Chapter 128: Xu Huang of the Counterattack
"LΓΌ Meng invaded Jingzhou and went down to Changsha..."Guan Yu's eyes narrowed even deeper, he didn't understand one thing before, Cao Ren was going to attack Jingzhou inexplicably, and he couldn't return to the army by dragging himself on the front line of Xiangfan.
And Jiangdong, who has always been very honest, dared to tear his face and attack Jingzhou directly, cutting off his own back road.
This is not important, the important thing is that as the four counties of Jingnan, that is their foundation, I don't know how much effort has been wasted in it, and even Guiyang Taishou was succeeded by their lord Liu Bei's predecessor Zhao Yun.
But in this case, Lu Mengzhen attacked, not only did Lu Su uncharacteristically remain silent, but Guiyang, who had always been respectful to him, Changsha and Changsha didn't even resist, so they directly opened the city gate and let the Jiangdong army in, which suddenly allowed Jiangdong to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou.
Guan Yu actually didn't understand this matter, and even thought that it would be a secret before he died, but now, Guan Yu seems to understand a little....
"Lu Zijing!" Guan Yu said in a cold voice, "It's really a dog that bites people and doesn't bark!" β
When Lu Zijing was the governor of Jiangdong, let alone expanding the territory, even going out to fight was personally started by Sun Quan, which didn't look like what a governor should do, and even in the end, not to mention that he didn't keep the military power given to him by Zhou Yu, that is, the men and horses under the command of Lu Meng in the later period were not weaker than him.
But Lu Zijing, as the governor of Jiangdong, did one thing, starting from becoming the governor of Jiangdong, and worked until he died.
That is to contact Jingzhou Guan Yu and build a good relationship with Jingzhou!
People in the world often say that after Lu Meng took office, he was docile to himself in every way, constantly showing weakness to himself, and expressing his admiration, but in Guan Yu's view, Lu Meng was where he was, and Lu Su was the real material resources of Jiangdong and Guan Yu's favor.
If it weren't for Lu Su's wife and children, Guan Yu would have wondered if the little old man had any bad thoughts about him.
Now hearing the news brought by Liao Hua, Guan Yu suddenly understood what Lu Su had done for so many years, his purpose was not to be the commander of Jingzhou from the beginning, his purpose was to be the many civil and military forces in Jingzhou.
And the destruction of Liu Pan is the last plan, because Liu Pan should be the only person in Changsha City who can threaten them in terms of prestige, and at that time, the top and bottom of Changsha and Guiyang should have been bought by Lu Su.
Although Lingling Taishou Hao Pu resisted, he was fooled and deceived by the people below, and finally surrendered to Lu Meng at the moment before Guan Yu's arrival, and Wuling was even more troubled because of its remote location, and Wuling was even more troubled by the place, so he was spared.
"Jun Hou..."Although Liao Hua is young, he is also very talented, and the Liao family is also a prominent family in Jingzhou, although Liao Hua is a collateral line, but this does not affect his talent, "Lu Su is dead, Jun Hou should not be angry with him anymore!" β
"Hmph, Jiangdong dog thief, there is no pure person!" Guan Yu snorted coldly, and didn't say more, after all, Lu Su was dead, and it was useless to say more, "There is a letter here, you keep it, you must give it to that person when necessary, and everything you know!" β
Liao Hua looked at Guan Yu in front of him, and listened to him even with a hint of pleading tone, and suddenly knelt on the ground, "Don't worry, even if Liao Hua is broken, he will definitely complete what Jun Hou explained!" β
"Yuan Jian is loyal, filial piety and pure good, he is a good general, if he still has a chance in the future, he will definitely make a good life and make contributions, under the command of the old man, let Yuan Jian be wronged." Guan Yu stepped forward and not only helped Liao Hua up from the ground with his own hands, but also dusted him off by himself, "But I think the old man can't see that day." β
"General!" Liao Hua wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Guan Yu waving his hand.
"Yuan Jian go, you have a lot of things, don't delay any longer, if he still has a chance in the future, the old man will drink with Yuan Jian again!"
"No!" Liao Hua glanced at Guan Yu deeply, then turned his head and left, he still has to go to Jingzhou and the land of the Mean, he still has a lot of things to do!
This night, Guan Yu stayed awake all night, just stood on the warship, looked at the rolling Han River, watched him continue to impact the walls of Fancheng, and kept retreating, I believe that soon, this flood will really disappear from Fancheng, and Fancheng will become extremely strong again.
"If it is the battle of Hanzhong, our army still has spare strength, Guan really wants to climb the wall of Fancheng again, take a good look at the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, and meet the heroes of the Central Plains again!"
In the early morning of the next day, when the sun was first born, accompanied by rare good weather, Guan Yu's Jingzhou army once again launched a general attack on Fancheng.
"Quick! Crossbowmen stand back! Cao Ren looked at the warship that had rushed to the edge of the city wall, and spat vigorously, "What about the sword and shield soldiers, haven't you woken up the fuck?" Come here! β
"Come on, block the city gates!" Man Zhong looked at the water level that had slowly begun to retreat, and his heart was also overjoyed, "Block the city gate for me, don't let the Jingzhou army come in, it's enough to hold on for another day or two at most, hurry up!" Hurry up! β
Cao Ren and Man Chong looked at the Jingzhou army, and they were also mixed, happy that they only needed to hold on for a while longer to be safe, and worried that they had to hold on for a while longer to be safe.
"Zixiao!" After Man Chong completely blocked the city gate, he rushed to the city wall with all the remaining soldiers, "Guan Yu is going to attack today?" How could a certain family feel so wrong? β
Cao Ren looked at the Jingzhou army that had begun to attack, and also shook his head, "This is not right, the flood has begun to recede, if I am Guan Yu, I can't take care of anything else at this time, I must all the troops press up, only in this way can it be possible to break through Fancheng, but now it is not right!" β
"Guan Yu is now completely inactive in the rear army!" Man Zhong added, "This offensive seems to be like a storm, but it can't last long, if you rely on this to rush to Ban Fan City, Guan Yu is afraid it will be very difficult to do it!" β
The captain on the side looked at the already precarious situation, and really didn't know how the two generals in front of him came to the conclusion, now Guan Yu didn't do his best, and he couldn't raise his head to beat Fan Cheng, if he went all out, would their heads have been placed on Guan Yu's desk now.
At the same time, Guan Yu also looked at Fan Cheng not far away, "Where are Wen Zhongye and Xu Gongming?" β
When Zhou Cang heard this, he immediately replied, "According to the report from the spies, Wen Zhongye sent troops to Jiangxia, but for some reason there was no movement halfway through, but Xu Gongming had already rushed over, thinking that he would be able to go around Fancheng soon!" β
Guan Yu nodded when he heard this, and suddenly chuckled, "Xu Gongming, hurry up, if you don't come again, Fancheng will really let the old man take it down!" β
Zhou Cang couldn't laugh when he heard it, and even a little depressed, "Jun Hou, in fact, our army can attack Fancheng!" β
"It's all a naval army, what to take to siege the city."
"If it costs nothing..."
"Shut up!" Guan Yu suddenly reprimanded Zhou Cang in a low voice, "These soldiers handed over their lives to Guan, but they didn't let the old man use them to complete his exploits!" If it was before, maybe the old man could still say a sentence, and it would be a success, but now.... Don't say that again! β
"No!"
Under the resistance of Man Chong and Cao Ren, Fan Cheng finally held out for a day and a half again, and after that, the rushing flood finally began to retreat, and with the flood retreated, it was still the Jingzhou army of Guan Yu!
"Guan Yu.... Is this a retreat? Cao Ren looked at the warship that was walking with the waves, and he was still a little incredulous, "Come on, go to Xiangyang quickly to find out the news, and see how Lu Chang is doing?" β
"No!"
Fancheng finally held on under the stubborn resistance of Cao Ren and Man Chong, but what made Cao Ren worry was not only a Fancheng, but also Xiangyang, where his beloved general Lu Chang was stationed, which was an important town in Jingzhou!
Man Pet walked to Cao Ren's side with a limp, "Zixiao don't worry too much, I have a hunch!" β
"What hunch?"
"Guan Yu is afraid that he didn't move Xiangyang at all!" Man Chong's voice was a little hoarse, thanks to Liu Fu and Li Wei guarding him these days, he didn't suffer any major injuries, and it was also for this reason that he saw it more clearly than Cao Ren.
"What did Berning mean just now?"
"The news just came, you can take a look." As he spoke, he handed a roll of white silk to Cao Ren, "Xu Huang is almost there, it is estimated that he will be able to rush to Fancheng tomorrow afternoon!" β
"Yo-he!" Cao Ren let out a sneer, "Lao Tzu is done here, and he Xu Gongming is finally here!" β
Man's face shook, and he felt that his partner always couldn't grasp the point, "General, don't you think he came too fast?" β
"Ben has finished fighting here, and he just arrived, is this still fast?" Cao Ren snorted coldly, "It seems that these generals are becoming less and less light!" β
After Cao Ren finished speaking, he realized that he was talking too impulsively, glanced at the somewhat annoyed Manzhong, and hurriedly added, "Don't think too much about it, Ben Ning is talking about Xu Huang!" β
Man Zhong looked at Cao Ren, and knew that he was in a bad mood for a while, so he didn't care what he said, but explained to him, "General Cao, when did you receive Xu Du's order?" β
"Last night!" After Cao Ren finished speaking, he arched his hand to Manzhong, "Speaking of which, thank you Boning, if it weren't for Berning's insistence, Cao would have really made a big mistake!" β
Man Zhong waved his hand indifferently, "The point is not this, the point is when Xu Huang received the order!" β
"When can he be..."Cao Ren was stunned halfway through speaking, Xu Huang was on the border of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, although it was indeed not far from Fancheng, after all, he was also one of those people's followers, but the distance was not too close.
The most special thing is that most of the people Xu Huang brought are recruits, even if Xu Huang and Cao Ren received Xu Du's order at the same time, even one day earlier, Xu Huang would not be able to come here now, unless Xu Huang's army could all fly!
"What do you mean, Berning?" Cao Ren looked at Guan Yu who retreated, his face was gloomy and a little terrifying. "Are you saying this is Guan Yu playing tricks?"
"Is it that Guan Yu's family doesn't know, but a certain family knows, Xu Huang and Guan Yu will definitely have a very good story!"
Xu Huang and Guan Yu are fellow villagers, after Guan Yu surrendered, the best relationship with him was Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, Zhang Liao was because the two of them had the same temper, plus they had the friendship of comrades, and Xu Huang was because they were fellow villagers, and it was said that they knew the sea very well before.
Now that Xu Huang has appeared here, Guan Yu will not be indifferent if he thinks about it.
"Wait!" Zhou Cang came to Guan Yu's side and said softly, "Xu Huang has arrived!" β
"Komeito came on time." Guan Yu smiled, "Compared to this way, it must have come in a hurry!" β
"You are wise!" Zhou Cang laughed, "The spies reported that Xu Huang almost didn't stop along the way, and rushed over non-stop, but even so, he still fell into the trap designed by Jun Hou!" β
"Hahaha, I hope Gongming won't blame the old man in the future." Guan Yu stroked his long beard, "How is Zhao Lei's arrangement there?" β
"Back to Junhou, the camp has been built, and the horse rejection fence is criss-crossed, which is definitely intimidating!"
"Beckoned the army back to the camp, told Hu Xiu and Fu Fang, and said that the old man would entertain the two of them later." Guan Yu waved his hand, "At the same time, take some people and horses, you go on a trip in person, let's go meet that Xu Gongming!" β
"No!"
Xu Huang was originally training recruits on the Jingzhou border, and this kind of thing should not be allowed to be done by such a Wuziliang in the future, but Xu Du's order, he was not easy to disobey, so he could only obey.
Just when his training had just been effective, Xu Du began to send him additional reinforcements, and more than once, in the end, he had as many as 10,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of a general Pingkou, which made him a little unbelievable.
And just when he was frightened, a bloody Cao Jun rushed to his camp and left him a sentence "Guan Yu besieges Fancheng, please save quickly!" Then he died.
Xu Huang faced a dead man, naturally he couldn't tell whether he was true or false, but Fancheng was in trouble, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army He still knew, after hearing the news, on the one hand, he sent someone to Xudu to deliver a letter, on the other hand, he lit up the army and rushed to Fancheng, hoping to save Fancheng.
Xu Huang almost fell apart with his bones, and finally came here before the fall of Fancheng, but he suddenly found that he didn't seem to be needed very much....
"General!" A lieutenant ran to Xu Huang's side and said, "There is a person who is called Zhou Cang to come, hoping to ask to see the general!" β
Who Zhou Cang is, Xu Huang still knows very well, his fellow general.
"Get Zhou Cang." Xu Huang nodded slightly, he also wanted to see what his fellow wanted to do.
"Zhou Cang has seen General Xu Huang!" When Zhou Cang appeared in front of Xu Huang, he also deliberately looked at this veteran, he had followed Guan Yu for many years, and he was still very curious about the two best friends in Guan Yu's mouth.
"What is Chief Yun looking for you for?"
"Jun Hou knows that the general is coming from afar, and I hope to be able to talk to the general in front of the battle!"
"This is here to write a war letter?" Xu Huang sneered, "Tell Yun Chang, let him piggyback, and Gongming will arrive later!"
"Jun Hou has lined up and waited, and asked the general to tell the general, don't worry, the general is tired, he should rest first, and then General Cao Ren in front of him is!"
Xu Huang, who was thinking of going to Fancheng to take a look first, suddenly turned pale after hearing Zhou Cang's words, "Yun Chang has underestimated Xu, lead the way ahead, Xu Huang will be with Yun Chang for a while!" β
Zhou Cang's head was lowered, and at this time he showed an unknown weird smile, and then after a moment, he suddenly agreed, leading the way in front of the army, and exposed his back in front of Xu Huang's soldiers without caring at all.
"What a good man!" Xu Huang looked at Zhou Cang's appearance, and he also gave a rare praise.
When Xu Huang saw Guan Yu, he was also a little embarrassed, when Xu Du said goodbye, Guan Yu went south to Runan to join the late lord Liu Bei, and then he has been sitting in the rear of Jingzhou, even if it is the battle of Runan, Liu Bei's attack on the battle of Xudu, and the battle of Chibi, Xu Huang has not been able to meet Guan Yu.
The only time I met him, it should still be Huarong Dao, that hurried glance, and sighed that the old man is still there.
It's been more than ten years since he followed King Wei to restore Xiliang, attacked Ma Chao, attacked Han Sui, pacified Hanzhong, and resisted Liu Bei, which can be described as rushing, while Guan Yu sat in Jingzhou for several years!
"Yun Chang.... You're old! It was already on the lips of the sentence "Don't come to harm", but Xu Huang couldn't say anything, looking at Guan Yu's half-white hair, he couldn't help but think of himself, who was also over sixty years old, "I'm also old." β
"Hahaha." Guan Yu was quite heroic, he didn't care about his age at all, and even made a joke about him, "The handsome young general under Yang Feng back then has now become a gray-haired bad old man, Brother Gongming, old man." β
"Hahaha!" Xu Huang also did not show weakness at all, "How good are you Hanshou Pavilion Hou Guan Yunchang, with your current appearance, can you still kill Yan Liang in the army?" I heard that before you sent out a soldier, you let Pound's kid shoot an arrow, and it also hit you in the head, and you are not ashamed, let him get the name of a white horse general in vain! β
"Hugh is going to talk nonsense!" Guan Yu pretended to be annoyed, "That Pound is just secretly casting a cold arrow, and besides, what he shot is the old man's arm, where is the forehead!" β
"What's the difference between the shots? The famous Hanshou Pavilion Marquis back then, the brave general Guan Yunchang who made everyone tremble, inevitably became an old man who couldn't even dodge cold arrows. β
"Humph!" Guan Yu snorted coldly, "What about you Xu Gongming, when you accompanied Xiahou Miaocai for three days and two nights, you ran for 800 miles, and went down to Jincheng in a battle, why did you rush over now that Fancheng was finished?" β
"It's as if you've already attacked Fancheng!" Xu Huang sneered, and then slowly turned into a loud laugh.
"You seem to be able to defeat the old man!" Guan Yu also sneered disdainfully, and also laughed with Xu Huang.
After the two laughed for a long time, they slowly quieted down, glanced at each other, and knew that the greeting really ended here.
"Wait a minute!" Xu Huang turned around and yelled at the army under his command, "Kill Elder Guan Yun, reward him heavily!" β