Guan Yu's rapid dispatch of troops and multi-way advance made Cao Ren think that he was going to seek a decisive battle in one go.

In addition, when Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang, he also saw the power of the Lei Gong Cannon, and Xiangyang could still hold on to it during the day and repair it at night with the help of a strong city.

But if it is a city defense of the level of Yuncheng and Fancheng, it is impossible for the speed of repair to keep up with the speed of destruction.

However, after preparing for many days, the urgent reports of the reinforcements were sent out several times in a row, but Guan Yu slowed down when he arrived in Yuncheng.

It was a radical departure from the previous swift action of forcibly landing on the shore and besieging Fancheng.

Cao Rendu was ready to stay in Yuncheng, and sent Changdiao to garrison the camp outside the city, and formed a rivalry with Yuncheng.

Just wait for Guan Yu to respond to each other when he is attacking the city, alternately attacking and harassing, waiting for the reinforcements to arrive, this time he will definitely call Guan Yu the head.

The results have all been pushed in front of him, and Guan Yu is suddenly not in a hurry!

Build a camp on the spot, build a deep ditch and a high base, and build antlers, with the intention of confronting him for a long time...... Cao Ren couldn't understand this.

I'm waiting for reinforcements, what are you waiting for?

Guan Yu is only a state of land, and he will not be so arrogant that he intends to exhaust his grain and grass.

Is that thinking that with their new catapult, they will dismantle the city defense of Fancheng day by day?

Xiangyang has been lost, and he will never give up Fancheng again, does he want to force himself to attack and turn passive into active?

"Hmph." Thinking of this, Cao Ren couldn't help but sneer.

The idea is very good, but north of Fancheng to Yuncheng, there is no big river for you to come and go freely!

There is no continuous heavy rain this time, Guan Yu can't use the plan of flooding the Seventh Army, and he will be afraid of you in this rare flat and open area?

What's more, at this time, the forward outburst of the Jingzhou Army was still unstable.

"The order goes down, rest early tonight, cook tomorrow on the fifth watch, the sergeants are full, and the horses eat and shear. Shilling Chang Diao led the army to attack, hit the enemy's division, and the Yuncheng army and horses were equipped for battle, waiting for my order. ”

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the Cao army camp was already busy preparing and waiting for tomorrow's battle.

The Jingzhou army was still unhurried, and even the construction of the battalion seemed to be calm to a little ...... Inattentive.

From the outside, it seems to be decent, but the layout of the camp inside and outside is a little too sloppy compared to the past.

Guan Yu and Guan Ping and the other generals almost did not care about the construction of the camp, but on the contrary, they were very concerned about the movements of the enemy camp and the matter of rotating watches.

If Cao Jun had been shrewd and detailed here, and truthfully reported the situation of the Jingzhou Army, perhaps Jiang Ji, Cao Ren and others would have been able to see some clues.

It's a pity that Qi Jian and other shadow guards in the Jingzhou army have been cleaning up since before the war started, and now the limited one or two fish that have slipped through the net can't find a chance to get out and send letters......

And those who also had important information but couldn't send it out were Wang Shuang, the general of the Cao army who led 3,000 people to stay in Fancheng.

"That's not right...... No......" Wang Shuang, who was pacing around the city, looked at the Jingzhou army on the bank of the water in the distance, and kept muttering.

"Report to the general, the enemy army in the north of the city has set up a stone cart and is throwing stone bullets at the north city wall!" One of the defenders happened to come to the news.

"That's not right!!" Wang Shuangyi slapped the city wall and shouted loudly, startling the defenders who reported the news.

"Huh? Belch...... Yes, the enemy has indeed set up a stone cart......"

Wang Shuang: "No, no, no!" ”

“……”

The soldier who came to report the news lowered his head and said nothing, not daring to speak again, but he still couldn't understand what he had said wrong.

"If the Jingzhou army intends to storm Fancheng, that army should come here. If they want to force the general to fight a decisive battle, these horses should go to the front. If you want to keep the way out on the water, you should retreat to the warship......

No matter what Wang Shuang thought, there was no reason for these people to wander around the riverside for several days in a row, and constantly carry some huge timber from the boat.

When they finished building, they looked at it from a distance, and it seemed to be some strange wooden cart, which was taller than two people, and it looked like a boxy wooden box, and people seemed to be able to get up and down from it.

But if it was a cart, there were no horses to pull it.

It was only at this point that he finally saw the clue.

The Jingzhou army is arranging a formation!

With Wang Shuang's qualifications and insight, seeing this step is already the limit.

He could not figure out what kind of formation the Jingzhou army was arranging and what it was used for, nor did he understand why the other side was setting up a formation close to the side of the Chushui River.

If this array is crushed by the army, and the soldiers fight with their backs to the water, won't they all die and be fed to the fish?

Could it be that Guan Yu also wants to emulate the story of the Marquis of Huaiyin? Wang Shuang didn't think that battle could be replicated so easily.

But he didn't think that Guan Yu, who flooded the Seventh Army and reversed the tide of the battle under the betrayal of the Wu Army, would become old and confused so quickly.

This move must have deep meaning, and perhaps there is fraud!

"This matter must be reported to the general as soon as possible!" Wang Shuang stomped his feet again, anxious like an ant on a hot ding.

"Huh?" As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the soldier who came from the north gate to report the news, "If you don't go to defend the city, what are you doing here?!" ”

The defender soldier wanted to cry without tears: "General, the enemy's stone cart is attacking the city at the north gate, and the power is very great, and the subordinates don't know how to deal with it, so they have come to report to the general." ”

"Oh? Why don't you say it sooner and go! Wang Shuangyi threw off his robe and strode towards the north gate.

「…… I fucking said it a long time ago!!"

Wang Shuang arrived at the north gate to see the so-called "offensive" of the enemy army, but he was more sure of what he had in mind.

Guan Yu must be cheating!

How can there be such a siege? Several huge stone trucks of the Jingzhou army are indeed constantly throwing huge stone bullets, and their power is indeed good.

However, the other soldiers did not cooperate with the siege at all, not even symbolically storming the city gates.

There was no siege, no burning of the city walls, and no ladders to fill the river......

The Jingzhou army just occupied all the ways out of Fancheng and defended them in a tight formation, with the obvious intention of not letting the defenders in Fancheng break through.

Not even the guards around those stone carts were so tight.

This is not the appearance of planning to take Fan Cheng quickly, but it is more like not letting Fan Cheng pass the news out.

What's the news?

Wang Shuang immediately thought of the large array that he had just seen from afar on the banks of the Chushui River......

He personally led half of the army to break through the siege, but he knew very well in his heart that if he did this, whether he succeeded or not, the remaining defenders would never be able to hold on to Fancheng again.

However, before the war, he had been ordered by the general to die, never to fight, to defend Fancheng, and to wait for help.

The only time he was allowed to fight was to cooperate with the army to cut off Guan Yu's retreat after reinforcements arrived......

After thinking about it, Wang Shuang finally didn't dare to venture out of the city to break through.

The responsibility of losing Xiangfan was too great, and he couldn't give up Fancheng just because of his own speculation.

Maybe the Jingzhou army is in the maze of formation, in order to lure themselves out?

“…… Don't pay attention to them, the enemy is as timid as a mouse, and dare not attack, so pay attention to dodging stone bullets. Ordered the people in the city to prepare earthwork and mud, and repair the city wall as soon as the enemy retreated. ”

"Yes."

After giving the order, Wang Shuang subconsciously glanced west again, as if he had passed through many barriers, and saw those strange wooden carts and the Jingzhou army in formation.

"I hope nothing happens......

(End of chapter)

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