Chapter 165 The momentary tranquility

Cao Ren died in battle and the news of Fancheng's loss spread to Xuchang as quickly as possible. It happened that Cao Cao was discussing affairs with all the civil and military officials. Cao Cao sat on the upper head, clenched his fist with his right cheek, and looked at the people below and said, "Now Guan Yu in Jingzhou leads troops to attack Fancheng, and the Eastern Wu army in Yangzhou also means going north.

Moreover, according to detailed investigations, Liu Bei in Sichuan was also mobilizing troops, as if he wanted to go out to Qishan to explore Liangzhou. What do you think of the public? But please tell me.”

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, but they were all observing others, and no one was speaking first. Seeing this, Cao Cao was about to ask, but he heard a noise outside. A soldier rushed into the hall, holding a document in his hand, and shouted: "Urgent military information!"

When Cao Cao heard this, his brows frowned, and felt a little ominous in his heart. He said, "Come on!" After the generals on the left and right reported it, Cao Cao only felt dizzy in his head and almost fell on the desk.

Seeing this, the left and right rushed forward to support him. Cao Cao waved his hand and signaled that the left and right did not need to support him. He just leaned on the desk and sighed. He was about to speak, but he didn't expect that he had a headache suddenly, so he had to give a simple order and the servants helped him back to the room to rest.

The civil and military officials in the hall didn't know what happened. Seeing Cao Cao retreated, they had to disperse one after another. At night, Cao Cao urgently summoned Xiahou Dun and led his troops to help Wancheng. As long as he was guarding, he was not allowed to go out easily.

After the army was mobilized, they would fight to the decisive battle with Guan Yu. For a moment, the civil and military officials in Xuchang were busy all of a sudden, allocating food, grass and weapons. When Xiahou Dun's troops set off, it was already three days later.

During this period, Guan Yu's army had all been stationed in Fancheng and was preparing to cultivate for several days before continuing to go north. In fact, with Guan Yu's personality, he was not ready to cultivate and continued to lead the army north.

He seized all the boundaries south of Wancheng, and then led the army to approach Wancheng.

However, Xu Shu's plan made Guan Yu's Jingzhou army carry only a small amount of food and grass. The backyard used to transport food and grassland actually transported soldiers. Until Cao Ren was defeated, Guan Yu's army's food and grass were no longer so sufficient.

Before the subsequent food and grass were delivered, Guan Yu had to station the army in Fancheng and wait for Jingzhou to deliver the needed food and grass.

On this day, Guan Yu discussed the next action with all the civil and military officials. Xu Shu said: "Now the general has taken Fancheng. There is no obstacle to the road north. Just wait for the food and grass to arrive, and you can send troops to Wancheng.

But the general cannot attack too tightly and too loosely, otherwise it will not be able to echo with the main force of Hanzhong King and the troops of Chen on the Eastern Front of the Eastern Wu. In that case, our army will be in danger!"

Guan Yu didn't say anything, but just closed his eyes and stroked his beautiful beard. Seeing this, Xu Shu knew that he didn't care much about his words at all. He could only say in his heart: "I'll mention the general from time to time in the future.

"At this time, the topic was brought to other places: "Our army has been stationed in Fancheng for several days, but the subsequent food and grass have not arrived yet, but I don't know why."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a person coming in outside the door. It was Sima Wangfu. Wangfu walked to Guan Yu and stood still. He said respectfully: "The last general will follow the orders of the general and go to urge the food and grass.

But Fu Shiren was escorted to the food and grass and stopped halfway, and most of them were burned down."

Speaking of this, Guan Yu suddenly opened his eyes. His pair of phoenix eyes shot out a cold light and said to Wang Fu: "What's going on? Yu said in detail."

Wang Fu said: "The last general received the order of the general and led several cavalry to look out for Xiangyang to urge the subsequent food and grass. But he didn't know that halfway through the way, he saw the troops carrying the food and grass stationed not far from here.

At the end, Fu Shiren, the chief officer of the governor of the food and grass, asked why he stopped halfway and stopped moving forward? Fu Shiren replied, "Water was running at night, and the soldiers were busy saving the food. So he rested here."

When Guan Yu heard this, his face became colder and colder, and he said to Wang Fu: "Food and supplies are things that are afraid of fire. Why did Fu Shiren, as the chief official of the grain supervision officer, accidentally be wary?"

When Wang Fu heard this, he hurriedly replied, "Mu General was also very confused at that time, so he asked Fu Shiren for details. But when Mo General asked about this, Fu Shiren was vague and avoided answering. Mo General was suspicious and then inquired about the matter from the sergeant.

Finally, it was Fu Shiren who gathered people in the night and caused the tent to catch fire, and then burned the food and grass near the area. Finally, the fire spread. When the soldiers realized that nearly half of the food and grass had been burned. "

Guan Yu was furious and shouted angrily at the head of the head: "How dare you miss me a big deal? I will kill you!" Then he turned to Wang Fu and said, "Where is Fu Shiren now?"

Wang Fu replied: "This person has arrived in Fancheng now!"

Guan Yu said, "Tie him and bring him to see me!" Wang Fu received the order, turned around and left the General Office, but arrested Fu Shiren.

Seeing him leaving the hall, Guan Yu said to Xu Shu again: "The food and grass have been destroyed a lot now, but I still need to write a letter and send it to Xiangyang. I will prepare some food and grass and transport it to Fancheng. This matter will be handed over to Yuanzhi to handle."

Xu Shuze said: "Now Fu Shiren was drunk and destroyed the food. We should find another person to supervise the food and grass."

Guan Yu said: "What Yuan Zhi said is that he thought he could take Zhao Lei to this position, but Yuan Zhi thought what?"

When Xu Shu heard this, he nodded and replied, "If you take this position as a person, you should protect food and grass without any worries!"

In the right way, Wang Fu brought Fu Shiren to him.

At this time, Fu Shiren's whole body was tied tightly by a rope, and even he was very troublesome to move. He was pushed by Wang Fu and rushed to this place. His face was red. He didn't know if it was hurt by the rope or because he was too anxious and tired.

When he saw Guan Yu, his body shook like a sieve. His face suddenly changed from red to white, and his mouth became even more scared.

Guan Yu sat on it without asking questions, but just looked at him coldly. His phoenix eyes stared Fu Shiren so coldly that he turned from beginning to end. Guan Yu looked at him for a while, and then said, "Do you know your guilt?"

Fu Shiren had made up his mind to refuse, but at this time he was so scared that he dared not tell lies. Seeing Guan Yu ask him, he hurriedly replied: "The general knows his crime, please spare the general."

Guan Yu sneered and snorted: "You destroy my food and grass so that my army will not go north. How can I spare you if I miss my major affairs?" After saying that, he wanted to call someone to push him out and behead him.

At that time, Lu Xun was beside him, and Guan Yu was furious and could only whisper to persuade him: "Now the army is about to go north and fight with Cao Wei. If you take the general before the battle, you will be punished by the death penalty."

Although Guan Yu was angry with Fu Shiren, people at this time were most taboo about those statements. When they heard Lu Xun's words, they also felt it was reasonable. They immediately said, "I wanted to kill you, but if Bo Yan had not pleaded for you, I would not have spared you!" After that, he waved his hand to signal him to leave the hall.

But he was so angry that he didn't even say how to punish him, but everyone around said that Guan Yu had spared him.

Lu Xun was supposed to be told that he could be avoided by death, but he could not escape the crime of living. He could be punished to intimidate the entire army. However, when he saw Guan Yu looked unhappy, he swallowed the words back.

In this way, Guan Yu's army delayed Fancheng for a while. It was during this time that Cao Cao had already learned about Fancheng and Cao Ren's death. His headache recurred and he went back to his bedroom to rest.

When he was a little better, Xiahou Dun led his troops to Wancheng first.

During this period, the news of Guan Yu capturing Fancheng had reached Hanzhong. Xue Bing smiled at Zhao Yun with a war report: "Now General Guan has taken Fancheng, and the army is about to reach Wancheng soon.

Now the army of King Hanzhong has not yet reached Qishan. We just waited for the situation to be 100% clear, so we could lead our troops out of Ziwu Valley and go straight to Chang'an."

At that time, Zhao Yun and Wang Ping were all on the side. When Zhao Yun heard Xue Bing's words, he asked, "The king's army has been marching in the Qishan Avenue. I think it will take less than half a month to reach Longyou. Did Zi Han plan to leave Ziwu Valley at that time?"

Xue Bing shook his head and replied, "After the king's army leaves Qishan, we have to wait for a while."

Wang Ping said: "But wait for Xu Huang from Chang'an to transfer all his troops to the vicinity of Tianshui, confront the king's army before marching?"

Xue Bing nodded, took out the map and looked at it with the two of them, and said, "It will take half a month for the king's army to reach Longyou. In addition, it will take nearly a month to spread the troops along the line from Tianshui to Jincheng.

During this period, Xu Huang's army should be in the mobilization stage. It will take at least two months from receiving the news to setting up troops to confront the king's army.

During this period, the troops around Chang'an were frequently mobilized. If we lead troops out at this time, it would be equivalent to seeking death." As he said, Xue Bing's fingers moved back and forth on the map.

Zhao Yundi's eyes looked back and forth with Xue Bing's fingers for a while. After Xue Bing finished speaking, he continued: "So, I will wait for that army and horse at the earliest, it will take two months before I can set out for Ziwu Valley?"

Xue Bing said: "That's true! It's because our army took advantage of the emptiness near Chang'an and approached quickly. Just when it was unprepared, it seized Chang'an and then advanced to Tongguan."

Speaking of this, Xue Bing looked at the two of them again, and saw that Wang Ping seemed to have something to say, so he continued: "I have already discussed it with General Guan. Two months later, he divided a group of troops and secretly captured Wuguan and Qingni Pass.

The inner workings of Chang'an City also discussed with our army that they would only wait for February 20th in spring two months and twenty days later to open the south gate of Chang'an at night so that our army could enter the city.”

Seeing that Xue Bing had already arranged the time issue, Zhao Yun said, "In this way, our army only needs to go to Ziwu Valley in two months and then arrive in Chang'an within twenty days?"

Xue Bing nodded, nodded to Zhao Yun and said, "That's true. And I have already asked Zijun to arrange food, supplies and other things, and transported them outside Ziwu Valley in advance.
Chapter completed!