Han Xiang

Chapter 610 Completed the siege of Cao Ren

Seeing this, Xu Huang hurriedly led the army to fight, wondering whether Guan Yu was caught by surprise, or did he see through his delay in making adjustments?
If it's the latter, how terrible is it?
Although Guan Yu had slightly fewer troops, he had just killed Zhang Xiu in formation and the morale of the army was at a high level.

Xu Huang's siege stopped unexpectedly. Most of the soldiers were exhausted at this time. In addition, seeing Zhang Xiu's head in front of the formation, they had no intention of fighting Guan Yu.

As soon as the two sides fought, Xu Huang's side showed signs of decline.

Fortunately, Xu Huangping had always been strict in running the army, and his soldiers were still able to give orders and prohibitions in times of crisis. In the end, they fought and left under his command and were not dispersed by Guan Yu.

On the way to Rang County, Guan Yu had already fought two rounds.

From the beginning, he had no hope of defeating Xu Huang, so after chasing him for two miles, he ordered the troops to stop.

The soldiers under his command need to rest and clean up the battlefield.

Xu Shu felt excited when he saw Guan Yu in the city. When he found out that Guan Yu was resting in place after the battle, he asked people to bring food and follow him to work for the army.

After a while, Xu Shu came to the river north of Rang County.

When he was still more than ten feet away from Guan Yu, Xu Shu raised his hands and praised from the bottom of his heart:
"The general is invincible, even the famous generals from ancient times are not as good as him."

"It's just a small victory. We rely on Yuan Zhi to hold on to Rang County."

Guan Yu did not deny the praise when he heard it, but also affirmed Xu Shu's contribution.

After hearing this, Xu Shu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Defending the city has a natural advantage. The ability to successfully separate Cao Ren and Xu Huang mainly depends on the general's frequent battles in various places and his consecutive victories. No wonder Cao Cao is reluctant to leave the general."

"Different road non-phase plan"

Guan Yuxu stroked his beautiful beard with his eyes and told Xu Shu: "Thousands of defeated soldiers fled to Fancheng. If Cao Ren knew that Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu were defeated, he might have abandoned Fancheng to seize Rang County. Yuan Zhi quickly went back to repair the city defenses."

"Ok?"

Xu Shu heard something in Guan Yu's words and asked with a surprised expression: "According to the previous plan, shouldn't the general return to Rang County to rest? Even if Cao Ren goes to attack Yin and Yan counties, they will only be two empty cities. There is no need to be so anxious. "

"Yuan Zhi doesn't know something."

Guan Yu interrupted Xu Shu and explained: "Mr. Ziyang personally led five thousand troops to help. At this time, he is stationed in Yin and Hu counties for defense. Cao Ren's attempt to seize the city and seize grain will be in vain."

"Zi Yang is here too? That's great!"

Xu Shu was so excited that he was rubbing his hands in circles, pacing and talking to himself: "With him guarding Yin and Shen counties, he blocked Cao Ren's way to the west. Gan Xingba harassed Cai Mao in the Feishui River. It can almost be said that Cao Ren is trapped in Fancheng, and the pressure on Rang County will be the greatest next. If Cao Ren really survives until he runs out of food, he may abandon Fancheng and break out by waterway."

"So I'm going to close this loophole."

After Guan Yu finished speaking, he straightened up and stood up.

"How is it blocked?"

Xu Shu looked at Guan Yu doubtfully and said to himself that the two of them had planned together in Wancheng before and had not figured out how to control the Nanyang water network. After all, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's [-] Xiangyang navy were not weak.

"I'm going to chase Xu Gongming."

"what?"

"Zhang Xiu was killed by me, and Xu Huang had just been defeated. It was at a time when his morale was low. If I led troops to pursue him, he would definitely withdraw to Wancheng."

Guan Yu paused in the middle of his explanation, then twitched his beard and twitched the corners of his mouth: "Xu Gongming must have never imagined that my pursuit was actually a bluff. Taking back the abandoned warships is my real purpose."

"Could Yun Chang plan to board the ship from Wancheng, then go down the river to cooperate with Gan Xingba, and attack Cai Hao and Zhang Yun in the Xinye waters?"

Xu Shu swallowed his saliva and thought to himself that you had such an idea, you were really brave for a skilled person.

Guan Yu nodded in affirmation: "Controlling Nanyang's water network is not only the key to trapping Cao Ren, but also the basis for fighting against Cao Cao in the future. Only by completely defeating Cai and Zhang can we do it."

Xu Shu frowned and reminded: "But Yunchang has been running around for days. Will the soldiers be too tired?" "It doesn't matter." Guan Yu waved his hands gently and said solemnly: "If you follow me, you can win the battle. The soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives, so I won't Let’s go to the city again, which is less than two hundred miles away from Wancheng. I’m too late to catch up with Xu Huang.”

"Okay, take care!"

The October wind is already carrying a chill.

Xu Shu stood by the road and watched the stalwart figure walking away.

Guan Yu suddenly raised his troops to pursue him again, which caught Xu Huang off guard during the retreat. He deliberately set up an ambush to stop him, but unfortunately he could not escape the observation of the telescope.

After losing two to three thousand soldiers and horses, Xu Huang no longer wanted to fight Guan Yu easily, and focused on urging the march.

As Guan Yu expected, Xu Huang returned to Wancheng with his defeated troops, intending to defend Wancheng as a containment and create opportunities for Cao Ren in the south.

Unfortunately, Guan Yu predicted his prediction and led his troops straight to Feishui.

The warships built under the supervision of Guan Yu in Fancheng were still docked in the waters of Wancheng.

When Xu Huang realized later, Guan Yu had already sailed down the river.

It was early winter, the sails of the warship were fully hoisted, and the wind and water were favorable.

In less than half a day, Guan Yu's fleet appeared in Xinye waters.

As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to arrive well. At that time, Cai Mao was transporting supplies for Cao Ren, and Gan Ning also started harassing him on a regular basis.

Cai Mao's arrows had been exhausted for several days. Although he asked Cao Ren for more arrows in advance, the Central Plains was far away from Xinye and he could not deliver them in time.

Facing the pincer attack by Guan Yu and Gan Ning, the [-] Xiangyang navy that was passively defending was about to be defeated in less than two hours.

Since the water channel has been blocked, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun also followed Guan Yu's example and abandoned the ship, and landed with their soldiers in order to preserve their strength.

In order to protect their team as much as possible, Cai and Zhang chose to land separately, so that the landing area would be relatively sufficient.

Finally, Zhang Yun led his troops to land on the west bank of Feishui River and went straight to Fancheng to surrender to Cao Ren.

Cai Mao was supported by Lu Xiang on the east bank. He proposed to capture Lu Meng in the Xinye Prison and planned to go to Xudu to meet Cao Cao in person.

Guan Yu showed that he was too capable of fighting, and Cai Mao was worried that Cao Ren would not succeed, so he wanted to personally persuade Cao Cao to go south.

The fact is just as Cai Mao thought, the opponent Cao Ren encountered this time was too powerful.

Ma Yan led thousands of remnant troops to flee to Fancheng and brought news that Guan Yu's main force was in Rang County. Cao Ren sent generals to Yin and Shan counties to collect grain, but Liu Ye encountered Zhao Yu and returned.

With the assistance of Xu Shu and Liu Ye, it is like a battlefield confrontation in World of Warcraft. The powerful warrior Guan Yu's "mistress" is enough to strangle Cao Ren's "chopper team".

After Guan Yu defeated the Xiangyang navy, he immediately returned to Rang County to block the way.

Cao Ren was trapped in Fancheng and his food route was cut off. Ma Yan and Zhang Yun brought more than 1 mouths with them, which accelerated the food consumption of Fancheng's soldiers.

If you want to plot against others, you will plot against others instead.

Cao Ren knew something was wrong when he saw Zhang Yun, so he personally led an army of [-] to break out in the direction of Rang County, thinking that Guan Yu's soldiers could not stop him, but Guan Yu and Xu Shu had already thought of this.

A few miles away from the north of Rang County, there are two tributaries of the Guishui River from northwest to southeast.

Guan Yu demolished all the bridges near Rang County, and mobilized the Gan and Ning naval forces to participate in the defense, completing the encirclement layout of the Fancheng area. Even Cao Ren's [-]-strong army could not get through.

Losing the power to control the water, Xu Huang watched anxiously from the other side. He could not help but asked Xu Du for help.

Originally thinking that the battle would be over years ago, Cao Cao waited until November to hear the news that Cao Ren was trapped. He was so shocked that he had a headache and fainted in the prime minister's palace.

(End of this chapter)