Xiaoguangong

Chapter 20

A few days later, Guan Ping still couldn't get in touch with Zhuge Liang.

I heard from Xu Sheng that Zhuge Liang was visiting relatives and friends in Jiangdong recently, and his life was very uncomfortable. If it wasn't because they were all from Xuzhou, Xu Sheng would almost scold Zhuge Liang for not doing his job properly.

But the more so, Guan Ping became more and more convinced that there must be a mystery in it.

Zhuge Liang is willing to do everything for his career, even his own life.

With the talent of a military adviser, he must have found out that he wanted to fight Jiangling. If he didn't stop him, it means that this battle...is feasible!
Excited, Guan Ping practiced even harder in the past few days, preparing to shine in the following battles.

There are quite a lot of soldiers hidden in the Jiangdong family. Lu Ji said that in order for Guan Ping to win the flag, he specially helped Guan Ping to recruit 1000 soldiers. The essence lies.

They lined up neatly on the school field, and under the command of Lu Yi, they practiced many methods of advancing and retreating, rising and falling, and water warfare. It can be seen that their familiar posture has not lost to Jingzhou's main naval force, and I am afraid that only Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's cronies Soldiers can compete with them.

This made Guan Ping happy and full of expectations for the future.

Duke Lu's righteousness has actually given me so many people, it seems that this time is really a big deal!
Lu Gongji is really a good person.

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"Lu Gongji is really a good person."

In Jiangling City, Cao Cao leaned against a charcoal basin with embers in it, and while beating his legs lightly, he sighed slowly with a smile on his face.

In the past few days, while Cao Jun was renovating his military resources, he was also training his navy to prepare for war.

Cao Jun's emergency drills from the Xuanwu Pool in the north were really embarrassing. They couldn't stand the bumps on the boats when the tide was low in late autumn, let alone jumping and fighting on several boats.

Simply, Cao Jun still has a large number of Jingzhou soldiers who surrendered to dispatch.

How strong is Jingzhou's navy?

In the past, Huang Zu's family could fight Jiangdong back and forth, and they had the upper hand for a long time.

Cai Mao, Cao Cao's current navy commander, has mobilized nearly [-] troops and over [-] warships of various types. On paper, his strength has surpassed that of Jiangdong.

Just at this time, Cao Cao received a strange letter.

The letter was not signed, and the businessman who sent the letter claimed to be a member of Lu Ji's clan, but suddenly fled away on the way to see Cao Cao, and disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace for verification.

And the urgent letter submitted to Cao Cao said one thing with certainty - Liu Beijun is very likely to raid Jiangling, and the internal response of Jiangling City is...

Zhang Yun!

When Cao Cao saw the word Zhang Yun, he obviously felt a buzzing in his head.

But the more so, the happier he smiled, and even sighed helplessly, showing the letter to everyone around him.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were also at the banquet. Seeing Cao Cao smiling happily, Cai Mao also accepted the letter with a smile.

But after just one glance, Cai Mao trembled all over, and his silver teeth kept colliding with each other.

"Wrong, wrong!" Zhang Yun took a look and almost passed out.

He hurriedly pleaded guilty and asked Cao Cao to take him into custody for interrogation. If he had the slightest intention of betraying Cao Cao, he would be willing to die all over his family!

Cao Cao's men and women were silent.

The two pure advisers, Chen Qun and Jijiu Dong Zhao, who joined the army, immediately realized that there must be something wrong with receiving this letter at this juncture. They just wanted to open their mouths, but they looked at Xun You, Jia Xu, and Chen who were not far away. Lin, Ruan Yu, He Qia, and Mao Jie all looked at their noses, noses, and mouths, and they all closed their mouths tacitly.

Attack Jiangling with Zhang Yun as the internal response?

Is there really someone who will use this kind of genius tactic?

Not all of Cao's army was stationed in Jiangling. They were the elite headquarters of Commander Cao Ren in the city. There is a reserve army commanded by Cheng Yu.

Even if Liu Bei had an internal response to fight desperately, Cao Cao would be kicked out of Jiangling at worst, but in less than three days, he could gather tens of thousands of elite soldiers again, plus Xu Huang in Fancheng, killing 10,000+ people overwhelmingly, what is the difference between this and suicide?
but!

This involved Zhang Yun, and he had to guard against it again.

Before Cao Chun took Zhang Yun out, all tiger and leopard cavalry were wiped out in World War I, and this fierce general who traversed the north and south died inexplicably. Cao Cao said that he trusted Zhang Yun, but he was really angry in his heart, and wanted to skin Zhang Yun.

Especially when he heard that Zhang Yun had surrendered but was released again, he couldn't wait to use Man Chong to talk about life with Zhang Yun.

But Zhang Yun can't kill him right now, or even treat him badly.

Although he is not as deeply rooted in Jingzhou as Cai Mao, but he is a very important figure in the Jingzhou surrendering forces, if he is killed, it will definitely cause shock among the Jingzhou scholars.

So, everyone wisely bowed their heads and said nothing - I don't take the blame anyway, and it's up to the boss to decide for himself.

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Yun, who was trembling, and Cai Hao, who had a dusty face, with a smile on his face, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he had made a decision.

He was about to speak, but a scribe on the left suddenly stood up and walked in front of Cao Cao. Cao Zhen, Cao Cao's personal guard, saw this man and subconsciously wanted to draw his sword, but was pressed tightly by the experienced Xu Chu. live.

Seeing the face of Xu Chu who was shaking his head desperately, Cao Zhen put down the knife in confusion, and stared blankly at the scribe named Xu Shu.

Oh, the scribe was a murderer a long time ago.

Xu Shu slowly knelt down on the cold ground in front of Cao Cao. His posture was humble and flattering, and he didn't struggle at all. This made the smile on Cao Cao's face freeze immediately.

"Yuanzhi... you?"

"Prime Minister, this is Zhuge Kongming's trick, don't believe it."

Xu Shu had been Zhuge Liang's friend and close comrade-in-arms before, when Cao Jun attacked, captured his mother, and forced him to surrender. Xu Shu was forced to part with Liu Bei and join Cao Cao's account.

Soon, his mother died by hanging from the beam. Xu Shu, who was in his early thirties, had more than half of his hair gray in less than a month. The expression made Xu Chu dare not look at him.

But this time, he spoke!

"This is all Zhuge Kongming's trick." Xu Shu's voice trembled a little, his face was quite solemn, but there was a hint of madness in his bloodshot eyes, which made Cao Cao feel cold all over his body.

"The two generals Cai and Zhang are the pillars of our army and navy, and they are loyal to the imperial court. I swear by my life, General Zhang has a heart, and I ask the prime minister not to be suspicious. Why don't you use General Zhang as the commander, and report to the prime minister to flatten Jiangdong! "

Good man!
When Xu Shu was in Liu Bei's tent, Zhang Yun was often idle and disgusted him. Unexpectedly, everyone was silent at this moment, but Xu Shu spoke up for himself. Zhang Yun was moved to tears, and he said tremblingly:
"That's right, that's right! The final general wishes the governor's army to advance eastward, step down, level Jiangdong, and capture Liu Bei and Sun Quan alive, in order to repay the Prime Minister's kindness!"

Cao Cao's central army tent became quiet again, only Zhang Yun's heavy breathing was still clearly discernible, and the others even tried their best to shrink their breathing range, for fear of disturbing the grey-haired terrifying hero on the main seat.

Cao Cao stared straight at Zhang Yun with his cloudy eyes, but Cai Mao could feel that his old classmate's peripheral vision was quietly falling on him.

"Prime Minister..." He smiled wryly, "The last general is also willing to be a guarantor for General Zhang."

Seeing Cai Hao speak, Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed, shaking his head helplessly:

"De Gui thought I would fall for such a shallow scheme? You really laughed at me! Please hurry up, please hurry up."

He folded the letter and put it in his sleeve, quickly stepped forward to help Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and slowly extended his hand to Xu Shu.

"Yuan Zhi is dedicated to the country, and his heart is commendable! I have Yuan Zhi, even if Zhuge Liang is full of tricks, what's the use? Hahahaha!"

Jia Xu slowly clenched her fists, and gave Xu Shu a meaningful look.

This strategy is really crude.

So shallow... so shallow... Only smart people will fall for it!

The hair crown on his head was slightly tilted, Jia Xu quickly reached out to help it, and slowly closed his eyes.

Yes, yes, I fell for it too.

In order to express his trust in Zhang Yun, Cao Cao immediately changed his tactical deployment - he originally decided to let Cao Ren guard Jiangling, and then personally led the army to attack Xiakou along the Yangtze River.

However, in order for General Zhang to prove his innocence, Cao Cao decided to let Cao Ren, the general of Zhengnan, the Marquis of Anpingting, who was his best at attacking, be the commander, and supervise Zhang Yun to lead the main force of the navy to march eastward with [-] troops. Liu Bei's total force is taken into account, and the commander is still the general who is second only to Cao Cao in this Southern Expedition (as can be seen from General Cao Ren's Southern Expedition). Zhang Yun has never fought such a lavish battle when he was under Liu Biao's account. He is excited Trembling all over, couldn't help choking up and said:

"Thank you, Prime Minister, thank you, Prime Minister, I swear to repay the Prime Minister's great kindness, and I will never withdraw my troops if Liu Bei is not captured."

Cao Cao said kindly:

"Okay, if that's the case, I will show my merits to the general in front of the emperor."

Zhang Yun, who started his family by relying on his uncle Liu Biao, has so many twists and turns, but Cai Mao feels that his heart has been stabbed severely.

Originally, Cao Cao personally commanded the [-] Jingzhou Army to fight the big battle, but now it is Cao Ren who takes most of the main force and supervises Zhang Yun to fight.

Anyone with a discerning eye can realize the taste of the joints.

That letter was commonplace, but the problem was what Xu Shu said...

It's not good, why suddenly I feel something is wrong.

(End of this chapter)