Let's say that Zhuge Song returned to Jiangling from Lukou and got some favorable news about himself from Mi Fang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past few days, Guan Yu raised troops to attack Fancheng, Cao Ren's subordinate Niu Jin volunteered to fight against the enemy Guan Yu, Guan Yu made Guan Ping fight, and the two fought for 50 rounds, without winning or losing, and each returned to the camp. In the afternoon, Niu Jin asked Guan Yu to fight, Guan Yu was annoyed, only seven or eight together, Niu Jin was defeated and fled back to Fancheng. Guan Yu didn't chase after him, he just sneered, took advantage of the situation to surround Fancheng and attack day and night.

Zhuge Song didn't know if the 5,000 soldiers that Shana took away had now arrived outside Fancheng, and now there are still 5,000 people in Jiangling for Zhuge Song to transfer, Mi Fang's subordinates are only 3,000 people, if Zhuge Song transfers 5,000 people to Xiangyang, Jiangling will be even more empty.

Of course, Zhuge Song didn't dare to leave these 5,000 people to Mi Fang, and only took his own soldiers to Xiangyang, he was afraid that if Dongwu really attacked Nanjun, Mi Fang would abduct and surrender these 5,000 people together, then Zhuge Song's long-term recruitment in Wuling would be equivalent to the enemy.

After thinking about it, Zhuge Song still decided to let these 5,000 people under his control first, and then talk about the rest later. After all, the 5,000 people that Shana took away are likely to have been incorporated into Guan Yu's command now, and if the 5,000 people Zhuge Song in Jiangling are not taken away, in case the operation of Dongwu's sneak attack on Jingzhou is launched, he will not be able to use any more methods.

So Zhuge Song took advantage of Guan Yu's need to continue to increase troops on the front line, and took 5,000 soldiers away from Jiangling and went straight to Xiangyang. Mi Fang didn't say anything, in Mi Fang's heart, Cao Ren was besieged in Fancheng at this time, and Dongwu must have become a very reliable alliance after the two sides of Xiangshui were bounded, so even if there were only 3,000 defenders left in Jiangling now, it was very safe.

Zhuge Song stayed day and night, and after arriving in Xiangyang, he went to see Shana. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the 5,000 sergeants that Shana brought to Xiangyang had not yet been transferred to Fancheng, and it was Ma Liang who was left behind in Xiangyang.

This is not surprising, after all, Guan Yu is besieging Fancheng in front, and the generals who can fight have been transferred to the front line, Xiangyang City has a thick wall, and it is the rear, with Ma Liang's talent, plus the five thousand soldiers brought by Shana, there is no problem in guarding this big city and supplying grain and grass to the front line of Fancheng.

Zhuge Song and Ma Liang couldn't help but greet each other after meeting, Ma Liang asked Zhuge Song about the process of going to Lukou and his views on Eastern Wu, Zhuge Song only described Lu Su's condition to Ma Liang roughly, omitted to mention the matter of divination for Lu Su again, and said that he was worried that Guan Yu would do his best to attack Fancheng, which could easily cause Dongwu to sneak attack Nanjun.

Ma Liang just smiled and said to Zhuge Song: "This matter with the army Sima Wangfu has made a message to General Guan, General Guan has ordered him to lead people up and down the river or twenty miles, or thirty miles to choose a high place to build a beacon tower, each with fifty troops to defend it, if Wu soldiers cross the river, the night will be open fire, and the day will be a smoke. In this way, there is no fear of a sneak attack by Wu Bing. ”

Zhuge Song couldn't help sighing, thinking: "This plan is a clever plan, it has always been a strong one, the so-called clever plan is instantaneous, if it is still, after a long time, the enemy will always come up with a way to crack it." ”

Of course, Zhuge Song could not directly point out the loopholes to Ma Liang, not because he was afraid that he would tell Ma Liang that Ma Liang would not understand the method of crossing the river in white clothes, but what Wang Fu is doing now, I am afraid it is also the best choice to prevent Dongwu now, even if Zhuge Song can persuade Ma Liang to convince him that the method of building the beacon tower is not safe, Zhuge Song has no other better way to replace it, so it is better to leave it aside for the time being, and it is better to think about it in the long run.

Although the process of history is advanced, the plot is still so similar, in fact, Zhuge Song has always prepared two plans for solving the crisis in Jingzhou, and the two plans have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they have not yet been perfected, because of this, Zhuge Song was so hesitant, and did not let Shana take people to Maicheng so quickly, and opened up a dangerous road to Shuzhong for Liu Bei's entire Jingzhou Group.

In this way, after a few days, Zhuge Song was troubled, so he led dozens of horses to see the progress of Wang Fu's construction of the beacon tower in the name of patrolling along the river. When I met Wang Fu, I saw that he was personally directing the laborers to build, and several beacon towers had begun to see scale.

Wang Fu saw the arrival of Zhuge Song, came to come to see the ceremony, the two of them found a pergola to sit on the ground, and the people brought tea, looking at the scenery along the river for dozens of miles, it was also a special taste.

After the greetings, Zhuge Song saw that Wang Fu was silent, so he provoked him with words: "Guoshan, although General Guan has gone to Xiangyang now, Fancheng is the barrier of Xudu, and Cao Ren is holding on, so it is difficult to go down." A few **** went to Lukou to visit Lu Su, and saw that Lu Meng's words were quite bad, and he was afraid that he would attack Nanjun, if Nanjun was lost, even Fancheng would be useless, and the lord would take the king as the discussion Cao, why not advise General Guan to accept it when he sees it, return to Xiangyang, and wait for the military strength to rise sharply in the coming year, and then think about forging ahead? ”

Wang Fu sighed: "What the general said is extremely true, Wang Fu was favored by the lord and was promoted again and again, until Yi Cao engaged, and he should have spoken to General Guan directly. However, as soon as the prince and marquis went down to Xiangyang, he defeated Niu Jin and surrounded Fancheng, which was when the situation was very good. Although he has said that Dongwu must not be guarded against, General Guan said that this is the meaning of the lord, and asked him to make Cao Cao withdraw from Hanzhong, and on the other hand, he adopted the suggestion and ordered me to build this beacon tower. ”

"Is it foolproof?" Zhuge Song sneered slightly: "Now there are only 3,000 old and weak soldiers in Jiangling, and the public security is afraid of even less, and they don't need to be plotted by Dongwu in the future, I have a clever plan to break your beacon tower along the river now!" ”

"What?" Wang Fu was shocked and said hurriedly: "Will the plan be released?" ”

"Not busy." Zhuge Song retreated from the people around him, and then said to Wang Fu with sadness: "When the beacon tower was first built, the guard sergeants were naturally very vigilant, and at this time they must not do anything to avoid startling the grass and snakes, if I were Lu Meng, I would have been dormant until Cao Cao sent people to help Fancheng, and when the two armies were fighting fiercely on the front line, they lied that Lu Su was seriously ill and difficult to manage, so that our side would completely focus on the front line. At this time, it has been a long time since the beacon tower was built, and the sergeants will inevitably slack off, and then do their best, dress up as merchants in civilian clothes, give them a little bribe, or simply invite them to drink, and then take the opportunity to make trouble, they will definitely not know, ghosts, and the army will definitely rest until the public security city is down! ”

After hearing this, Wang Fu's face was bloodless, and he was stunned for a while, and immediately jumped forward as if he had been bitten by a snake, grabbed Zhuge Song's arm and said: "In this case, what is the use of this beacon tower still being repaired, you and I can immediately go to the front line of Fancheng to meet General Guan and ask him to withdraw our troops!" ”

"It's useless!" Zhuge Song smiled helplessly at this time, "Don't look at me as General Pingxi now, and I am only under General Guan in Jingzhou, but do you know that when I go back to Wuling to take up my post, I go to Jiangling to meet him, and he doesn't want to see me." ”

"I don't think so, if General Guan doesn't fancy the general, why should he transfer the general from Wuling to Jiangling and Xiangyang?" Although Wang Fu knew that Zhuge Song was talking about things, he still did not give up.

Zhuge Song laughed at himself: "That's not because he didn't have enough troops to attack Cao Ren's front line, and Lingling had just been emptied by Eastern Wu, so he took a fancy to the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in my Wuling, and he had to give me a good face." ”