After Xu Chu watched for a while in shock, he got up and mounted his horse. He left the soldiers to watch the dam while he hurried back to report.
The unexpected slash on the road kept appearing in front of Xu Chu's eyes, making him break out in a cold sweat.
"This Guan Yunzhang is really not to be trifled with. No wonder he killed half of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei!”
When Xu Chu arrived at Xinye, the sky was already slightly bright.
Cao Cao saw that he had returned alone, with messy hair and missing armor. He was in a sorry state and couldn't help but be shocked!
"Could it be that Zhongkang suffered a great loss and lost all his soldiers?”
Xu Chu nodded and quickly shook his head."I did suffer a loss, but besides Guan Yunzhang who escaped, the rest of the people on White River were all killed by me.”
Cao Cao heaved a sigh of relief, but he stared at Xu Chu for a while before a hint of fear flashed in his eyes."Guan Yunzhang? Why was he there? Could it be that your current appearance is because of him?”
Xu Chu nodded in embarrassment." This Guan Yunzhang is really powerful. I fought him for dozens of rounds and he didn't fall. When I was chasing after him, I fell into his trap and my armor was split in half. If it weren't for me being smart, my lord would only be able to see two halves of my head now.”
As he spoke, Xu Chu took off the armor from the horse's back and unfolded it. After everyone went up to take a look, a chill ran down their spines.
Cao Cao held the armor with both hands and looked at it for a long time. His eyes revealed a look of reminiscence.
"In the blink of an eye, it's been seven years! After such a long time, Guan Yunzhang's might was still as strong as before!”
Yu Jin looked worried." In the past, Guan Yunchang killed six generals after passing the five passes. All the generals in our army were afraid of him! Now, even Zhongkang almost died in his hands. In the future, wherever this person is, I'm afraid that our army's fighting spirit will be weak and no one will dare to fight against him!”
The generals wanted to say something heroic, but when they subconsciously looked at the broken armor, they closed their mouths and did not dare to show off.
Xu Chu also wanted to cheer everyone up, but when he thought about how he could only fight Guan Yu to a draw at most, even if he bragged, he would only become a laughingstock, so he lowered his head and did not say anything.
Seeing his general like this, Cao Cao was anxious and couldn't help but look at Guo Yu.
Guo Yu chuckled,"A mere Guan Yu, even if he has the ability to move mountains and fill the sea, so what?" Today, Zhongkang's 3,000 cavalry will kill all his wings. As long as you listen to my orders and act according to my plan, there is no need to be afraid of this person! Moreover, I will recruit two tiger generals for the Prime Minister soon. They will be enough to resist Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.”
Xu Chu was overjoyed when he heard that. When I went to the upper reaches of the White River, Guan Yu had indeed built a dam along the river. However, all of this was expected by Sir. It was just a waste of effort! Although Guan Yu was brave, he was powerless to reverse the outcome!”
All the generals celebrated, rejoicing that Guo Yu had planned things out, and all of them felt at ease.
Cao Cao pulled Guo Yu aside, his eyes full of anticipation."Who are the two tiger generals that Mister mentioned?”
Guo Yu smiled mysteriously." Prime Minister, you've already met one of them during the night battle. As for the other one, you'll know soon!"”
Cao Cao was anxious, but Guo Yu only smiled. Even if he didn't say anything, Cao Cao could only guess.
Seeing that the sky was bright, Cao Ren was eager to try.""Sir, Kong Ming's water and fire tactics have failed. What should we do next?”
Cao Cao stopped guessing about the unknown general and focused on his next plan.
Guo Yu pointed to the south and began to analyze the situation.
"Our army has come here because Zhuge Liang has already guessed Liu Biao's death. If he sent someone to Xiangyang to verify the news, he would definitely urge Liu Bei to break off relations with Cai Mao and take the opportunity to attack Jiangling!”
"Jiangling is a land of money and grain, and there are many weapons and ships. With this, Liu Bei will be able to gain a foothold in Jingnan! If Liu Bei managed to gain a foothold in Jiangling, then Cai Mao might even surrender, and this southern expedition would basically end in failure!”
"Therefore, the most important thing now is to send a cavalry to quickly chase after Liu Bei and defeat his remaining troops so that he can only escape to Jiangxia! When Cai Mao saw that Liu Bei could not stop the Prime Minister, he would definitely send an envoy to surrender. At that time, the Lord would only need to reward the rich and famous people of Jingzhou. Then, he would be able to obtain half of Jingzhou and an elite navy without any effort!”
"When the time comes, Prime Minister will only need to reorganize Jingzhou and divide his forces into two groups. One group will take Jiangxia and destroy Liu Bei, while the other group will go south to take the four counties of Jingnan.”
Everyone listened to his orderly arrangements and couldn't help but be intoxicated. They were all full of admiration for Guo Yu.
Cao Cao hugged Guo Yu excitedly,""Your brother helped me pacify the north, and you helped me pacify the south! I, Cao Cao, am truly fortunate to have the two of you helping me!”
……
Twenty miles away from Xinye, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were observing the situation there.
At night, a few flames appeared in Xinye City, but they were soon extinguished.
Liu Bei's face darkened." Zhuge Liang, aren't there sulfur, kerosene, and firewood in the city?" Why did such a strong wind only burn for a while before there was no movement?”
Zhuge Liang thought to himself, I don't have clairvoyance, how would I know what's going on.
Just as he was feeling puzzled, Zhao Yun brought Liu Feng and Mi Fang back.
Liu Bei saw that there were almost no soldiers following behind the three of them, and his expression became even uglier."Zilong, what happened in Xinye? Why did the fire go out? Where did your soldiers go?”
Zhao Yun got off her horse and knelt down, sobbing."This general acted according to the plan and set up sulfur kerosene in the city. When the wind blew, he fired arrows. When he saw the city on fire and the city gates open, he led his troops to attack. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's army did not flee in a hurry, but came prepared. A hundred thousand soldiers left the city, and our soldiers were almost all killed in a single encounter!”
Liu Feng also looked at Zhuge Liang coldly, his eyes filled with hatred,""If Zilong hadn't risked his life to save me, I would have said goodbye to my father today!”
Liu Bei lowered his head. Although he was angry, he knew that with a strong enemy in front of him, now was not the time to settle scores.
"Alright, victory and defeat are common in military affairs. As long as Yun Chang breaks the dike and floods Xinye, everything is negotiable!”
Zhuge Liang was feeling guilty, but after hearing Liu Bei's words, he was looking forward to it. He remembered that he still had two unique skills. One was Guan Yu's ability to flood the upper reaches of the White River, and the other was Zhang Fei's ambush at the Boling Ferry. He reckoned that Guo Yu would be able to predict one or two of them, but not everything. He felt slightly relieved.
However, they waited until the second half of the night, but they still did not hear the sound of water flooding the city. Liu Bei's expression turned uglier, and he felt more resentful towards Kong Ming.
Not long after, Guan Yu returned alone on Red Rabbit. He dismounted and stabbed the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in front of Zhuge Liang. His phoenix eyes were filled with coldness!
"Zhuge Kongming! What trick did you use? I was building a dam upstream to store water and everything was ready, but I was ambushed by Cao Cao's troops! Not to mention that all their previous efforts had been wasted, none of their soldiers had escaped! Tell me, how can you face the dead soldiers?”
"What is it? Ambush? Guo Yu had predicted this? Oh no, Guo Yu must have seen the river and noticed something wrong!”
"The fire plan failed, and the water plan also failed! Guo Yu actually saw through all of my killing moves!”
"Heavens, since you gave birth to Liang, why did you give birth to Yu!”
Zhuge Liang knelt on the ground and cried out in grief!
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