The night faded and the morning rose.

Everyone thought that at dawn, after the Jingzhou army retreated, there would be a short time difference, which would be enough to go out of the city and collect the corpses.

It's just that the Qingzhou soldiers in the city think too much, including Le Qi, who is also objective!

Zhou Cang has indeed retreated at this moment!

It's just that after only half an hour of evacuation, something desperate happened.

"Knock knock!"

The dust in the distance is flying, gradually approaching, and the battle flag of the "Han" character banner is already particularly obvious!

After a few moments, Guan Ping led the main force to arrive outside the city, and then began to take over the work of Zhou Cang at night, arranging defenses around him, and then stationed in place.

At the head of the city, Le Qi's eyes never left the city, his eyes were solemn, and he said anxiously: "Oops, Guan Ping's thief has pinched the weakness of the Qingzhou soldiers!" ”

At this moment, Le Qi was completely desperate in his heart, and he knew that the chance of holding Xiangyang this time was almost zero.

Originally, when Guan Ping, who had been inquiring a few days ago, led more than 5,000 people to cross the south bank of the Han River and go straight to Xiangyang, Lu Chang and he Leqi were very confident that it would not be a problem to hold Xiangyang!

It's just that the situation has developed to the present, and the loss of Xiangyang seems to have become a foregone conclusion.

After all, they were outnumbered, and Guan Ping rebelled against tens of thousands of prisoners of war for his own use, successfully disrupting the morale of the army in the city.

At this moment, Le Qi really can't find a reason to hold Xiangyang!

"Alas, I didn't expect that in the end, we were defeated by Guan Yu's son."

At this time, Le Qi smiled wryly, and his eyes were full of unwillingness.

"General, we have followed your orders and waited all night, can we leave the city now?"

Just as Le Qi thought about it, the headache that caused him finally happened.

Now, he looked at the look in the eyes of the Qingzhou soldiers, and knew that if he refused, the consequences would never end so simply, but if he didn't refuse, would he still let them go out of the city?

Now, the Jingzhou army is outside the city, and they go out of the city to search for the corpses, either surrendering to the Jingzhou army or being besieged and killed.

Either case, it will have an extraordinary impact on the rest of the war.

"General!"

"General Le!"

Seeing that Le Qi had not spoken for a long time, the people of Qingzhou couldn't help but plead loudly, and the grief in their eyes became more and more rising.

After a long time, a heavy step came from far and near, followed by an angry shout.

"Shut up!"

"Those who shake the hearts of the army will be killed immediately!"

Immediately, Lu Chang slowly walked into the city and ordered the rest of the sergeants to hold on to their orders.

Walking in front of the Qingzhou soldiers, Lu Changgao shouted: "I'm repeating, if you continue to stick to the city along the city according to the order, those who go out of the city will be dealt with by military law!" ”

At this moment, Lu Chang's expression was cold and his face was serious.

Seeing this, how dare they continue to stay, so they have to continue to garrison with resentment.

Seeing hundreds of Qingzhou soldiers slowly leaving, but they were all angry, Le Qi couldn't help but go to the side and said softly: "County guard, now the Qingzhou soldiers are in turmoil, and they have always been at odds with the Jianghan soldiers. ”

"I'm afraid that if they don't accept it, they will make trouble!"

Hearing this, Lu Chang's serious expression stretched slightly, and he sighed: "Alas, I don't know about this, but the situation has deteriorated to this point, and they can only be stabilized by strict military law." ”

"Otherwise, if you go out of the city and attack the Jingzhou army at this time, you will have no chance of winning!"

"Even the county guard has lost hope of defending Xiangyang?"

Hearing Lu Chang's words, Le Qi stopped saying it and shook his head secretly.

He also heard the original meaning of Lu Chang's words, that is, the battle situation has been going on so far, it is no longer realistic to hold Xiangyang, and the only thing he can do now is to delay the fall of the city with his best efforts.

After all, every day that Xiangyang is lost, Guan Ping will be able to join Guan Yu's main force one day later, so that the crisis in Fancheng will be one day less, and the time when King Wei will send reinforcements will be one point closer.

At least that's what Lu Chang thinks!

But if Lu Chang knew that Guan Ping's plan was only to take Xiangyang and confront Cao Jun across the river, and he had no intention of taking Fancheng, I don't know how he would feel?

………

In the blink of an eye, several hours passed, and it was ten minutes at noon.

At this moment, the sky is clear, the scorching sun is shining, the temperature is rising one after another, and the Jingzhou army under the city has slowly begun to set up tents to escape the heat.

Seeing this, the richer color in Lu Chang's eyes became worse, and he muttered: "Guan Ping, what do you want to do today, why don't you attack the city again?" ”

At this moment, Lu Chang felt that he was really about to collapse with Shangguanping, and his thinking couldn't keep up at all.

Guan Ping's every step seems to be useless, but then it can have a great impact on his side.

From the very beginning of the meeting under the city, it almost provoked Li Ji's disagreement with Lu Chang and Le Qi, and the later Pound eating also caused confusion in the hearts of his own army to a certain extent.

Later, the use of prisoners of war directly led to the loss of the army's morale!

The daytime passed slowly, and after dusk, Guan Ping jumped on his war horse and waved his sword: "The whole army is back to the camp!" ”

The order was handed down, and the Jingzhou soldiers did not dare to slack off when they heard the news, and they formed a formation and slowly returned.

At the head of the city, watching the Jingzhou soldiers return to the camp in turn, Lu Chang was still a little worried, and immediately waved his hand and ordered several scouts to quietly go out of the city, follow them, and inquire about the news.

Find out if the Jingzhou army has really returned to the camp!

At this moment, after experiencing Guan Ping's layers of tricks, Lu Chang couldn't help but start to be cautious, afraid that he was plotting in the middle.

Waited for a long time, until nightfall, several scouts returned safe and sound, and told the truth about the investigation, when they heard that the Jingzhou army had returned to the camp, Lu Chang's hanging heart gradually fell.

Subsequently, after settling the patrol guards, Lu Chang ordered the main force to return to the barracks to rest.

………

East of Xiangyang City, military camp

In view of the deep contradiction between the Qingzhou soldiers and the Jianghan soldiers, the construction of the military camp is also separated.

The military camp in the east of the city was originally built in the Liu Biao period, and now it is the camp of the Qingzhou soldiers, and the military camp of the Jianghan soldiers is newly built and located in the south of the city.

At this moment, in a remote barracks, more than a dozen military marquis, Qu Chang and others were gathering together, as if they were carefully discussing something.

"Ladies and gentlemen, many of the prisoners of war killed in the battle two days ago were relatives of you, right?"

"They and we killed each other and died under the city, but the corpses were in the wilderness all day long, and no one dealt with them, shouldn't we, as relatives, collect the corpses and let them be buried in peace?"

As soon as he spoke, the rest of the congregation also felt the same way, shaking their heads frequently.

Then, another military marquis said slowly: "But last night, didn't you lead the soldiers of the headquarters to prepare to go out of the city to search for the corpse, but the sergeants guarding the city did not understand the human feelings and forbade them to go out of the city." ”

"In this case, what can we do, can we still disobey the order of the county guard?"

When the words fell, everyone couldn't help but think bitterly.

To tell the truth, they are all middle- and low-level officers, and they really dare not think about disobeying the general's orders.

This is also the reason why the Jianghan soldiers have been forbidden to go out of the city for several days, and they dare not disobey or refute.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Jianghan soldiers and we have been regarded as fire and water from the beginning, and now that our relatives are dead outside the city, of course they feel that they have nothing to do with them, and they don't consider our feelings at all."

"In this case, why should we still act with their faces, it is better to rectify the soldiers, storm the city gate, kill out of the city, collect the corpses, and then go to surrender to the Jingzhou army."

"In this way, we can also join our former colleagues and make meritorious contributions together."

At this moment, this military marquis had a cold face and roared angrily.

"Ahh

"You?"

As soon as these words came out, all the people in the camp were immediately frightened, and their faces showed fear.

Seeing this, the military marquis also sneered: "Of course, I don't force you to rebel with me, but in order to ensure the secrecy of this operation." ”

"This must not be heard, so if you are not with me, all of you who are here today, you will only ...... Hum! ”

With a few cold snorts, more than hundreds of people suddenly burst out of the camp, all fully armed, and surrounded the rest of the officers present, glaring angrily.

At this moment, the military marquis and the strong man had already made full preparations, that is, to pull the Qingzhou soldiers to rebel together.

Seeing this, a Qu Chang stood up, his face was angry, and he shouted: "You, the thief dares to carry ......"

Unfortunately, halfway through the sentence, the marquis waved his hand, and several soldiers stepped forward and cut the song into pulp.

Seeing this tragic situation, the rest of the people, everyone rose from danger, and they didn't dare to say more!