When the news reached Xiangyang, Liu Yong and Zhong Wenwu raised their glasses again to celebrate, and it happened that Lu Su and Bu Zhi had arrived in Xiangyang, and immediately ordered Lu Su to be the new Taishou of Runan County, and Bu Zhi was the main book, and immediately went to Runan to take office. At the same time www.biquge.info he ordered Zhao Yun to wave his army south, and Gao Lan, who had already conquered Yiyang, to conquer Ancheng, and strive to completely annihilate the defenders of Ancheng and the remaining men and horses of Zhu Ling.

Wei Yan fought several battles in a row, and the sergeants were exhausted, so Liu Yong temporarily guarded Runan, rested and waited, waiting to conquer Ancheng.

Cao Cao is now leading the army to attack Hebei, although the battle of Guandu, he defeated Yuan Shao with fewer victories, let Yuan Shao return to Jizhou, but Yuan Shao has been operating in Hebei for many years, although the defeat, Yu Wei is still there, clean up the remnants of the army, guard everywhere, so that Cao Cao has to continue to divide the troops to attack, the speed is extremely slow. Cao Cao had few soldiers, and he was trapped in the quagmire of Hebei and was too busy to take care of the war in Yuzhou, but he cheapened Liu Yong, and captured a large area of territory in Runan in a row, and his reputation was as good as the sky.

At this moment, Xinye Guan Yu, Xu Shu, Zhou Cang, Pang Ji and others celebrated each other when they got the good news of Zhao Yun and Wei Yan's success, but they were also faintly unwilling, watching Wei Yan and Zhao Yun and others make contributions, even Du Xian, who had not been in the new investment for a long time, won Wu Fang, Canyang, and Shang Cai one after another, and as Xu Shu, Pang Ji, and Zhou Cang, as the old men who followed Liu Yong, it was difficult to achieve merits, and they felt somewhat sour, as for Guan Yu, it was even more so.

Guan Yu once beheaded Huaxiong in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, fought Lu Bu in three Ying, beheaded Yan Liang in Hebei, Zhu Wenchou, and beheaded six generals in the Central Plains after five passes, and was already a famous general in the world, but unfortunately the eldest brother Liu Bei died at the hands of Cao Jun, and he couldn't fight with Cao Jun to avenge the eldest brother, which made him very unhappy.

"Report! Just got the scout's report, Cao Jun sent Cao Xiu to Wancheng, it seems that there will be some plan! A sergeant suddenly came in to give a report.

"Cao Xiu? Why is he here, is Cao Cao ready to use troops against Xinye? Zhou Cang wondered.

Xu Shu nodded: "It is possible, Cao Cao is in Hebei at this time, and the situation in Runan is a foregone conclusion, but Wancheng is guarded by 40,000 horses and horses of Cao's army, and Cao Xiu is quietly sent here, there must be something." Although Cao Xiu's reputation is not obvious, but as a member of the Cao family, he has won Cao Cao's trust, and has been praised by Cao Cao as a "thousand miles of horses", like a parent-child. ”

Guan Yu put down the wine glass and nodded: "What Yuan Zhi said is good, Cao Wenlie does have some ability, and Cao Cao also has high hopes for him, it seems that Xinye is going to war." However, don't say that he is a Cao Xiu, that is, Cao Ren and Xiahou brothers come, or Cao Cao comes in person, Guan will inevitably turn him away to the north of Xinye. As long as he dares to come, Guan will behead him! ”

Guan Yu's bold words made everyone's fighting spirit high and passionate.

Turning his head to the sergeant, he said: "Immediately arrange more people to go to find out the purpose of Cao Xiu's coming here, and their actions, if there is any situation, report it in time!" Then he discussed some preventive measures with Xu Shu, such as strengthening patrols, stepping up the inventory of people entering and leaving, strengthening the training of each battalion, etc., and then made arrangements one by one.

Xinye, as the north gate of Jingzhou, is naturally the top priority, Cao Cao's coveting of Jingzhou's wealth naturally everyone understands, but he was previously attacked on all sides, Ma Teng and Han Sui in the west, Yuan Shao in the north, Xuzhou Liu Bei and Lu Bu and other forces in the east, Liu Biao of Jingzhou in the south, let him annex Jingzhou, the idea of drinking the Yangtze River has not been realized at all, and now the overall situation of Hebei has been decided, only the final pacification remains, and he has also begun to plan Jingzhou.

Taking advantage of being attacked by Liu Yong, he has every reason to use troops against Jingzhou, as for the counties that were captured, they are completely within an acceptable range, and those who have become big things don't care about the gains and losses of a city and a pond at all, they only care about the final outcome.

Cao Xiu is one of his pathfinders, and if he can break through Xinye, it will become the best breakthrough for him to go south.

Liu Yong was in a good mood, but he didn't lose his cool, and now he just took the opportunity to bite a small piece of meat when Cao Cao couldn't look south, which was quite a bit of a fall into the ground, and when Cao Cao really fought a decisive battle with himself, it was really hard to say whether he could still defeat him. Therefore, Liu Yong has also been keeping an eye on Cao Cao, and it is also out of this consideration that Xu Shu went to Xinye.

Just when Liu Yong was thinking about things alone, Zhuge Liang came in: "Lord, Zhao Wei has sent someone to come again, and asked when the lord will send someone to help." ”

Liu Yong rubbed his temples vigorously, and suddenly said: "If you don't say it, you almost forgot, this Zhao Wei has been waiting for news, and he can't delay it, tell him that it will be half a month at least and a month at most, and he will definitely send reinforcements in the name of revenge for Xichuan." ”

Zhao Wei's rebellion was an excellent opportunity to enter Sichuan, but unfortunately he has been busy with Jingzhou's affairs and has been delayed.

Five days later, Zhao Yun and Gao Lan, who conquered Yiyang, surrounded Ancheng, Zhu Ling learned that his Yiyang city was broken, and he and Zhao Yun besieged Ancheng again and jumped angrily, eager to eat Gao Lan's meat and drink Gao Lan's blood: "Toothless traitor, he turned against him!" ”

Zhu Ling was furious, but he caused the wound on his shoulder blade to tear again, and he was in pain, and he immediately sweated profusely.

Zhang Shili, the general of Ancheng, hurriedly asked the doctor to come to bandage and give him medicine, and persuaded him: "General, calm down, don't let the wound tear again, the city wall of Ancheng is thick, and it will be okay for the time being, I will go on patrol, and the general will not be angry again." ”

Zhang Shi can't help it, who let Zhu Ling's status be higher than himself, he is busy defending the city, and at the same time he has to ensure that Zhu Ling will not have anything to do, fortunately, although Zhu Ling was injured, nearly 20,000 horses were brought into the city, which made Ancheng's strength increase all of a sudden, which also made Zhang Shi feel a lot more at ease.

Zhao Yun and Gao Ran were also worried about how to capture Ancheng, if it was a strong attack, it might not be effective, as the saying goes, five times the siege, ten times the siege, but since there were more than 20,000 Zhu Ling in Ancheng, the success rate of the strong attack was immediately much smaller, and it was likely that the loss of troops would not be able to conquer it.

"The two generals, maybe like General Zilong's siege of Runan, Ancheng can be broken without attack!" Jia Kui suddenly said: "Ancheng is just a county seat, not as good as Runan, the defenders in the city are less than 5,000 people, presumably there must not be much grain and grass hoarded on weekdays, but now there are 20,000 more, how long can they hold out?" ”

Liu Ye suddenly slapped his forehead: "Yes, what Jia Liangdao said really woke up the people in the dream, I only thought of the many people in Ancheng, and forgot about its grain and grass problem for a while." ”

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "That's true, I'm all on the edge of the bull for a while." Then besiege the city, and call the sergeant to scold the battle every day, drain his morale, and wait for his change after three or five days. ”