Chapter 243 Jumping clown

In the shocking shouting, countless Cao troops rushed down from the mountain. If they were hungry tigers and wolves, they went straight to the north gate of Wu County.

When Cao Xiu saw the situation at the North Gate clearly, his sweaty face flashed with a proud smile.

The place in front of you is right with what is called in the intelligence.

Less than half a year ago, when Liu Feng entered the battle of Shu, he used the tunnel to destroy the whole north gate of Wu County.

Since the pacification of Shu, the strategic position of Wu County has not been as good as before, and this county avoids a small county, and there are few people. Without the above money, the county magistrate can only slowly repair the north gate wall.

Therefore, in five months, the collapsed north gate only re-built a prototype, both in height and firmness, but it was far less than before.

When the Cao army was killed in the mountains, the panicked county magistrate immediately ordered the closure of the gate and led hundreds of county soldiers to the city to guard.

However, how can such a fragile city wall resist the tiger-like enemy?

At present, Cao Xiu was the first to climb up the head of the city, waved the first knife in his hand like the wind, and cut down a county soldier with weak combat effectiveness to the ground like cutting vegetables and melons.

In an instant, the north gate of Wu County was broken.

Five thousand Cao's troops, like the tide of breaking the embankment, ran across the fallen suspension bridge and entered the city in one fell swoop.

These elite northern [***] Han, even Liu Feng's elite regular army, are afraid of three points, not to mention these basically untrained county soldiers.

The battle lasted for less than half an hour, and the seat of Jianping County fell.

........................Yidu County.

On the mountain road along the river, a dusty army is galloping.

The man, with a silver gun and white robe, is majestic.

It's just that there is some kind of worry in his eyebrows.

He is Liu Feng, the lord of Jingyi's two states.

Just a few days ago, Liu Feng, under the reminder of Pang Tong, suddenly saw through Cao Qian's conspiracy.

Liu Feng is very clear that once Cao Yan's raid on Wu County is successful and his Jingyi two states are divided into two, the consequences will be so serious.

Regardless of Cao Jian's plan, he transferred all the Yizhou army to the area of the Sword Pavilion. Cao Jian's army went deep into the territory of Shu from the three eastern counties, and there would be no one to stop them all the way.

Yizhou has not been new for a long time. If you hear that the passage to Yizhou has been cut off and you have lost contact with the supreme ruler, people will inevitably fluctuate, and some clowns are more likely to take advantage of the situation.

Although Liu Feng arranged Liu Ba, Huang Zhong and Ma Yu, who were loyal to him, in Yizhou, after all, the number was very small. Whether they could control the indigenous people of Yizhou and the floating people, Liu Feng really sweated.

Therefore, in the face of such an unexpected change, Liu Feng gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses, including the Shamo Conan Mausoleum barbarian army, and rushed to Jianping at night.

Soldiers and horses kept moving fast. From time to time along the way, they could meet the people who fled east from Jianping. The information obtained from these people has made Liu Feng faintly feel an ominous foreboding.

Seventy miles away from Jianping, Liu Feng finally got the news he didn't want to hear:

Cao's army raided Jianping, and Wu County was lost.

The following information is that more and more Cao's army is coming from the three eastern counties.

In Wu County in those years, it took a lot of effort for Liu Feng to seize it. At present, it was easily taken down by Cao Jun just because of a momentary negligence.

The loss of Wu County was a big shock to Liu Feng.

Shocked, Liu Feng did not dare to stop for a moment and immediately continued to urge the troops to move forward, trying to take back the Jianping residence.

It's just that this time, Liu's cover is not against Jiang Wan in those years, but Cao Xiu, who has an elite Northern Army.

This young general of the Cao family did not intend to defend Wu County at all. Instead, he waited for Liu Feng to attack. Instead, he led 4,000 Cao troops to go 20 miles east to Wu County and took the initiative to fight against Liu Feng's Jingzhou Army.

Although Liu Feng's 30,000 Jingzhou troops have an absolute advantage in number of people, the three gorges are on the first line, with rugged roads and dense mountains and forests, which is not suitable for the large corps to fight at all. On the contrary, the advantage in number of people is offset by geography.

After three days of fierce fighting, Cao Xiu relied on the strong base built on the mountain to easily resolve several attacks of the Jingzhou army.

Liu Feng's army was blocked 20 miles east of Wu County and could not go any further.

Just when the western aid was blocked, the urgent report from Xiangyang came. The 100,000 Cao troops who retreated to the front line of Xinye came out again and launched a siege of Fancheng again, and the fierceness of the offensive was more and more than the previous one.

Cao Jun's attack on Xiangfan was also expected by Liu Feng.

At the beginning, it was precisely because the 100,000 Cao troops led by Yu Jin and others were stationed in Xinye that Liu Feng and Pang Tong doubted that the reason why Cao Jian's layout was like this was that his real attempt was still to capture Jingzhou.

The following facts prove the speculation of Liu Feng and Pang Tong.

However, Cao's serial plan was so exquisite that it misled Liu Feng's judgment repeatedly. Although he finally saw through Cao's trick, Liu Feng was one step late in action.

The loss of Wu County, Liu Feng's situation suddenly turned down for a while.

.................................... Xiangyang City, wind and rain are as haphor.

Across a piece of Han water, people in the city seem to be able to hear the fierce fighting in Fancheng on the other side.

Standing at the head of the city and looking into the distance, I saw the line on the other side, and the flag of Cao's army covered the sky.

Cao's camp, which has lasted for dozens of miles, not only surrounded Fancheng, but also stared at Xiangyang on the opposite bank. The strong sense of oppression overwhelmed the soldiers and civilians of the city.

In the city, all kinds of rumors are flying all over the city like snowflakes.

Some people say that Yizhou has been lost, some people say that Cao Yan's army has hit Jiangling, and some people say that Liu Feng, the governor, died in the Three Gorges... All kinds of rumors make Xiangyang, which was already shrouded in clouds, more and more panicked.

In Jingzhou, there were nearly 70,000 troops.

Of which 30,000 have been taken away by Liu Feng, they went west to attack Jianping, and another 20,000 were deployed on the front line from the public security to Jiangling to prevent Eastern Wu.

At present, the number of troops left behind in Xiangfan has been sharply reduced to 20,000.

At this time, there were 100,000 Cao's troops on the other side.

The ratio of five to one against the enemy and us makes this Xiangfan defense battle extremely difficult.

In the state capital, Sun Shangxiang sat cross-legged on the steps and was watching a group of female soldiers in the courtyard practicing their formation.

At this time, she would always dance and practice swords, but now, because she is pregnant, Liu Fengfen tells her not to dance knives and guns again, so as not to move the fetal gas.

There is no way to have a good time. Sun Shangxiang has to make the female soldiers practice against them and have a good time by themselves.

Sun Shangxiang also heard the rumors outside the house about the situation in Fancheng, but there was no trace of worry on her face.

She deeply believes in her husband. At the beginning, the winds and waves have broken through, and now this little twist and turns are nothing.

After a round of array training, the female soldiers were tired enough, but Sun Shangxiang was not satisfied with it. She wanted to wait for them to perform another set of formations.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the house. In an smoment, beacon smoke rose to the sky in the direction of Dongcheng, and it seemed that a fire suddenly broke out.

Sun Shangxiang stood up, and Liu Ye bent his eyebrows and shouted, "Go and find out what's going on outside?"

Several female soldiers were about to leave according to the order. At this time, a person from outside came in a hurry. It was Pang Tong.

"Master Pang, I see that there is a lot of noise outside, and there is a fire. I don't know what happened?" Sun Shangxiang asked.

Pang Tong's expression was slightly solemn, and he arched his hand and said, "The Cai family in the city was entangled with the guests, and suddenly there was trouble. I have sent people to calm down the chaos. Now I have transferred some people to increase the defense of the state government and ensure the safety of my wife."

The Cai family mentioned by Pang Tong is the Cai family in the four families of Jing Xiang and Cai Panghuang.

In the era of Liu Biao, the Cai family and the Kai family were two powerful families that were valued by Liu Biao and Jing Xiang.

After Cao Yan invaded the south, Cai Mao and others contributed to Cao's meritorious service. They were heavily used by Cao Yan, and the power of the Cai family in Xiangyang was more powerful.

After Liu Feng conquered Xiangyang, the Kai family, led by Kai Liang, gradually turned to Liu Feng, but the Cai family has always been cold.

Now, at such a special time, the Cai family, who had been silent, suddenly launched a riot in Xiangyang City. Obviously, this was a carefully planned conspiracy to respond to Cao Yan.

At present, most of the more than 20,000 troops left behind in Xiangfan are transferred to Fancheng. There are only thousands of defenders in Xiangyang City. This is why Pang Tong is worried about Sun Shangxiang's safety and is in such a hurry to come.

"These dog thieves of the Cai family want to make trouble while their husbands are not there. It's really hateful. Come on, hurry up and prepare the horse for me."

Sun Shangxiang ordered and strode back to the room. When he came out again in a moment, he had already changed into a red uniform, wearing a red robe, a sword hanging around his waist, carrying a silver gun in his hand, and even majestic.

Seeing this, Pang Tongyi couldn't help but be shocked and hurriedly said, "Madam, what are you going to do?"

"The traitors take the opportunity to make trouble. If they don't calm it down quickly, they will set off a bigger wave. I will go out in person and kill this group of dog thieves."

While talking, Sun Shangxiang had turned over and didn't wait for Pang Tong to persuade him again. Surrounded by a group of female soldiers, he ran out of the murderous lookout.

Pang Tong was a little dumbfounded. He originally brought people to protect Mrs. Sun's safety, but he thought that he wanted to kill the enemy in person despite the danger.

Pang Tong's heart was shocked, but when he thought that Mrs. Sun's surname was fierce, except for the lord Liu Feng, who could stop her.

In desperation, Pang Tong had to shout to more than a hundred soldiers who brought him, "What are you still doing? Go and protect the master's mother quickly. If the master's mother has half a gap, I will ask!"

Under the order, more than a hundred soldiers hurriedly followed the buttocks of a group of female soldiers and hurriedly out of the house.

Sun Shangxiang carried a gun, hesitated to a burning fire, and went straight to the east of the city to judge the chaos.

From afar, I saw a group of servants with sharp weapons, setting fire everywhere and shouting. The originally prosperous street was full of fireworks and chaos.

Sun Shangxiang roared, and the silver gun was killed by the traitors.

(to be continued)