Just after the outpost left, a guard at the gate of Fancheng also rushed to the general's mansion in the city, and as soon as he entered the general's mansion, he entered directly, and the guards outside the mansion did not stop him.

The guard walked in quickly, and ran directly to the study in the middle of the house to greet Cao Ren is bow and bowed: "General, just now I found the enemy army at the city gate, and I deceived the other party according to the strategy. Presumably, that guy is running towards his camp at the moment, just waiting to tell Guan Yu, waiting for the other party to lead troops to attack. ”

It turned out that this person was a lieutenant under Cao Ren, and this time Guan Yu led the soldiers and horses to guard the vicinity of Fancheng, Cao Ren expected that the enemy army would come first to find out the truth, so he planned to show the loose heart of Army B to the enemy, so as to confuse the enemy army. In order to ensure the accuracy of the information, Cao Ren deliberately asked his lieutenant to pretend to be a guard at the city gate to inquire about the people who came and went into the city. And his lieutenant general had already led the soldiers and horses to ambush a few miles outside the city, just waiting for the bait to take the bait.

"Well, you're doing a good job. In this way, we just have to wait for the other party to attack. After Cao Ren finished speaking, he couldn't help but get up and come out, and at the same time said: "Pass the order, all the soldiers are hidden near the city gate, ready to standby, remember not to disturb the people in the city." A few people were sent into the city from the outside, posing as civilians, to prevent the enemy from discovering anything unusual. ”

"Yes, General." Immediately, the captain went down and began to make arrangements, and Cao Ren also began to wear battle armor and lead the rest of the people to the city gate to gather. Just as the sergeant reported just now, the enemy's outpost has found out the information and returned, and Guan Yu's army may attack at any time, although he has set up an ambush, but it is better to be careful.

In a secret military camp thirty miles away on the south side of Fancheng, a group of people and others were thinking about some plan, and the flag with the word "Guan" hanging outside the tent fluttered with the breeze, exuding a trace of majesty and domineering.

"Father, today's Fancheng Cao army is only a few thousand troops, and our army has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it is enough to trap it to death with the siege of the city. At that time, because the enemy army does not dare to engage our army head-on, such as the general of the army, the people in the city are panicked, we only need to surrender first and then attack the city, and we will definitely be able to break through Fancheng. In the Chinese military tent, a young general was reporting to Guan Yu, who was sitting in the middle, and this person was Guan Yu's eldest son Guan Ping, who had good martial arts skills and had a certain strategy and foresight.

Guan Yu couldn't help but purse his beard and said with a smile: "What my son said is right, with the advantage of our army's strength, we can completely catch Cao Ren off guard." Why is Mr. Ji Chang too cautious, and if he has to send someone to find out the truth, why don't we listen to him once? ”

I only heard that Ma Liang couldn't help but say: "General Guan, the person guarding Fancheng today is Cao Ren and Cao Zixiao, who are known as wise generals in Cao Cao's army, and they are one of the few generals in Cao's army who are good at defending the city. Especially when guarding Nanjun at that time, the Jiangdong army failed to overcome it many times in a row, and even Jiangdong's chief strategist Zhou Gongjin failed to defeat it easily, until he paid a lot of price before recovering Nanjun, so we must not be careless, and we must not rush to attack just because the defenders of Fancheng are only a few thousand people, which may make our soldiers hit a wall. ”

In the face of Ma Liang's persuasive words, it was obvious that Guan Yu and Guan Ping did not take it to heart, but showed a wordless laugh, obviously not interested in Ma Liang's words. Immediately, I only heard Guan Yu say: "Ji Chang, you are too sensitive, and the little thief of Cao Jun is not worthy of my Guan Mou's serious treatment." I think my Feiyu army is strong and strong, even if the Cao army tiger and leopard ride forward, the Feiyu army will dare to fight with it, not to mention that it is only a few thousand defenders of Fancheng. ”

"Report, General." Just as Guan Yu was speaking, a sergeant outside suddenly broke into the tent and said with a fist at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu looked up and saw that it was the sentry sent by him before, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? Tell me what is going on. ”

I heard the sentry immediately reply: "General Hui, the little one went to Fancheng to monitor according to the general's order, but I saw that Fancheng was still open as usual, and the people in the city were also in close contact. In order to find out the situation in the enemy city, the small one deliberately disguised himself as an ordinary person and pretended to be a medicine for his mother to try to sneak into the city, but he didn't expect that the city gate guard didn't plan to ask more at all, but after receiving a small coin, he let the small one enter the city. After the little one entered the city, he saw that the people in the city were in close contact, as if they didn't know it at all, and there was no trace of nervousness on their faces, so the little one grabbed some medicine and ran out. ”

"Really? In this way, although there are thousands of Cao troops in this Fan City, it is just an empty city gate. Guan Yu couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing this: "Guan Ping, you will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to the gate of Fancheng at a speed, and you must take Fancheng for me." ”

Listen to Guan Ping swore and said: "Please rest assured, the child will lead the army forward, and he will definitely take Fancheng in a few hours, please father wait here for the good news of the child." Immediately, Guan Ping got up and walked out of the tent, holding Guan Yu's talisman and went to dispatch 10,000 soldiers and horses to the land of Fancheng.

When approaching the vicinity of Fancheng, Guan Ping looked at the people who were still coming and going at the city gate, and immediately ordered the army to attack the city gate. When Guan Ping's army roared and rushed towards Fancheng, he suddenly saw a deafening killing cry from the nearby jungle, and before Guan Ping's army could react, he only heard a series of bowstring crossbow sounds, accompanied by a miserable howl. The soldiers and horses brought by Guan Ping instantly lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and after two rounds of bows and arrows, countless figures flew out of the jungle.

Even Fancheng, which was originally open, poured out a large number of Cao troops, all armed with swords and soldiers rushed towards Guan Ping's soldiers and horses. Especially the leader of the general, holding a spear, led the army behind him like a sharp arrow, this person is not who Cao Ren is. A bad thought germinated in Guan Ping's mind, and it seems that this time it was the second army's plan.

It was just a confrontation, and the 10,000 soldiers and horses he brought lost thousands of people, and after being ambushed by the enemy, the morale of Army B dropped sharply, and the two sides were inseparable from each other. The enemy troops who rushed out of the city and the woods formed a flanking force, constantly reaping the lives of the soldiers of Army B. If the stalemate continues, I am afraid that more and more soldiers of Army B will sacrifice their lives in vain. Guan Ping gritted his teeth, blocked an arrow, and then said to the army around him: "The enemy army has an ambush, retreat quickly." After speaking, he turned around and led the soldiers to leave quickly, and he had no intention of fighting for the Cao army who was chasing behind him.

Looking at the enemy army that was gradually moving away, Cao Ren and the others chased and killed for a while, and then began to shout in unison, trying to scare the enemy away. Subsequently, I only listened to Cao Ren said: "After collecting the weapons and scraping them, quickly return to the city and close the city gates, this time the enemy army has suffered a big defeat, and it will inevitably regroup and wave the army afterwards, we need to be prepared." ”

After the rough statistics of the soldiers who cleaned the battlefield, Cao Ren's army lost more than 20 soldiers this time, and killed more than 2,000 enemy soldiers, which can be described as a brilliant proportion of the battle. Immediately, under Cao Ren's order, the soldiers and horses of the two sides immediately caused the Guan Ping army, which was originally blocked, to be severely damaged again, and these people who were beaten in the face were crushed. However, fortunately, Guan Ping retreated in time, otherwise if the stalemate continued, not only would there be no chance to turn the tables, but more brothers would be lost.

It is said that Guan Ping led the remaining soldiers and horses to flee all the way, and when he returned to the army, Guan Yu and others stood outside the tent waiting for good news. Seeing that the soldiers and horses of B returned so quickly, a trace of uneasy thoughts germinated in the minds of Guan Yu and the others. Sure enough, when he saw Guan Ping leading the army all the way over, seeing that the situation of the army was not like a victory, but like a defeat and fled back, Guan Yu immediately led people forward.

When Guan Ping saw Guan Yu and the others coming out, he hurriedly reined in the war horse, turned over from the horse, and hugged his fist on one knee towards Guan Yu and said: "The child is incompetent and fell into an enemy ambush, and he failed to take Nafan City, and he hopes that his father will punish him." ”

When Guan Yu heard Guan Ping's words, he was immediately surprised: "What? What's going on? With your 10,000 soldiers and horses, you can definitely take this city while the enemy army is defenseless, why did you encounter an ambush, and quickly talk about the reason. Immediately, Guan Ping told everyone about his ambush word for word, and when he heard Guan Yu's hands creaking, he immediately squeaked his hands, and then shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Go and cut down the guy who went to investigate before, Guan Mou trusted him so much that he actually reported a fake military situation to my army, and our army lost troops." ”

Seeing Guan Yu angry, Ma Liang on the side hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded him: "General Guan, I don't blame the sergeant for this matter, it's just that Cao Jun is too cunning and deliberately tricks my army into being fooled." However, fortunately, the major general was fine, and our army only lost some soldiers and horses, but it also truly understood the movement and strength of the enemy's army, and only needed to advance steadily in the future, and it would definitely be able to achieve shame. ”

After listening to Ma Liang's persuasion, Guan Yu couldn't help but snort coldly: "Hmph, Ji Chang doesn't want to intercede for this person, as a sentry, he should have listened to the enemy's reality." He went to the enemy city to investigate, but the result was that he was used by the enemy, and I had to go out of my army, and I lost more than 2,000 soldiers in vain. Then I only heard Guan Yu say to the people behind him again: "Everyone listen to the order, immediately gather all the armies for me, this time Guan Mou wants to personally lead troops to attack the city, I want to see what the legendary Cao Ren of the Cao army has the ability to do, dare to be the way of my army, and see if he can block the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in Guan's hand." ”