After the light disappeared, Guan Yu slowly came back to his senses and said strangely: "Why do I feel like I'm fighting with my own people? Zhiming, why are you here? Cao Cao?"

"Brother Yun, you fell for the enemy's evil art just now, and you've been attacking me. Cao Cao had already entered the city. Zhiming put his sword back into its sheath and said.

"Could it be that we have been fighting each other just now?" Guan Yu had no idea what was going on.

"That's right, your sword skills are so ruthless that I was almost killed by you. Thankfully, you woke up on your own. Zhiming didn't want to tell him about Excalibur.

Guan Yu recalled for a moment and said, "By the way, when I was about to kill Cao Cao just now, I suddenly felt a flash in front of my eyes, and then I lost consciousness. ”

"Do you remember who was next to Cao Cao at that time?"

"I remember that at that time, I repelled several generals of the Cao army, leaving only Xu Shu by his side, I don't know if it was real or fake. ...... Oh, that's right!" Guan Yu patted his head, "Just as I raised the knife, I accidentally glanced at Xu Shu, and I felt that his eyes flashed, and then I didn't know anything." At that time, I was bent on killing Cao and didn't pay attention to the people around me, but now that I think about it, it should be the moment Xu Shu's eyes flashed, I was tricked. ”

Zhiming nodded and said, "As I thought, that should be a fake Xu Shu, you were indeed mentally controlled by him just now." If I guessed correctly, he was supposed to be the general of the White Tigers, a man who would use sorcery, although I don't know how he used to make himself like Xu Shu. ”

"I can't believe that there is such an incredible thing in this troubled world. Wouldn't it be troublesome if he used the same trick against us that day in the county office?" Guan Yu looked up at the night sky and felt that the universe was too amazing.

"I estimate that there are certain conditions for using this trick, otherwise we will all be killed by the trick in the county office that day. Zhiming analyzed.

"The White Tigers are really too strong, can we really deal with them?" Guan Yu worried.

"Don't worry, Brother Yun, as long as we work together, no one can defeat us. "Zhiming is full of confidence. Since he had the Demon Slaying Sword, he has become even more "fearless".

The gates of the city were shut. They saw the torches on the castle tower, and with the help of the firelight, they clearly saw Cao Cao and the fake Xu Shu standing on it, watching them.

Zhiming and Xu Shu's eyes docked, like two magnetic fields competing with each other. Xu Shu asked the other party with his eyes: How did you come back from the unbounded? Zhiming also asked the other party with his eyes: Who are you?

Cao Cao asked Xu Shu: "It's understandable that Guan Yu let me go, but why did they kill each other?"

Xu Shu thought for a while and said, "I once heard a warlock say that when people have great mood swings, they may fall into evil in a short period of time and regard friends as enemies. When Guan Yu raised his knife just now to kill the prime minister, he suddenly remembered the prime minister's old kindness, and his heart softened for a while, and he couldn't do it. At this time, his emotions were greatly affected by contradictions, causing the mental system to suddenly collapse at that moment, so he fell into evil, and the time of being evil is generally not more than an hour, and he has just recovered. ”

"Such a strange thing?"

"Yes, there were people who studied this issue in depth during the Warring States period, and I have consulted relevant books before, but it is too long for me to remember. ”

"I see. Cao Cao believed it.

What Xu Shu didn't understand the most now was why the spell he cast on Guan Yu was lifted so quickly, logically speaking, it would take at least an hour before the caster would recover.

Suddenly, he remembered that he had just seen a burst of light from Zhiming's sword, and thought, "The sun has already set, and this is definitely not a reflection of the sun." I also felt it once last time in the county office, and it should be an artifact that can break my technique. How the hell did he get this sword?"

Cao Cao saw that there was no movement below, and asked, "If they don't leave yet, do they have the intention of surrendering?"

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "Impossible, even if you surrender, it will be a fraudulent surrender." ”

"What is the division going to do with them?"

"Let them go, lest they lose their troops. Their physical strength was limited, and they were not expected to stay here for long, and our army's immediate priority was to pursue Liu Bei and Kong Ming. ”

"That's right!" Cao Cao patted his head, "The old man almost forgot about this!

He gathered the crowd to discuss and decided to personally lead his troops across the river to pursue Liu Bei and Kong Ming, leaving only a few people to defend the city.

Zhiming discussed with Guan Yu and decided to retreat and go to Xiangyang to find Liu Bei. In fact, Zhiming could easily break through the city gate, but it was inconvenient for him to show his edge in front of Guan Yu, and he didn't have an in-depth understanding of the details of the fake Xu Shu, so he didn't dare to break in rashly, so as not to lose.

Guan Yu said: "I know of a small road that can bypass Fancheng and the Han River and go directly to Xiangyang. ”

"Let's go. Zhiming sighed for the sacrifice of the Warriors, and took a shortcut with Guan Yu.

Turning back. After the fleet was offshore, it sailed into the Han River and slowly headed for Yangyang. The sunset is about to go, the sky is covered with a large area of fire clouds, the river is sprinkled with the afterglow of the sunset, sparkling, the distance is the end of the water and the sky, there is a great artistic conception of "Ling Wanqing is at a loss", but unfortunately people have no intention of appreciating. Most of the people on the boat were poor peasants, women with children in their arms were silently weeping, and the old people were staring blankly at the river and falling into mourning.

When Liu Bei saw this scene, he couldn't help but get up and improvised a poem: "The red light fills the sky like a flame, the fire burns my heart; ”

Kong Ming sighed when he saw that he loved the people like a son so much. If Liu Bei had gladly accepted Liu Biao's trust, he would not have had to fall to this point now, and Cao Cao would not have eaten the pie that fell from the sky. Kong Ming has never been able to figure out what kind of feelings Liu Bei has in his heart? Can he really defeat Cao Cao by fighting with this kind of benevolence? Can he become the lord of Shu Han in the future?

After dusk, the boats leaked due to overloading, but fortunately they were almost to the shore. Liu Bei's boat was the first to dock, and he ordered Sun Qian and Jian Yong to maintain order while directing the ships behind to land safely.

Under the guidance of Sun Qian and others, everyone went ashore in an orderly manner and walked towards the east gate of Xiangyang.

Outside the east gate, Liu Bei vaguely saw that Liu Cong was on the city tower, and shouted to him: "Liu Congxian's nephew, please open the city gate quickly, I was chased and killed by Cao Jun, and now I am leading the people of Xinye and Fancheng counties to flee here, and Wangxian's nephew will take him in!"

Liu Cong heard the voice and hurriedly avoided it. Liu Bei continued to shout: "I just want to save the people, and I don't have anything else to think about, please open the city gate quickly!"

Liu Cong was jealous and didn't dare to respond for a while. Seeing this, Cai Mao on the side urgently ordered the sergeant to release arrows to expel him.

In an instant, the arrows flew like locusts, and the people rushed back, and many of the old, weak, sick and disabled could not dodge, and fell to the ground with arrows. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun protected Liu Bei and his family to escape.

They fled until they were out of range, and then they stopped. Liu Bei looked back and saw that the people had fallen and was worried.

He saw a pregnant woman lying on the ground, with an arrow in her thigh, as if she could still move, and hurriedly ordered Zhao Yun to come to the rescue.

Zhao Yun immediately rushed forward, but before he could help the pregnant woman up, another arrow was shot, killing two corpses.

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, and then shot several arrows. He wielded his silver spear and blocked them all. The rain of arrows grew heavier and heavier, and he had no choice but to retreat.

Liu Bei saw that the other party was careless about human life, and angrily pointed to the city tower and said: "Cai Mao, I know it's you! You slaughter the people, and I am inseparable from you!"

Cai Mao shouted to Liu Bei: "This city is under the control of Prime Minister Cao Cheng. The prime minister has an order, telling me to guard the city gate and not let you wait to enter! Please leave quickly, or you will be killed!"

Zhao Yun was indignant and was about to rush to the city gate, but Liu Bei stopped him and said, "Zilong, don't be impulsive! The current situation is not favorable to us, let's see." ”

At this time, a general in the city led hundreds of people to rush up to the city tower and shouted: "Cai Mao, you traitor, Uncle Liu Huang was chased and killed by the Han thieves so far, not only did you not come to the rescue, but fell into the ground, I, Wei Yan, will do the right thing for the sky today!"

Wei Yan led his troops to the city tower and went on a killing spree. He raised his sword and went straight to Cai Mao.

Zhang Yun ordered several soldiers to step forward to block it. Wei Yan's murderous spirit was exuberant, and he swept over with a sword, and several people fell.

Zhang Yun was furious and drew his sword at each other. The blades touched each other for more than 20 years, and Zhang Yun gradually lost the enemy, so he hurriedly let Cai Mao go first. Cai Mao nodded, and fled to the city tower under the protection of everyone.

Wei Yan wanted to chase after him, but Zhang Yun stopped him and said, "Don't be distracted, your opponent is me!"

Wei Yan shouted loudly and used a sharp knife technique to beat Zhang Yun back step by step.

Afraid that Cai Mao would escape, Wei Yan snorted in vain, scared Zhang Yun away, and chased after him, but he was still a step too late, so he commanded his subordinates to cut down the soldiers guarding the gate, opened the city gate, put down the drawbridge, and shouted: "Uncle Liu Huang, quickly lead the army into the city, I, Wei Yan, have opened the way for you!"

It turned out that this person was Liu Biao's loyal minister, with a long word, and he had long hated Cai Mao and his group, and now he saw him treat Liu Bei and the people of the two counties like this, and he couldn't bear it, so he led his loyal and righteous people to rebel.

Liu Bei heard the sound from afar and was overjoyed, so he led the soldiers and civilians to the city gate.

Wei Yan had already controlled the entire city tower and city gate at this moment, and he thought that the plan had been successful, but who expected that there was a sudden shout behind him: "The young general Wei Yan dares to rebel!"

Wei Yan looked back and saw that it was the general Wen Ping who had led the army. He was furious and rushed forward to meet him. The two fought for several rounds, winning or losing.

Liu Bei and his entourage have arrived at the city. Zhang Fei said, "Let me go in and help him!"

Liu Bei stopped him and said, "Don't bother the people, hold back." ”

Zhang Fei's palms were itchy, but Liu Bei was kind-hearted and unwilling to hurt the innocent, so he had to endure it for the time being.

Seeing the Wen and Wei armies fighting in the city, shouting and rolling dust, Liu Bei said helplessly: "Forget it, let's go elsewhere, this place is not our destination, and it is not safe to go in." ”

Kong Ming also said: "Yes, going in now will only aggravate the situation." 'There is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here', Jiangxia is not far from Xiangyang, should we go over there to join Liu Qi's son?"

Liu Bei thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Liu Gongzi guarded Jiangxia, just to prevent the invasion of Eastern Wu; ”

Kong Ming had already expected him to say this, so he said, "In that case, let's go to Jiangling, where there is plenty of money and food, but the road is a little farther." Now there is no boat to use, so I have to grieve everyone on foot. Cao Cao's clutches are estimated to not be able to stretch over the entire Jingzhou for a while. ”

So, everyone had to continue to drag their tired bodies and go in the direction of Gangneung.

The Wen and Wei armies were still fighting, and Wei Yan was only concerned about fighting, but he didn't notice that Liu Bei and his party had left. The two armies fought until dark, and the Wei army was wiped out due to its weak strength, leaving only Wei Yan alone.

Wei Yan suffered from the enemy on his back and used all his strength, and split more than ten people off his horse in a row, and no one dared to approach for a while.

Wen Ping secretly ordered the nearby archers to stand by. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, the archer unleashed a hidden arrow.

Wei Yan was unprepared for a moment, was hit by an arrow in his back and left arm, and fell off his horse. He quickly got up, gritted his teeth and pulled out the arrow, and immediately bled profusely.

Wen Ping said to Wei Yan: "You have made a big mistake and can't turn back, if you don't surrender quickly, please let me save you from death!"

Wei Yan didn't answer him, and slashed away, and Wen Ping hurriedly raised his knife to resist. Wei Yan exerted too much force and cut off his knife.

Wen Ping was taken aback, hurriedly stepped aside, and said to the sergeant: "Those who kill Wei Yan will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold!"

When the sergeants heard that the bounty was close to astronomical amounts, they all fought hard to encircle and suppress it.

Wei Yan saw that all his men had been sacrificed, and he was injured again, so he didn't dare to fight, so he fought hard to open a bloody road and escaped. But the city gate was closed, so he had to rush to the city tower.

The soldiers defending the city besieged him. Wei Yan was bloody, grabbed a knife, and used two knives to slash down several people in a row. He looked behind him and saw that the Wen army had already caught up, and before he had time to think about it, he jumped off the moat.

Wen Ping led his troops to the city tower and ordered the archers to release arrows into the river.

After a round of arrows, there was no movement below. Wen Ping hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened and let the sailors jump into the river to search for people, but still found nothing.

Because it was dark night, it was difficult to hunt down, so Wen Ping had to give up.

Wei Yan had already climbed ashore and couldn't see Liu Bei, so he had to drag his injured body in the direction of Changsha.

Cai Mao said to Liu Cong: "Don't be surprised, my lord, Liu Bei and his party have been driven away by me, and the rebels have also been wiped out." ”

Liu Cong listened to it and was silent, just uncomfortable.

Soon, Guan Yu and Zhiming came to the east gate and felt that something was wrong when they saw corpses all over the ground. Guan Yu said: "It must be Cai Mao who didn't let the eldest brother enter the city, so he let the arrows go away." ”

Zhiming asked, "What should I do then?"

"Before the Kong Ming military division got on the ship, he said that if they couldn't enter Xiangyang, it was very likely that they would go to Jiangling. We just saw a sinking ship on the east shore, which proves that they can't get on the ship. Let's go, they should not go far with the people. After Guan Yu finished speaking, he and Zhiming turned their horses' heads and headed towards Jiangling.