Ma Liang led the generals, and then went to Shangyong to meet with the chief general of Yong.

Unlike history, Shangyong's main general was not Liu Feng, but Wei Yan.

In Hanzhong that day, although Liu Bei valued Wei Yan, and even wanted to make him guard Hanzhong after seizing the land of Hanzhong, but he didn't want Wei Yan to be in the land of Hanzhong, but he was repeatedly defeated by Pang De, Zhao Yun, Yuan Shang and others.

Wei Yan was so defeated, even though Liu Bei wanted to reuse him and make him sit in Hanzhong, he was afraid that everyone would not be convinced, so after Hanzhong was defeated, Liu Bei still made his brother Zhang Fei sit in Hanzhong, and Wei Yan, Liu Bei thought about it, and ordered him to refuse to defend the mediocre land.

Shangyong lives in a mountain city, but the geographical location is extremely important, and at the same time, it is also an important place for the handover of Xishu and Jingzhou, so sending Wei Yan to guard it is in harmony with its intentions.

Liu Bei thought that sending Wei Yan was a reuse, but in Wei Yan's heart, it seemed that this was because of his repeated defeats in Hanzhong, and his appearance in Hanzhong had disappointed Liu Bei, so he sent himself to this place of Shangyong Mountain City.

Soon after Wei Yan went to Shangyong to take office, Meng Da, who was belittled and insulted by Guan Yu in Jingzhou, also returned to Xishu under his drive, and was sent here by Liu Bei to assist Wei Yan.

As a result, this mediocre land has become a peaceful place for the two big resentful species, Wei Yan and Meng Da are ambitious and difficult to pay, and they drink and get drunk in the mansion every day, depressed and unwilling.

However, it was at this time that Ma Liang, who was Guan Yu's envoy, rushed to Shangyong, Fangling and other places under the protection of Liao Hua, and implored Wei Yan and Meng Da to send troops to help.

After Wei Yan received the letter from Guan Yu in Ma Liang's possession, he ordered him to temporarily go to the post house to rest, and then hurriedly summoned Meng Da to discuss.

The previous Meng Da was driven to Jingzhou by Yuan Shang's design, and was despised and insulted by Guan Yu. After returning to Xishu, he was used lightly by Liu Bei because of Guan Yu, and was sent to Shangyong to be Wei Yan's deputy, which can be said to hate Guan Yu extremely in his heart.

Now seeing that the arrogant Guan Yu has also fallen to the point of losing Jingxiang Jiujun and being forced by Yuan Shang and Sun Quan and others to the point of desperation, Meng Da is so happy in his heart, he almost didn't cover himself in the quilt and fart.

Of course, the farts are the farts, and Meng Da still has to show a heavy appearance.

After listening to Wei Yan's description. Meng Da was silent for a long time, sighed, and said: "General Guan is sitting in Jingzhou, and there are no less than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Jingzhou under his command, and the soldiers are well fed. How can I save General Guan? Besides, if the other party is also a partial division, it would be fine, but the soldiers and horses that Yuan Shang fought against General Guan this time were all strong main forces in the Central Plains and Hebei, and Sun Quan of Eastern Wu. It is also a strong army gathered by Zhou Yu, Lu Su and other elites in the south of the Yangtze River, and only one side is far from being able to compete with us. Now that the two sides are out together, if I wait, won't I kill myself? ”

Wei Yan heard this. nodded and said: "Zidu's words, I also understand, it's just that Guan Yunchang is the life and death brother of the Lord Righteous and Righteous Jinlan, if I don't save it, I'm afraid that I can't say it because of my feelings and reason." ”

Meng Da sighed when he heard this: "The general only thinks about reason, but has he not thought about your own position now?" ”

Wei Yan was stunned when he heard this, as if he was a little confused.

Meng Da shook his head and said helplessly: "My General Wei! You are a general in the army, but why do you live in this mountain city now? It's not because of the battle in Hanzhong, you have repeatedly fought unfavorably, so that there is today's matter, have you ever thought about it, once you went out of the mediocrity and lost to Yuan Shang, and then lost the mediocrity because of it, how do you explain in front of the lord? I'm afraid that when the time comes, you won't even have the qualifications to be a mountain town! Guan Yu is the life and death brother of the lord, no matter how he fails, there will be no big deal, but you, it's different! ”

Meng Da's words, like Mu Chen's alarm bell, struck heavily in Wei Yan's heart, making his mind suddenly clear.

Yes, Guan Yu can be defeated, but I, Wei Yan...... Now, I really can't afford to lose again!

Seeing this, Meng Da was secretly refreshed in his heart, but he said solemnly on his face: "Of course, if you don't send troops, I'm afraid that the lord will be blamed, but there is a plan below, that is, the general pretends to send troops to rescue General Guan, but I expect that with Yuan Shang's wisdom, I will inevitably expect that Shangyong will have assistance soldiers and horses, and when he will send troops to intercept, if the general is blocked by Yuan's army, he will leave after a short battle, and don't delay much, so that he can get by in terms of face, and will not lose Shangyong's troops, what do you think, general?" ”

When Wei Yan heard this, he nodded heavily and said, "This is very good!" ”

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The next day, Wei Yan summoned Ma Liang and Liao Hua, saying that he would send troops to aid Guan Yu on the same day, but Shangyong had few soldiers, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to defeat Yuan Shang and Sun Quan, so they should go to Chengdu as soon as possible and ask Liu Bei to send troops to help.

As soon as the two of them heard this, they made up their minds and hurriedly went to Chengdu, but they didn't know that Wei Yan and Meng Da had long been ready to make a feint rescue strategy, but they didn't plan to really save them.

As for Jingzhou, Guan Yu sent Yi to Nanjun to communicate with Sun Quan, not wanting to even see Sun Quan's face, so he let Zhou Yu rush back with sarcasm and sarcasm, Guan Yu was furious when he learned the news, and immediately gathered the remnants of Jingchu and went south to attack Jingzhou!

If you face others, it's just that, but the governor of Jingzhou is the famous general Zhou Yu of Eastern Wu, Guan Yu returned to attack Jingzhou, not only did not build an inch, but also lost several battles, was robbed and killed several times, in a dilemma, unsustainable.

At this time, Yuan Shang's northern army also began to enter the territory of Jingzhou.

The scout brought the news to Yuan Shang, and Yuan Shang's expression did not change at all, but Sima Yi beside him shook his head and sighed.

"Guan Yu, Guan Yu, although he is afraid of having the name of a peerless general, how can he be too arrogant, from the moment Zhou Yu took Nanjun, the matter of Jingzhou is already unavoidable, he does not escape from Shuzhong, why is he bent on going his own way, and insists on coming back to attack? In this way, it delayed the time, so that the army and the Eastern Wu army were laid out, and now he wants to leave again, I am afraid that it will be difficult to enter the sky. ”

Yuan Shang smiled slightly when he heard this, and said: "Liu Bei and Guan Yu are both masterpieces in the world, if they say that they have no ability, I am afraid that they have wronged them, but before they met Zhuge Liang, they have always lived in a fixed place and have achieved nothing, do you know why?" ”

Sima Yi thought about it for a while, then knew what Yuan Shang meant, and said: "Although they are all tacticians, they are not strategic masters, and there is a difference of thousands of miles between tactics and strategy. ”

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "Yes, no matter how clever the tactics are, they can't change the time and shape, the momentum of Jingzhou is irreversible, but Guan Yu is arrogant, but in the face of such absolute strength, he still refuses to bow his head and admit defeat, although he has backbone, but in the end he can't escape the end of defeat, if Zhou Yu really has the intention to kill him, Guan Yu at this moment is afraid that he will be killed a hundred times." ”

Sima Yi smiled when he heard this: "Zhou Yu is not given for nothing, the land of Jingzhou is desirable, but Guan Yu's life is absolutely undesirable, this matter is a bit tricky." ”

Yuan Shang snorted coldly when he heard this, and said, "Don't worry, it's not tricky at all." Guan Yu will die in the hands of Dongwu in the end, and I will guarantee your life. ”

Yuan Shang's soldiers and horses continued to march south, and the scouts on the road continued to report the battle situation to him.

At this time, Guan Yu's soldiers and horses were less than thousands, and most of them were injured, and their combat strength was almost exhausted, and many soldiers scattered all over Jingzhou were almost recruited by Zhou Yu.

After Zhou Yu settled in Jingzhou, the first decree he issued was to treat the people of Jingzhou with the law of the people of Eastern Wu, and not to kill one person and take one thing. Even for the soldiers, they all raised their salaries and distributed food, and the fighting spirit of all departments in Jingzhou was lost, and the sergeants were scattered.

When Yuan Shang and Sima Yi heard this, they couldn't help but secretly say that Zhou Yu's methods were superb, and Guan Yu claimed to be kind to the soldiers, and he was quite popular among the people, and he ruled Jingzhou for several years, but Zhou Yu actually got the soldiers away in three or two clicks.

Although he is mainly committed to pacifying the counties in Jingzhou, he has always sent his subordinates Han Dang, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong, Ding Feng, Xu Sheng and other generals to harass Guan Yu in turn, and almost all of them retreat in a battle, not giving the other party a chance to breathe. The cavalry of hundreds of people in Eastern Wu dared to charge at its ranks of thousands of people. In this way, the Jingzhou soldiers were even more frightened, and they didn't know how many horses there were in the Eastern Wu army. In addition, Zhou Yu kept walking rumors, disturbing the hearts of Jingzhou soldiers and spreading the reputation of the benevolent and righteous division of Eastern Wu, which has successfully planted the seeds of a strike in the hearts of every Jingzhou soldier.

Now Guan Yu has been forced into a desperate situation, the waterways have been blocked by Eastern Wu, from Jiangling to the White Emperor City, there is already a warship personally supervised by Lu Meng to choke the throat, even if Guan Yu wants to retreat at this time, the only way to go is to take Maicheng and Jingshan to take a way to survive.

After Yuan Shang entered Jingzhou, after discussing with Sima Yi, he finally arranged the army in the west of Jingshan, one was the reinforcement of Wei Yan from the three counties of Shangyong, and the other blocked Guan Yu's return route, and Sun Quan and Zhou Yu's Eastern Wu army also followed Guan Yu's rear footsteps, and the soldiers and horses of the two sides blocked Guan Yu's way of life, not to mention people, even a fly could not fly.

Next, the most important thing is to see the battle of Maicheng, who will Guan Yu die at.

According to Yuan Shang's expectations, Guan Yu can hold on to the land of Maicheng for three days at most, and after three days, he will inevitably lead the army to break through!

And when it comes to the day of the breakthrough, it is the critical moment that decides Guan Yu's life and death.

And let Guan Yu die in the hands of Soochow as scheduled, Yuan Shang's most important bargaining chip was none other than Xu Huang, who was hidden in Guan Yu's army at the beginning of the war. (To be continued......)