"Father is on top, please open it in person, and pay respect!"

"My son received a military order from my father, and asked me to send troops to cross the north bank of the river and besiege Fancheng, and asked my father to forgive me for accepting the military order, without him, just because capturing Fancheng is not the right plan at this stage, our army does not have the strength to fight a decisive battle against Cao's army, Ke'er knows his father's temperament, and once a decision is made, it is extremely difficult to change."

"Therefore, I asked my father to atone for my sins, and my son said goodbye without saying goodbye, and personally led an army north to attack Xudu, intending to attract the attention of the Cao army and reduce the pressure on the father to capture Fancheng.

"And always pay attention to the movements of the Sun clan in Jiangdong, and assist the rear in time, so as not to fall into the danger of our army being overturned."

"Father, remember, remember!"

Slowly reading the letter in his palm, Guan Yu's chest was faintly angry, his face was gloomy, and he was extremely annoyed.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Ping'er led the army north to attack Xudu!"

In the next second, Guan Yu said in a deep voice.

When the words fell, a trace of surprise was instantly set off in the tent, and they unconsciously discussed.

Among them, the former governor Zhao Lei was already at odds with Guan Ping, so he seized the opportunity at this time and suddenly said excitedly: "The young general is going north? What exactly does he want to do, our army's top priority now should be to take Fancheng. ”

"Does he think that if he goes north to Xudu, he will be able to capture Xudu and save the Son of Heaven with more than a few thousand people?"

"It's ridiculous!"

Hearing this, the rest of the generals also echoed Zhao Lei's words.

Only when everyone ridiculed Guan Ping, Wang Fu on the side couldn't help but look calm, and arched his hand: "Prince, can the young general put forward in the letter the basis for why he wants to go north and attack Xudu?" ”

Hearing this, Guan Yu's face softened slightly, and he said slowly: "Ping'er said that he led the army north to reduce the pressure on our army to capture Fancheng and attract the attention of Cao thieves. ”

Hearing this, Wang Fu couldn't help but shake his head and ponder, thinking about countermeasures.

As for Ma Liang on the other side, he was also shocked, and said secretly: "Young General, which play are you playing?" ”

"You obviously know that the Jiangdong Sun clan is now a big trouble for us, but why do you want to go north to cause a full-scale decisive battle with Cao's army?"

"If there is really a decisive battle, how should our army deal with the sneak attack of the Sun clan's betrayal alliance?"

After thinking about it for a long time, Ma Liang also had no clue, sparing him with excellent resourcefulness, but at this time, he couldn't see what Guan Ping's purpose was.

"Junhou, since the young general did not lead the crowd to join him in violation of the order, then we should also adjust the plan, change the main attack to the back attack, and then make a big noise to attract Cao's army to help."

"In this way, our army can intercept Cao's army on the front line of Fancheng, and the troops of the major general will be in Xudu, and the probability of a successful surprise attack will also be greatly improved."

After thinking for a while, Wang Fu couldn't help but give up his hand and put forward his own opinions.

Hearing this, Guan Yu thought for a moment, Danfeng's eyes stared slightly, and he also felt that it was feasible, but he did not decide immediately, but faced Ma Liang and asked: "Ji Chang, what do you think of the strategy of the country?" ”

When the words came, Ma Liang was pulled back from his thoughts, groaned for a while, and said slowly: "The strategy of the country and the mountain, I think it is feasible!" ”

"The young general's troops have not arrived, Cao Ren is also a well-known good general, and the strong attack will definitely suffer heavy losses, it is better to make a big noise, feint to attack the city, and then lure Cao reinforcements to come, waiting for the opportunity to destroy the reinforcements in the field."

Since he did not understand Guan Ping's true intentions for a while, Ma Liang also agreed to Wang Fu's conservative plan, supplemented by the siege of the city, to meet Cao's reinforcements.

"Okay, since Guoshan and Ji Chang both agree to feint an attack on Fancheng, then Ben Shuai will rearrange the defense."

"Zhao Lei listened to the order and ordered you to send an army to the north to take over Liao Hua's defense line in Dengsai, and then sent an order to Liao Hua to go to Deng County to station, and always pay attention to Xu Huang's headquarters stationed in Yanglingpi."

"Guoshan, then you will replace Zhao Lei, lead the army to garrison the periphery of Fancheng, besiege the city, and carry out a feint."

"No!"

The order was laid, and the crowd stood up in an instant, and gave up their promises.

………

Yuzhou, south of Xudu.

Since the land south of Zhaoling, after the flooding of the Seventh Army, the county towns and many bandits have declared their independence from Cao Wei's rule and responded to Guan Yu's Northern Expedition.

The governors of each county also jointly sent an envoy to the Xiangfan camp to show their loyalty to Guan Yu and declare their allegiance.

Due to such a major change in the south of Xudu, which had seriously threatened the safety of Xudu, Cao Pi, the prince who remained in the city, decided to send ministers to the south to pacify the rebels after consulting with the ministers.

Among them, Xiahou Nan, the son of Xiahou Xuan, took the initiative to ask Ying to be willing to go south and go to patrol various places.

As Xiahou Nan took the initiative to ask for help, and he was a child of the clan, the prince Cao Pi was crowned as the general of Annam, and ordered him to go south to patrol the rebels in various places, and assisted by Chen Qun in the imperial history, and went south together.

Dancing Yin City

After Xiahou Nan and his entourage went south, they were stationed here, and then widely distributed scouts to various places to inquire about the news.

During this period of investigation, Xiahou Nan had no intention of doing the military, but interfered with the county officials in handling government affairs every day, befriended the wealthy families in the city, and secretly collected wealth.

When Chen Qun heard this, he went to admonish, but unfortunately to no avail!

After a few days, the scouts returned one after another, and told Xiahou Nan: "General, Biyang City is backed by Bishui, and there is a water thief with a scale of more than 1,000 people entrenched here, often robbing houses and robbing merchants. ”

"According to the villain's inquiry, this water thief is still very restrained on weekdays, and he doesn't dare to go against the government."

"But after the news of the flooding of the Seventh Army and the victory of the Jingzhou Army came, the leader of the water thieves led his minions to wantonly loot the surroundings of Biyang and responded to Guan Yu."

"Because this water thief is very familiar with the nature of the water, the local government is powerless to suppress the thief."

As soon as the scout's voice fell, another scout also bowed his hand and said: "General, not only that, but there was also a group of bandits and yellow turbans around Wufang, who were once entrenched in more than a few hundred people, and now they are also responding to the Jingzhou army. And out of the mountains to plunder. ”

Immediately after, several scouts continued to report, revealing the information they had spoed out one by one!

However, on the whole, the most powerful is still the water thief entrenched in Biyang.

After thinking for a long time, Xiahou Nan couldn't help but look at Chen Qun from the side, and said: "Sir, the general has decided to come to Biyang, first destroy this rampant water thief, deter the rest of the traitors, and then supplement the Huairou policy to force the bandits from all over the country. ”

"What do you think, sir?"

Hearing this, Chen Qun pondered slowly, and arched his hand: "General Xiahou, the group seconded the proposal!" ”

"Our army only led 2,000 soldiers to the south, and we can only go to Biyang, and we are making plans."

With Chen Qun's decision, Xiahou Nan did not hesitate, and after preparing the ordnance and grain in Wuyin City, he led the army to the east!