"Bo Yan, do you think it is possible for us to take Jiangzhou with the existing 7,000 soldiers and horses?" Su Zhe said suddenly.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Xiu, Ling Tong and other generals all changed their faces suddenly and showed surprise.

Lu Xun was also slightly shocked, but said: "There are 10,000 soldiers and horses in Guanping, Jiangzhou is the strongest city east of Yizhou, but our army is less than 7,000, and the long-distance march, repeated battles, mental and physical strength has been exhausted a lot, if you want to eat Jiangzhou in one go, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult, unless you ......"

Lu Xun raised his head, saw the strange color in Su Zhe's eyes, recalled Su Zhe's muttering, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he understood something.

"Unless we use Guan Ping's character to outwit him!"

Su Zhe smiled: "It seems that Bo Yan has a clever plan, and besides, your clever plan is likely to go with me." ”

Lu Xun also smiled: "In this case, that Wu Lan can be used again." ”

……

Thirty miles east of Jiangzhou City.

It was nearly dusk, and the 7,000 Wei army led by Su Zhe continued to advance westward away from Pingdu, approaching Jiangzhou City.

After the camp of the army was completed, Su Zhe sent a messenger to Jiangzhou City with Wu Lan's letter.

When it was dark, the messenger arrived in Jiangzhou and delivered the letter to Guan Ping.

To be precise, it should be a letter of persuasion.

In this letter of persuasion written by Wu Lan himself, Wu Lan praised Su Zhe's invincibility and reprimanded Liu Bei's hypocrisy and incompetence, not only persuading Guan Ping to obey the mandate of heaven and surrender the city, but also persuading Guan Ping to persuade his father Guan Yu to surrender together.

Finally, Wu Lan conveyed Su Zhe's words in the letter:

If your father and son surrender, the prince will be waiting for each other.

Otherwise, after the Han Kingdom is destroyed, the Guan family will be wiped out, and the old and young will not be left!

At the end, Wu Lan also said in the letter, Guan Ping, you either surrender or go out of the city to fight, and Hugh will continue to be a turtle with a shrunken head, so that everyone in the world will laugh at your Guan family's father and son.

Woo la la ~ ~

Guan Ping tore the letter in his hand to shreds it angrily, threw it into the air, and scolded angrily: "Good Wu Lan, you traitor, you just deceived the gate of Pingdu, and even dared to write a letter for the Su thief to humiliate my father and son, if I Guan Ping don't kill you, I swear not to be a man!" ”

Liao Hua and other generals on the side were startled by Guan Ping's sudden outburst, and they didn't dare to say anything.

After scolding angrily for a while, Guan Ping's anger gradually subsided, and his thoughts calmed down again.

"Old Liao, where is the Su thief's soldiers and horses now, and how many men and horses does he have?" Guan Ping looked at Liao Hua, and "Old Liao" also showed his closeness to this old subordinate who had followed his Guan family for a long time.

Liao Hua hurriedly said: "Young General, at the moment, the Su thief should be thirty miles east of Jiangzhou, he has been running all the way, and the follow-up army has not yet kept up, and it is estimated that there will be 7,000 soldiers and horses at most." ”

"With only 7,000 soldiers and horses, he dares to challenge my 10,000 army, he is too arrogant." Guan Ping's sword eyebrows were deep, and his eyes gradually burned with battle intent and murderous intent.

Liao Hua saw the clue and hurriedly said: "Although the Su thief only has 7,000 soldiers and horses, this thief is treacherous, I don't know how many tricks are waiting for us, the young general still takes us to hold Jiangzhou well, and wait for the general to come back to the division after pacifying Nanzhong." ”

Liao Hua is older, and what he pursues is to be safe, according to his assumptions, but he wants no fault, no merit, as long as he can hold Jiangzhou.

Guan Ping can't.

He has an arrogant and conceited personality, and Wu Lan's letter of persuasion has deeply stimulated him, and he has been blinded by anger, thinking that if he can't stick to it, not only will he not be able to get out of this evil breath, but he will also be ridiculed for being cowardly like a mouse, which will damage the prestige of his Guan family's father and son.

In addition, Guan Ping, as the son of a general of the Han Kingdom, naturally has a much farther vision than an ordinary general like Liao Hua.

What he thinks now is that since Yizhou was pierced by Su Zhe, the White Emperor Pass was lost, Pingdu was lost, Yanyan Wangping was captured, Lei Tong was killed in battle, Wu Lan was betrayed, and the Yizhou army lost at least nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses.

The loss of soldiers and horses was not enough, and he was beaten to the city of Jiangzhou by Su Zhe, which shocked the morale of the Han people and damaged Guan Yu's reputation.

If there is a victory to boost morale and revive Guan Yu's prestige, it will naturally be great.

And in this battle, if he can defeat Su Zhe, maybe he can take advantage of the situation to cover up and pursue, completely drive the Wei army out of Yizhou, and recapture the White Emperor Pass.

Even if you can't recapture the White Emperor Pass, it would be good to recapture Pingdu City, which would greatly reduce the pressure on Jiangzhou.

"If the Su thieves are allowed to assemble their troops and horses, and the army is in Jiangzhou, I can only be beaten passively, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the Su thieves only have 7,000 soldiers and horses......"

Guan Ping's thoughts were flying, and the murderous intent in his eyes became thicker and thicker.

Suddenly, he took the case and said proudly: "Su thief is arrogant and empty-sighted, tomorrow I will lead the army out of the city and fight with him, let him know that I Guan Ping is not a vegetarian!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Liao Hua's face changed immediately, and he said hurriedly: "The young general is calm, General Guan told us to stick to Jiangzhou, the young general is so rash to fight, what if there is a mistake?" ”

"There will be no order for the king!"

Guan Ping resolutely waved his hand, "Besides, my father doesn't know the reality of the Su thief now, if he knows that the Su thief has 7,000 soldiers and horses, he dares to arrogantly shout to fight with me, he will definitely fight." ”

"But—"

"Needless to say, I have made up my mind, you just cheer up and prepare to break the Su thief with me tomorrow."

Guan Ping used his resoluteness and the prestige of the main general to forcibly suppress Liao Hua's opposition.

Liao Hua was helpless, so he could only act according to the order and convey the order.

……

The next day, in the early afternoon.

The Wei army left the camp early in the morning and marched westward, and did not bury the pot to cook on the way, ate some dry food casually, and approached ten miles east of Jiangzhou City.

The veteran Huang Gai, riding a horse and carrying a knife, carrying an iron-tired bow, walked in front of the army with his head held high, his eyes cold.

Behind him, nearly 5,000 Wei soldiers marched all the way to the west with high morale.

Soon, the army was no longer more than five miles away from Jiangzhou City, and the majestic Jiangcheng city between the mountains and rivers was faintly seen in front of it.

Under the horizon, a thick black line rose, like a rushing wave, rising in front of you in a blink of an eye.

It was a dense array of swords and halberds, battle flags that covered the sky, and countless figures of soldiers, advancing eastward in clusters and clusters.

A flag with the word "Guan" flutters dazzlingly in the scorching sun at the end of winter.

Guan Ping led the Jiangzhou soldiers into battle.

The corners of Huang Gai's mouth swept up with a sneer, and he muttered: "Your Majesty's grasp of people's hearts has really reached the point of being superb, and that Guan Ping Xiao'er was really enraged, and he went out of the city to fight......"

In the blink of an eye, nearly 10,000 Han troops in front of them came in a mighty way, and the weapons and iron armor reflected a dazzling and dazzling cold light, and the murderous aura was awe-inspiring.

In front of the flying flag, Guan Ping, who was wearing gold armor, was immediately heroic with a horizontal knife.

Behind him, the 10,000 Han army was in good order, with high morale and high spirits, far superior to the previous Han army.

This Han army is not Wang Ping's Jiangzhou soldiers, nor Yan Yan's White Emperor soldiers, but the elite soldiers of Guan Yu's own lineage, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the Guan family army.

Today, Guan Ping came with the belief that he would win, and he wanted to lead his Guan family army to break the myth of Su Zhe's undefeated.

The enemy army was twice as large as the Wei army, and the spirit and fighting spirit were not inferior at all, and on the surface, it seemed that this was a battle with clear advantages and disadvantages.

Huang Gai didn't see the slightest fear in his eyes, and without waiting for the enemy to attack, he waved his knife first and shouted: "Blow the horn and prepare to attack!" ”