Romance of The Three Kingdoms twenty-third return to the meeting
When Guan Yu heard that Ma Chao was brave, he asked Guan Ping to send a message to Liu Bei, and he wanted to enter the river to compete with Ma Chao. Kong Ming replied to Guan Yu and said, "Ma Chao is brave, but he is not as superior as the general."
Seeing the letter, Guan Yu laughed and said, "Kong Ming still knows what is on my mind."
Sun Quan see Liu Bei has obtained the Xichuan, he will Zhuge Jin a little down, let Zhuge Jin into the river, to brother Zhuge Liang asked for Jingzhou, to save the family small.
Kong Ming and Zhuge Jin met Liu Bei together. Kong Ming knelt down and asked Liu Bei to return Jingzhou, but Liu Bei refused, so Kong Ming kept crying, and Liu Bei said, "For the sake of military commanders, I will return Changsha, Lingling, and GUI, Yang and three counties to Soochow." Zhuge Jin heart happy, where to know this is actually Kongming's strategy.
Zhuge Jin took Liu Bei's letter, looking for Guan Yu delivery of three counties. Guan Yu had already received a letter from Kong Ming, and when he saw the document brought by Zhuge Jin, he said angrily, "The three counties are all the territory of Dahan, why should they be given to Eastern Wu?" When you are away, your orders are not accepted. My brother agreed, but I could not repay him."
Zhuge Jin helpless, had to go into the river again to find Kong Ming, but Kong Ming went out, Liu Bei advised Zhuge Jin to go back first. Zhuge Jin returned to Jiangdong and reported to Sun Quan. Sun Quan was furious and asked Lu Su what to do. Lu Su made a plan to invite Guan Yu to Lukou for a banquet, and if he did not agree to return Jingzhou, he would kill him.
Guan Yu crossed the river the next day for a banquet. Lu Su then arranged for the axers to lie in wait, and ordered Lv Meng and Gan Ning to lead the troops to lie in wait on the shore. At noon, Guan Yu sailed to the other bank.
Guan Yu and Lu Su went to the table to drink. Guan Yu took Zhou Cang's sword in one hand and held Lu Su on his arm in the other. He pretended to be drunk and said, "If you invite me to drink today, why should you mention the matter of Jingzhou?" I'm drunk. I can't make it hurt. Please come to Jingzhou some day and discuss it again." Said while pulling Lu Su to the river.
Lu Meng and Gan Ning wanted to send troops to intercept them, but they were afraid of hurting Lu Su, so they had to watch Guan Yu board the ship and return to Jingzhou. Sun Quan originally wanted to attack Jingzhou, but when he heard that Cao Cao was going south again to attack Eastern Wu, he had to abandon Jingzhou first and send his troops to resist Cao Cao.
Cao Cao prepared to attack Dongwu and join the army. Fu Qian wrote a letter suggesting that the soldiers should rest first and wait until the time was ripe before going out. Therefore, Cao Cao temporarily canceled his plan to attack Dongwu, and set up schools to educate the people.
The eunuch Mu Shun was willing to risk his life to deliver a message to Fuwan.
Cao Cao had many ears and ears, and when he heard the news, he stopped Mu Shun at the gate of the camp. Cao Cao saw that Mu Shun panicked and put on his hat, and was suspicious, he searched Mu Shun's hair and found a reply to the emperor.
Cao Cao then killed all the young and old members of Fuwan's family; After receiving the seal of the Empress Fu, Fu was caught in front of the hall, and the two sons born after Fu were also executed.
Cao Cao summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to discuss the destruction of Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Xia Hou proposed to take Hanzhong Zhanglu first, and then aggressive Xichuan. Cao Cao agreed and mobilized his forces to attack Hanzhong.
As soon as Cao Cao arrived at Yiyang and Pingguan, seeing that the mountains were steep and the terrain was complicated, he did not dare to march easily, so he held a battle with Yang Ang, one of Zhang Lu's defenders, for more than fifty days. Later Cao Cao killed Yang Ang with a trick, which captured the Yiyang and Ping Pass, and then marched on Nanzheng.
Cao's army attacked Nanzheng, and Zhang Lu used Ma Chao's old general Pang De to defend Nanzheng. Cao Cao saw that Pang De was superior in martial arts and liked him very much, so he arranged to bring Pang De down. He bribed Yang Song to speak ill of Pang De in front of Zhang Lu, so that Zhang Lu did not trust Pang De.
Zhang Lu was deceived and limited Pang to win a battle the next day, or he would be killed by military law.
Cao Cao then immediately lured Pound up the hill.
When Pound saw Cao Cao at the top of the hill, he jumped up the hill, but fell into a pit and was captured alive. With good advice from Cao Cao, Pound surrendered to him.
After Cao Cao captured Nanzheng, his army pressed down on Bazhong, and Zhang Lu had no choice but to surrender. Cao Cao made Zhang Lu General of the south of the town, and the other generals were also sent down, only Yang Song was beheaded.
From then on, all Hanzhong belonged to Cao Cao.
The chief advisers Sima Yi and Liu Ye suggested seizing Xichuan, but Cao Cao sighed and said, "People are afraid of not being satisfied!" If you have the long river, do you still want the Shu?" He decided not to do anything.