Chapter 1690 The Battle in Fancheng Takes a Break
Cao Ren left first, and Xu Huang was the one who cut him off. Although Guan Yu had the chance to kill Xu Huang many times, he couldn't bear to think about his past affection. Xu Huang escaped while hesitating. The soldiers suffered heavy injuries, most of them lost in the scuffle, the rest all surrendered, less than one out of ten escaped with Cao Ren and Xu Huang.
Guan Yu took advantage of the victory and pursued, recaptured Yancheng and Sizhong, and returned to Fancheng. Before Cao Ren had used all the elites in the city to attack, and then fled around the city. Now Fancheng has become an empty city, and Guan Yu took it all at once.
When Cao Cao heard that Lu Meng had fallen in Jingzhou, and that Cao Ren and Xu Huang had been defeated by Guan Yu, Cao Cao was shocked and stopped his troops, not daring to offend Guan Yu's prestige lightly. With the supply of food and grass, and Sun Quan has unmistakably revealed his intention to attack Jingzhou, although Lu Meng was defeated by Shen Long, Soochow had not yet lost its vitality, so he also temporarily took a break from continuing the Northern Expedition, leaving capable generals to guard Fancheng, and then led the army back to Jingzhou.
Seeing this, Cao Cao had no intention of continuing to attack. After taking Cao Ren and Xu Huang back, he led his army back to Xudu, and the northern front entered a brief period of peace.
"Zifeng has made a great contribution this time, and I will definitely play brother Ming and ask for credit for Zifeng!" The first thing Guan Yu did after returning to Fancheng was to thank Shen Long. To be honest, recalling what happened recently, Guan Yu I still feel terrified now, if Shen Long hadn't blocked Lu Meng, Jingzhou would have fallen.
If Jingzhou falls, his supply of food and grass will be cut off, and most of the soldiers he leads are from Jingzhou. If Xu Huang and Cao Ren release the news of Jingzhou's fall, the morale of the army will be in chaos. Xu Huang, although Guan Yu is not afraid of life and death, but this failure will make Liu Bei's hope of revitalizing the Han Dynasty come to nothing. This is something Guan Yu would rather die than see, so he is naturally grateful to Shen Long.
"A little meritorious work is not worth mentioning. If the princes and lords hadn't sent someone to support him, Lu Ziming would not be able to stop this little army!" Shen Long said modestly. He could clearly see that Guan Yu had changed his view of himself. Quite a few, to use the terms in the game, the favorability has been almost wiped out.
"Zifeng, don't be self-effacing. Then Lu Ziming is a veteran general. I don't dare to say victory easily, but his actions are all under Zifeng's control. This shows that Zifeng is far more resourceful than Lu Ziming." Guan Yu After the compliment, he asked again, "Although we have won this series of battles, I in Jingzhou have consumed a lot. I would like to ask Zifeng to enlighten me on what to do next."
"Your Majesty is the last general." Shen Long cupped his hands and saluted, and then analyzed, "Although Sun Quan took the initiative to invade our Jingzhou this time, it should not spoil the overall situation set by the military division; as the last general, it is reasonable to send The envoy returns the corpses of Lu Ziming and others, as well as the captured Eastern Wu soldiers."
"In this way, on the one hand, Sun Quan's anger can be alleviated, and the Soochow Wu can continue to fight against Cao Cao; on the other hand, the consumption of food and grass can be reduced, and the consumption of successive wars can be resumed earlier." Shen Long suggested that the Jingzhou army is already at the end of its strength. It is really not suitable for repeated battles with Sun Quan.
Although Lu Meng died, he committed suicide by slaying himself, not by Shen Long, and Lu Meng's status in Soochow was far inferior to Guan Yu's status in Shu. Even though Sun Quan was saddened by Lu Meng's death, It is also unlikely that the Soochow army would go on an expedition across the river to avenge Lu Meng like Liu Bei did.
And now that Cao Cao has retreated to Xudu, Sun Quan has no support, so he can only attack Jingzhou alone. If he raises troops in a large scale, Cao Cao will definitely stand on the sidelines, and come out to clean up the mess when they kill both of them. Whether it can be reported, I am afraid that even keeping the inheritance of father and brother is also a problem.
Although Guan Yu didn't think much of Sun Quan, he still obeyed Shen Long's arrangement and escorted Lu Meng's coffin to Soochow with Mi Fang as an envoy, expressing his intention to make friends with Soochow.
Sun Quan was immediately furious when he heard about Lu Meng's misfortune, and now he heard that Guan Yu had sent someone to send back Lu Meng's body.
At this time, Zhang Zhao came from Jianye. After hearing the news, he hurriedly stopped Sun Quan, "My lord, you must not do it. When Ziming offered to attack Jingzhou, the old minister advised him. When Guan Yu and Liu Bei became sworn brothers, we swear The same life and death; now Liu Bei has the soldiers of the two rivers, and also the conspiracy of Zhuge Liang, Zhang, Huang, Ma, and Zhao Zhiyong; if Ziming kills Guan Yu, Liu Bei will raise up the soldiers of the whole country and strive for revenge. .”
"It's a pity that Lu Ziming died in the enemy's hands, but the dead can't be resurrected, the lord must think twice; the old minister once heard that Zhuge Liang instructed the world in Longzhong, and it was the best policy to make friends with the lord and attack Cao Cao; since Guan Yu sent Mi Zhu to return his son Ming's corpse, it can be seen that Guan Yu does not intend to invade Soochow, if the two sides stop fighting for a while, it will not be too late to avenge Ziming when there is a suitable time in the future." Zhang Zhao's persuasion calmed Sun Quan for the time being.
Then he called Mi Fang to ask, and after learning that Lu Meng committed suicide and Guan Yu was willing to return the Soochow soldiers captured outside Jingzhou City, Sun Quan had nothing to say, agreed to Guan Yu's conditions, and made a new appointment with Jingzhou non-aggression.
After Mi Fang left, Sun Quan carefully questioned Lu Meng's subordinates who came back with Mi Fang, and then learned the details of the battle that day, and couldn't help asking, "What kind of character is this Shen Long? Why has he never heard of it before? "
"It is said that he is a newcomer to Guan Yu, and he is a rare talent with both civil and military skills." Lu Meng's subordinate replied.
Sun Quan sighed, "There are so many heroes in the world, why did this person vote for Guan Yu? If he can be used by me, I will not worry about the lack of successors in Soochow!"
In a few years, Zhou Yu and Lu Su passed away one after another, and now Lu Meng is gone. Although Lu Xun can fill in after Lu Meng, who will be after Lu Xun? Soochow was originally the side with the fewest talents among the Three Kingdoms. Now that Liu Bei has another genius under his command, it is no wonder that Sun Quan is happy.
At the same time, Shen Long's name also spread to Cao Cao's ears. He expressed the same emotion as Sun Quan, why so many heroes and counselors voted for the big-eared thief?
Xuan also heard that Hua Tuo had scraped Guan Yu's bones to cure poison, so Cao Cao remembered that his headache was getting worse, so he ordered someone to find Hua Tuo to treat him.
And in Shuzhong, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, who had been thinking about Jingzhou, finally got the news from Jingzhou, and heard Shen Long's name for the first time.