Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Half an hour later, Yan Yan and his entourage had arrived at the foot of Wancheng City. Those carts and war horses were all hidden in the nearby woods.More than [-] scouts sent in advance, using the wormwood as a cover, quietly went down to the city.Whenever the moonlight was bright, they would lie motionless among the grass and bushes, and when the moon was blocked by clouds, they would just bow their waists and move on.

In fact, the defenders at the top of the city were already in a deep sleep at this time, and those on duty also deserted and dozed off, so they would not look down the city.Not long after, Liang Jun's scouts swam across the moat and came to the base of the city wall.

One person took off the light portable ballista on his back, and the other quickly turned the winch, pulled the torsion spring and the crossbow string, and then they mounted a crossbow with a claw.There was a slight muffled bang, and the claws of the crossbow spear flew into the air. After a click, the claws just hooked onto the edge of the wall.A scout with a rope on his back climbed up with ease.

After checking left and right, he waved to the city.Another five or six ropes were thrown down, and the other end of the rope was fixed to the pile wall. Immediately, five or six Liang Jun scouts climbed up along the rope.

Suddenly there was a noise from the other end of the city, and a figure staggered towards this side.The scout at the top of the city thought to himself, it's not good, could it be that Wei Jun noticed the movement.Immediately he ducked into the shadows behind a crenel.

Then he heard someone whistling, and he was sure that the other party didn't come here because he noticed something.The scouts didn't dare to shout, they stretched out a hand and desperately gestured towards the city, signaling the other scouts who were climbing to stop.But in the darkness, none of the few people struggling to climb up noticed his gesture.

The wobbly Wei Bing lifted his feet to stand on the pile wall, unbuttoned his pants and was about to pee down, but saw several dark figures moving up, he thought he was too drunk and his eyes were dazzled, He shook his head and looked again.Yes, there are several figures climbing the city wall.

Just as he was about to shout out in shock, a pair of big hands clamped his head, and with a bang, he was already looking at the other person face to face, but his lower body had lost consciousness, and he couldn't shout out even if he wanted to. The eyes are getting darker.His cervical vertebrae were twisted and broken.The whole head turned 180 degrees.

When Liang Jun's scouts put the limp corpse on the ground, the first batch of scouts had already climbed to the top of the city. They dropped more ropes, and another batch of scouts climbed up to the city...

At the head of Wancheng, seven or eight soldiers of the Wei army were sleeping soundly around the bonfire, not aware of the people approaching them.They didn't wake up from the pain until the knives and guns cut into their flesh, but it was too late, and they immediately "slept" forever.

The scouts raised their knives and fell, and the soldiers of the Wei army who were sleeping soundly on the top of the city were like fish on the chopping board, and they were cleaned up in a short while...

Chapter 495 Not Perfect

At the head of Wancheng, finally a few Wei soldiers noticed something abnormal before their heads were separated from their bodies, and exclaimed.It's just that their exclamation did not arouse the vigilance of the soldiers of the Wei army in the nearby city.After all, it is the early hours of the morning, when ordinary people sleep the deepest.What's more, they drank a lot of low-quality alcohol in the first half of the night.

These Wei soldiers had no time to shout a second time, and they were beheaded one by one on the top of the wall.Liang Jun's scouts rushed down the tower again.At this moment, Wei Bing finally discovered their whereabouts and began to loudly warn them continuously.

"Enemy soldiers, there are enemy soldiers...the enemy soldiers are attacking." Wei Bing, who was first alert, shouted loudly while running.Liang Jun's scouts who had rushed down the city ignored them and went straight to the city gate.Four or five Wei Jun who were lying at the gate of the city heard the commotion, leaned on their lances, and stood up crookedly. In the dimness, they saw black shadows rushing towards them, and subconsciously raised their lances. .

One of the Wei soldiers used all his strength to stab the opponent's chest with his lance, but was dodged by the opponent, and the point of the spear drew a shining mark on the opponent's shoulder armor.Before the Wei soldier had time to close his gun, the opponent was already a few feet away from him, and the steel knife pierced into the opponent's chest in an instant.

In a short time, all the soldiers of the Wei army at the city gate were knocked down by these elite Liang army scouts. Then the west gate of Wancheng slowly opened, and the suspension bridge slowly fell.

Yan Yan outside was gearing up, already getting impatient with the wait.Seeing that the city gate was wide open, he immediately rode his horse into the city, and five hundred heavy cavalry followed closely behind him.At this time in the city, amidst the howling of Wei soldiers, more and more Wei soldiers will wake up and know that someone has sneaked into the city.Among them, those who were howling were howling, those who were looking for horses were looking for horses, and those who were looking for people were looking for people, and the whole Wancheng suddenly became noisy and chaotic.

After Liang Jun's iron cavalry entered the city, they immediately divided into several groups and galloped along several main streets. The soldiers of the Wei Army along the way were either stabbed to the ground by lances, or smashed their heads with maces, or were rushed away by tall war horses. go out.All of a sudden, there were killing sounds in Wancheng.

Yan Yan, who was holding a long-handled sword, was running happily, and those Wei soldiers who had already picked up their swords and guns to fight back, for some reason, always liked to take the initiative to fight Yan Yan.

Probably because they saw that Yan Yan was old, and the horse he was riding was much shorter than the rest of Liang Junzhong's horses, and they thought he was easy to bully.Yan Yan took advantage of the momentum of his horse and waved his long knife calmly. Wherever the light of the knife flashed, the heads of Wei soldiers rolled to the ground one after another.

Another general of the Wei Army riding a horse charged straight towards Yan Yan.Yan Yan, who was red-eyed, yelled, and smashed Huashan with all his strength, and slashed at the opponent head-to-head.General Wei quickly turned his head to the side, but unfortunately he still couldn't dodge the slash.The blade cut off his ears first, and then cut into his shoulder and neck before he could feel the pain. Finally, most of his chest was chopped off by Yan Yanqi.

The soldiers and generals of the Wei army around were dumbfounded. How dare they take the initiative to trouble Yan Yan, they tried their best to avoid confrontation with Yan Yan.

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Yu Jin was lying on a bed in a private house, sleeping soundly.Suddenly someone rushed into the house in a panic and shouted: "The enemy is attacking, general, the enemy soldiers are attacking!"

Hearing this, Yu Jin lost all sleepiness for a moment, shook his head and heard the scream of killing outside.He immediately jumped up from the bed, and the soldiers guarding him put on armor and helmets for him.During this process, Yu Jin cursed and said: "How is it possible! Wancheng is such a fortified city, why Liang Jun sneaked in without anyone noticing it. Those soldiers guarding the gate should be asked to kill them for what they eat."

Putting on his armor, Yu Jin shouted, "Quickly prepare your troops and horses, and go out with me to attack the bandits."

At present, the whole Wancheng is in chaos. How can his military order be conveyed? Even if it can be successfully conveyed to various ministries, it will take some time, which is enough time for Liang Jun to defeat them.

However, the personal guards beside Yu Jin, hundreds of warriors assembled in the shortest time.Following Yu Jin's mount, he galloped towards the west city.Yu Jin ran to the street, only to find that Wancheng was already on fire everywhere, and the flames were soaring into the sky.Most of the cavalry soldiers of the Wei army ran randomly on the street on foot.

Yu Jin yelled as he rode his horse galloping: "Your son with a war horse, follow behind XX, and follow XX to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds!" He yelled this way to gather his own soldiers in the city, and secondly, to boost his morale .

Those Wei army stragglers who rode war horses but couldn't find the generals of the headquarters immediately gathered around Yu Jin.Half a quarter of an hour later, Yu Jin saw a dense mass of darkness in front of him. It was obviously the opponent's cavalry, but the strange thing was that the sound of the horse's hooves kicking from the opponent's cavalry was a bit weird.

With a loud bang, a Wei army warrior rushing forward was obliquely bumped by the opponent's warrior, and the man immediately flew out of the saddle and landed on the ground.Just as the man was about to stand up, the iron cavalry of the Wei army in the rear galloped past him, and his horse also fell to the ground, vomiting blood.Only then did Yu Jin realize that the opponent's cavalry was unusually tall, two feet taller than his own horse. He secretly said in horror, could this be the legendary giant horse of Liang Jun's heavy cavalry?

The two warriors collided immediately.For the sake of marching speed, the cavalry brought by Yu Jin are all light cavalry.Although there are still more troops than the opponent's cavalry, colliding with the opponent's heavy cavalry is tantamount to smashing an egg into a stone.

Along with the hissing of horses and people, the clanging of weapons colliding, and the sound of skin breaking and bones breaking.The light cavalry of the Wei army fell down layer by layer like rice and wheat harvested by a sickle. From time to time, war horses that lost their owners ran towards the small streets and alleys on both sides.

Yu Jin tried his best to kill the opponent's two horses, and he was also covered with several wounds. If not for his personal soldiers desperately rescuing him, he would have almost died on the spot.

Seeing that the general situation was over, Yu Jin had no choice but to turn his horse's head and flee towards the east gate.After running for less than half a quarter of an hour, an old man on a short brown horse chased him up. Yu Jin didn't know who the opponent was, so he shot him with a backhand.It was Yan Yan who came, and he knocked the back of the long-handled sword in his hand, while swinging away the forbidden lance.

The big knife hanging in the air was about to fall, killing Yu Jin.A soldier of Yu Jin who had fallen off his horse and was seriously injured, flew behind Yu Jin on foot regardless of his own safety.With a click, the saber cut the forbidden soldier obliquely in two, and with a muffled sound, half of the body was knocked flying by Yan Yan's horse.

Yu Jin took this opportunity to beat his horse with a whip, and went out for more than a dozen battles, leaving Yan Yan behind.Yan Yan chased after him closely, but his group of old horses who were reluctant to change were not as fast as Yu Jin's mounts, and watched Yu Jin escape from the east gate of Wancheng.

Yan Yan looked at the opponent's back, and said repeatedly: "It's a pity, it's a pity. It will be perfect if you can kill or capture the opponent's general."

Chapter 496 To give or not to give

In the evening, when the sun hung over the west wall of Wancheng again, the whole Wancheng was dead silent, as if nothing had happened.But the wisps of smoke from the embers in the city still left traces of the fight at dawn.

At this time, a small black shadow rose out of thin air on the horizon in the wilderness east of the city, and this black shadow became thicker and thicker.Look carefully, it turns out that it is a huge army formation composed of countless figures and banners.From left to right, the border of this army formation cannot be seen, and it is not known how wide it is.

Xu Huang, the chief general of the Wei State's western expedition, finally brought his "one hundred thousand army" to the city of Wancheng.Xu Huang frowned, surrounded by his own soldiers and generals, he rode his horse in the middle of the team, with Zhang He and Xu You on the left and right.Xu Huang recalled the scene of Yu Jin who fled back in embarrassment at noon.

Yu Jin came to his mount, rolled his eyes and passed out without saying a word.When the military doctor examined him, he found several serious wounds on his body. The most serious wound was on his belly, and his intestines were faintly visible.

Xu Huang, whose situation was unknown, didn't know what happened, and the Wei soldiers who escaped with Yu Jin only knew that Liang Jun attacked and occupied Wancheng, and knew nothing about the rest.So Xu Huang thought that Liang Jun had already rushed out of the Mianshui defense line and occupied Nanyang.

He thought that if this was the case, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for Wei Jun.Because this means that the Wei army does not need to attack fortifications, but can directly confront the Liang army on the Nanyang Plain.

Xu Huang had already heard that the Liang army's armored cavalry was powerful, but he thought that the five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry he brought were not vegetarians, and there were more than ten thousand regular Wei army cavalry to help out.Even if the armored heavy cavalry can beat the tiger and leopard cavalry alone, the latter can not only make up the gap by virtue of their numerical advantage, but also crush the opponent in turn.

Xu Huang's army then intermittently gathered no less than the broken troops of the Forbidden Ministry, and stepped up to Wancheng.But an army of tens of thousands of people is not as fast as Yu Jin's three thousand Qingqi. Even if they march at the fastest speed, it will be evening when they reach the city of Wancheng.

Xu Huang looked at the lingering smoke, the city gate was wide open, and Wancheng was empty at the top of the city, and heaved a long sigh.It seems that the good things he expected did not happen. Liang Jun did not intend to fight his army on the Nanyang Plain. This time it should be just a surprise attack by Liang Jun.

"Report! Commander, the city is empty...no one is there, and...there is no Liang army guard." The soldiers who went to the city to inquire earlier came to report to Xu Huang.His face paled as he spoke.

Xu Huang glanced at the soldiers who went to the city with this person to investigate, and they also looked ugly, suddenly felt that something was wrong, and immediately asked this person:

"You are not stuttering, why are you stammering. Your face is pale as if you are sick. What's wrong with you?"

The other party continued to gnaw and said: "No, it's nothing. It's just that the subordinates saw the many casualties in the city, and felt sad and indignant, so they were a little out of control. I hope the general will forgive me."

Xu Huang snorted softly and said nothing, but thought to himself: "Casualty and injury are common occurrences on the battlefield. When you see the battle of deadly people, your face will change color. How can you fight with me in the future?"

It wasn't until he entered the gate of Wandu City, surrounded by many warriors, that he realized why the scouts who had entered the city earlier were all pale.I saw corpses wearing Wei Jun uniforms everywhere in the streets and alleys of the city.It's no surprise that there are corpses, but these corpses have all been decapitated and turned into headless corpses.

Except for the generals who have been fighting for many years, including Xu Huang and Zhang He, the rest of them felt extremely frightened.The heads of these dead soldiers of the Wei Army were actually cut off by Yan Yan of the Liang Army to receive military merits.

Even Xu Huang, who had experienced many battles, only saw such a scene when his side was cleaning the battlefield after victory, but it was cutting off other people's heads.He had never seen such a scene after our defeat.This also shows that Liang Jun left in a hurry, only had time to cut off the head, and had no time to bury the body.

Xu Huang frowned and waved his hands: "Assign some people to bury these fallen sons, and don't let them die in the wilderness."

Xu You, who came with the army, frowned slightly, stroked his beard and said, "It seems that Liang Jun wants to show us off!"

Zhang He, the deputy commander next to him, also said: "This also shows that the main force of the Liang army is gathering in Handong County. Otherwise, after the battle with Liu Bei, they will definitely be short of troops. This will inevitably be stingy with soldiers. How can they risk running from the mountains? Come out and cross Mianshui to sneak attack on Wancheng?"

Xu Youlue thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "No way. This method of using troops is not true. In Feng's camp, there are many schemers. Maybe their purpose of raiding Wancheng this time... is to make us think Their forces are still strong."

Xu Huang sneered and said: "No matter what their intentions are, he has a thousand plans, we will only follow one way. Just do what the king ordered before dispatching troops! After we occupy all the key cities in Nanyang, we will concentrate again. Forces to attack a point on the Mian Shui defense line."

But Zhang He asked: "Liang Jun has three support points along Mianshui, Xiangyang, Zhuyang and Dankou. Brother Gongming, which point should we attack him?"

Xu Huang seemed to have thought about it carefully, and blurted out: "Xiangyang! Of course it is Xiangyang. Feng Thief's Xiangyang garrison fought a fierce battle with Liu Bei's army. Although Liu Bei's army was repulsed, it must have suffered a lot. We can just pick it up. What's more, Xiangyang guards the north-south hub and is the gateway from Nanyang to Jingzhou. Of course, we must bear the brunt of capturing such a strategic location."

But Xu You shook his head and said otherwise, and then gave his reason: "After such a long time, Liang Jun must have re-deployed troops, and Xiangyang will get some reinforcements. So the general's first reason is not valid. But the reason for a certain objection is related to the second reason mentioned by the general. Because Xiangyang is the gateway to Jingzhou, and Liu Bei's army is still stationed in nearby Fancheng and Yicheng, so we can't attack Xiangyang!"

Xu Huang asked in bewilderment: "Mr. Ziyuan, what do you mean by that?"

Xu You twitched his mustache and said with a smile: "Gongming, please think about how we should get along with Liu Bei in Nanyang in the future?"

Xu Huang was stunned and said: "This is something the king has considered, and I haven't thought about it so much."

Xu You went on to say: "This is indeed decided by the king. But no matter what relationship the king intends to form with Liu Bei in the future, it is not advisable for us to take Xiangyang first. If we are against Liu Bei's Linjiang, Xiangyang will be surrounded by The enemy territory has become an isolated city. Unless we conquer Zhuyang immediately, in this case we might as well attack Zhuyang directly. If the king wants to form a long-term alliance with Liu Bei, Xiangyang will be an obstacle to the alliance, and Liu Bei will definitely ask for Xiangyang. You Are you saying that our country Wei will give it or not?"

Chapter 497

After listening to Xu You's words, Xu Huang suddenly realized: "Thank you sir for reminding me. I almost made a big mistake!"

Xu Huang is quite a strategist among the military generals of Cao Wei, but his greater strength is that he can listen to advice, of course, on the basis that he can understand the other party's reasoning, otherwise it is not a strength, but a soft ear Shortcomings.He continued to ask Xu You respectfully: "What do you mean, sir, where should we attack first?"

Xu You had already made up his mind about this, and said decisively: "Our army should give priority to attacking Dankou. According to the situation we have learned in previous years, Liang Jun built a dam in Dankou, and this dam controls the area from Dankou to Shangluo. Even the convenient waterway in Chang'an. After occupying it, we not only cut off the waterway from Shangluo to Handong County, but also cut off the waterway from Hanzhong to Zhuyang. If Liang Guo wants to send troops from other places to Zhuyang , they can only take the mountain road in the Daba Mountains of the Qinling Mountains, which is difficult to reach the blue sky. In addition, we occupy Dankou, and we can use the dam to temporarily completely cut off the flow of Mian water, so that the water level in the downstream will drop to an extremely low level, so that our troops can easily cross Mian The danger of water and nature can also make the advantage of Liang Jun's inland river navy disappear invisible. Finally, we don't have to cross Mianshui to attack Dankou, because Dankou City also has a large dock on the opposite side of Mianshui. Capture this dock Fort, we can directly cross the Mian River from the dam and capture the main city of Dankou!"

After hearing Xu You's words, Xu Huang was overjoyed and said: "Mr.'s words really made Xu Huang suddenly enlightened. I have made a decision, so I will act according to Mr.'s plan. After our army occupies all the cities in Nanyang and has a firm foothold, we will attack Dankou immediately. city."

Xu You's words did not end. He added: "General Gongming, before our army attacks Dankou, there is one more thing to do besides occupying Nanyang. That is to send envoys to meet Liu Bei. If nothing happens, Liu Bei will They should still be in Fancheng and Yicheng, watching every move of us and Liang Jun."

Xu Huang nodded and said: "I know what you mean, so I will send someone to inform Liu Bei, and urge him to join us in attacking the Liang army. When we attack Dankou, let him attack Xiangyang at the same time, so as to share our burden. pressure."

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Xu Huang's army only rested in Wancheng for a day, and then deployed troops to Xinye, Shandu, Rangcheng, Huyang and other important cities in Nanyang.At the same time, a small team of only a dozen people drove straight to Fancheng.

In fact, at this time Liu Bei was living in the government office of Fancheng, and there were constant scouts from Linjiang Kingdom reporting news about Wei Jun and Liang Jun's changes to Fancheng from all sides.

A large number of ships carrying soldiers and horses from the upper reaches of the Mian River arrived in Zhuyang, Yan Yan's surprise attack on Wancheng was defeated, and Xu Huang's army arrived in Wancheng. Liu Bei knew all about these news.It was all in his expectation.

When Liu Bei heard that Xu Huang was marching to various cities in Nanyang, including Xinye, he suddenly had an idea.He said to Guan Yu beside him: "Second brother, I have ordered you to take three thousand soldiers and horses and enter Xinye overnight. Remember, you must rush before the Wei army enters Xinye."

Guan Yu said puzzledly, "Your Majesty, you didn't say that we would not serve as shields for the State of Wei, so you withdrew all the troops from Nanyang and threw all the cities on the plains to the State of Wei? Have you changed your mind?"

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Of course I didn't change my mind, I just tested Wei Jun's attitude and bottom line towards us."

Guan Yu suddenly realized: "Your brother understands, let's lead the army to Xinye!"

Not long after Guan Yu led the troops out of the city, a local official in Fancheng came to report to Liu Bei that Xu Huang, the commander of the Wei State's Western Expedition Army, sent an envoy to visit, saying that he would enter Jingzhou to ask for an audience with the King of Linjiang.

Liu Bei put his hands behind his back, and after a little thought, he guessed why the Wei Guo envoy saw him.He asked: "You can tell each other that Gu is in Fancheng."

"My lord, I have 1 guts, and I dare not casually tell outsiders where Wang Jia's whereabouts are."

Liu Bei nodded and said: "That's good." Then he waved his hand and ordered: "Gu is not seeing this envoy now! But you don't need to drive the envoy away in the future. Instead, you tell him that Gu is driving from Jiangling to Fancheng Come. Ask them to wait two or three days in the posthouse in Fancheng to see the orphan. In addition, order the posthouse to entertain them with high standards."

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Zhang He brought three thousand Wei army war cavalry to the Xinye territory. Although these war cavalry were not the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Wei army, the scene of them galloping and galloping in the wilderness in a scattered formation also showed overwhelming and invincible power.

"Wow..." Zhang He reined in the reins and stopped his cavalry.The roar of horseshoes behind him, like summer thunder, also suddenly fell down until it was completely silent, leaving only a few neighing and snorting of war horses.

In the distance, the Suspension Bridge of Xinye City hangs high, the four gates are closed, and the soldiers stationed at the top of the city can be seen faintly.This made Zhang He very strange.Because all the Nanyang cities occupied by the Wei army along the way were undefended, this Xinye City was the first guarded city they encountered.

Zhang He thought to himself, did Liang Jun come out of the mountain again?He immediately denied his idea. If Liang Jun occupied Xinye, it would be completely against common sense, and it would be detrimental to Liang Jun himself.Could it be bandits?It's impossible!The Nanyang area has been very peaceful since the establishment of the Han Dynasty.Even in the recent period of turmoil, ordinary civilians have been taken away by Liu Bei's army, so where do people become bandits?Who can bandits go to rob?There is only one last possibility left, Liu Bei's army occupies Xinye City.

Zhang Yun was full of doubts, and galloped again. He wanted to approach Xinye City to solve this mystery.The sound of galloping horses behind him sounded like thunder again...

Zhang He thought to himself that he had guessed correctly, the banner on the top of the city was really the flag of Linjiang Kingdom.Zhang He laughed secretly in his heart, Liu Bei, Liu Bei, what's the point of you occupying more Xinye City?Zhang He then ordered the soldiers to call for the city.

"Hey, the guards in the city, we are the army of the king of Wei Guo. My general wants to see your general, please go and report."

After several loud Wei soldiers yelled repeatedly, there was still a man who walked unhurriedly from the tower to the top of the tower.Zhang He immediately recognized this person as Guan Yu whom he had met in the Suanzao League back then.Guan Yu's beard is two feet long; his face is like a jujube, and his lips are like fat; his features of Danfeng eyes and lying silkworm eyebrows will be remembered by anyone who sees them.

Zhang He cupped his hands at the base of the city and said, "It turned out to be General Guan. Don't come here without any problems. It's Zhang He, the deputy commander of the Wei State's expedition to the west."

Guan Yu didn't return the courtesy, and said with a blank face: "Oh, since you know the identity of a certain person, you should know that this is the city where the Linjiang army is stationed. But Feng's army is on the other side of the Mian River in the west. Then your Excellency took What are the soldiers and horses doing here? Could it be that you have lost your way?"

Chapter 498 The Wei Envoy from the Great Family

Faced with Guan Yu's disdainful expression and harsh words, the corners of Zhang Yun's mouth twitched inadvertently.But he was very self-cultivated, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said politely to Guan Yu:

"General Guan, we have been ordered by the King of Wei to enter Nanyang to destroy the bandits Feng. But before attacking Zhuyang, Xiangyang, Dankou and other cities, we need to occupy Nanyang County as the frontier support of our army. General Guan is a battle-hardened veteran Soldiers, you must be very clear about this. Seeing that our two countries are both interested in seeking thieves for the Han court..."

Guan Yu interrupted him with a chuckle and said, "So what? Anyway, some time ago, a certain one was ordered by my king to occupy Xinye. It doesn't matter whether you beg for thieves or suppress bandits, anyway, Guan only obeys my king's orders." Edict. Without my king's order, even if Wei Wang Cao Cao came, he would never even think about entering Xinye City!"

Seeing that the conversation couldn't go on, Zhang Yun didn't know what to do next.Even though he has his own ideas, but his current status is only the deputy commander of the army. In such a situation, it doesn't matter whether he fights or makes peace with the opponent.Zhang Yun had no choice but to order three thousand Wei army cavalry to rest and recuperate under the city, and ordered the soldiers to report the situation to the commander Xu Huang and the military adviser Xu You who joined the army.

The news was sent to Wancheng by a fast horse on the same day.In the big tent, Xu Huang frowned and said, "Is this Liu Bei's play? Why did he want to occupy a new field with no strategic value? Is this deliberately embarrassing us?"

Xu You twirled his whiskers, thought for a while, then laughed and replied: "Don't worry, Gong Ming. This Liu Bei probably wants to test our sincerity in cooperating with them and how much we need him as an ally. So that they can be sure. In the alliance negotiations in the future, what conditions can be offered and what conditions are required.”

"Then how should we respond?"

"We can just ask Zhang He to deal with it like this,..."

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After noon on the second day, Zhang Yun ordered his soldiers to call the city under Xinye City again.After half an hour, Guan Yu reappeared at the head of Xinye City with a face of reluctance.

"Yesterday, what a certain person said was very clear, what else do you need?" Guan Yu asked.

Zhang He cupped his hands to Guan Yu and said, "Yesterday, someone has reported to my coach Xu Huang. General Xu Huang said that if General Guan does not want to give up Xinye, we don't care about it. But if we don't occupy Xinye, and in the If we fail in the process of attacking Dankou, our army will withdraw from Nanyang and not set up defenses in various cities of Nanyang. Because we cannot ensure that the Liang army will not cross from the defense area of ​​Xinye to the east of Nanyang for a long time, cutting off our army's supply road. Now the entire population of Nanyang has been taken away by Liu Huangshu, King Linjiang, and we can only rely on transportation from the rear for supplies."

After hearing what Zhang He said, Guan Yu said in a sullen tone, "What? Don't you believe me in Linjiang Country, and I can't trust someone in me? Could it be that a certain person can let a thief pass through a certain defense zone?"

Zhang He replied with a cold smile: "I dare not. I have heard about General Gao Yi Chunqiu. It was the Feng thief Liang Jun who was very cunning. A few days ago, he was still in Wancheng to defeat my vanguard's banned brigade. I dare not doubt it." General Guan will hook up with the rebels."

"Then I doubt Guan's ability?"

Zhang He also laughed and said: "I have heard that General Guan is familiar with military books, and has led troops for more than [-] years. But how can you rely on others for the safety of soldiers when marching and fighting. So it's not that I, Zhang He, don't believe that General Guan can Liang Jun blocked them and prevented them from crossing the border of Xinye. But our army cannot entrust the fate of tens of thousands of soldiers to others."