Chapter 55: Taking the Road to Xiangyang
"Liu Feng, write a letter by himself?" When he heard this news, not only Cao Cao, but also most of the advisers under Cao Cao were confused.
Cao Cao and Liu Feng have nothing to do with each other, why did he write a letter to Cao Cao?
This is Liu Feng, the adopted son whom Liu Bei only accepted after he arrived in Jingzhou. Speaking of which, Liu Feng and Cao Cao had never met each other, and there was no friendship at all. Moreover, Liu Feng was far away in Shangyong and he was in Mobi, a hundred miles apart. What was wrong with Liu Feng having to write a letter to Cao Cao?
"Your Highness King of Wei, do you see if there is a conspiracy here?" Man Chong said hurriedly next to him.
Cao Cao had always been suspicious, and when he heard this, he narrowed his eyes and felt that this might be Zhuge Liang's conspiracy. It would be strange if he didn't know how to write a letter to him for no reason! Cao Cao was worried that he would not accept the call and sent someone to drive away the messenger who delivered the letter, but this seemed too timid, so Cao Cao ordered: "Support Liu Feng's letter!"
After a while, the school submitted a letter, and saw that the six big words "His Royal Highness of Wei" were written on the letter, which were flying dragons and phoenixes, vigorous and powerful. You can tell at a glance that it was written by a military general.
Cao Cao opened the letter and looked carefully, afraid that he would miss something and fall into Zhuge Liang's trap. However, after reading most of the paper, it was all nonsense, such as the attack on Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought against Lu Bu together. In short, most of the paper recalled the things between Cao Cao and Liu Bei back then, and only mentioned the good things but not the bad things, the whole thing was similar to the ones that were close.
Cao Cao frowned. What trick did Zhuge Liang do? Cao Cao continued to look down. Most of the remaining sheets of paper were all New Year greetings, which flattered Cao Cao to heaven. Many flatteries were nothing to do with Cao Cao. Cao Cao thought to himself that he actually had so many advantages.
Cao Cao became even more confused. What was going on? He sent a letter to make friends with him and then flattered him for a long time. Cao Cao looked down in confusion and finally saw the last sentence.
"Now my uncle is in Maicheng. In a moment of danger, I will go to Maicheng to rescue him. I want to use Xiangyang to hope that His Highness the King of Wei will be forgiven..."
The "uncle" mentioned by Liu Feng is naturally Guan Yu. This time, Cao Cao understood it. After working on it for a long time, Liu Feng wrote this letter to himself, which was almost a New Year greeting, just to use Xiangyang to go to Maicheng to save Guan Yu!
Cao Cao handed the letter to his subordinates for circulating it. After reading it, everyone showed an incredible look. When the letter reached Cao Ren, Cao Ren couldn't help laughing out loud, and kept saying, "Is this Liu Feng crazy? I borrowed the way to save Guan Yu... Hahaha... I'm so laughing!"
Cao Ren has always been ignorant and careless, but no one in the army can control him except Cao Cao. Now, although Cao Cao feels a little displeased with Cao Ren's appearance, he has been with his old brother for decades, so Cao Cao has not blamed him.
"Your Highness, Liu Feng borrowed Jingzhou from us. There must be some conspiracy and tricks. Could it be that he was a false plan to destroy Guo?"
"Prime Minister, I think this should not be a fake strategy to destroy Guo. After all, Liu Fengyanming just used Xiangyang to go to Maicheng and walked outside Xiangyang City! What's more, General Xu Huang's army guarded in Xiangyang City, so how could Shangyong's little troops be attacked!"
Cao Cao's advisers began to discuss it one after another. Cao Ren next to him couldn't stand it and said, "Don't you argue anymore. Liu Feng said that we should lend it to him if we can do it! No matter what conspiracy he is, as long as he dares to come to Xiangyang and lead a team of soldiers to force them away, why bother with such trouble!"
Everyone was stunned and thought that what Cao Ren said was very reasonable. If someone borrowed the truth, he would just borrow it himself! No matter what strategy he made, as long as the army was on the road and blocked the road, no strategy would be useful.
Cao Cao smiled. He looked crazy all day long, but when he was leading the troops to fight, his mind was very clear and not vague at all.
"Zixiao, I want you to go to Xiangyang in person and tell Xu Huang that if Liu Feng really wants to pass through Xiangyang, he will not stop him from going there!" Cao Cao suddenly said.
"What? Let him go?" Everyone present was stunned.
"Brother, are you saying letting Liu Feng go?" Cao Ren thought he had heard it wrong and asked incredible.
Cao Cao nodded: "Yes, we not only want to let him go, but if they are not familiar with the road, we also need to find some guides for them who are familiar with the road, and make sure they can arrive at Maicheng as soon as possible!"
Everyone opened their mouths wide and looked at Cao Cao in surprise. No one knew what Cao Cao was thinking.
Seeing the expressions of his subordinates, Cao Cao smiled proudly. No one knew what he was going to do. This was the best! Only in this way could he show his profoundness and let them know how powerful this lord is! He hated that Yang Xiu the most. He could not hide anything in his mind every time. Fortunately, he killed him, otherwise everyone would learn the same as Yang Xiu, and he would have any prestige at all!
Cao Cao waved his hands and signaled everyone to calm down. In fact, everyone was waiting for Cao Cao to explain, and no one spoke at all.
Cao Cao explained: "Now that Yun Chang and Lu Meng fought in Jingzhou, I thought it would be a protracted war. In the end, both sides would inevitably suffer losses. At that time, I can lead the army south while both sides were tired, so Jingzhou can get it! But I didn't expect that Yun Chang was too careless and was defeated so quickly. Not only did Lu Meng not lose much, but he also incorporated tens of thousands of surrendered troops in Jingzhou, and his strength increased greatly. If I went south to Jingzhou at this time, I would probably not be worth the loss..."
Cao Cao paused and looked at the people below listening very seriously, so he continued, "So we are going to let Liu Feng go to Maicheng now. Yun Chang is a famous general of the world, and his adopted son Guan Ping is also a brave man. If he joins Shangyong's reinforcements, it will be like a dragon going out to sea and a tiger going down the mountain. If Guan Yu leads his troops to break through at that time, Lu Meng will have all his strength to intercept it. It is still unknown who will kill him, but there will be a fierce battle between the two sides! We can reap the benefits of the fisherman..."
Speaking of this, Cao Cao smiled proudly, and everyone under his command hurriedly began to flatter Cao Cao.
"Brother, you're right. But what if Guan Yu doesn't fight with Lu Meng, and run away directly?" Cao Ren asked.
Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction. Cao Ren asked the point directly. Cao Cao said: "Yiling has been occupied by Sun Quan, and Yun Chang will definitely not be able to return to Shu. If Yun Chang escapes directly, there are only two roads to go. One is to pass westward and return to Shangyong. I expected that Lu Meng would set up layers of ambush on this road, and Yun Chang would have to fight if he didn't fight. As for the other road, go north to Shangyong along the bank of Xiangjiang River, and you will definitely pass by my Xiangyang at this time. Zi Xiao. Once Yun Chang thought about returning to Shangyong in Xiangyang, it depends on you!"
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Chapter 2 is delivered, and there is a third chapter later.
Chapter completed!