"Huang Gai offered bitter meat, and Pang Tong offered serials." There are two famous scenes in the Battle of Chibi.
It's a pity that Fengchu Pang Tong is still in a certain county in Nanjun at the moment, and has not gone to Cao Cao to offer any serial schemes, but Huang Gai's bitter scheme is still going on as scheduled.
That one was beaten. Zhang Xi, a man who had been on the battlefield and seen blood, couldn't bear to see it, let alone Zhuge Liang.
Although he knew it was a cruel trick, he said that the beating was too harsh. Huang Gaisheng was beaten until his mouth and nose were bleeding, his back was rotten, and he fainted.
Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi both lamented that there was no shortage of loyal people in the world, but the two of them hid in the cabin and began to plot.
"Huang Gongfu's painful plan has been completed. If he sends another man with a change of heart to pretend to surrender, the Cao thieves will be defeated!" Zhuge Liang frowned and said to Zhang Xi, "We are happy that the Cao thieves have been defeated, but if Zhou Lang Zhen has accomplished great feats, but if we capture the traitor Cao alive, our Lord will be in danger!!!"
Zhang Xi shook his head slightly and said, "You don't need to worry too much about this matter. Cao Cao has been defeated many times in his life. He was able to escape from Wancheng at the beginning, not to mention that now there is a large army surrounding him, so escaping is not a problem. I am worried, then When Zhou Lang raised his troops to defeat Cao Cao, he harmed us, but afterwards he only said that he died in the battle. What should we do?!"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Don't worry about this matter. I have secretly ordered Chen to arrange the sailors on the fast ship, and I have also secretly written to the Lord to send generals to respond. When Zhou Lang raises his army, we will take advantage of the situation and run away. That's right. Thief Cao, you can't die here."
"What's so difficult about keeping Cao Cao alive?!" Zhang Xi was not worried about this and said to Zhuge Liang, "Not to mention the large number of guards around Cao Cao. If Cao Cao is determined to leave, breaking out of the encirclement is not a problem. Besides, shouldn't we all be exhausted? The righteousness of allies is to just sit back and watch Zhou Lang use his troops, but not send troops to "help the battle"?!"
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he smiled in a disgusting way. He pointed at Zhang Xi and said, "Yuan Zhang is very smart. In this case, please ask Yuan Zhang where to go if the Cao thieves are defeated." Walk?!"
Although Zhang Xi felt that Zhuge Liang's smile was very sinister, and he might have said something bad about him in his heart, but still need to ask this question? !
"Take Huarong Road!"
Right, it's so famous that it's even included in game peripherals.
Zhuge Liang was a little surprised at this time and asked Zhang Xi, "Cao Cao must go to Jiangling after his defeat. The South Yiling Road is the closest. The North Yiling Mountain Road is difficult to travel. Cao Cao must take the South Yiling Road. Along the South Yiling Road There are two roads to Jiangling, so why did Yuan Chang conclude that Cao Cao would take the small road of Huarong Road instead of the flat road?!"
"Uh, this" Zhang Xi was stunned.
How do I know? Anyway, this is the path he took in history, and the romance line also met Guan Yu here, and finally made Guan Yu achieve a reputation of being true to his word and repaying kindness with kindness.
"Perhaps Cao Cao is suspicious and is afraid that there will be an ambush on the main road?!" Zhang Xi could only tell the story by citing the plot in the novel.
Zhuge Liang nodded, but then shook his head and said, "Although Cao Cao is suspicious, he is good at using troops. He just doesn't know how to avoid the easy way. The small road is indeed beneficial to our army. We might as well design a plan to force Cao Cao to take the Huarong Trail." , so it’s easy to plan.”
Zhang Xi understands, really understands. It is convenient for the second master to ambush him. He can not only let Cao Cao go, put pressure on Jiangdong and prevent them from falling out easily, but also allow the second master to return the favor and achieve a good reputation.
But Zhuge Liang was afraid that Zhang Xi really didn't understand, so he immediately explained, "General Zilong and General Yide can be sent to set up ambushes on the North Road of Yidu and Hulukou to disperse Cao Cao's army as much as possible and force Cao Cao to lead a small number of troops." If the people and horses flee, and if more smoke is released at the Huarong intersection, Cao Cao will not dare to go to the main road, and will choose a small road to wait for the time."
Well, well, this script is so familiar that Zhang Xi couldn't help but say, "At that time, let General Guan lead the troops to intercept Cao Cao on Huarong Road. General Guan values love and righteousness. Remembering his past kindness, he must let go." Cao Cao returns to the north. The military advisor can not only allow Cao Cao's thieves to escape and threaten Jiangdong, but also win over the general. It really kills two birds with one stone."
Then Zhang Xi saw Zhuge Liang looking at Zhang Xi as if he were looking at a monster.
How about Zhang Xi's proud one? There will come a time when someone will see through you, Zhuge Liang, right? !
You can't even guess it. I have been watching the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since I was a child. I watch it every summer vacation. I am very familiar with these plots.
But Zhuge Liang didn't feel that way, really, not at all.
He just felt that this Yuan Chang had a grudge against Yun Chang? !
This is not to win over Guan Yu's heart. This is to put Guan Yu on the fire, isn't it? ! !
Zhuge Liang couldn't help it anymore and asked Zhang Xi, "Yuan Chang. But there is some rift with General Guan?!"
"Huh?!" Zhang Xi was stunned, looked at Zhuge Liang blankly, and said, "Why did the military advisor say this?!"
"If there is no suspicion, why do you want Yun Chang to guard Huarong Road?!" Zhuge Liang asked in confusion, "I originally wanted Zilong Yide to join forces. After Cao's army passed, he could set fire to block the road at the Huarong Road. Jiangdong Army When asked, he said that he wanted to set fire to block the road to intercept Cao Cao's army, but unexpectedly he arrived a step late. If Yun Chang was allowed to guard Huarong Road, Yun Chang would definitely manipulate Cao Cao. When Jiang Dongjun asked, how should we respond?!"
Uh, this seems, a bit, true!
We went to Huarong Road to set a fire. We planned to intercept Cao Cao, but we didn't expect to catch up. Cao Cao ran past and we didn't know it. The fire accidentally stopped the Jiangdong Army's pursuing troops and let Cao Cao go. It was just an accident, not intentional, just say sorry and that's it.
But if Guan Yu lets Cao Cao go on Huarong Road, and then sets fire to block the road, please, Jiangdongjun is not an idiot, and Liu Beijun is not everyone who can keep it a secret. Sooner or later, Jiangdong will know about it. Come here to hold me to account, do you still want to expose Mr. Guan to the public? !
So, why did this matter suddenly switch from the romance line back to the historical line at the last moment? !
Of course there is no Huarong Road in history. It is indeed as Zhuge Liang said. When Liu Beijun rushed to Huarong Road, Cao Cao had already escaped. It is unclear whether Liu Beijun did it intentionally or not, but he did let go at the exit of Huarong Road. Fire, the final result of this fire was indeed to block Jiangdong's army who wanted to continue the pursuit, and Cao Cao escaped safely back to Jiangling.
Okay, this time and space is really strange. One moment the romance line and the other the historical line jump back and forth. The co-authoring is just to make Zhou Gongjin famous? !
Apart from Zhuge Liang's straw boat borrowing arrows to gain some fame, Liu Beifang didn't get any benefits? !
Anyway, indeed, based on the current situation analysis, it is really not a good idea to let the second master guard Huarong Road unless he plans to fall out with Jiang Dong directly.
After thinking about this, Zhang Xi immediately kept silent about Huarong Road and pretended that he had never told the second master to go to Huarong Road. It would be better to continue to study with Zhuge Liang on how to effectively "intercept Cao Jun".
Before we knew it, it was late November.
On November 20th, the wind direction on the Yangtze River changed suddenly, from the northwest wind to the southeast wind.
Zhou Yu would not miss this opportunity. He immediately beat drums to gather his generals, ordered his troops, and asked Huang Gai to lead more than forty warships, carrying sulfur, straw, fish paste and other fire starters, to Cao Jun's water stronghold to feign surrender, while he personally He led the navy to respond behind.
Then they arranged for Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, Pan Zhang and others to go ashore on the east side, burn Cao's army camp on land, create chaos, and pursue and defeat the enemy from east to north.
Finally, Liu Bei was ordered to lead the coalition forces to fight out from the west side of Wulin, intercept and kill Cao Cao's retreating troops, and at the same time contain Cao Cao's middle route army in Jingling, preventing them from quickly returning for reinforcements.
Obviously, Zhou Yu wanted to complete his achievements in one battle and strive to directly capture and kill Cao Cao in this battle and eliminate the threat from the north.
If all the ministries can really work together to achieve Zhou Yu's deployment, then Zhou Yu is very likely to succeed this time, but unfortunately, this is not realistic.
At least Liu Bei's army would not fight tooth and nail to intercept Cao Cao, and Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi would not agree to Liu Bei's doing so.
Zhou Yu is not unaware that Liu Bei may be cheating, but he has no choice. He only has so many troops at hand, and Sun Quan's reinforcements are still gathering in Chaisang. Without Liu Bei's troops, there will be loopholes in the encirclement network. Cao Cao may even be in the middle of Cao's army. With the support of the army, they took a boat directly back to Xiangyang from the Han River.
If this is the case, then it is better to use Liu Bei's army. If Cao Cao feels that Liu Bei will not let him go and does not dare to take the Yiling Road west of Wulin, wouldn't there be a greater chance of capturing Cao Cao? !
As for Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi, Zhou Yu was not so petty and ordered them to be killed. It was entirely Zhang Xi's overthinking.
But as a precaution, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi boarded the fast boat prepared by Chen Ju when Zhou Yu gathered the drums and cheered the generals, and quickly crossed the river to Xiakou. On the way, they met the supporting troops led by Zhao Yun.
After that, Zhuge Liang gathered his troops in Xiakou and sent out troops from all directions. Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei respectively took orders to intercept Cao Cao and prepared to set fire to block the road.
As for Guan Yu, of course he was very dissatisfied, but there was nothing he could do about it.
It's not that Zhuge Liang didn't assign him a task, it's just that the task he assigned wasn't that difficult.
Zhuge Liang asked Guan Yu to guard Jingling and try his best to delay the retreat of Xu Huang and Wenpin's middle army.
Once Cao Cao is defeated, Xu Huang and Wenpin will definitely return to the army to rescue him. Only their troops are closest to Cao Cao. No matter whether Cao Cao gives the order or not, they will go to rescue him.
Therefore, it is meaningless for Guan Yu to defend Jingling at this time. The enemies have all retreated.
But after all, Guan Yu still has a task, which is to contain Xu Huang and Wenpin and prevent them from retreating so quickly. This is not a difficult task.
Xu Huang and Wenpin are going to the rescue. If they have to be fast, they will naturally not be able to play tricks with Guan Yu. There won't even be too many troops behind them. It is not difficult for Guan Yu to hold Xu Huang and Wenpin back, as long as he makes good decisions. Fighters, defeat the troops in the rear, then the rest is to pester them all the way.
In any case, it is impossible for Xu Huang and Wenpin to turn around and reorganize their troops to fight again. As long as Guan Yu is careful, he will definitely have this diversionary effect.
But of course Guan Yu was dissatisfied. After all, it was such a shocking feat as intercepting and killing Cao Cao. The military advisor actually handed it over to Zilong and Yide, but asked him to do such unskilled containment work.
Zhuge Liang was certainly aware of Guan Yu's dissatisfaction.
It's just that at this time, the relationship between Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu was not very good, and he gave the order. As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, of course it was not easy for him to explain anything to Guan Yu, which would affect his prestige.
So Zhuge Liang gave Zhang Xi a look.
Anyway, you know the whole story, so just explain it to me.
Why does Zhang Xi, the depressed one, feel that since Zhuge Liang came, he has been taking the blame more and more often? !
(End of chapter)
