"Makes sense." Cao Cao laughed secretly, and then became very serious: "Despite this, you don't fight with him in the future, I don't want to see Dian Wei's incident repeated." ”

Xu Chu: ". ”

A few years ago, Cao Cao's bodyguard was not Xu Chu, but Dian Wei. Dian Wei is even more powerful than Xu Chu, lifting hundreds of catties with one hand, it is easy, he will win every battle, and he is invincible. The two-pole double halberd is even more superb.

However, in the battle of Wancheng, he was stolen by the enemy, and in the case of bare hands, in order to protect Cao Cao, he fought against the Xiliang army. In the end, he was besieged to death.

Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, also died in that battle.

This is Cao Cao's eternal pain!

Xu Chu understood in his heart and said: "Brother Dian's death is indeed regrettable. The duty of the last general is to protect the prime minister, and he will never go into battle easily in the future. ”

"It's good to know."

Cao Cao leveled Xu Chu and called Jia Xu over: "Wenhe, I want to give Liu Bei a holy decree in the name of the Son of Heaven to order him to return to Jingnan, do you think he will agree?" ”

"Of course not." Jia Xu smiled and said: "Who is Liu Bei, he has great ambitions, how could he give up attacking Xiangyang because of the prime minister's false holy decree." ”

Cao Cao said: "However, when he receives the holy decree, he should pay more attention to us, right?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The minister understands, the prime minister wants to attract Liu Bei's attention. ”

"Well, that's good for your plans."

Cao Cao nodded.

Jia Xu said: "The minister is willing to write on behalf of the minister and draw up a holy decree for the prime minister." ”

"No need, I have to write this holy decree myself, and Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang will pay more attention to it." Cao Cao retracted back into the car, took a pen and wrote a holy decree, and covered it with the jade seal he carried with him.

Then send someone to send the holy decree to Xiangyang.

Cao Hai commanded the army to attack the city, and with his encouragement, the soldiers of the Cao army took the lead, and the battle became more and more fierce.

Under the mobilization of Guan Ping, the army in Fancheng also actively defended the city.

No matter how brave the Cao army is, it can't cross the tower.

Xiangyang.

Liu Bei's military camp.

After the unsuccessful attack on Xiangyang City, Liu Bei was worried about the lack of troops, so he invited the generals to discuss with Zhuge Liang.

"According to the detailed report, Xu Huang and Zhang Liao still have more than 60,000 troops, although they are all new soldiers, but the number is more than us. Xiangyang City is extremely tall and strong, and I am worried that I will not be able to capture the city. Liu Bei sat down a little discouraged.

Zhao Yun said: "The lord is right, the general siege force should be three times the number of the defending force in order to conquer the city. And we are not as good as the defenders of Xiangyang City, how can this battle be fought? ”

Chen Zhi, the commander of the Bai Wei Army, also said: "Half of our tens of thousands of troops have only recently surrendered. The real elite has been transferred to Fancheng. The last general also thought that it would be difficult to capture Xiangyang. ”

"For Xiangyang City, it should be outwitted, not stormed." Zhao Yundao.

"Kong Ming."

Liu Bei set his eyes on Zhuge Liang on the side.

Zhuge Liang looked thoughtful, suddenly raised his head, and said: "The minister just remembered one thing, which may be unfavorable to the battle situation. ”

"What?"

Zhuge Liang activity: "The minister remembered that after Zhou Yu captured Yangzhou, he had 40,000 troops in Shouchun, which is half of Jiangdong's troops." Sun Quan no longer has any extra troops in his hands, and even if he does, he will use them to garrison dangerous places and control the Yangtze River. We asked Sun Quan to send a naval army to Fancheng, but it seemed difficult to succeed. He should be more worried now that Yuan Xi has something wrong with Yangzhou. ”

"The cloud is long."

Liu Bei couldn't help but worry.

Guan Yu is still in Fancheng, in case of defeat, there is no naval army to respond, and it is likely to be wiped out.

Zhuge Liang fiddled with the feather fan a few times, and said meaningfully: "Maybe there is someone who can help us win this battle." ”

"Who?"

"What do you mean?"

"What did you say?"

Liu Bei and the generals all looked at it together.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "A few days ago, we captured Wei Xu in the Battle of Yiling, and he has surrendered to the lord. Don't underestimate this person, he used to be Lu Bu's general, and he was deeply used by Lu Bu, and later returned to Cao Cao with Zhang Liao. He has always been Zhang Liao's deputy general and has a good relationship with Zhang Liao. If he was asked to write a letter to Zhang Liao and express his willingness to lead the old troops to surrender, Zhang Liao would definitely not refuse. As long as you enter the city, Xiangyang will be broken. ”

Fraud?

Zhao Yun pondered it carefully and said: "The military advisor's plan to surrender by deception may succeed in peacetime, but now Zhang Liao and Xu Huang know very well that the battle of Xiangyang is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of troops, and it is also related to the battle situation in Jingzhou. What's more, Wei Xu's reputation is not very good, he descended to Lu Bu, Cao second, and then to the lord, and now he is returning to vote for Zhang Liao, does Zhang Liao still dare to use him? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "General Zhao is worthy of being experienced in a hundred battles, and his analysis is extremely accurate and clear. Zhang Liao and Xu Huang really won't believe it easily. Wei Xu's old department also had difficulty entering Xiangyang City. But the chance of victory often comes when the unexpected happens, and it is fleeting. Whether it succeeds or not, we should try. There may be an unexpected gain. ”

"It's not a hassle to write a letter, I'll let Wei Xu do it immediately." Liu Bei didn't have much hope.

He was still worried about Guan Yu.

Thinking about it, he said: "Kong Ming, I want to withdraw Yun Chang's 20,000 troops and give up defending Fancheng. On the east bank of the Yangtze River, several lines of defense were set up, using the Yangtze River as a barrier to prevent Cao Cao from crossing the river. ”

"Is this the strategy that the lord came up with?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"yes. Does Kong Ming think it is feasible? ”

"Feasible."

Zhuge Liang said: "Let Yun Chang guard Fancheng, it is the minister's inconsiderate consideration. Because Cao Cao's water army has been defeated, the ability to fight water is extremely weak. He had to rely on rafts and fishing boats to cross the river, and it was difficult for him to break through the defense line on the east bank of the Yangtze River. Transferring Yun Chang back is more conducive to our coordinated operation, blocking Cao Cao with a small number of troops, and the army will capture Xiangyang here. ”

Since Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, he has never said soft words.

I didn't expect to take the initiative to admit that it was not well thought out.

It's an absolute miracle.

Liu Bei was also very happy because of Zhuge Liang's affirmation, and instructed Zhang Fei: "Let Yun Chang give up Fancheng and withdraw to the east bank for fortification." ”

"Yes."

"Zilong."

"Yes."

Liu Bei said: "The matter of fortification on the east bank will be handed over to you, saving Yun Chang from withdrawing, and before he could fortify, Cao Cao broke through the defense line." You can take 3,000 men and horses first, wait for Yun Chang to withdraw, and then change guards with him. ”

"No."

Zhao Yun should go down.

this day.

Zhang Liao, the general in Xiangyang City, received a secret letter.

To be precise, it was the surrender letter of his old general Wei Xu.

"Wei Xu is credible?" Xu Huang sat opposite Zhang Liao, shook his head vigorously, and said, "General Zhang, I will say ugly things in front, and I will never agree to Wei Xu's surrender." You'd better not open your mouth, don't say I've refuted your face. ”