Cao Cao is not Yuan Shao, and the grain is heavily guarded by its own heavy soldiers. So Huang Zhong was besieged and did not return it when it expired. Zhao Yun led dozens of horsemen out of the camp to inspect, rescued Huang Zhong from Cao Cao's army, and retreated.

Back in the camp, Zhao Yun ordered the flag to be silenced, the crossbowmen were ambushed on both sides, the gate of the village was opened, and he stood alone outside the camp gate. The Wei soldiers were afraid of an ambush and were preparing to withdraw. Zhao Yun gave an order, the drum shook the sky, and the crossbows were fired in unison. Under the horror of the Wei soldiers, they trampled on each other, fell into the Han water and drowned. The next day, Liu Bei personally inspected the battlefield and spoke highly of Zhao Yun's "Zilong is full of courage"

Cao Cao and Liu Bei confronted each other for more than a month. Once, Liu Bei sent his adopted son Liu Feng out of battle. Cao Cao said angrily: "Liu Bei has been a child repeatedly, and he actually made a fake son to reject me. If the lonely Yellow Beard (Cao Zhang) is here, see if you can be rivals" and send an envoy to summon Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhangzheng came in the starry night, but Cao Cao was already hesitating in his heart whether to retreat. A very popular incident happened at this time: one night, the patrol soldiers came to ask for the night password. At that time, Cao Cao was drinking a bowl of chicken soup, so he casually said two words "chicken ribs" as the password for the night. The soldiers in the battalion only regarded these two words as an ordinary password, and only Yang Xiu, who was on the march with the army, heard these two words, and immediately ordered his servants to pack up and prepare to go home.

Xiahoudun, who was patrolling the camp, felt strange, and Yang Xiu told him, "Those who have chicken ribs, it is a pity to abandon them if they are tasteless." The king compared the land of Hanzhong to chicken ribs (which also shows the result of the struggle between Cao and Liu for Hanzhong: on Liu Bei's side, this is a battleground, but Cao Cao's side is a dispensable place. The difference in mentality leads to the difference in the ending) The king can no longer do anything to Liu Bei. So it won't be long before the class teacher will be met" Later, this matter was known to Cao Cao. Cao Cao had a heart problem with Yang Xiu before, and this suspicion was even worse.

But everything was still as Yang Xiu expected. In May, Cao Cao ordered: all the armies of Hanzhong were withdrawn to Chang'an, and Hanzhong County was occupied by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei again ordered Yidu Taishou Meng Da to go north from Zigui County, attack Xincheng County and govern Fangling County, and kill Taishou Kuaiqi. He also sent Liu Feng from Hanzhong to the east along the water, rendezvous with Meng Da, and attacked Shangyong County, and Shangyong Taishou surrendered. Liu Bei ordered Shen Tan to continue to serve as the Shangyong Taishou. Feng Shentan's younger brother Shen Yi was the Taishou of Xicheng and occupied the entire territory of Hanzhong County during the Han Dynasty (four years ago, when Cao Cao accepted Zhang Lu's surrender, he had divided Hanzhong County into four counties)

Liu Bei's strength increased greatly, and Cao Cao couldn't help but worry that he would contact the Di soldiers of Wudu County to threaten Guanzhong. Yongzhou Thorn Shi Zhang offered a plan: "You can move the Di people north." promised that those who moved first would be rewarded, they were greedy for profit, and they would definitely rush to relocate" Cao Cao was overjoyed and immediately ordered Zhang Ji to go to Wudu County to carry it out. In the end, a total of more than 50,000 people moved out of the Di nationality and fell to Youfufeng and Tianshui County.

Wuwei Yan Jun, Zhang Ye and Luan, Jiuquan Huanghua, Xiping Luyan and others claimed to be generals according to their own counties and attacked each other. Yan Jun sent his mother and son to Cao Cao as hostages to ask for help. Zhang offered Bian Zhuang's plan to stab the tiger, and suggested that he should not care, let these people fight with each other, and just reap the benefits of the fisherman himself. Cao Cao adopted. Later, Yan Jun was killed by He Luan, and He Luan was killed by King Wuwei.

On July 26, headed by Pingxi General Ma Chao, the group jointly elected 59-year-old Liu Bei as the king of Hanzhong. So Liu Bei set up an mandala in Chuyang County, Hanzhong County, Chen Bing was listed, and the ministers accompanied him, and officially worshiped the seal ribbon and the imperial crown, and proclaimed himself the king of Hanzhong (Cao Cao also established himself as the Duke of Wei at the age of 59), and then went to the court to express the capital, and returned the seal ribbon of the left general and the Yicheng Pavilion Marquis who was sealed by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei's eldest son, Liu Chan, was the crown prince. Feng Xu Jing is the Taifu, and Fa Zheng is the Shang Shu Ling. Guan Yu is the former general, Zhang Fei is the right general, Ma Chao is the left general, Huang Zhong is the rear general, and Yu is poorly carried (this is the origin of the so-called "Five Tiger Generals" in the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but in fact, there is no name of Zhao Yun in it.) Chen Shou's "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Shu Zhi 6" has "Guan Zhang, Ma Huang and Zhao Biography") and promoted Wei Yan to be the general of Zhenyuan, the Taishou of Hanzhong, and the town of Hanchuan. Liu Bei himself returned to the CD.

For the Shu Han regime, Jingzhou and Hanzhong were the most important wings, and naturally they should be guarded by the most trusted Da Yuan. And if you want to talk about the closest among the generals, it is naturally Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who have a Taoyuan relationship with Liu Bei in the legend. Now Guan Yu is in Jingzhou. All the ministers believed that the important land in Hanzhong must be controlled by Zhang Fei, and even Zhang Fei himself promised to do so. But who knew that Liu Bei suddenly promoted Wei Yan, a Yamen general who was not famous before, and everyone was shocked.

Liu Bei also knew that the ministers were not satisfied, and before leaving Hanzhong, he specially held a meeting with the ministers, and asked Wei Yan in person at the meeting, "Today, the secretary has a heavy responsibility, how should the secretary report the orphan" Wei Yan replied, "If Cao Cao leads the world's soldiers to come, I will refuse for the king; If the general comes with 100,000 people, I will swallow it for the king" Liu Bei laughed and praised kindness, and all the ministers also spoke strongly.

In addition, Zhuge Liang also said to Liu Bei, "Huang Zhong's reputation is not as good as Guan and Zhang." When Ma Chao came to surrender, Guan Yu also wrote to me, wanting to compete with him. Now he is not willing to be sealed with Huang Zhong, "When Ma Chao came to surrender, Guan Yu once wrote to Zhuge Liang regardless of the important task of Jingzhou's defense, saying that he wanted to enter Shu to try it with Ma Chao, but Zhuge Liang replied and deliberately praised Guan Yu, only to dispel his idea "Ma Chao is just Yingbu, Peng Yue and the like, and he can go hand in hand with Zhang Fei." But it's not as good as the beautiful beard, you are outstanding."

Liu Bei naturally also understood Guan Yu's temper, and specially sent a person named Fei Shi to Jingzhou to bring Guan Yu the seal of the former general. And Guan Yu really refused to be awarded the title with the sentence "The husband will never be in the same column as the veteran". At this time, Fei Shi said: "Back then, Xiao He and Cao Shen were the old ancestors of Liu Bang. Han Shin came to vote for his life. But the Han Dynasty opened the country, Han Xin was crowned king, Xiao and Cao were crowned marquis, and I have never heard of the two resenting this. Now the king of Hanzhong has re-enshrined Huang Zhong, but he is just rewarding him for his merit in capturing Hanzhong. And the prince and the king of Hanzhong are one and the same, sharing blessings and woes, how can Huang Zhong be compared? Princes should also be considerate of the king of Hanzhong, and should not care about the official position and the number of lords. Besides, my Fei Shi is just a messenger, and the prince refuses to accept the title, so I will go back. But please don't regret it" Guan Yu heard the words and was immediately sealed.

In July, Cao Cao made Bian his queen.

In July, Sun Quan attacked Hefei. However, Yangzhou Assassin Shi Wenhui said to Yanzhou Assassin Shi Pei Qian: "Wu Jun is not enough, and I am worried." Now it's the rainy season, General Cao Ren is stationed in Fancheng alone, Guan Yu has just been sealed by Liu Bei, and he is in a hurry to make meritorious service, I'm worried that General Cao Ren will be in trouble."

The truth was also mistaken by Wen Hui. This year can be said to be a disaster year for Cao Wei: after Liu Bei's attack on Hanzhong and Sun Quan's attack on Hefei, in July, Guan Yu ordered Mi Fang to garrison Jiangling and Fu Shiren to garrison the public security, and he himself led a large army north to attack Cao Ren in Fancheng, Xiangyang County. Cao Cao was anxious to ban and Pang De led troops to rescue. After the two generals arrived, they were stationed in the north of Fancheng.

In August, it rained heavily and the Han River skyrocketed. Guan Yu led the naval army to break the forbidden place and led the seventh army. Yu Ban, who climbed high to avoid the water, and more than 30,000 Wei soldiers were captured and surrendered. Pound stood on the embankment, armoured and bowed, and his arrows were not in vain. The battle lasted from early morning until noon, when all the arrows were fired, and the hand-to-hand battle began. But after all, he was outnumbered, and Pound wanted to escape to Cao Ren's camp in a small boat, but unfortunately the boat capsized and was captured. Seeing Guan Yu standing and not kneeling. Guan Yu said, "Your brother Pang Rou and the late master Ma Chao are now under the tent of the king of Hanzhong, why don't you descend early" Pang De scolded loudly, "Vertical son dares to surrender me!" The king of Wei brought a million armor and shocked the world. Your lord Liu Bei is really a mediocre talent, how can he be an enemy? I'd rather be a ghost of the country than a thief," Guan Yu ordered Pang De to be beheaded. After Cao Cao knew about this, he once sighed with emotion and said, "I know that I have been banned for 30 years, who knows that it is better to be in danger, but it is better to be in danger" and ordered Pang De's two sons to be made lieges.

In the face of Guan Yu's onslaught, Fancheng had only a few thousand people, and almost the entire city was flooded by the Han River. All the generals advised Cao Ren to "take advantage of Guan Yu's siege of the city, let's escape by light boat at night" Under the resolute opposition of full favor, Cao Ren was determined to defend to the end. Shen Baima swore an oath with the soldiers and stood with one heart. Guan Yu surrounded Fancheng and cut off all internal and external communications.

Guan Yu also sent his troops to attack Lü Chang, who was stationed in Xiangyang. Prior to this, Sima Yi had said to Cao Cao, "Jingzhou Assassin Shi Hu Xiu is rough, Nanxiang is too guarded by Fu Fang's arrogance, these two people should not be in the heavy responsibility of border defense", but Cao Cao did not listen. Now that Guan Yu's army has arrived, the two surrendered to Guan Yu together.

Wei sarcastic eloquence confused the public, tilted the capital, and was recruited by Zhong Xuan as Xi Cao Peng, and was friends with Ren Lan. But Zheng Hao has been warning himself, a fellow villager, that "Wei is a traitor, and it will eventually be chaos", and sure enough, in September, Wei Wei secretly conspired with Chen Yi and other comrades of Changle Weiwei to plot to attack Zhencheng. As a result, when the matter came, Chen Yi was afraid to retreat and surrendered. Cao Pi, the crown prince who stayed in Yedu, immediately made a decision and ordered Wei Wei to be arrested and killed, and thousands of people died in this case, and even Zhong Miao was implicated and dismissed.

Here Cao Pi killed Wei Wei in Yecheng, and Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu in Chang'an. The cause of Yang Xiu's death is that he was born, the famous Hongnong Yang family, even better than the Runan Yuan family, and Yang Xiu is also Yuan Shu's nephew. The second is because Yang Xiu participated in the battle for the heirs of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. The third is that Yang Xiu is self-assured of his cleverness, which arouses Cao Cao's suspicion. Such as the previous 'chicken ribs' incident. And Yang Xiu often met with Cao Zhi in private, but he was afraid that Cao Cao would check the post, so he figured out Cao Cao's intentions, wrote an answer in advance, and said to the doorman, "Once the King of Wei asks these questions, you will hand in the answer in order" and Cao Cao's mind was not bad at all by Yang Xiu every time. Cao Cao was naturally unhappy when he learned about this. Finally, in September, Cao Cao ordered Yang Xiu's execution for "leaking secrets and befriending princes".

In September, Cao Cao appointed Du Xi as the governor of the palace and stationed in Guanzhong. He was ready to go to Luoyang to fight Guan Yu. Who knew that news suddenly came: there was a Guanzhong battalion commander named Xu Yu who supported his troops and refused to return, and was slow to speak. Cao Cao was furious, so he wanted to go to crusade first. The ministers admonished one after another, "It is advisable to recruit Xu Yu and fight against the strong enemy", but Cao Cao stabbed on his knees and did not listen. In the end, it was Du Xian's clever advice that made Cao Cao change his mind and caress Xu You, and Xu You was subdued.

In October, Cao Cao arrived in Luoyang.

In October, Sun Wolf, a citizen of Luhun County, and others killed the county master bookkeeper and attached Guan Yu to the south. Guan Yu gave the wolf seal and allocated it to the soldiers and horses. Encouraged by this, many places south of Xudu raised troops to respond to Guan Yu. For a time, Guan Yu shocked China. Even Cao Cao also consulted with his ministers and proposed to move Emperor Han Xian away from Xudu to avoid Guan Yu's edge. Sima Yi and Jiang Ji hurriedly objected, "Liu Bei and Sun Quan are close to each other." Now that Guan Yu is so ambitious, Sun Quan will not be reconciled. If we can convince Sun Quan to let him sneak attack Guan Yu's back, then the siege of Fancheng will be resolved. When the time comes, we will give Sun Quan the land south of the Yangtze River and form an alliance with him" Cao Cao also readily agreed to this plan out of a strategy of breaking the alliance between Sun and Liu.

Within the Soochow regime, the views on the Sun-Liu alliance also went through several iterations: Zhou Yu was resolutely opposed; Lu Su, who succeeded Zhou Yu, strongly advocated the Sun-Liu alliance out of consideration for the joint resistance to Cao Cao. And Lu Meng, who succeeded Lu Su, returned to Zhou Yu's thoughts, and he wrote to Sun Quan, "If you can occupy Jingzhou by yourself, it will be enough to resist Cao Cao, so why rely on Guan Yu?" And Liu Bei Junchen has always been deceitful, and he can't treat him with all his heart. Guan Yu has always been strong, and he also has the intention of annexation of Jiangdong, and occupies the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which is difficult for a long time. The reason why Guan Yu didn't come to attack Jiangdong now is because you, the king, and I, Lu Meng and the others are still there. If we are gone, I'm afraid it will be dangerous," Sun Quan replied, "I want to take Xuzhou first, and then Jingzhou." You see how "Lu Meng replied" Now that Cao Cao's base is far away in Jizhou, if you go all out to attack Xuzhou, you will naturally be able to conquer it. But this place in Xuzhou is a big plain, the terrain is land-based, galloping, easy to attack and difficult to defend. You have obtained Xuzhou today, and Cao Cao will come to beat you again tomorrow, what should you do? Therefore, it is better to destroy Guan Yu first, occupy Jingzhou, and confront Cao Cao with the danger of the Yangtze River."

In this way, Sun Quan was finally moved by Lu Meng's words. In addition, Sun Quan once asked for his son to marry Guan Yu's daughter. As a result, Guan Yu didn't give any face, and directly scolded the messenger away, and said "The tiger girl marries the dog" Sun Quan was furious, and he strengthened his heart to fight with Guan Yu. Just waiting for an opportunity...

The opportunity has finally arrived. Guan Yu's Northern Expedition to Fancheng, Lu Meng hurriedly told Sun Quan, "Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, Jingzhou still has heavy troops, but I am afraid that I will copy his back road behind my back." I'm a person who often gets sick, so it's better to use this as a name for you to recall me to Jianye to recuperate. In this way, Guan Yu will definitely transfer all the troops of Jingzhou to the front line of Xiangfan. I quietly rushed back to the army and arranged a sneak attack. In this way, Jingzhou can be lowered, and Guan Yu can be captured" Sun Quan immediately issued a public document and summoned Lu Meng back to the capital to recuperate.

When Lü Meng arrived in Wuhu County, Danyang County, he met Lu Xun. After some conversation, Lu Meng remembered this young general who was 5 years younger than himself but not yet famous. After returning to Jianye, he recommended Lu Xun to Sun Quan to succeed him. Sun Quan also agreed. As soon as Lu Xun arrived in Lukou and took office, he wrote a letter to Guan Yu. The letter is extremely humble. Guan Yu was also bullied, and transferred the troops of Jingzhou to the front line one after another. Lu Xun also secretly sent a letter to Sun Quan, explaining the strategy of attacking Jingzhou.