Chapter 245 Dramat Changes

"Why are you so flustered?" Xia Houyuan's tone was a little unpleasant.

He has always claimed to be in danger, and he has always asked his subordinates to do so.

Guo Huai wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and said this tremblingly, which shocked everyone present.

The enemy general Ma Dai rode in 5,000 steps and raided Tongguan.

Enemy general Zhang Fei, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, traveled west along the Wei River and captured Yicheng.

The shocking news, like a muffled thunder falling from the sky, hit everyone's tired hearts fiercely.

At that moment, Xia Houyuan only felt that he was hit by a water-soaked whip, and he had an illusion that he was in pain.

"How is it possible? How can so many enemies suddenly appear in Guanzhong?

Xia Houyuan shouted at Guo Huai. This information was so shocking that he couldn't accept it for a while.

Guo Huai's face was like ashes, and he replied in a trembling voice, "These enemy troops stole into the Guanzhong Plain from Ziwu Valley. We have no defense at all."

Ziwu Valley?

In his mind, countless thoughts flashed like lightning. Suddenly, Xia Houyuan figured everything out.

The plan that Cao Yan told him earlier was to use the sound of the east and the west, so that Liu Feng gathered all the troops and horses on the front line of Xiangyang and Jiange, and then raided Wu County with strange soldiers to cut off the passage between the two states of Jingyi.

After that, the army went south one after another to resist the counterattack of the Jingzhou army all the way to the east, and march along Jiangxi all the way. When Yizhou was empty and people were in turmoil, they conquered Xichuan in one fell swoop with lightning speed.

At this time, Liu Bei's army on the southern line has been attracted to the front line of the golden garrison, and the defense of the area is empty.

At this time, the army that captured Yizhou could take advantage of the virtual north to attack Hanzhong from the south, plus the troops of Xiahou Yuan in the west and Cao Jian's army in the east to annihilate Liu Bei in Hanzhong in one fell swoop.

Then, after taking all Yizhou, the army in Shuzhong attacked Jiangling in the east of the river. Cao Honghe of Xinye attacked Xiangyang in the south of the forbidden place, so that Liu Feng could not look at each other and seize Jingzhou again and again.

This is Jia Xu's plan to wipe out Er Liu's serial plan for Cao Wei.

Therefore, since the beginning of the war, Xia Houyuan has been well aware of his position as a soldier and horse.

It is precisely because of this that when Liu Bei's army was mobilized to the east in return, Xia Houyuan naturally believed that this soldier and horse was transferred by Liu Bei to the golden garrison to resist the attack of the three eastern counties.

But Xia Houyuan didn't expect that Zhuge Liang had seen through Cao Jian's final plan and had a general plan.

Ziwu Valley, which runs through the Qinling Mountains, is the most difficult of the three valleys, and also the closest one to Chang'an.

The Hanzhong exit of this valley road is located just near the eastern golden gir.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Bei was able to transfer the army to the east, but did not make Xia Houyuan doubt.

Nevertheless, Xiahou Yuan was not defenseless. When he went south to Hanzhong, there were still 5,000 elites left in Chang'an City.

Xia Houyuan believes that with the strength of Chang'an City, even if there is some kind of accident, these 5,000 elites are enough to resist until their army returns.

However, what he thought was that his enemy could just guess.

Therefore, after Ma Dai's vanguard cavalry left the north entrance of Ziwu Valley, they did not kill Chang'an, but went straight to the east to take the defenseless Tongguan. In this way, they cut off the passage of the Kanto reinforcements to enter the customs in one fell swoop.

At the same time, Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses captured Yicheng to the west.

This city is located on the north bank of Weishui, near the north exit of the Xie Valley. It occupies this city, which is equivalent to cutting off the way out of the valley of the army of Xiahou Yuan Xiegu.

Zhuge Liang's trick is not only to seize Guan Long in one fell swoop, but also to trap Xiahouyuan's 50,000 Guanzhong troops in the Qinling Valley Road.

What a vicious scheme!

Tongguan was lost, and the way back was cut off. How could Xiahou Yuan not have a serious surname?

He could only swallow his resentment and regret into his stomach for the time being. He didn't have time to think about it and immediately ordered the whole army to withdraw from the north.

....................................East of Wu County.

This is the 18th day of Liu Fengxi's entry.

His 30,000 troops were blocked by Cao Xiu's less than 4,000 people for 18 days in the narrow and long area of the Three Gorges.

These days, the details of crossing the mountain and returning from the path have kept sending back messages, saying that a large number of Cao troops are constantly entering Jianping from the Fangling path.

Just a day ago, Liu Feng got the latest information. A Cao army of about 5,000 people had captured Baidi City, the seat of Badong County, not far from Wu County, and was advancing along Changjiang West to Jiangzhou, the seat of Ba County.

On the side of Yizhou, because the road was isolated, he has not received any news from Chengdu since the loss of Wu County.

The whole of Yizhou has lost contact with him.

The only comforting thing is that Wei Yan of Fancheng withstood the fierce attack of 100,000 Cao's army with 30,000 people. In Xiangyang City, Pang Tong and others also successfully suppressed the rebellion launched by the Cai clan.

The situation in Jingzhou is still as stable as Mount Tai.

It's just that this is far from enough.

If Yizhou falls into the hands of Cao Jian, how can Jingzhou be alone? If he can't get through this crisis, Liu Feng is very clear that there is only a ruined fate waiting for him.

In the Chinese military account, Liu Feng stared at the word Wu County on the map, and his handsome face was occupied by anxiety and melancholy.

After a long silence, suddenly, he drew his sword and cut the screen and the map into powder.

The soldiers on the left and right are not in horror, and they don't even dare to take a breath.

Just as Liu Feng was resentful, one person lifted the curtain and entered. It was Meng Da.

Meng Da, who entered the account, had a little happy smile, which seemed to be a little out of place with the atmosphere in the account.

"Lord, there is good news. I'm afraid you will never think of it."

"Good news? Is there any good news? Isn't it Cao Xiu who retreated without fighting?

Liu Feng was a little disapproving and said casually.

Meng Da smiled and said, "Yes, Cao Xiu's soldiers and horses have really retreated."

Liu Feng was shocked and didn't believe that there would be such a thing. He hurriedly sent scouts to scout. Sure enough, he reported that Cao Xiu's army was pulling out of the camp and was slowly retreating towards Wu County.

The ensuing information made Liu Feng even more puzzled.

Tens of thousands of troops that originally went deep into Jianping and were ready to attack Shu unexpectedly followed the original road and returned to the direction of Fangling.

It seems that Cao's army is rapidly withdrawing troops to the north.

It is really incomprehensible that Cao Jun, who has the advantage, will suddenly withdraw from troops inexplicably.

At first, Liu Feng thought that this was Cao Yan's suspicious plan again, but a few days later, when his army was re-located in Wu County, where there was no soldiers in the air, and it was confirmed that all Cao's army had returned to the East Three Counties along the original road, Liu Feng really accepted this fact.

Thinking of Cao, I tried my best to use this series of tricks, so that I could cut off Jingyi Erzhou like a divine soldier falling from the sky. How could such a good situation of painstaking management be so incredibly easy to give up?

A few days later, the information sent by Jing Xiang made Liu Feng even more surprised.

It was originally more than 100,000 Cao troops that besieged Fancheng. Almost at the same time as Jianping the enemy withdrew their troops, they also withdrew the siege of Fancheng. Except for Wenpin's stay in Xinye, the other 80,000 or 90,000 troops retreated in the direction of Nanyang.

Cao Jian's abnormal behavior made Liu Feng gradually realize that something must have happened in the north, forcing Cao Jian to withdraw his troops to the north.

At the beginning, Liu Feng was still guessing that it might be a coup in Xudu or a civilian uprising in Hebei, which shocked the hinterland of the Central Plains, forcing Cao to withdraw his troops back to put out the fire.

But a letter from Pang Tong a few days later made Liu Feng really realize it.

Pang Tong claimed in the letter that Liu Bei had raided the front line of Tongguan, and the army of Xiahou Yuan's attack on Hanzhong was cut off in the valley and was about to be covered. It was only a matter of time before Liu Bei captured Guanlong.

The overall situation in the world has changed dramatically, so Pang Tong urged Liu Feng to return to Xiangyang immediately and make a new deployment as soon as possible.

On the second day after getting Pang Tongxin, Liu Feng immediately led the whole army to Xiangyang to the east, but ordered the Ma Jian army from Jiangzhou to be stationed in Jianping to prevent Cao Jian from changing again.

When Liu Feng led 30,000 troops back to Xiangyang, Cao's army on the other side had withdrawn for more than ten days.

New intelligence shows that Cao Yan is leading nearly 150,000 to 60,000 troops to return to Luoyang in the north. It seems that he intends to attack Tongguan from Luoyang to the west to open up the main road to enter the customs.

Cao's army in Nanyang quickly went empty. In addition to Cao Hong's 30,000-step cavalry, who was guarding Wancheng, there were only 10,000-step troops left in Xinye Wenpin's headquarters.

"Lord, Liu Bei has a great possibility to seize Guanlong. Once things are completed, the overall situation of the world will change in essence. At this time, we must have a new national policy to deal with this new situation."

In the state capital, Pang Tong said to Liu Feng and a heavy bureaucrat in an excited but dignified tone.

Pang Tong is right. Although these princes in the south fought with Cao to the death, they were always at a disadvantage because they were located in the south.

But if Liu Bei captured Guan Long, it not only meant that he had captured the land of horses in Liangzhou, but also formed a downward attack from west to east against the Central Plains ruled by Cao Yan.

In the past, the situation of three weak against one strong, attacking from south to north, will never return.

How can the situation in the world not change qualitatively?

"This Liu Bei will really take advantage of the situation. If it hadn't been for Cao's cleverness, I'm afraid that Liu Bei would not have encountered such a God-given opportunity among the old man."

In Liu's tone, he vaguely praised Liu Bei. After all, not everyone dares to use such dangerous tricks as smuggling through the Meridian Valley and attacking Tongguan.

Only a gambler like Liu Bei will break the boat and gamble desperately to determine life and death.

At this time, Kai Liang said, "Now that Liu Bei has entered the customs, Cao Jian will definitely do his best to deal with Liu Bei, and the pressure on Jing Xiang will be swept away. Lord, I thought we should take all the soldiers of the two states and take the opportunity to capture Hanzhong.

Cao Liu fought in Guanzhong, the soldiers in Hanzhong were empty, and there was nothing wrong with Kakui Liang's strategy.

However, Liu Feng's heart did not agree with Kai Liang's seemingly reasonable strategy.

How can Hanzhong be so easy to attack? As long as Liu Bei can defend this pass with more than ten thousand people, even if he pours his troops to the two states, he may not be able to capture this pass.

At the previous time, he mistakenly thought that he was attacked by Cao Jian on three sides and the situation was in crisis, so Liu Feng had an attempt to attack Hanzhong.

But now, Liu Bei's soldiers are out of the customs, Xia Houyuan is about to be destroyed, and the situation has been reversed 180 degrees.

In the case of Liu Bei's morale boost, Liu Feng raised his army to attack Hanzhong, which was obviously not in line with the way of war.

Moreover, if he goes to Hanzhong and copy Liu Bei's old nest, he will indirectly lead to Liu Bei's failure in the battle for Guanzhong.

At that time, Cao Yan regained control of Guan Long. The situation in the world will still be a confrontation between the north and the south, and the initiative will still be in Cao Yan's hands.

So, now attacking Hanzhong is like the Eastern Wu attack on Jingzhou in history. It seems to have gained a small profit in front of us, but in fact it has lost a long-term profit.

"Mr. Shi Yuan, what do you think?" Liu Feng turned his eyes to Pang Tong.

Pang Tong sneered and said categorically, "When this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity does not take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains, but to take what Hanzhong, which one is more profitable, does it need to be discussed?"

Pang Tong resolutely showed his attitude. Obviously, Liu Feng and his chief adviser thought of another one.

"Pick the Central Plains?"

Kai Liang was shocked and frowned and said, "Although Cao Qian's army is contained in Tongguan, there are still more than 40,000 Cao troops on the Xinye line of Wancheng. And I heard that Cao Qian also left 5,000 tigers and leopard horses for Cao Hong, which is obviously to prevent our northern expedition to the Central Plains. The opponent has been on guarded for a long time. How can he easily enter the Central Plains?"

If you take the Central Plains, you must take Nanyang first.

Liu Fengruo attacked Nanyang with all the soldiers of Jingyi. In this local battlefield, the number of troops can certainly have an advantage, but in the plains of the north, Cao Hong's five thousand iron horses have a power that cannot be underestimated.

If you want to attack Nanyang, you must first break through the enemy's cavalry.

It's not that I don't know how good it is to take the Central Plains, but that I don't have the confidence to defeat the 5,000 tigers and leopards.

However, when Kai Liang mentioned the benefits of Cao's cavalry, Liu Feng and Pang Tong looked at each other and smiled.

"There is no need to worry about Cao's thief cavalry. I have had a plan to crack it for a long time. What I need to worry about at present is how to transfer Cao Hong out of the nest in Wancheng."

At the previous time, Liu Feng had secretly made corresponding preparations in order to deal with Cao's cavalry, which was why he dared to attack the Central Plains in the north.

Kui Liang did not know where Liu Feng's plan was, but he still worried: "Even so, Cao Jian's order to Cao Hong must stick to Nanyang and not fight with me. If we can't annihilate the Cao army in Nanyang in the field, how can we take the Central Plains in the north?

Pang Tong smiled and said, "I have my own plan for this matter, but I still have to use another external force."

"Another external force?" Kou Liang looked suspicious.

"Exactly."

Pang Tongyi's breasts are like bamboo, and his smiling eyes are unconsciously thrown to the east.

.............................. Thousands of miles away, Mausoleum.

"Cough--"

In the hall, the elegant and handsome man was coughing his eyebrows and coughing as calm as water, which seemed to be a little sick.

"Governor Zhou, wait for a moment, and the lord will be here later." The maid said and served the tea.

Zhou Yu nodded slightly and picked up the tea to drink. In the mouth of the warm tea, the discomfort between the lungs gradually subsided.

It has been more than half a year since I came out of the mountain again last year.

At that time, Zhou Yu thought that after several years of recuperation, his body had recovered as before.

However, after the first battle in Hefei, under the physical and mental fatigue, his seemingly healed body began to feel uncomfortable again.

Zhou Yu vaguely remembers that when Zhang Zhongjing treated him, he once said that his disease was rooted in his heart. Only by calming down and leisurely nourishing his body and mind can he gradually eliminate the virus. From now on, it is no longer suitable for leading troops to fight, such a heartbreaking thing.

Zhang Zhongjing means that from then on, Zhou Yu will return to the field and never ask about the world.

It's just that if he, who has the world in mind, is really willing to retire, he will not be the beautiful Zhoulang of Jiangdong.

Therefore, when the opportunity came, he left Zhang Zhongjing's advice behind him.

Although the victory of Hefei once again achieved Zhou Lang's prestige, it also made the disease that almost killed him resurreate again.

"Gong Jin, why did you come in such a hurry and didn't inform you in advance so that I could meet you in person?"

With a kind and kind voice, Sun Quan, with blue-eyed and purple-eyed, came out of the inner room with a smile.

Zhou Yu got up in a hurry and arched his hand and said, "How dare Yu work hard?"

Sun Quan sat down with Zhou Yu's hand and said with relief, "Gong Jin worked hard at night for my Jiangdong Day. I will take a few more steps to meet you in person."

After a few polite words, Sun Quan asked, "Gong Jin, you suddenly returned to Muling this time. Is there something wrong with you?"

"Lord, you must have known the battle between Guan Long and Xiangyang in detail, right?" Zhou Yu asked.

Sun Quan nodded slightly and sighed, "I didn't expect that Cao Thief was smart, but he made himself into the current situation. I heard that Liu Feng was besieging Xinye with a large army. Someone advised me to take the opportunity to ask him for Jingzhou. I just want to hear what you mean, Gong Jin?"

Previously, Liu Feng promised Sun Quan that as long as he obtained Yizhou, he would return Jingzhou to Eastern Wu.

Sun Quan, who has always been staring at Jingzhou, how can he forget this.

Zhou Yu snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Those who say this to the lord are all eyes. The lord doesn't need to pay attention to their words at all."

In fact, Sun Quan himself also has the intention to ask for Jingzhou, but it is not easy to say clearly, so he infers that it is someone else's advice.

At this time, he was satirized by Zhou Yu, and he suddenly felt embarrassed, but he said calmly, "How can we profit from the chaos in the present chaos?"

"It goes to say, of course, the troops of Jiangdong, go out to Hefei, attack Hefei, and incorporate the green land into the territory in one fell swoop."

Zhou Yu's words were generous and murderous.

Sun Quan was not infected by Zhou Yu's ** and said calmly, "Although Hefei won last time, it was largely because of the enemy's few soldiers. At present, Cao Qian has learned the lesson of Hefei's failure. There are as many as 50,000 soldiers and horses left in Shouchun. If he marched from Huainan, I'm afraid it won't be as easy as last time.

Zhou Yu immediately said, "If the lord can give me 70,000 soldiers and horses, I will definitely take Shouchun within a month."

Sun Quan is very clear that Zhou Yu has always been the kind of person who makes bold words. Since he dares to be so confident, he must have a perfect plan in his mind.

At present, Sun Quan's spirit was refreshed and he hurriedly asked, "Is it possible that Gong Jin has a plan?"

The corners of Zhou Yu's mouth slanted, and the strange sneer was full of color.

(to be continued)