At noon on the seventh day, with the last group of people boarding the ship, the settlement between Han and Wu was finally completed.

This day is also the day when Lu Xun ends his visit.

Jiang Wei sent him to the gate of the camp, and the two talked about it yesterday, although there was a little unpleasantness, but they finally had a friendship.

After saying goodbye, Lu Xun turned over and got on his horse and was about to turn around and leave.

"Wait!"

Hearing a thunderous shout from the rear of the camp, Jiang Wei followed the prestige, and saw Zhou Cang, a burly man like an iron tower, with a murderous face, holding the long knife around his waist, and taking three steps and two steps.

He pressed down Lu Xun's mount, raised his eyebrows coldly, and shouted: "Sneak attack on Jingzhou, in addition to Lu Meng, you also have a share!" Just want to pat your ass like this and leave? It's easy to think too much! ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his big fan-like hand, trying to carry the man off the horse.

Jiang Wei came back to his senses, hurriedly stopped in front of Zhou Cang, and persuaded: "After all, it is a guest invited by the lord, and Brother Zhou must not be reckless." ”

Zhou Cang saw that it was Jiang Wei, hugged his fists and saluted, and said in an urn voice:

"General Jiang, please get out of the way, please allow the villain to go up and cut off his tongue, and then cut off his hands, finally leaving him alive, so it will not hurt the benevolence of the lord."

Jiang Wei thought that Zhou Cang wanted to vent his personal anger, but he just stopped him.

Because he traveled thousands of miles to rescue Guan Yu, Zhou Cang respected him very much, and he didn't dare to act in front of him, so he had to glance at Lu Xun, pull Jiang Wei aside, and whispered in his ear:

"This is what Shang Shuling ordered the villain to do, General Jiang, please don't embarrass the villain."

Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief: "Shang Shuling asked you to cut off his tongue and cut off his hands again?" ”

Zhou Cang scratched his head and said: "Shang Shuling only ordered the villain to cut off his tongue, and it was the villain's own idea to cut off his hands, anyway, the knives are out of the sheath, and there is no difference between one and two knives." ”

Jiang Wei was a little speechless. Because Lu Xun calculated Liu Bei in the battle of the camp, Fa Zheng actually ordered Zhou Cang to cut off his tongue in order to help the lord vent his anger!

If a wise person has his tongue cut out, his life will be really ruined.

But then again, this is indeed in line with the personality of the Fa Zheng and the retribution.

Now that the military and civilians of Jingzhou have been delivered, and the Han army has five Wu generals in their hands, they are not afraid that Sun Quan will not give grain and grass at all.

Fa Zheng's yin is also white yin, Sun Quan has no room for attack, at least the people are intact and returned to Dongwu, isn't it?

It's just that in Jiang Wei's view, both Han and Wu are weak forces, and in the long run, they still have to join forces to deal with Cao Cao.

What's more, Lu Xun will contain Cao Wei's great military power in Jingzhou in the future, and there is really no need for his own side to do this.

Therefore, no matter how soft and hard Zhou Cang was, he just didn't allow it.

Xu was too much movement here, which disturbed Guan Yu.

But seeing Guan Yu coming with his hands in his hands, his eyes were like electricity, he glanced at Lu Xun roughly, and then fell on Zhou Cang's face, and asked:

"What's the quarrel?"

Zhou Cang's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly re-said the matter of Fang Cai in Guan Yu's ear, and raised his eyebrows at Jiang Wei after speaking.

Jiang Wei secretly said that it was not good, he could stop Zhou Cang, but if Guan Yu made a killing move, not to mention that his identity and status were far from Guan Yu, he really wanted to stop him, but he was afraid that he couldn't stop it.

was worried, but saw Guan Yu's body shocked, and said: "Guan has always disdained such a thing as a secret arrow hurting people." ”

His gaze locked on Lu Xun, his brows furrowed, and he shouted: "Next time we meet on the battlefield, you won't be so lucky." When the time comes, he will take your head personally. Get lost! ”

Lu Xun still maintained a faint smile, confessed, and rode away.

Jiang Wei was half out of politeness, half afraid that Zhou Cang would still not give up, and rode Lu Xun out of the camp tent.

Under the scorching sun, a group of about 100 Wu troops was already waiting here.

Lu Xun clenched his fists on the horse and said with a smile: "Thanks to General Jiang's care, this trip as a guest is not very lonely." ”

Jiang Wei also immediately replied: "Inspector Lu is very knowledgeable, and he has gained a lot in the future. ”

"Farewell!"

"Farewell!"

After the two said goodbye to each other, they solemnly arched their hands and said goodbye.

Jiang Wei immediately turned his horse's head and returned to his station. After walking dozens of steps, he suddenly heard someone calling behind him, and when he looked back, he saw Lu Xun, who had just broken up, chasing after him.

He turned his horse's head again and said with a smile: "The governor has changed his mind?" ”

Lu Xun galloped to the three steps in front of him and stopped, and said:

"Xun has a secret in his heart, and he wants to use it as a way to protect himself. But now that he is fine, he wants to tell the general. Well, if it's unscrupulous, it's okay to worry about the sky; If it is a thousand thoughts, it is hoped that it will have the effect of making amends. ”

Jiang Wei saw that he was serious, so he put away his smile, hugged his fists and said, "Please speak clearly." ”

Lu Xun looked at the north and said slowly: "You and I have been fighting for a month, and Cao Cao has been holding his troops still, doesn't General Jiang think it's strange?" ”

Jiang Wei chuckled and said, "Didn't Cao Cao send Zhang Liao to take the mouth of the Xukou and send Wen to take Jiangxia?" How can you say that you have been standing still? ”

Lu Xun shook his head and said: "Cao Cao is vicious, how can he only target us and let you go?" It took seven or eight days to settle here, and the defense was not tight, and the Wei army's Dangyang camp was only more than a hundred miles away, so why didn't there be any movement? ”

Jiang Wei was still a little unconvinced, thought about it, and said: "We have a large camp in Jiangbei to closely monitor the movements of the Wei army, so they don't dare to move. ”

Lu Xun patiently explained:

"Xun was worried that Cao Cao would use the Dangyang camp as a guise to give your army the illusion that he was standing still and watching the tiger fight from the other mountain; Then he sent Zhang Liao and Wen Ping soldiers and horses to the border of our eastern front, and then created the illusion that he intended to be in Eastern Wu to your army, so as to completely relax your army's vigilance against him. Dare to ask General Jiang, where is the fate of your army? ”

Jiang Wei's face was solemn, and he slowly spit out two words in his mouth: "Zigui!" ”

But he then shook his head again:

"If you want to send troops to attack Zigui, there are only two places: Yiling and Shangyong. Yiling is still in our hands, and it is impossible for us to pass by this way; If you want to attack Zigui from the direction of Shangyong, you must use Dangyang County, our army is well arranged in Jiangbei, if a large army passes, it is impossible to investigate nothing. ”

Lu Xun said: "It's no wonder that Xun was ordered to attack Zigui before, and he had done a careful investigation of the Zigui area, and knew that there was a mountain road from Fangling to Zigui, called Shennong Road!" ”

As soon as he said this, Jiang Wei was immediately shocked!

He suddenly remembered that there are indeed two ways to return to the top.

A big road, take Dangyang County, turn to Zhangxian County, go north along the canyon, the whole journey is more than 600 miles. On the same day, he led Yu Linwei to Fangling Shangyong to ask for help, and this is the way to get it.

At this time, Huang Quan's battalion was stuck on this road, cutting off the possibility of Wei attacking the rear grain route through this road.

But in addition, there is a winding mountain road, although it is only 400 miles away, but the mountain is high and densely forested, and it is extremely inconvenient to walk.

If you take this road, you must first pass through Xingshan, and then through the Shennongjia Mountains, the mountain road is steep, it can be described as a land of mountains and ravines, deep mountains and old forests, except for the remnants who live in the mountains occasionally come out to exchange materials, almost no one is willing to take this road.

Therefore, almost no one will regard this mountain road as a serious 800 road.

Just like decades later, can the ministers of Shu Han imagine that Deng Ai's attack on Shuzhong did not take the Golden Bull Road in Hanzhong, but instead took the difficult and dangerous Yinping Path?

Jiang Wei's mood sank to the bottom, if Lu Xun's judgment is correct, Cao Cao is going to steal his family!

The army gathered and marched eastward, and Zigui was only garrisoned by 2,000 Fangling soldiers and 1,000 Yizhou county soldiers. Let's not talk about the soldiers of Yizhou County, Jiang Wei knows the combat effectiveness of this group of Fangling soldiers.

If the Wei army bypassed the heavily guarded front line and suddenly fell from the sky, the soldiers defending the city in the rear suddenly faced this astonishing pressure, and they might be defeated on the spot.

Once the Wei army occupies Zigui, it can be regarded as completely cutting off the way of the Yiling army back to Shu, and the situation will become extremely serious. If the Han army can't recapture Zigui before the military rations are exhausted, where can they escape the fate of the entire army?

What's more, the Yizhou family is not very careful, once the news of the defeat of the army reaches Yizhou, it will be a shock up and down; If Liu Bei has another good guy, then under the leaderless dragons, Shu Han will really be in danger of survival.

"Cao Cao's plan is really hidden deeply, and it is ruthless!"

Jiang Wei was about to shoot his horse back, when a question suddenly rose in his heart, so he asked, "I don't know why the governor told him?" ”

Lu Xun said: "People always respect me, I always respect people." Moreover, Xun still understands the truth of cold lips and teeth. ”

Jiang Weixuan even understood the meaning under Lu Xun's words.

Eastern Wu suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Yiling, and had to divide his troops to deal with the pressure of Cao Cao's deployment in Mixukou, Jiangxia, and Nanjun, how could he still free up his hands to compete with Wei for this fat meat?

Since Dongwu's plan to divide the world in two cannot be achieved, Yizhou's fat meat is naturally unwilling to be swallowed by Cao Cao. Otherwise, when Cao Cao eases up, the next one to clean up will definitely be Dongwu!

The relationship between the three kingdoms was mostly complicated, but in the face of the threat from Cao Wei, the interests of Wu and Han were temporarily identical.

Jiang Wei nodded when he heard this, arched his hand slightly, and then quickly returned to the camp to report to Guan Yu.

(Author's note: The first major road introduced in the article is the current G59 highway near Shiyan; The Shennong Mountain Road is now the Xingshan section of the Shennongjia Scenic Area of National Highway 209. It's not made up out of thin air. If you are interested, you can search for it. ）