Although Guan Yu knew that now was the only opportunity to attack Fancheng, once he missed this time, it would be too difficult to come back in the future, but he also had to lead the army to retreat, after all, now the rear was attacked by a sneak attack, if it was not recaptured, it would not only be Wuling and Nanjun, but even the other two counties in Jingnan, Lingling and Guiyang, would be lost, and even the entire Jiaozhou would not be able to be saved, if all these territories were lost, even if Liu Bei was willing to forgive him, he would not have the face to see Liu Bei again. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There are soldiers fleeing on this road, although Guan Yu has a high prestige in the army on weekdays, and he loves nurses, so he has won the hearts of the people, but because the families of many soldiers in the army are in Jiangling City, now that Jiangling has fallen, the life and death of their families are unknown, in this case, the soldiers who care about their families have fled.

During this period, most of the people who missed their wives and children were ridiculed, but those who missed their parents were respected, and most of these fugitive soldiers used the excuse of caring about the safety of their parents, even Guan Yu was powerless to stop them.

And a scene that happened soon after made the soldiers under Guan Yu's command break down, because many people got the news that their families were doing well in Jiangling, and the soldiers in Sun Quan's army respected them very much.

In the process, many people even persuaded their husbands and sons not to oppose the Jiangdong soldiers, which was relatively subtle, and some of them directly said the words to make their sons or husbands surrender.

In this case, Guan Yu's army had not encountered any decent enemies, and most of them had already run away, and there were only about 20,000 people left in the forty or fifty thousand army.

"Junhou, with our current strength, even if we return to Jiangling, it is estimated that it will be useless, so we might as well not go to Jiangling, go directly along the water to the west, and then enter Shangyong along the blocked water, although Shangyong belongs to the rule of Hanzhong County, but its lord Shen Tan and Shen Yi are all local heroes, in fact, they are equivalent to local warlords, these two have always admired the lord, and once secretly sent someone to write to the lord, saying that they are willing to assist the lord to deal with Zhang Ren and Yan Yan of Ba County, and the prince can use their strength to cross Bashan, Attack Zhang Ren and Yan Yan from behind, and help the lord to determine Ba County, so that although the prince lost Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, he also helped the lord get Ba County, which can be regarded as redeeming the merit, and I believe the lord will not blame you. ”

Looking at Guan Yu, who was full of mania, Wang Fu hurriedly persuaded on the side.

Wang Fu's suggestion was originally very good, but Guan Yu shook his head and said: "If you are to blame, I believe that even if I lose the entire Jingzhou and Jiaozhou in vain, the eldest brother will not blame me, but I will blame myself, the eldest brother gave Jingzhou to me with confidence, but I was so careless, I was attacked by Sun Quan's soldiers twice, and I lost the entire Jingzhou, and I also lost the opportunity to go north to capture Xudu and restore the Han family, although I only have 20,000 soldiers under my command, However, he is still confident that he can recapture Jiangling and Wuling, and may even take this opportunity to regain Changsha in one fell swoop, and he will be humiliated by Zhou Yu's last seizure of the city with blood. There is no need to worry about our lack of strength to cross the mountain, now these soldiers in the army are my own people, their families are not in Jiangling, so there will never be a defection, we also keep Xiangyang City, where we have our 5,000 soldiers, and a large amount of grain and grass baggage, enough to support us to rest a little before leaving for Jiangling.

However, I didn't expect to come to Xiangyang City just now, but I saw that the city gate was closed, Guan Yu sent someone to call the city, but I saw a general at the head of the city and said loudly: "Guan Yu is leaving, I have been waiting here for a long time." ”

Immediately, he saw arrows raining down, and the soldiers around Guan Yu screamed and fell off their horses.

"This, what's going on? Wasn't Xiangyang occupied by our army? Guan Yu felt strange in his heart, because although he Jiangling and Wuling fell, he still had an absolute advantage here in Xiangfan, and he left 5,000 soldiers in Xiangyang to guard, but now he fell directly into the hands of the enemy, which is really a strange thing.

At this time, Zhou Cang at the head of the city smiled and said: "General Guan still doesn't understand, why our army can occupy Xiangyang?" Here I might as well make it clear to you, when you led the army into Xiangyang, there were countless people who welcomed you, and you felt proud of this, thinking that you were very popular with the people, but now I have to tell you that the people who welcomed you were actually sent by my lord to pretend to be soldiers, and seventy percent of the real people moved to Fancheng in advance, so there were already 20,000 troops hidden in Xiangyang City, but you didn't know at all, We were going to wait until you attack Fancheng to reach the most critical moment to counterattack you from behind, but we didn't expect the news of the fall of your Jiangling and Wuling places first, so I immediately made a decision, led the army to defeat your five thousand defenders in the city, captured Xiangyang, and then waited for you here, I was worried about whether you would return to Xiangyang, but I didn't expect you to really come, haha, this is really providence for you to die here. ”

Then Zhou Cang waved his hand, only to see the rain of arrows falling again, Guan Yu had no choice but to lead the army to retreat.

"Hateful Liu and Xiao'er, I knew that he would never give up Xiangfan to me so easily, it turned out that he had set up such a poisonous plan, this kid is not a good thing like Zhou Yu and Sun Quan."

Guan Yu secretly cursed a few words, and led the army to retreat south, but as soon as he left more than ten miles away, he saw a team chasing from behind, and the first general shouted loudly: "Brother Yun Changxian, you can't go, it's better to surrender quickly." ”

"Xu Gongming", Guan Yu looked at the general in front of him, knowing that it was Xu Huang, a famous general in Liu He's army, this person originally defended Fancheng, but he chased after him so quickly, it was obvious that he knew his current situation, this person has strong martial arts and extraordinary combat power, and he may not be an opponent if he is ordinary, not to mention that the soldiers in the army are like lost dogs, their combat power is low, and they don't dare to fight, how can they stay and fight with him? So he gritted his teeth and ordered the army to retreat immediately.

Of course, Xu Huang would not let go of such an opportunity, and led the army to chase and kill, causing Guan Yu to lose one or two thousand people, and then retreated.

Regarding the very miserable continuation of the army, when he arrived in Yicheng, he suddenly encountered a military horse blocking the way, and the first general shouted loudly: "Yun Chang, do you still know Zhao Yun?" I've been waiting here for a long time. ”

"Zhao Yunpifu, who broke the oath he made with my eldest brother, what face did he have to see me today?" Guan Yu gritted his teeth and scolded. However, he knew that he was no longer Zhao Yun's opponent, so he naturally didn't dare to fight, so he fought hard for a while, broke through, counted the number of people, and lost two or three thousand people again, in addition, there were one or two thousand people in the army who fell behind because of injuries, and now there are only about fifteen thousand people left in the army.

"Junhou, it is obvious now, Liu He has already deployed an ambush in front, don't say it is Sun Quan, even Liu He will not let us go to Jiangling, let's go to Shangyong."

Seeing this, Wang Fu hurriedly persuaded again, but saw Guan Yu and said: "Liu He is still in Lujiang, his strength in Jingzhou is limited, I think this is his last force, and there will definitely be no more of his people to intercept me in the future, so, if we go further south, we will definitely reach Jiangling." ”