"Let go of the arrows, and no one shall retreat!"

At this moment, at the head of the city, Lu Chang was already covered in blood, and he personally raised his sword to fight on the front line.

Today, almost all the prisoners of war used all their strength to attack the city desperately, and the fortified city of Xiangyang also began to crumble.

Originally, more than 4,000 people defended more than 5,000 people, which was more than enough!

It's just that with the addition of nearly 20,000 prisoners of war, Lu Chang and the others can't bear it, after all, in a solid city, they also need enough troops to hold it!

At this time, Guan Ping almost relied on the advantage of a large number of troops, and attacked wave after wave, without giving the defenders a chance to breathe, and the strength of the defense in the city was gradually weakening.

The most important thing is that during this period of time, a series of strategies performed by Guan Ping have also taken effect imperceptibly, and most of the Qingzhou soldiers of Cao Jun have fallen at this moment, and their fighting spirit has dropped to the lowest.

"Leqi, can our scouts successfully cross the river and inform General Cao Ren of the situation in Xiangyang?"

"Tell the county guard, Guan Yu personally led the main force to arrange a defense along the front line of Fancheng on the Han River, and now Fancheng has been completely separated from our army."

"County guard, Xiangyang has become an isolated city!"

At this moment, Le Qi fought bravely to Lu Chang's side and anxiously prayed.

"Ahh

At this moment, I couldn't help but think about it, but Lu Chang was keenly aware that if his own reinforcements didn't come to help, I was afraid that the loss of Xiangyang would be a foregone conclusion!

"Well, where is Li Ji, where is he?"

After fighting for a while, Lu Chang seemed to think of something, and couldn't help but say in a hurry.

Hearing this, Le Qi gasped: "Just now, the siege vehicle of the Jingzhou army approached the city gate, hit the city gate, and controlled the area around the drawbridge. ”

"In a critical situation, he didn't care about asking the county guard, and led the only more than 500 horsemen in the city to kill out of the city, and relied on his own bravery to enter the Jingzhou military formation, destroying the siege vehicles and destroying the drawbridge, so that the Jingzhou army could not use the city gate as a breakthrough."

"But Li Ji is also seriously injured, and now he has been sent back to the city for treatment."

"Huh!"

Hearing that Li Ji was not worried about his life, Lu Changcai breathed a sigh of relief.

After a day of fighting, dusk is gradually rising!

Guan Ping saw that he could not break the city today, so he ordered Mingjin again, and the Jingzhou army receded like a tide in an instant.

…………

At night, three watches in the middle of the night

At this time, Zhou Cang led more than 1,000 Jingzhou soldiers to pick up torches overnight, arrived at the city, and then began to station in place.

As for the corpses of the soldiers who had died in the past two days, under the city wall, Zhou Cang led the people to stick here, but they did not clean up the corpses.

In the city, Lu Chang and Le Qi learned the news, and did not dare to slack off, and immediately assembled the whole army to defend the city to prevent the Jingzhou army from attacking the city at night.

Time slowly passed, and in a blink of an eye, the fourth watch had passed, and the Jingzhou army did not move at all except for continuing to be stationed under the city.

Seeing this, Lu Chang held the wall with his palm, his face full of doubts: "Guan Ping, what trick is this planning?" ”

"In the middle of the night, the army was sent here, did it mean to confuse our army, lower its vigilance, and then suddenly attack at night and seize Xiangyang?"

Thinking slowly, Lu Chang muttered and guessed.

Hearing this, Le Qi from the side carefully checked it again, and after half a sound, he denied: "County guard, I don't look like a night attack, through the faint firelight, I can find that the Jingzhou army does not carry any siege equipment." ”

"Furthermore, the vision is unclear at night, and the siege of the city will suffer even more, so I don't think Guan Ping will do that."

After a pause, Le Jin suddenly woke up and said, "County guard, I'm afraid Guan Ping is using a tired strategy!" ”

"Tired soldiers?"

Lu Chang muttered, a little incredulous, and Le Qi continued: "Yes, Guan Ping is stationed outside the city with a small number of troops, peeking at our army at any time, so that I can always maintain full vigilance, and my energy cannot be relaxed, and I can't rest. ”

"The day is more conducive to the Jingzhou army attacking the city."

"Therefore, I propose that the leading army of the county guard return to recuperate, and the last general will lead a small number of troops to continue to hold the head of the city and confront the Jingzhou army."

Following Le Qi's suggestion, Lu Chang thought about it carefully and felt reasonable, so he left a team of Jianghan soldiers to defend the city, and then led the main force back to the city to rest.

Not long after the main force retreated, something suddenly changed in the dark night!

I saw that hundreds of Qingzhou soldiers quietly arrived at the city gate, arguing with the Jianghan soldiers and asking them to open the city gate.

"Open the city gates quickly, let me wait out, we will search for the bodies of our relatives outside the city of Daysun."

"The general has an order, no one is allowed to leave the city!"

Just as they were confronting each other, Le Qi at the head of the city couldn't help but be alarmed, and hurriedly ran with a knife.

Running to the gate of the city, Le Qi saw this, and immediately became angry, shouting angrily: "What kind of system are you waiting for, now the Jingzhou army is eyeing the outside of the city, but it is good to wait, and it is better to wait for your own family, and you are fighting with swords and swords?" ”

"Why, do you still want to fight each other and let the thieves and fishermen benefit?"

With an angry shout, the two factions Cao Jun, who were confronting each other, subconsciously stopped their swords.

Immediately, the captain of the garrison couldn't help but bow his hand and said: "Tell General Le, I am ordered to guard the city gate, and strictly order the general's order that no one is allowed to leave the city." ”

"But hundreds of them insisted on going out of the city, and the villain couldn't stop them, so they had no intention of clashing."

After finishing speaking, Le Qi looked at each other coldly, aimed his eyes at the Qingzhou soldiers, and didn't say a word!

Seeing this, the Qingzhou soldiers couldn't help but sink in their hearts, and during this time, a strong man dressed as a military marquis stood up and arched his hand: "Tell General Le, I am really forced to leave the city!" ”

"The thieves of Guan Ping bewitched the prisoners of war to attack the city, although they betrayed the king of Wei and their crimes are unforgivable, but most of them are relatives of us and others."

"They have betrayed and died, but as their relatives, how can we watch them fall under the city and be indifferent?"

"Therefore, I pleaded, and I hope that the general will allow me to go out of the city to find the corpse."

"Pleading, General!"

Suddenly, under the leadership of the military marquis, hundreds of Qingzhou sergeants fell to their knees and pleaded with tears.

Seeing this, Le Qi's heart was like a knife, and he couldn't help but fall silent and silent!

At this moment, Le Qi did not continue to blame these soldiers, to be honest, their actions were excusable!

During this period, people were very concerned about entering the earth, and if people could not enter the earth when they died, they would feel that it was a great disrespect to the deceased and should be condemned.

Now, there is nothing wrong with the relatives of the Qingzhou sergeants having to collect the bodies of prisoners of war who died outside the city.

After thinking for a long time, Le Qi said in a deep voice: "Everyone, can you wait, now the Jingzhou army is gathered outside the city and stationed, if you go out of the city at this time to collect the body." ”

"The Jingzhou army will definitely attack, so you will definitely have no return!"

"Can you listen to Ben Jiang, waiting!"

Hearing this, the military marquis also showed a hint of gratitude, and bowed his hand and thanked him: "The last general and the soldiers under his command are grateful for the general's kindness in reminding us. ”

"It's just that the battle has been going on for two days, and the corpses have begun to decompose, and we can't wait."

"Don't be impatient, don't be anxious, don't be anxious, this Jingzhou army will definitely not hold on all the time, they will definitely retreat at ten o'clock at dawn, and then we can take advantage of this short gap to go out of the city to collect the corpse, so that your relatives can be buried in peace!"

After thinking about it, Le Qi promised Qingzhou soldiers.

At this moment, the Qingzhou soldiers also felt that Le Qi was reasonable, so they didn't continue to toss, so they gathered at the city gate and waited.

As for this moment, Le Qi's eyes flew away, staring closely at the night sky, and secretly thinking: "Guan Ping, Guan Ping, this person is so thoughtful, he actually sees every step so thoroughly!" ”

"It's really unfortunate for us to face such an enemy!"

Originally, Le Qi didn't understand why Zhou Cang led an army to be stationed in the city in the middle of the night, but after experiencing the incident of his own party gathering people out of the city to collect the corpse, Le Qi suddenly understood!

Sending troops to garrison outside the city to prevent the city from going out to collect the corpse, this is Guan Ping's real plan!