A day later, the city of Nanpi.
The potters traveled day and night, and finally rushed to the front line of Nanpi, with 200,000 front-line soldiers.
At this moment, Han Xin, Zhang Liang, Huo Quzhi, Luo Cheng, Chen Qingzhi, Li Guang and other military generals have been waiting on the front line of Nanpi for a long time.
On the second day of the visit, the pottery merchant ordered an army of 200,000 to immediately cross north to Zhangshui and drive north to pursue the Han army.
At the same time, the potters ordered Ma Chao and other generals to lead 100,000 troops from Yecheng as soon as possible, go directly north, the east and west armies, and finally meet under Yijing City.
With the order of the potter, the 200,000 troops all crossed the river and began the Northern Expedition.
At this time, Liu Bei had already led 100,000 main forces, day and night, to the north, and rushed forward to quell the rebellion of An Lushan, leaving only Guan Yu and other generals, leading 50,000 soldiers and horses to the palace.
Although Guan Yu was arrogant, he also knew that he had a few catties and taels, and knew that the potter personally led an army of 200,000 to pursue, and if he went head-to-head, he would never be an opponent.
So Guan Yu had to suppress his arrogance, listened to Si Minyi's advice, and retreated all the way to the north, while constantly digging trenches, breaking river embankments, and using all kinds of despicable means to delay the pursuit of the Wei army as much as possible.
The potters were determined to destroy the Han Dynasty like iron, and they would not give up easily, and ordered the soldiers to plug the ditches, block the embankments, and overcome all difficulties to chase after them step by step.
Ten days later, the potters recovered all the Bohai counties in Hejian, and the 200,000-strong army finally advanced to the area around Moxian.
The defense line of the Han Kingdom in the south was centered on Yijing City, backed by the Juma River, and blocked the Yishui River in the south, building a solid defense line from west to east.
The Mo counties were on the south bank of Yishui, and once the Wei army captured the city, the army could use it as a backing to easily cross Yishui and attack the Yijing defense line.
In order to defend the Yijing defense line, after Guan Yu retreated to Moxian, he ordered to stop retreating, and 50,000 troops were stationed in the city, putting on a stubborn posture.
Of course, the pottery merchant would not give Liu Bei a chance to breathe, he wanted to take advantage of Liu Bei's good opportunity to be contained by civil strife, break through the Yijing defense line in one go, and enter Youzhou in one fell swoop.
If you want to break Yijing, you must first break Mozhou.
Therefore, when entering Mo County, the potter ordered the army to camp in the south of Mo County, put on a posture of forcing the city, and ordered the soldiers to rest for a while, and then attacked the city on a large scale the next day.
It was nearly dusk, and the remnant sun was slanting westward, dyeing the city with a blood-colored outline.
Guan Yu stood proudly at the south gate of Moxian County, Danfeng's eyes were half-open and half-closed, and he looked at the overwhelming Wei army company camp outside the city with contempt.
Looking at the smoke and smelling the smell of meat wafting in the wind, Guan Yu knew that the potter must be killing pigs and sheep, rewarding his soldiers, and preparing a meat meal, he will attack the city tomorrow.
"It looks like tomorrow is going to be a tough battle."
Guan Yinping, who was standing beside him, looked at Wei Ying outside the city with apricot eyes, and muttered with emotion.
Guan Xiaotong on the other side flattened his lips and snorted disdainfully: "We have the leadership of our father and 50,000 elite athletes, and I am afraid that the pottery thief will not succeed." ” Although these two twins look and have the same figure, their personalities are very different, Guan Yinping is as quiet as water, Guan Xiaotong is as fierce as fire, one is afraid of the potter, the other is dismissive of the potter, and it is also due to the character of the two.
The generals on the left and right, although the lady Guan was too arrogant and didn't know the power of the potter, but no one dared to question Guan Huang when he was afraid of Guan Yu's face.
Only Zhao Yun said lightly: "The Wei army has 200,000 people, and the strength is four times that of our army. ” Guan Xiaotong's proud pretty face suddenly swept up a little displeasure, and he pouted, "Uncle Yun, you are too long for the enemy's ambition, so you can destroy your prestige." ” Zhao Yun shook his head, and said in a solemn tone: "It's not that I have the ambition of the enemy, it's that the potter is indeed an extremely difficult enemy to deal with, for so many years, we have suffered less from him, do you want to say that the number of times we have fought with the potter, Ling Zun is far more than me, he knows the strength of the potter best, general, I'm right." ” Zhao Yun's gaze looked at Guan Yu.
Guan Yu's lying silkworm frowned slightly, and a trace of displeasure quietly flashed in his half-opened eyes.
The meaning of Zhao Yun's words was originally to say that Guan Yu had fought with the potters many times more than him, and he knew best how strong the potters were, and he knew that the potters could not be underestimated.
Guan Yu heard it in his ears, but he thought that Zhao Yun was satirizing his defeat at the hands of the potter several times in front of his daughter.
If it were someone else, he might have endured it, but Guan Yu's proud self-esteem could not allow others to be disrespectful to him.
At that moment, his face sank, and he snorted coldly: "Zilong, what do you mean by this, are you sarcastically saying that Ben Jiang has been defeated by the pottery thief repeatedly?"
Zhao Yun was stunned at first, then realized it, and hurriedly explained: "The general misunderstood, Yun just wanted to say that the general had witnessed the rise of the potter, and he knew best that the potter was strong and would not underestimate the enemy." ” Guan Yu snorted coldly again, his eyes burned with a conceited look, and he said coldly: "Of course the general knows that the traitor is treacherous, despicable and shameless, but the general knows how complacent he is now, thinking that he can capture Mo County in one fell swoop, and the general has prepared a big gift for him, so that he knows the truth that the arrogant army will be defeated."
Guan Yu's arrogant face and self-confidence, as if he expected things like a god, had already made a plan to break the enemy.
"General Guan has some clever plan," Zhao Yun couldn't help but wonder.
Guan Yu snorted coldly, only stroked his beautiful hair, and did not speak, as if he deliberately wanted to hang Zhao Yun there to embarrass him.
At this time, footsteps sounded, Sima Yi calmly climbed up to the top of the city, came to Guan Yu, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "General, everything is ready, just waiting for the pottery thief to attack tomorrow." ” Guan Yu nodded slightly, and the arrogance on his bare face was even stronger.
However, he did not praise Sima Yi for his profits, but said in a sarcastic tone: "Sima Zhongda, you spent so much money in the treasury to recruit outlaws from all over the world and form the so-called remnant soldiers, didn't you pat your chest to the Son of Heaven and promise that as soon as the remnant assassin made a move, he would definitely take the head of the pottery thief, but how could he be killed by the pottery thief and almost all the troops were wiped out?"
As soon as these words came out, Sima Yi's figure was immediately shocked, and his expressions of surprise and embarrassment squeezed on his face at the same time.
Zhao Yun, Wen Chou and other generals next to him also changed their expressions, and looked at Sima Yi with surprised eyes.
Zhao Yun raised his eyebrows and asked: "Master Sima, even if we want to kill the pottery thief, we should kill him by dignified means, how can we use such a means of assassination, even if we kill the pottery thief at that time, we will be laughed at by the people of the world."
In the face of Zhao Yun's questioning, Sima Yi couldn't say anything, and couldn't help but glance at Guan Yu with a secret complaint.
When he strongly recommended Liu Bei to summon the assassins, Liu Bei also hesitated again and again, and finally had to agree.
And the formation and operation of the remnants of the army were carried out in semi-secret from beginning to end, and only Guan Yu and a few other Liu Bei's cronies and ministers knew, even Zhao Yun didn't know.
Sima Yi didn't expect that Guan Yu would tell the existence of the remnants of the soldiers in public at this time, didn't this embarrass him in public and be questioned and despised by Zhao Yun and others.
"Guan Yu, this guy must be resentful of the failure of his escort to the Tianlei Cannon, I said a few words to him in front of the Son of Heaven, and now he has an opportunity to take revenge on me."
Sima Yi's eyes rolled a few times, and he secretly pondered in his heart, and suddenly understood why Guan Yu wanted to embarrass him.
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Of course, he could stand up and cry out for himself, saying that he just proposed to form a remnant army and use assassination to deal with the potters, and the person who finally nodded and agreed was still our emperor.
But in this way, he is equivalent to pouring this basin of dirty water on the head of their son Liu Bei, and when Liu Bei knows about it, won't he be angry with him.
Thinking of this, Sima Yi could only secretly scold Guan Yu in his heart that this trick was yin enough, forcing him to eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and swallow his own bitterness.
At that moment, he straightened his chest, embarrassed, and said disapprovingly: "The pottery thief is a traitor, and it is not too much to kill the traitor, as long as he can save the people from fire and water, how can he be so stubborn, but he has mistaken the plan to revive the Han Dynasty." ” Zhao Yun is not good at quibbling words, and after being sophistry by Sima Yi, he was speechless for a while, not knowing how to refute.
Then Sima Yi's eyes looked at Guan Yu again, and sighed: "The reason why the remnant soldier's previous assassination operation failed was only because the pottery thief was too cunning, and he secretly installed Jing Ke and a group of rangers to protect it, so that the assassination operation fell short, I believe that with the lesson of this time, as long as the plan is thorough, maybe the next time you can take the life of the pottery thief, as for the cost of the remnant soldiers."
Sima Yi's words changed, and there was a few meanings in his tone, "Although it costs a lot of money to gather these outlaws, compared with making hundreds of heavenly thunder cannons, it is just a drop in the bucket, I think it is too cost-effective to use this money in exchange for a chance to assassinate the pottery thief and finish the battle, General Guan thinks."
Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes glanced slightly, and a trace of gloom flashed when his eyes were neutral.
Although Sima Yi did not say it explicitly, he compared the Tianlei Cannon with the remnants of the soldiers, which was clearly alluding to the defeat of the Tianlei Cannon when he escorted the Tianlei Cannon to Qingzhou, but was ambushed by the potters and burned down in hundreds of days. was scarred, Guan Yu was annoyed, but he was afraid of Sima Yi's sharp mouth, and he really wanted to fight, but his ugly things were all exposed, but he suffered a loss.
After weighing it, Guan Yu had to suppress his annoyance, and snorted coldly: "What you said is also somewhat reasonable, as long as you can kill the pottery thief, it is worth the cost, Ben Jiang used your strategy this time to pay such a big price, and I hope that your strategy will not disappoint Ben Jiang." ” Sima Yi smiled confidently, "General Guan, don't worry, I dare to guarantee that no matter how treacherous the pottery thief is, he would never have thought that this time he would return the favor to the other side, and our army would win this battle." ” Guan Yu nodded slightly, the flame of revenge ignited on his bare face, and the slightly open Danfeng eyes looked at the Wei camp outside the city, and said coldly: "Tao thief, tomorrow's battle is the time for me Guan Yu to take revenge on the shame" isjgy: