Chapter Twenty-Three: Returning to the Teacher

"That's right, this is Xu Huang's big camp where the children were stationed in Yancheng last night."

Seeing this, Guan Ping's expression was serious, and he responded with great certainty: "This matter is very obvious, this is not just a rumor that Cao Jun wants to disturb our army's heart. ”

"This must be that Sun Quan secretly sent someone to collude with Cao Cao, trying to plot against my Jingzhou land."

"But Cao Cao was unwilling to let his subordinates meet with our army and let Jiangdong take advantage of the fishermen to easily attack Jingzhou, so he ordered Cao Ren, Xu Huang and others to shoot arrows into our camp to remind them."

"If the child's prediction is good, Cao Cao's conspiracy is to let our army withdraw and return south."

"Such a sudden solution to the danger of Fancheng can also allow our army and Jiangdong to fight a bloody battle for Jingzhou, so that he can stay out of the matter and sit back and watch the success or failure."

"Therefore, this move is a matter of killing one stone for the Cao family, and the Jiangdong sneak attack is not groundless, and my father can't help but pay attention to it."

As soon as the words fell, Guan Ping's words were quite loud.

"What the young general said is reasonable and well-founded, the prince is favored by the king to guard Jingzhou, if Jingzhou is lost, what face does the general have to meet the king again?"

Seeing this, Ma Liang quickly took over the conversation and persuaded him to strike while the iron was hot.

This remark was tantamount to deafening, which made Guan Yu's mind suddenly calm down a lot.

He thought deeply in his heart unconsciously.

The king of Hanzhong, the Enruo brothers, is so important to himself as a former general, and he is in charge of the land of Jingzhou on a false basis, does he hope that he can defend Jingzhou or expand his territory?

Maybe it's both, but it must be based on Jingzhou's absolute security.

Weighing this issue solemnly, Guan Yu seemed to have wavered in his decision to attack Fan City, and he couldn't live up to the king's trust.

The safety of Jingzhou is more important than his capture of Xiangfan's immortal achievements!

Guan Ping, who was below, was also quietly observing the changes in his father's expression, and saw that it seemed to be loose, so he continued to respond:

"It's winter now, the water level is gradually receding, and our proud sailors will be useless in attacking Fancheng."

"And the child is stationed in Yancheng in the north, and he also knows that Cao Cao has sent several reinforcements to reinforce Xu Huangtun, stationed in Yanglingpo, waiting for the opportunity to go south to rescue Fancheng."

"Our army has been fighting for several months, and the soldiers are already tired, and the soldiers are in urgent need of rest and recuperation, and it is not suitable to fight again."

"Xu Huang's troops have been stationed for a long time, and he has long been a new force to recuperate, if he goes south to attack my camp with Cao Renbu, I am afraid that not only will it be difficult to conquer Fancheng, but he will be defeated by the enemy!"

The analysis of these words one after another also made Guan Yu's mind more and more sober up from the joy of being immersed in the previous flooding of the Seventh Army.

Yes, although Cao's army was defeated, the elite still existed.

If you want to forcibly capture Fancheng, it is not easy.

"It seems that I am still affected by Lu Xun's compliments to judge the battle situation."

Guan Yu woke up at this time, and suddenly discovered the symptoms.

He was already complacent and confident because of the flooding of the Seventh Army, and he was complimented by Lu Xun and suddenly felt that the generals of Cao Ying were nothing more than that, after all, even Cao Ren, the most warlike Cao Ren of the Cao family, was pressed in the city by himself and could not move.

At that time, it was a situation in which the authorities were confused and the bystanders were clear.

But now that he woke up, Guan Yu suddenly felt that Lu Xun's letter was well-intentioned, and he became more and more convinced of Jiangdong's conspiracy to sneak attack.

"Zhou Cang, these letters and books will be destroyed."

Thinking of this, Guan Yu's red cheeks suddenly became extremely solemn, Yu Wenwu and even his son were present, he was almost played with by Lu Xun and a scholar, if this is spread, what face does he still have as a general?

"喏~"

Zhou Cang did not hesitate at all when he heard the news, and quickly gave up the order.

Then he threw all the stacks of letters into the brazier and burned them.

Seeing his father destroying the letters, Guan Ping, who was familiar with his father's heart, understood that this was his father's worry, and he couldn't hang up on his face to burn the letter.

Then he thought of it, directly released the big move, and arched his hand: "Father, the child wants you to see someone." ”

"Oh? Who? ”

Seeing the suspicious look on Guan Yu's face, Guan Ping quickly waved his hand and ordered the guards by the tent curtain to bring in the black-clothed messenger who was waiting outside.

"The villain sees General Guan~"

"Excuse me~ Who are you?"

Guan Yu himself is kind to the soldiers, and at this time, he waved his hand quickly and asked in an approachable tone.

"Don't hide it from General Guan, it is under the command of General Zhijiang Huo, and this time I came here specifically to ......"

Immediately, the messenger quickly reported that Huo Yi was ordered by the king to succeed his father Huo Junpei as a general and was ordered to bring the old troops to reinforce Jingzhou, but his own general found that the downstream Sun clan wanted to have a plan to attack Jingzhou.

"It was my general who discovered that there was an abnormality in the Wu army downstream, so he ordered me to hurry up and ask General Guan to lead the army to come back for help."

"General Huo also said that although it was Lu Xun who succeeded Lu Meng in Lukou, General Guan should not have a contemptuous heart."

"Mr. Xu Shu in the past, Zhuge military teachers are all scholars, but all of them have talents that have passed through the heavens and latitudes, and the general said that today's Lu Xun is only not famous, but his talent is not under Lu Meng at all."

Seeing that Huo Jun's son actually gave such a high evaluation of Lu Xun, Guan Yu's already ruddy face couldn't help but become more and more red, so he asked sideways:

"Where is General Rujia now?"

"When the villain left, the general had already led his old troops to Gangneung to assist the defenders in defending the city."

The black-clothed messenger replied with a solemn face.

Hearing this, Guan Yu couldn't help but think of the young man who followed Huo Jun back then, and his favorability suddenly increased, and then he quickly ordered:

"Zhao Lei, order you to prepare enough ships to wait by the river from tonight to lead the troops to withdraw to the camp on the south bank."

"Guan Ping, you immediately return to the Yancheng camp to guard against the Cao reinforcements in the north, beware of the southward surprise attack on our army, and cover the withdrawal of the army from Fancheng."

"喏~"

An order was handed down, and Guan Ping, who was a general in the army, Zhao Lei gave up the order to retreat.

Then, Guan Yu stood up abruptly and shouted, "There must be no mistake in withdrawing the whole army in turn!" ”

"Obey General Guan's orders."

At this time, all the generals and schools also received the order together.

After hearing about Fang Cai's well-founded analysis and seeing the people sent by Huo Yi to ask for help, no one continued to insist on attacking Fancheng now, so naturally they all received orders to carry them out.

Looking at this scene, Ma Liang and Wang Fu, who were already cautious and supported the withdrawal of troops to the south, breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other.

Their General Guan finally came to his senses this time and did not insist on slamming Fan Cheng to the death.

As long as the army can come back to help, then Jingzhou will not increase in vain.

……

But when Xiangfan Guanping was actively persuading to return to help, Jiangling City at this time was still in a fierce battle.