Guan Yu had some hope for Liu Bei's Shangbao, but unexpectedly, Liu Bei wished for his death. [This article comes from]
Yiji stayed in Yecheng for more than ten days. During these ten days, the treatment of him by the Han Dynasty dropped sharply, and his food and accommodation conditions were greatly reduced. Yiji asked to see Liu Bei several times, but was rejected by the Han Dynasty.
Officials refused.
Liu Bei's move was obviously to force him to leave his country.
On that day, Yi Ji in the residence received news from Li Yang that Yan Liang had issued a secret order to leave Yecheng immediately.
The Yiji set off that day and left Yecheng to go south.
As soon as Yi Ji left, Liu Bei naturally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Guan Yu's matter was finally over and he could unload a heavy burden.
However, not long after Yi Ji left, Liu Bei received information from Xizuo from the south that shocked him even more.
The Chu State actually succeeded in constructing a weir at the mouth of Qishui, and successfully diverted the Qishui River into the Baigou River. A waterway leading from south to north to Yecheng was thus formed.
Upon hearing the news, Liu Bei was shocked and summoned Zhuge Liang to the palace for discussion.
When he saw Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei complained: "Prime Minister, didn't you say that Yan Thief's construction of a weir to divert the Qishui River was just wishful thinking? Now that Yan Thief's conspiracy has succeeded, what else do you have to say?"
"Your Majesty, I never thought that Yan Thief could actually..." Zhuge Liang was also shocked and couldn't believe this astonishing fact.
"You have to believe it even if you don't believe it. This is the fact. If Yan's water channel is completed, food and grass will flow northward unimpeded. Our army's plan of attacking with light cavalry will be useless. How can I stop Chu's attack?" Liu Bei was angry.
's question.
Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan again. He tried his best to suppress his shock, and his thoughts were racing, thinking of ways to defeat the enemy.
After a while, Zhuge Liang regained his composure and said calmly: "Although the Yan thief has built a waterway, the city of Ye is not as big as Liyang. It has a large land and a wide city, and there are many cities with ramparts and horns around it. If the Yan thief wants to break Ye City, he must clear out the surrounding cities.
Our army only needs to defend step by step, consuming the morale of the Yan thieves bit by bit. At the entrance of his division's old city, our army can take advantage of the situation to counterattack and drive them out of Hebei in one fell swoop."
Zhuge Liang spoke eloquently and gave Liu Bei a strategy. In fact, this strategy is plain. It is to use attrition tactics and keep attrition with Yan Liang until the Chu army is exhausted and Yan Liang has to retreat.
Although Zhuge Liang's plan is not a clever one, it seems that it is Liu Bei's only way to deal with the enemy.
Liu Bei weighed it again and again, but had no other choice. He had no choice but to adopt Zhuge Liang's plan.
On the same day, Liu Bei issued an order to surround Yecheng with Shexian, Anyang, Changle, Linshui cities, and fortifications everywhere. The generals of the army were not allowed to take a step back without authorization, and they were all required to hold on to the city for him, and they must ensure that the city was within reach
People are there, but the city dies and people die.
While Liu Bei was hurriedly deploying countermeasures, the officers and soldiers of Chu's army on the Liyang line in the south finally set off on the journey again after a month's rest.
An army of 200,000 people gathered again, and soldiers and horses from all walks of life marched northward.
By the Baigou River, Yan Liang was riding his horse slowly. In front of him and behind him was a long, endless team, marching slowly northward along the Baigou River.
In the Baigou River, one transport ship after another, loaded with bags of grain and grass, sailed towards the north.
On the left and right, groups of rangers galloped back and forth, patrolling and alerting the surrounding situation.
The banner of Da Chu covers the sky and the sun, and is magnificent.
Yan Liang looked away to the north. On Yingwu's face, cold murderous intent was flowing, and he secretly said in his heart: "Liu Bei, your good days have come to an end. Wash your ass and wait for me to blow your anus."
While thinking, Yan Liang raised his whip and shouted: "Preach my will and the whole army will advance quickly. I will reach the gates of Anyang City within two days."
The decree was passed down, and the three armies marched quickly. Their heavy and neat footsteps stirred up dust all over the sky, and the whole earth seemed to be shaking.
Two days later, the 100,000-strong Chinese army under the command of Yan Liang took the lead in arriving at Anyang City.
Anyang is located directly south of Ye City. It is the strongest southern fortress in Ye City's defense line built by Liu Bei.
At this time, the generals guarding Anyang City were Yuan Shao's old generals Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan, who led 5,000 infantry to guard the city.
Jiao Chufei was not a famous general, and five thousand soldiers and horses was not too many. However, because of the importance of Anyang City, Liu Bei began to reinforce the city last year, so that the walls of the city were thickened like Liyang.
More than twice as much.
It is obviously unrealistic for Yan Liang to use city-breaking cannons to blast away such a solid city.
Of course, Yan Liang could completely take advantage of the city's weakness of having few troops, surround the city with more than 100,000 troops, and forcefully capture Anyang with the advantage of its large number of troops.
However, in this way, the soldiers will inevitably suffer great damage.
In order to defend Ye City, Liu Bei built various barriers outside it. If Yan Liang had to pay huge casualties to capture every city, then before they could reach Ye City, the morale and morale of the Chu army would probably be reduced.
to be consumed.
"Your Majesty, our army is now at its peak. Why not immediately order a siege on all sides and capture Anyang City in one fell swoop?" Veteran Huang Zhong added.
"It is necessary to capture Anyang, but there is no need to besiege the city on all sides." A sneer appeared at the corner of Yan Liang's mouth.
Huang Zhong was startled and said suspiciously: "The city of Anyang is strong, and there are at least five thousand defenders in the city. If we don't surround the city on all sides, I'm afraid we won't be able to take advantage of our large number of troops."
Yan Liang smiled and said: "Han Sheng, don't worry, I still have a weapon to destroy the city, it's just the time to use it."
A weapon to destroy the city?
Huang Zhong was at a loss for a moment, thinking that given the strength of Anyang, sharp weapons such as city-breaking cannons, Yuanrong's crossbows, and crossbow carts would be useless. There were no other sharp weapons in his army that could break the city.
At this time, Pang Tong's eyes moved, and he realized what Yan Liang meant. He stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Liu Bei, this hypocritical person, it's time to disgust him again."
"The one who knows me is the Prime Minister."
Yan Liang laughed, and then issued an order, ordering Huang Zhong to gather 30,000 troops south of Anyang and prepare to attack the city.
When the order was passed, the bells and drums in the army rang loudly, and the 30,000 elite troops from the left camp came out of the camp in an orderly manner. Under the leadership of Huang Zhong, they were quickly deployed in the south of Anyang City.
Generals Jiao Chu and Zhang Nan in the city received the news and rushed to the city. They led five thousand panic-stricken Han troops to the city to prepare to meet the enemy.
Huang Zhongjun's formation had been completed, but Yan Liang was sitting on a red rabbit horse and arrived at the prison car at the rear camp.
In the iron prison car, Guan Yu, with disheveled hair, was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, motionless.
After experiencing the humiliation of being slapped in the face and being spit and peed by the people of Liyang, Guan Yu's arrogant temper seemed to have calmed down a lot. He also recognized the reality. He was a prisoner. If he continued to be crazy without knowing what was good for him,
, can only bring humiliation to oneself.
Therefore, Guan Yu simply closed his eyes and rested his mind every day besides eating and sleeping, waiting for the day when Liu Bei would rescue him.
"Guan Yu, stop pretending and come out. I'm going to show mercy to you and let you come out and enjoy the breeze." There was no trace of sarcasm in Yan Liang's words.
Guan Yu opened his eyes, and when he saw Yan Liang, he didn't curse anymore, he just glared at Yan Liang hatefully.
When the cell door opened, Guan Yu didn't know what Yan Liang was thinking, and he was secretly worried. He sat there cross-legged and refused to move.
Without saying a word, Zhou Cang got into the cage and dragged Guan Yu out, who was bound by iron chains.
"Don't touch me. I can walk on my own." Guan Yu was so passive that he learned to obey.
Yan Liang snorted coldly. He raised his whip and said: "Come on, send me the hussar generals of the Han Dynasty to the opposite building, so that the Han troops in Anyang can appreciate the honor of Guan Gong."
Guan Yu's body trembled, and a trace of fear suddenly flashed through his heart.
However, Yan Liang had already set his horse and galloped away, while Guan Yu was dragged outside the camp, carried up to an opposite building, and tied to a pillar.
The opposite building, which was several feet high, was then slowly pushed towards the front of Huang Zhongjun's formation.
The "sharp weapon" had arrived. Yan Liang pointed his whip and ordered Huang Zhongjun to start advancing towards Anyang City.
The sound of "dong dong" war drums rose into the sky, and the opposite building where Guan Yu was bound was slowly pushed towards Anyang City, while 30,000 Chu troops followed the opposite building and approached the south gate of Anyang in an orderly manner.
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In the blink of an eye, the mighty military formation had approached more than 130 steps from Anyang City. This distance was already close to the effective range of the crossbow.
"Crossbowmen, prepare to release arrows, let me shoot the enemy invaders hard!" Zhang Nan, the Han general, shouted loudly.
Along the city's line, more than a thousand crossbowmen bent their bows and set arrows, all aiming outside the city.
The sword in Zhang Nan's hand was raised high, and with just one swing, thousands of sharp arrows would roar down.
"Wait!" At the critical moment, Jiao Chu shouted and stopped Zhang Nan.
"We can't wait any longer. The enemy is approaching the moat soon. If we don't fire arrows, it will be too late." Zhang Nan said anxiously.
Jiao Chu pointed to the outside of the city, frowned and said, "Did you see that the man tied up on the building opposite to the Chu army seems to be General Guan Yunchang?"
Hearing these words, Zhang Nan was shocked and raised his eyes to look carefully.
Sure enough, that red-faced man was not Guan Yu, who else could he be.
Zhang Nan was immediately shocked, and the Han soldiers on the left and right were also shocked when they recognized that it was Guan Yu who was tied up upstairs.
At this moment, Huang Zhong at the foot of the city had given the order, and five thousand Chu army crossbowmen fired at the top of the city first. Arrows like rain roared up.
The Han troops in the city had to huddle under the female wall and avoid the Chu troops' shooting in panic.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Han army was suppressed, Huang Zhong urged his soldiers to advance faster, and soon reached the moat and began to erect trench bridges one after another.
The situation was critical, Zhang Nan shouted urgently: "If we don't launch arrows and launch a counterattack, the Chu thieves will successfully cross the moat."
Jiao Chu was puzzled: "What kind of arrows did you shoot? That was General Guan, your majesty's sworn brother. If these arrows were accidentally shot and killed by accident, and your majesty blamed him, you and I would be dead."
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Zhang Nan's heart was shocked, and he was extremely embarrassed. The two generals were unable to advance or retreat, and they didn't know what to do.
Outside the city, looking at the Han troops at the top of the city who did not dare to fight back, a sneer appeared on the corner of Yan Liang's mouth.
Aren't you, Liu Bei, good at acting? You clearly abandoned Guan Yu, but you acted out your brotherly love for Guan Yu as if it were real.
Very good. If you, Liu Bei, want to be a bitch and build a memorial arch, then I will force you to break up your reputation and let everyone in the Han Kingdom know that in your eyes, Guan Yu is nothing more than a sacrificial loser.