Xu Huang led his troops to the outskirts of Yancheng that night, but he did not expect that the Jingzhou army had already been carefully deployed, and under the personal defense of Guan Ping, the two sides fought fiercely all night without a victory.

On this early morning, the sky was bright, Xu Huang knew that the opportunity had been missed, and ordered his subordinates to withdraw to the Yanglingpo camp.

Seeing that the morale of the troops in the camp had been stabilized, Guan Ping led the messenger to the main camp in person.

The military camp outside Fancheng is surrounded by ten antlers, and the horse rejection array and the flattening of the bamboo tips hidden in the pit can be described as extremely sharp.

Even if his own side was attacking the city, Guan Yu also arranged sophisticated defenses around the camp to prevent the enemy from robbing the camp.

However, Guan Ping was naturally familiar with the distribution of traps outside the camp, and easily entered the camp.

Walking outside the main tent, he gently tidied up his battle robe, and then ordered sideways: "You wait outside the tent first, and then summon you to enter the account after the incident in Jiangling will be reported to your father." ”

"Obey the orders of the Major General below,"

The black-clad messenger looked respectful and agreed.

And at this time in the camp, the civil and military people on both sides gathered, and every word you and I seemed to be arguing endlessly, which was extremely intense.

At the top sat a man with a length of nine feet, with phoenix eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, a face like a heavy jujube, and a long beard with a white chin fluttering, exuding a momentum of not being angry and self-righteous in his gestures.

Dressed in the same costume as Guan Ping, in a navy blue robe.

With such obvious attire and characteristics, it is natural that Guan Yunchang, the former general of the Governor Jingzhou, holds a fake festival.

"Don't argue, according to Liang, no matter whether the letter that Cao Ren shot into the camp is true that Jiangdong will attack Jingzhou, we should immediately return to help."

"Jiangling City is an important place in the rear of our army, and the money, food, supplies and families of the soldiers and soldiers needed by the army are all in the city, if what Cao Jun said in the letter is true and our army does not return to help in time, once the rear falls, is there a danger of overturning?"

Ma Liang, who was eight feet long on one side and had a pair of iconic white eyebrows that was quite recognizable in the crowd, saw that the generals were chattering endlessly, and couldn't help but quickly stand up and say loudly.

As soon as the words fell, his words were like deafening and quieted down in the tent, so he asked Guan Yu in a rather solemn tone:

"In my opinion, I dare to ask the prince to withdraw from Fancheng and return to the division to guard Jingzhou."

As soon as these words came out, Guan Yu at the top of the head looked serious, fell into deep thought, and was half silent.

On the contrary, it was Zhao Lei, the front governor on the right, who arched his hand and said loudly: "Mr. Ma's words are wrong!" ”

"Now that Fancheng is ruined, we have been besieging the city for a long time, and it is obvious that it is difficult to support the city, so Cao Ren will make this decision to try to trick our troops into withdrawing."

"How can our army be subjected to such a trick?"

"Yes~ Zhao Dudu's words are good, this must be the trick of the Cao family, and our army cannot be fooled."

"It is necessary to intensify the attack on Fancheng in order to break the city as soon as possible."

The generals and schools under his command basically echoed the former governor Zhao Lei, and only Cao Cao engaged in Wang Fu seconded Ma Liang's voice, but after all, it seemed so weak.

Guan Yu, who had been silent and thinking quietly, may have been influenced by the generals or unwilling to give up this God-given opportunity to attack Fancheng, so he made a statement:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the general has decided to intensify the offensive to attack Fancheng, and then return to Jiang......ling when the city is broken."

When these words fell, the faces of the generals all showed joy.

"Father, no!"

But at this moment, he suddenly walked in from outside the tent, and a person shouted loudly.

Everyone brushed up on their prestige, and saw that it was the major general Guan Ping.

"See Major General~"

A group of civil and military officers bowed their hands one after another.

Guan Ping also smiled slightly to both sides politely, showed a return salute, and then stepped forward.

Seeing this, Guan Yu had a serious face and said solemnly: "Ping'er, why did you not sit in Yancheng to guard against the Cao reinforcements in the north?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Guan Ping's face was calm, and he hurriedly responded, "Because the rear is about to be lost, the child has come to persuade his father to withdraw the army and return south." ”

"Huh? Withdrawal? When Guan Yu heard this, his expression suddenly sank, and he said with some displeasure, "What? You also listened to the rumors that Jiangdong wanted to attack Jingzhou? ”

The voice fell, and Zhao Lei, the front governor on one side, also responded from the side, "The young general is still too cautious, I heard that Lu Meng of the Lukou battalion of the garrison has returned to the rear to recuperate. ”

"Now the new general is Lu Xun, and since he took over Lu Meng, he sent a letter every two days, and the letter was full of praise for the prince."

"From this point of view, this person is just a scholar's opinion, so there is nothing to worry about!"

This remark fell, and the rest of the generals also echoed it: "Yes~ What Zhao Dudu said is extremely true, if Lu Meng is not sick, we may really have to be vigilant against Jiangdong's sneak attack on the rear." ”

"But if he returns to Jianye to recuperate, then this must be Cao's trick to disrupt our army's heart, and it is not enough to believe it~"

Hearing that the crowd was about to mention Lu Xun's letters, Guan Yu, who was at the top, stared at the letters on the case, becoming more and more fluttering, unconsciously stroking the white hair on his chin, and his face couldn't help but show joy.

"Lu Xun praises the letter?"

Guan Ping was a little dazed when he heard this, so he surrendered his hand and asked, "I still hope that my father will take a look at the letter with the child~"

When the words fell, Guan Yu waved his hand and motioned to Zhou Cang, who was standing like an iron bump, with a burly figure and a dark face, picked up the letter on the desk in his hand and came to Guan Ping.

Seeing this, Guan Ping took one letter after another and quickly checked it.

After a while, a look of reverence rose more and more in his heart, and he said secretly: "Could it be that the son of Zhong Miao is a god operator? ”

He couldn't help but exclaim, on the way to the main camp, the black-clothed messenger also told Huo Yi in detail the reason why he didn't let him meet Guan Yu first.

"General Huo said that General Guan's flooding of the Seventh Army to break the Cao Army is at a prominent time, and Jiangdong will definitely avoid its edge, transfer the general Lu Meng on the surface, and replace it with a disgraced general stationed at Lukou to reduce the vigilance of the defenders of Jingzhou."

"Lu Xun will also frequently write letters praising General Guan's exploits to belittle himself, so as to achieve the plan of showing weakness to the enemy."

"As long as General Guan despises Lu Xun and does not attach importance to the rear, then the conspiracy of Jiangdong's sneak attack will succeed."

This is the honest narration of the black-clothed messenger to Guan Ping.

Now that Guan Ping, who has seen the original text of the letter, has a sense of crisis in his heart, while admiring Huo Yi's calculations, he is more and more sure of Jiangdong's plan to use troops against Jingzhou.

After reading the letter, his expression became more and more serious and firm, this time he is bound to withdraw his troops and return to the south, otherwise he will lose!

However, he knew his father's temperament very well, and he couldn't tell Lu Xun bluntly that this was just a compliment, otherwise he would inevitably make him angry.

After thinking for a while, Guan Ping silently handed the letter back to Zhou Cang, and then quickly took out the letter from his robe and handed it over.

Guan Yu looked at it, and his face was suddenly shocked, "This? This is exactly the same as the content of the letter that Cao Ren shot? ”