Cao Cao, who Guan Yu was thinking about, was camping on the mountain road thirty miles away at the moment.

He was wrapped in a thick quilt, and in the faint light of the oil lamp, he squinted at the "Yugong Kyushu map" on the case.

The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were deepened by the smile, and his left hand couldn't stop stroking his beard, and he was obviously in a very good mood.

Although Wei was at a disadvantage in the two major battles of Hanzhong and Xiangfan, and caused a series of internal and external troubles, and his troops were really a little stretched, he still seized the opportunity of the decisive battle of Shu and Wu, and used the world as a chessboard to calmly unfold the layout.

On the bright side, Sima Yi led 20,000 Tuntian soldiers and stayed in Dangyang County to stand still, which he deliberately did for Liu Bei and Sun Quan to see.

The Tuntian soldiers used it to farm the land were a good hand, but they could only be described as miserable when they were used to fight the war. However, it is better to hide people's eyes.

Sima Yi led these 20,000 croppers to guard Dangyang, silently, forcing Lu Meng to sit in Jiangling City and not dare to move; Liu Bei also sent a small number of troops to be stationed in Jiangbei for surveillance.

At the same time, he ordered Zhang Liao to lead the army to approach the mouth of the Xukou, and Wen Ping to lead the army to cross the border of Wei, Wu, Jiangxi, and Xia.

In fact, Eastern Wu has always been heavily guarded in the area of Susukou and Jiangxia, and Zhang Liao and Wenpin only have one soldier after all, and it is not possible to conquer these two places alone.

The reason why Cao Cao did this was to deliberately create a situation of all-out war when Sun Quan's main force was not on the Eastern Front, in order to coerce Sun Quan to give in and hand over Yu Ban and 30,000 soldiers who were imprisoned in Jiangling.

Let's not talk about Yu Ban's surrender, these soldiers followed him to the south and the north to fight, they are all elites who have survived a hundred battles, and they must not cheapen others.

In addition, he sent Xu Huang to lead 30,000 main forces north to take the three counties of Shangyong, Fangling and Xicheng.

The Shen brothers, the local wealthy family, were originally officials of the Wei State, and they had already been eye-to-eye, Xu Huang's army had not yet set off, and the three counties of Shangyong had already known the truth and reality.

The man named Meng Da was also a person who could afford to let go, and after Xu Huang's army arrived, he immediately led more than 4,000 families to return to Wei.

Xu Huang was bloodless to conquer the three eastern counties, and the only fly in the ointment was that he escaped Liu Bei's righteous son Liu Feng.

"But is there any evil in the world that is as good as people want?"

Slipped through such a small shrimp, Cao Cao didn't care about it at all, he is now full of thoughts, that is, how to capture Zigui, cut off Liu Bei's back road, and sit back and watch Liu Bei fall.

This desire is so strong that it doesn't even have a head attack.

Although the Shennong Mountain Road is treacherous, but thanks to the stalemate between Liu Bei and Sun Quan in the Yiling and Yaoting areas for nearly a month, he was able to calmly levy the local people of Shangyong, open the road in the mountains, build bridges when encountering water, and open up a trail in the deep mountains and old forests into a "thoroughfare" that can accommodate 20,000 troops.

With such a road, the transfer of reinforcements and grain is not a problem; What he is worried about is how to capture Zigui as soon as possible without Liu Bei noticing.

After looking at it for a long time, Cao Cao finally let out a long yawn, slowly closed the map, and turned back to the bed.

"Calculate the schedule, and you can arrive at Zigui City tomorrow. Lone wants to see if this destiny is in Shu or Wei! ”

At dawn the next day, the army continued to march on its way.

At noon, thirty miles away, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps ahead.

Cao Cao could see it, but when he saw Xu Huang's anxious face, he came quickly.

"Komeito, what's the matter?"

Xu Huang walked in front of him, bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "King Qiwei, the spies are coming to report, and the Longmen roar in front is occupied by a Shu army of hundreds of people." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his face was a little solemn: "Could it be that Liu Bei knew the movements of our army and withdrew to Zigui in advance?" ”

He paced with his hands in his hand, then suddenly turned around and said, "No, if Liu Bei's army has returned to Zhenzigui, why send people here to intercept it?" It must be that the local guards noticed the movement of the mountain road and wanted to intercept our army here, so as to delay until Liu Bei's reinforcements arrived. ”

After a pause, he seemed to have made up his mind and said: "In this way, our army must speed up and grab Zigui before Liu Bei arrives!" ”

Xu Huang said: "King Wei is wise. It's just that...... Just ......"

"Just what?"

"The terrain of Longmen Roar is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the general who guards the town is Guan Yu!"

"What! Guan Yunchang is here? When Cao Cao heard this, he was shocked, but he quickly suppressed this emotion, and instead showed a smile:

"Isn't it that you Xu Gongming saw the old man and had compassion?"

Xu Huang said: "The minister has been separated from the clouds, and he has been in a hurry for several years, and he has been taught by him more than that, and I am grateful for not forgetting." Today is a matter of the state, and the ministers dare not abolish the public with private interests. Just as he was about to ask King Wei to give the order to attack Longmen Throat, the victory or defeat was today! ”

Cao Cao bowed his head and said: "These words show that Gongming understands righteousness..... As for the terrain—"

He looked up at the direction of the wind and said slowly:

"Now the northeast wind is rising, and the feather is located in the south of our army, and the public can make people light firewood, and the smoke will drift into the feather array with the wind, making it difficult for their eyes to see; Secondly, divide the army into twenty-four divisions, each of which will attack for half an hour, after all, the Yu army has few people, and it is lonely to see how many hours he can last; Then he ordered the archers to keep shooting back into the back of the feather formation. With such three forces in unison, the feather army will not be able to support it for a long time! ”

"Command!"

Seeing Xu Huang striding away, Cao Cao stood in the middle of the mountain road, and immediately remembered some old things.

I don't know how long it has been standing.

The mountain wind is cold, and it hurts to shave your face.

The attendants on the side kept persuading King Wei to avoid the limelight, but Cao Cao didn't hear it, and he suddenly wanted to see Guan Yu.

The two are both old friends and old enemies, and have been respecting each other for decades.

It's just that they promised to say goodbye, but they haven't met for 20 years.

After fighting for a long time, now that both of them are old, maybe this will be the last time they will be with each other.

Cao Cao's heart moved at will, and he immediately led a few guards to move forward.

But when he was still hundreds of paces from the front of the formation, he stopped.

Although they are old friends, they have fought many times, but they don't know what to say when they meet.

Well, just take a look at it from afar.

Cao Cao was isolated in a gloomy cloud, looking into the distance.

But seeing Guan Yu standing with his sword against his back, because he was far away, he couldn't see his face clearly for a while.

The sun shone on the armor on Guan Yu's body, glowing with a faint dazzling golden light, looking from a distance, it seemed that the whole person was shrouded in a golden halo, which made people even more awe-inspiring.

Such a tall and majestic figure stood on the Longmen throat sheep intestine path, the mountain wind gusted, but he was like a mountain stone, like a god.

If it weren't for the fluttering clothes, Cao Cao would almost have thought he was a stone statue.

After looking at it for a long time, he grabbed a handful of gray hair strands behind him, looked at it, and said with emotion in his heart:

"After so many years, I am already an old man with gorgeous hair, and Yun Chang is still the one who is righteous, does not lean on power, and does not care about his interests!"

At this time, under the trail, the Wei army in black clothes and black armor had already completed the formation and was ready to start attacking.

Cao Cao wasn't worried at all that Xu Huang would not be able to break through Guan Yu's level, but he didn't know why, but he didn't have joy in his heart.