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

Chapter 420 People have two hearts, one is greedy and the other is unwilling
Inside the Celadon Pavilion, Gu Yong left, and Li Dian stayed behind.

Also left behind is Cao Pi's hesitant figure.

Wu Zhi and Liu Zhen looked at each other.

Liu Zhen said with emotion: "Soochow is really a lion with a big mouth..."

Wu Zhi glanced at Li Dian in the room, and murmured in a low voice: "It doesn't count, after all, they really let General Li Dian go, but on our side, it's empty talk and nothing."

While speaking, both Wu Zhi and Liu Zhen looked up at Cao Pi, and saw that he was still pacing with frowning eyebrows, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

It was still Liu Zhen, he couldn't stand the atmosphere, so he took the initiative to ask Cao Pi:
"Zihuan, do you think... the prime minister will agree to Soochow?"

"Father values ​​righteous men the most." Cao Pi paused in his footsteps, and said in a firm tone, "Soochow wants General Wenyuan, so no matter what, father will not agree, not to mention, Jiangdong... is the place where General Wenyuan is most afraid, but It is also the place that hates him the most, and sending him to Soochow would be tantamount to hacking him into pieces, and my father would also laugh at the world..."

Wu Zhi nodded, "So, Gu Yong threw out another piece of 'sincerity', and Soochow's purpose is also for this 'sincerity', right?"

indeed…

Just now, Gu Yong returned Li Dian to Cao Pi, and even allowed Li Dian to leave at any time, which undoubtedly showed Soochow's determination and sincerity to "join Cao to discuss Jingzhou".

Similarly, Gu Yong also made their request.

Or, hand over Zhang Liao to Soochow;
Or, take Shouchun City and the Huaihe River as the boundary, and Huaiyuan County, Fengyang County, Quyang County, Chengde County to the south of the Huaihe River...

In fact, the entire Huaiyin region except Shouchun... was ceded to Soochow.

You must know that the north and south of the Huaihe River are collectively referred to as the Lianghuai River, and the approximate range is from the Yangtze River in the south, Shandong in the north, and the Central Plains in the west.

Among them, the part from the Huaihe River to the Yangtze River is called Huainan, Huainan is represented by Shouchun, and Huaibei is represented by Xuzhou.

Because Shouchun City has no danger to defend, only there is the Huaihe River in the north, it is easy to be breached, and it cannot be called a barrier in the military, but in troubled times, the Shouchun generation must be a meat grinder, a field of cultivation.

There is a flat river nearby, and the two sides can invest their troops here to the maximum...

Soochow's request to cede the entire Huainan outside Shouchun City is equivalent to completely pulling out Shouchun's minions, exposing Shouchun City to Soochow's weapons at any time.

Once the Huaihe River is broken through, Soochow can go north to take Xuzhou, stabilize the Huaihe River, take the Central Plains to the west, and take Shandong to the north.

There have been successful examples of this in history.

For example, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, did exactly this, and even made Xuzhou, the place of the Fourth World War, his capital.

Undoubtedly, Sun Quan's purpose is to imitate wantonly and strive for more possibilities for Jiangdong's future.

So?Question comes?
"Prime Minister, will you agree to Soochow?" Liu Zhen asked at the right time.

Wu Zhi also looked at Cao Pi, and he was not sure about the choice of the prime minister.

But, how can Cao Pi be sure?

He shook his head, "I don't know, normally my father would never agree, but now...it's obvious that fighting on two fronts has put a lot of pressure on my father, maybe...the two evils are the lesser of two evils, At least Huainan... Even if Shouchun is lost, there is no danger to defend here, with General Wenyuan around, he can get it back anytime!"

He said so, but Cao Pi's heart, how could it not be difficult?

It's just... the same sentence.

With Sun Quan on one side and Guan Yu on the other, the two evils are in power, and we can only choose the lesser of them——

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...

Sun Quan summoned Gu Yong and Lu Meng again.

Sun Quan asked with a smile, "How do you think Cao Cao will choose?"

Gu Yong clasped his hands: "In Cao Cao's "Duan Ge Xing", there is a sentence 'The Duke of Zhou spit and feed, and the world returns to his heart'. How proud is he? If...he handed Zhang Liao to the lord, then he would not be Cao Cao...As for the second article, ceded Huainan The land, hehe...Even for that Cao Cao, I'm afraid it's not an easy choice!"

Hearing this, Sun Quan raised his eyes, "What does Gu Lao mean? Cao Cao will refuse?"

Gu Yong lowered his head in thought.

On the contrary, Lu Meng cupped his hands and said, "I will have some insights into this matter at the end!"

"Zi Ming, but it's okay to say it."

"It is impossible for Cao Cao to agree to this matter." Lu Mengning focused his eyes. He has been familiar with military books over the years, and he is even more scheming. He can see more and farther. "If you agree, then it is a compromise, Cao Cao will not compromise..."

"What Ziming meant, Cao Cao still doesn't agree?"

"No." Lu Meng continued: "Cao Cao refused to agree, but the situation forced him to agree... Now because of the flying ball, the Jingzhou army has captured Wancheng, directly threatening Cao Wei's heart. My lord, Cao Cao must have felt a huge threat!"

"The current situation...Cao Cao can no longer deal with the two battlefields alone like Chibi in the past. He is no longer the opponent of the Sun-Liu Alliance. If this continues, he will only collapse step by step. In the past six months...even if he Cao Cao doesn't want to admit it , but the facts are right in front of our eyes, Cao Wei suffered a terrible defeat! Today's Cao Wei is in dire straits!"

Having said that, Lu Meng paused.

"If Cao Cao wants to break the situation, he must compromise... So, even if he refuses to agree, Cao Cao will definitely take down the defenses quietly and let the lord attack the cities and counties that the lord wants! It's just... Maybe it won't be as we imagined. With so many people, it is not easy for Cao Cao to 'cut' half of the cities and counties in Huainan from the lord... Is this because of his sincerity?"

"Hahahaha..." Following Lu Meng's words, Sun Quan laughed heartily.

He smiled and took Gu Yong and Lu Meng's hands: "No matter what Cao Cao chooses, the surprise attack on Jingzhou must be taken!"

While talking, Sun Quan led the two of them to the inner hall, where a huge map of Jingzhou had already been laid out.

Sun Quan pointed to the already marked Changsha and Jiangling cities, and his tone became serious: "I never thought that Jiangling's money and food came from Jiaozhou, and they were transferred from Changsha. In this way, not only Jiangling, but also Changsha Take... Gu decided to wait until the dry season is over, Ziming, you will lead the army and divide the troops into two groups, and surprise Jiangling and Changsha at the same time..."

Sun Quan mentioned the dry season.

Why, this plan has to wait for the dry season.

This is because during the dry season, the banks of the Yangtze River are too shallow, and a large number of ships are traveling, which is very likely to cause grounding.

And now it's already January, and it's only two months before the end of the dry season.

It's just that Lu Meng had his own ideas, and he quickly suggested: "It's not okay to end the dry season, we need to wait until the flood season..."

"Why?" Sun Quan asked in surprise.

Lu Meng explained: "Only during the high water season, the current is turbulent, and there are billowing waves. The water and the sky are the same color, and the bird's-eye view is white, and so on... all the warships of Soochow were dyed white, and all the soldiers died. Wearing white clothes and white armor, crossing the river in white clothes, overlooking our army fleet will be integrated with the Yangtze River, so...you can bypass the vision of the flying ball in the sky."

Speaking of this, Lu Meng emphasized his tone, "My lord, don't think that Guan Yu was able to conquer Wancheng...by the sudden arrow from the flying ball! These flying balls go up to the sky, and the entire battlefield can be seen from a bird's eye view. It is the most terrifying, if you want to raid Jingzhou, the first consideration must be to avoid the eyes of this flying ball."

Lu Meng's words successfully persuaded Sun Quan.

Actually, Lu Meng only said half of what he said.

In the other half, if it is a flood season, under heavy rain, Lu Meng doubts...whether the flying ball can take off as usual.

Similarly, the heavy rain during the flood season also gave this fleet of "crossing the river in white clothes" the most concealed protection.

At this moment, Sun Quan's eyes were burning, "So... we have to wait for half a year, I can't wait!"

However, Gu Yong reminded: "Don't be too anxious about this matter. In the past six months... Let this pair of Guan family father and son help the Lord spend some of Cao Wei's soldiers and horses... Sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, this pair of Lords is also very important to Soochow. There is a lot of benefit and no harm!"

Lu Meng also cupped his hands: "The last general will start training this white-clothed army immediately, and half a year later, the white clothes will cross the river, turning the whole world upside down, shaking the world—"

Hearing this, Sun Quan put all his hands on Lu Meng's.

His words are serious.

"In the battle of Chibi, Gongjin set fire to Wulingang, and became famous for thousands of years. Ziming is the person that both Gongjin and Zijing admired. The former Wu Xia Ameng should also be a blockbuster. I lack a powerful man in Dongwu. Your general!"

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On the outskirts of Xiangyang City, in Mount Xian.

——"Whoosh, whoosh..."

A series of arrows flew out from the sleeve, three hits in a row, but there was still a distance from the target, but two arrows missed.

"Or not…"

A young man clenched his fists tightly, his thick eyebrows almost congealed into an inverted character.

It seems that because not all five arrows hit the target;
And because the strength and accuracy did not reach the ideal situation, the young man was very annoyed.

This son is Guan Xing, and he is currently learning a method of assassination - "Shadow Arrow"!
Standing beside him was a heroic and capable woman. The woman shook her head slightly and whispered softly: "It's indeed a bit close!"

This woman is Lu Xun's wife, Sun Ru.

Because she heard that Guan Xing was going to the north to assassinate Cao Cao, she personally taught Guan Xing the method of hidden weapons.

This "Shadow Arrow" is her forte.

It's just that it is called "Shadow Arrow", but it is actually hiding short, thin arrows in the sleeves, and then shooting the arrows out through special methods. This kind...often can kill people in about ten steps.

But because the distance, strength, and accuracy of the swing all need to be adjusted by the wrist, it is extremely difficult.

"It's so hard to practice..."

Guan Xing sighed, in fact, his progress was already very fast.

But Sun Ru knew that to complete the task of assassinating Cao Cao, the current level must not be enough, so he had strict requirements on Guan Xing.

"Difficult?" Sun Ru said with a cold face, "Do you think that assassinating Cao Cao is as simple as talking and drinking water? Do you think that you can kill Cao Cao with the Green Dragon Saber?"

"Hehe... Cao Cao is surrounded by tigers and guards, but only the tiger idiot Xu Chu's level? Can you get through it? How easy is it to get close to him?"

Speaking of this, Sun Ru sighed, and suddenly couldn't bear it.

The Guan Xing in front of him is not yet 20 years old, he is about the same age as Lu Yan, and he is far from mature.

But for Guan Xinghao, she can only force herself to be like steel.

"Ten steps, this is already the most likely distance to get close to Cao Cao! If you want to get one step closer, do you know how difficult it will be?"

This…

Following Sun Ru's words, Guan Xing gritted his teeth heavily.

He could understand Sun Ru's painstaking efforts, and even recalled...that time, when he knelt in front of Diao Chan on one knee, Diao Chan replied to him.

——"If you can do it and take someone's life ten steps away, then maybe... I can help you go to the northern border and carry out this assassination!"

Is this a test?
Guan Xing doesn't know...

What he knew was that if Diao Chan agreed, if Diao Chan's daughter, the mistress of the parrot, would accept him.

Then... what kind of mountain of swords will he Guan Xing step on.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair... This is a narrow escape!

Now, Guan Xing picked up the "Shadow Arrow" that fell on the ground, and planned to continue practicing...

Practice hard!

At this moment, above the sky of Mount Xian, a hot air balloon appeared in the eyes of Sun Ru and Guan Xing, and it was slowly landing at this moment.

Of course, this is not surprising.

Since the birth of this hot air balloon, it has taken on the important task of communicating between Xiangyang City and Wancheng. The transfer of letter paper is easy, and even... the transfer of some personnel can also be completed through this hot air balloon.

Even, under Liu Ye's guidance.

After a few back and forth, Zhuge Ke has been able to operate the "hot air balloon" proficiently, and has become the fourth "pilot" in Jingzhou after Huang Chengyan, Liu Ye, and Huang Yueying!
Speaking of which, hot air balloons can also undertake the task of delivering food, but... now Guan Lin only has two hot air balloons, and the scale of food delivery is too small. It can only be said that it is better than nothing, and it cannot help Wancheng too much.

Watching the hot air balloon slowly land, Sun Ru couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Yesterday, injured generals like Wang Fu and Zhao Lei were sent back. Who is it that is coming back today?"

A personal guard of the Lu family army hurriedly reported: "It is the second general who is returning today...Yesterday, the second general dragged Wang Fu to supervise the army and told Mr. Yunqi that he is coming back today!"

what…

Sun Ru was startled.

Guan Xing's heart thumped, and all of a sudden, his whole body trembled.

And then trembling... violent trembling.

Just like the words of the Lu family army's personal guards, he was immediately terrified to the extreme.

Finally...here it is.

huh... huh...

Accompanied by a heavy exhalation, Guan Xing slammed around like a headless fly, completely lost his mind.

"No...I have to go and apologize, I...I have to go and apologize to my father!"

Finally, Guan Xing seemed to have made some decision, his heart beat, and he walked out.

One step, two steps... the seventh step, the eighth step... At this moment, with a "whoosh", a shadow arrow burst out and stably sank into the stone steps in front of him.

The ten-step shadow arrow shot right in front of Guan Xing... just right!

It was also because of this shadow arrow that Guan Xing, whose heart was in a mess, stopped, and he seemed to calm down suddenly.

At the same time, Sun Ru had already caught up with him and stopped him with one hand.

"How did Mr. Yunqi explain it to you, have you forgotten? Have you practiced shadow arrows for nothing these days? Better to die than live!"

It is obvious that Sun Ru's words carry a little bit of meaning.

It seemed that she had known in advance that something big was about to happen.

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...

Guan Lin is discussing with Lu Xun the next strategy.

Pointing at the map, Lu Xun said: "Zhang Liao withdrew [-] troops from Runan, seemed to have made a big detour, and headed towards the capital of Xu. As you expected, it was Cao Ren who took over the entire Wei army in Fancheng. "

Guan Lin nodded: "Zhang Liao, like my father, is the same as Mr. Xu. He is a righteous man who knows how to repay his kindness...Cao Cao must also know that Zhang Liao's heart is not in Xiangfan, but in Soochow... Besides, he has experienced such a situation It's only natural to turn over and transfer away..."

Speaking of this, Guan Lin changed the subject, "It never occurred to me that Cao Cao did not hand over the command of the army to Xu Huang, but instead gave it all to Cao Ren..."

"Because I gave it to Cao Ren..." Lu Xun said impatiently.

Guan Lin interrupted him directly, "Let me guess, when facing my father, according to Cao Ren's usual combat style, he is probably the opposite of Zhang Liao's commanding troops, and he took back all the troops sent abroad, right? Did you hide all the soldiers and horses in Fancheng?"

Following Guan Lin's words, Lu Xun laughed out loud, "He thought, but how can Fancheng hold 10 people?"

"Now, Cao Ren is stationing 5 people in Fancheng, Xu Huang is stationing 3 people in Pinglu City, Yin Shu and Niu Gai are stationing 1 people in Yancheng and Xinye City respectively... It seems that Cao Ren wants to show As always, stick to the posture."

"This is the best..." Guan Lin said with emotion: "At least, the pressure on my father's side will be much less."

"Then what's next?" Lu Xun asked curiously: "Next, how should we fight this battle?"

"Balance... For the time being, we have to maintain the balance of this battlefield." Guan Lin blurted out this sentence, and then explained, "Time is our friend."

While explaining, he took out a bamboo slip from his pocket and slowly unfolded it: "My father is joining forces a hundred miles north of Fancheng, and at the cost of the blood and sweat of so many soldiers, he can bring an important piece of information. Already!"

"what?"

"Between Xiangfan, the detailed water conservancy topographic map of the Han River Basin." Guan Lin pulled up more energy, pointing to the map and explained, "My father has already included the important geographical features of the Han River Basin, such as water flow, ponds, and heights." The location and the sign are very clear. I just asked Mrs. Huang, because of this water conservancy map, the plan for water diversion and reverse irrigation during the flood season is almost foolproof. Even... Mrs. Huang designed a blueprint for me to dig a dam, Stay until July... No matter how many troops Cao Wei has in Fancheng, it will be useless!"

Is it still diverting water?
Lu Xun listened to Guan Lin's words, but focused his eyes on the bamboo slip. He could feel that this was the water conservancy topography map that Guan Yu and Guan Jiajun exchanged countless "fates".

Huang Yueying has already marked it.

Where to dig?Where to divert water?Where to store water... and even these locations can be completed on the south bank of Han River, which is equivalent to building a large reservoir on the south bank. The water basin includes Fancheng, including Xiangyang... will be flooded by floods!

The difference is that Xiangyang is prepared, while Fancheng knows nothing about it!
Look at it this way...

Diverting water and flooding Fancheng, this strategy...seems feasible!
only…

"We can last until July, but... your father...does he have enough food?" Speaking of this, Lu Xun showed a little worry, "Now Cao Wei transports food to the Fancheng battlefield through Shangyong and Runan, although the road is far away There are many, there is still hope, but there is no grain road between us and Fancheng, how can we transport grain to Wancheng?"

"There is food road..."

"Ah..." Guan Lin's words surprised Lu Xun.

Guan Lin pointed to the sky, "We have an air force. If Cao Wei can defend against the grain roads on the ground, can he also defend against the ones in the sky?"

This…

Lu Xun has also heard that this hot air balloon is delivering food to Wancheng, but there is only so much it is, a drop in the bucket!
Of course, the cost is also very high.

But considering that Guan Lin is not short of money, these are not problems.

The question is, how much grain is there in a rattan basket?Enough to feed five hundred soldiers for a day?

But... there are 2 people in Wancheng!

Lu Xun was astonished, and Guan Lin's words came out again, "I mean, what if I have a hundred or even hundreds of hot air balloons? In this way, I can give you all the food and armaments in Wancheng. My dad flew it over—”

ah... ah...

This time, Lu Xun was stunned.

He didn't think Guan Lin was talking nonsense, but...but he had a strong feeling that it was the speed at which Mianshui Villa manufactured ordnance.

Just like in the past, within one month... Mianshui Villa can produce more than 3 Qin crossbows, even ahead of schedule and exceeding the quota.

The speed is daunting.

It is no exaggeration to say that Guan Lin asked Mianshui Villa to build hundreds of hot air balloons. Within a month, it is really... really possible!
This is the so-called - Jingzhou speed, Mianshui speed!

Seeing that Lu Xun was still daydreaming, Guan Lin added: "Old Huang has already returned to Mianshui Villa. I also talked to him about it. He said a conservative figure. Within a month...two hundred hot air balloons, It's not a big problem...Even, Mr. Liu Ye specifically mentioned that some hot air balloons specially used to transport food will be improved!"

This hot air balloon started when Guan Lin handed over the drawings to Huang Chengyan and Liu Ye.

This is a matter of physics.

Naturally, the problems of physics should be handed over to Mr. Liu Ye, the "big physicist" of this era, so Guan Lin can rest assured.

"call…"

Hearing Guan Lin's words, Lu Xun let out a long breath.

Two hundred people in a hot air balloon is no joke... They are going to fly together, covering the sky and covering the earth, and even the sun will be covered.

With a "gudong", Lu Xun couldn't help swallowing.

Speaking of which, Cao, Sun, and Liu each have their own strengths in terms of military strength. Cao Wei is famous for his "cavalry", Sun Quan is famous for his "Jiangdong Water Army", Liu Bei's words...the crossbowmen are stronger, and the Shu army's words are better for mountain warfare one chip.

This is a balanced situation.

But if...a large-scale air force suddenly appeared, no matter in terms of reconnaissance, surprise attack, or coordination of arms, the increase in combat power would undoubtedly be huge.

is subversive.

Lu Xun didn't dare to think about it, because he felt... This has surpassed all his imagination.

Air Force, Battlefield... It's scary!

On the contrary, Guan Lin immediately changed the topic after talking about the idea of ​​forming an air force, "To be honest, what I am most worried about now is not Cao Wei, but Soochow?"

"Eastern Wu?" Lu Xun nodded slightly, "Sun Quan is indeed not a person willing to be lonely... But, despite the fierce fighting in the Xiangfan battlefield, Fancheng is still not captured, Sun Quan should not be able to..."

"What I'm worried about is not that the situation makes him have a ghost, but... this hot air balloon, the appearance of this hot air balloon, I am afraid that it will make Sun Quan think of more, think of the Yangtze River's natural moat will be easily crossed, think of the sudden One day, our army will come out from behind him, and these...will be enough to make him sleepless, right?"

Guan Lin bluntly expressed his worries. "The current Sun Quan is probably afraid of this hot air balloon, but also eager to see through it? Humans have two hearts, one is greedy, and the other is not reconciled!"

As Guan Lin said...

Sun Quan did have two hearts.

One is the heart that covets the hot air balloon, and the other is the heart that is not willing to stay in Jiangdong.

Just when Guan Lin said this.

"My lord..." Shiwu rushed into it, "The second general is here..."

what…

As soon as this remark came out, Guan Lin was startled. What he subconsciously asked was... where is my father?

Rather—"Where's my second brother?"

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　Ps:

　　(I'm a little tired today, and I'm not in a good state, just one chapter... write more water!)
　　
　
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