Xiangyang.

Cao Cao stepped on the cement road, rubbed slowly with his feet, and suddenly turned his head to Xun You and said, "Xun You, you are well-informed, what is this real?" ”

Xun You shook his head and said, "Prime Minister, Xun You doesn't know? ”

"What the hell is this?" Cao Cao squatted down and looked at the cement road, thoughtful.

Guo Jia came back at this time and said: "Lord, there is news, I don't know if it is good news or bad news?" ”

"What's the news?" Cao Cao asked.

"Wuling and Lingling gave up their defense and began to withdraw their troops to Badong County, with a lot of people along the way." Guo Jiadao.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said: "This is indeed a lot of news, mixed news, Ma Hong'er wants to preserve his strength and let me and Liu Bei fight in Jingzhou." ”

"So what are we going to do? Will Lingling and Wuling be ceded to Liu Bei as agreed? Guo Jia asked.

"Hmmm! Look at Ma Hong's care of this Xiangyang, this is really good! It's crowded, lively, and a good place! Cao Cao laughed.

Crowded, lively, nice place. Three words, this has fully affirmed that Cao Cao will not give such a good place to Liu Bei.

"Looks like we're ready to fight." Guo Jia laughed.

Liu Bei, hmph, Ma Hong doesn't withdraw the army, I still have to pay attention to you, maybe I will fulfill my promise, this Ma Hong withdraws the army, I want to see what you can do? Cao Cao smiled in his heart.

On the second day, Guo Jia came to report that Liu Bei had taken control of Lingling County, and after Fei Yi withdrew, the local squire immediately sent people to welcome Liu Bei into Lingling County, and Liu Bei was also prepared and immediately occupied Lingling County.

When Cao Cao heard the news, he immediately said: "This Liu Bei is really fast, let Cao Ren quickly occupy Wuling County." ”

At this time, Cao Cao's military deployment was that Xu Huang and Xu Shu guarded Nanyang County, and Cao Ren and Manzhong led 10,000 troops to guard Wuling County. Cao Cao took Qi Lejin, Li Dian, Xu Chu, Guo Jia, and Xun You to garrison Xiangyang, the capital of Jingzhou, and ordered Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, and Jia Xu to garrison Jiangling City, the second largest city in Jingzhou.

"Such a fat city, do you say that Ma Hong's heart is dripping blood now! Ha ha! Ha ha! Cao Cao was very happy.

"Lord, now Liu Bei is afraid that he has a backhand, we have to be careful." Guo Jiadao.

Cao Cao smiled and said: "Lone can successfully take Xiangyang, as the first meritorious Xun Yu, the second credit is Xu Shu, without his relationship with Zhuge Liang, Lone will not be able to convince Liu Bei, I want to add an official to Xu Shu and reward him well, haha!" ”

"The nine sons of the water mirror, it is really not to be underestimated." Guo Jia said.

"The nine sons of Shuijing, Liu Ye, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu, if they can get them all, why worry about the world, haha!"

In the eleventh year of Jian'an, the weather in Xiangyang was very good, and Cao Cao found a chair from nowhere to sit in the sun, basking in the sun, and was in a very good mood.

Suddenly, the soldier came to report that something had happened, Cao Cao heard the news brought by the soldier, immediately jumped up from his seat, and said, "Really? ”

The soldier was so frightened by Cao Cao that he shivered, and said tremblingly: "The news is true. ”

Cao Cao's face turned pale and he sat down in a chair.

Layue, Nanyang County was in turmoil, Xu Shu rebelled in Nanyang, drunk Xu Huang, detained him, and then surrendered to Liu Bei, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun into Nanyang County, took Nanyang in a few days, cut off Cao Cao's retreat, Zhang Fei led the army to attack Jiangling, Guan Yu and Liu Bei led the army to attack Xiangyang. Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and Xu Shu converged and led troops to besiege Xiangyang. Cao Cao's retreat was completely cut off.

Ma Hong had just arrived in Dianjiang, Badong County, and after getting the news, he just sneered a few times.

Xiangyang City, Cao Cao hurriedly convened the generals to discuss countermeasures, because before Kuai Yue retreated, he had ordered all the grain and grass to be burned, there was no surplus grain in Nanjun, and the grain and grass in Wuling were also burned before Fei Yi retreated, and now Xu Shu rebelled, the grain road has been broken, and the surplus grain of Cao Cao's army is only enough for one month.

"Do you have a good plan to solve the crisis?" Cao Cao spoke, his face was very embarrassed.

All the generals were silent, and Guo Jia stood up and said: "Liu Bei trapped us because he wanted to fight a protracted war with us. ”

"I naturally know this, now that the grain channel has been cut off, what do you say should be done?" Cao Cao asked.

Guo Jia said: "It's better to borrow grain from Ma Hong." ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and said: "We occupy Ma Hong's city, and we have to borrow grain from him, if he doesn't take advantage of the fire to rob, how can he lend us grain and grass?" ”

Guo Jiadao: "Right now, I think Ma Hong hates Liu Bei even more, if the lord gets grain and grass, he will fight with Ma Hong, and if he can get half a year's grain and grass, he can flank Liu Bei with the reinforcements sent by Xuchang." ”

"It's winter now, and in half a year, the crops will be harvested, and we can support it." Xun You thought for a while and said.

"Okay, you can give it a try, can you lend food." Cao Cao said.

"No!"

Cao Cao discussed with the generals and decided to draw troops from Wuling County, and Cao Ren and Man Chong withdrew to Nanjun and joined forces with Cao Cao's troops, preparing to attack Nanyang County in a big way, wanting to tear through the Nanyang defense line.

Nanyang County.

Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu had heavy troops on the three lines of Dengxian, Caiyang, and Shandu to prevent Cao Cao from leading his army to break through.

Zhuge Liang is in the military tent.

Xu Shu smiled at Zhuge Liang and said, "Senior Brother Zhuge , you and I are really happy to join forces." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "Senior Brother Xu, next, what does Senior Brother Xu think, how will Cao Cao deal with it?" ”

"I see that Cao Cao is ostensibly gathering troops and preparing to attack Nanyang in a big way, wanting to tear through our defense line, in fact, I think he will counterattack into Jiangxia County, if he defeats the lord and enters Jiangxia, he can also break the current predicament, if I am Cao Cao, I will definitely take this step."

Xu Shu analyzed.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Senior Brother Xu's thoughts coincide with mine. So I have asked the lord to set up an ambush and wait for him, if he dares to march into Jiangxia, he will definitely be defeated. ”

Xiangyang.

Xun Yu made suggestions before leaving, united with Sun Quan in Jiangdong, promised to make a lot of profits, named Sun Quan as a hussar general, and then promised Jiangxia County, and invited Sun Quan to attack Jiangxia together.

Ma Hong is in Badong County, if Cao Cao's envoy arrives in Badong County, the fastest will be 20 days, even if Ma Hong agrees, send people to Hanzhong for 15 days at the earliest, and then send grain and grass to Cao Cao, the fastest 30 days, according to this algorithm, Cao Cao even if he received grain and grass, the soldiers are almost starving to death, but in fact, after Ma Hong got the news, he immediately returned to Nanzheng City, just when Cao Cao's envoy arrived in Nanzheng, the time was 15th, and then Ma Hong met with Cao Cao's envoy and expressed his willingness to give Cao Cao grain and grass, He didn't ask for anything, much to the surprise of the messenger.

Three days later, Cao Cao received Ma Hong's grain and grass, a basket of eggs, a basket of dead mice, and a basket of turtles.

Ma Hong had already indicated that he was watching the fire from the other side, and Cao Cao personally led his army to attack Nanyang County as a puzzle, and ordered Cao Ren, Man Chong, Yu Ban, and Xun You to attack Jiangxia County.

Jian Ye City.

After Sun Quan got the news of Cao Cao, he decided to send troops to attack Jiangxia County as soon as possible, but Sun Quan was not Cao Cao, nor Ma Hong, nor Liu Bei, and the things he decided at the first time often took a lot of time to prepare and persuade some people, because the rights in Sun Quan's hands were still limited at this time. Because Zhang Zhao refused, he had to persuade Zhang Zhao, and then he had to ask Zhou Yu's opinion, because he had to know Zhou Yu's attitude.

When Sun Quan walked out of Zhang Zhao's mansion with an expressionless face, he whispered to Zhu Ran: "It's infuriating, as the lord, I can't make a decision, it's really hateful." ”

Zhu Ran said: "It will take time. ”

(To be continued.) )