For more than ten days in a row, Yu Bandu only stationed troops in Xinye, but only sent some rangers to the outpost of our military camp every day, and they left at the touch of a button. Guan Yu wanted to raise troops to fight against Yu Ban in Xinye, but he was afraid that the army would go far 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.

It was July of the twentieth year of Jian'an, and it had been a year and three months since I came out of Wuling with the army. In such a long time, Qing'er had already given birth to a son in Wuling, and when I wrote to inform and ask me how to name it, I felt ashamed, so I wrote back to ask Qing'er to set the child's name herself. Soon Qing'er wrote back and said that his name was Zhuge Xing, which was a bit earthy, but I still 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, I had nothing to do because Yu Ban refused to move forward, and suddenly I was interested, so I rode on a horse and took dozens of guards to go to the Shiguchi River, which 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, and waited until the heavy rain continued, which became a great achievement.

I led the army in the valley slowly walked for half a day, while observing the terrain in the valley while enjoying the scenery, during which I also met a few sentry spies of Yu Ban, relying on the fast horses, seeing that we were many, they withdrew far away, until I led people to the side of the valley facing Xinye, and saw that the width of the valley was only thirty or forty zhang, so I had a plan and led the army back to the camp.

When I returned to the camp, a colonel was waiting outside the camp gate early, and when he saw me, he said to me: "General, the prince has important matters to discuss with you, and I tell you to go to his tent as soon as you return to the camp." ”

I didn't know what Guan Yu was doing, and I didn't have time to rest after dismounting, so I went to his big tent. When I got to his big tent, I reported the news outside the tent, and soon I had to order him to enter the tent, and looking at the appearance of Guan Yu's tent, all the generals had been waiting for me for a long time.

Guan Yu saw me enter the account, motioned for me to sit down, and then said to me anxiously: "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 understanding of Tao strategy, I don't know why this time so timid, Tunzha Xinye does not advance or retreat, brother in Hanzhong and Cao thief confrontation for a day, Shuzhong will not be peaceful for a day, I intend to leave an army here to guard the pass bluff, I have returned to the periphery of Fancheng since the army to attack the city for days, I think Fancheng city 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, drive Wancheng directly! I don't know what you think? ”

When I heard Guan Yu say this, I already had a plan in my heart, so I said straight to the point: "Song'er, but by the order 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 then once you ask me for help, I will bring troops to save me? ”

"Seven thousand!" I thought in my heart, I didn't expect Guan Yu to be so interesting, I think it was also because I was "young" after all, and I was afraid that I would lose, so I was willing to let me keep so many soldiers here. According to Guan Yu's idea, leave 7,000 people for me, even if Yu Ban really brings troops to come, I rely on the pass and arrange the defense early, and I think I can indeed hold out for a few days. But in this way, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng hard, in case Cao Ren had other ways to let Yu Ban know that his situation was critical, and lead Yu Ban to attack me, if Guan Yu rescued me, the siege of the city would fall short, if he didn't save me, I was afraid that I would be really difficult to resist at that time, and the situation would evolve into an unfavorable situation.

Thinking of this, I still decided to implement the method I had come up with in the Yankou River before, and I 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 people to attack the city, Song'er still feels that it is slightly insufficient. ”

Guan Yu was a little surprised to hear me say this, and asked, "Then how much should you keep in the army according to your opinion?" ”

I stretched out my index finger and middle finger to make a triumphant gesture to him, and said with a smile: "Song'er only has 2,000 troops left!" ”

"What?" Guan Ping exclaimed 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 Fancheng for a long time in the past ten days, if he attacks with all his strength, how will you resist?" ”

I arched to Guan Yu and said: "This matter is not to worry about the monarch and marquis, today Song'er went to the Sentinel of the Yankou River, and saw that this valley belly is big and small, and it is very tolerant of sticking to it, tomorrow the general can go to the Yankou River with me, and set up a camp at the mouth of our river, the more antlers and the like, the more the better, how about I lead two thousand troops to the Chuankou facing Xinye and raise another camp to refuse to be banned?" ”

When Guan Yu heard me 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.

I smiled and shook my head: "Cao Ren is Cao Cao's cronies, and he is full of favors to draw plans, 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 I was so relaxed, and after thinking about it carefully, he knew that I must have a good plan, but I was just selling Guan Zi in front of him. Of course, he couldn't know what I was up to, so he could only smile and put on a deaf look.

At this time, I didn't want to sell the circle anymore, so I said directly to Guan Yu: "Now that Cao Thief is far away in Hanzhong, 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 monarch and the tiger, and he is afraid that once he loses, Xuchang will not be guaranteed." But every day, he sent many sentry horsemen 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 make Fancheng a critical situation, I will deliberately show weakness here to make Yu Ban feel that there is an opportunity, and even if Yu Ban doesn't want to save Fancheng, he will not be able to help him! ”