The next day, Guan Yu returned to the public security with thousands of people from the headquarters, and at the south gate of Fancheng, Young Master Zhuge , Guan Ping, Zhou Cang and the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army led the crowd to see off Guan Yu and bid farewell according to his pity.

The news that Guan Yu led his troops to leave Fancheng spread to Yu Ban's army in the north of the city in less than an hour, which made Yu Ban and Li Dian excited, the only thing in the Jingzhou army that is worthy of their scruples is Guan Yu, and now Guan Yu is gone, but he left tens of thousands of Northern Expeditionary troops, isn't this a good opportunity given to him by God?

"Smack!" Yu Ban slapped the table and was excited, "Guan Yu is gone, this is really a godsend!" ”

Li Dian on the side was also very happy and said: "Guan Yu is leaving, the Jingzhou army is leaderless, we can take this opportunity to recover Xiangfan in one fell swoop." ”

Seeing that the two lords were so excited, Pang De on the side had a cold face, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking. Since being injured by Young Master Zhuge that day, Pang De also picked up a life from the Ghost Gate, which also benefited from Hua Tuo's rescue. After a few days of recuperation, Pound's body has gradually recovered, but the injured area is still often painful, and it is estimated that it is impossible to fully recover in a month.

Li Dian saw that Pang De had a cold face and didn't look happy at all, so he couldn't help but be very strange and asked, "Why does General Pang look sullen?" Aren't you happy at the upcoming victory of our army? ”

When Pound heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and said in his heart, there is no need to be so squeezed out of the generals, right? Lao Tzu didn't say a word, and he didn't let Lao Tzu go. So he said with a smile: "How can I not be happy about the victory of our army, but the last general is thinking, how could Guan Yu, as the chief general of the Jingzhou army, leave behind his tens of thousands of troops and take thousands of people to the public security?" Could Guan Yu, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, not understand the serious crisis hidden in this? ”

When Yu Ban heard this, Ha Lu Ha Da said with a smile: "Ling Ming is too worried! According to the insider report, Guan Yu was injured by Ling Ming that day and almost died, although he was treated, but because of the injury, it may be difficult to go to the battlefield again, so Liu Bei transferred him back to the public security to recuperate from his injuries, and appointed Zhuge Zhan, the counselor of the Jingzhou Army, as the main general. ”

"Zhuge Zhan? Who is it? The name was very foreign to Pound.

When Li Dian heard this, he seemed to think of something, and said: "I didn't expect that the naughty boy in the past has become the chief general of the First Army today!" ”

When Yu Banyan heard this, he asked with a smile: "Does Man Cheng recognize this person?" ”

Li Dian nodded, "Yes, Zhuge Zhan is the eldest son of Liu Bei's military division Zhuge Liang, and he should be seventeen or eighteen years old this year!" ”

"Huh? Hahaha, there is no one in Liu Bei's army, so he let a seventeen or eighteen-year-old doll be the chief general of the first army. When Yu Ban heard that Young Master Zhuge was only seventeen or eighteen years old, he immediately laughed.

Pang De on the side frowned, and asked with a worried face: "Isn't this Zhuge Zhanmo the delicate young man who hurt me before the battle?" ”

Li Dian nodded.

"This son is good at martial arts, Liu Bei asked him to appoint this person to replace Guan Yu, maybe his intentions are unknown." Pound said.

Yu Ban looked disapproving: "No matter how high the martial arts are, it's just a doll, can you still beat my tens of thousands of troops?" Pass my order, assemble the whole army, and attack Fancheng! ”

"No!" Although Li Dian and Pang De had concerns, after all, Yu Ban was the boss, and since he had given the order, as a subordinate, he had to obey it.

The speed of the assembly of Cao's army was very fast, and in less than an hour, tens of thousands of troops were assembled, and after Yu Ban made a brief speech before the expedition, he took Li Dian, Pang De and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to attack Fancheng. Seeing Yu Ban sitting on the horse, the world was in my hands, as if Fan Cheng was already in his hands.

At this time, the north gate of Fancheng, a fast horse galloped into the city, and the city gate was immediately closed. After the sentry entered the city, he heard that Young Master Zhuge and Guan Ping were inspecting the North Gate Tower, so they abandoned their horses and went straight to the North Gate Gate.

At this time, Young Master Zhuge and Guan Ping were there to inspect the city defense.

"Newspaper-" The sentry shouted all the way, in fact, this is the same function as the siren on a modern police car, the purpose is to say that he is on urgent duty, and the idler gives way.

"What?" Guan Ping greeted him and asked after taking the token from the sentry's hand for inspection.

The sentry knelt down and saluted: "General Qiyu, the Cao army is the governor of Yu Banqin and leads tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Fancheng. ”

"I know the way, explore again!" Guan Ping nodded.

The sentry led the order down the city tower, Guan Ping turned to the young master Zhuge on the side and said with a smile: "As you expected, my father only brought people back to the public security here, and Yu Ban couldn't sit still over there." ”

Young Master Zhuge smiled slightly, and said: "This is expected, the number of Cao's army is more than our army, but after garrisoning Xiangfan, he has been cowering, and the one who is afraid, Shouting Marquis!" Now that Uncle Guan has returned to the south, tens of thousands of troops are leaderless, if Yu Ban doesn't come to attack Fancheng, then he is not Yu Ban. ”

Guan Ping nodded and asked, "Then what should we do?" ”

Young Master Zhuge yawned and said with a smile: "I have already ordered the city collector to prepare rolling wood, stones, fire oil and other tools to defend the city, and the city defense work is basically arranged, and now I am waiting for the forbidden army!" ”

"Are we just waiting to be beaten? Don't go out of the city to meet the enemy? Guan Ping asked in surprise.

"It's not time yet!" Young Master Zhuge smiled slightly, hummed a little song and went downstairs, halfway down, and shouted: "Brother Ping, the city defense will be handed over to you, the sky has not fallen, don't come to call me, I'll go back to sleep." ”

Young Master Zhuge left in a very chic manner, leaving Guan Ping stunned.

Yu Ban's army finally appeared under Fancheng after half an hour, and Yu Ban didn't care at all in the face of Fancheng, which was fortified by the city. At the sound of an order, tens of thousands of soldiers rushed up with siege tools. It was a spectacular sight.

The battle lasted six days, and there were casualties on each other, but the Cao army suffered greater casualties because it was the besieging side.

At this time, Yu Ban under the handsome banner was also a little impatient, and the hot weather made Yu Ban a little breathless. Li Dian on the side looked at the soldiers who were constantly being smashed down from the ladder, and was distressed, and said to Yu Banquan: "Dadu Governor, you can't fight anymore, Fancheng City is high and deep, and the city defense is strong, so it is not possible to fight hard, and the casualties of the soldiers are too great." ”

When Yu Ban heard this, he looked back again, waved his hand, and said, "Withdraw the troops!" ”

Cao Jun Mingjin withdrew his troops, and a thunderous cheer came from the head of Fancheng City, "We have won!" We won! ”

Guan Ping stood at the head of the city, with a bloody face, looking at Cao Bing who was receding like a tide, and smirked, that smile was extremely innocent.