After turning such a big corner, he finally got to the right point, and Lu Su finally knew that the fundamental purpose of Chen Zhen's coming was to attack Jiangling by Cao Ren.

One of the main responsibilities of Lu Su, the governor of the western front, was to guard the movements of Cao Ren's troops in Xiangyang, and now Cao Ren's more than 20,000 troops poured out of the nest to take the opportunity to attack Jiangling in the south.

"General Liu has planned carefully, and he has defeated all the beautiful bearded men, and he is almost invincible, so what can I do to help." The irony in Lu Su's words is still the same.

Chen Zhen laughed a few times, "Lu Dudu is really a big winner, although my general is both wise and brave, but compared to Du Dudu, it is still far behind." The governor also knew that now Cao Ren took advantage of the situation between our army and Guan Yu to suddenly raise troops to besiege Jiangling, and my general couldn't get out for a while, so he wanted to ask Lu Dudu to help. ”

As expected.

"Well...... You also know that at the moment, my troops of Eastern Wu are all confronting Cao Ying in the southeast, and they can't draw extra troops at all. ”

Lu Su obviously wanted to refuse, everyone knew that Sun Quan had always been uneasy about Jingzhou's Erliu, although he was now fighting with Cao Ying in the southeast with weak troops, but on the front line of Jingzhou, there were still about 20,000 soldiers and horses commanded by Lu Su.

"Cao Ying's army left by Cao Ren to garrison Xiangyang is only about 20,000 to 30,000, if Lu Dudu can make a move, although the army is still weak, but with the advantage of the navy, it will not be a problem to force Cao Ren back." Chen Zhen further said.

Lu Su looked a little embarrassed, "Actually, I also want to help General Liu, but for such a big matter of using troops, I have to send someone to Yangzhou to ask Wu Hou for instructions, it takes a lot of time between this back and forth, but I am afraid that I will not have time to help General Liu." ”

Lu Su was still making excuses to shirk.

Chen Zhen was not in a hurry at all, and sighed: "In this way, it seems that Jiangling is necessary to fall into the hands of Cao thieves. At that time, my general will only retire to the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River, the four counties are located in the middle of nowhere, and Cao Ying is not interested in raising troops to seize it urgently, most of them will be the same as back then, and the troops will be raised from Jiangling to attack Eastern Wu, with the lesson of the last time, Cao Ying will inevitably be more careful, but I don't know if this time, Lu Dudu will be able to play the glory of Zhou Gongjin's Chibi again? ”

These words, like a scoop of cold water, splashed on Lu Su's body, making him shiver fiercely all over his body, and a bad chill surged in his heart.

Lu Su was indignant because of Liu Feng's actions before, so his thinking was blinded by resentment for a while, but at this time, he was reminded by Chen Zhen's euphemism, and he suddenly woke up.

After the Battle of Chibi that year, Zhou Yu forgot about life and death, and with great effort, he almost accompanied a surname to take Jiangling, in order to what, isn't it to defend the upper reaches of Eastern Wu?

Now, if Cao Ren is allowed to win Jiangling again and repeat the events of the past, will Dongwu have to fight the Battle of Chibi again?

Maybe Zhou Yu has the confidence to win, but Lu Su doesn't.

After several trade-offs, Lu Su had to make a reluctant choice.

Chen Zhen saw that Lu Su was already shaken, and hurriedly said: "In fact, Marquis Wu entrusted all the power of Jingzhou to the hands of the governor, and the governor has the right to act cheaply. What's more, if the governor wants to force Cao Ren's army back, he doesn't need to spend much means at all, just send a naval army to the north from Xiakou, and pretend to take advantage of the situation to attack Xiangyang, Cao Ren will naturally retreat without a fight under fear. ”

Chen Zhen's strategy is exactly the plan that Pang Tong thought of for Lu Su to retreat from the enemy, Pang Tong knew very well that even if Lu Su sent troops to help, he would never take the risk of sacrificing the money and food of the Eastern Wu soldiers to confront Cao Ren head-on, and this plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao was enough to force Cao Ren, who had not enough troops and horses to attack and defend.

At this time, Lu Su's mind had completely reversed from sitting idly by, but it was not easy to change too quickly in front of Chen Zhen, so he had to think about it and said: "This matter is very important, let me think about it carefully." ”

Hearing Lu Su's words, Chen Zhen's undecided heart quietly settled.

………… Jiangling City, Chen Dao's son is not having a good time.

Cao Ren's 20,000 troops, since the Battle of Jiangling a few years ago, have rested in Xiangyang for several years, recuperating and recuperating, and are holding back a vengeance.

Outside the city of Jiangling, every day was like a rain of arrows and the sound of cannons, Cao Ren used all his slack to attack this city that once made him sad.

However, Chen Zhi is not a vegetarian either.

The newly incorporated army in Jiangling has now been taken to Jiangnan by Liu Feng, and only 3,000 of the troops left in the city belong to the Changsha army. Because Jiangling City was at the beginning, the hearts of the people in the city were undecided, and some forces loyal to Liu Bei were still ready to move, trying to take advantage of the arrival of Cao's army to take advantage of the opportunity to make chaos.

Because of this, Chen Zhi had to draw out 1,000 soldiers and horses to strictly control the stability of the city, so that only 2,000 soldiers and horses could be used to resist the attack of Cao's army.

With a ten-to-one offensive and defensive ratio, the difficulties faced by Chen Zhi can be imagined.

However, these 2,000 people are not ordinary soldiers, they are based on the 800 personal soldiers brought out by Liu Feng from Xiakou at the beginning, after years of fighting, they have now grown into elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and their combat effectiveness and will are not inferior to the elite Northern Army.

Chen Zhi relied on these two thousand elite soldiers and relied on the strong city defense system of Jiangling City to stubbornly resist Cao Ren's fierce attacks several times.

Ten days later, Soochow began to react.

Lu Suqin, the governor of the Western Front of Eastern Wu, led 10,000 naval troops from Xiakou to the north and marched to Xiangyang with great fanfare.

The dispatch of troops from Eastern Wu was not unexpected by Cao Ren, who led his army south this time, originally wanting to take advantage of the chaos in Jiangling and conquer the city before Eastern Wu reacted, but he did not expect Liu Fengjun to have such a strong combat effectiveness, and he could not defend it for ten days.

Giving up this God-given opportunity, Cao Ren felt that he was disgraced, and immediately divided 5,000 troops back to Xiangyang, and at the same time ordered the Wenpin Department stationed on the front line of Anlu to block the northward movement of the Wu people's naval army in the Hanjin area.

Cao Ren himself still led his army to continue to storm Gangneung.

Jiangling City's Chen Zhizi is not happy, and in Chengxiang City, Guan Yu's is even more unhappy. Jiangling has been accumulating valleys for several years, and although Chen Zhi fought hard, he did not worry about eating or drinking, and Guan Yu was miserable.

Since Liu Feng shot threatening letters into the city, the people in the city have all hidden their food, and Guan Yu's army has difficulty collecting grain and grass from the people, and the five hundred remnants can only support themselves in starvation.

In addition, Liu Feng outside the city was not idle, leading the army to attack during the day, and at night he sent a team of soldiers and horses to beat gongs and drums in turn, and he harassed Guan Yu's army for twelve hours, and did not even let the enemy close his eyes for a moment.

Ten days later, Guan Yu's 500 remnants, after the casualties and attrition, there were less than 300 left, and these 300 people had reached the verge of collapse in terms of physical strength and will.

Just when Liu Feng was about to do his best to launch the most fierce attack and completely crush the enemy's will to resist, an unexpected letter sent from the city made Liu Feng temporarily change his mind.

The soldier who was so hungry that he only had skin and bones left, and he sent a handwritten letter from Guan Yu.

To be precise, it's a letter of surrender.

Liu Feng read this surrender letter very seriously, and still had an arrogant tone from beginning to end, and the style was indeed exactly the same as Guan Yu, but at the end he reluctantly added a word of surrender, and hoped that Liu Feng could temporarily withdraw the siege, let his three hundred subordinates go out of the city and return to Shu, and then let him open the city and surrender decently.

"Sir, a dignified and beautiful man, you are actually planning to surrender to me, what do you think?" Liu Feng handed the letter to Pang Tong and asked with a smile.

Pang Tong glanced at it roughly, threw the letter to the ground, and sneered: "What kind of surrender, it is obviously to take the opportunity to break through." ”

Pang Tong's opinion, sure enough, coincided with Liu Feng, with his understanding of Guan Yu's surname, it was enough to lose face in Jingzhou, and now he put down his body and surrendered to himself, the biggest enemy in his life who hated killing his son, such a scene, even Liu Feng felt embarrassed when he thought about it, let alone Guan Yu.

"How does the gentleman think I should respond?" Liu Feng asked.

Pang Tong said without thinking: "Then it goes without saying, of course, it is a plan." The lord can agree to Guan Yu and withdraw the siege troops west of Chengxiang, Guan Yu will definitely leave the city at night and flee westward, and then the lord will set up an ambush halfway, hehe——"

Pang Tong's strategy made Liu Feng more and more excited when he heard it, but he soon realized that he was facing a new problem.

"Guan Yu has hundreds of remnants, once he is ambushed by me, but there is no way to escape. As for this Guan Yu, whether he was captured alive or killed by Suo, I would like to hear Mr.'s opinion. ”

Guan Yu's reputation is very great, Cao Ying couldn't bear to kill him back then, and now Liu Feng is facing the same problem.

"If the lord captures Guan Yu alive and wants him to surrender, it will be equivalent to a fantasy for the lord. If Liu Bei is released, it is tantamount to releasing the tiger and returning to the mountain. If it is only locked up, the Jingzhou army is his old department, and if he secretly colludes with Guan Yu one day and causes trouble, it will not be good.

Pang Tong's words have already indicated his attitude.

A person who can't be lowered, released, or locked up has only one way to dispose of it.

In the blade-like gaze, an unprecedented murderous aura was bursting out, Liu Feng's expression was solemn, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

………… At night, the head of the city.

Guan Yu, who was draped all over his body, stared westward, and the line outside the West City, which was originally brightly lit, was already dark at the moment.

Liu Feng really withdrew the siege as promised.

"General, without further ado, please hurry up, if it is too late until dawn." Zhao Lei, who had a yellow face and thin muscles, persuaded.

"If I am gone, what will happen to you?" Guan Yu's face was a little unbearable.

Liao Hua said with tears in his eyes: "I'll wait here to hold Liu Feng in order to buy enough time for the general." The general can rest assured that we will defend this city until the general comes back with reinforcements to save us. ”

The matter has come to this, Guan Yu has no choice, he is unwilling to die here, and he is not willing to be Liu Feng's prisoner, he only has this only choice.

With a deep sigh, Guan Yu climbed on the red rabbit and arched his fist: "Don't worry, I will definitely move to rescue the soldiers, take care." ”

Without further words, Guan Yu led more than a dozen horsemen, under the cover of night, quietly left the city, rushed towards the west, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

(To be continued)