On the other hand, Cao Cao was worried about how to defend Xiangyang with less than 5,000 troops. His argument with Yi Xiaotian was that Cao Cao had directly withdrawn Xudu and would soon send reinforcements to Xiangyang...but Xudu was right next to Luoyang.
, let alone waiting for reinforcements to arrive, even waiting for the so-called "Cao Cao" to return to Xudu, Xiangyang has already arrived at the city.
The distance from Jiangling to Xiangyang is only three days. If we go into battle lightly, we can reach the foot of Xiangyang in two days and one night. Although it is said to be reinforcements, in fact Xiangyang is completely isolated and helpless.
Otherwise, Cao Cao wouldn't have to defeat his own family's morale... This battle is really a big deal.
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On the other side, with the withdrawal of Yu Jin, Zhang He and others, Jiangling, an extremely important county in Jingzhou, was also captured by the combined forces of Sun and Liu.
The pursuers of the Sun and Liu families joined forces in Jiangling, and their goal was of course to go north... As long as they could capture Xiangyang, they would have most of Jingzhou's resources in their hands.
For this reason, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and Dong Xi and Chen Wu did not advance rashly.
One is that although the two companies have cooperated strategically, it is still impossible to truly join forces and march without a coach.
Secondly, attacking Xiangyang is a big deal, and no one dares to bear this responsibility. Therefore, the two sides have a tacit understanding and are stationed in Jiangling, waiting for their coach to come to Jiangling to lead the attack...
In one day, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei came to Jiangling one after another... Seeing the corpses of Cao Jun all over the city, Zhou Yu's restless heart relaxed a little -
Zhou Yu came first, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were about two hours late. After receiving the news, Zhou Yu also went to greet them in a graceful manner.
…
The wind was blowing and the clouds were flying - for some reason, Liu Bei suddenly thought of this poem when he was approaching Jiangling.
He blurted out, frightening all the soldiers behind him.
Especially Zhuge Liang riding a carriage...
Zhuge Liang saw Liu Bei's rather proud look outside the car and couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.
"Lord... In the next battle in Xiangyang, there is no room for any mistakes. Let's go faster..."
Zhuge Liang reminded Liu Bei without leaving any trace, but Liu Bei had obviously forgotten the regret of not being able to capture Cao Cao before. He leaned to the side of the carriage with a smile and said to Kong Ming who was recovering from illness in the carriage:
"Military advisor, don't you realize that after we defeat the arrogant Cao Cao, we will be as glorious as when Emperor Gaozu killed the traitor Yingbu?"
"hehe…"
Zhuge Liang wanted to scold Liu Bei now, but unfortunately Liu Bei was his lord, and he didn't know how many more years he would have to assist Liu Bei. After a while, Zhuge Liang chose to give up.
Zhuge Liang regretted not being able to capture Cao Cao the most, followed by Zhou Yu who got the news later - Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Gan Ning and the rising star Ling Tong, all three of them were his generals
, but because Guan Yu let Cao Cao go, he had to pursue him.
It would have been better not to pursue him. If he did, he would immediately kill three people.
It is said that after Zhou Yu got the news, he smashed all his guqins. This is enough to show Zhou Yu's anger.
Three generals, Zhou Yu claimed that it was these three who fought hard with Dian Wei and were eventually seriously injured and lost their ability to fight. However, Zhou Yu, who knew what happened, was fully aware that Cheng Pu and Gan Ning encountered Dian Wei's terror head-on.
Resistance, now simply because of inner demons, Gan Ning would yell as soon as he mounted his horse, and then fell to the ground, while Cheng Pu no longer had the energy to fight Cao Jun.
What's even more ridiculous is Ling Tong. Ling Tong, who was about to turn 20, had superb martial arts skills and was even better at leading troops in battle than his father Ling Cao. But when he first entered the battlefield, he saw the evil Lai Dian Wei killing Dian Wei with his own strength.
The terrifying scene of two thousand troops on our side made me wet my pants at the time. After returning to Chaisang, I couldn't even lift the knife...
Zhou Yu hated him. If Guan Yu, a fool, hadn't let Cao Cao go, how could the following things have happened?
If Guan Yu hadn't let Cao Cao go, there would have been chaos in the north, and Soochow could have taken advantage of the situation and gone north to attack Xudu - yes, without Guan Yu, it was Soochow who was holding the emperor hostage to order the princes!
So Zhou Yu still hasn't regained his breath.
Only the "brainless" Liu Bei was smiling at the moment, and even felt that he was quite proud. Guan Yu was punished, but Liu Bei still wanted to plead with him. This time Zhuge Liang vomited blood again, but fortunately he had confidence in his heart and knew that Liu Bei was right.
Zhuge Liang kept Guan Yu's patience in mind.
"If I can't afford to offend him, can I still afford to hide?"
Now Guan Yu was left behind by Zhuge Liang and started doing his old job - protecting Adou and his two wives.
No matter what Zhuge Liang said, he would never let Guan Yu go to the front line again.
They were speechless all the way, and finally Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang met Zhou Yu's team greeting them ten miles away from Jiangling.
Zhou Yu saw the playful and smiling Liu Bei from a distance, and his eyelids couldn't help but beat wildly.
He forcibly lowered his voice and complained harshly to those around him, such as Xu Sheng and Huang Gai:
"How can he still have the nerve to smile!!"
Hearing Zhou Yu's gnashing of teeth, everyone curled their lips and expressed that they were powerless.
But Zhou Yu is also a natural actor. As soon as he got closer, Zhou Yu immediately smiled.
"Hahaha, Liu Yuzhou, you are welcome from afar!"
"Hahahaha, Gong Jin is fine. I didn't expect you to be in such a hurry. You arrived at Jiangling before us..."
Liu Bei laughed heartily, and after dismounting, he raised his hands to greet him.
Zhuge Liang staggered, lifted the curtain of the car, was helped to the ground, and saw Zhou Yu from a distance.
Zhou Yu looked constipated and asked Zhuge Liang with crazy eyes:
"You guys still have the nerve to smile? If it weren't for you, Cao Cao would have killed me, and my three generals wouldn't have lost their fighting power..."
Zhuge Liang had a bitter look on his face, fanning the feather fan as fast as he could, and his eyeballs moving around, as if to explain his grievances:
"Don't ask me! I don't want to think about it either. It's all the fault of that fool in front of you. I've already explained to him that Cao Cao can't be let go. Guan Yu let Cao Cao go. He actually feels sorry for Guan Yu being punished... follow me
It doesn’t matter at all!”
Zhou Yu rolled his eyes without any trace, and quickly dismounted his horse and rushed towards Liu Bei.
Everyone was chatting and quickly walked towards the city, and the soldiers in the city were already ready to set off to capture Xiangyang in the north in one fell swoop and completely defeat Cao Cao——
That night, in the camp, the coalition forces finalized the decision to appoint Zhou Yu as commander-in-chief and Liu Bei as deputy commander-in-chief, and immediately lead the army to Xiangyang the next day.
In order not to give Cao Cao a chance to breathe, Zhuge Liang proposed the strategy of going into battle lightly, with the cavalry going first.
"Xiangyang must be short of troops at the moment. General Zhang and General Zhao lead 20,000 cavalry to intercept Cao Cao's retreat and block the opponent's reinforcements. We must fight quickly. As long as it is done, Xiangyang will be captured in a short time..."
