Nanyang, Wancheng, Nanyang Taishou Mansion. Guan Yu was in the hall and pondered for a long time.

In fact, he was quite proud in his heart, because he had just driven away Zhuge Jin, the messenger sent by Liu Qi. Compared to that Zhuge Jin, he couldn't understand why he didn't even read the letter from the lord and shredded it directly.

In fact, the reason for this is very simple, his lord gave him an order, how could he let an outsider bring it over? And this also involves the heavy question of returning the land, what if someone tampers with it?

It is precisely because he believes that the so-called return of the land is an expedient measure by the lord in order to deal with Zhuge Jin, as for why he coped with it, in fact, he doesn't need to think about it, it is definitely Zhuge Jin who relied on his brotherhood with Zhuge Liang to provoke Zhuge Liang to ask the lord for help, so he dared to tear up the letter as soon as he came up, because he knew that the lord Liu Bei would never give the land to Liu Qi no matter what, and he had followed Liu Bei for nearly 20 years, how could he not even have this tacit understanding?

And for the next thing, Guan Yu is actually not worried, he believes that with his prestige and talent, there is absolutely no problem in holding Nanyang, Liu Qi is just a yellow-mouthed child, Zhou Yu is not enough to mention, not to mention that now Zhou Yu has returned to Xiangyang to recuperate, and now the person in charge of the Xinye garrison is a young general named Lu Meng, like this young general is about the same age as his son Guan Ping, what kind of climate can he become?

Now Guan Yu is worried that Liu Qi will not dare to lead the army to attack him, he is secretly calculating, as long as Liu Qi dares to lead the army to come, he will definitely kill a few of his generals first and give him a dismount.

A few days later, outside Guan Yu's Taishou Mansion, a person who claimed to be Lu Meng's envoy came, respectfully holding Lu Meng's letter, and came to see him.

I only heard the man say: "The lower official is Kan Ze, the envoy sent by the governor of Lümeng, who sent a letter to the general on the order of the governor of my family, and asked the general to read it." ”

Kan Ze said as he respectfully handed the letter in his sleeve to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu took the letter, opened it and looked at it, but saw that the letter read: "The last general was entrusted by the lord to guard Xinye, in fact, where is the town guard, it is completely a vacation, because relying on the prestige of the general, Cao Jun did not dare to send troops to come." In the first few days, Zhuge Jin did not know the current affairs, and urged the lord to take back Nanyang, and the lord was confused by Ziyu, so he ordered him to go to Chang'an to ask for land, but he was shocked by the general Huwei, and he was sick in bed. Besides, my lord and Xuande are both relatives of the Han family, how can they attack each other? ”

Guan Yu saw that his heart was full of respectful words, and he was proud in his heart, and continued to look down, but he wrote in the letter: "There is a national thief Cao Cao today, fortunately and Yuan Shao refused to be in Guandu, the soldiers are tired, and there is no time to separate. Not only was he highly commended by the imperial court, but General Yuan would also be grateful for the help of Duke Xuande. And my lord can also make a covenant with General Yuan. The last general assured the general that as long as the general raised his division to attack Xuchang, the last general would definitely no longer mention the matter of Nanyang. ”

Guan Yu saw that the person who paid the money was Lu Meng, the commander of Liu Qi's army, and couldn't help but feel more proud, the meaning of this letter was very simple, that is, Lu Meng begged him to attack Xuchang in order to complete Liu Qi's agreement with Yuan Shao, as long as he attacked Xuchang, Liu Qi would never mention the return of Nanyang again.

Of course, Guan Yu also believed that with his prestige in Cao Cao's army, as long as he attacked Xuchang, he would definitely be able to take it lightly.

Regarding the fact that he looked down on Lu Meng in the first place, now that he saw that the other party took the initiative to show favor and begged him to attack Xuchang, he also felt that now was a God-given opportunity to attack Xuchang.

Although Lu Meng begged himself to attack Xuchang for Liu Qi, wouldn't he want it himself after the defeat? With his own strength and prestige, he directly annexed Xuchang, I'm afraid that Liu Qi's little girl won't even dare to let go of a fart.

"As long as Xuchang is captured, the lord's forces will be able to penetrate into Yanzhou, and it will not be far from Luoyang. And only when Luoyang is captured again, can the title of the lord's lieutenant be deserved. ”

Guan Yu comforted Kan Ze Haosheng a few words, and then ordered him to go back and tell Lu Meng that this time he would definitely meet his requirements and lead the army to conquer Xuchang, but he also asked Liu Qi to be sure to speak and not mention the matter of conquering Nanyang in the future.

Kan Ze immediately agreed without hesitation, and patted his chest and said: "Please rest assured that the general will go to the city, my lord has already explained to General Lu, as long as the general is willing to help us attack Xuchang, we will definitely keep our promise and keep silent and never mention the matter of Nanyang." ”

"In this case, the general will definitely conquer Xuchang in the shortest possible time, and give you General Lu a satisfactory answer, little fireball, believe me, I will never let you down."

Guan Yu's majestic laughter filled the hall, revealing an incomparably strong confidence in this laughter.

Under the send-off of Kan Ze, Guan Yu's smile did not stop.

At this time, Shi Ren suddenly said: "General, please think twice, now the other party is humble and generous, and strongly persuades the general to capture Xuchang, which must be deceitful, and please don't fall for the trick, just guard Xuchang." ”

When Guan Yu heard this, he was immediately displeased, and said coldly: "What do you mean, Lord Shi? Do you think that juniors like Liu Qi'er and Lu Meng'er can still threaten the general? ”

Shiren's face suddenly turned a little purple, but he still arched his hand and said: "General, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, we'd better leave some manpower, otherwise, once we are attacked by Liu Qi, I'm afraid we won't even have a way to retreat." ”

"Hehe, what a bold man, the general has not yet set out on the expedition, you dare to confuse the army's heart, come to someone, push it out with me, and behead." Guan Yu saw that Shiren dared to speak like this, and he couldn't help but be furious in his heart, and immediately ordered someone to push Shiren out and behead him.

Seeing this, Guan Ping, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "Father is angry, the army has not yet set out, first behead the general, it is not good for the army, and I ask my father to spare his life for the time being, and when Xuchang is broken in the future, it is not too late to ask for the guilt." ”

Guan Yu was still angry, and said to Shiren: "When you break through Xuchang, I will cure you for the crime of neglect." ”

Next, Guan Yu ordered Mi Fang and Shiren to guard Wancheng, Gong Du to guard Sui County, Liu Pi to guard Runan, with Chang Feng as the vanguard, Guan Ping as the deputy general, and led the army of 15,000 people to Xuchang.

Guan Yu led the army mightily, and when he came to Kunyang, he met Ren Jun, the general of Yingchuan Diannong. This person is a famous general under Cao Cao's account, after hearing the news, on the one hand, he sent someone to report to Xun Yu who was sitting in Xuchang, asking for reinforcements, on the other hand, he led the team to hold on, and took the opportunity to attack the enemy camp at night, breaking Guan Yu's forward Changfeng.

Guan Yu saw that Chang Feng was defeated, and he was furious, so he ordered to behead Chang Xuan, but Guan Ping interceded, Guan Yu also considered that after Liu Bei occupied Nanyang, Chang Feng betrayed Cao Cao, came all the way from Xuzhou to defect, pity his loyalty, and then personally supervised the soldiers under his command to attack the city.

Although Ren Jun refused to hold on to the city, but Kunyang had few soldiers, Guan Yu was known to be prestigious, and the army was all afraid, and then Guan Yu relied on a large number of people to personally lead the army to attack the city, and for a while, Guan Yu's army was full of morale and unstoppable, and it took less than two hours to break through the city and capture Ren Jun.

Guan Yu knew that Ren Jun was loyal and brave, so he personally untied the bindings and persuaded Ren Jun to surrender, but Ren Jun refused, and in desperation, he ordered him to be beheaded.

After killing Ren Jun, Guan Yu led the collection and surrender of troops, a total of more than 3,000 people, connected with 13,000 soldiers and horses in the previous headquarters, and left 1,000 old and weak soldiers to guard Kunyang, still commanding 15,000 people, and the soldiers took Yingyin without blood, and then the army besieged Xuchang City.

Guan Yu came to the city of Xuchang, first led the army to surround the city on all sides, and then ordered people to enter the arrow book to the city, the arrow book wrote: "I am the head of Hedong Guan Yunchang, my chief lieutenant, the general of the cavalry Liu Bei was sent by the Son of Heaven to crusade against the Han thief Cao Cao, to meet the Son of Heaven, where the city of Shishu support the Son of Heaven, loyal to the Han family can rise up and attack Cao, if there is a resistance to the heavenly soldiers, against the help of the rebel thief, will be killed." ”

As soon as the arrow book entered the city, it immediately aroused the approval of some scholars and doctors in the city, and those scholars and doctors who were loyal to the Han family and dissatisfied with Cao Cao's intimidation of the Son of Heaven were all moved, and secretly gathered together to plot to open the city gate and reveal Xuchang.

These scholars and doctors include the imperial physician Ling Yoshimoto, Shaofu Geng Ji, Si Zhi Wei Huang, Jin Yi and others.

Because a few months ago, the cavalry general Dong Cheng, the Changshui lieutenant Chongji, the Zhaoxin general Wu Zilan, the Yue cavalry lieutenant Wang Zifu and others connected Liu Bei, Ma Teng and others, and were ordered by the Son of Heaven to crusade against Cao Cao, but unfortunately the secret was leaked, as a result, Dong Cheng, Wu Zilan, Chongji, Wang Zifu and others were razed to the three clans, Dong Cheng's daughter, the favorite concubine of the Son of Heaven Dong Guiren was also given to die, at that time Dong Guiren was pregnant, but Cao Cao ignored the plea of the Son of Heaven, drew his sword and stabbed Dong Guiren to death, which made the loyal and righteous people of the court all indignant, but in view of Cao Cao's power, he did not dare to act for a while.

Now that Xuchang is besieged, Guan Yu, a general under the command of Captain Sili, led the army to conquer Cao Thief. Seeing that the opportunity had come, these faithful men became active again and prepared to dedicate the city.

After a few of them discussed, they elected Geng Ji as the leader, wrote a letter to Guan Yu in the name of the four people, and agreed with him that after staying for three days, they would raise a fire on the top of the city, so that people could open the city gate and let Guan Yu enter the city.

After writing the letter, the four of them all signed their names, and then sent Jin Yi's henchmen to carry the secret letter down to Guan Yu.

The four of them thought that they would do things seamlessly, but they didn't expect that they were already surrounded by Cao Cao's informants, and after sending the letter, someone immediately reported the secret to Xun Yu's desk.

In fact, after Xun Yu knew that Guan Yu led the army to attack Xuchang, he immediately ordered to prepare to defend the city, and at the same time ordered Li Tong, the Taishou of Yang'an, to immediately lead the army back to Xuchang and send troops to Cao Cao, who was stationed in Guandu, to support.

At the same time, Xun Yu also knew that as long as Guan Yu's army came to the city, there would inevitably be a response from the chaotic party in the city, so he discussed it with Li Dian, the defender general in the city and the lieutenant general of the auxiliary army, and decided to take advantage of the time when the chaotic party surrendered to the city, arranged an ambush, and when the chaotic party opened the door to surrender and Guan Yu led the army into the city, he ordered the ambush to be exhausted, defeated it, and frustrated the opponent's spirit.