Chapter 16

"That is to say, Liu Pan is ready to recuperate and fight against Zhangling?" Looking at the small school who knelt down in front of him to report the military situation, he muttered.

"Yes." The little schooler bowed his head and whispered, and he didn't dare to look at the gloomy and suffocating face at this time. Go on the order and step up the attack on Zhao Feng's camp!" After all, it was Kuai Yue. After learning that Zhao Feng sent people to attack Zhijiang, he clearly knew that there were not enough troops in Zhao Feng's base camp. At present, he ordered people to step up the attack and try to repel the people on the way first. So from this afternoon, Cai He and Huang She began to attack Zhao Feng's camp 30 miles away from the south of the city.

"General, is the Jingzhou Army crazy these days to attack us so desperately?" Wen Ping wiped the sweat on his face and said angrily. Fortunately, after more than a month of operation, Zhao Feng's camp is extremely complete. There are trenches, traps, arrow towers and mops, which are better than the simple facilities in Shentingling.

"It seems that Kai Yue wants to take the operation on us first!" Zhao Feng sighed. There are only more than 10,000 people under my command now. It is extremely difficult to defend the enemy with several times the strength on the flat ground. If it hadn't been for the weak combat strength of the Jingzhou army, its own position would have been completely submerged. Even so, the casualties these days are quite considerable. Just the day before yesterday, the Jingzhou army even broke through two lines of defense. If it hadn't been for himself and Zhang Liao's cavalry to fight back, the consequences would have been quite serious.

Zhao Feng's situation here is very heavy, but it is much better than Cai Mao in Xiangyang. Although the strategy of attacking the heart has already been drawn up, neither Zhuge Liang nor Guan Yu has planned to wait stupidly. Even if there is no large-scale siege, the courtesy greeting will always be called.

100 catapults, this is the greeting between Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang. For more than a month, this stone rain has really made Jing Xiang's defenders miserable. No one knows whether they will be smashed into a pile of meat sauce by stones falling from the sky. After witnessing it once, Cai Mao himself never dared to go to the top of the city again.

"Brother, the Jingzhou army is smashing stones again." On this day, in Xiangyang Taishou's mansion, Cai Xun said to Cai Mao in a somewhat frightened tone, but the latter's expression was a little dull at this time.

"Second brother, how long is the grain and grass in the city enough to support?" Cai Mao did not answer his brother's words, but asked another more troublesome question.

"It's only enough for five days." Cai Xun was a little speechless. In this case, you can first collect food and fodder from the major families in the city to overcome the difficulties. Cai Mao thought for a time.

"In this way, I'm afraid that people's hearts are inevitably unstable." Cai Xun hesitated and said that his eldest brother's suggestion did not seem to be very smart, and few of those big families were generous.

"Is the heart unstable? At present, I still have tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Xiangyang. I want to see who dares to be unstable. Cai Mao snorted coldly. Cai Xun was speechless. Next, Cai Xun led the army to the major families in the city to collect food and fodder, requiring each family to provide a thousand stones of grain first. These people would not agree easily. As a result, Cai Xun killed two families in a row and collected all the grain in the two warehouses. The rest of the people had to be good men and tried their best to provide food and fodder. It's just that the people's hearts in this city are not stable, which makes them even more unstable.

On the night when Cai Mao collected food and fodder, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang in Fancheng across the river suddenly ordered people to shoot more than a thousand pieces of books to persuade him to enter Xiangyang. In fact, it is not accurate to persuade Cai Mao to surrender, because it is not to persuade Cai Mao, the governor of Xiangyang, to surrender. On the contrary, it calls on Xiangyang soldiers and civilians not to go to the dark with Cai Mao. If they can wake up and return as soon as possible, then all crimes will be ignored. If you can kill Cai Mao to surrender, there will be a big reward. As soon as more than a thousand letters entered the city, Cai Mao suddenly went crazy and ordered to burn all the letters. The soldiers and civilians dared to talk about this matter without mercy. However, this kind of thing could not be completely banned. On this night, more than a hundred soldiers secretly fell down the city with a rope and surrendered to Guan Yu.

"It's very good, Kong Ming. It seems that Cai Mao can't hold on soon!" Guan Yu was also very happy to see so many people on the first day. Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan and said with a slight smile, "This Cai Mao's food and grass are not good, and the army's heart is unstable. It's a dead end to sticking to it. You need to prevent him from breaking through the siege!"

"Don't worry, I have been repulsive around Xiangyang. As long as Cai Mao dares to act rashly, he can know immediately. Wait, is there a shortage of food and fodder? Guan Yu smiled, and then seemed to think of something, and hurriedly ordered several soldiers to ask.

"That is to say, the Xiangyang garrison said that every day was said with porridge?" Guan Yu asked a few questions and finally figured out the situation. Exactly!" Several soldiers were admitted.

"It's so wonderful!" Guan Yu was overjoyed and immediately ordered to send hundreds of officers and soldiers to Xiangyang City every day to drink and eat meat to surrender with the Jingzhou army. Junhou's plan is wonderful!" Zhuge Liang was also surprised to see Guan Yu's order like this, but after a little thought, he realized that although this move was a little scoundrel, the effect would never be bad.

"This is not my idea. When it was under the city of Peiguo, Bo Tao lured thousands of Cao troops to surrender with this method. Unexpectedly, it can be used in Xiangyang today." Guan Yu laughed and said. Zhuge Liang was also a little funny when he heard the words, and then sighed, "General Zhao is really resourceful. The design of the catapult is exquisite. My wife's conceited mechanism is unparalleled in the world. I'm afraid that I will sigh if I see it."

"Your wife?" Guan Yu was also quite surprised to see that Zhuge Liang admired his wife so much. Jia Yue is a descendant of the Mo family. He got his true biography, and he was always conceited of this. When I let her see this catapult, I will also let her understand that there is a sky outside the sky and there are people outside. Zhuge Liang smiled proudly. Guan Yu looked at the proud Zhuge Liang. It was estimated that he had suffered a lot of losses in front of his wife. Now he found an opportunity to suppress his wife's arrogance and was so excited. Guan Yu couldn't help but sympathize with him.

At this time, it was reported that the superior general Shen Danshenyi killed Kuai Qi and surrendered to Liu Pan. Zhangling County has basically calmed down now. After Liu Pan seized Zhangling, he ordered the deployment of heavy troops in Nanxiang and Xincheng, which are at the junction with Xiangyang, but did not come to Xiangyang to help the battle.

"Norm, Cai Mao is about to be destroyed. General Liu Pan is naturally afraid that we will take advantage of the fire to seek Jingzhou." Zhuge Liang said lightly. Guan Yu looked at the map, but snorted unhappily, "Liu Pan is really abominable. Is he going to cross the river and tear down the bridge so soon?"

"There are many selfish people in the world. How can Liu Pan be free from vulgarity?" Zhuge Liang was quite open-minded and laughed it off. Looking at Guan Yu with a bad face, Zhuge Liang said, "Junhou, how do you look at Liu Jingzhou?"

"You can still guard one side, but there is something lacking in competing for the world." Guan Yu thought for a moment. Zhuge Liang smiled when he heard the words: "The prince praised this person too much. Liu Biao ten years ago may have been like this. At present, even the guard side is powerless. Otherwise, how can Cai Mao's chaos come about?"

"That's true!" Guan Yu nodded, and then he didn't understand what Zhuge Liang meant. Why did he suddenly talk about Liu Biao as a person? He just signaled him to continue talking with his eyes.

"Liu Jingzhou is more than half a hundred years old, and there is not much time. His son Liu Qi is not the hero, and Wancheng is already in my hands. Cao can't even touch his fingers. In this way, who can get the land of Jingxiang except the lord? With Liu Pan's people, how can we turn the universe upside down? Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"So that's it!" Guan Yu remembered that Zhao Feng had said similar things to him in Runan City, and immediately disdained Liu Pan's small actions. At present, Guan Yu ordered to send people to Xiangyang City to eat and drink every day, and even sent trumpets to the soldiers, so that they could shout loudly for publicity.

The effect of doing this is still obvious. Since then, it has been said that every night, the Jingzhou army sneaked down the city to surrender, and the number of people also increased. However, on the evening of the sixth day, Cai Mao began to send his own soldiers to closely monitor at the head of the city. Once the deserters were found, they were killed without mercy, which slightly stopped the momentum of escape. Unlike the Cao army, the Jingzhou army is now in the city, not the camp. It's not easy to run away. Even so, more than 4,000 people have fallen under Guan Yu's wine and meat offensive these days.

"Junhou, according to the last batch of fleeing soldiers, Cai Mao has gathered people and horses, and I'm afraid he will be ready to break through in these days." On this day, after Zhuge Liang asked about the soldiers, he thought that the Jingzhou army was about to run out of food and fodder, and immediately understood that Cai Mao was about to fight to the death.

"It's great. I've been waiting for a long time. Kong Ming, where do you think Cai Mao will go? Guan Yu was also a little impatient. Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, he quickly expanded the map to check. At present, Xiangyang has Jiangxia in the east, Zhangling in the west, Nanjun in the south, and Xiangshui in the north. If Cai Mao wants to run away, he can only go to the South County to converge and defend it.

"Cai Mao's army must flee south, but Cai Mao himself may not be like this." Zhuge Liang looked at the map and muttered. Guan Yu hurriedly asked him for details, and Zhuge Liang explained in detail, "Cai Mao is known to him. He has very good rights and may not be willing to go to Nanjun to accompany Kuai Yue to guard Jiangling. It is very likely to do the opposite. He took a boat from Xiangshui to Xuchang and went to Cao.

"It doesn't matter. Wait for me to order more people to check. This thief must have nothing to hide." Guan Yu hurriedly sent someone to send a letter to Zhao Feng, and transferred hundreds of Wenpin, who were familiar with Cai Mao, to patrol at night on the road to Xuchang in the north, and ordered the sailor to strictly control Xiangshui to investigate the enemy's situation. As soon as you find it, you can catch it immediately, and you can even kill it.

Zhuge Liang's judgment was not wrong. On the third night, the four gates of Xiangyang City suddenly opened, and countless Jingzhou troops came out of the gate, and then roared to the south. At the same time, the fire in the city was shining, and many people were also forced to flee the city, and the situation was extremely chaotic.

"Cai Mao's dog thief actually burned Xiangyang?" Guan Yu was also furious when he saw this. He quickly sent Zhou Cang to lead people to put out the fire first, and at the same time, he personally led a large army to intercept Cai Mao's Jingzhou army. Under the firelight, he saw the army running all the way south with Cai Mao's flag. Guan Yu ordered the cavalry to attack from both sides and lead the army to cover up and kill. At the same time, Li Yan's ambush in front of him also killed together and attacked on both sides.

"Hey!" A knife split a Jingzhou army general in half, which was already the seventy-ninth person who died under Guan Yu's knife. The Jingzhou army saw that the green robe killed the god so powerfully, and everyone was invincible. At night, nearly 100,000 troops of the two sides also fought in the wild, and it happened to be fog in the middle of the night. It was really dark that the moon was dark, and no command could be used. The two sides fought in a scuffle until the next day, the visibility of the three poles was slightly better.

"My God!" Even if Guan Yu has been in the battlefield for a long time, it is also a burst of nausea when the fog dissipates and then looks at this messy battlefield. However, Guan Yu almost spit it out on the spot when he saw that more than ten miles were full of limbs and arms, and the corpses were in a mess. Soon Zhou Cang came to report that the Xiangyang fire had been extinguished, but tens of thousands of people had been burned to death.

"Cai Mao's dog thief is bound to die if he plays this poisonous trick!" Guan Yuxu said angrily. It was a melee between more than 40,000 Jingzhou troops and 40,000 Yuzhou troops in the wilderness. In the end, only thousands of soldiers were defeated and fled to South County. More than 20,000 Jingzhou troops were killed in the battle, and more than 10,000 prisoners were captured.

However, Guan Yu was not much better. The Yuzhou army killed and injured more than 9,000 people. Although more than 10,000 prisoners were captured, the combat effectiveness was too far different, and it was impossible to replenish the source of troops in a short period of time. This battle was more or less hurt. At the same time, Cai Mao's flag was also found, but Cai Mao himself was nowhere to be found. Guan Yu was unable to fight again for a while, so he had to station his army in Xiangyang for the time being. After a short rest, he went south to help Zhao Feng seize the last stronghold of Nanjun.

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