The loss of Xiakou and Chaisang, accompanied by Huo Yi's instigation of Jiangxia Man and Shanyue tribes, made Jiangdong's rapid war situation fall into disadvantage, and the military strength was also quite stretched.

After pondering for a long time, Sun Quan decided to adopt the strategy of the partial general Quan Cong to persuade Cao Cao in the north to send troops to attack Jingzhou.

Public Security House.

"Hu Zong, Lone sent you north to see Cao Cao to persuade his army to go south, whether we can break the situation this time depends on foreign aid."

Sun Quan said to his henchmen with a solemn expression at this time.

"Zong will live up to Wu Hou's high expectations!"

Hu Zong's face was serious, and he clenched his fists and said.

When his back gradually disappeared into the mansion, Sun Quan's expression regained his solemnity, and his heart was full of worry.

If you want to break the situation this time, you have to use external forces to break the game.

With the reinforcement of Jingzhou's main water division, Huo Yi already had nearly 20,000 troops under his command, which was almost the same as the troops led by Lu Meng, who was fighting east of the Yangtze River.

Not to mention, it also instigated the barbarian uprising, which further exacerbated the situation.

At present, there are only more than 10,000 troops in the vicinity of the public security, and if they are sent east to support the war on the south bank of Jiangxia, the Jingzhou soldiers in Jiangling will inevitably step up their attack.

Sun Quan also knew that he had lost Xiakou and Chaisang, so the public security had to be saved.

Otherwise, the initiative will be completely lost!

But if Lu Meng and Lu Xun are not reinforced, they will face a situation of insufficient troops, and it will be difficult to conquer Chaisang City in the short term.

The use of external forces is also the optimal solution.

The plan has been decided.

Henchman Hu Zong took a boat down the river to turn to Xia Shui, and then detoured north along the north bank of the Hanjin Benjiang River, although it took a long time, but it was quite safe.

After all, the land of Hannan led by Xiangyang is still under the siege of Guan Yu, and it is easy to be captured by the cruise ships of the Jingzhou army.

Arriving at Anlu City, the capital of Jiangxia on the north bank, the Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin, who was stationed here, heard the news of Wu envoy Han Zong's face was also very serious, and specially sent someone to escort him north to meet Cao Cao, the king of Wei.

He was stationed in Jiangxia, and he had already heard of the recent war that broke out just across the river, and knew that if the situation continued to develop, the defeat of the Wu army would be decided.

It's just that after the siege of Fancheng was relieved, he also received a royal order that he could not cross the river privately to participate in the war between Sun and Liu's two families without scheduling.

"The general can only be escorted here, and your Excellency can only hope to convince my lord if you want our army to send troops."

Sending the Wu envoy out of the north of Anlu City, Wen Ping said to him with a serious expression.

"With General Lawnwen's arrangement to escort and protect him, the military situation is urgent at the moment, so he will leave."

Han Zong quickly thanked him and left.

After running for many days, Wu envoy Han Zong entered Nanyang County from Zhangling County along the waterway.

Because Guan Yu also led more than 10,000 elites to blockade Hanshui and besiege Xiangyang.

Even though all the reinforcements converged on the Mopi camp, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, did not return north.

"Thou shalt come with a servant, but do you want to send troops south?"

In the king's tent, Cao Cao, who was wearing a red royal robe, was quite mighty and looked down at the envoy in the tent condescendingly, with no expression on his face, showing coldness, and ruthlessly piercing the intention.

Hearing that this was quite unkind, Han Zong's expression sank, and he quickly understood that this was to give himself a bad seat, so that he could take the initiative in the next negotiations.

Knowing Cao Cao's plan, Han Zong laughed and said: "Hahaha, what the king said is good, my lord sent me to come down to meet me for this matter." ”

After that, he generously admitted his intentions.

Seeing this, Cao Cao's eyebrows suddenly frowned, the person in front of him did not act as he thought, and his face suddenly became serious.

"You already know the battle situation, if you have to send troops south to your army, I don't know how your lord wants to thank you?"

Seeing that the other party did not reply as he expected, he groaned for a long time and directly picked out the topic.

This is also Cao Cao's original plan!

Now that Sun and Liu are in a confrontation, the Sun family is in an unfavorable situation and comes to ask for help, and he can naturally open his mouth with the initiative in his hand.

When Han Zong heard this, laughter continued to appear on his face.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, Cao Cao's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he said sharply: "Why are you laughing? ”

"Haha~ I thought that the king was crisscrossing the world, prestigious, and a generation of heroes, so my lord specially sent me to meet and ask your army to go south to attack Jingzhou."

"But I didn't expect the king to be so short-sighted and want to take the opportunity to ask for benefits from us?"

Han Zong smiled lightly and said in a deep voice: "That's it!" Even so, he will leave here, and there is no need for the king to send troops south to assist in tackling the feathers. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and was about to walk out of the king's tent.

Cao Cao's eyes stared closely at the movements of the envoy in front of him without saying a word, until he was about to walk out, he waved his hand and said loudly: "Slow down......"

As soon as these words fell, I saw that the attendants on both sides quickly stopped with knives.

Hearing this, Han Zong, who was tense in his heart, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly calmed down casually, before turning around again and staring at Cao Cao.

He was also gambling and did it on purpose.

Obviously, Cao Cao was also extremely unwilling to defeat Guan Yu's army after the first battle of Guan Yu's flooding of the Seventh Army, regrouping and posing a threat to the north again.

Otherwise, he showed a very tough side, and Cao Cao weighed it for a long time and took the lead in giving in.

Han Zong's eyes were locked, staring at the top and waiting for the other party to take the initiative to answer.

"How do you say that the gentleman is short-sighted?"

After being silent for a long time, Cao Cao was silent for a long time before he took the lead in standing up and walking down to break the silence, and said in a rather solemn tone.

Hearing this, Han Zong's expression was serious, and he took advantage of the situation and said: "Our side has indeed fallen into decline in the battle for Jingzhou this time, and we urgently need to break the situation with the help of external forces." ”

"But our army has many choices, and it is not to insist on asking the king to send troops south."

"If the king insists on claiming us, then my lord will send someone to Shu to make peace with Liu Bei."

At this point, he paused for a moment, and then said in a loud voice:

"Guan Yu is brave, he just led the elite of Jingzhou to capture the Seventh Army of the Great King with the help of the rainy season, I think your army will not be able to recover in the short term, right?"

"If Sun Liu rebuilds and sends troops to attack from both directions, will the king be able to contend with each other?"

As soon as the words fell, Han Zong was also well versed in the way of negotiation, and there were some threats in his words.

Then, he quietly watched with a harmless look on his face, without saying a word!

When the words fell, Cao Cao's expression was grim, and there were indeed some waves in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and asked rhetorically:

"Then why did your lord send you to meet Lone?"

"Because my lord thinks that the alliance with the king will benefit both sides."

Han Zong saw that Cao Cao had fallen into his own defection rhythm, his expression was also secretly relaxed, and his tone responded quite relaxedly.

"What's in it for us?"

Cao Cao asked with a puzzled expression.

"If the king can send troops to help our army get out of the current predicament, then the Jingzhou army will be firmly locked in the south of the Yangtze River by our side."

"In the short term, it will be difficult for Guan Yu to invade the north."

"The king will have plenty of time to rebuild order in the Central Plains prefectures and counties, recuperate and regain his strength."

"And our side can continue to fight for Jingzhou, control the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and protect the safety of the land east of the Yangtze River."

"Isn't this a move for each of the two families, and the combination is mutually beneficial?"

With a spit of words, Han Zong confidently explained his arguments.

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military people on both sides of the tent all nodded in agreement.

Most of them felt that what Wu Envoy said in front of them was good.

When Cao Cao heard the news, he also turned around and kept wandering.

After half a ring, he looked at the figure of Wu Envoy again, with a few more smiles on his face, and a few points of reverence in his eyes, and arched his hand:

"Mr. is talented, and he admires it!"

After that, he quickly responded, "Please Mr. turn back and tell Sun to rebel, and the court will make him a hussar general, hold a fake festival and lead Jingzhou pastor, and be named the Marquis of Nanchang." ”

"I hope that your army can attack the land south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible and discuss Guan Yu together."

As soon as this king's order came out, Han Zong's expression suddenly became excited, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the king for Wu Hou." ”

"As long as the king sends troops to assist, our army will definitely continue to crusade against Guan Yubao and Cao Gong."

As soon as he said it, he also expressed his position in a conclusive manner.

This matter could not allow him to be unhappy, originally he just went north to persuade the Cao family to send troops south to assist in the attack on Guan Yu's army, but unexpectedly, the matter was overdone.

The lord of his own family won Cao Cao's justifiable edict.

It must be known that although the previous Sun Quan was promoted to the official position of Jiangdong, he was pitifully low, just a miscellaneous general and a marquis who inherited his brother Sun Ce and Marquis Wu without authorization.

But now, Cao Cao canonized the hussar general and the false festival of Jingzhou Mu in the name of the imperial court.

Then the nature of the competition for Jingzhou will be completely different.

As the saying goes, "if the name is not right, the word is not good." ”

With a justifiable name, they were able to hold high the orders of the Han court to recover the counties of Jingzhou.

"Then please ask the king to send troops south as soon as possible to assist our army in the war."

"The military situation is urgent, so let me go back and report to the hussar general about this."

Han Zong quickly resigned, and before leaving, he received the inscription stamped with the jade seal and returned the same way.

After waiting for the Wu envoy to leave, the king's tent also tended to calm again.

Cao Cao, the king of Wei, returned to his main seat and sat down slowly.

In the next second, I saw that the generals on both sides had the intention of seeking war again, and they all asked for battle.

The general who took the lead in the battle was burly, with a face like a star, a middle-aged general with a length of eight feet.

"The king, the last general led his troops to support along Hefei, and he has not yet made an inch, so this time he will lead Liao to the south to attack Guan Yu's department that is blockading Hanshui and controlling the land of Hannan, right?"

The words fell down quite loudly.

Cao Cao saw that Zhang Liao was full of fighting spirit, and before he gave the order, he saw Xu Huang, Cao Ren, Zhao Yan and other generals on the side surrendering their hands to the battle.

For a moment, he couldn't help but have a look of thought on his face.

The king's tent fell silent for a moment.

I saw Cao Cao slowly get up and walk to the picture hanging on the screen, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his eyes were locked.

As if observing for a while, Cao Cao had made up his mind, so he moved his gaze forward again, scanning the generals on both sides who had long been unable to bear the loneliness.

"Cao Ren, Xu Huang listened to the order, and the two of them stepped up to build the ship valve, and then led the twelve battalions of elite soldiers and horses to unite 12,000 people to cross the river along Fancheng and join forces with Lu Chang in Xiangyang City to attack the camp of Guan Yu's army."

"Wow,"

When the military order was handed down, Cao Ren and Xu Huang looked solemn, and gave the order to retreat and prepare first.

After arranging the first legion, Cao Cao's eyes flickered, he looked to the left again, and ordered in a loud voice:

"Zhao Yan and Zhang Liao listened to the order, and ordered the two of you to take the old troops south along Yiyang to Zhangling County from now on, and enter the north bank of Jiangxia from the waterway to assist the Wenpin Department to form a threat to the Jingzhou Navy Division that captured Xiakou."

"Yes,"

The order was passed down, and Zhang Liao and Zhao Yan also quickly surrendered their hands to the command.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, stared at the second general tightly, and solemnly admonished:

"The two of you must remember that you can only respond with a strong momentum on the Jiangjiang River, and you must not defeat the Jingzhou army with the Jiangdong Naval Division."

"The king is at ease."

"The last general knows the prime minister's intentions, and he will definitely not let the Wu people benefit the fisherman."

When Zhang Liao and Zhao Yan heard the news, their expressions were very serious and they responded.

Cao Cao's meaning, how can they not understand?

At present, the Wu people's battle situation is unfavorable, and their own side cannot sit idly by.

Otherwise, once the Jingzhou army broke through the Wu army and caused heavy losses, then Guan Yu would continue to put pressure on the land on the north bank of the Han River after regrouping.

But at the same time, they must also help the Wu people to grasp the proportions, neither let the Wu soldiers suffer too much damage, nor let the Jingzhou army be defeated.

Due to the lack of naval warships in the Cao army, no matter who controls the overall situation in the south of the Yangtze River, these two families can sweep the entire territory of Jingzhou, and they have no way to intervene.

Therefore, it is very important to grasp the balance point of Sun and Liu's contention.

To put it simply, those who are at a disadvantage should be assisted.

After the second general ordered to leave, Dong Zhao on the right showed a serious look on his face and asked:

"Since the king is worried that our help will cause the Sun clan to reverse the decline and take possession of Jingzhou, why should he canonize Sun Quan in the name of the imperial court?"

As soon as he said that, Cao Cao squinted and said with a smile, "The Sun-Liu alliance has lasted for more than ten years, although now it is against each other because of the Jingzhou incident. ”

"But I don't know when the two families will get back together and work together to fight against us."

"This time, Gu named Sun Quan as the pastor of Jingzhou, and granted him the land of Jingzhou on the false festival."

"Even if the two families unite again in the future, but the gap has already arisen, they will always be wary of each other and will not be able to truly work together."

"It's worth it to give up an official position in exchange for the hatred of two families!"

A table of words fell freely, and Cao Cao truthfully revealed it to the king's tent.

The civil and military ministers led by Dong Zhao were full of admiration and bowed their hands:

"The king is far ahead, I can't wait!"

The implementation of this decree did indeed make the ministers quite respectful.

This is the most quintessential usage of Fengtianzi to please Buchen!

It seems that the addition of Sun Quan as the pastor of Jingzhou did not have any effect, but the Sun and Liu families had political grudges openly and secretly.

From then on, the two sides will continue to fight each other because of Jingzhou.

In this way, you can always sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and reap the benefits of the fisherman!

And when the alliance between Cao and Sun has been formed, it also indicates that the world has entered a new pattern.