Chapter 1700: Guarding Fancheng, Cao Zhen Is Helpless

"I thought I could have a good fight, but I just borrowed the name of a certain family!" Guan Yu caressed his long beard with a look of color, and he could scare Cao Wei's army in and out just by virtue of his prestige. Now he is the only one in the world. .

Moreover, the main players this time are all sons and nephews such as Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhao Guang, and Zhao Tong. Guan Yu was really embarrassed to compete with them, so he looked at Guan Xing and the others, "You must obey the orders of the military commander. If you dare to violate it, you will be punished severely!"

"Follow orders!" Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhao Guang, Zhao Tong, Ma Dai and others all took orders, and then together with Guan Yu and Shen Long, they reorganized their troops in Jingzhou and marched to Fancheng with an army of 50,000; To resist Cao Pi's attack, don't worry about Lu Xun daring to invade Jingzhou for the time being.

Generals Cao Zhen, General Zhang He, and General Xia Houshang, Generals of the Cao Wei Army, had just passed through Wancheng when they received the news that Guan Yu had personally led an army of 50,000 to go north to Fancheng. Luoyang informed Cao Pi.

Previously, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, beheaded Pang De, captured him, lured the enemy into deep, defeated Xu Huang, retreated Cao Ren, and seized Fancheng. Crying at night, Cao Zhen killed dozens of people in a row to stop this momentum, but morale began to fail uncontrollably.

After the news reached Luoyang, Cao Pi summoned a group of ministers to inquire, and Jia Xu repeated the old story, saying that Liu Bei and Sun Quan should not be easily defeated.

Cao Pi became more and more unhappy. This was his first battle since he ascended the throne. If it ended like this, it would be a huge blow to his prestige; so he stubbornly refuted the advice of Jia Xu and others again, and personally led ten battles. Wan Dajun went to Wancheng to support Cao Zhen, and ordered Cao Zhen to move forward and take Fancheng.

In desperation, Cao Zhen, Zhang Ying, Xia Houshang and others could only continue to lead their troops southward, carefully testing all the way, and finally arrived outside Fancheng City, and began to set up camp to prepare for the attack; His strategic purpose is not to kill many Cao Wei soldiers, but to consume their strength.

Now Cao Pi has increased his troops by 100,000, plus Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Cao Ren. Being transferred to the battlefield, maintaining this state every day is a huge drain on Cao Wei.

Shen Long wished they could stay outside Fancheng for as long as possible, so why would he be willing to attack rashly! He took Ma Di, Ma Dai, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhao Guang, Zhao Tong and others to the city to observe the situation of Cao Zhen's camp, and explained to them the difference between tactical victory and strategic victory. The words stopped in everyone's ears, and everyone felt that they had gained a lot.

In this day and age, or in other words, the entire feudal period, the art of war is a secret that is not passed on. They are pretty good. They have their fathers and brothers to help teach them, but they have never heard such penetrating words, and they were fascinated by them for a while.

When these words reached Guan Yu's ears, Guan Yu was also thoughtful, and then realized that the key point of this grand strategy was his prestigious reputation, and he couldn't help but feel more proud. Wan Dajun.

Shen Long observed Cao Zhen from the top of the city, and Cao Zhen also brought Zhang He and Xia Houshang to the watch chariot to observe the defense situation of Fancheng. Seeing this, the three of them frowned at the same time, "Fancheng is so tightly guarded, it is absolutely difficult to capture it overnight. !"

Zhang He was a little strange, "Guan Yunchang has always used troops to attack more than defend. I'm afraid this arrangement is not his handiwork?" Zhang He has dealt with Guan Yu many times, starting with Yuan Shao. When an army comes to attack, Guan Yu will definitely go out of the city to fight, instead of being unable to hold out like he is now.

"I heard that Fancheng was destroyed before,

But it was planned by Shen Long and Shen Zifeng. This time, Shen Zifeng came to Jingzhou from Shuzhong again. Now he is probably the one who is in charge of the military in the city, not Guan Yunchang! "Cao Zhen said.

"What kind of person is this Shen Zifeng? With the pride of Guan Yunchang, he can obey his arrangements?" Zhang Yun couldn't believe it. Why had he never heard of such a powerful person before?

"Shen's reputation is not obvious, only Shen Rong, the prefect of Jiyang in Guangwu period, has a certain reputation. However, Shen Rong lived in Wucheng, Kuaiji, and would never defect to Liu Bei." Cao Zhen frowned, and he still followed the current habit Analyzing Shen Long's origins by thinking, such a powerful person must be a descendant of an aristocratic family, but now the Shen family does not have many outstanding talents.

"Then what should I do?" Xia Houshang felt a headache seeing the tight defense at the top of the city. If he attacked by force, how many soldiers and horses would he lose?

"Your Majesty has arrived in Wancheng, so I have to fight anyway!" Cao Zhen thought clearly, if you don't fight, Cao Pi will come to make trouble.

The army rested outside the city for a day, and immediately began to attack the city. Shen Long arranged Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and others on different sections of the city wall, and asked them to command the defense of troops and horses. After Guan Yu took Fancheng, Shen Long suggested After repairing the city wall, the defense system at the top of the city is now sound, coupled with capable soldiers and well-directed officers, Cao Zhen could not make an inch of progress in a day of fierce attack.

At sunset, they left thousands of corpses and retreated sadly. Cao Zhen, Zhang He, Xia Houshang and others looked at each other with wry smiles. Today they tried again and again, but Shen Long did not miss the slightest flaw. It seems that it is already impossible to take down Fancheng in a short time Impossible.

As for bypassing Fancheng and approaching Jingzhou, that is also impossible. No one will leave tens of thousands of troops behind him. When the time comes, the army will come out of Fancheng, cut off their retreat, and block them between Fancheng and Jingzhou. If there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth, there is only one dead end.

"Attack for a while first, and then write a letter to His Majesty asking to retreat!" Cao Zhen could only arrange in this way.

In the next half month, Cao Zhen, Zhang Yun, Xia Houshang and others continued to send troops to attack Fancheng, but the offensive was obviously much weaker than the first day; only occasionally they would show their flaws and lure the soldiers and horses in the city to attack. Zhang Bao was eager to try, but However, Shen Long once again explained the difference between strategy and tactics. Even if he won the sneak attack out of the city, it would not be beneficial to the strategic purpose, so Zhang Bao had no choice but to put his mind to rest.

Shen Long also saw Cao Zhen's thoughts, he must have started to quit now, but even if you want to quit, it may not be easy, Shen Long immediately ordered that Xi Zuo start to work as planned.