When Liu Zheng really wanted to attack, those soldiers with high spirits were more prone to mental breakdowns.

On the fifth day, for a whole day, Liu Zheng did not launch a decent round of attacks, but the horns outside the city and the roar of the soldiers did not stop for a moment.

The soldiers on the city of Xiangyang did not dare to take it lightly, especially Li Yan, who had not slept all night, cheered up and prepared to defend against the stormy attack of Liu Zheng's army, but every time the horn of the march sounded under the city, it was thunder and rain.

Thousands of soldiers and horses, waving their flags and shouting from outside the city, rushed to the city gate, but halfway through, they took the initiative to retreat.

Only the trebuchets set up in the distance will shoot a few huge arrows at the castle tower.

Such an attack made the soldiers of Liu Biao, who were already ready to launch the bow and arrows in the city tower, have no temper.

Obviously ready for a tough battle, but nothing happened at all, and watching the enemy troops outside the city retreat, it didn't take long for them to come again.

Such a game of wolves made the defenders in the city know that it was Liu Zheng's strategy, but they didn't dare to take it lightly, because they didn't know which time Liu Zheng attacked, it would really be an attack, in case they were not ready and the city gate was breached, Li Yan's guilt would be great.

So every time the horn sounded outside the city, Li Yan was always the first to rush ahead, commanding his men and horses, and always ready to meet the enemy.

The first few times in vain made Li Yan look tired, and he was barely able to support it, but all day long, it was such a feint, even if it was an iron man, he would not be able to bear it, Li Yan was full of exhaustion, but he was still guarding the city tower.

The guards beside him approached Li Yan and wanted Li Yan to go down and rest.

"My lord, you haven't had a rest all day, go down and rest for a while, if you continue like this, you will not be able to bear it."

Li Yan's personal guards knew how much pressure Li Yan had, once Li Yan fell, the entire Xiangyang City would really be finished.

"No, the enemy army outside the city comes to make trouble every half an hour, if I go down to rest, if they come in, won't I wait for death?"

The words of the guards were rejected by Li Yanyan, of course he wanted to rest, but this situation did not allow him to go down to rest.

Seeing that Li Yan was reluctant to leave, the guards did not give up, and continued.

"My lord, it's been a day of attacking, and the other party doesn't plan to attack the city at all, but is just pretending to attack the city and want to consume our physical strength. ”

Liu Zheng's army outside the city fought for a day, and these guards knew Liu Zhengjun's routine, so they were not in a hurry, anyway, they didn't think Liu Zheng would really attack.

"If the other party really doesn't attack the city, it will be a big mistake."

The guard's casual words made Li Yan's face even more ugly, and after responding to a sentence, the guards on both sides of the frightened face changed, and the anxious guards immediately asked.

"My lord, why do you say that?"

"How many days is it, you think?"

"Fifth day, these people outside the city, we've been besieging us for five days."

These guards have all personally experienced this defensive battle, and when Li Yan asked, they could all answer quickly.

"Five days, then do you know how long it takes for the soldiers and horses we sent out to ask for help to Changsha, a round trip?"

Li Yan took a sharp breath, and then exhaled a long breath, as if trying to calm himself down.

What he said immediately made the faces of several of the guards around him change, some of the more intelligent people had obviously realized the problem, and those who were not so smart still asked stupidly.

"Five days, our reinforcements should be almost here, as long as we hold on a little longer, we can defeat Liu Zheng."

"Stupid."

Li Yan spit out two words vigorously.

"Since you all know that there are reinforcements, and every now and then small groups of reinforcements come in from all around. Do you think Liu Zheng won't know? ”

"Since Liu Zhengming knew that reinforcements would come from Changsha County, he was not in a hurry to attack the city, so do you think Liu Zheng is stupid? If he had been stupid, he wouldn't have gotten to where he is today. ”

Li Yan still explained the embarrassing position of Xiangyang City now.

"In my opinion, Liu Zheng is bound to attack the city with all his strength today, and take advantage of the fact that the reinforcements have not yet arrived in Xiangyang, and knock down Xiangyang City, if he does not attack the city, it will be the most terrible, which shows that he is not worried about our reinforcements at all, this is only one possibility, our reinforcements, during this time, will not reach Xiangyang!"

"Once we defend Xiangyang here, but there are no reinforcements in Xiangyang, with the terrible offensive shown by Liu Zhengjun yesterday, do you think we can still hold on?"

After Li Yan's words were finished, several of the surrounding guards immediately changed their faces, and they all looked ugly.

"If you hear these words yourself, forget it, don't spread it, you know?"

Li Yan saw that his brothers who had been friends with each other looked ugly, but he still didn't forget to say a word of advice.

These guards immediately nodded and promised that they would never spread the word.

But where in the world is there an impermeable wall, these people knew that the reinforcements of the Xiangyang garrison might not arrive, the army's heart had already collapsed, and they had no intention of defending the city at all, they were all thinking about how to arrange the future, although they themselves may not think about escaping, but their families in Xiangyang always have to find a way to send them away.

As a result, a rumor that Xiangyang couldn't hold it gradually spread in Xiangyang City.

From time to time, some people rushed to other city gates, wanting to escape from the city gates, at the beginning, the people guarding the city, but also use force to threaten some, those people did not dare to make a fuss, but then it became more and more intense, more and more people wanted to flee, and gradually alarmed the state pastor Liu Biao.

Liu Biao is not a murderous person, he has always been close to the people, so he can only agree to the people's request to go out of the city, and let go of a large part of the common people.

Time flickered, and it was night.

On the night of the fifth day, Liu Zheng still did not choose to attack Xiangyang City.

Because he didn't worry about Changsha's reinforcements at all, he had 20,000 troops of Wen Ping and Gan Ning to guard Changsha and help Liu Zheng contain Changsha's reinforcements.

Although they may not be able to stop Cai Mao's tens of thousands of troops, it is still very easy to delay and delay time, so that Cai Mao cannot reach Xiangyang in the fastest time.

"Ziyi, tonight, you can't stop harassing, you take people, attack Xiangyang once an hour, continue to attack, don't just thunder and rain at night, you still have to come to something practical at night, let hundreds of infantry take the city hammer, go to the city to knock a few times, and then come back."