Jiangling City, which originally belonged to Guan Yu's former general and Jingzhou Governor's Mansion, has long been requisitioned by Eastern Wu as a temporary metropolitan governor.

The new governor of Eastern Wu is Lu Xun, but it is still Lu Meng who is in charge here.

Today, Lü Meng urgently summoned all the famous ministers and brave generals who had conquered Jingzhou to gather together in order to discuss whether to pursue Guan Yu and deal with the Wei army's movements.

According to the news brought back by Zhu Ran, Ding Feng, Zhuge Jin and other front-line generals one after another, Guan Yu was very powerful after receiving reinforcements from the direction of Shangyong, and broke Pan Zhang, Zhu Ran, Sun Jiao, Zhuge Jin, and Sun Huan one by one, and fought his way out of the well-arranged net.

After the offensive of encircling and suppressing Guan Yu was cracked, these people gathered their routs along the way and returned to the base camp Jiangling City one after another.

At the same time, several generals who were defeated also brought back false and real information about the Yu army—only 5,000 soldiers and horses.

Lu Meng is familiar with geography and has already done enough homework, the first encirclement and suppression cannot be achieved, and there is a second chain. He knew that Guan Yu would retreat westward from Maicheng and Linfang, and he would inevitably pass through Yidu and Yiling.

These two places have long been captured by Lu Xun who sent Li Yi and Xie Jing. At present, Li Yi and Xie Jing are going up the river to attack Zigui, and Lu Xun led his troops to personally guard the area of Yidu and Yiling.

The area is densely forested and there is only one rugged path to navigate.

In Lu Meng's plan, only Lu Xun could intercept Guan Yu in the area of Yidu and Yiling, and drag it out for a day and a half, he personally led 20,000 troops from Jiangling City up the river, and under the front and back attacks, Guan Yu's army would undoubtedly break.

Yesterday, as soon as Lu Xun's letter reached Jiangling, Lu Meng knew that the fighter plane had arrived. Early this morning, he ordered his troops and horses, and was about to go out of the city to chase Guan Yu, but was suddenly stopped by a letter sent by the Wei army and the information sent by the horse in front of him.

There are only a few lines written in the letter, which probably says: King Wei had previously allowed Sun Quan to be a vassal and crusade against Guan Yu, but Guan Yu was able to kill in such a siege network, which shows that Eastern Wu is not competent for this matter. The king of Wei did not have hope for the Eastern Wu army, and sent the Qinti army south to capture Guan Yuyun.

How can a wise man like Lu Meng not see the implicit meaning of this letter? In his opinion, the letter contains at least two meanings:

First, Cao Cao hinted that the Eastern Wu crusade against Guan Yu was approved by him, speaking of which, Wei was the party to this war, so if Wei wanted to send troops to Nanjun, it was justified, and Eastern Wu had no reason to refuse;

Second, Cao Cao used the fact that Dongwu couldn't catch Guan Yu, obviously mocking the vulnerability of the Dongwu army, and secretly threatening Dongwu not to use his mantis arm as a car.

At the same time, Jiangling City received a report from Tanmalay, saying that a large Wei army had appeared south of the river and 250 miles northwest of Jiangling City.

As early as the beginning of the crusade against Guan Yu, Lü Meng was wary of the ambition and decisiveness of Cao Cao, the king of Wei. At the same time, he also knew that all the Wei naval forces were destroyed during Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, so he sent Jiang Qin to hold the water and set up more than 200 large and small warships, which could be regarded as a deterrent while monitoring the movements of the Wei army.

This arrangement was extremely appropriate, and in the past two months, the Wei army stuck to the line of Xiangyang and Fancheng, and had no intention of going south.

How do you know that a few days ago, Jiang Qin's water camp was suspected of being attacked by Guan Yu, and the battleships were destroyed, and the advantage of Eastern Wu in water warfare was suddenly gone.

After hearing the news, he immediately issued a document to urgently summon the general Gan Ning and Gan Xingba to lead the naval army of the headquarters to go to the water to re-fortify.

How do you know that Cao Cao was decisive in killing, and quickly sent troops south within two days. And this urgently enlisted letter has just been handed to Gan Ning.

The matter was urgent, and the situation was serious, Lu Meng could only lead the army to turn back in a hurry, convene the generals, and raise the account.

Above the main hall, he sat on the throne. Since his surrender, the famous ministers of Eastern Wu have been divided into left and right, and they have gathered together. Zhuge Jin, Zhu Ran, Sun Huan, Ding Feng and others, who were defeated by Guan Yu and Jiang Wei that day, but escaped from the heavens, were also listed.

Although Lü Meng no longer holds the post of the governor of the capital, he has been in the army for a long time, has a deep prestige, and has offered a plan to take the southern county of Jingzhou. Seeing that the generals were in place one after another, they took the lead in speaking:

"Let's talk about it, how should our army react to the current situation?"

The first to come out was a very handsome young general, he hugged his fist slightly, that is: "Yu, the tiger general of the world, do not remove it at this time, let him return to the west, there is no doubt that the tiger will return to the mountain, he will be in great trouble in the future, and the last general thinks that the general still sends troops to exterminate it." ”

Lü Meng recognized this person, it was Zhou Yin, the second son of the late Metropolitan Governor Zhou Yu, who was appointed as the captain of Xingye and married the daughter of the clan, and now led 1,000 soldiers and served as a public security guard.

The generals in the hall were originally his father Zhou Yu's old subordinates, so they also had three points of respect for Zhou Yin, and they also agreed with his words, including Sun Huan and Ding Feng, and many generals nodded yes.

When Zhou Yu was famous in Chibi with a fire, Lu Meng also had a nickname called "Wuxia Ameng". Zhou Yu also had a lot of support for him when he was alive, so he was also very polite to Zhou Yin, and when he heard the words, he bowed his head slightly:

"What Captain Zhou said is very true, but our 20,000-strong army has been newly defeated, and the soldiers have all broken their legs and feet, and they are not suitable for appointment in the short term. At present, there are only 30,000 soldiers stationed in the city. If you want to encircle and suppress Guan Yu, you must have 20,000 elite soldiers, so there are 10,000 soldiers left to garrison Jiangling City, if you want to deal with Cao Cao, I am afraid that you will be overstretched. ”

When he said that "the 20,000 army is newly defeated", he raised his eyes and swept towards Sun Huan and Ding Feng, and the people who were watching were all red-faced, bowed their heads and held their breath, and remained silent.

Zhou Yin didn't notice it at all, and said Lang Lang: "Wu Wei is already an ally after all, not to mention that Guan Yu forced Cao ** so embarrassed that day, Cao Cao is very likely to pursue Guan Yu to take revenge as stated in the letter, and may not be coming for our army." What's more, even if Cao Cao's soldiers are under the city of Jiangling, why should our army be afraid? When his father burned Cao Cao in a hurry, if he dared to come, he would be willing to be a pioneer and would teach him to come and go. ”

Lu Meng glanced at Zhou Yin, who was impassioned and gushing, and sighed secretly: "Zhou Dudu I is a hero, but he gave birth to a son ......"

At this time, Zhuge Jin coughed lightly and said, "Cao Cao has always been ambitious, so he must be guarded against. Nanjun is newly attached, the people's hearts are unstable, and for the sake of conservatism, they should be suppressed with a large army. ”

Zhou Yin hurriedly said: "Then you can't let Guan Yu go?"

Zhuge Jin said: "As far as Jin knows, the one who came to rescue Guan Yu this time was the general of Shangyong Liu Feng. It must be known that Liu Feng's subordinates are all Yizhou soldiers, and the art of war is cloudy: don't hide when you return to the teacher, don't chase after the poor. Since the Yu army is a battle homecoming, the fighting spirit must be extremely fierce, and although there are only more than 5,000 people in Guan Yu as the commander, if we don't have 20,000 horses, I'm afraid that we won't be able to eat it completely. It's just that in this way, the defenders in Jiangling City are insufficient, and Xu gave Cao Cao an opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

His words were analyzed very reasonably, and everyone in the hall nodded more than once they heard it.

Lu Meng looked around and said in a deep voice: "Jiangling City is the lifeblood of Nanjun's foundation. According to this, we can reject Cao Cao in the north and take the two counties of Wuling and Lingling in the south, and we must not lose anything. Zhou Duwei, I will ask you, one side is gathering momentum, and the other side is a lost dog, which side do you say is more troublesome? ”

Zhou Yin was about to refute, but Zhuge Jin came out again to persuade: "Zhou Duwei, the lesser of two evils." Moreover, the lord has already personally led an army of 50,000 from Xiakou, and it will arrive in a few days. It's better to be still than to be still, it's better to wait for the lord to arrive, and then it's not too late to make a decision. ”

During the conversation between the two, Lu Meng was thinking quickly in his heart:

Cao Cao went south to grab food, but after all, he lacked ships and could only operate in Nanjun, north of the Yangtze River. Now the people of Lingling and Wuling counties south of the Yangtze River are panicking, and they just take this opportunity to take a few soldiers and horses one by one. ”

He saw that Zhou Yinwu was unconvinced, and he had a plan in his heart, so he said: "Zhou Duwei is dedicated to the public, and his ambition is commendable. While we are holding on to the city, Zhou Duwei can lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to the south to collect the cities of Lingling and Wuling counties. ”

Zhou Yin was overjoyed when he heard this. Guan Yu's general trend has gone, and these cities will be able to be passed on! He knew that this was a credit given to him by Lu Mengbai, so he bowed down and received it at the moment, and said nothing.

The opposition in the church suddenly ceased.

At this time, Sun Huan suddenly asked: "If Liu Bei leads the troops to come, and our army is adjacent to Liu Bei in the west and Cao Cao in the north, won't it be the enemy on the back?" ”

Zhu Ran on the side replied: "From Shuzhong to Jiangling, only Zigui, Yiling, and Yaoting are together, the mountains and forests here are dense, and it is not easy for the army to pass. ”

Seeing that the three bigwigs had made up their minds to shrink their forces and hold Jiangling City, Sun Huan of the Shaozhuang faction no longer insisted and had to comply.

Lu Meng looked around, and when he saw that there was no one to object, he ordered:

"Cao Cao was beaten by Guan Yu before, and at this time, he just wanted to get a piece of the pie, and he might not dare to attack Nanjun. We just have to wait for the arrival of the Lord's reinforcements and the completion of the rebuilding of the Shuishui camp, and this road will definitely be self-defeating without a fight, so you don't have to be discouraged. What's more, we still have Yu Ban and 30,000 Wei soldiers in our hands as hostages, and Cao Cao will definitely not fight to the death. ”

After a pause, he said: "However, field warfare is the strength of the Wei army, and it is ordered that all departments should guard the cities they have gained, and they must not provoke lightly, and they must not let Cao Cao take advantage of the loopholes." ”

All the generals bowed down and agreed:

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Lu Meng looked at everyone's faces one by one, although the generals suddenly received the order, but after all, everyone's expressions were not as high-spirited as when they first entered Jingzhou, especially Zhu Ran and Sun Huan, who must have been deeply frustrated by Guan Yu's might.

He shaved his short beard lightly, and said in his heart: "Shu has Yu, Wei has Xu Huang, and after all, we have one less tiger general who can match it." I don't know where Xingba and Youping fell at this time......"