Sun Quan was not surprised at all by Zhu Ran's words.

Lu Meng was a confidant whom he had cultivated, and he also knew that he had always had different strategic ideas from Lu Su.

How much did Lu Su advocate the alliance between Sun and Liu to fight against Cao together?

Then how much he would object!

Lu Meng had always admired the late Governor Zhou Yuxiong for taking over Jingzhou and occupying Yizhou to form a trend of dividing the world into two.

Of course, to say that Sun Quan understood Lu Meng's motives is not as good as to say that he thought the same thing deep down in his heart.

Eager to seize the land of Jingzhou!

"What else can Ziming say?"

However, Sun Quan still did not express his position on the face, and still asked in a deep voice.

After finishing his words, Zhu Ran continued to respond with his hands raised, "Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief said that now is the time when Jingzhou's rear is at its weakest. Our army will seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and seize the entire territory."

"If we miss this opportunity, we may not have such great opportunities in the future."

After saying that, he seemed to pause for a moment, and then said, "The governor also said that if Guan Yu is ordered to expel Cao's army this time, he will occupy the two cities of Xiangfan."

"By then, our army located in the lower reaches will be more difficult to compete with the Jingzhou Army."

"The situation will be very unfavorable to our army!"

"Lord Wanwang, please don't fight for Hefei. Take Jingzhou first."

After a while, the words fell.

Zhu Ran spoke clearly and quickly.

At this moment, Sun Quan suddenly looked deep in thought.

He hesitated...

Why did he gather his troops again to attack Hefei this time?

Firstly, it was because of Ma Liang's lobbying, and secondly, it was because most of Cao's military strength was contained on the Hanzhong and Xiangfan fronts.

If he takes advantage of the situation, will he be able to capture Hefei?

He is willing to bring Jingzhou and Huainan under his control.

But the facts told him that Hefei is still as solid as a rock and cannot be broken!

Now his Western Front Commander told him that Jingzhou could be easily defeated, which easily made him fall into a decision.

"Please step back first and let Rong Gu think about it."

Sun Quan pondered for a while, then waved his hand to reject Zhu Ran.

"Here!"

…

And as Cao faced a fierce situation on the third front.

Perhaps the most intense fighting now is the Xiangfan battlefield on the Jingzhou side.

Although there is a confrontation between two heroes in Hanzhong, both sides are tacitly confronting each other at this moment.

In fact, the fierce conflict is not too big.

Cao Cao knew that Yangping Pass was dangerous and a strong attack would be difficult to achieve.

After Liu Bei led his main force to enter the pass, he also listened to Fazheng's suggestion and gathered the crowd to hold on to the danger.

On the contrary, the fighting in Jingzhou became fierce.

After the Jingzhou Army completed the siege of Xiangyang and the navy blocked Mianshui, Guan Yu also dispatched his troops to the north bank to clear out various military strongholds around Fancheng.

Strategically, we are prepared to completely make Xiangfan an isolated city.

As a good general, Cao Ren naturally understood the consequences of sitting back and watching the Jingzhou army attack surrounding strongholds.

By then, once the isolated city situation is formed, he may even be completely cut off from his retreat!

Based on this, he ordered all his troops to attack and repel the enemy.

It's a pity that Guan Yu had expected all this, and he had already been prepared for Cao Ren to lead his troops into battle.

When the defenders in Fan City came out of the city to attack them, they were faced with endless Jingzhou troops.

Various formations were lined up, and they were all fiercely attacking from all sides.

It was difficult for Cao's army to resist, and after a fierce battle they were defeated and retreated into the city.

The victory in the field battle undoubtedly boosted the fighting spirit of the Jingzhou army.

This made Guan Yu more confident and ordered his son Guan Ping and Liao Hua to lead his troops to attack the surrounding strongholds.

Although he was defeated in the first battle, the general Cao Ren was naturally unwilling to just sit back and wait for death!

But he didn't know that this happened to be Guan Yu's strategy to lure him to take the initiative.

In successive fierce battles, the Jingzhou army frequently won.

After several annihilation battles deployed by Guan Yu personally, Cao Cao's soldiers were quite huge.

Until there were only a few thousand people left in Fancheng,

Cao Rencai was quite unwilling and ordered all his troops to defend the city and refused to go to war.

However, after seeing the extremely powerful combat power of the Jingzhou Army, he became even more frightened!

Immediately, Cao Ren quickly wrote a handwritten letter and sent it to the Hanzhong front line to request reinforcements.

…

Under Yangping Pass.

The two armies of Cao and Liu are still facing each other.

During this period, although no offensive or defensive battle broke out between the two sides, there were constant battles between the two sides.

Liu Bei, the king of Hanzhong, was surrounded by powerful generals like clouds, including Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and other generals.

He was so proud and full of pride at this time, and with a deep smile, he raised his whip and shouted to Cao's army, "Thief Cao, you have so many powerful generals under your command, do you dare to fight?"

After saying this, Cao Cao, who had always been aloof and arrogant, was not willing to give in to his defeated generals for decades. He still rushed out and shouted:

"Big-eared thief, you are such an ungrateful person, how dare you challenge Yu Gu?"

"I have millions of soldiers and thousands of generals under my command. How can I be afraid of you?"

When the two heroes faced each other, they had some verbal exchanges first.

In terms of momentum, no one wants to be convinced by anyone.

"Thief Cao, you are good at killing the queen, bullying the emperor, and arrogating the title of king. You are a true rebel!"

Liu Bei was filled with anger at this moment. He pointed forward with his big hand and said loudly.

"You are the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and you are also entrusted with the blood-stained imperial edict of the emperor. Now I have mobilized all three armies to attack you. I will drive you, the traitor, out of the temple, and restore peace to the Han Dynasty."

"Big-eared thief, don't let your arrogance speak!"

"Look at Gunar!"

After saying that, Cao Cao saw a sudden surge of aura on his face. He glanced back and said sternly, "Zhong Kang, you and Gu captured the big-eared thief!"

A loud shout fell from the crowd.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves could be heard behind the two heroes' confrontation.

I saw a horse suddenly rushing out from Cao's army formation, galloping towards me!

This man was tall and tall, with a waist that was ten round in diameter, and a rough-looking face. He was holding an elephant-trunk knife in his hand and was galloping towards him on horseback.

As Liu Bei had been in Cao Cao's camp, he had very good eyesight and knew that this general was Xu Chu who was protecting Cao Cao and commanding Huben camp.

This man once fought with Ma Chao on the banks of the Wei River for hundreds of rounds, with no result.

As soon as he thought about it, he gradually felt panic deep in his heart.

Xu Chu Zhiyong, it is impossible for him to compete!

However, just at this critical moment, a sound came from behind Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty, don't be alarmed, the end will come soon!"

At the critical moment, Wei Yan, who was the first to drag his knife along the formation and come to rescue him, quickly intercepted Xu Chu.

When the two saw this, they started fighting fiercely.

Cao and Liu looked at the unprecedented battle in front of them and retreated back.

The two generals came and went, the two swords intertwined together, and their momentum was like a rainbow.

A fierce battle began with each move.

After fighting for about forty or fifty rounds, Wei Yan gradually became a little unsteady and couldn't keep up with his moves.

On the other hand, Xu Chu has a style of openness and harmony.

Now he is undoubtedly becoming more and more courageous as he fights, and every blow becomes more powerful.

Wei Yan's martial arts skills are obviously inferior to Xu Chu's, and he is a bit difficult to resist!

Seeing this situation, all the soldiers in Cao's army raised their swords high and shouted.
Chapter completed!