After all, Wei Yan is also a well-known military general in the Three Kingdoms, not easy to match, and he still blocked Wen Ping's shot in his busy schedule, but he was already sweating from shock.

Whether it is the time, the right place or the right people, Wei Yan does not have an advantage, knowing that if he continues to fight with Wen Ping, he will be seriously injured if he does not die, so he does not dare to fight again, and shouted to the soldiers behind him again and again: "Retreat!" Remove! ”

The soldiers in the back saw that their main general was in danger, and they had already had the heart to retreat, so they heard the order at this time and hurriedly retreated, but the soldiers at the back took some time to hear the order, and the pontoon bridge was crowded for a while, and it was difficult to retreat quickly.

Liu Biao in the city was overjoyed when he saw that Wen Ping had the upper hand, and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry! If you go out of the city to kill the enemy, you will definitely kill the enemy general! ”

With Liu Biao's order, the city gate was opened, and for a while, hundreds of Jingzhou soldiers poured out of the city gate and went straight to the pontoon bridge.

Wei Yan couldn't retreat, so he panicked, he couldn't resist Wen Ping, but he couldn't retreat, he was shocked and anxious, but he was helpless.

Wen Ping laughed and shouted, "Wei Yan! Thou-seeker of glory, deserve to die today by my spear, and suffer death! "After that, he used the last pick of eighteen single-handed, and went straight to Wei Yan's left leg, his marksmanship was swift, and there was no way to avoid it.

Wei Yan was already unable to parry at this time, and he was about to be stabbed in the thigh by Wen Ping. Suddenly, "Boom... A loud bang smashed open next to Wen Ping's ears, splashing everywhere, Wen Ping was taken aback, and the gun's momentum suddenly eased. Wei Yan escaped death, seized the opportunity, jumped off the war horse, and jumped into the water.

When Wen Ping reacted again, Wei Yan had already jumped into the water, and seeing that the cooked duck had flew, Wen Ping was furious, hung up the golden gun, pulled his bow and arrow, and was about to shoot Wei Yan.

Just listen and "boom... A loud noise, Wen Ping was taken aback, his hand shook, and he shot off, Wen Ping was furious, and when he looked again, he saw more than a dozen catapults on the bank of the Yangtze River opposite, throwing stones to his side, and the two loud noises just now were the sound of the catapult smashing into the water.

The Cao soldiers took advantage of the catapult to cover and retreated quickly. At this moment, I suddenly saw more than ten warships rushing out of the river on both sides, all of which were the banners of Cao Jun.

Liu Biao was shocked, thinking that Cao Cao was going to cross the river to attack, although his own water army was strong, but Cao's army was strong, and Cao Cao was good at using strategy, Liu Biao was finally timid, and hurriedly shouted: "Not good!" General Wen, retreat quickly! Prepare to close the city gates. ”

Wen Ping heard Liu Biao's shout, although he was unwilling in his heart, but Wei Yan had already swam far away, and it was difficult for him to catch up, so he had to sigh unwillingly, and rushed back to the city.

But the Cao army did not cross the river, and after the soldiers withdrew from the Yangtze River, the naval armies on both sides also retreated, but the pontoon bridge was already crumbling, and Liu Biao and others were secretly relieved.

"Hahaha! It turned out that Liu Biao was still afraid of fighting when he fell to the ground, well, he already knew in his heart that Jingzhou could be captured in the near future. At this time, Cao Cao was standing at the door of the camp tent, and he laughed when he heard the scout report the situation.

Xun Yu and a group of strategists said in unison: "Lord Tianji, we are not as good as others." ”

"Fengxiao, what are your ideas?" Cao Cao paused and asked Guo Jia next to him.

Guo Jia pondered for a moment and said: "Back to the lord, Jia thinks that we can carry out the plan of secretly crossing Chen Cang, divide the army into three roads, cross the river from both sides, and surround Jingzhou, Liu Biao must be afraid, then we can attack with the whole army and take Jingzhou in one fell swoop." ”

"Hahaha! Feng Xiao knows my heart! Now Liu Bei sits on the five prefectures of Hebei, You, Qing, and Xu, with 400,000 armor, strong generals, and the Son of Heaven in hand, which can be said to be in full swing. Recently, I also heard that Zhao Xu also went west to Sizhou that Zhang Ji, at this time is attacking Tongguan, Zhao Xu is like a god with soldiers, it seems that it is only a matter of time to take Sizhou, if we do not capture Jingzhou as soon as possible, it is really difficult to compete with it. Cao Cao said, and couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Report, Lord Qi, General Wei Yan is back." At this time, a guard came running to report.

"Oh! General Wei Yan is back, quick, invite him in. ”

After a while, I saw Wei Yan with his hair scattered, and he walked over drenched, just like a chicken in soup, fortunately, Wei Yan is familiar with water and has a good body, otherwise if he can't swim the Yangtze River, he would have died in the river at this time. Wei Yan walked in front of Cao Cao and knelt down and bowed: "Lord, Wei Yan has insulted his mission and has not won, so please punish the lord." ”

"Hahaha! Chief! What do you mean by that? Not only are you not guilty, but you also have merit! Although you have never defeated the enemy general, you have fought the pontoon bridge for a long time, which is enough to prove your martial arts, not to mention that your trip is just to test Liu Biao's fighting intentions, at this time I already know, what is the crime? Please. Cao Cao patted Wei Yan on the shoulder, helped Wei Yan up, and laughed.

"Thank you for not killing!"

"That's it!" Cao Cao patted Wei Yan on the shoulder and asked with a smile, "Wen Chang!" I heard that you are both civil and military, we were just discussing the strategy of attacking Jingzhou, and a certain is preparing to divide the army into three roads, two ways to cross the river from the side, go ashore to surround Jingzhou City, and then lead the Chinese army to cross the river and take it in one fell swoop, I don't know what your opinion is? ”

Wei Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, thinking that there were several military advisors by his side at this time, Cao Cao even asked his opinion, obviously taking himself very seriously, and said happily at the moment: "Lord Qi, Wei Yan has some proposals, I don't know if the lord is willing to adopt them." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it."

"Lord, there is a general in Jingzhou City, named Wenpin, just now it is this person who fought with the last general, this person is also both civil and military, if we don't make a little momentum in the front, I'm afraid it will be recognized, according to the last general's opinion, we can use more than a dozen warships in the Chinese army to nail together with iron chains, carry catapults on board, and cross the river in the mighty front, Liu Biao must be afraid, and will use all his energy to resist the enemy in the front, and then cross the river from both sides at this time, killing two birds with one stone." Wei Yan finished speaking in one breath, obviously premeditated.

Cao Cao couldn't help but secretly marvel at this time, thinking that he had a general, and just asking Wei Yan just now was just to test Wei Yan's true material, and at this time, after listening to it, he really valued Wei Yan in his heart. Laughed out loud at the moment and said with a smile: "Wow! I have to be long, such as Gaozu Cao Shenye! Good! It's up to the length of the text. ”

Hearing that Cao Cao compared himself to Cao Shen in the early Han Dynasty, Wei Yan was even more overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the lord's appreciation, the lord knows the grace of the encounter, and the last general will be a liver and brain, and he can't repay it." ”

Wei Yan's words did not mean anything modest, he was full of arrogance and arrogance, and Xu Huang, Xiahou Yuan and the others were slightly displeased when they heard this. Xun Yu and other strategists were open-minded and didn't care, Guo Jia looked farther, and was not so careful in the details, and was corrected by Wei Yan at this time, and he didn't care, but he praised Wei Yan a little.

Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "A certain warship has already been arranged, although there are no powerful naval generals, but it is harmless, good!" Jingzhou will not be able to go down in the future. After speaking, he felt a little insufficient, and shouted: "Today, the whole army has a full meal, and the day after tomorrow we will raise troops to attack Jingzhou, and we will definitely succeed in one fell swoop!" ”

"Lord Shengming!" All the civil and military officers shouted in unison.

……

At this time, in Jingzhou City, Liu Biao and others were so frightened by Cao Cao, everyone trembled, everyone was in danger, and only a few of Liu Biao's henchmen were still thinking about how to resist the enemy.

"Kuai Yue, let the scouts be sent to Luoyang for help, it's been almost two months now, why haven't you seen the news coming." Liu Biao was also trembling at this time and asked.

Kuai Yue looked sad and said: "Don't hide it from the lord, the last general has been sent out to Luoyang for help, but no one has come back yet." ”

"Lord!" Cai Mao walked out of the report: "The last general learned the news from the people who returned to the south, and heard that Cao Cao had set up checkpoints on various traffic roads in his territory, and it was necessary to go to Luoyang to experience Cao Cao's Yuzhou, and he was robbed by Cao Cao." ”

"What! It's robbed! Good Cao Cao, Tedi vicious, Kuai Yue, you send more cavalry, detour from other states and counties to ask for help. Liu Biao was frightened, barely stabilized, and said.

"My lord! If you go from other states and counties, you need to travel for two more months! Even if you arrive in Luoyang in advance, it will take time for the Son of Heaven to dispatch troops, I'm afraid it's too late! Kuai Yue said sadly.

"Enlightened Lord! The eldest son and General Wenpin are here! At this time, a guard reported.

"Oh! Qi'er and General Wenpin are here, let them in! ”

When I was young, I saw Liu Qi and Wen Ping walking in, and first saluted Liu Biao and said, "Liu Qi (Wen Ping) to meet my father (lord)!" ”

"Excuse me, get up first!" Liu Biao stepped forward to help the two of them up, and said to Wen Ping: "General Wen Ping, today you defeated the enemy generals and increased the prestige of our army, and your credit is not small!" ”

As soon as Liu Biao's words came out, all the civil and military officers in the audience looked at each other, and everyone knew that although Wen Ping defeated Wei Yan, he was only frightened by Cao Cao's ten catapults and warships, and he retreated to the city, and he had already lost in momentum.

"Don't dare! Lord! Although there is a small victory today, I see that Cao Jun is only afraid of these Xu people coming, as if testing the reality of our army, not to mention Cao Cao's hundreds of generals, now there is only one Wei Yan, I don't know if it is and intentions. Wen Ping frowned and said worriedly.

Liu Biao also fell silent when he heard this, and Wen Ping was also at a loss and was silent. After a long time, Cai Mao walked out and reported: "Lord! Cao Cao is cunning and vicious, we can't compete with him head-on, we should only hold on, there is enough grain and grass in my city, and we can completely stalemate with Cao's army. ”

"No! Lord, if we defend Jingzhou to the death, with Cao Cao's cunning, we will inevitably carry out the plan of secretly crossing Chen Cang, and send strength to attack other states and counties in Jingzhou, and at that time, Jingzhou will become an isolated city, and at that time it is really a big trend. Wen Ping stopped Cai Mao at the moment.

Cai Mao immediately competed against each other and shouted: "Wenpin! I am the general of Jingzhou, what is the reason why you are a small general, dare to roar in the lobby? Cao's army is strong and generals, and it is difficult for our army to contend head-on, so it is only advisable to hold on, you have repeatedly fought against Cao's army, is it not that you secretly colluded with Cao Cao, and you can't turn against Cao Cao? ”

"You ......" Wen Ping knew that he would suffer a loss after all, so he hurriedly turned his head and said to Liu Biao: "Lord! The last general is loyal, just wanting to hold the land of Jingzhou and hope that the lord will see it. ”

Liu Biao fell to the ground suspiciously, listening to Cai Mao's words, he suddenly had some doubts, and was silent for a while, and when he was young, he waved his hand and said, "Okay!" Don't quarrel, Cao Cao is very good at using soldiers, and his troops are strong and wide, we can't confront him head-on, we should only hold on. ”

Cai Mao suddenly looked proud when she heard this, Wen Ping was anxious, and said, "Lord! We can't just stick to it! Please think twice! ”

"That's it! Don't talk about it! From today onwards, it is not allowed to go out of the city to engage Cao's army. ”