After Liu Bei captured Xuzhou, a total of 100,000 elites were reorganized, and in order to guard against Cao Cao's attack, he did not distribute his soldiers and horses in the counties, but arranged the 100,000 troops under his three brothers to deploy in the area of Xiapi. Liu Bei personally led an army of 50,000 to sit in the state under the rule of Pi, Zhang Fei led 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Xiaopei, Guan Yu led 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Peng Ze first, and after Yuan Yao marched to the north, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to lead the army to transfer to the lower prime minister.

The next day, Guan Yu left 10,000 soldiers and horses to continue to garrison Xia Xiang to protect the flank of Xia Pi, and he himself personally led 20,000 troops under his command to go straight to Xu County, preparing to confront Yuan Yao on the Huai River, and Jian Yong as Liu Bei's envoy also walked with Guan Yu in the army.

After Guan Yu's army arrived in Xu County, Jian Yong said goodbye to Guan Yu and wanted to go to Huailing to meet Yuan Yao, Guan Yu sneered and stopped: "Xianhe doesn't have to be in a hurry, and let me fight for a while, try Yuan Yao's depth, if you can defeat it directly, you can take advantage of the victory to recover the lost ground, and you can even take the opportunity to attack the land of Jiujiang and Lujiang, leaving a way back for the eldest brother!" Then you won't have to go through this experience, and when this battle is over, you can choose the opportunity to act! ”

When Jian Yong heard Guan Yu's words, his face changed greatly, and he said, "General Guan, this matter must not be allowed!" The lord ordered me not to fight with Yuan Yao, let me go to Huailing to meet Yuan Yao to find out the situation, do you want to disobey the lord's order? ”

Guan Yu snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! The constitution is different from this, as the saying goes, will be outside, and the monarch's order will not be affected! Before the eldest brother arrived, I don't know what the specific situation is here, since I have led the army here, I naturally want to fight for the greatest interests of the eldest brother! ”

Jian Yong saw that Guan Yu really wanted to disobey the order, so he wanted to distinguish again, Guan Yu saw this, and then said: "Xianhe, don't worry!" I have already ordered the scouts to find out the military situation, Yuan Yao after capturing the four counties of Huailing, he divided his troops into three ways to guard all places, and now there are only 10,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Huailing City. And according to the scout report, Yuan Yao'er has been much slack after capturing the four counties of Huailing, and his 10,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in the city, and there is no Yuan Yao's army stationed on the edge of Huaishui. As long as my 20,000 troops cross the Huaishui, I will attack Yuan Yao's 10,000 soldiers and horses with an army of 20,000, and I will definitely be able to defeat Yuan Yao like a bamboo! ”

When Jian Yong heard Guan Yu's words, his heart was also a little moved, but Liu Bei's strict order was in the head, he still didn't dare to disobey, and continued to distinguish: "But ......"

Guan Yu saw that he had said everything to this point, and Jian Yong was still there to obstruct it, his face suddenly changed, his eyes were cold, and he said proudly: "What? Don't you think that my ability to use troops is not as good as Yuan Yao'er! ”

Jian Yong has been working with Guan Yu for a long time, so he naturally knows how proud Guan Yu is, if he dares to say bluntly, he is a little skeptical that Guan Yu can defeat Yuan Yao, I am afraid that Guan Yu will have to split him immediately, and Liu Bei will not kill Guan Yu to avenge him at that time!

That's it, anyway, it's your own brother's soldiers and horses, you can toss as much as you want!

Jian Yong sighed in his heart, and bowed his hand: "I can obey the general's orders, but I want to write a letter stating that the affairs here are reported to the lord!" ”

Guan Yu saw that Jian Yong no longer blocked him from using troops, and said with a smile: "You can write to the eldest brother, I will definitely have someone deliver it to Xiapi, now please Xianhe go down and rest first!" ”

"Farewell!"

Jian Yong bowed to Guan Yu, then threw off his sleeves and walked out of the tent, and returned to his tent to write a letter to Liu Bei, stating that Guan Yu prevented him from going to Huailing and used troops without authorization.

As long as this battle is won, the eldest brother will naturally not blame himself, Guan Yu is not worried about this matter, he stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Send scouts to the other side to find out the news, and then find out the suitable location for crossing the river, tonight I will lead the army to cross the Huaishui to attack Huailing, and I will definitely kill Yuan Yao by surprise, so that he will not dare to watch my Xuzhou land again!" ”

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That night, Guan Yu led 20,000 soldiers and horses to go straight to Huaishui, Fushandu is not far from Huailing City, and the waterway here is narrow, there is a wooden bridge, which is very suitable for crossing the river.

Guan Yu led the army to the bridge, laughed, and said: "Yuan Yao'er is really rampant, he really thinks that I Xuzhou will not dare to fight with him as an enemy, and he has not even demolished this wooden bridge, which is really arrogant!" ”

However, Guan Yu did not get carried away and immediately ordered the army to cross the river, but cautiously ordered: "Send a sentry to investigate again to see if there are any ambushes on the other side!" ”

With Guan Yu's order, more than ten sentry riders quickly crossed the wooden bridge to the other side of the Huaishui, and after the sentry horses crossed the river, they immediately dispersed, each going in one direction to investigate.

At this time, Yuan Yaozheng led 5,000 guards to ambush on a high ridge on the bank of Huaishui, the trees on the high ridge were overgrown and hidden, and the distance from Huaishui was not far.

After Guan Yu's sentry cavalry explored the surroundings, he did not enter the mountain range to search, of course, such a large mountain range and a few of them could not search, the sentry cavalry probed around and did not find Yuan Yao's ambush, and then returned to the other side to report the situation to Guan Yu.

"General, we have already explored the surrounding ten miles, and we have not found the enemy ambush, but the mountains on the opposite bank are overgrown with trees, and we are incompetent and have not been able to investigate thoroughly, so please make a decision!"

Guan Yu looked at the shadows of the mountains in the distance and muttered for a moment, and said, "Have you ever found a large army entering the mountains in the past few days?" ”

The sentry replied: "General Hui, I came to Huailing to inquire about the military situation on the order of the general, and it has been two days now, and there is absolutely no army entering the mountains here in these two days!" ”

Guan Yu snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Even if Yuan Yao was clever, it was impossible for him to plant an ambush here early, since he had already explored for ten miles and found no ambush, it should be that Yuan Yao was defenseless. Order, the front army crossed the river! ”

"The general has an order, and the front army crosses the river!"

When Guan Yu was marching, he divided his soldiers and horses into three parts, 5,000 soldiers and horses in the front army, 5,000 soldiers and horses in the rear army, he personally led 10,000 troops as the Chinese army, Guan Yu gave an order, and the 5,000 soldiers of the front army were divided into several teams and began to slowly cross the river along the wooden bridge.

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Yue Yun stood beside Yuan Yao, saw that the Xuzhou army began to slowly cross the river, bowed to Yuan Yao with admiration, and said: "The lord is God, the general from Xuzhou is really Guan Yu, and Guan Yu really led the army to cross the river and want to attack my Huailing City at night!" I wonder how the lord concluded this? ”。

Hmph, if Guan Yu doesn't fight with him, he sends a messenger to ask for peace, then he is not the legendary 'Guan Piaopiao'!

Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Liu Guan and Zhang are the three, Liu Bei is hypocritical, Zhang Fei is tyrannical, and Guan Yu is the most cold and arrogant!" Guan Yu has always had no one in his eyes, although he has Liu Bei's order, how can he easily bow his head in front of me! ”