Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 54: The core of the tripartite balance is the conflict between the snipe and the clam
Inside the camp.

Xu Huang wore armor and held a sword as he inspected the camp.

Although Guan Yu was defeated in the Battle of Sizhong and the surrendered generals Fu Fang and Hu Xiu were killed, Xu Huang knew that Guan Yu's main force was still on the water.

The danger in Xiangfan has not yet been completely resolved.

Because Fancheng was flooded, there were many puddles in the city.

Therefore, Xu Huang did not station his troops in Fancheng, but set up camp outside Fancheng to form a pincer attack with Cao Ren in the city.

As Guan Yu's fellow townsman and old friend, Xu Huang was very reluctant to fight against Guan Yu.

But now they each serve different masters, so Xu Huang had to go into battle himself and fight Guan Yu.

Fortunately, the military order Cao Cao gave to Xu Huang was only to rescue Fancheng rather than to fight to the death with Guan Yu.

Therefore, Xu Huang would send messengers every day to persuade Guan Yu to withdraw his troops, hoping that Guan Yu would withdraw to Jiangling and that they would not have to fight on the battlefield again.

However, Guan Yu's reply was always firm, vowing not to return until Fancheng was conquered.

Patrolling the camp.

The soldier at the camp gate had found Xu Huang and told him that Guan Yu's envoy Dong Hui wanted to see him.

This surprised Xu Huang quite a bit.

In the past, after Xu Huang's messenger delivered the letter, Guan Yu would write a reply on the spot and ask Xu Huang's messenger to take it back.

Today, Xu Huang's messenger had not yet delivered the letter, but Guan Yu actually sent a messenger first.

This made Xu Huang smell something unusual: "Call Dong Hui into the commander's tent."

Xu Huang asked his lieutenant to continue patrolling the camp, while he himself rode back to the general's tent.

Arrived at the general's tent.

Xu Huang saw Guan Yu's handwritten letter.

After reading the contents of the letter, Xu Huang was shocked: "How is this possible? How could the fortified city of Jiangling be conquered so easily by Lü Meng?"

Xu Huang also went to Jiangling City.

When Zhou Yu attacked Jiangling in the past, Xu Huang was ordered to rescue Cao Ren. Cao Ren also defended Jiangling for a year until he ran out of food and soldiers and was forced to retreat.

Today, Jiangling City is even stronger than before.

Xu Huang also understood that the reason why Guan Yu refused to withdraw his troops was that he relied on the strength of Jiangling City and wanted to capture Fancheng before withdrawing his troops.

But I never thought that the change would come so suddenly!
Jiangling City, known as a strong city, was easily conquered by Lu Meng.

Subconsciously.

Xu Huang asserted that this was Guan Yu's strategy of confusing the enemy with the enemy, and that he wanted to play tricks by taking advantage of the opportunity of the two sides sending messengers to each other.

Looking at the messenger Dong Hui in front of him, Xu Huang laughed out loud: "Yun Chang underestimated me too much. How could he hide such a lie that Jiangling was conquered by Lu Meng from me?"

"Dong Hui, don't leave in a hurry. I'll write you a reply and you can take it back to Yun Chang and ask him not to use such tricks again."

Dong Hui said, "Your Excellency knows that General Xu will not believe it, so you asked me to tell General Xu that this letter should be sent to Luoyang as soon as possible and delivered to the King of Wei."

"If General Xu's doubts today delay the King of Wei's decision, then Sun Quan will take all the benefits of Jingzhou."

Xu Huang was surprised to see that Dong Hui was young but had an extraordinary conversation. He said, "The King of Wei has promised to cede the land south of the Yangtze River to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan has also promised to return Yu Jin and the 30,000 Wei soldiers after taking Jiangling. How could Sun Quan be the only one to take advantage of it?"

Dong Hui laughed and said, "General Xu, are you taking advantage of my youth? If the King of Wei really wanted to cede the land south of the Yangtze River to Sun Quan, why would he let General Xu leak the information that Sun Quan wanted to seize Nanjun?"

"General Xu is worried that Jiangling cannot be captured so quickly. To be honest, you did not expect Jiangling to fall, otherwise you would not have sent me to deliver the letter."

"If General Xu cannot make a decision, you can go to Fancheng to discuss with Cao Ren. Regardless of whether General Xu believes it or not, your army will withdraw tomorrow."

"I will not delay General Xu's decision any longer. Goodbye." Dong Hui bowed and left.

Xu Huang did not stop Dong Hui, but read Guan Yu's letter again.

"Did Jiangling really fall?"

He pondered for a long time.

Xu Huang was still worried, so he immediately summoned Zhao Yan, the counselor who was accompanying the army.

Zhao Yan was also undecided after reading the letter, and said, "This is a serious matter, and you and I cannot decide it alone. Why don't we go to Fancheng together to discuss it with General Zhengnan?"

Xu Huang nodded, and then he and Zhao Yan rode into Fancheng to meet Cao Ren.

Hearing that Lü Meng had captured Jiangling, Cao Ren was also in doubt: "Jiangling is a strong city. Even if the defenders are far inferior to me, they can at least hold out for three months. Three months is enough time for Guan Yu to return to support."

"Could it be that Guan Yu is playing tricks on us, hoping to make us relax our vigilance so that he can attack Fancheng again when I am not prepared?"

Man Chong, who was standing by, was also stunned.

The strong city of Jiangling that Guan Yu was proud of was actually lost?

Are you trying to deceive us by saying that we don't know how strong Jiangling City is?

Even if you failed after defending for three months, I could still barely believe it.

How long has it been since Sun Quan launched a surprise attack on Nanjun?
Is there a month?
Less than half a month!

It took only half a month to capture Jiangling, and that includes the time on the way. Is he talking in his sleep?

"General Xu, this must be Guan Yu's trick. He wants us to let down our guard. Guan Yu is still determined to seize Fancheng, so we must be on high alert." Man Chong asserted sternly.

Xu Huang said in a deep voice: "I thought so at first. But the messenger who sent the letter also said that Guan Yu did not expect Jiangling to fall and would withdraw his army tomorrow."

"Based on my understanding of Guan Yu, he would not use such a clumsy trick. We all don't believe it. How could Guan Yu let us let down our guard?"

"The King of Wei asked me to deliberately leak Sun Quan's plan to seize Nanjun, because he didn't want Sun Quan to succeed. If Guan Yu really lost Jiangling and we ignored it, wouldn't that really let Sun Quan benefit alone?"

Cao Ren thought for a moment and said, "Why not wait until tomorrow when Guan Yu withdraws his troops and then find out the truth. If Guan Yu really withdraws his troops, we can send troops to pursue him when he is in trouble, capture him, and then march south to compete with Sun Quan for Jingzhou."

"What do you think?"

After being suppressed and beaten by Guan Yu for so long, Cao Ren was very angry.

But if Guan Yu was captured, all the humiliation that Guan Yu brought to Cao Ren could be wiped out.

No one will remember the deeds of the defeated!

Only the winners are qualified to write about it in great detail!
Zhao Yan shook his head: "Sun Quan took advantage of the fierce battle between Guan Yu and our army to attack Guan Yu's retreat route, but was worried that Guan Yu would lead his army to rescue him, and was afraid that our army would take advantage of the exhaustion of both sides, so he openly asked to serve the King of Wei with humble words."

"If Sun Quan is lucky enough to capture Jiangling City, Guan Yu will be cut off and isolated. If we continue to pursue Guan Yu, he will have no chance of survival."

"If Guan Yu is killed, Sun Quan will certainly covet Xiangyang. If Guan Yu is gone and Sun Quan is here, Xiangyang will be in crisis again."

"The original intention of the King of Wei was to let Guan Yu harm Sun Quan, rather than to get rid of Guan Yu and let Sun Quan take all the benefits."

"I know that General Zhengnan wants to avenge Guan Yu's siege of Fancheng, but the current situation is not suitable for us to continue to be enemies with Guan Yu. I hope that General Zhengnan will put aside his resentment for the time being and put national affairs first."

"Why not send this letter to Luoyang as soon as possible and ask the King of Wei to make a decision."

"We will strengthen our vigilance to prevent Guan Yu from cheating, and send a message to Wen Pin in Shangchang City to prevent Sun Quan from plotting to capture Xiangyang by relying on his navy to cross the river."

　The war is about to begin, and Liu Feng is about to embark on the journey to become a god.

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