"Big brother, let's just surround Cao Ying like this, it's too breathless. Or give me a military horse, I promise to take Xuchang as soon as possible, and bring Cao Ying's head to see you! ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Liu Bei, but even Guan Yu and others were grinning. Since besieging Cao Ying in Xuchang, every two or three days, Zhang Fei would be unable to hold back and apply to Liu Bei to attack Xuchang. Of course, Liu Bei rejected it every time.

"The city wall of Xuchang is dangerous, and there are at least 70,000 defenders under Cao Ying's command. If we are to attack by force, if we don't take 100,000 lives, we really don't want to take Xuchang! Lu Su, who was still the most peaceful with the surname for a long time, explained carefully. Zhang Fei said disapprovingly: "100,000 people are 100,000 people, and it's worth exchanging 100,000 lives for Cao Ying's life!" ”

"This is only the situation of attacking Xuchang, once Cao Ren and Xu Huang from the east come to the rescue, we will inevitably suffer from the enemy. Even if Cao Ying is killed, the lord will lose at least 200,000 military horses. And Cao Ying is in Hebei and Guanzhong, and there are at least 400,000 troops. If that's the case, I'm afraid we're going to have to go one-to-two! Lu Su continued to explain slowly.

"Forget it!" When Zhang Fei heard this, he also shook his head and stopped expressing any clever ideas. At this time, Pang Tong spoke: "According to the news obtained from the careful investigation, Cao Jun's grain and grass can still support more than two months. In my opinion, if you add the support of the major wealthy families in Xuchang City, and save a little more money, Cao Ying may be able to support it for another month. We only need to besiege Xuchang for three months, and we will be able to completely trap Cao Ying to death! ”

"That's right!" Everyone nodded their heads when they heard this. At this time, a small colonel sent the news of the sailor, but Hebei sent people to cross the river in Baima, but the boat was destroyed by Gan Ning's army. Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly sent someone to reward the water master without mentioning it.

At this time, in the palace of King Wei in Yecheng, Cao Pi was alone in the courtyard in a daze. The humble smile was gone, and at this moment, his silent face could not see his inner activities at this time.

"Childe!" Hua Xin's voice came from behind him, and Cao Pi woke up from his contemplation, turned around and said, "Ziyu, is there something wrong?" ”

"Hehe, do you know what the second son is doing at this time?" Hua Xin asked with a mysterious smile on his face. In the past, Cao Pi would discuss with him with great interest, but today Cao Pi is interested. Sighing, Cao Pi smiled bitterly: "Mr. Ziyu, now that my father is trapped in Xuchang, even if the fourth brother burns Yecheng at the moment, what can I do?" ”

"The second prince must not be depressed, just now the third prince and General Yuan Rang have already broken Yuan Tan, and now I have hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Hebei, and I can go south to rescue King Wei at any time. Childe still needs to do his best to save the lord at this time! Hua Xin comforted him with words. Cao Pi's spirits lifted a little when he heard this, and then he sighed: "But now that the Yellow River has been cut off by Liu Bei's sailors, it is already difficult for us to cross the river, how can we send troops to Xuchang and rescue my father?" ”

"Xun Gongda is resourceful, he will definitely be able to come up with a plan!" Hua Xin held back this sentence for a long time, or that sentence, it's okay to engage in conspiracy, as for military strategy, Hua Xin is really not very good at it. Cao Pi was sighing to himself, but he could hear someone report that Xiahoudun and Cao Zhang and others had returned to Jizhou, and they would be able to arrive in Yecheng tomorrow.

"I hope that Uncle Yuan and the third brother can come up with some useful strategies to rescue my father!" Cao Pi said a little bitterly. Although he is very unhappy that his Lao Tzu has always been partial to the fourth child, but after all, father and son are connected, and now that he is trapped in Henan Nine Deaths, Cao Pi is naturally very worried about his safety. Taking a step back, Cao Ying has not yet designated an heir, and if he hangs up like this, he will not be able to get a legitimate heir.

The next time, Cao Pi personally went outside the city to greet Xiahoudun and Cao Zhang and others. Although Xiahoudun also returned victorious this expedition, everyone did not take this victory too seriously. Including Xiahoudun himself, he was also worried about Cao Ying, who was trapped in Xuchang.

"Uncle Yuanrang, in this way, Mr. Fengxiao, has already gone?" Cao Pi's lips trembled, but he still said these words. At this time, in addition to him, there were Xun You, Cao Zhang, Xiahoudun, Xiahouba and several others, these people were also the main figures of Cao Ying's stay in Hebei, "That's right!" Xiahoudun bowed his head and said. Although Guo Jia's death was completely exhausted, Xiahoudun still felt that he was to blame for letting him die in Liaodong like this. Cao Pi didn't say anything, just looked at Xun You's face was already a little pale. Cao Ying was trapped in Xuchang, and now his strategist Guo Jia is hanging up again, and it really happened to rain overnight.

"By the way, Mr. Gongda, this is Mr. Fengxiao's suicide note, he asked me to hand it over to you." At this time, Xiahoudun took out Guo Jia's suicide note from his personal armor and handed it to Xun You. The latter took the letter tremblingly, and then slowly opened it. For a while, the eyes of several people present were all focused on this letter. Everyone understands in their hearts that whether Cao Ying can still have a glimmer of life depends on this letter.

The letter didn't last long, Xun You read it hastily, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and his face was already much better. When everyone looked at it, they knew that Cao Ying's fate was half recovered. "What did Mr. Bonghyo say?" Cao Zhang, who was the most anxious with the surname, couldn't wait to ask.

"Feng Xiao said that if you want to cross the river to save the lord, the biggest obstacle is Jing Xiangshuishi. As long as Jingxiang Shui Shi cannot stand on the Yellow River, it will not be difficult to cross the river! Xun You smiled slightly, and then explained Guo Jia's strategy. When everyone heard this, they all thought that this plan was too cumbersome.

"This is also a last resort, now the lord is trapped in Henan, if it is delayed, I am afraid that it will be more auspicious. Only in this way can the lord be rescued as soon as possible! Xun You sighed.

"Why don't you send troops from Sizhou to attack Jingxiang?" Cao Zhang said suddenly.

"If you go to Jingxiang, there is still Wancheng Jiancheng to hold the key points, and it is difficult to enter Xuchang in a hurry!" Xun Yu continued to explain. Cao Zhang was silent when he heard this, and everyone immediately began to arrange manpower and prepare to act according to the plan.

A few days later, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Ba and Cao Zhang each led a group of men and horses to leave Yecheng, and drove to Baima, Yanjin and Guandu respectively. These three main crossings are located downstream, which can have enough traffic to provide a large army to cross the river. After Gan Ning got the news, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly led the sailor to settle in Guandu, ready to intercept it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that Xun Yu is in a hurry this time, and he wants to cross the river with more people!" In the naval division camp of Guandu, Gan Ning convened all the water war generals to discuss the road. In addition to him, Pang Lin, the deputy governor of the water division, and some other water war generals such as Cheng Shi and others were all there.

"In that case, I don't know what the governor wants?" Pang Lin asked after looking at the map. Gan Ning grinned, but said indifferently: "Back then, General Zhao crossed the Yangtze River skillfully, which made Zhou Gongjin unguardable. But now that we have enough troops, we can always send people to pay attention to these three places. No matter where he crosses the river from, I can kill him as quickly as I can, and in an instant he will be buried in the Yellow River! ”

"That's that!" All the people in the tent agreed. Water warfare is different from land warfare, even if you have more troops, if you don't use water warfare, you can only be hit and sunk by people and buried in the Yellow River. Although there were no less than 100,000 Cao troops on the other side of the river, most of them were landlubbers, and Gan Ning was confident that relying on these 30,000 sailors was enough for them to not be able to fly over.

However, for half a month, the Cao army on the opposite side showed no sign of crossing the river. Although Gan Ning was puzzled, he didn't dare to slack off, for fear that the opponent was playing a surprise attack, so he sent out a detailed investigation at the moment, and prepared to strengthen his vigilance. After a few days, the fine work came back one after another, but it brought him a piece of news that made Zhang Er King Kong scratch his head.

"What, Cao Jun is rushing to make chains overnight?" Not only Gan Ning, but everyone was extremely surprised. What did Xiahoudun do with chains overnight? Gan Ning was confused, so he had to send someone to inform Liu Bei first, and at the same time strengthen his vigilance.

"It's not good, Cao Jun wants to cross the river!" After listening to the news sent by Gan Ning, Pang Tong only thought about it for a moment, and then said in shock. Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, but he still patiently asked, "Shiyuan, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Lord, quickly send someone to inform General Gan that Cao's army is about to cross the river, let him not go to war, just stick to the water village!" Pang Tong was already incoherent when he was nervous, Liu Bei was inexplicable, but he still did it. After a long time, Pang Tong, who calmed down a little, sighed and said: "I didn't expect Cao Jun to come up with such a trick, in this way, even if my Jingxiang Shui Master is sharp, he will win more and lose less!" ”

"Shiyuan, what's going on?" Liu Bei was shocked when he saw Pang Tong, and he was already completely confused. Pang Tong sighed, and then said to everyone: "Lord, everyone, the reason why we are trapped in a desperate situation is all because the Jingxiang Water Division blocked the waterway of the Yellow River. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid that Cao Ying's reinforcements would have already come in a steady stream. ”

"That's nature, but now that Cao Ying is building iron chains, is there anything wrong with my sailor?" Liu Bei continued to ask, and at this time, Lu Su had already figured out the key to the problem, and his face suddenly changed.

"The reason why Jingxiang Sailor is better than Cao Jun is that the water surname is proficient and the boat is skillful. The wind and waves on the Yellow River are turbulent, and smaller boats will be unstable. Cao Junmo said that it was not easy to storm and cross the river, even if he wanted to smoothly drive a boat from Hebei across the Yellow River. But now they have built an iron chain, if the ships are connected with iron chains, not only can they alleviate the turbulence, once the war starts, if the Jingxiang Naval Division uses the warship to collide with the other party, it will not be able to hit this chain of ships, once Cao Jun successfully crosses the river, then I am afraid that the lord will be ready to fight with Cao Jun! Pang Tong said in one breath.

As soon as Pang Tong said this, the whole tent was suddenly terrifyingly quiet, and everyone felt that although Pang Tong's words were a little illusory, they would draw conclusions based on a few chains, but once this kind of thing happened, they would be very passive, and their faces would change dramatically at the moment.

Liu Bei's expression was also a little pale, but after a while, he returned to normal. "What are you worried about, even if the reinforcements from Hebei can cross the Yellow River, the number will not be too many. Cao Ying has been besieged by me in Xuchang for more than two months, so there is nothing to worry about. You go back to regroup your troops for battle, if Cao Ying's reinforcements are here, they will be defeated in one fell swoop! Besides, Gan Xingba is proficient in water warfare, and he will be defeated by several chains. Maybe Cao Jun hasn't crossed the Yellow River yet, so he will be sent into the Yellow River! Liu Bei said calmly.

Liu Bei's high-pitched voice also made everyone feel a lot more relaxed, and they didn't mention the arming of each other at the moment. Liu Bei turned around and looked at Guandu in the north, but he was secretly praying in his heart that Gan Ning's sailor would not have an accident.

(To be continued)