Chapter 202 Rapidly Turning Situation

(a large chapter. Thank you for the reward of brother, Xiaoben, Mo Yankai and Shawn_yin. Hehe) Liu Feng is very clear that the crucial reason for his great success so far is that he has made a beautiful time difference.

If it weren't for Liu Bei in Shu, Cao Yan and Sun Quan would be entangled in the southeast. Coupled with Guan Yu's light enemy, Cao Ren's greed, if he set up a frontal confrontation, Liu Feng would not be sure to win either side. Even if you win, it must be a tragic victory.

Now, there has been a earth-shaking change in Jingzhou. Although the information has not yet been sent, Liu Feng guessed that Cao Qian is afraid that he is withdrawing troops from the southeast and rushing all the way to Jingzhou. As for Sun Quan, it is inevitable to see his brother-in-law swallow Jingzhou alone. Whether it is a big move or a small move, as long as Cao Jian withdraws troops, it must be one after another.

Liu Feng's only thing that he was not worried about was the "victim" Liu Bei. There was nothing he could do. Even if he wanted to seize Jingzhou, he was powerless.

Between the three parties, Liu Feng is most worried about Cao Jian now.

The reason is very simple. If Cao Ren doesn't plug in such a line, then Liu Feng's rise has no real threat to Cao Yan. Cao Yan should be happy to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

But now that Cao Ren has been captured, Xiangyang has been broken, Cao Qian's layout in Jingzhou has suddenly been disrupted, and Nanyang and even Xu Luo have been threatened by Liu Fengbingfeng. In this case, Cao Qian can no longer be ignored.

I'm afraid it's just a matter of time.

Liu Fengchu got Xiangyang. This place is different from Jiangling. There are many families who prefer Cao Jian. Although he intends to invite Kailiang, it will take time to return to the hearts of the people. Then, if Cao's army comes, if it only relies on Xiangyang and Fancheng and relies on Hanshui to fight, it will be unfavorable.

Relying on the Han River to fight, he must rely on the interests of the water army, but now the Han River is controlled by the Wu people. Even if Liu Feng has a sailor, his actions in the Han River must be controlled by the Wu people, which is obviously not safe.

Xinye is only more than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang. It was originally the gateway to Xiangyang. In those years, Liu Biao ordered Liu Bei to be stationed here as an outpost to defend Xiangyang, and repeatedly defeated several invasions of Cao's.

At least Liu Feng has followed Liu Bei for a period of time. Naturally, he is well aware of the important surname of Xinye.

The current failure of Cao Ren has caused Cao's army to have no leader in the area of Jingbei, forming a defensive vacuum. Liu Feng has no reason not to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to build an outpost defense position in Xinye before Cao's army kills.

Another important reason why Liu Feng decided to seize Xinye through Hanshui was to cut off the road of Jiangxia Taishou Wenpin's return to the north and completely annihi out Cao Ren's army.

Jiangxia County, the area of the south bank, and the important cities along the river such as Xiakou on the north bank have been settled by the Wu people. After Wen Ping surrendered to Cao, he led the governor of Jiangxia. In fact, his jurisdiction was only in the area of Jiangbei, and the governor was moved to Anlu.

From the topography, the Han River going south divides the Jiangbei area into two, with Nanjun in the west and Jiangxia in the east, and this Xinye is the intersection of the northern part of the two counties.

If Liu Feng is based on Xinye, there is the Yangtze River in the south, the Han River in the west, and the Dabie Mountains in the east. The mouth of the north is broken again, which is equivalent to becoming a turtle in the urn.

Since the bad relationship with Cao Jian is inevitable, it is necessary to do something. Liu Feng can easily let go of Wen Ping, a very familiar and talented figure in Jingzhou.

Just as Liu Feng rushed to Xinye, another army rushed to Jingzhou.

Lujiang County.

On the rolling Yangtze River, a large-scale fleet is riding the wind and waves, sailing against Jiangxi.

In the cabin, Sun Quan brushed his purple beard and stared coldly at the map of Jingzhou hanging on the wall, with a touch of anger in his eyes.

Sun Quan was very upset and angry.

I worked hard to fight with Cao's old thief in Huainan with 400,000 steps. You two people surnamed Liu were good. One took the opportunity to fight in Yizhou, and the other shouted that I would send troops and food for my brother-in-law. As a result, you took the opportunity to seize Jingzhou.

It makes sense for Liu Bei to beat Jingzhou, because Liu Bei promised to return the borrowed Nanjun to him as long as he beat Yizhou.

Legally speaking, the ownership of Nanjun belongs to my grandson's right, and the right to use belongs to Liu Bei. Now that you, Liu Feng, have taken Nanjun, is equivalent to robbing my Sun Quan's property. So what do you mean? Are you going to take it for yourself?

In this era of fighting for every inch of land, I will fight hard with whoever robs my territory.

More importantly, Sun Quan felt that he was humiliated. He could calmly endure being humiliated by the strong, but he absolutely could not be humiliated by the weak.

Sun Quan was very angry, and the consequences were very serious.

Therefore, after confirming Cao Yan's withdrawal, Sun Quan did not wait for the soldiers who had been fighting hard for nearly half a year to take a break. Even if he led 40,000 troops and more than 500 warships, they came aggressively towards Jingzhou.

He asked Liu Fengxing to plead guilty.

At this time, the fleet has entered the territory of Lujiang, and there are still a few days away from Jingzhou.

While thinking about his anger, the cabin door creaked open, and a general stepped into the cabin.

It was a young general. He was strong, with dark skin, slender and well-proportioned waists, thick temples and a wide chin, which showed that he had a calmness that did not match his age.

"Your lord, there is the latest news from Jingzhou." The young general arched his hand and said.

Sun Quan hid the anger on his face and turned around. Seeing that the general was Lv Meng who pulled up with one hand, he said, "Say it."

Sun Quan's tone was extremely flat, and it was difficult to see that he was in the city. He sat down and picked up the tea that was still warm.

"General Liu defeated Cao's army and captured Cao Ren alive. At the time, he has defeated Xiangyang." Lv Meng replied faintly.

This plain sentence was like a muffled thunder, which hit Sun Quan's heart heavily.

At that moment, the teacup in Sun Quan's hand shook.

That's Xiangyang. If there is no Jiangling, there is no Jingzhou. If there is no Xiangyang, there is no Jiangling.

The dream that the three generations of the Sun family have fought for for many years has paid the lives of the father and son of the Sun family, and they can't touch the place. Now, they have been pocketed by Liu Feng's boy in less than a month.

At this moment, in Sun Quan's heart, a strong jealousy gushed out like a volcanic eruption, and that jealousy soon turned into deep resentment.

Wo!

Sun Quan fiercely put the glass on the table, and burst into flames of anger in his cold eyes.

In Sun Quan's view, whether Liu Feng took Jiangling or Xiangyang, it was due to his containment of Cao Qian. Xiangyang City, like Jiangling, should belong to Eastern Wu, not the boy who could only take advantage of the fire.

"This stinky boy, the city is so hidden that even I was blinded by him." Sun Quan couldn't help gritting his teeth and scolding.

At this moment, Sun Quan had a deep remorse and regretted that he should not have betrothed his sister to Liu Feng.

I thought that Liu Feng was just a desperate dog. Sun Quan could at least use this dog to take care of his own door in Jingzhou. Unexpectedly, the docile and obedient dog at a time turned out to be a deep disguised wolf.

He was not only played in the palm of his hand, but also bitten back. It's no wonder that Sun Quan is not angry.

Seeing that Sun Quan was angry, Lv Meng was calm and said with a faint smile: "The Lord is angry, and the last general thinks that this is a great opportunity given to us by God."

Opportunity?

Lv Meng's words, like the light of spring, immediately smoothed Sun Quan's "injured" heart a lot.

Sun Quan's spirit was immediately revived. He knew very well that the young general in front of him had always been plotting. It was he who proposed to set up a dock in Ruxukou at the beginning. It was he who proved that Lv Meng's suggestion was very useful and made great contributions to dealing with Cao's invasion. .

"What's the best policy for Ziming?" Sun Quan's eyes showed strange colors.

Lv Meng said in a low voice: "At the time, although Liu Feng has won Jingzhou, the momentum looks like Zhongtian, but he has hit the huge territory in one go, but he can trusting soldiers and generals is only more than ten thousand, which is far from enough to defend such a vast area. Moreover, Xiangyang fell in the north, and Cao's army will soon come. Liu Feng will draw out a large number of soldiers and horses to defend Xiangyang. Although Liu Bei did not go to Yizhou in the west, he still had 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers in his hand, and Liu Feng had to defend. At this time, it is the perfect time for the lord to take all Jingzhou.

Lv Meng's "golden and jade words" deeply moved Sun Quan, or this was originally Sun Quan's inner thought. Otherwise, he would not have brought tens of thousands of troops to ask for his sins.

"How to seize Jingzhou, does Zi Ming have a detailed strategy for using troops?" Sun Quan's interest is getting stronger and stronger.

Lv Meng saw Sun Quan's heartbeat, and now he was also excited, so he made a plan to use the army.

Lv Meng's strategy is that Sun Quan's 40,000 troops were divided into two ways. The main force rushed directly against Jiangling against the river, and the other way went south to Xiangshui and captured the four counties of Jingnan. In terms of Xiakou, Lu Su's 20,000 navy quickly went to Xiangyang from the north of the Han River to contain Liu Feng in Xiangyang. Sixty thousand troops bloomed on three sides, making Liu Feng unable to take care of each other.

"The last general has calculated that the elite army in Liu Feng's hand is only 20,000. Now it is scattered from north to south, and the front line is extremely long, which is a violation of the military taboo. And our three-way army has an advantage no matter which way it is first. As long as the middle road can reach Jiangling City smoothly, it can cut off Liu Feng's waist. At that time, if the north and south are not connected, it can easily break through each of our army.

At this time, Lv Meng's eyes were so excited that he was eager to try.

Sun Quan was deeply infected by Lv Meng's strategy and his strong fighting spirit, but this was not enough to persuade him to launch a war with his former ally, or "little brother".

"It seems simple to destroy Liu Feng, but Jingzhou must have been more chaotic. If Cao Jianruo's army comes to attack, what should we do?" This is Sun Quan's last concern.

At this time, Lv Meng sighed and said, "What's the fear of Cao Qian even if he comes in person? Meng is willing to be in front of the Lord Xiangyang, with the benefits of our Eastern Wu water army, and the generals and soldiers are united. Why don't you worry about making Cao look at the river and sigh."

Sun Quan's heart was shocked. In an instant, his mind was occupied by Jingzhou's long-awaited fat meat and Lv Meng's generosity and self-confidence.

With excitement on his face, he paced in the cabin for a long time. He took a deep breath and burst into murderous spirit and determination in his eyes. "Okay, it's up to you."

.................. The soft and red sunset hung obliquely in front of me, adding a little warmth to the cold wind in early spring.

Liu Feng stood on the high sap at the north corner of Fancheng and looked quietly in the distance. As far as he saw, it was an endless field, and an ancient official road extended from the distance to the city on the field.

Looking at all the familiar things, Liu Feng's heart was inexplicably moved: after many years, he finally returned to Fancheng again.

Although this is not his real hometown, Liu Feng has always had a sense of closeness to Fancheng as the place where he lived at the beginning of his time travel.

It is here that he has spent perhaps the most peaceful and peaceful year. Since then, there has never been such a peaceful life.

At the gate at the foot of the city, an army of Wuxi barbarians is starting.

Because of the capture of countless ordnance in the Battle of Jingzhou, as a reward for Shamoke, Liu Feng distributed a large number of military resources to upgrade the equipment of this "shabby" but fierce barbarian army.

Now, this newly equipped army will set out from Fancheng and be ordered to seize the barrier Xinye County in the north of Xiangyang.

"Master, Mr. Shiyuan's emergency document."

It was Wei Yan who hurried up to the head of the city.

Previously, Liu Feng ordered Wei Yan to lead the army to conquer Lingling. Because it was Guan Yu, Hao Pu, the governor of Lingling, surrendered without fighting. After capturing Xiangyang, Liu Feng ordered Wei Yan to lead the troops and troops and quickly rushed to Xiangyang.

In Liu Feng's view, among the few generals in his hand, Wei Yan is the only one who has the ability to stand alone for him, so Liu Feng intends to order Wei Yan to take full responsibility for Jingbei's defense if he takes over Xinye to fight against Cao Yan in the north.

Wei Yan, who had always been calm, faintly showed a little solemnity in his face, and Liu Feng suddenly had an ominous foreboding.

After taking over the document, Liu Feng couldn't help frowning.

Pang Tong said in the letter that Sun Quan had led tens of thousands of troops and came to Jingzhou with great momentum. There seemed to be an attempt to fight for Jingzhou by force. He asked Liu Feng to immediately give up the battle plan of taking Xinye in the north and lead Xiangfan's army to the front line of Jiangling.

"Lord, if Eastern Wu is determined to go to war with us, he will concentrate on the main force to seize Jiangling. Up to now, defending Jiangling is the top priority."

Wei Yan's reminder, Liu Feng did not know that as for Sun Quan's advance to the west, Liu Feng had already expected, but he did not expect Sun Quan to come so quickly, as if he was stimulated by something.

"The Eastern Wu side is aggressive. I have to go back to Jiangling in person to preside over the overall situation. Mr. Wen, I'll give you this Xiangyang." Liu's tone was quite solemn.

Wei Yan looked excited, as if he had been waiting for Liu Feng's words for a long time. He said proudly, "Your lord, don't worry, I, Wei Yan, am here. Whether it's Cao Yan or Sun Quan, I will use the head of the item to guarantee that Xiangyang will be foolproof."

Hearing Wei Yan's bold and confident words, Liu Feng was relieved a lot, but he said curiously, "Wen Chang, the place of the four battles in Xiangyang, the pressure you are under will be unprecedented. I think you seem to be looking forward to it."

Wei Yan laughed and said bluntly, "To tell the truth, the master ordered me to pick up Lingling before, and I still felt that I was useless. Now the master asked me to guard Xiangyang, and the grievance in my heart was scattered. To be honest, I, Wei Yan, have been waiting for this day for a long time. If Cao Yan and Sun Quan dare not attack, I will still feel very disappointed.

It is worthy of Wei Yan, the courage of the tiger and wolf. No wonder in the past history, Liu Bei dared to be promoted and used him to guard the gate of Yizhou in Hanzhong.

Feeling something, Liu Feng also laughed and said happily, "Okay! I'm relieved to have your words.

On the same day, Liu Feng appointed Wei Yan as the governor of Xiangyang and promoted him to the general of Yamen, handing over the defense burden of Xiangfan's front line to him. After leaving five thousand elite Changsha troops for Wei Yan, Liu Feng led the Yu army, and Xingye rushed south to Jiangling.

Two days later, Liu Feng arrived in Jiangling. In the original General Liu Beizuo's mansion and now Zhennan General's mansion, Liu Feng saw Pang Tong and Liu Ba for the first time.

At this time, after capturing Jingzhou, Liu Feng quickly made new adjustments to the personnel deployment of Jingzhou.

Take Liu Ba as the farewell driver of Jingzhou, and jointly lead all kinds of political affairs in Jingzhou grain punishment with Xiangyang Kuiliang. Pang was promoted to the general of the military division and participated in the affairs of the Zhennan General's Mansion. Ma Liang was transferred to the governor of Nan County. Ascension to Yidu Taishou, partial general, west to attack Yidu. He promoted Huang Zhong to the general of Dang Kou, led the governor of Wuling, and the town of public security. He was promoted to General Zhenjiangling.

As for the original "old nest" Changsha, in the case of not many credible people, Liu Feng replaced his uncle Liu Bi as the governor of Changsha. In order to repeatedly make promises to Shamoke, Liu Feng ordered the separation of several counties in the Wuxi populated areas in the south of Wuling to establish a new Nanling County.

"Lord, with all due respect, your surprise attack on Xiangyang is really unconsidering. At this time, you really shouldn't openly be against Cao Yan."

As soon as they met, Liu Ba complained in front of everyone. Leaving aside Liu Ba's always advocacy of union with Cao Jian, from the perspective of the current unfavorable situation facing Jingzhou, Liu Ba's complaint seems to be reasonable.

"Zi Chu's words are wrong. As the saying goes, if there is no Xiangyang, there will be no Jiangling. Xiangyang is the barrier to Jiangling and even the whole Jingzhou. We are determined to win. Sooner or later, we will still fight with Cao Yan."

As one of the instigators of the surprise attack on Xiangyang, Pang Tong immediately stood up to explain for Liu Feng.

Liu Ba shook his head and said, "Xiangyang naturally wants to take it, but it also depends on the timing. Now he has offended Sun Quan and Cao at the same time. The two armies have suppressed the border, so that we are subject to the enemy on all sides. At this time, taking Xiangyang is simply doing more harm than good."

Liu Ba's tone is stiff, which means to openly teach Pang Tong a lesson.

Pang Tong sneered and said coldly, "Zichu said it lightly, as if Xiangyang is in your bag. You can take it whenever you want. Then I would like to ask, with Cao Yan's strength, if it hadn't been for Cao Renma's failure this time and give us an excellent opportunity, what magic strategy do you have to help the lord take Xiangyang anytime and anywhere?

(to be continued)