Cao's army rose up and advanced to Fancheng.

Zhang Xiu hurriedly ordered Jia Xu to send a letter to Liu Biao, saying that Cao Cao came to attack and asked for reinforcements.

However, it was said that Guo Jia was already ill and was sent back to Xudu to recuperate from Guandu to Fancheng.

Cao's army set foot thirty miles away from Fancheng, Cao Cao was promoted to the tent, and summoned all the strategists and generals to discuss matters.

"The one who guards Fancheng is Zhang Xiu. Most of the generals under my tent fight with him. Do you have any plans to seize Fancheng?"

Fancheng is big and strong, and everyone has no plans, so they have to temporarily attack and try.

There is only a Han River between Fancheng and Xiangyang. Although it penetrates deep into the hinterland of Jingxiang, it is a must-see place and has extraordinary strategic significance. Therefore, Cao Cao personally raised his army.

At that time, Liu Bei was in Xinye, and how could Cao's army not know that it was deep into the hinterland? However, Cao's army was powerful and Liu Bei did not dare to act rashly, so he also sent a letter to Liu Biao.

At that time, Liu Biao felt the wind and cold on the bed. When he received a letter from the two of them, he was worried and hurriedly called General Wen Pin, Cai Mao, Qi Yue and others to come to discuss.

When everyone heard that Cao Cao personally raised his army and had arrived in Fancheng, he was still safe. The land of Jingxiang is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is also rich. He did not talk about the elite troops, but his food was enough. He also connected to the four waterways of Jingxiang. Even if Cao Cao led more than 200,000 troops, everyone was not very worried.

Zhu Yue said: "Now Cao Cao is repelling the Yuan brothers and coming to attack our Jingzhou again. The troops will be exhausted. Zhang Xiu has Jia Xu to help him. We will mostly have food and grass to stabilize the rear. Cao Cao must not break Fancheng. Liu Bei is in Xinye and can be used as a surprise weapon to attack Cao Cao. In this way, Cao Cao can retreat!"

Everyone praised him for his goodness, and Cai Mao had to accept it. So Liu Biao ordered Cai Mao to escort food and grass to Fancheng to appease Zhang Xiu's military morale. At the same time, he sent a letter to Liu Bei, asking him to find an opportunity to attack.

Zhang Xiu received Liu Biao's letter, knowing that the food and grass will arrive soon, and his heart is at peace. He estimates the morale of the army every day, arranges defense, and patrols with his soldiers on armor. Therefore, the whole city of Fancheng has all boosted the morale of the army and waits for Cao's army.

Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao to lead his army to attack the city. Arrows on the city were like rain, rocks and locusts. After a long period of attack, the soldiers were damaged. Cao Cao was worried that this was the hinterland of Jingzhou, and he was afraid that Liu Bei would attack the backbone. Therefore, he wanted to change his strategy at the beginning of the battle, so he summoned everyone to discuss it again.

Cao Cao was worried, and Cao Ang said, "I have a plan. If Liu Bei doesn't move, it's gone. If he moves, he will teach him Xinye and Fancheng will be lost!"

Everyone was overjoyed and asked him quickly.

"Now Xinye is more than 200 miles away from Fancheng. If Liu Bei wants to attack unexpectedly, he will dare to fight when our army is in chaos. Otherwise, our army will have more than 200,000, and Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu's army and 50,000 horses. If he goes out lightly, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg!"

Everyone nodded, and Cao Cao asked, "How to break these two cities?"

Cao Ang smiled and said, "Did my father forget Zhao Zilong?"

Cao Cao woke up as if he was dreaming, "Does Zi Xiu want to use Zilong as a surprise weapon?"

“Yes.”

Cheng Yu was puzzled and asked, "How can I make a surprise weapon when Runan reaches Xinye for more than 300 miles and Fancheng for a long distance?"

Cao Ang smiled and said, "There is a military strategy, and the military is very important for speed. However, in the current situation, Liu Bei dares not act rashly, but I am prepared. The strange soldiers are not strange and I am not worried about me. Can Gong Cheng expect that Zhao Zilong is a strange soldiers?"

Cheng Yu worshiped him, and Cao Ang immediately wrote a letter in his hand, and hurriedly sent him to Zhao Yun, asking him to come to Jingzhou as a surprise soldier!

"Zi Xiu will live, Zhao Yun's strange soldiers must be cavalry, otherwise it will be difficult to be in a hurry. The cavalry is only 5,000, so how can he defeat Liu Bei's 30,000!" Xun Yu said again.

Cao Ang bowed, "I will say that this is one of the first things. Two of them are ambushed with my ten thousand people in the small road. Liu Bei will attack you in surprise and will not dare to go on the big road. If you attack on both sides, Liu Bei will be defeated even if you don't die. Xinye can get it!"

Xun Yu also bowed and retreated, praising Cao Ang's plan.

Cao Cao laughed, "After saying this, I know how to defeat Zhang Xiu, and I only pretended to be Liu Bei's rescue of the army. He pretended to attack my rear army with one army, and made Zhang Xiu think that our army was in chaos. Zhang Xiu was cautious and he would not dare to go out. If he rescued the soldiers at the city, if he refused to let go, he could make the soldiers in Jingzhou scold him. According to his nature, he would not be able to hold back. When the city gate opened, we would kill him and go to him, Fancheng could be broken!"

Everyone bowed and said, "Prime Minister's remarks!"

Cao Cao laughed: "If you win two cities in this battle, I will make the first contribution!"

Everyone went to prepare, Cao Ang commanded the siege, and slightly reduced the siege every day.

Jia Xu observed Cao's army every day, and Cao's army attacked the city together every day, but the casualties in Fancheng were slightly less every day. Jia Xu had a scheming in his heart and told Zhang Xiu: "Although Cao's army attacked the city fiercely, it has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Jingxiang, and his soldiers were afraid. Now I look at it every day. Cao's army's courage has been slightly reduced. I guess its army is exhausted. The general should stick to it and not act rashly. When Liu Xuande's strange troops arrive, he will make a decision!" Then he sent someone to report to Liu Bei and asked him to find an opportunity to attack.

Zhang Xiu followed this and just sticks to it every day.

Zhao Yun sent a letter early, hiding fifty miles away from Xinye. Every day, he explored his horse and peeked into Xinye. If his troops were fired, he could follow him and attack him.

Cao Ang received the letter and told Cao Cao that after completing the matter, he led 10,000 troops to ambush from the small road, and all the soldiers brought arrows, tinder oil, and firewood.

But Liu Bei was asked to get Zhang Xiu's book, and hesitated. He didn't know whether Zhang Xiu's judgment was accurate. He ordered Guan Yu to go and explore. Guan Yu went back and reported to Liu Bei, "I saw Cao Cao's rear army and were exhausted."

Liu Bei was determined to leave five thousand troops and ordered Sun Qian to defend the city, bringing five thousand Baier soldiers and twenty thousand regular troops to march to Fancheng at night.

Even though it was dark, how could Zhao Yun be so famous?

After Liu Bei's army had gone for about thirty miles, Zhao Yun called 300 personal soldiers and climbed up the Xinye City Wall with these people, opened the gate, and entered and killed them. Sun Qian had just stopped and was awakened. Fortunately, Liu Bei left dozens of people to protect him, so he got out of the fire in Xinye City, found several horses, and hurried to Liu Bei to report the message.

Zhao Yun killed and dispersed the troops in Jingzhou and rectified the troops and horses. There were more than 4,600 people left, and 4,000 people were selected. The rest of them were guarding the city and planting the Cao flag, and they took 4,000 people to Liu Bei's marching place to kill him.

While Liu Bei was marching, he suddenly reported that Sun Qian had brought dozens of defeated soldiers. Liu Bei was shocked and hurriedly asked Sun Qian where his troops were. Sun Qian didn't know, and only said that he was extremely ferocious.

Liu Bei was uneasy and ordered Guan Yu to defend the rear army. The rear army turned into a front army and headed to Xinye.

At this moment, I heard a loud shout from the forest: "Don't teach Liu Bei, let's go!"

Fire broke out everywhere, and rockets flew over in an instant. Liu Bei's army was in chaos. Countless people were killed by arrows. There were firewood underground. Suddenly, the wind and flames were surging. Liu Bei was defeated and killed Cao Ang's army and hurriedly led the elite troops back.

At this moment, Zhao Yun led his troops to come. Liu Bei was overjoyed and hurriedly called "Zilong". Zhao Yun became angry, "Do you still want to deceive me in the name of the emperor?" The army led the army to cover up and kill him. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei thought about Liu Bei's life, thinking that he could not defeat Cao Ang and Zhao Yun, and took advantage of the darkness to see, protect Liu Bei and lead the army to Liu Biao's place.

Cao Ang and Zhao Yun's army were brought to the army, and they ordered the soldiers to pack up the armor of Jingzhou soldiers, change the armor and flags, and slowly headed to Fancheng, which was only ten miles away from Fancheng.
Chapter completed!