This joking-like speech made Cao Ren angry, his pale face turned red, and he wanted to scold to vent the anger in his heart, but he couldn't even spit out half a word except for squeaking.

Because, he has long since lost his tongue.

The cavalry continued on their way.

This cavalry pretending to be Cao's army, under the banner of the defeated army of Jiangling, rushed all the way to the north, at the beginning, they could still encounter sporadic routs fleeing north, but when they passed Dangyang, it was difficult to see the shadow of the rout.

The reason is as Pang Tong analyzed, in the battle of Jiangling, Cao's army was defeated, and all armies and battalions scattered and fled, and for a while, no one found that their main general Cao Ren had fallen into the hands of the enemy.

After learning that the Gangneung camp had fallen, Man Chong, who was in charge of rescuing the grain camp, used the grain camp as a base to collect the defeated army that had fled from the south. Because the defeat happened too quickly, Man Zhong didn't know whether Cao Ren was alive or dead, so in this case, all he could do was gather the defeated army, wait for Cao Ren to come and meet him, and then discuss whether to retreat or defend.

At this time, Man Chong didn't know that a cavalry pretending to be the defeated army of his own side had successfully crossed his defense area and went straight to Xiangyang, and the general Zhengnan who Man Chong had been waiting for was actually among them.

Even if Man Zhong saw through Liu Feng's strategy, it would be useless, what could he do to rush back to Xiangyang City to report the news before this cavalry that was said to be three hundred miles ahead?

The road was unimpeded, and at noon the next day, Liu Feng finally saw the majestic outline of Xiangyang City.

At this moment, Jingzhou Thorn Shi Hu Xiu stood at the head of the city, enduring the warm and cold wind of early spring, and patrolled the city on the head of the city.

Hu Xiu rubbed his face as cold as armor vigorously, and the cold wind blew on his skin, making it painful like a knife.

Hu Xiu didn't like the wet and cold weather in the south, at this time, he preferred to stay in the north, wrapped up tightly, and gathered around the stove to keep warm.

Maybe it's because of the age, the older people get, the more they like to be comfortable, Hu Xiu prefers to do assassination history in Bingzhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou, at least he doesn't have to worry about it, and he personally patrols the city in such a cold day.

There was no way, as soon as General Cao Ren, the general of Zhengnan, heard that Jiangling in the south was in chaos, the whole person was like a chicken blood, no matter how much persuasion was useless, he immediately transferred the army in Xiangyang, and went to Jiangling with tens of thousands of troops murderously, saying that he was going to be ashamed.

At this moment, Xiangyang City is empty, and the available soldiers are only two thousand, although there is Cao Ren's army in front of the south, and there are Wen Ping to block the Wu people in Hanshui, Xiangyang does not seem to have any hidden worries.

However, Hu Xiu still didn't dare to be a little ambiguous, there was no way, who let this be the most important nail that Cao Chengxiang had planted in the south, and the enemies in the front and left were not a bunch of fuel-efficient lamps, so he couldn't afford to be a little careless.

When Cao Ren left, he originally boasted that he could capture Jiangling in a few days, but now more than ten days have passed, Jiangling City is still standing, and Hu Xiu receives Cao Ren's documents urging food almost every day.

"My lord, there is a lot of dust and smoke in the south direction, and it seems that a large number of people are looking at Xiangyang." The accompanying general pointed to the south and shouted.

Hu Xiu's heart was shocked, others were not dazzled, they were anxious to put their hands on the canopy and gaze southward, others were not dazzled, and sure enough, at the end of the south avenue, a winding black thin line was looking at Xiangyang, and the black sky was flying like fog.

Cavalry, a cavalry!

Hu Xiu, who is experienced, knew who was coming as soon as he saw this, and shouted urgently: "Pass my order, put down the drawbridge, close the four gates, and the whole army will go to the city to prepare for war." ”

When the order was issued, the entire Xiangyang City was immediately shrouded in the dark clouds of war, and a group of soldiers immediately drove out of the barracks and rushed to the city to wait for the battle.

The civilians in the city saw such a formation, and knew that there must be a change, and under the fright, the shops closed their stalls, the doors were closed, and within a short time, the lively street market was empty, and the silence was like death, except for the occasional few wild dogs running by, and there was no half a figure in sight.

At the head of the city, Hu Xiu was carrying a big knife, his eyes were heavy, and he watched with anxiety as the galloping team approached closer and closer.

The wind and sand rustled on the handle of the knife, and the cold wind blew into the knife. When Hu Xiu saw the true face of that army clearly, he couldn't help but gasp, and he involuntarily fought a cold war, so that he had to instinctively tighten his armor.

It was a large cavalry, roughly estimated in number, about a thousand or so. Although the number is not much, it is already a large number for expensive cavalry.

The fog was flying, and he still couldn't see the banner of this cavalry clearly, but Hu Xiu's heart was a little relieved after the initial surprise.

Hu Xiu knew that there was a lack of horses in the south of the Yangtze River, whether it was Wu Ren or Liu Bei, or Liu Feng, who rose at a miraculous speed, it was extremely difficult for them to piece together a cavalry of such a scale, and in the Jingzhou region, only Cao Ren could do this.

However, now that General Zhengnan is besieging Jiangling, why did his cavalry appear in Xiangyang? And without any advance wards.

Hu Xiu was hesitant in his heart, so he could only temporarily suppress his suspicion and wait and see what happened.

The horse's hooves flew, and they walked like the wind, and after a while, the cavalry had approached the city.

This time, Hu Xiu finally saw clearly, whether it was clothing or banner, this cavalry was their own attire, and if you looked closely, many of them were not in good armor, and some of them even did not even have the long weapons used by the cavalry, and it seemed that they had fled from a defeat.

When the defenders of the city saw that it was their own brother, their nervous spirit suddenly relaxed, and the bows and arrows that were already wound were also relaxed.

"The whole army is on alert, and we must not let up!" Hu Xiu's shout made the soldiers, who were originally relaxed, alert again.

Hu Xiu is worthy of being an old qualification, well-informed, as a civil official, although he has not fought any tough battles, but he has seen a lot of things like pretending to be enemies and earning cities.

As far as he can see, he clearly sees that it is his own army, but without knowing the authenticity, Hu Xiu has no reason to relax.

As he shouted, a group of horsemen had already stepped on the wind, and with the dust of a sandstorm came to the moat, and shouted through a ditch to open the door.

"Whose subordinates are you, and why did you suddenly come to Xiangyang?" Hu Xiu was old and strong, and his voice was loud, and he reached the city.

The chaotic cavalry soon quieted down, and a road automatically parted in front of the city gate, only to see a few horsemen pass through and walk to the moat, one of them shouted: "General Zhengnan is here, why don't you open the city gate quickly?" ”

General Zhengnan? Cao Ren is back?

Hu Xiu was a little surprised, hurriedly stretched his neck and leaned down, and shouted, "Where is General Zhengnan?" ”

A middle-aged general who described the grievance slowly walked forward with the support of the left and right, and the young cavalryman who looked like a pro-army next to him shouted: "General Zhengnan is here, are you blind, what else do you ask, open the city gate quickly?" ”

The soldier's words were vulgar, and he relied on Cao Ren's subordinates, and he added bad words to himself, Hu Xiu didn't think it was strange, he looked at it carefully, and saw that the person was indeed Cao Ren, but his face was extremely bad, and he didn't say a word on his horse.

"Isn't General Cao besieging Gangneung? Why did you suddenly return to the division and not have a branch with the subordinate in advance? ”

Hu Xiu didn't suspect too much, he was just curious, so he subconsciously asked again.

Cao Ren didn't answer, and the young knight next to him said, "We were attacked by the enemy in Jiangling, and General Zhengnan was injured, so it is inconvenient to talk to you." Why don't you hurry up and open the city gates and call the best healer to treat General Cao's wounds. ”

It turned out that Cao Ren was defeated and returned.

Hu Xiu was taken aback, and he thought that it was no wonder that Cao Ren's expression was virtuous, and he was determined to go, and he was defeated and returned injured.

Although Hu Xiu felt sorry for Cao Ren's defeat, he recalled his exhortation to Cao Ren at the beginning, and immediately felt a little proud in his heart.

Not daring to hesitate any longer, Hu Xiu hurriedly shouted: "Hurry, don't open the city gate quickly and welcome the return of General Zhengnan." ”

Such an order is equivalent to the lifting of combat readiness, and the mood of the soldiers suddenly relaxes.

As the drawbridge slowly fell, the strong city gate slowly opened, and the cavalry crossed the moat and galloped into Xiangyang City in a hurry.

The impregnable and impregnable gate was opened.

ran wildly for two days and two nights, just for this moment.

The corners of Liu Feng's mouth hooked, and a murderous smile flashed.

"Take care of him, let's go." Liu Feng pushed Cao Ren, who had his tongue cut out and couldn't say a word, to the side, unloaded his heavy gun, and rode straight into Xiangyang.

The dusty cavalry, with a stirring mood, passed through the huge doorway, and the guards who opened the door even bowed slightly to salute them and welcome them into the city.

To be precise, it was to welcome the return of the general Cao Ren of Zhengnan, but the guards strangely found that General Cao Ren did not seem to be the first to enter the city.

The moment the prancing horse entered Xiangyang City, Liu Feng had an illusion of sudden enlightenment in a trance, as if at this moment, he had found a new world.

Facing him, an old official greeted him with a smile, Liu Feng vaguely remembered that this person was the person who talked to him in the city, although Liu Feng did not know him, but it is estimated that it is not the history of Jingzhou, or Xiangyang Taishou or something.

"General Cao, the lower official ......"

Hu Xiu planned to welcome Cao Ren's arrival, but strangely found that Cao Ren did not enter first, running at the front, but beside Cao Ren, the personal soldier who shouted to him.

When he poked his head out, trying to find Cao Ren's shadow in the crowd behind, he suddenly found that the personal soldier knight was actually non-stop, dragging a silver spear in his hand, and slammed into him.

A flash of horror flashed through my heart for a moment.

"You-"

Before he could say a word, Liu Feng had already wiped past him, and when the ape arm trembled, the sharp and unparalleled spear blade slashed through Hu Xiu's neck lightly.

This Jingzhou assassin, his old body shook, and he fell to the ground on his back facing the sky, his throat had been cut, and blood spurted out like water from a broken embankment.

"Kill!"

A thousand cavalrymen, like wolves torn off sheepskin, immediately showed their fierce eyes and slaughtered the terrified Cao soldiers.

In the spring of that year, Liu Feng, the general of Zhennan, beheaded Guan Yu, captured Cao Ren, attacked Jiangling, broke Xiangyang, and shocked Huaxia.

(To be continued)