Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 940

Cao Xiu grasped the reins tightly from left to right, and stabbed the horse's rump with a sword in his right hand. The horse was in pain and jumped into the river. Cao Xiu and his horse were swallowed by the Han River.

"Cao Xiu is really strange. He would rather be buried in the belly of a fish than leave a whole body." Lan Ji shook his head puzzled.

Guan Yu glanced at Lan Ji, stroked his beard and sighed: "Cao Cao has a good eye, Cao Xiu is indeed a thousand-mile horse, but it was the fault of the Cao family."

"General, the scouts came to report more than ten days ago. Zhang He and Cao Xiu split up and crossed the river. This person is a veteran of the Wei State. The young general is there," Pang De reminded in a low voice.

"My eldest brother is not afraid of Zhang Yun." Guan Xing muttered and lowered his head.

Guan Yu didn't blame Guan Xing for interrupting, but said decisively with false eyes: "Zhang Yun is already a lost dog, and I have confidence in Tan Zhi."

"Grandfather, since we have wiped out Cao Xiu's army, shouldn't it be time to march into the Central Plains?" Lan Ji asked excitedly.

Guan Yu nodded slightly, "Let's go to Wancheng to station first. After Yuanzhi clears the river, the supplies from the rear can be transported to the front. In addition, I haven't heard from your father for a long time, and I don't know how the Huainan battlefield is going. Hefei is a difficult point."

"Hehe, the Wei army in Runan didn't support Cao Xiu. I'm afraid Xia Houshang will have a hard time. When we conquer the Central Plains first, the Wei army in Huainan will be destroyed without attack." Lan Ji showed a row of teeth.

"There are Gan Ning, Lu Xun, and your elder brother who is like a father in the Huainan battlefield. Xia Houshang is probably no better than Cao Xiu." Guan Yu nodded in affirmation first, and then told Guan Xing: "Let's lead the team to go north first, and you go Xiangyang invited Yuan Zhi to come to Wancheng, as a father, I want to discuss with him the use of troops in the Central Plains."

"Wei." Guan Xing cupped his fists.

"Lingming, you lead the cavalry from your headquarters to Xinye. Zhang He has a lot of soldiers and horses, so you can help Tan Zhi wipe out the remnants of the enemy." Guan Yu said again.

"The last general takes orders." Pang De responded sonorously.

When Pang De arrived in Xinye, he learned that Guan Ping had won all three battles with Zhang He, and that the Wei army finally fled to Pingshi, Biyang and other places, and Guan Ping was now pursuing him.

The generals of Zhang He were so hungry that they couldn't match Guan Ping's soldiers head-on, so Zhang He made a crooked idea when he was defeated in the first battle. He took the initiative to invite Guan Ping to single-handedly before the battle, hoping to be like Lan Ji beheaded Cao Zhang. , Through the formation of the enemy will restore the decline.

As a result, Guan Ping's strength was also astonishing, and he was able to fight Zhang Yun for [-] rounds with ease.

Zhang He wanted to go to Runan to ask Man Chong to blame, because Cao Xiu and Guan Yu had been dealing with Guan Yu for more than half a year, and Runan hadn't sent a single soldier or grain of food there, but before he arrived in Pingyu, he found that the people on the way had closed their doors and closed their houses. What a big deal.

After inquiring, it was learned that Huainan was completely lost, and the people of Runan were forced to take them to the lower reaches of the Huaihe River by Man Chong. They also used the same method of blocking the river, and planned to use the same stupid method to delay Yangzhou's navy and warships from entering the Central Plains through the Huaihe River.

After hearing this, Zhang Yun suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the people everywhere hid from him and seemed to regard him as a recruited officer, but he couldn't understand how Hefei was strong and how Xia Houshang was defeated.

Xia Houshang lost Huainan, and Runan will soon become a new battlefield.

Upholding the principle that a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall, Zhang He resolutely chose to leave Runan and flee to the capital Luoyang via Yingchuan.

Originally thought that both Nanyang and Huainan were lost, and the atmosphere in Luoyang would be very tense, but Zhang Yun found a different scene. He saw many large boats parked beside Luoshui, and he could faintly hear women's laughter.

When Zhang He stood there wondering, a group of soldiers in imperial uniform quickly surrounded him, and he immediately revealed his identity, which also attracted Zhu Shuo, the leading general in the army.

"General Zhang, is it possible that the battle in Nanyang is over? Da Sima sent you back?" Zhu Shuo was full of doubts.

Zhang He asked in surprise, "Don't tell me General Zhu doesn't know?"

"I don't know what?" Zhu Shuo frowned.

Zhang He swallowed his saliva, and replied with difficulty: "Guan Yu used tricks to cut off the grain roads in the Central Plains, and the garrison in Wancheng was defeated because of cutting off cooking. Nanyang may have fallen into the enemy's hands."

"What did you say? Where is Da Sima?" Zhu Shuo's jaw almost dropped.

"Guan Yu blocked the road back to the Central Plains, so Da Sima could only choose to divide his troops to break through in the opposite direction. He hoped that by attacking Fancheng and Xiangyang, Guan Yu's Jingzhou soldiers and horses would be forced to return. Da Sima joined forces inside and outside, my mission is to go to Runan to ask for reinforcements, I don’t know if he will succeed or not.” Although Zhang Yun said so, he thought that the danger was more than good, because after all, soldiers who were so hungry that they were weak all over, what should they do? Take Fancheng and Xiangyang?
Zhu Shuo frowned, "The counties sent many soldiers and horses out of Ye County to investigate, but they were all blocked by the enemy general Meng Da outside Duyang City. Recently, there has been no new move in the direction of Duyang. Perhaps Da Sima's plan has succeeded. gone?"

"Eh, we don't know yet." Zhang Yun said in his heart that if Cao Xiu's plan can be successful, he doesn't know how lucky it will be. He changed the subject and pointed to the boats in Luoshui and asked curiously: "Yancai, who are you?"

"Last year, Guan Yu used the name of Da Sima to ask for a large amount of supplies in various counties and counties in the Central Plains. There were riots in many places in winter, and Huainan was defeated so thoroughly. His Majesty has decided to move the capital back to Yecheng. The batch is a female family member in the palace." Zhu Shuo shook his head helplessly.

"Guan Yu also knows this kind of conspiracy? No wonder he is like a stone in Bowang City." Zhang Yun had just sighed halfway, and suddenly recalled the word "moving the capital", and asked in surprise, "Your Majesty really wants to decide to move the capital?"

"Since the first emperor's battle in Hanzhong, the state of Wei has hardly stopped fighting in the past six years. Even the rich Central Plains can't help it. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are recruited every time. People who can't pay their rent and taxes continue to riot. The south bank has been hollowed out, but Jizhou has been resting and recuperating over the years, and it is the most affluent place in the country." Zhu Shuo nodded.

"Uh, although the soldiers and horses that General Xiahou can mobilize are not as powerful as the elite Nanyang garrison, they already far exceed 10 in number. How could they lose to the likes of Lu Xun and Gan Ning? I heard that they are fighting on their own, and there is no Guan Yu at all." Can't such a unified dispatch be defeated individually?" Zhang He was puzzled.

"Hey, it's a long story. According to the battle report written by General Xiahou to His Majesty, the main reason is Man Chong." Zhu Shuo shook his head.

"Man Boning? How could it be him?" Zhang Xi was shocked.

Zhu Shuo spread his arms and briefly told Zhang He the situation.

It turned out that Cao Pi made peace with Sun Quan the year before last, and Huainan ushered in a short-term peace, and the current defeat was buried at that time.

The soldiers in the east of the river fought fiercely in the water, but their fighting power on the shore was low. This situation was noticed by Wei Guoshou. Man Chong suggested to build a new city in the former Hefei City, and wanted to force the Eastern Wu soldiers to come ashore. Jiang Ji then took advantage of the truce between the two countries. Send someone to implement Man Chong's suggestion.

Jiang Ji originally wanted to use Hefei Shuangcheng to defend Soochow, but his opponent changed from Wu Jun to Wu Jun.

(End of this chapter)