The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 184 Set sail and set sail, everyone has their own ghosts
In the fall of November, a sweaty fast horse rushed like the wind into the city of Chengdu, which had just regained its calm.

Not long after, Zhuge Liang, the general of the military division, was called into the Yizhou Mufu. As soon as he entered the mansion, Zhuge Liang felt that the atmosphere was not right. Liu Bei, who had been recovering from his illness after returning from Jiange, seemed very anxious, and he was in the house like a trapped animal. Turning back and forth, the steps are fast and urgent.As soon as he saw Zhuge Liang, he strode forward to meet him, grabbed Zhuge Liang by the sleeve, dragged him to the front of the case, pointed to an urgent report with three cinnabar lacquered on it and said repeatedly: "Kong Ming, Take a look, take a look."

Looking at the empty lobby, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt excited.When encountering such things before, Fazheng was the No. 1 choice considered by Liu Bei, but now that Fazheng has died of illness, Zhuge Liang has become Liu Bei's most important think tank.

Zhuge Liang lowered his head, quickly opened the bulletin and glanced at it, then took a deep breath and didn't speak for a while.He suddenly felt ominous, and looked at Liu Bei in horror. From Liu Bei's eyes, he saw the same uneasy mood.

This urgent report painted with three stripes of cinnabar was sent by Guan Yu from Nanyang.

Guan Yu said that after defeating Xu County, he rescued the Son of Heaven and all the officials and ministers from Cao Cao. Then Cao Cao personally led an army from Luoyang and rushed towards Xu County. Xiahou Dun led an army of [-] from the direction of Jianghuai. , and had to divide his troops to guard the emperor, so he could only retreat to Nanyang Wancheng before they arrived. Xu Huang occupied Xinye and blocked his way with Xiahou Dun who arrived later. Come to rescue him, so as not to fall into Cao Cao's hands again.

Guan Yu also said that the emperor promised that as long as Liu Bei can guarantee his safety, he is willing to make Liu Bei king and town Yizhou and Jingzhou forever. At the same time, he declared Cao Cao a national traitor and ordered Liu Bei to attack him.

"What do you plan to do, my lord?" Zhuge Liang asked cautiously.

Liu Bei's eyebrows trembled, and the corners of his eyes twitched. He was very angry now, and Guan Yu gave him a big problem.Not to mention that he never had any intention of welcoming the emperor back, even if he had, it would be very difficult to deal with now.The emperor wanted to declare Cao Cao a national traitor and let him go beg for the thief, but what else could the emperor give him besides a prince?Are there soldiers?No!Is there any food?No!None of this, nothing of that, what can be used to crusade against Cao Cao, just rely on an imperial edict?An edict without strength to support it is not even as good as a piece of waste paper.

Liu Bei has self-knowledge. Among him, Cao Cao and Sun Quan, Cao Cao is the strongest, while he is the weakest. Even Sun Quan's life is much easier than him.After more than a year of fighting, Yizhou has been destroyed. There is no two or three years to relax. Let alone fight Cao Cao at this time. If you can withstand Cao Cao's offensive, you can keep Yizhou. It's not easy anymore.

Go to Nanyang for help?joke!

But not to save?That would make life even more difficult.He, Liu Bei, has nothing but the name of a royal family. If he refuses to save him now, everything he has done before will be in vain. If Cao Cao does not come to attack, his subordinates will fall apart immediately.

Save, can't save, don't save, the fame of the whole life will be ruined, and the death will be faster.

Liu Bei was in a dilemma.

"I...I'm going to rescue you?!" Liu Bei's tone was very uncertain, it sounded like he was asking Zhuge Liang, or telling Zhuge Liang that he was going to rescue him.

"Go." Zhuge Liangliang nodded, clearly expressing his meaning.

Liu Bei didn't say a word, his eyes were fixed on Zhuge Liang, and his jaw, which was so smooth that he didn't even have a beard, was tense.

"If you don't go, not only the emperor will die at the hands of Cao Cao, but General Guan will not be able to survive. In that case, it will be very detrimental to the Lord." Although Zhuge Liang's voice was very soft, his attitude was very firm.Liu Bei thought for a while and understood what he meant.Not to rescue him, disloyal, not to rescue Guan Yu, unrighteous, these two are the foundation of his life, and must not be lost.

Liu Bei nodded, his expression became even uglier.It seems impossible not to save them, so how to save them?With my own strength, can I save it?Don't fail to rescue them, but plant yourself in instead.He can think of it with his toes, and now Cao Cao wants him to save them most, so that he can wipe them all out, and finally put the responsibility for the death of the emperor on his head. Anyway, among the chaos, who can tell who is What's going on, as long as Cao Cao unifies the world, it doesn't matter if someone talks a few gossips.

"My lord, go to Jingzhou and do your best. Even if you can't save Jia, you can keep Jingzhou." Zhuge Liang continued: "Sun Quan is a fickle person. Once there is a change in Yizhou, he may turn to form an alliance with Cao Cao and attack Yizhou on both sides. State."

Cold sweat broke out on Liu Bei's forehead. If what Zhuge Liang said just now was just a moral pressure, now this is a real danger.If he didn't save Guan Yu, then Sun Shao would also be finished. Seeing that the wind was not in the right direction, Sun Quan would probably turn to Cao Cao and attack Yizhou in the name of avenging Sun Shao.In this way, knowing that Sun Quan was very happy about Sun Shao's death, he could only be a scapegoat.

At that time, will Yizhou, which is in turmoil, still have the ability to resist the pincer attacks of Cao Cao and Sun Quan?
"How to save?" Liu Bei said hoarsely.

"Zhao Yun is guarding the Jiange, Zhang Fei is guarding Bajun, and the lord personally led the army out of Zigui and stationed in Jiangling. He asked Sun Quan to attack Cao Cao together."

Liu Bei rolled his eyes, let out a breath slowly, and his tense expression finally relaxed a little.Zhuge Liang's method is good. It seems that he is going to rescue him, but none of his generals moved. When he arrives in Jiangling, he can not only put on a rescue posture, but also guard against Sun Quan, and at the same time use the name of the emperor to recruit Sun Quan Let's rescue him together.If Sun Quan didn't listen, he would be willing to follow the thief, and attacking Yizhou would be tantamount to rebellion. If he listened, he would not only have one more reinforcement, but also one less potential opponent.If he loses this battle, it is not his responsibility. He has worked hard, but it is because of his lack of strength. No one can compare, he can coerce the emperor to make the princes, and he dare not say anything else. With a large number of official positions and titles, it will become easier than ever to win over the people in Yizhou.

As for the future, that can only be said later.

"Military teacher's advice." Liu Bei was very satisfied, and the more he looked at Zhuge Liang, the more pleasing to his eyes.He immediately sent someone to Jiangdong to invite Sun Quan to rescue him. In the letter to Sun Quan, he was impassioned, expressing that he would personally lead the elite soldiers from Yizhou to attack Cao Cao with Sun Quan, welcome the emperor back, and rejuvenate the Han Dynasty together.

As soon as the envoy was sent out, he began to dispatch troops and generals, summoned all the ministers and local powerful natives in Yizhou, and said bitterly that he was going to rescue him, hoping that everyone would help each other, and those who were rich would contribute money and those who were powerful would contribute.With the call to save the driver, although Yizhou's tyrants were reluctant, they did not dare to oppose it openly, so they had to cut their flesh and blood.Ten days later, Liu Bei took more than 4 people down the river, and at the end of December, he arrived in Jiangling.

As soon as he arrived in Jiangling and saw Guan Feng, Liu Bei knew that Sun Quan was not in Jianye. He had arrived in Chaisang half a month ago, and Mubuzhi in Jiaozhou had already arrived in Changsha.Liu Bei was taken aback. Even a fool could see the situation. Rather than saying that Sun Quan came to rescue him in response to his call, it would be better to say that he was planning to rob Yizhou. If Liu Bei didn't come, then what Zhuge Liang said It will happen for sure.

The blue eyes!Liu Bei cursed fiercely in his heart.

"How is the battle in Nanyang?" Liu Bei asked Guan Feng before he had time to untie his robe.

Guan Feng obviously lost a lot of weight, and her originally round chin was now a little sharp. She was very anxious. Guan Yu and Sun Shao were both in Wancheng, and Cao Cao's 40 troops surrounded them from south to north. He was not active in going north to rescue, and Guan Feng also knew Sun Quan's attitude towards Sun Shao. It is better to count on Cao Cao to withdraw his troops than to count on him to rescue Sun Shao.All she can count on now is Liu Bei. After all, Guan Yu and Liu Bei have a [-]-year relationship, which is very comparable.

"It's okay so far." Guan Fenghong said hurriedly with eye circles: "Xiahoudun is guarding between Wancheng and Nieyang. Sun Jiao and Uncle Mizi tried to break out of the siege many times, but they were guarded in Xinye because of insufficient troops. Sima Yi blocked back. Cao Cao personally led an army of 2 to surround Wancheng. His father and husband had a total of more than [-] people, and there were some rebels. With enough food, they were able to hold on. But the food was consumed quickly, and Wan The city is dilapidated, if you don’t see reinforcements for a long time, I’m afraid morale will collapse.”

"Don't worry, I will definitely rescue the emperor and your father." Liu Bei patted his chest and said righteously.Guan Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it, and couldn't help crying and said: "Father said the same thing, he said that the envoy will definitely not leave him alone. Envoy, when are you going north?"

Liu Bei didn't say a word, and rested his chin in one hand as if thinking, Zhuge Liang quickly said: "My lord, don't act rashly. General Guan and General Sun Weng's son-in-law are both famous generals today, and there are strong cities to defend, and sufficient food available. Listen now." Said that reinforcements are coming, morale will definitely be boosted, and it will definitely not be a problem to hold on for a while, the most urgent thing at the moment is to go north with Sun Cheqi, so that we can defeat Cao Cao in one fell swoop, welcome back the emperor, and regain the Central Plains."

Liu Bei nodded again and again: "Yinping, don't worry, since I'm here, of course I will go north. But what the military adviser said is also reasonable, this matter must not be sloppy, I still have some things to deal with, how about this, I will send someone to escort you first Go to Wancheng to report a letter, you tell your father, and I will come to rescue immediately. Xiahou Dun was defeated by me once in Bowangpo, but unfortunately he escaped. This time he is not so lucky, I must Cut off his head and ask the emperor for credit."

Guan Feng was in a state of confusion, and she didn't understand the meaning of Liu Bei's words at all. When she heard that some troops were going to be given to her, she nodded hastily.During the time in Jiangling, she was so anxious that she had nightmares every night and wanted to fly to Wancheng all the time, but Jiangling had a serious matter and she dared not leave lightly. Now that Liu Bei is here, she can finally Head north with confidence.

Liu Bei kept his word and sent Zhonglang General Miwei to lead 300 people to go north with Guan Feng.Mi Wei is Mi Zhu's son, and Guan Feng also knows about his family's riding and archery skills. She refused to stay for a moment, so she set off with Mi Wei that day.

After sending Guan Feng away, Liu Bei sent another envoy to Chaisang to meet Sun Quan and invite him to send troops to Nanyang together.

When Sun Quan saw Liu Bei's letter, he secretly sighed.As soon as he received the news that Guan Yu had breached Xu County, he began to guess what Liu Bei would do.At this moment, Xu Xiang, who he sent to see Cao Cao, came back, along with Bian Bing, Cao Cao's envoy.Bian Bing is the younger brother of Cao Cao's wife Bian, and it can be said that he is someone Cao Cao can trust.He brought Cao Cao's idea of ​​exchanging the Jianghuai land for Sun Quan's help-as long as you are willing to defeat Liu Bei together, I will give you the Jianghuai land and Hefei you have dreamed of.

Sun Quan was very moved, so he rushed to Chaisang in the name of supervising the war, and only stayed in Jiang Qin and Sun Shao on the eastern front. The rest of the army was transferred to Yuzhang and Jiangxia, and even Jiaozhou Mubuzhi was transferred to Changsha. .Once Liu Bei did not go to rescue Nanyang, he would cooperate with Cao Cao to march in the name of conquering Liu Bei. Of course, he didn't want to fight Guan Yu. He planned to take advantage of Cao Cao's opportunity to defeat Liu Bei and seize Yizhou as a reward Liu Bei blamed him for his grievances.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei came, and he stationed in Jiangling with [-] troops, which disrupted all Sun Quan's plans at once. Now if he still wants to attack Yizhou, he will have no name, no advantage, no advantage.Fortunately, Sun Quan was prepared. Since Liu Bei didn't give him a chance, he went to fight Cao Cao together.Anyway, if he fights one by one, he will not suffer no matter what-Liu Bei and Cao Cao will not form an alliance even if they are killed.

Sun Quan immediately sent Zhongsi Ma Zhugejin to Jiangling to meet Liu Bei and discuss matters related to marching troops together.As soon as he met Zhuge Liang, he didn't say a word of common sense, and asked directly: "The chariot general is ready to stop, when will Liu Shijun enter the army?"

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Just wait for Sun Che to ride."

The two brothers looked at each other knowingly and laughed.

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In the first month of the 25th year of Jian'an, Guan Feng rushed to Wancheng. As soon as she entered the city, she saw Guan Yu who was patrolling the city.

"The lord is here?" Guan Yu's eyes lit up.

"I've arrived in Jiangling, and I'm discussing with General Cheqi about the joint march." Guan Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and told Guan Yu the situation.Guan Yu was overjoyed, turned around and said to Guan Ping, Yin Guan and others: "Well, I said that the lord will come to the rescue in person. You don't believe me, and you also said that the lord will send at most one general. How is it now? I said it was bad ?”

Yin Guan and the others looked at each other, but no one said anything.Liu Bei came in person, but now he is still in Jiangling, thousands of miles away. It is still unknown when he will be able to arrive in Jiangling. Don't even think about it. He is here, but there are no generals like Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun. No belt, no sincerity at all.Is it too early for you to be happy now?
"Where's your husband?" Guan Feng looked for a long time and didn't see Sun Shao's shadow, so he quickly pulled Guan Ping aside and asked.Guan Ping raised his arms and covered his mouth with a smile: "Your husband, you should be practicing riding in the camp now, or go back to play chess, he is very free."

Seeing that Guan Ping spoke strangely, Guan Feng couldn't help but feel a little strange, so she didn't bother to ask more questions, and took Sun Shangxiang who came from Xiangyang to find Sun Shao.Walking around in the barracks, he didn't find Sun Shao's shadow. After asking Zhou Xun who was practicing, he found out that Sun Shao had just returned to the mansion.They rushed to Sun Shao's mansion again, and when they entered the door, they saw that Sun Shao was sitting face to face with a serious-looking old man in brocade clothes, playing chess. He was chatting and laughing, but the old man didn't smile at all.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Sun Shao looked up and clapped his hands involuntarily: "General, I'm sorry, my aunt and wife are here, so I can't play chess with you anymore, let's play chess with you tomorrow, let's have a good time with the general tomorrow. "

The old man nodded, stood up, turned his head and left without saying a word, and two burly men in armor and holding knives followed closely behind him.

"Who is he? So arrogant?" Sun Shangxiang asked a little annoyed.

"Cao Ren, General of Zhengnan." Sun Shao replied with a smile, holding Guan Feng's shoulders with both hands, looked carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "You have lost weight, are you worried about your father and husband?"

Guan Feng's eyes turned red, and tears fell down. She threw herself into Sun Shao's arms, weeping uncontrollably.Sun Shangxiang pursed her lips, looked at it coldly for a while, and patted Sun Shao's shoulder impatiently: "Hey, the young couple want to go back to the room to be intimate. It's broad daylight, can you restrain yourself?"

"Auntie, this is wrong." Sun Shao winked and said with a smile, "My uncle has arrived in Jiangling, why did you come to Xiangyang?"

Sun Shangxiang stared, and said angrily: "You still have the nerve to say, have you forgotten what you promised me at the beginning? It's been almost two years."

Sun Shao rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and said with a sneer, "Isn't this busy? Don't worry, I will take care of it this time."

"Ghosts believe you." Sun Shangxiang tilted his mouth, pouted in the direction where Cao Ren disappeared: "Why did you get mixed up with Cao Ren?"

"He's my prisoner." Sun Shao led Guan Feng with one hand and Sun Shangxiang with the other, and asked people to serve food. Then he explained: "Not only Cao Ren, but also Man Chong and Pang De, they They are all my captives."

"I knew this a long time ago. I asked you how you got along so well with him, like an old friend." Sun Shangxiang asked in puzzlement: "The prisoner didn't stay in the prison camp, why did he come here? Did he Surrender?"

"He surrendered?" Sun Shao snorted, "Do you think it's possible?"

Sun Shangxiang was a little dazed. While drinking water, she stared at Sun Shao with big eyes, waiting for him to clarify her doubts.

"Cao Ren is the key to breaking the situation in Wancheng." Sun Shao pointed at his feet and said with a faint smile, "I can't count on anything else."

Sun Shangxiang blinked, but said nothing.She knew what Sun Shao meant, even though Sun Quan had arrived in Chaisang, but asking him to rescue Sun Shao from the siege was a little unrealistic, not to mention whether he had the strength, but first asked him if he had the intention.In the past two years, Sun Shao's strength has grown so fast that it is impossible for Sun Quan not to be afraid of him. Some time ago, he found an excuse to split up his Aurora Navy, and he also recruited his pirate Su Chugai. Now Sun Shao is captured by Cao Cao. Being trapped in Nanyang probably suits his wishes, and it is impossible to expect him to save people.Otherwise, Lu Su had already arrived in the area of ​​Langling, why didn't he take any action for so long.

"The Supreme One won't come, but Shijun Liu will definitely arrive." Guan Feng swallowed a piece of cake and said with some complaints, "How can you pin your hopes on Cao Cao?"

Sun Shao looked at Guan Feng and thought that she was indeed Guan Yu's daughter. At this time, she still pinned her hopes on Liu Bei. He didn't even think about it. Liu Bei was driven to a dead end, it would be strange if Liu Bei didn't kill people with a knife.

It is better to ask for help than to ask oneself, but before doing this, the fire of hope in Guan Yu's heart must be extinguished, otherwise, he would not agree to his plan even if he was killed.

See the opportunity, this opportunity has not yet arrived.

"I'm just planning for the worst and leaving a way out for myself." Sun Shao said perfunctorily, "Don't you know what is said in the book of war, first be the invincible, and wait for the enemy to be victorious?"

Guan Feng had read military books, of course he knew what Sun Shao said, but he didn't think too much about it.Before the outcome is decided, it is not a bad thing to leave yourself a way out, not to mention that Sun Shao's identity is so sensitive, if he does not leave some behind, even if he wins this battle, he will not have any good results.She is very clear about Sun Shao's mentality. If he hadn't played Su's thick-legged move in Donghai back then, how could he have the strength he is today.

"How was the battle going?" Sun Shangxiang didn't think too much about it, and asked directly about the battle: "It seems to be very quiet outside. Although Xiahou Dun's camp is just outside the city, there is no trace of fighting outside the city. Could it be?" They have been besieging but not attacking?"

"No attack." Sun Shao shook his head, glanced at Sun Shangxiang, with a smile in the corner of his eyes: "Auntie, don't you find it strange that the emperor has not issued an edict to declare Cao Cao a national traitor, nor has he dismissed him from the position of prime minister, the prince of Wei Wang? "

Sun Shangxiang blinked her eyes and felt a little strange, she looked at Sun Shao in doubt: "Why?"

Sun Shao straightened up and patted his thigh lightly: "The people who can save you are still thousands of miles away. In Wancheng, there are only 2 people who can really fight, but there are [-] to [-] people who eat, and the daily consumption The food is amazing. Although we robbed a lot of food from Xiangcheng, the distance is far away, and it is impossible to transport all of it. Cao Cao only needs to count the numbers to know how long we can last. Although he has an army of [-], if he wants to attack It is not so easy to attack the city, if he attacks by force, he will definitely lose a lot, and when he faces Liu Bei and Zhizun who come to help, is he still sure?"

"Wait, didn't you say that they won't come to the rescue? Why did you say they would?" Sun Shangxiang was confused and interrupted Sun Shao's words involuntarily.Sun Shao rolled his eyes depressedly: "They won't come now, but when we are killed by Cao Cao, they will definitely come."

Sun Shangxiang suddenly realized, she picked the corners of her mouth, rolled her eyes, and pointed at Sun Shao with a look of complacency and smiled: "So, Cao Cao doesn't want to attack by force, he wants to trap you to death, and you are also delaying time, it depends on who can't hold on in the end first? "

"Auntie, it's not good for women to be too smart." Sun Shao reminded solemnly: "Men will be under a lot of pressure."

(End of this chapter)