The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 335 Wrestling Between All Parties (Part [-])

When the news of Liu Chan's capture of the city of Anzhong reached Guan Yu, it was already dusk.In such a winter season, it gets dark very early. At this time, even the last light of the setting sun has disappeared, leaving only a gray sky.Guan Yu's camp was still buzzing with people, and the chaotic footsteps of the soldiers had already trampled the light snow on the ground until it disappeared completely.

Guan Yu was sitting on the middle hall in the commander's tent, holding Liu Chan's victory report in his hand, and he was already stunned.Although when Liu Chan wrote a letter to ask himself for a reply to Sun Lang, he had already expected that he should be able to capture the Fortress of Anzhong.

But Guan Yu's surprise when he saw this good news now seems a bit difficult to describe in precise words-it is very complicated, and apart from sighs and gratitude, there seems to be a little bit of disbelief.

The prince has only been in Jingzhou for a long time, but at the age of less than 15 years, he took Fancheng from Cao Ren one after another, led his army to defeat Lu Jian's army, and now he took down the heavily guarded city from someone like Zhao Yan. Anzhong Fortress!Such a child has made such a feat, which has almost surpassed Guan Yu's imagination, and he can be called a "genius".

Thinking of this, Guan Yu suddenly couldn't help but wonder if he was already old and now belonged to the world of their young people?The dignified Guan Yu has always been arrogant, and regards the world as nothing. It is really rare to see such a helpless mood.

However, in this battle report, there was also a thing that made Guan Yu feel difficult.The prince actually came to ask him for soldiers and horses again.Guan Yu couldn't help but sighed, his side and Guan Xing combined, there were less than 4 people, how could there be so many people on hand to transfer to Liu Chan?

Guan Yu also knew from the battle report that Liu Chan had surrendered nearly 7000 troops from Sun Lang who accompanied Guan Xing to the south.Now that you have newly joined this large force, how can you still say that there are not enough manpower?
Wang Fu, who had been in the tent all the time, couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw Guan Yu staring at the victory report in a daze, and then sighed.

Wang Fu stepped forward and cupped his hands and asked, "Why is your lord sighing at the victory report?"

Guan Yu looked up at Wang Fu, and said, "This Marquis is not sighing at the victory report. You should have read the victory report, and the prince came to ask me for reinforcements again. You know, military commander, we also have soldiers on hand now." Nervous, where is there any manpower for the crown prince?"

Wang Fu couldn't help frowning when he heard this.Now Guan Yu's situation, he is the most clear.Now that they had to face Xu Huang's army ahead and maintain their superiority, they had to maintain their superiority in strength.There is indeed no army here, and they can be transferred to Shizi again.

Wang Fu thought for a while, but he had a suggestion in his mind, and said, "General Liao Hua has been stationed at Sizhong in the rear of our army, and he still has 6000 or [-] troops there. You see..."

Guan Yu sighed and said, "Liao Hua's troops are the last force that can be used to defend Xiangyang to Jiangling City..."

Guan Yu is really in a difficult situation now. Marching and fighting is not a child's play. It is very important to ensure that there are enough defense forces in the rear.Otherwise, once the battle does not go well, the enemy's counterattack that one's own side will face next may be a disaster.

Although Wang Fu knew Guan Yu's difficulties, but his mind was still on Liu Chan's side, he said: "Now the son is ready to attack the West Village of Xu Huang's front army, but he suffers from insufficient troops, so what should we do?"

"Hasn't he already received Sun Lang's 7000 men?"

Wang Fu smiled bitterly and said: "The news from the prince said that Sun Lang's army is really a full-fledged bandit. They are useless on the battlefield except for killing and looting. With 9000 There are so many people, they dare not go forward to fight with Zhao Yan's 4000 or [-] people! Later, if General Guan Xing hadn't personally led [-] white-eared guards to stop the enemy and the prince had arrived in time, Zhao Yan would have run away long ago !” At the end of Wang Fu's speech, not only did his tone turn into contempt, but he was simply disgusted.

Guan Yu was also taken aback when he heard that, even the army of the Yellow Turban Bandits who formed an army by holding sticks back then, it is impossible for such a situation to happen!
Only at this time did he understand why the prince didn't mention a word in the victory report, Sun Lang's army was credited - when something like this happened, even if there was a lot of credit for capturing Anzhong, it would only be more embarrassing to say it and ask for credit .That's why afterward, Sun Lang didn't have any thoughts of claiming credit from Liu Chan.

Guan Yu pondered for a while, his brows furrowed again, and he stroked his long beard lightly.The lights in the handsome tent made his auburn face even redder.

After a long while, Guan Yu said: "Forget it, now that our army's victory is imminent, even if Xiangyang lacks defense, there should be no accidents." Then, he asked Wang Fu to draft a document and send it to Liao Hua, asking him to lead immediately. The army went north to support the eldest son Liu Chan.

When Wang Fu heard this, he was relieved immediately, and immediately wrote a letter.After he finished writing the letter and handed it to Guan Yu to seal the letter, he called the messengers to send it to Sizhong to Liao Hua.

At this time, Wang Fu stepped forward again and said to Guan Yu: "Your Majesty, I have another suggestion that I have to say."

As Wang Fu was a military adviser in Guan Yu's army, it was his duty to advise the commander in chief.Guan Yu nodded and said, "Sir, please tell me."

Wang Fu walked up the middle hall, came to Guan Yu's handsome desk, stretched out his hand and gently spread out the map on the desk.Wang Fu pointed to the fortress of Bainiu, and said: "Your Majesty, please look here. I think that within two days, troops will be sent to attack this fortress of Bainiu, so as to cut off the connection between Xu Huang's front army and Wancheng. At that time, Xu Huang's West Village will also be exposed to the attacking range of the prince's army."

Guan Yu nodded. He had a lot of experience in marching and fighting, so he immediately understood what Wang Fu meant, and said, "When the time comes, when the prince is attacking Xu Huang's army at the West Village, Xu Huang will have to send troops to reinforce him due to the situation. Do you want to Let Ben Hou lead the army to attack Xu Huang's army's main stronghold at that time, and hold back the movement of Xu Huang's army, so that they can't divide their troops to support them?"

Guan Yu's words caught Wang Fu's intentions, and Wang Fu couldn't help bowing down in his heart, and said with a smile, "Exactly. If the prince can really capture Xu Huang's army's West Village by then, then Xu Huang's army will not be flanked by our army at that time." To be destroyed means to immediately abandon the main camp and retreat to Zhenping's camp, but at that time Wancheng may have already been captured by the prince. We will join forces with the prince and annihilate Xu Huang's army!"

Guan Yu is arrogant and doesn't like being Liu Chan's "green leaf".However, the current reality is that his main force has not made much progress in the battle against Xu Huang's army. On the contrary, Shizi's side has won three battles and three victories, which puts him in the embarrassing situation of using the main force to contain the enemy's main force.

However, Guan Yu is not the kind of person who is ignorant of the overall situation and only knows about personal interests.He knew that Wang Fu's proposal was indeed the most appropriate for the entire battle situation.

Guan Yu then said: "Since this is the case, it is not impossible. As long as it is beneficial to the situation of the war, we can do it now. You should send someone to inform the son of this matter now, and ask him to keep in touch with our army at all times." Contact. At that time, we will be able to accurately cooperate with his actions at the exact time."

Wang Fu didn't expect Guan Yu to be so talkative this time, so he immediately took his orders and left.Soon after, Guan Yu received another good news from Liu Chan's people: Bainiuyi Fortress has been captured by our army!

Guan Yu and Wang Fu both stood there dumbfounded after reading the good news—they still underestimated the mobility of the eldest son Liu Chan.They originally expected that the prince would take two or three days before he would attack Bai Niuyi, but before your "expectation", Liu Chan had already taken action and succeeded!
(End of this chapter)