Outside the city of Xiangfan, Cao Ren joined Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, the second general, led 60,000 troops, and set up camp ten miles north of the city.

Zhang Xi in Fancheng also began to distribute all kinds of materials to defend the city, deployed troops to defend the city, and prepared to hold Fancheng.

Outside Fancheng, Guan Yu was in the camp, and he also began to fight hard, preparing for battle.

As for the reinforcements from Jiangling City, Guan Yu finally decided to take the risk and let Liao Hua return to Xiangyang City to lead the troops to defend it, while Zhou Tai led 7,000 original Nanjun soldiers and brought 3,000 soldiers, a total of 10,000 soldiers, to rescue Jiangling.

This is already the largest force that Xiangyang can draw out without affecting its own safety.

Although in this way, there were only 3,000 soldiers of Nanjun in Xiangyang City, and more than 10,000 soldiers were surrendered. But Guan Yu felt that as long as Zhang Xi and him joined forces to block Cao's attack in Fancheng, it would not be so easy for the grass families in Xiangyang City to choose to defect.

Those families, it's such a virtue, as long as they are good on their side, maybe they will choose to "eat pot pulp to comfort the king".

Zhang Xi also felt that it made sense, but Zhang Xi felt that it was necessary for him to remind the second master, but don't float after flooding the Seventh Army and underestimate the enemy.

The second master in history was defeated by Xu Huang, if you want to say that there is no factor of underestimating the enemy, you can't believe it if you kill Zhang Xi.

Xu Huang brought it, but the soldiers that Cao Cao finally pieced together were not elite soldiers, but temporary recruits. Xu Huang took these people and pushed the defense line set by the second master along the way, and finally defeated the second master head-on, leaving himself with the prestige of "having the wind of Zhou Yafu".

Xu Huang is very strong, yes, but it is not enough to rely on new recruits to defeat the second master head-on, you must know that at that time, the second master had more soldiers and less Xu Huang.

It can only be the second master's own problem, he did float after flooding the Seventh Army, and he still did not withdraw after being defeated by Xu Huang, and there are also factors in this regard.

What's more, although Xu Huang didn't come this time, among the generals of the Cao Army who came, there was Zhang Liao. is also a friend of the second master, but Zhang Xi still feels that Zhang Liao is a little more difficult to deal with than Xu Huang.

The second master must not think that the two sides are old friends, just think that the other party will show mercy to your subordinates, and don't imagine that Zhang Liao led the troops to fight thousands of miles, and he came to surrender.

Zhang Xi gave Guan Yu a preventive injection, and what he got was Guan Yu's two white eyes. I don't want to mess with this guy.

Yes, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army and shocked Huaxia, which did make Guan Yu a little complacent, especially after capturing Xiangfan, he felt that he had established a good feat, and he was very happy.

But there is a boy who mutters by his side every day, and says things that are not pleasing to his ears.

What "flooding the Seventh Army is a cooperation of the day, which is not a great achievement", what "breaking through Fancheng in this situation is to let Zhang Wei lead the troops to do it", what "Xiangyang surrenders just that the defenders have no courage", what "can't be proud, Jiangdong will betray and sneak attack one day" Seriously, if it weren't for the fact that this kid is also in his early thirties, and he is his own family, Guan Yu really wants to beat this kid out of anger.

After three days of coldly listening to this kid say this, even if Guan Yu wanted to be proud, he didn't have this mind.

If his peers say so, with Guan Yu's arrogance, maybe there will be a rebellious mentality, which is not the same thing.

But Zhang Xi. Guan Yu has always treated him as a junior boy, and when Zhang Xi said these words, he was in private, and he began to give himself face very much in public, and Guan Yu, who was making trouble, couldn't have any opinions on this junior.

If you have an opinion on some of the words of the juniors, then you are not arrogant, you are stingy. The second master is not so angry with the juniors.

Although he is still complacent about his achievements, because Zhang Xi always said, the second master unconsciously has a faint feeling in his heart that this time he entered the army, although he commanded it well, but his luck was really good.

Therefore, in the face of the 60,000 army brought by Cao Ren, Guan Yu really didn't mean to underestimate it, and he still took it seriously.

Although Guan Yu felt that Cao Ren was like that, Guan Yu did not dare to despise Zhang Liao.

The good news now is that Cao Ren is the commander of these 60,000 people, and Zhang Liao is only Cao Ren's deputy.

As for the second master of Zang Ba, he really didn't pay attention to it, he was just a Taishan thief.

However, the development of things somewhat made the second master want to smoke a certain kid who was stuck in Fancheng.

Here's how it happened.

After Cao Ren set up camp, he had the experience of the previous time, so he did not attack rashly, but first led Zhang Liao and Zang Ba to Fancheng to call for battle.

Cao Ren knew that the current defender of Fancheng was Zhang Xi, and although he sent someone to call for a field battle, Cao Ren knew very well that with Zhang Xi's virtue, he would definitely not go out of the city to fight easily.

Cao Ren mainly wanted Zhang Liao and Zang Ba to know a little bit about Zhang Xi, and by the way, Cao Ren was still explaining to Zhang Liao and Zang Ba, saying that Zhang Xi had always been good at guarding and being cautious, but a bunch of soldiers suddenly appeared at the head of the city and began to shout loudly.

"Cao Ren Xiaoer, abandoned the army, was as timid as a mouse, slipped away and fled"

Zhang Liao and Zang Ba listened with inexplicable expressions, and Cao Ren's whole face darkened.

"Cao Cao has two generals, unparalleled in the world, one will climb the mountain and walk, and the other will slip away and die"

Zhang Liao and Zang Ba probably understood it now, after all, Zhang He was really embarrassed in Brazil County, and after a little thought, he also knew that this "slipping away" was not a good word.

The two of them hurriedly made expressionless appearances, and they didn't look at Cao Ren, and Cao Ren of the province was annoyed and angry.

But Cao Ren's teeth were still chattering.

"The mountain climbing general Zhang Junyi, the slippery side is too guarded by Cao Zixiao."

Okay, now Cao Ren can't bear it.

"Zhang Xi'er, I swear to kill your !!" Cao Ren roared, and then immediately ordered, "The whole army attacked, immediately give me a siege, I swear to break through Fancheng and kill Xiao'er!!! ”

Cao Jun heard this, yes, there is no way.

The order was given from above, if you don't fight at this time, you will have to be court-martialed when you go back. The Lord is angry.

The soldiers of the Cao army didn't care whether they were ready to attack the city or not, anyway, the main general gave the order, so they could only attack immediately.

Zhang Liao and Zang Ba didn't know what to persuade for a while, although they didn't know what had happened, but Zhang He was beaten up in Brazil County, Zhang Liao and Zang Ba had heard about it, and they also knew that Zhang He was climbing the mountain to pick up a life.

The current "mountain climbing general" and "slippery side Taishou" are put together. Well, probably because Cao Ren lost quite badly before, so he had to leave the troops alone and sneak away.

There is a saying that victory or defeat in the army is uncertain, and no one can guarantee that they will not lose. Although he lost embarrassedly, the junior named Zhang Xi was indeed a little too arrogant.

ridiculing a veteran like this makes Zhang Liao and Zang Ba feel related.

So, Cao Ren wants to attack, and they really can't persuade anything.

And what Zhang Xi wants is Cao Ren's attack.

Cao Ren has too many troops, and if he doesn't want to consume a little, it is quite disadvantageous to the defenders.

And in these years, the most effective way to deplete the enemy army is to defeat the enemy army in the field. This one is a bit difficult.

The other is to attract enemy troops to attack the city.

So, it's really not that Zhang Xi is unkind and has to talk about Cao Ren's black history, what he wants is to let Cao Ren take the initiative to attack.

And Cao Ren sent troops to call the battle this time, and there were not many soldiers he brought, but more than 10,000 people, and the main purpose was not to attack the city, so the preparation of siege equipment was also insufficient. The effect of a hasty siege can be imagined.

After paying nearly a thousand casualties, Cao Ren slowly calmed down, and Zhang Liao and Zang Ba also persuaded Cao Ren at this time.

"General, the army is unprepared, don't attack lightly!"

These were Zhang Liao's words to persuade Cao Ren.

"General, rejuvenating the army with anger, the soldiers are taboo, please also ask the general to be clear!"

This is what Zang Ba said to persuade Cao Ren.

Although, Cao Ren felt that Zang Ba's words to persuade him were very harsh, as if he was the kind of reckless man who did not understand military affairs and raised troops with anger or Zhang Liao was right, the purpose of this army was not to attack the city.

Cao Ren is also a general in the end, especially when his mind is still calm, Cao Ren will also make correct judgments.

Besides, Cao Ren didn't want to collect his troops, so when Cao Ren led the army to attack the city, Guan Yu had already ordered Guan Ping to lead a group of thousands of soldiers to appear not far from the east side of Fancheng. Obviously, this is looking for an opportunity to attack his flank and relieve the pressure on the defenders.

This also made Cao Ren realize that if he didn't solve Guan Yu's threat, it was unrealistic for him to besiege Fancheng and twist Zhang Xixiaoer's head off as a ball.

Therefore, the calm Cao Ren issued the correct military order, temporarily collected the troops and returned to the camp, and the truce was held.

After returning to the camp, Cao Ren thought calmly for a while, and finally decided to divide the troops.

Divide 20,000 troops to Zhang Liao, and let him lead the troops to set up another camp, confront Guan Yu, and contain Guan Yu's actions.

Cao Ren also figured it out, Guan Yu is not easy to deal with, even if he goes up with the whole army, it is very difficult to completely defeat Guan Yu.

However, if it is just to delay the pace of Guan Yu's rescue of Fancheng, or to contain Guan Yu's movements, and create an opportunity for himself to attack Fancheng, this can also be done.

It's just that to contain Guan Yu, that's not something that ordinary generals can do, at least Cao Ren doesn't think that Zang Ba can do this.

But Zhang Liao really can.

Zhang Liao is the first general with a foreign surname to defend one side in Cao's army, except for Zhu Cao and Zhu Xiahou, and he also blocks one side with a city, which in itself shows Zhang Liao's ability.

Moreover, Zhang Liao's friendship with Guan Yu is really good, and he is also very familiar with Guan Yu, so it is very suitable for him to lead the troops to contain Guan Yu.

As for whether Zhang Liao will release the water because he has a good relationship with Guan Yu. This kind of thing, as long as you know a little bit about Zhang Liao and Guan Yu, people will not believe it.

Don't say that Cao Ren doesn't believe it, even Guan Yu and Zhang Liao themselves will not believe that the other party will release water for themselves.

On the battlefield, each according to his ability, how can he abolish the public because of his own selfishness.

In this way, Guan Yu suddenly found that his good friend Zhang Liao, who personally led an army of 20,000, set up camp less than ten miles opposite him.

After figuring out the reason for Zhang Liao's arrival, Guan Yu was also speechless for a while. That kid, it's good to defend the city, what is it to stimulate that Cao Ren to do?!

If Cao Ren has always led the army as the commander and does not divide the troops, then with Cao Ren's ability, it will not be easy to break through Fancheng, which has the potential of horns.

Now it's okay, you scolded Cao Ren on the city tower, it's refreshing, but Cao Ren didn't get angry, but let Zhang Liao lead the army alone to contain himself.

Guan Yu is not afraid of Zhang Liao, even if Zhang Liao leads the troops to contain him, Guan Yu is confident that he can support Fancheng.

But in the end, it won't be as smooth as before, you can send troops as you want, and you can support as much as you want.

This means that Zhang Xi must face the attack of more than 40,000 people led by Cao Ren alone for most of the time, and I don't know if Zhang Xi can withstand it.

Just when Guan Yu was pondering, what method could be used to quickly get rid of Zhang Liao's threat Zhang Liao suddenly sent a messenger to his subordinates, saying that it was the next day, inviting him to come out to answer.

Old friends invited each other, and they didn't start fighting, Guan Yu had no reason to refuse.

The two of them were like this, in the middle of the two armies the next day, a desk was set up, the two sat down, recalled the past, and said some things about the past, but basically it had nothing to do with the military formation, and the two of them were old, and it was not easy to see each other, and it was normal to say some of these things.

Then, Zhang Liao took the initiative to say goodbye to Guan Yu, and after returning to his own camp, he announced in public, "This is a national matter, and I dare not abolish the public with private interests, so I order the whole army - those who cut off the head of the feather will be rewarded with a thousand gold." ”

After Guan Yu heard this, he was very surprised, after all, he just recalled the past and talked about his friendship, and you suddenly turned your face, which is a little bit unsure of how to face it.

But Guan Yu was Guan Yu in the end, and immediately understood Zhang Liao's intentions, and at the same time looked at Zhang Liao subtly, thought for a while, and said in public, "The old man doesn't dare to live up to the trust of the lord, but he also doesn't want to lose the righteousness of a friend, so hereby order the three armies - those who capture Liao alive will be rewarded with ten thousand gold." ”

Zhang Liao's face suddenly changed. In the end, he silently surrendered his hand and slowly retreated back to the camp.

In the first round, Guan Yu won.

(End of chapter)