Chapter 196: Survival in the Cracks

(Thank you Mo Yankai for your reward, as well as the monthly tickets and evaluations of several brothers, save the manuscript today, and break out tomorrow) Borrow something from me?

Cao Ren's heart suddenly cooled, there was no doubt that what Liu Feng wanted to borrow from him was naturally Xiang Shang's head.

For a while, the sadness in Cao Ren's heart spontaneously arose.

Throughout the ages, what is the geometry of those who are not afraid of the dead? Although Cao Ren is generous and looks like he sees death as home, in his subconscious, the fear of death is an innate instinct.

originally thought that although he was captured, Liu Feng was afraid of Cao Ying's momentum, even if he didn't plan to release himself, he would definitely not dare to do anything to himself.

But now, not only does this kid not take Liu Bei in his eyes, but even Cao Ying, who is a hero in the world, looks like nothing, and really wants to take his surname.

Cao Ren was surprised, and his heart was deeply terrified.

However, as the first general of the Cao family, his noble and special status determines that anyone can bow his head under the threat of death, but only his surname Cao cannot.

At the moment, Liu Feng was about to kill him, Cao Ren had to suppress the fear in his heart, raised his head and snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "If you want to kill, you will kill, why do you need to say more." ”

Turns out he thought I was going to kill him, hehe.

"General Cao is really a man, Liu admires it, okay, then I'm not welcome."

Liu Feng sneered, turned around and strode out of the room, and with a gesture of his hand, several Biao soldiers who had been waiting outside for a long time came out.

Liu Feng didn't look back, only stood at the foot of the stairs with his hands, and after a while, he heard a howl like killing a pig coming from the room behind him.

"Cao Ren, Cao Ren, you weren't in my plan, who made you greedy, you brought it all on yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless."

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Feng met Pang Tong, who had hurried across the river from the south bank, in the newly established camp outside Jiangling City.

"Lord, congratulations, it is really a surprise that you captured Cao Zixiao, the first general of the Cao family."

Pang Tong's joy is self-evident, Cao Ren himself intervened in the battle of Jingzhou, and it was outside his accident to send troops to attack Jiangling, and he designed a night attack on Cao Jun for Liu Feng, the original purpose was only to force back Cao Jun to relieve Jiangling's predicament, and Liu Feng was able to capture Cao Ren alive, which was indeed an unexpected surprise.

"The gentleman also said that it was purely a surprise. In fact, when attacking that night, if Cao Ren had retreated early, he would have fled back to Xiangyang in embarrassment, but unfortunately, this person underestimated me too much. Liu Feng is humble and a little arrogant.

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The lord can soar into the sky, to a large extent, it depends on the fact that he is dormant in the wilderness, so that the princes of all roads do not know the strength of the lord, and now the lord beheads Guan Yu and captures Cao Ren, which can be described as prestigious, and it will not be easy to deceive the world as a weak person in the future." ”

Liu Feng smiled faintly: "Mr. has long said that the weak have a way of survival for the weak, and the strong have the attitude of the strong, so why worry about the future." ”

Pang Tong nodded slightly, pleased with Liu Feng's confidence, and suddenly, he suddenly thought of something again.

"Lord, Cao Ren is a treasure, it's not good to use it, how can you be worthy of this gift sent to the door, I don't know if the lord has any ideas?" There is a mystery hidden in Pang Tong's words.

Liu Feng smiled secretly, and then revealed his plan and plan.

Pang Tong smiled knowingly, it was obvious that Liu Feng's plan was right to his heart, so he said: "The key to this plan is time, since the lord has already decided, I think it should be implemented immediately." ”

Liu Cover showed confidence, "This time we defeated Cao Ren and captured more than 700 war horses, plus the military horses left by Guan Yu in Jiangling City, we can gather at least more than 1,000 horses. I have ordered the mobilization of all available horses this morning, and as soon as this is done, move immediately. ”

Liu Feng's decisiveness made Pang Tong more and more pleased, he took a long breath, and said with a short beard in his hand: "There are many variables in the affairs of the world, Cao Ying back then, if it weren't for luck, how could he become the overlord of the north, and now it seems that this luck seems to have begun to change the court, heheβ€”β€”"

………… Yizhou, Ba County, Jiangzhou City.

Since Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned their faces last year, and since Baishuiguan sent troops south, they have been like a bamboo.

Liu Zhang first sent Liu Bi, Leng Ba, Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, Wu Yi and other generals to lead the army north to resist Liu Bei, but Liu Bei's army was defeated, and then ordered Li Yan and Fei Guandu to lead the Mianzhu army to fight with Liu Bei, as a result, Li Yan, Fei Guan, Wu Yi and others all led the army to surrender to Liu Bei.

In the summer, Liu Bei's army surrounded the last barrier north of Chengdu, but in this place, Liu Bei was met with stubborn resistance from Zhang Ren, a famous general in Shuzhong, and could not take the city for half a year.

Yizhou originally has more than ten counties such as Shu County, Ba County, Brazil, Padang, Guanghan, Zilu, Jiangyang, etc., the situation at this time is that although Liu Bei has won all the way, but the place where he is based, but the north of Yizhou and Hanzhong bordering a Zilu County, although the front is only more than 100 miles away from Chengdu, but most of the counties in Yizhou are still in Liu Zhang's control.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Xu Shu, Liu Bei had to order Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun to lead the army into Shu, and attack Badong, Bajun, Jiangyang and other counties to the west, open up the direct connection between Liu Bei's main force and Jingzhou, and encircle Chengdu from the north and east.

After Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun led the army into Shu, they marched smoothly all the way, and captured Badong County, which was adjacent to Jingzhou, without much effort, and then tens of thousands of troops traced west to the west and surrounded Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County.

In Jiangzhou, Zhuge Liang's Eastern Route Army was met with stubborn resistance from the Bajun Taishou Yanyan, and the army besieged the city for several months.

At this time, in the Chinese military account, Zhuge Liang was discussing with Zhao Yun and other generals about the strategy of breaking Jiangzhou, and just halfway through the meeting, the soldiers submitted a letter of 100,000 urgent information sent from Jingzhou.

When Zhuge Liang unfolded the silk book, he had always been light and light, and his face was like an idle cloud, and he couldn't help but feel a touch of surprise at this moment.

This Mr. Wolong, since he came out of the mountain, even at the moment of crisis, he is indifferent and fearless, and the generals on the left and right, who have ever seen him with such an expression, everyone's hearts are immediately clouded, guessing that something must have happened in Jingzhou.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Liu Feng raided Nanjun, and the public security and Jiangling have all fallen."

Zhuge Liang announced the general news that the sky had fallen to the generals in a solemn tone, and everyone's faces were immediately occupied by horror.

"Military advisor, Jiangling City and Public Security are both strong cities, there are tens of thousands of soldiers, and Yun Chang himself is in charge, how can they fall so easily?" Zhao Yun was the first to come back from the shock and asked suspiciously.

"See for yourselves."

Zhuge Liang showed the silk book to the generals, and after everyone watched and circulated it, Fang Shi suddenly realized.

Zhuge Liang sighed softly: "Before I left, I had already instructed Yun Chang that no matter what happened, he should not be allowed to Jiangling, but he still fell for someone else's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, it was really a wrong step, and he lost all the games." ”

Zhuge Liang's tone contained endless regrets, and all the generals sighed.

Zhao Yun frowned and said: "Jingzhou is the foundation of our army, if it falls, the consequences will be unimaginable, military division, should we immediately return to the army to take it back?" ”

Zhuge Liang got up and paced a few steps, shook his feather fan and said: "As soon as Nanjun falls, all the families of our army will fall into the hands of Liu Feng. ”

This person, one of them stood up and said: "Although it is reasonable for the military advisor to be worried, don't forget that the civil and military officials, including the military advisor, their families and soldiers, are all in Jingzhou. And these people all have industrial interests in Jingzhou, how can they easily abandon them, if all the officials rise up to demand to recapture Jingzhou, let alone military advisors, even the lord is afraid and can't stop it. ”

The person who entered the speech was Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan's concerns, Zhuge Liang didn't know.

Liu Bei's team is basically dominated by Jingxiang scholars, and with a person like him who has a sense of the overall situation, after learning that the family fell into the hands of Liu Feng, it is inevitable that he will feel pain and anxiety in his heart, not to mention other Jingzhou scholars.

If Yizhou has fallen now, and the officials have a place to settle down, then this matter is easier to deal with, but Liu Feng is smart and tight, but he chose to launch a surprise attack at this juncture, if this matter cannot be dealt with correctly, let alone the capture of Yizhou fell short, the entire Liu Bei group, which was sandwiched between Jingzhou and Yizhou, and was in a dilemma, may fall apart because of the fall of Jingzhou.

Jiang Wan said in a dialect, Zhao Yun said again: "Even if there is no hope of saving Jingzhou, but Yun Chang and the lord are like brothers and sisters, and now he is in a predicament, if we don't send troops to rescue him, the lord will ask for the guilt, who can afford it." ”

At the moment of life and death, when Liu Bei, who was far away in Luocheng, failed to receive information and give instructions in time, Zhuge Liang, the commander of the partial division, must do something at this critical moment.

Zhuge Liang stood in front of the large map of Shuzhong hanging on the screen, staring at it for a long time, and his eyes gradually revealed determination.

Now he made a new deployment.

Strictly seal the news, take advantage of the inconvenient transportation in Shuzhong, try to delay the spread of the news of the fall of Jingzhou, and prevent the army's morale from wavering.

Change the strategy of the whole army to trace the west of the river, and let Zhao Yun lead the army to the north, seize the two counties of Dongguanghan and Brazil as soon as possible, so that the partial division of the west road will be connected with Liu Bei's main force, and form a controllable territory connected between Jingzhou and Yizhou.

Zhuge Liang led his own army to continue the onslaught on Jiangzhou, complete the siege strategy of Chengdu as soon as possible, and try to capture Yizhou before the news of the fall of Jingzhou affects the soldiers' will to fight.

As for Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang believed that if Guan Yu was unfavorable in battle, he would definitely lead his army to retreat from Nanjun to Yidu. Yidu Taishou Meng Da has 3,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and he will definitely go east to rescue Guan Yu, and Liu Feng wants to control a large area of Jingzhou in a short period of time, and there are not many mobile troops available.

In order to prevent accidents, Zhuge Liang ordered Jiang Wan to lead 3,000 troops, and held Zhuge Liang's handwritten letter to return to Yidu, urging Meng Da to send troops to rescue Guan Yu, and helping to hold Yidu on the other.

Zhuge Liang believed that as long as he held Yidu, an important area connecting the two states, and when Yizhou was stable in the future, Liu Feng would lead his army east along the river to seize Jingzhou, and Liu Feng would have no danger to defend, and the fall of Jingzhou would only be temporary, and sooner or later it would return to Liu Bei's hands.

(To be continued)