Chapter 203 The Movement of Heroes

Pang Tong's words made Liu Ba speechless.

Liu Feng was deeply touched by Pang Tong's words, and he was absolutely right.

For the weak Liu Feng, Cao Qian is the strong, Sun Quan is the strong, Liu Bei is the strong, and even the people of Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu are much stronger than themselves.

Liu Feng also wants to develop his strength smoothly without offending the princes, but in fact, is Liu Feng okay?

It's impossible!

In the place of Changsha, he had no choice but to seize Jingzhou. Jingzhou is also the place of four battles. As long as he fights against Jingzhou, he will inevitably violate the interests of the strong from all walks of life.

Today, the north has been seized by Cao, and half of the south of the Yangtze River has also been swallowed by Sun Quan. The strong are constantly swallowing the remaining weak, and the whole world is about to be divided up by the strong. Today's era is not like more than ten years ago, when the princes were fighting, Liu Feng had enough time to expand. .

As the weakest of all the princes, Liu Feng has no time to develop slowly. He must take advantage of this God-given opportunity to make a qualitative leap in his strength as much as possible. In order to achieve this goal, even in the face of today's unfavorable situation, he will not hesitate.

"Shi Yuan is right. If you don't take the opportunity to take Xiangyang at this time, it will be a hundred times more difficult to take it in the future. I never regret this decision at the beginning."

Liu Feng's expression was flat, and his tone quietly expressed his attitude. Although what he said would embarrass Liu Ba, in such a critical period, Liu Feng must firmly establish the authority of his leader, and he did not allow anyone to doubt his decision-making ability.

As soon as he said this, Liu Ba's face suddenly changed slightly, and his expression was a little embarrassed and unhappy, but Liu Feng's words were already like this, and naturally he did not dare to say anything about this matter.

"If this is the case, we should calm down now and think about some countermeasures to deal with the pressure of the two armies."

Liu Ba was still general. Liu Feng had already made a statement, and he immediately turned his mind to the overall situation.

Pang Tong's expression was originally a little cold. Because of the change of Liu Ba's attitude, he became lighter at this time. He stroked his short beard and said, "Although both Cao Jian and Sun Quan have the tendency to suppress the situation of the army, the essence of these two people is still very different. As far as Sun Quan is concerned, Cao Wei is still his number one enemy after all. I think there is still a chance for reconciliation in this aspect of Sun Quan.

Liu Feng also deeply agrees with Pang Tong's analysis. He knows very well that Sun Quan is easy to make small profits in front of him, so as to easily change the national policy.

Liu Feng hates Sun Quan very much. The destruction of Sun Quan is the second part of his grand cause, but now, the policy of Dong and Sun Wu is still extremely necessary.

"Cao Wei had let Jingzhou not attack before, but he was afraid that the attack would be more and more urgent. Instead, he urged us to fight together. Now, although Xiangyang has lost, I think that only when he sees that we have the intention to go to war with Sun Quan will he rise to the south to take advantage of the fire. I think it's better to send Guan Yu's head and Cao Ren to Sun Quan. In this way, Cao Yan will think that everything we do is directed by Sun Quan, and Sun Quan's army is also supporting us.

Liu Feng woke up with one word. He said happily, "Sir's strategy. If we can deceive Cao Qian and dare not act rashly, as long as we can buy enough time, we can concentrate on resolving the entanglement with Sun Quan and 'break through' these two threats."

On the same day, Liu Feng used Pang Tong's strategy to hold Guan Yu's head in a wooden box, and Cao Ren, who had his tongue cut off, went down the river and sent it to Sun Quan.

..................Xu Du.

A day ago, Cao Qian's army arrived in the capital of the empire.

Although most of the power of the empire has been transferred to Ye City in Jizhou, as the nominal capital of the Han Dynasty, the political significance of Xudu cannot be ignored.

Cao Yan planned to stay in Xudu and let the soldiers who had worked hard for nearly half a year in Huainan relax and recuperate. After receiving the news that Cao Ren returned to Xiangyang, Xu Du quietly watched the development of the situation in Jingzhou before making plans.

In the prime minister's house, Cao Wei's ministers.

Although the battle of Huainan was in vain, Cao's good mood was not affected by it.

The breaking of the balance in Jingzhou made him see the signs of the heroes in the south of the Yangtze River killing each other.

On the right side of Long, Xia Yuanyuan's victory was frequently reported. He not only broke through Ma Chao and forced him to defect to Zhang Lu in the south, but also wiped out the anti-King Song Jian, who had been in Xiliang for more than 30 years. No one could beat him.

All kinds of good news are enough to offset the fut of Huainan. On the banquet, Cao Yan, who was very interested, even wrote a poem and a song, pushing the atmosphere of the whole banquet to **.

In the applause of the ministers, an old minister with white hair walked to the present and arched his hand to Cao Qian, who was in the upper seat, "The Prime Minister Shenwu Xiong's strategy. His achievements are unprecedented, and there is no one who has come later. Xin thought that Cheng is quite promoted to the position as the Duke of the country. If not, he can't match the Prime Minister's wonderful achievements."

Cao Yan, who was drunk, heard this and looked down. He saw that the man who was talking under the steps was serving Zhonghua Xin.

A touch of imperceptible smile flashed on Cao Yan's face, but then he laughed and said, "Hua Shizhong, I think you have drunk too much. Why do you suddenly talk nonsense?"

As soon as the words fell, another person attended and stood side by side with Hua Yun. He also arched his hand and said, "The words of Hua Shizhong are the intention of our ministers. The Prime Minister fought east and west for the Han Dynasty, and wiped out countless rebellious thieves. The merit of rejuvenation is comparable to Guangwu. The court and opposition ministers, and all the people in the world all hope that the Prime Minister can enter the position as a public, so that he can appease Li Shu's heart.

At this time, the person who spoke was the advice of the doctor Wang Lang.

These two people are well-known people in the world. They are highly virtuous in the court and the field. They stood up and persuaded them to enter. During the banquet, the ministers immediately seemed to have blown up the pot, and they imitated the advice one after another.

Cao's hand brushed his short beard, looking complacent, but a pair of eagle eyes secretly glanced at the ministers in the banquet.

The ministers of this banquet are all Cao Yan's confidants, or from a political point of view, they have always stood firmly on Cao Yan's side. To be precise, they are all "our own people" in Cao Yan's eyes.

Almost all the ministers in the banquet were scrambling to persuade them. Only one person sat still and drank silently with his head down.

That person is Xun Yu.

It was originally a proud face, and a trace of gloom immediately flashed.

Although Cao Qian has great power, he can't make his own decisions when it comes to persuasion. He is preparing to modestly refuse to show that he dare not be in this position. Suddenly, a servant hurriedly entered the house and reported the latest news from Xiangyang in front of the ministers. I know Cao. I know Cao.

A piece of news that shocked everyone.

Cao Ren, the general of Zhengnan, was defeated and captured, and Xiangyang was lost in the hands of Liu Feng.

It was persuaded by the ministers to push into a big ** banquet, and fell into a dead silence in an instant.

Many people think that they have drunk too much and their ears are confused and can't hear it clearly. That's Cao Zixiao, the general of Zhengnan. How can he be captured by a second-rate prince like Liu Feng? This is even more ridiculous than a big joke.

However, when the waiter was trembling and repeated the bad news loudly again, everyone was really stunned this time.

"All right, I know. Let's go down."

Cao Weiping withdrew from the waiter, looking still full of spring breeze, as if nothing had happened. He raised his glass and said with a smile, "Come on, let's continue to drink and write poems. Is it that the interest has been ruined by a small thing?"

Xiangyang fell, and the Cao family's first general was captured. In the eyes of many people, this was already a major event of the fall of the sky, but they did not expect that Cao Yu could be so calm.

In addition to sighing, the ministers could only accompany their smiling faces and continue to drink, but after all, there was something in their hearts, and no one mentioned the persuasion.

A banquet ended in a subtle "happy" atmosphere.

Next time, Cao Jian ordered that the army should start immediately and march towards Xiangyang day and night.

According to Jia Xu's original strategy, Cao Jian originally wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. He watched Liu Feng and Sun Quan tear their faces to fight for Jingzhou, and then sat on the benefits of the fisherman.

But Jia Xu's strategy is based on the premise that Cao Ren's withdrawal from troops and Xiangyang, a southward base that can see Jingzhou, is in his own hands.

Now such an amazing change has taken place. The fall of Xiangyang not only means that Cao Wei has lost a stronghold where he can go south to Jiangling at any time, but also Nanyang and Xu Du are also exposed to Liu Feng's military front, which Cao Wei can't tolerate.

In any case, Xiangyang must be returned.

More than 100,000 horsemen traveled day and night. In March of that year, the army arrived in Xinye.

Before that, Jiangxia's Wenpin heard that Cao Ren was defeated, and Xiangyang fell. He was afraid that the return road would be cut off, so he had to give up the front line of Anlu and lead the army to retreat to Xinye. After Wenpin withdrew from the army, the Wu people took the opportunity to go north and pocketed the whole Jiangxia County.

............Xiakou.

In the afternoon, 40,000 troops from Eastern Wu arrived in Xiakou.

In the tent of the Chinese army in Shuizhai, Sun Quan summoned the generals of the Western Front, including Lu Su, stationed on the front line of Jingzhou, and announced to them the decision to go to war with Liu Feng and seize Jingzhou by force.

"Lord, I recently heard that Cao Jian has personally led his army to Xinye, and there is a tendency to go south again. If the Liu and Sun families fight with each other at this time, I'm afraid they will let Cao Jian take advantage of the harvest."

As a firm anti-Cao faction, Lu Su's thoughts have changed rapidly. Whether Liu Bei is in charge or Liu Feng is in Jingzhou, in his opinion, the basic policy of the Sun Liu Alliance cannot be changed.

Moreover, knowing that Sun Quan was unhappy with his previous help to Liu Feng, the more unswervingly he advocated and Liu Feng's alliance. Otherwise, if it was changed to the main battle, it would be tantamount to denying his previous actions.

Lu Su can't hit himself in the face. He has no choice.

(to be continued)