After Buqi arrived in Jingzhou, he told Guan Gong that when the emperor promised to attack Eastern Wu in the future, he would definitely let Guan Gong lead the troops and give him a chance to take revenge. This promise somewhat calmed Guan Gong's stupid ~ stupid ~ desire ~ moving heart a little. Then Bu Qi said again, now the Shu Navy is too small and too weak, if the Eastern Wu Navy disperses into Yunmengze, there is simply not enough troops to completely annihilate them, so let them escape Wouldn't it be cheap for nothing?

These words are completely considered from Guan Gong's point of view, and they are very recognized by Guan Gong. Especially when Bu Qi said that if these Dongwu sailors were allowed to escape, they would be cheapened for nothing, which made him think so.

Although Guan Gong is not a person who must be repaid, he is not so magnanimous, and he has no good impression of all the Eastern Wu people, so he naturally does not want to let go of those Eastern Wu soldiers.

Bu Qiu used to be an important minister of Eastern Wu, and Guan Gong didn't have a good impression of him, but first, he didn't have a part in the sneak attack on Jingzhou by "crossing the river in white", and secondly, Bu Qiu had already been obedient to Liu Hou for a long time, and he had always been very loyal, so Guan Gong didn't show him his face.

Now hearing his words, Guan Gong's heart moved, and he took the opportunity to ask him what could be done to prevent those Dongwu sailors from escaping. It is better to start training troops and building ships from now on, and strive to expand the scale of the Shu naval army as soon as possible, and when the time is ripe, he will capture the Eastern Wu naval army in one go.

Of course, Guan Gong is not such an easily persuaded person, in addition to persuading him with the above words, Bu Qi also used some unknown means, and it took seven days before and after to make Guan Gong completely give up his plan to attack Soochow immediately.

As for what means Bu Qi used, since it is said that it is not known, of course, even the author does not know, and can only leave a historical mystery for future generations to dig and guess.

After persuading Guan Gong, Bu Qi personally urged the baggage troops to set off to the north overnight, and he wanted to empty the war materials hoarded in Jingzhou as much as possible, so that Guan Gong could no longer launch a war against Eastern Wu.

After waiting for more than three months, Liu Hou finally saw a large number of ammunition arriving at the front line in Wancheng one after another, and Liu Hou almost cried with joy. With these munitions, the Hong army can start another big war, and the course of the war is finally back on track.

On April 28 of the second year of Jianxing (225 AD), Liu Hou poached 5,000 men and horses from Zhang Fei and Pang Tong's army, leaving them to guard Wancheng, and the large army set off to the east to start a new round of attack on Wei. After the army went east to Yexian, the soldiers divided into two routes, all the way to the south, to attack Runan, and all the way north to Xuchang.

Now, in the three months that Liu Hou was idle, most of the surrounding counties like Yexian were peacefully recovered with the two magic weapons of the Holy Decree and the army pressing the border, but Runan couldn't. Runan is a big city, there are many garrisons, there are as many as 50,000 people, the key is that the guard here is not an ordinary person, but the Zhennan general Cao Xiu.

Cao Xiu, the character Wenlie is the son of Cao Cao. Cao Cao praised him as "my family's thousand-mile horse", let him eat and live with Cao Pi, treat him like a parent, and let him lead the tiger and leopard to ride the guard. Cao Xiu was indeed very good, in the battle of Hanzhong, he saw through Zhang Fei's plan and defeated Wu Lan.

After the general Xiahou Xuan, Cao Pi appointed Cao Xiu as the general of Zhennan, supervised the military during the holidays, and succeeded Xiahou Xuantun in Zhaoling County, Runan County. Why does a county town in Runan District need a heavyweight Cao clan to garrison it? The answer is simple, because Runan is important.

Runan, ancient belonged to Yuzhou, Yuzhou is the center of Kyushu, and Runan is the center of Yuzhou. Therefore, Runan is known as "the middle of the sky", that is, the center of the world.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Runan has been established, in the original history, from the Qin and Han dynasties, down to the Ming and Qing dynasties, Runan has always been a county, a state, a military, and a place of government governance, and a place where all directions converge. The land of the Eight Directions is good for commerce, but militarily it is a land of four wars. It can not only enter Bianluo in the north, but also go south to Jingchu, and has always been a battleground for soldiers.

In the original history, Xiahoudun and Cao Xiu, two heavyweights of the Wei State, guarded here to resist the attack of Eastern Wu. Eastern Wu wanted to invade the Wei state, and the passage to Guò Runan was one of the most important routes to march.

During Liu Hou's first Northern Expedition, Sima Yi mobilized more than 200,000 nearby horses to set up a large pocket and set up an ambush to besiege the Hong army. Later, Liu Hou retreated to Maicheng to rest, and Cao Xiu and Xiahou Shang each returned to their stations.

Fortunately, they went back and did not participate in the second Northern Expedition of the Hong Army, and escaped the fate of being captured by Sima Yi. So now Cao Xiu is still stationed in Runan with 50,000 horses. Since it was Cao Xiu who was guarding Runan, it was naturally impossible to be rumored, and if Liu Hou wanted to recover Runan, he could only fight a big battle.

Originally, Liu Hou wanted to send Zhang Fei and Pang Tong's army to fight Runan, with the strength of their 200,000 army, if they couldn't defeat Runan City, which only had 50,000 defenders, these two big bulls could also buy a piece of tofu and kill them. But Zhang Fei refused to go, clamoring to lead troops to attack Xuchang.

He didn't look down on a small Runan City at all, and he was bent on attacking Xuchang, he said that it was the capital of Wei, and it would be enjoyable to fight like that. Zhang Fei's temper is definitely the most powerful among the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang, if he recognizes the reason, he really can't pull nine cows.

Liu Hou secretly slandered him: "You also know that it is the capital of Wei?" Do you also know that defeating the enemy country is a great feat, and it is a great face-saving thing? Then you're still robbing me, the emperor? Do you know how strict the consequences of stealing the emperor's opportunity to be in the limelight are? Aren't you afraid that I'll give you little shoes to wear? ”

Liu Hou can only slander, can't say it, let alone take action, in fact, Zhang Fei robbed the emperor of the opportunity to show off, make military exploits and even leave a name in history, the consequences are not strict at all, and there are even no consequences, he is not afraid that Liu Hou will give him small shoes to wear. Nonsense, is it necessary for him to be polite in front of a nephew and son-in-law?

Liu Hou had no choice but to take the Hong army south to attack Runan, leaving Xuchang to Zhang Fei and Pang Tong's army. After Cao Pi escaped, he ordered Xiahou Shang to guard Xuchang. At the same time, in Xuchang, there was Xiahou Ba who fled from the defeat of Wancheng.

Xiahou Ba led the army from Xiangyang all the way to defeat, and after arriving in Wancheng, he originally wanted to rely on the strong city to hold on, but who knew that Zhang Fei sent a demolition team to blow up the city wall in one fell swoop. After that, a large number of high-spirited Shu troops poured ~ into the city, and in the face of the Wei army, which was demoralized and not superior in numbers, there was no suspense in the battle.

Zhang Fei and Pang Tong captured the city lightly, Xiahou Ba couldn't do anything else, but he was familiar with the ability to escape, and when the city was broken, he led his henchmen to break through the siege desperately, and even gave him a breakthrough and fled back to Xuchang.

Note: In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao analyzed the city father of Runan County and several counties of Pei County to set up the county. It also analyzes Runan County and Jiangxia County and Yiyang County. At that time, Runan City was a large market town and a land and water wharf near the county government. Because the geographical location is too complicated to write, the Runan area is abstracted into a Runan city, which is still used as a county.