Xiangyang was initially decided, and between Xiangyang and Jiangling, there were still more than 10,000 Cao troops. On the day that Liu Fengquan persuaded Kuai Liang to come out, he had already ordered someone to make a book, stamped Cao Ren's letter, and went to Dangyang to recruit these Cao troops.

At the same time, Liu Feng sent people back to Jiangling quickly, ordered Pang Tong to defend Jiangling, Chen Dao, Shamoke and others led the army across the river to the north, supplemented by force and two-pronged force to force down this Cao army.

A day later, Cao Ren was captured, and the news of the fall of Xiangyang City reached Dangyang, which immediately caused a big uproar, and more than 10,000 Cao troops, who were already panicked, immediately fell into an unprecedented panic.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Feng's letters of persuasion were sent one after another, and among the generals of Cao Jun, different opinions were formed on whether to surrender or not, and the two sides were in dispute.

At this time, the situation was that Xiangyang fell, and the families of the whole army were all obtained by Liu Feng, and it was only a matter of time before the morale of the soldiers and soldiers collapsed.

When Yang a place, to the east is the Han River, but at this moment has been broken by the Wu people's water division, the north and south Xiangyang and Jiangling, then all are Liu Feng's base, the west is the mountains and mountains, although the mountain road can be rugged, retreat to Fangling County, but the mountain road is difficult to travel, the army of more than 10,000 people in the case of no food and grass supply, whether it can escape to Fangling alive is still an unknown.

The generals quarreled and could not get reunified, the Jingzhou army in the south had begun to threaten to the north, and under the urgency of the situation, Man Chong forcibly decided to lead the army to Linfu Xiaolu in the name of General Fenwei, and retreated from Dangyang to Fangling.

As soon as the order was given, the main faction was in an uproar, and Cao Renbu took Niu Jin with a cadre of generals to the big tent of Manzhong to question.

As soon as he entered the big tent, Niu Jin shouted angrily: "Man Boning, why do you insist on leading the army to retreat north regardless of the life or death of General Zhengnan?" ”

In the face of the menacing Niu Jin, Man Zhong had already prepared, with a helpless look on his face, and sighed: "General Cao is the pillar of the country, and I am very heartbroken when he is captured. But how can we, the soldiers of our country, who are not personal soldiers, surrender with the whole army because they will be captured? ”

In the early years of the Xu County Order, Cao Hong's relatives violated the law many times in Xu County, and they were arrested, and Cao Hong went to plead with the full pet in person, and Cao Hong had no choice but to plead with Cao Ying.

As a result, before Cao Ying came, Man Zhong beheaded the offender in advance.

In the eyes of Manzhong, he obeyed Cao Ren's orders, which was the power granted by the state to Cao Ren to lead him, and now that Cao Ren was captured, this relationship between superiors and subordinates was naturally dissolved.

It's just that Man Chong obviously doesn't understand the relationship between the top and bottom of the military.

When Niu Jin heard this, his expression became more and more hideous, and he shouted: "General Zhengnan said in his letter that if we resist stubbornly and do not surrender, he will have to worry about his life. Man Boning, if you withdraw like this, won't you hurt General Zhengnan. ”

Man Pet was very depressed, feeling that his own big truth was in vain, and the fierce martial artist in front of him didn't listen to a word at all.

Man Zhong had to patiently persuade him: "General Cao has always attached great importance to state affairs, how could he do such a reluctance to do such a thing because he is greedy for life and afraid of death." The letter of persuasion was obviously a forgery by the enemy, but it was just stamped with General Cao's big seal, how can we take it seriously. ”

Niu Jin waved his hand and said resolutely: "I don't care if that letter is true or not, General Jin Zhengnan is as kind to me as a mountain, and I, Niu Jin, will never risk his surname." ”

Niu Jin's "grace is as heavy as a mountain" is also true.

During the Battle of Jiangling that year, Zhou Yu's army besieged the city, Niu Jin volunteered and led 100 people out of the city to challenge, but was surrounded by the Wu army and was in danger. Seeing this, Cao Ren personally went out of the city and led the army to rescue Niu Jin from the siege.

Seeing that Niu Jin was so entangled and entangled, Manzhong was finally provoked, his expression suddenly became stern, and he said in a deep voice: "General Niu, the national law is at the head, how can you be allowed to abolish the public with your own interests!" ”

"Lao Tzu doesn't care about any national law, General Cao is the national law." Niu Jin was not afraid at all, and shouted at Manzhong, spitting Xingzi sprayed him in the face.

The rest of Cao Ren's generals all shouted and shouted.

In the face of this group of aggressive martial artists who regard the law of the country as nothing, they were full of anger and said sharply: "I am the general of Fenwei appointed by the imperial court, and the general Zhengnan was captured, so I am the supreme commander here, I order the whole army to withdraw to Fangling, and if there is any further objection, it will be dealt with by military law!" ”

was provoked by the full favor, trying to use the size of the official position to subdue the generals.

The polite and polite pet in front of him suddenly became hideous, and the fierce generals were suddenly pressed down, and the big tent became silent for a while.

The generals looked at each other, and in the end, their eyes were invariably focused on Niu Jin. He has always had prestige among the generals, and he is also the leader of stirring up trouble, so it depends on his decision where to go.

Niu Jin's anger seemed to subside a lot in an instant, he took a few steps forward, approached Man Chong, and asked in a calm tone: "Man Chong, let me ask you one more question, do you have to abandon General Zhengnan and flee?" ”

"Abandon the coach and run away" sounds very unbearable, but Manzhong can't take care of it at the moment.

"I have made up my mind, and those who dare to violate the order will be killed!" Full Favor answered Niu Jin's ultimatum-like question in an unprecedentedly resolute tone.

In the silent tent, a sneer suddenly sounded.

The sneer came from Niu Jin, but he turned around slowly, and there was a chilling sneer on his muscular face, and gradually, the smile was distorted and deformed, and suddenly, a strong murderous aura burst out from his angry eyes.

The figure turned sharply, and with a "poof", the saber was unsheathed, white and red light flashed alternately, and a bloody human head rolled to the ground.

Under the shocked destining of the generals, Niu Jin gently pushed with his backhand, and the headless corpse of Manzhong fell to the ground.

Niu Jin held a blood-drenched broadsword in his hand, looked around at everyone, and said coldly: "We have all sworn that we will die with General Zhengnan in this life, this dog thief will fight against us in his life, I only have one knife to kill him, which of you still has objections?" ”

He stepped on the corpse full of favors, held the bloody knife that was still steaming, and asked who would dare to object to it again.

At that moment, after a moment of silence, the generals shouted in unison: "I will obey the orders of General Niu." ”

……………… Luocheng, the big tent of the Chinese army.

Deathly silence.

Liu Bei held the bad news from Jingzhou in his hand, and his already gray face was like an old wall skin at the moment, which made people feel sad when they looked at it.

Just a few days ago, Liu Bei just received an urgent report from Zhuge Liang, and after learning the news of the fall of Jiangling, Liu Bei, who was originally high-spirited, turned into a frosted eggplant in an instant.

I thought that Chengdu was close at hand, Yizhou would soon be in hand, and the dream of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains was just around the corner. However, in an instant, that astonishing news almost shattered Liu Bei's dream.

Heaven and hell are separated by a thin line.

However, Liu Bei did not despair, the real despair, when he was in Xuzhou, when he was in Changbanpo, he had already tasted it.

He quickly comforted himself, it doesn't matter if Jiangling is lost, Guan Yu is still there, maybe when he received the news, Guan Yu had already defeated Liu Feng's beast and recaptured Jiangling, and the good news was already on the way to Shuzhong, everything was just a false alarm.

He also made the worst plan, even if Guan Yu couldn't recapture Jingzhou, as long as he could withdraw to Yidu and guard this gate to Jingzhou with Meng Da, it would be a blessing in misfortune.

There are still 50,000 soldiers in their hands, Yidu, Jianping, Fuling, Badong, Brazil, Guanghan, Zilu, together in their hands, there are still seven counties of territory, and Chengdu is in front of you, as long as you add a little more effort, the entire Yizhou will succeed.

At that time, with Yunchang as the forerunner, the army went east, and then Jingzhou was recaptured.

However, what Liu Bei never expected was that the worst plan he made was not the worst at all, and he never dreamed that Guan Yu would die at the hands of Liu Feng.

From the time he was still a small Dumail, he followed himself indefatigably, how many temptations of glory and wealth, how many threats of desperation, never let him waver, that love was like a brother, the general he relied on the most, just like this, without warning.

At this moment, Liu Bei does have a pain in his heart like a knife, this kind of pain, even when his favorite wife and concubine died, he never had even a moment.

"Cloud Chief...... Cloud Chief......"

Liu Bei muttered Guan Yu's words over and over again, and suddenly, he jumped up, angrily drew his sword, split the case in front of him into two, and shouted angrily: "Yun Chang, if I don't avenge this blood sea for you, I Liu Bei will not be a man!" ”

Zhu Wenwu, who was hiding outside the tent, listened to the movement in the tent, and when they heard this roar, everyone trembled.

No one dared to go in to advise, this group of staff knew Guan Yu's status in Liu Bei's heart very well, even if they knew that Liu Bei had always been kind to others, but at such a special time, no one dared to venture in to persuade them.

Then there was the sound of swords and axes in the tent, thinking that Liu Bei was swinging his sword and slashing, venting his anger and sadness.

I don't know how long it took, but there was finally no movement in the tent, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but they looked at each other again, and still no one dared to go in first.

Just when everyone was worried and didn't know what to do, Zhuge Liang arrived.

After learning the news of Guan Yu's death, Zhuge Liang realized that the Jingzhou problem had evolved to the point where it could not be ended, and he did not dare to delay any longer, and after making a little arrangement for the military affairs of the partial division, he hurried to the camp in Yucheng.

Everyone was like a savior, Sun Gan was the first to greet him, and said with a bitter face: "Strategist, you can count it." The lord has made a big fire inside, and I don't dare to enter, so you can go in and persuade you. ”

"Wait a moment here, and I'll go and see my lord."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, lifted the curtain, and slowly walked into the tent.

When he saw Liu Bei, he couldn't help but take a cool breath.

(To be continued)