The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 412

After Shi Guangyuan arrived in Guan Yu's army and assisted Guan Yu, under his plan, Guan Yu's army won four battles and four victories, killing all the generals of the Eastern Wu Army with almost no resistance, until they reached the city of Jiangling.

At this time, Sun Quan had arrived at Jiangling City from Lukou Port.Seeing that Guan Yu's army was too mighty, he regretted that he was so stupid that he was persuaded by Man Chong to destroy the alliance with Liu Bei.It's all right now, after Cao Wei was beaten to pieces, Guan Yu has now returned to Nanjun! , I couldn't help thinking of retreating.
After Lu Meng learned about it, he rushed to see Sun Quan and advised:
"My lord, Guan Yu was able to win consecutive battles. First, he relied on the prestige of the Northern Expedition; second, he had a strategist like Shi Guangyuan by his side, advising him. However, my lord should also see the enemy's weakness. Existence. Now Guan Yu’s army’s territory is actually only a corner of Xiangyang, and the food and grass should be exhausted soon; second, Guan Yu is stubborn by nature, and Shi Guangyuan is a proud man. The cooperation between the two will never last. Although the enemy was defeated, but there is enough food and grass for the troops, even half a year of stalemate with the enemy will not be a problem. My lord, why bother to retreat now?"

Sun Quan is indeed a master who can listen to the opinions of his subordinates, so he immediately decided not to retreat for the time being.

As a result, the two sides fell into a stalemate under Jiangling City.

In Deng Ai's Public Security City, life is getting more and more difficult.After Xu Sheng's defeat, Lu Meng asked him to go south to mobilize Changsha, Yuzhang, Xiangtan, and Guiyang, together with the army under Han Dang's previous command, a total of nearly [-] people attacked the police again.

Although Xu Sheng was defeated by Guan Yu last time, the biggest responsibility should be attributed to Zhou Tai.In fact, Xu Sheng is really good at fighting, and he is a rare general capable of writing and fighting.

After Xu Sheng assembled the army, he learned the lesson of Han Dang's aggressiveness, and walked cautiously along the way, like a tortoise wrapped in a carapace, so that Deng Ai couldn't find a place to eat it if he wanted to eat it.Deng Ai had no choice but to withdraw his troops temporarily, but kept sending scouts to monitor along the way.

After receiving Deng Ai's report, Liu Chan couldn't help worrying about the safety of the police.

Liu Chan has been worried about more than one or two things recently.In fact, if Liu Chan could monitor Sun Quan's side in real time, he would be even more amazed at Lu Meng's ability to predict the enemy's opportunities.

Xiangyang City was originally taken from Cao Ren, and a large part of the food and grass inside was used up during the Northern Expedition.

Of course Liu Chan knew this. As soon as he returned to Xiangyang, he asked Ma Liang to send accounting scientists to start grain statistics.As a result, according to the budget they made, the food and grass in Xiangyang City can only last for another month.

In fact, Liu Chan had already hoarded a lot of food and grass in Jingshan, and in total, he could only maintain the level of an army of tens of thousands for three months.

Another point that is more serious is that the Soochow navy has an absolute advantage in the Yangtze River waterway.Liu Chan wants to ask Zhang Fei from Jiangzhou to send a ship to transport grain, and the possibility of success is not too great.

Therefore, Liu Chan had no choice but to send a letter to Guan Yu, telling him the actual situation, asking him to make a quick decision, otherwise the next battle would become very dangerous to his own side.

After Guan Yu received Liu Chan's letter, he immediately led his army to attack the Soochow army.But Lu Meng also issued a death order, ordering the army to never retreat, but to fight to the end.As a result, Guan Yu's army was unable to break through the Wu army's encirclement of Jiangling City after all.

This made Liu Chan feel quite helpless.

But Liu Chan is not helpless about this.Now Xiangyang is in my hands, and the comrades in Jingshan have also been made very smooth by me.Not to mention the distance, but although Shangyong and Xincheng in the three eastern counties are small in scale, they must be able to help now.

Liu Chan sent letters to Liu Feng and Meng Da.For Meng Da, Liu Chan had already accepted his heart, so he directly issued a call for recruitment.Let him try his best to transfer grain to Guan Yu's army through Jingshan Mountain.

As for Liu Feng, he was Liu Chan's elder brother in name, so of course it was impossible to use orders, but he just asked him for help and asked him to send food to help Xiangyang as soon as possible.

However, Liu Chan of course has other concerns in his heart now.Now that Liu Feng is hooking up with the Wu family, the probability that he will agree to send food and grass to support the Jingzhou army is really very small.

However, Liu Chanming knew that he had to do something to get such a result.Because Liu Feng offended not only himself, but also Guan Yu, the direct victim.At that time, with Guan Yu's temper, as soon as Liu Chan explained it to him, wouldn't he immediately be furious?At that time, Liu Feng was the unlucky one.

The third person Liu Chan considered asking for help was Wei Yan from Hanzhong.Based on the friendship between Liu Chan and Wei Yan, Wei Yan will definitely help with the power.

However, Hanzhong is actually quite far from Xiangyang. The upper reaches of the Hanshui River are narrow, turbulent and full of shoals, making it difficult for large ships to pass through.Water transportation is almost impossible, and I am afraid that in the end it will have to go to the Yong and Jingshan line, and the loss must be quite large.

But Liu Chan has no good solution. Now is the era of relying on the sky, and they can transport as much as they can.

Then, a very strange thing happened to the Jingzhou Army: Cao Pi actually sent Guan Yu an eloquent letter of credence with thousands of characters.The number of words is quite a lot, Guan Yu, Shi Guangyuan, Wang Fu and others all felt quite incredible after reading it.

It turned out that Cao Pi actually wanted the Jingzhou Army to return their prisoners of war. Of course, they would also return the captured Jingzhou Army.

In fact, as long as there is a war, no matter the winner or the loser, some soldiers will be captured by the enemy.During the Northern Expedition of the Jingzhou Army, the prisoners were tens of thousands of enemy troops, a large part of which were surrendered and joined the Jingzhou Army, otherwise the Jingzhou Army would not have fought more and more.Now, there are at least 6000 Cao Weijun prisoners in Xiangyang City who are unwilling to surrender!
But in fact, the Jingzhou army was also captured by the enemy thousands of people, but now I don't know what happened.In this cultural atmosphere where defeat is humiliation, no one in the Jingzhou army is willing to take the initiative to mention them, which shows the cruelty of reality.

However, judging from the key content of that letter of state, Cao Pi actually didn't value those ordinary soldiers.In fact, what he wanted the Jingzhou Army to hand back were those generals and Zhao Yan and Wen Hui.

After Shi Guangyuan read it, his heart skipped a beat.Such a thing as exchanging prisoners has almost never happened in history, so it can definitely be regarded as an event that is worthy of history.Once the exchange between the two parties is successful, the person in charge can even leave a name of benevolence in history.

With the mind of keeping the fat and water from flowing into the fields of outsiders, Shi Guangyuan immediately advised Guan Yu.At this time, the eldest son Liu Chan was in charge of the affairs of the Wei State in Xiangyang City, and Xiangyang was relatively close to the enemy, so he could handle it with full authority, and then report to Liu Bei who was far away in Yizhou.

With Guan Yu's knowledge, how could he not know the significance of this matter?What's more, he is still a well-known person, thinking in his heart that this matter should be left to himself.

However, unexpectedly, Wang Fu also agreed with Shi Guangyuan's words, saying: "The main target of our army now is the Wu army, and it is not appropriate for the king to be distracted by this matter. In my opinion, it is more appropriate to leave this matter to the prince. .”

A look of displeasure suddenly appeared on Guan Yu's face.

Liao Hua was the third to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, the two military advisers are right. The son is a man of benevolence and is very familiar with Cao Wei's affairs. He has Mr. Ma as his assistant. If he negotiates with Cao Wei, As long as it won’t be a disadvantage, why don’t you leave this matter to him?”

Guan Yu secretly sighed in his heart, the three senior officials around him actually all leaned towards Liu Chan!Even if he is the coach, he can't forcibly suppress everyone's opinions at this time.

Guan Yu had no choice but to nod, and said helplessly: "Okay, Junshi Wang can pass this letter of credence to the crown prince, and then write back to Cao Pi in the name of this Marquis, and let him send someone to Xiangyang City to negotiate with the crown prince."

After all, Liu Chan was still young, so he didn't notice at all that some of the Jingzhou army were actually captured by the enemy.It can be seen from this that it is so easy to deliberately ignore something like a report!

Therefore, Liu Chan only found out about this after obtaining Guan Yu's authorization.Letters from Shi Guangyuan and Wang Fu also arrived at the same time, and both of them ordered Liu Chan in the letter to make sure this matter is done, then the weight of the prince in the heart of Hanzhong King will definitely increase to a new level. of height.

Liu Chan was indeed a little happy in his heart, and immediately invited Mr. Ma Liang to ask him to send someone to the prisoner-of-war camp to count the number of people.

But after Mr. Ma Liang learned of the situation, he seemed not so enthusiastic.Liu Chan couldn't help being a little surprised, and asked, "Sir, why are you behaving like this? Isn't it a good thing for the two sides to exchange prisoners of war?"

Then, Liu Chan told him what Shi Guangyuan and Wang Fu had told him in the letter.

However, Ma Liang sighed and said, "How come I don't know Shi Guangyuan's evil intentions? However, he and Wang Junshi are indeed thinking of the prince. However, in Yiliang's view, this matter is actually worth discussing. Otherwise , with Guan Junhou's disposition, it is impossible to let him go and hand it over to you, Shizi."

Shi Guangyuan and Zhuge Liang are close friends, and Ma Liang is even more sworn with Zhuge Liang. Of course, the two of them are very familiar with each other.So when Mr. Ma Liang talked about Shi Guangyuan, he was not polite.But he and Wang Fu have been colleagues for many years, so they address him quite solemnly.

Liu Chan wondered, "Why do you say that, sir?"

Ma Liang explained: "The intention of Shi Guangyuan and Wang Junshi's move is to seek a name for the son, right?"

Liu Chan nodded.

Ma Liang said again: "In Yiliang's opinion, some of the captives captured by our army must have surrendered to the enemy army, and most of the others who did not surrender, I am afraid that most of them have already been killed. Therefore, the prince does not have to expect too much from this matter. Many."

Liu Chan was stunned for a moment.The three talents who supported him suddenly had two completely different views. It was the first time Liu Chan encountered such a thing, and he was inevitably a little bit astonished.

Liu Chan had no choice but to ask: "Then did any killing of prisoners happen in our army?" As far as Liu Chan knew, such a thing did not happen in the army he commanded, otherwise he would have engaged in military law long ago.

Ma Liang said: "There are none in the Shizi's army. But it's hard to say about Guan Junhou."

Only then did Liu Chan feel a little relieved.But even though such a thing is common, it can be regarded as a scandal, and it is impossible to pursue it internally.Even if he pursued it, no one would come out to support him.

(End of this chapter)