Seeing this, Xu Huang hurriedly led the army to meet the battle, and said in his heart whether Guan Yu was surprised, or did he see through his delay in adjustment?

If it's the latter, how terrible is it?

Although Guan Yu has a slightly smaller number of troops, he has just killed Zhang Xiu, and the morale of the army is high.

And Xu Huang stopped the siege unexpectedly, most of the soldiers were physically exhausted at this time, and when they saw Zhang Xiu's head in front of the battle, they had no intention of fighting Guan Yu at all.

As soon as the two sides exchanged troops, Xu Huang's side showed a decline.

Fortunately, Xu Huangping was strict in governing the army, and the soldiers under his command could still order and prohibit them in times of crisis, and finally fought and left under his command, and were not dispersed by Guan Yu in one go.

On the way to Guan Yuxian, there were already two rounds of fighting.

From the very beginning, he didn't expect to defeat Xu Huang, so after chasing two miles, he ordered the army to stop.

The officers and men under his command need to rest and clean up the battlefield by the way.

Xu Shu saw the surging chest in the city, and when he found that Guan Yu was resting in place after the war, he asked people to bring food and follow the labor army.

After a while, Xu Shu came to the north river of the county seat.

There was still more than a zhang away from Guan Yu, and Xu Shu praised from the bottom of his heart:

"The general is invincible, and the famous generals of the true ancient times are not as good as them."

"It's just a small victory, and it also relies on Yuan Zhi to stick to the county."

Guan Yu did not deny the praise when he heard it, and at the same time affirmed Xu Shu's merits.

Xu Shu shook his head and smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Defending the city has a natural advantage, and it can smoothly divide Cao Ren and Xu Huang, mainly relying on the generals to frequently fight everywhere, and they have won successive battles, no wonder Cao Cao is reluctant to give up on the generals." ”

"The Tao is different, not the same"

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful hair with his eyes in his eyes, and instructed Xu Shu: "There are thousands of defeated soldiers who fled to Fancheng, if Cao Ren knows that Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu are defeated, he may give up Fancheng to seize the county, and Yuan Zhi quickly goes back to repair the city defense." ”

"Huh?"

Xu Shu heard what Guan Yu said, and asked with a surprised expression: "According to the previous plan, shouldn't the general also go back to Yuxian County to rest?" Even if Cao Ren goes to attack Yin and Juan counties, they are just two empty cities, so there is no need to be in such a hurry."

"Yuan Zhi doesn't know."

Guan Yu interrupted Xu Shu and explained: "Mr. Ziyang personally led 5,000 troops to help, and at this time he was stationed in Yin and Juan counties to fortify, Cao Ren wanted to take advantage of the situation to occupy the city and seize the grain. ”

"Ziyang is here too? That's great! ”

Xu Shu was so excited that he rubbed his hands in place, and said to himself while pacing: "With him guarding Yin and Juan counties, he blocked the road to the west of Cao Ren, and Gan Xingba harassed Cai Mao in the water, which can almost be said to trap Cao Ren in Fancheng, and then the pressure on the county will be the greatest, if Cao Ren really survives until the cooking is broken, it is also possible to give up Fancheng and break through from the waterway."

"So I'm going to close the loophole."

Guan Yu stopped, straightened up and stood up.

"How?"

Xu Shu looked at Guan Yu suspiciously, and said in his heart that the two of them had been in Wancheng before, and they hadn't figured out how to control the Nanyang water network, after all, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's 20,000 Xiangyang water army was not weak.

"I'm going to chase Xu Gongming."

"Huh?"

"Zhang Xiu was killed by me, Xu Huang has just been defeated, it is when morale is low, if I lead troops to chase, he will definitely withdraw to Wancheng."

Guan Yu paused halfway through the explanation, and then twitched the corners of his beautiful hair: "Xu Gongming must not have imagined that my pursuit is actually a bluff, and taking back the warship that I abandoned before is my real purpose." ”

"Could it be that Yun Chang plans to board the ship from Wancheng, and then go down the river to cooperate with Gan Xingba to attack Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in the waters of Xinye?"

Xu Shu swallowed his saliva, and said in his heart that you originally had this idea, you are really bold.

Guan Yu nodded in affirmation: "Controlling Nanyang's water network is not only the key to trapping Cao Ren, but also the reliance on fighting Cao Cao in the future, and only by completely defeating Cai and Zhang can we do it." ”

Xu Shu frowned and reminded: "But Yun Chang has been running around for days, will the soldiers be too tired?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Guan Yu waved his hand lightly and said solemnly: "If you can win the battle with me, the soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives, I will no longer go into the city, this place is less than two hundred miles away from Wancheng, and I can't catch up with Xu Huang if I go late." ”

"Okay, take care!"

The winds of October have brought a chill.

Xu Shu stood on the side of the road, watching the majestic figure, and gradually moving away.

Guan Yu suddenly set up troops to chase after him, which caught Xu Huang on the way to retreat unexpectedly, and he deliberately set up an ambush to block it, but unfortunately he couldn't escape the observation of the clairhandly mirror.

Having lost two or three thousand soldiers and horses, Xu Huang was no longer willing to fight Guan Yu easily, and urged the march with all his heart.

As Guan Yu expected, Xu Huang retreated to Wancheng with his defeated troops, intending to defend Wancheng as a containment and create an opportunity for Cao Ren in the south.

It's a pity that Guan Yu predicted his prediction and led his troops straight to the water.

The warship built by Guan Yu in Fancheng was still docked in the waters of Wancheng at this time.

By the time Xu Huang realized that Guan Yu had already driven down the river.

It was early winter, and the ship was full sails, with a good wind and water.

In less than half a day, Guan Yu's fleet appeared in the waters of Xinye.

As the saying goes, it is better to come early than to come by chance, at that time, Cai Mao was transporting materials for Cao Ren, and Gan Ning also carried out harassment on a regular basis.

Cai Mao's arrows had been exhausted for several days, and although he had asked Cao Ren for reinforcements in advance, the Central Plains was far away from Xinye, and he could not deliver them in time in a hurry.

In the face of Guan Yu and Gan Ning's flanking attack, the 20,000 passively defended Xiangyang naval army was about to be defeated in less than two hours.

Since the water passage has been blocked, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun also learned from Guan Yu to abandon the ship at this time, and led the soldiers to land to preserve their strength.

In order to keep the team to the greatest extent, Cai and Zhang chose to land separately, so that the landing area would be relatively sufficient.

In the end, Zhang Yun led his troops to land on the west bank of the river and went straight to Fancheng to Cao Ren.

Cai Mao was received by Lü Xiang on the east bank, and proposed to capture Lü Meng in Xinye's cell, intending to go to Xudu to meet Cao Cao in person.

Guan Yu was too capable of fighting, and Cai Mao was worried that Cao Ren would not be able to succeed, so he wanted to personally persuade Cao Cao to go south.

In fact, just as Cai Mao thought, Cao Ren's opponent this time was too powerful.

Ma Yan led thousands of remnants to flee to Fancheng, bringing the news that Guan Yu's main force was in Sui County, and Cao Ren sent his generals to Yin and Juan counties to get grain, but Liu Ye met Yu and returned.

With the assistance of Xu Shu and Liu Ye, it is like a battlefield confrontation in World of Warcraft, and the powerful warrior Guan Yu's 'second wife' is enough to strangle Cao Ren's group of 'kitchen knife team'.

After Guan Yu defeated the Xiangyang Naval Army, he immediately returned to Shiqi County to block the way.

Cao Ren was trapped in Fancheng and was cut off from the grain route, and Ma Yan and Zhang Yun brought more than 10,000 mouths, which accelerated the consumption of food in Fancheng.

If you want to count others, you will count for others.

Cao Ren knew something was wrong when he saw Zhang Yun, so he personally led an army of 50,000 to break through in the direction of Yuxian, thinking that Guan Yu's soldiers could not stop him, but Guan Yu and Xu Shu had already thought of this.

A few miles to the north of Suixian, there are two tributaries of the river from northwest to southeast.

Guan Yu demolished all the bridges near Suixian, and transferred the Ganning Navy to participate in the defense, completing the layout of the encirclement of the Fancheng area, even if Cao Ren's 50,000 troops could not pass.

Having lost the right to control water, Xu Huang was anxious to watch on the other side, and he couldn't help but ask Xu Du for help.

originally thought that the battle would end a year ago, but Cao Cao waited until November to find the news that Cao Ren was trapped, and he was immediately shocked by a head stroke and fainted in the Xiangfu Palace.

(End of chapter)