"Sir, you mean."

Seeing Liu Qi's eyes wide, Zhuge Liang hurriedly waved his hand and explained:

"Don't get excited, Liang didn't say anything, the stars are ethereal, and I can't do it accurately."

"Uncle."

Liu Qi had no master of the six gods at this time, so he turned around and bowed down at Liu Bei's feet, crying: "How can there be a reason for a father to die and not let his son run for funeral?" Now Cai Mao, Chen Bing, Hanshui will not let the little nephew return to Xiangyang, you have to make the decision for me. ”

"The eldest prince, please get up, prepare to be the same brother as Jing Sheng, how can you sit idly by?"

Liu Bei helped Liu Qi up with both hands, turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang with a solemn face, and said seriously: "Brother Jingsheng died suddenly, the military advisor also felt strange, Cai Mao and others were even more rude, and now that the eldest prince is here, I should take care of it no matter what." ”

Zhuge Liang said at the beginning: "Cai Mao and others have obvious intentions, they should want to help Liu Cong as the lord of Jingzhou, so they deliberately prevented the eldest prince from returning to Xiangyang, and now he is transferring water to isolate Han Shui, and if he wants to intervene, he must mobilize soldiers and horses."

"There are thousands of sailors in Xicheng, but we must prevent Zhang Lu from taking advantage of the situation"

Liu Qi stopped abruptly in the middle of his words.

Liu Bei nodded and continued, muttering with a calm face: "Liu Cong is too young to be a director, it is clear that Cai Mao and others want to gain power, and they are reckless in abolishing Chang Liyoung, and Jingzhou cannot fall into their hands."

"Cai Kuai and others have always been close to Cao Cao, and if they are left alone, there will be great harm to the Han family, the lord may wish to first go to the table of the eldest prince as the lord of Jingzhou, and then lead the troops south to rejuvenate the teacher to ask for guilt, I believe that the courtiers of Jingzhou will not all be rebellious, and there are still many people who support the eldest prince."

Hearing Zhuge Liang's proposal, Liu Bei cast a surprised look.

It seems to be saying that according to our original plan, we should take Hanzhong first and then Liangzhou, if we go south to help Liu Qi seize Jingzhou, won't Guanzhong be empty again?

The generals of Liangzhou and Hongnong Cao Jun have always been eyeing Guanzhong, and Liu Bei is worried that he will lead his troops to Jingzhou, and Guanzhong, which he has finally won, will be lost.

If Chang'an is not in his hands, what else is there to talk about 'welcoming the son of heaven and returning the old capital'?

Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's worries, and hurriedly comforted him: "The prestige of the eldest prince is insufficient, if he goes to Xingshi to ask for guilt, he needs to be accompanied by the lord himself, but although you can rest assured, Liang will stay in Chang'an to ensure that the customs are not lost, you only need to leave more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, one or two generals." ”

"Well, then I'll leave Yide and Zilong behind, as for the soldiers and horses, I will go south to Jingzhou to deter, and I may not really fight with Cai Mao"

Tongguan and Chencang are both fortresses in Guanzhong, and the general guarding the pass cannot be taken away at will, and there are only 30,000 soldiers in Guanzhong, which is not much to scatter everywhere, and Liu Bei only plans to take away 10,000 people.

Zhuge Liang shook his head and smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Actually, it is enough to have Zilong, not to mention that there is also Wen Chang who can also be used, Yide is in a hurry, rather than waiting for him to open his mouth to beg, the lord should take him directly." ”

"Tongguan guards the gate of the Middle East, if Yide also wants to go south with me, I can only transfer Junyi (Shiren) to go, but then there will be no one to guard Linjin." Liu Bei frowned and denied himself.

Zhuge Liang was not optimistic about Shiren's ability, and he guarded Linjin to guard the Pubanjin Ferry, mainly to help defend Zhang Fei, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to pick up a big task when he was transferred to the head of Tongguan.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up when he saw the gate of the palace, and he hurriedly suggested to Liu Bei: "Liang thinks that General Shi is still guarding Linjin, Tongguan can let Uncle Chen go to the town to guard, and the lord has Yide to accompany him, so he should not worry about the problem of guards." ”

"Uncle Zhi? That's fine. ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but look out of the door, and said in his heart that Chen Zhi had a calm personality and good martial arts, but he was a good candidate to guard the customs, so he nodded and agreed.

Regarding the question of how many troops to bring, Zhuge Liang did not get too entangled, after all, in addition to Liu Bei's soldiers in Guanzhong, Nanyang also had Guan Yu's garrison.

After exchanging Chen Zhi for Zhang Fei, Liu Bei immediately crossed the south of Qinling and went out of Wuguan.

Before leaving, Liu Bei played Zhuge Liang as the commander of the military division, Jing Zhaoyin, and the governor of Guanzhong.

In early March, Liu Bei and Zhang Feijun went to Yu County and joined forces with Liu Qi and Liu Ye.

Liu Qi left 3,000 people in Ganning to guard the western city, and brought the remaining 4,000 soldiers from Handong.

In addition to these two lines of soldiers and horses, Liu Bei also asked Wancheng to send troops in advance, and according to the suggestion given by Zhuge Liang, he ordered Guan Yu to attack Fancheng directly.

As long as Fancheng is taken across the river, enough pressure can be put on Xiangyang, and Cai Kuo may be able to quickly succumb.

Cai Mao has been guarding against Liu Qi's return to seize power, and his navy has been monitoring activities in the upper reaches of the Han River.

When he learned that Liu Bei was joining forces with Liu Qi in Yuxian County, Cai Mao urgently ordered Zhang Yun to lead the army to reinforcements, trying to force Liu Bei back in Zhuyang and Shandu, but he didn't know that Guan Yu led 8,000 soldiers out of Wancheng.

Wancheng is 300 miles away from Fancheng, and Guan Ping led 2,000 pioneers to appear under Fancheng in less than five days.

As a subsidiary of Xiangyang, Fancheng originally stationed a lot of soldiers and horses as guards, but after Liu Bei defected to Jingzhou, Guan Yuzhen guarded Wancheng and blocked the threat from Cao Cao, and the Fancheng garrison was mostly transferred to Jiangling and other places.

When Guan Ping arrived with the vanguard army, Fancheng only had 3,000 soldiers.

At that time, Zhang Yun had already led the naval army to resist Liu Bei, and Cai Mao remembered the killing god in Wancheng, so he hurriedly sent Cai Zhong and Cai He to save Fancheng.

Cai Zhong, Cai and the two of them were mediocre in martial arts, and Cai Mao asked the two of them to retreat from Guan Yu, and there was a sense of déjà vu that the nine-headed insect was talking to the Rushing Tyrant and going to get rid of the Tang monk and apprentice.

According to the information from Fancheng, the general who attacked Fancheng was the son of Guan Yu, a young man who had not dried up, and Cai Zhong and Cai He had the courage to cross the river.

Xiangyang has the advantage of a naval army, and Guan Ping knew that the warships on the other side were approaching, but there was no way to effectively stop them, so he just lined up outside the city and waited.

Thinking that Guan Yu's rear army will arrive soon, if the defenders of Fancheng open the city to attack together, Guan Ping thinks that he can take the city by counterattacking, maybe he can take advantage of the chaos to complete the first landing, so that he can surprise his father.

The reinforcements from Xiangyang landed smoothly, and seeing that Guan Ping was so cowardly, and there were only two thousand soldiers, Cai Zhong sneered disdainfully:

"The kid who has not dried up dares to lead the troops to fight alone, so he is not afraid of falling into Guan Yu's name? It's really a tiger father and a dog. ”

"Brother, what should we do? Direct access to town or"

After listening to Cai He's instructions, Cai Zhong showed a surprised expression: "Go directly to the city?" What do you want? Guan Yu sent my brother war exploits, and you still want to share them with outsiders? ”

"Huh?"

"Guan Yu has the courage of ten thousand people, this person will definitely be famous in history in the future, if our brother beheads his son, will he also be famous? We have to catch the opportunity sent by Deju. ”

"Really"

"Hurry up and prepare the soldiers and horses, and they will be killed with me, and use Guan Ping's head to make a name for themselves."

"Okay."

Cai Zhong, Cai He, and Guan Ping were young and had few soldiers and horses, so after completing the assembly, they omitted shouting and other links, and went straight to Guan Ping's army to attack.

Although Guan Ping was young at this time, he had been influenced by Guan Yu for a long time, and the two thousand soldiers were also elite, so in the face of two and a half times the enemy, the whole army was not afraid.

"Prepare for battle!"

(End of chapter)