Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 313

"Good! Good! Good!"

At the court meeting, Wei Wendi Cao Pi shouted three good words in succession.Only two days after the troops were dispatched, Cao Zhang and Xu Huang went to Xuchang and Wancheng in succession. Now Xu Huang is entering Fancheng and preparing to attack Xiangyang.It can be said that Cao Pi's army advance this time has been smooth sailing, and it can even be said that he has made rapid progress.

"Dear dear friends, Liu Bei really fell for the trick. He transferred most of his main force to the land of Qingxu. He wanted to ambush our army, but left Jingxiang empty. Now the second brother and the emperor's uncle have gone down to Xuchang and Wancheng to flatten Jingxiang. It's just around the corner. Now it seems that Liu Bei is nothing more than that." Cao Pi looked at the military newspaper, and the more he read it, the happier he was, and his words were a little out of order.

Hearing Cao Pi's unrestrained words, Jia Xu, who was at the bottom, couldn't help frowning slightly.As a poisonous warrior with strong vitality who has survived several masters, Jia Xu's biggest feature is not viciousness, but caution.All Cao Pi's smug posture now is really hard for him to accept.

Jia Xu is not the only one who understands, Man Chong also said at this time: "Your Majesty, although the general's march is quite smooth, it is because Liu Bei's army has gathered between Qingxu and has never encountered the main force of the enemy. Now When we capture Nanyang, the enemy will definitely return to help. The next battle may not be so easy!"

Man Chong is relatively good at talking, and this suggestion is also in a more tactful tone, reminding Cao Pi not to get carried away because of the temporary victory.Cao Pi is not a fool, so he naturally knew what Man Chong meant, and secretly praised him in his heart: "After all, Man Boning can speak, and he doesn't put on airs at all as a father, king, and old minister. He doesn't look like Xun Gongda or Liu Ziyang."

At that moment, Cao Pi pondered for a while, but finally said: "The emperor has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has Cheng Zhongde as his assistant, so he naturally knows the priorities. And I am in Yecheng, although it is not thousands of miles away, but I know the things on the battlefield. It is definitely not as detailed as the emperor's uncle and the others. In this case, if I command from Yecheng, it will inevitably hinder the emperor's uncle and them. If this is the case, then let's not give arbitrary pointers, let the emperor's uncle and the others decide on their own, as long as the food and grass are unimpeded That's right!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Seeing Cao Pi, Man Chong also knew the seriousness, and felt relieved.Jia Xu looks at the complacent Cao Pi and the relieved Man Chong, but she always seems to have a little worry in her heart.

"Your Majesty is indeed wise!" Cao Hong said sincerely, looking at the latest imperial edict sent by Cao Pi in his hand.In the edict, Cao Pi did not give any instructions, but asked Cao Hong to be careful in dealing with things, and to discuss everything with Cheng Yu more, not to be greedy for merit and fall into the enemy's tricks.Other than that, he didn't give any specific instructions. He only told Cao Hong to do everything cheaply and rewarded the soldiers.

"Although Your Majesty is young, he is definitely a wise gentleman!" Cheng Yu also sighed after reading it.The Cao Wei Group was almost devastated because of Cao Cao's death.Seeing that Cao Pi is so capable now, these old officials are also relieved.

"Everyone, now that Fancheng is about to fall, how should we march, and what good strategy do you guys have?" Cao Hong asked hastily after sighing.Everyone in the tent looked at me, I looked at you, and finally Cheng Yu said: "General, now we have captured Nanyang, and the main force of Liu Jun is in Xuzhou. Half a month, at least eight or nine days, you will definitely know the news and come here. Now that Xuchang is in our hands, you can march into Yanzhou and capture Yanzhou from Yingchuan in the east to Shanyang in the west Even if Liu Bei returns to the army, there are Mount Tai in the east of Yanzhou and Mount Mangdang in the south. With these two dangerous places, we can defend Yanzhou as our foundation and face the Nanyang guards. Moreover, Yanzhou was the place where the former emperor raised his troops. Although Liu Bei has occupied the place for a long time, the hearts of the people are more loyal. Therefore, it is the best policy to send troops to Yanzhou!"

"Mr. Zhongde's words are not bad!" Cao Hong heard Cheng Yu's words clearly and logically, and nodded again and again, but then asked with some doubts: "Mr. Zhongde, are we not going to continue to attack Jingxiang?"

"Jingxiang is to the south of Xiangyang, and the river network is crisscrossed. It is very disadvantageous for infantry operations. Moreover, although we occupy Nanyang, Nanyang is located between Guanzhong and Yanzhou. If Liu Bei attacks from two sides in the future, although there are Xuchang is a strong city, but it may not be able to keep Nanyang. Therefore, it is safer to capture Yanzhou. With Yanzhou and Nanyang in hand, I will stay in the army and spend another two or three years to raise troops. Wait until there are enough food and soldiers Afterwards, if we enter the Qingxu land again, we can occupy the Central Plains in one fell swoop!"

"I see!" Cao Hong nodded.Cheng Yu's words are reasonable and everyone thinks this is the most reasonable strategy.Cao Hong looked around, but saw that only Cao Zhen was frowning, noncommittal.

"What's the matter, Zidan, did you think of something?" Cao Hong valued his nephew very much, and asked a little strangely seeing that he looked so serious and didn't say a word.

"Mr. Zhongde's words are not bad, but according to the truth, after we capture Fancheng, we need to enter another place." Cao Zhen said cautiously.

"Where?" Cao Hong asked in surprise.

"Xincheng!" Cao Zhen said bluntly, and then explained in detail: "If you capture Xincheng, you can connect the land of Hanzhong. And from Hebei to Nanyang, and then pass through Xincheng and Hanzhong, you can form an encirclement circle around Guanzhong. Liu Bei is dead In Guanzhong, as long as Hanzhong is occupied, Liu Bei will be in chaos!"

"It makes sense!" Cao Hong thought about what his nephew said for a while, and it was indeed very reasonable.After sorting out his thoughts for a while, Cao Hong opened his mouth and said: "Now Gongming and King Rencheng are surrounded by only tens of thousands of horses, and they are all going deep alone. I would like to add another [-] troops to cross the Yellow River to support His Highness and Gongming and the others to seize the new city." And the land of Yanzhou as the foundation!"

"That's right!" Everyone agreed, and then they crossed the river to support Xu Huang and they didn't mention it.At the same time, at the foot of Fancheng, Guan Ping was also secretly startled when he saw the endless enemy troops and the big flag with Xu characters.

"I didn't expect Xu Huang to come here. It seems that my father's plan has failed. If Fancheng falls, Nanyang will all fall. But I only have [-] defenders here. How can I defend Fancheng?" Guan Ping was so confused that he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Master Hou, the enemy army is coming in menacingly now, what can we do?" It was Guan Ping's lieutenant general Xiang Chong who spoke, his tone full of panic.Although he was not a rookie who had never participated in battles, Xiang Chong and Guan Ping had never experienced such a dangerous situation with [-] defenders facing tens of thousands of enemy attacks.

Forcing himself to calm down, Guan Ping suddenly said: "Come here, bring the wooden box on my desk." After the attendant brought the wooden box, Guan Ping calmed down his uneasy mood a little.Looking at the seal on the wooden box with the words "Thieves come, hair comes", Guan Ping gritted his teeth and finally opened the box.

"Father, I hope the clever plan you left behind can save the situation!" Guan Ping muttered in his heart, and then he had the courage to check what was written on the paper in the box.Xiang Chong watched from the side, but Guan Ping's expression quickly softened, and he even showed a hint of a smile.

"Xiang Chong, pass on my general's order to withdraw the whole army from Fancheng, cross the river and retreat to Xiangyang!" Guan Ping ordered, and Xiang Chong was shocked when he heard the words, and quickly asked: "General, just ignore the important land in Fancheng and ignore it like this. That is a great crime!"

"I have my own opinion, don't worry!" Guan Ping waved his hand, and immediately signaled the troops to withdraw from the south gate.At this time, although Xu Huang had already approached the city, Guan Ping had already led his people to flee in a panic before he surrounded the city or even sent people to persuade him to surrender. Xu Huang was also caught off guard.

"Guan Yu's son is so greedy for life and afraid of death, he is really a tiger father and dog son!" After entering Fancheng, Xu Huang's lieutenant general, Xu Gai, the clan brother, also said with some disdain.On the contrary, Xu Huang did not get too complacent after hearing his words, but turned to Meng Da and asked: "General Meng, you have been in Jingxiang for a long time, do you know what kind of temperament Guan Ping is, is he greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"Back to the general, this Guan Ping is brave by nature, not someone who is greedy for life and afraid of death!" Meng Da said cautiously after pondering for a while.Although Meng Da was greedy for life and afraid of death, he was a man with some brains after all, and he also felt that Guan Ping's retreat was a bit weird.After hearing Meng Da's words, Xu Huang frowned even deeper.After thinking for a while, Xu Huang turned his head to Xu Gai and said, "Second brother, you lead an army of [-] to garrison Fancheng, and General Meng and I will lead an army to attack Xincheng to open up Hanzhong. Be careful in everything, you know?"

"Brother, don't worry, I'll take care of myself!" Xu Gai nodded. He also knew that Xu Huang was not at ease with a general like Meng Da, so he took him to march into the new city together.If you lead an army of [-] to garrison Fancheng, you will be safe.

Not to mention that Xu Huang marched into the new city at this time, on the other side, under the leadership of Cao Zhang, [-] Cao troops entered the hinterland of Yanzhou from Xuchang, and all the cities along the way surrendered in anticipation.It wasn't until they arrived in Shanyang County that they were stopped by Li Tong who hurriedly led his army.But even so, most of Yanzhou has already been taken by Cao Zhang.Then came the news that Guan Yu personally led the army back to Yuzhou, and it seemed that he was ready to fight himself.

"Stick to Shangqiu and other places, and prepare to stop Guan Yu's army!" Although Cao Zhang really wanted to fight Guan Yu, but his own strength was only one-third of the opponent's, no matter how confident he was, he did not dare to fight the opponent.

What Cao Zhang didn't know was that Guan Yu was not in a hurry to fight Cao Zhang at this time. Under the leadership of Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, Li Yan, Xu Shu and others, 30 troops came from Yuzhou to Nanyang slowly.On this day, the army marched to Gepo, and after the massaging was finished, Guan Yu also called everyone to discuss matters.

"Your Majesty, now Cao Zhang has conquered most of Yanzhou in just ten days, and Nanyang County has also fallen into Cao Jun's hands, but we are marching slowly and lingering, and the morale of the soldiers is very low. If this continues, It's really not a good thing!" In the big tent, the general Zhou Tai hastily remonstrated.The overall plan of the matter was only behind Guan Yu and others, but Zhou Tai didn't know it yet.

"No rush, no hurry, Yuan Zhi, have all Cao's troops crossed the river?" Guan Yu smiled confidently as he stroked his long beard.

"It's almost there. According to the legend of the flying pigeons in Guanzhong, Cao Hong's army has almost crossed the river and has exceeded 20. Your Majesty is ready to march into the Yellow River, and King Fufeng is about to send troops to Guanzhong. I will go to fight Cao Zhang soon!"

"That's good, I think it's about time for His Majesty to take action!" Guan Yu said with a smile, and then 40 troops were stationed in Runan, but they did not enter.And at this moment, on the Yellow River, a few strange boats went down Tongguan to Hongnong and Henan County.

(End of this chapter)