Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 939 Please kill yourself for your dignity

The scouts Cao Xiu sent at night, like released birds, disappeared forever in the sky.

Although the terrain in Nanyang is flat, the main roads and avenues must be chosen for marching. It is easy to lose your way and be swallowed by nature such as thorns and swamps.

The main road leading to the Central Plains is also the area that Guan Yu focuses on. He also puts Meng Da, who is good at defense, in Duyang, which means that if Bowang does not guard against it, there is a second layer of insurance in front of Duyang.

In addition, the Han army has a good mass base in this area, and the fish that slip through the net will be tipped off by the people nearby, so Cao Xiu's idea is ultimately futile.

Guan Yu relied on the rations, winter clothes, and arrows he swindled from the Central Plains to stay in Bowang and planned to play with Cao Xiu slowly. However, after confronting the opponent and probing for less than three days, new news came from the direction of Duyang.

Not only did Wei’s rear not send any more supplies, they actually sent small groups of troops out of Ye County to investigate. Although they were all dealt with by Meng Da’s troops in the end, it showed that the Wei court had discovered the clues. And the 'oil and water' has almost been squeezed out.

Guan Yu saw that the "oil and water" in the Central Plains was almost exhausted, so he changed his steady style in recent months and began to actively launch a fierce attack on Cao Xiu's army.

Cao Xiu was caught off guard and retreated [-] li in the battle that day. Then the Jingzhou soldiers took advantage of the victory to pursue and drove all the Wei troops in Nanyang back to Wancheng in a few days. Cao Xiu has since turned from attack to defense.

When Zhang Liao was stationed in Wancheng, he repaired and strengthened the city wall. Although Guan Yu was in full swing at this time, he did not choose to attack the city by force.

Cao Xiu didn't have much food in store at this time, so Guan Yu was not in a hurry at all, time is the best helper to defeat the enemy.

Jingzhou soldiers pursued to the waters of Wancheng, but the warships could not move forward due to the blockage of the river. Guan Yu ordered the warships to stop at the river section, and sent scouts to Wancheng to closely monitor, but stopped other military operations.

Guan Yu sent troops out of Xiangyang in October last year, and has been out fighting for nearly half a year now, relying on Wei's supplies to survive the winter smoothly, but when the opponent realized that he had been tricked, he decisively "cut off food", and Jingzhou soldiers began to "sit and eat".

Seeing that Guan Yu was calm and calm all day long, Guan Ping was the first to lose his temper. He found Guan Yu alone and said, "Father, there is no way for us to waste money here. I'm afraid we can't believe all the words of the soldiers. In case the food in Wancheng It is very sufficient, so we will become passive after two or three months? Haier thinks that the river should be dredged immediately, and the troops will come to Wancheng to put pressure on Cao Xiu."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and explained: "There is no danger around Wancheng to defend. It is not a city where grain is guarded. In addition, it is close to Zhongyuan, so it is impossible to store more here. I guess Cao Xiu's army grain is almost exhausted. As for dredging the river, it is meaningless. Great, it is the dry season in winter, the water level of the river has already dropped a lot, and the river is cold, and dredging is time-consuming and laborious, which is really not advisable.”

Guan Ping thought for a while, and made a suggestion: "The people in Bowang and Duyang are loyal to the great man. If some peasants are recruited to help dredging here, my son thinks that as long as the father raises his arms, he will surely follow like a cloud."

"Tanzhi also knows that the State of Wei will not provide food anymore. If the people are recruited to help dredge the river, won't our food consumption be faster?" Guan Yu laughed dumbly.

"Uh, my boy is not thinking carefully. If my father thinks that dredging is time-consuming and laborious, why don't we just surround Wancheng? Now that the strength of the two sides is almost equal, I guess Cao Xiu will not fight us head-on. You send Zhongling out to monitor and spy, I'm afraid I will never meet a general like General Zhang again." Guan Ping shook his head lightly.

"Because my father didn't intend to send Zhongling, but Anguo clamored to learn how to reconnaissance, so Zhongling had to go with him. In addition, this place is nearly seventy miles away from Wancheng. There is a risk of transporting food without the cover of a warship. I will not Give Cao Xiu any chance, and you must know that promising food to hungry soldiers is more effective than promising high officials and generous salaries, so let the Wei army collapse on its own." Guan Yu nodded and said.

"The Wei army will kill people and slaughter the city. If it is the day when the food is exhausted, isn't father worried that they will go south? It will be bad if they harm the city under your rule." Guan Ping frowned.

Guan Yu didn't take it seriously: "Does Ping'er think Yuan Zhi is just a display? We have deduced it together before the war. If Cao Xiu put all his eggs in one basket to seize the city of Jingzhou, he would organize the people and the defenders to defend it and never give the Wei army an opportunity. only"

"Just what?" Guan Ping asked.

"It's just to prevent Cao Xiu from going south to Xinye, and then fleeing from the north of Tongbai Mountain to Runan. After fighting for so long, Man Chong didn't come to help, which proves that the Huainan battlefield is also very fierce." Guan Yu replied seriously.

After listening, Guan Ping tried to ask: "Why don't you divide your troops and go back to Xinye to garrison? If the Huainan battlefield is really at a critical moment, you can't let Cao Xiu and the others pass."

Guan Yu nodded: "My father is planning this. I will send you [-] soldiers and horses. In addition, I will send someone to contact Yuan Zhi. The big fish in Nanyang are dying. We will collect the nets after the spring."

"Wei." Guan Ping embraced the order.

Guan Yu was watching Wancheng from the side of the river, and Cao Xiu's life became more and more difficult day by day. Seeing that the food in the treasury was slowly bottoming out, his hair and beard, like Cao Zhen, were completely white during this time.

After going out of the city to fight Guan Yu, he was no match. Cao Xiu sent troops to the south to plunder several times, because he could not break through the city defense with too few troops, but he was afraid that Guan Yu would attack Wancheng by sending too many troops.

Cao Xiu very much hoped that Guan Yu would come to attack by force. Defending the city is much easier than fighting in the wild. Unfortunately, Guan Yu on the opposite side did not go on the road at all. Cao Xiu wasted time and food in entanglement.

It wasn't until the mountains and rivers were exhausted that Cao Xiu turned his heart and went south with all the soldiers in Wancheng.

When the Wei army moved, so did the Jingzhou soldiers.

On the land of Nanyang, the scene of "lions chasing wildebeests" was reproduced. At this time, the number of wildebeests was greatly reduced compared with when Bowang sent troops at the beginning, and every time there were confrontations, "wildebeests" fell to the ground with casualties.

At the end of May, Cao Xiu divided his troops and went south to plunder. The main force he led failed to attack Fancheng, and he was forced to turn to the northwest for two hundred miles.

Finally, he fled to the banks of the Han River. Cao Xiu, whose face was covered in blood, was left with the same blood-stained old horse. He looked at the surrounding generals of the Han army, and his heart was filled with sorrow.

The general who rushed to the front saw that Cao Xiu was alone, thinking that the opportunity to kill the general had come, and when they were about to surround and kill him, they were suddenly stopped by Guan Yu's voice.

Seeing that Cao Xiu was so tenacious, Guan Yu showed great admiration, and said in a loud voice: "Cao Xiu, you have done your best as the great Sima of the Wei State, and you can be regarded as a hero of the Wei State. It's just that you were born at an untimely time. Roll, it’s beyond human power to reverse it, Guan knows you won’t surrender, so I’ll give you dignity and kill yourself.”

"Being defeated by General Guan, I, Cao Xiu, deservedly lost. You use warships to cooperate with land battles. This move is really wonderful." Cao Xiu sighed at the end, lowered his head and stroked the knotted mane of the horse, and said meaningfully: "Good horse, follow me down the river to practice the navy, drive"

(End of this chapter)