Facts have proved that Guan Yu's choice this time was right.

Although Su Zhe broke through the level in the east of Jiangzhou City, he did not have enough troops, and he took Jiangzhou City in one go, so he could only force the city to go down and wait for the follow-up army to arrive.

In less than half a month, nearly 50,000 soldiers arrived one after another, and Su Zhe gathered more than 60,000 soldiers and horses under the city of Jiangzhou.

At this time, the 5,000 reinforcements led by Yang Qiu also arrived in Jiangzhou City at this moment, re-enriching the strength of Guanping to garrison Jiangzhou.

The siege begins.

Su Zhe first used a trebuchet to bombard Jiangzhou City, and it took a few days to raze the surface of the four gates of Jiangzhou City to the ground.

As a result, Jiangzhou City is still majestic, and the main city wall is as solid as a rock.

It is no wonder that Su Zhe's trebuchet is just an ordinary trebuchet, and its power is not more powerful than the divine thunder cannon invented by Zhuge Liang, and the effect of the bombardment is really limited.

Jiangzhou is a mountain city, surrounded by abundant stones, most of the city walls are built with mountain stones, and some of the city walls are also built by relying on the mountain, taking advantage of the natural terrain.

Such an impregnable city, Su Zhe wants to use an ordinary trebuchet to blast it, of course, it is not realistic.

In addition, Guan Ping is still Guan Yu's son in the end, once he was scared by Su Zhe, he put away his proud temper, honestly insisted on not fighting, and with his ability, he resisted the attack of Su Zhe's six-fold army with 10,000 soldiers and horses, but it was not a problem.

So, after several days of fruitless attack, Su Zhe relied on the surprise and the advantage of the rapid advance, and finally stopped, and the war to attack Yizhou entered a stalemate stage on the front line of Jiangzhou.

In terms of Guanzhong, it was not until Su Zhe took Pingdu City that Liu Bei really determined that Su Zhe's main attack target was in Yizhou, not Guanzhong.

So, at the suggestion of Zhuge Liang, he quickly adjusted the deployment of troops and moved the direction of defense from Guanzhong to Yizhou.

A few days later, Liu Bei left nearly 80,000 soldiers and horses to continue to hold Guanzhong, and he led nearly 70,000 troops from Chang'an to the front line in Jiangzhou.

It's just that going south from Chang'an, you have to pass through the Qinling Mountains, and the march is far less convenient than Su Zhe's journey from Luoyang to Yizhou, not to mention that it was hit by Su Zhe's voice and hit the west with a time difference.

Therefore, when Su Zhe broke through Guanping in the east of Jiangzhou City, Liu Bei had just led his army into the Hanzhong Plain.

However, what relieved Liu Bei was that Guan Yu finally forced Meng Shu and 50,000 barbarian troops to surrender, put down the rebellion in Nanzhong, and began to wave his army north to aid Jiangzhou.

At the beginning of the spring of that year, Guan Yu led tens of thousands of troops to the front line of Jiangzhou, so that the strength of the Han army in Jiangzhou reached 70,000.

At this time, Su Zhe's main army from the north to the south had just entered the White Emperor Pass, and it would take at least six or seven days to reach the front line in Jiangzhou.

Su Zhe's army in the east of Jiangzhou City was only 70,000.

The two armies were equal in number, which made Guan Yu think again.

East of Jiangzhou City.

At dusk, Guan Yu climbed the city tower and looked at the reality from a distance.

"Father, according to our detailed investigation, the soldiers and horses of the Su thief in Jiangzhou are comparable to ours, and the follow-up of more than 80,000 soldiers and horses will take about seven or eight days to arrive."

Guan Ping stood beside him, pointing to Wei Ying outside the city, and explained to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu stroked his beautiful hair in his hands, an unpredictable look flowed in his eyes, and asked again: "Where is Your Majesty's army, and how many days will it be to arrive in Jiangzhou." ”

"Returning to the general, when the last general set off, His Majesty's army only left Yangping Pass, and now it should have arrived at the Sword Pavilion, and it will take at least fifteen days or so to reach the Sword Pavilion."

The one who answered Guan Yu was Ma Dai, the young general of the Ma family.

In order to reassure Guan Yu and the front-line Han army, Liu Bei ordered Ma Dai to lead a part of the cavalry to report to Guan Yu first, and ordered Ma Dai to wait for Guan Yu's dispatch on the spot.

"Is there still fifteen days......" Guan Yu thought thoughtfully.

Huang Quan smiled and said with relief: "Now that General Guan has arrived in Jiangzhou, even if the main force of the Su thieves arrived in Jiangzhou earlier than His Majesty, General Guan is enough to lead us to hold Jiangzhou, and until Your Majesty comes to rendezvous, fifteen days is not too long." ”

Guan Yu ignored him, and looked at Wei Ying's gaze, faintly revealing a trace of fierce murderous intent.

After pondering for a long time, Guan Yushu waved his hand and shouted: "Huang Gongheng, you quickly draft a battle letter for Ben and send it to the Su thief, who is going to invite him to fight." ”

As soon as these words came out, Huang Quan's face changed immediately, and the generals of the Han army on the left and right did not change their color, even Guan Ping was shocked.

None of them expected that Guan Yu would choose to take the initiative to fight Su Zhe at this juncture when Liu Bei was about to arrive.

"General, Your Majesty's reinforcements are about to arrive, why should we risk going to war, isn't it safer to defend until Your Majesty arrives." Huang Quan said with a smile.

Guan Yu said proudly: "The number of our army is comparable to that of the Su thieves, and we are waiting for work, if we can't defeat the Su thieves, we can only wait for Your Majesty to come, we, the Yizhou guards, have no face to see Your Majesty." ”

Huang Quan was speechless, and suddenly understood Guan Yu's thoughts.

Guan Yu said that the generals of Yizhou had no way to face Liu Bei, but in fact, he himself had no face to face Liu Bei.

After all, Liu Bei gave him nearly 90,000 soldiers and horses to guard Yizhou, but he lost Emperor Bai and Pingdu, lost half of his soldiers, and was beaten all the way to Jiangzhou by Su Zhe, and he was about to enter the Chengdu Plain.

As a general of the Han Dynasty and the head of the military generals, such a shabby record really damaged his status and reputation.

Therefore, Guan Yu couldn't swallow this breath, he had to use a victory to redeem his prestige before Liu Bei arrived, so that he could have the confidence to continue to be a general and have the face to face Liu Bei.

"General, the lessons of the major general must not be ignored." Huang Quan didn't mention which pot to mention.

Guan Ping's face changed, and his annoyed eyes glared at Huang Quan.

Guan Yu's face sank bare, and he snorted coldly: "Huang Gongheng, what do you mean, are you saying that the strength of this general is the same as Guan Ping, and he is not the opponent of the Su thief?" ”

Huang Quan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The general misunderstood, I didn't mean that, I just ......"

"You don't have to say any more!" Guan Yu interrupted him, "This general will go out to fight this time, not only to save the face of our Yizhou guards for you, but also to boost the morale of our army with a victory, as a gift to welcome Your Majesty!" ”

Huang Quan was blocked back, not knowing how to refute.

Guan Ping took advantage of the situation and said: "My father's generals are ten times more talented than me, if my father can go out, he will be able to wash away the shame of the child, avenge Liao Hua, and those soldiers who died." ”

Yang Qiu also hurriedly echoed and praised Guan Yu.

The rest of the generals could see Guan Yu's thoughts, and they also knew Guan Yu's temper, so they naturally didn't dare to oppose it anymore.

Huang Quan was helpless, and he didn't dare to have any more objections, so he could only write a war letter for Guan Yu and send it to Wei Ying in the starry night.