Chengxiang City.

Guan Yu stood at the head of the city with his sword, silently staring at the heavy Changsha military barracks outside the city, and his jujube-like face was surging with unprecedented fatigue and gloom.

In the city behind him, the voices of people were still noisy, and this small city with only 5,000 people fell into panic because of the sudden arrival of war.

Guan Yu glanced up, and the clouds were very low, as if they were about to fall and press on top of his head. Diagonally ahead, a few rays of setting sun pierced through the thick cloud shell of the city walls, adding a few blood-colored red lines to the gray sky.

Guan Yu never thought that after the defeat of Xuzhou that year, after more than ten years, he once again fell into such a desperate situation of having no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside.

The beautiful bearded man who made the heroes of the world frightened is now imprisoned in such an inconspicuous small city.

In a trance, Guan Yu had an illusion, as if God was deliberately trying to trick him, from north to south, in a big circle, it seemed that his life had returned to the starting point.

The beginning of despair.

While thinking about it, suddenly, the Changsha army that forced the city to go down to the village had a movement, and dozens of horsemen and horses rushed out of the gate and went straight to the north gate of Chengxiang.

Guan Yu's mind retracted, the hilt of the knife hit the ground, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Prepare to meet the enemy." ”

If it was changed to the past, in the face of dozens of cavalry enemies, Guan Yu would not even move his brows, but now, he is so poor, with only five hundred soldiers and horses in his hands, after being defeated by Liu Feng again and again, he is like a frightened bird, and he no longer dares to relax at all.

The 100 remnants of the North Gate immediately perked up and lined up behind the women's wall to meet the enemy.

The dozens of cavalry Changsha troops approached like a whirlwind, but when they approached more than a hundred steps in front of the city, they suddenly reined in their horses, unloaded the crossbow machine from their backs, and aimed at Chengxiang City.

With only dozens of crossbow machines, what kind of kills can be caused, and what does Liu Feng want to do in this animal business?

When Guan Yuhu was suspicious, the enemy crossbow in front of the city had already been launched, and dozens of cold lights drew a graceful arc, heading straight for the city.

The soldiers were about to duck their heads, but they soon discovered that the enemy's crossbow bolts were not coming at them, but flew over the city walls and directly into the city of Chengxiang.

After the first round of shooting, the enemy cavalry in front of the city did not stop, and shot all the crossbow arrows in the quiver in one go. However, these crossbowmen were like untrained recruits, and none of the hundreds of crossbow bolts hit the target, all of them swept over the heads of Guan Yu's soldiers at the head of the city, and fell into the city without a trace.

In the face of such a "rookie" enemy, the Guan Yu soldiers at the head of the city suddenly relaxed, and some even pointed at the enemy and wantonly ridiculed the opponent's clumsy archery.

Guan Yu's brows condensed slightly, he knew very well that Liu Feng was definitely not that simple, and he would not be bored enough to send a group of novices to the city to make him happy.

Suddenly, Zhao Lei hurriedly ran up from the city, and presented an arrow wrapped in a white silk silk in his hand with both hands, "Lord, this is the arrow that the enemy shot into the city just now." ”

It turned out that the arrow had a letter attached to it.

Guan Yu took the arrow, opened the attached silk book and looked at it, a jujube red face suddenly became purple and indistinguishable, only to feel that the blood in his chest was rolling, and he almost spurted blood from his heart.

It turned out that the letter written on this arrow was a letter that incited the people of Chengxiang to rebel, and the letter could be described as a combination of grace and power.

In the letter, Liu Feng threatened that if the people in the city dared to give money and food to Guan Yu's soldiers, after the city was broken, the entire city, men, women, and children would be slaughtered. On the contrary, if the people in the city abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, and take the initiative to capture Guan Yu and surrender the city, the soldiers and civilians of the city will be rewarded.

This is really a vicious trick!

Guan Yu tore the silk book to shreds, and in a fit of rage, he felt dizzy and unsteady when his body shook.

Zhao Lei was startled, and he was busy trying to help, but he remembered the lesson of the last time, so he could only ask anxiously: "General, you are angry, your body is important." ”

Guan Yu forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, closed his eyes and stiffened for a long time, and the tumbling qi and blood calmed down slightly.

Seeing that Guan Yu's expression had improved slightly, Zhao Lei said cautiously: "General, now the situation in Jingzhou is out of control, according to the last general's opinion, why don't we take advantage of the thief army just besieging the city, let's take the opportunity to break through into Shu tonight, and make plans after meeting with the main guild." ”

Guan Yu originally had the intention of entering Shu, and staying in Chengxiang was only an expedient measure, but after experiencing the current events, he suddenly changed his mind.

Coldly glancing at the enemy cavalry fleeing outside the city, Guan Yu gritted his teeth and scolded: "Liu Feng, this beast wants my Guan Yu's head, how can it be so easy, I just have to spend it with him here, and see what he can do to me." ”

When Zhao Lei heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "General, now that Nanjun is lost, we have no food and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, how can we survive with a small city." General, with all due respect, this is not the time to be rash. ”

"General Zuo is about to seize Yizhou, once he hears that Jingzhou is in danger, he will lead the army back to help, and Yidu County, there are still 3,000 elite soldiers of Meng Da garrisoned, I heard that I am in trouble, I will definitely come to the rescue. As long as he takes root here, he can contain Liu Feng and buy enough time for the reinforcements in Shuzhong. ”

This time, Guan Yu did not reprimand Zhao Lei's offense, but patiently explained his intentions.

Zhao Lei still had to be persuaded again, Guan Yu waved his hand and said: "You don't need to say more, quickly go and collect the book of bewitchment of the enemy that was shot into the city, so as not to be seen by those people and have trouble in their hearts." ”

Zhao Lei sighed secretly and could only follow the order.

At this moment, in the big tent of the Chinese army of the Changsha Army outside the city, Liu Fengzheng was chatting and laughing with Pang Tong, who had just arrived at the front line.

"Sir, your move is really ruthless enough, I see how long Guan Yu will last."

Almost bloodless to get the important land of Nanjun, and forced Guan Yu to the point of exhaustion, such a miraculous feat, enough to go down in history, at this time Liu Feng's words could not help but be a little proud.

Pang Tong only smiled faintly: "Guan Yu is extraordinary, my strategy can only be the icing on the cake, how to move in the next few moves depends on Guan Yu's reaction." ”

Before the words fell, a personal soldier hurriedly entered and presented a 100,000 urgent report from Jiangling Chen.

Liu Feng took a look at it, and his smug expression instantly became extremely surprised.

"Sir, the situation is somewhat unexpected to us, Cao Ren of Xiangyang suddenly sent troops south, and the army is rushing towards the starry night of Jiangling City."

When Liu Feng said the news, even Pang Tong, who had always been calm and light-hearted, couldn't help but be slightly surprised at this moment.

Previously, Pang Tong's judgment was that Cao Ying's main force was contained in Huainan by Sun Quan, and Liu Bei's main force was fighting fiercely with Liu Zhang, so Liu Feng was able to attack Jingzhou with all his might without outside interference.

But Pang Tong ignored one point after all calculations, that is, Cao Ren, who was in Xiangyang, would suddenly raise troops south to attack Jiangling without Cao Ying's permission.

"It's my negligence, forgetting that Cao Ren has the right to make decisions without reporting, he went south this time, this is to take advantage of the fire to rob, this accident is really a bit tricky."

Pang Tong paced in the tent, his brows slightly condensed, looking a little worried.

"Sir, Uncle Jiangling only has 3,000 soldiers in his hands, but Cao Ren has an army of nearly 20,000 here, now in this case, I think the only way to choose is to withdraw the siege of Chengxiang and lead the army to immediately cross the river to reinforce Jiangling?"

Liu Feng finally got Jiangling, if he was picked up by Cao Ren like this, then this sale and purchase was really too much of a loss, compared to Guan Yu's life, Jiangling is obviously a hundred times more important.

Pang Tong pondered for a moment, but said: "Guan Yu is the number one general in Liu Bei's hands, if he lets the tiger return to the mountain, it will be a big disaster in the future." And Ma Youchang is attacking Yidu, if Guan Yu escapes, rendezvous with Meng Da in Yidu, and holds this county, then in the future, Liu Bei's army will go east, and our side will have no danger to defend, and the situation will only be more critical. ”

Pang Tong's opinion is already obvious, Guan Yu can't let go no matter what.

"But our army has now exhausted its troop mobilization, if we don't withdraw from the siege of Chengxiang, where will the soldiers and horses come from to save Jiangling?" Liu Feng said worriedly.

Pang Tong thought for a long time, the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked slightly, and said with a sly smile: "Didn't the general forget that there is another army of soldiers and horses in Jingzhou?" ”

……………… The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the river breeze is slow.

The fighting ship took advantage of the wind, puffed up its sails, and braved the wind and waves and went up the river.

At the bow of the boat, the red clothes were like fire, and the ribbon on the placket fluttered with the river breeze.

Sun Shangxiang held a sword in his hand, standing quietly on the bow of the boat, his beautiful face was surging, surging with some expectations.

Not far ahead is the Baqiu territory, beyond Baqiu is Liu Feng's territory, although the interval is less than a month, but Sun Shangxiang has never had such a strong feeling, eager to see him, return to his side.

When the ship was in the middle of the rush, not far ahead, a group of Soochow warships suddenly appeared, and the Hengjiang River swung away, blocking the way.

"Miss, it's our Dongwu patrol ship, it should be trying to check us, what should we do?" The female soldier behind him stepped forward and asked.

Sun Shangxiang said coldly: "Don't worry about them, just rush forward." ”

"No."

The battleship continued to speed forward, and as it approached, the patrol ships of Soochow waved a flag to slow them down, but the battleship ignored it and continued to sail quickly.

Seeing this, seven or eight patrol ships immediately changed their tactics, approaching the ship from all sides like wolves, and soon surrounded this battleship.

"The ship on the other side listens, immediately drop anchor and accept our boarding inspection, otherwise don't blame us for using force."

The warning was launched, and on the seven or eight Soochow ships, the crossbowmen immediately took aim.

Seeing the ups and downs, under the instruction of Sun Shangxiang, a female soldier shouted and scolded: "Miss Sun is here, how dare you be rude, and let her go quickly." ”

This answer really surprised Wu Jun, and the crossbowmen hurriedly put down the bows and crossbows in their hands, for fear that if they took off their hands and offended the "famous" Miss Sun, it would be over.

However, the Wu ship did not leave there, and one of the ships got closer and closer, moving side by side with the ship.

I saw that on the bow of the boat, a military general clasped his fists and shouted to Sun Shangxiang: "The last general, Gan Ning, has been waiting for Miss for a long time on the order of the Governor of Ludu, and since the Miss has arrived, please move to Baqiu with the last general." ”

(To be continued)