Since the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, the Marquis Guan Yu of Hanshou Pavilion personally led tens of thousands of people in Jingxiang to fight to the death with Cao Wei's general Cao Ren, Fancheng has been famous all over the world with the prestige of these two famous generals in the world. It's a pity that at that time, Zhao Shu personally brought Yong reinforcements and flooded the Seventh Army, and Yu Ban, one of the five good generals of Cao Wei, abandoned Wei and surrendered to Han, which finally made this war, which should have been won by Cao Ren, fundamentally changed. With no rescuers outside and no surplus food inside, Cao Ren had to be forced to retreat, and only then did Guan Yu personally set foot on the walls of Fancheng in his lifetime. Then the good times of the Shu army did not last long, Guan Yu and Zhao Shu's army continued to march north, but the situation changed suddenly in the next battle of Jia, due to Gaoping's internal response, the Shu army was defeated. Moreover, Dongwu Lu Meng took the opportunity to seize the southern county of Jingzhou, and Guan Yu finally did not get rid of the dismal end of being in a different place.

Although seven years have passed since this war, and the two famous generals who fought that year have turned to dust, Fancheng still stands on the north bank of Xiangshui, becoming a barrier to the south of Cao Wei. Because Sima Yi seized Wancheng, the location of Fancheng was particularly important, so when Cao Ren entered Fancheng again, he repaired and strengthened it even more. If Shuzhong Sword Pavilion is the first Xiongguan to defend Chengdu, then Fancheng is the first fortified city of Wanluo. Cao Ren is very confident in his many years of operation, when he was transferred back to Beijing, he once said to the general Wen Ping, who came to hand over: "Such a strong city, and there are good generals like generals, even if Zhao Shu pours all his strength into Xishu, he may not be able to break it." Although he said that, Wen Ping has not slackened at all since he was appointed, but has been better than Cao Ren in the past. Because he knew that Fancheng was not just going to block Guo Huai in Jingzhou, but when the imperial court regained Wancheng one day, Fancheng should be like a steel nail inserted in Sima Yi's back, stabbing him into the bone.

Three days ago, Wen Ping had never doubted General Cao Ren's words when he was leaving, but in just three days, Wen Ping no longer seemed to trust the city defense he had carefully supervised. Guo Huai of Jingzhou endured it for several years, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he raised his armor and came with Jingxiang's 50,000 troops. When the Shu Han army arrived at the city, Wen Ping, who was a martial artist, still had a trace of joy from the bottom of his heart, but the next day, when the Shu army attacked the city, Wen Ping's fiery passion was all extinguished by cold water.

The Shu army did not force the attack with a cloud ladder and flying towers as before, but first formed a formation under the city, and then slowly pushed out dozens of hundreds of ox carts from the Chinese army, and then took countless wooden pieces from the carts. In the puzzled eyes of Wen Ping and Manzhong, it took less than half an hour for the Shu army to build a huge catapult with those regular-looking and irregular timbers. When Wen Ping understood the other party's intentions, the boulder the size of a grinding disc in the Shu Han army formation had already smashed over. These huge stones will naturally break their tendons and fracture when they hit people, killing them on the spot, even if they are smashed on the city wall, they will break off a few city bricks. After a few rounds of boulders, the doom of the defenders in the city did not stop, and the Shu army built a number of tall wells, and the arrow towers at the top were all wrapped in wooden planks and animal skins, leaving only a few small holes, and it was in these arrow holes that poisonous arrows were fired like flying locusts. In previous years, some secret agents learned that the Shu Han crossbow was infinitely powerful, but it was only known for a long time, and it was not true. A crossbow and ten shots are powerful, Wen Ping can be regarded as really seeing it at this moment, and the arrows are soaked in huge poison, and the defenders can't save anyone who has them.

In such nightmarish three days, more than half of the Cao army in the city was killed and wounded, and the Shu army suffered only minor losses in a few tentative attacks. The strong city defense that Wen Ping wanted to use to resist Guo Huai's attack did not come in handy at all. Man Chong followed Emperor Taizu Wu Cao Cao to participate in the Battle of Guandu, when Yuan Jun had built a mountain to shoot Cao Jun, and Cao Cao also ordered someone to make a batch of stone machines to counterattack Yuan Shao. The power is quite amazing, it is because Cao Cao later actually called it "Thunderbolt Car", but this car caused trouble, inconvenient to carry, although the power can be, but can not be standing in the army. It is unimaginable that the Shu army can be disassembled and formed at any time, and the power of the assembled machine is far better than the "thunderbolt car" of the year, which is completely incomparable.

Wen Ping is a veteran general who has been in war for a long time, and he is also a resourceful military advisor, but it is the first time to face such a powerful siege equipment of the Shu army, and he is at a loss. The same question appeared in the hearts of both of them, that is, whether Fancheng could still defend it, but they didn't say it to each other.

It's a new day of attack, and the spirit of Wen Ping's strong attack is on the top of the city, and as far as the eye can see, those damn machines are being erected in the Shu Han army array. From the eyes of the soldiers on the left and right, Wen Ping could see more or less fear, for these soldiers who had followed Cao Dasima to face Guan Yu side by side, it didn't seem to be a terrible thing to die in battle, but it was just like being slaughtered like fish on a chopping board, but it was inevitable that there was some trepidation in his heart.

"Father, why don't you take the Shu army to set up the catapult yet, and the child will take someone out to kill first?" Wen hired a son to die first, and his adopted son Wen Xiu went out as his own, stationed in Fancheng with the army, he was originally very brave, but he was angered by the Shu army in the past two days, and attacked Wen Xiu more than once. Wen Ping still shook his head, the Shu army outside the city was several times larger than the Wei army, and Guo Huai was a talent for governing the army and horses. In addition, although the Shu army was still setting up a catapult machine, the formation in front of the army was neat, and according to the rows of archers behind the horses, the crossbowmen could shoot the cavalry rushing out of the city into hedgehogs. Staying in the city and holding on, of course, is to sit still, but it can hold on for some time, if it is a desperate decisive battle, I am afraid that the Shu army will cross Fancheng earlier.

Wen Xiu knew his father's intentions, so he had to sigh and turn away. Man Chong, who had been silent, suddenly called him and asked, "Major General, the place where the southeast corner of the city wall was attacked by the Shu army yesterday can be repaired and improved?" "Wen Xiu has always won the trust of his father, yesterday the Shu army in the arrow stone, had launched a relatively large-scale attack, although the corner of the city wall was broken, but still by Wen Ping and the people desperately blocked back. The repair of the city wall was originally supervised by Wen Ping himself, but because he was injured at the time and tired for days, Wen Xiu persuaded his father to go down to the city to rest and do it himself. I don't want to be full of favors today but ask in person, wouldn't it be clear that I don't believe in myself, Wen Xiu was unhappy in his heart, but it was not good to have a seizure in front of his father, so he had to say: "If the adult is not at ease, you can go with a certain person to check, if you are not satisfied at all, let the adult deal with it." ”

Man Chong knew that Wen Xiu had misunderstood what he meant, and he knew that in the past few days, from the chief general Wen Ping to the ordinary sergeants in the city, they were all holding a sulk in their hearts, and they did not take Wen Xiu as a grievance, so they turned to Wen Xiu and said: "The young general's intention to fight is very good, and we will hold on for three days, and we will not benefit, but the loss will be greater than that of the Shu army." In the opinion of the following officials, it is better to take the initiative to attack and try to destroy the catapults of the Shu army. The people that the Shu army relies on are just these weapons, once destroyed, how can they still storm my city? "Man Pet has always been cautious, Wen Ping didn't expect him to be as impulsive as Wen Xiu, if he could, why didn't Wen Ping want to dismantle all the siege equipment in the Shu army's array, but the Shu army's arrows are powerful, how can the soldiers and horses in the city clash in front of the opponent's formation with the least casualties?

Seeing Wen Ping's doubts, Man Chong continued: "Shu Han is in a corner, and its strength is far inferior to that of Great Wei. Yesterday, the Shu army attacked a round of strong, and the southeast corner of the city almost fell. Since the arrows on the other side are powerful, why don't the generals deliberately show weakness, induce the enemy to fight in close combat, and break them with all their might, and then follow closely with our elite iron cavalry. When the two armies were fighting, even if the Shu army was vicious with bows and crossbows, how could they ignore the lives of their comrades? ”

When he said this, not only Wen Ping knew it in his heart, but even Wen Xiu was also clear, and he had long wanted to go out of the city to kill the Shu army, so he didn't wait for his father to speak, so he preemptively said: "Lord Man's plan is very good, go out to kill the enemy, and the child is willing to be the front." Wen Ping knew that this plan was just a way out of the way, in the face of Shu Han's powerful stone forest arrow rain, continue to hold on, Fancheng will be broken sooner or later, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the soldiers can still fight now, and take the initiative to attack. However, Wen Ping knows that this plan is very dangerous, if the Shu army is strong and the Wei army cannot defeat the enemy army that broke into the city, then Fancheng will only be afraid that Guo Huai's handsome flag will be planted after sunset today.

Seeing that the catapults and wells of the Shu army would be erected again, Wen Xiu once again argued: "Father, although the Shu army is elite, most of them are foot soldiers, my Great Wei cavalry dominates the world, and many of the soldiers in the city are the old department of General Cao Chun's tiger and leopard. As long as you can open the formation, why be afraid of the number of Shu troops? Full of favor knows that his plan is not perfect, but at this moment, what better way can he not succeed, and he can only persuade again: "The matter of the battle assault, the lower official is willing to personally lead the troops to go, if it can be done, everyone is happy, if not, pet a death to repay the country's kindness." The general can still hold on and wait for rescue. ”

After repeated persuasion by the two, Wen Ping finally made up his mind, and said: "Gong is a scribe, and the matter of going to war, but I will pay my father and son." So the order was handed down, and only the soldiers and the disabled were left on the wall, and the elite were hidden in the broken city yesterday, waiting for the Shu army to attack.

The Shu army really did not expect to be full of favors, as in the previous two days, after a burst of rolling arrows and rain of boulders, they sent a large group of foot soldiers to forcibly attack the city, and the corner of the wall that collapsed yesterday was also the top priority of the Shu army's attack. Since Wen Ping issued an order, when the Shu army approached, Wen Xiu only pretended to resist slightly, so he led his people to fight and retreat. However, after a while, the forward of the Shu army broke into the city, and suddenly some people in the army shouted "Cao's army is defeated", and the rear team poured in like a tide.

When the elite cavalry of the Wenpin Institute had been hiding for a long time, they saw more and more people rushing into the gap of the Shu army, and knew that the time had come, so they raised their arms and shouted; As soon as the shout of "kill ......" fell, the four Cao troops all killed together. In the past few days, the sergeants have been suppressed for a long time, and at this moment, they are like tigers out of the cage, interspersed left and right, and burst into the Shu army. The Shu army, which had just rushed into the city, did not expect that the Cao army would be so behind, and before it could form a formation, it was rushed by the Cao army. The form took a sharp turn for the worse, and although he also wanted to resist as hard as he could, he couldn't resist Cao Jun's sprint after all, and had to retreat outside the city.

The soldiers of the Cao army saw that the Shu army was driven out of the city again, and won a victory that was not very large, but the morale was suddenly high, and they all shouted "The general is mighty". Wen Xiu wiped the blood on his face, went straight to his father, and said: "The child will lead people to kill later, and the formation of the Shu army will be disrupted, and my father can respond in the rear, and the waiting plane will destroy the enemy's equipment." Wen Ping also knew that this was a great opportunity, and the soldiers were enthusiastic, and it was the right time to use, but after all, there were ten times the enemy army outside the city, how could he rest assured that Wen Xiu would go on an adventure? So he said, "For the father, you can be first, and you can be last." But where is Wen Xiu willing to listen, there is still a need to fight, but Wen Ping has already taken out a piece of blood from his arms, handed it to Wen Xiu and said: "Today's success or failure is all this battle." As a father, he was deeply favored by the third emperor of Dawei, and he repaid him with death, but he only had one son under his knees, so he had to be a little selfish. For the father to come first, if you win, you can answer later; If you can't win, you must not be rash, and quickly lead your troops back to the city, and protect the city with the Manchurians. This recital was also written by my father last night, and it can only be passed on to Your Majesty by you. ”

Wen Xiu trembled his hands and took the fold over, his father was a heroic hero in his heart, but today he made such a daughter gesture. Could it be that Fancheng really can't hold on anymore? Wen Xiu looked at the back of his father beating his horse away, and suddenly felt some inexplicable fear. was about to carry the reins and follow his father closely, but he was stopped by the full favor next to him, and said in a low voice: "The young general must not live up to the general's hard work." ”

Wen Ping was not afraid of death, but he was unwilling to die, so knowing that Fancheng was not easy to hold, he first drafted a note, thinking that once he died in battle, he would serve the martial arts, and after the two generations of Wen Emperors were kind, he would be carried into Beijing by his adopted son Wen Xiu, so as to preserve his Wen lineage. Man Chong has worked with Wen Ping for many years, and he should be able to understand his private heart. After leaving the city, Wen Ping didn't see Wen Xiu coming out, he felt a little comforted in his heart, and erased the tenderness in his heart, replaced it with a resolute face, and stabbed his spear in the wind, and said, "Erlang, come with me." "Take the lead and rush straight into the rout of the Shu army.

Under another handsome banner outside the city, Guo Huai was also closely watching the changes in the battle situation under the city, and finally showed a smile on his face when he saw Wen Ping and all the elite cavalry in Fancheng follow up and attack. There was also a scribe beside him, but he was more than half younger than the full pet in the city, and he was also smiling at this moment, and asked closely, "General, do you want to order the young general to attack?" Guo Huai shook his head slightly, and said: "It's rare to lure Wen Ping out, so you must not let him enter the city again, and wait for a while." The young scribe took a step back and said no more. Guo Huai was afraid that he was young and thin-faced, and said with a smile: "Today we will definitely capture Fancheng, and I will make all the unfulfilled wishes of the year." ”

This young man is Ma Bing, the son of Ma Liang, and since Ma Liang's death, he has studied under Yi and others, and has been listening to it in Jingzhou. Later, before Yi Ji died, he felt that this son was blue and better than blue, so he wrote to Zhao Shu and highly recommended it. Zhao Shu was an old friend of Ma Liang, and believed in the recommendation of the Yi nationality, so he took it as a long history and assisted Guo Huai in guarding Jingxiang. This time, Guo Huai led the army to the north, leaving Yu Gui and other generals not to use, although he was considering the defense of Jiangxia in Eastern Wu Gaoping, he also wanted to take the opportunity to train these juniors. When Guan Yu attacked Fancheng that year, Ma Liang also went with the army to fight again, although he did not die together, but it was caused by the defeat of Fancheng. Therefore, Ma Bing was able to fight with the army, and he had a different feeling in his heart, not only wanting to make contributions, but also wanting to make up for his father's regrets.

Ma Bing's expression darkened slightly when he heard Guo Huai mention his deceased father, and then he said: "This time we can quickly capture Fancheng, all of them are the divine power of the general." Guo Huai shook his head and smiled: "I don't dare to fight for merit, if it weren't for the general's skill, to create such a powerful siege weapon, and to use it for the first time, I was at a loss for Wenpin, otherwise how could I make such a feat in just three or five days?" Ma Bing naturally knew that these devices were designed by Zhao Shu and made by others, and the two of them had not seen each other for many years. What Ma Bing left in his heart was still Zhao Shu's dedication to his father's funeral, and in recent years, he has also sent people to Jingzhou from time to time to inquire about his current situation. To be able to follow such a willing, intentional and knowledgeable general, Ma Bing naturally has to be more conscientious and conscientious, as the foundation for future advancement.

The two only said these few words, Wen Ping's cavalry had rushed to the front of the Shu army not far away, although the Shu army had bows and arrows, but the crossbow was because there were many defeated Shu troops in front of the Cao army, so they did not dare to let go of the arrows. Seeing that the forward of the Cao army was about to be inserted into the Shu Han army array, Guo Huainai ordered the flag officer to move the banner, and saw that the front of the Shu army was also fighting and retreating, and with the retreat of the defeated army in front, along with those siege equipment, they were also ignored and thrown away with the Cao army.

Wen Ping led the troops to destroy these machines and then willingly, but he never noticed the movement of the Shu army, just waved the army to kill, and when he rushed into the Shu army formation and personally knocked down a catapult with a spear, he suddenly realized that Guo Huai's army was far superior to his own, how could he easily let his cavalry conflict come forward? As soon as Wen Ping's mind turned, he listened to the loud drums behind Shu Han, and the left and right wings actually killed two teams of cavalry out of nowhere and plunged straight into the back of Cao Jun. Wen Ping immediately understood that Guo Huai was a ploy to lure the enemy, and wanted to use this to encircle and annihilate himself under Fancheng. He was a battle-hardened general, knowing that the situation was very unfavorable, and seeing that the Shu army's equipment had been damaged by half, and the purpose of the battle had been achieved, he shouted and ordered his subordinates to stop their advances, quickly retract, and withdraw to the city.

The Shu army is known for its footmen, but Guo Huai is an old general of Xiahou Yuan, who once guarded Yongliang, deeply studied cavalry tactics, and knew that he wanted to compete with Cao Wei for hegemony, and it was impossible to have no available cavalry. So in the past few years, he collected war horses with Yu Gui and others in Jingzhou, and finally formed this few cavalry, named "Benlei". There are not enough war horses in the south, Guo Huai knows that good steel is to be used on the blade, so for the training of these cavalry, he is more dedicated to the training, and after a few years, it can be regarded as a small achievement. In this attack on Fancheng, Guo Huai really intended to fight a quick victory, and to use all the family funds together to force Wen Ping to fight. When Wen Ping planned to leave the city, Guo Huai even had 3,000 "thunder horses" from the bottom of the box to the battlefield.

In order to allow Cao's army to go deeper into the siege, Guo Huai Ning was willing to give up a large number of siege equipment, Rao is Wenpin reacted quickly, and his subordinate sergeants were well-trained, but after all, it was still a step too late. The Shu army soon cut off the return route of the Wenpin cavalry, and cut it in two with the Wenxiu Department behind. At this time, the infantry of the Shu army, which was defeated by Wen Ping, gradually formed a formation, pressed up, and formed a siege. The cavalry of the Shu army has not been fought, although the elite can not be compared with Wen Ping's subordinates, but after all, the encirclement has been completed, and the number is more than the Cao army.

Guo Huai saw that the soldiers around Wen Ping were fighting less and less, and there were more and more blood stains on his body, but the spear in his hand was becoming more and more brave, and he couldn't help but sigh, and turned to Ma Bingdao: "When Wen Ping was in Jingzhou in the past, his reputation was far above Wei Wenchang, and today's battle is really extraordinary." Ma Bing also nodded and said: "Sure enough, it's a tiger general, could it be that the general intends to surrender?" Guo Huai glanced at Wen Ping in the formation a few more times, shook his head and said: "He is deeply favored by the Lord of Wei, and he has always been known for his loyalty, and he will never surrender." The words were repeated: "Pass down the general's order, and those who can get a civil appointment, regardless of life or death, will be rewarded." As soon as these words came out, several powerful generals behind Guo Huai shouted the general order, and rushed to the front of the battle together, wanting to get a heavy reward.

Wen Ping was in the chaos, and he also felt that the Shu army was invincible, surrounded by one layer and another layer, and vaguely knew in his heart that there was no hope of survival. Suddenly, I heard someone shouting in the Shu army array: "General Guo has an order, and those who are hired by the civil service will be rewarded regardless of life or death." At this moment, all the subordinates around Wen Ping were killed in battle, and he also suffered multiple wounds, and the burning pain on the wound made him feel unsupportable. And when the Shu army got such an order, they squeezed forward more and more desperately, and greeted Wen Ping with swords, guns, swords, and halberds. Wen Ping knew that he could not be the enemy, but he was afraid of being captured and humiliated, so he swept the gun and forced the Shu army to retreat, and shouted: "Stop." ”

At this moment, Wen Ping's whole body was stained with blood, like a bloody person, this earth-shattering shout, the momentum was overwhelming, and it made the surrounding Shu troops stand together and stop stepping forward. Wen Ping took a breather, but looked at the north and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Weichen can no longer be loyal." Then he drew his sword and slew himself in front of the battle. The left and right Shu armies were stunned when they saw the self-determination of Wen Ping, and then there was another general who remembered General Guo Huai's order first, and he was greedy for a reward in his heart, so he was ready to move, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of others, and rushed forward to get the head of Wen Ping. Someone took the lead, and the left and right sergeants also suddenly remembered and stepped forward to fight together. Everyone refused to give in, and actually divided Wenpin's body into several pieces. When Guo Huai passed the order to him, it was too late, so he had to put it away, and when the war was over, he would be buried with needles and threads.