The drizzle gradually turned into moderate rain.

In Jiangling City, many people complained about the sudden change in the weather.

The dry season is coming, but it can still rain?

Of course, more people realize that this may be the last rain in the next four or five months, and the climate in Gangneung is so weird.

"——Dede, Dede,"

In front of the gate of Guan Mansion, there was a horse's neighing, and then the sound of horse's hooves. The horse's strong hooves stepped on the rain, making a crisp sound.

Liu Pan, dressed in a raincoat, was riding a horse galloping in the rain.

Rushing 600 miles to Changsha is not an easy task.

Looking back at the main hall of Guanfu at this moment...

Under the sky covered with dark clouds, the oil lamp was warm and yellow, reflecting the cheeks of Guan Yu and Ma Liang. After Liu Pan left, Zhou Cang's reports continued.

——"According to the report from the detective, Xiangyang City has indeed sent troops,"

——"The vanguard is the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Cao Chun, galloping in the direction of the Sunset Valley north of Jiangxia. They are followed by 3,000 infantry led by Niu Jin. However, the two armies are far apart. According to Tanma's report

At that time, I am afraid that by now, this Cao army has already arrived at Sunset Valley."

After hearing Zhou Cang's report, Guan Yu sighed with emotion while stroking his long beard: "Niu Jin only farmed the land for Cao Ren's family in the past. How has he ever commanded an army? Haha, I am afraid that the name of the man who leads these three thousand infantrymen is

Niu Jin must be Cao Ren!"

Ma Liang nodded, "Over the years, Cao Ren first confronted Zhou Yu, the governor of Soochow, and then competed with Guan Gong. He became a lot more cautious, but... this didn't help. The Fourth Young Master still guessed it right. This old man

The turtle was finally tricked out!"

The topic shifted to Guan Lin and "Old Turtle" Cao Ren.

Guan Yu's hand stroking his beard stopped abruptly.

He sighed with emotion: "Guan and Cao Ren are old rivals. When Zhuge's military advisor left Jingzhou, he repeatedly mentioned that Cao Ren was the best general in Cao's army."

Hearing this, Ma Liang also sighed: "He is a general from heaven."

Ma Liang didn't seem to have any doubts about such a "high-profile" title.

No wonder Guan Yu and Ma Liang boasted about Cao Ren so much...

In fact, Cao Ren is not only the best among Cao Wei?

Looking at the entire Three Kingdoms, his record is second to none.

According to the historical records of "Three Kingdoms", Cao Ren participated in a total of 22 battles, 19 of which were victorious, and 11 of them were led alone.

In the first scene, during the crusade against Xuzhou, don't attack Tao Qian's general Lu You;

In the second battle, when fighting against Xuzhou, he led his cavalry to defeat Tao Qian's reinforcements;

In the third game, don't attack Lu Bu's "Juyang" and capture his general Liu He alive;

In the fourth scene, don't attack Zhang Xiu's "side" and capture 3,000 people;

The fifth game, the Battle of Guandu, Liu Bei made a surprise attack on Xuchang, Cao Ren rescued and defeated Liu Bei;

In the sixth game, he defeated Yuan Shao's general Han Xun at Jiluo Mountain;

In the seventh game, the generals guarded Tongguan and held off the Xiliang rebels for a year;

In the eighth scene, he supervises the Seventh Army to annihilate the traitor Subo and others;

In the ninth scene, Hou Yin led the army to destroy the rebel traitor in Wancheng;

Game 10, Battle of Xiangfan, defend Xiangfan!

The eleventh scene, annihilating the rebellion of the traitor Zheng Gan.

In the eleven times, Tao Qian was defeated twice, Lu Bu was defeated once, Zhang Xiu was defeated once, Liu Bei was defeated once, Yuan Shao was attacked once, bandits were defeated three times, Xiliang rebels were defended once, and Guan Yu was defended once.

This record is placed among the records of all the generals in the Three Kingdoms, but he is the well-deserved number one!

Among these eleven times, there were two defensive battles and nine offensive battles. Offensive battles accounted for 80%. There is no doubt that... Cao Ren was better at offensive battles.

This creates a misunderstanding.

Many people in later generations thought that Cao Ren only knew how to defend and was a master of defense. This is one-sided.

And the reason why when facing Guan Yu, he defended Xiangfan and turned into a turtle with his head shrinking.

Not because of anything else, just because Cao Ren was completely convinced by Guan Yu

...He realized that when it came to attacking, even he, the "Heavenly General", was no match for Guan Yu.

Assess the situation!

This is also the core reason why Cao Ren was able to gain Cao Cao's trust and became Cao Wei's garrison in the southern presidential territory of Xiangfan.

His abilities are too balanced, whether in terms of force, strategy, intelligence, politics, or charm.

Back then, the reason why Jiangling was lost...

This is because in the Battle of Nanjun, Cao Ren faced Zhou Yu, Lu Meng, Han Dang, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, and even Zhang Fei from the Sun-Liu alliance.

It’s equivalent to the Wu Shu all-star lineup!

The pressure was no less than that of the all-star lineup of Wei and Wu that Guan Yu faced after "Flooding the Seven Armies".

Even so, after losing Nanjun, Cao Cao still praised Cao Ren:

——The battle was defeated so beautifully. The one who lost was Zhou Yu, but Nanjun was left to Liu Bei.

This also shows Cao Ren’s mind.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is Cao Wei's "hexagonal warrior".

An all-powerful leader like him is the most difficult to deal with and the most difficult to fall into traps.

Not to mention leading him into a trap.

Guan Yu knew this very well.

After several years of confrontation, Cao Ren defended Xiangfan perfectly and did not give Guan Yu the slightest chance.

But this time, he fell into the trap!

What fell through was not Guan Yu's plan, but Guan Yunqi's.

This inevitably made Guan Yu feel sad.

"As Ji Chang said, Yun Qi... is really embarrassed to be able to lure this old turtle out!"

"Guan Gong, you can't say that." Realizing Guan Yu's mood, Ma Liang quickly enlightened: "If Guan Gong hadn't been firmly seated in Jiangling City, how could Cao Ren fall into the trap?"

"In the final analysis, Cao Wei's 'Heavenly General' was too afraid of Guan Gong, so he was very cautious when facing Guan Gong and never made mistakes. But this time he faced some merchants, so he was inevitably careless and fell into the hands of the Fourth Young Master.

The plan is to let the tiger and leopard ride out of the city."

"Haha..." Guan Yu said with a smile: "Although Guan doesn't like Yun Qi's temperament, nor does he like that he always speaks out and contradicts Guan, but credit is credit, and no one can take it away. This time if the tiger and leopard

Riding into the Sunset Valley, Tan Zhi and Guo An, and Wei Zhi's ambush will definitely lead to a complete victory!"

"If this move can seriously injure the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, it will relieve Guan's big worry. By forcing Cao Cao back from Hanzhong, Guan will be more confident!"

Speaking of this, Guan Yu stroked his beard again, and he suddenly thought of Guan Lin's "bet".

The bettor who pressed Guan Jiajun to the ground and rubbed him immediately shook his head and sighed: "This time, this kid really beat Guan Jiajun!"

Obviously, Ma Liang also realized that Guan Yu was talking about the bet.

"Haha..." He said with a smile: "Where did Guan Gong say this? After all, it was Yun Qi, the 'Huang Laoxie', who came up with the plan, but Guan Gong's three young masters and Guan Jiajun were the ones who contributed the force! What about the fourth young master?

Thousands of songs, but you can’t stand still!”

"Zifang (Mi Fang) hasn't given the bu to Yun Qi yet, how can he do it?" Rarely, Guan Yu was explaining for Guan Lin. "What's more, this bu has no weapons or armor? Yun Qi doesn't ask for it.

His elder brother, what else can he do? It’s just..."

Guan Yu's eyes became deep. He paused and continued: "It's just that this doesn't prove this kid's..."

At the end, Guan Yu's words stopped abruptly...

For a moment, he could not help but think of Guan Lin's impassioned words under the "Desheng Bridge" before.

Those words seemed to float in Guan Yu's ears at this moment.

——"Tell me, is it easy to be my father's son? My father denies my military talent just because I am weak and ill and don't know martial arts, and wants to keep me away from the most cruel battlefield... He doesn't allocate soldiers to me.

, he didn’t even give me a military rank, and just treated me like a ‘salted fish’! In fact, I understand that he was doing it for my own good, but...”

——"I, Guan Lin, am also a man. I know clearly that my father and uncle are holding up the banner of 'Han and traitors are not at odds'. How can I, Guan Lin, be such a coward? How can I be so indifferent?"

, a salted fish who is content with the status quo? In this case, am I still a Han man?"

——"Dignified man, dignified son of my father, if I can't gallop on the battlefield, I, Guan Lin, really want to dig a hole and bury myself!"

Every word, every sentence echoed in Guan Yu's ears at this moment, making his heart throb!

once Upon a time…
To be continued...