Pengcheng.

Cao Cao had been ill in bed for many days. Suddenly, he heard that Lu Xun had made an Northern Expedition and the army had arrived at the city of Hefei. The prefect Zhu Han asked for help. Cao Cao couldn't help but curse: "Sun Quan's son, short-sighted, actually took advantage of Gu Xin's defeat to Liu Yu, and his vitality was severely damaged, and he was aimed at the place of Hefei!"

In the battle of Luoyang in Qingzhou and the attack and defense of Yingchuan, Cao Cao lost more than 200,000 soldiers. Now Cao Cao only has 140,000 or 150,000 soldiers, which is extremely weak. Sun Quan asked Lu Xun to attack Hefei in the north to plan for the entire Huainan County, and even other counties and counties in Yuzhou, Xuzhou. This is undoubtedly a worse injury for Cao Cao!

In anger, Cao Cao suffered from headaches again. He endured the ferocious gray face of the headache, which all indicated that Cao Cao's health was getting worse and worse.

It took a full quarter of an hour before Cao Cao recovered.

Cao Cao gritted his teeth. He really didn't know that Sun Quan's way of making him worse would be to help Liu Yu completely annex him in the future. What benefits would this do to Sun Quan? Does Sun Quan really think that Liu Yu would let him go to Dongwu in the end without unifying the world? So Cao Cao just angrily scolded Sun Quan for being short-sighted!

In any case, Hefei is a strategic location for defending Xuzhou and Yuzhou, and it is not allowed to be misunderstood. It is important to retreat Lu Xun's army.

Cao Cao ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead 20,000 Wei troops south to lift the siege of Hefei.

Originally, Sima Yi was the most secure in leading the troops, but Sima Yi wanted to take charge of Pengcheng and guard against the Qin army in Qingzhou and Luoyang Yingchuan at any time. Cao Cao also had many things to ask Sima Yi for advice, so he could only send Xiahou Yuan to the expedition, and there were only 20,000 soldiers. He could not draw more soldiers out at all. He only hoped that Xiahou Yuan could repel Lu Xun as he wished and lift the siege of Hefei.

Xiahou Yuan took the order and led his troops south from Pengcheng.

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Hefei.

Because Zhu Han was shot and killed by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, there was chaos in Hefei City.

The Wu army attacked the city fiercely and killed Shangcheng twice in the first hour. If it weren't for Cao Shuang, a young Cao general in the city, gathered the soldiers and personally led the soldiers to fight with the Wu soldiers, Hefei City had already been captured.

Speaking of which, Cao Shuang is the eldest son of Cao Zhen, among Cao Ren and Cao Hong. In history, Cao Zhen became the highest-ranking general in Cao Wei camp after Cao Ren and Cao Hong's death. Cao Shuang also replaced Cao Zhen in history and became the general of the late Cao Wei general, which shows Cao Shuang's bravery and talent.

However, Cao Shuang was not the prefect of Hefei after all, and she was just starting out and had some prestige by her birth. However, it was not enough to replace Zhu Han to completely suppress the chaos in Hefei city.

After fighting for most of the day in the offensive and defensive battle, Lu Xun frowned. He did not expect that Zhu Han would die, and the Cao army soldiers in the city could still fight until now. I think there must be a general in the city who can turn the tide.

Lu Xun knew very well that if he could not break through the city, he would let the Wei general in the city slowly defend his prestige and completely suppress the chaos of the Cao army defenders in the city, he would likely be unable to break through the city.

Lu Xun said to Zhou Tai: "Our army can't attack the city, and its spirit is gradually declining. The general is the most powerful general of Eastern Wu today. I hope the general will personally lead the soldiers to kill and injure the city and break the city in one fell swoop!"

Zhou Tai did not say anything, but braved his arrows and stones and successfully climbed to the top of the city.

He saw the young Cao Shuang at first sight, and knew that Cao Shuang was the last morale of the Wei soldiers, so he snatched Cao Shuang.

Zhou Tai has brute force, and his martial arts are stronger than Cao Ren, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen. Cao Shuang is too young, how could he be able to defeat Zhou Tai? The first attack was hit by Zhou Tai's brute force and his face changed drastically.

After only ten rounds of battle, Cao Shuang was defeated and fled to the city.

Zhou Tai did not chase and took advantage of the situation to lead the Wu army soldiers to capture the city. At the same time, he killed the city and opened the city gate. The Wu army entered the city and broke Hefei.

After entering the city, Lu Xun ordered the Wu army to clear out the Cao army soldiers in the city.

Cao Shuang led hundreds of Cao's remaining troops to flee from the North Gate of Hefei, heading north.

He fled to Huaiyuan County, more than 200 miles north of Hefei, and was about to continue to go north to Pengcheng, but he ran into Xiahou Yuan, who was leading his troops south.

Xiahou Yuan was furious when he learned from Cao Shuang that Hefei had been lost!

How long has it been, it’s less than three days. There are at least seven or eight thousand defenders in Hefei City, so why can’t he defend his reinforcements come?

Xiahou Yuan asked Cao Shuang the reason, and then he realized that it was Lu Xun's trick to lead the prefect Zhu Han to appear in person, but he was shot and killed by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, which led to a chaos in the defenders.

Xiahou Yuan said angrily: "Scholar Lu Xun, it is so hateful to use such a trick to break the city. I will definitely capture and kill him and recover Hefei!"

Hefei is too important. Although it has been lost, Xiahou Yuan decided to continue leading his troops south and regain Hefei.

Cao Shuang also led the remaining soldiers around him to follow Xiahou Yuan and head south.

"Xiahou Yuan led the Wei army to recover Hefei?" Lu Xun smiled disdainful when Xiahou Yuan heard that Xiahou Yuan led 20,000 Wei soldiers to come.

Now he has taken down the city. Not to mention that Xiahou Yuan has only brought only 20,000 Wei soldiers. Even if he brought 100,000, he has the confidence to defend Hefei. Of course, only 20,000 Wei soldiers will not let him hike in Hefei City and defend him. He is ready to defeat Xiahou Yuan directly.

Lu Xun ordered Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin to lead 10,000 Wu soldiers thirty miles north of Hefei.

When Xiahou Yuan led his troops here, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin led the Wu army out one after another and fought with the Wei army.

The Wu army was full of morale and had the advantage of the geographical advantage, as well as two generals, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin.

Of course, the Wei army was not weak, and Xiahou Yuan, the chief general, was even more brave than Zhou Tai. However, Xiahou Yuan was besieged by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin. Although Cao Shuang supported him, Cao Shuang was still too young after all. He only lasted for more than forty rounds in Jiang Qin's hands before he was defeated and fled. Xiahou Yuan was besieged by Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, and was defeated and fled for thirty or forty rounds.

Twenty thousand Wei soldiers were also defeated by 20,000 Wu soldiers, and were killed and defeated, with more than 4,000 soldiers left, and had to set up camp to defend the mountain.

After a big defeat, Xiahou Yuan was unwilling to retreat. Lu Xun personally directed the Wu army to attack Xiahou Yuan's army camp.

Who is Lu Xun? The most powerful genius of the Eastern Wu who can compete with Zhuge Liang. His strategy is no less than Zhou Gongjin in the past, and his two generals, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, obeyed the orders. How could Xiahou Yuan be Lu Xun's opponent?

After three days of confrontation, Xiahou Yuan was defeated by Lu Xun again, with more than 8,000 soldiers, and only a few thousand remaining soldiers fled north. The attempt to recover Hefei was shattered, while Lu Xun completely consolidated the occupation of Hefei.

After stabilizing the occupation of Hefei City, the entire Huainan County was in his pocket. It took another four days for Lu Xun's army to completely occupy the entire Huainan County.

Speaking of which, Huainan County is a large county with a larger population than Nanyang County, with a population of nearly 300,000.

After obtaining Huainan County, the strength of Eastern Wu has been greatly enhanced, and Xuzhou and Yuzhou are all under the threat of the Wu army.

Jianye!!

When Sun Quan heard the good news, he was overjoyed and his ambitions were even more enlarged. He even had the ambition to advance to Xuzhou or Yuzhou. Based on this, Sun Quan added another 30,000 troops to Lu Xun, hoping that Lu Xun could conquer several more counties in Cao Cao.
Chapter completed!