Chapter 86 ulging in mind

"Fengxian still knows the importance of something." Sun Quan put the book he had just received on the bill and nodded with satisfaction: "Guan Yu really doesn't know the depth of heaven and earth. At this time, he still wants to compete with me for territory. He doesn't think about it. As long as I cut off his food, he will collapse in half a month at most. At that time, Jingzhou is not all mine? Liu Bei Junchen is really naked. He looked back at Sun Shao and said in an aggravated tone, "Fengxian did a good job."

"Although General Sun is a little domineering, he is a Sun clan after all. This should not be wrong." Sun Shao responded with a smile. He could see that Sun Quan was very satisfied with Sun Shao's behavior and was in a good mood. This was the first time in so many days that he smiled like this.

"Do you want to be domineering? Who said that? Sun Quan looked at Sun Shao with a smile.

"He crushed the generals of the capital to death. Isn't this domineering?" Sun Shao also replied with a smile. He knew that Sun Quan was in a good mood now. In some ** words, it can be said that when it was something else, he was afraid that Sun Quan would get angry when he mentioned this word.

"That's true. This vertical does something out of the ordinary." Sun Quan stood up and turned around the room. "But then again, if it weren't for his common sense, don't take Jiaozhou out of the opportunity. How can I be so stable now? Jiaozhou, now is my granary in Jiangdong.

Sun Shao also smiled very comfortably. Yes, thanks to Sun Shao and Bu Qian, they won Jiaozhou last year. Otherwise, it is really hard to say whether they can stop Cao Qian's full-scale attack this time. Jiangdong is not short of grain, but it is just not short of food. It is impossible to provide a large amount of support to Liu Bei. Now with the 30-year accumulation of Jiaozhou Shijia, Sun Quan's waist is very generous. Not only is there no shortage of food for the Jiangdong army, but also a large amount of support for Liu Bei. Of course, the grain price this time is enough to bite a large piece of Liu Bei's meat. With sufficient grain, Jiangdong can not only sell grain, but also sell alcohol. The widespread use of alcohol not only greatly reduces the casualties of soldiers, but also can also be exchanged for money. If Liu Bei is only temporarily short of grain, then he has no second place to get alcohol. Sun Quan said how much as a stone, he has to give a stone, or you don't buy it.

After this battle, Liu Bei's disaster is far from over, and he has to face the next currency problem, which will make Liu Bei unable to recover in a few years. In this case, Guan Yu still dares to compete with Sun Quan, which can only be attributed to ignorance.

So Sun Quan was very satisfied with Sun Shao's behavior. He did not forget his surname and did not ignore the principle because he was Guan Yu's son-in-law.

"How's Jiang Gongyi doing?" Sun Quan asked again.

"It is said that it's going well. Although Su's thick legs have some opinions, nothing happened."

"Well, that's good." Sun Quan sighed and said with some regret, "I really didn't expect that Yu Ban, who was listed as one of the five good generals, was so incompassing military. As a general, astronomy and geography should be clear in mind. There is a flood season in Hanshui, but he is not prepared at all? The camp of 30,000 people was washed away. Alas, what a good general, it's flashy.

Sun Shao opened his mouth and didn't say anything. He said that if the five good generals were flashy, then Zhang Liao almost beat you to death. Wouldn't you be more flashy? However, he didn't dare to say this. He knew that it was the pain in Sun Quan's heart.

As an old minister in Jiangdong, Sun Shao knew that Sun Quan had a heart disease, and the root cause was a sentence Sun Ce said when he was dying.

Before Sun Ce's death, when he entrusted Jiangdong to Sun Quan, he said, "The people of Jiangdong are determined to compete with the world. You are not as good as me. I am not as good as you to protect the heart of the river. This sentence was originally about Sun Quan's strengths, but from another perspective, it is also about Sun Quan's shortcomings: you can't fight. At that time, Sun Quan was only eighteen or nineteen years old. It was the time of arrogance, and among his brothers and sisters, in addition to the young Sun Kuang and Sun Shangxiang, the first three were all martial arts. Sun Quan's martial arts skills were also quite good. He also hoped to fight on the battlefield like his father and brother and make great achievements. His third brother, Sun Yi, is like this. Many people think that Sun Yi is more suitable to take over than Sun Quan, because Sun Yi is more like Sun Ce than Sun Quan and inherits Sun Jian's brave ability to fight.

Sun Quan didn't say anything, but he was not convinced. After taking over Jiangdong, he led troops to conquer Huangzu, fight Anhui City, and attacked Hefei many times. He often visited the front line in person. At the end of the 13th year of Jian'an, when he was in Hefei City, he even had to wear armor and halberd to challenge the city. Why? Doesn't he just want to prove to others that he is as brave as Sun Ce? Why did he hunt the tiger many times and was almost injured by the tiger? That's still the reason.

However, in the 20 years of Jian'an, Zhang Liao gave Sun Quan a blow under Hefei City, smashing the confidence he had cultivated. The 100,000 troops were defeated by Zhang Liao twice, and the last time he secretly killed Sun Quan. This defeat became Sun Quan's nightmare, which once again proved Sun Ce's correct: "Decisive Between the two sides of the plane, you are not as good as me.

More than ten years of efforts have just proved this sentence.

Now that Sun Shao has been born, he has swept the East China Sea and the South China Sea in a few years, and has made great achievements. It seems that Sun Ce has been reborn. What will Sun Quan think?

So Sun Shao is very clear that no matter how obedient Sun Shao is, he is a thorn in Sun Quan's heart. There will be no problem if he properly says that Sun Shao is not in front of Sun Quan.

"Changxu, Guan Yu defeated Yu Jin. I think Cao Ren won't last long. Do you think Cao Yan will withdraw from Bashu or transfer Xiahou Dun to ask for help?" Sun Quan walked out of the lobby and came to the porch. He used to starting along the corridor. Sun Shao quickly followed and followed closely. He thought for a moment and said, "It's all possible. However, I don't think it's possible.

"Why do you say that?" Sun Quan asked quietly. He

"In order to take Yizhou, Cao Wei violated the art of war and poured out of the nest. It took nearly a year to finally attack the hinterland of Bashu. At this time, he was asked to withdraw. Isn't the previous efforts all in vain? So I'm afraid it's not easy for him to withdraw. And I'm afraid it's not easy for Xiahou Dun to ask for help. As soon as Xiahou Dun withdraws, who will guard between Jianghuai? So it's unlikely."

"Can't you save it?" Sun Quan couldn't help laughing, stopped, turned around and looked at Sun Shao: "Watch Cao Ren trapped?"

"Of course not." Sun Shao hesitated and said, "I think Cao Qian will move the capital."

"Relocating the capital?" Sun Quan really felt strange this time. He smiled and looked at Sun Shao seriously, "Why do you think he will move the capital?"

"Supreme." Sun Shao organized the language: "Where do you think Guan Yu can attack?"

Sun Quan turned his eyes and carefully considered the strength comparison between the two sides. Then he said, "With Guan Yu's current strength, he can probably occupy Nanyang County at most. Further north, there may be some whips out of reach.

"What the Supreme said is very true. With Guan Yu's strength, he won Nanyang County at most, and his front has reached the limit of Xu County. Then as long as Cao Yan moves the emperor from Xu County to Ye City, Guan Yu can only look at it and sigh. And he can calmly attack Yizhou. As long as he takes Yizhou, how long can Guan Yu be majestic?

Sun Quan was stunned. He only thought that Cao Qian would definitely come to save Cao Ren, but he did not think that Cao Qian would give up Nanyang, but Sun Shao did make sense to say so. If Cao Qian gave up Nanyang and continued to attack Yizhou, then he might still be the final winner.

Guan Yu's victory looks unexpected and exciting, but it still doesn't help if you think about it carefully.

"So... what should I do?" Sun Quan was a little anxious. He is not worried about Liu Bei, but about himself.

"There are two ways." Sun Shao hesitated and said, "One is to help Guan Yu at all costs and help him fight farther. He will not only fight to Xu County, but also Luoyang and Yecheng to force Cao to withdraw from Yizhou. The other is..."

"What's the other one? Say it!" Sun Quan is a little impatient.

"The other is to ask Cao to surrender in exchange for the six counties of Jiangdong. With the strength of our Jiangdong sailors, there is a big river in hand, which can occupy Jiangdong for at least 30 years. Cao's sons have no ability to use soldiers. How many years can he live? When he dies, how do you know that there will be no change?

Sun Quan was speechless for a long time, and Sun Shao's words made him at a loss. He turned back and forth a few times, and finally shook his head: "It's better to assist Guan Yu to attack Nanyang. Although Liu Bei is a scoundrel, it is much easier to deal with than Cao Wei. Although Cao Bian is over ten years old, who knows how many years he can live? If he doesn't die for another ten years, can I keep him for ten years?

Sun Shao no longer explained, but nodded: "Supreme wisdom."

Sun Quan turned back and forth a few times impatiently and said uneasily, "But if Guan Yu takes Nanyang, we still haven't made any achievements. I'm afraid we will be at a disadvantage at that time. No, we have to let Ziming and Gongyi seize the time to defeat Xiahou Dun as soon as possible and seize the land of Jianghuai.

After saying that, he immediately sent someone to invite Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, Lu Xun and others to discuss the matter. After getting the news, Lv Meng and others arrived quickly. When they read the war report, they were very surprised. They always thought that Guan Yu would have a hard battle. Unexpectedly, a flood would solve the ban. The progress of the war situation was a little unexpected. After listening to Sun Shao's advice, the three of them looked at each other and were a little embarrassed. Finally, everyone turned their eyes to Jiang Qin. If they wanted to break the deadlock in front of them, the first thing to do was to solve the Qingxu sailor, and the sailor in Jiang Qin's control became the key.

"I'm afraid it's a little unrealistic to defeat the Qingxu Division in the short term." Jiang Qin smiled bitterly. Everyone looked at him. He was under a lot of pressure. Although Su's legs are under my command, his strength far exceeds mine. Even if the new warship is in place, our tactics are not as proficient as them. At least we should be familiar with them for another month. Generally speaking, we will not make much progress within two months.

"Su's thick legs don't listen to your orders?" Sun Quan's face sank and he was very annoyed.

"I listen to the order, but if the execution is not complete, he can always find out a lot of reasons." Jiang Qin fell to the ground with shame: "I am incompetent, please punish me."

Sun Quan understood that Su's thick legs and others were not convinced, and Yang Fengyin disobeyed. Probably Yu Fan also did not do it. It's no wonder that Sun Shao made great contributions, but he split the Zhendan sailor, which would inevitably make people uneasy. This kind of thing is not a strange thing. If Jiang Qin is forced to mobilize Su's thick legs before his strength exceeds Su's thick legs, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive.

"Supreme, why don't you lure it with profit?" Lv Meng pondered for a moment, raised his head and said lightly, "Su's thick leg was originally a pirate. What did he ask for? It's nothing more than official positions and interests. What the later general can give him, the supreme can be given, and what the supreme can be given, but the later general may not be able to give.

Sun Quan suddenly realized and nodded repeatedly. Yes, he added an official title to Su's rough legs. With the benefits, he would naturally abandon Sun Shao and turn to himself. He asked Lu Xun's opinion, and Lu Xun naturally echoed. It's just that he was a little curious. Sun Shao also left Su's thick legs to Sun Quan. Is he really willing to lose his strength to show his loyalty? But judging from what he has done, he is not willing to tolerate. Does he have any other way?

Sun Quan immediately asked Lv Yi to write an order, adding Su's thick legs as the general of the building ship, Fengyi Tangting Marquis, eight hundred households in Shiyi, and each of his men had a reward. At the same time, in the order, he urged him to cooperate with Jiang Qin and defeat Qingxu Shuishi as soon as possible. At that time, there will definitely be another reward.

At the same time, Sun Quan also ordered Sun Shao to try his best to have a good relationship with Guan Yu and assist Guan Yu to attack with all his strength. The farther he fought, the more fierce the better. He attracted Cao from Yizhou as soon as possible to relieve Liu Bei's crisis. While the order was issued, he sent a batch of grain and grass. At the same time, he wrote a letter to Guan Yu, saying that he would do his best to cooperate with Liu Bei to defeat Cao Qian and restore the determination of the Han Dynasty.

When Sun Shao received the letter from Sun Quan, it was already the eighth day of Guan Yu's fierce attack on Fancheng. In the past eight days, Guan Yu has tried his best. The warships have sailed to the head of the city of Fancheng. The soldiers fought directly with Cao Ren at the head of the city on the warship. Several times, some people rushed to the head of the city, but Cao Ren played with his life and ran with Man Chong standing in the muddy water of [***], boosting morale and rushed to the head of the city again and again. The soldiers were driven down again. In fact, he was already desperate when he was defeated in the war and was ready to abandon the city and escape, but Man Chong persuaded him. Man Chong told him that although Guan Yu was still in Fancheng, his forward army had arrived at Jiaxia, south of Xu County, and the people were uneasy, but why didn't Guan Yu himself dare to move forward? It was because Xiangyang and Fancheng were still in our hands that he was afraid that the back road would be cut off and dared not enter lightly. If we break through the siege, even if Nanyang County is lost, Guan Yu can rest assured and boldly attack the area of Xu County. Do you think the Cao Guild will give up Nanyang and us? He will definitely send someone to save us. Even if we have to give up Nanyang in the end, we have to wait for Cao Gong's order. Otherwise, we are sinners.

Cao Ren thought for a long time and finally decided to stick to it. He killed a white horse at the head of the city and vowed to live with the city. At this time, Man Chong said to everyone that the reason why Yu Ban was defeated was not because Guan Yu was very strong, but because of the mountain torrents. The mountain torrents came and went quickly. As long as we persisted for a few more days and the water retreated, Guan Yu could do nothing. Encouraged by their confidence, everyone broke out with a strong combat effectiveness in the next few days, repelling Guan Yu again and again.

Seeing that the ten-day deadline is approaching, Guan Yu is very anxious. On the one hand, the war situation has not progressed for a long time. On the other hand, he also feels ashamed. He praised Haikou in front of Sun Shao. If he can't take Fan Cheng in ten days and Sun Shao's appearance, where will his face go? Is it possible for my father-in-law to admit defeat to his son-in-law?

At this moment, Sun Quan's book arrived. After reading the book, Guan Yu breathed a long sigh of relief. In an instant, he was very grateful to Sun Quan, not only for his spared efforts to support himself, but also for Sun Quan for giving him the best step. With Sun Quan's order, he can justly ask Sun Shao to participate in the war.

After receiving the letter, Sun Shao took the initiative to come to the door. He smiled as usual and never mentioned the appointment of the tenth day. In fact, he did not talk about the appointment of the tenth day with anyone except to Yin Guan. Sun Gao and others are still in the dark. Why did Guan Yu fight so hotly, but Sun Shao sat like a mountain? There is no intention to help at all.

"My father-in-law, how do you think we cooperate?" Sun Shao said to Guan Yu politely.

Guan Yu's anger has not subsided, but at this moment, he is no longer in the mood to be angry with Sun Shaozhi. If he really wants to make Sun Shao angry, I will wait for you for another two days. At that time, I really can't do anything about him.

"What do you think?" Guan Yu suppressed his anger and asked in a low voice.

"I hit the striker for my father-in-law. First, I rushed up and beat Cao Ren, and then my father-in-law came to teach him a lesson. Presumably Fan Cheng can go down."

"Are you so sure?" Guan Yu looked at Sun Shao unconvincedly and felt that he was bragging.

Sun Shao smiled faintly: "It's not a small thing to break a Fancheng with his father-in-law commanding behind. As soon as Fancheng is broken, Xiangyang is easy to do. Father-in-law, you should first think about how to enter Nanyang after breaking through Fancheng and Xiangyang.

Seeing Sun Shao's old words, Guan Yu said that he was not as arrogant as last time, because he now knows that without Sun Shao's help, it is not easy for him to take Nanyang quickly. He thought for a moment: "At that time, you will be the striker, and I will lead the army to advance. As for the territory, at that time, we will reward you according to your achievements. Since the two families are allies, it is easy to discuss."

Sun Shao smiled. Is this just like that? If I had said so, how could it be like today? He didn't say anything and agreed.

Soon, Sun Shao took the army out of the camp. He said to Sun Jiao, "I'll give you a chance to make contributions today. Do you see that? I'll bombard the south gate of Fancheng with a Thunderbolt cannon later. When Cao Ren is confused, you rush up with someone, and the first achievement is yours.

Sun Jiule's back teeth have come out. There is no reason not to agree.

Sun Shao ordered five buildings and boats to sail together near the south gate of Fancheng. Other warships were guarded around Fancheng, preparing to capture Cao's army that might break through. Everything was ready, and twenty Thunderbolt cannons and seventy-five giant crossbows on the five buildings began to bombard the city head. Sun Shao is not idle these days. In addition to letting the soldiers carry out the usual training, he is to prepare stone bullets and prepare a large number of stone bullets. The drill of the Thunderbolt gunner and the crossbowman is the top priority. After the intensive training in the past few days, the state of the gunners and crossbowmen has been adjusted to the best state. With an order, a They all seem to have taken drugs, and they have endless strength all over their bodies. The on-string, on the arrow, and launch are like an innate instinct, and they are dazzlingly skilled.

Cao Ren was confused at the first time.

When he saw five tower boats parked fifty steps outside the south gate, he had already felt great pressure. He ordered the crossbow and Thunderbolt at the head of the city to attack the tower ship, but on the one hand, the number was limited, and on the other hand, there was no opportunity to replenish stone bullets these days. At the beginning, he exerted a little power, and a few stone bullets hit. The building boat, but as soon as the building boat was powerful, they were immediately dumb. In front of the raindrop-like stone bombs and crossbows, their counterattack was as negligible as a drizzle. What's more, the first attack targets on the building ship were the crossbow and the Thunderbolt. It was just two rounds of strikes, and the crossbows and thunderstorms on the wall were damaged. Lost. At the end.

Next, it became the time for the Zhendan sailor to abuse unilaterally.

The gate tower that had been about to fall on the city wall was smashed, and the female wall that had been soaked in water was smashed. The warship parked in the steps of the wall was broken. The roaring stone bombs hit the wall with water splashes, and the water columns rose to the sky one by one. The long arrows like rain made the soldiers feel embarrassed and howled. One by one, they fell into the pool of blood and fell into the turbid water.

The whole south gate of Fancheng has become hell, full of corpses, blood, stone bullets and crossbows everywhere.

Cao Ren huddled at the root of the city wall, his face was pale, and he was full of pets beside him. He had always been resourceful, and now he has lost his composure. The Zhendan sailor in Jiangdong has been watching the battle for the past few days. They were still a little lucky at the beginning. The Sun and Liu families were pregnant with ghosts and looked separated. It seemed that there was still a chance to take advantage of it. Unexpectedly, As soon as the Tianzhendan sailor came up, he used a trump card and knocked them unconscious without even a chance to react. In a blink of an eye, the most heavily guarded south gate was beaten to a lot of holes and lost its combat effectiveness.

I don't know when the roar of stone bullets and crossbows stopped, but the shouting of killing was getting closer and closer. Cao Ren stood up, pulled out the long knife from his waist, and said to Man Chong with no mercy, "Bunning, now it's time for me to fulfill my vow."

Man Chong grabbed Cao Ren. Just as he was about to speak, Cao Ren shook his head and slowly pushed Man Chong away: "You escape and tell Cao Gong that Cao Ren is incompetent and failed to defend Fan Cheng. He has died with Fan Cheng." After saying that, he raised his knife and shouted, "Niu Jin, let me kill the enemy!"

"Oh." Niu Jin, who was full of muddy water, responded to Niu Jin and followed with more than 50 surviving guards. They rushed to the wall with the wanton blood. They were meeting Sunjiao, who had just jumped off the warship. Neither of them said anything and immediately killed each other. Cao Ren shouted forward, and the long knife in his hand was chopped left and right. In a blink of an eye, he killed three people in a row. Sun Gao was furious and strode up and waved the knife. The two fought in one place. Cao Ren's eyes were wide open angrily. The long knife danced so much that the tigers and tigers were in the wind. The knife hit the key point of Sun Gao, and only attacked but did not defend. Sun Gao was forced by his indomitable momentum and could not be used for a while. He was forced to retreat step by step by Cao Ren. Niu Jin roared with his own guards and protected Cao Ren. More than fifty trapped beasts were still brave. Shi and Sun Zhuo and others who rushed up were killed together, and one after another fell down, but no one took a step back.

Sun Jiing suddenly became angry. He roared, held Cao Ren's long knife with his left shield, and bumped into him. The long knife stretched out from under the shield and stabbed Cao Ren's lower abdomen. Cao Ren was physically weak, and he pushed him back two steps in a row. His lower abdomen was cold. Knowing that he had plotted, he was furious. He hit Sunjiao's shield with a punch, causing the shield to deviate. Then the long knife came, and he hit Sunjiao's shoulder fiercely, only three inches from his neck. Sunjiao shouted with pain and twisted it hard. The long knife inserted in Cao Ren's abdomen flew up and kicked Cao Ren's chest. The two stepped back a few steps at the same time. Cao Ren raised his last strength and pressed his left hand tightly on the back of the knife. The long knife scratched Sun Gao's shoulder, cut a long opening, and the blood spring gushed out.

The two looked at each other unconvincedly, staggered twice, and fell to the ground at the same time.

(to be continued)