Chapter 56: Passing Xiangyang Safely
Cao Cao patted Cao Ren on the shoulder: "Zixiao, if Yun Chang wants to pass by Xiangyang and return to Shangyong, Lu Meng will chase him. You must stop Yun Chang. You can only hold on to the position and not fight with him. Just stick to Lu Meng's army and chase him. You can retreat back to Xiangyang. In short, let Yun Chang and Lu Meng fight!"
Cao Ren nodded: "Don't worry, brother, I'll leave this to me!"
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Hanzhong, Nanzheng.
The current prefect of Hanzhong is Wei Yan.
Nowadays, Liu Bei's army is mainly divided into three parts. The most important one is naturally the troops arranged in Shu, led by Liu Bei himself. The other is the Guan Yu Corps in Jingzhou, and the other is the Wei Yan Corps in Hanzhong.
At this time, Wei Yan was holding a letter from Shangyong to send overnight.
Guan Yu was defeated and trapped in Maicheng. In the blink of an eye, Maicheng was left in the nine counties of Jingzhou. Cao Cao's army even arrived in Mobi. Jingzhou must be unable to be defended now. As for whether Guan Yu can come back alive, it depends more on his luck.
What made Wei Yan even more shocked was that Liu Chan actually appeared in Shangyong and went to Maicheng to rescue Guan Yu with the army!
"General, Guan Junhou is trapped in Maicheng now. Should we send troops to rescue him?" Wang Ping asked beside him.
"Save, you must go and save!" Wei Yan sighed. Speaking of which, the distance between Nan Zheng and Shangyong is not close. If you want to go from Nan Zheng to Shangyong, you cannot reach the east directly. You must first leave Yangping Pass and leave a large circle to reach Shangyong.
I heard Wang Ping beside him say, "General, if we send troops now, it will take more than half a month to arrive at Shangyong, let alone to Jingzhou. Is there any time we have to do this?"
"Of course it's too late. But Shangyong's letter of help has already reached us. If we don't go to save it, how can we bear it if the lord blames it in the future? What's more, Mr. Liu Chan also went to rescue Jingzhou this time, so even if it's too late, we must go. If you can save the lord Guan Junhou, it's a great achievement. Even if you can't save it, we will do our best. The lord will not blame us in the future!" Wei Yan said slowly.
"The general understands, the general immediately prepares the troops, horses, food and grass!"
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At this time, Adou had already entered Xiangyang with 10,000 troops.
Now A Dou is divided into two groups, with 10,000 troops led by Meng Da and Liu Feng, who deceiving to be 20,000 people and walking on the south side of Jingshan Mountain, with the purpose of attracting Lu Meng's attention. He led Liao Hua and Zhang Yi and led 10,000 troops through Xiangyang, and walked along the Xiangjiang River under the banner of Liu Feng, heading straight to Maicheng.
In Lu Meng's view, Cao Cao had already taken back Xiangyang, so the road from Guan Yu to retreat from Xiangyang to Maicheng was actually no longer possible, so Lu Meng put all his attention to the west. Therefore, Lu Meng would inevitably send people to the west to intercept Shangyong reinforcements, and there was basically no defense for Xiangyang.
Cao Cao's side wanted Jingzhou to fight more fiercely. The more powerful Sun and Liu consumed, the happier Cao Cao would be. Therefore, Adou was sure of Cao Cao's desire to take advantage, so he asked Liu Feng to write a letter to Cao Cao and borrowed from Xiangyang.
A Dou has studied "Meng De's New Book" for several years. A Dou is very familiar with Cao Cao's habit of using troops. In order to make Sun and Liu fight more intensely, Cao Cao would naturally be willing to use Xiangyang. Now Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, so Cao Cao will definitely not worry about Shangyong's reinforcements playing tricks. However, according to Cao Cao's nature, if he saved Guan Yu and wanted to return the same route, Cao Cao would inevitably block the line on Xiangyang. Therefore, it is easy to go to Maicheng now, but it is much more difficult to return to Shangyong.
Adou moved his butt. This horse riding was not good at Audou, not to mention that there was no brace yet. Adou simply found a rope to tie his legs to the horse.
"Young Master, I just found out that the gate of Xiangyang City is closed. There are no Cao Cao's soldiers or soldiers in dozens of miles away from Xiangyang. I guess they have retreated to the city!" Zhang Yi said.
Liao Hua looked at Adou in admiration: "Young Master is really aware of things. Cao Cao really lent us this! Aren't he afraid that we will take advantage of the situation to capture Xiangyang?"
"I want to capture Xiangyang too!" A Dou's mouth curled slightly, and then said, "If it was as expected, there might be at least 30,000 troops in Xiangyang at this time, and Cao Cao would definitely send Cao Ren to defend Xiangyang. What's more, Cao Cao personally led the army to station in Mopi, which was only a short distance from Xiangyang. Unless we can take Xiangyang within two or three days, once Cao Cao's army arrives, Xiangyang will never be able to capture it again. Look at our ten thousand troops, let alone two or three days, we can't take Xiangyang even in twenty or thirty days!"
As A Dou expected, there were indeed 30,000 troops in Xiangyang City at this time, and the generals guarding the city were not only Xu Huang and Xiahou Shang, but also Cao Ren.
Cao Ren stood at the top of the city and looked at the northwest from afar. Logically speaking, the Shangyong Shu army should have arrived.
"General, the scout just came to report that a team of Shu County came to Shangyong, with about 10,000 people, and was beaten by Liu Feng's banner." Xiahou Shang said.
"I'm sending orders to guard the city with all three armies, so no one can go out of the city to find a gap! In addition, many scouts will be sent to keep a close eye on me!"
"I will obey the order!"
Cao Ren breathed a light sigh, turned his head, and just saw Xu Huang clenching everything, standing by the city wall.
Cao Ren smiled: "Gongming, do you want to fight a war?"
"What are Brother Zixiao saying..." Xu Huang laughed dryly.
Cao Ren and Xu Huang have known each other for many years, and Cao Ren has always been careless and can get together with anyone, so Xu Huang and Cao Ren are not seen.
"Okay, Gongming, stop pretending! You have seen that your hands are itchy. Have you not been taught enough by Guan Yu?" Cao Ren said with a smile.
"Oh!" Xu Huang suddenly sighed. When Guan Yu was in Cao's camp, there were not many people in Cao's camp who had a friendship with Guan Yu. Except for Zhang Liao, Xu Huang was one.
"What's wrong, Gongming, why did you sigh?"
"Thinking about the days ago, I was still fighting with Yun Chang next to this Mianshui River. I didn't expect that Yun Chang was trapped in Maicheng in just a few days, and it was in danger. Things in the world are really changing!" When Xu Huang said this, he sighed again.
"I know Gongming, you have always been righteous. My brother said that Liu Feng would save Guan Yu. Maybe Guan Yu would leave our Xiangyang and return to Shangyong. If Gongming can persuade Guan Yu to surrender at that time, it would be a great achievement!" Cao Ren said.
"Haha, what Brother Zixiao said is not easy! When Chang Chang surrendered to the lord, he just wanted to protect Liu Bei's two wives! You and I can see what the lord treats Chang Yun, but did Chang Chang still pass the five passes and kill six generals and surrender to Liu Bei?" Xu Huang said with some regret.
Cao Ren nodded. When Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao, Cao Cao had nothing to say about Guan Yu, so he almost built a temple for Guan Yu. Even Cao Ren was very jealous when he saw it, but Guan Yu finally went to find Liu Bei. It was hard to reach the sky if Guan Yu surrendered!
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Chapter 3 is delivered, and finally the highlight of the rescue of Guan Gong is written. Here is a brief preview. Tens of thousands of words are the plot of rescue of Guan Gong. Adou will face Lu Meng, Lu Xun and other great people directly...
Chapter completed!