The battle of Xiangfan was a rare war in the Three Kingdoms period. Cao Wei's troops participating in the war are conservatively estimated to be at least 50,000 (Yu Ban Seventh Army+Xiangfan garrison+Huang Xu reinforcements). Guan Yu's Jingzhou army is estimated to be more than 30,000 (otherwise it would be impossible to besiege Xiangfan), and Wu Dongmenglu's army wants to capture Jingzhou's army (Jiangling is a famous fortified city).
Therefore, the total strength of the battle of Xiangfan is conservatively estimated at around100000. In the spring of 2 19 (twenty-four years of Jian 'an), Liu Beijun once again marched into Hanzhong. Xia, Zhang and Liu Beijun were at loggerheads, while Cao Cao's reinforcements were in Chang 'an and failed to help in time.
Finally, the Han Dynasty perished, and Cao Cao returned to Chang 'an in vain. Sun Quan attacked Hefei again, and the states sent troops to Yangzhou. In the same year, Guan Yu led an army to attack Fancheng in the north of Jingzhou, and Cao Cao sent a general Yu Jin to lead seven armies to rescue Xiangfan.
General Pound engaged Guan Yu, and an arrow hit Guan Yu on the forehead. At that time, Pound often rode a white horse, and Guan Yu's army was called General White Horse. He is very afraid of him. It rained heavily in August, and the water was five or six feet high, which was supervised by the Forbidden City. Thirty thousand people in the Seventh Army were all flooded by the Hanshui River flood. Yu Jin and Pound avoided the highlands.
Guan Yu took the opportunity to lead the water army to attack Yu Ban and Pound. Yu Ban had nowhere to escape and surrendered. Pound stood on the levee, wearing armor and holding a bow and arrow. From dawn to death, Guan Yu's attack became more and more urgent at noon.
When Pound ran out of arrows, he started hand-to-hand combat. Pound became braver and braver, but the water became bigger and bigger, and his officials and soldiers surrendered. Pound got on the boat and wanted to go back to Coss' barracks. The ship was overturned by the flood and lost its bow and arrow. He was the only one who punted in the water and was captured by Guan Yu.
When he met Guan Yu, he stood and refused to kneel. Guan Yu said to him: Your brother is in Hanzhong, and I want to make you my general. Why not surrender earlier?
Pound cursed and said, what do you mean, surrender? Wang Wei commands a million troops, and his family Liu Bei is just a mediocre man. How can he compete with Wang Wei? I'd rather be conquered people than a thief general! Guan Yu killed Pound. When Cao Cao heard about this, he said: I have known Yu Ban for 30 years, but I didn't expect him to be inferior to Pound at a critical juncture!
Now if our army retreats, the area south of the Yellow River will no longer be owned by the state. You should stick to it. Coss said, "You are right!" So he sank the white horse into the river and swore an oath with the soldiers. Qi Xin joined forces to defend Fancheng. There are only a few thousand people in the city, and the walls that are not flooded are only a few feet.
Guan Yu took a boat to the city gate and immediately surrounded Fancheng, cutting off the inside and outside. Guan Yu and his generals surrounded Luchang in Xiangyang. Jingzhou secretariat Hu Xiu and Nanxiang satrap Fu Fang surrendered to Guan Yu.
In October, Lu Hunmin, Sun Lang and others made an insurrection, killed the princess book and joined Guan Yu in the south. Guan Yu gave the official seal to Sun Wolf, gave him the army and told him to disturb Cao Wei. At this time, thieves south of Xudu and Lu Hun accepted Guan Yu's seal in succession, and Guan Yu's reputation of "supporting the party for it" shocked the whole Central Plains.