Besides, Guan Yu had Zhuge Song to ensure that after blocking Yu Ban, he finally had to free up his forces to surround Fancheng on three sides and attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Cao Renbing Shaocheng is broken, and he is becoming less and less sustainable, and he constantly dismantles people from the path to send letters to Xinye to urge the ban to rescue.

On the one hand, Guan Yu got Zhuge Song's letter, knowing that Yu Ban had been lured by Zhuge Song to the Yankou River Valley, the letter begged Guan Yu to send a thousand soldiers to Zhuge Song Village every five days to help defend the camp, the end of the letter wrote: "The prince should not be suspicious, the few soldiers are to lure the enemy, at this time the fish has entered the urn, only a water word, break the aid and then besiege Fancheng, I don't know that the prince can know my heart." ”

Guan Yu gave this letter to Guan Ping, Liao Hua and others to see. Guan Ping said suspiciously: "It was he who made a military order to protect Yu Ban before Fancheng was broken, but this time he asked my father to increase his troops, not at a time, and every five days, what kind of water is the word, although the Yankou River is in the valley, there is no river nearby, where will there be any water?" ”

The rest of the generals were also puzzled, Guan Yu pondered, suddenly a flash of inspiration, ordered someone to immediately bring the nearby map, carefully look at the mountains and rivers near Fancheng, after a long time, Fang sighed angrily: "In the past, I used Zhuge Song to help the eldest brother seize Xichuan with deception is quite disdainful, and now it will be forbidden to lure to the Jinkou River, the great plan is to win more with less, if this plan can be successful, when Cao Ren can abandon the city and leave, the army is just around the corner under the city of Xuchang!" ”

The generals looked at each other, gathered in front of Guan Yu, and listened to Guan Yu talk about how to use water, all of them were happy, and their impression of Zhuge Song in their hearts changed greatly.

On the other hand, after the soldiers were rested, the messenger who had to come around from Xinye sent Cao Ren's urgent letter, so he was no longer careless, lined up his troops in a phalanx, and began to attack Zhuge Song's camp.

There were few soldiers in Zhuge Songzhai, and they were a little unable to resist on the first day, and they barely held on. Fortunately, a thousand troops arrived on the second day, and three thousand troops held for another five days. On the contrary, Yu Ban's side is every time he is about to break through the enemy camp, he will be resisted by the other party's new military strength, so many times, the two sides have been holding each other for a long time, although Cao Ren wrote that the pressure on Fancheng is decreasing, I think Guan Yu was forced to increase troops here, but those bloodstained cavalry armor that was still hung by Zhuge Song outside the camp gate still made Yu Ban's heart more and more irritable, and the messenger came to report, Cao Cao finally decided to return from Chang'an, the army has arrived in Luoyang, Yu Ban saw that he has not done an inch so far, in his life, There has never been a more discouraged than today. Knowing that the strong attack was hopeless, and Fancheng was no longer in danger, he had no merit and no luck, and the idea of maintaining his strength slowed down more and more, and he began to enter the stage of stalemate with Zhuge Song, just waiting for Cao Cao's soldiers to come and capture Zhuge Song's hatred again.

By August, Guan Yu had already ordered a large ship to be built, and many scouts were dispersed to check and wait at various water outlets. When the wind and clouds change color and the heavy rain is about to come, they secretly withdraw the troops in Zhuge Songzhai, and after a round of attacks in the ban, they pretend to be unsupportive and retreat for several miles. It is rare to make a breakthrough in the ban, and he is relentless. Chased to Tuanshan Town, but every heavy rain for more than ten days, the Han River swelled and overflowed, the big water along the low-lying area of the riverbed of the old road of the Han River poured into three roads to the area of the Jinkou River to the Tuanshanpu area, plus the water of the Tang River, the Bai River, the Xiaoqing River and other rivers, the flat water in the Yankou River was spread to five or six zhang.

The forbidden army had no way to retreat, so they had to climb the heights and look at the water with the generals, and the army was divided into hundreds of places. Zhuge Song was also trapped on a hill by the flood at this time, but unlike the chaotic arrows that the forbidden army ushered in Guan Yujun, Guan Ping had already come to pick it up by boat, and the two met, looked at each other and laughed, releasing their previous suspicions. Yu Ban was broken by each of them, and there were many arrows falling into the water who did not surrender, until the army was surrounded by more than 100 people in the forbidden place on the water, and after surrendering, Yu Ban saw Zhuge Song full of shame, thinking that he would be killed in every way, but Zhuge Song did not smile, but just stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and sighed: "It is really difficult for you to fight against the will of heaven, and the general does not need to be sad!" After speaking, he glanced at Guan Yu, who was walking over with a big smile, and remembered the events in the history of Maicheng, and shook his head at the moment, but he immediately changed his smile to meet Guan Yu.

The two were two steps away from each other, Guan Yu stopped, and said to Zhuge Song with a smile on his face: "At the beginning, the eldest brother had the wish to revive the Han family, but there were no talents like Xiao He and Zhang Liang around him. At that time, the eldest brother went to invite your husband, Yide thought it was too much, now our army has two rivers and Jingzhou, Fancheng can be broken overnight, and you have such a good talent, I think the day of reviving the Han family is not far away! ”

The generals who followed Guan Yu all said yes again and again, although Zhuge Song knew that the crisis had not yet begun, he could not say anything to disappoint the joy in front of so many people. He also took the opportunity to say a few words of humility and attributed all the credit to Guan Yu, and the relationship between the two sides has been very harmonious since then.

On the wall of Fancheng, Cao Ren saw Guan Yu tied up in a forbidden boat to surrender under the city, and suddenly felt that it was difficult to hold on, so he was busy discussing with Man Chong to abandon the city and return to Xuchang while Guan Yu's army had not yet been encircled.

Man Chong said to Cao Ren: "The flash flood will not be long, the water will recede in a few days, the reason why Guan Yu does not dare to drive directly to Xuchang is because there is a general here to contain it, and the lord's army has arrived in Luoyang, although Yu Ban is not, but only 20,000 troops, if we escape, the south of the Yellow River will not be ours in the future, please hold on a little longer!" ”

Cao Ren felt that Manzhong was reasonable, so he personally killed his white horse to encourage the soldiers to stick to it, Guan Yu collected the victorious soldiers, attacked Fancheng day and night, and the city walls in many places were damaged, but Cao Cao also returned to Xuchang, while listening to the opinions of Sima Yi and Jiang Ji and others, he sent envoys to the south of the Jiangnan and Xiangyang in Eastern Wu again, and on the other hand, he was moved by Pang De's courage and ordered him to bring 5,000 troops to reinforce Fancheng, and when the army rested in Xuchang for a while, he commanded the army to rescue.

This Pang De originally belonged to Ma Chao, and then followed Ma Chao into Hanzhong but was sick in the city for a long time because of the water and soil, and later Yang Song dedicated the city, and Pang De became a prisoner before he fully recovered. Cao Cao heard his name and personally surrendered, at first Pang De was unwilling, Cao Cao was not reluctant, but just looking for a famous doctor to help him recuperate, all the things he needed were complete, and until he recovered, Pang De felt Cao Cao's grace and agreed to belong to him. This time he returned to Xuchang with the army, Cao Cao wanted to find someone to go to Fancheng to contain Guan Yu first, because the generals knew that the army was tired, and the soldiers that could be used this time were limited, and no one responded for a while, so it was Pang De's turn to volunteer to lead troops to help Cao Ren. Cao Cao was overjoyed, and sent Wen to hire him as his deputy general, the generals were in an uproar, and Pang De happily took the order and left. Or if there is a suggestion that the new general should be the one who is in charge, Cao Cao will be repulsed.

Everyone dispersed, Cao Cao Bei ordered someone to summon Wen Ping, although Wen Ping had doubts, he didn't say a word when he saw him, and bowed his head to obey his orders.

Cao Cao observed Wen Ping for a while, and saw that he still didn't speak, but asked Wen Ping: "Zhongye, today I ordered Pang De to be the main general to contain Guan Yu's matter, what do you think?" ”

Wen Ping replied: "The lord does not doubt Pang De as the new general, and he has the whole world in mind, which is really a blessing for those who follow us!" ”

Cao Cao laughed and got up, walked up to Wen Ping, patted Wen Ping's shoulder and said with a smile: "As the master of the people, I should know people and make decisions, and only people can act." Wen Yuan used to be from Lu Bu, lonely and loyal, entrusted with the great task of Hefei, Sun Quan's soldiers pressed the border, he was immovable, brave and strategic, and made great contributions to the country. He turned to a solemn tone and said: "Yu Ban has been with Gu for nearly thirty years, and he has made many achievements in the east and west, but the soldiers of Fancheng were defeated and surrendered, and I don't know if Liu Bei is willing to reuse, and others make me enemies of each other in the two armies!" ”

In the forbidden matter, at this time, the people of Xuchang already knew everything, and Wen Ping overheard Cao Cao's words, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while. However, Cao Cao didn't say much, and quickly brought the topic back to Pang De: "Guan Yu has played against countless famous generals since he was in the army, and except for Lu Bu, there have been few opponents over the years. At this time, there are only Yuan Rang and Xu Huang, Yuan let me intend to keep it in the Chinese army, if Xu Huang comes out, he must break the enemy, so this time I can only let Pang De go. The position of the king is on it, with the king as the deputy, although it is because the people in the account are now only Pang De has the courage of the enemy Yunchang, more powerful to protect everything, and strive for more rest time for the army. ”

Wen Ping immediately leaned over and knelt down, and received the order, and Cao Cao was relieved from then on.

The next day, Pang De and Wen Ping led 5,000 elite soldiers to set off, because the water of the Yankou River had just receded, all the way to Tuanshan Town, under the steady advice of Wen Ping, Pang De had to give up the idea of immediately fighting Guan Yu, and instead looked for a larger area of high ground to station, in the periphery of Fancheng to contain Guan Yu.

Guan Yu's attitude towards Zhuge Song had changed greatly because he was captured in the First Battle of the Ban, so he ordered Guan Ping to assist Zhuge Song to lead 5,000 troops to hold on to Pang De in Tuanshan Town.