The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 303 Cao Cao's Anxiety
Wenpin didn't respond, as if he didn't hear Wang Wei's words.

"General Wenpin." Wang Wei pushed Wenpin, and then Wenpin realized it.

"What did you say?"

"I think it's better to take the opportunity to escape from Xiangyang to Jingnan tonight." Wang Wei gave Wenpin a strange look, feeling that something was wrong with Wenpin.

"No, we can't leave Xiangyang." Wenpin immediately shook his head and denied Wang Wei's decision.

"Why not? Isn't General Wenpin worried about the safety of the lord?" Wang Wei was a little anxious.

"I am naturally worried about the safety of the lord, but our current situation is no safer than the lord. Li Yuan seems to have no defense against us, but he arranged for Xu Zhu to take us to Xuzhou, so Xu Zhu must be near us now. Let's not be deceived by appearances, Li Yuan is not a careless person." Wen Pin was much more cautious than Wang Wei.

Wang Wei couldn't believe it. He walked out of the room and looked under the light of the moon. There was no one in the courtyard, only a pool and a rockery. The environment was quite elegant. There were two soldiers standing guard outside the door. These two soldiers stood upright, their stature was majestic, and they were not too much compared to him. They also held long spears, hung simple knives around their waists, and wore a set of armor that only officers could wear. You can tell at a glance that they are not ordinary soldiers.

When the two soldiers saw Wang Wei coming out, they stopped him with weapons and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

"Hmph, can't you take a look?" Wang Wei snorted coldly, and then returned to the room. He didn't have a weapon in his hand. Although he felt that he could defeat the two soldiers, he didn't dare to act rashly. Who knows if there are any more soldiers nearby? Many soldiers are guarding.

Seeing Wang Wei coming back, Wenpin asked, "How is it?"

"Sure enough, as General Wenpin expected, there are two strong soldiers guarding the gate of the courtyard. Although I can deal with them, there will definitely be a big commotion." Wang Wei closed the door and sat down in front of the table. , with a troubled look on his face.

"If I'm not wrong, these two soldiers must be the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion next to Li Yuan. The Tiger Guard Battalion is led by Xu Zhu himself and is responsible for guarding Li Yuan's safety. It's really worthy of me to use it to monitor us now." hire."

"Is the Tiger Guard Camp very powerful?" Wang Wei didn't know much about the Tiger Guard Camp.

"The Tiger Guards may not be as famous as the Flying Cavalry Army, but they are also very powerful troops. It is often heard that although the Tiger Guards around Li Yuan has only 1000 people, their fighting power is comparable to an army of tens of thousands. Zhu Geng is a powerful general. It is rumored that his martial arts are not weaker than Zhao Yun. I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s definitely not that bad. Li Yuan sent him to monitor us to prove that Li Yuan has absolute confidence in him , we can't underestimate this person."

"Then what should we do, or escape over the wall, I just saw that the wall of the courtyard is not high, and we should be able to escape smoothly after we climb over it." Wang Wei made another plan, still not giving up the idea of ​​escaping.

"Let's give up this idea. Let's not talk about Xu Zhu and the Huwei camp guarding us. Even if we escape from Xiangyang, how can we go to Wuling? It takes more than ten days from Xiangyang to Wuling. We don't have money and we can't even take a boat. Not to mention crossing the river, there is also the problem of food that cannot be solved, and we cannot buy food without money, and the Jiangling area has been captured by Li Yuan, so we cannot cross the river without him noticing."

Wenpin thought more, and in the end he decided to give up and run away. Seeing this, Wang Wei had no choice but to give up.

Early the next morning, Xu Zhu set off with Wenpin and Wang Wei. Li Yuan believed that Xu Zhu would not dare to play tricks in Wenpin.

Ten days later, news of Li Yuan's attack on Xiangyang had reached Cao Cao. Cao Cao was fighting Yuan Shao at this time. Cao Cao sent elite soldiers to defend each stronghold, hoping to stop Yuan Shao. The battle was very fierce, and countless casualties occurred every day. Thanks to his powerful use of troops, many generals under his command, and many advisors, he barely blocked Yuan Shao's attack.

After Cao Cao learned that Li Yuan had captured Xiangyang, he immediately summoned Guo Jia and Xun You to discuss.

Guo Jia and Xun You walked into the camp, clasped their fists at Cao Cao, and said, "My lord, what do you want me to do in such a hurry?"

Cao Cao handed the bamboo slips in his hand to Guo Jia, and said, "This is Wen Ruo's latest information from Chen Liu, just wait and see."

Guo Jia took it over and checked it with Xun You. After reading it, both of them looked a little ugly. They thought it was no wonder Cao Cao was so anxious. It turned out that Li Yuan had captured Xiangyang.

"Hmph, Li Yuan is really good. It took more than two months to capture half of Jingzhou. If it takes another two or three months, won't the whole Jingzhou be taken by him." Cao Cao's face was gloomy, even Yuan Shao had never It made him feel so anxious, but Li Yuan's performance made him very uneasy, because once Li Yuan won Jingzhou, his strength would definitely increase, and it would not be so easy to deal with Li Yuan at that time.

"My lord's worry is not unreasonable. Li Yuan's strength is beyond our imagination. I don't know what trick he used to capture Xiangyang so quickly."

Guo Jia was also a little surprised. He could understand that Li Yuan could take Jiangxia and Xinye in a short time, but it was beyond his expectation to take Xiangyang so quickly. After all, Xiangyang's defense is much stronger than Xinye and Jiangxia. , the city wall is much taller, no matter how bad Liu Biao is, he can rely on numbers to stick to Xiangyang. With Jingzhou's military strength and sufficient food and grass, as long as he does not make any major mistakes, he can defend Xiangyang for three to five years, not to mention a year or a half. Absolutely no problem, Li Yuan must have used some ingenious tricks to capture Xiangyang in such a short period of time.

When Guo Jia was thinking, Xun You was also bowing his head and thinking hard, but he didn't have any clue.

"Fengxiao, Gongda, can you think of how Li Yuan used to attack Xiangyang?" Cao Cao also felt a little helpless. The current enemy is obviously Yuan Shao, but they are here to discuss Li Yuan's affairs, which also makes him Feeling quite depressed.

Guo Jia looked at the bamboo slips carefully again, and suddenly noticed something, that is, Liu Biao did not retreat to Jiangling, but to Wuling, which meant that Jiangling had also been captured by Li Yuan. He felt a little strange about this, and couldn't help touching He dropped his chin and began to meditate.

"Feng Xiao, did you find a clue?" Cao Cao couldn't help asking when he saw Guo Jia's actions.

"The bamboo slips say that Liu Biao went to Wuling instead of Jiangling, which means that Jiangling has also been captured by Li Yuan, but Jiangling is clearly behind Xiangyang. According to the order of attack, Xiangyang should be defeated first, and then Jiangling. But it is obvious that Liu Biao already knew that Jiangling was lost, so he skipped Jiangling and fled directly back to Jingnan, that is to say, it is very likely that Li Yuan first broke Jiangling and then Xiangyang to create Liu Biao's escape route." Guo Jia frowned. Brow analyzed.

(End of this chapter)