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

Chapter 376 The previous Guan family army was defeated, not dead
"mother?"

"mother…"

In the twilight of the morning, Xu Shu's anxious cry came from Guzi Island. The sharp voice startled the sparrows in the nest in the tree.

But after one night, when Xu Shu woke up, there was no trace of her mother on Guzi Island, only a letter from her, a winter flower, and a pair of medicinal herbs—angelica!
Mother Xu is reminding Xu Shu that his filial piety has been preserved, and it is time to go back and fulfill the word "righteousness" he practiced.

Looking at the angelica, Xu Shu couldn't help crying...

As for the letter left by Mother Xu...

This letter was not written by Xu's mother to Xu Shu.

What Xu's mother wanted to say to Xu Shu has already been said yesterday. This is a letter from Xu's mother to Liu Bei.

Xu Shu read the above words, "My son assisted Uncle Liu Huang, raised troops against Cao, obeyed God's will, and acted benevolently. However, I was captured by Cao Cao. Cao Cao specified that my son was wanted. For the sake of Gaotang, my son had to return to Cao Ying. My lord, treachery is a heinous crime..."

"The old lady has no way to teach her son, and she knows that she is ashamed of the emperor's uncle. Now she is running away alone, so that she will not be a drag on my son. My son should return, and I hope the emperor's uncle will not abandon him."

Every word is concise and concise, but what is revealed between the lines is Xu's mother's persistence and determination.

Because she has made her son miss the Lord of England once, and she can't miss it again——

"mother…"

"mother--"

Xu Shu's tone became more and more sad. It took him two full hours to get out of the letter and the fact that his mother had escaped.

He didn't go to look for his mother, because he knew that if he didn't go back to Liu Huangshu's place at this time, but went to look for his mother, his mother would be even more sad and do more extreme things when she found out.

call…

call…

After a long exhale, Xu Shu clenched his fists tightly, and I grabbed the angelica with one hand and the winter flower with the other.

What he holds in his left hand is the righteousness and axiom of the world;

What is held in the right hand is the warmth left by his mother, like the "winter-resistant flower" that can withstand the cold warmth.

Finally, Xu Shu's face was full of tears, he knelt and faced the door, he murmured.

"Son Xu Shu...son Xu Shu knows what to do!"

"Mr. Xuande cut down the woods outside Xinye City for me. My son Xu Shu should also replant these trees for Mr. Xuande, and also plant the hope of Mr. Xuande's revival of the Han Dynasty!"

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On the official road outside Lingshan Temple in Jiaozhou, Lu Xun rode alone a few times, and he took out the kit that Guan Lin had given him on the horse.

He opened the bag and took out a piece of white silk. In the early morning sunlight, he saw that the words written on the white silk were still the same sentence as Uncle Liu's - "I want to cut down all the trees here"!
According to what Guan Lin said, only this sentence...

As long as it can reach Mother Xu's ears, it will be enough to make Xu Shu change his mind.

Of course, because it was in Jiaozhou after all, Lu Xun couldn't investigate the location of Xu Shu and Xu's mother with great fanfare, so he could only inquire cautiously.

At this moment, a carriage came quickly, overtook Lu Xun's horse, and directly across the official road, blocking Lu Xun's way.

Lu Xun pulled the reins vigorously, and the horse stopped with a hiss. He was puzzled, and the "old man" he met on Guzi Island yesterday slowly stepped out of the carriage.

Lu Xun looked at the old man and said pleasantly, "Senior, you want to tell me where Xu Yuanzhi is?"

The old man didn't speak but waved his hand, motioning for Lu Xun to get on the carriage.

Lu Xun didn't hesitate... Immediately got off his horse and jumped into the carriage.

The carriage drove away without saying a word all the way to a secluded place.

At this time, the old man just opened the window, and then removed all the white beard and hair on his cheeks, and the wool in his sixties seemed to be 20 years younger.

Lu Xun realized something, and asked in surprise, "Your Excellency is...Mr. Xu Shuxu?"

"It's me!" Xu Shu stood up, "I remember far away that after Mr. Cao Chong died of illness, I said goodbye to Cao Cao on the grounds that my mother missed her hometown. At that time, Cao Cao sent someone to hunt me down. I never thought...Now, Feng Shui takes turns Turn around, it's my turn, Xu Shu, to chase others!"

Xu Shu is a senior, even though the light he once showed was just a flash in the gorgeous starry sky.

But this light is too bright.

The friendship between him and Liu Bei is also too deep.

Knowing that it was Xu Shu himself, Lu Xun saluted solemnly, "My junior pays homage to Mr. Xu."

"Are you from Jingzhou? How did you get here? How do you go back?"

When Xu Shu asked this question, Lu Xun understood that Xu Shu intended to go back with him.

Immediately he was overjoyed.

——"It's done, it's done... Sure enough, Yunqi's method is useful. There is an unshakable friendship between Uncle Liu Huang and Xu Yuanzhi!It's the friendship between the Xinye woods! 』

Lu Xun quickly explained the route back, and asked Guan Lin the most concerned and urgent question that sent him here.

"Mr. Xu, the current situation has changed. Master Guan Lin of Jingzhou asked me to come here. One is to ask Mr. Xu to come out of the mountain, and the other is to ask Mr. Xu to save someone?"

"Who?"

"Zhang Liao in Cao Yingli, Zhang Wenyuan." Lu Xun detailed how Zhang Liao was involved in his love and hatred with Hua Tuo's female disciple and Ling Tong?How to be suspected by Cao Cao?How to beg Cao Cao to rescue the female disciple?How to be imprisoned?Including how dangerous the situation is today, let's talk about it together...

Following this series of words, Xu Shu's brows gradually frowned, and he couldn't help feeling:

"Is there such a thing?"

"Mr. Yunqi and I both feel that Cao Cao is suspicious by nature. If Zhang Wenyuan goes deep into such a vortex, he is bound to die. If Cao Cao's suspicion kills this general, this righteous man, then..."

The more Lu Xun talked, the more urgent he became...

Xu Shu let out a deep breath, showing a calmness and composure that was completely different from Lu Xun's. "I have been in Cao Ying for many years, but I know Cao Cao better than you... I returned to Cao Ying for the sake of Gaotang. At that time, I realized the direction of life. Sometimes I can't choose by myself. The officialdom is like a battlefield, and the battlefield is like hell. Mu Shi, can't see the way ahead..."

"Therefore, when I entered Cao's mansion, I vowed never to plot against Cao Cao for the rest of my life. I didn't want Cao Cao to tolerate me, and said that since I refused to be used by him, I would go and teach his youngest son Cao Chong. Prime Minister Cao's Mindful means, sometimes, people have to admire!"

Having said that, Xu Shu paused.

"Later, I met Mr. Cao Chong and found that he was kind and intelligent. I thought that although Cao Cao was wise and brave, he was too cruel. Such a person was not my favorite, but he was over 50 years old after all. I thought For the sake of the people in the world, can you teach a wise master who is kind and virtuous, who loves the people like a son?"

"I am a minister of the Han Dynasty. I will not serve Cao Cao. Instead, I will teach his son. It is an optional path. I am a scholar who was born in troubled times. My ideal achievement is to assist a wise lord and bring peace to all people! "

It seems to be recalling the old days...

Xu Shu seemed to have opened up the chatterbox, and narrated his state of mind in Cao Ying for these years.

Lu Xun was puzzled.

--"So?What does this have to do with saving Zhang Liao? 』

Xu Shu's words recited again, "But who would have thought that Cao Chong died suddenly after suffering from an emergency? I especially remember Cao Cao's mournful cry in the bleak night. He said he should regret it... regret it Kill Hua Tuo, if Hua Tuo is here, he will definitely be able to save Chong'er.' My heart was actually broken when Mr. Chong died... This is life, this is life!"

Mentioning Cao Chong's death, Xu Shu's expression was gloomy and gloomy.

He really regarded Cao Chong as his disciple, and he really spared no effort to teach Cao Chong, but...

"Afterwards, I asked Cao Cao to resign. Huma followed the north wind, and the bird's nest went to the south branch. I borrowed my mother to go back to my hometown to say goodbye to Cao Cao. It happened that Cao Cao was going south to conquer Jingzhou at that time. My mother's hometown was Jingzhou. I thought …This trip was a narrow escape, and Cao Cao did indeed send people to chase and kill me. In the end, Cao Cao also came to intercept me. Gao Tang and I were meat on the chopping block, but Cao Cao let me go in front of all the people and soldiers.”

"He told... the story of how he trampled on the wheat field with his horse and cut off his head's hair. He said that I, Xu Shu, was a traitor to the country today. It would be against the law of the country if I didn't kill him. Filial piety, back then Cao Cao cut off his hair and owed the people a life, today because of my filial piety, Xu Shu, because the people want to save me Xu Shu and pay back the life of the people, and pardon a righteous man!"

At first, Lu Xun didn't understand such a long passage, but as the words deepened, he understood...

He realized what Xu Shu was trying to express.

It’s true that Cao Cao is suspicious by nature, but he treated righteous men, Guan Yu passed five passes and killed six generals, and Xu Shu and his mother returned to the south...Cao Cao never killed him!

Cao Cao's love for the righteous is above his suspicion.

In other words, what Xu Shu wants to express is...

"I understand..." Lu Xun opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Xu means, no matter how suspicious Cao Cao is of Zhang Liao? He...he will never harm Zhang Liao."

"That's right." Xu Shu nodded, "Cao Cao is indeed a traitor, but he also has a rare true temperament in the world. He has an extraordinary attachment and love for righteous men!"

"But even if this friendship is put aside, the current Cao Cao will still not kill Zhang Liao, me, and Yun Chang. He is not afraid of anyone now, but there is one thing that he must carefully maintain in his later years, and that is the human heart. When Tu Xuzhou was slaughtered, Cao Cao was just a general. When encountering great changes in family affairs, he would be arrogant and disregard people's hearts, but today Cao Cao is the prime minister, the Duke of Wei, and the thirteen states in the world, including nine states, are all in his hands. Sheng, in his later years he must find and regain this kind of heart..."

"so…"

In the end, Xu Shu changed his subject, became serious and sharp, "So, if Cao Cao's behavior makes you think that he is going to harm Zhang Liao, it must be an illusion, and Cao Cao wants to use this illusion to do something. Or to confuse you! This is the most dangerous!"

Follow this topic to the end.

With a "gudong", Lu Xun swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he let out a long breath, and murmured:
"I get it... I get it—"

At this moment, Lu Xun not only understood that Zhang Liao's situation would not be in any danger at all, he also understood that Xu Shu's coming out of the mountain... What can it bring to Jingzhou, what can it bring to Bashu?
Xu Shu has a special understanding of Cao Cao, especially Cao Cao's character!
This is why Yunqi asked Lu Xun to travel thousands of miles to find Xu Yuanzhi——

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Shouchun City is still the study of that side.

It was still a desk table covered with a huge map, and the dialogue between Cao Cao and Jia Xu was still going on.

"Yun Chang, Yuan Zhi, and Wen Yuan are all righteous men, how can I be willing to do harm to them?"

Cao Cao's words were being uttered, "Gu intentionally punished Wen Yuan. Wen Yuan was imprisoned just to show them. Gu has already decided that if Wen Yuan can do great things for Gu Gu, then why not just let Hua Tuo's female disciple go?" In the past, Hua Tuo couldn't hurt Gu, but because of Hua Tuo's death, Gu lost his most beloved son. These years... Gu's hatred for him is not as good as the hatred for Gu himself!"

As if, the topic was led from Zhang Liao to Hua Tuo, and then to Cao Chong...

Cao Cao's expression became a bit lonely, and he missed his most intelligent and beloved son again.

Jia Xu heard Cao Cao's words, and said with emotion softly: "In the past, the prime minister chased Guan Yu, let Guan Yu go, chased Xu Shu, let Xu Shu go... If you want to return, you will be sent, and if you know the traitor, you will be chased. Today, Zhang Wenyuan, the prime minister will not be punished for his mistakes, so he casts doubts. Entrusted with a heavy responsibility, the prime minister is so broad-minded, no one in ancient and modern times can match it, but the prime minister intends to give Wen Yuan a chance to make contributions."

Cao Cao was silent for a while, "Wen He said, separate the pair of Guan's father and son, lure Guan Yu into the three cities of Xinye, Pinglu, and Yan, and then besiege and attack the city with powerful soldiers, besiege the city and fight for aid... In this way, we will Doesn't Wei need a good general?"

All of a sudden, Jia Xu understood everything, and he nodded deeply, "Is the prime minister going to give Wen Yuan the great achievement of capturing Guan Gong?"

"Hahaha, if that wasn't the case..." Cao Cao said with a smile, "Wen Yuan's suffering these days, as well as the suffering of the woman he wanted to save, wouldn't it all be in vain?"

This…

Jia Xu paused for a moment, but soon, his eyes must have rolled, and he smiled and said with emotion: "Actually, Wenyuan is still very useful today!"

"What's the use?"

"The prime minister said that Hua Tuo's female disciple was involved with General Wen Yuan and Ling Tong of Soochow. The prime minister would be so suspicious, but why not Sun Quan? Now, the prime minister can add fuel to the flames and take advantage of the opportunity to shady Sun Quan. Letter paper, if Sun Quan can use this to get rid of Ling Tong, then among the younger generation in Jiangdong, there are still generals who are worthy of great positions?"

Well…

As soon as this remark came out, Cao Cao's tiger eyes almost completely widened.

First, he slowly uttered four words: "Borrowing a knife to kill someone?"

then…

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha…"

He suddenly laughed out loud, and while laughing, he said to Jia Xu with emotion: "As expected of you, old poison, you came here to capture Guan Yu and punish Ling Tong. Your strategy is very poisonous!"

Cao Cao became so excited that he almost wrote the words "You are so bad, I like it so much" on his face!
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Outside Xiangyang City, the camp where the Guan family army was stationed.

After Guan Yu recovered from his arm, he moved the Guan Jiajun's garrison from Xiangyang City to outside the city.

In this way, Hou Yin returned to Jiangxia with [-] Nanyang crossbowmen.

Counting the 4 soldiers that Fu Shiren collected and expanded to captives, the [-] soldiers and horses of the Lu Family Army, and the original [-] soldiers and horses of Guan Lin, the current garrison in Xiangyang City has reached [-].

And Guan Yu's Guan Jiajun has more than [-] troops after previous defeats.

This is the first time that in the Xiangfan battlefield, the number of Jingzhou soldiers exceeds that of Cao Wei, and their morale is high and their fighting spirit is high... It is a rare situation.

It was also the first time Guan Yu felt that he was able to fight such a rich battle!
It is precisely because of this that Guan Yu, as always, carried out the "Juebei Road" strategy every year when the "winter solstice and spring come" were carried out, with the intention of intercepting all support from the Central Plains and the northern border to the Xiangfan battlefield before the flood period.

At this moment, a map is placed in the big tent of the Guan family army.

Guan Yu was sitting at the head seat, Zhou Cang was standing at the side, the eldest son Guan Ping, the second son Guan Xing, the third lady Guan Yinping were all standing, the fifth son Guan Suo was standing on one side, and on the other side were two generals Wang Fu and Zhao Lei.

Guan Yu is deploying a "new round" strategy for the Juebei Road.

"Same as last year, Wang Fu led [-] troops to garrison [-] miles northeast of Pinglu, Guan Ping led [-] troops to garrison west of Xinye City, and this general personally led [-] troops to garrison [-] miles southeast of Yancheng... Sanzhai joint camp , each other's horns, blocking all Cao Wei's invading enemies!"

Guan Yu blurted out his words, Guan Suo hurriedly said: "Father commander, the situation this year is different from the past. Xiangyang has been broken, and the fourth brother also has plans to attack Fancheng. It seems that the Guan family army does not need to go to the North Road, and Cao Jun's return is cut off!"

With these words blurted out, Guan Yu gave Guan Suo a blank look...

Of course, he also knows that this year's situation does not seem to need to be "extremely north".

However, he was in the watchtower at the top of the city, and he heard Yunqi's deployment by accident, and knew that he planned to launch a water attack on Fancheng during the flood season in July and August next year.

Since it is a water attack, we should pay attention to the timing, location, people and...

If it is further refined, then there are more things to pay attention to, such as positional warfare, tunnel warfare, trench warfare, psychological warfare, spy warfare, and weather warfare!

Many forms of battlefields such as these...

The most important...weather is heavy rain, geography is the height of the terrain, as for people and...

That is, if the torrential rain is not enough to break down the dam, it is necessary to artificially dig the dam.

You must know that before the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, there were many water attacks, such as the "Battle of Jinyang", "Battle of Yanying", and even the last stand of the water god Han Xin.

But in fact, it is a big project to launch a water attack and divert water to irrigate the city.

The most difficult two steps are decibels, building canals to bring water in, and building dams to prevent the water from running away.

Wait until the critical moment to dig the dam before diverting water to fill the city!

This not only requires a lot of manpower, but also requires an absolute advantage, so that the enemy does not dare to come out of the city, otherwise... the water attack is just for fun!
Therefore, the most real purpose of Guan Yu's "Jiebei Road" this time is to occupy the terrain and open up a space in the north. In the coming year, once Yunqi decides to attack by water, the Guan family army can dig through the Han River at any time and build dams. It's time to flood the city with water!
To put it bluntly, all of this... Guan Yu is playing "cover" and "support" for Yunqi, artificially creating "geography" and "human harmony"!
Of course, he thought so in his heart, but he couldn't say so on the surface.

He gave Guan Suo a hard look.

"Weizhi, do you mean to put all the pressure on your fourth brother? Do I just wait and watch the show while the Guan Jiajun is waiting?"

Uh…

Guan Yu's sudden cold words made Guan Suo tremble in fright, and immediately lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Guan Yu's eyes.

Guan Yu stroked his long beard with one hand, his gaze was like a torch.

"Guan was only injured, not dead. The Guan family army was defeated before, not dead..."

"In the past, the Xiangfan battlefield was besieged on all sides, and Guan was still desperate to the north. Why was the Guan family's army ever afraid? How could it be? Now there is Xiangyang City behind, and [-] soldiers and horses with the cloud flag? Can you not lift a knife?"

"In the previous battle, Guan and the Guan family army lost. It's a shame. This battle should win them all!"

Another two sentences in a row, extremely sharp words...

This time's words directly made all the people in the account bow their heads.

"The general has made up his mind. We will dispatch troops tomorrow and cross the Han River the day after tomorrow... After the battalions pass the Han River, they will occupy the most important points. The joint battalion will be spread out and Fancheng will be wrapped in it. Not even a rabbit can escape!"

"If Cao Cao dares to send people to support, if Pinglu City, Yancheng, and Xinye City dare to send troops to attack our Guan family's army stronghold, then you will ride your horses and wield your knives to sweep away the Han thieves all over the world, and the green dragon roars to the sky to take the heads of the bandits with your knives— "

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(End of this chapter)