When the day dawned, a red sun tore through the darkness between heaven and earth, jumped over the eastern horizon, and slowly rose, blooming with brilliant light and pouring over the earth.

Xiangyang City.

This ancient city, after a night of chaotic fighting, has returned to calm a little at this time, but there are still some thugs in the streets and alleys who are taking the opportunity to burn and loot.

Every house in the city is closed.

The wealthy families of the high-ranking families gathered all the young and strong people in the family and stuck to the surroundings of the mansion, for fear that some soldiers and horses would rush in.

Mujing is already standing in the state governor's mansion.

The whole mansion is very messy, the ground is full of overturned things, and even some jade cloth and silk have fallen to the ground, you can imagine how anxious the people in this mansion were last night.

Because he came too quickly, the only people who could be evacuated by the state pastor were some of Liu Biao's henchmen, and there were many officials in the city who were left behind by him, and these people were now trembling, and they were most afraid of Mu Jing's killing.

"Lord, the city gates have been taken!"

Chen Gong walked in from the outside with a few guards, and said: "But the city is very chaotic, there are many thugs, at this time we take the opportunity to make trouble, we are not strong enough, defend the city, take the arsenal, grain depot, and treasury, there are not enough manpower, and we can't take care of the city at present!" ”

"Jingzhou affairs, Jingzhou governance!"

Mu Jing thought for a while and said: "Immediately paste the announcement, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao, by the emperor's grace, intends to rebel, cut the land and stand on his own, against the imperial court, he is a traitor, now I Ming Marquis Mujing, at the behest of the imperial court, he raised troops to fight against thieves, and the righteous army entered the city, and the people will not be committed, but there are those who take the opportunity to make trouble, not to mention killing, all ethnic groups in the city of Wanwang, maintain stability!" ”

"Yes!"

Chen Gong nodded, ready to draft the announcement.

"In addition, you secretly spread my meaning to the various clans in Xiangyang!"

Mu Jing said coldly: "One day is limited, I can't see a peaceful Xiangyang City, slaughter!" ”

"Will those clan lords in the city listen to us?" Chen Gong was skeptical.

"It doesn't matter if you listen or not!"

Mu Jing's cold voice was murderous: "Liu Biao has already run away, I can't find someone who can stand up, these wealthy families support Liu Biao so much, they are my enemies, now I don't have the queen to settle accounts, I am already merciful, they have the ability to come to resist me, see if my Mu Longtu will destroy the slaughter clan!" ”

"The original word was passed on to them?"

"Just say that!"

"Got it!"

"In addition, the grain and grass in the city must be taken care of, Xiangyang can support the grain and grass of Liu Biao's hundreds of thousands of troops, it can be seen that Jingzhou is rich, since Xiangyang has started, we can smoothly let go of the vigilance of the grain road, this is the granary!"

Mu Jing said.

"Don't worry, my lord, I have already gone to see it in person, the granary in Xiangyang, what I have found so far, can already maintain the supply of my pastoral army for more than a year, and I have arranged a battalion of soldiers to guard it!"

"Well done!"

Mu Jing is very happy to bring Chen Gong, Chen Gong can be undecided, he does not dare to let him control the general direction, but he is cautious in small things, he is the best to do, take Xiangyang, with Chen Palace in charge, in a short time, there will be no problems.

"Lord, you can order them to fight back!"

Chen Gong suggested.

"The news has already spread, Chen Zhi and Zhou Cang will seize the opportunity!" Mu Jing raised his head, and a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth: "And the news of Xiangyang City can't be blocked, even if I close the city gate, Liu Biao and they will spread the news, and the main force of the Jingzhou army will soon know the news, now it's up to them to see if they dare to gamble!" ”

"The lord means that they will raid Xiangyang?"

"They are a little closer than our soldiers and horses from Xiangyang, if they divide one to block our army, and then one to raid, it's not impossible to do this, but ......" Mu Jing clenched his fists: "I bet they don't have the guts!" ”

"Why?"

"Because of the grain and grass!" Mu Jing replied: "The Jingzhou army did not camp outside to store grain, the supply of grain and grass was transported out of Xiangyang City, now Xiangyang City has been captured by us, they want grain and grass, unless it is transported from those places in Yicheng, but Yicheng is not close, in a short period of time, they must not have enough grain and grass support, no grain and grass, the army will be in turmoil, in this case, unless they have the determination to break the cauldron and sink the boat, otherwise, they will not dare to come back at all, they will only quickly escape from Xiangyang territory to preserve their strength!" ”

"What if you come back?" Chen Gong has to make the worst decisions.

"That's only one fight!"

Mu Jing said: "I don't have many soldiers and horses, but unless they combine inside and outside, otherwise in a short period of time, they will not be able to break through the city wall, so the most important thing for you now is to stabilize the city, I don't need to recover them, but I can't let them be my enemy, Jingzhou has a strong academic atmosphere, there are many scholars, the more scholars, it is indispensable to raise soldiers with grain, and they still have some dock forts to defend, if they fight together, I am afraid that I will have to be like Liu Biao, and I will have to flee for my life in a hurry!" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I will stabilize them!"

Chen Gong said confidently: "There is not a lot of intrigue between the scholars, how can they work together, if only one or two take the lead, then kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, if there are several families in trouble, pick the biggest fight, they can always suppress their arrogance!" ”

"It's up to you!"

Ranch head.

Chen Gong took the order and left.

Soon the state pastoral government began to paste announcements throughout the city, this kind of notice is benevolent and wise, those who can understand will secretly spit on Mujing's shamelessness, those who can't understand will be suspicious, of course, there are also people who will look at Mujing.

Mu Jing is synonymous with the enemy among the family lords, but in the eyes of many poor scholars, this will be an opportunity, an opportunity to get ahead.

…………………………

Liu Biao can go, but many of the family valves in Xiangyang City can't go, and they drag their families with their mouths, and the foundation is here, if they can give up.

Even if it is the two major gate valves in Jingzhou.

The Kuai family and the Cai family are just people who have taken positions in the state pastoral mansion and the army, they are even more of a big family, not counting the periphery, just the clansmen, at least hundreds or more, plus the soldiers and the people, etc., there are a lot of thousands of people.

I can't go at all.

But now that Liu Biao's army has been defeated, Xiangyang has fallen into the control of the herdsmen, it is already a fact, even if they are unwilling, they dare not dare to resist at this time, it is not good to say, Xiangyang can't hold it, they don't think that the dock fort they built can stop the herdsmen.

After the proclamation was issued, many people could not sit still.

At noon, several of the great tribes of the city came together to discuss.

The leader is a man of high moral character.

Pound Gong.

Pang Degong has the name of Xiaoshangshu, and is the contemporary head of the Pang family in Jingzhou, one of the representatives of Shilin Qingliu.

The Pang family and the pastoral army have a common hatred.

Pang family Dashangshu, Pang Ji was oppressed by the pastoral army when he was in Fancheng, self-immolation and death, this revenge is recorded in the pastoral army, when the city cleaned up the pastoral spies, almost the deployment of Jingwusi in Xiangyang was wiped out, and it was Pang Degong's head.

"No one would have imagined that the dragon herding map is treacherous!" In a courtyard, Pang Degong aged a lot, and sighed lightly: "Fraud to lead troops out of the city, personally attack at night, and win the city in one night, the calculation is deep, the courage is great, this person is invincible!" ”

The Jingzhou army is in a winning position, and the whole city is discussing, the death of the thief, even he is relieved, but he didn't expect that only one night has passed, and the new day has been replaced by the old, and the world has been turned upside down.

Liu Biao was defeated so quickly.

Xiangyang City was taken off guard.

Even if they had the heart to leave the city, they didn't have time at all, and most of the people were blocked in the city and affected by the sudden chaotic fighting.

"Degong is too much to afford to be such a yellow-mouthed child!"

The representative of the Cai family is an old man of the Cai family, named Cai Hong, the same generation as Pang Degong, is Cai Mao's uncle, who usually seeks the children of the Pope, has knowledge, less strategy, and looks down on the thieves and gangsters of the Han family, he said coldly: "The thief is just a fluke, with a temporary attack, it will not last long, after Liu Zhijun reorganizes the army, kill a horse gun, and will be able to break this fang!" ”

"Xiangyang City has thick walls, the soldiers in the city suppress it, Liu Yuanjun is also a shrewd person, Mulong can break the city, it's not a fluke!"

Someone shook his head and whispered.

"Kuai Zhen, what do you mean?"

"Tell the truth!"

Kuai Zhen can come to meet on behalf of the Kuai family, and naturally he is also a little senior, and he is not afraid of Cai Hong.

The Kuai family and the Cai family all put the treasure on Liu Biao, Kuai Liang Cai hat, also a Jingzhou minister, at this time he is the first bird, in the family, people who can talk on weekdays have taken the opportunity to escape out of Xiangyang City, leaving behind the old and weak women and children.

"I've heard that the Kuai clan intended to marry Mu Yuanzhong and get close to the Mu clan, why, now I see that Mu Long has captured Xiangyang, and I am ready to take refuge in this fang!"

"Kuai Mu family, there is no marriage, Mu Yuanzhong is dead, Kuai family and Mu Longtu, non-relatives, can't say refuge, but there is no need to be an enemy of life and death!"

"I'm afraid that if you want to take refuge, people still don't look down on it, maybe there will be an autumn settlement after the autumn, Kuai Zirou is Liu Yuanjun's confidant and adviser, and he will be his great enemy, if he is angry, I am afraid that your Kuai family, a door that is about to fall will be destroyed and the clan will be destroyed!"

"It's not just my Kuai family, the Cai family is the wife of Liu Yuanjun's continuation, and Cai Dadu is the governor of Liu Yuanjun's conquest of the Quartet, even if he wants to settle accounts with Mu Longtu, the first thing he is looking for is definitely not our Kuai family, but your Cai family!"

“……”

The Cai family of the Kuai family, both of whom are wealthy families in Jingzhou, have their own contradictions, especially when they support Liu Biao to enter Xiangyang, who can get Liu Biao's favoritism, will definitely become the first gate valve in Jingzhou, and they are secretly competing inside.

"Okay, now that we're talking about this, it's useless!"

Pang Degong waved his hand and said: "How to deal with the shepherd, the way is the way, the shepherd is not an ordinary person, this fang is ruthless, raiding the house and destroying the household, it is not child's play, if we are not careful, we will have to end up with a clan annihilated!" ”

For these people, the family is more important than the imperial court, and the world is big, and the development of the family is not as great.

"He wouldn't dare, would he?"

Someone skeptically opened.

"Others may not dare, but he!" Pang Degong said with a wry smile: "Don't forget, the fourth and third dukes, the Yuan family of the first family in the world, was slaughtered by his father Mu Yuanzhong in Luoyang, there is a father, there must be a son, although he is ruthless and treacherous, but he is also young and vigorous, if he does it desperately, which of our soldiers can stop it!" ”

"So what's going on now?"

Everyone was a little panicked, it was a matter of raiding the family and exterminating the clan, so they had to be cautious.

"Welcoming back Liu Yuanjun is a strategy for the future, and the current strategy is self-preservation!" Pang Degong arched his hand and said: "Everyone, at this moment, it is not appropriate to be a bird of the beginning, since the news has come out from the herdsman army that he wants a peaceful Xiangyang City, so to speak, Mulongtu is not ready to do anything to us, so we have to endure for a moment and cooperate with the city!" ”

"That's all there is to it!"

"What a thief!"

Everyone is full of poetry and books, and regards Mujing as a thief, unwilling to follow it, but is burdened by the family and must do so, so it seems a little helpless and unwilling.

After the crowd has dispersed.

Pang Degong's originally tense face became a little pale, but he was also relieved.

"Thank you for your help!"

Chen Gong walked out from behind the screen and bowed.

"The Pang family will not be a thief, and the old man is not helping you!" Pang Degong said coldly.

The people of the Pang family are not greedy for life and afraid of death, but hundreds of thousands of people in Xiangyang finally let go of the great sage Pang Degong, who is full of poetry and books, and he still gave in to this as a threat, but he can do it, only to this extent.

"It doesn't matter!"

Chen Gong smiled slightly, and said calmly: "What we want is just a peaceful Xiangyang City, because we don't have enough troops to manage the things of those sesame rice in the city, and we don't want to waste troops because of Xiangyang, of course, if we are really helpless, we can't send troops, but this price needs to be borne by the people of Xiangyang City, I really don't want Xiangyang to fall into a fate that does not seal the knife!" ”

There is a saying about slaughtering the city, if you don't kill them all, you won't seal the knife.

"The Mu clan is so ruthless, aren't you afraid of retribution one day?" Pang Degong said gloomily.

"Our lord lacked this ruthlessness back then, so he ......" Chen Gong said softly: "The first lord will die!" ”

When Pound heard this, he was speechless.

"Excuse me!"

Chen Gong still has a lot of respect for this great Confucian: "The lord said, Jingzhou affairs, Jingzhou governance, as long as there is no chaos in the city, he will not interfere, and he will not kill anyone!" ”

"I hope he can say it and do it!"

Pang Degong said coldly.

…………………………………………………………

The matter of Xiangyang, within a day, has spread all over the radius.

Wen Ping, Huang Zu and Deng Long got the news successively.

"How so?"

Wen Ping thundered, his red eyes looked at Huang Zu: "Didn't you say that Mu Longtu is dead?" ”

"I don't know!"

Huang Zu's face was pale: "I saw him in his hands, saw the mourning hall with my own eyes, watched Huang Zhongning die unyieldingly, carrying the coffin and burying the river, but I didn't expect that he would have such a calculation, the loss of Xiangyang, a certain mistake, a certain damned!" ”

"General, the shepherd army, which is less than twenty miles away from us, has suddenly moved, and their main force is rushing towards our left flank!"

A scout rushed in to give a report.

"General, it must be that they know the news of Xiangyang and start to fight back!"

Zhang Hu arched his hand and said.

"Just in time!"

Wen Ping snorted coldly: "I'll see how this group of remnants of the defeated soldiers can fight with me!" ”

The previous fight was too smooth, and he was confident and slow.

"General, once Xiangyang is lost, the grain and grass are exhausted, if there is a battle at this time!" Zhang Hu was worried, and said faintly: "Even if you win, you won't be able to survive for a few days, and the army will inevitably be in turmoil, and the generals will go, please think twice!" ”

"Can't fight!"

Huang Zu also shouted: "Since Xiangyang has been lost, the back road will be broken, if it is surrounded by the front and back, we will die!" ”

He added: "Now that the envoy has been defeated, if we lose our troops and generals, how can we help the envoy to make a comeback!" ”

This sentence touched Wen Ping.

"Pass my military order, and the whole army withdraws!"

Wen Ping gritted his teeth and said word by word.

He's withdrawing.

Deng Long is also withdrawing.

Moreover, Deng Long ran faster than him, and as soon as the news of the fall of Xiangyang came, he did not wait for any reaction from the herdsmen on the other side of the river, and immediately ran away.

The two routes of soldiers and horses, bypassing Xiangyang, retreated to the east from the north and south.

Their goal is Green Forest Mountain.

Because after Liu Biao escaped from the east gate, he collected the remnants of the soldiers, retreated to the Green Forest Mountains, and faced Xiangyang City from afar.

Three days later, the main force of the herdsmen entered the city.

The battle of Xiangyang came to an end.

The herdsmen won a great victory.

The Jingzhou army was completely defeated.