Yan Xing wanted to escape back to Cao Ren's military camp, so he turned back to Cheng He and said: "I heard that 'brave generals do not die cowardly to spare, and strong men do not destroy festivals and survive'." Today is the day of my death. Thou shalt fight to the death. ”

Cheng He moved forward according to the order and was shot into the water by Guan Yu with an arrow. All the troops surrendered to Guan Yu, and Yan Xing fought to the death. Just met dozens of Guan Yujun's people, driving a small boat close to the embankment, Yan Xing jumped with a spear, and in the morning the boat killed more than ten people, and the rest abandoned the boat and jumped into the water to flee for their lives.

Yan Xing was about to leave for Fancheng, but the boat was overturned by the flood. His bow and spear were swept away by the water, and he was the only one left in the water holding on to the capsized boat.

Seeing Yan Xing falling into the water, he jumped into the water first, captured Yan Xing alive and got on the boat. Guan Suo knew the nature of water, and he was even more powerful, so he caught Yan Xing.

Guan Yu led the army back to Gaofu's place and sat down. A group of sword and axe men were too forbidden to come, and Yu Ban bowed to the ground and said to Guan Yu: "General Guan, I fell into the hands of the general in the forbidden world, but I want to die quickly." Just begging the general to let go of these soldiers under the ban! ”

Guan Yu stroked his long hair, looked at Yu Ban and groaned for a while, and then said, "Yu Ban, you are not my opponent. I remember your righteousness and spare your life for the time being. ”

Guan Yu was immediately sent to Jingzhou Prison for confinement. After that, Guan Yu asked Yan Xing to escort him again, Yan Xing opened his eyebrows and looked angry, standing there and refusing to kneel.

Guan Yu said to him: "Your brother is an official under my eldest brother, and I want to use you as a general, why don't you surrender early?" ”

Yan Xing scolded and said, "Shaft, what a word! King Wei now commands an army of millions and shocks the world; Your lord Liu Bei is just a mediocre talent, how can he match the King of Wei! I'd rather be a ghost of the Great Wei than a thief! ”

Yan Xing scolded endlessly, Guan Yu was furious, and ordered the knife and axe hand to push him out and behead him. Yan Xing was tortured by the neck, Guan Yu took pity on his loyalty and bravery, and ordered his body to be buried.

Guan Yu will wait for the Cao army to take 30,000 prisoners to his base camp Jiangling and then launch a fierce attack on Fancheng, Fancheng flooded, collapsed everywhere, and everyone was terrified.

Someone said to Cao Ren: "Today's danger, although we can do it, we should take advantage of the fact that the siege of Guan Yu has not yet been completed, and retreat overnight by light boat." ”

Runan was too full of favors, but he tried his best to persuade Cao Rendao: "The torrent comes and goes quickly, how can it stay for a long time." I heard that Guan Yu had sent his troops to Jiaxia, and the people south of Xudu were in chaos. The reason why Guan Yu did not dare to advance further was because he was worried that our army would attack his rear road. If our army retreats now, the land south of the Yellow River will no longer be owned by our Great Wei. The general should stay here. ”

Cao Ren stroked his palms and sighed: "It's not the Bunning Sect, a few mistakes!" ”

Cao Ren then rode a white horse to the city, sank the white horse into the river, and swore an oath with the soldiers to work together to defend Fancheng. The city's army numbered only a few thousand, and the unflooded walls were only a few feet high. Guan Yu took a boat to the city and immediately surrounded Fancheng, cutting it off inside and outside. Guan Yu sent other generals to surround the Wei general Lü Chang in Xiangyang. Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Xiu and Nanxiang Taishou Fu Fang both surrendered to Guan Yu.

In October, Lu Hunmin, Sun Wolf and others made a rebellion, killed the county master, and returned to Guan Yu in the south. Guan Yu granted Sun Wolf the official seal and allocated it to his army to disturb Cao Wei. At this time, Liang Jia and Lu Hun bandits south of Xu Du accepted Guan Yu's seal one after another, and Guan Yu's prestige shook the entire Central Plains.

Tanma reported the battle situation to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was shocked, and then gathered the civil and military to discuss: "A certain Su Zhiyun is wise and brave to cover the world, and now according to Jingxiang, like a tiger with wings." Yu Ban was captured, Yan Xing was beheaded, and our army was frustrated; Today, Zi is still in Xudu, if he unites with Han Xuan and leads his troops to Xudu, what can he do? Lonely desire to move the capital to avoid it. ”

Sima Yi admonished: "No. Yu Ban and others were flooded, not because of the defeat in the attack; In the country's plan, nothing is damaged. Today, Han and Liu are not good, Yun Chang is ambitious, and Han Xuan will not like it; The king can send an envoy to Jiangdong to talk about the benefits and disadvantages, so that Han Xuan secretly raised troops to fight for a long time, and on the day of Xu Shiping, he cut the land south of the Yangtze River to seal Han Xuan, and the danger of Fancheng was solved. ”

Jiang Ji, the chief bookkeeper, also agreed: "Zhongda's words are yes. Now you can send an envoy to Jiangdong immediately, and there is no need to move the capital. ”

Cao Cao agreed, so he no longer discussed the matter of moving the capital. Cao Cao looked at the generals and sighed: "Yu Ban has been lonely for thirty years, and it is better to be in danger than Pang Deye!" ”

Jianye, Han Xuan took the letter just sent by Chen Wu and Lu Meng with carrier pigeons, and the letter told Han Xuan that Guan Yu took advantage of the flood to flood Yu Ban's army and captured Yu Ban and beheaded Yan Xing. Han Xuan now looks at Guan Yu more and more unpleasantly, he used to think that flooding the Seventh Army was Guan Yu's strategy, and he once admired him, it turned out that Guan Yu just took advantage of the time and place. Pity the generals who forbid such a commander of the army, and they were charged with this war.

Han Xuan opened Lü Meng's letter again, and Lü Meng said in the letter: "Guan Yu conquered Fancheng, but left heavy troops to defend Jiangling and other places, he must be afraid that the general and I will lead the army to attack him." The lord can adjust the general to the south to cooperate with Du to defend Changsha to slow down his heart. In addition, I am often ill, and I ask the Lord to allow me to lead a group of soldiers and horses back to Jianye in the name of healing. After Guan Yu learned about it, he would definitely withdraw the defensive troops and transfer them all to Xiangyang. At that time, our army sailed up the Yangtze River day and night, taking advantage of the emptiness of its defense, to attack, Nanjun could be captured, and Guan Yu would also be captured by me. ”

Cao Ren held on to Fancheng, and Guan Yu couldn't attack it for a long time. In addition, Guan Yu got tens of thousands of troops from Yu Ban and others, the food was insufficient, and the army ran out of food, so Guan Yu sent people to get Han Xuantun's grain and rice in Xiangguan.

Not long after the people from Guan Yu's faction left, someone suddenly reported: "Han Xuan transferred Chen Wu back to Changsha, with the intention of going south to take Jiaozhou." Jiangdong Lukou guard general Lu Meng was critically ill, Han Xuan took back the recuperation, and worshiped Lu Xun as a general, and guarded Lukou on behalf of Lu Meng. Today, Lu Xun sent someone to pay a gift to the book and came to see him. ”

Guan Yu summoned the envoy sent by Lu Xun, and pointed to the envoy and said: "Han Xuan is short-sighted, use this son as a general!" ”

The envoy said to the ground: "General Lu presented a letter for gifts: first, to congratulate the prince, and second, to ask for reconciliation between the two families. Fortunately, he smiled and stayed. ”

Guan Yu opened the letter and looked at it, Lu Xun's words on the letter were extremely humble. After Guan Yu finished reading it, he laughed on his back, ordered the left and right to accept the gift, and sent the messenger back. The envoy went back to see Lu Xun and replied: "Guan Yu is happy, and there is no intention of worrying about Jiangdong. ”

After that, Guan Yu really felt very stable and no longer suspicious, so he gradually withdrew the defensive army and rushed to Fancheng. Lu Xun reported the whole situation to Han Xuan, stating the strategic points that could capture Guan Yu, and then Han Xuan discussed with Pang Tong the plan to attack Guan Yu and began to secretly transfer troops.

After Lu Meng led more than 80 fast boats to the Xunyang River, he selected people who knew how to pretend to be merchants, all dressed in white, and rocked the oars on the boat, but ambushed the elite soldiers in the boat. Lü Meng took advantage of the night to travel and arrived on the north bank of the river.

When the guards on the beacon tower by the river were interrogated, the Wu people on the boat replied: "We are all merchants, and we are here to avoid the wind because of the wind in the river." ”

The merchant then gave his belongings to the sergeant who believed them and let him anchor by the river. At about the second watch, the elite soldiers in the ship came out, and Han Xuan allocated to Lu Meng's Shadow Tiger Army to take the lead and tie down the officers and soldiers on the beacon tower. As soon as the secret signal sounded, the elite soldiers of the eighty ships rose together and captured all the defenders on the pier platform where they were about to go, and not a single one of them left.

This made Guan Yu ignorant of Lü Meng's actions, so Lü Meng drove long and took Jingzhou, and no one was aware of it. When he was about to arrive in Jingzhou, Lü Meng comforted the officers and soldiers captured along the pier platform along the river, and rewarded each of them heavily, so that they could help him open the city gate and set fire to it.

When the army received the order, Lü Meng taught people to be the forerunner. Wait until midnight and call the door to the city. The doorman recognized the soldiers of Jingzhou below and opened the city gate. As soon as the army shouted, they set a trumpet fire in the city gates.

The Jiangdong soldiers rushed in and attacked Jingzhou. Lü Meng then sent an order to the army: "If anyone kills a person in vain and takes a thing from the people, it will be in accordance with military law." ”

General Lü Meng was originally an official and still held his post. Keep Guan Yu's family in another house, and no idlers are allowed to disturb him. On the one hand, he sent someone to report Han Xuan.

One day it was raining heavily in the city, and Lü Meng got on his horse and rode to see the four city gates. Suddenly, he saw a person taking a folk hat to cover his armor, and Lü Meng ordered him to be arrested and interrogated, and that person was a fellow villager of Lü Meng.

Lü Meng said to him: "Although you are my fellow countryman, but my order has been issued, and if you commit it, you should follow military law." ”

The man cried and begged for mercy: "A certain official armor is afraid of wet rain, so it is covered and not for private use." The beggar general misses the feelings of his fellow villagers! ”

Lu Meng sighed: "I know that you are the armor of the overthrower, but in the end, you should not take the things of the people. ”

Lu Mengqi pushed him down left and right and beheaded him, and after the head was transmitted, he collected his body and buried him with tears. Since the three armies were shocked, they had no offense with Minqiu.