his　officers。　And　when　Pang　De　set　his　soldiers　to　reviling　the　warrior；　Guan　Ping　saw　to　it　that　his　father　never　heard　it。　After　ten　days　of　challenges　hurled　uselessly　at　an　army　that　ignored　them；　Pang　De　took　council　with　Yu　Jin。

〃Evidently　Guan　Yu　is　helpless　from　the　effects　of　that　arrow…wound。　We　ought　to　advance　all　our　seven　armies　against　him　while　he　is　ill　and　destroy　his　camp。　Thereby　we　shall　relieve　Fancheng。〃

Thus　spoke　Pang　De；　but　jealousy　of　the　glory　that　might　accrue　to　his　next　in　mand　again　made　Yu　Jin　urge　caution　and　obedience　to　the　mand　of　the　Prince　of　Wei。　Yu　Jin　refused　to　move　his　army　in　spite　of　Pang　De's　repeated　persuasion。　Still　more；　Yu　Jin　led　the　armies　to　a　new　camping　ground　behind　the　hills　some　three　miles　north　of　Fancheng。　There　his　own　army　prevented　munication　by　the　main　road；　while　he　sent　Pang　De　into　a　valley　in　the　rear　so　that　Pang　De　could　do　nothing。

To　Guan　Ping's　great　joy；　Guan　Yu's　wound　soon　healed。　Soon　after　they　heard　of　Yu　Jin's　new　camp；　and　as　Guan　Ping　could　assign　no　reason　for　the　change；　and　suspected　some　ruse；　he　told　his　father；　who　went　up　to　a　high　place　to　reconnoiter。

Looking　round；　Guan　Yu　noted　that　there　seemed　much　slackness　about　everything………from　flags　to　soldiers………in　Fancheng；　that　the　relief　armies　were　camped　in　a　valley　to　the　north；　and　that　River　Xiang　seemed　to　run　very　swiftly。　After　impressing　the　topography　on　his　mind；　he　called　the　guides　and　asked　the　name　of　the　gully　about　three　miles　north　of　the　city。

〃Zengkou　Stream；〃　was　the　reply。

He　chuckled。

〃I　shall　capture　Yu　Jin；〃　said　he。

Those　with　him　asked　how　he　knew　that。

He　replied；　〃Why；　how　can　any　fish　last　long　in　such　a　trap？〃

Those　in　his　train　g