Chapter 922: The General Trend
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The news of Lu Peng's entry into Xuzhou was like a thunderclap on the ground, which immediately shook the world.
The letters of Zang Ba, Cao Pi and Sima Yi were placed directly in front of Liu Bei's eyes. It made Liu Bei feel a lot of pressure.
At this time, Cao Pi had already won the Dantu, and the migrated people and clans had poured into Wu County along this gap like a tide.
Wu County, which had long been without a single army, was occupied by the imposing Cao Wei in a blink of an eye, and Cao Wei finally gained a foothold in the south of the Yangtze River.
With this foothold, Cao Wei's confidence hardened, Cao Pi directly challenged Liu Bei, reprimanding him for violating the original covenant, only sending 50,000 sailors, and he stopped moving forward in Liyang, if so, he would tear up the covenant, and he would not give Xuzhou to him, he had already occupied a part of Jiangnan, so he could rely on it here, lead his troops north, and then occupy Xuzhou.
This threat is very realistic, and it is absolutely operable.
Zang Ba's expression was: "I don't want to block Lu Peng for you anymore, I'm ready to listen to the lord, and blocking Lu Peng is also for myself, you can watch it." ”
Sima Yi's attitude was even more obvious: "The envoy you sent, I have already expelled him, I will write to my father-in-law, and then return to Xuzhou, anyway, Jiangnan already has a way out." ”
Everything forced Liu Bei to attack Jiangnan and help Cao Wei take Jiangnan. By the way, I will occupy Yuzhang again.
Therefore, after an urgent consultation, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang really moved against Eastern Wu this time, and ordered their subordinates Wu Lan Chen Shi to stop pretending and launch a decisive attack on Lusu's navy.
Then he divided his troops with Zhuge Liang, and Liu Bei sat in Luoyang to guard against Lü Peng in Yuzhou and Yanzhou. Zhuge Liang went to Liyang and prepared to occupy Jiangdong.
Zhuge Liang took the 50,000 troops drawn from Jingzhou and began to assemble Liyang, as long as Liyang was taken, the army would go straight to Yuzhang Jianye by boat to complete its campaign goals.
But when Zhuge Liang led his troops to the east, he took Guan Yu's hand and told him thousands of instructions, although he didn't know that Sun Quan held a secret force, he was still worried that Sun Quan would jump over the wall in a hurry and raid Guan Yu's Jingzhou from Chaisang.
Zhuge Liang took the Jingzhou seal letter and wanted to hand it over to Guan Yu, but he still asked uneasily: "This Jingzhou is our foundation, and we must not lose it." ”
Guan Yu stretched out his hand and said one after another: "The heavy responsibility is on my shoulders, but I missed it, but I died." ”
As soon as Zhuge Liang heard the word death, he took his hand back at that time, and was worried at the time, saying this, is it just a puppet.
So he asked again: "If there is a sneak attack by Eastern Wu, what will happen to the general?" ”
Guan Yu said proudly: "Jiangdong is already in danger, where can you still sneak attack, plus you are in Liyang before, even if Chaisang moves, it is just harassment." ”
In this way, Zhuge Liang was even more uneasy, so he simply put down the seal letter, but think about it if he sits in Jingzhou, the front line will have to fight against Sun Quan, and he will have to fight with the Lu Peng army under the banner of Eastern Wu, and finally take Yuzhang, depending on the needs of the situation, but also to send troops to Jianye, directly seize Sun Quan's roots, send Guan Yu to go, can only fight and kill, in fact, it is really not possible, after the dilemma, or the Yin trust: "General, once there is a movement in Eastern Wu, be careful, do not be careless, strengthen the Jiangfang, in case of a sneak attack." ”
Guan Yu Zhengse said: "Keep the prime minister's words in mind, and never dare to slack off." ”
In this way, Zhuge Liang handed over the seal letter to him, and at the same time left Guan Yu with the civil officials Ma Liang, Yi nationality, Xiang Lang, and the military generals Mi Fang, Liao Hua, Guan Ping, and Zhou Cang, and a group of assistants to Yunchang and guarded Jingzhou together.
Then he led the army to Liyang.
In this way, Lu Su, who was at an absolute disadvantage militarily, had to transfer Sun Miao's army to Liyang and block Liu Bei's army with all his might.
Then divide the 200,000 army that had been assembled into two, leaving Huang Gai Handang with 100,000 to resist Cao Wei's attack on Danyang, while Lü Meng quietly led the other 100,000 troops directly west.
Lü Meng received Sun Quan's decision to attack Jingzhou. At that time, I felt very painful, now along the river, Jingzhou every twenty miles, or thirty miles, or on the high ground, has long built a beacon tower, once there is an enemy situation on the river, the beacon fire is continuous, and it will be transmitted to Jingzhou in a blink of an eye, and there is a report of exploring horses, when Zhuge Liang left, he strictly ordered Guan Yu to clean up the Jingzhou military horses, such as facing the enemy, all of which shows that when Zhuge Liang left, he had insight into Jiangdong to sneak attack Jingzhou.
If your conspiracy is revealed, how can you sneak attack? Assault? Not to mention Guan Yu's brave crown of the three armies, military command is also a superior choice, relying on his own quietly mastered Lu Xun's 40,000 sailors, no matter what, he can't compete with Guan Yu.
But Jiangdong was in danger and urgently needed to open a breakthrough here, and he couldn't complete this task, so he was in a hurry and sick.
When Sun Quan heard that Lu Meng was sick, he understood what the reason was, and the boss in his heart was unhappy, Jiangdong was in crisis, and you still pretended to be sick for me, which is a serious shirk of responsibility. So Starry Night sent Lu Xun back to discuss countermeasures.
Lu Xun returned to Jianye to see Sun Quan, and said to Sun Quan with a smile: "How does Bo Yan know that Lu Meng is pretending to be sick?" ”
Lu Xun said with a smile: "Lu Meng and Lu Ziming, it's just because I saw that Jingzhou was closely defended and there were many beacons along the river, and it was difficult to start in a hurry, and I felt that I couldn't complete the task you gave him, so I could only call it sick and delay time." ”
Sun Quan smashed his fist on his thigh: "Raid Jingzhou, we have been preparing for four years, and in this Jiangdong crisis, it is even more important, as long as we take Jingzhou, not only will we open our current dead end, but also Liyang will be between our two sides, and Liu Bei's main force will be completely annihilated, so that we can free up our hands and concentrate on dealing with Cao Wei, and we can get a strong land division, when the waterways are complete, we will have the opportunity to sweep Sihe in the future, this Lu Meng actually lived up to my good intentions, Actually pretending to be sick at this opportunity of life and death, this is lazy government, this is negligence, it should be killed, it should be killed. ”
Now Sun Quan is really vigorous and ruthless, and he is indeed forced to have no way out. Raid Jingzhou, this is the only chance.
Looking at the angry Sun Quan, Lu Xun smiled: "Lord, Guan Yu has always called himself a hero, no one in his eyes, he and General Lu Meng have been confronting each other in the Yangtze River for many years, and he is a little jealous of General Lu Meng, if we will calculate, simply say that General Lu Meng is seriously ill, and then send a member to take over." But then he said: "If you send a person with high morality and respect, it will definitely attract Guan Yu's attention, so it is better to send me, an unknown junior, to serve as Chai Sang Taishou, and with Guan Yu's heart, then you can sneak attack, and you will definitely be able to succeed in a battle." ”
Sun Quan heard it and thought deeply for a while, and finally rejoiced: "I have more young talents in Jiangdong, and I should be responsible for you." ”
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