After Guan Yu decided to ride north with 8,000 steps, he didn't dare to delay the journey, and took a boat against the water. Three or four hundred miles of water, under Guan Yu's day and night journey, the army passed through Xinye and Shuyang, and finally arrived at Wancheng in four or five days.

The sun is high, the autumn breeze is blowing, and there are no clouds.

The army disembarked at Jujindu in the south south of Wancheng, and Guan Yu sent scouts to explore Wancheng and sent people to contact Hou Yin. Since he led the army to disembark at Jinkou, under the command of Guan Yu, all departments reorganized the army on the spot.

"Junhou, gather from the south and travel more than ten miles to the north, and you can go to Nanyang County to govern Wancheng." Hu Xiu pointed to the surrounding geography and said, "Between the roads, there are hills and forests for plum forests. ”

"Hmm!"

Guan Yu watched the situation around and stroked his head.

In the battle of Zhushui, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Xiu and Nanxiang Taishou Fu Fang surrendered to the Southern Han Dynasty. Due to Fu Fang's defection, Guan Yu was hindered by the use of people, so he ordered Fu Fang and Meng Da to send troops to Nanxiang and occupy the upper reaches of Xiangyang, thinking that it echoed.

Assassin Shi Hu Xiu, Guan Yu stayed by his side, as an advisor to Wancheng in the Northern Expedition. Although Guan Yu has been in Xinye, it has been too long, and his memory has long declined. Now there are ambitions in the four counties under the army, as Hu Xiu, who was the assassin of the past, Guan Yu is to rely on.

Passing through Xinye by boat before, Hu Xiu relied on his prestige and his old officials who stayed in the state capital to persuade Xinye City to surrender.

Xinye City was the seat of Jingzhou under the rule of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Although the city is small and the people are outnumbered, it seems that there is no reason to serve as a state government. But the reason why it can become a state seat is because Xinye is located in the center of the Nanyang Basin, connecting Wancheng and Xiangfan.

The surrender of Xinye, the state governor's office, greatly encouraged Guan Yu's fighting spirit, and he also paid more and more attention to Hu Xiu.

Just when Hu Xiu introduced the geography of Wancheng, the scouts who contacted Wancheng had returned from galloping.

"Report!"

The scout turned over and dismounted, gave a military salute, and said, "Qiyu Prince, I have contacted Wancheng below." ”

"What is the current situation in Wancheng, is there any movement of the thief army?" Guan Yu asked.

"The gate of Wancheng is closed, and it is still occupied by General Hou. According to General Hou, the thief general Xu Huang heard the news of the arrival of the prince and the marquis, and had withdrawn to the north of Wancheng ten miles, and the difficulties of Wancheng were slightly relieved. The scout replied, "The thieves on the tower of the city are dressed in rags, and they are very happy to hear that our army is coming." ”

After a pause, the scout added: "When the servant and General Hou answered, General Hou did not let the servant enter the city on the grounds that the thieves were outside. The state of the city is difficult for servants to explore. However, General Hou heard that Junhou led the army in person, and was grateful, and now he begged Junhou to lead his troops and horses to Wanwan as soon as possible, and he took the wind for our army. ”

Guan Yu stroked his hair and smiled, and said: "Fortunately, my troops and horses will be late, if they arrive a few days late, I am afraid that Wancheng will no longer belong to me." Gongming can know the news of our army and move the army to Wanbei in order to retreat. ”

As he spoke, Guan Yu pointed ahead and said, "Order the army to set off and march towards Wancheng." Zhao Lei led his troops and horses to stay behind and was responsible for guarding the ships. ”

"No!"

Under the command of the banner and the snare drum, Guan Yu led 5,000 cavalry to Wancheng, leaving Zhao Lei to leave 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard Jindu.

Five thousand sergeants lined up in several long lines, shuttling between the roads, and Guan Yu rode his horse on the left and right, with a lot of smiles on his face, laughing and talking with the left and right.

Halfway through the road, we went deep into Meilin and approached Wancheng.

Liao Hua looked at Merlin, who was silent left and right, and the suspicion in his heart became more and more serious, and he stepped forward to hold Guan Yu's reins.

"What should happen to Yuan Jian?" Guan Yu pressed the reins and asked.

Liao Hua pointed around and said: "The prince has come to this, Hou Yin neither sent troops and horses to greet him, nor did he send people to greet the prince and marquis. ”

"And Xu Huangqi is a brave general, the general has not arrived in Wancheng, and he does not know how many soldiers and horses there are, so he withdrew to Wanbei, which is the second abnormality; The prince and the marquis gathered in the south, since entering the Meilin for several miles, there is no one to live, Wancheng is the rule of Nanyang, the population is indescribable, it is the third to dispel doubts. ”

Liao Hua's face was slightly straight, and he arched his hand and said: "The above three suspicious things may be biased, and it is difficult to make the prince believe, but there must be no doubts. I am afraid that Wancheng has been taken down by Xu Huang, so he used this to deceive the prince. ”

Guan Yu put away his smile, looked pensive, and said, "Or Hou Yin is afraid of Xu Huang's soldiers and doesn't dare to send troops to meet him." As for not sending a messenger, it was a momentary negligence. ”

"Then why don't you see the thief army?"

Saying that, Liao Hua lowered his tone and asked, "Since the prince has not seen Hou Yin, how can he be gullible because of letters. In the opinion of Huahua, the prince should enter carefully, if Wancheng is under Xu Huang, our army is in danger. ”

At the time of war, it is usually difficult to distinguish between civil and military officials, and Liao Hua as the main book, even if he is a civil official, he has been fighting with the army all the year round, and he has long known about military affairs.

In addition, Liao Hua has a stable temperament and is not a radical person. Hou Yin's abnormal behavior made him really uneasy, so he only advised Guan Yu to be careful.

Guan Yu's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the surrounding Merlin.

Seeing Guan Yu like this, Hu Xiuduo was unimpressed, and said: "The prince should be suspicious, now Xu Huang has withdrawn to Wanbei for ten miles, and Hou Yin is guarding Wancheng, which is for the current situation." If Xu Huang had gone down to Wancheng early, how could he not have killed our army scouts, and An Neng and the scouts would have answered like a stream. ”

"This?"

Hearing this, Liao Hua's face was embarrassed. Hu Xiu was right, Hou Yin had been in contact with them for a long time, if he didn't know the details of their contact, how could Hou Yin talk to the scouts. Could it be that you are thinking too much?

Guan Yu probed Merlin's four directions, and suddenly, the sense of smell in his body, which was paralyzed by victory, responded. Merlin was so quiet that he shuddered.

"Wait!"

Guan Yu raised his horsewhip, motioned to the sergeant to stop, and said: "What Yuan Jian said is reasonable, Hou Yin's behavior is abnormal, Merlin is silent, and the sound of birds and birds is less, I am afraid that Wancheng will change." ”

"Send scouts to search in the mountains and forests, and order people to go to Wancheng again to investigate Hou Yin and his sergeants in detail."

Guan Yu is Guan Yu after all, even though he was confused by his exploits and victories, but after regaining his senses, he could already feel that something was wrong.

"No!"

Left and right leaders were ordered to retreat, and dozens of scouts came out of the queue to search and explore the mountains and forests in all directions, and strictly prevent ambushes from being ambushed.

Not long after the scouts went out to investigate, in the Meilin Mountain Road, the sound of golden drums sounded, and the drums sounded like thunder, startling the birds in the forest and the sergeants of all parts of the Han army.

"Not good!"

Liao Hua took Guan Yu's hand and said, "Junhou, Wancheng fruit was taken by Xu Huang. ”

"This!"

Hu Xiu's face was nervous, and he wanted to cry without tears. He followed Cao Ren into Zhushui and was defeated by Guan Yu's ambush. Now he went north to Wancheng with Guan Yu, and was also ambushed by Xu Huang.

Although Guan Yu was angry and annoyed that he had been pitted by the enemy, he knew that he was not angry at the moment, so he tried his best to remain calm, and commanded the sergeants under his tent to hurriedly line up.

When the Han army was arrayed, several 'Xu' flags appeared in the woods, and there were 'Tian' flags on the left and right. With the sound of drums, the Wei army approached the Han army more and more.

'Xu' Da Xu, Xu Huang pressed the reins slowly, and said to the left and right: "I originally wanted to let Guan Yu go to Wancheng, so as to attack Guan Yu with his back." However, Guan Yu seems to be on guard now, and the old strategy is already difficult to achieve, so he can only use troops in advance to fight the water thieves. ”

Since Xu Huang adopted the advice of Zhao Yan and Sima Yi to pardon the mountain people who gathered in Wancheng to rebel, Hou Yin's tent rebelled most of the mountain people.

Then, Xu Huang sent a sergeant under his tent to attack the city, surrounded three and one, used troops in the morning, and broke the city at night. Hou Yin and his left and right fled from the northern city, absconded into the mountains, and recruited hundreds of county soldiers from Dongligon to recruit Hou Yin's subordinates.

Due to the relationship between Zong and Jin's pseudo-Hou Yin, he replaced Hou Yin, wrote letters, and contacted Guan Yu. Under the guidance of Sima Yi, Guan Yu was finally deceived to Wancheng.

Sima Yi stroked his beard, his eyes showed a treacherous look, and said: "Guan Yu inspected the ambush of our army, although he has the intention of suddenly attacking the thief, but I am afraid that the new pawn will not be able to break through Guan Yu and his elite. ”

Saying that, Sima Yi sneered a few times and said: "The general and Guan Yu have always been good friends, and he often regards himself as faithful, so why not pretend to give Guan Yu time to reorganize the army and fight in the name of reminiscing, and ask him to answer before the battle." When he and Guan Yu were talking about the old relationship, they used arrows to shoot, and then led the army to cover up and kill, Guan Yu was defeated! ”

Xu Huang hesitated and said: "Joining the army, Guan Yu and I love each other because of our fellow villagers, and now in the name of reminiscing about the past, we will lead the army to cover up the defeated army, mixed with arrows and shooting, I am afraid that there is a sense of treachery." ”

Sima Yi's face was slightly cold, and he said: "Xiangfan is in danger, it is a major matter for the country, and the general was ordered to save it, how can he be a major matter of the country because of the subordination of the old relationship and the concern for Guan Yu's life?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Huang sighed in his heart, he couldn't help but say such words from Sima Yi today.

Although Xu Huang was reluctant, his expression was a look of awakening, and he arched his hand and said: "If it weren't for the words of joining the army, Huang would be in danger of national affairs." Jinhuang invited Guan Yu to go out of the battle, and in the name of reminiscing about the past, he took the opportunity to cover up and defeat. ”

"The general is wise!" Sima Yi said with a smile.

There was a plan, Xu Huang sent someone to ride a horse to the front of the battle, and asked Guan Yu to come out of the battle to talk about the old answer.

"Xu Huang asked the prince to come out to answer, I'm afraid there will be fraud." Liao Hua said.

Guan Yu looked at the Han army that was still in the whole team, and said: "Today, we suddenly encountered the enemy, and our army hurriedly prepared for battle. The front army is still tightly organized, and the rear army is in array, so it is not appropriate to rush into battle. And I ordered the scout to inform Zhao Lei today, and ordered him to lead the army to be on alert, thinking that he would meet our army. ”

"Go out to answer the battle, you can buy time for the army!"

Guan Yu was quite confident and said: "I have been friends with Gongming for a long time, and I have a sense of fellow villagers. When I go out to reminisce about the past, will it hurt me? ”

After speaking, Guan Yu ordered Liuzan and Zhou Cang to form an army, and led a few attendants from the left and right to go out of the battle, and reminisced with Xu Huang, who was waiting in front of the battle.

Guan Yu pulled the reins of his horse to the front of the battle and shouted, "Where is Xu Gongming?" ”

Xu Huang rode out with the horse, and the two were separated by a long distance, and replied: "Junhou, after more than ten years of separation, we will meet again in Wancheng today, but the Junhou has to be white!" ”

"In the past, Xuchang met, the prince was heroic, and he couldn't reminisce. After receiving the teachings of the prince, Huang was grateful. ”

Then, Xu Huang's words revealed the meaning of praise, and said: "The prince built water to defeat Cao Ren, and Fancheng was captured, shaking half of China's arm, and shocking China, so that the old people heard it and envied it. ”

Listening to Xu Huang's words, Guan Yu's deceitful and angry mood receded slightly, and said: "I have a deep friendship with Gongming, and I am a fellow villager in Hedong, not others. How dare you set up a trick to deceive someone now? ”

Xu Huang felt guilty and replied: "The prince and the prince are both wise and brave, and they are the heroes of the tiger and bear, which makes the enemy fearful." If this strategy is not implemented now, it will be difficult to defeat the prince. ”

Guan Yu held the reins, the war horse paced there, and said, "Although you have a lot of pawns, I am not afraid." At this time, the two armies are fighting in formation, how can they win or lose? ”

Xu Huang raised his arm slightly, made a signal, and shouted: "Huang really has this intention, and today he invited the prince and the marquis to go out to reminisce about the old days, just to give the prince and the marquis time to line up." ”

"Good!"

There were already sharpshooters in the Wei army's array aimed at Guan Yu, and the arrows were shining there. In the Han army array, Liao Hua made his own initiative and recruited several marksmen to aim at Xu Huang.

Between Guan and Xu's reminiscences, Xu Huang waved his arms violently and shouted: "Whoever kills Guan Yu will be rewarded with a thousand catties and sealed as the Marquis of Ting." ”

Guan Yu, who was chatting happily, changed his expression greatly, and said in shock: "Why did Gongming say this? ”

"Today is a major national matter, and I dare not abolish the public for personal reasons."

Before the words fell, five sharp arrows in the Wei army's array broke through the air and flew towards Guan Yu.

Seeing this, Guan Yu hurriedly drew his sword and came out, and the attendants on the left and right blocked the arrows with their bodies.

At this time, several sharp arrows shot out in the Han army's formation, shooting at Xu Huang, who looked apologetic.

"Whew!"

Due to the long range, the arrow cluster is weak. Guan Yu swung his sword to block two sharp arrows, and the two arrows were protected by the attendants with their bodies, but he saw that one of the arrows came too fast and too fierce, piercing through the armor on his chest and shooting into Guan Yu's body.

"Ahh

Guan Yu held back the pain and roared for fear of shaking the army's heart.

When the attendant saw Guan Yu being hit by an arrow, he wanted to open his mouth to call for help, but was blocked by Guan Yu.

"Unshakeable military spirit!"

Xu Huang was not much better, and the arrows in the Han army's array also hit Xu Huang. Two sharp arrows hit Xu Huang's arm and Xu Huang's lower abdomen.

Xu Huang lost his balance due to an arrow in his arm, shook his body a few times, fell off his horse, was hurriedly protected by the attendants, and retreated into the formation.

"Guan Yu is dead by an arrow, and the whole army is charged!"

Sima Yi didn't care about Xu Huang's injury, and directly crossed Xu Huang's order, shouting hoarsely.

"Kill!"

In the sound of fighting, the two armies killed together!

(End of chapter)