After cremating Liu She's body with his own hands, Sima Yi decided to take his ashes and Sima Fang to the tomb of her mother Sima Youran to bury them together. In addition, he felt embarrassed that he was not sure how to face Cai Jue here, so he bid farewell to Yang Wei and Cai Jue and his wife, and set off with Sima Fu and Li Jin to leave Shangdang.

Before leaving, Cai Jue and Yang Huiyu, the daughter of Yang Huiyu, gave Sima Yi the amulet made of straw himself, and said to him: "Uncle Sima, I give this to you, I hope to bless you with a smooth journey."

Seeing that Yang Huiyu was so sensible, Sima Yi bent down and took the amulet, reached out to touch Yang Huiyu's head and smiled, "Thank you, it's a pity that I don't have as sensible daughter as you..."

At this time, Sima Fu joked: "Will you just let her marry Shi'er in the future?"

Everyone present smiled at such words. They did not expect that fifteen years later, Yang Huiyu, who was nearly five years old, would really marry Sima Shi and raise a generation of talent Sima You. After the establishment of Jin State, Sima Yan was respected as "Empress Dowager Hongxun".

After burying the ashes of Liu She and Sima Fang, Sima Yi received three major news from Zhong Yu from Yecheng:

First, Liu Bei was appointed as the King of Hanzhong in Mianyang at the end of July;

Secondly, Cao Hong was waived by Cao Cao for the merits he made in the Battle of Hanzhong, and at the same time allowed him and his family to return to Yecheng to live, including his wife Zhao Rui;

Secondly, Xun Yun, who had been planning for Sima Yi alongside Zhong Yu, suddenly died suddenly as the battle in Hanzhong was coming to an end...

The first two news were expected by Sima Yi, especially Liu Bei's act of becoming king after occupying Hanzhong. However, the news of Xun Yun's sudden death made him puzzled, because Xun Yun himself did not have any disease, so how could he suddenly pass away?

In addition to grief, Sima Yi had to relate this matter to "Liu Ji". Sima Yi, who originally planned to keep a guard for his biological father and adoptive father in Yique, considered that the matter was of great importance, so he temporarily changed his plan and set off for Yecheng in advance.

Li Jin wanted to pass on the deaths of Liu She and Sima Fang to Cai Jue and Hu Zhao who lived in seclusion in Luhun Mountain, so he parted ways with Sima Yi. Sima Yi accompanied Sima Fu and rushed to Yecheng night and night.

But at this moment, he received an emergency summons from Cao Cao from Luoyang...

As Zhuge Liang had worried before, when Guan Yu saw Liu Bei seize Hanzhong, many generals made contributions. His former general Wei Yan had already commanded a state, and even Ma Chao, the surrendered general, was ranked with him as the "Four Tiger Generals". This made Guan Yu's mentality extremely unbalanced. So he took advantage of Liu Bei's occupation of Hanzhong and without asking for instructions, he mobilized 30,000 troops northward without asking for instructions, intending to completely recover the northern part of Jingzhou. At first, it was indeed very rapid. After his troops left the public security, he conquered several cities in succession and besieged Cao Ren, who was obviously at a disadvantage in his hands, in Fancheng.

At this time, Cao Cao originally planned to return to Yecheng after resting in Chang'an for a while. However, shortly after he arrived in Luoyang, the news that Guan Yu led his troops to the north quickly disrupted his entire deployment. So on the one hand, he sent his son Cao Zhi as the General of the Southern Central Army, assisted by the left general Yu Jin and Pang De, and ordered the troops to rush to support Cao Ren from Nanyang to lift the siege of Fancheng.

On the other hand, he hurriedly transferred Sima Yi and Jiang Ji, who had just recovered from serious illness, to his side to give advice, leaving the crown prince Cao Pi to guard Yecheng, assisted by two heavyweight ministers, Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao.

After receiving Cao Cao's urgent call, Sima Yi had to temporarily put aside the truth about pursuing the cause of Xun Yun's death, and instead sent his younger brother Sima Fu to Yecheng, and he rode alone to Luoyang.

After arriving in Luoyang, Sima Yi quickly met with Jiang Ji, who arrived first. From Jiang Ji's description, Sima Yi felt that Guan Yu's attack was suddenly fierce, and the entire Jingzhou was shocked.

But Sima Yi for some reason felt that this might not be a bad thing for Cao Cao.

After coming to the main hall, Sima Yi and Jiang Ji found that the atmosphere in the hall was extremely unusual. Cao Cao, who was sitting on the upper seat, looked ashen, and the ministers standing on both sides did not dare to make a sound. Sima Yi noticed that among the main commander of the reinforcements Fancheng, the only one Yu Jin and Pang De, stood in the middle, but Cao Zhi, the commander of the three armies, disappeared.

Finally, Cao Cao, who had been silent for a long time, angrily threw the bamboo slips in his hand to the ground:

"This rebellious son! I ordered him to be the General of the Southern Zhonglang. As the commander of the three armies, he dared to get drunk one after another before the march, so that the army failed to set off in time! It's really a rotten wood that cannot be carved!"

Originally, after Cao Cao made Cao Pi the crown prince, he was suspicious and began to feel that Jia Xu might have intentionally mentioned Liu Biao and Yuan Shao before, so that he would be concerned about deposing the eldest son and establishing the youngest as a way to cause chaos. Therefore, he began to give Cao Zhi some opportunities to perform, and this time he sent him to command the army south to give him a chance to perform.

However, Wu Zhi could see this intention of Cao Cao at a glance. He took advantage of Cao Zhi's preference for poetry and prose and alcoholism, and deliberately found some literati to invite Cao Zhi to the banquet. As a result, Cao Zhi, who was unaware of it, was indeed trapped and angered Cao Cao.

Seeing this, Sima Yi stepped forward and picked up the bamboo slips and bowed to Cao Cao and said:

"Your Majesty, it is not the time to pursue the fourth prince's fault. The situation in Fancheng is very critical at the moment. If troops are not sent to rescue him, once Fancheng is broken, the entire Xiangyang County will completely fall into Guan Yu's hands, and Jingzhou may have any mistakes."

Cao Cao didn't care about punishing Cao Zhi at this time and temporarily changed his order. General Yu Jin was appointed as the commander of the three armies, and Pang De was the deputy general, and immediately led the army to advance towards Fancheng.

However, Yu Jin and Pang De failed to successfully rescue Cao Ren, but Guan Yu used the advantages of the rainy season to dig the Han River embankment. As a result, Yu Jin and Pang De's men were isolated in various places in the flood. Guan Yu led the warships to defeat them one by one, captured Yu Jin, Pang Tong, Dong Heng, Dong Chao and others alive, and completely annihilated Cao Cao's reinforcements.

After capturing Yu Jin, Guan Yu took Guan Ping to visit him in person.

Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a lot when facing the reunion of his old friend. He ordered Guan Ping to release the rope tied to Yu Jin's body:

"So many years have passed, and I didn't expect that we would meet again in this form..."

As a prisoner, Yu Jin did not lose his integrity as the commander of the three armies. He refused the request of the soldiers to kneel down to Guan Yu. Guan Ping was furious and drew his sword: "Bold!"

However, Guan Yu reached out to block his hand, and instead scolded Guan Ping and said:

"When Yu Wenze served with his father and the king, you didn't know where you were, how dare you be so arrogant here!"

Looking at Guan Yu's tone and attitude, Yu Jin could see that he wanted to surrender himself, so he flatly rejected Guan Yu before he could speak:

"Please don't say much, since I have become a general of the defeated army, it is up to you to kill or cut off."

Seeing that he had no intention of returning to Liu Bei's command, Guan Yu, who was thinking about his old love, still planned to persuade him to reconsider:

"Wenze, you and I have known each other since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. I don't understand why you turned against each other. However, when you wanted to turn to Cao Cao's command, the king did not kill you because of nostalgia. Now I don't kill you, it's nostalgia. Do you really don't care about our friendship at all?"

There were not many people except Liu Bei who made Guan Yu speak so humbly, so Guan Ping, who stood behind him, was very surprised and puzzled. However, what puzzled him even more was that Yu Jin still had no intention of changing his mind at all:

"I have already said everything I should say, it's useless to say more..."

Guan Yu turned to threaten Yu Jin and said, "Wen Ze knows that I just announced to the public that you surrendered to me. Now you can no longer go back. Why should you be so obsessed with it?"

When he heard that Guan Yu had ruined his reputation, Yu Jin stood up angrily and pointed at Guan Yu and cursed:

"Guan Yu! You...you are so despicable!"

After saying that, Yu Jin wanted to take away the sword of the armored soldier next to him and committed suicide, but was stopped by Guan Yu:

"I'll give you enough time to think about it. When I take down Fancheng and seize Jingzhou, maybe you will change your mind..."

Later, in order to prevent Yu Jin from finding a short-sighted view, Guan Yu specially sent two soldiers to take care of him.

After convinced Yu Jin to fail, Zhao Lei escorted Pang De, Dong Heng, Dong Chao and other prisoners to the central army tent and wait for Guan Yu to fall.

After Guan Yu glanced at the defeated generals, he looked at Pang De. He wanted to surrender Pang De to make the rest surrender together. However, he did not expect that Pang De refused to surrender with a very firm and fierce attitude, and insulted Liu Bei and Guan Yu loudly.

Guan Yu, who was originally frustrated by persuading Yu Jin, felt a little angry. Seeing that Pang De was so rampant, the blue veins on his face gradually bloomed, and he slapped the table loudly:

"Do I still have to be angry with you, the unknown rat? Come on! Pull it down and chop it down!"

After killing Pang De, the remaining Cao army generals surrendered because they were afraid of Guan Yu.

After Guan Yun flooded Cao's army, he took 30,000 surrendered soldiers, including Yu Jin, back to his base camp Jiangling, which was famous and powerful in China, and his momentum reached its peak.

After surrounding and annihilated Yu Jin's troops, the flood after the dam broke down did not retreat. Torrents poured in many places in Fancheng, and many walls collapsed. After hearing that Yu Jin's entire army was wiped out, many people thought that it was difficult for the city to continue to defend. Therefore, they suggested that Cao Ren, who was guarding the city, should take a boat to withdraw from Fancheng while Guan Yu had not yet concentrated his troops around Fancheng.

However, Cao Ren and Man Chong believed that although the mountain torrent came in a fierce manner, they retreated very quickly. The reason why Guan Yu did not dare to bypass Fancheng and continued to move north was because he was afraid that he would cut off his retreat in the rear. If Cao Ren retreated, the land south of the Yellow River would be completely occupied by Guan Yu and even threatened Xu Du's safety. Therefore, Cao Ren was determined to live and die with Fancheng.
Chapter completed!