Niu Jin, captured by Zhou Cang, was escorted to Guan Yu with a full stomach.

Guan Yu stared at Niu Jin and was about to persuade him to surrender, but suddenly a horse from Sui County came to deliver a letter, so he abandoned Niu Jin and listened to the report.

Xu Shu sent someone to tell Guan Yu that Pei Yuanshao was wounded and killed when he evacuated Nieyang, and Zhang Xiu and Xu Huang had been in Anzhong and Suixian respectively.

Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang were both born in the Yellow Turban and had a very close personal relationship, and during Liu Bei's stay in Runan, Mu Guanyu's prestige was voted by everyone.

Hearing the death of his old friend, Zhou Cang's eyes were full of sadness and he couldn't hide it.

"General."

"I know what I know."

Guan Yu stretched out his hand to stop Zhou Cang, slowly walked in front of Niu Jin, and surrendered while looking: "Niu Jin, the so-called person who knows the times is Junjie, your lord Cao Ren is not Guan's opponent, is he willing to surrender if he is captured today?" Let's help Han together."

"Hmph."

Niu Jin let out a contemptuous snort, and then choked Guan Yu: "The battle has just begun, it is too early to talk about victory or defeat at this time, General Cao's former troops went to Runan, didn't he defeat you?"

We have 100,000 soldiers in Nanyang, and the prince may not be able to defeat him, not to mention that the prime minister's million army has not been sent, and the prime minister is deep in relative to the prince and marquis, but you are in vain to abandon the light and the dark, if you really want to discuss current affairs, you should return to the prime minister's command, and the worst should follow the prime minister's example and let me go."

"Enough!" Guan Yufeng's eyebrows were vain, interrupting Niu Jin's cold face and teasing, "Prime Minister Cao Cheng's kindness in the past, Guan Mou has beheaded Yan Liang to repay his meritorious service, this is a well-known thing in the world, do you want to leave alive?" That's fine, but how about bringing Cao Ren's head? ”

"The red-faced puppet wants me to betray the master, delusional!"

Facing Niu Jin's scolding, a chill flashed in Guan Yufeng's eyes, and he waved his hand to Zhou Cangdao: "Since he doesn't know the current affairs, he immediately launched the beheading sacrifice flag, and then sent his head to Fancheng, so that Cao Ren can get to know Guan again." ”

"Yui."

"Guan Yu, you can't die well!"

Niu Jin was dragged away in the scolding, and Zhou Cang then killed him with his own hands, which can be regarded as comforting Pei Yuanshao's heroic spirit.

After the execution of Niu Jin and returning to his life, Zhou Cang asked Guan Yu in a low voice:

"General, the last general has sent someone to send the head away, are we going to take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack Fancheng, or go to Sui County to rescue Mr. Xu? Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu are all famous generals under Cao Cao"

"Famous general?" Guan Yu shook his head contemptuously, "Among the local chickens and tile dogs, they are acceptable, but they are in front of Guan, but they are only sold in Seoul." ”

"According to the plan of Yuan Zhijian to clear the wilderness, you quickly send people to the soldiers and civilians of Yin and Juan counties to Nanxiang to temporarily assemble and resettle, I want no people and no food within 100 miles of Fancheng, and then send troops to cut off his grain route and completely trap him in Fancheng."

"The end of the forehead will obey, but."

Seeing that Zhou Cang wanted to speak and stopped, Guan Yu waved his hand and asked, "Between you and me, what do you have to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"At the end of the general, there is a superficial opinion, you and Mr. Xu plan to use Fancheng to trap Cao Ren, even if you hold the county to prevent the land grain route, but Cai Mao and Zhang Yun are guarding the waters of Xinye, he can completely transfer it from the waterway, and General Gan's troops to help are limited."

Zhou Cang rarely expressed his opinions, although he admired Guan Yu infinitely, but after all, there was still a huge disparity in strength, so he was willing to take the risk of being scolded, and he also had to point out the loopholes in this set of combination skills.

Guan Yu smiled after hearing this, and explained: "Although Gan Xingba's reinforcements are not many, it is enough to contain Cai Mao, and he is not required to completely stop the grain transportation team;

Don't forget that Xiangyang has fallen into my hands, not only Cao Ren's 100,000 army needs food, but also Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's 20,000 water army, and tens of thousands of people consume countless food every day;

As long as there is not enough food to be transported to Fancheng, Cao Ren's army will inevitably panic, and no matter how many soldiers there are, they will collapse without attacking. ”

"Oh, the last general understands, I'll go and deploy the relocation immediately."

Zhou Cangyan left in a hurry, Guan Yu looked at the other party's back and shook his head gently.

The heart said that what you understand is very one-sided, according to the strategy set by Xu Yuanzhi, the siege of Cao Ren in Fancheng is just a prelude to the war, and the army that Cao Cao left in Xu Du is the main event.

Cao Ren wanted to use Fancheng to trap Xiangyang, but Guan Yu and Xu Shu planned to use Cao Ren as bait to drag Cao Cao down.

Tens of thousands of people against hundreds of thousands, or an opponent like Cao Cao, is almost invincible head-on.

Therefore, Guan Yu would not organize a decisive battle with a large army, and let the Cao army fall into the quagmire of Jingzhou by extending and destroying the supply lines of the Cao army.

Most of the people and grain in Nanyang west of the river were transferred to Nanxiang in the northwest for resettlement.

If you go straight to Nanxiang in the west from the direction of Wancheng, you will have to cross several tributaries of the water and Han water, and it is very easy to be blocked by the Cao army without a water army, which is also the intention of choosing Nanxiang as a resettlement point.

It was the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, and everything was beginning to wither.

In the city taken by Cao's army, there was almost no food left, and the two sides only needed to stalemate for another two months, and they didn't even have to eat bark and grass roots.

As long as Cao Ren and Cao Cao can't win quickly, all supplies need to be transported from the Central Plains.

With a long supply line of thousands of miles and supplies of 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands, Cao Cao may have to recruit millions of people, which is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the people of the Central Plains who have just finished serving the Great War in Hebei.

originally thought that Hebei was peaceful and could finally live a stable life, but he had to be conscripted as a conscription.

Behind Cao Cao's frequent foreign wars and large conscription were countless rebellions and rebellions.

It can be said that the riots in various parts of the Central Plains have not stopped all these years.

Once hundreds of thousands of soldiers marched south, the scale of conscription was bound to be unprecedented, and it was foreseeable that more popular uprisings would be provoked, causing the foundation of Cao Cao's rule to loosen.

Xu Shu was originally from Yingchuan and has always been concerned about the situation in the Central Plains.

He and Guan Yu planned to use Fancheng to trap, and the worst plan was nothing more than the fall of Nanyang.

The people of Nanyang withdrew from Nanxiang to Guanzhong, and the army could withdraw to Xiangyang to hold on, as long as it was dragged to Liu Bei to solve the trouble in Liangzhou, the whole situation would change greatly at that time.

Guan Yu blocked Cao Cao in Xiangyang, and the Central Plains was weakened in the Battle of Jingzhou.

At that time, Liu Bei and Yongliang will go out of Qinchuan, Long Xiang will lead the troops of Yangzhou out of Huainan, Guan Yu will lead Jingzhou Jian'er to the north to pursue, and Cao will not be able to resist if there are millions of people, maybe a battle will be able to redefine the world.

The grand strategy of entering the Central Plains by three roads was set by Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu and Liu Ye before, but the specific use of Fancheng to trap Cao Ren was discussed by Xu Shu and Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was amazed at the time, saying that the more difficult the challenge, the more excited he was.

From the evacuation of Wancheng to the capture of Niu Jin, everything went smoothly, but it was a pity that he also folded Pei Yuanshao.

Looking at the sparkling Han Shui, Guan Yu's face was very serious, and he said that he really continued to evolve according to the plan, and he didn't know how many familiar faces he would lose.

While Guan Yu was contemplating his eyebrows, Zhou Cang suddenly trotted along the riverbank, calling General Guan in a brisk tone, as if he had encountered something happy.

Isn't it to organize the relocation? How do you like this?

"General Guan, I just received an urgent report from the scout, Mr. Ziyang personally led 5,000 reinforcements, and they have arrived near Wudang County, and they will be able to join us soon."

"He's here in person?"

Guan Yu's cold face was instantly moved.

Liu Ye and Xu Shu are equally resourceful, if he helps Guan Yu guard in Yin and Juan counties, the people here will not need to be transferred, and the encirclement of Cao Ren will be tighter.

(End of chapter)