it was already too late to rescue Jinyang.

Moreover, he actually sent troops to rescue.

But when his soldiers arrived at Leping, they found that Leping had been captured by the Han army. What's even more terrible is that the Han army stationed 3,000 light cavalry in Leping, and the 5,000 troops and horses sent by Zhang Hu to rescue were basically Infantry.

Three thousand cavalry against five thousand infantry.

The results are obvious.

The Han army left only a thousand soldiers and horses to defend the city, and sent out 2,000 cavalry. Soon, the 5,000 Shangdang infantry were rushed to pieces, and in the end they had to retreat back to Shangdang.

After losing the first battle, Zhang Hu soon received the news.

Jinyang has been captured by Wei Yan. It is already too late for Zhang Hu to rescue Jinyang. After all, the Han army attacking Jinzhong this time is all cavalry.

Zhang Hu did not send any more troops.

Because he was still a little worried, worried that if he sent troops to rescue Jinyang, the Han army would take the opportunity to seize his Shangdang County. If that happened, he would really be doomed.

Moreover, in the past few days, he also received news that the Han army was attacking Hedong County again.

What to do?

Zhang Hu, who only has more than 10,000 troops, what should he do?

Seeing all the civil and military personnel in Shangdang County bowing their heads and saying nothing, Cao Rui paused for a moment and did not pursue anyone's responsibility.

Because of the war in Jinzhong, he actually knew about it before he even left Luoyang.

This Liu Chan doesn’t play by common sense.

When the Wei Dynasty attacked Wuguan, you did not send troops to Wuguan for rescue, but you took the opportunity to rush into Jinzhong. The defenders of the cities in Jinzhong were unprepared and were caught off guard again.

"Ahem!" Cao Rui coughed twice and then said: "My personal expedition this time is to have a decisive battle with Liu Adou in Jinyang."

???

Decisive battle——

As soon as Cao Rui finished speaking, everyone present was stunned.

Of course, they all understood that Liu Adou really made Cao Rui anxious.

Cao Rui still looked at everyone with a gloomy face: "You guys all listen to me, Jinyang, the whole of Jinzhong must be taken back by me."

"No!"

The generals immediately agreed.

Cao Rui really planned to give Liu Chan a decisive battle this time. He couldn't wait any longer and was unwilling to wait any longer.

If Liu Adou is allowed to continue to develop, I am afraid that the Wei Dynasty will have to be destroyed by him sooner or later.

As the most powerful entity among the Three Kingdoms, even if Han and Wu joined forces, the Wei State might not be able to shake it. However, it has hit a wall repeatedly in recent years.

Liu Adou——

This time there is you but not me.

Cao Rui immediately ordered: "Zhuge Dan and Xia Houhui, I will give you 10,000 elite troops and immediately raise troops to attack Leping. The passage into Jinyang must be opened within three days."

"No!"

Zhuge Dan and Xia Houhui agreed in unison.

Then, Cao Ruicai said: "The rest of the generals will follow my troops to Jinyang in three days."

Cao Rui needs time now, he is waiting for someone.

This person is naturally Sima Yi who was in Wuguan.

Because Liu Chan in Jinyang now has more than 20,000 elite cavalry, while Cao Rui currently only has 30,000 infantry cavalry. If the two armies are really fighting like this, Cao Rui cannot guarantee that he will win.

But Sima Yi has an army of 100,000.

When he left Luoyang, he had already ordered Sima Yi to withdraw from the Wuguan battlefield immediately and rush to Jinzhong to join him. Cao Rui was waiting for Sima Yi to arrive.

As soon as Sima Yi's army arrives, he will have enough confidence to defeat Liu Chan outside Jinyang City, and may even directly capture Liu Chan alive.

Captured alive——

I want to capture this Liu Adou alive.

However, what he didn't know was that Sima Yi, who was in Wuguan, was speechless after receiving the emperor's edict.

"General!" General Yingyang Wen Qin, the governor of Lujiang, asked: "General, do you really want to withdraw your troops to Jinzhong?"

"???" Sima Yi was stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "According to Zhong Ruo's plan, does it mean that I should resist the decree and disobey it?"

"No!" Wen Qin said again: "As the saying goes, the general will accept and receive the orders of the foreign king. This time our troops entered Wuguan and attacked for several days, with initial results. If we withdraw from Wuguan at this time..."

Wen Qin seemed to feel a little pity.

From the time the army began to attack Wuguan, the Wei army had been stagnant because its bed crossbows did not have the same range as the Han army's bed crossbows.

However, it has been clearly discovered in the past few days.

The Han army's crossbow shooting is no longer as frequent as before. Perhaps the arrows in Wuguan City are no longer sufficient. It is also for this reason that the Wei army has repeatedly attacked the city in the past few days and has attacked Wuguan City many times.< /p>

If we continue to attack for a few more days.

Perhaps Wuguan can be breached.

But——

At this juncture, Emperor Cao Rui suddenly issued an edict to withdraw the army from Wuguan and rush to the battlefield in central Jinxi.

This~

Wen Qin felt a little pity anyway.
To be continued...