Kuai Liang climbed up the city tower panting under the support of several house slaves, and when he heard Ma Yun's words, he hurriedly said: "Mrs. Qiyu, the people in the city are angry, and they have asked to go to the city to defend against the enemy, and their subordinates have also organized all the slaves in the family, and they swear to live and die with Xiangyang, please give an order." ”

Recently, Kuai Liang is seriously ill, although Zhang Ji, Hua Tuo joint treatment, but has not improved, has been lying on the bed for more than half a month, Kuai, Cai, Wang these Xiangyang Shi family, are raising many house slaves, when Liu Xin first arrived in Xiangyang, Kuai Liang once handed over his own three thousand house slaves to Liu Xin to dispatch, helped Liu Xin, now Xiangyang under Liu Xin's governance, unprecedented prosperity, when this crisis, Kuai Liang can not stand idly by, while letting people notify the major family organizations manpower, While holding on, I came to the city tower to see Ma Yun,

Seeing Kuailiang's sallow face, Ma Yun was also quite moved, and muttered: "Master, he shouldn't have gotten the news of Lu Bu's death now, Sanguan and Dong Zhuo still have a period of time, if all the people and domestic slaves are transferred to the city, the guards at the head of the city are enough, but it is also equivalent to telling Cao Ying that the troops in the city are empty, I'm afraid Cao Ying will not retreat easily, Mr. Kuai, you are in poor health, it is better to recuperate at home with peace of mind, as long as I Ma Yun still has a breath, I will never let Cao Ying step into Xiangyang." ”

Tian Feng thought for a while, stepped forward and said: "Mrs. Qiyu, the old clothes and armor changed by each legion are sealed in the treasury, which can be distributed to the people, and they can be concealed for a while. ”

Ma Yun shook his head and said: "Cao Ying is such a shrewd person, the gap between the spirit of ordinary people and domestic slaves and the soldiers is too big, and he can't pretend to be the prince if he changes into a dragon robe, I'm afraid that it will expose our strength even more." ”

Kuai Liang said anxiously: "I implore Madame not to hesitate any longer, first find a way to get through the current crisis, and then think about other things." ”

Ma Yun's heart is actually more anxious than them, in case Xiangyang City falls, as long as these people are willing to surrender, Cao Yun will definitely not embarrass them, and his own family is difficult to say, thinking of the time in Luoyang, Cao Ying's confused eyes, Ma Yun couldn't help but shiver, and when he turned his head, he saw Xiang Lang holding the corner of the robe in both hands, striding straight to the city tower, and hurriedly asked: "Lord Xiang, why are you here, what happened to the western suburbs." ”

There are not only training centers, new barracks, but also large production bases in the western suburbs, civilian Xiang paper, white porcelain, and all kinds of military weapons and equipment are manufactured there, and to some extent, it is even more important than Xiangyang City, so when she saw Xiang Lang, Ma Yun's heart was tight,

Xiang Lang gasped for breath, so he hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, Madame, the western suburbs are very safe now, even if the enemy arrives there, the workers will fight with them, the subordinates have come here to tell Madame, the 50,000 people of the engineering team have just built the road from Bajun to Hanzhong, and are resting in the western suburbs. ”

Everyone on the city tower was overjoyed when they heard Xiang Lang's words, the engineering team was basically composed of prisoners of war, these people were originally soldiers, but they came from different camps, but in a blink of an eye, everyone's faces became solemn again, these people are prisoners after all, will they defect to the battle,

Xiang Lang saw everyone's worries, and said: "Please rest assured, Madame, my subordinates are willing to vouch for their lives with their family names, these prisoners of war in the engineering team have given them freedom, and they are unwilling to leave, and they have already been willing to serve the lord." ”

Ma Yun gritted her teeth, finally made up her mind, and said: "Okay, just follow what the Lord said, let them into the city, open the treasury, distribute clothes and armor, and go to the city to defend against the enemy." ”

Le Jin took his subordinates to the north gate with 10,000 horses, and saw that the city gate was closed across the moat, and the defenders of the city stretched their bows and arrows, and waited for the battle, but Le Jin was also battle-hardened, and he could see at a glance that the defenders in the city were sparse, and the number would not exceed two thousand.

With the finger of Lejin's spear, Cao Jun shouted and poured up to the three temporary bridges outside the north gate, these three temporary bridges are actually not narrow, especially the main bridge in the middle, which can accommodate two carriages in parallel, but for the army that bravely charged, it is definitely not wide, Lejin's 10,000 horses soon lined up in three long lines on the bridge, and when the three long dragons marched to the center of the bridge, they had entered the range of the defenders. There are many people who are planted directly into the moat,

Cao Jun crowded in the middle of the bridge, left and right is a deep and wide moat, there is nowhere to hide, can only brave the rain of arrows to fight forward, although the defenders of the city head occupy the geographical advantage, in the end the single strength of the people is weak, although they are desperate to shoot feather arrows, it is still difficult to stop the Cao army's impact footsteps, Cao Jun paid more than 1,000 casualties, the forward finally rushed across the bridge, scattered to both sides of the city gate, soon, someone put the long bamboo ladder on the city wall, and someone lifted the thick log, violently hit the city gate,

Although Le Jin's stature is not high, but he is extremely brave, seeing that the striker has arrived at Xiangyang City, his heart is overjoyed, and he also raised his spear, instigated the war horse under the seat, and rushed to the bridge with the brigade, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, work harder, whoever enters Xiangyang City first, the lord will have a heavy reward." ”

As soon as his words fell, he heard a shout from the head of the city, just now it was sparse, and the city head of the city with few defenders was suddenly full of soldiers, arrows and stones rained down on the Cao army under the city, and the Cao army suffered heavy casualties in a blink of an eye, and the already untidy team suddenly became a mess,

Le Jin shouted: "It's not good, it's a trick, withdraw quickly." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Le Ma returned, but the bridge was already crowded, where can he turn around, Le Jin was anxious, he felt a sharp pain on his cheeks, he was hit by an arrow, the reins could not be held, turned over and fell, it turned out that Dongjin was riding on a horse, compared with the surrounding soldiers was particularly eye-catching, the defenders at the head of the city had already noticed him, and when he turned around, the random arrows shot at him, fortunately these defenders were not strong enough, although the arrow pierced his cheek, but the surname was fine, The surrounding soldiers rescued Le Jin, and removed the bridge in a chaotic manner, losing three or four thousand people and horses, Le Jin did not dare to entangle at the north gate anymore, led the remnants of the soldiers back to the east gate, and went back to Cao Ying, and there was a thunderous cheer from the city,

Le Jin still had the feather arrow in his face, and he forced himself back outside the east gate, and just happened to meet Yu Ban and led a group of defeated soldiers to rush back in frustration, one of them was on the horse, and the other was under the horse, and they all bowed their hands to Cao Ying and said: "The last general will be humiliated by the mission, please surrender the lord." ”

Cao Ying asked in a deep voice, "How are the guards at the south and north gates?" ”

Le Jin was hit by an arrow in his face, and he struggled to speak, but Yu Ban said: "When the last general just came to the south gate, there were not many defenders in the city, and finally rushed to the city, even the city gate was cracked, and more than 10,000 people and horses suddenly appeared on the city, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. ”

Cao Ying was not angry but happy when he heard this, and asked: "Wen Ze, what are you talking about, the city gate of the south gate of Xiangyang has been broken by you." ”

Yu Ban couldn't see a trace of surprise on his face, and hung his head and said: "That city gate is wrapped in iron sheets on the outside of wood, and the last general organized warriors to carry the log to the death and crashed, and more than 300 people died before the city gate was broken, but there is an iron gate behind the city gate, which can't be opened no matter what." ”

Cao Ying couldn't help but be stunned, it turned out that Xiangyang City was built so strongly, even if his 100,000 army was all here, he might not be able to attack it, he looked up at the two armies that were fighting on the bridge, and then looked at the open east gate of Xiangyang, he couldn't help but feel suspicious, is there any trap that can't be done,

Although the Cao army that rushed to the bridge was a hundred warriors, the defenders on the opposite side were not ambiguous at all, sticking to the bridge and not retreating, and people on both sides kept falling into the moat on both sides of the bridge, and the river water on both sides was dyed red, and the Cao soldiers came from Qing and Yan Erzhou, most of them did not practice the surname Shui, even if they were not injured, they fell into the moat, and they sank after two blows, and they couldn't survive, but the defenders of Xiangyang were proficient in water, as long as they didn't die, even if they were injured, they would struggle to swim back to the other side, A little bandaging and will be back into battle, the brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, although these soldiers guarding Xiangyang have been in the army for less than a year, but they are all not afraid of death, and this hand-to-hand combat on the bridge, the Cao army, who has experienced a hundred battles, has fallen behind,

Xiahou Yuan was furious when he saw this, turned over and jumped off the war horse, brandished the big knife in his hand, and slashed all the way, and sure enough, he was invincible, and dozens of Xiangyang defenders fell under his knife one after another.

Dian Wei saw it on the city tower, and he didn't feel that he jumped like thunder, and rushed down to the city with a strange scream, and the bridge was crowded with soldiers on both sides, Dian Wei couldn't wait for everyone to get out of the way, and repeated the old trick, jumped on the guardrail with a sudden move, waved the pair of big iron halberds, and rushed to Xiahou Yuan to kill the past.

Cao Ying saw the yellow-faced man rushing out of Xiangyang City in the back, as if he was killing a god, and couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect Liu Xin to have such a hero, but it is more evil than the ancients." ”

Xiahoudun said on the side: "Back to the lord, this person's surname is Wei, he has infinite strength, he once chased the tiger across the stream, and then subdued Liu Xin, and took a table for him It is evil." ”

How did Cao Ying know that Liu Xin took this table for Dian Wei was "plagiarized" from him, and secretly sighed that the heroes saw the same, and sighed with emotion: "If Cao can have such a hero to help, why worry about the disharmony." ”

As he spoke, Xiahou Yuan was already in danger, if he talked about kung fu immediately, even if Xiahou Yuan was not Dian Wei's opponent, he would have to be outside seventy or eighty rounds to distinguish the winner or loser, but with hard work, Xiahou Yuan and Dian Wei were far apart, especially on this narrow bridge deck, Xiahou Yuan's big knife was even more difficult to resist Dian Wei's double iron halberd, and he was clumsy in just over ten rounds, and he couldn't help retreating.

Cao Ying's face sank, and he shouted: "The army retreats and lets them in." ”

These Qingzhou soldiers are worthy of being on the battlefield for a long time, and when they heard Cao Ying's order, they retreated like a tide, and Xiahou Yuan did not love to fight, so he slashed a knife, pulled out of the crowd and walked back,

Where is Dian Wei willing to give up, shouted, rushed to catch up, waved a halberd, swept several Cao soldiers in front of him into the moat, and first killed into the Cao army array, and the Han army recruits behind couldn't hold back their footsteps, and rushed over with Dian Wei,

Ma Yun saw it from the city tower and shouted: "It's not good, hurry up and withdraw the troops." ”