Guan Yu didn't expect Lu Meng to be so insidious, not only did he not go out of the city to fight, but instead found the soldiers' families to persuade him to surrender. Guan Yu was furious and wanted to step forward, but was shot back by a rain of arrows from the city. Guan Yu looked at the city from afar, all of them were the people of Yanzhou, calling for brothers, looking for sons and looking for masters, and they couldn't stop shouting.

Lu Meng saw clearly in the city that the soldiers behind Guan Yu were already ready to move, so he ordered the city gate to be opened. Anyway, there are tens of thousands of troops in Lumeng City, and he is really not afraid of Guan Yu entering the city. After the city gate was opened, Lu Meng shouted at the head of the city: "The second general's family in the city is safe, if you want to surrender, you can enter the city." ”

Guan Yu was furious when he heard this, but the hearts of his corporals and soldiers changed, and when they saw the city gate wide open, they all left. Guan Yu couldn't stop drinking, and wanted to raise his knife to slash and kill those soldiers who were rushing to the city, but the Qinglong Yanyue Knife was raised and put down. Guan Yu thought about the fact that these soldiers were born and died, and they couldn't be said to be disloyal to themselves so far, it was all their own incompetence, which caused tens of thousands of troops to be killed and wounded. Guan Yu really had no shame to practice the military law again, so he had to sigh and say: "I regret not listening to the words of your military advisor, resulting in today's defeat." ”

At this time, there were more than 300 people behind Guan Yu, all of whom were veterans of Guan Yu's personal guards, and among them, Vice General Guan Yu reminded: "Second general, the army is in turmoil, if you don't leave, Lu Meng will go out of the city, and we will die here!" ”

Guan Yu also thought about it at this time, the face had already been thrown home, and it would be inappropriate to lose the lining again. So he led more than 300 remnants of the army to the direction of Bingzhou.

When Lü Meng saw Guan Yu heading west, he sent someone to deliver a letter to Sima Yi so that Sima Yi could intercept and kill Guan Yu. Sima Yi got Lu Meng's letter, looked at the generals and said with a smile: "This is Zhou Yu and Lu Meng's plan to kill people with a knife!" If I kill Guan Yu, Liu Bei will hate me deeply, and if I join forces with Nan Ye to attack, I will be in danger. Pass on my general order, pretend to intercept Guan Yu, and secretly let him enter the city to meet Zhang Fei. ”

When Cao Yingzhong heard this, they all admired Sima Yi's foresight and foresight, and they all acted according to the plan. Guan Yu broke through several sieges of Cao's army without danger and entered the city to see Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei had already received a message from Guan Yu before and asked him to attack Yanzhou together, but Zhang Fei was unable to deal with the Cao army in front of him, how could he help Guan Yu recapture Yanzhou? Zhang Fei saw that Guan Yu still had the ambition to recapture Yanzhou, but he didn't expect Guan Yu to be in a critical situation, but now he was really surprised when he saw Guan Yu's tired appearance, and asked, "Why is the second brother so embarrassed?" ”

Guan Yu borrowed troops from Zhang Fei before, only saying that Dongwu betrayed the alliance and took Yanzhou, and he was embarrassed to say that he was defeated so miserably, and he couldn't hide it anymore at this time, so he told the story again.

Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this: "Second brother, relax!" After you and I work together to defeat Cao Jun, we will take back Yanzhou together. ”

The two were discussing, and the guard at the gate suddenly came to report: "Two generals, General Chen outside the door asks to see him, and he has something important to report." ”

When Guan and Zhang heard that Chen had arrived, they hurriedly invited into the room and asked, "What is the important matter of Uncle Zhi?" ”

After Chen arrived at the ceremony, he hurriedly said: "There is a report from Malay, and the army of Eastern Wu is coming from Jizhou." I was worried that the Cao army and the Wu army would divide their troops to take our camp and the city, so I wanted to lead the troops into the city and defend the city with the two generals, so as not to be attacked by the two armies. ”

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei glanced at each other, and they both felt that what Chen Zhi said was reasonable. In the past, the Cao army and the Northern Han army were equal in number, and they could confront them with the momentum of horns, but now if the Wu army is divided again, it will only be broken by each one. So the two let Chen Zhi enter the city, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Dao, and Sun Qian each guarded one door.

After Zhou Yu defeated Guan Yu, he packed up his army and horses and rushed from Jizhou to Bingzhou, and joined forces with Sima Yi to besiege Jinyang. Sima Yi welcomed Zhou Yu into the handsome tent and saluted and took a seat, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Governor Zhou for breaking Guan Yu and taking Yanzhou." ”

Zhou Yu said humbly: "If it weren't for Sima Dudu's plan, how could I have done it today?" When I thanked Sima Dudu, I was. ”

Sima Yi waved his hand and said: "The King of Wei is a courtier of the State of Wu, and it is within his duty to attack the puppet emperor Liu Bei together, why should the governor of Zhou thank you?" Now that Yanzhou has won and Guan Yu has been defeated, we should wait for the third move. ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "On the way here, I have ordered someone to report to Your Majesty to postpone the attack on Xuchang, and now I can send an envoy to act according to the plan." The two of them had already decided, so they found a few soldiers to give instructions and sent them as envoys to see Liu Bei. Then he ordered his corporal to surround the city like iron buckets, in case anyone left the city.

However, it was said that when Liu Bei saw Sun Quan leading the Eastern Wu soldiers and horses to attack in Xuchang, he thought that Guan Yu's situation was not good. He also wanted to send troops to save Yanzhou, but the elite soldiers in the city were first taken away by Zhuge Liang to attack the Huns, and Chen Zhi took away 50,000 to save Zhang Fei, although Xuchang still has 50,000 soldiers and horses, but they are all old and weak soldiers and no generals to lead, it is not easy to hold the city from being broken by Sun Quan, and there is no possibility of sending troops at all.

Of course, Liu Bei has another choice, which is to abandon Yuzhou to save Yanzhou, but that makes no sense to Liu Bei at all. He has been operating in Yuzhou for many years, and Yanzhou is a newly acquired land, and Liu Bei still has a clear distinction between the more important and which is more important. Liu Bei's only concern was Guan Yu's safety, so he discussed with Jian Yong how to save Guan Yu.

Jian Yong reminded Liu Bei: "Your Majesty, now that Wu and Wei have formed an alliance to attack, the situation is critical, why don't you ask for help from the national teacher?" ”

Liu Bei heard Jian Yong mention Nan Ye, and he was overjoyed at that time, if he could say that Nan Ye would send troops, he would not only save Guan Yu, but also relieve the siege of Yuzhou and Bingzhou. Liu Bei wrote two letters at that time, ordering people to break through and send letters to Sili and Jingzhou. These two states are adjacent to Yuzhou, and they can send troops at the fastest speed, if Liu Bei sends people to Jiaozhou to deliver a letter, the daylily will be cold back and forth.

Sun Quan's army is under the city, how can he let the soldiers and horses in the city easily break through? Liu Bei's envoy only fought his way out of the siege to Sili, and the other way was intercepted by Sun Quan, and the letter asking for help was also searched.

For Liu Bei in the city, Sun Quan is not afraid at all. But for Nan Ye, Sun Quan really has no bottom. When he saw Liu Bei's letter, Sun Quan couldn't help frowning, and hurriedly convened the generals to discuss.

Cheng Pu and Han Dang, the second general, are old ministers of Eastern Wu, who once worked for Sun Jian, and also dealt with Nan Ye, and can even be said to have some friendship. From the bottom of their hearts, the two of them didn't want to see Sun Quanen take revenge against Nanye, but for the sake of Eastern Wu's interests, they couldn't stop Sun Quan, so they had to keep silent.

Lu Su knew how powerful Nan Ye was, and knew that once Nan Ye sent troops, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the good situation in front of him might come to naught. However, it seems unlikely that Nan Ye would be able to stop him from sending troops, after all, it was wrong for Dongwu to betray the alliance and sneak attack on Liu Bei, and this reason was enough for Nan Ye to send troops to attack Sun Quan. With Nan Ye's temper and character, as long as there is an upright reason, he will definitely not hesitate to fight or horses.

Calculated that Nan Ye would inevitably raise troops, Lu Su began to think about how to drag Nan Ye. As long as it drags on for a while, when Yuzhou and Merge Prefecture are all in the hands of Sun Quan, Dongwu and Cao Wei will have the strength to compete with Nanye. Lu Su wanted to give up Ji Sun Quan and said: "Your Majesty can send an envoy with generous gifts to form an alliance with Si Li and Jingzhou County Guard, drag Nanye's soldiers and horses, and then send a letter to the Metropolitan Governor to discuss how to retreat Nanye's soldiers." ”

Sun Quan was worried when he heard this: "If the two county guards see Liu Bei's envoy sending troops to attack, what if they don't form an alliance with us?" ”

Lu Su said: "The matter involves a war alliance between the two countries, and the county guard will not dare to make his own claims, so it is necessary to write a letter to ask for instructions to Jiaozhou Nanye, so it takes a lot of time to go back and forth, and the northern land has been obtained by His Majesty, even if the Nanye soldiers come, they will not be afraid." ”

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard the plan, as long as Sili and Jingzhou temporarily did not use troops, Nanye's soldiers and horses would not be able to save Liu Bei. What's more, according to Zhou Yu's analysis, Nan Ye may still send troops to expedition and not be in Jiaozhou, so it will take longer to consult Nan Ye. By the time Nan Ye replied, Sun Quan had already defeated Liu Bei, so he didn't have to be afraid of Nan Ye anymore. So Sun Quan acted according to the plan, sent a big gift to the guards of Si Li and Jingzhou, and expressed his willingness to form an alliance with Nan Yeyong.

Nan Ye's guards in charge of Jingzhou were Lu Xun and Zhang Liao, and the heads of Si Li were Chen Qun, Chen Gong and Xu Huang. Jingzhou only received a gift from Sun Quan, and did not receive a letter from Liu Bei asking for help, so Lu Xun naturally would not meddle in helping Liu Bei. Even if Lu Xun had already received the news of Sun Quan and Liu Bei's war, he would be happy to see the two sides fighting.

Chen Qun and Chen Gong saw Liu Bei's envoy, but Sun Quan's envoy almost arrived at Si Li. Chen Qun, Chen Gong and Lu Xun were all thinking about how to take advantage of the battle between the two sides to reap the benefits, and simply arranged for the two envoys to meet at the same time.

It can be said that the enemies are very red when they see each other, and as soon as the two envoys meet, they don't need Chen Qun and Chen Gong to provoke, so they quarrel in front of the palace. One side had to persuade the Southern Han to help the Northern Han, and the other side had to persuade the Southern Han to help the Eastern Wu. Chen Qun and Chen Gong persuaded the two envoys separately, and said in embarrassment that the matter was too important to make a decision, and it was necessary to make a decision after asking for instructions.

Liu Bei's envoy couldn't help but feel dead when he received this reply, but he couldn't blame Chen Qun and Chen Gong, because they were not biased towards Eastern Wu. On the other hand, Sun Quan's envoy was smiling, he didn't expect Nan Ye to help Dongwu at all, as long as Nan Ye didn't help Liu Bei for the time being, he would complete the task. The two messengers, who received the same reply but were in completely different moods, went back to their respective lives.

Sun Quan was naturally overjoyed to receive the messenger's reply, and at the same time, Zhou Yu's reply also arrived. The letter first praised Lu Su's plan as feasible, and then asked Sun Quan to suspend the siege of the city, saying that there was already a plan to break Liu Bei, and when Liu Bei broke it, he could compete with Nanye for the world. Seeing that the letter followed the plan, Sun Quan gathered the soldiers and horses besieging the city in one place, but the troops under the city of Xuchang no longer attacked the city.

As soon as the soldiers and horses in the city retreated, the envoy sent by Liu Bei also returned to the city smoothly and brought back the replies of Chen Qun and Chen Gong. When Liu Bei learned that Sun Quan was also sent with him, he frowned, and instantly understood that Sun Quan was stumbling on himself, and Nanye's reinforcements could not be counted on in a short period of time. However, Liu Bei believed that as long as the news reached Nan Ye, Nan Ye would definitely send troops to help him, and all he had to do was to defend the city and wait for Nan Ye to come to help.

Liu Bei was completely sure to wait for Nanye's reinforcements, but within a few days, a soldier came to report: "Your Majesty, there are five soldiers from Bingzhou who have been sent by the second general and the third general to see Your Majesty, and they have something important to ask to see. ”