After Ma Chao promised him, a smile appeared on Guan Yu's face, and he turned his head to look at Mi Yang.

Realizing Guan Yu's gaze, Mi Yang bowed to Guan Yu and waited for his orders.

"Regarding the battle with the thief army in the coming day, I have already arranged it in my heart."

"On that day, I will distribute 60,000 troops in the front, middle and rear armies, with 20,000 men each, and the front army will be commanded by Yide as the vanguard of our army."

"The Chinese army will be my personal commander, responsible for the central strategy, and I plan to hand over the rear army to you, responsible for supporting the flanks of the army."

Hearing Guan Yu's arrangement, some surprise flashed on Mi Yang's face.

Because on the first day he arrived outside Fancheng, Guan Yu made it clear to him that the purpose of summoning him was to let him learn more.

So Mi Yang didn't expect that Guan Yu would let him command an army alone in the crucial battle in the coming days.

But if you think about it carefully, Guan Yu's arrangement is very normal.

Although he himself is still young, his current military exploits are currently only below Guan Yu, and his reputation in the army is only below Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

And now his official position is one of the only four heavy-sized generals in the army.

Under the circumstance that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao all have tasks, he will be the commander of this last army, which can be said to be the right thing to do.

It's just that although Guan Yu asked him to be the chief general of the rear army, it is a normal thing, but Guan Yu's move undoubtedly reflects his great trust in himself.

Therefore, after listening to Guan Yu's words, Mi Yang bowed to Guan Yu and said: "The minister will live up to the trust of the general and swear not to let the enemy pose a threat to the flank of our army." ”

Mi Yang's promise made Guan Yu fall into memories for a while.

On that night more than a year ago, Mi Yang, who was not known to the world, also stood in the camp outside Fancheng, standing in front of him and making a promise to him.

"There are ministers in one day, and Wu Gou will not be allowed to take a step beyond the public security."

At that time, Mi Yang was full of heroic promises, and Guan Yu still remembers it vividly when he thinks about it now.

Judging from Mi Yang's later performance, he did not break his promise to him, and he fulfilled his promise very well.

Now when Mi Yang, who already had a great reputation in the world, stood in front of him again and made a promise, which made Guan Yu's gaze at Mi Yang softened even more.

The young man standing in front of him is not only his old department, but also his son-in-law, and the successor he wants in his heart.

In fact, Guan Yu intended to appoint Mi Yang as the chief general of the rear army, in addition to the reasons that Mi Yang thought, there were other reasons.

One reason is that among the 60,000 Han troops, 10,000 troops are Mi Yang's descendants.

Let Mi Yang command the 10,000-strong Han army, which will undoubtedly allow the 10,000-strong Han army to exert greater combat effectiveness.

Another reason is that Guan Yu wants to protect Mi Yang.

The decisive battle in Japan is already on the agenda.

For this decisive battle, he has been preparing for too much and too long.

Ever since he had led his army on the land outside Fancheng a few months ago, and everything he had done to this day, he had been trying to weaken the enemy's forces by various means.

This is due to the strength of the enemy army.

Guan Yu is arrogant, but he is not empty-sighted.

Guan Yu knew that the Wei army, both in terms of equipment and the elite of the soldiers, was above the Han army, just as he said to Liu Bei before: "The northern enemy is strong, and I need strong generals." ”

It is well known to the whole world that the soldiers in the north have strong combat effectiveness.

Under such circumstances, even though the current situation seems to be favorable to the Han army, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can guarantee that the Han army will win the decisive battle in the coming day.

It is even possible that the Han army will be the losing side.

And with such a result, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are actually ready in their hearts.

Because of this, Guan Yu will strongly persuade Liu Bei to return to Xiangyang City, and because of this, Zhang Fei will follow Guan Yu inseparably for this period of time.

The three brothers all know that they will face a vicious battle next, and after the vicious battle, life and death are unpredictable, so they must always cherish the present.

Don't look at Guan Yu's calm behavior for a long time, Zhang Fei's performance has been in a big state for a long time, but both of them are ready to die on the battlefield in their hearts.

This is the preparation that the two of them have been preparing in their hearts since they followed Liu Bei to join the army.

It's just that in this battle, Guan Yu can't help but fight.

Because a similar battle will be fought sooner or later, if he doesn't fight today, then the next day will be left to Mi Yang or others to fight, and the Wei army at that time will only be stronger than now.

As an elder and a generation of famous generals, Guan Yu will not allow such a thing to happen.

There is a generation of things, and he has to do what he should do while he is still alive.

It's just that although I have such thoughts in my heart, all generals should think about defeat first and then win.

If the Han army loses this battle, Mi Yang can't do anything.

With Mi Yang and Prime Minister here, even if his generation is gone, the Han Dynasty will at least be able to live for more than ten years.

The torch is passed on and grows endlessly.

Although Guan Yu arranged the heavy task of guarding the flanks for Mi Yang's rear army, if the Han army was defeated, Mi Yang, the main general who was responsible for guarding the flanks, would be easier to retreat.

Mi Yang didn't know Guan Yu's thoughts now, he only knew that Guan Yu was looking at him with a soft gaze.

And after Guan Yu watched Mi Yang for a long time, he stretched out his hands and patted Mi Yang's shoulders and said, "My master book, my joining the army, don't let me down." ”

Hearing that Guan Yu didn't think of his current official position, but instead remembered the two official positions he held for the first time, Mi Yang's face also showed a smile.

In the past two years, because of his many military achievements, he has held many official positions.

It's just that Mi Yang, who is now General Zuo, always remembers the two official positions that Guan Yu gave him back then.

Mi Yang is a person who misses the old and knows how to be grateful.

"Yui."

Facing Guan Yu, Mi Yang said this word heavily.

After Mi Yang finished saying this, Guan Yu asked Ma Chao and Mi Yang to go down first to prepare.

And after Mi Yang and Ma Chao left, Zhang Fei got up and came to Guan Yu's side, Zhang Fei asked Guan Yu, "Brother, is Ma Chao credible?" ”

Regarding Zhang Fei's doubts, Guan Yu nodded and said: "Although Ma Chao is not a loyal person, he is not a person who does not know the current situation. ”

Hearing Guan Yu say this, Zhang Fei quietly let go of the worries in his heart.

He has always been a good obedient brother.

Then Guan Yu turned to look at Zhang Fei, he saw that Zhang Fei had a sword hanging from his waist, and asked curiously: "According to military law, generals are not allowed to wear blades when they are deliberating. ”

"I don't even wear a sword these days, so why do you always carry a sword with you?"

Hearing Guan Yu's question, Zhang Fei replied: "The heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and it is Ma Chao who I am guarding against." ”

In front of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei did not hide his jealousy of Ma Chao at all.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that it was difficult to carry a spear in the big tent, Zhang Fei wouldn't mind carrying a spear to discuss matters.

After listening to Zhang Fei's answer, Guan Yu couldn't help laughing and said: "With me in the big tent, even if Ma Chao has some intentions, how can I do it?" ”

When Guan Yu said this, an incomparable confidence appeared on his face.

But after Zhang Fei listened to Guan Yu's words, he muttered and said, "My brother used to say this Feixin. But now Feidu has heard from His Majesty that his brother is sick, and he can't show his martial arts even if he wants to. ”

"Brother is fine now, but if he gets sick, he can't rely on me to protect you."

What Zhang Fei said was what he was saying, but when Zhang Fei's words fell into Guan Yu's ears, Guan Yu seemed to have heard some big joke.

Will he Guan Yu need someone to protect him?

A head-on battle can take his life, I'm afraid Lu Bu wouldn't dare to say such a big thing in the world.

Guan Yu looked at Zhang Fei angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about this Zhuojun man, and you want to protect me." ”

"I don't know who was defeated under me when I joined the army in Zhuo County, if it wasn't for my mercy, you would have died a long time ago."

Hearing Guan Yu talk about this, Zhang Fei suddenly became anxious.

"I mentioned this again, I was drunk in the first place!"

Seeing Zhang Fei's anxious appearance, Guan Yu couldn't help laughing.

And seeing that Guan Yu began to laugh because of the "unbearable" past, the eagerness on Zhang Fei's face became even stronger.

It's just that Zhang Fei, who has always been quite anxious, couldn't find a word of justification in front of Guan Yu at this time.

As a result, Zhang Fei's whole face turned red with anger.

Seeing Zhang Fei's performance, the laughter in Guan Yu's mouth became louder and louder.

Listening to Guan Yu's laughter, Zhang Fei said angrily: "Then it seems that who kills more enemies in the day." ”

"Don't brother, you won't be able to lift the knife by then, and you want me to save you."

Guan Yu's laughter came to an abrupt end because of Zhang Fei's words.

"You're talking about I'm old?"

"Or else?"

"How unreasonable, when I flooded the Seventh Army, you were still training in Brazil!"

"Then when I was beating Cao Ren outside Jiangling City, you were still being beaten by Le Jin around Xiangyang!"

Zhang Fei's words undoubtedly ignited Guan Yu's anger even more.

It's really a pot that can't be opened!

So Guan Yu's next counterattack followed.

At this moment, outside the big tent, there are heavily guarded guards.

In the big tent, the two most powerful generals in the Han Dynasty except Liu Bei are constantly "arguing" with each other.

At this time, they didn't have the slightest appearance, and they used to look majestic in front of outsiders.

This is a scene that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have never shown to outsiders, and this scene will not be recorded in the history books.

This scene is very undignified, but it inexplicably makes people feel very warm.

And this scene will only happen between the three brothers Liu Guanzhang.

Although they are both old men, the pure brotherly love has crossed the boundaries of age.

In their eyes, each other is still the same as when they were young.

Age may allow them to learn to grow, but it will not erase the way they get along with each other.

After a short period of quarreling, Zhang Fei felt a little tired.

After he slowed down, he suddenly called Guan Yudao:

"Brother."

"Huh?"

"After the big war, we went to Shinno for a drink together.

There is a peach forest there, very similar to the one in my house in Zhuo County, call Your Majesty together. ”

"Hmm."

...

The Han army's move to withdraw from the siege outside Fancheng was soon discovered by Zhang Liao outside Yancheng.

After Zhang Liao found out the news, on the one hand, he hurriedly ordered someone to report the news to Cao Pi in Wancheng quickly, and on the other hand, he immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter.

After the generals arrived and learned the news, Zhang Liao's big tent immediately fell into an uproar.

It was too sudden.

After all, not long ago, the Han army was trying to lure them into battle, but now they have just revealed the news that they want to fight, and the Han army has begun to withdraw from the siege.

Does this mean to prepare for a retreat?

Isn't that teasing them?

The most important thing is that if these tens of thousands of Han troops are allowed to retreat to Xiangyang unharmed, then these generals will definitely bear Cao Pi's anger.

Fortunately, according to the spies, the Han army is only withdrawing from outside Fancheng in an orderly manner, and it does not seem that their actions mean to retreat urgently.

It's just that despite this, they can't be indifferent to this move of the Han army.

So in the middle of the discussion, the generals of the Wei army quickly reached a consensus.

That is, no matter what the purpose of the Han army is, they must move.

At the moment when the generals of the Wei army reached a consensus under Cao Pi's high pressure, the opinion of Zhang Liao, the main general, was no longer important.

Even the opinion of Du Xian, the guardian of the festival, is no longer important.

Because the person who is actually commanding this army at the moment is Cao Pi, who is hundreds of miles away.

Under the unanimous advice of the generals, Zhang Liao could only send Sun Li to lead 10,000 Wei troops to quickly rush to the outside of Fancheng.

On the one hand, Zhang Liao's arrangement allowed Sun Li to observe in real time what the next step was after the Han army withdrew from Fancheng.

On the other hand, when the Han army really intends to retreat, let the 10,000 Wei troops led by Sun Li cooperate with the Wei army in Fancheng and bite the Han army that wants to retreat.

With 20,000 Wei troops behind them, it is impossible for the Han army to cross the river to the south unscrupulously.

As for why he didn't lead the entire Wei army to attack immediately, on the one hand, it took a long time to gather the entire army, and on the other hand, it was because of the holy decree issued by Cao Pi before.

In Cao Pi's edict, he not only ordered Zhang Liao to be ready to go to war at any time, but also told Zhang Liao that he was mobilizing other good generals to go south.

If the Han army had been surrounding Fancheng as before, then naturally Cao Pi's holy decree would not have much of a problem.

But once the situation changes dramatically, then with Cao Pi's holy decree, Zhang Liao is at a loss at all.

Since ancient times, it has been forbidden to be exempted from foreign kings' orders in order to prevent such a situation.

But now Zhang Liao is nominally the chief general of the 60,000 Wei army, but his power to make decisions on the fly has actually been deprived by Cao Pi.

Therefore, Zhang Liao can only make this arrangement at present.

This is also due to Zhang Liao's rich experience, and if he is an ordinary general, I am afraid that he is already at a loss in the face of this sudden situation.

After Sun Li received Zhang Liao's military order, he immediately led 10,000 Wei troops out of the camp and rushed towards Fancheng.

Yancheng and Fancheng were not far away, and it didn't take long for Sun Li's army to reach outside Fancheng.

And when Sun Li led the army to reach outside Fancheng, he saw that there was already a Wei army outside Fancheng, and the Han army, which was pulling out the camp one after another, was staring at them from a short distance.

This Wei army was the defenders of Fancheng led by Cao Xiu, who had been trapped for several months.