Chapter 673: Dongwu Makes a Move
In the first battle of Bowangpo, Yuan Shang designed to burn the Jingzhou army, breaking Guan Yu's main force of the Jingzhou army, Guan Yu fled in a hurry, led a group of generals and remnants, and escaped from Bowangpo, but Yuan Shang did not chase deeply, but ordered his generals to divide their troops to take the various cities in Jingzhou to the north of Xiangyang, but did not chase the remnants of Guan Yu, but did not chase deeply, just waved the flag and shouted, pretending to be a momentum.
Soochow, Lukou Daying.
The naval camp in Lukou has always been controlled by Zhou Yu personally, but today, Sun Quan came to inspect it in person, and I don't know what to do.
After inspecting the situation of the three armies, Sun Quan came to the commander's tent of the Eastern Wu Navy and summoned Zhou Yu, Lu Su, LΓΌ Meng, Zhou Tai, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Tai Shici, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin and other important ministers to meet him.
After the generals of Eastern Wu saw Sun Quan, they sat on both sides according to their status, Sun Quan sat in the position of the commander, looked at everyone left and right, suddenly smiled slightly, and asked: "Everyone, I came here today, one is to inspect the military situation of the navy, and the other is to come for another major event, I don't know what you may guess?" β
On the lower side, the veteran Cheng Pu slowly stood up, arched his hand, and said: "The real purpose of the lord's coming this time is to discuss with us whether this moment is the best opportunity for Dongwu to send troops to Jingzhou." β
When Sun Quan heard this, he said angrily: "The words of virtue and conspiracy are even in line with my intentions...... The previous visit to the Malay newspaper, said that Guan Yu's Jingzhou soldiers and horses were attacked by Yuan Shanghuo in Jingbei, and its main force in Jingzhou was lost seven or eight, and now it is barely stationed in the south of the Han River, and Yuan Shang is taking the opportunity to attack Xiangyang and other cities in the north of the Han River, and sooner or later it will inevitably attack Jingnan, at this moment, according to my intentions, it is the best opportunity to capture Jingzhou, I don't know what you think? β
When the words fell, I saw Zhou Yu get up. Said proudly: "Lord, don't hide it, if the lord doesn't come to Lukou today, Yu will send someone to Nanxu to beg the lord's favor and order Zhou Yu to send troops to Jingzhou!" β
Beside Zhou Yu, Lu Meng stood up and agreed: "The words of the Metropolitan Governor are very good! Guan Yu's Jingzhou army has always been strong, but after this change, its strength has been greatly damaged. For my Eastern Wu, it is a good opportunity to capture Jingzhou, and although Yuan Shang defeated Guan Yu's main force, from Jingdong to Jingbei, he was also defeated by Guan Yu five times in a row, spanning three hundred miles. For Yuan Shang, it is the biggest limit, and other places in Jingzhou, such as Jiangxia. Nanjun and other places, if they don't take it, it is really a loss of heaven's will, and this is a God-given opportunity. Not to be missed! β
Sun Quan turned his head to look at the other people, but saw that everyone was eager to try, obviously with great confidence in attacking Jingzhou now. Then he nodded and said, "Since you have the support of the princes, then you can no longer worry about it in your heart." β
Among the crowd, it was Lu Su who was the most sober, but when he saw him get up, he stepped out of the class, and said to Sun Quan: "Lord, although the opportunity to attack Jingzhou at this time cannot be lost, but with Yuan Shang's wisdom, how can it not be calculated that our side will make such a move?" When the lord chased him to Shouchun, Yuan Shang invited the lord to attack Jingzhou, which shows that he had already intended for us to sneak attack Guan Yu's rear, Jingzhou is certainly to be taken, but we must not act in a hurry, so that Yuan Shang picked up the cheap. β
Sun Quan thought for a moment when he heard this, and said: "Zijing's words are reasonable, but Yuan Shang always wants us to seize the southern counties of Jingzhou, what kind of idea does he have in his heart, and what will be good for him." β
Lu Su smiled when he heard this, and said: "According to the lower degree, Yuan Shang's original intention is nothing more than to provoke Sun and Liu to be discordant and take advantage of the fisherman, when it comes to today, if you talk about power, Yuan Shang is the strongest, Sun and Liu are weak, once Sun and Liu fight, how can they fight against Yuan Shang?" β
Sun Quan nodded when he heard this, and said: "Having said that, the power of Jingzhou is really an important part of my Dongwu's rejection of the Yangtze River, and it must not be taken!" β
Lu Su touched the beard on his chin and said with a smile: "That being said, we should also be cautious, it is imperative to seize Jingzhou, but there should also be a good explanation on Liu Bei's side...... In my opinion, after seizing Jingzhou, we might as well say that Yuan Shang's army is powerful, and Guan Yu alone is difficult to match. β
Sun Quan nodded when he heard this, and said, "Yes." β
Lu Su turned his head to the crowd: "Everyone, and the most important point, Guan Yu and Liu Bei have a Taoyuan friendship, and when the generals seize Jingzhou, you must not hurt Guan Yu." β
All the generals got up and said, "No! β
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After Yuan Shang broke Guan Yu, he divided his troops to take Xiangyang and other places, but he did not relax about Guan Yu, and the soldiers and horses went south and went straight to Guan Yu's camp on the Han River.
Things were really expected by Yuan Shang, Guan Yu was very backbone, although his soldiers and horses were damaged, he still insisted on holding the camp south of the Han River to compete with him.
Yuan Shang did not forcibly attack Guan Yu's camp, but did not rush or panic, led his troops to cross the river, and faced Guan Yu from afar.
Standing on the edge of his own gate, Yuan Shang looked at the vague Guan Yu camp in the distance, with a slight smile on his face, and the light in his eyes flashed, as if he was trying to find something.
After a while, I saw Sima Yi walk to Yuan Shang's side and said in a low voice: "Lord, don't you send troops yet?" β
Yuan Shang took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "If Dongwu doesn't send troops, we can't make a move." β
Sima Yi smiled when he heard this, and said: "You can rest assured that Dongwu has coveted Jingzhou for a long time, and will definitely not let go of this opportunity, of course, Dongwu has many talents, and it will definitely not kill Guan Yu." β
Yuan Shang smiled slightly when he heard this, and did not answer Sima Yi on this question, but thought about it and said: "Starting tomorrow, we will begin to send Ma Chao, Zhang Yan, Zhang Liao, Gao Lan, Zhang He and others to attack Guan Yu's camp in five ways, and while attacking, he threatened that Sun Quan had taken the opportunity to attack Jingzhou in the rear, remember, don't let them break Guan Yu's camp, the important thing is to pass on this information after the attack of Eastern Wu." β
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According to Yuan Shang's instructions, on the second day, Yuan's troops and horses began to attack Guan Yu's camp separately, but they were not in a hurry, but the shouting was more vigorous than the fighting.
Guan Yu sat in the Chinese army, and when he heard the shouts and shouts coming from all directions, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive in his heart, but Guan Yu was not an ordinary person after all, no matter what he was doing, his face remained calm.
When he was young, he saw Liao Hua coming in a hurry with bruises, and sighed at Guan Yu, saying, "General Guan, it's not good!" The Yuan army's five-way soldiers and horses attacked very urgently, and our army couldn't resist it, and even more, even more Yuan's army......"
Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes widened: "What's more?" β
"Even more Yuan Jun shouted loudly, saying that Jiangdong has captured Jingzhou!"
"............" (To be continued......)