There are many factors that affect war, and the forces of nature often accompany them.

The ruthless attack from the north wind caused a sudden change in the battlefield situation. Cao's army, which was already at a disadvantage, unnaturally shrank back the front line.

The first battle between the two sides was meant to be a test, and as many as 20,000 to 30,000 troops were used. Each ministry gradually called the Chinese army for help, because if adjustments were not made in time, the first battle might be lost.

"Your Majesty, the north wind is coming, and the soldiers are a little unbearable..." Zhao Yan rushed back from the front line with an anxious look on his face.

"Oh... Then the order was sent to withdraw the troops and retreat to the camp under the cover of the rear army." Cao Cao replied lazily.

"Wei." Zhao Yan immediately turned around to deliver the order. He always felt that something was wrong with Cao Cao today. Although there was no problem with the retreat deployment, it was far from the heroic style of the past. After returning to the camp, he planned to discuss it with a few generals.

Cao Jun ordered the Jin troops to retreat. Guan Yu commanded the Jingzhou soldiers to take advantage of the situation to cover up the enemy, but they chose to retreat after less than a mile of pursuit. Facing such a large number of enemies, it was almost impossible to defeat or even annihilate them all in one battle.

Slaughtering 100,000 cattle and sheep also requires a plan to slowly slaughter them.

In this battle, Jingzhou soldiers killed 5,000 enemies and suffered nearly 2,000 casualties. Although it was only a small victory, it was very helpful in improving morale.

Xu Shu sent several boats of wine and drinks from Jiangling to work for the troops, and Guan Yu immediately held a banquet to reward the troops participating in the battle today, and also to make plans for the front line and put them into practice in Lantian.

Although he was reluctant to leave Lantian, since it was Liu Bei's order, Guan Yu had no choice but to carry it out.

Lu Meng secretly attacked Jingzhou and blocked the Yangtze River waterway, which cut off contact between Jiangling and Chengdu for a long time. Later, Xu Shu returned to Jiangling from Dongting and sent a detailed report on the war situation in Jingzhou to Yizhou.

Unexpectedly, after Liu Bei received the letter, he was furious and wanted to raise an army to attack Sun Quan in Jiangdong. In the end, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Huang Quan, Zhao Yun and others persuaded him to give up because the crisis in Jingzhou had been resolved and Yizhou was exhausted.

Seeing Liu Bei's gloomy face all day long, Zhuge Liang was also worried that Guan Yu and Jiangdong would continue to have bad relations, which would eventually lead to Sun Cao's alliance affecting the Northern Expedition, so he suggested that Ma Di return to Jiangling to visit relatives, and at the same time stabilize Jiangdong's ideas, and let Ma Di convey it to Guan Yu and Lantian.

After weighing the pros and cons, Liu Bei left Prime Minister Zhuge Liang in charge of Yizhou's government affairs, and went to Jiangling with drinks in the name of Laojun, intending to bring Zhang Fei and Fazheng back along the way.

Liu Bei arrived in Jiangling at the end of the year and the beginning of the year. At this time, Sun Quan's soldiers entered E County to ask for prisoners, and specified that Guan Yu or Lan Tian should go over to negotiate, so he asked Xu Shu to go north to Fancheng to replace Lan Tian, ​​while he and Lan Tian rushed to Jiangxia to negotiate with Sun Quan.

Lantian repeatedly used tricks to defeat Cao's army, and everyone in the army worshiped him. At the banquet, Guan Yu raised a toast and said: "Since the Northern Expedition, we have won consecutive battles and victories all thanks to Ziyu. Now that my eldest brother is summoned, get up as soon as possible. Anyway, you have to deal with Sun Quan."

Have experience.”

"Although Cao Cao has a large number of people, he cannot take advantage of the time, place, people and people. As long as Yun Chang uses his troops carefully and advances slowly, he will never lose to him, not to mention annihilating one hundred thousand Cao soldiers." Lan Tian finished speaking and drank.

Guan Yu toasted.

Guan Yu glanced at Xu Shu and said, "Ziyu, please relax. Guan is confident of defeating Cao Cao. If he encounters any indecision, he will consult Yuan Zhi, but you have to lend me Gao Boping and Pang Lingming."

"Yes, yes, second brother, we don't have many troops here, so you should use your brain more to deal with Sun Quan..." Zhang Fei helped.

Lan Tian smiled leisurely: "What did Yide say? How can I draw troops at this time? Just use your brains to deal with Sun Quan like you said. Besides, I think the north wind is blowing today and dark clouds are gathering. It may rain in the near future. Cao Jun

Most of them are wearing thin clothes, so as long as it takes a few rains, how can there be any possibility of victory?"

"Ziyu is right, even God is helping." Xu Shu agreed with a smile.

Because there was still fighting the next day, Guan Yu ended the banquet within an hour, and all the generals in the tent returned to their camps to rest.

Lantian couldn't sleep at night, so he put on his clothes and went out to watch the stars alone, only to find that the stars were obscured by clouds, the surrounding area was pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers.

"Although the wind was strong in the afternoon, it's a pity that it hasn't rained yet." Gao Shun chased after him.

Lantian nodded and replied: "There is not much rain in winter, and with the heavy snowfall a few days ago, the weather has been so gloomy all day long. It may take a few more days for the rain to condense, but the wind is already helping us.

There should be no problem in repelling Cao Cao."

"You won't just leave me here, will you?" Gao Shun asked worriedly. Although he accepted Liu Bei's reward, he still regarded himself as Lu Lingqi's retainer.

Lan Tian patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Where do you want to go? We will go back to Guangzhou together then."

"Then I'm relieved." Gao Shun nodded.

"The stakes in this battle are very important. Bo Ping must let everyone work hard to kill the enemy. Although everything is beneficial to us, after all, Cao Cao has 100,000 soldiers. In addition, this place is adjacent to Guanzhong and the Central Plains. I don't know if there are any variables..." Lan Tian

Wrinkled his eyebrows.

Gao Shun clasped his fists in a sonorous voice: "Sir, don't worry, the ambition to be trapped in the battle will lead to death or life."

Lan Tian nodded in affirmation: "Let's go inside and rest. Depending on the weather, there will be fighting tomorrow morning. Gao Yuan and I will leave by water then. You can just follow General Guan's orders."

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was indeed gloomy and rainless, and the north in the wilderness was even colder.

Plateau escorted Lan Tian to board the ship and leave early. Looking back to the north, all he could see was smoke and dust.

After experiencing their first defeat yesterday, Cao Cao's army summed up their experience and made a comeback. This time Cao Cao put more soldiers into the battlefield, while Guan Yu used Lantian's ace trap army.

Xu Shu looked from the high platform in the rear and saw a large group of cavalry in the north, moving in the direction of the trapped army, so he immediately asked Guan Yu to change the formation, so that the first line of the front army, the high-order trapped army, and the second line of the front army, Guan Ping.

Jingzhou soldiers, the two legions exchanged positions with each other.

The trapped troops moved in and out quickly and boldly. Even though they were wearing heavy armor, they did not lose to the light infantry during the movement, all thanks to Gao Shun's long-term training.

Zhang Liao's cavalry regiment lost its target and had no choice but to withdraw from the first round of attacks. Because the trapped troops hid behind, his cavalry regiment lost its impact advantage. The cavalry who could not take advantage of the momentum were easily dragged down by spears and spears. Even if they could

Pulling away may also damage the precious horse.

The battle in the morning of the next day ended at noon. Most of the corpses lying on the wasteland were from Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao paid gold and retreated with a huge loss of 10,000 people.

Two consecutive defeats cast a gloom over Cao Ying.

In order to boost the morale of his soldiers, Cao Cao used the stories of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu as examples, but the relationship between the two was not very high.
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