Han Xiang

Chapter 612 Megatron China Guan Yunchang

Although Sun Quan found someone to send a letter of surrender, his sincerity in surrender was not obvious, so Cao Cao neither supported nor opposed Cai Mao's capture of Lu Meng.

Cai Mao saw that Cao Cao was noncommittal, so he added: "Lü Meng argued that Lu Su helped Guan Yu, but I waited for a long time and didn't wait. I heard that Lu Su finally forced Xu Sheng and others to abandon ship, completely annihilating Sun Quan's navy. After all, I might go to Yuzhang now."

"Lu Su captured Sun Quan's warships. In this way, Long Xiang's naval strength should be comparable to that of Guan Yu. Now that our army has lost the water control rights in Jingzhou, do we want to find a way to get Huainan to help?"

Cao Cao obviously thought more deeply than Cai Mao, but the thought of asking Long Xiang to help him only flashed in his mind, and then he shook his head and said: "Long Xiang is the most practical person, I can only promise him official positions and titles, but these may not be enough." Letting him be tempted may even be counterproductive, so we have to guard against this."

"Prime Minister, you."

Seeing that Cai Mao was confused after hearing this, Cao Cao hurriedly asked: "Where is Lu Meng now?"

"I will be detained in my temporary residence and will be handed over to the Prime Minister's Office for disposal after I see you."

"Degui excuses his hard work and goes to bring him here. I have something to ask."

"Huh? Wei"

Cai Mao himself regarded Lu Meng as a gift. When Cao Cao asked for it, he immediately accepted the order with his fists clasped.

An hour later, Cai Mao brought Lu Meng to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Cao Cao saw Lu Meng in the side hall, he had his hands tied and his hair was disheveled. He looked very embarrassed like a governor.

"Hurry and untie the Governor."

"Prime Minister, misunderstanding, everything is a misunderstanding."

Lu Meng endured the humiliation and waited until Cao Cao had to explain.

It has become a fact that he was captured by Cai Mao, but he did not want Cao Cao to anger Sun Quan. This is the only thing Lu Meng can do for Sun Quan now.

"In the past, I fought against Dong Zhuo with Sun Wentai, and we all had a lot of sympathy. After all, Sun Zhongmou is my descendant. There is no defense for Jiang Qin's surrender to the enemy. I will give you another chance now. I hope the governor will not let me down."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he looked at Lü Meng thoughtfully. Xu Du's army would move south soon. Cao Cao hoped to use Lü Meng to stabilize Sun Quan and let him continue to struggle with Long Xiang in Yangzhou, so that he would have no worries.

Lu Meng listened to Cao Cao's gentle tone, and quickly clasped his fists to explain carefully, reiterated Sun Quan's sincerity in surrender, said that Jiang Qin's surrender to the enemy was a personal act, and blamed Long Xiang for the source of the disaster.

Cao Cao listened very seriously, and finally shook his head and sighed: "Sun Zhongmou, Sun Zhongmou, why are you messing with Long Yunqi?"

"Forehead"

Lu Meng smiled bitterly and said: "The matter has come to this, and the only choice is to ask the Prime Minister for help."

"I will take Huainan and Jiangdong sooner or later, but they have to be ranked behind Jingzhou. My million-strong army is about to go south. Since Governor Lu is visiting Xudu, he will go with him when the time comes. He will rely on his experience in the Qian River War."

"Thanks to the Prime Minister for not giving up, Lu Meng is willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses."

"So good."

Cao Cao nodded happily, then stroked his beard and ordered: "Since Governor Lu is safe and sound, he can write a letter to Zhongmou to report that he is safe. In addition, he also asks him to guard the city carefully. Long Xiang has a weak foundation and it will not be so easy to take over Yangzhou."

"only."

Lü Meng was under the eaves, and he had to listen to whatever Cao Cao said.

Paper and pen were prepared on the desk in the side hall. Lu Meng sat down at the desk and wrote a letter to Sun Quan to report that he was safe. Except for praising Cao Cao for his insight, the rest of the content was narrated according to Cao Cao's account.

In the early morning of the next day, Xudu city gate had just opened.

Several fast horses in the mist parted ways after leaving the city, heading in different directions.

The destinations of these messengers were different. Some went to Yuzhang to deliver messages for Lu Meng, and some went to Runan, Qingzhou, Jizhou and other places to deliver orders.

The messenger to Jizhou was Cao Cao fulfilling his promise to Xun Yu and raising supplies to move north of the canal to join the war;
The messenger to Qingzhou was to urge Xia Houyuan, Zhang Liao and others to regroup. They had put down the Qingzhou rebellion in October. Cao Cao wanted them to return to Xudu as quickly as possible. The southern expedition to Jingzhou needed famous military figures.
As a messenger to Runan, Cao Cao ordered Li Tong, the governor of Runan, to transport military supplies to Fancheng at all costs.

Three days later, Cao Cao appointed Yu Jin as his general, and the seven armies including Niugai and Yin Shu, the governors, went ahead and joined Xu Huang who was stationed in Wancheng.

Preparing to launch another fierce attack on Rang County, Guan Yu will not be given a chance to breathe.Cao Cao thought that if it took another two or three months, Guan Yu's troops would be exhausted even if they were iron men. At that time, if he took the main force and marched south, he would definitely fight a devastating battle.

However, Xu Du sent reinforcements, and Liu Bei did not do anything.

In November last year, Liu Bei divided his troops into three routes to capture Liangzhou, and his route was the smoothest.

Yang Qiu, who was stationed in Anding, lost many battles with Liu Bei. He wanted to ask Han Sui of Jincheng for help, but the other party also asked him for help.

Seeing that the situation was over, Yang Qiu surrendered. By the following summer, the two counties of Anding and Beidi were at peace. Not only did Liu Bei not lose many troops, but he gained nearly [-] surrendered soldiers, as well as tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses.

Zhao Yun and Pang De took Wudu and Longxi. These two counties had relatively the fewest defenders. However, due to the least convenient supply lines and the large number of foreign tribes such as Hu, Qiang, and Di, their progress was slightly slower than Liu Bei's. However, they followed closely behind at the end of August. goal achieved.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao had strong soldiers and horses along the way. The two counties they wanted to take over were Tianshui and Jincheng. Their opponent was Han Sui, the strongest man in Liangzhou. After annexing several small warlords, he expanded his army to more than [-] men.

Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei first. As an enemy of the Ma family, Han Sui had lost the meaning of joining Liu Bei and could only fight with Zhang Fei and Ma Chao.

Han Sui relied on his many years of business in Jincheng and fought with Zhang Fei and Ma Chao in Yuzhong, Zhiyang, and Yunwu. Until Liu Bei returned to Chang'an to save Jingzhou, the battle in Jincheng had not yet decided the winner.

Due to Guan Yu's astonishing performance, Zhuge Liang did not recommend that all the troops withdrawn from Chang'an be thrown into the Jingzhou battlefield. Instead, he waited for Zhao Yun and others to return to the army and directly sent troops out of Tongguan to open a second battlefield.

Liu Bei believed this, so he left the surrendered general Yang Qiu in Chang'an and sent Wei Yan and Ma Dai to support Guan Yu.

Wei Yan and Ma Dai took away [-] cavalry, of which [-] were the cavalry that Liu Bei had been lacking. This was all due to Yang Qiu's contribution. The two arrived at Rang County before the ban.

There were 5000 more men, especially [-] cavalry. Guan Yu's telescope was of great use.

At the beginning of December, Yu Jinxu Xu Huang and more than [-] people attacked Rangxian County and at the same time detoured to Fancheng, hoping to completely surround Guan Yu in the city with Cao Ren.

In this way, the offensive and defensive forces become interchangeable.

Not only was Fancheng's grain road free of charge, but Guan Yu was also trapped in Rang County, only to be rescued by Yu Jin and Cao Ren.

However, Guan Yu had another amazing move.

When Jin and Xu Huang's troops approached Rang County, Liu Ye and Guan Ping sent suspicious troops from Yin and Xian counties and Xiangyang to contain them.

Cao Ren had other things on his mind. Once he mobilized his troops, his food consumption increased. After the food shortage, he had killed hundreds of horses, so he did not dare to send all his troops northward. He left a heavy army in Fancheng and only sent [-] partial troops to Rang County.

Yu Jin built a pontoon bridge to cross the river, but Guan Yu did not send troops to stop him.

When [-] troops approached the city, Guan Yu used cavalry to divert their attention, while Gan Ning took the opportunity to demolish the pontoon bridge, and Cao's army's food route was forcibly cut off again.

Although Yu Jin realized it later, he did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered to seize the river.

Gan Ning lined up his warships in a row, like a city wall in the river. Yu Jin had never seen such a formation because he had been fighting in the north all year round.

Forcing soldiers to enter the water and seize the ship, the consequences can be imagined.

When Guan Yu saw the ban and retreated his troops, he immediately counterattacked. He used the advantage of his cavalry to divide and contain them, and then used his infantry legions to defeat them one by one.

The retreat route was blocked, the food route was cut off, and there were pursuers behind. The morale of the army collapsed as quickly as a landslide.

When the battle was over, everyone except Xu Huang took a small number of troops and took a detour in the opposite direction to escape to Fancheng.

Tens of thousands of reinforcements led by Yu Jindu, together with the partial troops sent by Cao Ren from Fancheng, either surrendered or died in this battle.

The chaotic scene at that time was full of people as far as the eye could see.

Much like the Battle of Huaihai after 2000, Guan Yu had endless prisoners and countless heads.

As a result, the small Rang County could not accommodate so many surrendered soldiers.

After this battle, the relationship between Guan Yu and Cao Ren truly changed from offensive to defensive.

Later history books used five words to evaluate it: Yu, powerful in China.

(End of this chapter)