Although Guan Yu had the plan, he was also afraid that Man Chong in the city would attack him. Seeing Cao Ren taking the way, he did not chase him.

Cao Ren led the central army to retreat unsuccessfully, and Zhai Yuan and Xiahou Cun, who were the front-line, were not so lucky.

Not long after, Xiahou Cun led two thousand troops to arrive first, and when he saw Guan Yu, he was overjoyed.

He is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, so he goes on and wants to confront Guan Yu.

Although Xiahou Cun was reckless, he was not a fool. It was not a blessing to know that Guan Yu could enjoy a reputation.

He rushed forward, not thinking that he could defeat Guan Yu. He just wanted to fight Guan Yu for several rounds to achieve his reputation. After he returned, he also had the capital to brag with his relatives and friends.

Who knew that he still had an overestimation of his martial arts skills. Compared with Guan Yu, who is already a top expert in the world, he was still not good enough. In just one round, Xiahou Cun was killed by Guan Yu in the waist.

Zhai Yuan and Xiahou Cun are similar in age and often practice martial arts in their spare time. Although they have not done their best and have not used their ultimate moves, it also shows that conventional combat power is not distinguished.

Seeing this scene, Zhai Yuan knew that he was not Guan Yu's enemy, so he was so scared that his face turned pale, and turned around and slapped his horse and fled.

But Guan Ping caught up from behind and fell down with one sword.

Guan Yu conquered Man Chong outside Xinye City, Guan Ping and Liao Hua took advantage of the situation to lead the troops to chase and kill the defeated soldiers.

Xiahou Cun and Zhai Yuan's thousands of soldiers were mostly killed in battle.

Cao Cao cleaned the battlefield, and Guan Yu ordered Guan Ping, Liao Hua and Zhou Cang to block the city gate and prepare to trap Man Chong in the city.

But Man Chong is not a foolish person. Cao Ren came out to seek defeat, but Man Chong did not think about turning defeat into victory. He and Cao Ren had a tacit understanding.

Man Chong also knew that this failure could not be too heavy, and several generals and some troops had to be sacrificed. He couldn't bear to see him die and refused to help him. Seeing Xiahou Cun leading his troops on the top of the city, he immediately got off the top of the city.

He knew that Xinye City was not strong and had no danger to defend, and Xiahou Cun and Zhai Yuan were in danger, so he was not ready to pick them up and left the city directly. Before Guan Yu surrounded Xinye City, he had already withdrawn from the north gate and headed straight for Fancheng.

Guan Yu got Xinye City and revisited the old place, and was filled with emotion!

Although the people in this city were not familiar with people, Guan Yu was still very excited, and he was very busy to reward the army and stimulate the people.

Before the night break, Guan Yu summoned everyone to discuss the military affairs, and Ma Liang, who served as the military advisor, made a statement:

"The general captured Xinye with one blow and killed two generals under Cao Ren. It was a complete victory, which made Cao soldiers scared. The situation in Jingzhou is now very good. Except for the three counties in Jingnan in the hands of his ally Sun Quan, Jingzhou has now restored its territory in Liu Biao's heyday. Cao Ren lost the Xinye hub and could not withdraw from Wancheng. It would definitely defend Fancheng to the death. The siege of our army was not good for us. I think the general could leave thousands of troops to guard Xinye. Retreat the troops for the time being and lure Cao Ren to counterattack Xinye. At that time, he would use surprise troops to defeat him and take advantage of the situation to capture Fancheng, which would be easy to take the lead!"

Guan Yu was very satisfied with the easy capture of Xinye City by using a trick of deception.

Guan Yu finally took the first step to counterattack the Central Plains. This first battle of the expedition was quite perfect. Guan Yu was originally a little confident.

But when Ma Liang mentioned the three counties in Jingnan, it was a big shame. He just poked Guan Yu's pain, which was the scar in Guan Yu's heart.

Guan Yu was poked into the wound by Ma Liang, and his face changed color instantly, and his red face turned purple.

But Ma Liang is a person he values, and he respects himself, and Zhuge Liang's close friend. Although Guan Yu is arrogant and has no taboos, he dare not offend Ma Liang casually. He endured the unhappiness in his heart and said slowly to Ma Liang:

"Mr. Ma, Xinye City defense has not been repaired for a long time, leaving only thousands of soldiers to defend, but it is inappropriate. I want to take charge here personally, repair the city walls, and wait for Cao's army to attack. However, the collection of farmers and military rations in Jingzhou cannot be delayed, and I have to bother Mr. Lai to go back to take care of it. Fortunately, there is no war yet, so I might as well let Zhou Cang lead the army to send Mr. Lai back to Xiangyang to handle government affairs!"

Ma Liang was such a smart person, so he naturally heard the unhappiness in Guan Yu's words, and he didn't know what he said was inappropriate.

The collection of military rations was something that had been done long ago.

Although Mi Fang and Fu Shiren burned a lot of food and grass, the food and grass prepared were enough for 50,000 troops to go to war for half a year, so they did not need to raise it themselves.

It seems that Guan Yu wants to save himself.

Ma Liang was also a tactful person. He stopped arguing with Guan Yu and stood up and left with Zhou Cang.

After Ma Liang left, Guan Yu handed over all the daily affairs of the military camp to Wangfu, the Sima of the army.

Wang Fu, whose courtesy name is Guoshan, was from Huixian County, Guanghan County. He was good at debate and liked to comment on characters. His words were pertinent and in line with reality and were praised by the world.

Liu Zhang succeeded as the governor of Yizhou and collected talents everywhere. Wang Fu was also appointed by Liu Zhang as the assistant minister of Yizhou.

Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to Sichuan to resist Zhang Lu, and Wang Fu raised objections.

However, after Liu Zhang surrendered, Wang Fu did not pretend to be a noble person, and still surrendered to Liu Bei with Liu Zhang.

In order to balance the forces of several parties, Liu Bei appointed many talents from Shu. After Ma Su left, Wang Fu succeeded to Mianzhu Order.

Wang Fu was humble and accepted Ma Su's method of governing Mianzhu County, and added his own understanding. He made many achievements and made great reputations.

Shortly after that, Wang Fu was favored by Liu Bei for his outstanding political achievements. He was transferred to the Jingzhou Committee for important tasks and appointed as the Jingzhou Advisory Councillor.

Wang Fu's position from Xichuan to Jingzhou was second only to Ma Liang, and he mainly assisted Guan Yu in handling all matters in the army.

This time, he followed Guan Yu to fight, and Wang Fu was appointed as the Sima of the Army by Guan Yu. He was also an important position in the army, and his power was only under Guan Yu and Ma Liang.

Wang Fu has been in Jingzhou for more than a year. After careful observation and understanding of most of the officials in Jingzhou, he naturally has his own opinions with his ability to know others.

Zhao Lei, a subordinate of Guan Yu, served as the position of governor set up by Guan Yu. He was quite talented. Wang Fu and he fell in love with him at first sight and had a great time. He really regretted that they met too late.

The governor set up by Guan Yu cannot be compared with the governor set up by Liu Bei. His status in Jingzhou is not high, and it is roughly equivalent to the position of a county magistrate.

Zhao Lei was naturally not an incompetent person to be appointed as the governor by Guan Yu, but Wang Fu still thought that some of his talents were useless and that he wanted to let Zhao Lei take charge of some important things.

He still had some objections to Guan Yu's personnel arrangements and had always wanted to make some suggestions to Guan Yu.

But he has not been in Jingzhou for a long time, and his relationship with Guan Yu has not reached this point, so he has never dared to take the initiative to propose it.

Now he replaced Ma Liang's position and became the second largest figure in the army. He discussed matters with Guan Yu every day, so he naturally would not miss the opportunity to get closer. Their personal relationships are getting better and better.

Wang Fu tried his best to do the things that Guan Yu explained properly, and was recognized by Guan Yu and had a great momentum to replace Ma Liang.

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Chapter completed!