In 220 AD, the second year of Zhangwu, the third year of Jianye, and the first month.

Since Xiangfan was taken by Liu Bei, the Han and Wei armies invariably stopped the confrontation and turned to build a city defense.

Under Cao Cao's military orders, Zhang He, in order to prevent being attacked by Pang Tong and Lü Meng, retreated north from the upper reaches of the Han River to Danshui in Nanxiang County.

Lü Meng led Pang De's generals to march in with 10,000 troops and captured the four counties of Zhuyang, Yinxian, Wudang, and Yuxian in the Hanshui Basin.

Nanxiang County spans the north and south of the Han River, and there are eight complete counties under its rule. Nowadays, due to the loss of Xiangfan, the Han River is controlled by the Southern Han Dynasty, and the Han and Wei dynasties are each divided into four counties.

Cao Cao saw that there were few counties under the jurisdiction of Nanxiang County, so he divided Shangluo and Shang counties in Wuguan Road into the old county of Nanxiang, which were still under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou.

The Southern Han Dynasty was different from the Northern Wei Dynasty, because most of the counties were in the Hanshui Basin, Nanxiang County was changed to Hannan County, and Shandu County of Xiangyang County was included in Hannan County, and its county guard was the old Nanxiang Taishou Liaohua.

Xiangyang County did not change its old name, and Liu Bei appointed Lu Meng as the Taishou of Xiangyang County to govern Xiangyang.

The counties of Zhangling County were also divided by the Han and Wei dynasties, and the Wei changed Zhangling County to Yiyang County, and the Han reused Zhangling County. Liu Bei remembered Zhangling County as the wings of Xiangyang, and promoted Shi Ran to serve as the Taishou of Zhangling.

During the half-month period of the double-shot truce, Liu Bei built a defense line of Hanshui and Dahongshan with Xiangyang as the core, Zhangling on the left, and Hanxiang on the right. And Cao Cao established a Xia Dao defense line with Wancheng as the core, connecting Runan on the left and Nanxiang on the west.

After Xiangfan was stabilized, Liu Bei transferred Pang Tong and Lü Meng to lead their troops north, and the combined strength of all armies reached 11 or 20,000 people, and the 13 and 40,000 Wei troops under Cao Cao were confronted by Jiashui.

In front of the Wei army's Huangyou Village, he saw Liu Feng holding a horse with a lance, his expression was flamboyant, and he led the horse to fight outside the village.

Liu Feng held the reins, pointed at Wei Ying, and scolded: "After Cao Cao killed the emperor, he slaughtered the people, usurped the Han and stood on his own, and heaven and earth did not tolerate it. Now don't quickly beg to surrender, otherwise the heavenly soldiers will be mighty, and they will die and the clan will be wiped out. ”

"Cao thief, traitor, evil thief, still not out of the camp to die?"

Liu Feng's words were vicious, and he and his subordinates insulted Cao Cao, trying to provoke Cao Cao into battle.

On the Wei camp watchtower, Cao Cao squinted at the Han army outside the camp, listening to the verbal abuse, although his face was calm, but the anger in his heart was difficult to suppress.

Under Liu Feng's verbal insults and provocations, the generals of Cao Jun were not so good-tempered, and their faces showed anger. If Cao Cao hadn't spoken, they would have led their army out of the camp a long time ago.

After listening to the sound for a while, Cao Xiu couldn't hold his breath and said angrily: "Your Majesty, Liu Feng's words are disrespectful, please send troops to meet the battle, behead and break the army, so as to boost the prestige of our army." ”

Cao Cao sneered a few times and said: "Pang Tong and Lu Meng have led their troops and horses north, and now Liu Bei's troops are no less than our army. Now Liu Feng went out of the camp to insult and fight, and Liu Bei must have ambushes on the left and right. This is a strategy for thieves to lure the enemy, and it must not be as expected! ”

Saying that, Cao Cao endured his anger and was about to throw off his sleeves and leave.

But just when Cao Cao went down to look at the tower, the attendant pointed to the Han camp in the distance and said, "Your Majesty, Liu Bei drove out of the camp in a car to watch!" ”

Cao Cao stopped, shielded his hands from the sun, and squinted.

But he saw Liu Bei driving out of the camp in a car, talking and laughing with Fa Zheng on his side, and there were only hundreds of people riding left and right, and they were few guarded.

"Your Majesty, please allocate 3,000 cavalry soldiers, and Liu Bei will be captured for Your Majesty."

"Liu Bei went out of the camp to watch the battle, Your Majesty will definitely gain from sending horses to attack!"

Seeing that Liu Bei was so fearless, many people asked for war.

Cao Cao pondered and asked, "Does Ziyang have a high opinion?" ”

Liu Ye did not hesitate and said: "Liu Feng went out of the camp to fight, and Liu Bei went out in a car, both of which were strategies for thieves to lure the enemy. Ye expected that there would be water thieves ambushing around the thief camp. Your Majesty knows the thieves' schemes, so you must not fall for them. ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw Liu Feng running coldly from the front of the battle to the gate of the Wei army, stretching his ape arms and holding his bow and arrows. Shot the arrow in a hurry, although the arrow was inaccurate, but it also hit the wooden door. And when Wei didn't have time to fight back, Liu Feng returned to the battle with a big laugh, and the provocation was obvious.

Liu Feng's provocative behavior made the Han Junbu knights angry, and they raised their voices to insult Cao Cao.

"Eunuch Cao Cao, do you dare to go out of the camp to fight the master?"

"Haha!"

Seeing this, Cao Cao couldn't hold back, his face turned pale, and he scolded: "Sell shoes, make a fake son according to you!" When my yellow beard comes, I will cut the dog under the horse. ”

"Someone comes, pass the military order to the king of Rencheng, and order him to lead the Guanzhong to ride south, let me go to the Guanxi soldiers, and I will break the shoes!"

As he spoke, Cao Cao commanded left and right, and said: "Mobilize the strong crossbow in the camp to the front of the village, if there are water thieves and soldiers and horses approaching to provoke, ten thousand arrows will be fired." ”

"No!"

Before going down the ladder with the wooden railing, Cao Cao looked back at Liu Bei's car deeply, and a sense of resentment and melancholy suddenly surged in his heart.

Twenty years ago, Liu Bei was killed by him and hid in Tibet, first ran to Yuan Shao, and then joined Liu Biao. Under the fence, like a lost dog, it will not be able to pass Zhang Zhao, and there are only a few thousand.

He never imagined that twenty years later, Liu Bei would become his lifelong enemy. Liu Bei, who was once like a lost dog, not only sat down in the four southern states now, but also dared to provoke and insult him like this.

Liu Bei, who was standing on Luan, seemed to sense something, and looked up at the watchtower where Cao Cao was.

Although there were hundreds of paces away, at this moment, Cao Liu looked at each other, as if they were about to burst into sparks.

Compared with Cao Cao's melancholy and remorse, Liu Bei is full of ambition, and now he has reached the peak of his life. The strategists filled the room, the generals were thousands, and the armor was 200,000; The territory is vast, reaching the rivers and seas in the east and the snow-capped mountains in the west.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi!

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing Liu Bei looking at him in a trance, Fa Zheng reminded.

"Hmm!"

Liu Bei came back to his senses and said: "Filial piety, Cao Cao has already seen through the plan to lure the enemy, so he can let Feng'er collect his troops and return to the camp!" ”

"No!"

Although the idea of withdrawing troops was decided, Liu Bei still did not dare to relax and transferred the troops and horses that had besieged Xiangfan to the north. Taking advantage of the peak of his own strength, Liu Bei took a correct strategy and sent Liu Feng out of the camp to fight, according to the Zhao and Huang armies.

With the sound of gold, Liu Feng escorted Liu Bei's car back to the camp.

On the way, Liu Feng rode to Liu Bei's car and said with a smile: "Father, is your son brave today?" ”

Liu Bei was in a very good mood and praised: "Feng'er is brave and martial, today's arrow shot at the camp gate, it is said that he has outstanding courage!" ”

Liu Feng's force is outstanding, there is no need to doubt it. In the past, Liu Bei was able to accept Liu Feng as his righteous son, in addition to the accident of marrying the Jingxiang clan, the second is to value Liu Feng's force.

Liu Feng joined the army, fought from Liu Bei's left and right, and because of his good performance, he was named the deputy general of the army by Liu Bei at the beginning. After the Battle of Zhushui, Liu Bei recounted his past achievements and worshiped Liu Feng as the deputy general.

As for Liu Feng's identity, after Liu Bei became emperor, although Liu Chan was named the crown prince, Liu Feng was also included in the clan and worshiped the county marquis, and he had a high status in the country.

Liu Feng smiled brightly, rode his horse, and shouted: "Open the way for Your Majesty!" ”

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

Under the leadership of Liu Feng, the left and right sergeants surrounded Liu Bei's car and shouted long live.

Brushing his gray beard, Liu Bei smiled and said, "Filial piety, what do you think Feng'er is?" ”

Fa Zheng stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "The deputy army is in the prime of life, brave and strong, and it is for Your Majesty's arms!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei raised his eyebrows slightly, and he seemed to hear the meaning of Fa Zheng's words. But Liu Bei didn't care so much, and it was good for Liu Feng to be loyal to him now.

Back in the camp, Liu Bei handed over military affairs to Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, and he visited Guan Yu, who was recuperating.

It has been two or three months since Guan Yu was hit by the arrow, but due to various reasons, Guan Yu's injuries have not been healed. And because of the women's clothing incident, the wound also worsened.

Fortunately, Liu Bei led his troops to Xinye and took over Guan Yu's military power. And under Liu Bei's compulsory order, Guan Yu calmed down and healed. However, healing is healing, but it does not mean that Guan Yu's arrow wound is healed.

Liu Bei opened the tent and saw that the doctor was dressing Guan Yu's arrow wound.

Seeing Liu Bei coming, the physician stood up and saluted and said, "Greetings to Your Majesty!" ”

"Excuse me!"

Liu Bei helped out of thin air, looked at it and asked, "How is the prince's injury?" ”

The doctor hesitated for a moment and said, "The marquis's wound is swollen and difficult to resolve, and the sternum is fractured into the body, so the servant should try his best to heal it." ”

"Brother!"

"How's the battle going today?"

Guan Yu wanted to get up from the couch and salute, but was stopped by Liu Bei.

"Yun Chang is injured, don't be polite!"

Liu Bei held Guan Yu's hand and said, "The battle is going very well today, and Cao Cao will be able to withdraw his troops in the near future." ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei looked at the doctor with that serious expression and admonished: "You should do your best to heal, and you must not fail." ”

"No!"

Liu Bei sat on Guan Yu's side of the couch and said with relief: "There is still a famous doctor Du Du in Wuhan, and Yun Chang's arrow wound will definitely be cured by him." Now that Xiangfan has fallen, why don't Yun Chang go back to Wuhan to recuperate first? ”

Guan Yu sighed vigorously and said, "Brother, when will you see your brother afraid of death?" ”

As he spoke, Guan Yu pounded the bed hard and said angrily: "Life belongs to the order, how can it be changed by manpower?" If you can't live now, can you live in Wuhan because of peace? ”

Liu Bei was very distressed and said: "Brother and Yun Chang are brothers and sisters, and if Yun Chang loses now, it will be like cutting off his brother's hands and feet." Cao Cao withdrew his troops in a few days, Han Xiang had no war, and Yun Chang could return to China with the grain ship to heal his wounds. ”

"This year, my brother called Yide to return to Beijing. And Yun Chang healed, and the three of you and I drank and had fun again. The next Northern Expedition, brother will entrust the important task with Yun Chang, you and I will work together to break the thief and work together to achieve a great cause! ”

Since Liu Bei took over the Xinye War, he saw that Guan Yu was seriously injured, and he persuaded Guan Yu to return to Wuhan for treatment. Guan Yugai was ashamed that Xiangfan had not fallen, but he had to return to Beijing to recuperate, which made Guan Yu extremely reluctant. Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu could not be persuaded to stay, so he had to allow Guan Yu to stay in the camp, but he had to recuperate well.

Now Liu Bei saw that Guan Yu's arrow wound showed no signs of improvement, and he could only hope that the famous doctor Du Du's medical skills could cure Guan Yu's arrow wound.

Guan Yu frowned and sighed slightly, and said: "My brother led the army to the north, but now the war is not over, but he wants to return to the country, which is not what I want." ”

"Fang Jin Cao Cao is still based in China, and his brother wants to destroy him all the time. The eldest husband should die in the border field, and be buried with a horse leather shroud, how can he lie in bed and die in the hands of his sons and daughters! ”

Liu Bei almost wept and said: "The Northern Expedition to destroy Cao is not something that can be done in a hurry. Yun Chang not only has great ambitions, but also should recuperate and recover. ”

Guan Yu was silent.

(End of chapter)