Chapter Fifty-Six: Passing Xiangyang Safely
Cao Cao patted Cao Ren on the shoulder: "Zixiao, if Yun Chang wants to pass through Xiangyang and return to Shangyong, Lu Meng will definitely chase him, you must stop Yun Chang, you can only hold your position, you can't fight with it, just hold on until Lu Meng's army catches up, you can retreat to Xiangyang, in short, you must let Yun Chang and Lu Meng fight!" β
Cao Ren nodded: "Brother, don't worry, this matter is handed over to me!" β
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Hanzhong, Nanzheng.
Today's Hanzhong Taishou is Wei Yan.
Now Liu Bei's army is mainly divided into three parts, the most important is naturally the troops arranged in Shuzhong under the command of Liu Bei himself, the other is the Guan Yu Corps in Jingzhou, and the other is the Wei Yan Corps in Hanzhong.
At this time, Wei Yan was holding the letter sent by Shangyong overnight.
Guan Yu's soldiers were defeated and trapped in Maicheng, and the nine counties of Jingzhou were left with Maicheng in a blink of an eye, and Cao Cao's army was even more in Mopi, and now Jingzhou must not be able to hold it. As for whether Guan Yu can come back alive, it depends on his luck.
What made Wei Yan even more shocked was that Liu Chan actually appeared in Shangyong, and went to Maicheng with the army to rescue Guan Yu!
"General, Guan Junhou is now trapped in Maicheng, should we send troops to rescue him?" Next to him, Wang Ping asked.
"Save, must be saved!" Wei Yan sighed, speaking of which, the distance from Nanzheng to Shangyong is not close, if you want to go from Nanzheng to Shangyong, you can't go directly to the east, you must first go out of Yangping Pass, and you can reach Shangyong in a big circle.
I only heard Wang Ping next to him say: "General, if we send troops now, it will be more than half a month since we reach Shangyong, let alone go to Jingzhou, are we in time?" β
"Naturally, it's too late. But the letter for help has already arrived in our hands, if we don't save it, the lord will blame him in the future, how can we afford it! What's more, this time Liu Changongzi also went to rescue Jingzhou, so even if it is too late, we must go, if we can save the prince of Xiaguan, it is a great achievement, even if we can't save it, we can be regarded as doing our best, and the lord will not blame us in the future! Wei Yan said slowly.
"The last general understands, and the last general will immediately go to prepare the soldiers, horses, food and grass!"
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At this time, Adou had already entered the territory of Xiangyang with 10,000 soldiers and horses.
Now Adou is divided into two roads, all the way 10,000 horses led by Meng Da and Liu Feng, 20,000 people, the road to the south of Jingshan, the purpose is to attract Lu Meng's attention, and he took Liao Hua and Zhang Wei to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to take advantage of Xiangyang, under the banner of Liu Feng, along the Xiangjiang River, and went straight to Maicheng.
In LΓΌ Meng's opinion, Cao Cao had already recaptured Xiangyang, so the road that Guan Yu had retreated from Xiangyang to Maicheng was actually no longer possible, so LΓΌ Meng put all his attention to the west. Therefore, LΓΌ Meng will inevitably send people to the west to intercept Shangyong's reinforcements, and for Xiangyang, it is basically undefended.
On Cao Cao's side, he wished that Jingzhou would fight more fiercely, and the more Sun and Liu consumed, the happier Cao Cao became, so Adou was able to take advantage of Cao Cao's psychology of wanting to take advantage, so he asked Liu Feng to write a letter to Cao Cao and use Xiangyang.
Adou has studied the "New Book of Mengde" for several years, and Adou is very familiar with Cao Cao's habit of using soldiers. Cao Cao in order to make the two sides of Sun and Liu fight more intensely, naturally willing to borrow Xiangyang, now Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, so Cao Cao will not worry about what tricks the Shangyong reinforcements play, but according to Cao Cao's temperament, if he saves Guan Yu and wants to return the same way, Cao Cao will inevitably intercept him on the front line of Xiangyang, so it is easy to go to Maicheng now, but it is much more difficult to return to Shangyong.
Adou moved his buttocks, this horseback riding was not what Adou was good at, not to mention that there was no horse pedal, Adou simply found a rope and tied his legs to the horse.
"Young master, I have just investigated, the gate of Xiangyang City is closed, and there is not a single soldier of Cao Cao in the entire vicinity of Xiangyang for dozens of miles, so they must have withdrawn to the city!" Zhang Wei came over and said.
Liao Hua next to him looked at Adou with admiration: "Childe is really like a god, this Cao Cao really lent us the way!" Isn't he afraid that we will take advantage of the situation to seize Xiangyang? β
"Take Xiangyang, I want to too!" The corners of Ah Dou's mouth curled slightly, and then said: "If my expectations are correct, I am afraid that there are at least 30,000 troops in Xiangyang City at this time, and Cao Cao will definitely send Cao Ren to guard Xiangyang." What's more, Cao Cao personally led the army to camp in Mopi, and it was only a stone's throw away from Xiangyang, unless we could take Xiangyang within two or three days, otherwise once Cao Cao's army arrived, this Xiangyang would never be able to be captured again. Look at our 10,000 soldiers and horses, if you want to take Xiangyang in two or three days, even twenty or thirty days! β
Indeed, as expected, there were indeed 30,000 horses in Xiangyang City at this time, and the generals defending the city were not only Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang, but also Cao Ren.
Cao Ren stood at the head of the city, looking at the northwest from afar, it stands to reason that the mediocre Shu army should also arrive.
"General, the scout has just come to report, and a team of Shu County has come from the direction of Shangyong, about 10,000 people, under the banner of Liu Feng." Xiahou Shang said.
"Order the officers and men of the three armies to guard the city, and no one is allowed to go out of the city to find a gap! Send more scouts, keep an eye on me! β
"The last general obeys!"
Cao Ren breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head, and just saw Xu Huang clenching all of them, standing by the city wall.
Cao Ren smiled: "Gongming, do you want to fight?" β
"Brother Zixiao, where did you say...... Xu Huang laughed dryly.
Cao Ren and Xu Huang have known each other for many years, and Cao Ren has always been very arrogant, and he can get together with anyone, so Xu Huang and Cao Ren are not outside.
"Alright, Komei, stop pretending! I can see that your hands are itchy, are you not taught enough by Guan Yu? Cao Ren said with a smile.
"Hey!" Xu Huang sighed suddenly, when Guan Yu was in Cao Ying, there were not many people in Cao Ying who had a relationship with Guan Yu, except for Zhang Liao, Xu Huang was one.
"What's the matter, Komei, why are you sighing?"
"Thinking about the first few **** still fighting with Yun Chang next to this water, I didn't expect that in just a few days, Yun Chang has been trapped in Mai City, and he is in danger, the world is really changeable!" Saying this, Xu Huang sighed again.
"I know Gongming, you have always valued righteousness, my brother said, Liu Feng saved Guan Yu, maybe Guan Yu will go to Xiangyang and return to Shangyong, if Gongming can persuade Guan Yu to surrender, it will also be a great achievement!" Cao Ren said.
"Hehe, what Brother Zixiao said is not easy to say! Back then, Yun Chang surrendered to the lord, but it was just to protect Liu Bei's wife! You and I can see how the lord treats Yun Chang, but didn't Yun Chang still pass five levels and kill six generals to vote for Liu Bei? Xu Huang said with some regret.
Cao Ren nodded, when Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao had nothing to say about Guan Yu, so he almost didn't build a temple for Guan Yu, even Cao Ren was very jealous when he saw it, but Guan Yu finally went to Liu Bei. If you want Guan Yu to surrender, it is difficult to climb to the sky!
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The third chapter is sent, and finally the highlight of rescuing Guan Gong is written, a small preview, tens of thousands of words are the plot of rescuing Guan Gong, and Adou will directly face Lu Meng, Lu Xun and other bulls......