Chapter 237-242: Another great achievement, meeting Guan Yu
Jiangdong's strategy for conquering Jingzhou this time is to attack from three directions.
A naval force, led by Jiang Qin, went up the Xiang River to the Mian River and blocked the waterway, preventing Guan Yu's army from sailing downstream and returning to Nanjun quickly via the Xiang River.
The two land armies, led by Lu Meng and Lu Xun respectively, aimed to seize the three counties of Jingzhou, dig out Guan Yu's base, cut off the army's food supply, and even block his final journey back to Yizhou.
Now the two land armies were defeated, Lu Meng and Lu Xun were both dead, Jiangdong suffered heavy losses, and the strategy to capture Jingzhou could be said to have completely failed.
Even if Jiang Qin's navy was still blocking the Xiangshui waterway, it would be of no use.
The food supply route was not cut off, the retreat route still existed, and Jiangling City was not lost. Guan Yu's army could easily return by land.
Even if Xiangyang and Fancheng could not be captured this time, as long as Guan Yu's main force was not lost and the three counties of Jingzhou were still there, there would still be hope of launching a northern expedition to the Central Plains starting from Jingzhou in the future - after all, Cao Cao was dying, and after Cao Cao's death and Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, the Jingzhou army might be able to get an unexpected surprise.
For example, Cao Pi took the initiative to withdraw his troops and abandon Xiangyang and Fancheng because of political factors such as consolidating his power and stepping up the pace of usurping the Han Dynasty, and because Xiangyang and Fancheng were flooded and had been through long wars, the city defenses were broken, and there was a shortage of food and soldiers?
In the original world line, after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he once gave up Xiangfan, allowing Sun Quan to get a great advantage.
Unfortunately, Sun Quan was not up to the task and failed to defend Xiangfan, which he had acquired for free. It was soon taken back by Cao's army.
But if Xiangfan fell into the hands of Guan Yu, the "Grand Administrator of Xiangyang" appointed by Liu Bei, it would not be so easy for Cao's army to recapture it.
I just don't know whether Cao Pi would take the initiative to give up Xiangyang and Fancheng if Guan Yu was not dead and Liu Bei's group still controlled Jingzhou.
After all, in the eyes of the Cao Wei group, the military threat posed by Liu Bei's group on land is far greater than that posed by the famous Sun Shiwan.
Despite this, Ouyang Feng thought that there was still a great possibility that Cao Pi would choose to give up Xiangfan.
Because to Cao Pi, nothing was greater than usurping the Han Dynasty and ascending the throne.
The throne of emperor, how great a temptation is it?
Throughout history, how many people can resist the temptation of the throne?
In the past and in the future, how many heroes would, even if they could only be emperor for a short time, even if they knew it would only be a flash in the pan, still be willing to do whatever it takes to become emperor, satisfy their craving, and then die?
The glory of the Han Dynasty still exists today, and within Cao Cao's group, there are still many remnants who are loyal to the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, when Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and established the Wei Dynasty, in order to ensure internal stability, he had to withdraw his military forces and focus on stabilizing the internal situation.
As for the Xiangfan front, which was already in ruins and required a large amount of manpower, money and food, it would only be a huge burden under such circumstances.
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"Ah, dealing with people is really troublesome. It's not so tiring to fight with a small number of people or charge into battle..."
Outside Zigui City, in the camp left by the Jiangdong Army.
As soon as Guan Feng returned to the tent behind the central army camp, she complained in a coquettish manner to Ouyang Feng who was reading a book.
At this time, the Jiangdong Army camp had been completely captured. Of the tens of thousands of troops brought by Lu Xun, only half managed to evacuate successfully under his risking his life to cover the rear. The rest were either killed or captured.
Lu Xun's head and the food and supplies in the camp also became Guan Feng's military achievements.
After daybreak, it was confirmed that the Jiangdong Army outside the city was badly defeated and the reinforcements from Jiangling had already captured the Jiangdong Army camp. Officials in Zigui City and Wen Bu and Deng Kai, who had taken the initiative to donate money to recruit soldiers, all came to visit Guan Feng with supplies to reward the troops.
The loyalty of the people of Zigui is commendable, especially those from large families such as Wenbu and Deng Kai. Although they had no responsibility to defend the land, they were willing to spend money to recruit soldiers and take the initiative to resist Lu Xun's army.
Even if it didn't have any effect, at least they didn't surrender on the spot. At least they kept Lu Xun's army outside the city, making it easier for Guan Feng to attack the camp at night.
Compared with Fu Shiren and Mi Fang, this sincerity alone deserves high praise.
Faced with such loyal and brave men, even if Guan Feng was not good at dealing with outsiders, he had to cheer up and receive the people from Zigui well. He set a banquet for them with the captured supplies, and wrote a battle report on the spot, ordering someone to send it to Guan Yu as soon as possible. Naturally, the letter praised the loyalty and bravery of the people from Zigui and asked Guan Yu for credit on their behalf.
Guan Yu's loyalty and contributions were recognized by his "tiger girl". Everyone in Zigui was overjoyed and praised Guan Feng as a rare and unparalleled heroine in ancient and modern times.
Although she was very happy to be praised, Guan Feng still felt very tired and lamented that she was not good at socializing.
"You have made great contributions this time and saved Jingzhou. Even though you are a woman, you should be made a general. If you really become a general, you can recruit some staff and scholars to help you deal with these interpersonal matters."
Ouyang Feng said with a smile.
Guan Feng smiled and said:
"Brother Ouyang knows best how I achieved this feat. Most of the credit for defeating the Jiangdong army and saving Jingzhou should be attributed to you, Brother Ouyang. If Brother Ouyang is willing to join the government, it won't be a problem for him to be granted a title of nobility and appointed as a general."
"Not interested." Ouyang Feng shook his head, "You know, I'm not interested in this."
"What a pity, such a great contribution..."
"All the credit goes to you."
"I'm not so shameless as to take credit for your work."
Guan Feng giggled, and suddenly sat down next to Ouyang Feng, raised her hand to hold his arm, put her cheek against his arm, and whispered:
"By the way, Brother Ouyang, what do you think Sun Quan's reaction would be when he heard the news that Lu Meng and Lu Xun were defeated and killed?"
"Immediately send an envoy to Guan Gong and Yizhou to apologize, and put all the blame on Lü Meng and Lu Xun, claiming that they acted on their own initiative. If necessary, perhaps even implicate their relatives and even clans."
"This...Will Sun Quan really do this? Isn't he afraid of the people in Jiangdong becoming alienated?"
"To the inside, he will naturally have another set of rhetoric. Don't underestimate Sun Quan. He inherited his brother's position when he was young, and he has been sitting firmly on the throne for so many years. Zhou Yu, Lu Su and other Jiangdong heroes are all under his control. His political skills are already perfect..."
As he was speaking, he suddenly felt that Guan Feng's breath was not right. He lowered his head and saw that the girl had fallen into a deep sleep.
Guan Feng has not stopped fighting since he was attacked in front of the governor's mansion in Jiangling City the day before yesterday.
The day before yesterday, he was in charge of defending the city all day, and went out of the city to counterattack at night. Yesterday, he was in charge of cleaning up the battlefield and dealing with post-war matters. He did not sleep for two days and one night.
After nightfall, he led his troops to rush to Zigui. After a short rest, he quickly launched a raid on the camp. He led the charge and captured the camp. After clearing the spoils, he began to receive the people from Zigui...
He fought against powerful enemies such as Pan Zhang and Lu Meng, was injured several times, and even exhausted, and relied on Ouyang Feng to help him recover. After the battle, he could not rest like the soldiers of the Fengwu Army, and had to deal with various tiring and trivial matters. Until now, he has not had a moment of rest.
No matter how profound her skills, how long her endurance, and how strong her mind were, Guan Feng was just a girl who was not even sixteen years old, and she really couldn't hold on any longer.
At this moment, snuggling beside Ouyang Feng, listening to his low and soft voice, and smelling his fresh scent, the girl felt surrounded by a sense of security that she didn't have to worry even if the sky fell. Unconsciously, she became tired and fell asleep peacefully.
The sleeping girl no longer has the heroic spirit she had when she was galloping on the battlefield.
The closed almond-shaped eyes no longer had that cold and sharp murderous intent, and the long and upturned corners of the eyes, coupled with the thick and long eyelashes, made her look somewhat charming.
Her delicate and pretty face also reveals a bit of the childishness that a girl of her age should have, as well as a touch of pitiful fragility.
Looking at the girl leaning on his arms, Ouyang Feng shook his head and chuckled:
"You haven't even taken off your armor..." But he did not help her take off the red armor. He just held her gently in his arms, changed her to a more comfortable sleeping position, and continued to read the book in his hand.
After a night's rest, Guan Feng gave part of the captured supplies to Zigui as a reward the next morning, and asked Zigui to organize a militia team to transport the rest of the captured supplies to Jiangling.
After making all the arrangements, she left 200 Fengwu soldiers to escort the supplies, and she herself led 300 Fengwu soldiers on a rapid march back to Jiangling.
Jiangling is naturally safe.
Not only was he safe, but that evening, when he was still more than ten miles away from Jiangling City, he received good news from the scouts who had gone out ahead.
Guan Yu is back.
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Jiangling City, Guanfu.
Guan Feng strode into the hall with his head held high, and bowed to Guan Yu who was sitting on the main seat:
"Greetings, Father!"
"No need to be polite."
Guan Yu looked at Guan Feng with a smile, looked his daughter up and down, and praised:
"Yes, Feng'er, you not only saved my life this time, but also saved the Jingzhou Army. It is not an exaggeration to say that you saved the spark of the revival of the Han Dynasty. The revival of the Han Dynasty has successors, and I am very pleased."
Guan Feng smiled shyly, "Father, thank you for your praise. This is not just Feng'er's achievement..."
As she spoke, she looked up at her father. Although he was still as strong as a mountain, his temples were gray and half of his hair and beard had turned frosty. His originally solemn and dignified ruddy face was now covered with knife-like wrinkles and an expression of fatigue that could not be concealed.
Thinking back to before the Northern Expedition, when his father had not yet aged like this, Guan Feng could not help but feel sad and said:
"Father, how did you suddenly become so old?"
Guan Yu smiled casually:
"Why do you have to act like a child? Your father is nearly sixty years old, and he is already old. However, Huang Hansheng is over seventy years old, and he was still able to kill Xiahou on Dingjun Mountain. Your father is more than ten years younger than Huang Hansheng, and he can fight for at least another ten years!"
After a pause, he put away his smile and became serious:
"Your battle report said that the greatest credit for defeating Lu Meng and Lu Xun goes to a young man named Ouyang Feng?"
"Yes. Pan Zhang sneaked into Jiangling, contacted Mi Fang, set up an ambush, and wanted to capture and kill my daughter. It was Brother Ouyang who arrived in time and helped my daughter break the siege of Pan Zhang and others, killing them all and preventing Mi Fang from surrendering the city..."
"Brother Ouyang?"
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and felt something was wrong.
Guan Feng quickly changed her words:
"Ouyang Feng not only helped my daughter to kill Pan Zhang and others, but when Lu Meng's army relied on their superior military strength to attack the city day and night in an attempt to tire out our army, it was Ouyang Feng who proposed to go out of the city to counterattack. So my daughter selected a hundred cavalrymen and led the team out of the city..."
Guan Yu said: "Although you are a skilled warrior and the five hundred soldiers are all elite, you cannot defeat an army with a hundred cavalrymen or even kill a general in battle."
He has been fighting in battles for many years, and he is the only one in this era who has killed a general in the midst of thousands of troops. He knows best what kind of strength, courage, vision and opportunity are needed to kill a general in battle.
Guan Feng has enough courage but not enough strength.
This was his first time participating in such a major battle, and he did not have a keen enough eye to perceive the flaws in the enemy's formation and find the best route to the enemy general. He could only charge forward head-on.
With only a hundred cavalrymen, even if each of them was as powerful as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and even if Guan Feng's martial arts were not inferior to those of ordinary veterans or even ordinary famous generals, if they just charged all the way like this, sooner or later they would run out of strength, fall deep into the enemy's formation, and be besieged and killed by the enemy troops surging in from all directions.
However, Guan Feng not only succeeded in charging the enemy line, he also killed Jiangdong Governor Lu Meng on the spot, causing the entire Jiangdong army to be defeated, with more than half of them killed or wounded, while none of his own hundred cavalrymen were killed. Such a record was impossible for Guan Feng to achieve.
"Father is right. When I charged into the battle and fought against Lu Meng, I was injured and exhausted several times. It was all thanks to Brother Ouyang who helped me recover and heal my wounds that I was able to achieve this remarkable feat. After that, I rushed to Zigui, attacked Lu Xun, and killed the general again in battle, all with the help of Brother Ouyang... That's why I said that this battle was not my own achievement."
Brother Ouyang is called again!
Guan Yu muttered to himself and asked her:
"Are you familiar with that Ouyang Feng?"
"Uh, yes."
"If you know him well, why have I never heard you mention him?"
"Well... Brother Ouyang's origins are a bit strange."
"How strange?"
"He is a monk in the mountains..."
"A monk in the mountains? Then how did you get to know him?"
"This……"
Seeing Guan Feng hesitating and not knowing how to explain, Guan Yu shook his head and said:
"Go and invite Ouyang Feng here and ask him in person on behalf of your father."
"Father!" Guan Feng looked at Guan Yu and pleaded, "Brother Ouyang saved my life three times in one day. Your kindness to me is as great as a mountain. Father..."
"what are you worried about?"
Guan Yu frowned and said in a deep voice:
"How can I be an ungrateful person? Ouyang Feng didn't just save you, he also saved me, my army, Jingzhou, and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the spark of the revival of the Han Dynasty! No matter what his purpose is, I will never repay kindness with enmity!"
Guan Feng also knew that her father valued gratitude the most in his life. She was just too concerned before and was afraid that her father would see that Ouyang Feng had an unknown origin and get into a conflict with him.
Seeing that her father seemed a little angry that she questioned his character, Guan Feng quickly smiled and said:
"Don't be upset, father. It's my daughter's fault! I'll go and ask Brother Ouyang to come over right away!"
Having said that, he quickly turned around and went out.
"Brother Ouyang..." Guan Yu looked at his daughter's back with a strange expression, "You call him so intimately, I'm afraid they have been dating for a long time, but why have I never heard of the name of Ouyang Feng? How did he and Feng'er get together?"
Time of contemplation.
Guan Feng's voice came from outside the lobby door again:
"Father, I've brought someone here!"
Guan Yu sat upright and said in a deep voice:
"Come in!"
Soon, accompanied by a steady sound of footsteps, a tall and straight young man in white, with a heroic appearance and a calm temperament, followed Guan Feng into the lobby.
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