Cao Rui was also very surprised when he received Sima Yi's alarm. His thoughts coincided with Sima Shi, if Sun Quan might make a move in Jianghuai, it would not only be Jianghuai that would have something to do, but the war in Nanyang would also be more intense. Once Wei Ba goes north, this battle will not be as simple as just fighting for Xiangyang.

Although this is just some conjecture and has not yet been confirmed, Cao Rui has to be prepared. Even when Wei was the strongest, he didn't have the certainty of competing with Wu Shu at the same time, and now that he had lost Guanzhong, he had several major battles in a row, and his troops were seriously damaged, and he didn't dare to start a war with Wu Shu at the same time.

The reason why one enemy and two were able to fight in the past was because Wu Shu had ghosts, and they all wanted the other party to play the striker, and they all followed behind to pick up the cheap, and there was never a real sense of coordinated action, otherwise the Wei State would have been defeated a long time ago. Two years ago, the reason why Zhuge Liang was able to capture Guanzhong in one fell swoop was because Sun Quan had just ambushed Cao Xiu in Shiting, so that Wei could not draw so many troops to ask for help in time for a while, which allowed Zhuge Liang to succeed. If it weren't for Zhang He's thousands of miles of attack, defeated Ma Tan in Qishan, and robbed Zhuge Liang's grain and grass, I'm afraid even Longyou would have been lost.

In essence, Cao Rui didn't believe much in this information, Wei Ba and Sun Quan had just fought a vicious battle not long ago, taking away the seven counties of Jiaozhou and the three counties of Jingzhou, which was equivalent to cutting off one of Sun Quan's thighs, how could Sun Quan have a real alliance with Wei Ba. However, Cao Rui didn't dare to take risks, in order to borrow from Sun Quan, Wei Ba gave up the thunderbolt car and the ballista car, which are key jishu related to the balance of strength between the two sides, and he knew that he would not throw more tempting conditions in order to promote Sun Quan to send troops.

For example, the jishu of the warship.

Cao Rui knows very well that for Sun Quan. The warship jishu in Wei Ba's hands is the real killer weapon, and such jishu is controlled in Wei Ba's hands, which is equivalent to pinching Sun Quan's throat. If Wei Ba is willing to give up such a jishu, it is entirely possible that Sun Quan will reneg on the agreement with Wei and really send troops to Jianghuai, he may not go all out, but at least he will have to come up with a little record that Wei Ba is satisfied with.

So although this matter is unlikely, Cao Rui has to guard against it. In the case of insufficient information, Cao Rui can only make the safest preparations.

Cao Rui immediately invited Liu Ye and Xin Bi to discuss, and studied with his close ministers Sun Zi and Liu Fang for a long time. Zuihou accepted Sun Zi's suggestion. Give up Xiangyang for the time being, avoid too much loss, maintain strength, and stick to Fancheng. Fought against the Shu Han army in Nanyang County. Play the role of the Wei cavalry. Defeat Li Yan and Wei Ba. At the same time, let Man Pet raise his vigilance and pay close attention to Wu Jun's every move.

At the same time, Cao Rui sent an envoy to Wuchang. Watching Sun Quan's mind nearby.

After receiving Cao Rui's order, Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, he does not have to brave the resistance of the Shu army and sailors to force the Han River to rescue Xiangyang, which cannot be saved at all. Without the help of the water division, with his strength of only 20,000 foot soldiers, even if he broke through the Han River, he would not be able to defeat Li Yan and relieve the siege of Xiangyang.

However, Sima Yi didn't stop there, he replied to Lu Chang with a message, Bixia is mobilizing an army to come, you must hold on.

However, Lu Chang couldn't hold on.

For three or four days, Li Yan changed his previous prudence and conservatism, and ordered that in addition to monitoring Sima Yi's army, all the soldiers under Xiangyang City took turns to go into battle and attack day and night. With sufficient preparations, overwhelming ordnance to help, and overwhelming superiority, Li Yan finally broke through the outer city of Xiangyang in the early morning of the third day.

When Zhou Yu was the first to clear the enemy in front of him, firmly occupied a section of the city wall, raised the war knife in his hand, and let out a long howl like a jackal, the morale of the Shu Han army soared, the drums thundered, and Lu Chang, who was standing on the inner city wall, showed a depressed face.

Although this was not the first time that the outer city of Xiangyang City had been breached, he knew that this time there would not be the same good luck as the last time.

Li Yan, who had not slept all night, boarded the south gate of Xiangyang City under the protection of his guards, standing under the dilapidated and creaking city tower, bathed in the morning sun, he grinned silently, a smile just bloomed a little at the corner of his mouth, and disappeared without a trace. He turned around and said to the overseer Cheng Fan: "Tell the generals to suspend for a day, and tomorrow at this time, if Lü Chang does not go out of the city to surrender, he will continue to attack." ”

Cheng Fan answered, turned around and went to give the order.

"Write a letter of persuasion to Lu Chang and tell him that there will be no reinforcements coming." Li Yan turned around and looked at the direction of Sima Yi's army in the distance, the corners of his mouth twitched twice, and the smile was still not suppressed after all, revealing a little. After a while, he sank his face again, and said unhappily: "It's been more than a month, Wei Ba himself doesn't come, and the Yinbo I sent won't come back, what's going on?" Immediately ordered Wei Ba to rush to Xiangyang as quickly as possible. ”

Hu Zhong hesitated: "General, the destruction of Xiangyang is imminent, do you still need Wei Ba to come?" ”

Li Yan turned his face sideways, staring at Hu Zhong with stern eyes, but did not speak.

Hu Zhong swallowed his saliva, lowered his voice, and continued to persuade. In the case that Li Yan's attitude is obviously not good, only Hu Zhong still dares to persuade like this, even Li Yan's son Li Feng does not dare to say anything in this situation.

"Xiangyang is about to succeed, Zhang He has retreated from Guanzhong, the siege of Guanzhong has been lifted, the purpose of the general's expedition has been achieved, if you see a good one, you will receive it, and it will be better to manage Xiangyang? General, Wei Ba has already sent Zhao Tong to lead an army of 10,000 to listen to the order, even if he himself comes again, there will only be 10,000 at most. What's the use of 10,000 more? He was quite effective in Tuntian, south of the Yangtze River, if he waited for another two or three years, and then fully supported the general's Northern Expedition, why worry about not making great achievements? And why rush for a while? ”

Hu Zhong's words have been very thorough, and it is also the best plan for Li Yan's sake. If Li Yan is willing to listen and stop after capturing Xiangyang, although it is not perfect, it is not bad.

It was Yihu Zhong who looked at Li Yan with blank eyes, hoping that he would accept his suggestion and not expand the situation again.

"Xing Shi mobilized the people, 60,000 soldiers, and only took a small Xiangyang?" Li Yan sneered: "The fox joined the army, if that's all, is it necessary for me to come from Chengdu?" Take a step back and say, if you can't take the land of Nanyang to raise troops, can the lonely city of Xiangyang be defended? ”

Hu Zhong sighed secretly. Without saying anything, he bowed and retreated. He has already said it to such an extent, Li Yan still doesn't listen, then he can't persuade him. Heaven does iniquity, but it can live, but it does not live. Since Li Yan insisted on going his own way, he had no choice but to watch him slide into the abyss.

Looking at the background of Hu Zhong's hurry, Li Yan shook his head. sighed regretfully: "After all, he is a scholar who doesn't know soldiers." ”

……

Lu Xun arched his hand. Slowly walked into the temple door.

The hall was brightly lit, and the strong smell of lamp oil was almost suffocating. Sun Quan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, muttering something in his mouth. Guli stood in the shadows as always. I don't pay attention to it. It's hard to notice his presence. Zhuge Ke stood beside the case. Holding a thorn bamboo in his hand, the case in front of him was high and low, and there was some flash. I don't know what it is.

What surprised Lu Xun even more was that Pan Jun, who had been living in seclusion, was also present, he was standing on the other side, his eyelids were lowered, and he didn't know if he was asleep. However, with the smell of oil smoke in this room, Lu Xun estimated that it was impossible for him to really fall asleep.

Although Sun Quan is not luxurious, of course the things used in the palace will not be of poor quality, and there is only one possibility that the smell of oil smoke can be so strong: that is, these lamps have been burning for a long time and have not been extinguished.

Lu Xun crossed the threshold, took a few steps forward, bowed down in front of Sun Quan, and said loudly: "Marquis of Jiangling, the general of the auxiliary state leads Jingzhou Mu, and the minister Lu Xun meets His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

"Bo Yan is here?" Sun Quan woke up like a dream, stopped, stared at a pair of red eyes, looked at Lu Xun for a moment, and his haggard face showed a look of joy. He caught up a few steps, pulled Lu Xun up, dragged him to the front of the case, and pointed with his hand: "Bo Yan, come and see." ”

Don't look at Lu Xun is one year younger than Sun Quan, and he has been in the army for many years, but his physical strength has always been inferior to Sun Quan, plus that long-distance trip, he has not been able to recover after the thigh injury, and he was dragged by Sun Quan like this, he was almost a little unsteady, and he was staggered and dragged to the front of the case by Sun Quan, looking somewhat embarrassed. Zhuge Ke saw it in his eyes, stepped forward and helped him quietly, with an indescribable smile on his face.

After Lu Xun stood firm, he waved his sleeves lightly and pushed Zhuge Ke's hand away.

"Bo Yan, you see, this is a sand table made by imitating Ma Fubo Pumi for the meaning of the mountain." Sun Quan said with some pride: "This is Wei Ba's latest invention. ”

Lu Xun is familiar with the scriptures and history, and he is devoted to military affairs, of course he knows this allusion. He glanced at the sand table on the case in surprise, and then found that the sand table piled up by clean river sand simulated the terrain near Wuchang, and those uneven were Jingshan, Funiu Mountain, Dabie Mountain and other mountains, while those shining silver belts were Hanshui, Yangtze River and large and small water systems.

Lu Xun couldn't help but be moved.

"This is what Yuan Xun learned from Wei Ba." Sun Quan's voice was hoarse, but his voice was very loud, "Yuan Xun, you tell General Fuguo what Wei Ba means again." ”

Zhuge Ke nodded and said what Wei Ba meant again. After finishing speaking, he still looked at Lu Xun with that kind of eyes with unknown meanings, but Sun Quan looked at Lu Xun with blank eyes: "Bo Yan, what do you think?" ”

Lu Xun glanced at Zhuge Ke and sneered: "King, do you think this is really what Wei Ba meant?" ”

Sun Quan blinked and did not speak. Zhuge Ke coughed lightly and asked slowly, "Please also ask General Fuguo to be clear." ”

"If you were Wei Ba, would you choose to march from here?" Lu Xun looked at Zhuge Ke sternly: "This is a plain, even if there are mountains, the scope is very limited, not enough to hide your whereabouts." No matter how shrewd Wei Ba is, can he still drive straight into such terrain? Zhang He has already arrived from Guanzhong, and 10,000 elite horsemen are in Xinye, not to mention 10,000 foot soldiers, even 50,000 foot soldiers cannot be guaranteed. Do you think his fame is a fluke? He couldn't even see this question clearly, he didn't know how many times he had died. ”

Zhuge Ke smiled slightly: "Then dare to ask the general of the auxiliary country, what kind of strange can be called real strange when using soldiers to rely on each other?" Without waiting for Lu Xun to answer, he continued: "This kind of terrain is indeed more conducive to cavalry galloping, which is not conducive to the performance of Wei Ba's subordinates, but it is precisely because everyone thinks that it is impossible, this can be surprisingly successful." Besides, isn't it also important to avoid the real and attack the false? ”

Lu Xun frowned, and was about to speak, Zhuge Ke said with a smile: "The general is studying at home, and he can know that Zhang He has arrived in Xinye, can Wei Ba not know that Zhang He is in Xinye?" ”

(To be continued......)

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