Chapter 37 The Battle of Crossing the River in White Clothes Begins
Adou saw that Song Laoer should not be lying this time. Song Laoer was right, stole food and grass, and used the official dock, and also hid it from Guan Yu. It seemed that this person's real power was really not small.
There are only a few people with real power in Jingzhou. First of all, Guan Yu. If Liu Bei is not here, Guan Yu must be the boss of Jingzhou. Secondly, Ma Liang and Xiang Lang. These two people were specially stayed by Liu Bei to help Guan Yu manage Jingzhou.
As for the remaining real power figures, they are the prefects in various places. In the local area, the prefect has the greatest power. These military rations are at the Jiangling Wharf, and the one responsible for managing Jiangling is naturally the prefect of Nanjun, which means that this matter may have a great relationship with the prefect of Nanjun.
And now, the prefect of Nanjun is Mi Fang!
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Xu Du.
Cao Ren's urgent documents were delivered one after another.
Guan Yu surrounded Fancheng. Now Fancheng is in danger, but he just forbidden the loser and sent all the reinforcements. With a fight, he lost all his tens of thousands of troops! It is not easy to organize hundreds of thousands of reinforcements to support Fancheng! The time to gather troops alone is enough for Guan Yu to conquer several Fanchengs!
If Fancheng is lost, the entire Nanyang will be exposed within Liu Bei's attack range. Nanyang is a plain, and there will be no decent defensive location except Wancheng. If Liu Bei sends troops from Shangyong and joins Guan Yu's army, how can Nanyang be defended!
If Liu Bei captures Wancheng, then Liu Bei can take Runan to the east, attack Luoyang to the north, and only need to break through Wu Pass to the west, and Chang'an will be close to you! More importantly, from Nanyang to the northeast, you can reach Xuchang directly, and the road is unobstructed!
Thinking of this, a drop of cold sweat slid off Cao Cao's head. It seemed that it was too dangerous! At this time, Cao Cao had already thought of moving the capital.
"Your Highness of the King of Wei, Sima Sima Yi, the army, asked for a meeting!"
Hearing Sima Yi's name, Cao Cao's eyes lit up and he said, "Let Zhongda come in!"
Soon, a man dressed in a thirty-year-old scholar came in outside the door. This man was Sima Yi!
"I have seen Your Highness the King of Wei!" As soon as Sima Yi came in, he immediately bowed respectfully.
"Zhongda doesn't have to be too polite!" As he said that, Cao Cao called Sima Yi and approached: "Zhongda, the situation in Fancheng is now critical. If Fancheng is lost, Liu Bei can drive straight in. At that time, Nanyang will inevitably be out of protection. Nanyang is only a hundred miles away, so I want to move the capital, what do Zhongda thinks?"
"Prime Minister, absolutely not!" Sima Yi immediately jumped out to stop him when he heard that Cao Cao was about to move the capital, and said, "Prime Minister, this matter must not be moved!"
"What should I do if Liu Bei calls me?"
"Don't worry, Prime Minister, Liu Bei will definitely not be able to fight. I'm sure Guan Yu can't conquer Fancheng!"
"Can Guan Yu not conquer Fancheng? Why?" Cao Cao asked in confusion.
"Prime Minister, now that Guan Yu's army is attacking Fancheng, Jingzhou will inevitably be empty. How could Sun Quan in Jiangdong miss such a good opportunity? I expected Sun Quan would take this opportunity to attack Jingzhou! So only General Cao Ren can hold on for a few more days, and when Sun Quan attacks Jingzhou, Guan Yu will inevitably withdraw his troops!"
Cao Cao frowned, thought for a moment, and asked, "Zhongda, Sun Quan and Liu Bei are still in the alliance, will they turn against each other?"
"Prime Minister Don't worry, although Sun and Liu are allies, they have accumulated grievances over the Jingzhou incident for many years. Previously, Liu Bei could not get Shu, but he could not make a family life. Now Liu Bei has already obtained the Bashu Hanzhong. In Sun Quan's opinion, Liu Bei should give Hanzhong to Jiangdong. However, Liu Bei has already eaten this Jingzhou, so how could he vomit it so easily!"
Sima Yi said here, and looked at Cao Cao's face and found that Cao Cao listened seriously. So he continued: "Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to defend Jingzhou. Guan Yu is a famous general in the world. Guan Yu is in Jingzhou. It is difficult for Eastern Wu to get into Jingzhou! If Guan Yu was defending Jingzhou peacefully, Sun Quan would probably not have won Jingzhou for a hundred years. But now that Guan Yu attacked Fancheng, Sun Quan would never miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I expected Sun Quan would send troops to Jingzhou soon!"
"Zhongda, if Sun Quan really attacks Jingzhou, what should we do?" Cao Cao asked.
"Prime Minister, the so-called two tigers fight will inevitably lead to injury! So the Prime Minister does not need to be anxious. It doesn't matter who wins and who loses from Guan Yu and Sun Quan. Just wait until Guan Yu and Sun Quan decide the victory and defeat, and then send troops to Jingzhou, you can enjoy the benefits of a fisherman! In addition, the lord also needs to send a general to lead some people to support Fancheng. There is no need to support too many people, as long as it can be delayed for some time!"
"Good plan! Zhongda's plan is very wonderful! It will greatly relieve my confusion!" Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction.
"Prime Minister, Lord Man Chong is asking for a meeting!" The servant came to report again.
Cao Cao nodded. After a while, Man Chong came in. After seeing Cao Cao, he spoke, "Prime Minister, Jiangdong sent an envoy to come. Say Jiangdong will send troops to Jingzhou. I hope the Prime Minister can send troops together to attack Guan Yu!"
Cao Cao glanced at Sima Yi and couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, it's true that it was not as expected by Zhongda. He ordered Xu Huang to lead his troops to Fancheng to support Cao Ren. He did not seek victory in this battle, but he wanted to hold Guan Yu!"
"As for the order!" After saying that, Man Chong and Sima Yi retreated together.
Cao Cao looked at Sima Yi's back gradually fading away, and sighed softly: "Fengxiao, have you seen this Sima Yi's extraordinary talent and is quite as charming as you did back then..."
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By the river.
Guan Yu's main force is now in Xiangfan. In order to prevent Jiangdong, Guan Yu set up a wide platform on the Xunyang River to monitor the situation on the Yangtze River.
On the river, a row of merchant ships came slowly, looking from afar, all the people on the ship were wearing white clothes. The speed of the ship was not very fast.
The soldiers on the pier immediately contacted the navy, and the navy quickly got the news and immediately sent a ship to check it out.
The ships I checked soon, the returns were reported, these ships were merchant ships, and the ships were all merchants!
I heard that the merchants were no longer blocked by the soldiers in Jingzhou. Everyone was very welcome to these merchants. Because as long as the merchants passed by, they would naturally ask some passing Lijin to re-engage for military purposes. With such a large fleet, this Lijin might be charged a lot!
But unexpectedly, during the second update, countless soldiers suddenly rushed out of the merchant ship in front of him and rushed to the Duntai by the river. The veteran general in the lead was Han Dang, the Jiangdong general, and the rest, such as Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, Xu Sheng, and Ding Feng, also led other soldiers to attack at the same time. The soldiers on the Duntai did not respond at all, and were all taken down.
The pier in this section of Xunyang River is the first pass for Jiangdong to advance to Jingzhou and the only early warning system in Jingzhou. However, Guan Yu tried his best to make this early warning system not work. At this time, neither Mi Fang from Jiangling nor Guan Yu from Fancheng knew nothing about this!
In the winter of the 24th year of Jian'an, Lu Zi understood that Yi crossed the river to attack Jingzhou...
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Chapter completed!