Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Behind them are Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Zhao Lei and other generals who accompanied the army, as well as generals who surrendered, such as Hu Xiu and Fu Fang.

Seeing that everyone was seated, Guan Yu raised his wine glass solemnly, "The King of Hanzhong once appointed me the governor of Xiangyang, and later made Yu the shepherd of Jingzhou. His intention is self-evident. Now we can sit in Xiangyang City, except for General Meng. The contributions of Generals, General Hu, and General Fu cannot be separated from the strategies of Ziyu and the French army, and they cannot be separated from the soldiers who fought bloody battles, and those warriors who sacrificed their lives for the country, so the first glass of wine should be a toast to them."

Guan Yu picked up the wine glass and swept it across his chest, and the wine in the glass was evenly sprinkled on the table. The generals followed his example and sprinkled the wine on the ground to commemorate the soldiers lost in the war.

"For the second cup of wine, I suggest that everyone pay respects to General Lan. This time, it was all because of his strategizing. Not only did he repel the army of Jiangdong, but he also subdued the important town of Jiangxia, so that we can go to the Northern Expedition without any worries. What do the generals think?" Guan Yu picked up the wine glass and bluffed his phoenix eyes, and observed the performance of the generals after speaking.

Guan Ping was the first to get up, hold the wine glass and clasped his fists, and responded sonorously: "General Lan deserves this wine."

Seeing this, Guan Yu nodded in relief, and behind him Gan Ning, Meng Da, Liao Hua and others gradually stood up and echoed, "General Lan deserves this wine..."

Lan Tian hurriedly stood up and returned the salute: "It's all about the hard work of the soldiers, I actually didn't do anything, besides, Jiang Xia was brought back by Yide..."

"It wasn't because you frequently used ingenious tricks to play around with Lu Xun and Sun Quan, how can I take back Jiang Xia? Drink fast." Zhang Fei urged.

"It doesn't make sense not to drink. I'll drink with all the generals." Lan Tian raised his glass and spun it around, then drank it down in one gulp.

After drinking the second cup, Guan Yu got up again, his eyes changed from soft to firm, "Although we have already occupied Xiangyang, Cao Cao will not give up this important military town. When we arrived in Deng County, everyone drank the third glass of wine, and then Pocao will rely on the concerted efforts of all of you."

After Guan Yu presided over the opening of the banquet, he signaled to the generals to eat shabu-shabu. In winter, it is very enjoyable to have wine and meat.

Meng Da wanted to be the first to go to Lan Tian to show his affection, but Gan Ning on the left front took the lead.

Sitting in front of the Lantian case, Gan Ning recalled his days in Quanling, where many delicacies were from Lantian. Since he became the prefect of Changsha, he hadn't drunk so easily for a long time.

Lan Tian saw that Gan Ning was letting himself go, so he grabbed him and stopped him, saying, "It's easy to get drunk when you cook wine, don't drink like this."

"I'm so happy to be seated with Mr...." Gan Ning poured it into his mouth again with a smile.

Lan Tian was very good at observing words and expressions. He noticed that something was wrong with Gan Ning today, so he frowned and asked, "Is Xing Ba unhappy? Why don't you tell me?"

After hearing this, Gan Ning sighed suddenly: "I'll wait here to cook wine, but it's a pity that Liang Tai won't have another chance..."

Lan Tian was startled when he heard that, he didn't see Gan Ning's lieutenant Liang Tai in the hall, he thought he was staying in the water village.

"General Liang..." Lan Tian hesitated to speak.

"During the Battle of the Han River, he led his troops to board Jiang Qin's main ship, and was killed eight times in the end..." Gan Ning shook his head and smiled wryly.

Lan Tian instructed: "It's indeed a pity, but the matter has come to an end, we must comfort his family well..."

"After this war, I will probably be transferred from Changsha. Unfortunately, Liang Tai's son is only ten years old this year. It is not suitable to follow me here and there. I don't know what to do for a rough man..." Gan Ning sighed.

Lan Tian frowned, and said to Gao Shun next to him: "Ten years old... already passed the age of enlightenment, if it is really inconvenient for Xingba to settle down, why not send the child to Guangzhou City? You can arrange to go to Meng first. Learn to read and write in school, and then go to Guangzhou Academy or Medical School when you are older."

"No problem, I'll arrange it." Gao Shun replied, patting his chest.

"Uh...Liang Tai and I have been through life and death for decades, and he actually hopes that his son will also join the army..." Gan Ning blushed a little bit embarrassed.

Although he knew that Lantian was an opportunity for the common people to study, Liang Tai thought that he was from a low family background, and he didn't want his son to go to the officialdom through studying in the future.

Gao Shun saw Gan Ning's hidden worries, and comforted him: "Whether you are in politics or in the army, reading and writing are very important. Since General Liang wants his son to join the army, you can leave it to me to arrange it, or send it to him first. Open the Meng School, and then enter the Lecture Hall just like Gao Ling."

"That's good, Boping will trouble you." Gan Ning was overjoyed.

"I also have friendship with General Liang, so I should do something for him." Gao Shun nodded slightly.

Seeing the exchange between the two, Lan Tian thought to himself that perhaps the children of these generals should arrange a school for their children, and plan carefully when they return to Guangzhou.

It was snowing heavily outside the hall, and the inside of the hall was boiling hot.

The soldiers were drinking too much and talking nonsense. Zhang Fei shook his head and realized that Lan Tian was not at the table. He pulled Guan Yu and muttered, "Where did Lan Ziyu go? Didn't even have a few drinks with me... um..."

"Gao Boping took him back to rest. He will soon face Cao Cao's main force. He may be going back to the house to deduce the battle situation. We still need to rely on his strategy to break the city." Guan Yu explained.

"Okay...Second brother, do you know? You can really do whatever you want if you have a plan. When I was in Wudu..." Zhang Fei fell drunk on the desk before finishing his sentence.

Wrapped in a quilt, Lan Tian had a good night's dream. He opened the window early the next morning and found that the courtyard was completely white, and the flying snowflakes were scattered like catkins. Although the snowfall intensity had weakened, the sky was still covered with clouds. How long will it snow.

After the snowfall, the weather continued to turn cold. Now tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line have thin clothes. At this time, they can only keep out the cold in their rooms and tents. It is unrealistic to take them out to fight in the wild. Lan Tian estimates that the situation on Cao Cao's side is similar.

Lan Tian immediately called Gao Shun and said, "Bo Ping, get the pen and paper right away. I want to write a letter to Jiang Gongyan, so I need to bring some winter clothes, otherwise the battle won't be able to go on. I also need to prepare some blank books."

"Wei." Gao Shun immediately went to do it after answering.

After a while, Gao Shun sent pens and paper, as well as blank books for recording. Lan Tian leaned over the desk to finish writing the letter, and handed it to Gao Shun, emphasizing: "Let General Li Yi send a transport team to cooperate, and we must send the letter as quickly as possible. The winter clothes have arrived at the front line in Xiangyang."

"only."

Gao Shun cupped his fists and was about to leave, but saw Lan Tian flipping through the blank book and writing four large characters 'The Condor Heroes' on the title page. When he saw the name of the hero, he instinctively connected it with The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Could it be that when Mr. Xue saw that Xueda was unable to fight, he took the time to create a new story?Wouldn't the lady be ecstatic if she found out?

"Sir... The Legend of Condor Heroes is..." Gao Shun hesitated to speak.

"I used it to break Cao."

Lan Tian replied without hesitation, when he got Lu Lingqi's letter back then, Cao Cao was considered his own reader, and he had to prepare some "meeting gift" when meeting in the future.

"Ah?" Gao Shun was surprised when he heard that, can the story still defeat the enemy?

5 Chapter Ninety

Gao Shun left with doubts, and Lan Tian sat alone at the table pressing paper and pen, looking at the snowflakes flying outside the window, his thoughts were drawn into the world of the divine sculpture.

The long text requires a brief description. Lan Tian closed his eyes and recalled the plot, and it took him a long time to write.

The content of a chapter was condensed just now, and Gao Yuan's voice sounded outside the door: "Sir, are you free now? General Guan invites you to the side hall to discuss matters."

"I'll go right away." Lan Tian responded loudly.

Guan Yu should be discussing the strategy of retreating the enemy. The major military divisions are not on the front line now. As a backup player, Lan Tian naturally has to keep up at this time. As for Wen Chaogong, he can do it at any time.

He and Gao Yuan went to the side hall of the prefect's mansion, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning and others had already arrived.

"Come on, Ziyu." Guan Yu stood beside the sand table in the hall and waved to Lan Tian.

After chasing Pan Zhang to solve his worries, Guan Yu's thoughts turned to Pocao. During this time, he asked someone to set up a sand table in the Fancheng area. On the sand table were placed blue and green wooden blocks representing the strength of the troops.

Looking at the terrain of the entire Nanyang and Nanxiang areas on the sand table, it is too flat compared to Yizhou and Jingnan. The Central Plains to the north is Cao Cao's home field, which means that in the future, the Central Plains will have to compete for strength, like Dingjun Mountain There's not much of that terrain available.

Lan Tian walked slowly to the sand table, Guan Ping, Gan Ning, and Meng Da all clasped their fists in salute.

"Cao Cao has such a large force, it seems that he is determined to protect Fancheng." Lan Tian looked at the sand table and sighed.

Guan Yu told Guan Ping: "Ping'er, tell your uncle in detail the military situation we have now. It is estimated that the war will start after the snow stops."

"Wei." Guan Ping nodded and clasped his fists, then pointed to Fancheng on the sand table and said, "When we retreated to the south bank of the Han River, Cao Cao dispatched Yin Shu and Zhu Gai to lead the reinforcements to Fancheng. , Fancheng now has a total force of about [-] troops. More than [-] soldiers from Xu Shang and Lu Jian are stationed in Deng County. Zhang Liao's [-] men from the Huainan battlefield have advanced from Jia County where they were originally stationed to Xinye. After the rebellion in the southern counties of the capital, fifty thousand people were assembled and stationed in Wancheng."

"A total of one hundred thousand people is indeed not to be underestimated." Lan Tian frowned.

"I have fought against both sides more times. Cao Cao's [-] soldiers are much stronger than Sun Quan's [-] soldiers..." Gan Ning added.

Zhang Fei accosted and yelled: "Who cares about one hundred and eighty thousand people, it's not fun to fight with fewer people. Cao Cao's 10 people this time is enough for me to enjoy."

Guan Yu glanced at Zhang Fei, thinking how old he was and still being so unstable, he frowned and continued to speak.

"All the troops that Jingzhou can draw are already on the front line, which gave Jiangdong the opportunity for a full-scale sneak attack. Now, with the addition of two reinforcements from Ziyu and Zidu (Meng Da), and thousands of soldiers from Hu Xiu and Fu Fang, now we The total strength of Cao Cao is [-], which is still very different from that of Cao Cao.

Fortunately, there were rebellions in several counties in Runan, and the Han River blocked Cao Jun's footsteps. Otherwise, I would not have been able to divide my troops to chase Pan Zhang and capture Lu Meng. It is estimated that Cao Cao will go south after the heavy snowfall. What does Ziyu think? "

A decisive battle on the plain depends on the quality of the individual soldiers, the excellent equipment, and the command and dispatch ability of the commanders. Now the difference in strength between the two sides is twice, and Lantian has no certainty of winning, unless there is the plague of Chibi. But it is easy to hold the solid Xiangyang.

"The Battle of Xiangfan was fought from summer to winter. The two sides continued to increase troops and the Han River blocked the road. I think it is unlikely to start a war in a short time, because the weather will turn cold rapidly after the snow melts. Under the premise of not having enough winter clothes How many soldiers will freeze to death in the wilderness?" Lan Tian raised his own question.

Zhang Fei was surprised when he heard that, and quickly echoed: "Ah, yes, yes, let's not talk about anything else, Pang Lingming's troops are light and simple, and they don't prepare winter clothes at all. The main reason is that Jiaozhou is not cold at all..."

"So Cao Cao is also preparing winter clothes? This year's weather is colder than usual..." Guan Yu frowned.

"Wancheng is very close to Xudu and Luoyang. Cao's army is faster than us in preparing supplies. Ziyu, you have to get those workshops in Guangzhou to hurry up." Zhang Fei was very anxious.

Lan Tian had a relaxed expression and smiled leisurely: "There are tens of thousands of sets of winter clothes for combat in the warehouse in the artisan district of Guangzhou City. I have sent General Li to transport them in the morning. I believe they will arrive in Xiangyang in ten or a month."

After hearing this, Zhang Fei patted Lan Tian on the shoulder, and a naive smile appeared on his face again: "Well, you Lan Ziyu, it's a good thing you can figure out how to store winter clothes in such a hot place in Guangzhou, but there are mistakes... ..."

"Third brother, how can you talk nonsense? Ziyu is clearly planning for a rainy day, so I don't have to worry about being so cautious." Guan Yu stroked his beard and praised.

"I'm just joking, second brother, you're too serious..." Zhang Fei patted Guan Yu's shoulder again, probably only Liu Bei and Zhang Fei could do this kind of intimacy.

Lan Tian continued to analyze: "The snowfall has weakened today, and I expect it will turn sunny in the future. During the period of material transportation, make more preparations, sharpen swords and spears, repair warships, and chariots for the battle. Although Wancheng is far away from Luoyang and Xu It is near, but the military supplies also need to be provided by the big clan in the Central Plains. After Xun Yu’s death, the Henan big clan had a rift with Cao Cao.

Guan Yu nodded affirmatively: "It would be great if this is the case, and it happened to catch Cao Cao by surprise."

Lan Tian smiled slightly and said: "Actually, after successfully taking Xiangyang, the initiative of the war is in our hands. Fancheng and Xiangyang face each other across the river. If there is no naval warship to hold the battle, Cao's army will be allowed to cross the river to attack the city. Their The logistics and food roads cannot be kept, and we have the final say on when to attack."

"No wonder Cao Ren and Xu Huang didn't pursue us when we retreated to the south bank..." Guan Ping said to himself.

Guan Yu replied: "Man Chong and Zhao Yan are resourceful people, how could they take risks at will? Besides, we retreated to cross the Han River, and Cao Ren just got a respite."

"Should we finalize the combat deployment now? Just take advantage of the free time to practice, and the soldiers of each battalion will be warm." Zhang Fei suggested.

Lan Tian frowned and shook his head, "It's no problem to train troops to keep warm, but the battle situation is changing rapidly, and it's useless to make a combat deployment too early. Let's talk about it by combining intelligence before the war."

"Oh..." Zhang Fei responded.

Lan Tian turned around and told Guan Yu: "Although Governor Su went to Jiangxia to garrison, there is still a big gap between us and the Jiangdong Navy. We should send more ships to and from Xiakou and Xiangyang. Once Sun Quan's changes are discovered, report back in time, otherwise the soldiers will not be able to fight against Cao Cao with peace of mind. .”

Guan Yu nodded affirmatively at first, and then told Gan Ning in front of Lantian: "Xingba, you have heard it all, immediately do what Ziyu said, and send more patrol boats to and from various places, so that our water supply routes can no longer be cut off. .”

"Wei." Gan Ning clasped his fists and stood upright.

Chapter 591 Meng De undresses as a gift of chicken soup

Two days later, the red clouds cleared, the sky was as clear as a blue, the warm sun hung high in the sky, and the snow slowly melted under the sun.

As the saying goes, snow does not turn cold into snow, and the garrison in Xiangyang took turns to train in the field to keep warm, while Lantian wrote divine sculptures in his room.

Cao Ren learned that Guan Yu was training troops in Xiangyang, and mistakenly thought that the other side would launch an attack soon. On the one hand, he ordered Xu Huang and Niu Jin to also move, and on the other hand, he quickly reported to Cao Cao in Wancheng.

Guan Yu flooded the seven armies and captured them in Jin, and the bandits and bandits from the counties south of Xudu responded, shaking the world for a while.

The rebellion of bandits is hard labor, largely because of the severe criticism of the Henan gentry, and the common people will not rebel if they can survive. Cao Cao not only did not get angry when he saw this, but instead used the name of moving the capital to avoid disasters to test the reaction of those Henan gentry , which means that if you really want to choose to be bad, I will just give up on you.

Cao Cao established the country in Wei County in Hebei and proclaimed himself the Duke. In essence, he had already untied the Henan gentry. If the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty was also moved to Hebei, the Henan gentry would really be abandoned. At that time, they would have no right to speak in the court. , and completely decoupled from Cao Cao's Wei State, the interests will leave with the departure of rights.

In this dangerous situation, Sima Yi wooed Jiang Ji to persuade Cao Cao, and said that he would persuade all the gentry to fight Guan Yu with all their strength. After Cao Cao achieved his desired goal, he sent troops to Jiaxian, Liangxian and other places to put down the rebellion.

At that time, Cao Cao stationed more than [-] troops in Mopi. After the rebellion ended, he only led [-] troops to Wancheng. After the Battle of Hanzhong and the civil uprising caused by corvee service, Cao Cao understood that a large number of troops may not be a good thing. If the logistics cannot keep up Instead, it was a disaster.

Knowing that Xiangyang City has been captured by Guan Yu, Cao Cao's mood is exactly the same as that of Dingjun Mountain. Fancheng and Xiangyang are only separated by a river.

Before Guan Yu besieged Fancheng and Xiangyang at the same time, as long as he defended with all his strength and waited until the opponent's food was exhausted, the weather would retreat, but now Guan Yu has the same strategic advantage, and Gan Ning's navy is still eyeing.

The navy and warships of Cao Cao’s Xuanwu Pool are all in Huainan, and they will be used when Sun Quan is about to attack Jiangdong. Since the navy of Wenpin in Fancheng was wiped out by Guan Yu, there is not even a decent warship left, let alone the risk of crossing the river. Go and take back Xiangyang.

Entering and being unable to enter, he voluntarily withdrew from Fancheng, worried about affecting morale.

Snowmelt weather, very cold outside.

Cao Cao was curled up in bed reading a book. The waiter brought a bowl of chicken soup to keep out the cold. He poured half the bowl of chicken soup down his throat, and two pieces of boned meat were exposed from the bottom of the bowl.

Cao Cao picked up the chicken and looked at it, then he didn't want to say anything, but said to himself meaningfully: "Chicken ribs...chicken ribs..."

"My lord, something is wrong..."

When Cao Cao was thinking, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and it turned out to be the master secretary Yang Xiu.

"Dezu, why are you panicking?" Cao Cao frowned and sat up.

"After the snow stopped, Guan Yu began to gather his troops, and General Zhengnan (Cao Ren) urgently called for help." Yang Xiu cupped his hands and replied.

Cao Cao frowned, and said with a cold snort, "Guan Yunchang just won Xiangyang, and he is about to attack Fancheng? Dezu quickly changed clothes for Gu."

"only."

Yang Xiu walked forward quickly, took a fur robe from the hanger and put it on for Cao Cao. At first, Cao Zhi was ordered to supervise the army to supervise the transportation of grain and grass. Xu Du explained the plea, so he stayed with Cao Cao temporarily.

Cao Cao put on his robes and was about to go out when he saw the chicken ribs in the bowl not yet eaten, so he handed it to Yang Xiu and said, "There is Lao Dezu undressing the orphan, so I will present you with this half bowl of chicken soup. You can eat it while it is hot. Don't take it too lightly."

"Uh... I am humbled to thank you for your kindness." Yang Xiu hurriedly bowed his hands.

In order for Cao Zhi to regain Cao Cao's favor, the arrogant Yang Xiu became very obedient.

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he walked out of the dormitory. Yang Xiu picked up the meat in the bowl and looked at it, and found that it was actually two chicken ribs.

Yang Xiu jogged for two steps and stopped suddenly. He spat out the piece of meat in his mouth and put it in his palm, and said with a wry smile: "Chicken ribs, there is no meat to eat, it's a pity to throw away..."

Seeing no one around, Yang Xiu threw the chicken ribs in the corner, wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand, and then said to himself: "Chicken ribs...chicken ribs... Could the king be using a metaphor for Fancheng?"

When Yang Xiu came to the front hall, he found that Sima Yi, Cheng Yu, Dong Zhao, Jiang Ji, Huan Jie, etc., all the brain trusters accompanying the army were in place.

"Gu thought Guan Yu had already sent troops. It turned out that he was training troops in the north of Xiangyang City. Zixiao was a little too nervous, but it is not wrong to attach great importance to it. Zhongda (Sima Yi), how are the preparations for the winter clothes of the soldiers?" Cao Cao read the battle report. After talking nonsense, he threw the question to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi cupped his hands and replied: "I have already gone to Xin Zhong Xiangguo, and some of the uniforms are already on the way, but because there are too many, it will take some time to meet the needs of [-] soldiers."