Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 594

Two days later, the red clouds cleared, the sky was as clear as a blue, the warm sun hung high in the sky, and the snow slowly melted under the sun.

As the saying goes, snow does not turn cold into snow, and the garrison in Xiangyang took turns to train in the field to keep warm, while Lantian wrote divine sculptures in his room.

Cao Ren learned that Guan Yu was training troops in Xiangyang, and mistakenly thought that the other side would launch an attack soon. On the one hand, he ordered Xu Huang and Niu Jin to also move, and on the other hand, he quickly reported to Cao Cao in Wancheng.

Guan Yu flooded the seven armies and captured them in Jin, and the bandits and bandits from the counties south of Xudu responded, shaking the world for a while.

The rebellion of bandits is hard labor, largely because of the severe criticism of the Henan gentry, and the common people will not rebel if they can survive. Cao Cao not only did not get angry when he saw this, but instead used the name of moving the capital to avoid disasters to test the reaction of those Henan gentry , which means that if you really want to choose to be bad, I will just give up on you.

Cao Cao established the country in Wei County in Hebei and proclaimed himself the Duke. In essence, he had already untied the Henan gentry. If the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty was also moved to Hebei, the Henan gentry would really be abandoned. At that time, they would have no right to speak in the court. , and completely decoupled from Cao Cao's Wei State, the interests will leave with the departure of rights.

In this dangerous situation, Sima Yi wooed Jiang Ji to persuade Cao Cao, and said that he would persuade all the gentry to fight Guan Yu with all their strength. After Cao Cao achieved his desired goal, he sent troops to Jiaxian, Liangxian and other places to put down the rebellion.

At that time, Cao Cao stationed more than [-] troops in Mopi. After the rebellion ended, he only led [-] troops to Wancheng. After the Battle of Hanzhong and the civil uprising caused by corvee service, Cao Cao understood that a large number of troops may not be a good thing. If the logistics cannot keep up Instead, it was a disaster.

Knowing that Xiangyang City has been captured by Guan Yu, Cao Cao's mood is exactly the same as that of Dingjun Mountain. Fancheng and Xiangyang are only separated by a river.

Before Guan Yu besieged Fancheng and Xiangyang at the same time, as long as he defended with all his strength and waited until the opponent's food was exhausted, the weather would retreat, but now Guan Yu has the same strategic advantage, and Gan Ning's navy is still eyeing.

The navy and warships of Cao Cao’s Xuanwu Pool are all in Huainan, and they will be used when Sun Quan is about to attack Jiangdong. Since the navy of Wenpin in Fancheng was wiped out by Guan Yu, there is not even a decent warship left, let alone the risk of crossing the river. Go and take back Xiangyang.

Entering and being unable to enter, he voluntarily withdrew from Fancheng, worried about affecting morale.

Snowmelt weather, very cold outside.

Cao Cao was curled up in bed reading a book. The waiter brought a bowl of chicken soup to keep out the cold. He poured half the bowl of chicken soup down his throat, and two pieces of boned meat were exposed from the bottom of the bowl.

Cao Cao picked up the chicken and looked at it, then he didn't want to say anything, but said to himself meaningfully: "Chicken ribs. Chicken ribs"

"My lord, something is wrong"

When Cao Cao was thinking, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and it turned out to be the master secretary Yang Xiu.

"Dezu, why are you panicking?" Cao Cao frowned and sat up.

"After the snow stopped, Guan Yu began to gather his troops, and General Zhengnan (Cao Ren) urgently called for help." Yang Xiu cupped his hands and replied.

Cao Cao frowned, and said with a cold snort, "Guan Yunchang just won Xiangyang, and he is about to attack Fancheng? Dezu quickly changed clothes for Gu."

"only."

Yang Xiu walked forward quickly, took a fur robe from the hanger and put it on for Cao Cao. At first, Cao Zhi was ordered to supervise the army to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. Xu Du explained the plea, so he stayed with Cao Cao temporarily.

Cao Cao put on his robes and was about to go out when he saw the chicken ribs in the bowl not yet eaten, so he handed it to Yang Xiu and said, "There is Lao Dezu undressing the orphan, so I will present you with this half bowl of chicken soup. You can eat it while it is hot. Don't take it too lightly."

"Uh, thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Yang Xiu hurriedly bowed his hands.

In order for Cao Zhi to regain Cao Cao's favor, the arrogant Yang Xiu became very obedient.

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he walked out of the dormitory. Yang Xiu picked up the meat in the bowl and looked at it, and found that it was actually two chicken ribs.

Yang Xiu trotted for two steps and stopped suddenly. He spat out the piece of meat in his mouth and put it in his palm, and said with a wry smile: "Chicken ribs, there is no meat to eat, and it's a pity to discard them."

Seeing no one around, Yang Xiu threw the chicken ribs in the corner, wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand, and then said to himself: "Chicken ribs. Is the king of chicken ribs a metaphor for Fancheng?"

When Yang Xiu came to the front hall, he found that Sima Yi, Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Jiang Ji, Huan Jie, etc., all the brain trusters accompanying the army were in place.

"Gu thought Guan Yu had already sent troops. It turned out that he was training troops in the north of Xiangyang City. Zixiao was a little too nervous, but it is not wrong to attach great importance to it. Zhongda (Sima Yi), how are the preparations for the winter clothes of the soldiers?" Cao Cao read the battle report. After talking nonsense, he threw the question to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi cupped his hands and replied: "I have already gone to Xin Zhong Xiangguo, and some of the uniforms are already on the way, but because there are too many, it will take some time to meet the needs of [-] soldiers."

"Gu understands that it is difficult to raise supplies, but will Guan Yunchang wait for us?" Cao Cao asked back.

"Your Majesty, the snow fell in a hurry this year. Although our soldiers are short of winter clothes, Guan Yu's army must also be short of them. I think Guan Yu must be bluffing. Maybe he will wait until next spring to send troops." Shi Zhong Huan Jie said.

Sima Yi quickly waved his hands: "A soldier's situation is unpredictable, and there is no law. Bo Xu (Huan Jie) is a bit decisive. If Guan Yu doesn't follow the common sense, wouldn't he be at a loss? It's better to make preparations earlier to be safe."

Huan Jie argued: "Although Guan Yu is arrogant, he sent troops in summer and autumn. He would not disregard the lives of Jingzhou soldiers in order to capture Fancheng, right? Besides, there are no resourceful men in Xiangyang. I think it is absolutely impossible to defeat the king's [-] troops. Impossible."

"Using Hu Xiu and Fu Fang to earn money to open the gate of Xiangyang City, this deceitful method is not Guan Yu's style. I don't believe that the other party has no masters. In addition, it is rumored that Sun Quan was completely defeated in Jingzhou. This master in Jingzhou is not ordinary. Strong." Jiang Ji frowned.

Huan Jie seemed to have realized something, and quickly asked: "Could it be that Xu Shu that Zitong was talking about? This person is one of Liu Bei's four great military advisers. You said that he offered a plan to capture Xiangyang. I believe that with a little bit of defenders behind the town, Sun Quan can defeat Sun Quan's number of roads." The army? Is this too strong?"

"That's unknown." Jiang Ji resentfully.

Cheng Yu who stood aside suddenly said: "I don't know much about others, but I have heard of Xu Yuanzhi's deeds. This person is not that powerful."

"What else does Zhongde know?" Cao Cao asked.

Cheng Yu shook his head helplessly, then closed his eyes as if an old monk was in meditation.

Cao Cao was furious when he saw this, he slammed the case and shouted: "Give all the spies to the orphans to investigate, and at this time, I don't even know who the opponent is."

"Wei." The officials hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Zitong (Jiang Ji), immediately write to Wen Manji (Wen Hui, the governor of Yangzhou) in Hefei, asking him to inquire about the news from Jiangdong. If Sun Quan suffers a big loss in Jingzhou, he must know the details. Let Gu down." Cao Cao was full of depression.

"The minister takes orders." Jiang Ji answered with cupped hands.

(End of this chapter)