Chapter 222 Chapter Thirty Flooded Seventh Army Defeats Maicheng (7)

"Who?" Liu Ye asked. "General Xu Huang." Sima Yi said, "He was acquainted with Guan Yu before, and they are quite familiar with the tactics of warfare." After hearing Sima Yi's words, Liu Ye couldn't help clapping his legs and applauding. The two discussed it all night, and the next morning, they summoned General Xu Huang, who was stationed in Wancheng, to Yecheng. Xu Huang went to Yecheng to receive military orders, and hurriedly dispatched tens of thousands of horses to Fancheng to assist Cao Ren. In 221, Man said goodbye to Cao Ren. Under the cover of night, he escaped the attack of Guan Yu's Jingzhou army, and arrived at Sun Quan's place within a day. He found his old friend Jiang Yun and was recommended by him.

To Sun Quan's mansion.At that time, Lu Meng was returning from Lingling to meet with Sun Quan to discuss the countermeasures to deal with the new war situation in Jingzhou and Xiangfan.When Lu Meng and Sun Quan listened to the soldiers report to Cao Cao When the envoy Man Chong asked to see him, Sun Quan asked Lu Meng, "What is the intention of the envoy Cao here?" Lu Meng replied, "It's because of the siege of Fancheng." Sun Quan asked again: "But join me in attacking Guan Yu?" Lu Meng smiled and said, "How about asking him to come in and talk?"

Sun Quan then ordered Man Chong to be summoned.Man Chong tidied up his clothes, walked in with his head held high, and gave a big gift to Sun Quan.Sun Quan was given a seat and asked, "Sir, what do you do here?" Man Chong replied straight to the point: "I am ordered by the King of Wei to come to contact the general, and hope that the two sides can cooperate to defeat Guan Yu together." Sun Quan said with a smile: "I heard that Cao Cao's Yujin seven armies were all annihilated by Guan Yu a few days ago, and Cao Ren, the guard of Fancheng, has also become a turtle in the urn. Guan Yu is really unstoppable. Mr. Jin

It is really unnecessary to come to Jiangdong to seek help from me.I haven't lost my way, so why bother to mobilize the crowd? " Man Chong said seriously: "The general is wrong. The general said that he has not lost an inch of land, but I know that the three counties of Jingzhou were originally the general's territory. Why are they still in Liu Bei's hands? According to people, Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, the general, and said that he would return Yizhou to you if he took Yizhou, but did he fulfill his promise after taking Yizhou? Guan Yu was stationed in Jingzhou, and he often sent heavy troops to Lingling to threaten you deliberately.

What's more, Guan Yu was arrogant and didn't respect the general at all.You hired a daughter for your son's marriage, but he said, "How can my tiger girl marry his dog son?" His words were extremely rude. " Seeing Man Chong's aggressive words and exposing his private parts, Sun Quan was displeased and said, "Guan Yu's madman, I will destroy Chaoshi myself!" Man Chong saw that Sun Quan hated Guan Yu in his words, so he took advantage of the situation to induce him: "General, King Wei and Guan Yu will fight against Fancheng. Although the current situation is not good, he has a million troops in the north. As long as they gather

How can Guan Yu be undefeated by attacking him with one fell swoop? But the northern clans have the stupid heart to go south, and the king of Wei sent troops to the north to resist. After Guan Yu's rear, he lost his support, and he was bound to be defeated under the attack of you and me.If it succeeds, the general will take back Jingzhou, the king of Wei will keep Fancheng, and the two families will rule across the river. Wouldn't it be good? Is it wrong? Please think twice, general, and don't miss such a great opportunity. " Hearing this, Sun Quan pondered for a while, and then said: "Sir, you have come a long way and have worked so hard. Please go to the other hall for a meal and rest. What you just said, let me discuss it with the soldiers before answering you."

. " Seeing that Sun Quan was tempted, Man Chong said meaningfully before leaving, "General, 'the opportunity must not be missed, the time will never come again', and he will decide on the result." After Sun Quan had left Man Chong, he asked Lu Meng, "Amen, what do you think of Man Chong's words?" Lu Meng replied: "My lord, Lu Su's idea of ​​lending Jingzhou to Liu Bei was forced by current events, and there was nothing wrong at that time. But now the battle situation has changed. In the past, Cao Cao was powerful, and we must An alliance with Liu Bei cannot stop him.Now that Liu Bei has become stronger, Cao Cao lost to him in Hanzhong and Guan Yu in Fancheng.If we continue to support Liu Bei, he will destroy Cao Cao

Will occupy my Jiangdong.Therefore, breaking diplomatic relations with Liu Bei and contacting Cao Cao is a wise diplomatic activity.Now Guan Yu is fighting with Cao Cao's army endlessly, and there are not many defenders in Jingzhou. Excellent opportunity in the state. " After Sun Quan heard this, he felt that it was reasonable, but he still had some doubts: "I heard that Guan Yu was fighting in Fancheng, and he still sent elite troops to garrison the rear of Jingzhou. He has already been on guard against us. If I hit Guan Yu, will I really keep my promise and rule across the river with me? "

Lu Meng said confidently: "Guan Yu is self-willed. As long as he acts like he is afraid of him, he will despise you and lose his guard. When he is unsuspecting, send a surprise soldier." , will win.As for Cao Cao's promise, it is credible and not credible.Because all victories on the battlefield are achieved with one's own strength, confidence, and resourcefulness. " Lu Meng's analysis convinced Sun Quan, and he finally made up his mind to attack Guan Yu with Cao Cao. The next day, Sun Quan wrote a letter of friendship with Cao Cao and handed it to Man Chong.Man Chong happily crossed the river and returned to Yecheng with the letter to report the good news to Cao Cao.

Since then, the Cao-Sun alliance has been formed.The battle clouds in the Jingzhou area became more and more dense, and Guan Yu's army was facing annihilation... At the beginning of September in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Man Chong returned to Yecheng, visited Cao Cao, and presented the letter written by Sun Quan to make an alliance with Cao Cao. At this time, Cao Cao was just recovering from a serious illness, and his body was still quite weak. Even so, he still cheered up and discussed with Liu Ye, Dong Zhao, Sima Yi and others to deal with major military and political affairs.

Cao Cao opened Sun Quan's letter and read it from beginning to end without missing a single word, feeling very uncomfortable.He thought: I traveled across the world, conquered from east to west, and wiped out the heroes of the north, leaving only the south. Fang's Liu and Sun have not yet made him surrender.I have always begged Sun Quan, begged Liu Bei, or suppressed their coalition forces. I never imagined that I would follow their example today.The more he thought about it, the sadder he became, the more he thought about it. Angry, he grabbed Sun Quan's letter and tore it into pieces. Man Chong opened his eyes wide.He didn't understand the meaning of Cao Cao's move, so he opened his mouth and exclaimed: "My lord..." Cao Cao heard Man Chong's exclamation, and Fang recovered from his anger.He knew that he had lost his composure, so he quickly pretended to say: "Sun Zhongmou values ​​righteousness, and I also value love. I will ask Emperor Xian to seal him up today." Guanjue.Bo Ning, I am tearing up this letter, not because of him, but just to express my determination to defeat Guan Yu, so don't panic. " Man Chong felt relieved, and said happily: "Your Majesty and Sun Quan join forces, and Liu Bei's end is not far away." Cao Cao nodded, and then ordered Liu Ye to go to Xudu to present the memorial requesting Sun Quan's official title to Emperor Xian. Sima Yi persuaded Cao Cao not to ask Han Xiandi for Sun Quan's order to be added to the rank. Cao Cao smiled and said nothing, and did not listen to his advice. Sima Yi said anxiously: "Your Majesty, if you ask Emperor Xian to add a title to Sun Quan, you are not telling the world that you have established an alliance with him, and that you will reveal the secret. Guan Yu knows, there will be Be wary! " Dong Zhao realized what Cao Cao meant, so he said to Sima Yi: "Zhongda, the king intends to let Guan Yu know about this. Because of military operations, he advocates power and tactics to win the greatest victory. as fundamental.If Guan Yu hears that Sun Quan is going to attack him in Jingzhou, he will naturally divide his army back to protect Jingzhou, and the siege of Fan will be resolved.Moreover, once Sun Liu fights, we can sit back and watch the tigers fight. , Liu will also be weakened; after Liu is defeated, Sun will also be weakened, and it will be much easier to attack survivors at that time. After Dong Zhao finished speaking, Cao Cao laughed and said, "That's exactly what I mean." " Sima Yi and Liu Ye all praised and admired him. At the beginning of September, Xu Huang's army had arrived at Yanglingpo. Cao Cao sent his staff officer Zhao Yan to his camp to assist him in attacking Guan Yu. Guan Yu heard that Xu Huang's army had arrived, so he sent troops to Yancheng to fight.Xu Huang then pressed the Jingzhou army's camp to set up tents, and dug trenches through the side roads, deliberately showing that the generals Dig all the way to the south of Yancheng, cutting off Guan Yu's retreat.Guan Yu couldn't find an opportunity to fight Xu Huang's army, so he ordered his generals to burn the battalion and retreat.Xu Huang easily captured Yancheng, connected to the barracks, Push forward slightly. At that time, Xu Huang's army was alone, and he had no strength to defeat Guan Yu's army.But his generals are eager to win, and come every day to invite tassels to attack.Zhao Yan said to Xu Huang: "Guan Yu's siege is extremely strong. solid.Our tens of thousands of horses are no match for the enemy.Cao Ren was isolated in the city. He didn't know we had arrived, so he couldn't use the power of internal and external attacks. If we attack rashly, we will surely Frustrated.Now we don't push Guan Yu's army, but we write a letter of our arrival and shoot it into the city to inform Cao Ren, so that he will know that there are reinforcements outside, so as to encourage the soldiers, when Jingzhou is attacked by Sun Quan Accounted for, Guan Yu was in chaos. "