The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 383
Jiangdong's building boats depart from Jianye, go upstream and stop at Chaisang.

This place is the junction of Jiangxia and Jiangdong. If you go up the river, you will be Jiangxia County, and you will definitely pass through Xiakou.

Guo Jia and Liu Bei are now in a state of confrontation even though they have not officially declared war, so Lu Su, who is in charge of sending Guo Jia back, dare not order the fleet to go to Jiangling through Jiangxia, not because he is afraid that he will not be able to beat Liu Bei, but because he is afraid that Liu Bei will not be able to control himself. Kill yourself according to your means.

Fortunately, the Taiping army traveled overland from Jingling to Chaisang to meet Guo Jia.

Seeing this scene, Lu Su lamented that Guo Jia was so good at everything, and even the landing point where Jiang Dong sent him back was not bad.

Gan Ning led [-] silver-feathered flying cavalry, Xu Chu led [-] Wudang flying troops, Gao Shun led [-] soldiers to fall into the camp, and [-] soldiers stood on the riverside to watch the building and boats.

About to part, Lu Su was relieved, Guo Jia walked up to him and said solemnly, "Zijing, take care of yourself."

"May you have a smooth journey."

Saying goodbye to Guo Jia on the riverside outside Chaisang, Lu Su immediately ordered the fleet to set sail and return to Jianye.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Lu Su looked towards the northwest direction of Xiakou, and murmured: "Uncle Liu Huang, please don't do anything stupid."

Guo Jia led Sun Shangxiang and Zhang Ren's guards to the Taiping army, Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Gaoshun and the others immediately came up to salute.

Waving casually, Guo Jia saw the carriage prepared by Gan Ning, turned to Zhang Ren and said, "Let her take the carriage, and I will ride the horse."

After finishing speaking, Guo Jia turned on a horse brought by Gao Shun.

Sun Shangxiang hugged Sun Xiaohu and got into the carriage without saying a word.

The army set out, [-] soldiers plus Zhang Rensuo's [-] guards and Sun Shangxiang's unique men's and women's guards went on the road together.

Riding his horse in front, facing the cold wind, Guo Jia looked at Gan Ning who was riding alongside him.

"Who arranged for you to come?"

Before going to Jiangdong, Guo Jia only ordered to send someone to meet him, but he didn't make detailed arrangements for who to send.

Gan Ning immediately said: "Mr. Wen He suggested to Mr. Ye to make such an arrangement."

Guo Jia nodded, as expected.

Trapped in the camp to kill the enemy bravely, the Yinling Flying Cavalry can both break through the siege and quickly transmit information. Even if there is no way out, there are mountains to the southwest of Chaisang, and the Wudang Flying Army can lead Guo Jia to find another way out of the mountains and forests.

The 3 people arranged in this way came to meet them, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Guo Jia looked at the north thoughtfully, and asked again: "What action is Liu Bei doing?"

"The army is preparing for war, and the movement is unknown."

Gan Ning's answer is obvious, Liu Bei is preparing for battle, but whether he will intercept and kill Guo Jia halfway, I don't know.

Even if Liu Bei leads the army to kill now, Gan Ning can only get the scout's report a few hours in advance.

Under the escort of the three generals, Guo Jia arrived at Jingling safely all the way, joined the [-] troops and withdrew back to Jiangling.

Undefended Jiangling was not attacked by Fancheng Cao Ren after the Taiping army came out in full force.

Cao Ren can’t decide whether to attack the city or not. Even if the general’s orders are not accepted, if he wants to attack Jiangling, he has to wait for the Taiping Army to start a war with Jiangdong. Even if the Taiping Army starts a war with Liu Bei, Cao Ren will not take the risk The reason for attacking Jiangling was very simple. Before the Taiping army suffered serious injuries, Cao Ren did not have enough troops to ensure that Jiangling was captured and Fancheng was held.

What made Cao Ren especially fearful was that he was afraid that this was Guo Jia's treacherous scheme. He had [-] troops in Fancheng. The superiority of all forces dissipated.

Returning to Jiangling, Guo Jia led the army into the city. As soon as he reached the gate of the government office, Pang Tong approached Guo Jia and said in a low voice, "My lord, all Liu Bei's soldiers and horses in Jiangxia have been withdrawn. East."

This news surprised Guo Jia a little bit.

Go east, go east.
Guo Jia suddenly turned his head and asked Pang Tong: "Zhuge Kongming really rejected your instigation?"

Pang Tong was stunned and nodded in confirmation.

On that day, Zhuge Liang's straw boat fell and was captured with arrows. Pang Tong's rebellion against Zhuge Liang turned out to be indifferent.

Guo Jia walked towards the mansion, shaking his head in wonder.

"This is strange, Zhuge Liang actually let Liu Bei take a move that is beneficial to me. Or else Zhuge Liang was forcing Sun Zhongmou to fight me, but this seems to be exactly what I expected. Finally, one day, Zhuge Kongming It confuses me."

From Guo Jia's words, Pang Tong instantly understood where Liu Bei's army had gone. He quickened his pace to catch up with Guo Jia, and asked, "My lord, what about Jiang Xia?"

Guo Jia looked up to the sky and laughed.

"I agreed to lend it to Sun Zhongmou. Now that Liu Bei has run away, he will naturally return to Jiangdong. Don't worry, Sun Zhongmou will not want the meat at the door of his house."

After Sun Quan sent Guo Jia away, he immediately sent another group of people to deliver a letter to Liu Bei in Xiakou.

Guo Jia of Jiangxia County promised to lend Jiangdong, and now Sun Quan wants to sell favors to Liu Bei.

In fact, he wanted Liu Bei to be a loyal watchdog to Jiangdong in a grateful way.

As a result, the messenger came back with a surprising piece of news.

Lu Su and Zhou Yu, who had returned to Jianye ahead of schedule, were both present. Sun Quan was so angry that he got up from his seat in anger.

"What did you say? Liu Bei ran away? Hefei was captured! Where did Hefei's Xia Houshang die?"

The person who delivered the specific battle report did not know, but only got a general idea.

Now, Hefei has changed hands and is Liu Bei's territory.

During this period of time, Jiangdong focused his energy on dealing with Guo Jia's sweep of Jingzhou, but ignored Hefei to the north of the Yangtze River.

Sun Quan was very annoyed. He and Cao Cao had a series of battles in Hefei. Hefei is the strategic center of the eastern battlefield. It can be said that Jiangdong crossed the Yangtze River and entered the north.

Without Hefei, even if the Jiangdong army captures Xuzhou, the forces occupying Hefei will easily cut off the connection between Jiangbei and Jiangnan, and then encircle and suppress.

The messenger went out in silence.

Sun Quan drew out his saber and waved it ferociously!
"My lord, please calm down."

Zhou Yu was also furious in his heart, but Lu Su was the only one who was calm.

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The sharp sword was stuck on the low table, Sun Quan's chest heaved and heaved, and the rage could not be dispelled.

"Quiet your anger, calm your anger, Zijing, tell me, how can I calm my anger? You know better than me the consequences of Liu Bei's actions and the impact on Jiangdong!"

Lu Su sighed silently.

It was really unexpected that Liu Bei took this step.

If there is no Zhuge Liang who is good at calculating and can calculate the strength of Cao Wei's troops to the smallest detail, and give Liu Bei 1 courage, he would not dare to lead the army to attack Hefei.

It can be said that Xiahou Shang had just withdrawn after receiving the military order of the new Wei King Cao Pi of Yecheng. In less than three days, the empty Hefei was captured by Liu Bei.

In fact, Lu Su, Zhou Yu, and Sun Quan all knew it well.

Whether Liu Bei stayed in Jiangxia, whether Guo Jia asked him to stay or Sun Quan lent Jiangxia to Liu Bei in the name of Jiangdong, Liu Bei was sandwiched between Jiangdong and Guo Jia, which was a dead end.

But after capturing Hefei, the situation before Liu Bei suddenly became clear.

First of all, Liu Bei broke free from the coexistence of the two great heroes in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Secondly, although he was not good enough, he seemed to be unable to do anything after taking Hefei, but at least there was no crisis. Cao Wei would not divide his troops to destroy Liu Bei. It is even more impossible to attack allies, Liu Bei has room to breathe and plan for the future.

Zhou Yu looked stern, and said to Sun Quan: "My lord, please order that our army should quickly enter Jiangxia to prevent Guo Jia from going back on his word."

Sun Quan closed his eyes and gritted his teeth with hatred, and finally ordered Zhou Yu to lead the army to take over Jiang Xia.

Sun Quan hated Liu Bei so much.

The most ingenious part of Liu Bei's step is to let Jiang Xia out.

Do you want Jiangdong?
If Jiangdong doesn't want it, Guo Jia's soldiers and horses will be stationed in Jiangxia, and the confrontation in Jingzhou and Yangzhou will quietly take place.

If Jiangdong wants to, Jiangxia's soldiers and horses will also form a confrontation with the Taiping Army in Nanjun.

In any case, after Liu Bei fled, Jiangdong inevitably bordered Guo Jia's territory and confronted quietly.

In Sun Quan's view, instead of letting Guo Jia take Jiangxia and burn the war on the edge of Jiangdong, it is better for Jiangdong to take Jiangxia County. Even if there is a war, at least the six Jiangdong counties will not suffer first.

The most important thing is that from now on, Jiangdong will focus on guarding against Guo Jia, so that Liu Bei can sleep peacefully in Hefei in a disguised way.

The agency calculated and planned hard, but in the end it was a marriage for someone else.

After Liu Bei captured Hefei, Jiangdong quickly sent troops to Jiangxia.

The news of the fall of Hefei spread to Yecheng, Cao Pi hurriedly recruited Sima Yi to come to discuss the matter after seeing it.

Cao Pi, who became the queen of Wei, did not dare to slack off. Fortunately, he was secretly relieved that all the generals who commanded the army outside wrote letters to support him in inheriting the throne.

And the civil servants who participated in the secrets of the central government also stood by his side. At Cao Wei's greatest crisis, Cao Pi stabilized the situation and overcame the difficulty.

After Sima Yi's arrival, Cao Pi, who was somewhat regal, raised his hand expressionlessly to let Sima Yi read the information.

After reading the battle report with a calm expression, Sima Yi was slightly startled, but delighted.

What surprised him was that he didn't expect that Liu Bei would be the one who captured Hefei. How could this person put him to death?

The good news is that this situation is ten times better than he expected.

"Zhongda, what do you think about the capture of Hefei by the Sun-Liu Alliance? Do you think the troops from Wancheng or Luoyang were transferred to attack Liu Bei?"

Cao Pi now has a bit of aura of calmness and prestige, but he is only building an aura. Compared with his father Cao Cao, he is actually far behind.

Sima Yi shook his head and smiled, disagreeing with Cao Pi's statement.

"King Wei, it wasn't the alliance between Sun and Liu, it was Liu Bei who captured Hefei. Don't forget, King Wei, that Guo Jia and Ma Chao's [-] cavalry were not used in Guanzhong, and Sili's defense could not be moved. Please imagine, King Wei, Liu Bei After conquering Hefei, can Sun Quan’s troops go north? In the south of the Yangtze River, although Sun Quan and Guo Jia are married, the two sides will certainly not trust each other easily. Therefore, Sun Quan’s troops in Jiangdong must guard against Guo Jia, and Guo Jia must also guard against Sun Quan. Attack from behind. The pressure on Fancheng dropped sharply. Liu Bei only had [-] troops in Hefei. What can he do? Fancheng has [-] troops in the west, Wancheng in the northwest has [-] troops, and Xuchang in the north has three generals. Ten thousand soldiers and horses, but Xuzhou is slightly weak. If the king of Wei is worried, he will transfer [-] soldiers and horses from Fancheng to Xuchang, and then order Chen Yuanlong, the prefect of Guangling, to recruit new soldiers. As long as Guangling has [-] soldiers Ma, Liu Bei wants to take Xuzhou, but it is difficult, even if he takes it, how many soldiers and horses will he have left with his [-] troops? When the time comes, sending troops to destroy Liu Bei will be as easy as pie."

After hearing this, Cao Pi took it for granted, and acted according to what Sima Yi said.

(End of this chapter)