Yu Yi added: "My second brother will come over at that time. How about we assist Ming Gong and avenge Yan Liang and Wen Chou's hatred together?"
Guan Yu had established his position by killing Yan Liang and Wen Chou one after another. Yuan Shao was immediately overjoyed and said: "If I can have a general like Guan Yu, he will be more than ten times stronger than Yan Liang and Wen Chou."
Yu Yi and Liu Bei looked at each other and reached some tacit understanding.
So Liu Bei went back that night and began to write a secret letter, but the person to deliver the letter could not be finalized for a long time.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou were killed one after another, and Yuan's army lost all fighting spirit. Yuan Shao could only let the army retreat to Wuyang, where they camped for dozens of miles without moving.
Cao Cao sent Xiahou Dun to lead troops to guard the Guandu Pass, while he took the army squad back to Xudu and held a grand banquet to celebrate, mainly to celebrate Guan Yu's achievements.
At the banquet, Cao Cao said to Lu Qian: "That day I sent the grain, grass and baggage first, and I personally led the rear army to follow. This was actually a strategy to lure the enemy deeper. Only Xun Gongda knew my intentions."
Everyone admired Cao Cao's resourcefulness and were drinking. Suddenly someone reported: "There are yellow turban bandits Liu Pi and Gong Du in Runan. They are making trouble there. Cao Hong has made several attacks without good results. I hope he can send troops." Go for reinforcements.”
After Guan Yu heard about it, he said: "I am willing to do the hard work of dogs and horses to defeat the Yellow Turban bandits in Runan."
Cao Cao said: "You have just established great achievements, and I haven't thanked you deeply yet. How dare I bother you to go on another expedition?"
Guan Yu smiled bitterly and said, "I tend to get sick easily if I am idle for a long time. I hope you can let me go."
So Cao Cao went out in person, ordered 50,000 troops for Guan Yu, appointed Yu Jin and Le Jin as deputy generals, and left the next day.
That night Xun Yu found Cao Cao and advised: "Guan Yu often has the mood to surrender to Liu Bei. If he knows the news about Liu Bei, he will definitely leave. We can't let him go out with so many troops."
Cao Cao said: "After he has performed meritorious service this time, I will not let him go out to face the enemy again."
Early on the next day, Guan Yu left Xudu with fifty thousand soldiers and horses, and when he was approaching Runan, he set up camp.
There was an unexpected gain that night, and he actually caught two craftsmen. Guan Yu asked people to catch them. After careful inspection, he found that one of them was an acquaintance, it was Sun Qian.
Guan Yu quickly dismissed the left and right, personally untied Sun Qian, and asked: "Since the defeat, you have disappeared. Why are you here now?"
Sun Qian sighed: "That day, we were all dispersed by Cao Cao's army and fled each other. I happened to drift to Runan. Fortunately, Liu Pi was willing to take me in. What about you, why did you go to Cao Cao? Did you go to him? Then Mrs. Gan Are you and Mrs. Mi okay?"
Guan Yu explained everything in detail about how he made an agreement with Cao Cao, how to protect his two wives, and how to attack Yuan Shao.
Sun Qiandao said: "I recently received news that Duke Xuande is at Yuan Shao's place. I was ready to go to Yuan Shao, but there was no chance. Now Liu and Gong are ready to surrender to Yuan Shao and attack Cao Cao together. God has mercy on the general and allowed him to come here. Therefore, I was specially sent to take a small road and asked me to act as a detail to report this situation to the general. As for the second question, the general can pretend to be defeated by us, and then secretly take the two ladies to Yuan Shao and go to Yuan Shao with Duke Xuande. See you."
Guan Yu thought for a moment and said: "Since my eldest brother is with Yuan Shao, I will definitely go there at starry night. But unfortunately, I killed Yuan Shao's two generals, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and now I am afraid that things will change."
Sun Qiandao: "The general's thinking is reasonable. I will assist the general to go to Yuan Shao to inquire about the situation, and then come back and report to the general."
Guan Yu nodded and said: "Now that I know the exact news about my brother, I will go and see him even if I risk my life. Now I will return to Xuchang and bid farewell to Cao Cao."
Sun Qian and Guan Yu talked about many things that night. Guan Yu was even more happy to learn that his fourth brother Yu Yi was also with Liu Bei. He secretly sent Sun Qian away and sent people to protect him.
On the second day, Guan Yu went out with his troops and horses, and Gong Du went out to respond. Guan Yu shouted: "Why do you want to betray the imperial court?"
He replied: "You are a person who betrayed the lord. Who have you to blame us?"
Guan Yu said: "How can I call it betrayal?"
Gong Du said: "Now that the information about Liu Bei at Yuan Shao's place is very clear, but you are still working for Cao Cao, isn't it betraying the original master?"
Guan Yu was a little confused and didn't reply. He picked up the Qinglong Yanyue Sword and came up.
Gong Dou knew that he was no match, so he turned around and left. Guan Yu caught up with him, and he turned around and told Guan Yu: "Don't forget the kindness of my lord in the past. You can advance quickly, and I will ask someone to let Runan out immediately."
Through Sun Qian's early contact, Guan Yu already knew the opponent's intentions, so he led his troops to cover up the attack. The opponent pretended to be beaten to pieces and dispersed one after another. The scene was very successful.
Guan Yu captured Runan almost effortlessly, appeased the local people, and immediately returned to Xudu with his troops.
Cao Cao personally went out of the city to greet him and rewarded the soldiers. When the banquet was over, Guan Yu immediately returned to his mansion and visited his two sisters-in-law late at night.
It happened that the two ladies had not rested, so Mrs. Gan said: "Did you get any news from Uncle Liu Huang during his expedition this time?"
Guan Yu replied: "No!"
After Guan Yu left, both ladies lost their voices in pain and sighed: "The emperor's uncle must have died. The second uncle was afraid that we would be too sad, so he has been unwilling to tell us the truth."
There was a loud cry. An accompanying veteran heard the cry and told him in front of the door: "Ladies, please stop crying. My lord is still alive and lives with Yuan Shao in Hebei Province."
The lady questioned: "Where did you know that?"
The veteran soldier who accompanied the army said: "I often follow General Guan on expeditions, and I heard someone shouting on the battlefield."
The lady was dissatisfied and immediately summoned Guan Yu and scolded: "Uncle Huang has not failed you. Now that you are receiving favor from Cao Cao, you do some ungrateful things and don't tell me the reason based on the actual situation."
Guan Yu sighed, paused and said: "My eldest brother is indeed in Hebei, and I just got the news. The reason why I didn't dare to tell my two sisters-in-law was because I was afraid of leaking the news. This matter needs to be planned slowly and cannot be rushed. "
Mrs. Gan said: "Uncle, please keep this matter in mind and seize the time to plan."
After Guan Yu left, he was thinking about how to leave and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Yu Jin found out about Liu Bei's presence in Hebei and reported it to Cao Cao, saying that this time the news was clear.
Cao Cao still asked Zhang Liao to explore Guan Yu's intentions. Guan Yu happened to sit down and Zhang Liao entered to congratulate him and said: "I heard the news about your eldest brother, so I came to congratulate you!"
Guan Yu smiled bitterly and said: "I can't go to meet you. What's the point of being happy about it?"
Zhang Liao asked: "Now that you know the news, will you leave?"
