Chapter 112: Stand Firm
"According to the person sent by Ziwei to report, in order to prevent Cao Zhi from being fake, Ziwei has already asked Xu Shu from Cao Cao's hands, Yuan Zhi and I have an old relationship, and I was coerced by Cao Cao at the beginning, so I went to Cao Cao's command, this time Ziwei wants to return, I think I will not go to Cao Jun in the future, Ziwei this time, it is really a great meritorious service!"
Liu Bei admired Xu Shu very much before, and even Zhuge Liang was the person who recommended Xu Shu to Liu Bei when he left, which shows Xu Shu's loyalty to Liu Bei.
"If Yuan Zhi can help me here, great things can be expected!" Zhuge Liang for Xu Shu to come, his face also showed a little joy, but not as strong as Liu Bei, obviously, Zhuge Liang is very conceited, thinking that one of them is under Liu Bei's command, although Xu Shu has some talent, but it can only be used as icing on the cake, if it is not for Xu Shu in Jingzhou and Zhuge Liang befriended, Zhuge Liang will probably not welcome him to Liu Bei again.
"Ziwei has already occupied the land of Nanjun with those 3,000 soldiers, but Ziwei said in his letter that although Cao Cao himself retreated to Xiangyang, he sent several generals to harass and attack from time to time, so Ziwei could not return in person, and the military advisor thought that this land of Nanjun was useful to us, so did he teach Ziwei to guard in Nanjun?"
Nanjun is far away from Jiangdong, it is the place where Liu Bei wanted to be included in the bag before, and now Liu Feng has captured Nanjun, although it is somewhat unexpected by Liu Bei, but with Nanjun in hand, it can also further compress Cao Cao's defense line to the north, if Liu Bei and Sun Quan fight against Cao Cao according to the east and west, Liu Bei can use Nanjun as a fulcrum to intercept Cao Cao's army all the way to the east, and drive it all to the area that Sun Quan is responsible for, and then he can take the opportunity to include many counties and counties that Cao Cao is difficult to control.
Zhuge Liang listened to Liu Bei's words, his face showed a bit of a deep groan, and after a long time, he replied in a low voice: "Although Cao Cao suffered a big defeat in Chibi, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops left, and they will be assembled in Xiangyang in a few days, and then Cao Cao will definitely go all out to deploy and fight with us to form a north-south confrontation, Nanjun is located in the west of Jingzhou, and the geographical location is particularly important, since General Ziwei has occupied Nanjun and held it for these two days, it is better to let General Ziwei temporarily guard in Nanjun, no matter how bad it is, Cao Cao's defense line can be delayed. Give us a chance to win the other counties. ”
"That Ziwei said in the letter, it was really a little tight to hold many county towns in Nanjun with his three thousand sergeants before, and now Cao Cao's army has not yet gained momentum, and it can still deal with one or two, Ziwei is worried that after Cao Cao reorganizes the troops and horses, the army will be pressed, and the three thousand defenders will be defeated when they land, so I ask us to send another two thousand men and horses to help, I don't know what the military advisor wants?"
In the letter that Liu Feng handed to Liu Bei, he wrote a special letter to the soldiers in his hand, which not only gave Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang a hint that Nanjun was not easy to guard, but also paralyzed Zhuge Liang in Liu Feng's view, so that Zhuge Liang focused on how to make it difficult for Liu Feng to guard Nanjun, rather than wanting to transfer Liu Feng out of Nanjun, since Nanjun is a hot potato, Zhuge Liang is also too lazy to send another general who can be in charge to replace Liu Feng.
Sure enough, Zhuge Liang was very disdainful of Liu Feng's proposal, and immediately waved his hand to Liu Bei after hearing this: "Our army has few soldiers, less than one-tenth of Cao Cao's army, and General Ziwei can command three thousand soldiers to guard Nanjun, which is already considered sufficient in comparison, but Cao Cao's defense line is one, and the remaining two or thirty thousand sergeants will all be sent to a big use, so Wan Wan can no longer divide his troops to Nanjun." ”
"Then how do I reply to Ziwei, Ziwei thinks that he is indeed a little stretched now, otherwise with his temperament, most of them will not have this request." Liu Bei was a little worried that Liu Feng not only fought the 3,000 men and horses in the end, but also took Nanjun back by Cao Cao, after all, Liu Feng was still a little underage, and he captured Cao Zhi again, it was difficult to ensure that he could not provoke Cao Cao to be angry and take Liu Feng to open the knife.
"The lord only has to reply to General Ziwei, and Cao Zhi will teach him to stay in his hands as a bargaining chip, if Nanjun can't be defended at that time, he will hold Cao Zhi hostage, and Cao Cao can't help General Ziwei!"
Zhuge Liang obviously never thought that the reason why Liu Feng was able to capture Cao Zhi was that he reached an agreement with Cao Cao, and he was still thinking that although Cao Cao would not personally target Nanjun to attack, but because of Cao Zhi, he would definitely send powerful generals to attack, and Liu Feng's pressure would inevitably not be small, and in the end, once Nanjun was lost, Liu Feng's previous exploits in this battle would be almost offset, and then Guan Zhang Zhaoyun and others would all occupy many counties, but Liu Feng returned empty-handed, It is not expected that its status will be improved by this battle.
In the early morning of the next day, when Liu Feng's people went to Nanjun to report to Liu Feng, Liu Feng had already rested in Jiangling City for the night.
Liu Feng received Liu Bei's letter, and summoned Pang Tong and Xu Shu to the front of the hall, and showed the letter to the two.
"It seems that Zhuge Junshi really doesn't want Ziwei to have some merits, this southern county is also a remote place in Jingzhou, this battle to resist Cao Cao and seize other counties and counties, I'm afraid it will be impossible to get rid of Ziwei." Xu Shu said with a smile as he put the letter on the table. Although what he said was that Liu Feng had nothing to do with his work, his face was full of smiles.
When Pang Tong heard this, he also smiled and said: "If it comes to the understanding of Zhuge Liang's heart, Yuan Zhi really has made a lot of achievements, if he directly teaches the system to write that letter, I am afraid that such an effect will not be achieved, and I can't say that Cao Zhi will also be brought back by Zhuge Liang." ”
"Cao Zhi is a hot potato at this time, Zhuge Liang's heart, all in helping Liu Bei to seize the land of Jingxiang Nine Counties from Jiangdong, once Cao Zhi's life is in his hands, Cao Cao is angry and leads a large army to attack again, Sun Quan will not form an alliance with him again." Obviously, Cao Zhi's status in Cao Cao's heart, Xu Shu knows very well.
Liu Feng saw that Xu Shu mentioned Cao Zhi, his heart moved, and asked: "Yuan Zhi has been under Cao Cao for these days, and I think I am quite familiar with Cao Zhi, yesterday I watched Cao Zhi, although he is a little young, but he is also a person in temperament, and he is not Cao Cao's eldest son, how can Cao Cao value it so much?" ”
After hearing this, Pang Tong also looked at Xu Shu with some curiosity, Cao Cao's love for Cao Zhi really doesn't make sense in many ways.
After hearing this, Xu Shu had a strange look on his face, and said: "Cao Cao's human nature is indeed quite strange......