Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Guan Yu and Xu Shu didn't know about Jiangdong's changes, but they didn't care even if they knew.

After the fleet sailed northward around Jiangxia and entered the Han River, Xu Shu built a camp in the east of Dangyang City as he had planned to transfer supplies, food, grass and prisoners, in order to avoid Jiangxia's control as much as possible.

Of course, there were plans for Jiangdong to betray the alliance, but neither Xu Shu nor Guan Yu wanted to use them.

After all, Haner had bled enough.

Especially in front of me.

Xu Shu would lament after the war, but would abandon these thoughts during the war.

From the moment Cao Ren announced his march, the battlefield in Fancheng was bleeding non-stop.

As a relative, Cao Ren knew a lot of information more clearly than Yu Jin.

Including the strategy of quickly defeating Xiangfan and then moving to Guanzhong, as well as the fact that food and grass were in short supply.

Therefore, from the beginning of the siege, Cao Ren was forced by Cao Ren to use all his strength.

Le Jin, who was guarding Xiangyang City, had a very clear view of the offense and defense of both sides.

It was said that he was guarding Xiangyang, but in fact the veteran Huang Zhong camped directly not far from Xiangyang City. He did not come to call the city gate every day, but watched from a distance and used archery to hunt down the scouts who left the city.

Over time, even the scouts were reluctant to go out of the city gate. After all, they said they would stick to it. The surrounding situation could be seen at a glance, and they couldn't reach any place farther away. What was the point of going out of the city?

As time passed, the Xiangyang City defenders even forgot that they were also under siege.

After all, the giant ship was now focused on Fancheng and didn't even bother to look at them.

Therefore, the number of soldiers on the originally unguarded northern city wall gradually increased. Here you can see ships coming and going, and you can watch the battle of Fancheng. It is much more interesting than counting ants in Xiangyang City.

Le Jin knew this very well, but he had no good way. After all, what he feared most was that he would go out to the city to invite a battle to boost morale. As a result, the navy on the river only needed to rely on the south, and his retreat would be cut off in an instant.

So now the soldiers in Xiangyang City are watching the attack and defense of Fancheng with great interest, and Le Jin is watching the attack and defense of Fancheng with great concern.

From the perspective of Xiangyang, they saw that Cao Jun wanted to besiege the city on three sides, but Cao Jun in the east was wandered by a giant boat. A few rounds of casual shots destroyed the morale of Cao Jun, and then Cao Jun in the west retreated like a tide.

So the Xiangyang Cao soldiers could only listen boredly to the thundering shouts of killing coming from Fancheng, and imagine how intense it was.

"I bet a hundred dollars that Fancheng cannot be captured."

"What's the use of your five baht? You can't spend it."

"It is said that Uncle Liu can still use money under his rule..."

"Oh oh oh oh, then I'll follow, bet one hundred and fifty dollars...general!"

Le Jin patrolled the city wall twice, dispersed the soldiers gathered together, and then stared at the warships between Xiangfan and Fan.

As long as he can divert these ships away, he can go out of the city and kill the veteran general. Then all 30,000 Xiangyang soldiers will be sent out, and he can go down to Yicheng to attack Dangyang and Denglinju, and go straight to the hinterland of Jingzhou, which can solve the crisis in Xiangfan.

The shouts of killing in Fancheng were still deafening. Lejin didn't know who the generals of Cao's army under Fancheng were, but Lejin was not optimistic about them.

Siege warfare is already difficult to fight, and now those who are driven by the giant boat can only attack one wall. Without a strong general like himself who can get there first, it will be even more difficult.

However, thinking of being the first to ascend, Le Jin thought of the six thousand pieces he had lost at the gate of Jiangling City. They were all old pawns who could follow him to ascend first, and they were lost in vain.

If there was this private troop in Xiangyang City at this moment, the soldiers who confused the morale of the army like they did just now would definitely be beaten with thirty army sticks!

In the Chinese military tent under Fancheng, Cao Ren had no unnecessary expression on his face and kept staring at the map.

At the bottom, Xu Huang looked pale and covered his waist and abdomen, while Wenpin hung his left arm on his chest and remained silent.

The siege had been going on for five days, but Fancheng was still as solid as a rock. Xu Huang and Wenpin had already led their teams to storm the city before, but the results were unsatisfactory and some were injured.

Therefore, Yu Jin suggested building a city on the ground to confront Guan Yu.

This is the stupidest but least error-prone way to play.

However, Cao Ren considered the worry about food and grass in his heart and refused to comment. Instead, he looked at a scribe beside him:

"What can Master Kuai teach me?"

Kuai Yue was quite afraid of the huge ship, so he said slowly:

"If the navy is in Fancheng, it will be difficult. If you want to attack Fancheng, you must destroy the navy first."

Cao Ren rolled his eyes in his heart, do you even need to say this?

But then Kuai Yue put together the thoughts in his mind and Cao Ren frowned and thought, it seemed that it was possible?

On this day, Guan Yu climbed up the city wall and saw that Cao's army did not go out in full force to attack the city as usual. Instead, there were no flags and drums, smoke curled up, and they looked like they were lying on their backs. He couldn't help but be filled with suspicion.

"If we can't attack for a long time, we must look for the method of water breaker."

Xu Shu felt that this was the only explanation. After all, Cao Cao swallowed half of Jingzhou and had many generals who knew the navy. It was not surprising that he could come up with one or two ways to deal with the navy.

"And when it comes to the fastest-acting method, the only one is..."

Xu Shu had a strange smile on his face and just said:

"If everything goes well, General Guan may be able to meet his old friend soon."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and decided to believe Xu Shu:

"Then Guan will wait and see."

Le Jin could no longer hear Fan Cheng's shouts of killing, but instead the boats of Guan Yu's army came and went more frequently.

The Han River between the two cities of Xiangfan was only three hundred feet wide, so Le Jin could see clearly that these small boats were carrying heavy supplies, as if they were going to fight a protracted war.

But Le Jin was not optimistic about this move at all. The gap in military strength was too big. As long as they could survive the spring famine, the prime minister could mobilize an army of 100,000 to besiege Fancheng and besiege them to death.

However, more than ten days after the killing cries stopped in Fancheng, Le Jin saw with his own eyes that the giant boat took the initiative to retreat downstream.

The giant boat was discovered by Cao's army soon after it left, so the army surrounded it on three sides, and the brutal siege began again.

And soldiers from the Xiangyang spectating group soon pointed out the mystery:

"The water level is falling! Look at the Shazhou to the west, more and more parts are exposed!"

Cut off the Han River and force the giant ship back.

Immediately, some soldiers from Jingzhou spoke at length about a very narrow place upstream, where the river was only thirty feet wide and could easily be blocked.

Only then did Le Jin understand the meaning of Guan Yu's army transporting baggage to Fancheng before. This was obviously to defend to the death.

However, huge ecstasy surges in my heart at any time. If this happens, won't my chance come?

Cao Ren cherished this hard-won opportunity, so he used all his strength to attack the city without stopping until night.

Use the advantage of troops to suppress the rest time of the Fancheng defenders. If they stay like this for two days, the city will definitely be destroyed!

Cao Ren was already furious, so he didn't notice that Guan Yu, who was guarding the city on top of the city wall, had disappeared, and was replaced by Xu Shu and Zhao Lei, who were waving their swords hoarsely and restraining the soldiers.

This noisy night prevented the Xiangyang defenders from getting a good night's sleep. It also obscured the movement in the Han River twenty miles east of Fancheng.

Guan Yu stood at the bow of the boat with his eyes closed and meditating, while Gan Gui was scolding softly:

Just hang up the brocade sail. Why hang up a silver bell at night? Are you worried that you are not conspicuous enough? Withdraw quickly!

The sound of killing in the city twenty miles away was loud, but Gan Gui turned a deaf ear and was focused on it. She carefully guided the ship to the north and slowly slid into the Qishui River.

Their fleet is a fighting ship left over from Guan Yu's training of the navy. The hull is long and narrow, without any engineering modifications. It can only transport troops or join gangs, but this is enough.

Guan Yu himself also left the Fancheng battlefield with the giant boat. He moored new ships and replaced old ones at Dangyang Wharf. The sailors were manning the ships and the land soldiers were sleeping soundly in the cabins to recharge their batteries.

Nearly a hundred battleships joined together, carrying eight thousand soldiers, and slowly moved northward along the Tong River under the cover of darkness and the cries of siege and killing.

As the sky gradually became brighter, the first people to discover Guan Yu and his party were the people in the field in Xinye.

"General Guan, do you want me to get off the boat..." Gan Gui gestured, trying to intimidate and delay the news from leaking.

Guan Yu shook his head and said:

"Just raise the flag."

Gan Gui didn't understand, but he always listened to General Guan.

So the ship Gan Gui hoisted the largest Chinese flag, and the boats behind each hoisted two flags, one embroidered with the character Liu and the other with the character Guan.

Gan Gui found that he didn't understand even more. When he saw these Guizhou leaders whose faces were full of frost and numbness, their faces gradually became excited, and some even started to run after the boat.

But their physical strength was very weak and they were destined to be unable to keep up, so only some voices were passed along with the breeze:

"Uncle Liu Huang...General Guan...General Zhang!"

"Can you drive away Cao's thieves?"

Facing Gan Gui's confused face, Guan Yu turned around. He looked ahead as if he didn't dare to look at the people on both sides. He seemed to be explaining to Gan Gui and saying to himself:

"A few years ago, the people of Xinye were afraid of Cao Cao's evil reputation, so they followed their elder brother southward and passed by Xiangfan. The people of the two cities also fled with their elder brother. In the end, Changbanpo was defeated and all the people were taken captive."

Needless to say, Gan Gui understands the rest.

Cao Cao always had only one way to deal with the people, which was to move inland and farm the fields. These people in Xinye must be one of the people who followed his lord south.

It was only at this moment that Gan Gui gained a new understanding of her lord.

"General Guan, we will not be defeated this time!"

Guan Yu shook his head:

"It cannot be defeated."

When Cao Cao learned that Guan Yu's troops were approaching Wancheng, he immediately rushed to the top of Wancheng.

He couldn't understand: Why did Guan Yu appear here? How dare you appear here?

The red face and beautiful beard are familiar, but the strange long knife in his hand is unfamiliar.

The mixed thoughts before meeting Guan Yu finally turned into anger:

"Guan Yunchang, how dare you abandon Fancheng and go deep into danger, deceiving no one in our army?"

Of course Guan Yu couldn't hear it. He just scattered the scouts as much as possible, and then began to build a camp and a stronghold, assuming a siege posture.

Doing this made Cao Cao even angrier, but to no avail.

In order to capture Fancheng as soon as possible, Wancheng had few troops to fight with. There were only more than a thousand personal guards and noble troops led by Xu Chu. Rather than sending them out to fight with thousands of soldiers and horses, Cao Cao felt that it was better to wait for the troops who were already on the way. Yecheng soldiers and horses are safer.

And what Cao Cao didn't know was, what was Guan Yu waiting for?

But within two days, Cao Cao knew it.

Another troop of soldiers and horses came from the southwest. This troop of soldiers and horses held a huge flag with the word "Zhang". Zhang Fei smiled happily under the flag.

Before it arrived, the loud voice sent the voice first:

"Second brother is indeed one step ahead of me!"

But Cao Cao on the top of the city had a feeling that something was wrong.