Guan Yu is now waiting for the people who are fighting in the battle, and Cao Cao's generals are tired of running for their lives, several people decided to extend the interval between the challenges after a discussion, sometimes every hour to run to get tired of fighting, sometimes every two hours to run over and get tired of fighting, Guan Yu saw that the enemy changed his strategy, if he continued to fight like this, he had to consume himself to death, it seems that he can no longer sit and wait like this, Guan Yu's mind turned to his heart, he led his men to the city again, and said Li Yandao: "If the enemy comes to challenge again, you don't have to talk nonsense with them, just release arrows." If they are far away, you don't have to worry about them, just come over and release arrows! ”

"No!" Li Yan received the order to arrange it

Xiahoudun and others thought that they had figured out Guan Yu and wanted to use the wheel tactics to drag Guan Yu down, but they didn't even see Guan Yu's people. Why is there no one left? Xiahoudun and the sergeants just rushed to the Tiger Prison Pass before they saw that the arrows in the city suddenly rained down like arrows, shooting at them, Xiahoudun saw that the steel spear swayed and blocked it with his robe, and then he ran back, and many of his sergeants were killed by bows and arrows, and Xiahoudun had to drag his life to death.

Xiahoudun retreated again, and said Xiahou Yuan said: "Guan Yu withdrew from the pass and don't get close to the Tiger Prison Pass, the archers have been deployed on the pass, just shout in the distance, don't remember to come close!" ”

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan led his troops and horses to kill the Tiger Prison Pass again, and when he arrived outside the pass, he saw that Guan Yu was no longer in the city, and he saw that a number of archers appeared on the pass and were ready to go, Xiahou Yuan did not dare to come closer, and observed from a distance. At such a distance, even if you shout through your throat, the city will sound like a mosquito humming, and you will not be moved at all, Xiahou Yuan is anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and after a while, Cao Hong and Xiahou Yuan rushed over again, and the three soldiers and horses converged together. Xiahou Yuan hurriedly said: "Let's just attack the city!" ”

"What did you say? I said, how much do you drink? Yes? With our small soldiers and horses, we dare to attack the Tiger Prison Pass? You have to be shot into a pulp by the archers in the tiger prison!" Cao Hong was not angry.

Xiahou sighed: "This is really a dilemma! ”

"According to the Lord's will, our task is to attract their attention, there is no need to do anything big, we just need to appear at the main gate every day, this is enough, there is no need to beat the stone with an egg to divide the victory!" Cao Hong analyzed.

After hearing this, Xiahou agreed: "What Zilian said is reasonable, we just need to bluff here, there is no need to compete with him!" ”

After the three of them had finished their calculations, they stood still and set up a position but did not attack the city.

Besides, Cao Ren acted quickly and efficiently here, and in just one night, he stubbornly built a large hole of more than 100 square meters on the ground, and after digging the big mouth, Cao Ren couldn't wait to order all the sergeants to drive and dig in the direction of depth, Cao Ren originally planned not to carry out operations during the day. But considering that the opening has been opened, if it is too long to wait for the night action, in order to rush the construction period, Cao Ren decided to carry out operations during the day to improve efficiency, Yue Jin led his sergeants to camouflage the entire opening seamlessly, Cao Ren supervised the army to start the operation, the soldiers those tools under the opening continue to dig, the whole earthwork work went very smoothly

Zhang Liao and the sergeants searched for a sentry on the north side of the Tiger Prison Pass. Some soldiers had already seen movement in the woods, so they reported to Zhang Liaoyu. Seeing this, Zhang Liao said disapprenously: "If there is no movement in the woods during this daytime wind, it will be broken!" The soldier is not easy to say anything, the northwest wind is still blowing here during the day, and the woods are constantly swaying in the wind, which happens to provide a natural condition for Cao Ren to excavate, it can really be said that "God helps him", Cao Ren also grasped this point to let go of the big work. The operation went very smoothly throughout the day, and Zhang Liao did not pay attention to it at all.

Cao Cao probed from the south side and pretended to survey the terrain in order to attract Guan Yu's attention, Guan Yu didn't pay attention to it at all, he had already seen through Cao Cao's trick, and he still focused on the south side. The front is still to strengthen the fortifications and stabilize the city defense, but the series of actions of the Kwantung Army made Guan Yu vigilant, Cao Cao's series of actions during the day was just pretending, his main goal was still at night, and he must not take it lightly at night, Cao Cao would definitely take action, and when it came to night, Guan Yu probed in the city again, and two hours passed without finding any abnormality, but the wind was still strong at night, and this situation provided convenience for Cao Ren's excavation again, Cao Ren's subordinates excavated day and night, taking turns to carry out the operation, and soon excavated more than 100 meters in front, and the speed was unexpected.

Guan Yu and Zhang Liao and Li Yan all night in order to relax their vigilance, has maintained a high degree of vigilance but did not see anything abnormal, the three of them suffered all night did not see the predicted results, Guan Yu did not rest all night, always felt that something was wrong, and was puzzled by Cao Cao's behavior: Why did Cao Cao not act? What the hell is he trying to do? If it was a trick, he should have acted at night, but he didn't find anything at night, it seems that Cao Cao was waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the opportunity to move, or he was aware of something, Guan Yu kept thinking, and thought about it all night, and he was already tired when it came to dawn, Guan Yu, Zhang Liao, and Li Yan had to change their guards.

Instead of them were Guo Yan and Wen Ping, Zhang Ji and the three of them, Guan Yu gave Guo Yan a detailed advice, told Guo Yan about the situation during the day, and told him to be vigilant, Guo Yan couldn't help but hear it, and didn't pay attention to what Guan Yu said at all, and the focus of the entire city defense was still on the front

During the day, Cao Cao's generals appeared again in the area of the horizon of the Tiger Prison Pass, they thought that the guards on the pass were still Guan Yu and did not dare to move forward, because Guo Yan's deployment focused on the front, so the city defense here was not only weakened but strengthened, Xiahou did not dare to move, the three of them were still there to continue to watch, Guo Yan saw Cao Jun watching from a distance, and he did not dare to go out rashly to face the battle, Guo Yan and Guan Yu are different, he knows his strength very well, and he knows the strength of the other party, If the certainty of rashly defeating is too slim, so he took Wenpin and Zhang Ji to guard the Tiger Prison, which can ensure that nothing goes wrong, which Guo Yan still does very conservatively.

The two sides confronted each other at the main gate, Guo Yan put all his attention on the frontal battlefield, and he didn't have time to take care of the affairs in the side direction, or it may be that Guo Yan didn't take Guan Yu's words to heart at all, in fact, this Guo Yan has always been afraid of Guan Yu, as a veteran general Guo Yan debuted earlier than Guan Yu, but he was under Guan Yu after mixing around and mixing to the bottom, and he was not as good as Guan Yu in terms of strength, but his qualifications and connections were not inferior to Guan Yu, As a general in the army, Guo Yan is also actively developing his own strength, cultivating his own cronies, secretly he colluded with Li Dao, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and Hua Xiong, forming a force to compete with Guan Yu, and also has some strong influence in the army, and the strength is enough to match Guan Yu, but this alliance has suffered a great misfortune, Li Dao went to Xiliang, Fan Chou and Hua Xiong died in battle, the strength of this alliance has been greatly reduced, and the strength has declined, but Zhang Xiu added, Although it cannot compete with Guan Yu, its influence in the army should not be underestimated, not to mention that this alliance has now been helped by Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and his first strategist Li Ru, and the power is further recovering.

Guo Yan is under Guan Yu, and he has to obey Guan Yu's arrangement militarily, that is to say, he has to obey in some aspects, but as a general who is almost the same level as Guan Yu, Guan Yu's attitude towards him can't be so tough, can't be so direct, but a more consultative tone, Guo Yan, as a general who assists Dong Zhuo with Guan Yu, although he is not the same heart with Guan Yu in his heart, he still has the demeanor of a general in the face of great rights and wrongs, and he can better maintain the unity of this collective, maintain this harmony, and not fall out with Guan Yu face to face. will not get along with him on the surface, there is a kind of secret foot race between the two, but sometimes Guo Yan still has that kind of yang and yin behavior for Guan Yu, to put it bluntly, it is the kind of appearance that is detached, just like this time Guan Yu asked him to beware of the south, but Guo Yan didn't think so, because with his experience in fighting for so many years, the south doesn't need to be guarded against, let alone innocently enlarged, he thinks that the main energy should be on the front, and sure enough, the front is as he imagined that there is an enemy situation

The cruel reality made Guo Yan even more unable to pay attention to what Guan Yu said, he used his troops and focus on the main gate, and did not pay attention to the situation on the side, Cao Ren saw that the guards on the Tiger Prison were reduced a lot, so he was more assured and bold, the wind weakened a lot on this day, but Guo Yan did not take strict precautions, Cao Ren said to the sergeants: "It seems that the Tiger Prison has relaxed its vigilance against us, and we have to speed up the progress and step up the excavation. Strive to get through to a place 100 meters away from the Tiger Prison Pass in one day and one night, do you have any confidence? ”

"Yes, yes, yes" The sergeants were ordered to continue digging forward despite fatigue, they opened a very long passage from the ground, just like a tunnel, and kept moving forward, because it was working underground, so the soldiers in the city did not know what was going on in the road, Cao Ren and his brothers seized this favorable opportunity to speed up the process and continue to move forward. (To be continued.) )