Mi Han

Chapter 270 Zhang Liao pays three respects
According to the narration of Wang Fu, who was in charge of intelligence collection just now, Zhang Liao had already led the army to leave Wancheng a few days ago.

In the past few days, in order to obtain first-hand information on the enemy's movements, Wang Fu dispatched the few Qingqi in the army to detect the whereabouts of Zhang Liao's army.

Although limited by the backwardness of the current transportation and communication methods, the generals of the Han army outside Fancheng could not know the movements of Zhang Liao's army hundreds of miles away in real time.

But this also allowed the generals of the Han army to know quite clearly the recent movements of Zhang Liao's army.

And under Wang Fu's report, the generals of the Han army in the big tent learned that after Zhang Liao led the army to leave the boundary of Wancheng, to everyone's surprise, Zhang Liao did not lead the army southward in a hurry.

On the contrary, Zhang Liao's army stopped and stopped along the way, as if he was leading tens of thousands of Wei troops out for an outing.

Zhang Liao's behavior was very suspicious.

The reason why Cao Pi sent Zhang Liao to lead the Chinese army south was because the [-] Wei army cavalry sent by Cao Pi were defeated.

The [-] Wei cavalry were severely injured, which meant that there was currently no reinforcements outside Fancheng that could assist Cao Xiu.

In this case, it is only a matter of time before the Wei army in Fancheng collapses.

Cao Pi was worried that Fancheng would be captured by Guan Yu due to the collapse of the army, so he decisively sent Zhang Liao as a general, leading tens of thousands of reinforcements south to support Cao Xiu.

If we want to compare the current situation, the situation that Cao Xiu is facing now is very similar to that of Cao Ren last year.

Guan Yu's defeat of [-] Wei army cavalry by virtue of the Queyue formation, just like last year's flooding of the Seventh Army, he also defeated the first support army sent from the north to support Fancheng.

After Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army last year, the city defenses of Fancheng were damaged in many places by the flood, but the basic defense measures of Fancheng still exist.

At least at that time, Fancheng's defenses were not vulnerable.

Therefore, after Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, he was unable to break through Fancheng for a while, so he could only lead the army to besiege Fancheng.

After being besieged by Guan Yu's army, the biggest danger Cao Ren faced was not the damage to the city defenses, but the morale of the defending Wei army in Fancheng began to drop sharply after seeing Yu Jin's Seventh Army being flooded.

At that time, the morale of the Wei army was so low that many generals persuaded Cao Ren to give up Fancheng and break out. If Man Chong hadn't sworn to boost morale by beheading the White Horse League, Fancheng would have been captured by Guan Yu after the Seventh Army was flooded.

And what did Xu Huang, who was the second support army sent by Cao Cao at that time, do?
Even though most of his subordinates were recruits, Xu Huang chose to go south quickly and drive straight in, finally stabilizing the morale of Fancheng to a certain extent.

As the saying goes, remembering the past is the teacher of the future.

It is impossible for Cao Pi and Zhang Liao not to know such lessons and experiences.

Therefore, as Zhang Liao, another five-son good general who is as famous as Xu Huang, his current behavior is very strange.

Because from his performance, he seemed to not care about the life and death of Fancheng at all. Not only was he not in a hurry to march south, but he was deliberately delaying the speed of the march.

This surprised the generals of the Han army, wondering what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Liao's gourd.

But the generals of the Han army didn't know, but Guan Yu saw what Zhang Liao was planning after thinking about it.

Guan Yu stood up and turned his back to the Han general in the big tent. Before he came to the map hanging in front of him, his eyes kept moving on the map from Wancheng to Fancheng.

Nanyang has a vast area, so although most of Nanyang County is plains, there are also many valleys and forests.

Wancheng is almost in the northernmost part of Nanyang, while Fancheng is in the southernmost part of Nanyang.

Therefore, Zhang Liao's army had to travel a long distance all the way south.

In this long journey, of course, there are many valleys and mountains, and these are the best places to ambush.

As a general in command for many years, Guan Yu's sensitivity to key military situations has already reached the point of perfection.

Guan Yu untied the saber from his waist, raised the long sword in his hand and first pointed at the location of Wancheng on the map.

Then, according to the marching information about Zhang Liao's army that he had received these days in his memory, he slid the tip of his sword all the way down Wancheng on the map, roughly sketching out a marching route of Zhang Liao's army that was not deeply traced.

And when Guan Yu copied the seemingly disorderly marching routes of Zhang Liao's army in the past few days on the map one by one, some keen Han generals in the big tent seemed to notice something.

Just like Mi Yang.

Mi Yang looked at the map of Wei Jun's marching route outlined by Guan Yu on the map, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Guan Yu, who had finished sketching the marching route of Zhang Liao's army, saw Mi Yang's reaction, and a smile began to appear on his face.

In fact, according to Guan Yu's style of deliberation in the past, he would not make such a move today with his vigorous temperament.

Often when facing the enemy, after Guan Yu analyzed something, he directly ordered and arranged tasks.

Even if the generals didn't understand Guan Yu's intention at first, Guan Yu never explained it.

Rather than wasting time explaining to the generals, Guan Yu prefers to spend his time thinking about strategies to control the enemy.

But it is different now. Guan Yu's actions today obviously mean that he will not only be a coach, but also an "instructor" today.

Under his own actions, Guan Yu found that Mi Yang was the first among the generals present to react.

And not long after, generals such as Fu Xun and Liao Hua also showed some thoughtful expressions on their faces.

After realizing this scene, Guan Yu was satisfied, and at the same time, he began to speak to the generals present: "The husband is the one who helps the soldiers. There is no one who seeks victory without knowing the battlefield.

"Zhang Liao has a deep personal relationship with me, and I know that he is a wise general. He must know the truth here."

"The road from Wancheng to Fan is long, and there are many people who are easy to set up an ambush in the terrain."

"The reason why Zhang Liao led the army wasted time and marched slowly is not because he didn't know the urgent situation of Fancheng, but because he knew my thoughts."

"Although the defeat of the [-] bandit cavalry will destabilize Fancheng's army, the defenses of Fancheng have not been destroyed and the city is well-strengthened, so there will be no danger of overturning for at least a month."

"Zhang Liao must have guessed that I intended to encircle and fight for aid, that's why he marched like this."

"Although he marches slowly, he always avoids dangerous places. Although he marches slowly, he will not cause his own army to become a labor force. In this way, it is impossible for me to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements."

After Guan Yu said this, the faces of the generals of the Han army in the big tent showed sudden expressions.

As Guan Yu said, Zhang Liao is a man who knows the art of war, so it is not surprising that he guessed that Guan Yu wanted to besiege the city and fight for reinforcements.

Siege and aid is a general term for a tactic. In order to perfectly complete this tactic, two elements are required in most cases.

One is waiting for work, and the other is setting up an ambush.

Because generally speaking, the side that sends troops to rescue is mostly marching eagerly because of their eagerness to rescue.

In this case, the army on the rescue side will definitely be the labor force.

And because of the eagerness to rescue, the generals who lead the rescue will often enter some terrain that is not conducive to their own side.

This will give the party who wants to besiege the city a favorable chance of defeating them.

But now Zhang Liao is doing the opposite. He led the army slowly southward, no doubt to prevent his own army from becoming a labor force.

And his slow marching speed also gave him enough time to avoid dangerous places on the road.

If there are some dangerous places that cannot be avoided, he also has enough time to explore those dangerous places.

Under Zhang Liao's various methods, the advantage of the side that wants to fight will be wiped out.

And if the advantages are gone, it will naturally eliminate the possibility of implementing the combat method of besieging the city and fighting for aid.

As expected of Zhang Liao.

Not only can he accurately judge the tactics Guan Yu wants to adopt, but he can also quickly make countermeasures.

It can only be said that the talents of the five good generals who rely entirely on real swords and guns to rise to the top cannot be underestimated.

After listening to Guan Yu's analysis, the faces of all the generals in the big tent were sad.

Guan Yu had revealed before that he wanted to adopt the tactic of encircling the spot and attacking reinforcements, but now under Zhang Liao's countermeasures, this tactic seems to be no longer applicable to the current battle situation.

And if this tactic is not adopted, how will the Han army face the next tens of thousands of enemy troops led by Zhang Liao?

With this thought in mind, the generals in the big tent subconsciously looked at the standing Guan Yu.

At this time, after Guan Yu told the generals Zhang Liao's purpose, he turned around again and looked intently at the map hanging behind him.

After seeing this scene, all the generals in the big tent looked at Ma Liang again.

Seeing that Guan Yu was already immersed in his own world, Ma Liang directed all the generals in the tent to retreat outside the tent one after another.

Many of the Han generals in the big tent are Guan Yu's former subordinates. After getting along for a long time, they know some of Guan Yu's habits.

For example, when Guan Yu stared at the map in silence, it was when he was meditating. At this time, Guan Yu disliked being disturbed the most.

Therefore, under Ma Liang's command, all the generals in the tent immediately left the big tent knowingly.

In the end, only Guan Yu and Mi Yang were left in the big tent.

Just now when Ma Liang asked the generals to retreat, he did not ask Mi Yang to let him go, and Mi Yang also knew the reason why Ma Liang asked him to stay alone.

So after all the generals left, Mi Yang sat upright in his original position and waited for Guan Yu to recover from his contemplation.

Mi Yang watched Guan Yu standing alone in front of the map with a pensive look on his face, but the worry in Mi Yang's heart became stronger and stronger.

After a long time, Guan Yu, who seemed to have thought about a certain key point, came back from his contemplation, and then he saw that the big tent was empty.

Guan Yu has long been used to this in the past.

But compared to the past, there is still one person left in the big tent today.

Seeing Guan Yu recovering from his contemplation, Mi Yang hastily bowed to Guan Yu, and said to Guan Yu, "How is my wife recently?"

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, the son-in-law called his wife's father in many ways. They could be called uncles or wives.

Hearing Mi Yang calling himself a woman instead of a general, Guan Yu's eyes flashed with warmth.

This shows that Mi Yang is now greeting him as his son-in-law.

Although Guan Yu is very majestic in front of ordinary people, only Mi Yang is left in the big tent now, and Mi Yang is his son-in-law, so Guan Yu looks a little relaxed at this moment.

Guan Yu sat down beside Mi Yang, and then responded to Mi Yang pretending not to care, "It's okay, I can still hunt tigers now."

Hearing Guan Yu's response, Mi Yang knew that Guan Yu should be hiding something from himself.

After everyone left, without the cover of everyone's body odor, Mi Yang, who was sitting next to Guan Yu, could smell the smell of medicine no longer faintly at the tip of his nose.

Under the support of this kind of evidence, Guan Yu's words were not enough to dispel Mi Yang's doubts.

Mi Yang bowed to Guan Yu again, this time his tone was much more serious.

"Has the woman's headache ever gotten better?"

Hearing Mi Yang's question, Guan Yu's face darkened instantly.

If Mi Yang's first sentence was a normal greeting from a son-in-law to his father-in-law, then Mi Yang's direct words made Guan Yu understand that Mi Yang must know something.

Because he was afraid that his headache would affect the morale of the army, not many people knew about it. Except for him and Fan A, only Ma Liang could see some clues.

The black-faced Guan Yu was still dignified. He looked at Mi Yang with a pair of tiger eyes and asked, "Did Ji Chang tell you about this?"

There was already some reproach in Guan Yu's words.

But Mi Yang knew that if he wanted to truly understand Guan Yu's condition at this time, he couldn't back down.

Fortunately, Mi Yang is not what he used to be. He has seen many big battles, so he can still bear Guan Yu's coercion.

"The governor of Jingzhou is worried about the health of the woman and the future of Jingzhou."

When Mi Yang said this, Guan Yu couldn't help but snorted coldly and said: "Ji Chang's temperament is really more and more like Kong Ming, he is too cautious, and I have to tell you about such trivial matters.

It's just that I've been feeling a bit chilly since the beginning of winter, so don't worry about it. "

Although Guan Yu's words were blaming Ma Liang on the surface, he was actually soothing Mi Yang's heart by blaming Ma Liang.

After all, as the governor of Jingzhou and his old subordinate, Ma Liang was right to pay attention to his illness both in public and in private.

It was even because Ma Liang believed what Guan Yu said before, so he just reported this matter to Mi Yang in advance, thinking of using the relationship between Mi Yang and Guan Yu to find out.

Otherwise, Ma Liang, the governor of Jingzhou, has the right to directly report to Liu Bei.

But Mi Yang is so easy to fool.

Occasionally feel the wind and cold will keep drinking medicine until the smell of medicine is left on the body?

If the wind and cold were so severe, it would be a very serious disease in this world.

After caressing Mi Yang, Guan Yu wanted to change the subject, but Mi Yang, who cared about Guan Yu, would not let Guan Yu do so easily.

Mi Yang took the initiative to tell Guan Yu his judgment, and finally he bowed to Guan Yu again:

"Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu are the great generals of the country, with heavy responsibilities."

"Yu's private wife is not only his wife and father, but also the old master to Yang, and she has great kindness to Yang.

Yang Yang couldn't help but delve into the woman's physical condition. "

"I also ask the woman to take care of Yang's filial piety and tell Yang the truth."

After finishing speaking, Mi Yang looked at Guan Yu with a worried expression.

Most of the greetings from younger generations to elders in the world are courtesy greetings.

But today Mi Yang's greeting to Guan Yu is a gesture of greeting to the end.

Faced with Mi Yang's stubborn behavior, Guan Yu's face was already showing anger.

Since he took charge of Jingzhou, no one has dared to go against his will again and again.

But Guan Yu's anger came and went quickly.

The person in front of him is his most valued junior, and also his favorite son-in-law.

What is wrong with a son-in-law asking a woman if she is in good health?
　Just one chapter today, go to bed early tonight, and return to normal work and rest.

　　The family has largely recovered, thank you for your continued concern.

　　I just don't know if I will be hit next.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)