The general who whispered to the main general was very young, even young, and his face was a little rough, perhaps because he had been blown by the wind for a long time, and he did not have the slightest kind of quietness and elegance of southerners, but he had a sense of recklessness.

But this kind of recklessness is not his character, or if someone really regards him as a reckless person, I am afraid that he will not even have a chance to regret it later.

Because this guy followed a person named Han Long, who once spanned the entire Yongliang, and Biqiu Jian, the son of Biqiu Xing, and called Yongliang Shuangjie.

Together with the iron-walled general Hao Shuang, they were directly taken under Cao Zhen's command.

At this time, Wen Qin appeared here, so who was the person who listened to his report in front of him, it can be imagined, it was the general of Cao Wei's army who should attack Jiangling under Jiangling City, Cao Zhen.

"Hengjiangwu, haha!" Cao Zhen looked at the dock fort in front of him, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Your Majesty recruited a Zhennan general, and he didn't let him do it, but he scared Sun Huan so much that he didn't dare to come out, and he actually made something in Hengjiangwu here, it's really ridiculous!"

When he said this, Cao Zhen's face was really very cold and shameful, and he was ashamed of the people of Jiangdong.

After he finished speaking, many of the Cao generals behind him laughed, as if they felt the happiness of their own generals.

Only Wen Qin, the little guy, looked at everyone's laughter, without any smile on his little face, and then whispered to Cao Zhen, "General, the villain doesn't understand!" ”

Hearing Wen Qin speak, everyone closed their mouths, and Cao Zhen turned his gaze to this little guy, chuckling and saying, "What don't you understand?" ”

"The villain doesn't understand why you came here, and the villain doesn't understand why you laughed just now, of course, what the kid doesn't understand the most is why they laugh!"

Cao Zhen, who asked these three questions, laughed again, and at the same time, the people behind the two of them became a little embarrassed again.

To be honest, it's not just that Wen Qin can't understand it, but they don't understand it either, including why they laughed just now.....

Cao Zhen glanced at the many generals behind him, and then asked with a chuckle, "Shi Jian!" Let's explain to Xiao Wenqin! ”

This time, the general brought a lot of people, but really speaking, this famous partial general, Gao Qian and Shi Jian, both of whom were lent out from Xiahou Shang's hands.

At this time, Shi Jian heard Cao Zhen's question, suddenly opened his mouth, and then didn't say anything useful for a long time, and with a helpless face, he knelt directly behind Cao Zhen, "The last general knows that he is wrong, please forgive the general!" ”

Cao Zhen chuckled and shook his head, did not speak, nor did he say that he wanted to blame Shi Jian, but turned his gaze to the other side, with a reckless look on his face.

"Gao Qian, why did you laugh just now!"

That Gao Qian didn't think about Cao Zhen's plea like Shi Jian, but scratched the back of his head and laughed and said to Cao Zhen, "I just saw the general laughing, and I laughed with the general." ”

To tell the truth, this is what many generals are talking about, where do they know why Cao Zhen is laughing, they just see what Cao Zhen is doing, and they follow what they do, it is such a simple thing, and they were stabbed away by Xiao Wenqin.

Cao Zhen heard Gao Qian's sincere words, and couldn't help but shake his head again, "You are really sincere, you don't know why you are laughing?" ”

"I don't know!" Gao Qian replied very quickly, quickly and happily, and then the generals couldn't help laughing again, amused by the honest stupid big guy on his back.

Even Shi Jian, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but shake his head, this brother of his own family is really a big living treasure.

Cao Zhen sighed helplessly, and then told these people behind him, "Wait and set up camp with your soldiers, just in a hidden place, remember, you must not have any horses' feet exposed for the people of Jiangdong to find out!" ”

"No!" After hearing this, the generals also let out a long breath, and then each promised to take the order.

waited until everyone left, and then Wen Qin was still standing by Cao Zhen's side, and was pulled over by Cao Zhen and rubbed his head vigorously.

"You know what you know, you don't know what you don't know, it's really not very reassuring, if you enter the court in the future, I'm afraid you will be calculated!"

Wen Qin heard these words that he didn't understand again, and then shook his head gently, "Senior brother said, I can't wait to enter the court, either I will be stationed on the side as a general, or I will go out as a hero, I must not put this ability into conspiracy and calculation, it is not worth it!" ”

After Cao Zhen listened, he couldn't help but open his mouth, and then nodded vigorously, "What your senior brother said is right, I don't know, it's really not worth it!" ”

"General, you haven't told the kid why you're here?"

Cao Zhen looked at Wen Qin, and then at Hengjiangwu not far away, "Do you know where it is?" ”

"Yes, Hengjiangwu!" Wen Qin replied quickly this time, "The kid has already told me just now." ”

"Do you know why they built the Hengjiang Dock here?" Cao Zhen continued to ask.

"Hmm..... I don't know! Wen Qin shook his head, "There is no need to build a dock fort here, even if we wait for the naval army to be dispatched, it will bypass Xiangyang to attack the public security of Jiangling South County, or directly enter Jingnan from the Han River, and we will not come here!" ”

Cao Zhen nodded, "You're right, if our army needs to use General Zhennan's water army, then the first idea is to send the water army to directly attack the public security of Nanjun, or it is possible to attack Jiangling by water, and if it is the worst, you can also attack Jingnan first, and you can't go to Niuzhu at all."

But didn't you notice that if I wait to go to Hanshui, there is actually another place to go! ”

Wen Qin was a little confused by what Cao Zhen said, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't think of what he had overlooked, and then shook his head, saying that he didn't know.

Cao Zhen chuckled, and then said leisurely, "The sailor I am waiting for can go directly to Xichuan!" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Wen Qin was even more incomprehensible, "We are fighting against the Jiangdong army, why do we want to go to Xichuan, it is really unwise to provoke Xichuan at this time!" ”

"Of course you can't provoke Xichuan, although we are not afraid of a two-front war, but at this time, there is really no need to do it with the two of them, it is just a Jiangdong at this time, it is more left and right to train and train for me.

But Wen Chin, you have to remember one thing, one very important thing.

That is, you are most accustomed to doing bad things, and you are most afraid of others doing bad things to you! ”

Cao Zhen's words made Wen Qin a little confused, but he was not stupid, he quickly reacted, and then said softly, "Is Sun Quan afraid that we will join forces with Liu Xuande?" ”

"Hahaha, smart, that's what it means!" Cao Zhen was not stingy with his praise, "This old guy always thinks about some old scheming all day long, always thinking about uniting this and that, or uniting that and calculating this, but now he finally got away and offended both parties."

So at this time, what he is most afraid of is not a war with Xichuan, nor a war with my Cao clan, when my Cao clan occupies this day, then he Jiangdong occupies the terrain, and a Yangtze River will kill us alive on the bank of the Yangtze River, so he is not really worried.

But he was afraid that we would unite with Liu Xuande, this two-faced guy, what he was most afraid of was that we and Liu Xuande would unite with him, and for this matter, Sun Huan, who was most suitable to defend Zhongzhou, was put here, and Sun Sheng's waste plus Zhuge Jin were used to make up for the loopholes caused by Sun Huan, which was the root of their failure.

Zhuge Jin may be able to govern the place, but let him govern the army, it is a bit nonsense, his ability in this area is really not as reliable as that Pan Zhang, so Sun Quan is not a guy who knows soldiers. ”

"Then I'll wait.... Will you go to unite with Liu Xuande? Wen Qin asked the most important sentence, "Liu Xuande and I are waiting..."

"Don't worry, even if the Cao family is gone, and the Liu family is gone, then there is no possibility for our two forces to unite!" Cao Zhen sneered, "Do you think everyone is as faceless as Sun Quan's guy, what a proud person our majesty is, how can he go and Liu Xuande!" ”

"Haha, a certain family thinks it's the same!" Wen Qin couldn't help but smile after hearing this.

"Although that's what I said, but in the same way, since Sun Quan is so scared, then I might as well give him a surprise, since he is so afraid that we will unite with Jiangdong, then when necessary, I will directly break the Hengjiangwu, and then let Sun Quan see how he should choose!"

Although Cao Zhen said very domineeringly, Wen Qin still heard something, "General, do you think my army can't win?" ”

Cao Zhen looked at Wen Qin, then shook his head gently, "Have you ever seen a sailor dispatch from me?" ”

"Uh... No! Wen Qin carefully descended, making sure that he had not seen the navy dispatched, "But now that Zhennan General Huang Quan has just surrendered with his naval army, let them fight with Jiangdong dog thieves at this time, it is inevitable..."

Wen Qin can also understand why Huang Quan didn't make a move in this war, this new surrenderer not only just surrendered, but was forced to surrender, he and his subordinates are not very stable, so they are not so suitable to fight at this time, or rather, they are not suitable to fight in the next few years.

"So, to attack Jiangdong, there are not even a few warships, relying on a bunch of light boats transporting troops, if you can defeat Jiangdong, it will be a real joke!" Cao Zhen couldn't help but sneer, in other words, in fact, all the battlefields are almost the same now.

Even if Zhu Ran can't defend Jiangling, he can burn that Jiangling with a fire, and then fight with me and others in the public security, it will be no problem at all, it's just that he Zhu Ran feels that the loss is too great, and he feels that he still has a chance to win.

"Zhu Ran still has a chance to win?" Wen Qin couldn't help but exclaim, "There is no food and grass in Jiangling City, there are no reinforcements outside, and even their warriors are less than 5,000, because the epidemic has caused them to lose a lot, how can there be a chance of victory!" ”

"That's right, it was with this less than 5,000 soldiers that he guarded Jiangling City for nearly half a year, and even burned down the two big villages of my Cao army at one time, I have to say that he Zhu Ran is also worthy of his name as a famous general."

"That's... Then do we need to remind General Xiahou Shang that they are attacking Jiangling City at this time, if that Zhu Ran finds an opportunity..."

"Don't worry, with Zhang He and Xu Huang, even if he loses, Xiahou Shang will not lose his life, this guy is already smart, and this journey can be regarded as smooth, and it is not a bad thing for him to suffer a loss."

Cao Zhen didn't care about Xiahou Shang's brother at all, and he wasn't worried at all.

When Wen Qin heard Cao Zhen say this, he naturally didn't say anything more.

Cao Zhen just took a group of people and hid here.

As for Jiangling City, which they cared about, there were indeed some changes that Xiahou could not imagine at this time.

Spring is blooming, the rivers that have been frozen are melting again, and Zhongzhou Wubao has become important again, Zhang He has been patrolling Wubao almost every night, for fear that Zhuge Jin and Pan Zhang, Yang Cang and others will come out of something.

And Gangneung City has become very weird now.

"Ahem, cough, cough..."Bursts of coughing continued to come from all corners of Gangneung City, and each cough was heartbreaking, as if it could carve out a person's lung tube.

"How many of the people and soldiers have been infected now?" Zhu Ran couldn't help coughing lightly twice at this time, but his cough was not as serious as others', and at this time he was still holding a steaming decoction in his hand.

"Most of the people in the city have already been infected, and as for the soldiers, they should be supplied with more medicine, so it's better!" There weren't too many problems with the soldiers, but the words he had just said were chilling.

After Zhu Ran heard this, he didn't have any doubts, but chuckled, "Recently, Cao Jun, can you still attack the city?" ”

"Back to General .... Xiahou Shang has never attacked the city again! When the soldier said this, he couldn't help chuckling, and then his face became a little lonely, and he remembered that one of his friends was now dying, and this victory was won in exchange for the lives of countless soldiers.

Zhu Ran didn't know what the soldiers were thinking, but he knew that Xiahou was no longer attacking, which was a great thing for him.

"Tell those people, when necessary, go out of the city directly, and it is extremely important to let the epidemic spread completely in Cao Ying!"

"No!" After the soldiers received the order, they left immediately, leaving Zhu Ran sneering in the camp tent.

(There are a few things about the Battle of Jiangling during Cao Pi's three-way attack on Wu, so let's explain it a little, after all, these two chapters should be about the Battle of Jiangling.)

Among them, the clearest record should be Zhu Ran's biography in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms": Wei sent Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He and others to attack Jiangling, and Emperor Wen of Wei lived in Wan himself, and he besieged the city with his potential. The general Sun Sheng supervised 10,000 people to prepare for the state and set up a dock to save the people. The troops of Hedu attacked Sheng, Sheng could not refuse, but immediately retreated, and he was besieged and defended according to the state, and then cut off from China and abroad. The right to send Pan Zhang, Yang Cang and others to solve the siege is incomprehensible. At that time, there were many swollen and sick soldiers in the city, and 5,000 people were cut off from the battle. Really wait for the earth mountain, dig the tunnel, erect the building, the bow and arrow rain in the city, the soldiers are all discolored, and then Yan Ru has no fear, Fang Li is a soldier, and the gap is broken through the two tuns. Wei besieged Ranfan on June and did not retreat. Jiangling ordered Yao Tai to lead the troops to prepare the north gate of the city, seeing that the foreign soldiers were prosperous, there were few people in the city, and the grain appetite was exhausted. Hanging hair, things are perceived, and then the cure kills Tai. If you can't resist it, you can return it thoroughly. Because of the fame of the enemy country, he was renamed the Marquis of Dangyang.

Many of these things are particularly interesting, Cao's three-way expedition to Jiangdong was already October at that time, that is to say, it was already the end of the year, and Jingzhou was no longer hot, but there was no outbreak of any epidemic in Zhongzhou at the beginning of the war, and Jiangling County, which was bypassed by Cao Zhen at that time, had an accident.

When there were many swollen soldiers in the city, and 5,000 people were cut off from the battle, such a sentence not only showed that there was an epidemic in Jiangling City, but also showed that the epidemic was quite serious, and it had already caused Zhu Ran to lose his troops before he started fighting.

However, Zhu Ran's biography later said that he was famous for the enemy country, and it can be said that he alone "defeated" Cao Zhen, the general of Cao Wei's army, Xiahou Shang, the general of Zhengnan, Zhang He, and the right general Xu Huang, two good generals.

But there are some other things that are indeed recorded in Cao Zhen in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Zhen's retreat, or Cao Pi's retreat of Cao Zhen is mainly three things.

First, for Jiangling City to be attacked for a long time, this is Zhu Ran's real ability, which is understandable.

Second, the pontoon bridge erected by Xiahou Shang and others in Bailizhou was finally scattered and burned by Pan Zhang with horizontal logs and firewood.

Third, a great epidemic also arose in their camp, so that they had to choose to withdraw from the Gangneung realm!

This has some descriptions in the biography of Xiahou Shang in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", in the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, the chariot was lucky, and Shang led the army to besiege Jiangling with Cao Zhen. The right general Zhuge Jin and Shang Jun faced the river, Jin crossed into the river, and divided the water army in the river. Shang Ye held more oil tankers, and rode more than 10,000 people, diving in the lower streams, attacking the Jin army, burning its boats and boats in the river, attacking and breaking it by land and water. At the end of the city, there will be a great epidemic, and the edict will still lead the army back.

From here, it can be seen that after the two sides fought for half a year, the epidemic in Jiangling City, where Zhu Ran was located, disappeared and was transferred to Cao Jun's epidemic, and another thing can be seen from Zhu Ran's biography, Jiangling City was already in danger at that time, that is, the general who defended the city and Zhu Ran's deputy general had no heart to stand and wanted to surrender.

Therefore, at this time, how did the Cao army, which had never attacked Jiangling City, contracted such a serious epidemic in the cold winter and early spring, and had to retreat at such a suitable opportunity!

As for another doubt, it is even more interesting, the author was lucky enough to read a piece of "Quansanguowen", which can be regarded as a kind of history book, and saw such a paragraph.

Sun Quan sent envoys to call the ministers, and paid tribute to a hundred baskets of pearls, a thousand gold, two elephants, or a peddle or an oyster, a bird and a parrot, and other treasures and treasures.

Nagon Nacheng became this virtue, he was sure that he Jiangdong won the war? ）

At this time, the epidemic in Gangneung City was already miserable, even some ordinary people, at this time, it was no longer possible to describe it as a people's poor life, since Gangneung City was occupied by Jiangdong people again, the people of these generals did not live a good life of stability.

At this time, Gangneung City, even if it is described as mourning, it is not too much.

In the huge city of Gangneung, countless people can only watch their own family's bodies become weaker day by day.

Cough, weakness, fever, dizziness.

These diseases are not so strange to the people of Jingzhou, there is Mr. Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", the people of Jingzhou still know some medical skills more or less, at least they know how to treat this!

But now, even if they know it clearly, it is of no use, all the medicinal materials in this Jiangling City are gone, and they have all been taken away by Zhu Ran!

At this time, Zhu Ran almost didn't give the people of Jiangling City any way to live.

At the beginning, Lu Meng had worked hard to accumulate, and the good impression that the people of Jingzhou had towards Jiangdong was completely lost at this time.

At this time, Yao Tai, the Jiangling Ling who was in charge of guarding the north gate, was listening to the report of the soldiers below.

"My lord, at this time, the grain, grass, grains, medicinal herbs, and even the water in the city are all given priority to the army!

At this time, the people don't say that taking medicine saves their lives, but it has become very difficult to eat a full meal! ”

When the soldier said this, he was already in tears, and when he talked about the tragic situation in Gangneung City behind, his heart was full of discomfort.

Jiangling Ling Yao Tai was silent directly after listening to the words of this personal soldier under his command.

He is Yao Tai, the commander of Jiangling, the most trusted parent official of the people in Jiangling City, and a very responsible parent official.

If he was allowed to watch these people in Gangneung City slowly die in front of him.

I'm afraid it's really worse for him than killing him.

"Stand down, all of you!" Jiangling Ling Yao Tai still didn't say that sentence in the end, "Let a certain family think about it, let a certain family think about this matter!" ”

"No!" After everyone heard this, they bowed directly to Jiangling Ling Yao Tai and bowed, and then slowly retreated!

Until he was the only one left in the tent, that Jiangling Ling Yao Tai's face instantly became very ugly.

Without outsiders, there is no need to continue to carefully disguise.

So at this time, Yao Tai's face can be called cloudy and uncertain, extremely ugly!

"Unkindness, injustice, injustice!" Yao Tai slammed the table, and his face was even more gloomy.

This time, not only did the swelling of his hammer be extremely painful, but also made him completely determined.

"Go and prepare, secretly open a gap in the city wall below, so that the passage for the army to pass through, don't be too obvious!" Yao Tai, who walked out of the camp, whispered to the soldiers beside him, and then slowly went back.

Yao Tai, who walked into the camp again, also suddenly let out that terrible coughing sound.

Soon, the sound of coughing sounded in the north gate.

Just when the soldiers under Yao Tai's command began to remove all kinds of debris from the city gate in full swing, in the other direction, Jiangdong was in the general's mansion in Jiangling, and Zhu Ran, who had been coughing, was also reported by his cronies below.

"You mean, Yao Tai is starting to do it, right?" Zhu Ran, who was drinking hot tea, couldn't help but sneer, "Tell our people, be ready to do it at any time!" ”

"No!"

Seeing the soldiers leave his side, Zhu Ran's face couldn't help but become more hideous.

Yao Tai is the Jiangling Order of Jiangling, and it is also the Jiangling Order that surrendered with Mi Fang, Zhu Ran has no intention of replacing him from beginning to end, mainly because this guy is indeed a talent, and also because this guy has a high reputation.

Yao Tai loves the people, cares about the people, and whenever the people have any problems, he always takes the lead, and it can be said that this is an extremely good parent official.

It's just that this parent official has a big problem, that is, he is too good to the people, and the good ones have integrated him with this city.

But such a good parent official is a chess piece in Zhu Ran's hands at this time, what can make Cao Wei's army die and the people in Jiangling City die compared to the Jiangling Order who tortured and killed a collaborator with his own hands.

Yao Tai slowly cleared out a gap in the congestion of the city gate, and then let one of his most trusted soldiers take advantage of the night to walk out of the city gate and run directly to the camp of Xu Huang's department in the distance.

"The little one is a person from Jiangling, asking to see General Xu Huang, asking to see General Xu Huang!" The soldier came to the outside of Xu Huang's camp and began to call incessantly.

"The villain really has something important, please see General Xu Huang!" Looking at the soldier Cao in front of him, who was extremely guarded against him, the man also had to take two steps back, and then waited for Xu Huang to appear.

He didn't wait too long, and soon Xu Huang walked out in the middle of the hug, looking at the people from Jiangdong not far away, and couldn't help but show a chuckle.

"Say, what are you looking for!" Xu Huang was really kind to this soldier, except for not letting him get close, everything else was very good, and his tone was also very kind.

"General Xu Huang Mingjian, I am under the command of Lord Yao Tai of Jiangling, and we are willing to conspire with my lord to rescue the people of Jiangling from fire and water!" The soldier hurriedly identified himself, and then said his plan, "Tomorrow at ten o'clock in the evening, we will open the gate of the northern city, and at that time, we will naturally let the general enter the city, and then..."

"Good!" Xu Huang didn't let the man finish speaking, he nodded directly in agreement, and then added a sentence later, "At ten midnight tomorrow, a certain family will immediately send troops, just wait for the response!" ”

After Xu Huang finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving a Jiangdong soldier there You are dumbfounded.

But when he reacted, it was a great joy, he knew that his request had been granted just now, and he had simply completed the task given to him by his own adult.

"Thank you General Xu Huang, thank you General Xu Huang!" The soldier didn't know why he wanted to thank Xu Huang, in short, he kept bowing here, and then quickly ran back towards Jiangling City, and he also had to give his own adult life.

"Lord Qiyu!" After the soldier returned to Jiangling City, he came to Yao Tai's side as soon as possible, "General Xu Huang has promised me to wait just now, and at ten o'clock tomorrow night, I will open the gap in the city gate, and then Cao's army will enter the city!" ”

After hearing this, Yao Tai couldn't help but let out a long breath, and then said softly, "I believe in telling me what is going on." ”

After the soldier finished talking to Xu Huang bit by bit, Yao Tai frowned as he listened, "You mean, Xu Huang is so happy that he didn't let you finish his words?" ”

"Yes!" The soldier nodded, and then gave Yao Tai an explanation that he thought was reasonable, "General Xu Huang should also be worried that the villain will come out for too long, which will make it difficult for the adults to do here, so he let the villain come back quickly, the matter has been decided, General Xu Huang is a fierce general of the Cao army, and he has rich experience, so he should not have an accident." ”

Yao Tai also nodded after listening to it, he didn't understand it, but he couldn't say what was wrong, so he could only choose to believe this explanation.

"Let the soldiers get ready, and then open the city gates at the hour tomorrow night!"

"No!"

Yao Tai and the soldier didn't see it, and just as they said these two words, one of the soldiers at their door narrowed his eyes slightly, and then a light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this time, outside the city, in the camp of Cao's army.

"General, do I really want to raid Gangneung City tomorrow?" A partial general turned to Xu Huang and asked, "But if we continue to attack Jiangling City, it will only be enough to attack it in a few days, so there is no need to take risks!" ”

After the deputy general finished speaking, many other generals of the Cao army also kept nodding their heads to cater to them, in their opinion, this is really a bit risky, they don't need to do this at all, they just need to continue to attack Jiangling City, it will be enough.

Xu Huang's son, Xu Gai also stood up at this time.

"Father is worried about the epidemic in Gangneung City?" Xu Gai is worthy of being the son who has been taken by Xu Huang all the time, and his brain is turning fast, and he has grasped the key point in one sentence.

When many generals heard Xu Qian's words, they suddenly felt a sense of understanding, and they repeatedly said that they had just been reckless and held Xu Zhi high.

Xu Huang glanced at his seemingly humble son, then at the generals, and couldn't help laughing softly, "Who told you that Ben was going to Jiangling City tomorrow?" ”

Xu Huang's words made many generals stunned at once, and they didn't know why their generals said such a sentence again.

"Just now, the general was not outside the camp tent and the people from Jiangdong..."

"Why did Ben say that he was going to Gangneung City?" Xu Huang chuckled, and then a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, "He Yao Tai really wants to surrender, but he also underestimates Zhu Ran, who has been waiting for me for half a year." ”

After Xu Huang said such a sentence, many generals relieved themselves, "The general is saying, then Zhu Ran is cheating?" ”

"If a Yao Tai can easily turn against Jiangling, then we haven't been in Jiangling for half a year, it's really too embarrassing, you don't have to worry about this matter, I will fight this Jiangling City, but don't think about those messy things, it's good to attack the city."

"No!" When many generals heard this, their hearts also fell, and then they left and performed their duties.

After everyone left, Xu Gai walked to Xu Huang's side again and whispered, "Does father have any concerns?" ”

Xu Huang, who was lighting a candlestick to watch the art of war, heard his son's question, and couldn't help sighing, "Jiangdong's gas is not exhausted, and the people of the world will have to suffer for a long time!" ”

Like Cao Zhen, Xu Huang also saw that there was something missing, not only did he see that Cao Pi did not mean to destroy Jiangdong this time, but more importantly, he also saw Jiangdong's potential.

Lu Xun Lu Boyan, who almost burned Liu Xuande to death not long ago, didn't know why he didn't appear here, but the many Jiangdong generals in this Jiangling alone really opened his eyes.

Although Cao Zhen turned the generals upside down at the beginning, he directly killed the enemy, and almost wiped out the Jiangdong army in Nanjun.

But after many generals in Jiangdong began to exert their strength, they also saw that Jiangdong is not all incompetent.

Among them, Pan Zhang, who had already taken Zhuge Jin and others again, and Zhu Ran, who had resisted him in Jiangling City for less than half a year, can be regarded as two very outstanding people.

Pan Zhang did not blindly fight to the death with Zhang He in the case of an unfavorable start, he knew Zhang He's ability, as well as the horror of the Northland cavalry under his command, and knew that the Jiangdong Army without a naval army could not compete with Zhang He, so he did not fight to the death with him.

In the past half a year, Pan Zhang has really built a water city outside the Zhongzhou Dock Fort, fifty miles upstream of Baili Continent, which can not only be used as a place for secondary defense, but also completely block the Cao family's naval army.

With this determination and ability, I have to say that he Pan Zhang is a talent, especially when the spies brought Pan Zhang's built map of the water city, he admired it even more, where is this guy just for defense, he is still waiting for the opportunity.

Pan Zhang believed Zhu Ran, he was waiting for the opportunity of the decisive battle.

If Pan Zhang's forbearance and cunning surprised him, then Zhu Ran's resilience in the Jiangling City opposite surprised him.

For half a year, under a general siege, no water, no food, and heavy grass, he still insisted on it, and the epidemic in the city not only did not defeat him, but even let him directly use the epidemic and push it on the heads of himself and others.

Although this plague could not kill Cao Jun, after all, it was not a major plague, but even so, his goal of Zhu Ran wanting to keep this Jiangling City was almost achieved.

Xu Huang is also waiting, he is also waiting for when Pan Zhang will make a move, they can withdraw their troops, and it is no longer meaningful to attack Jiangling City at this time, and the tone makes them take over this tasteless chicken rib that is a pity to be abandoned, it is better to continue to put this hot potato into Jiangdong's hands.

Anyway, their purpose was achieved.

In this war, many of the younger generations of their Cao clan have been trained, among which Xiahou Shang and others have also received a lot of exercise, at least they don't have to worry about the next thirty years, even if their group of old guys die, their existence should be no problem to keep Cao Wei's country for another thirty years.

And Cao Pi personally led the team, these people's loyalty to the Cao family is also visible to the naked eye, at least Xu Huang knows, Yanzhou Assassin Wang Ling and his line are loyal to Cao Pi.

There are also Wang Xiong and others who just went to Youzhou, who can be regarded as loyal people of His Majesty Cao Wei and Cao Pi, plus Biqiu Jian who was taken by him and the little guy next to Cao Zhen, it seems that he is called Wen Qin.

In short, these people, after their deaths, can still keep the Cao family for at least two generations, giving the Cao family a chance to dominate the world for thirty years.

For Cao Pi, who almost all the civil strife was quelled in three years, given another thirty years, can Cao Wei still be able to unify the world?

Thinking of this, Xu Huang suddenly laughed, looked at his son Xu Gai in front of him, and said softly.

"I'm afraid that my father will not be able to see the unification of the world in this life, but at this time, the politics are clear, Your Majesty is eloquent, and the people are living and working in peace and contentment, and then give Your Majesty twenty or thirty years, when you are all completely grown, I want to come to my Great Wei to be able to dominate the world, and at that time, when you worship your father, you must also tell your father about it."

Xu Gai didn't know why his father suddenly said this, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

When Xu Gai reacted, Xu Huang had already continued to lower his head and looked at the bamboo slip in his hand.

In the end, Xu Gai pursed his lips, bowed to Xu Huang, and retreated.

On the second night, less than two hours before and after the sub-hour, although Yao Tai still coughed at this time, but the power in his eyes was excited, he knew that he was about to be a traitor who everyone scolded, but he did not regret it at all.

In Yao Tai's view, he is for the sake of countless people in Jiangling City, and for the safety of Jiangling City, he will not give up, let alone betray.

Just when Yao Tai couldn't help but want to go to the city to guard in person, suddenly the guards beside him ran over in a panic.

"My lord, it's not good, Zhu Ran suddenly wants to inspect the city gate, and he has already arrived outside us!"

This sentence was like a thunderbolt on his head on a sunny day, and an ominous feeling suddenly appeared in his heart.

If he inspected the city gate, he would say in advance that if there was any problem in the province, even if it was a surprise inspection, it would not appear in front of him so silently, there was only one explanation for this situation, that is, Zhu Ran wanted to take himself down directly.

If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have appeared here so suddenly.

"Don't panic!" Although he figured out what was going on, Yao Tai was the backbone of many soldiers, and he couldn't show the slightest panic, otherwise he really wouldn't have any chance to resist.

"Come with me to meet the general!" Although he didn't know what he knew about Zhu Ran's sudden arrival, he couldn't know that he was coming and not go to greet him.

"No!" After hearing this, many of the guards saw that their adults were so calm, and they also let out a long breath, and then followed behind Yao Tai, and the group walked down the city wall slowly.

As soon as he arrived in the city, he saw Zhu Ran, who had been waiting there for a long time, looking at Zhu Ran who was smiling, Yao Tai was suddenly a little stunned, feeling that this guy, this guy really made him feel a little frightened!

"General Zhu Ran came suddenly, I don't know what happened!" Yao Tai walked not far in front of Zhu Ran, and said to Zhu Ran, "But where is a certain family here that is not good enough?" ”

"Take it!" When Zhu Ran saw Yao Tai appear, he chuckled directly, and then with a low shout, the soldiers behind him rushed towards Yao Tai, wanting to take him down directly.

"What are you going to do!" Yao Tai was also stunned when he heard this sudden sentence of "take it", but he already had this idea in his heart, and immediately jumped back, wanting to escape directly from Zhu Ran.

But as soon as he moved, he felt a huge force suddenly come from behind him, and he still rushed towards his ass.

Yao Tai was kicked on the buttocks, and then he was kicked directly in front of Zhu Ran, and he knelt down.

Looking up at Zhu Ran in front of him, Yao Tai suddenly licked his lips, revealing a look of embarrassment.

"Zhu Ran... You're actually by my side...."

"It's normal to have people around you, if you don't have absolute certainty, how can you let you be here!" Zhu Ran snorted coldly, and then waved his hand at him, "Take him down first!" ”

Yao Tai's soldiers just wanted to resist, and then a group of Jiangdong soldiers suddenly appeared around, and then quickly killed those Yao Tai's subordinates one by one.

Only the guy who had just suddenly kicked Yao Tai's ass survived to the end.

"The villain sees General Zhu Ran!" The soldier knelt in front of Zhu Ran with a flattering face, looking like a hero had returned.

Yao Tai looked at this guy, and only felt that there was a wave of anger in his heart, which kept rising.

Zhu Ran didn't pay attention to the soldier, but looked at Yao Tai and couldn't help but shake his head, "Do you think that even if you open this city gate today, will Xu Huang really come?" ”

"I've already made an appointment with General Xu Huang..... Yao Tai said very hard, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhu Ran's sneer.

"Come on, clean up all the things at the north city gate, and then open the city gate, today I am going to let Lord Yao Tai die clearly!"

Yao Tai looked at Zhu Ran, who had just given the order, and didn't know where he got the courage to open the city gate directly.

Don't say anything about empty city plans, don't say anything about ambushes, now Jiangling City doesn't know what virtues are there, as long as the city gate is opened, the group of Cao troops can immediately rush in, and any ambush is useless.

In Yao Tai's shocked eyes, the city gate was slowly cleared out, and then the north city gate was slowly opened by Zhu Ran's command.

Then Yao Tai looked at the north gate with a surprised face, looking at the open city gate, but after looking at it for a long time, he didn't see what he wanted to see.

"What? Do you have to wait any longer? Zhu Ran glanced at Yao Tai coldly, at this time, there were already a lot of Jiangdong soldiers gathered in this vicinity.

"You... Your city gate is open, and people outside will naturally know that there is fraud in it, of course... Of course not! At this time, Yao Tai said this kind of thing that he couldn't believe himself, and he was already a little panicked and didn't choose his words.

"Haha!" After Zhu Ran heard this, he couldn't help laughing, but he didn't quarrel with him, but sent his soldiers to Cao Ying to investigate, "Wait until you go to Xu Huang's camp and find out what they are doing now!" ”

"No!" After Zhu Ran's subordinates heard this, they immediately ran outside.

That Yao Tai saw that this person went out of the city gate without such scruples, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised again, or rather, a little unbelievable.

"You... What the hell are you doing! Yao Tai's face was already quite ugly at this time, and now he looked at the open city gate, and he felt as if his heart was burning.

Zhu Ran looked at Yao Tai, but continued to sneer silently, waiting for his subordinates to return.

A group of people waited quietly at the north gate, and it was not until half an hour later that the spies who had gone out to investigate returned here.

"General Qiyu, Cao's army has withdrawn!" The spying was stunned by Yao Tai's first sentence.

"Impossible.... When pigs fly! Yao Tai's lips trembled as he looked at the spy who came back to report, "Those people.... Those people .... It is absolutely impossible for them, we have already made an appointment, we should meet outside tonight, we should meet outside tonight! ”

Looking at Yao Tai, who was already a little crazy, Zhu Ran suddenly lost the interest to torture and kill him, this guy is not worth using a knife directly against him.

"Drag it down, kill him in the city, and kill him in front of all the generals and people!"

"No!"

After the soldiers obeyed the order, they directly dragged Yao Tai away, Yao Tai did not resist along the way, but kept muttering to himself, saying that they had already said that they would definitely come back tonight.

When Yao Tai was dragged away, the gates of Gangneung were closed again.

At this time, outside the Jiangling City Gate, the Cao army camp that made Zhu Ran unable to survive and die for a while is now empty and uninhabited.

"General!" The general looked at the thoughtful Zhu Ran with admiration, "How did you know that Xu Huang's family would withdraw from Jiangling tonight?" ”

"Withdraw?" Zhu Ran chuckled, and then shook his head helplessly, "They just threw this hot hand good at it to me again!" ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Ran also sighed in a low voice and slowly left here.

Jiangling ordered Yao Tai, fornicated with the Wei army, and Xiahou Shang and others to make a payment, intending to betray Jiangling, and was beheaded by Jiangdong guard Zhu Ran in Jiangling City, for a time Yao Tai's head shocked the large and small families in this Jiangling City and the countless people.

It was not only Xu Huang who evacuated that night, but the next day, Jiangdong's spies ran to Xiahou Shang's camp again, and found that the camp had already been emptied.

For a while, Cao Jun retreated from Jiangling City overnight, and the reputation of Jiangling guard Zhu Ran slowly spread.

After Jiangling City was safe, that is, when the people and soldiers in Jiangling City breathed a sigh of relief, a large number of Cao troops had already walked around the city and returned to the vicinity of Xiangyang, that is, Zhang He, who was ready to withdraw at any time.

"General Gongming, are you sure that Pan Zhang will do it?" Xiahou Shang, who had already retreated, still didn't understand why they were in such a hurry.

It's not that he can't accept the withdrawal, after all, everyone has seen the situation now, and if he doesn't retreat, it will be really difficult to achieve much effect.

It was very easy for them to attack Gangneung, but it was very difficult to keep Gangneung, and in addition, the most important thing was that now the epidemic in Gangneung had completely affected them, and if the epidemic spread again, even if they kept Gangneung, their losses would be immeasurable.

Therefore, when it is decided, it is decisive, and he still has this awareness.

But what he didn't expect was that Xu Huang actually sent a message and asked them to retreat overnight, directly from Bailizhou, and leave Jiangling City.

This made Xiahou Shang very embarrassed.

However, it is difficult to be embarrassed, he still knows this comprehension ability, Xu Huang's experience is by no means comparable to him, after getting the news, Xiahou Shang immediately took action, scattered and left, and it only took one night for them to slowly leave from the pontoon bridge in Bailizhou, that is, Xu Huang also took Xiahou Shang back after going around in a big circle.

On the way, Xu Huangcai told Xiahou Shang that he felt that if he didn't leave, he was afraid that Pan Zhang would have to do it, and at that time, no one would be able to leave.

However, Xiahou Shang has always been skeptical about this matter, and he is not sure of it....

Just when Xu Huang wanted to explain to Xiahou Shang, Zhang He's messenger scout ran over.

"Qiqi two generals, General Zhang He sent a message, that Pan Zhang prevented the crosswood in the water city, lit the flames, and directly crashed the pontoon bridge in Bailizhou, General Zhang He has ordered the army to retreat, I hope the two generals can respond!"

Hearing this, Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang both took a sharp breath of cool air.

Xiahou Shang felt that Xu Huang had a clever plan, and he was really experienced, if he walked slowly, maybe Pan Zhang would really be cut off from the back road, although now Zhu Ran has no ability to fight back and forth, but without the back road, Zhang He and Xu Huang will definitely be affected slightly.

Xiahou Shang was surprised, Xu Huang was also very surprised at this time, Pan Zhang would indeed act, Xu Huang was also very clear about this, but he really didn't expect that the consolidation could be directly attacked with fire in the Han River.

Although their Cao army was also attacked by fire, but it was on the warship, and the master of this pile of wood directly burned the pontoon bridge, I have to say that Pan Zhang really has two hits, it seems that if it is about water warfare, their Cao army still has a lot to learn.

"Go and tell General Zhang He, just go back, don't worry about the rest of the things, I'll take care of it!" Seeing that Xiahou Shang was still ignorant, Xu Huang couldn't help but shake his head, and then whispered to the soldier, let him go back and report it.

After the soldiers left, Xiahou Shang woke up like a dream and bowed to Xu Huang, "Thank you, General!" ”

(Among Pan Zhang's exploits, this burning of the pontoon bridge is indeed a very strong stroke.)

In the biography of Pan Zhang in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", it is recorded: Wei general Xiahou Shang and others surrounded Nanjun, divided the front of 30,000 people as a pontoon bridge, crossed the Baili Island, Zhuge Jin, Yang Cang and the soldiers went to the rescue, unknown out, and the Wei soldiers were endless. Zhang said: "Wei is prosperous, and the river is shallow, so it is impossible to fight. So he led him to fifty miles upstream, cut down millions of bundles of reeds, tied them to a raft, and wanted to set fire to the pontoon bridge downstream. After the raft is completed, the water is long, and the retreat is still available. Zhangxia is prepared for the land entrance.

The key point here is that Pan Zhang saw the opportunity to burn the pontoon bridge, and then cut off the waterway of Bailizhou, that is, Xiahou Shang's retreat, but in fact, this incident did not bring any damage to Cao Jun, as you can see from the Three Kingdoms, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He and Xu Huang did not have any damage.

However, if the burning of the pontoon bridge is really before Xiahou Shang and the others retreat, then the one who is cut off will at least be Cao Jun's army all the way, even if it finally breaks through, even if Zhu Ran of Jiangling no longer has the ability to attack from both sides, then this army will not have too much loss in the case of the epidemic, and just come out.

From the biography of Zhang He, Xu Huang, and Xiahou Shang, I have not seen any records in this regard, only saying that Jiangling City was not captured, and then there was an epidemic in the army, and then there was no choice but to retreat, so for this fire of the pontoon bridge, it should be said that it did not play a real role, but only added a guarantee to Jiangling.

In addition, this opened up the waterway, allowing Pan Zhang, Zhuge Jin and others to rush to kill the Zhongzhou fortress again, and by the way, they also forced Zhang He away, which can be regarded as bringing a chance for a decisive battle in Jiangdong. ）

Cao Jun seemed to have lost all advantages, Zhang He, who had retreated from the Zhongzhou fortress, Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang, who had retreated from Jiangling City, and the three of them ran to their own Xiangyang territory again with their own army.

They all seemed to have forgotten that his commander had not returned, and that Cao Wei's general Cao Zhen had not yet appeared.

No one said anything about this, and the Jiangdong Army, which had just gathered together, did not find out about it.

On Ma'anshan, the scout brought back the latest battle report.

"Zhu Ran took the soldiers of the epidemic to fight in the city, and the people died and threw down the city wall, causing our army to receive the spread of the epidemic, and our army was unable to attack Jiangling City again, so we could only retreat overnight.

Jiangdong thief general Pan Zhang, in the upper reaches of Bailizhou, placed horizontal logs and burning bamboos, burned the pontoon bridge erected by our army in Bailizhou in one fell swoop, the army entered the Zhongzhou dock fort, General Zhang He had no choice but to withdraw from the dock fort, and the general Zhengnan and the right general converged in Xiangyang. ”

Cao Zhen listened to the spies' report, there was no movement on his face, and then he chose to remain silent.

The generals below were all waiting for his orders, and no one dared to say anything.

"Where's the Wet Beard?" Cao Zhen doesn't care about Jiangling, just like he said, with Xu Huang and Zhang He, and Xiahou Shang are not unpersuaded, even if the group of guys in Jiangdong can't defeat them no matter how powerful they are, it's nothing more than an undefeated situation, he has killed a lot of Jiangdong's generals, even if the generals are undefeated and undefeated, then they won.

As for Cao Xiu's East Road army, they have already been fought like this, Cao Xiu is a pig, and he can't lose anymore.

Not to mention anything else, the Jiangdong Navy has been given to him, and there are still 20 Route troops in his hands, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, where is there still the possibility of failure, and now the line at the entrance of the cave is pure large-scale training.

Therefore, the only thing that may still be variable now is Cao Ren's line.

Although this veteran has defeated Jiangdong countless times, and even won against Zhou Gongjin, the governor of Jiangdong, it was when he was young, and Cao Ren at this time always felt that Cao Zhen was so unreliable.

Maybe it was the same as Cao Zhen thought, so when Cao Ren was transferred troops and horses, the middle army, which should have been the main force, was only given the least number of soldiers and horses in the end, to put it bluntly, it was his headquarters soldiers and horses, plus some partial generals, and finally Gao Qian and Shi Jian were left from him.

"Da Sima is an old and serious general, why hasn't there been any movement at this time!" Cao Zhen thought about it, it is really a little abnormal that there is no movement in the mouth of the wet beard until now, after all, the mouth of the wet beard is the first to fire.

At the end of September last year, Jiang Ji directly led his men and horses out of Xianxi, forcing Na Zhu Huan to divide his troops to rescue, and as a result, his subordinates became few soldiers and generals.

But now it's been March, and half a year has passed, and this Cao Ren hasn't moved yet, which is really a little incomprehensible.

After hearing Cao Zhen's words, the scout first groped in his arms for a while, then took out a piece of cloth and handed it to Cao Zhen before continuing.

"There is also a battle report from the city, General Cao Ren asked Jiang Ji to attack Xianxi last year, forcing Zhu Huan to divide his troops, but because the city has been heavily guarded, and there is a naval army patrol that has always belonged to the city of Xu, that is, the Jiangdong cave entrance was defeated, and Zhu Huan did not divide his troops.

However, today, because the city of Wet Whisker was divided again, the strength of the army was less than 5,000 at this time, and General Cao Ren had found a small way to attack the city directly, at this time he had already prepared his troops for General Cao Tai to surprise attack the city, and at the same time ordered General Chang Diao and General Zhuge Qian to lead people to go straight to Zhongzhou, emulating the battle of Jiangling! ”

When he heard the previous part, Cao Zhen still nodded indifferently, but when he heard the back, something was wrong with him.

"Da Sima wants to emulate the Battle of Jiangling?" Cao Zhen said hesitantly, "He wants to attack Zhongzhou first?" ”

"Exactly!" The spy said in a deep voice, "Zhongzhou in the mouth of the water is a small gathering place for Zhu Huan and many generals under his command, as long as Zhongzhou is taken, then General Cao Ren can directly use this to blackmail many Jiangdong soldiers..."

Before the spy finished speaking, Cao Zhen couldn't help but start scolding.

"Confused, confused, confused!" Three confused sounds, Cao Zhen scolded angrily, and finally looked at the generals behind him, his eyes kept patrolling them, and finally fell on Gao Qian and Shi Jian.

The two of them used to be under the command of the great Sima Cao Ren, but they were left behind by Xiahou Shang because they needed to help Xiahou Shang rebuild Xiangyang.

"Gao Qian, Shi Jian!" Cao Zhen snorted coldly, "You two take your own men to go to Wet Whisker City!" ”