The day after Ma Jian left Xu Huang's military camp, Xu Huang raised troops and went down far outside Xiangyang City, and secretly sent people to win over Mi and Fu.

After Lü Meng defeated Zhao Shu, he attacked Xiangyang for several days. No, at this time, Xu Huang moved his troops to the city, which had the intention of intervening sideways. At this time, the two families broke Guan Yu together, and there was also the friendship of the alliance, so they had to send an envoy to the name Lao Jun, but in fact, they inquired about the movement.

As a result, the messenger reported that Xu Huang had the intention of asking Dongwu to cede Xiangyang. As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the account were angry, and Gan Ning was the first to come out and say: "Our army is fighting hard, and Xiangyang is at your fingertips, how can you give in lightly?" Xu Huang was too naïve. ”

Gao Ping's injuries have improved, and he is also in the tent, so he also got up and said, "Xu Huang has not moved for days. Zhao Shu had just been defeated, and he came here at this time, I am afraid that there was another reason for it. If you listen to Zhao Shu's instigation, it will be very bad for our army. ”

Lu Meng also frowned and said, "What should you do in your opinion?" ”

Gao Ping said categorically: "It's better to give up Xiangyang and let Xu Huang go." ”

"How can it be?" Before Lu Meng could reply, Gan Ning shouted first: "Our army consumes labor and soldiers, is it to marry others?" Wu Hou paid the governor and the heavy responsibility, how could he give in lightly? Gan Ning said these words confidently, and Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin and other generals in the tent all got up and agreed.

Lu Meng knew that what Gao Ping said made sense, but the group of reckless men in the middle of the seat were unwilling to give up Xiangyang, and they brought out Wu Hou to pressurize, and couldn't help but be in a dilemma. In the end, he still seemed to be reluctant to Xiangyang, so he said: "Tomorrow, I will send a messenger to persuade you with good words, if Xu Huang insists on not complying, he will have to compete on the battlefield." ”

When Gao Ping heard this, he had to persuade again, and Lu Meng said first: "Don't worry, nephew, Xu Huang is only 30,000 troops now." I didn't dare to fall out with our army. The generals must strictly guard against the camp in the past few days, and they cannot let Guan Yu and Xu Huang exchange news. ”

"Order." Gan Ning saw that Lu Meng listened to his opinion, glared at Gao Ping, and led the orders with the generals.

Gao Ping saw that there were only himself and Lu Meng in the account, so he stepped forward and said, "Second uncle, if you offend Xu Huang now, wouldn't it be for Guan Yu to benefit?" ”

Lu Meng laughed and said, "Virtuous nephew, you still owe some heat after all. He looked at Gao Ping again and said, "The capture of Jingzhou this time is to avenge the eldest brother, and the second is to expand our own strength." Now that Huainan is guarded by Gongji, I will wait for Jingzhou to be obtained, what can Wu Hou do to me? ”

Gao Ping nodded and said, "That's right, how can the second uncle lose his strength for the sake of Xiangyang?" ”

"Did I say I was going to consume our strength?" Lu Meng laughed again, and whispered: "You have seen just now that Gan Ning and the other generals are still loyal to Sun Quan, why don't we take this opportunity to weaken their forces and control Wuzhong in the future." ”

Gao Ping thought about it slightly, and said with a smile: "Jiang is really old and spicy, and the little nephew admires it." ”

The next day, Lü Meng really sent an envoy to Xu Huang's camp to persuade him with good words, but the result was naturally that Xu Huang did not agree. After the envoys returned, both armies were fully armed.

Xu Huang blasted out the envoy of Eastern Wu, and urgently summoned the deputy general Xu Shang and Lu Jian into the account to discuss the capture of Xiangyang. Xu Shang said first: "The Wu army has a large number of soldiers and horses, so why don't you ask General Fan Cheng Zixiao to come to help." Even if Guan Yu backtracked, he was prepared. ”

Lu Jian said: "The Wu army is only practiced in water warfare, how can land warfare be compared with our cavalry?" When Zixiao's generals arrive, won't Lu Meng be prepared? At the end of the day, the general will lead the army and horses to challenge. ”

"The general's courage is commendable." Xu Huangxi said: "In the coming day, the general will lead 3,000 military horses to Wu Ying to challenge, and we must not lose the spirit of our army." ”

"Yes." Lu Jian agreed. Xu Shang wanted to say more, but Xu Huang waved his hand and ordered the two to retreat.

Early in the morning of the second day, Lü Jian led his troops and horses into battle. And Lu Meng had already ordered Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Jiang Qin to move to the camp in case of Xu Huang. Gan Ning will fight now, how can Lu Jian be Gan Xingba's opponent? Within a few turns, he fled and retreated to the camp. He himself was still self-aware, and when he entered the gate, he asked the sergeant to tie himself up, and then he entered the account to ask Xu Huang for his guilt.

When Xu Huang saw him like this, he hurriedly helped him up and said, "Why is the general like this?" ”

Lu Jiannai said: "The last general was defeated, please punish the general." ”

"Haha." Xu Huang laughed and said: "I am about to be defeated by you, in order to pride the morale of the Wu army." Tonight you will be able to defeat the enemy. After that, he untied Lu Jian's rope and summoned Xu Shang to discuss the night robbery.

It was around the third watch of the night, and Xu Huang left a few men to guard the camp. Himself and Xu Shang, Lu Jianer will lead troops and horses to rob the Dongwu camp. As soon as I arrived not far in front of the village, I saw a fire in the camp, and the army and horses were in a mess. Xu Huang knew that it was Mi Fang, and Fu Shiren's second general succeeded, and he also commanded the Cao army's iron cavalry to rush in.

The Wu army won a great victory during the day, and the Cao army came to rob the camp at night, not to mention Mi Fang, Fu Shiren was the internal response, and the army was in turmoil for a while, most of the people were not as good as the armor, and the horses were not as good as the saddle. Although Gan Ning and other generals tried their best to resist, they could not stop the Cao army's iron cavalry, and after resisting for a while, they did not see the Lü Meng's army and horses coming to the rescue, so they had to abandon the camp and look at the Lü Meng camp.

Xu Huang chased and killed for a while, and then set fire to the Wu army camp, and then slowly returned to the camp with men and horses until dawn. When he arrived in front of the village, he didn't see anyone come out to greet him, Xu Huang was very puzzled, so he ordered the sergeant to come forward and call the door. But when he heard the sound of a bang, countless bows and arrows were shot out of the camp, and the cavalry in front of Cao's army fell off their horses one after another.

Xu Huang was blocking left and right when he saw a group of people killed by Yuanmen, and the leader smiled and said: "General Xu, I have been waiting here for a long time." "If you look closely, it is Ma Jian who lobbied for himself a few days ago. Xu Huang knew that he had been deceived, so he couldn't help but be angry, and shouted: "Who is with me to take down this thief?" ”

Lu Jian agreed, and then stepped forward with a gun. Behind Ma Tan, he turned around, iron-armored and black-robed, sat down on the black horse, with a gold-backed machete in his hand, and a tiger-faced face, it was Huan Yi. When Lu Jian saw Huan Yi's momentum, he was timid at first, but he didn't dare to retreat, so he had to fight forward and tear it up. In just two or three rounds, Huan Yi was forced to only parry, and he had no power to fight back.

Xu Huang saw that Lu Jian was invincible in the back, so he had to personally lift the axe and step forward. But when he saw Ma Tan's command flag wave, two ambushes were killed on the left and right. After a night of fighting in the Cao army, they were already sleepy and lacking horses, how could they withstand these leftover military horses? As for Mi Fang, Fu Shiren's second general saw that Liu Bei's soul was incompatible with the early fright, and fled backwards. Xu Huang saw that he couldn't resist it, so he ordered Xu Shang to lead the army and horses to retreat first, and cut off himself. Looking at Lu Jian again, he was beheaded by Huan Yi with a knife.

Xu Huang had to fight and leave, and the military horse escaped for several miles before Huan Yi was seen, and Ma Jian chased after him. There were less than 3,000 remnants of the army, and many of them were wounded. I couldn't help but tears in my eyes and was annoyed.

Xu Shang immediately stepped forward and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and the general should make up his mind as soon as possible." ”

Xu Huang sighed and said, "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to retreat to Fancheng and discuss with General Zixiao." After saying that, he led the defeated generals to look north.