Guan Yu's retreat this time surprised Cao Cao again.

Although the Cao family's naval army was almost completely wiped out, most of the land in Nanyang had fallen into Cao Cao's hands.

Guan Yu has only a handful of places left to vacate, and the most reasonable thing is to take Liu Ye to retreat to Nanxiang, and then join forces with Xu Shu to make a final struggle.

However, Liu Ye went against Guan Yu, and his fleet entered the upper reaches of the Han River, and did not turn to Danshui to go to Nanxiang.

As for Guan Yu's whereabouts, there is only Xiangyang to go to the lower reaches of the Han River, perhaps because he is reluctant to win the naval army and the new warships captured from Mao Jue.

Guan Yu's division of troops to defend the three places was a choice question for Cao Cao.

Xu Shu and Liu Ye both had a way out, while Xiangyang was already isolated, and Cao Cao did not hesitate to choose Guan Yu.

Cao Cao had a lot of money at this time, and he could take time to rebuild the warship when it was gone, and the dock that Guan Yu had left in Fancheng was still there, which could be regarded as an indirect enemy.

As for the death of Cai Mao, the deputy general of the navy, Cao Cao still has Zhang Yun, a talent for water warfare, available, and it is really not good to use Lu Meng.

Cao Cao said in his heart that the power of the whole country will destroy a city, and the true appearance is not a pinch? It's just that Lusu's participation in the war was a surprise.

Was it an individual act, or was it Long Xiang's instructions? It has to be figured out.

Lu Su led his troops to Xiangyang, what was Sun Quan doing at this time? Didn't breathe at all beforehand?

At the same time that Guan Yu withdrew to Xiangyang, Cao Cao stayed in Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He to guard Yin and Juan counties to prevent Xu Shu and Liu Ye from harassing from the west of Nanyang, while the main force of Cao's army went to Fancheng.

Lu Su's reason for entering the battle was unknown, disrupting Cao Cao's offensive rhythm, and he imagined countless possibilities in his mind, but still did not think of a perfect answer.

On the way to Fancheng, Cao Cao sent someone to Wancheng to summon Lü Meng, and he wanted to find out Sun Quan's position and intentions.

Fancheng was originally a subsidiary of Xiangyang, and the city was only the size of an ordinary county seat, which could not accommodate more than 200,000 Cao troops.

Cao Cao then divided half of his soldiers and horses into several divisions and ordered them to be stationed in Chaoyang, Suixian, Anzhong, Nieyang and other places.

Without the escort of the navy, Cao Cao was not only unable to use the water to transport grain, but his land supply line was also exposed, and Guan Yu could use the warship to circle the rear, so he had to deploy defense for the supply line in advance.

As Cao Cao expected, as soon as he arrived in Fancheng, he had not slept peacefully, and Gan Ning drove a warship to the water channel, but fortunately he made a prediction in advance, otherwise the land grain route would be affected.

At the end of April, Lü Meng was ordered to rush to Fancheng.

Cao Cao mentioned Lu Su's participation in the war with a dark face, and Lü Meng immediately invited several embarrassed soldiers to the palace, they were messengers who rushed to Jingzhou from the Central Plains, including Xiahou Xuan's troops and Cheng Yu's dead soldiers.

These people rushed to tell Long Xiang's evil deeds, and all the civil and military forces under Cao Cao were shocked.

"What? General Xiahou was seriously wounded? Xu is surrounded by Longxiang? ”

"Cheng Zhongde was also defeated? How could Long Xiang be so able to fight? ”

"Isn't it just that they are surrounded? Yanling, Changshe, Yingyin, and Linying were all besieged, how many soldiers and horses did Long Xiang have to go? ”

Everyone was talking to each other, obviously suspicious of this information, but it was a felony in the army to falsely spread military information, and the content described by these people was similar, not like they were deliberately entertaining everyone.

Cao Cao is the male lord in the end, although he has a bad premonition in his heart, he can still maintain his composure and expression calmly.

After observing for a moment, he frowned at Lu Meng and asked playfully, "Ziming deliberately brought them here to inform Cao about Long Xiang?" ”

"Prime Minister Mingjian!"

Lu Meng heard that Cao Cao's tone was wrong, and hurriedly clenched his fists and explained: "They didn't deliberately bring them by the general, but happened to meet them halfway. ”

"Makes sense?"

Cao Cao frowned noncommittally, turned his head and instructed his subordinates: "Berning, these soldiers have worked hard all the way, and their words are not clear, you can take them down and ask in detail." ”

"Yui."

Full of favors out of the class to hold his fists to lead his life, he was the best at interrogation in the past, and Cao Cao's intentions are very obvious.

Seeing that the sergeants were taken away by full favor, Cao Cao brought the topic back to Lu Meng.

"Lu Su participated in the war to help Guan Yu, and Long Xiang led the army to attack Xudu, it is already an established fact, there is no need to delve into it, I want to know what Sun Zhongmou is doing?"

"Huh?"

Lu Meng was surprised when he heard this, and he didn't know what Cao Cao meant.

Cao Cao saw that Lu Meng was pretending to be stupid, so he snorted coldly and continued to ask: "Since Sun Zhongmou surrendered sincerely, why did Long Xiang and Lu Su attack at the same time?" If he tried to contain it, there was no reason why this would be the result."

"Amount"

Lu Meng didn't know about Sun Quan's situation, but he had the brand of the Sun family on him, and he had to help Sun Quan find a reason to excuse him, so he used his brains frantically.

"Lu Su through several water battles, all of our warships have been confiscated, Wu Hou is only afraid of being powerless at this time, he can't stop Lu Su if he wants to, in addition, there is a dock fort built at the mouth of the water, if Long Xiang sends troops from Huainan to sneak attack, Wu Hou also."

"Ziming deserves to be the governor of the capital, and his tongue argument ability is outstanding"

Cao Cao smiled lightly and praised, then his face changed suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Long Xiang is attacking Xudu at this moment, and Lu Su's army is in Xiangyang, how can Sun Zhongmou be a watchman?" You send a quick repair letter to Nanchang, and ask him to immediately send troops to attack Jiangdong, and get the territory he lost, and now Jiangdong is empty."

"But this. Does it take time to deliver the letter? ”

Lu Meng heard Cao Cao's intentions, he wanted to use Sun Quan to surround Wei to save Zhao, and said in his heart Isn't it faster for you to send troops yourself?

Cao Cao didn't know the specific situation in the rear, he was still focusing on capturing Xiangyang at this time, and sending reinforcements to save Zhao from Wei did not conflict, so he replied: "The prime minister wants to build a ship in Fancheng, and deliberately gives Sun Zhong a chance, you let him take advantage of it." ”

"The last general can be saved."

Seeing that Cao Cao was so insistent, Lu Meng could only agree under the eaves.

Then the hall was as silent as death, Cao Cao's army was annihilated, and the Central Plains underwent drastic changes, and everyone had mixed feelings in their hearts.

Cao Cao comforted everyone when he saw this: "Don't worry, how many soldiers and horses does Long Xiang have, Wen Ruo has already said before, he can't afford to set off such a big storm, maybe it's a bluff, although the attack has not been smooth recently, but the situation has gradually become favorable, now Guan Yu is trapped in Xiangyang, it is only a matter of time before he is captured, it is still worth having a drink." ”

"The prime minister is wise."

"My lord!"

The hall echoed the sound of bursts of applause, and then the soldiers prepared wine and food, and Cao Cao and his ministers drank and had fun.

The wine has not been toured three times, and he is full of pets and walks through the door with a heavy face.

Seeing this, Cao Cao sighed in his heart, and said in his heart, isn't there really an accident?

It is impossible for the full report to be fake, Cao Cao held the wine glass and his face turned blue after hearing this, and he was so angry that he smashed the wine glass to the ground.

"Very good, very good, Long Xiang can block the city gate with a few stones? Additionally, What does Cheng Zhongde mean? If you can't beat Long Xiang, you can say that the other party has a heavenly eye? It's ridiculous. ”

"Prime Minister."

"If you have something, just say it."

Seeing that Zhang Liao wanted to speak and stopped, Cao Cao waved his hand impatiently.

"Say, the end of the general used to be in Hefei, I heard that there is a kind of magical thing called cement, which can stick to the soil and stone and is extremely strong, Long Xiang may use this thing."

(End of chapter)