For more than ten days in a row, Yu Bandu only stationed troops in Xinye, but only sent some rangers to the outpost of Zhuge Song's military camp every day, and left with one touch. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Guan Yu wanted to raise troops to fight against Yu Ban in Xinye, but he was afraid that the army would go away, and Liao Hua would lose on the periphery of Fancheng. Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and others around him, although they are brave, it is difficult to help them in terms of resourcefulness.

By July of the twentieth year of Jian'an, it had been a year and three months since Zhuge Song came out of Wuling with the army. In such a long time, Qing'er has given birth to a son in Wuling, and when she wrote to inform and ask Zhuge Song how to name it, Zhuge Song felt ashamed, so he replied to Qing'er to set the child's name by herself. Soon Qing'er wrote back that his name was Zhuge Xing, which was a bit earthy but auspicious, and Zhuge Song accepted it.

Historically, Guan Yu's flooding of the Seventh Army coincided with the rainy August, and although there was rain in July, it was far from the extent that the Han River skyrocketed. One sunny day, Zhuge Song had nothing to do because Yu Ban refused to move forward, and suddenly became interested, so he rode a horse and took dozens of horses to take a look at the Yankou River that had flooded Yu Ban in history.

The Gunkou River is a low-lying area left after the diversion of the Han River, with a large belly and a small mouth, and the valley is surrounded by cliffs on both sides, so it is difficult to attack from both sides, and because of the large belly, the Tun army can stay away from the cliffs, so even if you send people to climb the cliffs, the number of people is too small to shoot bows and arrows into the valley. Historically, Yu Ban wanted to camp his army here, and heavily guarded the valley mouth, so that Guan Yu could only hold on to it, and could not attack Fancheng with all his strength.

Zhuge Song led the army to walk slowly in the valley for half a day, while observing the terrain in the valley while enjoying the scenery, during which he also met a few sentry detectives of Yu Ban, relying on the fast horse, seeing that there were many people here, he withdrew far away, until Zhuge Song led people to the side of the valley mouth facing Xinye, and saw that the width of the valley mouth was only thirty or forty zhang, so he had a plan and led the army back to the camp.

When he returned to the camp, he was already in the west, and a small colonel waited outside the camp gate early, and when he saw Zhuge Song, he said to him: "General, the prince has something important to discuss with you, and I tell you to go to his tent to discuss matters as soon as you return to the camp." ”

Zhuge Song didn't know what Guan Yu was doing, and he didn't have time to rest after getting off the horse, so he went to Guan Yu's big tent. When they got to the outside of the tent, the doorman reported that they would go in, and soon they had to order them to enter the tent, and looking at the appearance of Guan Yu's tent, all the generals had been waiting for a long time.

Guan Yu saw Zhuge Song enter the account, and after signaling him to sit down, he hurriedly said to Zhuge Song: "Song'er, our army has been holding on to Yu Ban here for more than half a month. Yu Ban has always been strict in governing the army, a little bit of Tao strategy, I don't know why this time so timid, Tunzha Xinye does not advance or retreat, Cao Cao stayed in Chang'an for a long time, Shuzhong will not be peaceful for a day, I intend to leave you here to guard the pass bluff, I have led the army back to the periphery of Fancheng to attack the city for days, I think Fancheng is not big, as long as the whole army is urged to attack day after day, sooner or later it will break through this city, and then the whole army will attack Xinye, and take Wancheng directly! I don't know what you think? ”

When Zhuge Song heard Guan Yu say this, he already had a plan in his heart, so he said straight to the point: "Song'er, but with the orders of the prince!" It's just that I don't know, the prince is willing to leave troops for Song'er when he goes to Fancheng? ”

Guan Yu groaned slightly, obviously having already thought about it: "The pass here is also precipitous, if Fancheng attacks from all sides, it must be 20,000 soldiers!" I will bring back 5,000 troops from my headquarters, and leave you 7,000 men here to guard the pass, even if you are forbidden to attack in a big way, it will be okay to think within a few days, and once you ask me for help, I will bring troops to save me? ”

"Seven thousand!" Zhuge Song thought in his heart, he didn't expect Guan Yu to be so interesting, and he thought it was because he was "young" after all, and he was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he was willing to let so many soldiers stay here. According to Guan Yu's idea, leave 7,000 people to Zhuge Song, even if Yu Ban really brings troops to come, Zhuge Song relies on the pass and arranges the defense early, and he can indeed hold out for a few days. But in this way, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng and fought hard, in case Cao Ren had other ways to let Yu Ban know that Cao Ren's situation was critical, leading to a rapid attack, if Guan Yu saved this side, the siege would fall short, if he didn't save it, Zhuge Song was afraid that he would be really difficult to resist at that time, and the situation would evolve into an unfavorable situation.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Song still decided to implement the method he had come up with in the Yankou River before, and said to Guan Yu: "What the prince said is extremely reasonable, but Cao Ren still has nearly 10,000 troops in Fancheng, and if the general only drives 20,000 horses to attack the city, Song'er still feels that it is slightly insufficient. ”

Guan Yu was a little surprised when he heard Zhuge Song say this, and asked, "Then how much should you keep in the army according to your opinion?" ”

Zhuge Song stretched out his index finger and middle finger to make a triumphant gesture to Guan Yu, and said with a smile: "Song'er only leaves two thousand troops enough!" ”

"What?" Guan Ping exclaimed in surprise when he heard this, although Guan Yu was serious, he was also surprised, and said in astonishment: "Yu Ban has 20,000 soldiers in Xinye, and he has been resting in the city for a long time in the past ten days, if he comes to attack with all his strength, how will you resist?" ”

Zhuge Song arched his hand to Guan Yu and said: "This matter is not a matter of concern to the prince, today Song'er went to the Senkou River to investigate, seeing that this valley belly is big and small, it is very easy to hold, tomorrow the general can go to the Yankou River with me, and set up a camp at the mouth of our river to leave a thousand people to garrison, the more antlers and the like, the more the better, how about I lead a thousand troops to the Chuankou facing Xinye and raise another camp to refuse the ban?" ”

When Guan Yu heard Zhuge Song say this, he touched his beard and muttered: "Even if you set up two camps, it will only last a little longer, and the disparity in strength is so great, are you sure you can really defend until I break through Fancheng?" ”

At this time, not only Guan Yu said this, but even the generals in the account also looked incredulous.

Zhuge Song smiled and shook his head: "Cao Ren is Cao Cao's cronies, and he is full of favors to draw strategies on the side, he must know that if Fancheng is lost, our army will no longer have to worry about the future, and will definitely drive directly to Xuchang, so he must live and die with the city." Even if the prince has 50,000 soldiers, it will be difficult to capture it in a few days when he is in a hurry! , so Song'er didn't dare to expect the prince to break through Fancheng before the ban broke through my camp! ”

"That? What do you mean, Song'er? Guan Yu saw that Zhuge Song was so relaxed, and after thinking about it carefully, he knew that he must have a good plan, but he was just selling Guan Zi in front of him. Of course, Guan Yu still limited his thinking to the small circle of fighting with Cao Jun, and no matter what, he couldn't know what Zhuge Song's calculations were, so he could only smile and put on a deaf look.

At this time, Zhuge Song couldn't tell Guan Yu everything, but just said directly to Guan Yu: "Now that Cao Thief is far away in Chang'an, Xuchang is empty, and the reason why Yu Ban has been stationed in Xinye and dare not move forward must be because he is afraid of the power of the prince and the tiger, and he is afraid that once he loses, Xuchang will not be guaranteed." But every day, he sent many sentry horses along the main roads and small roads to reconnoiter the movements of our army in the direction of Fancheng, and he must not dare to save it, but also because Cao Ren was afraid that Fancheng would lose in Fancheng! As long as the prince and the marquis lead the army to besiege Fancheng for days and days, forming a critical situation in Fancheng, my side will deliberately show weakness to make Yu Ban feel that there is an opportunity, and when the time comes, I will use a little trick, and it will definitely hit him hard! ”