The Gong'an city was already depleted of troops at this time, and Fu Shiren was timid and fearful of trouble. If Jiangdong's army came to the city, the Gong'an would probably lose its position.
Once the public security is lost, Wuling and Lingling counties will also be in danger.
And Mi Fang, who guards Jiangling,
Hey, it’s better not to mention it.
Guan Yu is a man who knows soldiers and is smart. He should have reacted to this matter earlier, but he was previously obsessed with the authorities and only wanted to capture the two cities of Xiangfan, so he did not think too much about this matter.
But now that he thought about it carefully, Guan Yu felt that many things had become suspicious.
For example, Sun Quan originally left Lü Meng to guard Lukou with a heavy army in order to defend himself.
Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this month, Lü Meng suddenly complained of illness, and Sun Quan openly summoned Lü Meng back to Jianye for treatment.
In the past, Guan Yu only felt that there was nothing suspicious about this matter.
But now I think about it, Sun Quan has always been very defensive about him, and he also knows that he has always been wary of Lu Meng.
Even if Lu Meng was really sick, why would a patient have to endure the hardships of traveling and traveling back to Jianye for treatment?
He was not afraid of leaking military information and publicizing the matter widely, as if he was afraid that he would not know.
Later, the person who took over Lu Meng's job to guard the intersection was Lu Xun, a scholar.
After this man took over, he wrote a letter to praise himself very much, his words were extremely humble, and he expressed his willingness to work for him, which made him gradually lower his guard against Dongfang.
Now that he thought about it, Guan Yu felt that this looked more and more like a arrogant soldier's plan.
While Mi Yang was refuting Pan Jun's words on the surface, he was actually wildly implying that Guan Yu's rear troops were empty, and that all this was a trick by Sun Quan and Lu Meng.
In fact, before entering Guan Yu's tent, Mi Yang could directly bring Xu Xiang in to prove the authenticity of the news he brought.
But Mi Yang considered one thing, that is, even if Guan Yu believed that Sun Quan was about to launch an army to attack Jingzhou, would he really make up his mind to retreat?
The answer is no.
Historically, the envoy sent by Cao Cao to Jiangdong to contact Sun Quan returned to Luoyang and brought a secret message from Sun Quan, saying that he would send troops westward to attack Guan Yu, but please keep it secret in case Guan Yu knew that he was prepared.
Later, Cao Cao adopted Dong Zhao's opinion and deliberately leaked the contents of the letter.
Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to use arrows to shoot the contents of Sun Quan's secret message into Fancheng and Guan Yu's camp respectively.
After the besieged Wei army gained the trust, their morale doubled and their defense became stronger; after Guan Yu gained the trust, they were in a dilemma.
So in fact, before Jiangling fell, Cao Cao had already taken the initiative to inform Guan Yu that Sun Quan was about to stab him in the back.
But why didn't Guan Yu withdraw his troops immediately and return to defend Jiangling in time?
One reason was that he was not sure whether the news was true or not, and felt that it was Cao Cao's plan. He was reluctant to give up Fancheng, which he was about to acquire.
Another bigger reason is that Lu Meng's arrogant soldier plan specially set up for him was at work.
Among the generals in Jiangdong, the only one Guan Yu feared was Lu Meng.
Historically, Guan Yu didn't know that Lu Meng was pretending to be ill, so he felt that even if Sun Quan really sent troops to attack Jingzhou,
Without the famous general Lü Meng leading the army, it would not be easy for "Sun Shiwan" to defeat the two cities of Jiangling and Gong'an.
So it is better to wait until the exact battle report comes and then make a decision by yourself.
Because as long as the two cities of Jiangling and Gong'an can be defended for a period of time, he will have enough time to retreat calmly.
With this arrangement, the initiative on the battlefield can always be in his hands.
Historically, Guan Yu's idea was correct, but what he didn't expect was that Lu Meng was pretending to be ill, and Mi Fang and Fu Shiren, when faced with Lu Meng personally leading an army to attack the city, they directly opened the city and surrendered.
The battle report he was waiting for was the news that the two cities of Jiangling and Public Security had surrendered without a fight.
The result was that he had an army of tens of thousands, and his retreat was cut off almost overnight.
It is precisely because of knowing Guan Yu’s actions in history and his thoughts when he made those actions.
So Mi Yang didn't bring Xu Xiang's ironclad evidence in at the beginning.
Instead, he deliberately released news that shocked everyone at the beginning and attracted some people to refute him.
In this way, he could gradually remind Guan Yu of some key things that he had ignored before in his subsequent explanations and defences.
As for why Xu Xiang was not brought in directly to tell the story of Sun Quan and Lu Meng's plan,
Because anyone who has read history books knows that Guan Yu had a rather arrogant character.
If Xu Xiang was brought in directly and told in front of everyone that he had been tricked by Lu Meng, Guan Yu would probably be in a bad mood.
Although Guan Yu might not care too much about this, Mi Yang took the initiative to consider this for Guan Yu.
If Guan Yu can't wake up on his own despite his own reminder, and he has fallen into Lu Meng's trick, then Mi Yang will have no choice but to act urgently and let Xu Xiang tell everything.
With this in mind, Mi Yang secretly observed Guan Yu's face after reminding Guan Yu that the troops in the rear were empty.
He saw Guan Yu frowning as if he had thought of something at first, and then a look of thinking appeared on his face. After the look of thinking appeared, a look of understanding finally appeared on his face.
Seeing this scene, Mi Yang breathed a deep sigh of relief.
Wusheng is cheaper than his good father and is easier to take care of. Everything can be done with just one click.
Just when Mi Yang was secretly observing Guan Yu, Guan Yu's keen senses, which he had honed on the battlefield for a long time, made him aware of Mi Yang's gaze.
After Mi Yang discovered Guan Yu and noticed that he was observing him, he smiled and bowed to Guan Yu calmly.
Looking at Mi Yang's behavior, he thought of the five words that Mi Yang had emphasized in his words just now.
Guan Yu instantly understood Mi Yang's good intentions.
If this boy is as intelligent as the king said,
Compared with his father, he is completely different.
After understanding Mi Yang's good intentions, Guan Yu's impression of Mi Yang skyrocketed.
Which elder wouldn't like a youngster who is upright, smart and sensible.
Mi Yang's hint and Guan Yu's understanding were only known to these two people, and Pan Jun naturally didn't know.
Seeing that he had raised two consecutive questions and both were refuted by Mi Yang, he felt a little confused for a moment.
He, Pan Chengming, was a great talent who was famous in Jingxiang. How could he not be as knowledgeable as a boy today?
At the end, Pan Jun raised a question that he thought Mi Yang could never refute.
"Before the former general sent troops northward, he had already set up beacon towers all along the river and sent scouts to patrol back and forth. If Jiangdong had something to do, how could the scouts along the river not report anything?"
As soon as Pan Jun said this, it immediately caused many people in the tent to think deeply.
Even Guan Yu, who had believed 70% of what Mi Yang said, was also very confused about this matter.
He had previously set up beacon towers and scouts, which were his last and most important line of defense against Jiangdong.
If Sun Quan was really planning to raise an army, according to common sense, it would be impossible for the scouts along the river not to spread any news.
Faced with this, Mi Yang was speechless for a moment.
Pan Jun thought Mi Yang was being stumped by him, and a look of pride appeared on his face.
But just after a while, Mi Yang looked at Pan Jun intently, and his eyes shone with wisdom.
The corner of his mouth moved slightly, and he said as if he had anticipated the enemy's opportunity,
"Suppose Lü Meng hid his elite soldiers in the stern, made white robes and oars, and used them as merchant uniforms to serve as pioneers and march day and night."
"Can you restrain all those scouts?"
As soon as Mi Yang said this, Pan Jun was shocked, and everyone in the audience looked sideways!
Is what Mi Yang said possible?
Historically, this is what Lu Meng did.
Although Guan Yu set up beacon towers along the river and spread out scouts, these were military measures and would not prevent business travelers or other civil activities.
Although it is not big, it can hide dozens of elite soldiers. However, Guan Yu's scouts along the river are not large in number, and dozens of elite soldiers are enough to deal with them.
Everyone thought that as long as Lu Meng arranged it properly and implemented this strategy, it would be possible to achieve a surprise.
Mi Yang didn't care about Pan Jun's frightened look. He crossed Pan Jun and came to Guan Yu. He bowed deeply to him and said,
"The wise man prevents disasters before they start; the wise man plans troubles in the future; he knows what he has learned and lost, so he can be a good person; he knows how to survive and how to lose, which is the difference between good and bad."
"If the Wu army uses the above tactics during their trip, the scouts will not be able to do it, and the beacon will not be able to raise the beacon. This is not destiny, and there must be an internal response."
"The reason why my father learned that Sun Quan was about to launch a surprise attack on Jingzhou was because Sun Quan sent spies to the city to lure my father to surrender.
My father is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, how can I surrender to the Wu thieves?
He immediately ordered someone to capture the spy, and asked me to take him to the general's camp, and told me to inform General Sun Quan of his wolfish ambitions."
Now that Guan Yu knew through his own hint that Lu Meng was pretending to be ill, Mi Yang was no longer interested in arguing with Pan Jun. He immediately told Guan Yu all the "truth."
When Guan Yu heard that Mi Fang had captured the spy from Jiangdong and had been brought to the camp by Mi Yang, he immediately ordered Mi Yang to go out and bring the spy in.
Mi Yang took the order and went out, and quickly took Xu Xiang into the tent.
After Xu Xiang was escorted into the tent by Mi Yang, he was kicked to the ground by Mi Yang.
After Xu Xiang knelt down, Mi Yang asked him to "tell everything he knew together."
Xu Xiang is a person who is afraid of death. His life is now in Mi Yang's hands, and he has to be at Mi Yang's mercy in everything.
Most of everything he said was true, but there were only a few places where the original facts were changed under Mi Yang's instruction.
For example, the story of "meeting Mi Fang three times" was changed at Mi Yang's instruction to read that he was captured when he first met Mi Fang.
Under Xu Xiang's narration, Guan Yu's face became more and more livid after knowing the whole truth, and the faces of the other Jingzhou officials in the tent also became more and more solemn.
This includes Pan Jun.
After knowing that Sun Quan was really going to launch an army to attack Jingzhou, Pan Jun was in disbelief and felt a storm in his heart.
Now all the main forces in Jingzhou are under Fancheng.
If Jiangdong’s army arrives,
Then Jingzhou has nothing to lose!
As for Xu Xiang's identity, no one doubted it, because he told something that convinced Guan Yu that he must be an important figure in Jiangdong.
In Xu Xiang's narrative, he mentioned that a few days ago, Guan Yu ordered Lingling Prefect Hao Pu to lead an army to raid Xiangguan's military supplies.
Because the army was short of food, Guan Yu came up with this strategy.
But according to Xu Xiang's account, this was a strategy of Lü Meng.
He deliberately revealed that there was food and grass in Xiangguan and showed that the defense force was weak, in order to allow Guan Yu, who was short of food, to attack.
This was done to give Guan Yu something to talk about, so that he would be famous for sending out troops next time.
As for the raid on Xiangguan grain and grass, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, only a few people in Guan Yu's army knew about it. It was a secret. Even Guan Ping didn't know about it.
Those who still know about this must be Jiangdong's important ministers.
After Xu Xiang finished speaking, Guan Yu angrily slapped his palm on the table in front of him,
The slightest crack appeared on the table instantly.
It can be seen that Guan Yu exerted great force at this time and was deeply angry in his heart.
Guan Yu said bitterly, "Kang'er is really a good calculator."
After hearing everything Xu Xiang said, a civil servant immediately came out of the tent to pay his respects.
"General, now it seems that Sun Quan's attack on our Jingzhou must be true, and the actual date of his attack on Jingzhou is probably within these days."
"Please ask the general to return to Jiangling immediately!"
The man who went out to advise Guan Yu was named Wang Fu, whose courtesy name was Guoshan, and he was from Guanghan.
When Liu Zhang came to power in Yizhou, he was the secretary of Yizhou. Later, he surrendered to Liu Bei and now serves as the councilor of Jingzhou. He is Guan Yu's confidant.
Unexpectedly, after Wang Fu gave his advice to immediately withdraw his troops and return to defend Jiangling,
Two voices suddenly appeared in the tent,
Both voices said in unison,
"Don't retreat immediately."
These two voices instantly scrutinized everyone present, and anxious eyes gathered over.
Of these two voices, one came from Guan Yu and the other came from Mi Yang.
Seeing that Mi Yang had the same opinion as him, Guan Yu narrowed his eyes slightly,
Today Mi Yang refuted Pan Jun three times in the tent, hinting that he had fallen into Lu Meng's trick, which had already made him appreciate Mi Yang a lot.
Now that Mi Yang had the same idea as him, Guan Yu was quite surprised for a while. He started to think about Mi Yang's teaching.
He asked with his fingers trembling,
"Zisheng, why did you say that we should not retreat immediately?"
Guan Yu's sudden question made Mi Yang a little confused for a moment. He just said those words out of desperation.
And Wu Sheng, don’t you think the same as me? Why are you asking me?
Originally, everyone's eyes were on Mi Yang and Guan Yu. Now that Guan Yu pointed at Mi Yang and asked him to explain, everyone focused all their eyes on Mi Yang.