Guan Yu is arrogant, but Guan Yu's arrogance is pride, and it is also the arrogance of the person who eats the corpse, but it is definitely not a brainless pretending to be arrogant.

He will not be so idiotic as to pretend to bet on the entire Northern Expedition, nor will he take his eldest brother's life as a child's play.

Guan Yu knew that now was not the time for him to be reckless and want to save face, if he obviously couldn't capture Wancheng, but because of the face problem, he told Liu Bei that he could take it. After Liu Bei led his troops into Guanzhong, the problem he encountered was not a question of Wancheng's gains and losses.

Therefore, after Guan Yu received Liu Bei's letter, he thought for a long time and found Wang Ji and Shi Bao for a meeting.

Xu Shu went to Jiangling to sit down, Guan Yu didn't have a decent strategist by his side, but fortunately, Wang Ji and Shi Bao's abilities were not bad, they belonged to the kind of characters who were both civil and military, and with them staying by Guan Yu's side, Xu Shu dared to go south to Jiangling to guard with confidence.

And Wang Ji and Shi Bud were also very surprised.

Guan Junhou, who has always been arrogant, actually asked Wang Ji and Shi Bao for the first time, with the current situation, is there any plan to break through Wancheng before the end of April.

This is obviously a little abnormal, not at all like what Guan Junhou can ask.

For a long time, the entire Nanyang battlefield of the Northern Expedition was Guan Junhou's decision, Wang Ji and Shi Bao were ordered to fight in most cases, Wang Ji and Shi Bao If they had any ideas about the battle situation, they generally took the initiative to offer advice, Guan Junhou took the initiative to ask for advice, this is the first time.

And it's extremely difficult to ask this kind of question, and it's really difficult for the two of them to ask for a final decision.

Wang Ji and Shi Bao glanced at each other, and they both saw the surprise in each other's eyes, but for Guan Junhou's question, the two had to think desperately.

The current situation in Nanyang is 60,000 against 50,000, and Cao Jun still has Jiancheng Wancheng in hand. How do you fight this?!

In more than half a month, 60,000 people were required to break through the city guarded by 50,000 people. Unless Cao Ren is brainless and chooses to go out of the city to fight with Guan Junhou, so that there is a glimmer of hope of breaking the city.

But the question is, Cao Ren is also a famous general of Cao Wei, and he has been a veteran general for more than 30 years, how can he make such a mistake like a pediatric? !

Wang Ji and Shi Bao thought about it for a long time, and finally could only shake their heads at Guan Yu in embarrassment, saying that their subordinates were really incompetent and couldn't come up with such a plan.

Not to mention the breakthrough of Wancheng in the month, it seems a bit unrealistic to break through Wancheng in the first half of the year.

Cao Wei's overall strength is too strong, if it is urgent, if Cao Wei launches a general mobilization in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it is not that there are no troops to support Wancheng. Although the combat power cannot be guaranteed, it is still qualified to be cannon fodder.

So Guan Yu also sighed, and after waving off the two of them, he sat alone in the tent for a long time, and finally picked up the pen and wrote a reply to Liu Bei.

Guan Yu said that he was really not sure that he would be able to break through Wancheng before the end of the month, and the current situation, it is better to follow the eldest brother's idea and accept it when he sees it.

At the end of April, I will choose to withdraw from the army and retreat to Xiangfan, and at that time, please also ask the eldest brother to withdraw from Longshan Road, don't hesitate, so as not to ruin the good situation.

After writing this letter, Guan Yu hurriedly sent someone to send it According to the estimation of the communication efficiency of this era, when the letter was delivered to Liu Bei, it should be the end of April.

So. For the time being, it is better to maintain the offensive, and Cao Ren of Wancheng cannot be aware of his intention to withdraw his troops.

At the same time, let Deng Ai's kid must hold the Xinye defense line, at least until the end of April, and cover the flanks for the retreat of the army.

Guan Yu is also a general, but he doesn't want to make the retreat a failure, it would be too embarrassing.

And inside Wancheng at this time, Cao Ren and Zhang Liao actually didn't notice Guan Yu's decision, after all, during this time, Liu Beijun's attack has never stopped, and he will not stop fighting Wancheng.

But as a few days passed, although Liu Beijun's offensive momentum was still very violent, the frequency of the attack decreased a lot.

In the past, although Liu Beijun would retire when the attack was unfavorable, he would basically launch a second attack in less than an hour, but now, the attack in the morning was unfavorable, and he would rest until the afternoon before launching the second attack.

This frequency made Zhang Liao a little suspicious.

In the end, they are old friends, and they know each other's combat styles very well Zhang Liao believes that with Guan Yu's personality and temper, if he is really determined to break through Wancheng, it is impossible to have such a combat frequency.

Actually, Cao Ren also knew, and even he directly recognized Zhang Liao's judgment.

But for Zhang Liao's suggestion to send troops out of the city to probe him, Cao Ren directly rejected it.

The relationship between Cao Ren and Zhang Liao is still good, so Cao Ren explained to Zhang Liao the reason why he refused to suggest - Guan Yu is indeed not this combat style, but Guan Yu is not without capable people in the army, how do you know that Guan Yu did this, did not accept the advice of his subordinates, deliberately showed weakness, and lured us out of the city to fight?!

Originally, there was not much difference in the strength of the two sides, and it was a victory for us to hold on to the city, so why risk losing our troops and going out of the city to fight in the field?!

This rhetoric, at best, means that Cao Ren is cautious, but at worst, it means that Cao Ren is afraid of Guan Yu and just wants to stick to the city without making any mistakes.

Zhang Liao didn't approve of Cao Ren's approach, after all, Zhang Liao's suggestion was not to leave the city with a large army, but to give him a few thousand soldiers and horses to go out of the city to test it.

Even if he is defeated, it is only a loss of thousands of soldiers and horses, and it will not affect the defense of the city at all, and then again, can he Zhang Liao still be wiped out by Guan Yu's entire army? !

But Cao Ren still refused.

There are some things, Cao Ren can't tell Zhang Liaoming.

Our sovereign is no longer the original King of Wei, the current King of Wei only thinks about keeping the final bottom line Chang'an is good or bad for us to fight in Wancheng, in fact, the new King of Wei doesn't care.

Whether or not you can break Guan Yu is not important to the current King of Wei, defending Wancheng and defending Chang'an is the most important thing.

What kind of lord is faced, let's do something, just keep Wancheng, keep the foundation of the Cao family, and be worthy of the old King Wei.

Cao Ren was somewhat hurt by Cao Pi's reluctance to fight Liu Bei in Sanfu, and now he was sent over to guard Wancheng, Cao Ren only held the mentality of not seeking merit but seeking no fault, worthy of Cao Cao, worthy of Cao's foundation, and did not have the ambition to defeat Guan Yu.

Besides, Cao Ren didn't think that he had the ability to win Guan Yu head-on, and it was better to have more than one thing.

Cao Ren is the main general after all, although Zhang Liao is also the only one of the five good generals, but in the face of Cao Ren, the general of the Cao clan, Zhang Liao has no good way.

The rules of these years are like this, if there are Cao Wei's clan generals present, and the difference between the two sides' status is not large, then it must be Cao Wei's clan generals who have the final say.

Seeing that Cao Ren was still unmoved, Zhang Liao did not insist on the suggestion. Indeed, their purpose is only to defend Wancheng.

The war in Nanyang, in this way, in Guan Yu's attacks from time to time, the war fell into a delicate balance.

On the battlefield of the Western Front, Liu Beitun was stationed in Longshan, and Zhang Xi led his troops to confront Weishui, and no major war broke out for the time being.

However, in Liangzhou, there was a small accident.

Zhao Yun and Pang De led the troops into Liangzhou, and after entering Liangzhou, Zhao Yun chose to divide the troops.

This is not to blame Zhao Yun, after all, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng both thought that there would be no large-scale resistance in the counties of Liangzhou, so they told Zhao Yun that after entering Liangzhou, they could fight quickly and divide their troops to capture each state and county.

Zhao Yun also acted according to the plan, and after entering Liangzhou, he directly divided his troops into two routes, one led by himself, and directly took Wuwei County to govern Guzang County, and the other route was led by Pang De, and took Jincheng County to govern Yuzhong County.

But resistance was met on both fronts.

On the Wuwei County side, it was Su Ze, the captain of the Qiang Guard appointed by Cao Wei, who led 7,000 troops to defend Guzang, while in Jincheng County, it was Xu Miao, the Taishou of Jincheng, who led 5,000 troops to defend Yuzhong.

In terms of troops, it is indeed Liu Beijun's advantage, whether it is Zhao Yun's army or Pang De's army, the military strength is more than Cao Wei's defenders.

But after all, one is to attack the city, the other is to defend the city, and the number of troops is not yet the time to play a decisive role.

Needless to say, although Xu Miao is more literate, he is mainly responsible for governing the local government in Jincheng County, but it does not mean that Xu Miao is a weak scholar. This guy's force value and ability to use troops are not low.

This is the history of Cao Wei Liangzhou during Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in history, and after holding Liangzhou, he can also send troops to attack Nan'an County, threatening the flank of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition army, both civil and military.

Although Pang De's ability is not bad, but Pang De's main expedition this time is mainly with Qianghu cavalry, and the number of infantry is not large, and it is not so easy for him to break through Yuzhong County, where Xu Miao is stationed.

And Zhao Yun's ability to face Cao Wei Huqiang Captain Su Ze is not bad, but compared with a famous general like Zhao Yun, it is still a level behind, but he can't stand this general, who is extremely good at defending the city.

Zhao Yun's various offensive methods against Guzang County were all resolved by this unknown general.

What's even worse is that the siege equipment that Zhao Yun spent time and effort to build was also burned by the unknown general.

Even, this general did not follow the conventional routine at all, and sent troops out of the city to burn the siege equipment, he just shot arrows on the city tower, and burned most of the siege equipment sent out by Zhao Yun.

Well, with rockets.

And this unknown general, called Hao Zhao, is Bodao.

(End of chapter)