Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 979: Strange soldiers stand out
Guan Yu pointed to the bamboo slips in the room and said to Pang Tong: "Guan will go and order troops to set off now, and Fancheng will be handed over to the military advisor."

Pang Tong stood up quickly and replied: "Has the general already thought of the marching route?"

Guan Yu's face stiffened, "No."

He had already put in all his efforts to defend the city during this period. How had he ever thought about counterattack?

Pang Tong pulled out a map and said: "Tong was ordered to come here to serve as the general's back-up. If the general does not give up, Tong has some ideas to share with the general."

Guan Yu already knew that Pang Tong was serious about his work, so he solemnly said: "Guan is all ears."

After hearing this, Pang Tong pointed to the map and said: "The general is sending troops from Fancheng. It is not suitable to go deep into the hinterland of Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao's tigers and leopards ride back and forth like the wind, and the lord does not have many cavalry. It is not suitable to fight head-on, otherwise the losses will be huge."

Guan Yu snorted coldly and was about to retort when Pang Tong quickly said: "Cao Cao has occupied Hanzhong. Although his footing is not stable, if he builds a ship in the Han River and goes down the river, he can unexpectedly cut off the general's retreat, which is extremely difficult to prevent."

"Although there are changes in Liangzhou, Ma Teng is still an ally of Cao Cao. If he wants to send thousands of Xiliang cavalry to help, it is more than enough. Not to mention that Zhang Xiu of Wancheng is a famous general in Liangzhou."

"If these three people appeared on the battlefield at the same time, it would be quite difficult for the general to deal with them, right?"

"That's right, navy!" Pang Tong pointed to the map, "The Han River flows between Xiangyang and Fancheng, downstream, and joins the Yangtze River at Xiakou in Jiangxia County."

Guan Yu remained silent. Pang Tong's words were to save face for him. Even with his thousands of cavalry and thousands of infantry in Fancheng, he could only retreat to avoid its edge when faced with such a situation.

Pang Tong said flatly: "Liu Biao abandoned Nanjun the day before yesterday and moved his headquarters to Lingling. In fact, he has handed over Nanjun to others."

Pang Tong pointed his hand and said, "No, after breaking through the Xiakou blockade, the general will not go eastward, but will go west along the Yangtze River!"

Guan Yu's expression changed when he saw it, "The military advisor is saying..."

"Since the land route is not easy for a head-on confrontation, the general must use his own strengths."

"If this continues, the Xiangyang navy will be wiped out sooner or later!"

Guan Yu stared at the map, "What then?"

Pang Tong realized that Guan Yu had actually used what he had just said, and couldn't help laughing. He immediately said: "General, don't be impatient. The so-called war is to use one's own strengths to overcome the enemy's weaknesses."

"Huang Zu's loss of Xiakou a few months ago also caught me off guard. I still have no plan to deal with it."

Guan Yu blurted out: "Navy army?"

"That's right!" Pang Tong nodded and said: "Although Huang Zu lost Xiakou on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Lukou on the south bank is still there. Now Jiangdong is launching a large army, relying on Xiakou, to attack Lukou across the river with all his strength."

"Huang Zu has been defeated and fled to the mountains at this time, and has no time to worry about Nanjun. This is a golden opportunity!"

Guan Yu looked solemn, "Yes, but the Han River is so fast that it is almost impossible to attack by going upstream. We can only defend passively."

"After the general opened Xiakou, he took the opportunity to occupy Lukou instead of Huang Zu, and then followed the river to occupy Baqiu, Public Security Bureau, and then the county seat Jiangling!"

"Even if we break through the blockade of Xiakou, with the more than 10,000 naval forces in Fancheng now, I will not be able to fight against the Jiangdong navy for a long time."

His body suddenly shook, "Sir, you mean..."

"And now Hanzhong upstream has been lost, and Xiakou downstream is also occupied by the Jiangdong navy. Is the general's navy really unable to advance or retreat?"

He said depressedly: "This is to contain Cao Cao, but this won't work, and that won't work, so how can we fight?"

"Are we going to join forces with Jianghuai's fierce tigers?"

"Huang Zu's naval forces are completely destroyed and can only support themselves on land. At this moment, it is a great opportunity for the general to gather all the naval forces, go down the river, and attack Jiangdong's army!"

"In this way, the general can gather the Jingzhou navy that has long lost morale along the Yangtze River. When Jiangling is captured, there will be tens of thousands of navy troops. When the time comes, he can go down the river and directly fight the Jiangdong navy, and he will have a good chance of winning. increase!"

After hearing this, Guan Yu blurted out: "The military master's brilliant plan!"

Then he hesitated and said: "But this is like breaking up with Liu Biao. How do you explain it to me?"

"Brother doesn't know the military advisor's plan, right?"

Pang Tong smiled and said: "My lord is benevolent and righteous, so naturally he cannot bear to do these things." "But if this opportunity is missed, it will never happen again."

"And even if the lord doesn't take it, Cao Cao and Sun Quan will take it. In that case, it's better to keep it in the hands of the lord."

"So Tong came here this time, hoping that the general would take advantage of this opportunity to cook the rice. When the time comes, the matter will be done. Liu Biao will be helpless, and the lord will not say anything."

After hearing this, Guan Yu pondered.

He believed that Pang Tong's words were true. If Liu Bei had such intention, he would definitely tell him. However, now he only asked Pang Tong to lead his troops, indicating that he really should not know about it.

But in this case, the burden came to Guan Yu. He exercised the arbitrary power of a general. Although Liu Bei would not pursue it afterwards, it was not for his own reputation.
He only hesitated for a moment and then made up his mind, reputation is nothing, he did it for the sake of his elder brother!
He immediately said to Pang Tong: "I hope the military advisor can point out the details."

Pang Tong was overjoyed, it was done!
He knew that with Guan Yu's arrogance, he would most likely agree. Liu Biao could no longer hold a place like Jingzhou, and only Liu Bei was suitable to be the next leader of Jingzhou!
He immediately pointed to the map and said: "Liu Biao moved his headquarters from Nanjun to Lingling the day before yesterday. All the officials and their families accompanied him. Many big cities in Nanjun are short of people."

"I had anticipated this situation for a long time. On the pretext of assisting Liu Biao in his defense, I proposed to the lord and sent officials and generals from Xiangyang to the cities of Nanjun."

"Now, Maicheng, Jiangling, and Public Security Bureau south of Xiangyang all have the Lord's officials and subordinates assisting in defense. As long as the general can break through the Xiakou blockade and march west along the road, they will definitely be able to act as internal agents in the city and help the general capture the cities in Nanjun! "

Only then did Guan Yu realize that Pang Tong had already bought the foreshadowing in advance!

He immediately laughed and said, "Okay!"

"If we can succeed, it all depends on the work of the military advisor!"

A few days later, a huge navy set off from the Han River south of Fancheng and went directly down the river. Most of the towns on the north bank of the Han River along the way were occupied by Cao's army. However, this navy came ashore unexpectedly and with lightning speed. The force of Cao's army was swept away by the cover-up. Cao's army was frightened and quickly retreated to the north. At the same time, he asked Xu Du for help.

But as towns were attacked one after another, they discovered that the navy in Jingzhou did not seem to be willing to fight. After capturing the towns, they only looted the food and continued down the river to attack Jiangxia.

Finally one day, the navy led by Guan Yu encountered the Jiangdong navy on the Yangtze River south of Xiakou.

At that time, Jiangdong's navy was attacking Lukou on the south bank. At this time, there were only a small number of Huang Zu's defenders in Lukou City, and they were in danger of being beaten. Jiangdong's army was about to capture it, but at this time, it was attacked by Guan Yu's sudden appearance of the navy, and it was unable to defend itself. As a result, the Jiangdong navy suffered heavy casualties. Lu Meng, who was in the front line, was wounded by an arrow. Cheng Pu, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, quickly brought his men to rescue him.

Cheng Pu looked at the flag of the navy opposite and found that it was not Liu Biao's navy. He couldn't help but wonder, where did this come from?

Then he discovered that the person facing him was Liu Bei's general Guan Yu, and he suddenly felt angry. You Guan Yu is indeed famous for his land battles, but don't think that the navy can do the same. Do you really think that you are omnipotent?
Today I will give you a lesson to let you know that water battles and land battles are different!

He immediately commanded the warships to rush forward. When Guan Yu saw it, he immediately ordered his side to pull up the sails and followed the river wind, charging into the Jiangdong warships with great ferocity.

At this time, hundreds of ships from both sides collided fiercely, and a melee broke out. The fight lasted from morning to afternoon. After several hours, the balance of victory gradually tilted towards Guan Yu's navy.

Cheng Pu, who was in charge of the formation, couldn't believe his eyes. How could he not be able to defeat Guan Yu when facing the enemy head-on?

Unfortunately for me, I still consider myself the number one navy general in Jiangdong. How can I go back and explain this?

When he saw Guan Yu commanding the navy to rush to attack his own warship, he was almost rushing in front of him. He immediately roared and commanded his soldiers to approach the ship and engage in close combat. He was holding an iron spear and wanted to challenge Guan Yu in a duel.

When Guan Yu saw the other general standing on the bow of the ship and charging towards him, pointing his spear directly at him, he immediately drew his longbow, looked at the door facing Cheng Pu, and shot an arrow.

Cheng Pu was staring at Guan Yu at this time, thinking that the other party had killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou and had already ranked among the top three among the famous generals in the world. No one dared to challenge him on land. Fighting in the water is simply asking for death. If I kill him on the water, I'm afraid I won't become famous all over the world immediately!
He was thinking about something good, when suddenly there was a flash of cold light, and a sharp arrow had already reached his face. Cheng Pu was shocked, and subconsciously turned his body, and the arrow hit his shoulder.

Cheng Pu yelled and fell back. His generals saw him and hurriedly rescued Cheng Pu. This made the Jiangdong navy even more chaotic. Finally, under the command of the injured Lu Meng, they managed to return to Xiakou. , after Guan Yu's navy cleaned up the battlefield, they took the opportunity to enter Lukou.

The Jiangdong Army suffered heavy losses in this battle, and the news spread quickly. Sun Quan was furious after hearing the news, but he never expected that Liu Beijun, who had been beaten by Cao Jun and could not get out of Fancheng, would dare to attack him. idea!

Not to mention Sun Quan, even Cao Cao and Yuan Xi didn't expect it, because no one informed Guan Yu when he sent his troops, and it was just a surprise.

Cao Cao was certainly in dire straits. As Pang Tong expected, he sent ships from the Han River and mobilized troops from Liangzhou. At the same time, he ordered Zhang Xiu of Wancheng to send troops to attack Fancheng in three directions.

At first, Cao Jun was extremely happy when he learned that Guan Yu led his troops from Fancheng to attack Jiangxia. In their eyes, Fancheng without Guan Yu was not worth mentioning at all.

But what happened next was a slap in the face of Cao Jun. Fancheng's defensive preparations turned out to be extremely well prepared, and he calmly disintegrated Cao Jun's offensive one by one.

When the news came back to Xudu, Cao Cao couldn't sit still. He got the news that Guan Yu was already taking the opportunity to recruit troops in Nanjun. If he completely defeated Jiandong Jun, he might even threaten Yuzhou!
Originally, in Yuzhou, the news that Mrs. Ding was captured by Yuan Xijun made Cao Cao very irritable. Now that Guan Yu's incident happened again, Cao Cao suddenly discovered that the situation in Jingzhou was starting to get out of control!

(End of this chapter)