Xiaoguangong

Chapter 162 Removing the Prefect of Yunshan

Yang Xiu thinks that there are only two roads in Yunshan now.

Either fight to the end, or run away.

In this era, there is a large area of ​​swampland near the Suiji Corridor. Le Jin's support from the road is not very effective, and the enemy's navy may take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang, Fancheng and other places.

As for Tongbai Mountain in the north and Dabie Mountain in the east, don't even think about it. It is impossible for Cao Jun to come from these two directions.

They could either fight and repel Guan Yu and Zhou Yu's continuous attacks alone with only a small amount of reinforcements, or they could only choose to flee before Guan Yu and Zhou Yu encircled them.

No matter which one you choose, it will seriously damage Yunshan's reputation. After Sun Liu goes ashore, as long as a few people are stationed to block the passage from Zhangling to Gusuiguo, they will establish a foothold in Jiangbei. This is a symbol of Sun Liu. The significance is undoubtedly enormous.

Facts have proved that Yunshan chose the second path,
A few days later, Cao Cao received news that the Yunshan Division had started a water battle with Guan Yu's vanguard and could not defeat Guan Yu's army, so he had to retreat.

It is now summer, and soon, the crops sown so hard in Jiangxia will be harvested.

At this time, Yunshan chose to retreat with the whole army, which was tantamount to giving away a wave of crops for nothing. Cao Jun’s large amount of supplies was basically cheaper for Guan Yu before.

"Yunshan's army is weak and he fights against a strong enemy, so if he encounters a catastrophe, he will not be severely punished, and he must not be allowed to lead the army alone."

Seeing Yang Xiu's excited appearance, Cao Ren wisely kept silent, but Cao Hong nodded repeatedly and muttered the same thing.

Cao Cao glared at Cao Hong fiercely, and became more and more entangled in his heart, for fear that something might happen to Yunshan.

Wang Bi saw Cao Cao's intentions, forced a smile and said:
"It's always good to kill thieves for the country. General Yun's attack on Pan Zhang was credited to him, but it is helpless to provoke the enemy to attack.

Can't everyone be afraid of a strong enemy and dare not attack, and let the thieves come and go freely on the river? "

"I thought that we might as well increase our troops in Hefei and threaten Sun Quan. When Sun Quan saw this, he must have been terrified and called Zhou Yu back for help.

Maybe Tan Zhi still has a chance to take back Jiang Xia. "

Yang Xiu held his head up and said with a smile:

"Someone thinks that if Jiang Xia is lost, he will lose it, and don't want to take it back.

Yunshan hangs in a lonely place, and the cost is heavy. When Sun Liu comes, our army will be difficult to support, and all the military resources will be cheap to the enemy. It is better to stick to Fancheng of Xiangyang and wait for the right time. "

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Bi mockingly again.

Since the Battle of Guandu, no one has dared to look at Wang Bi with such eyes. Wang Bi was annoyed, but he also cared about Yang Xiu's reputation. He gritted his teeth and said, "Why, Jiang Xia is no longer there, so why not garrison Hefei?"

"Hehe, if Hefei is flat, it's fine.

But Hefei has to go south to Chaohu Lake. We need to attack Juchao with a navy first, and then attack the Yangtze River with a navy.

If Wang Changshi can let his subordinate Erlang swim across Chaohu Lake, then Yang Xiu didn't say anything. "

"you!"

Surprised and angry, Wang Bi pointed at Yang Xiu's nose, but in the end he could only lower his hand slowly.

He is Cao Cao's confidant and official, and his every move represents Cao Cao's intentions. Yang Xiu is the son of Yang Biao and the leader of the Qing Dynasty in the Han Dynasty. It caused Cao Jun to break with the Qingliu of the Han Dynasty in advance.

Now Cao Cao is weak and does not have this ability.

Be patient, Wang Bi, you have to be patient for a while for the sake of the prime minister.

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Yang Xiu felt even more ecstatic.

Hey, it is said that Cao Cao's ability is astonishing, but in my opinion, it is nothing more than that. If I was born a few years earlier, how can Cao Cao be allowed to be rampant?

Cao Cao snorted and ignored Yang Xiu's madness.

Yang Xiu's madness is still far from that of Mi Heng and Kong Rong back then. As the prime minister, he should try his best to restrain his temper, and don't want to be as knowledgeable as these thieves.

Now, everything is waiting for news from Yunshan.

Just as Cao Cao was about to announce the end of the meeting, there was a burst of rapid gongs outside.

This is a signal for the arrival of an urgent military situation, ordering passers-by to evade, and the sound of the gong is so rapid that the whole city can hear it clearly. It is obvious that there is an urgent military situation coming quickly. Soon he will come to Cao Cao.

It must be Jiang Xia's urgent report!

Wang Bi ran out quickly, and after a while, he took a letter and ran back to the prime minister's mansion, and delivered the letter to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao reached out to take it, but couldn't hold it steady for a while and dropped it on the ground. He picked up the letter, but when he opened it, he couldn't hold it steady for a while, and the letter fell to the ground again.

"It's really Jiang Xia!"

Cao Cao muttered, watching carefully.

Xiahou Dun leaned over to watch together, everyone held their breaths and concentrated, even the rampant Yang Xiu was silent, waiting for news from Cao Cao.

"Tanzhi retreats, Guan Yu has already occupied Shiyang and Anlu, and Jiangxia is all in the hands of the enemy..."

Xiahou Dun read it out in a murmur, and Sima Yi, Zhao Yan, Mao Jie, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others in the council hall all sighed.

Although they had known for a long time that this would be the result, but when they heard that there was no miracle, everyone still showed pain on their faces.

Losing Jiangxia was a major blow to Cao Cao. Cao Jun's territory in Jingzhou was further reduced. Maybe Sun Liu would take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng.

The future is hard to predict.

Only Yang Xiu had a smile on his face.

If Yunshan is defeated, Cao Pi, who had a good relationship with Yunshan before, will also be hit. At that time, he and Ding Yi will fully assist Cao Zhi. Like Cao Pi, the future lord of the world must be the stunningly talented Cao Zhi.

"Tanzhi, Tanzhi."

Cao Cao's hands holding the letter trembled uncontrollably, Yang Xiu couldn't bear it anymore, and went out ahead of the crowd:
"Prime Minister, since ancient times, a defeat must be severely punished! If Yunshan loses this battle, it should be made public and the crimes of Yunshan and Yuejin should be dealt with severely. This is the only way to distinguish rewards and punishments!"

"That's right, there are clear rewards and punishments." Cao Cao's gaze has returned to clarity, "Yuan Rang, how do you say rewards and punishments?"

Xiahou Dun pondered for a while: "Tan Zhi lost Jiang Xia, the prefect of Jiang Xia can't do it, so let's get rid of it."

Cao Cao nodded and said:
"That's right. At that time, our army was defeated, and my heart was in turmoil. I originally gave Tanzhi a prefect of Jiangxia in the hope that he would continue to fight there and harass Sun Liu. The official seals were not complete. It was really hard for Tanzhi. gone."

Hearing that Cao Cao actually excused Yunshan in his tone, Yang Xiu was dissatisfied, and smiled: "Prime Minister, victory is victory, and defeat is defeat. Although Yunshan was in a hurry before, but after that, the prime minister took care of him in every possible way, far better than others, but he Still defeated, it shows his arrogance and incompetence, so please ask the prime minister to punish him."

"Okay, let's get rid of Tanzhi Jiangxia's prefect and transfer him to Nanjun prefect. Wen Qian is good at scheduling, and Wen Gui is also willing to do his best, and each will add [-] households to the city!"

"Huh? Huh?"

Everyone sighed at first, and then were startled again.

There was no Xiangyang County in Jingzhou. After Cao Cao went south, he divided the northern part of Nanjun and set up Xiangyang County. After Le Jin was promoted to Jingzhou Mu, he did not set up Xiangyang prefect. Could it be that because of Yunshan's defeat, Cao Cao wanted to combine Xiangyang and Nanjun and make Yunshan the prefect?

Why is this so.

Cao Ren immediately expressed his objection:
"Prime Minister, absolutely not! Yunshan has lost Jiang Xia, and he has not been severely punished. How can he be transferred to be the prefect of Nanjun? This, I'm afraid everyone will not accept it."

Cao Hong also muttered:
"Yes, this is absolutely impossible, this is absolutely impossible, how can this be?"

When Cao Cao saw that everyone was opposing, the smile on his face became even brighter.

He opened the letter and said calmly:
"Of course Yun Tanzhi, the prefect of Nanjun, deserves it, and no one dares to disobey him—he lost Jiang Xia, but avoided the truth and attacked Jiangling. Now that Jiangling has returned to me, shouldn't it be okay to let him be the prefect of Nanjun?"

"what!"

Everyone was shocked.

Especially Cao Ren, who had just lost Jiangling, was so stunned that he could barely speak.

Jiang...Jiangling...

Jiangling was taken back by Yunshan!
"That's right!" Cao Cao exclaimed excitedly, "Who said that Tanzhi can't use troops! Who said that Tanzhi is just brave? When Tanzhi heard that the enemy army was coming, he knew that he couldn't resist it, so he deliberately left an army to lure the enemy and cross over Xia Shui attacked Jiangling at night.

Degui's navy also rushed to help Tanzhi block the Xiashui. The Wu army in Jiangling was unprepared, so Tanzhi opened the door and broke the city at dawn! "

"You say, this Nanjun prefect, frankly deserves it!"

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"Hahahahaha, ahhahahaha!"

In the city of Xiangyang, Le Jin held Guan Ping's military newspaper in his hand, happily celebrating the New Year.

"Okay, okay, okay! Frankness, frankness is unstoppable, frankness is unstoppable! It's God helping me!"

As Yang Xiu said, Jiang Xia was still a front line for an assault to Cao Jun, but it was quite tasteless to Sun Liu.

Shiyang and Anlu, which are close to the Hanshui River there, are alright, but to the north there are either smoky mountains or swamps.

But Gangneung is different.

Jiangling is the core of the ancient state of Chu and the spiritual home of Chu people.

This place controls the Yangtze River waterway and is the link between Yizhou and Yangzhou. Occupying this place, the Sun Liu coalition army can go on land and water to make the northern expedition together, but Cao Jun's water army is not shameful enough.

Before Cao Ren fought hard here for half a year, he was still forced to abandon the city and flee. Sun Liu got the Yangtze River waterway, which can be attacked and defended. Before Le Jin, he was still thinking about how to strengthen Xiangyang's defense.

But they never expected that Yunshan would take back Jiangling!

Without Jiangling, how would Sun Liu make the Northern Expedition?Could it be possible to call from Jiangxia?

Le Jin has fought all his life, and has never had such a happy moment.

He sat in Xiangyang, played chess, drank tea, and watched the situation in Jingzhou calmly. He actually took back Jiangling. If it is determined, the city government is extraordinary.

"These are generals who follow good advice. If it were someone else, how could they listen to my honest advice?" Ma Liang said with a smile.

"That's right." Le Jin nodded heavily, full of joy and great confidence in his heart, he felt that his temper had improved a lot, and smiled slightly, "Yes, I shouldn't be overjoyed and worried before. Why worry!"

(End of this chapter)