After being defeated all the way from Xiapi, Taishi Cihu's eyes were filled with tears when he saw that there were only more than 10,000 Chu soldiers left behind him.
A whole day has passed since the breakout, but not a single Chu soldier broke out from Xiapi Chengzhong.
Taishi Ci knew that the nearly 20,000 Chu soldiers in the city, including Liao Hua, were probably killed.
But now the situation is useless to be ashamed or sad and angry, Xiapi has been lost, and the southeast gate of Chu has been completely opened to Liu Bei.
For the current plan, we can only retreat to Xiangxiang and continue to resist Liu Bei's army.
Taishi Ci no longer wanted to be able to repel Liu Bei. The only thing he wanted now was to delay Liu Bei's army as much as possible.
As long as we can persist until the Overlord returns or Taiwei Jia Xu's side wins, the situation of the battle can be changed.
At this time, a fierce battle for position was taking place in Cangshan.
"Boom! Boom!"
Under the continuous throwing of boulders from catapults, the Yujin camp was riddled with holes.
After all, there isn't much else in Cangshan, and this stone can be seen everywhere.
Yu Jin could only secretly resent Cao Cao's rogue methods.
But there is no way, who can make people fully equipped.
You know, this catapult was specially brought by Cao Cao to prepare for the attack on Pengcheng.
But now he was blocked by Jia Xu's army. After wandering for several days, Cao Cao, who couldn't find any other mountain roads, could only choose to attack by force.
It was impossible to change the route. Cao Cao could not accept the time delay or being pursued by the Chu army.
Moreover, Cao Cao also knew that the two main camps in Cangshan were probably the last defensive force of the Chu army.
As long as these two camps can be destroyed, the Chu army is probably not far from defeat.
Hey, Xiang Ji, your arrogance will ultimately be the biggest factor in your downfall.
Cao Cao sneered at Xiang Ji's choice to attack Jiangdong personally.
If, if you choose to personally lead an army to attack Liu Bei or confront Cao and I, then your Chu country still has a chance to win.
But if you are so arrogant and underestimate us and choose to attack Jiangdong first, then you can only dig your own grave.
"Damn it, go and ask for help from Mr. Taiwei. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it for much longer."
The day's stone bombing ends.
Looking at the devastated camp, Yu Jin knew clearly.
If we were bombarded like this for a few days, we might just give up without having to defend the camp.
Without the camp, Chu's army could only fight naked with Cao's army.
You know, Cao Cao has an army of 130,000.
Even if there were many losses in the previous attacks on the camp, I am afraid that the number of soldiers that can fight will be more than 100,000.
As for the Chu army? Yu Jin only has an army of three people here. Now that they are fighting continuously, there are probably less than 20,000 capable warriors.
The situation on Zang Ba's side may be a little better, but I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long.
After all, Cao Cao's general Xiahou Dun was personally commanding over there.
We can only retreat and defend, fearing that the camp will be broken sooner or later.
Now only Jia Xu has an army of 20,000 in reserve.
However, what Yu Jin didn't know was that Jia Xu and his 20,000 troops had already left Cangshan after setting up camp in Yu Jin.
After several days of rapid march, Jia Xu's army, which left Cangshan Mountain, had arrived in Yanzhou.
This is Jia Xu's plan.
Conceal the truth and cross the sea to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao.
With limited troops and facing Cao Cao's army's frenzied attack regardless of the cost, Jia Xu knew that if he defended Cangshan for too long, he would lose.
In this case, simply let Yu Jin and the others delay Cao Cao's footsteps here and attract Cao Cao's attention, and then Jia Xu personally leads the army to capture Yanzhou.
You know, Yanzhou is Cao Cao's hometown. If he learns that there is a fire in the backyard, Cao Cao will definitely return to rescue.
After all, the land of Xuzhou has not yet been occupied by Cao's army. In the final analysis, it is not his own territory.
But if you lose your hometown because of the invasion of Xuzhou, it would be a joke.
Moreover, the threat to Cao Cao after Jia Xu's army arrived in Yanzhou was not only the loss of his hometown.
Even on the logistics and food routes, Cao Cao would not tolerate the presence of Jia Xu's army.
"Inform the defenders on the city. If they don't surrender, the city will be massacred!"
Looking at Nancheng in front of him, Jia Xu issued the cruelest order.
With his army deep into enemy territory alone, Jia Xu did not expect to really capture Yanzhou.
As long as we continue to create pressure on Cao Cao and force his army to turn back, then the strategic purpose of all this will be achieved.
Today, this Nancheng is just the first Yanzhou city to fall under Jia Xu’s butcher knife.
If Cao Cao's army is really determined not to return reinforcements, Jia Xu really won't mind slaughtering his entire Yanzhou.
Nowadays, the battlefields in the northern part of Chu State have entered a stage of intensification.
Xiang Ji's army at Hengjiang also officially began to cross the river.
"Send the order! The entire army crosses the river!"
Seeing that the pieces of bamboo rafts were finally put into use after testing, Xiang Ji immediately announced an order for the entire army to cross the river.
You know, now is the time to grab time.
Regarding the battle of Xuzhou, Xiang Ji said that he was not worried, which must be false.
But now that the strategy has been decided and he is in Yangzhou, he must implement the previous strategic purpose to the end.
As long as Soochow is destroyed, then we can have a decisive battle with Cao Liu's coalition forces without any worries.
God is beautiful.
With the help of the southeast wind, Xiang Ji's army crossed the natural chasm of the Yangtze River without any hindrance.
"Youping, King Gu has appointed you as the chief general, Lü Meng and Zhou Cang as the deputy generals, and Chen Gong as the military advisor.
Command all the naval forces to set out from Niuchu and attack Jianye directly."
After crossing the Yangtze River, Xiang Ji gave instructions to the generals behind him.
You know, Xiang Ji was already anxious because of the long delay in crossing the river.
Now that he was in Jiangdong, Xiang Ji had no intention of continuing to lead the army forward.
After all, even though the navy does not suffer from land battles, its marching speed is ridiculously slow compared to the cavalry.
"Zilong, you command the Canglong Cavalry, follow the lonely king out of Taiping, take Jingxian County, and cut off his food route to Soochow!"
This was the decision that Xiang Ji had been pondering for many days while waiting for the bamboo raft.
The troops were divided into two groups. The main force attacked Jianye, the capital of Soochow, while he led his cavalry to attack the other prefectures and counties of Soochow to cut off Sun Ce's children's food routes.
After taking the Jing County registration, Xiang planned to bypass the Qinhuai River and go directly to Nanxu, and then to Qu'a!
Xiang Ji, when Sun Ce's son discovers that he appears from the back, he will definitely be full of surprises.
And just when Xiang Ji made the decision to take Jing County to bypass the Qinhuai River, there were two young girls in Jing County discussing the current war.
"Sister, do you think General Zhou and the others will win? I heard people say that Xiang Ji is the Great Demon King, which is very scary."
A girl in yellow was sitting on a hanging chair, shaking her legs, and asked a girl in pink who was doing embroidery beside her.
"I think you're not worried about whether your husband Zhou is a rival, but you're worried about getting married as soon as possible, right?"
Being teased by the girl in pink, the girl in yellow was furious.
"Qiao Ying! Stop talking about me! Aren't you the same? Don't think I don't know, you are just showing off the mandarin duck pillow!"