Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 169 Zhang Fei: This deal can be done
Sun Quan appointed Lu Su as the governor of the Great Metropolitan, and also made him the captain of Fenwu and the prefect of Yuzhang.

Zhou Yu left a daughter and two sons. Sun Quan let his eldest son, Sun Deng, marry his daughter. He appointed Zhou Yu's eldest son, Zhou Xun, as the captain of cavalry, and his second son, Zhou Yin, as the captain of Xingye, in order to show Sun Quan's great love for Zhou Yu.

After Zhou Yu's burial, Sun Quan, Cheng Pu and others will return to Jianye.

During this period, news of Xinye spread to Jiangdong, Cao Cao captured Xinye to restore Xiangyang's grain road, and sent people across the river to attack Jiangling by land.

Before Sun Quan left, Lu Su asked for instructions: "My lord, if Guan Yunchang hadn't gone to help, Cheng Gong and others might not be able to withdraw smoothly. Should we send troops to Jiangling to help?"

Sun Quan asked back, "Zijing has seen the defense of Jiangling City, do you think Liu Xuande can't defend it?"

"Cao Cao doesn't have enough warships, and Jiangling city is strong, Liu Shijun should be able to defend it," Lu Su analyzed.

"Since Liu Xuande can keep it, why do we need to do anything extra? Fu Shiren's poisoning can be put aside for now, and Zi Jingchu's military power should not be lightly moved. The first priority should be to stabilize Jiangdong." Sun Quan instructed.

"Wei." Lu Su understood what Sun Quan meant.

When Cao Cao captured Xinye, Hefei was still the news that Sun Quan had stationed his troops in Chaohu.

Cao Cao had no intention and strength to go south to Jingzhou, but planned to let the main force return to Runan and then move to Huainan.

At this time, the soldiers and horses brought from Xudu had fought hard and were tired from fighting in Xinye. Now they had to change defenses with the soldiers in Xiangfan City, and they were afraid that Liu Bei's Jingzhou soldiers would take the opportunity to seize the city.

In order to confuse the Sun and Liu families, he asked the general Zhang Yun to use his own banner, and Xia Houjie, a member of the family, as the supervisor, crossed the river in the way Cheng Yu confuses Sun Quan, and went south to Jiangling by land with great fanfare.

Cao Cao allocated [-] cavalry to let Zhang Yun attract the attention of Jingzhou soldiers, but tried to avoid fighting with Liu Bei's army, and had to return to Xiangyang when he traveled as far as Dangyang.

The water route between Xiangyang and Jiangling is the Han River, and the land route is only a long and narrow corridor between Jingshan and Dahongshan, with Bixian, Yicheng, Bianxian, Dangyang and other counties in the middle.

After Lantian planned to take Jiangling, Cao Ren fled north to Xiangyang, and Dangyang fell to Liu Bei's forces.

When rescuing Xinye, Zhang Fei only brought [-] cavalry, and most of them were infantry, so the marching speed was very slow.

When they were less than twenty miles away from Xiangyang, Xinye had been captured by Cao Cao, and Guan Yu and Cheng Pu withdrew their troops to Hanshui one after another.

After Zhang Fei received the scout's message, he asked Pang Tong, who was with the army, for advice in doubt, "Military commander, let's go back now? Zhou Yu's 5 men can't help but fight, no wonder they couldn't take Xiangyang for a year."

Pang Tong joined Liu Bei's camp and hadn't made any military achievements yet. He volunteered to rescue Xinye this time.

Before the expedition, Pang Tong negotiated with Kong Ming and Xu Shu and reached a consensus. This time, Guan Yu's navy was the main aid to Xinye, and Zhang Fei's land troops were too few, so they could only be restrained like Zhao Yun in the Battle of Chibi.

The general idea is to pick up the leaks if you can, and save your strength and go back to Jiangling if you can't pick up the leaks, so they stop and go, and the marching speed is very slow.

"Jiangdong is known for its naval forces. On land, we don't have much chance of winning against Cao Cao's cavalry. Since we have no chance, let's retreat to Jiangling."

Pang Tong twirled his beard, but there was no good way. After all, it is hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. Most of the 5000 men are infantry, and they really can't face Cao Cao head-on.

"I always feel that I am at a disadvantage. I wasted so much military rations for nothing, and I didn't get any benefit." Zhang Fei looked depressed.

"General Yide seems to be doing business." Pang Tong laughed.

Zhang Fei spread his hands, "Isn't this just a business? We have paid the cost of time, and it doesn't count if there is no profit."

Time costs?Pang Tong scratched his head, expressing that he did not understand the new term.

Zhang Fei quickly explained: "I learned this word from Lan Ziyu. He kept repeating these four words when he was teaching people about agriculture. lose money."

"This is quite interesting. Time is also a capital, so let's go to Yicheng to get some food and grass? Anyway, it's relatively smooth, and the time and cost will not be wasted." Pang Tong suggested.

"I think it's okay." Zhang Fei thought it would be good to replenish the army rations back and forth.

In order not to be exposed when they came, they all avoided the towns and marched slowly. When they passed the boundary of Yicheng, they all followed Jingshan Mountain in the west.

After the discussion, the whole army hurried south, but when they arrived in Yicheng, Zhang Fei was disappointed.

In the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao fled to the north and forcibly relocated the people near Xiangyang. Zhou Yu besieged Xiangyang for a year, and also took food from Yicheng. This place, which was originally rich, is now empty.

"It's really unlucky. Not only did they not get the rations, but they even donated some military rations to the people. This business has suffered a lot." Zhang Fei shook his head violently.

Pang Tong comforted: "Business can't be counted like this. Although we have lost a little food and grass, the master has worked hard in Jingzhou, and sooner or later he will conquer the land of Xiangfan. The three generals bought people's hearts for the master. The cost of this time is not in vain."

"Okay, if the loan fails, someone will borrow it." Zhang Fei was very depressed. He asked his attendants to fetch the top, and picked up the whip to beat him vigorously.

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Zhang Fei still had plausible words while typing: "Cao Cao, I will beat you, Zhou Yu, a short man, and I will beat you, an incompetent man."

Pang Tong watched in astonishment. At this time, a scout came to report that Cao Jun general Zhang He was leading [-] troops to the south with great fanfare, of which [-] were cavalry, and their marching speed was slower than Zhang Fei.

Cao Cao's suspicious strategy bluffed Sun Quan, but he couldn't hide it from Pang Tong, who was as famous as Zhuge Liang, and he knew what he meant after a little thought.

"Third general, someone gave us a gift, do you think we should accept it or not?" Pang Tong said with a smile.

Zhang Fei stopped his whip, and the top was still spinning freely. He shook his head and said, "This Yicheng is like a ghost town now, you can't want everything, military commander."

Pang Tong speculated: "Just now the scouts came to report that Cao Cao's 5000 people went south along Xiangyang. They probably came to look for us. They should have brought a lot of baggage."

"Military division, five thousand against five thousand, will this business lose money?" Zhang Fei looked puzzled.

"Cao Jun has just finished fighting Xinye, and the soldiers are exhausted now. We should be able to earn money by waiting for work. There are a thousand cavalry among them, and Zhang Yun doesn't know where we are yet." Pang Tong said with a smile.

Hearing the thousand cavalry, Zhang Fei's eyes glowed green. Out of the five thousand cavalry that came out of Jiangling, the number of cavalry was only about two hundred.

"This business can be done, military commander, please plan carefully, I will accept this group of war horses." Zhang Fei said happily.

Pang Tong smiled slightly: "Zhang Yun must cross the nearby Yishui to go to Jiangling. We can find a way from the bridges on the river."

　Tomorrow, three chapters will be combined into one chapter to be released. Apart from the fact that there are too many chapters, it is difficult to come up with a name. In addition, I want to order all of them. Let the book friends know in advance, and it will resume when you get the boutique badge.

　　
　
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