Chapter 285 Peach Garden Promise Wei Army Departs
After Ma Chao promised him, Guan Yu had a smile on his face, and he turned to look at Mi Yang.
Realizing Guan Yu's gaze, Mi Yang bowed to Guan Yu and waited for his instructions.
"I have already made arrangements in my mind regarding the battle with the bandits in the future."
"On that day, I will distribute the 60,000-strong army among the front, middle and rear armies, each with 20,000 troops. The front army will be commanded by Yide, who will be the vanguard of our army."
"I will personally command the central army and be responsible for providing support in the center. I plan to leave the rear army to your command, responsible for protecting the flanks of the army."
Upon hearing Guan Yu's arrangements, a look of surprise flashed across Mi Yang's face.
Because on the first day he arrived outside Fancheng, Guan Yu made it clear to him that the purpose of summoning him was to let him learn more.
Therefore, Mi Yang did not expect that Guan Yu would now let him command an army alone in the crucial battle in the future.
But if you think about it carefully, Guan Yu's arrangement is quite normal.
Although he himself is still young, his current military exploits are only lower than those of Guan Yu, and his reputation in the army is only lower than those of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
Moreover, his current official position is that he is one of only four generals with heavy titles in the army.
Since Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao all have tasks, it can be said that it is only right that he should be the leader of the last army.
However, although it was normal for Guan Yu to appoint him as the commander-in-chief of the rear army, Guan Yu's move undoubtedly reflected his great trust in himself.
So after Mi Yang listened to Guan Yu's words, he bowed to Guan Yu and said, "I will live up to the general's trust and vow not to let the enemy threaten our flanks."
Mi Yang's promise made Guan Yu fall into memories for a while.
That night more than a year ago, Mi Yang, who was not known to the world, stood in the camp outside Fancheng in the same way, standing in front of him and making a promise to him.
"With my ministers here, I won't let Wu Gou get past the police."
Mi Yang's heroic promise at that time is still fresh in Guan Yu's mind now that he thinks about it.
Judging from Mi Yang's subsequent performance, he did not break his promise to him, and he also fulfilled his promise very well.
Now when Mi Yang, who already had such a great reputation in the world, stood in front of him again and made a promise to him, this made Guan Yu's eyes look at Mi Yang even softer.
The young man standing in front of him was not only his former subordinate whom he single-handedly promoted, but also his son-in-law, and even his preferred successor in his heart.
In fact, Guan Yu intended to appoint Mi Yang as the commander-in-chief of the rear army. Apart from the reasons Mi Yang thought, there were other reasons.
One reason is that among the 60,000 Han troops, 10,000 were Mi Yang's direct troops.
Letting Mi Yang command these 10,000 Han troops will undoubtedly allow these 10,000 Han troops to exert greater combat effectiveness.
Another reason is that Guan Yu wanted to protect Mi Yang.
The decisive battle for tomorrow has been put on the agenda.
He has been preparing for this decisive battle for too long.
A few months ago, since he led the army to the land outside Fancheng, and all the arrangements he has made to this day, he has used various methods to weaken the enemy's strength.
This is because the enemy army is very strong.
Guan Yu is arrogant, but he is not arrogant.
Guan Yu knew that the Wei army was superior to the Han army in terms of equipment and soldiers. Just as he said to Liu Bei before: "The enemy in the north has strong troops, and I need strong generals."
It is well known throughout the world that the soldiers in the north are highly effective in combat.
Under such circumstances, even though the current situation seems to be favorable to the Han army, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can guarantee that the Han army will win in the decisive battle in the future.
It is even possible that the Han army will be the losing side.
As for such a result, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were actually prepared in their hearts.
Because of this, Guan Yu strongly advised Liu Bei to return to Xiangyang City. Because of this, Zhang Fei has been following Guan Yu inseparably during this period.
The three brothers all know that what they will face next is a fierce battle. After the fierce battle, life or death will be unpredictable, so they must cherish the present even more.
Even though Guan Yu has been acting very calmly and Zhang Fei has been acting carefree these days, both of them are already prepared to die in battle.
This was what the two of them had been preparing for since they followed Liu Bei into the army.
But Guan Yu had to fight this battle.
Because a similar battle will be fought sooner or later. If he does not fight today, it will be left to Mi Yang or others to fight tomorrow, and the Wei army at that time will only be stronger than now.
As an elder and a famous general of the generation, Guan Yu would not allow such a thing to happen.
Each generation has its own affairs, and he must do what he should do while he is still alive.
It's just that although I have this idea in my heart, all great generals should think about defeat first and then victory.
If the Han army loses this battle, nothing will happen to Mi Yang.
With Mi Yang and the Prime Minister here, even if everyone in his generation passes away, the Han Dynasty can at least have a few more decades of national destiny.
The inheritance of firewood is endless.
Although Guan Yu assigned Mi Yang's rear army the important task of guarding the flanks, if the Han army were defeated, Mi Yang, the general responsible for guarding the flanks, would be able to retreat more easily.
Mi Yang doesn't know what Guan Yu is thinking now. He only knows that Guan Yu is looking at him with soft eyes.
After Guan Yu looked at Mi Yang for a long time, he stretched out his hands and patted Mi Yang's shoulders and said: "My master, I joined the army, don't let me down."
Mi Yang also had a smile on his face when he heard that Guan Yu did not think about his current official position, but instead thought about the two official positions he first held back then.
In the past two years, because of his many military exploits, he has held many official positions.
It's just that Mi Yang, who is now General Zuo, always remembers the two official positions that Guan Yu awarded him.
Mi Yang is a nostalgic and grateful person.
"only."
Facing Guan Yu, Mi Yang said this word heavily.
After Mi Yang said this word, Guan Yu asked Ma Chao and Mi Yang to go down first to get ready.
After Mi Yang and Ma Chao left, Zhang Fei stood up and came to Guan Yu's side. Zhang Fei asked Guan Yu: "Brother, can Ma Chao be trusted?"
Regarding Zhang Fei's doubts, Guan Yu nodded and said: "Although Ma Chao is not a loyal person, he is not a person who does not understand the current situation. With his notorious reputation, if he betrays us again, it will be tantamount to annihilating himself from heaven and earth."
Hearing what Guan Yu said, Zhang Fei quietly let go of his worries.
He has always been a good and obedient brother.
Then Guan Yu turned to look at Zhang Fei. He saw a sword hanging from Zhang Fei's waist and asked curiously: "According to military law, when generals are discussing matters, non-leading generals are not allowed to wear swords."
"Now I have never worn a sword. Why do you always carry a sword with you?"
Hearing Guan Yu's question, Zhang Fei replied: "It is essential to guard against others. It is Ma Chao who I am guarding against."
In front of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei did not hide his fear of Ma Chao at all.
To be honest, if it weren't for the difficulty of deploying a spear in a large tent, Zhang Fei wouldn't mind carrying a spear to discuss matters.
After Guan Yu heard Zhang Fei's answer, he couldn't help laughing and said: "With me in the tent, even if Ma Chao has intentions, what can I do?"
When Guan Yu said this, his face showed great confidence.
But after Zhang Fei listened to Guan Yu's words, he muttered in his mouth: "My brother used to say this to Feixin. But now Fei has heard from your majesty that my brother is sick and can't display his martial arts even if he thinks about it."
"Brother is fine now, but if you get sick, you have to rely on me to protect you."
What Zhang Fei said was what was in his heart, but when Zhang Fei's words fell into Guan Yu's ears, Guan Yu seemed to have heard some big joke.
Will Guan Yu need someone to protect him?
A head-on confrontation could cost him his life. I'm afraid Lu Bu wouldn't dare to say such big words even in his lifetime.
Guan Yu looked at Zhang Fei angrily: "What nonsense is this Zhuojun man talking about? Why are you trying to protect me?"
"I still don't know who was defeated by me when I surrendered to the army in Zhuojun. If I hadn't been merciful, you would have died long ago."
Hearing Guan Yu talk about this, Zhang Fei suddenly became anxious.
"I brought this up again, it was me who was drunk!"
Seeing Zhang Fei's anxious look, Guan Yu couldn't help laughing.
Seeing Guan Yu start laughing because of that "unbearable" past incident, the eagerness on Zhang Fei's face became even stronger.
It's just that Zhang Fei, who has always been very quick-witted, could not find any words of defense in front of Guan Yu.
As a result, Zhang Fei's entire face turned red with anger.
Seeing Zhang Fei's performance, Guan Yu's laughter became louder and louder.
Listening to Guan Yu's loud laughter, Zhang Fei finally said angrily: "Then let's see who kills more enemies."
"Brother, I won't be able to carry the knife by then, and you still need me to save you."
Guan Yu's laughter stopped abruptly because of Zhang Fei's words.
"Are you calling me old?"
"if not?"
"It's really unreasonable. When I flooded the Seventh Army, you were still training in Brazil!"
"Then when I was suppressing and beating Cao Ren outside Jiangling City, you were still being suppressed and beaten by Le Jin around Xiangyang!"
Zhang Fei's words undoubtedly ignited Guan Yu's anger even more.
It’s really hard to pick up any pot!
So Guan Yu's next counterattack followed one after another.
At this moment, outside the big tent, there were heavily guarded guards.
And in the big tent, the two most powerful generals in the Han Dynasty except Liu Bei, who are famous in the world, are constantly "quarreling" with each other.
At this time, they didn't have the majestic look they used to have in front of outsiders.
This is a scene that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have never shown to outsiders, and this scene will not be recorded in history books.
This scene is not solemn, but it makes people feel warm inexplicably.
And this scene will only happen between the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang.
Although they are both old people, their pure brotherhood transcends age boundaries.
In their eyes, each other is still the same as when they were young.
Age may make them learn to grow, but it will not erase the way they get along with each other.
After a long period of quarreling, Zhang Fei felt a little tired.
After he calmed down, he suddenly called Guan Yu:
"Brother."
"Um?"
"After the war, we went to Xinye to have a drink together.
There is a peach grove there, which is very similar to the one at my home in Zhuo County. Please invite your majesty to join us."
"Um."
The Han army's withdrawal from outside Fancheng was quickly detected by Zhang Liao outside Yancheng.
After Zhang Liao found out the news, he quickly ordered people to report the news to Cao Pi in Wancheng immediately. On the other hand, he immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter.
After the generals arrived and learned the news, Zhang Liao's tent immediately fell into an uproar.
This news is really too sudden.
After all, not long ago, the Han army used various tricks to lure them into fighting. However, as soon as they revealed that they wanted to fight, the Han army began to withdraw from the siege.
Does this mean we are preparing to retreat?
Isn't this just teasing them?
The most important thing is that if these tens of thousands of Han troops are allowed to return to Xiangyang unharmed, then these generals will definitely bear Cao Pi's wrath.
Fortunately, according to the spies' reports, the Han army was only withdrawing from the outside of Fancheng in an orderly manner. Their actions did not seem to mean that they were eager to retreat.
But despite this, they could not remain indifferent to the Han army's move.
So during the discussion, the Wei army generals quickly reached a consensus.
That is, no matter what the purpose of the Han army is, they must take action.
At the moment when the Wei generals reached a consensus under Cao Pi's high pressure, the opinion of Zhang Liao, the general, was no longer important.
Even the views of Du Xi, a disciplined guard, were no longer important.
Because the person currently commanding this army is Cao Pi, who is hundreds of miles away.
Under the unanimous advice of all the generals, Zhang Liao could only send Sun Li to lead 10,000 Wei troops to quickly rush outside Fancheng.
On the one hand, Zhang Liao's arrangement allowed Sun Li to observe in real time what the Han army's next plan would be after withdrawing from the siege of Fancheng.
On the other hand, when the Han army really intends to retreat, the 10,000 Wei troops led by Sun Li can cooperate with the Wei army in Fan City to bite the Han army that wants to retreat.
With 20,000 Wei troops behind them, it was impossible for the Han troops to cross the river and go south unscrupulously.
As for why he did not lead the entire Wei army to attack immediately, on the one hand, it took a long time to gather the entire army, and on the other hand, it was because of the imperial edict issued by Cao Pi before.
In Cao Pi's imperial edict, he not only ordered Zhang Liao to be ready to go to war at any time, but also told Zhang Liao that he was mobilizing other good generals to go south.
If the Han army had been surrounding Fancheng as before, then naturally Cao Pi's imperial edict would not have been a big problem.
But once the situation changes drastically, Zhang Liao will be at a loss as to what to do with Cao Pi's imperial edict.
Since ancient times, the order of foreign kings has been ignored in order to prevent such a situation.
But now Zhang Liao is nominally the commander-in-chief of the 60,000 Wei army, but his power to make emergency decisions has actually been deprived by Cao Pi.
Therefore, Zhang Liao can only make this arrangement at present.
This is also thanks to Zhang Liao's rich experience. If it were any other ordinary general, he would have been at a loss when faced with such a sudden situation.
After Sun Li received Zhang Liao's military order, knowing that the military situation was urgent, he immediately led 10,000 Wei troops out of the camp and rushed towards Fancheng.
Yancheng and Fancheng were not far apart, and it didn't take long for Sun Li's army to arrive outside Fancheng.
When Sun Li led his army to the outside of Fan City, he saw a group of Wei troops already outside Fan City, and the Han troops who were gradually moving out of camp were staring at them not far away.
This Wei army was the Fancheng garrison led by Cao Xiu, who had been trapped for several months.
good night everybody.
(End of chapter)
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