The soldiers who had dozed off had long since lost their sleep, and the soldiers who had gathered together to talk and laugh were no longer able to laugh.

Lu Xun's hand really suppressed these soldiers.

At this time, those soldiers standing on the school field couldn't help but secretly rejoice, fortunately they came, if they were really used as military slaves, then they would be unlucky, and those soldiers who were originally standing outside the school field waiting to see Lu Xun's jokes, at this time their faces were gray, and many people cried. Many people rushed towards the school grounds, but the soldiers who rushed out in front of them stopped them.

Behind Lu Xun, Quan Cong nodded secretly, at this time, in Quan Cong's eyes, Lu Xun was no longer the useless scholar. Quan Cong has led the troops for many years and has rich experience, Quan Cong naturally knows that at this time, he should deter the three armies with the power of thunder, and killing people is the best means. Originally, Quan Cong thought that Lu Xun, a weak scholar, would definitely not dare to kill, but he didn't expect that Lu Xun would kill decisively, and in this regard, he can be called a qualified general.

Lu Xun saw that his hand really shocked the army below, so he personally stepped forward and shouted: "Queue!" ”

With Lu Xun's shout, the soldiers who were originally lazy and lazy immediately stood up at the fastest speed and lined up in formation.

Lu Xun nodded with satisfaction, and said to Sun Shao next to him: "Read out the military order!" ”

I saw Sun Shao come to the front row, open the silk cloth in his hand, and shouted: "Read out the military order below." First, those who do not listen to orders will be killed! ”

"Don't beat the drum, chop!"

"Mingjin does not retreat, slash!"

"......" has a dozen military orders in a row. More than a dozen "chop" words popped out of Sun Shaodi's mouth. Every time you say the word "chop". The soldiers below couldn't help but feel a shock in their hearts.

Lu Xun looked coldly at everything below. Now the tens of thousands of soldiers in Maicheng can be considered to be temporarily done. However, the thousands of men and horses in Panzhang and the 50,000 troops of Xu Sheng and Ding Feng are still a big trouble. It's going to take some work to put it together.

But now Lu Xun is not in a hurry. In Lu Xun's opinion. The Shangyong Shu army can come through Xiangyang. The only explanation is that Cao Cao deliberately let him go. Lu Xun had already guessed it. The reason why Cao Cao deliberately put the Yongdi Shu army over. The purpose is naturally to let the Shu army and the Jiangdong army fight fiercely. And Cao Cao can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

For now. Cao Cao's initial goal was achieved. Although both sides have not lost many troops so far. Whether it is the Jiangdong Army or the Shangyong Shu Army, they have not yet broken their muscles and bones. But Lü Meng, Zhu Ran and Jiang Qin were killed. The impact on Jiangdong is still very large.

Now the two sides have not yet fought to the point where both sides are defeated. Therefore, Cao Cao categorically would not let Guan Yu return from Xiangyang to Shangyong. So Lu Xun believes. If Guan Yu thought about Xiangyang and returned to Shangyong. Cao Cao must have sent a large army to intercept it. So Lu Xun was not in a hurry at all. Even if Guan Yu ran fast. When you get to Xiangyang, you still have to be blocked.

At this time, what Lu Xun was worried about was not whether he could annihilate Guan Yu. It's Liu Bei in Shuzhong. Now Jiangdong occupies Jingzhou. Liu Bei is bound not to give up. Lu Xun could even foresee. Liu Bei will inevitably send troops to recapture Jingzhou. At that time, I am afraid that it will be another protracted war.

Suddenly, Lu Xun deeply felt that the position of this metropolitan governor was really a hot potato! Although it may seem like a high-ranking position on the outside, in reality there are so many challenges to face. If you can cope with it, people will at most say that you have done your duty, but if you are not careful, then you will become a sinner in Jiangdong! At that time, Zhang Zhao and others will be able to drown themselves just by punishing them!

"Whew!" Lu Xun sighed softly, now that he had taken over this errand, he could only bite the bullet......

……

Jingshan frontline,

"General, we just found out that Xu Sheng and Ding Feng actually retreated!"

"Xu Shengding has retired from the army?" Hearing this, Meng Da frowned and began to think.

"Isn't it that Xu Sheng and Ding Feng have already seen through us, this is a suspicious plan?" Liu Feng asked.

Meng Da shook his head, then stretched out his hand to calculate the time, and said: "We have been out for some days, according to the time, Liu Changongzi and Liao Hua should have arrived in Maicheng!" Now that Xu Sheng has retired from the army, do you think it will be that Liu Changongzi has successfully rescued Guan Junhou? ”

Liu Feng nodded: "I understand, presumably Adou has rescued the second uncle, and now he is breaking through to Shangyong, so this Xu Sheng and Ding Feng will lead the troops back!" It's just that I don't know if Adou is going to Xiangyang or Linfang! ”

Hearing this, Meng Da shook his head, although this eldest prince has good kung fu and can be regarded as a brave general, but when it comes to his head, this eldest prince is a little worse. Thinking about Adou's strange tricks, Meng Dayue felt that he should follow Adou unswervingly, and with his own ability, he would be crowned a marquis and worship the prime minister in the future, just around the corner.

Meng Da coughed dryly and said: "If Guan Junhou breaks through from the direction of Linfang, he will inevitably pass through us, in that case, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng don't need to retreat at all, they just need to wait here and wait for Guan Junhou to come over and intercept it directly!" But now that Xu Sheng and Ding Feng have withdrawn their troops, it means that Guan Junhou will inevitably go to Xiangyang! ”

Liu Feng nodded: "Then what should we do?" Go straight back to the mediocrity? ”

"No, absolutely not!" Meng Da immediately spoke: "Guan Junhou will inevitably be intercepted by Cao Jun when he returns from Shangyong, I think we should go to the vicinity of Xiangyang first and meet Guan Junhou!" ”

"That's right, we should take the second uncle and Adou! Okay, then let's go to Xiangyang immediately! ”

Seeing the back of Liu Feng leaving, Meng Da smiled slightly, in fact, Meng Da was unwilling to go to Xiangyang to take risks, now is a good opportunity for himself to perform in front of Adou, this is to go to Xiangyang to pick up Adou, no matter whether it is success or failure, even if it is just to lead the troops to the past station, this can be regarded as entering the heart. In the future, Guan Yu owes himself no favor, and he must be able to please Adou! It's a great benefit to your career!

……

Xiangyang.

Cao Ren rubbed his temples, then stood up and twisted his arms.

It has been many days since Shangyong's reinforcements, and I don't know what the situation in Maicheng is now, and whether Guan Yu and Lu Meng have fought.

If Guan Yu still wants to retreat from his side, then he must stop Guan Yu.

In the past few days, in order to get Guan Yu's whereabouts, Cao Ren sent all the scouts in Xiangyang, and the reconnaissance range was expanding day by day, but there was still no news from Maicheng.

This waiting time is undoubtedly the longest, in order to wait for the news of Maicheng, Cao Ren can't sleep at night, and runs towards the city when he has nothing to do, wanting to see if there are any scouts back.

Late at night, Cao Ren came to the castle tower again, and several patrolling soldiers were surrounding a fire, rubbing their hands and stamping their feet from time to time to drive away the winter cold.

Seeing Cao Ren coming, several soldiers immediately stood up from the fire, and Cao Ren waved at several soldiers

Don't be nervous about them.

Now that the end of the year is approaching, it stands to reason that this time has passed the coldest stage of winter, but the cool breeze dancing in the air is still a little unbearable, and the upper floor of this city is far higher than other places by three points, and the cold wind here is naturally stronger than other places. Therefore, it is also human nature for these soldiers to roast and roast the fire to drive away the cold.

"General, why are you here?" A middle-aged general walked over, and Cao Ren saw that this person was Xiahou Shang.

Xiahou Shang's name Boren is Xiahou Yuan's clan, and among the young people in the Xiahou family, Xiahou Shang is the most talented person.

Cao Ren looked at Xiahou Shang, and immediately squeezed out a smile on his face, and said: "It turned out to be Boren, I'm just a little worried, just come and go around!" ”

"General, it's windy here, you better go back and rest early, I'll just watch here!" Xiahou Shang said, but his eyes moved to the outside of the city.

The sound of horses' hooves came from the city, and in the distance, three cavalrymen came to the city gate, and Cao Ren saw that it was the scouts he had sent out.

"Open the gates!" Cao Ren immediately said as he walked towards the city.

The city gate opened, and Cao Ren himself came to the city, at this time, the three scouts had already entered the city, and it could be seen that the three of them were very tired, one of them got off his horse, and immediately fell to the ground panting, while the remaining two simply lay on their horses, and had no strength to come down.

Cao Ren knew at a glance that these scouts were probably out of strength. It's winter now, and the scouts naturally consume more physical strength than usual, and these three scouts are probably in a hurry overnight. I guess I found something.

One of the scouts at the head saw Cao Ren coming and said intermittently: "General, I found it...... We've got it! ”

"Go get hot wine!" Cao Ren shouted at his men, and in a moment, the soldiers brought a night of hot wine from the gatehouse under the city.

This hot wine was originally intended for those scouts, who went out to scout, poured a cold wind on their stomachs, and when they came back, some of them were almost frozen in their limbs, and a bowl of hot wine was better than anything else.

Cao Ren took the hot wine and personally poured the wine into the scout's stomach, after the scout drank the wine, he breathed a sigh lightly, and a trace of ruddy appeared on his face, and after a while, he gradually eased up, and said: "General, we have found out, we have found Guan Yu's whereabouts!" ”

"Express!" Cao Ren hurriedly said.

"General, we walked south along the Xiangjiang River, and finally found the enemy, about 10,000 people, coming in the direction of Xiangyang!"

"Can you see clearly where the men and horses are, and who is leading the troops?"

"See clearly, it's the Shu army that came, and it was Guan Yu who saw the banner and led the troops!"

"Oh?" Hearing this, Cao Ren gasped, this Guan Yu really escaped from Maicheng, and planned to go over from Xiangyang!

"How fast is this Guan Yu's march? Is there anyone chasing after you? Cao Ren asked.

"I reported as soon as I saw Guan Yu, I didn't pay attention to Guan Yu's marching speed, but it shouldn't look fast, and it was orderly, I didn't see a little panic at all, it didn't look like someone was chasing!"

"No one is chasing? How is this possible? Cao Ren frowned, Cao Cao had analyzed with himself before, if Guan Yu succeeded in breaking through, Lu Meng would inevitably chase after him from behind, and Guan Yu would also flee in a hurry. But now the situation that Guan Yu is showing is not like someone chasing after him at all, could it be that Lu Meng has a kind heart and wants to let Guan Yu leave, so he didn't chase after him?

Then Cao Ren shook his head again, where did Lu Meng be so sympathetic, this Lu Meng would definitely not let Guan Yu go. But Lu Meng didn't chase Guan Yu, why is this?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Cao Ren's mind, and he thought of a possibility, that is, Lu Meng sent people to chase Guan Yu, but he was defeated by Guan Yu, so Guan Yu walked towards Xiangyang with such a swagger!

Cao Ren's body shook suddenly, and Cao Ren was taken aback by his own idea at this time. Lu Meng has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and Guan Yu only has 10,000 horses in his hands, can he still win in the face of troops several times his own?

If the coach is incompetent, Guan Yu still has the possibility of winning with some tricks, but Lu Meng is not a mediocre talent, this Lu Meng has been in the army for many years, has experienced countless large and small battle formations, and his combat exploits are even more impressive.

In fact, in Cao Ren's view, if the strength of the two sides is equal, the two armies are facing each other, Lu Meng may not be Guan Yu's opponent, but if Lu Meng is slightly weaker, then the number of wins and losses between the two sides can be between five and five, but now the gap between the two sides is too big, more than ten times the gap, how can Lu Meng Guan Yu defeat Lu Meng?

Seeing Cao Ren's frowns, Xiahou Shang next to him didn't dare to speak, after all, in front of Cao Ren, Xiahou Shang was just a junior, but Xiahou Shang also knew that this matter was very important, so he waved his hand, asked the pro-soldiers to come over, and secretly said in the ears of the pro-soldiers: "You go and call General Xu Huang over, just say that there is an emergency military situation!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly ran to Xu Huang's residence, and after a while, Xu Huang arrived on horseback.

Xu Huang saw the scout cavalry who were still panting, and immediately understood in his heart, looking at this posture, I'm afraid that Guan Yu of Namai City has news!

"Brother Zixiao, but with Guan Yunchang's news, is he going to leave our Xiangyang to return to Jing Shangyong!" Xu Huang asked.

Cao Ren saw Xu Huang coming, only to see Cao Ren nodded: "Gongming, that's right, Guan Yu really escaped from Maicheng!" This is not the place to talk, let's go to the tent and talk slowly! ”

Cao Ren, Xu Huang, and Xiahou Shang returned to the tent, and at this time, Cao Ren told Xu Huang the news that the scout had discovered.

Xu Huang is also a very experienced general, and after hearing Cao Ren's words, he immediately made a judgment similar to Cao Ren's just now. In Xu Huang's opinion, Guan Yu broke through from Maicheng, and it was impossible for Lu Meng not to chase, and the performance of Guan Yu's army seemed to be like someone was chasing behind, but if Guan Yu defeated Lu Meng's army, this was an impossible thing to happen, and all of this made Xu Huang puzzled.

After a long time, Xu Huang opened his mouth and said, "Brother Zixiao, do you think this will be Lu Meng's trap?" ”

"Lu Meng's trap, what does Gongming mean, let's talk about it carefully." Cao Ren knew that Xu Huang was very good at leading troops to fight, so he asked for advice very humbly.

I only listened to a few words that came out of Xu Huang's mouth: "Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended for Pei Gong!" ”