Hearing Xu Huang's words, Cao Ren frowned and asked, "Gongming, what do you mean?" ”

"Brother Zixiao, do you think it was Lu Meng who deliberately made a plan to let Guan Yu come over and lead our army over to intercept Guan Yu, and then he made a surprise attack on Xiangyang?" Xu Huang said. >

Cao Ren nodded, he had suffered from this strategy. At the beginning, the Battle of Chibi had just ended, and Zhou Yu led his troops to attack Jingzhou, and it was Cao Ren who was defending in Jingzhou at that time. Cao Ren led the troops to deal with Zhou Yu, and the two sides won and lost each other, but Liu Bei took advantage of the battle between Cao Ren and Zhou Yu, and when Jingzhou was empty, he took advantage of the situation to take the nine counties of Jingxiang!

Thinking of this, Cao Ren said: "Gongming, what you said is very reasonable, maybe this Lu Meng is really a virtual plan to seek Xiangyang, but this Guan Yu wants to pass Xiangyang, we can't let it go!" ”

"What Brother Zixiao said is, I don't think it's better to do this, let's leave more soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, so that even if Lu Meng wants to raid Xiangyang, this Xiangyang can hold out until our army comes back!"

Cao Ren nodded: "That's it, since that's the case, then leave 20,000 soldiers and horses in Xiangyang, and I'll take 20,000 soldiers and horses to intercept Guan Yu!" ”

"Brother Zixiao, this Guan Yu also has 10,000 troops in his hands, and Guan Yu is a famous general in the world, I only have 20,000 soldiers and horses, I'm afraid I can't stop Guan Yu!"

"What Komeito said is that I will immediately write a letter to my brother and ask him to send troops to support!"

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Rub.

Cao Cao has been very stable in Mo recently, although the army consumes a lot of grain and grass every day, but Cao Cao does not care, anyway, this is basically a flat river from Xudu to Nanyang, the road is very easy to walk, and it is convenient to transport grain. This time, Cao Cao falsely claimed to have an army of 400,000, but in fact there were only 100,000. For 100,000 people, Cao Cao can afford it.

Xu Du aspect. It has been handed over to Cao to take full responsibility. Speaking of which, Cao Cao is still very satisfied with Cao's son. Although the bravery is not as good as Cao Zhang. But the strategy and the big picture are very good. He can be regarded as a qualified successor.

Unconsciously. Cao Cao thought of his dead eldest son, Cao Ang. Speaking of which, this Cao Ang can be regarded as an all-rounder. Not only is the martial arts good. The brain is also easy to use. It's really like a mixture of Cao and Cao Zhangdi. Compared to Cao Cao. Cao Ang has a little more benevolence. And a little less vicious. Speaking of which, such a person is the most suitable to govern the world. But it's a pity. Cao Ang died at a young age.

Right now. Full pet walked in from outside. Come to Cao Cao's approach. Hand over a letter. opened his mouth and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei." General Cao Ren is here to report urgently! ”

Cao Cao's Result Letters. Open it and take a look. It turned out that Guan Yu had broken through from Maicheng. And Lu Meng didn't seem to be chasing after him. There is also speculation behind the letter. Cao Ren hoped that Cao Cao would be able to send more reinforcements to Xiangyang. Block Guan Yu.

Cao Cao placed the letter on the table. Gently tapping the table. Xu Huang made a lot of sense. It was also impossible for Guan Yu to defeat an army nearly ten times his own. Lu Meng had no reason not to chase Guan Yu. Lu Meng did not pursue Guan Yu. There is only one possibility. That is, Lu Meng has a bigger goal in his eyes! This target is likely to be Xiangyang!

It seems that it is indeed necessary to mobilize some troops to help Cao Ren!

At this time, Sima Yi hurriedly walked in. Cao Cao saw that Sima Yi was in such a hurry, and asked, "Zhongda, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, Yongzhou is in an emergency, our army is exploring the horses, there are 40,000 Shu troops, out of Yangping Pass!"

"Who is leading the troops?" Cao Cao hurriedly asked.

"Tan Ma Lai, the commander of the Shu army should be Wei Yan, and Ma Chao seems to be in the army!"

Hearing the name Ma Chao, Cao Cao's body couldn't help but tremble slightly, the experience that Ma Chao left to Cao Cao to cut his beard and abandon his robe was so profound that Cao Cao couldn't forget it.

40,000 enemy troops, in Cao Cao's eyes is not too much, but this leader of the army made Cao Cao feel uneasy, whether it is Ma Chao or Wei Yan, they are all the generals in ten thousand, especially Ma Chao, when Cao Cao took all the generals to go, there was still no way to take Ma Chao, and then think about Wei Yan, Cao Cao couldn't help but cover his mouth, when Yangping Pass, Wei Yan shot off his two front teeth with an arrow.

"How is the movement of the Shu army?" Cao Cao asked.

"It is still unclear what the intentions of the Shu army are on this expedition!" Sima Yi replied.

Speaking of which, if Liu Bei intends to attack Cao Cao, he is really embarrassed to leave Yangping Pass without two or three hundred thousand horses, and these 40,000 horses will come out, it seems that it is indeed less, if this is harassment, forty thousand people are too much! Liu Bei categorically would not send 40,000 people out to "make soy sauce", the grain and grass consumed alone was not enough for the cost, and the more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that there was a conspiracy in it.

Cao Cao originally wanted to bring all the Mo army to Xiangyang to support Cao Ren, but the sudden appearance of Wei Yan disrupted Cao Cao's overall plan, and the sudden appearance of Wei Yan and Ma Chao made Cao Cao have to take care of the situation in Yongzhou.

"Order Cao Hong, immediately take an army of 80,000 to Yongzhou to resist Wei Yan!" Speaking of this, Cao Cao suddenly thought that Ma Chao and Wei Yan are both fierce generals, this Cao Hong can't beat Wei Yan and Ma Chao, if Cao Hong is accidentally killed by Ma Chao, it will not be good, so Cao Cao continued: "Also, let Zhang He go together!" ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he calculated again in his mind, it seems that Cao Hong and Zhang He are not Ma Chao's opponents, it is best to let Xu Chu go with him, thinking of this, Cao Cao looked back at Xu Chu beside him, and said: "Zhongkang, you can go together!" ”

"Lord, I want to follow the lord to protect the lord's safety!" Xu Chu replied immediately.

Xu Chu has been acting as Cao Cao's personal guard for many years, and he is almost the same as Chen Zhi by Liu Bei's side, basically wherever Cao Cao goes, Xu Chu will follow him. Xu Chu has a force under his command, called the Tiger Guard, this Tiger Guard is Cao Cao's personal guard, specifically responsible for the security of surrounding Cao Cao, the earliest Tiger Guard was led by Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and later Dian Wei died, this Tiger Guard became Xu Chu led alone.

Speaking of Xu Chu and Dian Wei, both of them have a unique skill, that is, the use of hidden weapons, Dian Wei is good at using halberds, and the hidden weapons used by Xu Chu are called "feather arrows", which are stones. This thing may not have much effect on the general wearing armor, but it is indeed a sharp weapon when he is a bodyguard, because this stone is everywhere, and you can grab a large handful anytime and anywhere, just by virtue of convenience, it is very useful, unlike those hidden weapons in Adou's hands, which are gone when they are used up.

Cao Cao knew that Xu Chu was loyal to his duties, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "Zhong Kang, I have tens of thousands of troops around me to defend me, and Wen Lie is by my side to protect me, who can hurt me, besides, this horse is super martial arts, and Zhong Kang can match it, this matter is none other than Zhong Kang!" ”

Since Cao Chun's death, Cao Xiu has taken over Cao Chun's charge of the tiger and leopard ride, and this tiger and leopard ride is now Cao Cao's personal guard.

Xu Chu thought about it, what Cao Cao said was very reasonable, there were tens of thousands of troops guarding him, plus Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard riding, no one could hurt Cao Cao, and that Ma Chao really had to be able to compete with him, thinking of this, Xu Chu said: "Xu Chu obeys orders!" ”

"Also, send orders to Yang Fu and Zhong to pay close attention to the movements of the Shu army!" Cao Cao then spoke.

Yang Fu negative

Liangzhou, and Zhong was responsible for guarding Chang'an, Wei Yan went out of Yangping Pass, facing T|Yongliang Erzhou, so Cao Cao ordered the two to pay close attention.

"My lord, what should General Cao Ren do about it?" Man Pet asked.

Cao Cao remembered that he was so worried about Ma Chao that he almost forgot about Cao Ren.

"Pass the order, order Cao Zhen to lead 10,000 troops, support Cao Ren first, I will lead the rest of the soldiers and horses, and then arrive!" After speaking, Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi: "Zhongda, you can also come with me!" ”

"The Ministers Obey ......"

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Xiangyang.

Liao Hua came to Guan Yu's side: "General, come to the Malai report, Cao Jun really led the troops out to intercept it, and set up camp fifty miles away from here!" ”

"Who is leading the troops? How many centaurs are there? Guan Yu immediately asked.

"General Qiyu, the leaders are Cao Ren and Xu Huang, and the number of enemy troops is about 20,000!"

"Only 20,000 people?" Hearing the news, Guan Yu was stunned.

Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to lead troops to intercept him, and Guan Yu was not surprised at all. Speaking of which, there are only two people sent by Cao Cao who can be sure of being able to stop him, one is Xiahoudun, and the other is Cao Ren. In comparison, Cao Ren has been stationed in Jingzhou for many years, and he has had many confrontations with Guan Yu, speaking of which, Cao Ren knows far more about Guan Yu than Xiahoudun.

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible, in terms of understanding Guan Yu, Cao Ren has an advantage over Xiahoudun, and Cao Ren's defense is also better. When it comes to conquering the city, Xiahoudun is probably stronger, but when it comes to defending the city, Xiahoudun is still not as good as Cao Ren.

It's just that according to the original calculation, there should be forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City at this time, and it stands to reason that Cao Ren should send at least thirty or forty thousand people to intercept Guan Yu, and only 20,000 people should be sent out, which is indeed a little less. If it is a confrontation in front of the battle, 10,000 against 20,000 people, although it is difficult to win, but if you want to break through and go straight to the top, it is not too difficult for a general like Guan Yu.

"This Cao Ren is so angry with a little family, only send this little soldier and horse out, God really helps me!" Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes narrowed, and he said: "Order the three armies, speed up the march, and rush to Xiangyang as soon as possible!" ”

Fifty miles was not very far for Guan Yu, and in the case of a hurried march, it would arrive quickly.

At this time, Cao Ren had already built a temporary camp, which was stuck on the main road to Shangyong.

What makes Guan Yu even more depressed is that Cao Ren's camp is very special, and most people repair the camp in a group, but Cao Ren is different this time, Cao Ren built the camp into a long strip, horizontal in the middle, and clearly told Guan Yu that Lao Tzu is here to block the road, and there is no way to go over!

Speaking of Cao Ren's camp is also risky enough, a long camp makes him need to defend a lot more, if Cao Ren is ten times more than Guan Yu, so the camp is guaranteed to be foolproof, but Cao Ren's hands are only twice as many as Guan Yu, so the camp becomes full of loopholes.

However, in order to stop Guan Yu, Cao Ren had no way, in order to be able to reduce the loopholes, Cao Ren gave up the defense in the north, and mobilized all the defensive forces to the south to block Guan Yu.

In order to prevent a sudden enemy from the north, Cao Ren could only send all the scouts out to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and at the same time began to pray in his heart, hoping that Cao Cao's army would come as soon as possible to alleviate the disadvantage of his insufficient troops.

On the other side, Guan Yu saw Cao Ren's camp, like a city wall in the middle of the road, and couldn't help but secretly admire Cao Ren, worthy of being an old opponent who had fought with him for many years, using this method to block himself, if he expected it to be good, Cao Ren would definitely concentrate all the soldiers in the south and wait for him, and now I am afraid that there is not even half a soldier on the north side of Cao Ren's camp.

Guan Yu was not stupid enough to attack Cao Ren's camp directly, he had 20,000 horses, and he had the advantage of geography, so he attacked by himself, it was almost the same as looking for death, but if he wanted to return to Shangyong, he had to pass Cao Ren's pass first.

Now the best way is to engage Cao Ren head-on, and then defeat Cao Ren, even if you can't defeat Cao Ren, no matter how bad it is, you can catch some of Cao Ren's flaws in the battle and break through.

"Cao Ren, dare to come out and fight with Guan Mou!" In front of Cao Ren's camp, Guan Yu was holding a big knife and was calling for battle.

Regarding Guan Yu calling for battle outside, Cao Ren and Xu Huang just watched coldly in the camp.

Cao Ren and Xu Huang are not stupid, Guan Yu's kung fu is there, going out with Guan Yu to fight alone, wouldn't it be looking for death! Cao Ren and Guan Yu have been fighting in Jingzhou for many years, and they have an unusually good understanding of Guan Yu's martial arts, and Cao Ren knows that if he can block Guan Yu's ten moves when he goes up, he is already extraordinary.

And Xu Huang also understands that it is definitely unwise for him to go head-to-head with Guan Yu. When Xu Huang supported Xiangyang, he fought with Guan Yu for dozens of rounds without a victory. But in fact, at that time, Guan Yu was injured by an arrow in his arm, Hua Tuo had just helped Guan Yu scrape his bones, and Guan Yu's arm was useless at that time, so Xu Huang took a big advantage at that time.

Now that Xu Huang counts the days, Guan Yu's injury should almost be healed, so now Xu Huang really doesn't have the courage to go out and fight Guan Yu.

Besides, Cao Cao's order was to intercept Guan Yu from returning to Shangyong, not to fight Guan Yu, so neither Cao Ren nor Xu Huang could go out and fight with Guan Yu, and when the Jiangdong army chased after him, it would not be too late to attack.

Guan Yu called the formation outside for a long time, but he didn't see Cao Ren and Xu Huang coming out, so Guan Yu retreated, rested, and asked Guan Ping to take over the formation.

Seeing that Guan Ping was replaced by Guan Ping, Cao Ren and Xu Huang still did not come out. Speaking of which, Guan Ping's martial arts are not much worse than Guan Yu's now, the only difference is the horses. If Guan Ping is replaced with a red rabbit horse, this Guan Ping is a young version of Guan Yu. This Cao Ren and Xu Huang are also in their fifties, and Guan Ping is only in his thirties, in the prime of life.

Guan Ping called outside for a long time, and when he saw that Cao Ren and Xu Huang didn't come out, he couldn't help but feel angry, so Guan Ping couldn't help but scold.