In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed since the battle in Jingzhou.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of winter.

On this day, after stabilizing the newly acquired Jingzhou and the wounds of the war that had been suffered in the past few months, Guan Ping led the people back to Jiangling City with the wounded Guan Yu.

Outside Gangneung City.

At this time, the county guard Mi Fang and Pan Jun, Beijia Yinguan, and Huang Quan and other people unanimously led the crowd to greet them at the south gate.

Thousands of soldiers stood solemnly everywhere around, and on both sides of the road behind the soldiers, the people of Gangneung gathered one after another.

Because, this battle was won.

Their most revered Marquis Guan succeeded in smashing the Wu army's sneak attack plan and keeping Jingzhou, and their major general not only defeated the Wu thieves with a small victory, but also forced Sun Quan to cede the prefecture and county to sue for peace.

These feats can't help but encourage the fighting spirit of thousands of Jingzhou people at this moment!

Gradually.

The dust outside the city was flying, the flags were floating in the sky, the coercion was gradually rising, and the military array was also filled with a breath of slaughter, and each soldier also contained a domineering look.

At this moment, due to Guan Yu's injury, Guan Ping took the lead and led the victorious army to approach the direction of the city gate step by step.

"Hmm."

"The prince is mighty, mighty."

"Major General."

"Major General."

Only after the victorious army arrived at the city gate, the land around Gangneung City suddenly boiled for several miles, and not only thousands of soldiers shouted loudly, but also the people who gathered in the middle of the road to welcome them were also shaken and shouted loudly.

The sound of worship sounded slowly.

At this time, Guan Ping held a big knife in his hand, hit the horse, and listened to the cheers of the people along the way.

He couldn't help but deliberately slow down his horse's speed, quietly feeling the sound of reverence, and couldn't help but feel very useful!

After all, Guan Ping disregarded his own safety in this battle, and fought for his life several times before finally keeping Jingzhou and repelling the Wu thief.

Now that the war is over, of course, it is the right way to listen and feel the reverence of the people.

See, this is the prestige that crowns the world.

Guan Yu, Guan Ping's father and son seemed to have become the focus of the sergeants and the people at this time, they were shouting on one side, and secretly discussing their demeanor in this battle!

This time, first Guan Yu swore to the Northern Expedition in July, defeated Cao Ren in Xiangfan, flooded the Seventh Army, captured tens of thousands of Cao troops, shocked China, and shook the Central Plains.

Subsequently, after hearing the news that the Wu army would attack Jingzhou against Jiangxi, Guan Ping also broke the plan of the Wu army one after another, so that Jiangling City was firmly controlled in his own hands and placed in an invincible position!

This led to the later Hanjin victory and the great counteroffensive.

Otherwise, if Jiangling is lost, the Jingzhou army will fall into a situation from which it will never recover.

It can be said that in the defense of Jingzhou, Guan Ping's exploits are undoubtedly in the first place.

Naturally, the military and civilians of Jingzhou also sang praises to Guan Ping at this time.

After this battle, the prestige of the Guan father and son in Jingzhou rose to a higher level again.

City gates.

"Zhengdong General Huang Quan welcomes the return of the victorious division led by Major General Guan."

At this moment, Huang Quan, as the chief general of the reinforcements in Shuzhong, was in a high position, and the people in the field naturally took him as the leader, followed him and bowed to Guan Ping, who arrived.

When he set out on the expedition, Wang Bei of Hanzhong also deliberately added the military post of General Huang Quan Zhengdong to facilitate the deployment of the commander, so Huang Quan called himself so.

"General Huang doesn't have to be polite!"

"In this battle, my Jingzhou generals will be thanks to you leading the soldiers of Shuzhong to arrive in time, otherwise it will be difficult for our army to achieve such a major victory."

Seeing this, although this battle has achieved such a great success, Guan Ping is not proud of his achievements, and in the face of everyone's congratulations, he also quickly jumped off his horse, and also returned the salute, muttering.

"Haha."

Hearing this, Huang Quan laughed and said, "Young General Guan, you're too modest!" ”

If the city is like this, if this battle had not been turned by Guan Ping, the Wu army would have conquered Nanjun long ago and swept the entire Jingxiang land.

However, Guan Ping's mind was also very fresh at this time, and he knew that if it was not for the timely arrival of Shuzhong reinforcements in Jingzhou, which would form a deterrent effect on the Wu army, even if the two sides negotiated peace, Sun Quan would not have no choice but to cede the state and county.

"Hahaha."

"In this battle, we all have our own merits, and we should celebrate with you all this victory!"

With a hearty laugh, Guan Ping smiled, looked at the crowd and the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and said loudly.

"Mighty."

"Mighty."

At this moment, the sound of vibration outside Gangneung City resounded for several minutes, as if it was straight into the sky!

Half ringing.

A magnificent, three-horse carriage approached.

Immediately, Guan Yu's tall and mighty body slowly walked out of the car, Dan Feng's eyes stared slightly, looking at everyone, and a slight smile appeared on his serious face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this battle is over."

"Tonight, with the approval of the commander, the army and the people celebrate the victory together."

In an instant, although Guan Yu's left arm was wrapped in layers of bandages, the majesty between his words and the terrifying majesty exuded from his whole body at this moment did not affect his tall image in the hearts of the military and civilians.

"Oh."

Then, amid the roar of the army and civilians welcoming the earth-shattering sky, the victorious army slowly entered the city along the wide streets, full of confidence and high morale.

On this night, Guan Yu also held a banquet in the county mansion to invite everyone to celebrate the victory.

In the city, every household is also decorated with lanterns, and the army and the people celebrate together.

This night, Gangneung is destined to become a sleepless night!

………

Days passed.

Sekifu, lobby.

At this time, Guan Pingzheng convened his subordinates Deng Ai, Zhao Zhong, Liu Jia and other generals to gather together to discuss the military discussion.

"Shizai, where do you think our army's defense direction should be next?"

With a slow word, Guan Ping's face was calm and smiled.

Hearing this, Deng Ai couldn't help but think about it, and after half a loud effort, he muttered: "Major General, everyone, Ai thinks that our army should focus on the direction of Jingbei next. ”

"After all, in this battle, our army has basically recaptured Jingzhou Prefecture, Baqiu, Lukou and other strategic places, which are also in the hands of our army, and the Wu army wants to carry out another sneak attack, which can be described as even more difficult!"

"This time the Wu army was defeated, the sergeants suffered heavy losses, most of these soldiers are the private troops of various families in Jiangdong, and it will not be easy for Wu Hou Sun Quan to solve the dissatisfaction of the major clans in the territory!"

At this point, Deng Ai looked around, glanced at it, and then continued: "The reason why the major clans in Jiangdong supported Lu Meng to lead the people to attack Jingzhou was also because they saw that our army was going north to attack Cao Thief, and the hinterland was empty, and there was an opportunity!" ”

"If the Wu army takes Jingzhou, the Jiangdong family will naturally benefit."

"But now that they have been defeated, the strength of the Jiangdong clan has been damaged, Sun Quan can only go slowly to appease, and Lu Meng, the governor of the Wu army, has just died of illness, and for a while, it is difficult for a governor to quickly appear again in the Wu army who can match Lu Ziming."

"Therefore, in Ai's opinion, at least in the next few years, the Wu army will not use troops against us."

"The next focus of our army should continue to be in Jingbei, and we should always present soldiers on the Hanshui border, threaten Xudu, and obstruct Cao Thief's plan to recuperate."

The voice settled.

Guan Ping nodded secretly, and was about to speak, but the guards outside the mansion suddenly rushed in.

"Major General Qiyu, according to reports, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, has been treated by the divine doctor Hua Tuo in Xudu a few days ago, and now the old disease has gradually improved."

As soon as these words came out, Guan Ping was secretly shocked!

………

"Oh, Cao Cao's old head wind has been cured?"

For a while, with the guard's announcement, Guan Ping couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart at the moment, and his mood was extremely unsmooth.

As early as when he led his people to the north to attack Xu, and then led the army south to evacuate, he secretly planted more than ten secret agents to hide in the hinterland of the Central Plains and secretly collect information about Cao Cao.

Once you get the news of Cao Cao's death, tell me immediately!

But now the development of events is completely unexpected.

Cao Cao not only did not die, but he was cured of the old disease of the head wind.

"That's tricky."

At this moment, Guan Ping couldn't help but groan secretly, still smiling on his face, but deep down he was secretly thinking about his future plans.

According to the trend of the original history, Cao Cao died in the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an at the age of sixty-six.

This is not the focus of Guan Ping's focus.

The key is that after Cao Cao's death, his successor, Cao Pi, the king of Wei, did not have Cao Cao's Wei Yan, and his power was insufficient, which led to the political instability of the northern states and counties, and Qingxu had a vague tendency of chaos.

Even, the Qingzhou army in Luoyang actually defected and rioted.

It is for this reason that Guan Ping is so concerned about the news of Cao Cao's death, so he inserts secret agents to inquire about the news at any time.

In order to get the information of Cao Cao's death as soon as possible, he secretly mobilized a large army, sent a letter to Shuzhong, and sent troops to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to break the defense of Cao's army in one fell swoop and capture Wanluo or Guanliang.

Because, this will be the best time for a northern expedition.

Therefore, when Sun and Wu sued for peace, Guan Ping had already planned and strongly demanded that Wu Jun cede more than 200,000 yuan of money and grain.

The general countermeasure of this move was Guan Ping's preparation for the Second Northern Expedition.

Can......... At present, the plan cannot catch up with the changes, and Cao Cao has been cured of his old illness.

"Cao Cao has not died, it seems that the opportunity of the Northern Expedition has been lost!"

Groaning for a while, Guan Ping was blank and said secretly.

Half ringing.

He looked at the guards in the hall, his eyes were stern, and he said sharply, "Why is this so? ”

"Some time ago, wasn't it rumored that Cao Cao had put the divine doctor Mr. Hua Tuo in prison?"

"Why did he use Huashen Doctor to save his illness again?"

At this time, this matter has been hovering in Guan Ping's mind for a long time, lingering!

After Wu Pu arrived in Nanjun to meet Guan Ping, he told him that because his teacher was recruited by Cao Cao, and his family teacher always wanted to carry forward his own hard work "Qing Bao Jing", he entrusted him to go south to find Guan Ping and reach a cooperation with him.

It must be known that according to the records of the romance, Cao Cao heard that Hua Tuo was going to take a knife and open his head for treatment, but then he was very suspicious, worried that Hua Tuo wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to take his life, so he put Hua Tuo in prison.

Guan Ping couldn't figure out how Cao Cao, who was so suspicious, could accept the suggestion of a craniotomy?

"Could it be that because my father was not defeated by the Cao-Wu coalition like in the original history, he was damaged in Maicheng?"

"So, Cao Cao believed that Hua Tuo would not assassinate him?"

For a while, Guan Ping secretly speculated that after hearing the news that Cao Cao was not dead, he even fainted at this moment to continue to discuss military discussions with the generals.

Hearing this, the guards didn't dare to slack off, and immediately gave up their hands: "Major General Qiyu, according to the information sent back by the scouts, the reason why Cao Cao reactivated Hua Tuo to treat his old illness was because of the influence of the prince. ”

"Huh?"

When the words fell, Guan Ping was stunned, with a look of doubt on his face.

Seeing this, the guard continued to explain: "Because Mr. Wu Pu, a disciple of Huashen Doctor, successfully rescued the prince who was hanging by a thread in the public security. ”

"After half a month, this news has also spread throughout the Central Plains."

"For a while, everyone in the world knew about the superb medical skills of the apprentice of the Hua Shen Doctor, and that was also the time when Cao Thief's head wind was the most serious, which can be described as a painful situation."

"Therefore, the officials who were good friends with Hua Tuo in Xu Du took the opportunity to admonish Cao Thief together, and admonished with the allusion that Mr. Wu Pu cured the good prince, and the medical skills of the Divine Doctor of Yanhua will only be more superb, and these officials have unanimously made guarantees!"

"It is precisely in this way that Cao Cao, who is in pain, will go to the prison in person at a critical moment and sincerely ask for Doctor Hua."

In the end, Hua Tuo did a craniotomy for Cao Thief.

A seat fell.

With a word, the guards slowly told the truth about the information sent back by the scouts!

"Alas, it seems that the trajectory of history has shifted after all."

After hearing this, Guan Ping couldn't help but think secretly, and smiled bitterly.

At this moment, he was both bitter and helpless, since he led the crowd to turn the tide and protect Jingzhou, he knew that the original history he knew had been slowly shifting.

History is already changing.

But he didn't expect that because of himself, the butterfly effect would become bigger and bigger, which eventually led to Cao Cao's continued life!

Judging from the current situation, the war situation on our side is extremely unfavorable.

After all, if Cao Cao does not die, there will be no changes in the northern convenience, and his own side will not be able to take the opportunity to go on a northern expedition and conquer the city.

Once Cao Cao stabilizes the political situation and eliminates the unfavorable factors caused by Hanzhong and Xiangfan, then the already strong Cao Wei will become stronger and stronger.

This is what Guan Ping doesn't want to see!

After thinking for a long time, he waved his hand and retreated from the guards, and muttered for a long time before facing the generals, with a wry smile on his face, and said, "Everyone, it seems that this is Heaven protecting Cao Weiye!" ”

"The general originally wanted to wait for Cao Thief to die of illness, and when there was a drastic change in the north, he took the opportunity to play the king of Hanzhong and his father, and the two roads jointly sent troops to the Central Plains in the north."

"But now it seems that this plan is no longer working!"

The voice fell.

Deng Ai, who was at the bottom, looked at Guan Ping's lonely face, thought about it, couldn't help but smile, and said loudly: "Young General, in fact, you don't have to be so anxious. ”

"Although the Cao thief is not dead now, our army cannot take advantage of the opportunity to go on the Northern Expedition."

"But the young general, our army is now across Jingyi Erzhou, and its strength is several times stronger than before, as long as our army can recuperate for a few years, its strength will naturally be comparable to Cao Thief."

"At that time, our army will go on the Northern Expedition again, and why should we be afraid of the enemy army in a head-on battle?"

A seat fell.

Deng Ai showed a resolute look on his face and slowly cheered for Guan Ping.

At this time, Zhao Zhong and Liu Jia also unanimously agreed: "Young General, what General Deng said is extremely true!" ”

"You don't have to worry so much."