Early the next morning, Liu Qi personally sent Guan Yu, Zhou Yu and the generals out of the east gate, and the generals said goodbye to each other.

From Henan to Hebei, there are two important ferry ports in Yanzhou, which are Baimajin in the west of Puyang, Cangtingjin in Dong'e, and Gaotang Port in Qingzhou.

In the battle of Guandu that year, Yuan Cao fought in Baima and Cangting, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed by Cao's army in the first battle, and Cao Cao later fought with Yuan Shang in Liyang, which shows the importance of the location of these two ferries.

This time, Liu Qi's troops went north in three ways, he fought against the main force of Xiahoudun in the north at Cangting, Guan Yu attacked Liyang in Baimajin, and Zhou Yu replaced Lu Xun, took the plain from Qingzhou, marched along the coastline, and attacked the Bohai Sea by land and water.

Lu Xun and a group of young generals raided Liaodong, with Tai Shi Ci and Han Dang two veterans, Tai Shi Ci had avoided Liaodong for three years, Han Dang was a native of Liaoxi, the two were familiar with geography, and commanded the army for many years, and Lu Xun complemented each other.

Back to the palace, Liu Qi re-promoted the account, with Zhang Fei as the general, Zhao Yun and Wei Yan as the left and right guards, Ma Liang and Li Yan as the army, Gu Shao and Lu Ji as the main bookkeeper and bookkeeper, and the generals performed their duties, reorganized the soldiers and horses and prepared to cross the river to the north.

The generals dispersed, and Liu Qi asked Pang Tong: "Lu and Gu have gone to the army for training this time, what does Shi Yuan think these two people are doing?" ”

Pang Tong has a close relationship with the Jiangdong family, and he is also very familiar with these two people, so he replied without thinking: "Lu Zi can be described as a horse and has the power to escape, and Gu Zi can be described as a cow, and he can carry heavy weights and go far." These two people have the talents of the county and the country, and it is enough to count the money and food in the army for the time being, and verify the merits. ”

Liu Qi laughed and said, "Isn't this a combination of cows and horses?" ”

Pang Tong was puzzled: "What do you mean by this?" ”

"It's just a moment!" Liu Qi didn't know how to explain, so he returned to the topic and asked, Liu Qi said: "Although the warships are fully equipped today, and the soldiers are recuperating, but Xiahoudun has been operating on the north shore for a year and has a very strict defense, what is the best strategy for Mr. to break the enemy?" ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "In the past, Cao Cao broke Yuan Shao in Cangting, which was a plan to attack the east and the west, why not return the favor: the Wei water army is weak and cannot be hostile, but it can cross the river to fight with it first, but send another team of men and horses to cross the Gaotang and march north. Xiahoudun must think that I use the strategy of secretly crossing Chen Cang, and will personally go to the rescue, at this time, go all out to attack the north village, take advantage of the southeast wind to burn its big village, can be a great success. ”

Liu Qi smiled and asked: "Feng Xiao's plan is really unexpected, this summer Hou Xuan does not have the assistance of a military advisor, and he will definitely be successful." ”

Pang Tong said: "The soldiers are treacherous, the virtual are real, and the real are virtual." Even if Xiahoudun is on guard, once the troops of Gaotang all the way come ashore and echo with my north and south, they will be defeated! ”

"What the military advisor said is extremely true!" Liu Qi deeply thought that now the Wei army was not only short of soldiers, but also a major general, and Xiahoudun had no one available, which made it difficult for him to guard against it.

Pang Tong made a plan, and Liu Qi thought of Wei Yan, if it was about sneak attack and pushing all the way, Wen Chang would be the best candidate, as long as he broke through all the way, Xiahoudun would be left and right, and he couldn't parry.

Liu Qi laughed and said: "In the past, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in Hebei, and now he is trapped in Jizhou, which can be described as a repeat of the mistakes of the past, and the reincarnation of cause and effect. ”

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Guan Gong said goodbye to Liu Qi, and Fa Zheng led the generals to the west, went to Puyang to rest and recuperate, and discussed the attack on Liyang.

Yu Ban and Zhang He garrisoned troops in Baima for half a year, deployed troops to defend, blocked Suxukou with iron chains, boats could not pass, and the two armies confronted each other across the river.

Li Dian offered a plan to detour from Hanoi, join forces with Wen Ping, train his own troops and send troops, and go all the way north to take Wei County, while young generals such as Guan Ping and Kou Feng advocated crossing the river directly and killing to the other side.

Guan Yu pondered, saw that Fa Zheng was there without saying a word, motioned for everyone to retreat temporarily, and asked: "If you force a big river to cross, it will inevitably lose your troops, and if you make a detour to Hanoi, you will have to transfer troops for more than a month, Cao Xiu is also prepared, what is the intention of the military advisor?" ”

Fa Zheng smiled slightly, and asked instead of answering: "Do you know what the enemy and my generals will say about the public?" ”

"Huh?" Guan Yu was surprised, stroked his beard and thought for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Guan is just a martial artist, he has been in exile for several years, and he is fortunate to meet his brother and Yide, so that he can make contributions to the country. A person who does things has never been loyal to the word "loyalty", has a clear conscience, why not be afraid of others' comments? ”

Fa Zheng nodded and said: "Yun Chang is bright and fair, and he is really a big husband!" However, he has a haughty temperament, looks down on the crowd, and is quite discussed. ”

"Hmm-" Guan Yu's eyes narrowed, his long hair tightened, and a murderous aura suddenly revealed, and then he retracted again, lifted his beard and laughed: "If it was Guan Yu who followed his brother back then, this argument would be reasonable." However, after several changes, the king of the Han Dynasty was heavy, Zhuge military advisors pointed out, looked at hundreds of schools of thought, and discussed the Spring and Autumn Period with Li Dianmancheng, and he had already suddenly become proficient. This theory only knows Guan Yu in the past, and I don't know today's cloud Changye! ”

Seeing that Guan Yu was able to face his shortcomings, Fa Zheng nodded with relief and said with a smile: "Zi said: I haven't seen anyone who can see his mistakes and sue himself." The prince is now one of them, the gentleman checks his body, if he has often been, the prince has this high opinion, and it is not the Guan Yun in the past! ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled faintly, and said in confusion: "Why did the military advisor ask such a question?" ”

The two were originally talking about military affairs, but Fa Zheng talked about him left and right, the big war was imminent, and Guan Yu knew that he would never be untargeted.

Fa Zheng smiled: "Since everyone in the world evaluates the general like this, can you show people this face?" I have a plan, I can ask Cao Xiu to surrender and take Liyang effortlessly. ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and said: "If the military advisor has a clever plan to break the enemy, he is pretending to be Lu Bu, so what's the matter?" ”

The two discussed, and the next day they led the troops to the White Horse Camp, where Yu Ban, Zhang He, He Qi and other generals came out to greet them, only to see the camp stretching, and the three armies were in order, so they couldn't help nodding secretly.

Came to the big tent of the Chinese army, the generals saluted, reported the military situation in the forbidden ceremony, and reorganized the soldiers and horses for half a year, and now the morale of the three armies is high, and the soldiers are full of food, and it is time to break through Liyang in one go.

Guan Yu sneered again and again when he heard this, and stroking his beard and squinting at Yu Ban: "General Yu is so confident, why has he not been able to take Liyang so far?" ”

Yu Ban was numb when Guan Yu saw it, and bowed his head and said: "Without the order of the king's general, the last general will train and be on call at any time." ”

Zhang He also hugged his fists and said: "The general's prestige is world-famous, and the Wei army is devastated, and we are about to rely on the power of the monarch and the tiger to break the enemy." ”

Guan Yu said coldly: "The King of Han ordered Er to act cheaply and set Hanoi early, but so far he has not sent a single soldier, so he ordered Guan to lead the troops here." Isn't it because of the old generals of the Cao clan who refused to use their lives, so they slacked off and delayed the military plane? ”

Yu Ban was shocked, and he knelt down with Zhang He and said: "The two of us were originally Han Chen, and I abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the King of Han. ”

"A certain person hates repeated villains the most in his life!" Guan Yu stroked his beard and scolded: "You and other two ministers and thieves, three changes of masters, dare to speak of loyalty in front of me?" ”