Guan Yu sat on his boat, looking at the south gate of Fancheng in the distance, his expression was very solemn. He knew that there were thunderbolts on Sun Shao's building ship, but he didn't expect that Sun Shao would concentrate on using the thunderbolt cars on the five building ships for intensive launches, he originally thought that Sun Shao would at least divide his troops into two ways, one virtual and one real, so that Cao Ren could not defend, but Sun Shao did the opposite, and the five building ships were all concentrated at the south gate. When Cao Ren sent heavy troops to defend the south gate, although he was still a little angry, Guan Yu still reminded Sun Shao that the difficulty of attacking the city would be greatly increased, and the casualties would be very heavy. But what he saw now made Guan Yu speechless: in the face of twenty thunderbolts and seventy-five giant crossbows, plus the intensive bombardment of a thousand strong archers, the south gate of Fancheng became hell with just a cup of tea.

Seeing Cao Ren and Sun Jiao both fall to the ground, Guan Yu sighed, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and finally handed the clairvoyance in his hand to Sun Shao without saying a word.

"Where did it come from?" Sun Shao is very strange, for the sake of technical secrecy, clairvoyance has always been very tightly controlled, and it has never fallen into the hands of others, not to mention Guan Yu, even Sun Quan doesn't know.

"It was sent by the general." Guan Yu smiled reservedly: "I got one of the first batch of five clairvoyances made by the general. ”

Sun Shao understood that he was not proud of his clairvoyance, but that Zhuge Liang valued him and would give it to him in the first batch. He looked at it for a moment, took it and put it on his eyes and looked at it carefully, and had to sigh in admiration. Zhuge Liang is really smart, he just told him about this principle, and people made it, although there are some places that are quite different from the clairvoyance in his hand, but people are self-reliant, there is no plug-in, and they don't have this ability to change themselves.

"How?" Guan Yu saw the look of surprise on Sun Shao's face, and finally got some psychological comfort.

"Cao Ren has fallen, the city has collapsed, and Fancheng has changed hands." Sun Shao put down his clairvoyance and said lightly: "Uncle Yue can now enter the city in a car." ”

Guan Yu was a little disappointed. Sun Shao not only did not praise his clairvoyance, but mentioned the battle in Fancheng, and used this tone to tell him, which was really a little angry. He was playing with clairvoyance with Sun Shao, and he was reluctant, so he laughed: "Fengxian, when the next batch of clairvoyants arrives, I will give you one." "The implication is that you should give it back to me first.

Sun Shao suddenly realized, glanced at the clairvoyance in his hand, and directly put it into his arms, Guan Yu was anxious when he saw it, although Sun Shaogang helped him break Fancheng, but he only had one clairvoyance, which had to be taken by Sun Shao, and he would not be able to use it. He raised his hand and was about to speak, but Sun Shao took his clairvoyance from Shuai Zeng's hand: "I'll exchange it with my father-in-law." ”

"You have it too?" Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, looked at the clairvoyance in his hand, and the original smug mentality suddenly disappeared, Sun Shao's is much more beautiful than his, the brass tube is carved with simple and generous patterns, which makes people feel very comfortable as soon as they start. He raised it up and looked at it, and was even more shocked, Sun Shao's clairvoyance was much clearer than the one sent by Zhuge Liang.

"How?" Sun Shao asked rhetorically in the same tone.

Guan Yu weighed the clairvoyance and hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's okay." Sun Shao smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at Guan Yu with a playful eye, and saw that Guan Yu was a little uncomfortable, so he said, "It's just okay?" ”

Guan Yu glared at him with some annoyance, and finally changed his words: "Not bad." ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed, leaned over to Guan Yu, and said without treating himself as an outsider at all: "Uncle Yue, my son-in-law is half a son, do you treat me as an enemy just because my surname is Sun?" ”

Guan Yu glanced at him and said nothing. He turned around and ordered Guan Ping to command the army into the city.

…… Sun Shao put his hands behind his back, looked at Niu Jin, who was standing with a horizontal knife and covered in blood, and frowned: "If you don't get out of the way again, General Cao will die, and I won't be responsible." ”

"Hmph, you don't want to fool me, if you want to take the head of General Cao, first step over my Niu Jin's body."

"You're stupid." Sun Shao laughed angrily, pointed to Cao Ren, who was unconscious behind Niu Jin, and said, "What's the use of me asking for his head?" Am I short of all this money? I can tell you, he has lost too much blood, and if he is not treated in time, even if his head is saved, his life will definitely be gone. ”

Niu Jin looked at Sun Shao with some disbelief, of course he was worried about Cao Ren's injury, Cao Ren was stabbed in the abdomen by Sun Jiao, and his intestines came out, and if he didn't save him, he would definitely die. But at this time, he couldn't care about saving Cao Ren, so he could only use his surname to save Cao Ren from being cut off - although he also knew that he couldn't save it in the end, at best it was just delaying time.

"You're not going to kill him?"

"Why should I kill him?" Sun Shao was furious and waved his hand: "Take down this shaft and immediately order the doctor to treat General Cao." ”

Under the order, Cui Qian, who had long been eager to try, rushed forward, this way, he was undecided, this siege let Wu Shuo, Zhang Liang and others take the lead, seeing that he was going to return empty-handed, it was of course a good choice to have a chance to win Niu Jin. He swung his knife and fought with Niu Jin, and the people next to him rushed over, lifted Cao Ren and left. Niu Jin was so anxious that he screamed, but he was forced by Cui Qian to free his hands, and accidentally, he was slashed on his arm by Cui Qian, and the long knife fell to the ground.

"It's really a lot of work, and I need to cure one more." Sun Shao shook his head distressedly: "Carry him over too." ”

Niu Jin's face turned pale and he didn't struggle anymore.

"This big man has a stake." Cui Qian wiped the blood off the knife on the sole of his boot and praised: "Although I was injured in many places and fought hard for a long time, the knife technique is still very strong, if I wasn't worried about his master, I'm afraid I wouldn't have taken him down so quickly." ”

"You think you're the only one?" Sun Shao gave him a blank look.

Cui Qian smiled, arched his hand, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "The general is the master." ”

"Let me tell you, Cao Ren, who was just carried away, is the number one warrior of Cao Ying, but in terms of martial arts, he is slightly inferior to Cao Ying's number one master, Tiger Idiot." Sun Shao pointed to Guan Yu in the distance: "My father-in-law, that is the enemy of ten thousand people, and the head of the general in the army was like a bag to get something." In front of him, I guarantee that I will be undefeated within ten rounds at most, and after ten rounds, I will lose more and win less. ”

Cui Qian was stunned. Although Guan Yu is tall and powerful, he also knows Sun Shao's martial arts, Sun Shao said that he is not Guan Yu's opponent, so how invincible will Guan Yu be?

After Fancheng was broken, the Xiangyang garrison Lu Changjun was in turmoil, and Guan Yu and Sun Shao led troops to surround him, and he surrendered the city. The second city of Xiangfan was pacified, and Hanshui became Guan Yu's inland river, and he immediately summoned Sun Shao to discuss the matter of continuing to march into Nanyang. Through this battle, he knew two things, the first is that it is not so easy for him to sweep Nanyang alone, and the second is that his son-in-law has a set of wars, which is not formal, and he is right to the point.

Sun Shao had Sun Quan's instructions, and also made corresponding concessions, with him as the vanguard, attacking the area near Wancheng, clearing the obstacles for Guan Yu's army, and then joining forces with Guan Yu in Wancheng. As long as Wancheng is taken, Nanyang will be considered successful, and then you can attack Xu County, which can not only shake the Central Plains, but also have a large number of tuntian fields set up by Cao Ying near Xu County, once Xiangcheng is taken, it can greatly ease the difficulty of supplying military food.

Guan Yu is very satisfied, Sun Shao's approach is very safe, his army has been fighting for a long time, he is already a little tired, and he urgently needs to rest, and Sun Shao's people have been recuperating for a long time, and their morale is flourishing, so it is suitable to be a striker. He agreed to Sun Shao's suggestion and sent Zhao Lei to assist Sun Shao, and at the same time divided Sun Jiao's subordinates into two on the grounds that Sun Jiao needed to recuperate from his injuries and was not suitable to go to the front line, with Zhang Liang leading 3,000 men and Sun Shao as the forward, and Wu Shuo and others staying with him.

Sun Jiao knew that Guan Yu was splitting his people, but there was nothing he could do. First, he was seriously injured when he fought against Cao Ren, and he couldn't do it again for at least a month or two, and second, Sun Quan ordered them to obey Guan Yu's command and assist Guan Yu in attacking Nanyang. Sun Jiao is not a stupid person, he understands the psychology behind Sun Quan's initiative, and of course he will not disrupt Sun Quan's plan because of his strength at this time. Besides, Sun Shao almost turned his face with Guan Yu in order to fight for merit, and he believed that Sun Shao would not turn his elbow outward and damage Jiangdong's interests.

Sun Shao led an army of 10,000 and went straight to Wancheng along the river, and along the way, people from all walks of life who had been in contact with Guan Yu came and went. They had already received Guan Yu's seal, but before Guan Yu failed to conquer Fancheng, they were a mess of scattered sand, fighting on their own, so although they fought lively, their achievements were really limited. Now Guan Yu has broken Fancheng and Xiangyang, and Cao Ren, who is among the five good generals, and Cao Ren, who is among the three armies of Yu Ban and Yongguan, and Man Favor, who is outstanding, have been captured in half a month, and his reputation has been shocked, and everyone believes that he can make persistent efforts to break through Wancheng, so they flock to fight and compete.

In just half a month, Sun Shao gathered more than 20,000 righteous troops around him, although these people have limited combat effectiveness, and there are many people who fish in troubled waters, but they are good at making noise, and Guan Yu's great victory has spread all over Nanyang County in a short period of time through their mouths. For a time, the Nanyang rebels rose in all directions, and even people and horses under the banner of Guan Yu appeared near Xu County.

Nanyang Taishou Tian Yu did not dare to slack off, on the one hand, he organized people to prepare to defend the city, and on the other hand, he sent the news to Hanzhong and Yecheng, and asked Cao Ying and Cao Pi, who stayed in Yecheng, to send reinforcements immediately. Wancheng had just experienced the Hou Yin Rebellion at the beginning of the year, and was slaughtered by Cao Ren, and now his vitality was greatly damaged, and if there were no reinforcements, he would not be Guan Yu's opponent at all.

Cao Ying was stunned.

In just half a month, the original good situation was lost, and the 30,000 troops in the ban were steadily advancing, and when they saw that they could relieve the siege of Fancheng, they were actually washed away by a flood, just when he arranged someone to save Cao Ren, Fancheng was broken again, and now Guan Yu's forward Sun Shao has approached Wancheng, Tian Yu's emergency document is placed in front of him, and the words are shocking.

Guan Yu, Sun Shao! One is a veteran who he was a little afraid of many years ago, and the other is a descendant who he has paid more attention to recently, this pair of Weng sons-in-law have created miracles in the most unlikely circumstances.

"What should I do?" Cao Ying called Liu Ye, Sima Yi and others over, threw the emergency document in front of them, and asked impatiently.

Liu Ye picked up the document and looked at it, his face was very solemn, Sima Yi took it and looked at it, but he didn't say anything. Cao Ying squinted his eyes, swept his gaze on their faces twice, and said: "Wancheng is ruined, although Tian Yu is brave and strategic, I am afraid he is not the opponent of Guan Yu and Sun Shao." Nanyang is in danger, and Xu County is uneasy. I plan to move the Son of Heaven to Yecheng, do you think it's okay? ”

"No." Liu Ye and Sima Yi said in unison.

"Why?" Cao Yinghu looked at them suspiciously.

Sima Yi lowered his head. Liu Ye pondered for a moment and said: "The minister thinks that although Guan Yu and Sun Shao seem to be very strong, they are strong in the water army, especially Sun Shao, and the men and horses he leads are all water troops, and this time the defeat of Yu Ban and the loss of Fancheng are all because of the water, not entirely because of their strength." Although Wancheng has water, but the amount of water and Han water can not be compared, in the opinion of the ministers, it is not so easy for them to break through Wancheng. Secondly, from Xiangyang to Wancheng for nearly 1,000 miles, the burden of transporting their grain, grass and baggage will be greatly increased. If they relied on the water for transport, then they would have to send heavy troops to defend it, and the number of people who could carry out the siege was limited. Although Wancheng is dilapidated, as long as there are reinforcements, it can still hold Wancheng. If His Royal Highness orders the capital to be moved, then the people of Wancheng will think that His Highness has decided to abandon them, and Wancheng will be self-defeating, so Nanyang is not owned by the state. ”

Cao Ying's brows were furrowed, and he hesitated. Of course, he knew that moving the capital was not a trivial matter, and once he ordered to move the capital, it would not only weaken in momentum, but also be equivalent to giving up Nanyang, and even the territory south of the Yellow River. But if the capital is not moved, what if Sun Shao and Guan Yu break through Wancheng, they turn to attack Xu County and rob the Son of Heaven? Xu County's troops had been transferred by him to the point that only 10,000 Tuntian soldiers under Yan Kuang, the general of Diannong Zhonglang, were left, and it was impossible to stop them. Although Cao Ying now feels that the Son of Heaven is a burden, he knows that once the Son of Heaven falls into the hands of Guan Yu, he will immediately become the national thief pointed out by Wanfu, and the moral advantage he has will be swept away.

So knowing that the Son of Heaven has lost its use value, he still can't let the Son of Heaven fall into Guan Yu's hands.

"Zhongda, what do you think?" Cao Ying turned to the silent military Sima Yi.

Sima Yi replied respectfully: "The minister agrees with Liu Changshi's opinion. ”

"Do you have any comments?" Cao Ying was very conflicted about Sima Yi. He knew that Sima Yi was talented, and it was precisely because he knew that he was talented, so he was very uneasy about Sima Yi, especially when he knew that Sima Yi had a wolf appearance. The so-called wolf Gu Zhi refers to the fact that the body does not move, the neck can turn half a circle, and it is directly twisted to the back to look at people, just like a wolf. It is said that once a person with such a body has a rebellious heart, he is very strict against Sima Yi, and even thought about killing him, but Sima Yi is very cautious, he never makes mistakes, not even a little speech disease. There is no excuse, Cao Ying didn't dare to touch the people of the Sima family in Hanoi, not to mention that Sima Yi's father Sima Fang also recommended him to be the governor of the north back then, which was kind to him.

Sima Yi lowered his head and licked his lips unnoticed, every time Cao Ying spoke like this, he always felt a lot of pressure, although he didn't look at Cao Ying's eyes, but he knew that Cao Ying must be looking at his neck and considering how to cut it was more appropriate. Although he looked down on Cao Ying, the kind of power brought by Cao Ying's years of expedition still made him shudder.

"The minister thinks that when the three roads ask for help from Wancheng."

Cao Ying frowned: "How to rescue in three ways?" ”

"On the first road, His Royal Highness can send a general to go down from the Han River, directly attack Xiangyang, and cut off Guan Yu's grain route."

Cao Ying nodded, this is a good way, it is very convenient to go down the Han River from Hanzhong, and it can save the physical strength of the soldiers, once the grain road is cut off, then Guan Yu will collapse without a fight. Even if it doesn't work, it can make Guan Yu hold back and delay his speed.

"On the second way, His Royal Highness can leave Zhang Liao to guard Hefei to prevent Sun Quan from taking advantage of the situation. General Fubo was ordered to retreat to the area of Wuyang and Xiping to cover Xu County. ”

Cao Ying hesitated for a moment, then nodded again. Withdraw Xiahoudun, leaving only Zhang Liao to guard Hefei, although the army is a little thin, but Sun Quan is very jealous of Zhang Liao, plus the Qingxu Shui Division can control the river, even if Sun Quan has the courage to calculate, he may not have the ability to conquer Hefei, even if he breaks through Hefei, it is difficult for him to gain a foothold between Jianghuai.

"Third way......" Sima Yi hesitated, raised his head and glanced at Cao Ying, Cao Ying stared at him without saying a word, seeing that he was uncomfortable, and was a little worried that he would cause trouble if he said this. But he thought about it for a while, and continued: "You can ask the deputy prime minister to send troops to help Wancheng from the direction of Luoyang and protect Luoyang." ”

Cao Ying understood. The other two roads are feints, this road is the most important, Cao Pi stayed in Yecheng, now stationed in Mengjin, he still has more than 20,000 people, is the last mobile force that can be mobilized at present, except for Cao Zhang, who is guarding and annexing the state. Cao Zhi made meritorious service in Bashu, Cao Pi's already unstable position as the son of the world is even more uncertain, if Cao Pi can make meritorious service and block the momentum of Guan Yu, then he is the biggest contributor to solving this crisis, and Cao Zhi's military exploits will not be worth mentioning - unless he can take Yizhou.

Cao Ying was noncommittal, and turned his head to look at Liu Ye: "Ziyang, what do you think?" ”

Liu Ye nodded: "The minister thinks that Zhongda's plan is feasible." He paused for a moment and added, "The land of Jianghuai is already empty, and even if Sun Quan gets Jianghuai, his strength will not increase much." However, the minister thought that Sun Quan could not easily get Jianghuai. ”

"Oh, what's your plan?" Cao Ying's eyes flashed.

"Your Highness, have you forgotten that there is still a person by Guan Yu's side?"

Cao Ying's eyes rolled, and then he understood: "Sun Shao, Sun Fengxian? ”

"Yes." Liu Ye said confidently: "Liu Bei was beaten back step by step in Ba County, trapped in the Sword Pavilion for more than half a year, Sun Quan has been in the area of Misu for a few months, Guan Yu and Sun Shao are like bamboos, and they take Nanyang in one fell swoop, while they win a big victory, they will also bring hidden worries to Liu Bei and Sun Quan." How could he unreservedly support Guan Yu and Sun Shao and let them make greater contributions? ”

Cao Ying nodded slowly. The relationship between Guan Yu and Liu Bei is okay, Liu Bei has always trusted Guan Yu, even if Guan Yu is suspected of being big, Liu Bei will not take it too seriously. But Sun Shao is different, Sun Shao is Sun Ce's son, who has been suppressed by Sun Quan, in the past two years, Sun Shao has moved left and right, and has unexpectedly soared, and now it is beyond the scope of Sun Quan's control, and the strength in his hands has made Sun Quan uncomfortable.

The news from Xiahoudun said that Sun Shao's Aurora sailor was split into two by Sun Quan. Cao Ying felt very surprised, according to Sun Shao's surname, how could he sit back and watch his strength be swallowed up by Sun Quan? He always felt that Sun Shao must be playing some tricks again. He had an in-depth communication with Sun Shao, and knew that hidden under that kid's cute smile was an incomprehensible depth. He used Jiaozhou Mu to give their uncle and nephew a bait, but Sun Quan and Sun Shao were not fooled, he used the modified thunderbolt drawings to Sun Shao, Sun Shao also saw through it at a glance, and gave the drawings to Sun Quan, but to Cao Ying's surprise, Sun Shao and Sun Quan had the same drawings, and the power of the thunderbolt used by Sun Shao was obviously far greater than Sun Quan. In other words, although Sun Shao gave the drawings to Sun Quan, he kept a hand intentionally or unintentionally.

Now, Sun Shao has broken through Fancheng with five building ships, and the thunderbolt car has made great contributions, and it is impossible for Sun Quan not to see the hand left by Sun Shao. At this time, he will not have any idea at all? In exchange for Sun Quan's centrifugation, as long as he has thoughts about Sun Shao and Guan Yu and cuts off their food, then Sun Shao and Guan Yu will become rootless trees and sourceless water, and the smoother the battle in front, the greater the disaster will be in the back. At that time, they would not only have to face the three-way army they had sent, but they were also preparing for possible crises in the rear. After repelling Guan Yu and Sun Shao, then the battle situation will return to a situation that is favorable to the previous side, even better than before.

Liu Ye didn't say anything, he was just using Jianghuai to give Sun Quan a bait, and brought the role of Jianghuai to the limit, which was a level higher than Sima Yi's response plan.

This is where Liu Ye's experience lies, although Sima Yi is smart, he still lacks a lot of experience compared with Liu Ye.

"That'...... Is Yizhou still fighting? What's the hurry? Cao Ying said slowly.

"Fight." Liu Ye replied unyieldingly: "However, according to the minister's opinion, Yizhou no longer needs His Royal Highness to sit in charge in person. ”

Cao Ying stroked his beard and pondered for a moment: "Then who is responsible?" ”

Liu Ye was silent. It doesn't matter who is responsible, and if you say something wrong, it's a matter of being on the wrong side. After Cao Zhi's surprise attack, Cao Ying's original mind of abolishing Chang Liyu moved again, looking at him like this, it was obvious that he had the intention of leaving Cao Zhi in Hanzhong, but leaving Cao Zhi, what should Xiahou Yuan do? What if Cao Zhi is defeated, or gives up his life?

Cao Ying looked at Liu Ye and then at Sima Yi, obviously he would not be satisfied if he didn't give an answer. Sima Yi lowered his eyelids and resolutely remained silent, he thought the same as Liu Ye, not to mention that he took a fancy to Cao Pi and did not want Cao Zhi to make meritorious contributions.

Liu Ye hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "The minister thinks that when he stays in the west, he just needs to arrange a prison army for him." ”

(To be continued)