Liaohua, the word is frugal, and the Liao family has been a wealthy family in southern China for generations.

When Guan Yu became a former general, Guan Yu appointed Liao Hua as his chief secretary.

Later, because of Mi Yang's outstanding performance, Guan Yu awarded the post of chief bookkeeper to Mi Yang, and transferred Liao Hua to the governor of the tent.

In history, there is no such person as Zhou Cang, and in this life, Liao Hua assumes the responsibility of Zhou Cang.

Liao incarnated as the general's subordinate governor, in charge of Guan Yu's personal soldiers, and under his convocation, soon all the generals who were currently in Xiangyang had already arrived in the military camp outside the city.

After the generals arrived, Guan Yu put on his armor and came to the big tent.

After Guan Yu arrived, the faces of all the generals showed a look of worship, and they all got up and saluted Guan Yu.

Perhaps in the past two years, Mi Yang's military exploits have been the crown of all generals, but in the decades when Mi Yang had not yet emerged, the first general under Liu Bei was only Guan Yu.

Decades of qualifications, decades of military exploits, even if Mi Yang has made great military exploits, it is incomparable with Guan Yu.

What's more, the Battle of Xiangfan, which was known as Megatron Huaxia, was different from the original history when Guan Yu had no choice but to retreat.

After he sent Mi Yang to garrison the public security, he first punished Xu Huang to break through the external troubles of Fancheng, and later when Cao Cao personally led an army of 100,000 and countless Cao Wei elites went south.

With several times his strength lower than Cao Cao's, he blocked Cao Cao's army from moving south, so that the last battle of Cao Cao's life ended in failure, and he could only die with regret in the end.

That's Emperor Wei Wu, who is in perfect resourcefulness and experience!

It can be said that in the first battle of Xiangfan in this world, Guan Yu is fully worthy of the words "Megatron Huaxia" in terms of his overall performance in the battle.

No one will question Guan Yu's ability because of Guan Yu's final result.

And Guan Yu's life is not a hundred battles, he has been defeated in his life.

But every time he was defeated, he was able to learn from the defeat for his own use, and then grew up quickly until he reached the height he is today.

If you compare Mi Yang and Guan Yu, the son-in-law of Weng, although both of them are currently famous generals of the Han Dynasty.

But compared with Mi Yang's talent, Guan Yu's experience of becoming a famous general can inspire the hearts of generals more, and it is more suitable as the idol of most generals.

For all these reasons, even if Guan Yu doesn't pay attention to etiquette, he has asked the generals not to be polite in the army.

But the generals who have always regarded Guan Yu's orders as the norm still unconsciously got up and saluted Guan Yu when they saw Guan Yu.

Seeing this scene, Guan Yu was also a little helpless.

But the military situation is urgent, and he can't care about so much.

He quickly came to his place and sat down, and then waved his hand to let the generals in the tent sit down, and after sitting down, Guan Yu explained the purpose of his gathering of generals today.

"Now that the autumn harvest in Jingzhou has ended, our army has enough food, and it is time to attack Fancheng again!"

When Guan Yu's sonorous words came out, the faces of all the generals present were excited.

Later generations knew Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, but looking at the time period when Liu Bei really had the strength to carry out the Northern Expedition, in fact, the Northern Expedition launched by Ji Han was not all led by Zhuge Liang.

For example, the Battle of Hanzhong personally commanded by Liu Bei that year, such as the Battle of Xiangfan led by Guan Yu last year.

No matter in terms of the scale, direction or purpose of these two Han battles, these two wars can be regarded as the battles of the Northern Expedition.

And these two mighty battles of the Northern Expedition ended with the victory of the Han Dynasty.

So when Guan Yu proposed to launch the Northern Expedition again, the faces of all the generals present were excited.

They looked at Guan Yu with fanatical eyes, and they were all willing to follow the great general of the Han in front of them and restore the old land for the great Han.

After saying his purpose, Guan Yu began to mobilize his troops.

Although some of the generals in Jingzhou are guarding the southern Xinjiang for the Han Dynasty, there are also many generals who have stayed in Xiangyang and followed Guan Yu for a long time.

As early as when Liu Bei left Jingzhou, Guan Yu was always thinking about the Northern Expedition.

Who leads how many soldiers and what tasks should be completed.

How many troops did Cao Xiu have on the other side of the Han River, and what preparations he made to defend him, in the past year, Guan Yu had already made a decision in his heart about this kind of situation.

Guan Yu advocates the royal way in the use of soldiers, and his style of using soldiers is a bit like the general Wei of the year.

Although he rarely uses tricks, he always thinks about each step very clearly, and then implements it step by step according to the plan in his heart.

Although this style of employing troops sometimes does not produce quick results, it can gradually compress the enemy's living space and keep oneself in an advantageous position.

And once he marches steadily, encountering favorable weather or geography in his favor, then Guan Yu will keenly grasp this rare fighter and rapidly expand his results.

Unless there are some accidents, such as the rebellion of Shiren and Mi Fang in the original history, Guan Yu's style of using troops is the most suitable for large corps combat.

Guan Yu's tone was very majestic, although his speed of speech was not fast, but because he had already considered it in his heart, he arranged his arrangement in a short time.

When Guan Yu gave all the orders, all the generals present got up one after another, and then retreated with the order, and hurried to make preparations before the army.

After the generals left, only Guan Yu and Ma Liang were left in the tent.

Ma Liang was appointed by Liu Bei as the assassin of Jingzhou in the previous reward of Liu Bei as the emperor.

Because he did not have a military position, and the general Guan Yu of Jingzhou was there, Ma Liang did not participate in the specific leadership of troops on weekdays, but was more responsible for raising food and grass for Guan Yu and planning military aircraft.

In the big tent, Guan Yu looked at Ma Liangyan and said, "The next thing is going to be hard."

Listening to Guan Yu's words, Ma Liang humbly bowed to Guan Yu and said, "It is Liang's duty to raise food and grass for the general, so why talk about hard work?"

The three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and now the autumn harvest in Jingzhou has just ended, and many harvested rice has not yet been put into the warehouse.

Under such circumstances, there is no doubt that the burden on Ma Liang is very heavy, which is why Guan Yu said this to Ma Liang.

In the eyes of the world, Guan Yu's character is light on doctors and heavy on soldiers.

But Guan Yu despises the scholars, but only those who he thinks are famous, and Guan Yu is also respectful to the scholars who are worthy of their fame.

Just like Zhao Lei and Wang Fu, who were willing to die for Guan Yu in history, if Guan Yu didn't pay attention to them in the past, would they repay Guan Yu with their lives?

In Guan Yu's eyes, as Liu Bei once said to him, Ma Yan's reputation is too much and he is useless, but Ma Liang can be said to be worthy of his name and reality, and he is a scholar who deserves his attention.

After answering Guan Yu, Ma Liang looked at Guan Yu with a concerned look, and he said to Guan Yu in a reminding tone:

"It seems that the spirit of General Liangguan has been lacking recently, and I hope that the general will not be tired when dealing with military affairs."

Guan Yu's headache may not be known to ordinary people, but as the current second-in-command of Jingzhou, Ma Liang certainly knows it.

There were even a few times when Guan Yu covered his head in front of him when he was discussing with him.

It's just that in the face of Ma Liang's concern, Guan Yu said with a smile: "Ji Chang forgot about scraping my bones and healing his wounds?"

Hearing Guan Yu mention this, Ma Liang showed a look of admiration on his face.

Guan Yu was once in the middle of the loss of the thief army, and the loss ran through his left arm.

Although the superficial wound healed later, because Guan Yu did not recuperate well at that time, the bone in Guan Yu's left arm often felt pain whenever it was rainy.

After the examination, the medical officer said to Guan Yu: "The loss of the arrow is poisonous, the poison enters the bones, when the arm is broken and the wound is made, the bone is scraped to remove the poison, and then the ear is removed."

After listening to the doctor's words, Guan Yu stretched out his arm and ordered the doctor to crack.

At that time, Guan Yu happened to be at a banquet for the generals, and under the crackling of the medical officer, Guan Yu's left arm was bleeding like an infusion, and it was full of plates.

But Guan Yu didn't seem to feel afraid at all, eating meat and drinking at the same time, laughing freely.

Ma Liang was also present at that time, and that scene left a deep impression on him, and it was that scene that made Ma Liang feel a huge admiration for Guan Yu in his heart.

After Guan Yu mentioned this matter to Ma Liang, he said to Ma Liang:

"I am a mediocre being, and I have been made by the Lord. When he heard that Cao Ren was destroyed, he immediately wanted to attack Fancheng and open a northward passage for Jingzhou.

On the occasion of the autumn harvest, I am not willing to pay for it. This autumn's harvest is over, the Central Plains is covered with dust, I am favored by the king, how dare I love my life!

If I can't destroy the front and punish the thief to restore the old capital, although there is no supreme honor, how expensive is it.

As a general of the Han Dynasty, although there is no clear decree of the Son of Heaven, the time is not waiting for me.

I have fought all my life, I have suffered a lot, and I am a little uncomfortable, how dare I spare my life?

I will make up my mind, and there will be no doubts."

Guan Yu brought up the old story again, not to boast about himself.

Guan Yu mentioned this to Ma Liang, meaning to tell Ma Liang that he had been fighting for decades and had suffered countless wounds on his body.

The pain in his arm at the beginning was no different from the headache he had now, and in Guan Yu's opinion, it couldn't stop his heart from serving the country.

Hearing Guan Yu say this, although Ma Liang was still a little worried, he finally stopped talking.

As Guan Yu said, if he is a person who cherishes his life, is he still the Guan Yunchang who shocked Huaxia at the beginning?

After reminding Guan Yu, Ma Liang slowly withdrew from the main account and went to arrange everything.

Looking at the back of Ma Liang leaving, Guan Yu had some deep thought in his eyes.

...

Fancheng has a long history of establishing a county, and has existed in Jingzhou for hundreds of years.

The geographical location of Fancheng is very special, when Cao Cao took Fancheng, Xiangyang County was placed and Fancheng was subordinated.

But although Xiangyang and Fancheng were originally in the political area set by Cao Cao, they belonged to the same county.

However, between Fancheng and Xiangyang, it is separated by a vast Han River.

Because the distance between Fancheng and Xiangyang is quite close, before Guan Yu's army began to cross the Han River, Cao Xiu, the general of Cao Wei who led the troops stationed in Fancheng, had already found out the news.

When Cao Xiu learned of this news, he immediately summoned the generals and began to discuss the military situation.

Faced with the fact that Guan Yu's army was about to cross the Han River, the generals all had a look of fear on their faces after hearing the news.

The generals in Fancheng have known about the battle in Xicheng over time.

At this juncture when Cao Ren was killed in battle, Guan Yu led a large army to attack Fancheng, and this information was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for them.

But compared with the look of fear on the faces of most of the generals, among the generals summoned by Cao Xiu, there were still some generals who remained calm.

Among them, for example, was a general named Sun Li.

Sun Li, the word Deda, is a native of Rongcheng, Zhuo County.

When Sun Li was young, he was separated from his mother, and when Ma Tai, a native of Laixiang, rescued his mother, and the mother and son were reunited, Sun Li gave all the family wealth to Ma Tai to show his gratitude.

Later, Cao Cao conquered Youzhou and recruited Sun Li to seek help for the air force.

At that time, Ma Tai was about to face the death penalty because he was implicated in the incident, and Sun Li, who had already held power at that time, privately let Ma Tai escape from prison in order to repay his old favor.

He himself did not want to abscond, so he went straight to the place where the master was warm and turned himself in.

After Wen Hui found out the whole story, he admired Sun Li's kindness and retribution, so he informed Cao Cao of the matter, and finally Sun Li and Ma Tai were exempted from capital crimes.

Soon Sun Li was promoted to the post of Hejian County Governor and then moved to the position of Governor of Xingyang.

At that time, there were hundreds of bandits in the territory of Lu State, and they were in danger of harming the people, so the court ordered Sun Li to be the prime minister of Lu State.

Upon his arrival, Sun Li immediately rewarded the military officials, ordering that those who had the head of the thief should be rewarded.

On the other hand, he imposed a policy of gentleness on the thieves, recruiting them to surrender and annex them, and soon the local social order improved.

Now Sun Li is holding the position of Xiangyang Taishou.

After knowing that Guan Yu on the other side was carrying out a large number of troop and horse transfers, Sun Li immediately got up and suggested to Cao Xiu:

"The thief army has Han water as its basis, and it will be light and decisive, in order to fight quickly, so our army cannot fight them head-on today.

Our army should divide its forces to defend Yancheng, so that they cannot penetrate deep into the borders of our army, and delay as much time as possible to drain their spirit.

Then calmly select thousands of elite cavalry, go south along the Hanshui River, wait for the Hanshui River to be cut off, cross the river and cut off their grain route, this is the best way.

If you order other county magistrates near Fancheng, you must rely on the danger to hold on to yourself.

It is the general method to burn all the rest except for the food and supplies that they use, and then cut all the crops in the fields, so that the invading enemy has nothing to replenish and save.

If you want to take the initiative to attack the thief army by virtue of the advantage of attacking half-crossing, this is the worst way for the minister to think."

After Sun Li came out to make suggestions, he listed the upper, middle and lower three strategies according to the current situation.

After listening to Sun Li's advice, Cao Xiu decisively adopted Sun Li's best strategy.

In Cao Xiu's opinion, because of the existence of Han Shui, Guan Yu's army attacking Fancheng was not an expedition, so Sun Li's central strategy did not play a big role.

As for the next strategy, although it is the most appropriate way in the art of war.

But the Wei army did not have the right to control the water, the Han water was long, and the Wei army could not predict where the Han army would land, how could it attack halfway?

In contrast, Sun Li's best strategy is the most in line with today's approach.

So Cao Xiu immediately asked Sun Li to lead thousands of troops out of Zhenyancheng, and he himself led the rest of the army to garrison Fancheng, waiting for the arrival of Guan Yu's army.

And when Sun Li led thousands of troops out of the town of Yancheng, Guan Yu's army officially began to cross the river!

At the beginning of October of the first year of Han Zhangwu, the Han general Guan Yu led 40,000 troops, known as 70,000, and crossed the river from the Han River to Fancheng.

After a year, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng again!