Inside the cave.

Water droplets "tick and tick" down the stalactites, on the ground, on the wall.

Because of the darkness, this kind of voice can't help but associate with the word "creepy".

At this moment, Zhang He and Xu Huang, although they were also creepy, but more of them were surprised, they were eager to know, why did Prime Minister Cao appear here?

If the Cao Cao in front of you is real?

Who is Prime Minister Cao Cheng who rushed south to help Xiangfan?

- "Lone knows you, there will be a lot of questions, there is a lot of time tonight, Lone will tell you one by one." ”

It turned out that when Cao Cao decided to march into Hanzhong a year ago, he made a series of precautions at the junction of Wei and Wu, in Jingzhou, and in Hefei.

Some of the core characters include:

Cao Ren of Xiangfan;

Zhang Liao of Hefei;

Yu Ban in Runan;

Xu Ducheng's Cao Zhang and Gao Lan.

For example, when Sun Quan came to commit a big attack, Cao Cao left Zhang Liao with the words "thief to and naifa" written in the bag.

This is just a hypothesis of Cao Cao.

In addition to this, Cao Cao also set up a variety of situations.

Even, the situation in Xiangfan changed dramatically, and Cao Cao also made a record in advance.

The specific strategy is that once the situation in Xiangfan changes greatly, Guan Yu is bound to take advantage of the victory to attack.

Then, Zhang Liao took the extremely brave Shanxi army to Xiangyang secretly, hid it, and secretly coordinated the command.

Use Shanxi people to fight Shanxi people!

In addition, Cao Zhang, Gao Ran and Gao Ran led troops to quickly ambush Fancheng...

Secretly transferred the soldiers and horses of Runan to quickly support Jiangxia and Wenpin to form a joint force, and sent Liu Ye to support Jiangxia and consolidate the city defense.

Based on the above, Cao Cao will make an immediate gesture of return no matter where he is.

However, this kind of return is just an illusion, an illusion that makes Guan Yu realize the urgency and pressure of time.

is as arrogant as Guan Yu, he will definitely not give up such a good opportunity, and he will definitely take advantage of Cao Cao's return to attack Fancheng.

When Guan Yu really attacked Fancheng, he was ambushed on all sides.

There are Zhang Liao, Gao Lan, and Cao Zhang outside, and Man Chong, Lu Chang, Niu Jin, and Zhao Yan inside.

Of course, there is still a gap between the actual situation and Cao Cao's ideal state.

The news of the deaths of Man Chong, Lu Chang, Niu Jin, and Wen Ping has not yet come.

Jiang Xia's support was completely unexpected.

However, almost... Yu Ban, Liu Ye, Gao Lan, and Cao Zhang all rushed to Xudu as soon as possible, and were dispatched by the general Xiahoudun, Yu Ban and Liu Ye went to Jiangxia to replace the dead Wenpin to resist Guan Yu's attack, while Gao Ran and Cao Zhang quickly supported Fancheng and ambushed outside Fancheng.

What Cao Cao would not have thought of was that on Xiangfan's side, in addition to Zhang Liao, Gao Lan, and Cao Zhang, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were also involved.

Even, because Cao Zhi privately mobilized the forbidden Runan soldiers and horses, now there are more ambushes in Fancheng than Cao Cao idealized.

"Hahahaha..."

At this moment, Cao Cao told these stories, and he laughed out loud.

It's like...

Cao Cao is confident.

His plan is not only to restore the decline of Jingzhou, but also to destroy the Guan family's army, and he also wants to capture Guan Yu alive.

In addition, Cao Cao didn't go back at all, and he was the one who said goodbye during the day, but after the army was pulled, it may not be the real Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, how could he not have some "stand-ins" beside him!

As for the real Cao Cao staying in Hanzhong, his purpose...

It is still from Hanzhong to the south, Bazhong at the end of Micang Road, and Fuling at the end of Lychee Road.

If these two places are captured, the one that follows can attack the Jianmen Pass on both sides, and the soldiers will point directly to Chengdu.

Cao Cao told Zhang He and Xu Huang about this.

Listening to Cao Cao's words, Xu Huang and Zhang He only felt that their chests were rising and falling.

Who would have thought...

The fainting of General Cao Ren in Jingzhou not only did not become a constraint and disaster for the Great Wei, but under such careful deployment by Prime Minister Cao Cheng, he turned the catastrophe into a fighter plane.

It can be seen that Cao Cao, who has been fighting horses for more than 30 years, has a first-class command, and his tricks and strategies are also the best choice.

At this moment, Cao Cao's words continued.

"Lonely let the stand-in show more face on the way south... It is to let Shuzhong's fine work see clearly, see the truth, and tell the big-eared thief the news of Lone's departure from Hanzhong, I think that Liu Bei will inevitably take it lightly and will remove the protection of Fuling and Bazhong, and he doesn't know that I have already ambushed tens of thousands of horses in this lonely mountain, just waiting for him to take off the protection..."

"In the past, Han Xin went out of Shu, using 'Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chen Cang', and today he is alone in Shu, and he still uses this plan!"

Speaking of which...

Xu Huang opened his mouth and asked, "Then why did the prime minister order General Miaocai to set up more stoves in the barracks?" The last general has only heard of increasing troops and reducing the stove in order to confuse the enemy, and he has never heard of the truth of reducing the number of troops and increasing the stove, this is not ... Let the fine work in Shu think? Haven't our troops been reduced? ”

"Hahaha..."Hearing Xu Huang's questioning, Cao Cao immediately laughed, "You don't know Zhuge Kongming, Lone has suffered a lot from him, this Zhuge Kongming has a calm personality and is rigorous in his work, if so... Everything is done seamlessly, and that is the biggest flaw in Zhuge Kongming's eyes! ”

"So..."Zhang He suddenly realized, "The prime minister deliberately added a stove to confuse Zhuge Liang, making him think that the prime minister was just bluffing, so he was just making a fool of himself, and so on... This Zhuge Kongming will not stop the big-eared thief from removing the protection of the pass. ”

"Yes!"

Today, Cao Cao is in a good mood.

In his opinion, his deployment is foolproof, and now he is just waiting for the time to close the net.

"Haha, the Jingzhou battlefield, using the time of Lone's return to help, forced Yun Chang to be in a hurry and fell into the ten-sided ambush plan set by Lone, Bashu, it is also because of Lone's departure, take off your guard."

"When the time comes... Tens of thousands of soldiers in this lonely mountain are led by the two of you, and you two want to take Nabazhong and Fuling directly! People say Bashu, Bashu... If these two cities are lonely, Chengdu is just within reach! ”

Call...

With Cao Cao's detailed explanation.

Zhang He and Xu Huang admired their lord more and more.

His wisdom, his layout, he counted every point in this starry chessboard, as if everyone was his pawn.

It was as if the passivity of the situation was completely under his control.

It is said that the older a person gets, the more demonic he becomes!

This sentence was revealed in Cao Cao's body.

Xu Huang and Zhang He were very fortunate that such a terrible person was their lord, not their opponent.

How fortunate are they to have voted right?

"Don't worry, the lord is just waiting for the protection of Shuzhong to be removed, and Gongming and I are bound to lead this army of soldiers and horses in this lonely mountain to move forward, capture Nabazhong and Fuling, and then break through the sword gate pass from behind, look at Chengdu from afar, and wipe out this big-eared thief in one fell swoop!"

Zhang He was the first to take a stand.

Xu Huang also clenched his fists heavily, "Don't worry, the lord will win this battle!" ”

"Hahaha..."Seeing that the two lovers were so confident, Cao Cao's mood became more and more sunny, and he couldn't help but groan: "Sage Yun' fish, I can do whatever I want; Bear's paws, as well as I want. You can't have both, and those who give up the fish and take the bear's paw are also, haha... Lone wants to say, why do you have to choose? Jingzhou is lonely, Yizhou is also lonely, can't you have both? Hmph, I want them all! ”

"Hahahaha... Jingzhou is lonely, the head of the blue-eyed child is lonely, Yizhou is also lonely, Lone wants to capture Yun Chang alive, let Yun Chang know who is the hero in this world, and Lone wants to make the big-eared thief and Zhuge Villager have no way out! Hahaha! ”

For a while, the sound of hearty laughter resounded in the stone cave.

It seems that Cao Cao, who is sixty years old, is now... He has brought the strategic layout that he has been good at all his life to the peak.

It's like every battle he has fought over the years, and every game he has laid out.

When ordinary princes were still doing multiple-choice questions, Cao Cao was already - everything!

Gradually, Cao Cao's laughter fell, and in his place his eyes turned southeast...

He was too eager to know how the chessboard he laid out, the chess pieces, were now placed?

And the most critical chess piece of Guan Yunchang, can he come as scheduled... Into those layers of ambush?

- "Hehe... Xuande, Xuande, in the past, the green plum boiled wine, and your sentence 'The sage's news of thunder and wind will change', slipped away from under Lone's nose once, and Lone will never let you slip away again this time."

- "Yun Chang, Yun Chang... The red rabbit horse that was given to you alone? I've been riding for ten years, and it's time to pay back the principal and interest."

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Fancheng, it was late at night, and the streets were already closed.

The only thing I could see was that some soldiers were nervously preparing for war, and there was no panic at all, and everything was in order.

The sound of "crunch" and "crunch" came from far and near, and it was a horse-drawn carriage slowly passing by.

On such a closed night, there can be such a carriage, such a line on the street, I think... It won't be an ordinary character either.

Sitting in the carriage were Li Li and Liu Zhen.

Under Liu Zhen's arrangement, Li Liang finally escaped from Jiangling and came to Fancheng... At this moment, although it is late at night, I can't help but look out through the window.

As... With great imagination and anticipation, after coming here, his "new life! ”

"——Autumn is sad, sighing with emotion. I don't sleep all night, and I want to talk about it. In the bright light, the breeze is cold, haha, Hannan (Li Lian) has just arrived, there must be a lot of emotion. ”

Liu Zhen chanted a poem written by him, which was originally given to Cao Pi, the general of the five senses.

Now it's time to chant it out, and it's the right time to give it to Li Cong.

"——The mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and there is no way out, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village. Hehe... I have come out, I don't have to suffer the humiliation of the Guan family father and son anymore, I am like a new life, sooner or later, I will trample the Guan family father and son under my feet. ”

Unlike Liu Zhen's original poems, Li Zhen's poems are not his original.

Instead, Guan Lin specially gifted him a collection of poems before, with 300 selected famous poems.

In Guan Lin's original words, "If you want to influence the power of Cao Wei, the first candidate is close to the prince, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhi are the leaders of the northern literati, and they are all unusually fanatical about poetry, so the most convenient way to approach them has to be poetry!" ”

Li Lianyou clearly remembers that when he took over Guan Lin's "Three Hundred Songs", he was dismissive...

He thought that when it came to poetry, he could do it... None of this is needed.

But as he unfolded "Three Hundred Songs", he found that he was hasty...

The verses in it... Is it more than a level above him? It's like an ant compared to an elephant, it's like a candle fire competing with the sun.

So, in addition to the five-body throw that Guan Lin admires even more.

Within a few days, Li Cong memorized the "Three Hundred Songs" backwards.

And Guan Lin means that these poems have not come out, and after Cao Wei, it is enough to say that they were original by Li Li.

Now... chanted casually, Li Yan was self-assured.

"It's a good sentence 'the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village', Mr. Li deserves to be a great talent!"

Liu Zhen admired again and again, "It just so happens that Prince Zihuan is about to arrive in Fancheng tomorrow, and when he is busy with big things, I will introduce Mr. Li to him, and I think he will be extremely happy to see Mr. Li." ”

Not...

- "Cao Pi will come to Fancheng tomorrow?"

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional, and Li Cong immediately figured out that something was wrong with the taste.

During this time, although he was trapped in Jiangling, waiting for the opportunity to go to the north with Liu Zhen...

But he still has some understanding of the battle situation in Xiangfan and Jiangxia.

With Cao Ren's fainting and Cao Chun's death, Wen Ping, Man Chong, Lu Chang, and Niu Jin were all killed.

On the way here, Li Li and Liu Zhen talked about this time, and listened to Liu Zhen say that today's Xiangfan... Only Sikong Peng's chief bookkeeper Zhao Yan was left to preside over the overall situation, and the situation was precarious.

Originally, Li Yan didn't care about this, and he didn't come to be a general, so it wasn't his turn to defend the city.

Taking 10,000 steps back, what he wants to do is to infiltrate the rear of the enemy army and disintegrate Cao Wei from the inside.

But...

However, Liu Zhen mentioned at this sensitive point in time - Cao Pi will come to Fancheng tomorrow...

This is somewhat meaningful.

"Didn't Pi Gongzi stay in Xu Capital City? How did you come here..."

Li Yan made a nonchalant look and asked casually.

Liu Zhen was not on guard at all: "Not to mention the son of Zihuan, according to the news he gave me, the son of Ziwen and the son of Zijian will come, I think it is related to the solution of the Jingzhou dilemma!" ”

"Oh..."Li Li made a sudden look, and for a moment, his eyes suddenly sharpened.

But soon, he sighed: "I have heard for a long time in the literary circles of the Central Plains and the North, and praised the 'Three Cao' and 'Seven Sons of Jian'an', if the two sons of Zijian and Zihuan gather, they can have a discussion with them, and also see how the talents of the Central Plains compare with Jingzhou?" ”

Li Lian maintained his arrogance as always.

Liu Zhen smiled: "You... It's not better than Jingzhou here, or it's better to be more convergent. ”

"Hahaha... Business is one of the seven sons of Jian'an, when you know... Which literati is not proud? Li Cong smiled and stroked his beard, "Although I am not the seventh son of Jian'an, I am also the same temperament, I am afraid that it will be difficult to restrain it, otherwise I will not offend the father and son of the Guan family, and I will be humiliated by it like a lost dog..."

mentioned the "Guan family father and son" again, Li Lian made a tearful look, or those four words - not together!

Liu Zhen comforted, and the two found a wine shop...

Because it was late at night, there wasn't much in the lobby.

ordered side dishes and drinks, as if Liu Zhen hadn't returned for a long time, and he was quite emotional, wanting to get drunk tonight... Over the years, Yishu has been wronged because of his head-up look at Concubine Zhen.

"Fenghuang gathers Nanyue and wanders lonely bamboo roots. I never get tired of it, and I strive for a purple atmosphere! Come, I salute Mr. Li! ”

Liu Zhen raised the wine bottle and faced the moon in the distance.

Unlike the wine bottles in Jingzhou area, which are divided into "three elegances", the Central Plains has a kind of "bottle", which inevitably loses its elegance.

At this moment, Li Lian also raised the wine bottle, "Come, thank you brother for helping me get out of the sea of suffering!" Soar through the sky! ”

As he spoke, Li Yan planned to drink it all.

But at this moment...

A man from outside the door called Hanako came over at an inopportune time.

"Two sons, beg... Do well, enjoy food. ”

Liu Zhen was in a good mood, and he was going to take down a few cakes and give them to him.

Who would have thought that Li Cong's drinking was interrupted, and he became angry all of a sudden, "Where did you call Hanako, get out, get out-"

Li Cong said this, so that Huazi dared to stay, cursed Li Cong and Liu Zhen, and then retreated.

This was a small episode... The two continued to drink.

That's when ...

"—the shopkeeper."

This time, it was not called Hanako, but a team of well-equipped soldiers, who asked in an authentic Shanxi accent: "How to get to this arsenal of Fancheng?" ”

Because it was a dialect, the shopkeeper didn't understand it for a while, so he asked again before showing them the way.

But not long after, two or three more teams of Shanxi soldiers, with dozens of people in each team, still asking the direction of the arsenal.

The shopkeeper also wondered, "Why did so many Shanxi soldiers suddenly appear in the city?"

As always, the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional...

Li Yan lowered his mouth and rolled his eyes, but... This happened in an instant, and he quickly retracted his expression and continued to drink with Liu Zhen.

Between the drinks, as always, there were still small groups of Shanxi soldiers coming over to ask the direction of the arsenal.

It was as if these soldiers were going to the arsenal to get weapons.

And Li Lian can also notice that in the current situation, the entire Fancheng... There doesn't seem to be the slightest panic.

All the armaments are in order, and this is where Xiangfan has lost the appearance of six generals.

If...

Thinking of what Liu Zhen mentioned just now, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang will gather in this Fancheng tomorrow, the more Li Yan pondered, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Wait a minute...

"——Shanxi people!"

Li Lian suddenly came back to his senses, and he recalled what Guan Lin had specially mentioned when he was training him before.

Cao Weizhong...

In addition to the martial artists of Qian Pei, Shanxi generals are the most capable and heroic!

The Qian Peiwu people have a special circle, and it is difficult for people who are not from the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan to establish a deep intersection with them.

Therefore, Guan Lin's proposal to Li Li was to have more contact with these Shanxi people.

If you come and go and become friends, you will definitely be able to obtain a lot of confidential military intelligence information, and you can still make great contributions on the road to dismantling Cao Wei.

And the two people in Shanxi who are most worthy of deep friendship, one of them is Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan

The second is - Xu Huang and Xu Gongming.

- "Most of these Shanxi soldiers are from the hands of the two of them!"

Considering that Xu Huang followed Cao Cao to Hanzhong, Li Yan subconsciously came to a conclusion.

- "Wait... It's Zhang Liao, it's Zhang Liao who is coordinating the situation in Xiangfan! No wonder... This Fan City is full of Shanxi soldiers, and the protection is orderly! He's the one in charge!'

Recently, Zhang Liao's name has become too big, and the battle of Xiaoyaojin made Dongwu Xiao'er stop crying, and also made Zhang Wenyuan's name shocking the world.

Li Lian easily linked Zhang Liao with today's Xiangfan.

And continue to think about this...

- "Zhang Liao secretly rules... Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang's three sons gathered, this... This... No, no... Bad! It's not good!'

Li Li drank lightly on the surface, but at this moment, his mood was already turbulent and surging.

He realized that the glorious moment had come for him to make his first feat!

After pouring a sip of wine, he slowly stood up, made a stumbling gesture, covered his lower abdomen and said, "Brother Gong, drink first, let me go..."

This means that Li Liang wants to be flattering.

"Hahaha..."Liu Zhen was already happy, and chanted: "Forever Day Walking Game." The joy is still in the past. The last thought is in the night. Soar with each other... Haha, Hannan must be going to shh and soar, people have three urgency, go quickly, go quickly! ”

Talking... Liu Zhen waved his hand and poured the wine bottle to the brim.

It seems that he is even happier than Li Cong today.

Li Wei staggered out of the main hall of the wine shop and walked to the door of the thatched house.

The "stinky food" who was scolded away by Li is still there.

Seeing Li Cong, the stinky man came up again and begged for a reward.

"Fuck off..."Li Yan roared loudly again, the stinky person who asked for food was also interested, and he retreated when he was in trouble, which was originally just a normal thing.

It was as if the unsuitable person appeared in the unsuitable place, met by chance, and broke up unhappily.

However, at the moment when the two passed each other, Li Li's lips suddenly moved a few times, and he spit out a sentence with an extremely light voice, but an extremely stern tone:

- "Listen, Zhang Liao is here, there is an ambush in Fancheng!" ”

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(End of chapter)