——"The order is passed down from my command, and I will take charge personally to defeat Fancheng within fifteen days, and Xiangyang within twenty days!"
——"Guan Ping is the left vanguard, Liao Hua is the right vanguard, Wang Fu is joining the army, and I will lead the army to suppress the formation. It is bound to capture Xiangfan and control Jingzhou before Cao Yu arrives in Jingzhou!"
Guan Yu ordered loudly.
"Here!"
"Here!"
Guan Ping, Liao Hua, Wang Fu and others responded with their hands.
But Ma Liang was the only one with a gloomy face...who didn't comment on Guan Yu's order.
"Do you think Ji Chang thinks that my command is inappropriate?"
Guan Yu still held his head high. He was a proud man. Once he issued a military order, he could not be questioned.
"It's not inappropriate..." Ma Liang respectfully handed over his hand, "but...if our army takes the initiative to attack, our army's food and fodder can only last for ten days...and the baggage and ordnance required for the siege have not been delivered yet!"
You must know that the food and grass consumed in the city are not the same as the food consumed during the siege.
It is no exaggeration to say that during the siege, in order to ensure that the soldiers had sufficient physical strength, the daily rations needed to be twice the usual...
But even so...
Guan Yu looked surprised and said in disbelief: "Didn't Your Majesty assign Liu Feng to be in charge of transporting grain, and Meng Da and Mi Fang to be in charge of transporting ordnance? I just saw them outside the tent!"
"Your Majesty..." Ma Liang said truthfully: "The three of them are here, but... they only brought half of the food and grass, and very few weapons and baggage?"
"boom…"
As Ma Liang's voice fell, Guan Yu punched the table...
"Why? Why only half? My eldest brother trusts them, so he entrusts them with such an important task! But they..."
"Your Majesty..." Ma Liang was about to say a few words of advice, and also explained the reasons for Meng Da, Mi Fang and Liu Feng.
Can…
Guan Yu didn't give him a chance to speak at all. "Come here, take Liu Feng, Meng Da, and Mi Fang, each with fifty military sticks, and escort them to see me..."
this…
Ma Liang was confused. At the critical moment of the battle between the two armies, logistics officials were given heavy responsibility, which would cause great hidden dangers.
"Your Majesty..." Ma Liang quickly advised: "Liu Feng is your majesty's adopted son, Mi Fang is the uncle of the dynasty, and Meng Da also made great achievements when your majesty entered Shu. What's more... they are now carrying grain.
The heavy burden of transporting baggage and equipment... fifty army sticks, how can we escort them again!"
"What's more, Bashu is thousands of miles away from Jingzhou, and the grain road has just been opened. It coincides with the heavy rains in recent days...The Yangtze River dams have also been washed away in many places...This time, the transportation of grain and military supplies is not good, and it is not entirely their fault!"
Ma Liang's words made Guan Yu pause for a moment. He closed his eyes slightly and thought slowly for a moment.
"Fifty military sticks are a bit too much. Let's change the military sticks for these three people to thirty!"
Ma Liang still wanted to persuade, but Guan Yu reached out to stop him, and he changed the topic: "Now we only have ten days of food, right? Then let the three of them...send all the remaining food, grass, and military supplies within ten days! If you can't do that,
, I don’t care about their identities, I just slapped them on the head with military law!”
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——"Besides, the plan to send troops to the north remains unchanged! Capture Fancheng within ten days!"
this…
Ma Liang frowned, his throat was choked.
"Here..."
Liao Hua, Wang Fu, Guan Ping and others around them accepted the order.
just like…
Now, with the great victory over Flooded Jiangling, Cao Wei suffered his first defeat...Cao Yu's immortal golden body was broken, which made everyone feel extra confident!
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Hanzhong, within the government office.
The melodious sound of the piano sounded, sometimes high and sometimes low, sometimes gentle and sometimes urgent, just like...a gurgling trickle of a stream, or pouring down like a waterfall.
However, it is not difficult to detect a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere in the entire tune.
This is Guo Jia playing the qin... He has changed the image of "Jiu Mengzi" in the past, he is actually playing the qin...
After the song was played, Lu Yu, the only audience member, couldn't help but clapped his hands and applauded.
"Miss Zhen Jiang is very talented. She actually allowed Feng Xiao to play the piano in addition to his hobby of drinking... It's amazing, it's amazing..."
What Lu Yu means is...your wife has trained her well.
Guo Jia stood up slowly, "I just learned it soon, it's quite simple... This is why after we divided the ownership of the five daughters of the Zhen family, I wanted to 'betray' and bring this daughter of the Zhen family into the house no matter what.
Talented women are so fascinating!”
hehe…
Lu Yu thought to himself, you Guo Fengxiao may have misjudged you sometimes. In terms of talent... the youngest daughter of the Zhen family, Zhen Ji, is a talented woman in the world. She has poetry and books in her belly, but... she may not be as sentimental as Zhen Jiang...
Lu Yu understands that Fengxiao likes people who are sentimental.
"The music is cheerful, and it looks like... Fengxiao is in a good mood!" Lu Yu said with emotion.
Guo Jia glanced sideways at Lu Yu, "I think His Majesty is in a good mood today..."
"Everything goes well with the plan, of course I'm in a good mood!" Lu Yu was the first to mention the wine bottle.
Guo Jia, big and small, snatched it away, "Your Majesty must be feeling uncomfortable with so many things on his mind, so just... I, Guo Jia, will be a good person today. I will ask, and Your Majesty will answer it!"
"
Guo Jia is the only one in the world who dares to act like this in front of Lu Yu.
"You ask?"
Lu Yu didn't mind at all.
Guo Jia paused for a moment, sorted out the order of the questions, and then immediately said: "Your Majesty used to raise suspicions, but did not actually go to conquer Guan Yu in person? Why is this?"
Lu Yu had been holding back these answers buried in his heart for a long time. He didn't expect that being an emperor also requires him to be calm.
But it doesn't matter today, he and Guo Jia are the only two people in this huge government office.
"Because... if I don't go to the expedition myself, then Lu Xun will defend to the death, and all the generals in Jiangdong can also use their lives. What's more, I sent Ma Chao to Xiliang to rush for reinforcements, and even sent Cheng Yu to go secretly. There are strong reinforcements from outside, and we will work hard
Hold on, and with Lu Xun's coordination, Xiangfan will not fall so easily! If I go there in person... it will make me feel guilty. If I sit in Hanzhong, it will show that we still have sufficient troops. Firstly, we can deter Liu Bei, and secondly, we can be more powerful.
Motivating our soldiers at the front! The effect is much better than if I go there in person! Therefore, even if the defenders know that it is not me who rushes to help, they will be overjoyed..."
Lu Yu's words made Guo Jia nodded repeatedly.
He knew all this and just wanted to induce Lu Yu to talk about it. He was holding many things in his heart and felt uncomfortable!
"Any more questions?" Lu Yu asked back.
"Yes!" Guo Jia smiled slightly, looking at the location of Jiangling in Jingzhou on the map, and continued to ask: "Why is Your Majesty so sure that Guan Yu will devote all his strength to the Northern Expedition? What if... if he claims to attack the east and attack the west, it is a southern expedition? His purpose
It’s the four counties in Jingnan, so what should we do?”
"Hahaha…"
Hearing this question, Lu Yu smiled, "I know Guan Yu better than Feng Xiao. His only weakness is the word 'arrogance'. He is too arrogant. Not to mention now, even five years ago, he looked down on the entire country.
The general of Wei had been holding back for five years, which made him forgetful. The flooding of Jiangling made him forget everything. Such an arrogant opponent... he has ten thousand weaknesses, not to mention... often the most gorgeous flowers are from them.
It’s starting to rot internally!”
Well…
Lu Yu's words seemed to have other meanings, which Guo Jia did not expect.
Immediately, he asked curiously: "What is the 'inside' your Majesty refers to?"
"Didn't Liu Bei send Guan Yu, Liu Feng, Meng Da, and Mi Fang? This is the rotten inside!"
When he said this, a ray of light flashed in Lu Yu's eyes.
Extremely dazzling…
It seemed that just because of the mention of these three people, Lu Yu's confidence increased.
As for the reason, this is because others don't know, but Lu Yu knows that these three... are three traps!
In fact, there is another person in history, Fu Shiren. Of course, this man from Guangyang County, Youzhou, was not the most deceitful general who followed Liu Bei from the beginning.
Now Liu Bei has not sent him to Jingzhou.
But living up to expectations, the three "trustworthy" people Liu Bei sent could still only be Liu Feng, Meng Da, and Mi Fang...
It is easier to gain Liu Bei's trust if you are a relative or a hero who entered Shu.
It's just that... Liu Bei in history never expected that
Arrogance often offends people inadvertently. It is precisely Guan Yu who is not ordinary arrogant. His arrogance not only offended his enemies, but also offended his own people. Because Mi Fang and Fu Shiren did not complete the collection of military supplies on time, they were severely scolded by Guan Yu.
They had a meal, and threatened to severely punish them after taking Xiangfan. You know, these two...the latter was a general who joined Liu Bei's camp at the same time as Guan Yu, and Liu Bei had never scolded him. The other was Mi Zhu's younger brother and Liu Bei's second son.
Brother-in-law, he was a ruthless man who invested all the family's savings in Liu Bei. How could they be so angry? How could they not hate Guan Yu?
As for Liu Feng and Meng Da...the latter was looked down upon by Guan Yu at all, and the former...when Liu Bei proposed to establish the throne, Guan Yu mercilessly eliminated Liu Feng as his adopted son, and they became enemies from then on...
This led to the death of Guan Yu and Maicheng!
It just so happens that such a luxurious logistics force is responsible for transporting supplies from Yizhou to Jingzhou...
"Yizhou and Jingzhou are thousands of miles away, and there are too many uncertainties. How can it be so easy to deliver the general's supplies of food and grass to the place on time? Guan Yu is so proud, and he is so anxious to break Xiangfan... Haha, Liu Feng, Meng Da, Mi Fang and others will definitely be punished.
, but these people are sent by Liu Bei, and they are trustworthy. No matter from which point of view, it is definitely inappropriate to replace them on the spot, and they will inevitably be asked to take on the important task of transporting food... But how have they ever suffered such grievances? This is not... an opportunity.
Is it coming?"
Guo Jia patiently listened to Lu Yu's words. He smiled and sighed with emotion: "So...it's here!"
As soon as I finished speaking...
Guo Jia seemed to suddenly remember something, "I suddenly thought of a song...Your Majesty Pinpin!"
——"What song?"
——"Taking the fire under the cauldron!"
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Jingzhou, Fancheng.
Guan Yu personally supervised the formation, and a great battle began.
Fortunately, after five years of hoarding, there was a large amount of military supplies in Xiangfan, and countless arrows and catapults were constantly thrown to the outside... The bloody setting sun almost dyed the bloody battlefield red.
The soldiers under Guan Yu were soldiers who had followed Liu Bei for many years. They were the most elite soldiers in the entire Shu Han Dynasty. Under the leadership of Guan Ping and Liao Hua, after dusk, many people boarded the tower. Countless people.
The "Guan Jiajun" struggled to climb to the corridor of the city wall. The defenders confronting them seemed to be unable to stop them. Fancheng was just a little short of being destroyed!
Fortunately... Lu Xun arrived in time. Based on the battle reports from various towers, he accurately analyzed which tower was Guan Yu's main attack point, and immediately dispatched troops and horses from other city gates!
Soon, the numerical advantage of the Wei army showed up again. The generals Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai and others beside Lu Xun all shouted, "Kill the Shu dogs!"
The panic-stricken defenders, who had been fighting fiercely for half a day, were stunned because of Lu Xun's incredible dispatch and coordination... They were once again full of confidence and used more abundant military supplies to launch a counterattack against the enemy.
"Where's Guan Yu's long beard? Wasn't he capable of flooding Jiangling? Why didn't he come up?" Gan Ning sharpened his sword... and shouted while selling off the head of a Guan army general.
"Those who dare to step back if we stand up - die!"
"Can't fall yet..."
"How can the fierce tigers in Jiangdong rely on the power of soldiers and armor?"
Shouts came out one after another, and Jiangdong's tiger generals were stunned to push back the enemy's surging offensive again and again!
Guan Yu also did not expect that Lu Xun, a young man and a relative, could so quickly mobilize the morale of the three armies in such an unfavorable situation. The Guan family troops who climbed onto the tower...continuously tightened their formation and were forced to
In the increasingly narrow corridor, Guan Jiajun waited until the end...Climbing on the ladder, Guan Jiajun climbed up to the tower, but found that there was no place to stand.
Countless spears, daggers, and swords danced wildly in the darkness...
In the darkness, no one could tell whether the cries for help and wails from the tower were the soldiers of Wei or Guan Yu!
Lu Xun wanted to go into battle in person...
It turned out that it was overcrowded…
Seeing those Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Zhou Tai, Tai Shi Ci and others fighting bloody battles to turn the tide of the battle... Lu Xun's heart was agitated.
He murmured, how could such a powerful group of people... let Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan be suddenly defeated back then?
It can be seen that...one general is incompetent and kills thousands of troops; one commander is incompetent and hundreds of generals have to be buried with him!
Finally...two hours of fierce fighting.
When the last Guan Jiajun was thrown off the city wall, countless people on the city tower cheered.
Early morning dawn.
The corpses of Guan soldiers were thrown down from the city tower.
Countless archers were removed from the city tower. Lu Xun wanted Guan Yu to collect the corpses...
Compared to Guan Yu's flooding of Jiangling, which destroyed Jingzhou's character, there is no doubt that... Lu Xun's move was more murderous and heart-wrenching!
"Commander Father, our army lost 7,000 men in this battle..."
Guan Ping's words stabbed Guan Yu's heart like a poisonous thorn.
This made Guan Yu clenched his fists subconsciously. He raised his head and looked at Fancheng. He seemed to feel that... Lu Xun, who was standing on the tower, was also staring directly at him.
call…
With a long exhale, Guan Yu bit his lip. His pride did not allow him to admit defeat. He raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and said to Lu Xun on the tower: "Tonight, Guan will come again!"
——"Child Lu Xun, please wash your neck and prepare it for killing!"
Well…
Guan Yu's words stunned Lu Xun.
Are you so proud? Where does the confidence come from?
Night raid...shouldn't it be a surprise attack?
This special meow is all played...
Lu Xun held up his hands and said to Guan Yu: "My dear Lu Xun is always waiting for General Guan!"
"snort…"
With a cold snort, Guan Yu turned his horse's head, and while calling the soldiers to retreat, he said: "This time I only used three points of force, and Fan City is already crumbling. Tonight, I use five points of force, which is enough to break the city!"