Yu Ban's words are actually a choice of surrender in disguise.

Thinking about it a little differently, Zhang Xi can also understand why Yu Banhui surrendered.

It's really not that Yu Ban is afraid of death.

People who have been fighting for decades suddenly said that they were afraid of death and begging, but Zhang Xi still didn't believe it to some extent.

No matter which history book it is, most of the surrenders of the ban only use the word "surrender", and there is no word "begging to surrender" or "asking for surrender", which itself shows that Yu Ban did not surrender on his own initiative like in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Yu Ban is the kind of person who doesn't care about the small things for the sake of the country.

At that time, Changfeng rebelled against Cao Cao and was besieged by Yu Ban and others, and finally Changfeng found that he couldn't beat him, so he decided to surrender to Yu Ban, who had an old friendship with him, thinking that he could save his life.

As a result, Yu Ban directly beheaded him on the grounds of the military law established by Cao Cao.

Later, Yu Ban governed the soldiers, the law was strict, and the usage was strict, although a group of elite soldiers were trained, but the soldiers did not like Yu Ban.

These two things were criticized by Pei Songzhi, saying that he was "not hoping for the old friend, but wantonly killing him, and disagreeing with everyone", and it is natural to get a "powerful" evil accusation.

And Chen Shou also commented on the ban as "using the law to control His Majesty, not very popular with the people", and directly closed the coffin.

But there is one thing to say, these two things, Yu Ban really did not take into account the righteousness of his friends, nor did he do it with the soldiers. But it's all things that are not good for yourself and good for the country.

Taking a step back, whether it is Pei Songzhi or Chen Shou, he doesn't think that Yu Ban's surrender to Guan Yu is a big deal.

It's still good for Li Zhen to say: Yu Ban knows the general situation best, only for the country, not for the right and wrong, and is really good.

Therefore, now Yu Ban asks Guan Ping to collect Cao Wei's troops, as long as these soldiers can be guaranteed to survive, the reputation and honor of his life can be handed over to Guan Ping to deal with, but it makes Zhang Xi feel that this should be Yu Ban's style.

Suddenly, Zhang Xi was a little admired and forbidden.

After Guan Ping got Yu Ban's promise, he commanded the fleet to collect and surrender the defeated troops of the nearby Cao army, and Zhang Xima warmly invited Yu Ban to board the ship.

But Yu Ban refused.

And said to Zhang Xi that as long as Guan Ping collected and surrendered these Cao Wei defeated soldiers scattered everywhere, then he would be bound to the ship and wait for the fall.

Before Guan Ping did this, Yu Ban would not take the initiative to get on the ship.

Well. Okay, anyway, sooner or later you'll get on the boat.

Zhang Xi was not in a hurry, and waited slowly, waiting for Guan Ping to search around and collect Cao Cao's defeated army. After working for several hours, finally before dark, Guan Ping finished surrendering and came to meet Yu Ban.

Yu Ban sighed, untied his sword, knelt on his knees, and raised it above his head This is a standard surrender move.

Zhang Xi officially disembarked at this time, took the sword that was too forbidden, and expressed his acceptance of Yu Ban's surrender.

Then, hurry up and invite Yu Ban into the cabin, and order someone to serve him, which is equivalent to prohibiting cleaning and combing, and after changing clothes, please talk about Yu Ban in detail.

By the way, a wine banquet was put on, and people were forbidden to pour it in the heavy rain for three or four days, drink some wine to warm up, don't look back and catch a cold, after all, you are a lot old.

Yu Ban is a person about the same age as Guan Yu, a veteran in his fifties, and his body is not as good as before.

After Yu Ban finished cleaning up, he came to see Zhang Xi, and after sitting down, he didn't say a word.

I really don't know what to say.

A few days ago, he was still an old minister of King Wei, commanding a large army, General Zuo, and the important minister of the fake Jieyue is now a prisoner.

Although it is surrendered, those who surrender also want to save face.

Zhang Xi's eyesight rose at this time, and he saw Yu Ban's embarrassment, so he took the initiative to speak and introduce himself.

As soon as Yu Ban heard that the young man in front of him was Zhang Xi, he looked at Zhang Xi several times in surprise.

For the current Jingzhou Army, Yu Ban may know Guan Yu, and his understanding of Zhang Xi is probably to the extent that he knows the name.

But Yu Ban also knew that Zhang Xi was also a general of Liu Bei's army, and he once made Xiahou Yuan suffer a small loss during the battle of Badong County. The rest, Yu Ban doesn't know.

Looking at Zhang Xi now, he is only about thirty years old, and he is slightly surprised.

His eldest son is also in his thirties, but his achievements are really small compared to the one in front of him.

Think back to Cao Wei's Mesozoic generals, forget it, don't compare, these people, which of these people can have the ability to fight against Xiahou Yuan, and make Xiahou Yuan suffer? !

Yu Ban suddenly felt that he lost to Tianshi first, and then lost in the hands of a combination like Guan Yu and Zhang Xi, which didn't seem to be too wrong.

Well, well, the mouth is still hard.

"This is not your work, but it is inconvenient for the day!"

Yu Ban repeated this sentence while drinking.

Zhang Xi smiled, and then told Yu Ban all of Guan Yu's original plans.

"Even if there is no help from this day, when the general is stationed in a low place, he is already doomed to victory or defeat." Zhang Xi smiled and said to Ban, "Besides, we didn't expect such a big flood, but now it is we who are waiting to surrender the generals, isn't it General Guan's work?!" ”

Yu Ban was silent for a moment.

If what Zhang Xi said was true, and they had already made a plan to break the embankment and flood the camp, then indeed, although they would not be captured like now, they probably would not have suffered a big defeat.

In addition, he is also facing changes in the sky, but Guan Yu can prepare in advance, and even if he finds a problem, he still can't get rid of the fate of being besieged by the water, who wins and who loses, it is already very clear.

Yu Ban didn't want to find any more reasons, anyway, he was the general of the defeated army, and it was wrong to say anything.

After Zhang Xi entertained Yu Ban, he sent Yu Ban into the cabin to rest, and then the whole army turned and marched towards Fancheng on the west side.

Yu Ban stayed in the cabin for a long time, and suddenly walked out of the cabin, came to Zhang Xi's cockpit, and took the initiative to find Zhang Xi to ask for his life.

"The old man and the Fancheng guard are full of favors, if the general wants to go to persuade the full favor, the old man can do the work for him, but I don't know if the general dares to let the old man go to persuade him to surrender?!"

Yu Ban made a straight face and said to Zhang Xi.

Zhang Xi smiled and said, "The old general went to Fancheng this time, but to see the situation, and Xi did not intend to persuade him to surrender to his favor. ”

Yu Ban frowned slightly and asked, "Why?!" Now the water surrounds Fancheng, the garrison in the city is empty, most of the grain and grass are lost, and even if the full favor has the power to return to the sky, it is difficult to be the general sharp, at this time do not persuade to surrender, after the water retreats, how can the full favor be surrendered? ! ”

After listening to Yu Ban's words, Zhang Xi smacked his mouth, but shook his head, and said with a smile, "In the past, Cao thieves bullied the Son of Heaven, was full of favors, and brutalized the loyal and good people in the court. My lord takes it as his duty to help the Han family, and such a thief is unforgivable. And he tortured the famous man Yang Biao back then, offended the world's corporal clan, and with the wisdom of full favor, how could he not know his own situation? ! If he follows Cao Thief, he will not lose his position as a marquis, and if he surrenders to others, it will inevitably be bleak at night. Such an unsurrenderable person, but the old general Yu wants to go alone to persuade him to surrender, what do you want? ! ”

Yu Ban's face changed, red for a while, and blue for a while, and finally snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and left.

Yu Ban left in a huff, Zhang Xi didn't care, even if Yu Ban really wanted to persuade him to surrender, Zhang Xi blamed Yu Ban's intentions, and Zhang Xi didn't plan to apologize to Yu Ban.

After all, Yu Ban is a general.

And when he went to Fancheng, he was indeed not to persuade Manchu to surrender, but to prevent Manchu from escaping by boat.

Fancheng in the Historical Mountain, when the Seventh Army was flooded, it was Cao Ren as the main general and Man Chong as the deputy general, and Cao Ren really wanted to escape by boat, but Man Chong dissuaded him, and by the way, he also killed his white horse to show his determination to stick to it.

But isn't that the case any longer the case?

Cao Ren is still in Wancheng to quell the Houyin rebellion, and he can't come to Fancheng for a while, and the responsibilities of being the main general and being the deputy general are different.

As a deputy general, the responsibility is borne by Cao Ren, he is full of favor, he only needs to be responsible for making suggestions, whether he listens or not, that is Cao Ren's business.

If Cao Ren decides to defend the city, then he is full of favor is a suggestion, if Cao Ren does not listen, he will come to the king of Wei in the future, and he will also have a rhetoric and do not have to take responsibility.

But when you are the master, you need to be full of responsibilities and you can't avoid it.

The current situation is that the city is besieged by great water, and most of the grain and grass in the city have been lost, relying on some of the grain and grass rescued and the number of soldiers in the city now. The first thing to consider now is not whether Guan Yu will lead the army to attack, but whether the existing grain and grass can insist on supporting these soldiers until the water recedes.

If the heavy rain does not stop and the water does not recede, then Fancheng is a lonely city in the water, without any grain and grass supply, and only the remaining grain and grass in the city will not last long.

That's it, full of pets have to be happy, Fancheng is a military fortress, and there are not many people in the city, otherwise these grains and grasses rescued by full pets will be consumed even faster.

And even if the full pet insists on until the weather clears and the water recedes. There are no reinforcements outside, and Guan Yujun's catapult is so powerful, it's really hard to say if he has the confidence to continue to hold on.

It is impossible to surrender, just like Zhang Xi's analysis, there is only one way out for full favor to die with Cao Cao.

But it's really possible to run away.

Anyway, sooner or later, the result will be the loss of Fancheng, it is better to escape now while the city is besieged by the water, and when I go back to see Cao Cao, it can be said that the time is unfavorable, not that I am incompetent and cannot defend Fancheng.

Don't say it, Manpet really thinks so at this time, but now Manpet is still hesitating.

Looking at the water outside the city, Yu Ban's rescue army is probably not much better, and it is already considered that Yu Ban has a good command if he can hide on the high ground for refuge.

When Man Pet saw Guan Yujun sending ships to the north and other places to search, Man Pet knew that Yu Ban was over nine times out of ten.

Even if Yu Ban can still maintain his combat effectiveness at this time, in the face of such an environment, the other people's naval army is dispatched, and you Yu Ban doesn't even have a small sampan, how can you fight the enemy?!

No one needs to fight hand-to-hand combat, you just need to surround your people with a boat and shoot arrows.

Not to mention how much grain and grass can be supplied to the troops now, it is still an uncertain factor if there is not much food and grass, people can even save arrows, directly surround you, starve you for a few days, and you will surrender yourself.

So, full of pets pondering, should I find a chance and just slip away.

However, just when Manzhong was hesitant and entangled, the naval fleet led by Zhang Xi had already arrived in Fancheng.

Seeing this situation, Man Zhong first ordered the whole army to be on alert, trying to use archery to prevent the naval fleet led by Zhang Xi from approaching.

But soon, Man Zhong found that the more than 100 warships led by Zhang Xi did not mean to besiege Fancheng, but lined up on the periphery of Fancheng, faintly besieging Fancheng.

Manzhong's face suddenly darkened. Yes, if you want to leave now, I guess you won't be able to go.

(End of chapter)