When Xu Huang sent troops to Shangyong, Guan Yu also officially sent troops to Fancheng.

On Shangyong's side, Liu Chan has calmed down Shangyong, but he is struggling with one thing.

That is, whether to inform Guan Yu of the situation on Shangyong's side, and not to tell Guan Yu about Cao Cao's conspiracy.

Liu Chan knows Guan Yu very well.

Don't notify, when Xu Huang attacks Shangyong, Guan Yu will definitely send troops to attack Fancheng.

Inform it, Guan Yu knows that Liu Chan is in Shangyong, and he knows Cao Cao's conspiracy, in order to ensure Liu Chan's safety, he will still fight Fancheng. After all, Deng Ai's reinforcements will not come in a month.

What Liu Chan hopes for most is stability.

It is best for Guan Yu not to send troops, but whether he is notified or not, Guan Yu will attack Fancheng, which makes Liu Chan very entangled.

Liu Chan told Liu Ba his thoughts.

Liu Ba groaned: "Shizi, I thought I couldn't tell the second general at the moment, you are the prince of the world, and the son-in-law of the second general, if you say it, the second general is worried about your safety, and he will definitely attack Fancheng." And because of impatience, what wrong decisions may be made.

Now that Shen Tan has pleaded guilty and is willing to make meritorious contributions, if Cao Jun arrives, he can come up with a counter-plan, and when the time comes, he will defeat the Cao Jun who came to attack, and he is telling the second general that it is not too late!

After all, Jiangdong's raid on Jingzhou will not be so fast, they will choose to raid when the second general can't come back, and now the war has just begun, and the prince doesn't have to worry too much. ”

"It's good!" Liu Chan nodded and said: "Today's scout came to report, saying that my father defeated Xiahou Yuan in Guanzhong, and now he is about to attack Chang'an, it was news from a month ago, the power of the return cannon is huge, and ordinary small cities can't resist it at all, and now my father is only afraid that it is not far from Chang'an."

Cao Cao is afraid that he has already sent someone to inform Cao Ren to start the operation, and I expect that Cao Jun should come in a few days. ”

Liu Ba said with a smile: "When Cao Jun's soldiers come to the city, you can order Shen Tan to write to Cao Jun." Pretend to surrender and come up with a counter-plan. ”

Liu Chan groaned: "Since Xu Huang has come to Fancheng, then the one who came to attack Shangyong must be Xu Huang, this person is a good general, so he has to guard against it, and choose a person in the army who looks similar to Meng Da, so as not to be suspicious when Xu Huang gets it." ”

"No!" Liu Ba gave up his hand to take the order.

Fancheng is hundreds of miles away from Shangyong, and most of them are mountain roads, although Xu Huang sent troops to attack Shangyong first. However, Xu Huang had not yet arrived at Shangyong, but Guan Yu arrived in Fancheng first.

Liu Bei started the Northern Expedition in March, and the army arrived in Guanzhong in May, and now it has been more than a month since Liu Bei defeated Xiahou Yuan, and it is now the middle of June, and the weather is gradually getting hotter.

After Guan Yu led his troops to Fancheng, he had just set up camp when a heavy rain fell.

Fortunately, it was early summer, and although the rain was heavy, it was only for a while, but after a while, the sun appeared in the sky again.

The Jingzhou soldiers were scolding God, Guan Yuhe took Guan Ping, Guan Xing and Ma Liang, who joined the army, to lead dozens of cavalry to Fancheng City.

Guan Yu rode out, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, pointing at the head of Fancheng City and shouting: "Tell Cao Ren to come out to see me!" ”

"Guan Yu!" After a while, Cao Ren came to the city, looked at Guan Yu condescendingly, and shouted: "Guan Yu, you are old and don't stay in Jingzhou, why did you offend my state and county?" ”

"Cao Cao arrogated to be the king, my eldest brother rebelled against the sky, how can I sit in Jingzhou?" Guan Yu Qinglong Yanyue Knife turned, the sun shone on the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and a burst of strong light erupted, Guan Yu shouted: "Cao Ren Pifu, dare to go out of the city to fight me?" ”

Cao Ren stroked his beard and said: "Guan Yu, you behead Yan Liang, Zhu Wen is ugly, no one in the world knows that you are powerful, but you are just the courage of a horseman." My Fancheng is impregnable, if you have the ability, come and attack, let's compete in the way of using soldiers! ”

Guan Yu snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, when I get out of Fancheng, I will take your head and drink!" Your martial arts are not as good as mine, how can you compare to using soldiers? ”

In fact, Guan Yu's military talent is also very powerful, and among the Three Kingdoms, there are few people who can compare to him. It's just that Liu Bei didn't have much territory in the early stage, and Guan Yu had talent, but the gap in strength was too big, and he couldn't give full play to his talent.

In the early stage of the battle of Xiangfan, Jingzhou was already strong, Guan Yu surrounded Xiangyang, Fancheng, and flooded the Seventh Army to fight really beautifully. However, although Guan Yu has the talent to command the army, his overall view is too poor, and he is too arrogant.

A top-level commander should have a spear and a shield, invincible like a spear when attacking, and as indestructible as a shield when defending, and endure what ordinary people can't endure.

Compared with Guan Yu, Jiangdong Lu Xun did this, the battle of Yiling, Lu Xun, as the commander of Jiangdong, faced Liu Bei's attack, first avoided its edge, only defended but not attacked, and was not accepted in the face of the generals' invitations, and he was also humiliated in the face of the scolding of the generals.

In the end, the time was delayed to the summer, attracting Liu Bei's soldiers and horses to be stationed in the mountains, so as to turn defense into attack and win the battle.

Guan Yu has the sharpness of a spear, but he does not have the thickness of a shield, but he is afraid that the battle of Yiling will replace Guan Yu with Lu Xun, and tell Guan Yu that this kind of strategy, Guan Yu will not use it.

However, Cao Ren's impression of Guan Yu still stayed on Guan Yu, who had been defeated and fought many years ago, but he didn't know that now Guan Yu has soldiers and horses, and has the backing, and his spear is so sharp that he is difficult to stop.

Back at the camp, Guan Yu immediately ordered: "Send someone to Xiangyang immediately, and send someone to send the siege equipment such as rushing cars and ladders across the river." ”

Although there was no Northern Expedition on the Jingzhou side, it had prepared for the Northern Expedition a long time ago, and hoarded a large amount of grain, grass and baggage equipment in Xiangyang. A lot of siege equipment such as rushing cars and ladders have also been made, and they only need to be sent over and assembled.

Ma Liang arched his hand and said: "Junhou, now that Xu Huang has sent troops to attack Shangyong, according to what the military advisor said, there should still be Cao Jun on the Wancheng side." The attack on Fancheng has little effect, and the siege of Shangyong should be solved first! ”

Guan Yu waved his hand and said, "Ji Chang doesn't have to worry, the road from Fancheng to Shangyong is not easy, Xu Huang is still on the road at the moment." Let's attack Fancheng, Cao's army can't transport grain and grass, and it can be regarded as a mediocre strategy.

Cao Ren Pifu actually dared to underestimate me, I will definitely make him look good, now that Xiangyang has hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, we can completely take down Shangyong before Cao's reinforcements arrive! ”

Guan Ping bowed his hand and said: "Father, the child is willing to be a pioneer!" ”

Guan Yu said with a smile: "My son is brave, can be a pioneer, but if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your weapons, before I watched Fancheng set up a large number of strong bows and crossbows, if our army is attacked, it will be killed and wounded, even if Fancheng is taken, it is also a thousand enemies, and eight hundred self-losses."

You can first send people to pile up dirt mountains outside Fancheng City, and set up archers on them to suppress the strong bows and crossbows on the head of Fancheng City.

Ping'er, I'll leave the matter of building the earth mountain and setting up the crossbowmen to you, don't let me down! ”