Chapter 204: Resolving the Crisis (1st Update)
"Lord, Xiangyang is already in danger, why don't we cover up and kill under the city gate, or we can take this opportunity to take Xiangyang, and then the entire territory of Jingzhou will be in the hands of our army!" Gan Ning followed Liu Feng to look into the distance, and also saw the situation outside Xiangyang City, his eyes flashed at the moment, and he clenched his fists and asked Liu Feng for his life.
When Liu Feng heard this, he looked at the Xiangyang army that was desperately rushing to the direction of Xiangyang City, and said quietly: "Poor Kou Mo chase, if Xiangyang is lost, Zhuge Liang has just painstakingly established his regime will die, rather than want to take food in the three parties, it is better to hold my five counties of Jingzhou and stay in the future." Today, in the land of Xiangyang, let Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang compete, what can they do? When we are full-fledged, how can this city of Xiangyang be satisfied? ”
Although Gan Ning couldn't fully understand Liu Feng in his heart, he vaguely knew that Liu Feng didn't want to get involved in this battle, he just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
Trailing and killing more than 1,000 soldiers in Xiangyang, finally not far from Xiangyang City, Liu Feng ordered the withdrawal of the army, Zhuge Liang got the report, a high heart is half of the heart, Liu Feng wants to preserve the strength of the intention to after-effect, Zhuge Liang naturally does not know, he only knows that once Liu Feng killed the red eyes, followed it to Xiangyang City, and then Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang's tripartite battle in one place, Xiangyang will be more stormy, and now Liu Feng withdrew, only Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang's brothers led those tired divisions, Zhuge Liang is naturally confident that Xiangyang will not fall into the hands of Cao Zhi for the time being.
But before Liu Feng withdrew, it was also a big loss for Zhuge Liang, and when he withdrew the army, Liu Feng sent the sergeant to the air in the direction of Xiangyang to release several arrows used to report the news, which was equivalent to informing Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, who were besieging the city, that Zhuge Liang was about to return to Xiangyang.
"It's not good, there are several arrows not far from the south, I think Zhuge Liang has already traveled to the way, so he let the arrows inform the defenders in the city, it seems like this, and then I want to take this Xiangyang, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" After Cao Zhang's report, the rear army informed Cao Zhi of the matter, after all, Cao Zhi was Cao Cao's personal commander of the march, although Cao Zhang had more combat experience, when making a decision, Cao Zhi's approval was still required.
"In this case, our army is already exhausted, just withdraw to Nanyang."
Cao Zhi's original intention was to receive Liu Feng's letter, remembering that Liu Feng had a lot of help when he was in Jiangling, and wanted to repay Li with a peach, and relieved Liu Feng of the Jiangling dilemma, and laid a good foundation for the alliance between him and Liu Feng in the future. Therefore, Cao Zhi was already excited at this time.
Who knew that as soon as Cao Zhi's words came out, Cao Zhang went to his ear and asked in a low voice: "Zijian knows that if Zihuan leads the army here, how will he deal with such a situation?" ”
"How to deal with it?" Cao Zhi frowned slightly when he heard this, but he knew that Cao Zhang was deliberately mentioning it, so he had to ask.
"Another bloody battle with Zhuge Liang, the remnants of Zhao Yun in the city are already unable to go out of the city, Zhuge Liang is running back from afar, although we can no longer capture Xiangyang, but if we go back like this, it will weaken the name of our army, so we will fight a bloody battle, after returning to Xuchang, no one dares to gossip behind me!"
Cao Zhang's words were said loudly, and Cao Zhi also knew the truth, but he still couldn't help asking: "Then this sergeant died here in vain, who is he going to talk to?" ”
"Xiangyang has few soldiers, one life for one life, our army can be regarded as dominant, Zijian is the benevolence of such a woman, if he can't become the overlord of one side, it's better to say less......"
"In that case...... Just as my brother said! ”
Cao Zhi listened, his heart gradually hardened, he knew that he was born in troubled times, if Cao Cao had such a thought in his heart at a certain moment, I am afraid that his whole family's life has already been harmed by others, if you want mercy to exist in this troubled world, the first thing you have to do is to end this troubled world with thunder.
"End this troubled world, can I fight him?" Listening to the surrounding shouts and killings, Cao Zhi looked at Jiangling from afar, he knew that at least now, there was still a lot of gap between him and Liu Feng, who occupied Jiangling, and he was as smart as him, so he naturally knew that the previous few letter arrows would not be Zhuge Liang's self-exposure of his whereabouts, it was Liu Feng who told Cao Zhi in this way that this time, he appreciated it, and he would not participate in this struggle.
Seeing that the soldiers of the Cao army and the soldiers of Xiangyang who returned from the south were fighting together, blood was flowing everywhere on the battlefield, and stumps and broken arms could be seen everywhere, Cao Zhi's heart was still dripping blood, but his expression gradually became resolute......
"Zhuge Liang led the army to withdraw to Xiangyang?" In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Yu, who was still watching in Changsha, got the news, he was a little surprised, and the previous time he got the news, Zhang Fei and Liu Feng had a fierce battle, Zhou Yu already believed that Zhuge Liang was really attacking Jiangling this time, and he wanted to attack Linxiang City again, but this sudden news made him a little confused.
Under some inquiry, Zhou Yu faintly felt that Zhuge Liang's withdrawal was not due to his disobedience to the agreement and the harm to the Jiangdong sergeants, but because of the accident in Xiangyang, even so, Zhou Yu secretly admired his foresight, if he attacked Liu Feng with him as Zhuge Liang suggested before, wouldn't he fall into a dilemma again?
"Liu Feng's son, it really can't be underestimated, Zhuge Liang returned in a hurry, most of it was his strategy, the five counties of Jingzhou, the map is quite difficult......"
After Zhou Yu sighed, he ordered the troops to withdraw to Jiangdong, and Xu Shu and Huang Zhong watched the Jiangdong sergeants leave in Changsha, and they were relieved in their hearts. Although the two of them were not afraid of Zhou Yu's attack, the Changsha defenders were all obtained from the hard training of the two of them in Jingzhou in the past year, and Liu Feng said before that these sergeants were of great use, and it would be a pity if they were damaged here.
So far, the biggest crisis since Liu Feng's self-establishment has been completely resolved, and the five counties of Jingzhou have almost no losses in this crisis, but Zhuge Liang, who launched this offensive, lost his troops and lost his generals, and encountered Cao Zhang's fierce fight when he rescued Xiangyang, although the front and rear attacks made Cao Jun lose nearly 20,000, but he also lost more than 10,000.
Zhuge Liang has changed from being confident before, to being exhausted at this time. But he didn't know why Cao Cao would send Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang from afar, and brought heavy troops, even if Cao Cao had eyes and ears here, he would never be able to pass on the accurate news to Xuchang so quickly. The puzzle made Zhuge Liang, who compared himself to Guan Zhong and Le Yi, feel more and more frustrated......