The time has reached the beginning of April of the second year of Wu Huanglong, 222 A.D. In fact, on the third day of Deng Zhi's arrival, Lu Xun prepared to cross the water to attack the enemy's rear according to the plan.

However, this attack on the rear can be a technical task, how to force away the enemy's main force and flank corps, how to reduce the rear scouts that meet the enemy and the rear army's grain transport troops, and how to successfully burn down the Wei army's pontoon bridge, all require Lu Xun's careful planning. Lu Xun also looked through a large number of topographical maps of Xiangyang County in one day, checked all the information about the layout of the Wei army, and finally led the army to swim across the river.

April was already the beginning of summer, and in the Wei army camp outside Xiangyang, Cao Xiu's mood became more irritable as the temperature rose. The Wei army was mobilized in the winter and October of last year, and it was already the end of winter and December after it really arrived in Xiangyang. The second is because the summer in the south is too hot and full of mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes seem to be an ordinary thing, but in the eyes of the northerners than the Wu people's ballista can be evil, at this time the north is not too hot in summer at all, and there are no mosquitoes, small bites and the like, a large part of the reason for the defeat of the Shu army in the battle of Yiling in later generations is that the Shu army is not tolerant of the heat.

But fortunately, this time the Wei army attacked Xiangyang, if he attacked Jiangxia County one day, he could experience the power of the furnace in the summer, but there may not be another day. On the other hand, the Wu army's camp was located in Jiangxia before Jingzhou was taken, so the Wu army was not tolerant of severe cold, but it was very resistant to scorching heat, which was completely different from the Wei army, and even completely reversed.

Of course, Cao Xiu, who was born in Wu County, also knew this, and he knew in his heart that fighting in the cold winter his Wei army had an advantage over the Wu army. After all, the winter in the south is similar to the autumn in the north; In the summer battle, the Wu army had an advantage over the Wei army, and the non-combat attrition of the Wei army was very serious in the hot summer. Epidemics and heat stroke abound, so Cao Xiu couldn't afford to put it off.

This army of 100,000. It's like a hundred thousand loads of picks hanging on his shoulders, and he can't kick him anymore.

"Zhengdong (Cao Xiu)" Cao Xiu's don't general, Cao Yi, ran in from outside the tent with a roar, "Urgent report!" ”

"Humph!" Cao Xiu snorted dissatisfiedly, pointed at Cao Yi and scolded: "How can you shout in the barracks? What an urgent report, say! “

"Yes! In the east, the main force of the Wu army has reached Xiangyang, and the puppet emperor Sun Ce of Wu has personally conquered, with an army of 100,000. Qiao Ren, Lu Fan, Zhang Zhao, Lu Meng, Lu Xun and other traitors were all in the army. ”

When Cao Xiu heard this, he only smiled bitterly, and each of these people was difficult to deal with, although he was ambitious and wanted to level Jiangnan. According to his arrangement, he should cooperate with Zang Ba to attack Shouchun, Cao Ren to attack Xiangyang, and Cao Zhen to enter Anfeng, but unfortunately Emperor Wei's idea was not really to have a full-scale war with Eastern Wu, but to use war to fight for the strategic initiative, so the strategic significance and political significance of this battle are higher than its actual value.

"It's hard to deal with! Go and invite the generals! ”

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As the so-called blessings do not come together, but disasters do not go alone.

Cao Pi of Wancheng also received a not very good news today, not that Ma Chao has already created momentum, on the contrary, Ma Chao has not left Zitong. At this moment, the news came that the Wei general Zheng Gan of Linying County had rebelled, and this Zheng Gan was just a local wealthy family who rebelled against the Wei State because he was dissatisfied with Cao Pi's claim to be the emperor and led the local people to expose the pole. At that time, Cao Hong's army in Yuzhou pressed the border and fought several battles without taking advantage, and then accepted the surrender and named Zheng Gan as a liege, not wanting to rebel again at this critical time today.

But it was this rebellious Pingtou people who stumped Cao Pi, and Yuzhou was close to Jingzhou and Yangzhou. If Wu Ren got in touch with him, it would be troublesome.

But now that the main forces of Wei are all gathered in Jingzhou, there is no time to look east. And his Chinese army is fine, but there is no trustworthy general by his side.

"Zhong Da has a clever plan to get rid of this Zheng Gan." Cao Pi frowned. looked at the strategists in the hall with a look of longing.

Taiwei Jia Xu, Shangshu Ling Chen Qun, Shangshu Servant Shooting Sima Yi, Shizhong Liu Ye, Doctor of Literature Guo Yi, Shizhong Dong Zhao, Zhongshu Ling Sun Zi, compared with history, except for one less Jiang Ji, the rest are roughly the same. Cao Cao can be said to have left Cao Pi a first-class group of strategists.

"Zheng Gan's rebellion, but the problem of ringworm, Your Majesty's worries are just useless." Sima Yi said expressionlessly, "There is a candidate for the minister!" ”

"Who?"

"Minister!"

Cao Pi smiled and pointed at Sima Yi and said, "You? ”

It's no wonder that Cao Pi doesn't trust, although Sima Yi has participated in a lot of battles, but as a strategist, he has never really led the troops behind the scenes, and this time Cao Pi originally wanted to leave Sima Yi behind the scenes, but he was worried that Sima Yi was indeed very strong, and he himself was only sitting in Wancheng, and Luoyang's documents could be sent to Wancheng for imperial approval at any time, so he brought Sima Yi with him. Although he trusted Sima Yi very much, he did not think that he was a good general.

"The minister also thinks that Brother Zhongda is suitable, Your Majesty, Wu Zhi Qiaoren, Zhang Zhao, and Lu Xun are all literati, and they are also leading troops to fight. At this time, Chen Qun, who was the head of the prince's four friends, also stood up and recommended Sima Yi, although he didn't know why Sima Yi wanted to fight, but he unconditionally supported his allies.

"This!" Cao Pi hesitated, anyway, there is no good choice, it is better to use Sima Yi Anyway, Zheng Gan's rebels are only a few thousand, and they are the head of Qian, Li Min, how can they be the opponent of the Chinese army of Wei. "That's ???"

Before a good word could be spoken, he was interrupted by the nearest Tai Lieutenant, only to see Jia Xu suddenly come out and say: "The minister has a plan, which can make the general of Runan send a long spring, and by the way, he can destroy the thieves." ”

"Shouchun?" Cao Pi asked puzzledly, wasn't it Zheng Gan who was discussing? Why did it go to Shouchun again.

"Yes, Shouchun! Our army's 200,000 hoards in the front line of Xiangfan can not be used, and Sun Ce in order to raise a large army, transferred a part of the army in Huainan, now Huainan is empty, Dai Gang and in Huaiyin and Zang Zhendong confrontation, it is a good time to recapture Shouchun. "Jia Xu said a lot in one breath, anyway, it is just one sentence, Xiangyang is now a turtle shell, so we will take the initiative to change the defense system of the Wu army.

"The minister thinks that Jia Gong's intentions are very good!" At this time, there were also important ministers who came out to express their support, and this person was Liu Ye, one of the masterminds of Cao Cao's era.

"The minister also agrees with the words of the captain." Successively, Dong Zhao also expressed his support for Jia Xu. Jia Xu has never had so many people supporting him as he does today.

"This!" With so many important ministers supporting Jia Xu's opinions, Cao Pi was also difficult to make a decision for a while, and just at this time, Cao Pi saw Xu Chu, the general of the military guard, who was standing on the side and did not move, and remembered Cao Cao's comments on Jia Xu in front of him. "Good! According to the will of the captain, Boyi will go to the general's army to give orders! ”

"Whoa!"

After Cao Pi finished speaking, he took the tiger talisman from the hand of the middle attendant, and handed half of the reserve to Guo Yi, he left the jade seal in Luoyang when he personally conquered, after all, it is necessary to use a seal to issue orders there, otherwise how to show orthodoxy, and Cao Pi only needs to give his tiger talisman to his subordinates to announce the decree.

Looking at the back of Guo Yi leaving, Jia Xu was thoughtful, and when he couldn't see Guo Yi's figure at all, Jia Xu actually raised his head and smiled weirdly at Sima Yi.

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"Wen and Gu know that you have always spared your life, but Gu has a task to give you."

"King Wei, you are unwell, and you need to rest more." Jia Xu said with some emotion.

"Hehe, I'm afraid I won't live for this month. For the sake of the great Wei Dynasty, King Lone pleases you, after Lone dies, don't let Sima Zhongda be in charge of the troops in any case, even if he is the third prince and prime minister, don't let Sima Yi be in charge of the troops. ”

Jia Xu also knew that Cao Pi trusted Sima Yi very much, and Cao Cao's entrustment could not be implemented for Cao Pi, but for him, as a courtier or a courtier who did not take care of things, it was indeed difficult for a strong man to complete this task. However, "Great King, the ministers obey." ”

"Hehe, Wenhe's ability is well known in his heart. Three horses in the same groove! Three horses in the same groove! Lonely doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, let alone fate! (To be continued......)