Chapter 10 Storm and Cloud Meeting

Jiangling is a big city with high walls and strong attacks. To attack hard, it will inevitably cost a lot. (Dukank reads it and reads it.

The defenders at the top of the city were densely packed, with gates on all sides closed, and outside the city, there was a situation where a large army was approaching the city.

Inside the city

Cao Ren looked at Cao Cao's corpse with his eyes dull and holed, and was shocked and tears were surging.

Man Chong also stared at Cao Cao's body in disbelief.

impossible!

The King of Wei led 300,000 troops to conquer Jiangxia. In a few days, the 300,000 army was wiped out. Even the King of Wei himself had only one body, and it was sent by Guo Jia outside the city.

The corpse is not fake.

Cao Ren gritted his teeth and roared, and immediately turned around and walked out to fight Guo Jia to the death.

Hearing Cao Ren's hatred roar, Man Chong immediately came to his senses, accelerated two steps and ran to Cao Ren, blocking his way.

"General, don't act impulsively."

Immersed in the sadness, Cao Ren widened his blood-red eyes and gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to avenge the King of Wei, is this an impulse?"

Man Chong avoided Cao Ren's angry and hated eyes and said awkwardly: "General, if you go out of the city to fight at this moment, wouldn't it be the only thing that Guo Jia wants? If Jiangling is lost, all 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city are broken here. Think about it, Guo Jia's army heading north, can the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Wancheng stop it? General Zhang will be in a desperate situation in Luoyang! At that time, Jingzhou will be lost, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and even Qingzhou may be lost. And how many soldiers and horses are there in Yecheng, Hebei? The foundation of the King of Wei's military and horses will be completed!"

Cao Ren sat on the ground, hugging his head and cried bitterly.

Man Chong's eyes were wet, he knelt down, clenched his fists, and felt unwillingness and hatred.

Three days ago, Shangyong New City was captured by Wu Yi and Wu Ban under Guo Jia. When the news came, Cao Cao had already set up a camp in Wulin and confronted the Chibi opposite the bank.

At that time, Man Chong did not take it seriously. Wu Yi and Wu Ban had 50,000 troops together, and it was impossible to cause trouble. There was Cao Zhen's 50,000 troops in Wancheng, and Hanzhong was empty. Wu Yi and Wu Ban could not lead his army deep into Jingzhou again. Even if he unexpectedly continued to advance eastward, there were Cao Ren's 100,000 troops in Jiangling, so why fear?

But now, the situation is taking a sharp turn!

Guo Jia did not attack Luoyang, and Man Chong suddenly realized.

Cao Cao lured Guo Jia to fight in the north as a pretext and to hold Guo Jia's main force. Guo Jia cooperated with Cao Cao very much and gave Cao Cao the situation he wanted the most.

In terms of military strength, most of the troops under Guo Jia were still in the north, but he only drew fewer but more elite troops and returned to Yizhou. When Cao Cao led his army eastward to Jiangxia, he decisively sent troops to attack.

Man Chong didn't know how Cao Cao was defeated and couldn't imagine it.

Especially when not seeing Jiangdong and Liu Bei's troops outside the city, it made Cao Cao's defeat seem confusing.

If Guo Jia had attacked Cao Cao together with Jiangdong, it would be impossible for Guo Jia to have all the troops outside the city now.

Cao Ren wiped his tears, grabbed Man Chong's arm, and asked, "What should I do now?"

When fighting, Cao Ren asked himself no problem, but he obviously didn't do the overall strategic plan.

The current situation is very likely that the Cao Wei regime will fall apart in an instant, and how to stop Guo Jia is the top priority.

Man Chong was thinking about it, but he was flustered inside.

What he was most confused about was why Guo Jia didn’t go to Fancheng north of Jiangling!

Fancheng is empty, and Guo Jia can completely bypass Jiangling and attack Fancheng directly. In this way, Jiangling will be isolated in Jingzhou. It will be easy to turn around and capture Jiangling with the Sun and Liu coalition forces.

At this time, life and death must be on the verge of making a decision.

Man Chong pondered for a while and said to Cao Ren: "General, withdraw from Fancheng and defend the Han River."

The heavy troops in the northern Sili area were obviously far away from Jiangling and Fancheng were close to them, and Fancheng could not be without defensive power. If you divide your troops to defend, it would be equivalent to giving the enemy a chance to defeat them one by one. It would be better to abandon Jiangling and retreat directly to Fancheng to defend them.

Removing Fancheng can strengthen the connection with Wancheng and Luoyang, form a close line of defense, and at the same time resist attacks from both the West and the South.

As long as Fancheng is not destroyed, the Central Plains will still belong to Cao Wei.

However, Guo Jia's army gathered only outside the South Gate in Jiangling, and did not siege the city on all sides, nor did they attack the city.

Man Chong was very afraid. This was Guo Jia's strategy to lure the enemy, which was to let Cao Ren retreat to Fancheng and set up ambushes on the way.

After thinking about it, Man Chong felt that there was no way out and could only take a risk.

Cao Ren followed Man Chong's advice and planned to retreat from the north gate of Jiangling, so that Man Chong could lead the infantry in front, and he personally led the tiger and leopard cavalry to break the rear.

Outside Jiangling City

Guo Jia rode on the horse in Rizhao, not impatient or impatient.

He led his army to intercept Cao Cao on Huarong Road. In order to prevent missing the opportunity, Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin led an army of 50,000 to station outside Jiangling in advance.

To the south of the city is the Yangtze River. At the beginning of the month, Cao Cao ordered an army of 300,000 to enter Jiangxia east, but it ended up in a foreign land.

The 300,000 army was destroyed, and Cao Wei's foundation is now in a state of collapse.

Guo Ye rode his horse beside Guo Jia, slightly behind the horse's head. He looked at Jiangling's tightly slanted posture and asked Guo Jia in confusion: "Father, why don't you attack Fancheng? Even if you exchange Cao Cao's body for Cao Ren, Jiangling will be at your fingertips."

The ancients believed that there was a complete corpse when death was killed, and Cao Cao was dead. But if Guo Jia used Cao Cao's corpse as a condition to negotiate with Cao Ren and asked Cao Ren to hand over Jiangling to send him out, Cao Ren would probably agree.

Guo Jia did not answer Guo Ye’s question.

Using dead bodies to make a fuss is immoral and will attract a lot of criticism from the outside world, but it is a battlefield after all, and even if Guo Jia does this, it is understandable.

As for not fighting against the empty Fancheng but Jiangling, Guo Jia has other plans.

Moreover, the Jiangling City in front of him will not take long, and he is very confident about this.

The Taiping Army was on guard against the battlefield outside the city. Jiangling City seemed to have no movement on the surface, but Cao Ren was already in full swing to arrange the withdrawal of the army.

The smoke and dust in the east are shattered, and the sound of the army running and the sound of horse hooves are mixed.

Guo Jia turned his head and looked at the distance. A group of military figures appeared in the distance, and a group of generals came on horseback.

"Ye'er, look at these people clearly, and all the romantic people in the world are here."

Guo Jia turned his horse's head and said something to Guo Ye first, then rode his horse to Gan Ning and whispered: "Send the order and be ready to face the enemy at all times."

Gan Ning received the order and after passing the order, the Taiping Army, which was originally facing Jiangling City, turned right collectively and faced the army that was running towards the mercedes.

As he approached Jiangling City, Zhou Yu's expression became heavier.

When he saw the sudden military banner outside the city, he was shocked and shocked!

Not only him, but all the people from Jiangdong Jiangling and Liu Bei Group around him were unbelievable.

Guo Jia!

It appeared outside Jiangling City as if it had fallen from the sky!

Whether it is Lu Su against Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang against Liu Bei, or Guo Jia's movements during the Battle of Chibi, they all speculated that he would take the opportunity to send troops to attack Luoyang in the north, with the intention of sweeping the Central Plains. After the dust in the Central Plains was settled, it is feasible to destroy Hebei or go south first.

But Guo Jia appeared in Jingzhou!

Outside Jiangling City, the number of Taiping Army about 100,000 made Zhou Yu look serious.

The sun shines, but the warm weather in winter makes Zhou Yu feel cold.

As the pace slowed down, the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiangdong and Liu Bei's 20,000 soldiers and horses were gradually adjusted. After the formation was orderly, the two soldiers were less than one mile apart. If they rushed, they would meet each other in the blink of an eye.

In front of Guo Jia, he was surrounded by his son Guo Ye, and behind him, a group of military generals were all majestic, including Gan Ning, Meng Da, Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Zhang Ren, Zhang Yan, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin.

The eight generals looked at the Sun and Liu coalition forces opposite each other, and were always ready to fight.

The Sun-Liu coalition army was Zhou Yu and Liu Bei at the forefront, and the camp behind them was clearly divided.

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, and the three generals are behind Zhou Yu.

Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Chen Dao, four generals and one Zhuge Liang behind Liu Bei.

The Taiping Army and the Sun and Liu coalition formed a confrontation at this first meeting.

On the way from Huarong Road to Jiangling, Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang were both worried.

The large number of Cao soldiers' bodies at the exit of Huarong Road were obviously ambushed there, and they were unwilling to admit the tacit answer.

Until outside Jiangling City, the speculation was confirmed, which made them feel as cold as ice.

"Who is coming? Let's sign up."

Guo Jia looked at the scenery of the Yangtze River in the distance, and the sky was often white and clouds, and he looked relaxed without taking the other person in his eyes.

When the loud voice came, Liu Bei bowed to Guo Jia first and said aloud in a humble voice: "At the lower left general Liu Bei, whose courtesy name is Xuande, has met the envoy."

His posture is very low and his tone is quite normal.

Guo Jia had long guessed that the impermanent and gentle person who looked a little old was Liu Bei. He raised a chuckling on the corner of his mouth and ignored Liu Bei.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei frowned, and Guo Jia ignored Liu Bei's attitude, which made them feel humiliated.

Zhou Yu had no expression on his face, grabbed the reins and carried the weapon in his hand, raised his chin and said loudly: "I am Zhou Yu, whose courtesy name is Gongjin. The envoy is polite."

Guo Jia looked at Zhou Yu from afar and replied loudly.

"Zhou Gongjin, come and talk."

Liu Bei and his civil and military officials both turned their attention to Zhou Yu.

strangeness!

Liu Bei is the largest official position here.
To be continued...