"You said that all of Lü Meng's tens of thousands of former troops were tricked into surrendering by Mi Fang and entered Jiangling South City, and then Liu Chan and his men blocked the city gate and burned them all down?"
Sun Quan's tone at this time was very calm, and could even be called pleasant, but the public security guard was still sweating nervously despite the cold weather.
"yes……"
"Where's Lu Xun?"
"General Lu left some sergeants stationed outside Jiangling City to besiege but not attack. He has personally led the main force back to Jiangxi, preparing to block the west line of the Yangtze River, cut off the return of the Jingzhou Army and prepare for reinforcements from Yizhou!"
"Yeah." Sun Quan finally felt a little better, and things weren't too bad.
Moreover, after Guan Yu suffered a defeat, the morale of the army must be unstable. As long as he can capture the family members of the Jingzhou army in Jiangling City, great things can be accomplished.
"Where is Guan Yu's Jingzhou Army now?"
"The Jingzhou Army... cooperated with the Jiangling garrison and defeated the troops left behind by General Lu. The main general was beheaded and the second general was captured. After resting briefly in Jiangling, he led the main force to the north!"
Snapped!
Sun Quan couldn't bear it any longer. He slapped the desk and said angrily: "How many people did Lu Xun leave to surround Jiangling? Our army will arrive in a few days. Even if Guan Yu's main force fails to come back for reinforcements, he will not even be able to retreat to the police first." Won’t you?”
"Uh... It was Liu Chan who led dozens of cavalry to slow down the retreat of the besieging army, causing them to fail to evacuate in time. Later, he used hundreds of infantry to cooperate with Guan Yu's hundreds of vanguard cavalry, and they defeated... our army was defeated."
Sun Quan: "..."
Dozens of rides, hundreds of rides, only these few words were floating around in his mind, recalling his most painful memory.
These words seemed to form Zhang Liao's hateful and terrifying face, mercilessly mocking him.
"Liu Chan...it's Liu Chan again! Little Adou, you must not fall into the hands of this general, otherwise you will be crushed to ashes!"
Zhuge Jin, who was accompanying the army from the side, frowned and pondered, and then asked: "You said, Guan Yu led the main force of the Jingzhou army to the north?"
"Exactly!"
After thinking for a while, he cupped his hands towards Sun Quan and said: "My lord, Guan Yu must be out of men, horses and food, and has no desire to fight!"
After hearing this, Sun Quan calmed down his anger slightly and asked, "Oh? How can Ziyu see it?"
Zhuge Jin pointed at the map and said: "If Guan Yu still has the will to fight, there are only two ways to go. Either attack Gong'an by force, take advantage of our army's newly occupied foothold before it is stable, and recapture it before the lord's army arrives, and cross the two cities of Gong'an and Jiangling." To resist the lord's army, wait for Yizhou to send troops to help."
Sun Quan nodded.
"Or if we are not sure of capturing the police, we can pursue Lu Xun's main force westward and rescue cities along the river in order to keep the west line of the Yangtze River open."
"It's exactly what Tzuyu said."
Zhuge Jin stood up and said with a smile: "Now Guan Yu's Jingzhou Army is not going south or west, but is heading north... Haha, I guess the Jingzhou Army must be short of food and grass. Zhan Gong'an and Jiangling are afraid that they will not be able to support the Yizhou reinforcements." . And the morale of the army was not available. Lu Xun was afraid of being defeated like a mountain when he pursued Lu Xun in the west.
"Therefore, seeing that General Lu had marched west along the Yangtze River, he had no choice but to flee north to Mianshui. The remaining army took advantage of the Mianshui waterway and fled to Hanzhong through the three eastern counties. After they have replenished their supplies of food and grass and rested, they will come back to compete with our army."
Sun Quan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Ziyu's words are reasonable. Guan Yu must be planning to escape to Hanzhong!"
"Since the general has sent Jiang Qin to mobilize the soldiers from Ruxuwu to Xiakou and out of Mianshui River in the west, he can inform Lu Xun of Guan Yu's movements and have him mobilize the main force to intercept them in the upper reaches of Mianshui River!"
Sun Quan's eyes lit up when he heard this.
"At that time, Lu Xun's main force will block it, and Jiang Qin's elite navy will pursue it, but Guan Yu's remnant army can't look at each other, how can they not die? The hope of the Jingzhou defenders depends on Guan Yu. If he dies, Jingzhou can be conquered overnight!
"Now Liu Chan and Liu Feng are in his army again. Liu Bei lost his arm and humerus first, and his second son fell into the hands of the general. He is already old. When the general threatens his two sons, how can he dare to send troops?"
"Hahahaha!" Sun Quan suddenly stood up, laughed and clapped his hands. He felt that the depression just now was swept away, and his chest was filled with great pride again, "Ziyu has a wonderful plan, a wonderful plan! Whoever is coming, go quickly..."
"Report——!"
However, before Sun Quan could give the order, another messenger came to report.
"Reporting to my lord, General Zhou Tai has sent urgent military information. Cao Jun has sent troops to attack Ruxuwu!"
"What?!" Sun Quan, who had just stood up, suddenly fell back to the table.
He was a little confused.
why? Guan Yu defeated Cao Ren, besieged Fancheng for a long time, devoured seven of your elite troops, beheaded Pang De, and captured your general Jin!
As a result, you Fan Cheng managed to get out of the siege, but you turned around and attacked me, Sun Zhongmou?
Where has the most basic trust between people gone?
Do you still miss Guan Yu? !
"Quick, quick, we will return to Jiangdong's aid immediately!"
"Lord, wait!" Zhuge Jin was also shocked, but still stopped Sun Quan and asked the envoy: "Where is Cao's army now? Can General Zhou respond?"
"Thousands of Cao's army vanguards have broken through Xiang'an County and are now heading to Ruxuwu. The location of the main force has not yet been discovered. General Zhou has sent people to call back Governor Jiang's army."
Zhuge Jin immediately breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly advised: "My lord, Ruxuwu is still guarded by Zhou Tai, Xu Sheng and others. What can a mere thousand vanguards do to me? Even if we lose to the main force of Cao's army later, we can still retreat to the river. Cao's army can Still can't do anything to me.
"When Jiang Qin returned to the army, he went down the river and arrived in a short time. Cao's army could not defeat the Yangtze River. My lord can still mobilize the defenders of Danyang and Wu Commandery, and then call in private soldiers from local noble families to help. Cao's army will not be able to defeat them. Cheap. And…”
Sun Quan was already confused at this time: "And what?"
"And I see something fishy about this matter. The King of Wei has no reason to start a war with me, Jiangdong, at this time. My lord, you can send an envoy to the King of Wei to ask, maybe there is some misunderstanding."
"Okay, just follow Ziyu." Sun Quan felt a lot more at ease after hearing this, "Now what will happen to our army?"
"The army has been sent out, and we must not fail in our efforts. My lord should lead the main force to attack Jiangling, and send a partial army north to pursue Guan Yu along the Mian River to replace Jiang Qin."
Sun Quan pondered for a long time, planning for a long time just for the present. He did not want to give up easily, and then made a decision: "Okay. Who is willing to lead the army to chase Guan Yu?"
At this time, a big man with a beard smelling of alcohol stood up and said, "Pan Zhang, the last general, is willing to behead Guan Yu and offer it to the lord!"
Pan Zhang was a general who was allowed by Sun Quan to drink during the war. Once this guy came, he couldn't live without wine, and he was even better at drinking than Zhang Fei.
Secondly, although he likes to drink, he never gets drunk after a thousand drinks, and he never gets into trouble because of drinking. In addition, he was brave in fighting and had good martial arts skills, so he just let him go.
"Okay, now I will send you five thousand elite soldiers, equipped with many bows and arrows, and warships. We will immediately send troops north to pursue them along the Mian River!"
"yes!"
Sun Quan arranged everything, readjusted his emotions, and prepared to personally lead the main force to attack Jiangling.
"It's okay if I can't conquer Hefei. Nowadays, half of the ruined city of Jiangling is surrounded by thousands of defenders. Is there any reason why we can't defeat it?"
…
Guan Yu and Liu Chan led more than 10,000 troops and headed north again, intending to board the ship at Mianshui.
After the appeasement of Liu Chan and Guan Yu, as well as a victory on the Yangtze River, the morale and morale of the army were now available.
However, the soldiers who had regained their fighting spirit did not know that a bag in Soochow was being woven, waiting for them to dive into it...
"Hahahaha!" Yu Fan, who had his hands tied and disheveled hair, suddenly laughed out loud.
This attracted the surrounding Jingzhou soldiers to look askance.
Ding Fengqi, who was bundled up with him and followed the team, said, "Sir, why are you laughing?"
Yu Fan seemed to have seen something extremely interesting. He laughed so hard that he stopped after a long while.
Wiping away the tears from his laughter, he said coldly: "I laughed at Liu Chan and Guan Yu Shaozhi for their lack of plans. They were about to die without knowing it. But you and I were captured by such a fool. Isn’t it ridiculous?”
Ding Feng became more curious and quickly approached Yu Fan and asked, "Sir, can you make it clear?"
Yu Fan glanced around and saw that the soldiers around him were no longer paying attention to him, so he whispered: "Now that Guan Yu is sending his army to the north, he must be trying to escape to Hanzhong through Mianshui River. Our army has Lu Xun in the west who can send troops to intercept it, and there is Lu Xun in the east to intercept it. General Jiang Qin will pursue him with his army, and Guan Yu will not be able to look after him until the end, so how can he not die?"
Ding Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Sir, what you said is true. It is really ridiculous that Guan Yu and Liu Chan didn't know that their death was coming."
The two laughed heartily again. The soldier next to him couldn't help it anymore and was about to go over to whip him, but was stopped by Liu Chan who came on horseback from unknown time.
He came to the two of them with a pleasant look and asked with a smile: "Why are you two laughing so happily? Can you tell me about it and make me happy?"
"Humph!" Yu Fan turned away with a cold face.
How can we tell this now and let them take precautions? He just wanted to wait for the day when Liu Chan and Guan Yu were defeated, and then laugh at them.
Ding Feng didn't put on a bad face like Yu Fan, but looked up and down at Liu Chan in front of him.
In recent days, he observed an interesting phenomenon.
Liu Chan's soldiers were able to chat and joke with him casually while they were resting. Although they were far away and couldn't hear what they were saying, it still surprised him.
Moreover, the quality of those soldiers was extremely high. It was not that he was more ambitious than others, but from his perspective, he felt that even the elite members of the family under Lu Xun could not compare with these people.
He couldn't help but be a little more curious about this young man who looked probably a few years younger than himself.
But he didn't say anything at this time. He was curious. As a prisoner, he naturally hoped to be rescued.
Liu Chan saw Yu Fan's cold face. The two of them didn't say a word, nor were they angry. Instead, they smiled and said, "Do you think that our army has put itself in danger and will be defeated if we leave?"
Yu Fan was shocked, but his expression remained unchanged.
He was afraid that Liu Chan was deceiving him, and wanted to trick him out of the detailed plan of the Soochow army to capture Jingzhou.
"Haha, you two just go with the army and see how Gu defeats the enemy. But Gu has one word of advice for you two." Liu Chan looked at the two of them and said confidently, "Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty is only good at power and internal fighting. Although there are Yuanzhi, but no long-term plan, is really not a wise master.
"There are still four major families in it, namely Gu, Lu, Zhang and Zhu. They are more than able to defend themselves, but they have no intention of making progress. Sun Quan was hampered by many obstacles. Even his army had to rely on the private soldiers of the rich families. How could he compete in the world? As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to roost on. , for those with ambitions, Jiangdong is really not a good tree. You two should think about it carefully."
After saying that, Liu Chan asked the guards not to embarrass the two men too much, then rode away.
He didn't say much more, nor did he promise high officials or generous salaries.
But Ding Feng and Yu Fan were both silent.
Yu Fan was shocked, Liu Chan actually saw Jiang Dong and Sun Quan so clearly, but they knew nothing about this young man before.
The two of them didn't get along very well in Jiangdong.
Yu Fan was originally a meritorious officer of Wang Lang, but later defected to Sun Ce and served Sun Quan.
After Sun Ce's death, he was promoted as a talented person and offered appointments by the imperial court and Cao Cao, but he rejected them all. He cannot be said to be disloyal, but he was upright and did not rub sand in his eyes, but Sun Quan did not like him.
What future can there be for a minister who is not liked by his lord?
Ding Feng, on the other hand, joined the army at a young age and served under Gan Ning and Lu Xun successively.
He is a brave man who is not afraid of death. In every battle, he will be the first to attack the enemy, and he has repeatedly made military exploits.
However, because he was not from a rich family, his promotion was slow. Now he finally got Lu Xun's appreciation, but he aroused the jealousy of other generals and was ostracized.
After listening to Liu Chan's words, the two people did not immediately curse, which actually explained the problem.
Yu Fan was silent for a long time, then took out a tortoise shell and three copper coins from his pocket.
During the search, Liu Chan only took away their weapons and other items. Knowing that he was good at divination, he kept this item as a way to amuse him and relieve his boredom.
At this time, Yu Fan put the copper coins into the tortoise shell, shook it and sprinkled the coins, and repeated this six times.
Then he muttered something as if he was calculating something.
Ding Feng asked curiously, but Yu Fan ignored him.
After a moment, Yu Fan's face was full of disbelief: "This...how is this possible?"
He divined good or bad luck for Liu Chan's trip, but the conclusion he got was...good luck!
Yu Fan not only believed in divination, he was also very good at it. He was confident in his divination skills.
But he couldn't figure it out no matter what, where did Liu Chan, who was trying to get into the enemy's pocket, get his luck?
Thank you to Mr. "xiaxiangran" for 100 points for injecting funds into the Jihan Armed Group again. Your points will be used to distribute food and salary to Jingzhou soldiers. Thank you for your support~
(End of chapter)
