However, what Cao Ren and Li Dian did not expect was that while Zhao Yun came to provoke, Zhuge Liang also asked Guan Yu to ambush near Fancheng with 5,000 troops. On the night when Cao Ren sent troops, he sent someone to pretend that it was Cao Ren who sent the logistics personnel to the Asian Games food and grass, and directly attacked Fancheng. Of course, Cao Ren didn't know, so he came to Xinye City the next day and declared war directly on Liu Bei.

Liu Bei defended the city, and Cao Ren ordered the siege, but found that Xinye had been reinforced by Liu Bei and had very strict defenses. At the same time, Liu Bei was also very cautious, but he just defended the city and did not give Cao Ren any chance. Cao Ren stopped his troops after a tentative attack. When Cao Ren saw that the siege was not the same thing, he wanted to lure Liu Bei out of the city, so he stopped attacking that day, so he asked the soldiers to act lazy and wanted to lead Liu Bei to attack at night.

But Zhuge Liang, who was "calculated all his life", naturally would not make mistakes. The next day, Cao Ren had no choice but to ask someone to go back to Fancheng to transfer food and equipment. However, when the people sent to the evening reported that Fancheng had already been attacked by Guan Yu. Cao Ren knew that he had underestimated Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and said to Li Dian: "It seems that Zhuge Liang is indeed a lie-off dragon. We have been fooled, and now we can only withdraw our troops and go back. Let's take Fancheng together. Now we have to go back to apologize to the lord." Then he withdrew his troops and turned to seize Fancheng. However, after Guan Yu seized Fancheng's supplies, he also evacuated Fancheng while Cao Ren withdrew his troops, and Fancheng returned to Cao Ren's hands.

It seemed that nothing had happened, but Cao Ren's losses were too great. The city's food, grass, equipment and the people were lost, and two thousand people were lost. The key was that morale fell sharply and his face was also lost. However, Cao Cao had already told his army that he had gone south for a few days, so Cao Ren had no time to fight back for this face.

Sun Yi and his family returned to Shitou City after the New Year. After receiving the news that Liu Bei and Cao Ren started a war, Huang Zu quickly announced that he had joined the Sun family in Jiangdong and changed the flag and the speed was so fast.

The news was soon preached to Stone City, and the Jinyiwei reported the news. After Sun Quan finished reading it, he asked the Military Affairs Office, the military ministers and the five ministers of the cabinet to discuss. What Sun Quan did not expect would develop so quickly. One was that there was no Wuhuan Rebellion after Cao Cao pacified Youzhou, and the other was that Cao Cao had never rested and went south so quickly. What worried Sun Quan the most was that the information showed that Guo Jia did not die of illness. Because he did not fight Wuhuan, Cao Cao would have helped him this time. This was what made Sun Quan most worried. If Guo Jia wanted to burn Cao Cao on the Yangtze River, it would be difficult. As in history, he would fight the Battle of Red Cliffs. Guo Jia would definitely not let Cao Cao be deceived so much. Will Cao Cao be defeated?

Moreover, in history, Huang Zu was defeated by himself in the past two years and then died. Liu Qi stationed troops in Jiangxia, and then Liu Bei could occupy Jiangxia, and then Sun and Liu alliance. This time, Huang Zu of Jiangxia not only did not die, but also voted for him. So how would Liu Bei choose his retreat?

After everyone came, Sun Quan asked: "What countermeasures do you have after reading the information? One is how should we deal with Jiangxia? Or should we send troops to take over or let Huang Zu temporarily take control? The other is how do we deal with the war in Jingzhou?"

"Lord, we have a total of twenty-four divisions. Now the army has 14 divisions stationed in the local area. The Guard Division is stationed in Stone City. The remaining ones can be mobilized are nine divisions of 45,000. The first cavalry division has been trained, and the rest is still in training for the time being. I am afraid that it will not be able to exert much combat power for the time being. There are six divisions of 30,000 divisions and two divisions of the navy and 10,000 divisions. Naturally, there is no problem with naval warfare. We can fight as part of the navy. In this way, we only have 90,000 troops to fight." Zhou Yu first reported on the situation of the troops.

Sun Quan thought about it and said that 90,000 people should be enough for the time being, and said, "For the time being, arrange it according to 90,000 people and horses, and notify Gan Ning to temporarily join the navy sequence to participate in the battle. So what is the plan of the Military Affairs Office?"

Pang Tong stood up on behalf of the Military Affairs Office and said: "Lord, our plan is to transfer Sun Yi, the commander of the First Division, to serve as the commander of the Fourth Division, and the commander of the Fourth Division, to transfer Sun Yi to lead the Fourth Division to Jiangxia to assist Huang Zu in guarding Jiangxia. Then our navy was all concentrated in Chaisang, and the rest of the troops were also transferred to Chaisang, and then sit and watch Jingzhou, and then use the troops at the camera."

"Okay, so for Liu Bei in Xinye, how long does it take for Liu Bei to last? What would he choose?" Sun Quan paid attention to Liu Bei except Cao Cao.

"Lord, Liu Bei has only a few people. Now he only has two choices. He either wants to be destroyed by Cao Cao in Xinye or take away Jingzhou and fight against Cao Cao. But no matter which choice, Liu Bei's final one will inevitably be destroyed. At this time, there is no time for him to grow and grow." Lu Su said.

Others also agreed. Sun Quan was not good at insisting on it alone. If everyone was arranged to do things, they would be disbanded. However, he felt no confidence in his heart because history had deviated from his predictions, and his most powerful enemies, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, had come. If he failed, it would be completely finished. Now that Jiangdong has done so many things, the reason why it is not in chaos is that he has mastered military power, and on the other hand, it is because everyone has gained benefits. Another very important factor is that Sun Quan has been winning battles in the south and established his reputation. Once he fails, his reputation will be reduced rapidly, and these unstable factors will be completely stimulated, and Jiangdong may be really finished.

But now Sun Quan has no choice but to fight with all his might. If he loses confidence, it will probably be over.

Cao Cao did something unexpected under Guo Jia's suggestion, that is, after a defeat in Fancheng here, Cao Cao's army had arrived less than ten days later, and then asked Xiahou Dun to assist Cao Ren to directly order a 100,000 army to attack Xinye to take revenge.

Zhuge Liang arranged as recorded in the novel to lure Xiahou Dun into Bowangpo, and in the end, burned a lot of Cao's army. Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren broke tens of thousands of troops, but Cao Cao was not angry and led his troops to attack Xinye.

Although Liu Bei won a small victory outside Bowang City, Cao's army went south for hundreds of thousands, so he would definitely not be able to resist it. So he discussed with Zhuge Liang what to do.

"Lord, Cao's army will arrive in two days. We must make plans within this time."

"Then are we leaving Xinye to Xiangyang now?"

"Yes, lord, as long as Liu Jingsheng is still the governor of Jingzhou, we should go to Xiangyang. Liu Jingsheng will definitely rely on his lord."

"Okay, Kong Ming, then you can arrange it. We are going to retreat to Xiangyang."

Then Zhuge Liang arranged to evacuate the people, arranged sulfur gunpowder in Xinye City, and then evacuated before Cao's army arrived. Cao Cao entered Xinye, and Zhuge Liang's fire destroyed thousands of troops. Cao Cao also felt that he underestimated the enemy and should not have led the vanguard's troops into Xinye. Because Guo Jia and other strategists were left in the Central Army, Cao Cao also learned his lesson and returned to the Central Army to stay with Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others, and asked Cao Chun to take the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to pursue Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's large group of troops had already left for a day, so Cao Chun would definitely not be able to catch up with Liu Bei this time. After Cao Cao was burned in Xinye, he had to send people to resettle the people of Xinye. All of them moved to Yuzhou temporarily, but some of them escaped. However, when Liu Bei's army was still two hours away, news came from the spies in Xiangyang, which scared Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang directly.

(End of this chapter)
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