Guan Yu learned that Liu Ye came to help from Hanzhong, and he was a little more confident in defeating Cao Jun.

Because he wanted to stay in Yin County to hand over, he did not send troops to take the next step.

As for attacking Fancheng directly next, or rushing to Sui County to support Xu Shu, it is necessary to wait for Cao Rengen to give a reaction to the defeat before Guan Yu can adjust according to the actual situation.

With the clairvoyant mirror provided by Long Xiang, Cao Ren's actions are all under control.

If he led his troops to Yin County to avenge Niu Jin, Guan Yu wouldn't mind ambushing him again by drawing a gourd.

However, Cao Ren, as Cao Cao's most relied on general, would not affect his judgment because of anger.

The news that Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu's two troops and horses had conquered Xi'e, Wancheng, Nieyang, Anzhong and other cities had been reported by Kuaima to Fancheng Cao Ren.

Although the love will be Niu Jin, Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu are progressing smoothly.

Cao Ren felt that he had seen through Guan Yu's scheme, and thought that the other party seemed to be making a stubborn resistance, but in fact it was the end of the crossbow.

Guan Yu evacuated the soldiers and civilians from all over the country and transferred them to the western corner of Nanyang to resist stubbornly, and there was an obvious reaction of showing weakness and cowardice, so that he could withdraw to Guanzhong at any time, and it was obvious that he was afraid of himself and Xu Du's army.

Gan Ning harassed by waterway, Xu Shu resisted in Sui County, and Guan Yu ambushed in Yin and Ju counties

Pile by piece, scattered battles.

In Cao Ren's opinion, it was a complete petty fight, nothing more than delaying time and waiting for Liu Bei to come to his rescue.

Cao Ren was very satisfied with the current situation, and he thought that occupying Fancheng and seeing the lonely city of Xiangyang, both Liu Bei and Guan Yu would try their best to save it.

Therefore, he neither sent troops to seek revenge on Guan Yu, nor did he send additional troops to Yuxian County to help Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu.

During Guan Yu's conquest of Handong and garrisoning Fancheng, Xu Shu not only steadily held Wancheng and Western Hubei, but also took the opportunity to take Bowang and other places, and his military ability is beyond doubt.

But he is now facing Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu, and the city wall of Yuxian County is not as strong and tall as Wancheng, and the defenders are only a few thousand sloppy people.

Cao Ren thought that Xu Shu would be like Pei Yuanshao, and if he couldn't hold on, he would continue to withdraw to the city further west, and would not continue to stumble in Yuxian County.

At that time, the supply line from Wancheng to Fancheng will be completely opened.

Even if he knew the final outcome, Cao Ren didn't want to waste time in Sui County, after all, there was really not much food to bring to Fancheng.

Before Cao Ren buried Niu Jinlongzhong, he sent his own soldiers to secretly cross the river east to deliver the order.

recalled Ma Yan and Zhang Yi, who had raided Huyang, Pingshi and other places, and ordered the two to lead their troops to cross the river from the waters of Xinye and go to Sui County to help Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu break the city.

Since Guan Yu's main forces were all in the west of Nanyang, Cao Ren felt that he didn't need to keep troops in the east of Nanshui, and 100,000 people still had to form a joint force to have an advantage.

Cai Mao helped transport grain, grass and people, and was often harassed by the Ganning fleet that came and went like the wind, but Ma Yan and Zhang Yi were combat troops, and they did not take much advantage of sending troops to harass them, and let them land on the west bank of the river.

The reason why Gan Ning was able to continue to harass was that in addition to the ease of advance and retreat of the fast ships, it was also because of the newly acquired Xiangyang, and the treasury in the city was not only full of grain and grass, but also had a huge stock of military supplies such as armor and bows and arrows.

Therefore, every time Gan Ning attacked, he rained arrows like locusts and did not hesitate, and returned to Xiangyang to replenish the stock when there were no arrows.

This made Cai Mao, who was 'sitting on the mountain empty', very uncomfortable, and if he resisted passively, he would have to suffer all kinds of losses, and active resistance would cause fewer and fewer arrows and other materials.

Even if Gan Ning kept scraping, Cai Mao was very passive when he came and went, and with the consumption of military supplies, grain and grass and other materials, he gradually lost his advantage in troops.

If Gan Ning launches an attack at any cost, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, the two thousand sailors, are likely to be confessed in the water.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun transferred men and grains, and fought frequently with Gan Ning in the Xinye waters, which became the most stalemate part of the Nanyang War.

Cao Ren sat firmly in Fancheng and was in high spirits, his opponent Guan Yu was not so idle, and after explaining the defense of Yin and Yan to Liu Ye, he led less than 20,000 elites to go to Sui County.

In the vast area of nearly 200 miles from Fancheng to Suixian, the two sentinels of Guan Yu and Cao Ren frequently ran among them, and they transmitted and spied all kinds of information for the war.

Cao Ren's sentry is a good horse and has superb riding skills, while Guan Yu's sentry is blessed by a clairvoyant mirror, and he firmly grasps the initiative in spying intelligence.

Ma Yan and Zhang Yi were ordered to go to Sui County from the southeast of Nanyang to support, and they were exhausted after a few days.

As a result, these two unlucky bastards, thirty miles southeast of Sui County, 'unexpectedly' ran into Guan Yu's team.

The two sides encountered a fierce battle, and Guan Yu used an almost overwhelming advantage to defeat the two support forces.

Half of the soldiers died or surrendered, Zhang Yi was killed by an arrow in the face in the chaos, and Ma Yan led the remnants to flee to Fancheng in panic.

After the war, Guan Yu ordered people to change into enemy armor and march to Yuxian under the banner of Ma Yan and Zhang Yi.

The county was besieged by Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu for many days, and the two received orders from General Cao Ren to break the city as soon as possible, and the offensive and defensive sides fought extremely fiercely.

Zhang Ji was shot to death by a stray arrow in Suixian, Zhang Xiuxin had palpitations and hid in the rear to sweep the formation, and most of the time Xu Huang was commanding the siege.

On the tenth day of October, the weather in Nanyang was fine.

Xu Huang and Xu Shu fought fiercely under the warm winter sun.

In the afternoon, the sun slowly set in the west, and an army was seen in the city and under the city, slowly approaching from the south of the county.

Xu Shu held a clairvoyant mirror and watched, and found that it was Cao Ren's reinforcements and banners, and said that it had been a few days since General Guan had been transmitted, why didn't he send troops to help?

If this support army converges with Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu, it will gather into a huge army of forty or fifty thousand, and it will be too late for Guan Yu to come back at that time.

The besieging side was late in obtaining information, but the vigilant rangers sent by Zhang Xiu were located ten miles away from the surrounding area of Yuxian, and he soon learned that his reinforcements had arrived.

The clothing, flags, and troops are all consistent with Ma Yan and Zhang Yi.

Zhang Xiu did not doubt that he had him when he heard the news, and sent someone to report the good news to Xu Huang, and on the other hand, he took his relatives to greet him.

originally greeted the reinforcements with a smile, but when there was only two or three zhang left between the two sides, Zhang Xiu did not find Ma Yan and Zhang Yi in the front row.

What's going on?

When Zhang Xiuzheng was puzzled, a round-faced bearded general on the opposite side came fiercely with a big knife.

When I got closer, it was actually the knife-carrying man beside Guan Yu.

"Zhang Xiu, if you kill my robe, you will die today!"

"How could this person be in Ma Yan and Zhang Yi's military array."

Zhang Xiu didn't react for a moment, Zhou Cang had already bullied him with a knife, so he used his spear to block the opponent's charged slash, and then shot away the dragon and snake freely.

Zhou Cang is powerful but not as flexible as Zhang Xiu's marksmanship, and every swing is cleverly avoided by the opponent, but he leaves a flaw in the rapid attack.

was pierced by Zhang Xiu twice, and suddenly his head and vest were full of cold sweat.

Guan Yu hid behind the crowd to watch the battle, saw that there was a gap between Zhou Cang's martial arts and Zhang Xiu, and thought that he was not enough to avenge Pei Yuanshao, so he pushed aside the crowd and rushed out with a knife.

"Zhou Cang dodge!"

Zhang Xiu and Zhou Cang fought several times, secretly thinking that this sword-carrying man had good martial arts, but he was shocked by Guan Yu's shouting.

Is Guan Yu really here? A touch of green appeared in the corner of Zhang Xiu's eyes.

I can't help but urge the horse to go, but where can an ordinary war horse outrun a red rabbit? In the blink of an eye, Guan Yu raised his knife to catch up.

"Leave the horseman!"

"Guan Yu, you are not arrogant!"

(End of chapter)