Seeing Guan Yu's anger, Ma Liang wanted to step forward again to dissuade him, but seeing that Guan Yu ignored it, he turned around and left.Just a moment later, the army began to complete the formation, except for hundreds of sergeants who stayed behind to guard the military tent, and the sergeants who were injured in the ambush led by Guan Ping in the siege just now, the rest of the men and horses all lined up to follow Guan Yu's army on the expedition.After about statistics, there are nearly 26,700 troops, which is three times the strength of Fancheng Cao's army.Under the leadership of Guan Yu, the army rushed straight to Fancheng, and seeing that Guan Yu's posture was quite planning to wash away the previous shame in this battle, and also planned to take the enemy's Fancheng in one battle.Worried that Guan Yu would suffer losses and defeat in his will, Ma Liang still followed the army to the expedition regardless of his safety, and along the way, he constantly analyzed the advantages of the enemy and us in his mind.Without waiting for Ma Liang to think about it, the army had already resisted under the gate of Fancheng, and at this time Fancheng was already closed by the city gate, except for the army of Army B, there was no figure outside the city at all, it seems that the other party was deliberately setting up this situation just now."
Hmph, Liu Bei's soldiers don't know the height of the sky, they have nothing to attack my city, it seems that they didn't have enough to eat in the defeat just now, and they are in a hurry to send them to death this time.Acquaintances, go back quickly, or I will bury your army here." ”Just as Guan Yu and the others were staring at the nearby situation, for fear that the other party was playing some tricks, they saw a figure suddenly poking out from the city gate, shouting at Guan Yu.When did Guan Yu, who had always been arrogant, receive such an insult, and with a wave of the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand at that moment, he roared angrily: "Bastard, the army will attack me and take this city." ”"General and slow" Seeing this, Ma Liang hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade him, but before Ma Liang finished speaking, Guan Yu's military order had been issued.The army was suddenly led by several lieutenant generals, like a surging flood, and the siege climbed the long ladder to the enemy's city gate, but it was just an instant to approach the city.In the face of the surging enemy army, Cao Ren on the tower of the city gate did not have the slightest timidity, and constantly commanded the soldiers on the city gate to use bows and arrows to snipe, in a vain attempt to use the advantage of bows to block the enemy's attack, or to reduce the number of enemy troops.Even if Cao Ren has more than 1,000 troops this time, the archers are only less than 1,000 or so, and although each round of bow shooting can take many lives, the enemy army has nearly 30,000 troops after all.After two rounds of fire, the enemy army had already rushed to the bottom of the city gate and began to build a long ladder, so it seemed that Guan Yu planned to attack the enemy city with crowd tactics.The tactic of forcible siege is a common tactic in siege warfare, but it is also an undesirable tactic, and if it is not for the huge disparity in troops, such a siege war can be said to be an extremely consuming tactic.This time, Guan Yu led the army to attack the city, and when he heard Cao Ren's insults, he immediately lost his mind, and began to storm Fancheng desperately, but no matter how he attacked, he never succeeded in taking the city, and the casualties of the B army were increasing, but the defending side had little impact.Looking at the fierce situation of the siege battle ahead, Ma Liang couldn't help but go to Guan Yu's side and persuade him slightly: "General Guan, in this siege, the casualties of our soldiers have been increasing, but the guards in the city have never decreased.It seems that these defenders must have made careful preparations, and Ma Liang thought that it was better to retreat for the time being, so that the soldiers could do the siege after a little repair. ”Listening to Ma Liang's words, Guan Yu couldn't help frowning slightly, and then stared at the dynamics on the city wall.Although the soldiers of the B army attacked the city bravely, but they kept falling down from the city wall, Guan Yu couldn't help but surprise that these Cao troops defending the city were so brave, you must know that these soldiers have personally supervised the training, and their combat bravery can be imagined, but they have never been able to attack the city gate.Although Guan Yu was unwilling to accept the fact of withdrawing from the army, the current situation made Guan Yu have to make a decision."
Abominable Cao Jun, abominable Cao Ren, I will definitely make you repay this account twice."
Looking at Cao Ren, who was constantly commanding on the city wall, Guan Yu couldn't help gritting his teeth and said, and then said to the generals on the side: "Pass my order and retreat." ”Next, Guan Yu asked the soldiers to attack the city three times in a row, but they still failed to capture Fancheng, and the proportion of deaths continued to increase, but the loss of nearly four or five thousand soldiers and horses in one day's effort.And Cao Ren, who was guarding Fancheng, was not having a good time, in the face of Guan Yu's endless fierce attack, even if Cao Ren was prepared, he was still almost defeated, and the opponent's continuous and endless attacks made Cao Ren almost unable to support it.The previous casualties were quite supportable, but later, as the casualties intensified, Cao Ren had to start recruiting soldiers in the city, and all men of age had to participate in the defense of the city, and they also had to start collecting rice and grain on a large scale, so that everyone in the city complained.However, the only thing that made Cao Ren feel fortunate was that when Cao Ren was in urgent need of soldiers and horses, and the recruitment was to the limit, Xu Huang led 10,000 elite soldiers to come.When 10,000 soldiers and horses entered Fancheng, the garrison soldiers in the city cheered one by one, although the war was still not over, but the soldiers seemed to see a glimmer of hope.Here, when Guan Yu learned that Cao Cao had sent reinforcements to strengthen the defense of Fancheng, an unprecedented anger appeared on his face, and on the one hand, he began to prepare for the siege, and on the other hand, he began to return to the land of several counties and began to dispatch troops and horses to strengthen the offensive force.Especially the previously captured Xiangyang troops, most of which were captured by the Cao army, were all thrown into the attack on Fancheng.At the same time, his son Guan Xing went to Yizhou to report the good news to his eldest brother Liu Bei, intending to inform everyone of the war in Jingzhou and encourage the army.Seeing Guan Yu attacking Fancheng in such a hurry, the advisor Ma Liang couldn't help but advise: "General, Fancheng can't be attacked for a long time today, which is really unfavorable to our army, Ma Liang thinks that the general should not wantonly withdraw troops from other state cities to besiege Fancheng."
First, Xiangyang waited until the Cao soldiers, who had just taken it and were surrendered, were unstable; Second, once the garrison in other places is reduced, it will give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of. ”In the face of Ma Liang's bitter persuasion, Guan Yu didn't take it to heart, but chuckled and said: "Ji Chang is really too worried, and now that the eldest brother has obtained Yizhou, his strength has increased greatly, and he almost wants to take Hanzhong in one go."
And Jiangdong Sun Quan also because of the death of Zhou Yu, the morale of the whole army dropped greatly, and in order to protect himself, he had to have a good relationship with our army, and this is a good time for our army to enter the army.Now many places in Jingzhou have entered the hands of our army, and after taking Xiangyang, after taking this Fancheng, you can go all the way north to join forces with your eldest brother to take the Central Plains. ”"General, Ma Liang is just worried that our army is advancing too fast, although the road is successful, but the battle line is too long, in order to attack Fancheng, the garrisons in various cities are vacant, which is a taboo for soldiers.What's more, although Jiangdong has lost a Zhou Yu, Jiangdong has a large number of talents, and it will not stop expanding its territory just because of one Zhou Yu, we have to guard against it. ”Hearing that Guan Yu was so contemptuous of Cao Jun and looked down on Jiangdong, Ma Liang immediately persuaded him further.At the beginning, the reason why Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang sent Ma Liang to stay in Jingzhou to assist Guan Yu in guarding together was because they took a fancy to Ma Liang's ability and talent, and he had a good strategic vision.But Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were negligent a little, that is the arrogant Guan Yu, except for the entire army that can obey Liu Bei, the rest of the people are unconvinced, even Zhuge Liang may not be able to make Guan Yu obey, let alone Ma Liang."
Hahaha, Ji Chang, Ji Chang, I think you literati are too cautious.As the saying goes, the soldier is fast, and the opportunity must not be lost and never comes, and if we miss such a good opportunity, we will have to pay more to capture these cities in the future.Now that the eldest brother is leading the heavy troops in Hanzhong, the Cao army can hardly resist, let alone send extra troops to rescue Jingzhou.As for the Jiangdong generation, hehe Guan has never taken it seriously, even if he gives them ten dares, he will not dare to seek my Jingzhou land under Guan's nose, so there is nothing to be afraid of. ”Guan Yu chuckled, and began to lead the army to make adjustments, ignoring Ma Liang's bitter persuasion.Looking at Guan Yu's confident expression, Ma Liang could only shake his head and smile bitterly, hoping that he was really cautious as the other party said.When Guan Xing came to Yizhou with a variety of good news from Jingzhou, Yizhou was jubilant.Especially Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, when they learned that Jiangdong Zhou Yu was sick and dead, the two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but the cautious Zhuge Liang still asked repeatedly: "Jiangdong is full of talents and tricks, whether you personally confirm Zhou Yu's death, you must not be confused by it." ”Guan Xing immediately clasped his fists with both hands and swore solemnly: "Please rest assured, Jiangdong Zhou Yu's death has been confirmed by my eldest brother Guan Ping and Master Ma Liang in person.Both of them saw Zhou Yu lying in the coffin with their own eyes, and after being bitterly missed by Sun Quan, they covered the coffin and buried it, and the two waited until the end of the final funeral before leaving, and there would be no difference.Moreover, Zhao Yu of Jizhou ended his attack on Yanzhou, and officially entered the throne of Zhao after Cao Cao called the king of Wei, which shocked Jiangdong, lest he was worried that as soon as Zhou Yu died, Zhao Yu would march to Jiangdong, so Sun Quan deliberately asked people to make friends with our army again in order to protect themselves. ”After hearing Guan Xing's words this time, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and Liu Bei was even more overjoyed.Unexpectedly, after the marriage with Sun Quan's alliance this time, his strength reversed, not only did he marry one, but also prompted Jiangdong to send troops to help him attack and defend Jingzhou Cao Bing, so that he had the opportunity to enter Yizhou.The most important thing is that Jiangdong sent troops to help him deal with Cao Bing, so that Zhou Yu, who was not inferior to Zhuge Liang's resourcefulness, was injured and died, which can be said to be God helping me.Liu Bei immediately said excitedly: "This time, the second brother is so brave, and he has fought many battles in a row, and we can't lose to the second brother at this moment."
I ordered to immediately prepare troops and horses to attack Hanzhong, and we will compete with the second brother to see if he will capture the entire Jingzhou first, or if we will take the land of Hanzhong first. ”: