Guan Yu flooded the seven armies and won a great victory, but the spoils were not generous.

In particular, some of the large amount of food and grass that Yu Jin and the others had just transported were washed away by heavy water, and the rest were also soaked in sewage.

Guan Yu's food was not replenished, and tens of thousands of prisoners were reorganized, which made him even more nervous.

Therefore, Guan Yu kept Fancheng for the time being and took advantage of the victory to conquer Wancheng, in order to resolve the food crisis.

Who knew that the food and grass in Wancheng were also tossed by Cao Ren, Yu Jin, Hou Yin and others, and there was no excess food and grass in it.

Due to the lack of food, there are very few people in the city.

After breaking the city gate, the other officials and the defeated troops fled, capturing only the prefect Dongliguen and other several officials who had to stay, which was equivalent to occupying an empty city.

Guan Yu first incorporated more than 30,000 bandits, and then he reorganized Yu Jin's nearly 30,000 defeated soldiers. Although the war was damaged by nearly 20,000, the total force still exceeded 90,000, and the food and grass consumed every day was quite a lot.

Although Cao Ren from Fancheng firmly trapped, Guan Yu could not afford to consume his own food and grass!

For the current plan, Guan Yu can only solve the crisis of food shortage by deciding and fighting quickly.

Guan Yu discussed with Wang Fu how to capture Fancheng as quickly as possible.

Although Wang Fu was a good at internal affairs and was proficient in military planning, after pondering for a while, he suggested sending troops to clear out the outer strongholds first, and not attacking Fancheng, and forcing Cao Ren to abandon the city and leave.

Guan Yu did not expect Cao Ren to retreat safely. After adopting Wang Fu's suggestion, he set up an ambush on the necessary road to retreat to Xuchang in Fancheng. However, after waiting for half a month, Cao Ren did not escape from the city and fled.

Guan Yu could not wait any longer, so he could only attack Fancheng by integrating his army. Fortunately, he now has many soldiers and a wide range of generals, and the one he lacks the most is cannon fodder.

The newly incorporated Yu Jinshu's surrender army also needs to be named. Only after beheading the enemy in front of the formation can we use it with confidence and truly integrate into the army.

More than 30,000 surrendered troops took turns to attack the city, which was enough for Cao Ren to drink a pot of food.

Guan Yu was about to gather the generals to discuss matters, but suddenly reported that his second son Guan Xing came to the military camp to visit his relatives.

Guan Xing came here, but he was actually saying goodbye. He received Liu Bei's official documents and asked him to go to Chengdu to accompany the prince Liu Chan to practice martial arts.

Liu Chan was destined to inherit Liu Bei's foundation. Rather than letting Guan Xing accompany him to practice martial arts, it is better to let their next generation cultivate feelings together.

Of course, it is also in accordance with the rules to say that it was Liu Bei who asked Guan Yu to leave a proton.

Guan Yu was very happy, so he asked Guan Xing to bring the official documents of meritorious service to Chengdu to present to the King of Hanzhong, each seeking promotion.

Guan Xing bid farewell to his father and went straight to Chengdu.

Guan Yu divided half of the troops to Liao Hua and went straight to the Jia River to support all the forces in the uprising south of Xuchang.

Wang Fu stayed in Wancheng, leading thousands of troops to appease the people and guard the city.

Guan Yu led Guan to pacify Zhoucang and attack Fancheng.

Since Cao Ren did not run away, Guan Yu wanted to keep him completely. He sent tens of thousands of soldiers to surround the four gates to attack.

On that day, Guan Ping accompanied Guan Yu to the north gate to inspect and happened to see Zhou Cang leading the army to attack the city, and Cao Ren personally directed the defense on the enemy's building.

Zhou Cang led hundreds of surrendered soldiers from Yu Jin's troops and rushed up to the city wall several times, and fought fiercely.

The defenders have low fighting spirit and lack effective defensive equipment. It seems that it will be a matter of time before the city is broken.

Guan Yu was happy and even more majestic. He immediately raised his whip and pointed to the direction where Cao Ren was and shouted:

"When do you wait for the rats and come sooner, why don't you wait?"

Cao Ren was on the enemy's building and saw Guan Gong wearing his heart armor, wearing a green robe, and quickly attacking five hundred crossbowmen to shoot and kill Guan Yu.

Of course, he didn't expect the crossbow to shoot Guan Yu, who was very powerful in martial arts. He took out three arrows coated with poison, bent his bow and arrow, and mixed it with the crossbow arrow and shot it at Guan Yu.

When Guan Yu saw the arrows flying, he hurriedly called to avoid them. When he pulled the horse back, Cao Ren seized the opportunity and shot his right arm with an arrow.

Guan Yu's whole body felt sore and numb, unable to sit steadily on the saddle, and turned over and fell off the horse.

Seeing that Guan Gong was dismissed, Cao Ren opened the city gate and personally led his troops to capture Guan Yu alive.

Zhou Cang and Guan Ping led their troops to welcome him, and they returned to Cao Ren in a while, saving Guan Yu and returning to the village.

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Liu Bei received the memorial from Ma Liang's late arrival and urgently summoned everyone to discuss the matter.

He looked serious and did not speak, but distributed some of the copied memorials of Ma Liang, starting from Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng, and circulated them down.

Although Ma Liang's memorial was only a few thousand words, it was explained very clearly from the four aspects of food, grass, army, people's hearts and diplomacy. Jingzhou at this time was not a good time to fight the Central Plains.

Although the food and grass were enough for 50,000 troops to go to war for half a year, after Guan Yu recruited the bandits in Runan, the army reached 80,000, and soon there would be no food and grass.

The number of troops in Jingzhou is more than 100,000, but most of them are county soldiers. Not only are they weak in combat, but the grassroots officers are also children of aristocratic families, which is equivalent to being in the hands of aristocratic families. Even Guan Yu cannot call them at will.

The troops that Guan Yu could really control were the 50,000 elite army he led to the expedition. If the loss was too great, not to mention resisting the counterattack of Cao's army, it would be a bit mysterious even if it suppressed the internal aristocratic families.

Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and virtue is known to everyone in the world, and is undoubtedly the will of the people.

He governed Jingzhou for several years, and was extremely kind and generous.

Liu Bei was well-known and was recognized by the people.

But because of the need for a strong army, tax revenues inevitably increased.

The situation of the people in Jingzhou has not improved fundamentally, and food can only maintain food and clothing.

If the war is delayed for a long time, the food must be supplied in sufficient supply. Whether it is bought or levy, the food must be picked out from the mouths of the people. Once the people go hungry, it will be hard to say that the people's support will be favored!

The last one is diplomatic aspect. Cao Cao was an enemy that Liu Bei could not avoid when supporting the Han Dynasty, and there was no possibility of reconciliation.

Although Sun Quan of Jiangdong was an ally, he was a guide to help each other in principle. Once Guan Yu lost, he seemed to be able to turn to Jiangdong.

But Ma Liang believes that the relationship between Guan Yu and Sun Quan is not good. Many times, Guan Yu is rude first, and Sun Quan is shameful to be a good friend than him. Before his lord Xichuan was settled, Sun Quan could not wait to send Lu Meng to attack the three counties of Jingnan. Now that his lord has just won the new Hanzhong, Sun Quan must have thought of taking a piece of land from Jingzhou to enrich himself. The current governor of Jiangdong is Lu Meng, who is used to sneak attacks. In addition to the northern expedition to the Central Plains, Guan Yu also has to be wary of Jiangdong at all times!

Guan Yu himself also understood this very well, so he set up a beacon tower that could be rescued at any time.

If Guan Yu's army had been in Xinye and Fancheng areas, it could go down the water and rescue would naturally be not difficult.

Once you go deep into Wancheng and Runan, even if the beacon tower can report the news in time, it will be far away and the near fire will not be able to reach the near fire. Mi Fang and Fu Shiren are not reliable people. When Guan Yu returns to the army to support, Jingzhou will most likely be included in Sun Quan.
Chapter completed!