Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 187 There are many people who can win against Xiang Yu, but how many people can win against Cao Cao?

Zhuge Liang gave Guan Yu's son Guan Lin three exam questions.

Liu Bei knew about this.

Even Liu Bei also expected that Guan Lin Guan Yunqi, who was taught by Kong Ming, would become a blockbuster, gain Kong Ming's favor, and be accepted as a closed disciple.

As for Kong Ming's exam questions, Liu Bei was actually quite curious, but due to his status, it was inconvenient for him to ask in detail.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang took Guan Lin's first answer sheet out of his arms, unfolded it slowly, and presented it to Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei took it, he read it again, and his subconscious feeling was the same as when Zhuge Liang read it for the first time.

It is simply perfunctory and nonsense.

Liu Bei couldn't help shaking his head.

Kong Ming dared to answer like this in the examination paper, it seems...he did not have this blessing to become Kong Ming's disciple.

But... soon.

Liu Bei turned around and came, just like Zhuge Liang suddenly realized, Liu Bei also asked in surprise.

"How did he know in advance that Cao Ren, the enemy general in Xiangfan, was about to be assassinated and faint?"

The same question popped up.

Liu Bei's face was filled with surprise.

Zhuge Liang smiled lightly, slowly closed his eyes, and slowly narrated his speculation.

"Those who can know Cao Ren's assassination in advance, and dare to assert the situation in central Shu, the crisis of Cao Cao's southern expedition does not exist in the first place. According to me, the only ones who can arrange this situation."

"And according to Mr. Wei, because of this answer, the Guan family father and son were almost at war, and their faces were red. Yun Chang is of course doing it for his son's sake, but from another point of view, there is no reason for Yun Qi to insist on his own opinion? "

Liu Bei showed great surprise, and he asked back: "Kong Ming means that the 'Huang Laoxie' who planned to assassinate Cao Ren was Yun Chang's fourth son Guan Lin Guan Yunqi?"

At the end, Liu Bei's voice was trembling.

He couldn't imagine that Liu Bei, Kong Ming, and the entire Shuzhong could not sleep and eat, and finally... was finally solved by the 15-year-old Guan Yunqi.

"I'm just speculating."

When Zhuge Liang opened his eyes, there was only Ning He in his eyes. He looked at Liu Bei calmly, with a steady but firm voice.

"It's about Yunchang and his son. There are some things that should not be underestimated... Maybe Yunchang knows the identity of 'Huang Laoxie'! It's just for the purpose of protection, he didn't make this identity public. On the contrary, Duke Wei's trip to Jiangling seems to be It's quite rewarding, is Yun Qi really Huang Laoxie? If you want to find out the truth, you may be able to guess the truth from Wei Gong's words."

"Where is Yang Yi?" It was late at night, but Liu Bei was in an unusual spirit, and he couldn't help sending Yang Yi here for questioning.

It was Zhuge Liang who interrupted: "Duke Wei came to Chengdu on a starry night, let him sleep well. If the lord is curious, I might as well send someone to fetch Yunqi's other two answer sheets... My lord and I can also comment. Sneak peek..."

Zhuge Liang said it casually.

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei regained his energy all of a sudden, "You will know whether it is a dragon or a worm once you test it! I just don't know what Kong Ming tested in the last two tests?"

"It's nothing more than a problem in Sichuan today." Zhuge Liang said truthfully, "The second test is that many merchants in Yizhou are hoarding and the prices are skyrocketing... The third test is how to allocate the limited land in Yizhou. !"

This topic is fine...

After all, Liu Bei was very interested.

Zhuge Liang felt Liu Bei secretly push his arm, and Zhuge Liang reacted immediately, "My lord, wait a moment, I'll send someone to fetch it!"

"No need to bother." Liu Bei suggested: "I can go back home with Kong Ming!"

Speaking of this, Liu Bei seemed to have noticed the sky, "Hey, I never thought that the night is so dark."

The implication of these words.

——“Would you like to take a night out with candles tonight? 』

How could Zhuge Liang fail to see Liu Bei's voice, and immediately smiled and said:

"It's okay. In the old days of Longzhong, I was able to talk freely with my lord about the current situation in the world. From day to night, from night to day, I didn't even know it. The feeling at that time was intoxicating!"

Listen to what Zhuge Liang said.

"Hahaha..." Liu Bei laughed, "It turns out that I am not the only one who misses the carefree times in the thatched cottage... Tonight just happened to take advantage of Guan Yunqi's answer sheet, and Kong Ming and I talked on that bed for another night, maybe tomorrow Early in the morning, the predicament in Central Shu will be resolved..."

"—My lord, please."

"—Kong Ming also please."

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...

midnight...

--"have to…"

The horse's hooves stomped sharply, the horse snorted loudly, exhaled a breath of white air, and let out a long neigh.

Immediately afterwards, a crisp sound of horseshoes came from a distance.

But I saw more than ten horses roaring at night, galloping across the road, raising dust all over the sky, and turning into a group of black shadows that were fading away in a moment, disappearing at the end of the official road.

This is Liao Hua's cavalry team, which also includes a 15-year-old boy, Zhuge Ke, a boy from Langya.

They had set out at noon, and were almost at port now.

After going through this exhausting land road, the water speed will be much faster.

The so-called "returning a thousand miles of Jiangling in one day" in later generations is not empty talk.

But... Liao Hua.

While riding a horse, he kept looking at Zhuge Ke who was galloping beside him...

Apparently, this young boy who was newly named "his man" by the Fourth Master Guan, his eyes were like lightning, he was full of energy, and he didn't look tired at all.

Liao Hua couldn't help but let out a soft breath.

He couldn't figure out what kind of courage this young Langya boy named "Zhuge Ke" had to take on the task without hesitation in the words of Guan Sigong's confrontation with his father.

You know, he is facing Guan Gong!

Guan Gong's wrath, the Fourth Young Master can bear it, but this Langya boy, can he bear it?

Thinking about this...

Liao Hua's eyebrows drooped more and more, inevitably... a lot of worries about Zhuge Ke arose.

But soon, this emotion disappeared without a trace.

"drive--"

Following that, Liao Hua slapped the horse's butt again loudly.

The mount under him raised its head and let out a high-pitched neigh...

Immediately, the horsewhip was raised, and the galloping speed increased a lot, a cloud of flying dust was stirred up behind him, accompanied by thunderous hoofs, this cavalry team galloped northward as usual!
Only Zhuge Ke's heart became hotter with the galloping speed.

——『This is the first mission assigned by Mr. Yunqi. 』

——"Be sure to persuade Guan Gong to give up attacking Xiangfan and attack north of Jiangxia instead! 』

Why, Guan Lin would deploy in this way, and would predict that there would be ten deaths and no lives in attacking Xiangfan, Zhuge Ke didn't know!
But what he knows is that he has to get closer to the whole incident, maybe he can get the answer!
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...

Dawn dawned.

A huge map is placed in the big tent of the Guan family army's barracks, where Guan Yu, Zhou Cang, Guan Ping, Guan Yinping, Guan Xing, and Guan Suo gather.

Several red dots are highlighted on the map.

A Jingjiang River divides Xiangyang and Fancheng, and circles are drawn on both Xiangyang City and Fancheng.

Obviously, these two places are important strategic plans of the Guan family army.

As for the north of Jiangxia.

——"Pingchun", "Strider County", "Jiguo", "Xiyang", "Anlu", and "Shiyang" are also marked on the six counties.

This is the city Cao Cao occupied north of Jiangxia.

This military meeting is very simple...

It is to discuss whether the next main attack direction is Xiangfan or north of Jiangxia.

After all, Guan Yu's military strength is not enough to divide the troops into battle.

With the great victory now, the next strategy is bound to make certain trade-offs.

Taking Xiangfan means giving up Jiangxia;

Taking Jiangxia means giving up Xiangfan.

At this moment, Guan Ping was the first to knelt on one knee and cupped his hands, saying, "Father commander, my son is willing to lead all troops to attack Xiangyang and break through Fancheng! Go straight to Wanluo!"

Guan Xing also knelt down and cupped his hands, "Father, my son is willing to help big brother."

It seems that Guan Ping and Guan Xing supported the attack on Xiangfan.

Guan Yinping and Guan Suo looked at each other, Guan Yinping said: "Father, my daughter is willing to attack Jiang Xia for father!"

Guan Suo cupped his hands, "My boy is also willing to take Jiang Xia."

Guan Yu looked at the enthusiastic sons, not only did not get excited, but frowned at the map.

He asked, "Is there any movement from Cao Cao in Hanzhong?"

Zhou Cang replied: "I haven't received any news of Cao Cao rushing to assist Xiangfan, and I don't rule it out. The news has not been sent back, or it may be Cao Cao's secret dispatch. Today, I heard Xu Ducheng in Sili, Runan in Yuzhou, Nanyang, etc. Troops are being deployed frequently."

"That's why the general thought that if we take Xiangfan, if we can't take it quickly, Cao Cao will come back to help, and the soldiers and horses from Sili, Yuzhou, and Nanyang will rush to help, and our army will be surrounded by enemies."

"Furthermore, Xiangfan is so important to Cao Cao. The Cao bandits will never stand by and watch. If we don't attack Jiangxia, Wenpin is dead, and the dragons in Jiangxia have no leader. Even if Cao Cao returns from Hanzhong, before he arrives, the general will be sure to capture them all. Jiang Xia."

Guan Xingdao: "General Zhou's words are wrong. Xiangfan is a fortress that shields Jingzhou. Once it is captured, Xudu will be exposed to the front of our Guan family army. Our Guan family army can go north to take Wan and Luo directly at any time, and break through Xuchang! "

Guan Ping stretched out his hand and drew a line from Jiangling to Xudu and Luoyang, and then from Chengdu to Chang'an, "Isn't this the design of Zhuge's army and Longzhong? There are thirteen states in the world, and Cao Cao occupies nine and a half of them. According to Zhuge The military adviser said that only by mastering the Son of Heaven can we have the capital to compete with the Cao thief, although Xiangfan has a high city and a deep pool, once we break through, Cao Cao will no longer be able to control the situation!"

At this moment, the scouts rushed into the tent, "report—"

The scouts knelt down and said, "Report to Guan Gong, there are flying pigeons from Shangyong. Yesterday... Cao Cao heard that the situation in Xiangfan was bad, and he said, 'People are not satisfied with suffering, and they have gained a lot. Look back at Shuye'. According to his meaning, Cao Cao intends to withdraw from Hanzhong. Come out, rush to help Xiangfan..."

Guan Yu sat down slowly while stroking his long beard. "This thief Cao can't sit still at last, so...the situation on the side of the big brother will be much more relaxed. Hehe, what a Xiangfan, Cao thief also knows that Xiangfan is in danger now!"

Zhou Cang said: "It is true that there are no guards left, but if Cao Cao rushes from Shangyong to Xiangfan, ten days will be enough to arrive, and the support from Sili, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou may also arrive in five days. There is not much time left for Guan Gong to take Xiangfan , if you want to take Xiangfan, it should be sooner rather than later!"

At this moment, Guan Yu's eyes are deep...

He is also thinking carefully.

In fact, normally speaking, he would definitely choose to take Jiang Xia, because Jiang Xia is more stable.

Just as the concern of a big country is to win and exhaust itself, the concern of a small country is to make contributions to survive.

In a disadvantaged situation, you can take a gamble, give it a go...do you win if you don't keep it all?

But in an advantageous situation, stability should be the main priority!
This is the most basic military principle.

Can be…

Guan Yu read "The Art of War" during this time.

The "Spring and Autumn Zuozhuan" that I read under the moonlight in the past is covered with dust, which is Guan Lin's change in his living habits.

It just so happened that one of the changes included one.

Guan Yu memorized a sentence Yunqi said, which can also be called the insight from reading "Sun Tzu's Art of War" - "The greater the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish!"

In the previous battle of Fuhu Mountain, Wenpin and Niu Jin were beheaded, Man Chong and Lu Chang were shot and killed... over ten thousand enemies were wiped out.

These should also prove this sentence.

——If the wind and waves are bigger, fish will be more expensive than gold.

now…

Guan Yu would naturally think this way subconsciously.

Jiangxia is indeed at your fingertips. It can capture the northern border of Jiangxia, and at most it can open up a second battlefield, threatening the economic center of Cao Wei and the important place for grain storage-Nanyang.

But...if Xiangfan is captured, it will not be as simple as threatening the economic center of Cao Wei.

Guan Ping's words are good, there are thirteen states in the world, and Cao Cao occupies half of nine states. Only when the emperor is in the hands of the eldest brother, can he have the capital to compete with the Cao thief.

This is also the original intention and core element of Longzhong.

In the final analysis, Cao Cao served the emperor to order the princes... so that he won the current situation.

To defeat him, one must still follow this path.

——Serve the emperor to punish the rebels!

This is to use the way of the other, and return it to the other.

--"in this way…"

Thinking of this, Guan Yu groaned slightly.

——"Jiangxia corresponds to Nanyang, which is grain and grass; Xiangfan corresponds to Xudu, which is the emperor, whichever is more stormy and which is more expensive, there is no need to choose at all! 』

With this in mind, Guan Yu said loudly: "—I have made up my mind, the Guan family army will attack Xiangfan with all its strength!"

Guan Yu made his final statement...

However, this statement made Guan Yinping and Guan Suo's expressions darken at the same time.

Guan Yinping felt...too risky.

Guan Suo opened his mouth several times, but...but swallowed back all the words he wanted to say several times.

"Does Wei Zhi have something to say?" Guan Yu saw Guan Suo's strange expression.

And because Guan Suo and Guan Lin usually walked the closest, Guan Yu can be regarded as another kind of "love house and black", so he asked Guan Suo deliberately.

Guan Suo pursed his lips, not daring to speak.

Who would have thought that Guan Yu would sternly say, "Speak up if you have something to say, what does Guan's son look like hesitating?"

"I heard a few stories from the fourth brother." Guan Suo finally said, "The fourth brother said that Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, thought that he was born as an aristocrat, a hero, and had millions of soldiers. But Gao Zu made good use of Zhang Liang, Han Xin, Xiao He and others to turn from weak to strong... and finally fought the battle of Gaixia. Before this battle, how did Xiang Yu think that he would be surrounded and hunted down by a steady stream of enemies? How did you ever think that...he would fall into a situation surrounded by enemies?"

Speaking of...

Guan Suo always pesters his fourth brother Guan Lin to tell him stories.

Of course, Guan Suo's purpose is not pure.

He is thinking about listening to more stories, so that if he shows off in front of the girl he likes, it will naturally make the girl feel that he is very knowledgeable, and it will be easier to get her.

This trick was applied to the "Third Girl Bao" in Baojiazhuang, and it was tried and tested repeatedly.

But... now.

When he heard that his father was going to fight Xiangfan.

What Guan Suo subconsciously thought of was the Battle of Gaixia that the fourth brother told him.

Guan Suo once asked his fourth brother Guan Lin.

"In the Battle of Gaixia, why did Xiang Yu lose to Gaozu?"

Guan Lin asked Guan Suo to answer by himself.

Guan Suo was talking about Gao Zu stabbing the knife in the back. Both sides agreed to retreat each other's troops. As a result, Xiang Yu's soldiers retreated, but Gao Zu Liu Bang stabbed the knife from the back and caught the King of Chu by surprise.

But Guan Lin told him that it was not that simple.

It was also stabbed in the back, but what Liu Bang stabbed was completely different from what other people stabbed.

The reason why Liu Bang dared to stab Xiang Yu in the back.

It was because Xiang Yu had become a loner at that time.

All the princes in the world have surrendered to Liu Bang.

Han Xin took down Wei, Zhao, Qi, and Yan, and he would soon be able to take out Pengcheng, Xiang Yu's old nest;

Yingbo, Liu Jia, and Lu Wan were active in the south, cutting off Xiang Yu's retreat;

There is also the guerrilla general Peng Yue, who wandered around the battlefield behind the enemy and robbed Xiang Yu of a lot of food.

At this time, the encirclement has been completed, and only the most shameless person is needed to launch a general attack at the most suitable time.

On the contrary, the [-] princes enfeoffed by Xiang Yu either surrendered or died in battle, and no one came to help.

He could only take his 10 men and run wildly.

Against the whole world with his own strength, no matter how good Xiang Yu is, he cannot possibly win.

At this moment, Guan Suo told his father Guan Yu what Guan Lin told him.

"Father Commander... don't you think that Father Commander's current situation...is just like Xiang Yu during the Battle of Gaixia? My son is not worried that Father will not be able to capture Xiangfan, but what he is worried about is after he captures it? Will Soochow still be our ally? ? Will Soochow stab a knife in the back like Gao Zu did? Is father prepared for this?"

"No matter how powerful my father is, my uncle and Zhuge's military advisers will not be able to come here to help me. I can fight against the entire Cao army in Xiangfan by myself, and I have to guard against Dongwu's backstabbing? Can my father be able to withstand it?"

In fact, Guan Lin has told Guan Suo too many stories about the Gaixia Alliance.

Even Guan Suo has already memorized it backwards.

And Guan Lin said so many times, to a large extent... he felt that his father Guan Yu's carelessness in Jingzhou in history was exactly the same as Xiang Yu's passivity when he fell into the alliance.

They are all besieged on all sides, they are all betrayed by relatives...

Xiang Yu lost the help of the eighteen princes and became a lonely family;
How did Guan Yu ever get any help from Mi Fang, Fu Shiren, Liu Feng, and Meng Da?

As long as there is a little bit, it will not be defeated in Maicheng, and the martial sage will die.

In fact, what Guan Suo said was very reasonable.

However, these words touched Guan Yu's sensitive nerve.

——"Another Guan Yunqi?Another outspoken rebellious son? 』

In Guan Yu's view, Guan Lin, a "rebellious son" who has no taboos, is enough for Guan Yu to eat a pot, and now there is another Guan Weizhi... This is to piss off Guan Yu!

Immediately…

Guan Yu said coldly: "Bewitch the army, go out and get thirty army sticks by yourself!"

what…

Guan Suo was stunned, and quickly said: "Father...Father, don't just go your own way!"

Guan Yu's tone was cold: "My Guan family's army is so powerful that taking Xiangfan is as easy as turning the palm of our hand. How could it be like that overlord of Chu who is chased like a bereaved dog! If you talk nonsense, you will be dealt with by military law!"

"I know the fourth brother. If he is here, he will definitely stop my father, and he will say... he will say..." Guan Suo also stepped forward, "He will definitely say that when Cao Cao sang wine and sang songs on the Chibi battlefield, how long was his life? , also... must be as proud and inflated as my father is now!"

"—Forty army sticks!" Guan Yu's tone became even colder. "Guan never thought that Chu Overlord was powerful!"

"The fourth brother also said..." Guan Suo seemed not to give up until he had finished speaking, no matter how many army sticks he had to finish, "the fourth brother said, it depends on who the opponent is, there may be many people who can win against Xiang Yu, How many people might win against Cao Cao? I am afraid that even Gaozu Liu Bang is not the opponent of Cao Cao!"

"Fifty army sticks!" Guan Yu's tone was as cold as ever.

"Father! Please forgive my fifth brother." Guan Ping, Guan Xing, and Guan Yinping urged in unison.

"Ten army sticks per person." Guan Yu said angrily, and immediately walked towards the tent door, and when he opened the curtain, he paused.

Finally, for some reason, he let go.

As for the reason...

It is none other than Yunqi!
——"The battle is imminent, wait until all the army sticks are temporarily suppressed, and we will settle the score after Xiangfan is captured!"

Speaking of this, Guan Yu commanded sharply.

"——Pass down my military order, take a rest for a day, cook food at three o'clock in the morning the next day, and attack Xiangyang City at five o'clock!"

...

On this side, Guan Yu gave the final order.

Cabin over there.

In Xiangyang City, a secret room.

It was late at night, and now "Zhao Yan", the last backbone of Xiangyang City, was led to a mysterious place by a "special letter".

This is a secret room.

Zhao Yan approached... but saw that one of them was wearing a cloak and a hood... his body was very strong, and he looked mighty and majestic.

"Why do you have a letter from Prime Minister Cao?"

"Before the conquest of Hanzhong, the prime minister gave me the letter."

A deep and thick voice came out slowly, obviously, it was a Shanxi accent.

And with the sound

The hooded man turned around slowly, he took off his cloak and hood, revealing his mysterious face.

That's the moment...

Zhao Yan's pupils widened instantly, as if surprised.

But under this astonishment, two words are ready to come out.

——"Steady! 』

Zhao Yan quickly asked: "Why...is it you?"

The voice of the visitor was as deep and deep as ever, "Xiangfan is such a strategically important place, how could Prime Minister Cao not have a prepared plan?"

"Hehe, Yun Chang is lonely and arrogant, just wait for him to throw himself into the net now!"

The same sentence.

If it was someone else's voice, it would never make people feel so at ease.

But if it was him, it would be the one in front of him.

Then... Zhao Yan could literally stuff a hundred "rest assured" into his stomach!

- Steady!
——Xiangfan, it’s really stable!

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　Had a glass of iced watermelon juice last night and I cracked.

　　Forgive me... I can only code two chapters, it's not that I don't code Chapter 3, it's cracked, opened, it's...

　　Tomorrow three chapters will resume normally.

　　
　
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