Liu Biao died, Cai Mao imposed martial law on the whole city of Xiangyang, and in the face of the fierce soldiers, the big families did not dare to act rashly. Ω Liu Bei heard that Liu Qi's people were stopped by Cai Mao's people, called Yan Ming and Wen Chou, and quietly told a few words, and the two understood and went out of the city to fight the horses.

Liu Qi was stopped in Yicheng by Cai Xun's 10,000 horses, and when Yan Ming and Wen Chou arrived, the two armies had been facing each other for two days. Yan Ming and the others came to Liu Qi's camp and whispered Liu Bei's plan to Liu Qi, Liu Qi hesitated for a while, and Wen Chou said angrily: "When the interruption continues, the son is hesitant at this time, Jingzhou is afraid that it will fall into the hands of foreign surnames." ”

Liu Qi patted the case and said: "Okay, just according to Xuandegong's will." "Yan Ming and Wen Chou are overjoyed.

Liu Qi pulled out the village and wanted to go, Cai Xun blocked the road, Liu Qi shouted: "I am the eldest prince of Jingzhou, who dares to stop me?" ”

Cai Xun smiled and said: "If the son wants to enter Xiangyang, it is enough to bring only a thousand guards." ”

Liu Qi said loudly: "This is my family matter, and the villain barks." ”

Cai Xun has to say that Yan Ming and Wen Chou rode out together and took Cai Xun directly. Cai Xun was caught off guard and was stabbed to death by Wen Chou, Cai Xun's personal guards were in chaos, and they fired forward, Yan Ming and the two killed fiercely, and most of the two hundred personal guards were killed and injured. Liu Qi shouted: "My father is critically ill, and Cai Xun intends to intercept it, disregarding human morality. Now that the evil is dead, you and the others are all children of Jingzhou, can you be under my Liu Qi? ”

After all, Liu Qi is the eldest son, in the minds of the soldiers below, it is the existence of heaven, and when they heard Liu Qi's solicitation, they shouted together: "I am willing to join the command of the eldest son." ”

Liu Qi raised his anger and shouted: "The Cai family intends to rebel, and you will follow me into Xiangyang and take Cai Mao's head." After the deed was accomplished, each soldier was rewarded with a thousand dollars. ”

When the soldiers heard that there were so many rewards, they shouted together, their morale increased greatly, and they followed Liu Qi and rushed straight to Xiangyang. Yicheng is more than eighty miles away from Xiangyang, and after a rapid march, it came to Liqiu in the evening. Liqiu is located less than 20 miles southeast of Xiangyang, it is a large town, Liu Qi is stationed in people, Yan Ming said: "I quietly entered the city, inform the eldest brother, tomorrow morning, Gongzi can lead the army into the city." ”

Liu Qi nodded and said, "Okay, just wait for Xuande Gong to open the city gate." ”

Cai Mao has not slept well these days, and he has to go to the city wall every night to inspect a circle, before he feels relieved, just arrived at the east gate this night, and the people under the city cried and shouted: "Is the city Cai Junshi?" ”

Cai Mao stood in the firelight and asked the city, "Who is in the city?" ”

The man said: "The eldest prince Liu Qi instructed Yan Ming and Wen Chou to kill General Cai Xun, and now he is coming to Xiangyang with his troops, and I heard that he is stationed in Liqiu. The villain is General Cai Xun's personal guard, and he escaped here with his life, and only when he saw the military division patrolling the city, did he dare to come out to meet him. ”

Cai Mao had the basket down from the city and the soldier was hoisted up. When the soldier saw Cai Mao, he still cried bitterly. Cai Mao said: "Tell me about the situation in detail. ”

The soldier stopped crying and said the situation, Cai Mao pondered for a moment, and said to the left and right: "Settle this person well, and order Cai Zhong and Cai He to come over." ”

Soon Cai Zhong and Cai He came, and Cai Mao said: "Liu Bei colluded with Liu Qi to kill Cai Xun, and now Liu Qi's army is stationed in Liqiu, I guess that tomorrow morning, Liu Qi will come, and Liu Bei in the city is the internal response, you are so so." ”

Cai Zhong and Cai He understood, and quietly arranged after retreating.

Liu Bei looked at the three hundred people in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "You are all my Liu Bei's siblings, you have been following me for so long, the brothers have not had a good life, I Liu Bei am sorry for everyone." Liu Bei bowed deeply towards everyone, "Now that Liu Jingzhou is dead, the great opportunity is in front of him, early tomorrow morning, the eldest prince will lead 100,000 elites to the south gate of Xiangyang." What we need to do is to open the city gates, enlarge the army into the city, and control Xiangyang, brothers, do you have confidence in success or failure? ”

The sound of "Yes" was low, but powerful, striking the eardrum and buzzing.

"Okay, recharge your energy tonight, and seize the south gate at three o'clock tomorrow." After Liu Bei finished speaking, he returned his hand vigorously.

The south gate of Xiangyang is quiet in the darkness before dawn, and the tall city gate tower stands tall and deep in the night, like a giant lion who wants to devour people with its mouth open. The soldiers patrolling the city were already tired, and they walked by again and again, and the guards held their spears and simmered torches, hoping to borrow a little warmth.

Liu Qi's army began to move from the time of Yin, and traveled all the way, seeing the outline of Xiangyang City in front of him. Liu Qi was excited for a while, and couldn't help but speed up the horse.

Liu Bei and the others hid in the dark, estimating that the hour had come, Liu Bei shouted in a low voice: "Attack." ”

Chen Zhi led 100 people to open the city gate, and Yan Ming led 200 people to kill the city along the horse road, preparing to cut down the drawbridge. More than 300 people just approached the city gate, the fire on the city gate tower was bright, there was a bang, the gate of the city gate tower opened, and countless arrows rushed over with the sound of the wind. Yan Ming, Chen Dao, and Liu Bei danced their weapons to shoot arrows, and the three hundred soldiers waved their shields to block. Liu Bei saw that the other party was prepared, and shouted loudly: "Regardless of life and death, increase the attack." "Three hundred men braved the rain of arrows.

Seeing that Liu Bei's men and horses were so brave, Cai He hurriedly led five hundred people to surround him, and Yan Ming took the lead in attacking with a big sword. The two hundred soldiers behind him were all brave, and everyone was vying to be the first, mixing with Cai He's men and horses. Liu Bei's double-strand sword is like light, each sword will harvest the life of a soldier, Liu Bei saw that there were more and more people on the other side, and said loudly to Yan Ming: "Yan Ming, cut down the sling." ”

When Yan Ming heard this, the three-pointed two-edged knife unfolded, forcing back dozens of people, people jumped hard, pulled up a zhang high, and flew in the direction of the sling, and the weapons in mid-air protected the lower plate, and the soldiers below the persecution dodged one after another, Cai He saw that Yan Ming was brave, and quietly made a gesture, and in the city gate tower, dozens of sharp arrows flew towards Yan Ming. Yan Ming had already seen it, fell to the ground, the three-pointed two-edged knife hit the arrows at the surrounding soldiers, Cai He didn't pay attention, and his shoulder was also pierced, Cai He shouted: "Form a shield formation, besiege Yan Ming." ”

Suddenly, dozens of soldiers with spears and shields surrounded Yan Ming, Yan Ming roared angrily, and the three-pointed two-edged knife with a scream suddenly swept towards the ankles of the soldiers. The soldiers held a big shield and prepared to resist Yan Ming's attack on the middle road, but they didn't expect Yan Ming to suddenly change his move and attack close to the ground instead. Yan Ming took the opportunity to jump out of the circle, it was already very close to the sling, Cai He's head was sweating, if Yan Ming was allowed to cut the sling, the city gate would be opened again, and Liu Qi's men and horses would be unimpeded. Yan Ming picked up his weapon and shot it down.

As soon as Chen Zhi entered the city gate cave, there was a rain of arrows inside, and then hundreds of people rushed out. The rain of arrows came quickly and urgently, Chen Zhi and his soldiers only guarded against the arrows on their heads, but they didn't expect to shoot another rain of arrows on the flat ground, killing and wounding dozens of people on the spot. Chen Zhi saw that it was not the head, the spear dance was similar to the windmill, mixed into the city gate cave, specifically aimed at the archers, the soldiers in the city gate cave were in chaos, and Chen Zhi's people took the opportunity to attack. Without the threat of arrows, Chen Zhi and the others suddenly became like wolves and tigers, slashing and killing frantically. The number of soldiers in the city gate cave was not much, Chen Zhi led the elite trained by him, and soon killed the soldiers, and when he came to the door, Chen Zhi picked up the spear and picked the gate in the middle of the door, and several soldiers went over and pushed the gate open.

Liu Qi saw the gate open outside the south gate, the drawbridge was delayed, and he was anxious, Wen Chou comforted him and said: "Don't worry, the eldest son, with the ability of the eldest brother, he will definitely cut down the drawbridge." ”

When Chen Zhi came to the gate, he saw that one sling had been cut, but the other was still straight and broken. A good Chen arrived, and shouted: "Take care of the city gate." The body suddenly rose from the ground, jumped up more than a foot high, saw the fall, the sword in the waist had already been unsheathed, waved the sword into the city wall, one arm borrowed strength, both feet fell steadily on the sword, Chen to the body did not stop, the tip of the spear was obliquely inserted into the city wall a little, and the body flew up in the air again. The firelight Chinese ugly saw Chen Zhi and said loudly: "Don't panic Chen Zhi, I'll help you." ”

Chen Zhiman thought that he could jump to the head of the city this time, but he didn't expect that the city wall of Xiangyang was too high, his strength was about to be exhausted, and his body was about to fall, and a wolf's tooth arrow flew in, which was inserted in the soles of Chen Zhi's feet, Chen Zhi's two feet were a little on tiptoe, and his body flew up in the air again, and he said loudly: "Thank you, Brother Wen." "The body has landed firmly at the head of the city.

Chen arrived at the gods, where did Cai He and the others think of it. Chen Zhi shouted, the spear stabbed a soldier with a knife to death, took the big knife in his hand, and slashed on another sling, and the suspension bridge made a loud noise and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Wen Chou rushed to the city, and Liu Qi's army then swarmed in.

Cai Mao had already received the news that the Shuai army was rushing to the south gate, and the two armies met on the street near the south gate and began to fight frantically.

Liu Bei was extremely excited when he saw Liu Qi entering the city, and shouted loudly: "The eldest prince has entered the city, Xiangyang is already under control, and we will only take Cai Mao and Cai He, and the rest of the people will not ask." ”

The corporal at the head of the city saw that there was no end in sight to the black oppressive team of men and horses outside the city, and his heart was already timid, except for Cai He's personal guards who were still resisting, the rest were either running or squatting on the ground and preparing to surrender. Cai He swung his sword and hacked a few soldiers to death, "There are tens of thousands of people and horses in Xiangyang, how can they not stop Liu Qi?" Everyone worked hard to move forward, killed Liu Bei, and rewarded 100,000 yuan. ”

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and the low morale was encouraged in an instant, Liu Bei glanced at Yan Ming and Chen Zhi, and the three of them suddenly killed Cai He together. Cai and the force are average, and they only know how to point fingers. The three of them descended the mountain like a fierce tiger, and swooped down on the sheep, Cai He saw that Liu Bei and the three of them were aiming at themselves, and hurriedly wanted to hide in the city gate tower. Liu Bei saw that Cai He was dead, and said loudly: "Cai He is dead, and those who descend will not be killed." ”

Seeing Cai He lying to the ground with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, the soldiers hesitated and put down their weapons.

Liu Bei said to Yan Ming and Chen Zhi: "Go to help Wen Chou and kill Cai Mao." ”

Wen Chou charged in front, and in the firelight, he saw Cai Mao shrinking under the command of the Chinese army, and killed Cai Mao with a single shot. Liu Bei saw Liu Qi's army crowded into the narrow area of the city gate at the head of the city, and shouted loudly in the city: "Eldest prince, command the men and horses, make a detour left and right, and outflank Cai Mao." ”

Only then did Liu Qi wake up, and ordered the partial generals near the city gate to lead the soldiers to detour to the rear of Cai Mao's army and attack them on both sides. The army outside the city was able to enter the city quickly.