Just when Liu Biao's subordinates were still hesitating about whether to fight or surrender, a bombshell news came from White Emperor City, which made them completely panic. Zhang Yun fired three 100,000 urgent documents in a row, and a large number of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared behind him, and he began to attack Zigui day and night. Su Fei held out for only two days, and then the whole line was defeated. And Ma Teng, who got the news one step earlier, sent troops to Linjiang again, and even stormed Kuiguan at the expense of the soldiers' surnames, forcing Zhang Yun to cope with it and couldn't draw troops to support at all. Su Fei struggled for several days, suffered heavy casualties, and saw no reinforcements, so in desperation, he finally surrendered the city.

Zigui is lost, there are heavy troops in front of the White Emperor City, and there are interceptions in the back, which is already in danger.

Kuiguan's important surname for Gangneung can be imagined, once this place is lost, the cruise fleet can go all the way down the river unimpeded, to Gangneung City. When Liu Biao deployed troops overnight to prepare for support, several letters came from Baidi City, and Kuiguan was lost.

The entire city of Gangneung fell into a deathly silence. Even Huo Jun and the others, who had been fighting the main battle, deeply felt a sense of powerlessness, and the strongest and most important water Xiongguan, which was known as the strongest and most important water Xiongguan that held the eastward advance of Sichuan and Shu, was completely destroyed in just three days. This made everyone feel fearful, could it be that the combat effectiveness of the Northern Army was so high that it could only look up?

In fact, the matter still appeared in Jingzhou's internal problems.

When Zhang He captured Xiangyang, the Ma brothers of the Jingzhong clan made great contributions. Among them, Ma Tan later presented the defense map of the seven counties of Jingzhou, which played a pivotal role in this battle. As early as a few years ago, Ma Tan had a premonition that war would break out between He Chen and Liu Biao sooner or later, and by virtue of his identity at that time, he traveled to several counties in Jingzhou, especially the defense line along the Yangtze River, and drew a detailed geographical situation, including important strategic bases such as Kuiguan, Xiakou, and Baling.

And Zhao Yun relied on this map, after capturing Zigui, under the signal of frustration, he lit up the elite overnight, and let Lejin, Ma Yan, and Su Fei, including the surrendered Su Fei, copy the path, and quickly approached Kuiguan under the banner of Liu Biao's defeat. Although Zhang Yun knew that the rear road might be surrounded, first, Ma Teng's offensive was like a tide and it was difficult to deal with it, and secondly, he did not expect that the northern army would come to the city so quickly.

However, even if Kuiguan is surrounded on all sides, the majestic checkpoints, steep mountains, and the galloping Yangtze River can still form a natural barrier. But the wonderful thing is here, Ma Jian is under the banner of defeating the army, especially the general Su Fei, who is anxious and righteous, generous, and has a good relationship with most of the generals in Jingzhou, and it happens to be old with Deng Xi, who was defending the city at that time, and soon deceived the city gate.

As soon as the gate of this city was opened, it was returned, and the northern army took the opportunity to rush up, Deng Xi didn't even have a chance to react, so he completely declared it lost, and then under Su Fei's persuasion, he quickly surrendered to He Chen. Zhang Yun got the news, at least two hours later, and when he was overstretched and transferred to the team, the vanguard of Zhao Yun's army had already approached the city, and it was almost useless to take the White Emperor City.

Seeing that the general trend had gone, Zhang Yun had no way out, and in the end he could only raise the white flag and surrender.

Zhao Yun and Ma Teng finally successfully met in the White Emperor.

After taking this water Xiongguan, Ma Teng left Ma Tie to lead 3,000 soldiers and most of the wounded to guard the White Emperor Wuxia, and he himself went down the river, preparing to join Jiangling again. And Zhao Yun also did not pause, and after three days of rest, the river began to cross the Yangtze River from Kuiguan to the south. Unveiled the feat of invading Jingzhou and sweeping the four counties of Jingnan.

The news of the loss of Kuiguan was like an atomic bomb, completely exploding in Gangneung City. Since then, the waterway is no longer the exclusive channel of Liu Biaojun, and the northern army has the innate advantage of attacking the upper and lower reaches. With Zhao Yun's deployment of troops south of the Yangtze River, especially when the public security has clearly felt the threat of the northern army, the voice of surrender and submission has been pushed to a new height.

Wheat City.

This small city, which is famous for the loss of Xiangyang by Second Brother Guan, is now occupied by He Chen's army all over the mountains inside and out. Although Maicheng is called a city, it is actually a small county, with a population base of no more than 10,000, and the county seat is also old and unstoppable, and it is slightly deserted.

Except for Huang Zhong's army near Jiangling City, the other troops should be stationed in the area of Maicheng and Hulu Gukou.

The Maicheng County Government has been recruited by He Chen as a temporary meeting hall.

And today there are two guests with some special identities here, which are Cai Mao and Jing Liang, the big clans in Jingzhong.

In addition to He Chen, there were also three advisers, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, and Deng Zhi.

After the guests and hosts took their seats, He Chen took the lead in speaking out: "Zirou and Dejue don't come to harm, ten years have passed, looking at the two of them with red faces, and the spring breeze is proud, this little day is bound to be very moist." ”

Kuai Liang and Cai Mao couldn't hear the irony in He Chen's words, Kuai Yue was okay, after He Chen swept the north and worshiped the general, the Kuai family felt that the development of the situation was a little bad, and the resourceful Kuai Yue and Kuai Liang brothers had quietly reserved a way back for themselves, and had a relationship with He Chen, and secretly exchanged letters. But the Cai family is different, they don't have the far-sighted vision of the Kuai family brothers, and they can't see the trend of the world in a few years, so they still go their own way, but now, Cai Mao has long regretted his intestines.

When He Chen led Jingzhou Mu and the army went south to Xiangyang City, in addition to the strong support of the Ma family and the Xiang family, the Kuai family, the Huang family and other big families all had ambiguous attitudes. Now He Chen coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes to sweep the world, exterminate the countries, cover the world, and be famous. The Ma family and the Xiang family, who made a big bet back then, have now received extremely rich returns, and the family has not only developed in a blowout, but also like General Pingkou, Lin Xianghou Ma Yu, is already one of He Chen's henchmen and generals, and Ma Tan, Ma Liang, Ma Xuan, Ma Kang, Ma Jin and other brothers are also deeply appreciated by He Chen, and they are just around the corner. And the Xiang family, in addition to Xiang Shengchuan, who died early, Xiang Ping and Xiang Lang, who went north with He Chen and merged with the state, including the fledgling Xiang Pet, have already held important positions in the army.

Kuai Liang laughed twice, but fortunately, his mind was active, and he also knew that He Chen was just angry ten years ago, so he didn't care so much: "General Hongfu, everything is fine." It's just that where is the general Shu Chang who has passed this day, with a wave of his big hand, a million armor, a long knife, and the three armies marching together. Now, it is difficult to sleep and eat in the next day, and I am afraid that when I wake up in my sleep one day, I have become a prisoner with a knife frame and neck. ”

He Chen laughed a few times and said: "Zirou's words are not enough to believe, especially Deju, this is still a nourishing and moist life, I heard that I recently accepted a concubine in the ninth room, night after night." In the final analysis, it is General Ben who spoiled your good deeds, and let you be at ease and never return it. ”

This matter was not a secret in Nanjun, but he didn't expect it to reach He Chen's ears, which made Cai Mao's old face flush, and he almost wanted to dig a hole in the ground, and said with shame: "The general Hugh is going to be tormented." ”

He Chen laughed happily twice, and said with a smile on his expression: "The two of you don't stay in Jiangling City, they have come all the way to Maicheng, I don't know what to do?" Is it trying to persuade General Ben to quit the army? That's impossible. After saying this, He Chen deliberately shook his head, expressing his determination not to retreat.

Kuai Liang almost shook his head with a smile, in fact, this time, the Kuai family sent the letter to Maicheng through the family one step earlier, it is estimated that He Chen has already seen it, and now that he said this, he was obviously ridiculing Cai Mao, wanting to see his frightened and uneasy appearance, so he also closed his mouth and did not speak.

When Cai Mao was in Jingzhou, he was also regarded as the No. 1 big man, but compared with General He's perennial foreign battles and decisive killing, whether it was in terms of momentum or style, he was far from being at the same level, and now he was ridiculed by He Chen one after another, and his heart was already a little confused: "This time I came down to discuss the surrender on the orders of the lord." ”

"Oh? Liu Biao doesn't plan to resist anymore? Want to pull the white flag and surrender? He Chen was overjoyed, but his face was silent. For this result, in fact, most of its strategists can guess it, especially after taking White Emperor City and Zhao Yun sent troops to the public security.

Cai Mao smiled with a smile on her face, and even said a little flatteringly: "Actually, my lord has long had the heart to surrender to the general, but because there are many soldiers under his command, it has been delayed until now." ”

He Chen's eyes suddenly widened, Ling Li's extremely murderous aura pierced Cai Mao's heart like two sharp swords, and he sneered with a sneer on his face: "What is Liu Biao as a general?" Fight if you want to, surrender if you don't want to? If this is the case, the two envoys don't need to say anything, go back and tell Liu Biao that this matter is not so simple. ”

Cai Mao was furious all over her body when she was seen by He Chen, cold sweat crawled all over her back, and she hurriedly excused herself: "The general misunderstood, it was really a misunderstanding." My lord has long had the intention of surrendering, but I can only hate that Liu Bei for constantly speaking out to sow discord and block this matter. Moreover, this person is very good at attracting people, Huo Jun, Wang Wei and others were also instigated, which made my lord very annoying. ”

"Is that really the case?" He Chen was full of suspicion.

Cai Mao saw that He Chen's expression had loosened a little, and hurriedly stepped up his strength and said: "That's right, this time Lian Sun formed an offensive and defensive alliance, which was also his idea, and the lord saw that he was a relative of the same clan, and he had a trace of luck, so he was moved." It was only when the army had arrived today, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and when he suddenly woke up, he felt that it was too late to hate, and he sent Zirou to discuss the surrender. ”

"Well, in that case. The general reluctantly accepted it, but Liu Biao finally resisted the order of the general many times, this is an indisputable fact, if he really obediently sacrificed the seven counties of Jingzhou, the death penalty can be avoided, but it is impossible for him to continue to be the pastor of Jingzhou, transfer back to the center, or transfer to other states, this is the only way out for this general to give him. After the two of you go back, talk to Liu Biao about whether to accept this order, or wait for Jiangling City to break the Nine Clans, and let him choose. ”

"This ......"

(To be continued)