Liu Qi's suicide note?

Wen Ping stared at the silk book in his hand with a strange face, seemingly resolute as an iron heart, but at this moment, it was a ripple.

Liu Qi is different from Liu Feng, that is Liu Biao's eldest son, the old master recognized by Wen Ping.

When Cao Ying went south to Jingzhou, Liu Cong surrendered without a fight, and most of the Jingzhou Wenchen generals rushed to Xiangyang as soon as possible to show their loyalty to the new master, but only Wencheng was delayed. Later, under Cao Ying's several urgings, Wen Ping had to come.

At that time, Cao Ying asked Wen Ping why he was late to visit him, and Wen Ping replied with a cry: As a minister, he can't protect the territory of the old lord, and he has no shame to come to see him.

In Wen Ping's eyes, Liu Biao is the real master of Jingzhou, if Liu Cong was determined to resist Cao back then, he would definitely fight to the death for the Liu family until the last drop of blood was shed.

Liu Qi's letter, before he read it, aroused a lot of thoughts in Wen Ping's heart.

He silently unfolded the silk book and read the letter word by word with a gloomy expression.

At the end of the letter, Liu Qi, in the name of Liu Jingsheng's eldest son, asked him to submit to his younger brother Liu Feng and continue to serve the Liu family.

Wen Ping closed the letter, and his face with distinct facial features surged with complicated expressions.

Wang Wei knew that his heart had been shaken, so he said: "Zhongye, now that Nanyang has been lost, Xinye City is already a lonely city, Cao Mengde is contained in Tongguan, and there is no time to rescue." You know the art of war, and you should know what the outcome will be if you continue to die. ”

Wen Ping was silent.

Xinye's predicament, he can't know. It's just that Cao Ying treats him very well, if he surrenders like this, how will the world look at him.

"Zhongye, back then, you descended to Cao because of Liu Cong's rebel and betrayed the will of Jingsheng Xiangong, and he had to do it as a last resort. Now that there is a letter from the eldest prince here, you should return to your original will, and the people of the world will only be moved by your loyalty, and there will be no criticism. ”

Wang Wei saw through Wenpin's worries and paved the platform for Wenpin one by one.

Wen Ping listened, stood up, paced for a long time, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

With such an expression, it seemed that he had been convinced, and Wang Wei couldn't help but be secretly happy.

At this time, Wen Ping said: "It's okay if you want me to surrender, unless General Liu can agree to my two conditions, otherwise I would rather live and die with Xinye." ”

"Which two conditions, Zhongye, please talk about it." Wang Wei asked happily.

Wen Ping said: "Xinye soldiers, most of them are from the north, if there are people who are unwilling to surrender, I hope that General Liu can let them return to the north and not embarrass them." ”

"General Liu treats people with benevolence and righteousness, I think he will definitely meet this condition, but what about this second condition?" Wang Wei asked again.

Wen Ping took a deep breath and said silently: "Cao Gong treats me well, I was forced to betray him." Therefore, I hope that General Liu will agree that after I surrender, I will not be ordered to attack Cao Gong for the rest of my life. ”

"This ......"

Wang Wei felt that this condition was harsh, and it was not easy for him to agree without permission, so he paused and said: "Although this condition is a bit harsh, there is room for negotiation in everything. In this way, I will bring back the two conditions that Zhongye said, and let General Liu make the decision. ”

At that moment, Wang Wei got up to say goodbye, left Xinye, and returned to the Jingzhou military camp outside the city.

When Wang Wei was apprehensive and said the second "harsh" condition of Wen Ping, he thought that Liu Feng would be displeased, but he didn't expect that he didn't even think about it, and happily agreed.

Liu Feng's happiness surprised Wang Wei.

In Wang Wei's view, Liu Feng's biggest enemy at present is Cao Ying, and if a general like Wen hires him, if he agrees not to deal with Cao Ying, it will be a big loss. If this is the case, what is the use of reducing the clerical employment.

But Wang Wei didn't know that Liu Feng had already planned how to use Wenpin in the future.

So on the same day, Wang Wei went to Xinye and conveyed Liu Feng's sincerity to Wenpin.

In the early morning of the next day, the gate of Xinye City, which had been held for nearly a month, was finally opened, and the defenders with a rate of less than 10,000 people opened the city and surrendered.

According to the prior agreement, for the nearly 10,000 soldiers, among whom were willing to return to the north, Liu Feng allocated money and food and let them leave.

In the end, more than 4,000 people chose to return to the north, while the other 6,000 decided to follow Wenpin and surrender to the new master.

In this way, Xinye's 6,000 surrendered troops, plus nearly 20,000 Cao troops surrendered by Nanyang, this battle of Nanyang, Liu Feng not only killed Cao Hong, all took Nanyang, but also surrendered nearly 30,000 strong soldiers, which can be described as a complete victory.

………………………… Slope Valley, south bank of Weishui.

In the dilapidated and desolate camp of the Cao army, there was a deathly silence.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiahou Yuan's expression was gloomy, and his heart ached.

Just half a month ago, he was still leading an army of 30,000 people, overwhelming Ma Chao's army at the south entrance of the valley.

Who would have thought that Liu Bei's dangerous moves all the way would send him to hell in the blink of an eye.

Xiahou Yuan and his 30,000 soldiers were blocked in a narrow valley road for hundreds of miles, the grain route was cut off, and the information was blocked, almost like a turtle in an urn.

Although his soldiers and horses and combat effectiveness have the absolute upper hand against the enemy at both the south and north passes, it is a pity that the unfavorable terrain of the Qinling Mountains easily dissolves all his advantages.

The enemy only needs a few hundred troops to easily seal the narrow valley pass. In the past half a month, Xiahou Yuan has unknowingly launched these few breakthrough operations, but none of them have succeeded.

He now deeply understands what it means to be a husband and a wife.

The breakthrough failed, the food was exhausted, and no matter how elite and iron-blooded the warrior was, in the end he was just a flesh and blood body.

The flight had been unstoppable a few days earlier, and in order to survive, hundreds of soldiers fled to the enemy's side either from the south or from the north pass.

Today, there are less than 1,000 of the 30,000 troops left.

These 1,000 hungry people are the most loyal pro-army soldiers to Xiahou Yuan, but Xiahou Yuan knows very well that if he delays for a few more days, these most loyal people will not be able to endure hunger and betray him.

Suddenly got up, Xiahou Yuan's knife-like face burst with a kind of helpless fortitude, and said in a deep voice: "Order the whole army, tonight the whole army will break through and smuggle through Weishui." ”

Weishui flows through the Guanzhong Plain from west to east, and this narrow area on the south bank of Weishui is sandwiched between the Qinling Mountains and Weishui, making it impossible to walk at all.

Therefore, if Xiahou Yuan wants to retreat to Chang'an, he must first cross Weishui and take the flat road of Weibei to go east to Chang'an.

Yicheng is located at the mouth of the sloping valley, on the north bank of Weishui.

This means that once Xiahou Yuan's army wants to cross the Weishui, Yicheng on the north bank can send troops and horses to attack it at any time.

At dusk, a large number of Cao's troops appeared on the south bank of Weishui, east of Yicheng, and began to chop wood into rafts, creating a sign that they were ready to cross the river.

More than a thousand remnants of Cao's army have almost all gathered here, and it seems that they want to do the last dying struggle.

However, the leader of the more than 1,000 remnants of the crowd was only Guo Huai, and Xiahou Yuan's figure did not appear here.

Dusk passed in a blink of an eye, night fell, and the sky gradually became dark.

More and more torches began to appear on the opposite bank, and it was clear that the enemy had detected the Cao army's attempt to cross, and the blocking soldiers and horses had arrived, waiting to strike a half-crossing blow to the thousand remnants.

Guo Huaiyuan glanced at the countless sparks on the other side, his expression was solemn and tragic, and he muttered: "General Xiahou, I hope you can break through smoothly, so I won't wait for you to sacrifice." ”

After being silent for a long time, Guo Huai took a deep breath and issued an order in a deep voice: "The whole army crosses the river!" ”

…………………… Three miles away, upstream of Weishui.

In the darkness of the night, more than a hundred dark shadows crept out of the woods, dragging the rafts they had set up earlier, carefully moving towards the river without making a sound.

Xiahou Yuan stared at the other side in the distance, it was pitch black, and there was no movement, and his hanging heart relaxed a little.

"Move quickly, get on the raft and cross the river."

In the muffled sound of orders, more than 100 soldiers, leading the horses that had been covered to get rafts, slowly rowed towards the opposite bank by the faint light of the stars and moon.

Xiahou Yuan knew very well that his every move could not escape the eyes and ears of the enemy on the other bank, and once he had any trace of crossing the river, the enemy would react immediately.

Now, he had to choose to sacrifice his men. The 1,000 remnants of the army led by Guo Huai downstream were just bait to attract the enemy, in order to give him time to smuggle in from the upstream.

Xiahou Yuan believed that as long as he escaped and ascended to heaven, even if he could not return to Chang'an in the east, he could go west to Longyou, join the 20,000 jaws of Qishan Road, stick to Longyou, and cooperate with Cao Ying's army to recapture Tongguan and re-enter the pass.

For the sake of the overall situation, Xiahou Yuan could only endure the pain of sacrificing the 1,000 pro-troops who had followed him for more than ten years.

The other side was still silent, and when the bamboo raft landed on the shore and Xiahou Yuan stepped on the land on the north shore, he breathed a sigh of relief.

In my heart, a kind of joy of flying birds out of the cage arises spontaneously.

More than 100 knights came ashore one after another, Xiahou Yuan glanced westward, sighed lightly, and then reined in the horse and headed west.

Just as he had just taken a few steps, all of a sudden, there was a loud roar of cannons on all sides, and in the blink of an eye, countless torches suddenly rose up like fires of the prairie fire, illuminating both sides of the river as bright as day.

Xiahou Yuan, who was full of horror, looked around, but saw countless enemy troops, like ghosts, suddenly appeared from the darkness, and countless arrows of cold light flickered coldly at them like the eyes of death.

The sudden change instantly hit Xiahou Yuan's heart like the bottom of despair.

It turned out that such a small trick of his own had long been expected by his opponent. The enemy had long been ambushing the shore, waiting for him to enter the trap.

Xiahou Yuan should have understood a long time ago that his opponent was Zhang Fei, and if he had been able to deceive this person with such a strategy, he would have already broken through the siege, so why did he fall to such a point today.

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

"Those who descend will not be killed!"

Among the besieged enemy troops, there was a murderous and deafening sound of deterrence.

Surrender?

Hum!

With a hint of mocking sneer on his pale face, Xiahou Yuan let out a long roar, swung his sword and rode his horse, and killed the encircled army.

The hundred knights followed without hesitation.

The shouting stopped abruptly.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

Then, arrows rained down.

(To be continued)