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Xu Shu's letter for help was sent to the front line, and it took five days before he received a belated reply from Guan Yu Shanshan. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Guan Yu's reply was very simple, he thought that Xu Shu was completely worried, and the army gathering on the Eastern Wu side was completely prepared for the attack on Wei, and there was no need to worry at all.

Xu Shu asked the messenger about the current situation on the front line, and due to the increase in troops, the offensive of the Han army gradually gained the upper hand on the front line, and the Wei side had shown that it was unable to do so.

Obviously, in the case that he was about to gain an advantage with great difficulty, Guan Yu would not transfer his troops back to Lukou just based on Xu Shu's personal guess of "chasing the wind and catching shadows", thus giving up a rare opportunity.

Guan Yu's reply disappointed Xu Shu, and even Zhang Liao was quite surprised, and wondered: "Yun Changfei is the kind of person who is not calm, how can he be so careless." ”

Guan Yu has been guarding Jingzhou for more than ten years, Liu Bei has always been cautious at the time, but now he has become so "trusted", Zhang Liaoming is the reason, but Xu Shu is very clear.

Without him, only power.

The battle of Wei this time, in other words, can also be a battle for power, and whoever has the greatest military merits in this war can naturally greatly enhance his prestige in the government and the opposition, so as to gain a lot of power.

Historically, countless powerful ministers, all of them have gained great power through the establishment of huge military exploits, even since the two Han Dynasty, the dictatorship of foreign relatives has continued, and the nobles have not generally consolidated their position through war meritorious service.

Since Guan Yu was sitting in Jingzhou, he naturally couldn't participate in the "supreme" glorious battle of attacking Wei Capital, so he couldn't wait to break through the ban and seize the Central Plains before Fang Shao, and receiving Xu Luo's credit was enough to overshadow Fang Shao's contribution to capture Wei Capital. After all, the land of Xu Luo, which was once the capital of the Han Dynasty, even if the Wei State has moved its capital to Yecheng, in the eyes of the world, Xu Luo also has irreplaceable political significance.

It is for this reason that Guan Yu will desperately increase troops to the front line, and even give up the security of the rear. And Liu Bei has passed away, if Guan Yu insists on doing it, no one can stop him, even if the new emperor of Chang'an City personally issued an edict, it may not be able to change Guan Yu's strategy, because with Guan Yu's current power and status, he can use the sentence "The general is outside, and the monarch's order is not granted" to prevaricate and reject the emperor's order.

Guan Yu's thoughts, Xu Shu's heart is like a mirror, but he can't tell Zhang Liao frankly, after all, the famous general in front of him is a brother and sister with Guan Yu, and the relationship is extraordinary, of course Xu Shu will not analyze Guan Yu's psychology in front of him.

"It seems that the general's mind is all on the front line, and it is difficult to take care of Jingzhou for a while. Wen Yuan, at this time, it seems that we can only rely on ourselves. ”

Facing Xu Shu's exclamation, Zhang Liao said confidently: "Lukou is the first fortress in Jingzhou, even if there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses, but I believe that relying on strong fortifications, it will definitely be able to withstand the attack of the Wu people." As long as we can withstand a moment and hold on until Yun Chang's army comes back, we can naturally crack the Wu people's annihilation plan. ”

"I hope so, but the Wu people should also guess this, I have a hunch that this time the invasion of the Wu people will definitely not be so simple."

As Xu Shu said, there is indeed a bad omen in his heart at this moment, but he has limited troops in his hands, and even if he is worried, he cannot make corresponding countermeasures.

In desperation, Xu Shu had no choice but to order the army of Lukou to reorganize and fight, send a wide range of meticulous troops to go deep into the Wu realm to find out the news, and at the same time set up more cruise ships on the Yangtze River to strengthen early warning.

Seven days later, the intelligence of the Eastern Wu troops was sent to Xu Shu like snowflakes, as Xu and Zhang expected, the Eastern Wu finally sent troops, 150,000 troops, more than 1,000 large and small warships of the huge ship against the west of the west, although it is still in the territory of Wu at the moment, but the goal of the Wu people is already very clear - Jingzhou.

At the same time, the 5,000 soldiers and horses in Lukou entered a state of first-class combat readiness, and various warnings were also quickly sent to Jingnan to prevent the Wu army from attacking the three counties of Jingnan from the north of Guiyang County.

In the next three days, the information arrived one after another, and the fleet of Wu State had crossed Chaisang, crossed Shaxian, and had invaded the territory of Han.

Three days later, the latest piece of information surprised Xu Shu.

The Wu army did not follow the prediction, the 150,000 troops rushed to Lukou, trying to take Jiangling directly after seizing Lukou, so as to cut Jingzhou from the Yangtze River into two sections, so that the three counties of Jingnan could be decided without a fight, and after all the Yangtze River, even if Guan Yu's army returned to help, it would be useless.

The fact is that the Wu army turned a blind eye to Lukou, and the 150,000-strong army entered the siege of Xiakou, and at the same time, Wu's fleet entered the Han River in the north, cutting off the water passage between Jingbei and Jingnan.

"Lu Xun, it's really not simple!" Xu Shu frowned and sighed.

Xiakou City is located in the lower reaches of Lukou, which was originally the seat of Jiangxia County, and at the same time, Xiakou guarded the confluence of the Han River and the Yangtze River, and on the surface, Xiakou should be more important than Lukou.

But the fact is that Xiakou is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River and the east bank of the Han River, and the Wu people can only cut off the water passage from Xiakou to Jingzhou, but the Wu people have no choice but to do anything about the land passage. At the same time, Xiakou has been operated by Guan Yu for many years, and the city is extremely strong, and with the ability of the Wu people to attack fortifications, it is difficult to break through the city in a short period of time under the condition of continuous foreign aid from Xiakou.

At this time, the Wu army gathered in the waters of Xiakou had to face a flank attack from the south of Xiangyang Shunhan River, and from Jiangling and Lukou to the east of the Yangtze River.

However, Lu Xun still adopted such a "not smart" plan at this time, but it reflected his cleverness.

The reason is Guan Yu's previous order.

Jingzhou has about 100,000 regular troops, and the specific deployment is generally 20,000 in Lukou, 30,000 in Xiangyang, 10,000 in Jiangling, 20,000 in Wancheng, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses, scattered in Xiakou, Changsha and other places.

As for the naval warships in Jingzhou, because the role of the naval divisions in Xiangyang, Wancheng and other places is not prominent, most of the warships are deployed in Lukou and Jiangling, while the naval warships of Xiangyang in Jingbei account for a quarter of all warships, that is, about 200.

But now, the armies of Jiangling, Lukou, Xiakou, Changsha and other places have almost all been transferred to the north by Guan Yu, and although there are nearly 400 warships in the land of Lukou, there are less than 5,000 soldiers and horses, and it is impossible to launch an attack on the Wu army in Xiakou from the west.

Although Guan Yu on the front line had 80,000 or 90,000 soldiers, he only had less than 200 warships in Xiangyang, and he still could not launch a strong attack on the Wu army from the Han River.

This formed a very embarrassing situation, Xu Shu had a ship but no soldiers, and Guan Yu had soldiers but no ships, which means that the Wu people could completely control the Han River and the Yangtze River waterway by virtue of their absolute superiority at this time.

In the south, whoever controls the waterways is equivalent to mastering air supremacy in modern warfare.

Xu Shu's worries became a reality, as if in an instant, the Wu people had all the advantages, and the information sent back next made Xu Shu even more shocked.

Lu Xun ordered Gan Ning to lead 50,000 soldiers and horses to besiege Xiakou, ordered Lu Fan to lead an army of 20,000 to advance to Lukou, and led an army of 80,000 to Yanhan River to the north and went straight to Xiangyang.

Lu Xun's move can only be described in two words - ruthless enough.

At this time, Xiangyang's troops were empty, and if Lu Xun could destroy the naval army in Xiangyang Port before Guan Yu's army returned to the division, he could cut off Guan Yu north of Hanshui in one fell swoop. Without the support of the navy, even if Guan Yu has 100,000 soldiers, he can't help the Wu army.

This move is similar to Wei Yanqi's plan to attack Tongguan back then, but Xu Shu's situation is even worse, the reason is very simple, because the entire Jingzhou region south of Xiangyang has only more than 5,000 soldiers and horses.

"One misstep becomes a thousand hatreds!" Xu Shu slammed the case, his face full of resentment.

………… Yecheng, General Wei's Mansion.

Xiahou Shang looked at the letter in his hand, with an extremely complicated expression on his face, sometimes puzzled, sometimes indignant.

After a long time, he closed the letter and slammed it.

The man who knelt on the ground in front of the hall trembled with fright and lowered his head much lower.

"Are you Chen Qun's family?" Xiahou Shang asked sharply.

The house was silent.

"This letter is written by your master?"

That family still didn't dare to squeak, but in Xiahou Shang's opinion, not squeaking meant acquiescence.

Of course, Xiahou Shang knew Chen Qun's handwriting, coupled with this Ding's panicked expression, Xiahou Shang already had a judgment in his heart.

"Your Majesty is as kind to you as a mountain, for your interests, you did not hesitate to change the national policy, and used the "Nine Products Zhongzheng System", and now the national disaster is at the head, but you want to betray Your Majesty, damn it! Damn it! ”

Xiahou Shang looked at the long list in the seal, filled his chest with anger, and gritted his teeth.

"Come on, mobilize soldiers and horses, and arrest all these traitors for me according to the names on the list!"

When Xiahou in the city was still angry, Fang Shao in the Han camp outside the city was leisurely sipping tea.

At this time, Xiahou Shang had already arrested people after not fighting much. ’

Everything that happened in Yecheng was just Fang Shao's strategy.

Fang Shao told the family sent by Chen Qun that in order to show his trust, he asked him to bring back Chen Qun's letter to show that he would not threaten Chen Qun because he had the handle. And when that family Ding returned to the city, he used a little means from the outside, causing the defenders to arrest him, and once Xiahou Shang saw Chen Qun's surrender letter, he would naturally take measures.

Moreover, Fang Shao also borrowed Jiang Wei's hand to add a large list of those who "participated in the return to Shun" in that letter, and Sima Yi, Wang Lang and other famous scholars of the scholar family were among them.

In other words, Fang Shao is playing a trick of borrowing a knife to kill people.

(To be continued)