At the current moment, Cao Cao had already led his troops to the west.
The whole of Hanzhong was in chaos.
When Zhang Lu learned that Cao Cao was leading 500 thousand troops to attack, he was stunned.
He did not expect that Cao Cao would take out 500 thousand troops to attack Hanzhong when the situation in Jingzhou was so bad.
Yan Pu accepted the order and went to Bashu to convince Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang sent Wu Yi and Zhang Ren to lead 300 thousand Bashu troops to defend against the Cao Army.
Before this, Liu Zhang had only sent 200 thousand.
The entire Bashu army only had 400 thousand men, and Liu Zhang would not abandon them for Hanzhong.
However, this time, Cao Cao sent a total of 500 thousand troops. Even if Liu Zhang was unwilling, he had to send 300 thousand.
Even so, Bashu still left 100 thousand troops.
When Cao Cao heard the news, he could not help but frown.
He did not expect Liu Zhang to look down on him.
500 thousand troops. The entire Hanzhong did not even have 200 thousand troops, and Bashu only sent 300 thousand.
With that, they had less troops than him, and they did not have as strong a force as the Tiger Leopard Cavalry.
If that was the case, how could Hanzhong defend?
Cao Cao instantly felt that he was being looked down on. In a fit of rage, he ordered the troops to attack and charge toward the city gates.
The Tiger Leopard Cavalry was really strong, and in a short 4 hours, they won one battle after another, crushing Hanzhong.
When Zhang Ren and Wu Yi arrived, the Cao Army was about to break into Hanzhong City.
Zhang Lu did not have any strong generals under him, so how could he take such a ferocious attack?
It was not easy for the Bashu reinforcements to arrive.
However, in the first battle, Cao Cao placed a lot of importance on Zhang Ren, and he directly gave up on attacking Hanzhong City. Instead, he sent the entire army to surround the 300 thousand Hanzhong troops.
Although the Bashu soldiers were really strong,
Most of them had not participated in war before.
Out of these three hundred thousand li, it would already be quite good if fifty to sixty thousand of them were Liu Yan's battle-hardened elites.
As for the rest, they were just ordinary soldiers. Their combat power was far inferior to the battle-hardened Cao Army.
Although Zhang Ren's archery skills were superb, how could he withstand the simultaneous assault of 500,000 soldiers?
Furthermore, even though the Ferocious Cavalry only had five thousand men, they were like roaming dragons within the army. There was simply no way to deal with them.
"It's over, it's over!"
Liu Zhang looked at the defeat report of the first battle. His complexion immediately became extremely unsightly.
"Why are the three hundred thousand men I sent out like paper?"
"These three hundred thousand people can't even contain five thousand Ferocious Cavalry!"
"What's wrong with Zhang Ren? We lost 70,000 men in the first battle! "
This time, no matter how lazy Liu Zhang was, he could not sit still at all.
Who would be able to withstand this kind of loss?
They didn't have many soldiers to begin with, and they lost 70,000 in the first battle.
Because of Zhang Ren and Wu Yi's arrival, the Cao Army gave up on attacking Hanzhong.
Hanzhong was saved.
However, 70,000 soldiers died in battle!
How could Liu Zhang not feel heartache?
These soldiers were his father's blood, sweat, and tears. They were the foundation of Sichuan.
Now that they had sent out more than half of their foundation, not only did they not gain any advantage, they were also checkmated.
Fa Zheng furrowed his brows and stood up.
"Milord, since we are going to fight against the Cao Army, why don't we send out all of our soldiers?"
"Although the Cao Army is fierce, after continuous battles, their supplies and morale will be greatly depleted."
"Since we can't fight them head on, why don't we just fight the Cao Army with guerilla warfare?"
Hearing this, Liu Zhang could only agree.
"Milord, you can't!"
At this moment, Liu Ba suddenly stood up and anxiously said.
"Although Xiao Zhi's words are true, if we send out all of our soldiers, we won't be able to resist at all if Sichuan is ambushed!"
Liu Zhang did not have a backbone in the first place. He always listened to whoever was right.
When he heard Fa Zheng's words, Liu Zhang felt that they made sense, so he agreed.
However, Liu Ba's words did make some sense.
If they were really ambushed, Bashu had no military strength. How could they resist?
Fa Zheng shook his head and said:
"Milord, this matter cannot be delayed."
"Sichuan has no reinforcements. Milord, you can go to Jingzhou and borrow troops from Liu Bei."
"If we don't send troops, we will only have 230,000 soldiers left. How can we fight against the Cao Army?"
"Liu Bei?"
Liu Zhang was stunned when he heard this.
Find Liu Bei?
Although Liu Bei's Jingzhou was closer to Sichuan, Liu Bei's ambition was well known.
If he led the army here because of this, wouldn't he be giving up Bashu on a silver platter?
Fa Zheng saw the situation and continued:
"Liu Bei calls himself the Emperor of Han and values the people's hearts. Now that he controls Jingzhou, he will not do such a treacherous thing."
"If he does, even if he moves into Sichuan, the soldiers and the people will not like him."
"If he loses the hearts of the people, Liu Bei is no different from dead!"
"Milord, you can imagine Tao Qian giving up Xuzhou, Liu Biao giving up Jingzhou, and Xiliang attacking Xuchang!"
Hearing Fa Zheng's persuasion, Liu Zhang finally agreed and sent Fa Zheng and Zhang Song to Jingzhou to ask for help from Liu Bei.
After all, Liu Zhang and Liu Bei's common enemy was Cao Cao.
As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Among the feudal lords, Cao Cao was the most powerful one.
Furthermore, Cao Cao was now a king!
Cao Cao's surname was Cao, not Liu.
What did it mean to be a king with a different surname? Who did not know what ambition he had?
If they did not work together to go against Cao Cao and win the country war, the entire world would fall into Cao Cao's hands.
Furthermore, Cao Cao had become enemies with Liu Bei and Sun Quan because of the Battle of Red Cliff.
No matter what, Liu Bei would definitely agree to such an alliance.
However, what Liu Zhang did not expect was that …
Fa Zheng, who suggested this plan, and Zhang Song, who he sent over, were not on his side.
What they valued more was Great Han Emperor Liu Bei.
The reason was because Liu Zhang was too dumb. He did not have the dignity of a Lord and did not know how to act like one.
All he had was what his father Liu Yan left behind.
If this continued, Sichuan would be taken down by the Cao Army sooner or later.
Rather than giving it to the Cao Army, why not find Great Han Emperor Liu Bei?
When the two of them received the order, they hurried to Jingzhou to ask for help.
Liu Zhang sent Meng Da and Li Yan to lead a hundred thousand troops to assist.
Cao Cao's goal had been achieved.
After hearing the news of Liu Zhang sending troops, Cao Cao quickly sent a letter to Xuchang.
It was time for Deng Ai to lead the ambush army.
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