…… During the period when I was stationed in Nanjun City, reports of the battle between our army and Cao's army in Hanzhong kept coming, and Liu Bei marched to Yangping Pass and engaged Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He, who were holding there. Because Liu Bei only had 50,000 troops, and Cao Cao had no less than 100,000 soldiers left in Hanzhong, under the premise that Xiahou Yuan insisted on not fighting, Liu Bei attacked Yangping Pass several times and suffered heavy casualties and could not move forward. It was not until Liu Bei crossed the water from the south of Yangping Pass at the suggestion of Fa Zheng and camped in Dingjun Mountain, and Xiahou Yuan led the army to fight, Liu Bei made Huang Zhong condescendingly and took advantage of the fact that Xiahou Yuan's army was tired after a long time under the mountain to take a surprise attack, not only broke the Cao army, but also killed Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan, killing and capturing more than 30,000 Cao troops, and the situation began to gradually tilt towards our side.

The better news is that the Cao army in Hanzhong was demoralized and unstable because the lord was killed, but Cao Hong was eager to avenge Xiahou Yuan and insisted on fighting Liu Bei despite Zhang He's dissuasion, and Cao Hong, who took away 50,000 troops, was lured by Huang Zhong by means of deception, when his front soldiers and horses had just crossed the Han River because of the pursuit of Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and Liu Bei's headquarters suddenly appeared together, surrounded it on the south bank of the Han River on three sides, Cao Hong could not win the battle, and could not retreat, He could only abandon his subordinates and desperately retreat to the south bank of the Han River, and after being killed for a while, he fled back to Yangping Pass, and the remnants of the defeated generals he brought back were less than 10,000 people.

Cao Cao had already raised troops to Chang'an during this period, but only because Liu Bei had no way to take Yangpingguan before and was afraid of Sun Quan to attack Hefei again, he did not have reinforcements. When the news of Xiahou Yuan's beheading and Cao Hong's defeat reached Chang'an in a row, Cao Cao finally couldn't bear it anymore and raised an army of 200,000 to march towards Hanzhong from Xiegu Road. Although Cao Cao was difficult to transport grain because of the danger in Hanzhong, he refused to give up Hanzhong easily, so the two sides entered a long stage of stalemate.

This kind of stalemate is nothing to me, except that I can't go back to Wuling to see Qing'er earlier, Mi Fang is responsible for all the big and small affairs in Jiangling City, I just have nothing to do with the training, and I started to practice every three or two days, and then there was no war on the Jingzhou side for a long time, so I was too lazy to practice the whole army for seven or eight days, but it was no longer idle, after all, because Guan Yu led the army outside, I couldn't leave Jiangling and go back to Wuling to see without permission, fortunately, it was effortless to govern a county with Xie Xian's talent, and he exchanged letters with him every few days about county affairs, Correspondence with Qing'er to ask about her body is also very worry-free.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who were deadlocked in Hanzhong, to begin to match amazingly.

This thing is - since there will be no victory or defeat in Hanzhong, then open up the situation in Jingzhou and force the enemies in Hanzhong to retreat!

I have long understood the main plot line of the drama of the Three Kingdoms, and I was not surprised at all when I learned that Cao Ren sent troops from Xiangyang to approach Guan Yu's camp to try to fight Guan Yu. It has long been recorded in modern books that the reason why Cao Ren did this was because Cao Cao and Sun Quan had already secretly reached some kind of agreement, so Cao Ren was so unscrupulous. But Guan Yu, who had been holding back for a long time, could be said to be overjoyed in the face of Cao Ren's arrival, and with a little trickery, he not only easily defeated Cao Ren, but also occupied Xiangyang and drove Cao Ren to Fancheng.

Before Guan Yu sent someone to Jiangling to find me to go to Xiangyang, I knew what he wanted to do, so I called Shana and only took me and Shana's personal soldiers to Xiangyang. Of course, I wasn't stupid enough to take Shana to Guan Yu with me, but arranged for her to rest at the pavilion first, and gave her some money so that she could take the dozen or so female soldiers she often brought with her to wander around Xiangyang City.

Guan Yu was really in a good mood just after winning the battle, and Guan Ping said lightly on the side how they killed Cao Ren to a big defeat, and I also took the opportunity to compliment Guan Yu a few words, Guan Yu was a little humble, and then mentioned his so-called "main topic" to me.

Maybe it was because he wanted me to do something for him, but he didn't call me Song'er directly, but said to me very face-savingly: "I said General Zhuge that although our army has just won a great victory, and Cao Ren has fled to Fancheng with his armor thrown off his armor, there is one thing that still makes me deeply worried. ”

I thought to myself: "If you want to fight Fancheng, just say fight Fancheng, what kind of circle are you going around with me!" But it was inconvenient to say it in front of him, so he had to follow his words and ask: "The fall of such a large county in Xiangyang into our hands has greatly expanded our strength, and the lord will be overjoyed when he hears the good news of the prince, what else does the prince have to worry about?" ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and sighed: "General Zhuge don't know, recently the eldest brother wrote from Hanzhong that although Cao Cao had difficulty transporting grain and the morale of the soldiers was low, he still refused to give up Hanzhong, and it seemed that he would have to confront the eldest brother in Hanzhong for a long time. And you know at the beginning of Shuzhong, although it is difficult to make any trouble with the third brother and Zhuge Junshi, but Cao Cao does not retreat, and the hearts of the people in Shu will fluctuate, so the eldest brother is also worried all day long in Hanzhong, hoping that Cao Cao can return to Chang'an as soon as possible. ”

"What do you mean?" Although I asked him this with my mouth, I actually knew his answer in my heart.

Sure enough, Guan Yu said to me: "Recently, I heard that Lu Su, the governor of Eastern Wu, is seriously ill, and the threat of Eastern Wu to my southern county can be said to have decreased a lot. Now Cao Ren has collected less than 10,000 remnants of troops in Fancheng, I intend you to bring the troops and horses from Wuling to Xiangyang, leaving 3,000 people for you to be responsible for guarding, and the rest are handed over to me to attack Fancheng, if you capture Fancheng, you can directly take Xuchang, forcing Cao Cao to return from Hanzhong, what do you think? ”

After Guan Yu said this, he looked at me coldly, I guess if I speak out against it and cause him to be displeased, I will definitely use his identity as the leader of Jingzhou to pressure me to comply. Since this situation seems so unstoppable, I made up my mind not to speak against him, not to mention that the reason he put forward to me was that Lu Su was seriously ill, and Lu Su had an account of 50,000 arrows that had not been written off with me a long time ago, and I said to Guan Yu in a hurry: "The prince has a very good intention, but whether Lu Su is really seriously ill or deliberately released the news to paralyze our army remains to be confirmed." ”

Guan Yu was a little displeased when he heard my words, and he asked me, "Could it be that General Zhuge doubts what I just said?" ”

I hurriedly smiled at him and said, "How dare you do it?" It's just that Dongwu has always been cunning, and last time he took advantage of Cao Cao's attack on Hanzhong, he simply took away the three counties from us. Therefore, according to the following meaning, I will first transfer 5,000 troops from Jiangling to the prince, and I will go to Lukou to explore the truth of Lu Su in the name of visiting. ”

"Won't you delay the fighter plane when you come and go again?" Guan Ping was listening, and immediately refuted me.

But it was Guan Yu who waved his hand and said: "Okay, anyway, in the small city of Fancheng District, Cao Ren doesn't have many soldiers and horses, so you can first transfer 5,000 men and horses to guard Xiangyang, and go to Dongwu to investigate, I will raise 20,000 horses to fight Cao Ren, and when Fancheng is taken, it is not too late to increase the number of men and horses to attack Xuchang!" ”

Now, I want to persuade again, but when I see that Guan Yu and Guan Ping don't talk about it, even Liao Hua looks at me angrily, and when it comes to my mouth, I can only swallow it first, give it up, and wait for Shana to come back from the post house.