He was not the only one responsible for the defense of the West Gate, but three shifts of men and horses took turns to guard it.

After Niu Dazhuang's triple psychological offensive of "opening the moral shackles", "direct lure by money", and "drawing cakes for the future", this person has completely fallen.

All he thinks about now is abandoning Wei and joining the Han Dynasty and supporting the Han family.

Of course, his motives are not pure and his will is not strong, but this is not important, and uniting all forces that can be united is the true meaning of carrying out the work of "underground rebellion."

Although it is impossible for Liu Chan to give one-on-one guidance to each soldier in real time, many of his ideas continue to be passed down in the Red Star Army and the Shadow Guard in the form of the old and the new, and the help and the gang.

This is a task that is impossible to accomplish in other armies, except that every soldier must be literate and reasonable, and at the same time, Liu Chan's incomparable reputation can be carried out smoothly in the Red Star Army.

The city gate chief, who was instigated by Niu Dazhuang, quickly followed his instructions and began the next step - starting with his most reliable soldiers and the most complaining about the Wei army, and expanding the scale of the rebels.

Under the guidance of Niu Dazhuang, this matter was done very safely.

Niu Dazhuang, as a conscripted servant, did not arouse anyone's suspicion in contact with him, even if it was the more sensitive full favor after beheading Yuan Zhong.

They didn't plan to try all the West Gate defenders, and the more people who knew, the higher the risk of telling the full favor.

After all, there are so many people, it is difficult to guarantee that there are few people who are determined to follow Cao Wei.

They only controlled the scope of knowledge to the reliable chiefs and military chiefs under the head of the city gate.

The soldiers of the ordinary army are actually very numb.

Those who have no thoughts, no faith, and are hungry and full of food and pay for the leakage of the fingers of the superior generals...... This is the norm for the vast majority of the army at this time.

An army like the Red Star Army would seem no different from an incomprehensible bunch of freaks to outsiders.

Therefore, as long as you master the general, you will basically control that team.

The grassroots generals under the head of the city gate did not have any hope for the victory of the defense of Xiangyang, and the army was stopped on the other side of the river by the Jingzhou navy, and there were no troops to rescue Xiangyang.

In their eyes, this is also a battle that cannot wait for reinforcements and has no hope in sight.

What's even worse is the scene of Man Zhong killing Yuan Zhong in public, which makes them even more chilled.

No matter what, it is also a brave man who dares to go out of the city to fight and fight bloodily.

As a result, he finally came back, but he died at the hands of his own general...... This made the generals who didn't know the inside story feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

And the suspicious performance after the full favor made them even more dissatisfied, they risked their lives to defend the city every day, but what they were waiting for was not the general's praise and reward, but suspicion and interrogation.

After the first hints from the city gatekeeper, the men immediately expressed their willingness to join him.

Man Chong thought that he had killed the traitor and successfully disrupted the plan of the Jingzhou army, so Guan Yu did not dare to attack the city rashly.

But he didn't know that it was he who helped the Jingzhou army make up the last piece of the puzzle of the whole plan......

In late July, the nights in Xiangyang are still muggy.

Mosquitoes still buzzed around the lit torches, occasionally tentatively biting at the soldier's bare skin.

It's just that in the past, they always took the trouble to wave their hands and slap the defenders of Xiangyang, but today they ignore these annoying bugs.

They were all a little nervous, because at the last moments before this rotation, these people received a surprising order to open the city gates after receiving instructions and try to hold on before the Han army entered the city.

Their city gate is long, this is to let the enemy army into the city......

In order to avoid complications as much as possible, these soldiers only learned at the last moment after dark that they were actually going to rebel.

But when they saw their commanders and chiefs, clenching the hilts of their swords and looking sharply at them, they knew that they had no choice.

What's more, they didn't have a reason to die to report the news, they just changed places to mix food and salary.

And I heard that it seems that the officers on the side of the Shu army are not so ruthless in exploiting the soldiers...... If that's the case, it might be a good thing.

As for whether Liu Bei can defeat Great Wei with the power of the two states, who still thinks so far, it is true that he can survive in front of him.

Mixed among the soldiers, Niu Dazhuang, who was wearing the uniform of the Wei army, was calmly drawing a circle with a torch in his hand to signal outside the city.

Regardless of the success or failure of this operation, he is very likely to die under the gate of Xiangyang City.

The movement of the army was so great that it was impossible for the other defenders in the city to sneak in without even noticing.

What's more, Manpet also arranged a patrol team, which would regularly patrol the four gates even at night.

But as long as he can help General Guan and the prince take Xiangfan, he will wave his army north...... For the world that the prince once depicted, he died without regrets.

Soon, a point of light also lit up in the distance outside the city, and it was also drawing circles.

Niu Dazhuang smiled, stopped his movements, and waited patiently for the army to come, and the scouts outside the city who received the signal immediately sent someone to report back.

Jingzhou military camp.

A cavalryman came with a banner on his back, a torch in his back, and a whip flying on his horse.

"Drive! Emergency MI——! ”

The soldiers in the camp were frightened by this shout, and a little sleepiness dissipated without a trace.

They hurriedly pulled the antlers from outside the camp gate and let him in.

After the cavalry on a single horse entered the camp, he kept moving, and the command flag on his back made him unimpeded all the way to Guan Yuzhong's military tent.

"Stop!"

The soldiers crossed their halberds and sealed the tent door, while the others lined up with halberds and strictly carried out their mission.

"Appeal ——!" The cavalry stopped suddenly, and the horseman, who was so tired that he was spewing white air, stood up, and he rolled over.

The cavalry clasped his hands into fists and said loudly: "Please inform General Guan, Xiangyang urgently!" ”

Brush!

Guan Yu in the tent opened the curtain and stepped out, regardless of the fact that he was only wearing single clothes and his feet were bare.

He waved away his own soldiers, strode up to the cavalryman, and grabbed his arm: "But you received a signal from the city?!" ”

"Exactly!"

"Hahahaha!" Guan Yu laughed heartily, his eyes flashed, "Take my treasure armor and green dragon sword, and prepare the horse!" Command the whole army, gear up and attack, and the vanguard cavalry will follow me first! ”

"Yes!"

Regarding the movements of the Jingzhou camp, Man Pet naturally sent someone to keep an eye on it at night.

The Xiangyang spies, who were also hidden in the mountains, saw that the Jingzhou camp was starting to be lively at this time, and naturally guessed that it was going to attack Xiangyang at night, and he naturally reported back to Xiangyang immediately.

"Drive! Open the city gates, emergency military situation! ”

It's a pity that this spy walked through the West City Gate, which was the closest to him......

At the signal of the chief of the city gate, the city gate was slowly opened, and the spy did not suspect that there was a deceit, and immediately rushed in.

"Phew!"

However, when he entered, he found that the barricades in front of him had not been removed, and behind him were guards at the west gate with bows and crossbows.

"What are you doing, get out of the way, if you delay the military plane, the king will blame you...... What are you going to do?! The spy was halfway through his words, but suddenly he felt that something was not quite right.

The vicious appearance of these guards did not seem like ordinary vigilance......

"Put." The chief of the city gate gave an expressionless order, and waved his raised hand lightly.

Boom!

"Uhh——!h

At a distance of less than twenty paces, the crossbowmen had no chance of missing, and the poor spy was struck by more than a dozen arrows in his body, including one in the head...... He who dies cannot die anymore.

"Drag it away, quick!"

The chief of the city gate immediately sent someone to clean up the corpse, and for the first time he did such a thing, although he was calm on the surface, he was actually like a drum in his chest......

"But don't go wrong...... Lao Tzu was promoted to become rich, so he is counting on today!"

It's a pity that I'm afraid of something, the corpses are being cleaned up at the west city gate, but there is a patrol team with open fire and canes in the city getting closer and closer.

"Huh?" The first person discovered the abnormality at the west city gate, and led the team closer in confusion, "What are you doing?" ”

The city gate chief chuckled in his heart, turned his head to look at Niu Dazhuang who was disguised as a soldier, the other party's calm eyes made him feel a lot more relieved, and the two silently clenched the weapons in their hands.

(End of chapter)