Chang'an City.

When Liu Yu heard that Xu Huang was caught by Zhuge Liang's plan and left the city, he caused Nanyang City to fall. Liu Yu looked very naughty: "Xu Huang is careless. Zhuge Liang should not be underestimated. He has many tricks and has defeated Nanyang County in this way!"

However, Liu Yu was not prepared to punish Xu Huang for this. After all, although Xu Huang is good at attacking and defending, his strategy is far inferior to Zhuge Liang. It is not surprising that Xu Huang was trapped in such a superb plan.

Of course, Xu Huang lost Nanyang County after all, and it was impossible to say anything. Liu Yu sent someone to scold Xu Huang, and at the same time summoned civil and military personnel to discuss whether to set up a large army to recover Nanyang County.

Tian Feng said: "King, if you want to recover Nanyang County, you may need to raise more than 150,000 troops, and it will not be defeated in one or two days. Although the previous attack on Cao Cao was a great victory, the soldiers consumed a lot of food and grass, and the soldiers were still resting and not relieved from their fatigue. I do not agree and set up a large army at this moment!"

Chen Gong thought for a while and suggested: "King, Nanyang County is only one county. Zhuge Liang won the strength of Liu Bei, and the king would not lose the skin if he lost it. As long as Luoyang and Yingchuan are still there, we will wait for the army to be rested and accumulate enough food and grass, and we can destroy Cao in one fell swoop. At that time, the king monopolized 80% of the world, and he could destroy Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei again. I also did not agree with the tens of 200,000 troops to recover Nanyang County at this time."

Some other civil officials also discussed the words of Tian Feng and Chen Gong.

Guo Jia, Liu Ye, Lu Qian and others did not speak, but their silence was equivalent to agreeing with Tian Feng and Chen Gong's words to a certain extent.

Liu Yu pondered for a moment, and felt that now he had to set up an army of more than 100,000 to recover Nanyang County. Once he could not break it for a long time, countless food, grass and equipment consumed in the front and back would be delayed by one or two years of destruction. He then decided to say, "In this way, let Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei be proud first, wait until Gu completely swallowed Cao Cao, and then destroy him!"

Liu Yu decided to endure it, so he ordered Guan Yu to retreat to Luoyang, but he left Xu Huang to defend in Yingchuan. Liu Yu only said one thing to Xu Huang. If he lost Yingchuan again, he would be punished with the previous crimes and would be merciless!

Xu Huang was extremely regretful when he lost Nanyang. When he heard Liu Yu's order, he immediately responded, and the people were killed in Yingchuan City. If Yingchuan is lost again, Xu Huang will be killed!

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Zhuge Liang took advantage of Liu Yu's rest and recuperation to capture Nanyang County.

In the Eastern Wu, Sun Quan was not willing to be lonely, or Lu Xun was not willing to be lonely. He advised Sun Quan to agree to his Northern Expedition and conquer Hefei.

It should be said that although Lu Xun had the achievements of Jiujiang County to retreat Zhuge Liang, his prestige was not enough, far inferior to Sima Yi's position in Cao Wei and Zhuge Liang's camp in Jingchu and Liu Bei.

Lu Xun is also a genius who claims to be a genius, so why is he willing to continue to be embarrassed like this? Only by making achievements can he enhance his prestige. He hopes that he can achieve Zhou Yu's position in Eastern Wu back then.

It has been almost two years since Zhuge Liang's eastern expedition to the Wu Kingdom. Dongwu has recovered a lot of vitality. With some influence on farming production, Dongwu's troops have now recovered to more than 170,000.

Originally, Sun Quan only wanted to defend the counties of the Eastern Wu, but did not want to make a big fight. However, Cao Cao was defeated by Liu Yu in succession, and suffered countless troops and land, which greatly damaged his vitality. At this moment, Cao Cao's strength was even slightly weaker than him, and most of Cao Cao's troops had to guard against Liu Yu, and there were very few defenders in Hefei, and even Xuzhou and other places. This was definitely an excellent opportunity. Now when Lu Xun mentioned it, Sun Quan was indeed moved.

By the way, Sun Quan was always worried about the defeat in Hefei that year. That was his first time leading troops to fight in person. If he could conquer Hefei now, it would be considered as a shame for his disastrous defeat in Hefei that year.

Sun Quan asked: "How many soldiers and horses do Boyan need?"

Lu Xun said: "Forty thousand is enough!"

"Okay!" Sun Quan was overjoyed. If he had sent 40,000 troops, he could take Hefei. Why not do it? He immediately decided to order Lu Xun to send troops.

Sun Quan appointed Lu Xun as the governor of the Northern Expedition, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin as generals, and led 40,000 troops to the Northern Expedition.

Just like Zhuge Liang took Nanyang, soldiers are very fast. Lu Xun only had 40,000 troops to send troops quickly without being noticed by Cao Cao in advance. After Lu Xun's army crossed the river, he went north without stopping, breaking two county towns in one day, and in the evening, he rushed to Xiaoyaojin and killed hundreds of Wei soldiers stationed here.

Speaking of which, Sun Quan was defeated in Xiaoyaojin and almost lost his life. To commemorate this battle, he humiliated Sun Quan. The Wei army has built a pass here since then. Now this pass has been killed by Lu Xun. After passing Xiaoyaojin, Hefei is close to him. Tomorrow morning, Lu Xun's army will be able to reach the city of Hefei.

At this time, in Hefei City, Zhu Han, the prefect of Cao Wei, knew that Lu Xun's army suddenly made an attack on the north.

"Scholar Lu Xun, when he retired Zhuge Liang and was appointed as the commander of the Eastern Wu by Sun Quan, he thought he was so powerful that he was. Now he violated the border of the King of Wei. Isn't it that Sun Quan's 100,000 troops were all destroyed in Hefei in the past!" Zhu Han sneered, but in fact he was soothing people's hearts with this attitude.

Only Zhu Han knew in his heart that there were only seven or eight thousand defenders in Hefei. Faced with the sudden arrival of 40,000 Wu troops in Lu Xun, he did not have much confidence to defend Hefei.

While strengthening the city defense, Zhu Han sent people to Pengcheng for help from Cao Cao.

The next morning, Lu Xun's army rushed to the city of Hefei.

Lu Xun watched the Wei army's bows and arrows on the city. Once he approached, the arrows would definitely fall like rain. It was never an easy thing to attack the city. Lu Xun was not going to attack like this, so he also used a strategy.

Lu Xun summoned Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin and said to the two: "After a while, I will lead Zhu Han, the prefect of Hefei of Cao Wei, to speak. You and the two of you shoot him with arrows. As long as you shoot Zhu Han, Hefei will be able to go down soon!"

Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin took the order and went to the city of Hefei with Lu Xun.

"Prince Zhu Han comes out to speak!" Lu Xun shouted to the city.

After a while, Zhu Han showed up. He looked at Lu Xun under the city and sneered: "You are not in Eastern Wu, but you are in Wei territory. The emperor is in Pengcheng. Do you want to rebel? You don't retreat to Eastern Wu quickly!"

Lu Xun looked at Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin and said to Zhu Han on the city: "The Cao thief imprisoned the emperor, and everyone in the world knows that the emperor cannot take charge of the matter in the hands of the Cao thief. I, Dongwu, only respect the Empress Chang'an, will be saved! The Cao thief is rebellious and is about to be defeated. Why don't you surrender early and lead me to kill Peng Cheng, kill Cao thief, and rescue the emperor, and you will not lose the merit of being a marquis!"

Zhu Han was furious and said, "Don't talk nonsense when the rebels are rude. If the emperor is disrespectful, he respects the deposed queen! He is acting against the will of heaven!"

After saying that, Zhu Han was not going to continue to argue, so he wanted to go down the city.

But at this moment, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin raised their bows at the same time and shot an arrow at Zhu Han.

Zhou Tai's arrow hit Zhu Han's chest, and Jiang Qin's arrow also hit Zhu Han's left shoulder. Zhu Han screamed and fell backwards, and the city was in chaos...

Lu Xun laughed loudly, and asked the Wu army to take advantage of the situation to quickly attack the city!
Chapter completed!