The slight warm wind lifted up the floating dust on the avenue, forming a hazy yellow cloud at a height of three feet on the ground. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThis is the bleak beauty of autumn, but as long as people know where this beauty comes from, I'm afraid that no one will want this beauty to appear - it was originally a lively place with a lot of people, but since it was broken by Cao Cao's army twenty years ago and slaughtered the people above, this place has completely collapsed. Despite 20 years of restoration, the city has never returned to its former prosperity. Except for Pengcheng, the rest of the country is still largely sparsely populated. If the world is under Cao Cao's control, and the place where Cao Cao is most alienated, then Xuzhou, which was once the richest land in the world, is the place where this condition is most agreed.

At this moment, it is the time of late autumn, the weather has cooled down, and the gusts of autumn wind blowing on the body still make people feel a little cool. "Since the gloom of autumn, the cold of this winter is not far away." Countless literati and scholars couldn't help but feel sad and nostalgic for the passing of their years. This is of course their boring **, in fact, in this season, in this vast land of Xuzhou, whether it is Guan Yu, who is aggressive and wants to conquer the city, or after Yu Ban was accidentally captured, a large-scale turmoil broke out in the rear, and Zhang Liao, who had to turn to the defensive, has no intention of watching the changes in the scenery of the four seasons and feeling so much. They are busy, and during this time of year they are engaged in something called war.

Speaking of which, the war has been on the land of Xuzhou for more than ten days. The news of the outbreak of the war spread quickly, and at this moment, the entire people in Xuzhou knew the news of Liu Beijun's march to Xuzhou. The current situation is confrontational: Guan Yu, who captured Huailing, put on a posture of advancing north and targeted Xu County; And Zhang Liao, who originally planned to attack Huainan, after losing such a general as Yu Ban, set up a defense in Xu County with Guan Yu-for-tat. Judging from the fact that he continued to raise the city wall of Xu County and placed various city defense facilities on the head of Xu County, this Zhang Liao seems to have the idea of sticking to Xu County.

Information from all sides continued to be transmitted from the "Avengers" to Guan Yu's temporary station, Huailing. Because a lot of information is extremely important, and there can be no loss, so this official road to Huailing seems to be busy these days. Even in this evening, when the evening wind lifted the yellow sand, the horses galloping on the road did not stop for a moment.

Like right now......

The earth trembled slightly, and the sound of horses' hooves in the distance quickly came from far to near, only to see that on the road of wind and dust, there was another ride in the dust. With the roar of the rumbling horses' hooves, the galloping men and horses broke into the gate of Huailing in a puff of smoke to avoid colliding with the few pedestrians on the road.

It was already close to dinner, and there were very few pedestrians in the small county town of Huailing, which made the gallop of Tanma simply unscrupulous. He rushed to the door of the county government quickly, and slammed the reins of the war horse in his hand, and after making the war horse pause in pain, he turned over and dismounted without paying attention to how the war horse turned over and dismounted, and rushed into the gate of the county office.

"Report the ......" The chief of the horse roared with such a word, and quickly trotted into the hall of the county office, knelt down in front of Guan Yu's hall and presented the information taken out of his arms with both hands: "Qiqi, the information of General Xiaqiu has arrived." ”

"Got it." Guan Yu took the information in the spy's hand, spread it out and looked at it directly, but waved his hand while watching: "You go down first." Get a good rest. ”

"No." Tanma answered, hugged his fist towards Guan Yu but turned around.

Tanma's retreat, Guan Yu didn't see it. At this moment, he was preoccupied with the map placed in front of him.

"Xu County, the guards Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian, with 30,000 troops; Xia Qiu, the guard general Xiahou Qin, with a strength of two thousand and a half; Yu County, the guard general Mao Jue, 5,000 soldiers; Suiling, the guard general Cao Kan, the strength of 2,005; Xia Pi, guard general Cao Ang, 10,000 troops......" Guan Yu carefully marked the information on the map one by one, but his fingers moved with a line on it, which was a yellow line, which was used to represent the river, and a name was clearly marked next to the line: Surabaya.

"It seems that Wen Yuan thinks that my goal in capturing Xuzhou is to capture Xia Pi?" Guan Yu muttered, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and a faint hint of mockery appeared in his words: "Wen Yuan." You're underestimating me. As long as I wipe out your 50,000 soldiers, won't your Xuzhou fall into your hands? It's still Li Zixu who said it well, if you want to get a piece of land, you don't need to attack their cities one by one, as long as you destroy the enemies on this land. Wen Yuan, do you think that holding Xu County can stop me from capturing Xia Pi? Hehe, in this case, you should defend in Xu County. You would never have imagined that my target below is here......" Guan Yu said, and the fist that was clenched into his right hand slammed heavily on the map, where there was a place name: Xia Qiu.

"Knock...... Boom...... ......The heavy drum beat sounded in Huailing City, and all the sergeants who heard the drum couldn't help but be solemn. They have followed the general for many years and they all understand that the general is going to be promoted.

The three drums were not finished, and the civil and military officers belonging to Guan Yu's Huainan Army were already standing neatly on both sides in front of Guan Yu - unlike other places, other generals' subordinates, that is, the people under General Guan Yu were not sitting when they were raising their tents, but standing. From Guan Yu down, there are four military generals, including Zhou Cang, Liao Hua, Hu Ban, and Wang Fu, and the civil officials are Mi Zhu and Yi Yi, who are standing in the arrangement of four on the left and two on the right at this moment, clearly according to the civil and military.

Guan Yu is an arrogant person, and arrogant people are often not very good at discussing things with others. Especially in such an occasion, where everyone is present, except for Liu Bei, Guan Yu's brother, no one rushed to speak out about Guan Yu's mistakes. Because of this, Guan Yu's promotion almost became his one-man order press conference.

"Zhou Cang, Liao Hua!" Seeing that everyone was standing, Guan Yu was not verbose, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he called out the names of his two favorite generals, only to hear him quickly order: "You two will bring me 10,000 horses directly to Xiaqiu and take this place for me." Then build an embankment to intercept Surabaya. This is a very important thing, defeating Zhang Liao, but it is a move here. ”

"Nuo ......" Zhou Cang and Liao Hua clasped their fists together, and took the token from Guan Yu's hand vigorously. If Guan Yu, who is holding the Qinglong Knife, is like an arrogant dragon, then Zhou Cang under his command is undoubtedly a fierce tiger, and Liao Hua is a calm cheetah. Although at the moment, the tiger and leopard are under the huge aura of Guan Yu's person, and no one knows about it.

"Well, if you go to Xiaqiu, I'll be relieved. In order to attract Zhang Liao's attention, I will personally lead the army to Xuxian County. And all kinds of things in my rear, Hu Ban and Mi Zhu will be handed over to you for the sake of. My mission for you is to recruit as many new recruits as possible while ensuring the supply and demand of our army. Although I know that this is useless, and the combat effectiveness is very questionable, at least we look like a large number of people, but it can be reassuring and shocking to the person on the other side. I'm going to be suspicious, but these people are essential. Guan Yu nodded with a smile and continued. Perhaps because of the importance of this battle, he rarely explained his combat intentions clearly. As for why he thought of using this method to solve the problem, Guan Yu just said lightly: "It's autumn, and it's another season of heavy rain." ”

"It's autumn, and it's a season of heavy rain." A seemingly unrelated sentence, but it was thoroughly explained, the reason why Guan Yu wanted to attack Xia Qiu right now. Water and fire are ruthless, it can be said that the soldiers are reasonable, in Guan Yu's current situation, fire, he can't use it, Zhang Liaogui is shrinking in Xu County, it is impossible for him to easily set fire to Xu County. And water, that seems to be something that can be relied on, Xu County is located at the entrance of Surabaya into Hongze Lake, it is a city standing on the west bank but in Shandong, which is the same as Xiaqiu in the north. The only difference is that Summerhill is upstream of it. In autumn, the weather becomes cooler with scorching heat, and heavy rain becomes more frequent with such a change. Under such circumstances, once he occupies the upper reaches of Surabaya and builds a dam, it is very likely that he will take advantage of the opportunity of the autumn water to flood Xu County and destroy Zhang Liao in one battle. Once Zhang Liao is destroyed, the defense of Xuzhou will naturally be completely lifted, and then he can go west to Yu and Yan, and go north to Qingzhou, but the strategic stage is very large, enough to make his group of people vertically and horizontally.

"It's a big fight." Guan Yu thinks so.

Guan Yu couldn't help but get excited when he thought that he could solve an opponent like Zhang Liao, who was not much worse than himself, in this way, and that a large group of famous generals of the Cao army such as Le Jin and Li Dian could open up the defense of the entire Cao Cao's eastern front. At the moment, he has arranged everything, and the next thing to see is how the people below will play.

"Zhou Cang and Liao Hua shouldn't let me down." Guan Yu thought like this, but he was full of confidence. Just as he is confident in his martial arts, he is also confident in his men. This confidence stems from what he knows about them. He knew that they were capable, so he would not send them to do things that they could not do at all, so as to ensure the success of their actions.

And so the army set out overnight. Guan Yu gathered 5,000 strong men in the city, mixed them with his own people, bannered like a forest, lit countless torches, and pretended to be tens of thousands of people and went out from the west gate with a big grin, which caused a sensation in the whole city for a while. And at the same time that Guan Yu attracted everyone's attention in Xicheng, Zhou Cang and Liao Hua also took the 10,000 horses under their command to the north gate. They were quiet and moved quickly, but they didn't attract too much attention, especially Zhang Liaofu's spies in Huailing City.

Everything went according to Guan Yu's plan: Guan Yu's fanfare here attracted too much attention from Zhang Liao, while Zhou Cang and Liao Hua over there walked day and night, quietly heading to Xiaqiu. When they appeared under Xiaqiu City, Xiaqiu's defender, Xiahou Qin, did not expect that an enemy would appear here. As in the past, he opened the city gate widely, and under the thunderous raids of Zhou Cang and Liao Hua, he lost the city and his life by surprise.

Afterwards......

When the news reached Xu County, Zhang Liao was slightly taken aback, and then quickly calmed down, but turned around and said to Le Jin and Li Dian: "It's no big deal, as long as we nail it here and attract Guan Yu here, is it any use for the 10,000 horses in Zhoucang and Liaohua?" There are still 10,000 people of Cao Anggongzi in Xiapi, and it is impossible for Zhou Cang to fight there. Let's focus on what's in front of us. Zhang Liao was a little surprised that Guan Yu sent troops to raid Xiaqiu, but he didn't take this matter too seriously. He was not concerned about the loss of the city behind him, but about the current deployment of Guan Yu's troops.

"Took Xia Qiu's Zhou Cang. Liaohua's army is about 10,000. According to the initial news we received about the strength of the Huainan Army at about 20,000, it can be inferred that Guan Yu is only about 10,000 people in front of us at the moment. Its strength is far inferior to ours. Zhang Liao said this, and glanced at Le Jin and Li Dian: "Wen Qian, Man Cheng, we have been staying in this city for so many days, and our bodies must be a little weak." What do you think? Interested in accompanying me out of town to meet old friends? Zhang Liao smiled, as if going out of the city to fight Guan Yu was an easy thing.

"The general is so proud, how can we not follow him? If you want to go out of the city and meet Yun Chang for a while, I will go with you. In the face of Zhang Liao's appointment, Le Jin and Li Dian nodded and agreed, and Li Dian even said: "Actually, I still miss the martial arts comparison with Yun Chang in Xuchang in the past." However, what happens to our former friends today is something we need to see. "Guan Yu's martial arts are superb, they all know it, but at this moment, they are facing Guan Yu head-on, and they don't have a trace of fear." Why be afraid? No matter how powerful Guan Yu is, he is only one person, and we can't lose...... "What will be the result if you lose, the three of them are very clear. Yes, they don't want to lose.

In the early morning of the second day, the wind was gentle and the flags were unfurled. The city gate of Xu County slowly opened in the sound of gongs and drums on the head of the city, and Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian led 20,000 horses out of the city, and Guan Yu's army, which was slightly separated by two miles, was far away. At this moment, the whimpering horn emitted a calm long sound, but it was like an invitation to fight, and it was transmitted to the camp of Guan Yujun's army with the wind: "Yun Chang, do you dare to go out of the camp to fight?" We're all here to stay. ”

In the face of the enemy's challenge, albeit silent, can Guan Yu back down? If he could retreat, he wouldn't be the arrogant Guan Yu. Although Zhang Liao and the others suddenly went out of the camp to invite the battle, which was different from the battle plan originally formulated by Guan Yu, it was already over, and Guan Yu naturally rode his red rabbit to battle. Of course, he didn't bring too many soldiers, only five hundred school swordsmen from the headquarters - these people were Guan Yu's personal guards, and Guan Yu believed that it was enough to rely on these people to oppose Zhang Liao and them.

One mile south of Xuxian County, a wide field, the endless army of Zhang Liao and Guan Yu's small team of 500 people met head-on. Without any superfluous nonsense, Guan Yu stepped out and raised the Qinglong Sword in his hand: "Wenyuan, we haven't seen each other for several years. How is it? Do you dare to try the Blue Dragon Glaive in my hand again? He smiled, his long hair fluttering in the wind, his slender eyes slightly closed, and an astonishing aura engulfed in him. He challenged Zhang Liao with his own fighting intentions.

"Okay, let's fight together." Zhang Liao agreed with a smile. Today's battle was a test for Guan Yujun, but judging from the current situation, Guan Yu didn't seem to be far away from such a test, he didn't send too many people, it seemed that he just had the idea of going to fight with himself. "This Guan Yu ......" Guan Yu's decision was beyond Zhang Liao's expectations, but for Guan Yu's challenge, Zhang Liao had no intention of retreating.

"When ......" the cyan knife and the silver knife were handed over together, and a series of brilliant sparks were raised, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao both turned their bodies in unison, as if they couldn't withstand the rebound of this longitudinal horse exchange, and they all withdrew a few steps out. After a round, they seemed to be evenly matched. However, no one took such an equal division in their eyes, whether it was Guan Yu and Zhang Liao who were fighting, or Le Jin and Li Dian who were watching from the side, they all understood that the battle between these two people had just experienced a temptation just now. It's just a simple temptation, but it's not even a slightly deeper warm-up.

"Look at the others...... Le Jin immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Li Dian with a smile on his face.

"That's natural, Wen Yuan and Yun Chang's original martial arts are not much different. At the moment, there is no half-day fight, and it seems that there is nothing to be seen. Li Dian nodded, but said, "We don't care about anything, just look at it anyway." Even if there is a winner between the two, they can't take each other's lives. Don't you feel it? Wen Qian...... Whether it was Yun Chang or Wen Yuan, their moves were all fierce and not murderous. To be honest, this is just a greeting for the two of them to meet each other, and it's a fake fight. ”

"That's ......," Le Jin nodded, and looked at the situation on the field in a blink of an eye.

I saw that Guan Yu and Zhang Liao on the field were already entangled and fighting together. The two guys who used the big knife didn't use their horse strength at all, but simply used their own knife skills. An eighty-two-pound Qinglong knife and a sixty-five-pound cold snow knife are quite heavy weapons, but these two weapons, in the hands of Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, are as light as children's toys, and many times they simply play with the big knife as a single sword.

"It's tough." Li Diangang sighed. I saw the expression on Guan Yu's face condensed, and the sword momentum in his hand changed further with the change of his momentum. This is no longer a fake fight, but a real fight, Guan Yu's body is already full of murderous aura at this moment, but it is like the two of them just now. "What's going on? With such a sudden change, I'm afraid that Wen Yuan will suffer a big loss. As soon as Li Dian saw Guan Yu's appearance, he knew that Guan Yu was going to go crazy, and he knew how terrible Guan Yu would be once he went crazy. He looked at the field worriedly, hoping that Zhang Liao, who was fighting against Guan Yu, could know the opportunity as soon as possible and dodge the blow of Gong Yu, which was not the same as usual. "Be careful......" Li Dian shouted loudly.

But...... It seems too late. Guan Yu's knife had already stirred up a brilliant blue light, but like a flying dragon with teeth and claws, it quickly circled Zhang Liao's neck.

"Yes...... Beaulieu is ......! Zhang Liao, who has had experience in fighting Guan Yu, naturally recognized that this was one of the extremely powerful killing moves in Guan Yu's hands, and he thought that Guan Yu used such a move when he killed Yan Liang on the edge of the Yellow River.

"He's killing me." Zhang Liao muttered this, but the knife in his hand also changed suddenly, as if he had learned something, and faced Guan Yu's Qingfeng with the same circle knife. "Break the circle with a circle, and break the thick potential with a fast knife...... This is the way that Zhang Liao thought about after seeing Guan Yu's "Panlong Potential" a few years ago. Regarding this trick, he has never had a chance to use it since he created it, and at this moment, he suddenly cast it, although there were still some flaws in the knife momentum, but it generally blocked Guan Yu's "Panlong".

"When ......" a long sound of gold and iron sounded, as if a coherent blow had lasted for so long. But no one really thinks so, that's too unreasonable. Although most people couldn't believe that someone would really make such a quick move, the facts at the moment were clear, in just a few moments, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao had already exchanged thirty-six knives.

The two sides of the "Qiang ......" took advantage of the situation to collect their knives, and in the evenly divided, the two of them staggered their horses, but they all returned to their own formations.

"It's so happy...... Zhang Liao, who returned to his own formation, smiled happily at Guan Yu on the other side: "Yun Chang, I have been in this land of Xu Huai for so many years, and only today can be regarded as exhaustive." ”

"Not necessarily, the winner hasn't been decided yet." Guan Yu shook his head slightly, but said very indifferently.

"Win or lose?" Zhang Liao smiled: "How long does Yun Chang think it will take for us to divide the winners and losers?" ”

"It's going to take a few hours, right?" Guan Yu told the truth. For an opponent like Zhang Liao, he would never think that he could win in a short period of time. Although he also understands that as a result of fighting like this, he will definitely be the one who wins in the end, but if he continues to fight like this, Le Jin and Li Dian over there will definitely not be able to sit still, and the same is true for the soldiers behind him.

"Isn't that interesting? Today, I just want to catch up with Yun Changli, and I should be harmonious. If you want to fight to the death, then let's wait. Zhang Liao still said with a smile.

"It's also ......" After Guan Yu spit out these two words, he stood aside and stopped talking. At present, his strength is not as good as Zhang Liao's and them, so he naturally has to move according to the movements of Zhang Liao's and others. Silence and wait to see what happens, this is the best choice Guan Yu can make at the moment.

"Guan Yu is still full of vigilance against us!" Zhang Liao is very clear about this.

What to do? - Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian smiled bitterly at this, but they also knew that to solve the current deadlock, it was best for them to go first. Only when he retreats first as the strong side, Guan Yu on the opposite side will retreat. This is also very normal, who makes themselves too much of a threat to them at the moment. And...... From the beginning, I didn't think about getting Guan Yu at once today. Although Guan Yu's military strength is extremely weak here, don't forget that all Guan Yu is bringing at the moment is cavalry, and this place is less than a mile away from Guan Yu's military camp. Once his side is raided, he is afraid that Guan Yu's side can withdraw to the barracks, and then rely on the camp to defend his side. At that time, you will be the one who suffers.

"Forget it, let's go." The two sides looked at each other in a daze for a long time, and finally Zhang Liao said something that relieved both him and Guan Yu. He waved his hand and led the army to retreat. And not long after he left, Guan Yu also led the army back to his camp. This whole tentative attack ended with Zhang Liao and Guan Yu going head-to-head to a tie. Of course, this tie also happened when both sides were unwilling to do their best. Although, even if they all do their best, the results may not be different.

The war that followed broke out with the end of this heads-up draw. On the second day of this meeting, Guan Yu's army launched a tentative attack on Xu County. Guan Yu took 10,000 people to the city of Xuxian, and then dropped 1,000 people to attack the city. Everyone knew that such an attack would have no effect, but for some reason, Guan Yu had been engaged in such a war for several days in a row.

The siege was not large, but it was fought fiercely. Five days later, Guan Yu sent a team of five thousand people, and one by one they were defeated under the city of Xu County. Although there were survivors, the number of these survivors was less than a thousand, which was too few compared to the victims.

"Why is that? Doesn't the general feel sorry for his soldiers? After a few days, the battle was without an inch of land, but lost a lot of men and horses, Wang Fu, a general from Jingzhou, suddenly couldn't sit still, he found Guan Yu, and asked him a little accusatory.

"There's no way around it. Zhang Liao already has an idea about us not moving, if we continue like this, he will inevitably not think of my plan after staying in Xuzhou for so many years. Unlike other generals, Zhang Liao and Li Dian in Xu County are both wise generals. It was gloomy enough, and I had to do it in order for our efforts not to be in vain. In the face of Wang Fu's questioning, Guan Yu's answer was helpless.

"Is it a suspicious tactic?" Wang Fu was not a fool, he heard Guan Yu say this, but he quickly thought of such a point.

"Exactly." Guan Yu nodded heavily, "Although I also feel sorry for these soldiers, but Ci is not in charge of the soldiers, and for the sake of victory, what should be sacrificed must be sacrificed." Guan Yu said. As he was talking, the sky suddenly startled a thunderbolt, and then thunder roared, and the wind suddenly rose, but it was really going to rain, but the raindrops of beans were crackling, and the autumn rain and flood season were really coming.

With the power of this heavy rain, Guan Yujun's dull death attack came to an end. Guan Yu began to move the camp, as if he did not expect such a heavy rain. Soon after the heavy rain fell, he ordered the whole army to move his military camp to the mountains in embarrassment in the heavy rain. After that, they set up camp on the mountain, but they were busy in the wind and rain for some time.

With Guan Yu's retreat, Zhang Liao in Xu County couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although Guan Yu hadn't posed much threat to his Xu County since the attack began, he still felt uneasy in his heart, perhaps because of Guan Yu's prestige, he always felt that Guan Yu seemed to be carrying out some kind of conspiracy.

“…… However, whatever the conspiracy is, it has nothing to do with us right now, does it? Guan Yu has gone further, and now it is raining heavily, and before the rain stops, we seem to be able to settle down a little. Zhang Liao said to his two partners. This seems to be a bit of a weak statement, but it did not cause the dissatisfaction of the two people, because what kind of person Guan Yu is, they know better than anyone that they can resist the attack of their own lord for Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and then they have killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou on the White Horse Battlefield, and the generals who have been active on the Huainan battlefield in the past few years are people with both wisdom and bravery, and they dare not underestimate it.

But......

"We can't seem to be at peace for long, right? The rain kept falling, and the water level of the Surabaya River had risen, and I was afraid that the water would flood the city. Li Dian was very worried about this. He had sent people out of the city yesterday and today to survey - the water level was half a foot higher than yesterday, which was already a very rapid rise.

"This ...... Is it a nuisance? Zhang Liao frowned suddenly, all his defense plans revolved around this Xu County. It's just that he didn't take it long enough in Xuzhou, and the people in Xuzhou were still very indifferent to their Cao Jun, no one told him about the terrible autumn flood in Xuzhou, and naturally he didn't know that the flood would actually start at this time.

"What should I do?" Zhang Liao asked Le Jin and Li Dian about them.

"Well, I don't know. We can only use our supplies to make some preparations in the city first. Li Dian suggested. He is also an amateur in water conservancy, so he can only do such general things. He didn't know exactly how to do it.

"That's all there is to it......" Zhang Liao didn't have a better way.