"What? Sun Quan's people? These rats! Not true"

After scolding, Cao Ren turned his head and asked: "How do I remember that seven or eight days ago, Lu Meng led his troops to besiege Fancheng?" Why did he suddenly help Liu Bei do things? Sun Quan allied himself with Liu Bei? ”

"It's not Lu Meng who personally earned the city, but Jiang Qin, who came to me to ask for food before, I think this move is either instructed by Lu Meng, or Sun Quan personally ordered it, I heard that Sun Quan even murdered his own brother, what else can't he do? The general wanted to remind Prime Minister Cao Cheng to worry. ”

Cai Mao doesn't worry about who the mastermind is, in his eyes, Jiang Qin and Lu Meng are Sun Quan's people, so he sees everything as a whole.

Cao Ren also had no good impression of Sun Quan, but he knew that Cao Cao would not be gullible, and asking Sun Quan to send troops to help in the war at this time was Cao Cao's assessment of Sun Quan.

After listening to Cai Mao's analysis, Cao Ren affirmed and asked curiously: "I remember that Jiang Qin is a general under Sun Quan, what does General Cai mean when he said just now that he asked you for food?" ”

"Huh"

Cai Mao snorted coldly, and then sent Lu Meng out without food, and when he arrived in Xiangyang, he sent Jiang Qin to ask for food, and Kuai Yue found himself after refusing.

"I know, Jiang Qin first went to Xiangyang to ask for grain, and then found me in Xinye to ask for it, he just felt the situation in advance and prepared for the capture of Xiangyang, Sun Quan, a shameless horseman, had already colluded with Liu Bei, he had a grudge against Jingzhou to kill his father, so he shouldn't trust this person!"

"Hiss" Cao Ren's eyes sharpened, and he muttered to himself, "Could it be that Sun Quan really surrendered falsely?" The purpose is to help Liu Bei capture Jingzhou? But what is he trying to do? ”

Cai Mao heard the next words: "Of course it is the land of Tujingzhou, Sun Quan was driven out of Wu by Long Xiang, and at this time only Jiangxia, Yuzhang, and Luling are left, and they may have set their sights on Jingnan, and the alliance with Liu Bei will be to carve up Jingxiang." ”

"Jing Nan? Partition? ”

Cao Ren muttered to himself, and then asked: "Sun Quan's sworn enemy should be Long Xiang, he doesn't want to try to recapture Jiangdong, but he came to plot the land of Jingzhou?" Can you keep it even if you get it? An alliance with Liu Bei undoubtedly seeks the skin of the tiger. ”

"Alas" Cai Mao sighed and said coldly: "Sun Quan is not Long Xiang's opponent, he can only take advantage of the chaos to seize Jingxiang, as for whether he can defend it or not, it is estimated that he didn't think much about it, that Guan Yu's trained naval army can fight, if Sun Quan's naval army is helped, I am afraid that the prime minister will be millions of people, and it may not be."

"General Cai doesn't need to say much, I will report this matter to the prime minister."

Cao Ren stretched out his hand to stop Cai Mao, and asked in a deep voice with empty eyes: "Xiangyang is the center of Jingzhou, even if the city gate is opened for Jiang Qin, Guan Ping may not be able to control it easily, what happened to Kuai Taishou and the general's family?" ”

"What the general said is not bad, Kuai Yidu found that the situation was not right, so he immediately transferred the garrison reinforcements, and finally although he did not block Guan Ping from entering the city, but the people of Cai Kuai's two families successfully evacuated, and they are escorting the young master Liu Cong to Jiangling, they took Xiangyang but one, and the counties of Nanjun will not rebel."

Cai Mao's eyes lit up in the end, obviously unwilling to lose Xiangyang.

Cao Ren pinched the root of the bridge of his nose, pondered the purpose of Cai Mao's trip, and finally asked tentatively: "General Cai wants me to send troops to recapture Xiangyang?" ”

"Hmm."

Cai Mao nodded and added: "Guan Ping's foothold is not stable at this time, if the general immediately sends troops to Xiangyang, then Xiangyang will inevitably be lost and recovered, and capturing Guan Ping can still threaten Guan Yu." ”

Capture Guan Ping and threaten Guan Yu?

Cao Ren suddenly had an idea when he was thinking about it, and he said with a playful smile: "What General Cai said is very true, if Guan Ping is trapped or captured, how can Guan Yu, as a father, not save him?" What a chance to surround the point and send reinforcements. ”

"The general agreed? Please send troops to assemble at the junction of Shuishui and Bishui, and I will send warships to help cross the river, and we will take Xiangyang back in one go."

Cai Mao didn't smile until now, and said in her heart that whether it is Guan Yu or Sun Quan, there is only one way to die against me, I am close to Meng De, and he will definitely help his old friend come out.

Cao Ren was still smiling after hearing this, but he gave Cai Mao an answer that he didn't want to hear.

"I agreed to send troops, and I also need the assistance of General Cai's warship, but instead of sending troops to Xiangyang, I will directly send troops to Fancheng."

"Fancheng?"

Cai Mao looked surprised, and suddenly felt that her brain was not enough, and then asked: "Guan Ping and Liu Qi should have gone to Xiangyang, there are not many defenders left in Fancheng now, what are you doing in Fancheng at this time?" ”

Cao Ren was noncommittal, he pointed to the hanging map, and asked Cai Mao: "General Cai said that it is impossible for all the counties in Nanjun to support Liu Qi and Liu Bei, which means that Xiangyang is a lonely city. How does Guan Yu, who is in Wancheng, feel? ”

"What the general means."

"The prime minister asked me to use Guan Yu as bait to lead the soldiers of Guanzhong to Nanyang to defeat, so I will confront patiently in Shuishui, and now that the situation has changed, I will use Xiangyang as bait to fish Guan Yu, no matter if he comes to save his son by land or water, he can't bypass Fancheng in Jiangbei."

Cao Ren smiled knowingly, and Cai Mao also understood the other party's intentions, so he no longer persuaded him to recapture Xiangyang.

The heart said that Long Xiang had used Hefei to create miracles and prevent many attacks on Huainan, but he didn't believe that Guan Ping also had such a ability.

discussed with Cai Mao to stop, and Cao Ren was immediately promoted.

Cao Ren ordered Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu to stay behind, and if the defenders of Xi'e and Wancheng moved, the two led their troops to cross the river to occupy the city, and waited for the opportunity to pursue Guan Yu, and ordered Lu Xiang to lead an army to assist Cai Mao and block Guan Yu's army to aid Xiangyang, while Cao Ren personally led 50,000 main forces south.

As the main general gave the order, the Cao army on the east bank moved instantly.

Cao Ren made no secret of his transfer, hoping to put pressure on Guan Yu in Wancheng, but he only responded to Qiu Feng's plan.

On the west bank of the water, there is still not a single ranger in sight.

The warships that were originally patrolling the river did not respond abnormally when Cao Ying moved, and moved at a uniform speed as usual.

Cao Ren mistakenly thought that Guan Yu was big, but he didn't know that the other party had a clairvoyant mirror and had no fear, and he had already formed a crushing force on the field of vision.

Until the 50,000-strong army approached Xinye, the defenders of Xi'e and Wancheng moved at the same time, and the warships docked in Shuishui were as old as ever.

The limited number of warships of the Xiangyang Navy could not bring 50,000 Cao troops directly to Fancheng, so they ferried them to the west bank of the river in Xinye.

Cao Ren led his troops south by land and successfully took Chaoyang County on the way.

Cao Jun made a good start on the west bank of the river, adding a bit of heroism and spirit to Cao Ren.

After Cai Mao completed the ferry of Cao Jun, all his attention was on the upper reaches of the river, he was worried that Guan Yu's army would go south, but he did not expect that there was no wind and grass in the upstream, but the patrol boat found an abnormality in the downstream.

There are two or three hundred warships, which are heading north from the mighty waves, and the main ship is carrying the Lu flag, and the identity of the person who is coming is about to come out.

Cai Mao got the information, slammed his palm on the deck railing, and said to Zhang Yun angrily: "Lu Meng's guy is really here, he is all muddy when we are?" He will never come back! ”

(End of chapter)