Chapter 292: Yu Ban's Decision
Hawkers, judging from the second master's reaction, these days, there is really no such thing as a military order.
The origin of the military order, because there is too little information, there is basically no way to start the test, only know that the earliest is the Ming and Qing Dynasty scripts.
I really don't know if there was such a thing in specific history.
However, if Zhang Xi explained a little, the second master would be able to understand what the military order meant.
It is just a specific combat content, reward and punishment measures, and a document signed and approved by both sides.
The second master dares to set up this thing, but the problem is that the second master is the boss himself, who does he want to guarantee that he can complete this task, and who will punish him if he can't complete it?!
Zhang Xi smiled and said two words - "Lord".
The second master's face changed for a long time, and finally stopped.
Zhang Xi actually changed the law and told Guan Yu that as a guard, you are the lord Liu Bei's trust and expectations for you.
If you are still Guan Yu in the period of the North Dao now, and you have nothing to worry about, then it's okay to go, Zhang Xi really won't stop you.
But now, you have the great trust of the lord to you, and the safety of Jingzhou is pinned on you alone, the first thing you have to do is to be cautious and not take risks, and then consider completing the task given to you by the main bus.
You really can't just be out of character.
If you say this directly to Guan Yu, Guan Yu's temperament may really not be the same thing, because the second master has absolute confidence in himself.
But Zhang Xi brought out Liu Bei and let Guan Yu figure it out by himself, which was much more useful than Zhang Xi's persuasion.
The next day, the second master's face was still gloomy, but he didn't mention anything to stop Cao Jun, but continued to command the catapult to smash the wall and attack the city.
And this smash was directly smashed for three days.
After smashing in the morning and smashing in the afternoon, the full pet who smashed it was eager to go out of the city directly, and die with those catapults.
Then Yu Ban arrived.
When Guan Yu attacked Fancheng for almost a month, Yu Ban finally led the Seventh Army, more than 30,000 people, to reach ten miles north of Fancheng.
Yu Ban did not directly enter Fancheng, but guarded on the spot, set up a village outside the city, and became a horn with Fancheng.
After doing this, Yu Bancai sent people to test Guan Yu's camp and contact Fancheng's guards.
Guan Yu noticed that Yu Ban led the Seventh Army to arrive, and did not send catapults to continue the siege, but asked Zhang Xi to hide the catapults in the camp first, and personally led an army to investigate Yu Ban's camp.
Yu Ban heard the report of the Tanma that Guan Yu personally led an army to investigate, climbed high in the camp to observe, and found that Guan Yu only brought more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and knew that Guan Yu was not here to attack.
In order not to lose the morale of the army, Yu Ban also ordered someone to light a thousand military horses, go out of the camp, and fight against Guan Yu.
It's not about fighting, it's just that before the two armies fight, the commanders of the two sides meet to catch up.
Yu Ban and Guan Yu, that's an old friendship.
At the beginning, Guan Yu lived in Xudu for a period of time, and Yu Ban had a bit of intersection, and Yu Ban later lived in Xinye for a while, although Guan Yu went to Fancheng to guard at that time, but Yu Ban was captured by Guan Yu on the battlefield.
So, reminiscing about the old is also to listen to the reality of the other party.
This is considered battlefield etiquette, and the coaches of both sides meet to say some cruel words to boost morale.
The two actually didn't say anything, and even said cruel words to each other, such as "On the battlefield, victory or defeat will not be spared", but Xu Chu didn't understand this.
He thinks that Guan Yu brought such a few people, and there are more than 30,000 of us, why can't we rush up and kill Guan Yu directly?!
Yu Ban knows Xu Chu's ability, and he knows that this person's brain has always been a tendon, even Xiahoudun dared to stop him if he wanted to see Cao Cao, and said that it was loyal, but to say that it was difficult to hear, this person didn't have many brains.
In addition, he has been a colleague with Xu Chu for many years, and Yu Ban will not laugh at Xu Chu for this, but patiently tells Xu Chu about some unwritten rules on the battlefield in recent years.
If an attack on Guan Yu was launched at that time, not to mention whether Guan Yu could be left behind, if it was spread out, he would not go to the battlefield after the ban, and he would be laughed at and killed.
Although Xu Chu has a tendon, he is not mentally retarded after all, after listening to Yu Ban's explanation, Xu Chu finally recalled, it seems that Cao Cao did the same thing before, and the person who guarded Cao Cao and ensured Cao Cao's safety at that time was him Xu Chu.
Then Xu Chu complained again, saying that Yu Ban was too careless, as the commander of an army, how could this kind of thing be so risky, he should have called himself at that time to protect Yu Ban, lest Guan Yu on the other side launch a surprise attack without talking about martial arts.
Yu Ban that speechless. That's Guan Yu, others will not talk about martial arts, but Guan Yu will definitely not.
But Xu Chu was also kind enough to think about himself, and Yu Ban didn't say anything, but he comforted him, sent Xu Chu away, and then sat down to think about the problem.
Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to Fancheng, obviously not only to let Yu Ban fill the garrison of Fancheng. There are more than 30,000 people, and Fancheng can't be stopped.
The main purpose of Yu Ban is to repel Guan Yu, and it is best to be able to repel it in a short time.
Yu Ban had been following Cao Cao to command the army before, and he was very clear about Cao Cao's situation now.
Now Cao Cao is anxious to go to Chang'an to sit in the town, and while guarding the back road for Xiahou Yuan, he must also send reinforcements to Xiahou Yuan.
But the current situation, first there were people in Xuchang who rebelled, and then Guan Yu attacked Xiangfan, and when Cao Cao just responded, Wancheng Houyin rebelled again. With so many things, Cao Cao couldn't leave at all.
And the key to breaking the situation in these things lies in Guan Yu's attack on Xiangfan's line.
As long as Guan Yu is repelled and Xiangfan is saved, Hou Yin is just a small flea, which can be extinguished at any time.
Therefore, Cao Cao gave himself more than 30,000 people at once, with the purpose of breaking Guan Yu.
This is also the reason why Yu Ban camped outside Fancheng, instead of being stationed in Fancheng to assist in the defense.
Yu Ban wanted to use the field battle that Cao Jun was good at to break Guan Yu's Jingzhou army.
This is really not forbidden arrogance, in terms of combat power, it is true that Cao Jun is the only one in the world.
I didn't see the Sun family in the east, and sent two unknown clan generals to lead more than 20,000 people, but they didn't even touch the edge of Hefei City, so they were directly blocked by Zhang Liao outside Hefei.
In terms of field warfare, Cao Jun is really strong.
And this time, Yu Ban also brought a lot of cavalry, Guan Yu's side, except for the reconnaissance cavalry, all of them were infantry, and they all had an absolute advantage in terms of arms.
Therefore, Yu Ban's idea was to fight with Guan Yu in the field, strive to break Guan Yu first, then surround Guan Yu's camp, and finally force Guan Yu to retreat from the waterway.
The general strategy has been decided, but how to arrange the troops, Yu Ban still has to think about it.
After all, the other party is Guan Yu, first of all, the defense of the Chinese army's own formation must be strengthened.
You have to prevent Guan Yu from replicating the Battle of the White Horse, breaking into the main formation of the Chinese army, and then beheading and returning.
Secondly, Yu Ban also has to consider Xu Chu's problem.
Cao Cao asked Xu Chu to assist him in the battle this time, obviously to give Xu Chu a chance to make meritorious contributions, so the vanguard must be Xu Chu. But this is Yu Ban's biggest headache.
Xu Chu is a person, don't look at him, he can be regarded as a battle-hardened person, but he really doesn't have the ability to lead troops into battle.
The position of vanguard is very important, and the success or failure of the vanguard's offensive will affect the morale of the army to a great extent.
Xu Chu, it's enough to be brave, but it's better not to estimate the intelligence.
Yu Ban was very worried about letting Xu Chu be the vanguard, but Cao Cao's intentions were very clear to Yu Ban, but this pioneer had to be arranged by Xu Chu.
Fortunately, this time it was a direct confrontation with Guan Yu's two armies, not to let Xu Chu open the road and fill the bridge in the water, and the requirements at the intellectual level may not be so high.
Ten days later, Yu Ban arranged for Xu Chu to be the vanguard and lead 3,000 cavalry troops to Guan Yu's camp to challenge.
Yu Ban already thought very well, Guan Yufang was basically a foot soldier, so Yu Ban arranged 3,000 cavalry for Xu Chu. Even in the face of the 10,000-soldier army of Guan Yu's army, as long as the cavalry rushes up, they don't want to stop Xu Chu.
In addition, Xu Chu himself has no problem with martial arts, so this is the first appearance, as long as Xu Chu is not hot-brained to go head-to-head with Guan Yu, there should be no possibility of failure.
As for why wait ten days. Yu Ban didn't want to, but the climate of Jingzhou was quite strange.
It's already the end of July and the beginning of August, why did it suddenly rain heavily, and it was still three or four days at a time.
For the remaining six or seven days, Yu Ban has been waiting for the ground to dry, after all, it is the cavalry to rush and kill, and the ground that is too muddy will also affect the speed of the cavalry.
Fortunately, it is still at the tail end of summer, and although the weather will rain a little from time to time, the temperature is high, and I can finally find the right time to enter.
Therefore, on the tenth day, the weather was completely clear, and Yu Ban saw that the ground was not so muddy, so he hurriedly asked Xu Chu to lead three thousand cavalry to challenge in front of Guan Yu's camp.
As for Guan Yu, he was waiting for Xu Chu to come over to challenge.
(End of chapter)