Jiangxia is a city with a long history.

His jurisdiction corresponds to the later areas of Wuhan, Huanggang, Xianning, Xiaogan and Xinyang, Henan.

Its seat "Xiling" is located in the Huangpi District of Wuhan in the later generations, with a range of Nanyang, Henan Province in the north, adjacent to Xiajun in the south, Zhongxiang in the west, and Qichun in the east.

It is an important military town that radiates the entire Jiangxia.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei, Shu, and Wu each placed Jiangxia County and divided all the jurisdictions here, until the Western Jin Dynasty, the jurisdiction of Jiangxia County of Eastern Wu was changed to Wuchang County.

- This is a city of heroes with a long history!

And now, Cao Wei's place of governance in Jiangxia is exactly this 'Xiling County'!

It is said that he leads to Nanyang in the north, Xiakou in the west, Dongwu in the south, and the huge Yangzhou in the east... It was once the "meat grinding" field when Yuan Shu was called the emperor, and now Cao Wei's grain center - Shouchun!

In other words, if Guan Yu takes this place, it will not only threaten the entire Nanyang region.

Even Shouchun is under his ranks!

Speaking of...

Originally, because of the death of General Wenpin, there was a mess here.

A cadre of civil and military affairs is in a panic, for fear that the Guan family army will come...

Fortunately, there are "Anlu County" and "Shiyang County" in the west of the periphery of "Xiling County", and "Pingchun County", "Mian County" and "Xiyang County" in the north.

So...

Although Wen Ping died, the overall situation of "Xiling" has not collapsed and is barely stable.

And at such a time...

Xiling ushered in the first snow in the twentieth year of Jian'an, and in the heavy snow, they ushered in their new backbone - Liu Ye!

This descendant of Liu Yan, the son of Emperor Guangwu, the king of Fuling, and this strategist who has made countless great contributions to Cao Wei's sailing.

Whether in terms of identity or past merits, Liu Ye can replace Wenpin and can control the scene.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao sent Liu Ye back to Xu Du as soon as he captured Hanzhong.

At this moment, countless civil and military forces surrounded Liu Ye.

"-Mr. Liu? How can Jiang Xia keep it now! ”

"——In case of that Guan Yu's large-scale attack, we will have neither sufficient soldiers and horses, nor divine weapons, then... That's a catastrophe! ”

"——I heard that General Yu Ban didn't want to take Runan's troops to aid Jiangxia? What about the forbidden generals? What about soldiers? ”

"—Mr. Liu, I heard that you once improved the catapult into a thunderbolt one day, and severely damaged the soldiers and horses of Yuan's army during the Battle of Guandu... Let Yuan Junjun retreat thirty miles, we still have a few catapults here, or... Mr. Liu also improved to ward off strong enemies? At least this can make me feel more at ease! ”

As soon as Liu Ye came, a group of civil and military officers surrounded him and asked him long and short questions.

In stark contrast to the panic and confusion of these people, Liu Ye's calmness and calmness.

He stroked his beard and said, "Relax, relax, relax... That Guan Yu can't be beaten, now he is afraid that he has been ambushed from all sides and reduced to a turtle in an urn! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Ye changed his words.

"The old man heard that the plums in Xiling County are a must. "Shangshu" also says, "If you make a soup, you can only salt plums", which means that "if you want a pot of food to have a delicious taste, you must add plum fruits made of salt... If you want the country to prosper, you have to use a talent like Meizi who has the ability to coordinate various things', and since I have come to Xiling today, why don't I let this 'Meizi' also taste the plum here? ”

Liu Ye compares himself to a plum, as if he has "Shangshuzhong", and compares himself to a talent who can coordinate various things for the empire!

Of course, Jiangxia's civil and military forces are not so transparent...

All they experience is...

At this time, Liu Ye actually wants to eat "plums"!

When is this meow?

This Mr. Liu's calmness shocked all the civil and military forces here.

"Oh..."Liu Ye continued: "I forgot, in addition to plums, this plum blossom is also a must in Jiangxia. Ask me to be a gentleman, and I will be lucky; There are plums, in fact, there are three Xi! Please, my gentleman, I am in the future! There are plums, and it is a basket! Ask me to be a gentleman, so I can say it, hahaha... The plums on the tree have fallen, and only seventy percent are left on the tree, the good man who asked to marry me, don't miss the youth of the most beautiful plum! ”

Liu Ye's calmness made all the civil and military forces here stunned.

He... Isn't he scared at all?

Aren't you worried about Guan Jiajun's attack at all?

How does it feel... This "commander" sent by Xu Ducheng, where is he here to defend against the enemy, it is obvious that he is here for vacation!

Of course, as a "grand strategist" Liu Ye, in his opinion, Guan Yu will never attack Jiangxia, he Liu Ye prides himself on knowing people and being accurate, especially Guan Yu, his arrogance is unbeatable, and he is destined not to give up the bear's paw and take the fish!

Liu Ye boasted that he had seen through Guan Yu, which was also the reason why he had no fear.

What's more, in Cao Cao's plan, Guan Yu is about to fall into the "ambush on all sides", this battle of Qixia after 400 years, capture Guan Yu, strangle Guan Jiajun, this snow can cover the blood and dust all over the ground.

Thinking of this, Liu Ye became more and more fearless, he raised his hand and continued to chant: "What is the end of the south? There is a plum. The gentleman stops, and the fox in brocade clothes. Yan is like Wu Dan, and his king is also good! How... So many of you officials, didn't you take someone to see the style of plum blossoms and enjoy the nobility and fragrance of plum blossoms? ”

The officials looked at each other.

This is really the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuchs are in a hurry.

Come on... The "backbone" photographed by Xu Ducheng is so fearless, and they are also... Afraid of a caterpillar?

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In Hanzhong, in a mountain, many caves have been dug densely.

This was once the stronghold of the Five Doumi Sect, but now it is Cao Cao's hiding place.

At this moment, Cao Cao Gao sat in front of the desk, and Xu Huang and Zhang He stood on both sides.

Xu Chu hurriedly stepped into it, "Prime Minister, visit Malai to report, Liu Bei has removed the protection of the passes on Micang Road and Lychee Road, and now there are no more than 1,000 soldiers in the two passes!" ”

Xu Huang and Zhang He, who were standing on the side, both had flashing eyes.

Xu Huang said: "As the prime minister expected, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang really fell for it!" ”

Cao Cao laughed "haha".

He immediately got up, raised his hand and ordered directly: "This is a God-given opportunity, starting from Hanzhong and taking the mountain road to Fuling and Bazhong, the mountains here are steep and not easy to be noticed, the two generals will leave tonight!" Take the two cities of Fuling and Bazhong respectively! ”

Xu Huang and Zhang He bowed their hands together.

"Whew-"

While talking, the two of them had to prepare.

"Two generals wait." Cao Cao added a question, "Gu asked the two generals, when can Fuling and Bazhong be obtained?" ”

This...

Zhang He and Xu Huang looked at each other, exchanged glances, Zhang He said first: "The mountain road is difficult to walk, but also pay attention to the secret, arrive in five days, and you can break the city on the day of arrival!" ”

Xu Huang echoed: "The last general is also five days!" ”

Cao Cao shook his head leisurely, "I can't wait for five days!" ”

"Lonely view of the rice warehouse, lychee two dense forest danger, on both sides of the mountains and mountains are pressing, five days is not easy, but late will change, lonely let the five rice disciples lead you two to take the mountain path, this trail is hidden and abnormal, and can take a lot of detours, three days can be reached!"

"And Lone only gives them three days, the day of arrival is bound to break the city, there is only one chance, Lone will stand in the middle of that Ba, Fuling City on the fourth day and look at Bashu! So... Shu can be determined! ”

As he spoke, several disciples of the Five Doumi Sect walked out from the side.

"I've seen two generals! I've walked the mountain road countless times... Two days is enough to arrive, and the march of the army will inevitably be delayed, but three days is enough! ”

The words of the Wudoumi Sect disciples undoubtedly gave Zhang He and Xu Huang a shot in the arm.

The two of them bowed their hands to Cao Cao.

In unison: "Don't dare to live up to the trust of the prime minister-"

Cao Cao walked to the side of the two, stretched out his hands, and patted them on the shoulders respectively.

"If you can capture Ba Shu this time, you two will be the first merit!"

Not much...

Zhang He and Xu Huang had already retreated to order troops.

Cao Cao walked to the entrance of the cave quietly, he raised his head and looked at the mountains... Looking in the direction of Nabazhong and Fuling, he pondered for a moment, but soon, his eyes opened, as if he had suddenly become confident.

Immediately afterwards, he moved his head from the northwest and turned to the southeast line of defense ...

His gaze was blocked by the mountains, but his heart seemed to have flowed out of this Hanzhong land along the Han River, and went straight to Xiangfan along the Shangyong!

At this time, Xu Chu came over and put on a cloak for Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, it's windy outside, don't blow it on your forehead." ”

Cao Cao looked back at Xu Chu.

"- Zhong Kang, you say... Today's Fancheng, ambushed on all sides, can you capture that Guan Yu? ”

This one...

Xu Chu first shook his head, saying that he didn't know, but he hurriedly nodded heavily, "According to the prime minister's plan, General Wenpin, General Gao Lan, Gongzi Zhang, General Yu Ban, as well as Xiangfan's Manfujun, General Lu Chang, General Zhao Yan, and General Niu Jin, "Then Guan Yu doesn't have three heads and six arms, but a martial artist, how can he escape the ten-sided ambush set by the prime minister!" ”

It's rare, this time Xu Chu said a lot of things.

And as Xu Chu's words fell, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly rose.

A sentence came out of his mouth like lightning, just like instinct and subconscious opening:

"Zhongkang, you remember—Yun Chang is by no means a martial artist!"

Speaking of which...

Cao Cao's eyes are as deep as the sea, like... He saw Guan Yu's voice and smile, and saw Guan Yunchang standing in front of him.

This moment...

The Guan Yu in his eyes seems to be forever fixed in front of the water pass, fixed in his horizontal knife, fixed in the warm wine as a companion, fixed in the green dragon glaive flat thunder, warm wine slashed Huaxiong;

is also fixed in his beheading of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, fixed in his seal and sealing gold, fixed in his five levels and six generals, thousands of miles to find relatives;

- "That's it... That's it!'

Cao Cao sighed in his heart, but all the stories about him and Guan Yu flashed in his eyes like a white horse.

Finally, Cao Cao couldn't help muttering in his heart:

- "Eryi Bo Yuntian, Erzhong and righteousness first, if you lose this battle, there will be no more Guan Yunchang in the world, only blame you for not surrendering to me in the past, but... But if you really descend on me one day, then lonely... Lonely people are really reluctant!'

With this in mind...

Cao Cao's eyes were already narrowed tightly, and he opened his mouth and said: "That's it, that's it, Huarong Dao You can let go of Lone Horse, but for this world, Lone can't let you go this time!" ”

Utter the last sentence.

Cao Cao's vision seemed to pass through layers of mountains, rivers, and woods, and he seemed to see the Xiangfan battlefield and Guan Yu being ambushed from all sides...

was captured by Cao Weizhong's design, and deliberately let it go according to the plan, and finally... When the Eastern Wu army came to invade Jingzhou, he died at the hands of that Eastern Wu Xiaoxiao!

"Yun Chang, Yun Chang, lonely... I still remember your appearance when you held the Spring and Autumn Half Axis, a pair of Danfeng eyes, sat on a three-zhang tall building, and worshiped the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion! ”

"Lone hopes that you will always win undefeated, but you are too strong, you have already threatened Lone, and threatened Lone's Great Wei!"

"Lonely, I have to let you die at the hands of Xiao Xiao!"

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It's been a day.

Guan Yuzheng led the army through the mountains in the north of Jiangxia and rushed to Xiling County.

The trail is not easy to walk, and it is covered with snow...

A Guan Jiajun's horse suddenly rowed, the whole horse slipped to, and fell down the mountain road to the cliff, and the other knight stepped on a floating snow, and the horse stumbled and fell off the cliff, but fortunately, the knight on the horse reacted quickly and jumped in time to escape the catastrophe, especially since he was frightened, and the neighing of the horse was echoing in the mountains.

The Guan family army, which was originally marching, was shocked by this scene, and they stopped fighting horses one by one, looking at Guan Yu with great concern.

There is a pro-guard who said, "General Guan, or... Don't take the mountain road, take a detour from below, at least you won't fall off the cliff! ”

Guan Jiajun knew that they were raided and killed in Xiling County.

It's unrealistic to wait for the snow to stop, but to look forward to... Take a detour.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu said, "The detour will delay for one more day, get off the horse, and walk across this mountain road!" ”

Yes...

The generals were stunned, but they saw Guan Yu dismount first, leading the red rabbit horse to the front, "General Ben personally leads the way in front, so follow closely!" ”

A cadre of guards exclaimed, "General, no! ”

Guan Yu scolded: "The soldiers are fast, we are in a hurry, and the enemy's scouts are also on the way, and they are so slow that for an hour, the scouts of Xiling County will bring our whereabouts back!" The raid fell short! This is a military order, don't say much, follow up with this general! ”

As he spoke, Guan Yu had already stepped forward in the snow.

Actually, in his opinion...

If it weren't for the news that Yunqi had sent to him, and if it hadn't been for the information that the seventh prince of Hong had an ambush in Xiangfan, I am afraid that Guan Yu and Guan Jiajun would have already been ambushed outside Fancheng.

If that's the case...

Just as Yunqi said - ten deaths and no life! The head is in a different place!

Compared to the danger, the fate hangs by a thread, and now this snow? What can it be?

- "If you don't capture the northern border of Jiangxia, will Guan still have the face to see the stinky boy of Yunqi?"

I thought so...

Guan Yu led a team of personal soldiers and led the horses on foot, in order to prevent the mountain road from slippery, the soldiers tightly held on to the reins and kept enough space between each other.

In order to prevent 'floating snow', Guan Yu's personal guards used branches to sweep the snow to both sides of the road, opening up a way for the knights.

Fortunately, it's fresh snow... It's not that thick, and it's not that slippery!

In less than half an hour, Guan Jiajun had already walked out of the mountain road and walked to the position of Anlu County, which was 100 meters away from Xiling County.

"—General Guan, in front of you is Anlu County, it seems... Unprepared, if it's a surprise attack... But..."

Another soldier asked Guan Yu.

Guan Yu immediately waved his hand, "If we don't fight Anlu County, when Xiling County falls, these cities will be destroyed!" ”

Yes...

The soldiers were shocked, "Anlu County is the only way for Xiling County, if you don't fight Anlu County, then there is no way out!" ”

"—hehe." Guan Yu laughed out loud, and he muttered: "Sun Tzu's Art of War has a saying, the husband and soldier are like water, the shape of water avoids height and tends to fall, and the shape of the soldier avoids reality and hits the void. The water is controlled by the land, and the soldiers are defeated by the enemy. Therefore, the army is impermanent, and the water is impermanent..."

There were very few Guan Jiajun who could understand these words, and the big guys all looked at Guan Yu blankly.

Guan Yu's voice continued.

"Well, don't mention that grandson, don't you believe in Yunqi's words? He said - the stronger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish! ”

Yes... Yes...

The knights of the Guan family army looked at each other, they seemed to understand, and they didn't seem to understand.

At this point, the knights finished their rest.

Guan Yu gave an order.

"—Full speed ahead of the army!"

Despite the thought of the words of Yunqi ...

But at this time, Guan Yu had a new understanding.

Before, he took it for granted.

In fact, for Cao Wei, whether it is Xiangfan or Jiangxia, they are all very important, and they are not easy to fight.

None of them can be easily won.

- And the core of "The Art of War" is 'complete', dispatch the enemy's soldiers and horses to one side, and then avoid the real and attack the weak, use your own superior soldiers and horses to hit the enemy's soft underbelly, and protect yourself to the greatest extent, so as to achieve victory!

It's called a total victory.

- "Hehe, Yunqi, this stinky boy is right, this "Art of War" is really much more practical than "The Left Biography of the Spring and Autumn Period"!"

With this in mind, Guan Yu shouted again:

"—Hurry up!"

"-Full speed ahead!"

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It is only 100 miles away from the "Xiling County" of Jiangxia Governance "Anlu County".

——The county magistrate here is none other than Jiang Gan.

is in the romance, the Jiang Gan who "stole books"...

"Romance" mentions that on the eve of the Battle of Chibi, Jiang Gan recommended himself to Cao Cao Mao to persuade Zhou Yu to surrender, but Zhou Yu was tricked into stealing a forged "letter", which made Cao Cao kill Cai Mao and Zhang Yun.

Of course, this is romance and family saying.

The truth of history is that Jiang Gan did persuade Zhou Yu to surrender, but he did not steal the book, let alone make Cao Cao kill the generals Cai Mao and Zhang Yun of the navy.

Today's Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are both alive and well.

It is recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" that after Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao cared about this old friend.

Cai Mao also moved the entire family to Cai Zhou.

The so-called - "Its house is very gorgeous, the four walls are made of bluestone, there are hundreds of concubines in the family, and there are forty or fifty other businesses." ”

It is equivalent to that after this Cai Mao surrendered, he volunteered to be Cao Wei's mascot, married more than 100 concubines, and lived an unashamed and enviable life.

Of course, this is not the point, the point is that Jiang Gan did not steal books.

After he returned to Cao Ying, Cao Cao only praised Zhou Yu for his magnanimity, which was not something that could be separated by words, so he gave up the idea of surrendering Zhou Yu.

Jiang Gan was also assigned to Anlu County as a county magistrate.

Now...

The snow is all over the sky, as a literati and a county order, Jiang Ganben is appreciating the snow, chanting poems, and composing...

He had just taken a sip of tea.

At this moment, a scout hurriedly reported. "County Magistrate Jiang, Guan Yu has led the cavalry to kill you!"

only heard a "poof", and Jiang Gan squirted out a mouthful of tea.

His eyes were full of confusion as he looked at the guard. "What do you say? Close... Guan yu... He... When did he kill him? Why don't you report it in advance? ”

"The last general is running, and Guan Yu and his cavalry are also running... When the last general arrived, so did they! ”

With the return of this probe...

Jiang Gan panicked, and hurriedly said: "Close the city gate quickly, quickly... Close the gates! ”

Speaking of this, he was extremely nervous, and he kept muttering: "It's over, it's over, then Guan Yu must have entered the city!" ”

At this time...

Another scout arrived. "County magistrate, Guan... Guan Yu led thousands of horsemen without entering the city, he... He directly ignored our 'Anlu County' and went west, the county magistrate... We're going to... Do you want to send troops in pursuit? ”

As soon as this statement came out...

Jiang Gan's eyes widened, and he looked at the horse in disbelief.

- "Are you stupid?" ”

Jiang Gan has a characteristic, he does not distinguish between flat and upturned tongues.

Of course, it doesn't matter ...

The important thing is, does this Tanma have any deep hatred for him?

Guan Yu didn't come to beat him, he had already burned high incense, and he was still out of the city... Dare to fight a field battle with Guan Yu? He is Jiang Gan... He still has self-knowledge, and a hundred of him Jiang Gan can't break Guan Yu's little thumb!

"But the county magistrate... Guan Yu, Guan Yu seems... It seems that he went to Xiling County, the seat of Jiangxia. ”

This Tanma is a very upright person, and he is still opening his mouth to persuade: "I heard... Xu Ducheng has just sent Mr. Liu Ye to preside over the overall situation in Xiling County! Should the county magistrate send scouts to inform... Inform Mr. Liu Ye of Xiling County! ”

Jiang Gan didn't bother to deal with him.

"—You're right, then you go!"

"-Damn, Guan Yu likes you for your death!"

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(End of chapter)