At dawn the next day, the morning sun was slowly rising.

At the head of Xiangyang City, the crimson "Han" character flag swayed in the wind, bathed in the baptism of the rising sun.

After a night of fierce fighting in the city, the Jingzhou army completely captured this important town on the border of Jianghan.

Guan Ping was standing at the head of the North Gate at this moment, his eyes were firmly fixed on the outline of the Han River in front of him, looking at the rising steam that seemed to be white and tender, and couldn't help muttering: "Xiangyang, it's taken down!" ”

After a long time, a heavy step sounded, and after a while, Zhou Cang's stern face appeared in front of Guan Ping.

Rushing to the front, Zhou Cang immediately bowed his hand, and then said: "Young General, I have been ordered to capture the riverside water camp, and I happened to meet the Cao army led by Lu Chang on the way. ”

"The last general led the army to attack, and the Cao army has been defeated, and now Lu Changzheng is leading the remnants of his troops to flee to the other side and defect to Cao Ren."

In a speech, Zhou Cang's face was serious, neither humble nor arrogant, and he truthfully told the general's feelings, and there was no merit in his words.

Hearing that Zhou Cang had seized the water camp and expelled Cao Jun, Guan Ping's hanging heart at this time was completely put down.

It was not until this moment that on the south bank of the Han River, Xiangyang County was officially recovered.

Originally, the Xiangyang region was subordinate to Nanyang County and Nanjun respectively in the era of Liu Biao's secession, but after the three families divided Jingzhou, Cao Cao separated Xiangyang separately and set it up as a county, with Xiangyang City as the capital.

Looking at the scenery outside the city quietly, Guan Ping was in a comfortable mood at the moment, and the tense color of the daily battle was slowly released at this time.

After a long time, Deng Ai also led the prisoners of war to return from the camp and arrived in the city.

Immediately, Guan Ping was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Okay, since all the meritorious generals have gathered this time, then you will all go to the county government with me." ”

"We'll hold a celebration banquet together!"

As soon as these words came out, the generals were also overjoyed, and then followed Guan Ping and walked towards the county government.

Han water, on the river

At this time, more than 100 Mong warships sailed on the river, hundreds of troops were demoralized, and the remnants of Cao's sergeants were approaching the direction of Fancheng on the north bank.

"Alas, Brother Wenda, I can't stand you!"

At this time, Lu Chang was standing on a fighting ship, his expression was lonely, and his eyes were full of remorse and self-blame.

At this moment, he couldn't help but remember that he had promised Li Tong that he would do his best to raise Li Ji into a talent, so that he could make contributions and glorify his ancestors.

It's just that now Li Ji is in the city, and life and death will not fall!

At this moment, Lu Chang's face was like a knife, revealing bursts of sadness, he watched Li Ji grow up, and knew his personality, even if he was captured by the Jingzhou army, he would never surrender.

"With Ji'er's character, I'm afraid that even if he didn't die in the city, he wouldn't surrender to the Jingzhou army, so his situation is more auspicious!"

Lu Chang was silent, and the mood of Le Qi on the side was also uncomfortable, don't look at the-for-tat between the two of them on weekdays, in fact, they also have a deep friendship.

Sometimes, Li Ji is just because of his impatient personality and is known for his bravery, and his words are relatively fierce.

"Li Ji, if you unfortunately die in the city this time, I swear to you here that I will definitely capture and kill Guan Ping's thief in the future and avenge you."

Le Qi faced the river, his face was resolute, and he said calmly.

This time, they were able to cross the river with boats when the water camp was lost, which is also the credit of Le Qi.

As early as before the Northern Expedition of the Jingzhou Army, Le Qi hid more than 100 Monji and fighting ships in the reeds in advance to prepare for the accident.

Along the way, because of Li Ji, Lu Chang and Le Qi were in mixed moods, so they were silent.

………

With the capture of Xiangyang, Guan Ping first kept his promise and made all the meritorious soldiers in the prisoners of war a first-class official rank, exempted from the status of prisoners of war, and incorporated into the army.

Therefore, the strength of the Jingzhou soldiers has increased instead of decreasing, from more than 5,000 people who have just crossed the river to more than 6,000 people today, and about 1,000 people in the prisoner of war camp shine in this siege battle.

As for these more than 1,000 people, Guan Ping ordered Deng Ai to be the military Sima and let him lead it.

In fact, this is also Guan Ping's intention, although he values Deng Ai, but Deng Ai is still young after all.

If Deng Ai is allowed to belong to the Jingzhou army, he will not have enough prestige, and it will be difficult to convince the public!

Therefore, this subordinate has just been annexed, and its foothold is not stable, which is just right for Deng Ai to be under his command and experience his ability.

Subsequently, Guan Ping also ordered Zhou Cang to lead an army to the water camp and station, responsible for repairing the water village.

Although Lu Chang has been stuck in Xiangyang for many years, he is not good at water warfare, so the water camp has no other way than to send ships to transport supplies on weekdays!

To this day, the water camp is also deserted!

"Uncle, you are stationed in the water camp this time, and you must also build the water village, maybe, in the future, our army will use this Han water to confront the Cao army across the river for a long time."

"In this way, the importance of the water camp is self-evident."

Hearing this, Zhou Cang frowned, and then arched his hand and said solemnly: "Young General, don't worry, Cang will live up to your expectations!" ”

When the words fell, Zhou Cang did not delay, so he immediately strode out and went to the barracks to transfer troops.

Immediately afterwards, Guan Ping personally revised a book, summarizing the good news of the capture of Xiangyang and the details of the generals' meritorious service in this battle, and then sent troops to cross the river and hand it over to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was a former general, and the marquis of Hanshou Pavilion held the capital of Jingzhou, and had the right to appoint troops at the right of opportunity.

Therefore, Guan Ping did not overstep his responsibilities and rewarded the generals on behalf of his father, so it was easy to fall into the truth.

Next, Guan Ping began to deal with the aftermath measures such as Anmin after the city was broken.

………

On the north bank of the Han River, the Jingzhou military camp, the main account

Guan Yu, who was nearly nine feet long, sat on the main seat, holding a handwritten letter in his palm, savoring it, and reading it back and forth several times, and the joy in his eyes became thicker and thicker.

Without him, Guan Ping's performance this time, Guan Yu was too shocked!

"I didn't expect Ping'er to be resourceful, this is really a surprise for me!"

Putting down the handbook, Guan Yu groaned secretly.

Subsequently, Guan Yu ordered the attendants to pass the handwritten letter to the generals under the rank to check, and his ruddy face was also full of joy, and he laughed: "Everyone, this time my son Guan Ping has made outstanding achievements, from the time he originally issued a military order to the commander and asked for the battle to take Xiangyang, so far, it has only been ten days. ”

"In ten days, he captured Xiangyang, the important Jianghan town of Cao Thief, with 5,000 elite soldiers."

When the words fell, Guan Yu's joy became stronger, and there was a hint of showing off between his words and on his face.

The generals also slowly read the handbook at this moment, and roughly knew the battle situation, and it was not easy to save Guan Yu's face, so they unanimously bowed their hands and said loudly: "The young general is resourceful, and he really deserves to be the son of the prince!" ”

After some congratulations, Guan Yu's self-confidence became more and more bursting, and he was also extremely happy.

After a long time, Guan Yu waved his hand to stop, and shouted: "Everyone, now that our army has taken Xiangyang, I have decided to gather a heavy army, make every effort to take Fancheng, and the troops will come to Xudu to rescue the Son of Heaven." ”

As soon as these words came out, the tent suddenly boiled, and all the generals shouted the words "I am willing to take Fancheng for the pioneer general".

At this moment, the generals were also stimulated by Guan Ping's exploits in breaking Xiangyang on the tenth day, so much so that after hearing Guan Yu's plan to take Fancheng, they were all crazy.

"The young general broke Xiangyang, but did it make the prince more confident?"

Listening to Guan Yu's plan to take Fan, Ma Liang's white eyebrows froze, and he couldn't help but groan secretly.

ps: Fengxi's thinking is a little messy today, and I'm thinking about how to connect the second story, so the first one is late, please forgive me.