Hefei was lost, Li Dian died, Huainan Tuntian District was flooded, if such a blow was put on Sun Quan or Liu Feng's body, it would be a big injury that hurt the muscles and bones, but for Cao Ying, who has two out of three in the world, it must not be so fatal.

As for the loss of Xiangyang and the capture of Cao Ren, although it was also a big blow, in fact, the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops personally controlled by Cao Ying did not suffer the loss of the actual surname.

Cao Ying's military strength is still the strongest in the world.

As for Soochow, despite the capture of Hefei, the nearly year-long war against Cao had put its domestic economy under heavy pressure.

After the end of the Battle of Hefei, Sun Quan was no longer able to expand the fruits of victory to the north, so at the suggestion of Zhou Yu, he temporarily stopped the northward march and moved a large number of people from the south of the Yangtze River to Hefei, imitating Cao Ying to implement Tuntian, in preparation for the future enterprising Shouchun.

Cao Ying, before failing to restore the Tuntian economy in Shaobei, did not dare to rush south, Cao and Sun, between Shouchun and Hefei, formed a tacit understanding of truce.

As for Liu Feng, Cao Ying can be said to be "love and hate".

When he copied Liu Bei's lair, Cao Ying was "love".

When he captured Cao Ren and attacked Xiangyang, "love" turned into hate.

And when Liu Feng invaded Shu and ruined Liu Bei's good deeds of Shu again, Cao Ying's hatred for him changed to "love".

I thought that the three surnamed Liu in Yizhou would be inextricably killed, and both would lose, and then wait for themselves to come out and clean up the mess.

But to Cao Ying's surprise, the war in Yizhou ended so quickly that before he had time to withdraw from Huainan, Liu Feng, who made him "love and hate", miraculously became the overlord of Jingyi and Yizhou.

As for Liu Bei, who seemed to have an immortal body, he escaped death and seized Hanzhong like a resurrection, and he also colluded with Ma Chao, the disgusting butcher of Xiliang.

Liu Bei seized Hanzhong, which Cao Ying couldn't bear.

Even when Liu Bei captured Jingzhou, Cao Ying didn't think that he could pose a threat to him, but when Liu Bei only got a mere county in Hanzhong, Cao Ying felt a chilling threat.

This place in Hanzhong is too special, once Liu Bei gains a firm foothold here, takes advantage of Ma Chao's prestige in Xiliang, goes north out of the Qinling Mountains, and seizes the land of Guanlong, the blow to him Cao Ying is simply more serious than the defeat of ten Chibi.

The reason why Cao Ying dominates the world and does not take Sun Liu in the south of the Yangtze River in his eyes is that he relies on powerful cavalry.

If Liu Bei captures Guanlong, obtains Xiliang's horses, establishes an equally powerful cavalry, and then advances eastward into the hinterland of the Central Plains by attacking from west to east, the number of victories and defeats will be unpredictable.

Liu Feng and Sun Quan are just skin diseases, but Liu Bei in Hanzhong is a henchman.

Cao Ying decided to strangle this henchman in the cradle, so less than five months after the defeat of Hefei, he personally led an army of 150,000 to the west to conquer Hanzhong.

Xiangyang City, the state capital.

Liu Feng held this information in his hand, and his expression was full of excitement.

Previously, although he, Liu Bei, Cao Ying, and Sun Quan fought with each other, after the war, a new balance was formed.

At present, Cao Ying's use of troops against Hanzhong means that the balance is broken.

Liu Feng will never forget what Pang Tong said: When the balance is broken, it is when the opportunity comes.

Now Liu Feng saw the opportunity.

"Sir, look at this Cao ......"

When Liu Fengzheng wanted to ask Pang Tong for advice, the attendant came to report, saying that he was an envoy of the imperial court and had arrived with the holy decree of the Han Emperor.

"Cao Ying is going to play tricks again." , Liu Feng sneered, and immediately led Jing Xiang and a group of civil and military personnel to meet the holy decree.

Although Liu Feng and Cao Ying once killed you to the death, Liu Feng, who is still nominally the Son of Heaven, still knows that it is Cao Ying's holy decree, and the scene still has to be dealt with.

And Cao Ying's holy decree slightly surprised Liu Feng.

This northern hero, not only in the name of Emperor Han, officially recognized Liu Feng's position as a former general, but also crowned him as the Marquis of Jiangling County.

In addition, the holy decree also ordered Liu Feng, as a former general, to lead the troops of Jingyi and Yizhou to launch an attack on Liu Bei in Hanzhong County from Yizhou, in order to cooperate with the imperial court's conquest of Liu Bei from Guanzhong.

"This Cao Ying, he thought that he would give me this sweetness, so he wanted me to contain Liu Bei from behind, so that he could take advantage of the opportunity to benefit from the fisherman, and he played too well with this abacus."

Sent away the angel, in the council hall, Liu Feng carried the worthless holy decree in his hand, with a disdainful face.

"That being the case, then we will plan it, transfer all the soldiers and horses to Xichuan, and make a preparation to attack Liu Bei, and when Cao Yingxing's troops enter the Qinling Mountains in the south, we will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when the two tigers fight each other and lose both, we will take the opportunity to profit from it, and maybe we can take advantage of the situation to seize Hanzhong in one fell swoop."

After seeing through Cao Ying's intentions, Kuai Liang immediately gave a countermeasure.

"Mr. Shiyuan, what do you think?"

Kuai Liang's strategy secretly coincided with Liu Feng's thoughts, but he still had to consult Pang Tong's opinion.

Pang Tong did not respond, but took the holy decree and read it carefully over and over again.

On that dark face, the look of suspicion became more and more intense.

It seems that Pang Tong saw something unusual.

Liu Feng's spirit immediately became alert, and he wondered: "Sir, do you think Cao Ying has another plan?" ”

After a moment of silence, a sneer rose at the corner of Pang Tong's mouth.

He held up the holy decree and asked, "Lord, don't you think that the secret intention of Cao Ying's holy decree is too obvious?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Feng suddenly realized something, and vaguely guessed a few points from it.

"Mr. means ......"

Pang Tong laughed and said unhurriedly: "With Cao Ying's annihilation danger, the wisdom of his left and right strategists, of course, he should be able to calculate, and this holy decree alone is not enough to deceive us." For us, the best option is to pretend to be pleasing and secretly reap the benefits. However, knowing this, why did Cao Ying make this holy decree in one more move? ”

Liu Feng suddenly realized, and before he could speak, Kuai Liang on the side was shocked: "Shiyuan, what do you mean, could it be that Cao Ying clearly wants to attack Liu Bei, but secretly wants to take the opportunity to lead our army to Yizhou, and then take the opportunity to plot against Xiangfan?" ”

Pang Tong didn't answer, but Liu Feng had already said categorically: "Don't think about it, Cao Ying's annihilation plan must be like this." Xiangyang is like a nail inserted near Xu Luo's heart, if this nail is not removed, Cao Yanyan can use troops against Liu Bei with confidence. ”

"The lord is wise."

Pang Tong smiled faintly, and said: "Although the land of Guanlong is heavy, Liu Bei is only a newcomer to Hanzhong after all, and in a hurry, it is difficult to raise troops against Guanlong, and Xiahou Yuanhu is still majestic, and Liu Bei will not be without fear." At this time, Cao Ying ignored the threats from Shouchun and Wanluo, but hurriedly attacked Liu Bei. ”

After Pang Tong said this, the situation suddenly became clear.

Kuai Liang sighed: "It seems that the land of Jingxiang is about to experience the poison of war again. ”

Liu Feng sneered: "Since Cao Gong is so interested in our Jingxiang, then how can we not fulfill some landlord gifts, let's take care of the plan, let Cao Gong have a good look at my Liu Feng's hospitality!" ”

At the moment, the discussion was decided, and Liu Feng pretended to reply to the angel and promised to use troops in Hanzhong.

In order to hide people's eyes, Liu Feng specially sent an order to Yizhou, ordering the Yizhou army to make a big noise and put on a posture of preparing to march north.

In Jingzhou, Liu Feng also took the waterway to transport troops to Yizhou, but in fact, the people who went to Yizhou were all empty ships disguised as full of soldiers.

………………………… Hanzhong, Nanzheng.

Outside the high gate hall, the sturdy figure was pacing back and forth, and on the upright face, loneliness and anxiety appeared from time to time.

From time to time, he unfolded the silk book in the palm of his hand and read it repeatedly, and every time he saw the letter that worried him, the anxiety and anxiety on his face became more and more intense.

He rushed to the gate several times, and when he tried to get in, he stopped at the threshold several times.

I don't know how long he hesitated, he gritted his teeth fiercely, forced himself, and reluctantly walked into the hall.

"I've seen Mr. Xu." The maids and maids inside were busy saluting.

Xu Shu temporarily put away the anxiety that was full of color, and said softly: "Go and pass the word to the lord, and say that Xu Shu wants to see him." ”

The maids came out within a moment of entering, saying that Liu Bei invited him in.

Xu Shu took a deep breath, walked like lead, and slowly turned into the inner room.

In the large room that once belonged to Zhang Lu and was full of Taoist architectural style, Liu Bei was standing with his hands in his hands, staring at the hanging map of Guanlong.

At this moment, Liu Bei's mind was galloping on the vast land of Guanlong.

"Yuan Zhi, you came just in time, I recently heard that Cao Ying is planning to raise troops to attack Hanzhong, I am thinking about how to deal with it, and you happen to be with me in detail."

Liu Bei pulled Xu Shu in front of the map, pointed at all the key points on the map, and talked endlessly about his strategy.

Xu Shu just stood there, not saying a word, listening silently.

His expression was in a trance, as if he had something on his mind, and he didn't listen to Liu Bei's words at all.

"Yuan Zhi, do you think my strategy of arranging troops is feasible?" After Liu Bei finished speaking, he turned his head and asked Xu Shu.

"Huh?"

Xu Shu woke up from a trance, his face was dazed, obviously he didn't listen to what Liu Bei said.

With Liu Bei's insight, how could he not see the clues.

The originally excited look quickly became calm, Liu Bei looked at Xu Shu squarely, and asked: "Yuan Zhi, you seem to have something on your mind, you and I treat each other with sincerity, you might as well speak up." ”

Xu Shu's expression became anxious again, and his expression was like what kind of torment and torture he was enduring in his heart, forcing him to make a difficult decision.

After a long time, Xu Shu let out a long sigh.

He lowered his head, not daring to meet Liu Bei's gaze, only bowed deeply, and arched his hand: "Lord, I can't hide it, I came this time to say goodbye to the lord." ”

(To be continued)