Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 50 Guan Yu's surprise, Liu Feng's strategy to take advantage of the situation
In the handsome tent.

Although Guan Yu, who is nearly sixty years old, has mostly white hair and beard, his tiger eyes are still bright and sharp.

The results of the attack on Xiangfan far exceeded Guan Yu's expectations.

Having been stationed in Jingzhou for many years, Guan Yu repeatedly fought against Wei generals and pushed the front line to the Xiangfan area.

This time, he took advantage of the power of the Han River to capture Yu Jin, kill Pang De and capture 30,000 Wei soldiers.

With such a record, Guan Yu had enough to be proud of.

Although Xu Huang had marched in and killed the surrendered generals Hu Xiu and Fu Fang a few days ago, and also saved Fancheng from danger, Guan Yu's warships were still blocking the water, and neither Xu Huang nor Cao Ren could enter Xiangyang.

A small defeat in a big battle is nothing, and Guan Yu would not be angry because he was defeated by Xu Huang for a while.

Just thinking about fighting with Xu Huang on the battlefield made Guan Yu feel uncomfortable.

From a personal perspective, Guan Yu and Xu Huang were fellow townsmen and had a brotherly friendship; from a public perspective, they each served their own master and had to fight.

Perhaps it was because Xu Huang did not want to fight to the death with Guan Yu, so after resolving the crisis in Fancheng, Xu Huang did not fight with Guan Yu again, but frequently sent messengers to persuade Guan Yu to go back to guard Jiangling.

This made Guan Yu hesitate.

On the one hand, Guan Yu believed that he could fight again, especially after Liu Feng agreed to send troops and sent the vanguard Li Ping to arrive, Guan Yu became more confident.

On the other hand, Guan Yu did not think that Sun Quan could take Jiangling City. There were beacon towers along the river to warn people, and Gong'an City was the gateway. By the time the Wu soldiers arrived at Jiangling City, Mi Fang must have been prepared to defend the city.

Guan Yu still recognized Mi Fang's ability to defend the city.

After all, Mi Fang had been the prefect of Nanjun for many years and was very familiar with Jiangling City.

With soldiers and food, wouldn't it be easy to defend Jiangling City with its high walls and deep water?

Now it’s a competition of who can last longer and who can’t hold on first.

While he was thinking about how to break the current deadlock, the military officer at the camp gate came outside the tent with a messenger sent by Liu Feng to ask for a meeting.

Upon learning that one of them was a swordsman from Jiangling City, Guan Yu's right hand, which was stroking his beautiful beard, stiffened subconsciously, and a bad thought arose in his heart.

After a while.

Looking at Hu's jade pendant and the handwritten letter, the veins on the back of Guan Yu's hand swelled up instantly.

"Lv Ziming, Lu Boyan, how dare you bully me!"

"Fu Shiren, Mi Zifang, how dare you betray me!"

Gnashed hatred burst out from his mouth, and Guan Yu became furious instantly.

He hated Lu Meng and Lu Xun for deceiving him by sending troops outside to launch a surprise attack, and he also hated Fu Shiren and Mi Fang for failing to defend the cities of Gong'an and Jiangling.

Guan Ping, who was standing by, felt a pang in his heart and hurried to look at Hu's handwritten letter, only to feel dizzy.

"how is this possible?"

"It's just as Liu Gongzhong said!"

Guan Yu keenly heard the key words in Guan Ping's exclamation and shouted, "Tan Zhi, what did you just say?"

Guan Ping took out a letter from Liu Feng from his bosom, handed it to Guan Yu and apologized, saying, "Father, Liu Gongzhong once sent someone to deliver a letter to me, predicting that Jiangling City would fall."

"It's just that the words in this letter are unbelievable, so I didn't dare to present it to my father. I didn't expect that Liu Gongzhong's assertion would come true."

After carefully reading the contents of the letter, Guan Yu's expression became complicated.

Especially the sentence "I know the former general has always disliked me and is afraid that I will threaten Adou's position. However, national affairs should not be neglected due to personal feelings. My dispute with Adou is only within the wall, while my father's dispute with Cao Cao and Sun Quan is outside the wall." and the sentence "If Jiangling has not been lost, you must not show this letter to the former general easily" made Guan Yu feel more.

Although Guan Yu was arrogant, he was not stupid. He understood why Liu Feng only wrote to Guan Ping instead of to himself. Because of Adou, although Guan Yu admired Liu Feng's bravery in private, he was afraid that Liu Feng would threaten Adou's position. Therefore, he always called Liu Feng "the adopted son of the moth" to show his support for Adou.

Because of this gap, if Guan Yu had seen this letter before Jiangling City was lost, he would have cursed Liu Feng.

On this point, Guan Yu was very self-aware.

Taking a deep breath, Guan Yu suppressed his inner anger and picked up the letter sent by the knight sent by Liu Feng.

In the letter, Liu Feng briefly described to Guan Yu what he had done recently, such as stabilizing the power of the wealthy families such as Shen Dan, Shen Yi, and Deng Fu in Shangyong, seizing Meng Da's military power and letting Meng Da guard Yidu, making friends with Bai Shou and Ma Yu in Jingshan to form the Jingshan Volunteer Army, building fortifications and storing food in Fangling, setting up a stronghold in Jingshan, and using Pan Zhang to interfere with Lu Meng's judgment.

And so on.

He also inferred the deployment that Lu Meng might take after capturing Jiangling City, as well as the deployment that Cao Cao might take after hearing the news, so as to make Guan Yu have a clearer understanding of the current situation between the enemy and us.

Liu Feng also proposed in the letter that Guan Yu should lead "military officers and officers such as military marquises, lieutenants, and lieutenants who are unable to decide between loyalty and filial piety through Fancheng to Fangling, Shangyong, and Xicheng."

In this way, Liu Feng could lead his troops to help without any worries, and Guan Yu could also alleviate the impact on the morale of the army caused by Lu Meng's holding the families of generals and officials hostage.

At the same time, it can also disperse the pressure caused by insufficient food and fodder.

The letter also focused on "using Xu Huang to pass on the information about the loss of Jiangling City to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao might intervene."

Liu Feng asserted that it was not in Cao Cao's interest to let Sun Quan drive Guan Yu out of Jingzhou completely, so when Cao Cao learned that Jiangling City had been lost, he might intervene in the situation in Jingzhou in order to achieve the goal of two tigers competing for food.

Finally, Liu Feng asked Guan Yu to withdraw his troops as soon as possible.

The more hasty the retreat, the more Cao Cao will believe that Guan Yu will find it difficult to compete with Sun Quan in Jingzhou.

If we say that when Liu Feng wrote the letter to Guan Ping, he was only considering his own life and Guan Yu's life.

The letter that Liu Feng sent this time was intended to take the lives of Guan Yu's soldiers and destroy the fragile alliance between Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

The reason for the difference between the before and after is that Liu Feng believed that the situation had undergone new changes and he could make more far-reaching plans.

After all, when Liu Feng wrote to Guan Ping, he had not decided to send troops to Guan Yu's tent to help, nor did he meet Liao Hua, nor did he take Guan Yu's family away.

The most important thing is: when the letter was sent to Guan Ping, Jiangling City was not lost.

If Jiangling City had not been lost, it would have been impossible for Guan Yu to adopt Liu Feng's good strategy given his arrogance.

Not to mention using Xu Huang to convey a message to Cao Cao.

In Liu Feng's latest plan, it is particularly crucial to convey a message to Cao Cao through Xu Huang.

Jiangling has been lost.

Liu Bei is currently unable to send troops through Xichuan.

It would be difficult to recapture Jiangling relying solely on the current strength of Liu Feng and Guan Yu.

If you want to change the situation in Jingzhou, you have to bring in a new force to intervene. But now the only one who can intervene in the situation in Jingzhou is Cao Cao who has returned from Guanzhong.

Liu Feng believed that Cao Cao would not be fooled by Sun Quan like Cao Pi, and would not sit idly by and watch Sun Quan swallow up Liu Bei's territory in Jingzhou.

Letting Guan Yu convey the message to Cao Cao through Xu Huang's mouth can greatly save Cao Cao's time wasted in gathering intelligence.

This is also the same as Cao Cao asking Xu Huang to send a message to Guan Yu saying that Sun Quan was going to attack Jingzhou:

No one can monopolize Jingzhou!

　Ah! Please, please ...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)