Xi Zhen covered the pony with his hands, stepped high and low through the ankle-deep mud, running hard.

A entourage following him suddenly slipped under his feet, falling straight from the edge of the slope, falling into a piece of sewage, making a rustling sound.

The Cao army pursuers, who were separated from them on a high slope, heard the sound and immediately climbed over the ridge.

Xi Zhen tapped the bow and shot the arrows, and shot continuously. But his archery skills were average, and his physical strength was consumed greatly. He shot four or five arrows but failed. Fortunately, with his cover, the entourage rolling down crawled up wetly and gasped at Xi Zhen's feet.

Xi Zhen waved his hand repeatedly, signaling the other entourage to help, pulled the man up and continued to retreat.

This luring of the enemy was not so embarrassing.

However, Xi Zhen's capable deputy general, Xi Hong, who actually commanded the Xi family's army, was injured and disappeared at the beginning of the battle, and he was not aware of his life and death. Xi Zhen's control over his subordinates was a little unstable.

Most of his subordinates were barbarians. The families of these barbarians were all in the Han city and were trained by the Han army. With the financial resources of the Xi family in Xiangyang, their equipment was no less than that of the main force of the Jingzhou army. Xi Zhenben believed that this force could be compared with any strong army in the Jingzhou army and was enough to undertake any difficult combat tasks.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Cao army arrived, Xi Zhen's false defeat was immediately defeated. Once the barbarians could not be restrained, they would be unable to restrain themselves from retreating, and they instantly fled all over the mountains, like monkeys in the wild.

Xi Zhen was wearing armor and couldn't climb the forest. He could only fight and retreat between the undulating slopes with a few entourages, trying his best to avoid being attacked by Cao's army.

Fortunately, the Cao army's large army rumbled south and turned to the direction of Taolin. Those who stayed here to pursue and suppress were only small groups of partial divisions.

The Xi family in Xiangyang is a real ground ghost. On the southern foot of Fenghuang Mountain, it is a private garden set up by the Xi clan. It has been 150 years since now. Xi Zhen has been traveling around this area since he was a child, and he has traveled all over the place. Therefore, he can fight against the more with few and always persevere.

However, after all, there were outnumbered. After fighting for half an hour, the number of people around him had been reduced to less than twenty people. All his long weapons were thrown away, and only a few arrows were left in the arrow bag.

Seeing hundreds of Cao's pursuers constantly crossing the opposite ridge, Xi Zhen couldn't help but sigh.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou Army had extraordinary trust in Guan Yu.

After all, Guan Yu is one of the only enemy of 10,000 people today, and even has the power of the world's number one general. This title, power, is not something that can be obtained by brainless fighting, but is based on Guan Yu's countless victories and countless accurate and accurate battlefield smell and timing judgments over decades.

Guan Yu told Xi Zhen that if he wanted him to do this, Xi Zhen did not hesitate to do so. But when it was a critical moment, Xi Zhen could not help but doubt.

Is such a loss worth it? Can you win the expected victory with such a risk?

He trotted along the slope and panted and asked several people behind him: "Can you see what's going on in Xiangyang?"

Those members were busy running away, so where could they have time to explore the direction of Xiangyang?

"This, this... the villain hasn't seen it yet."

Xi Zhen cursed and risked being shot by a whizzing arrow and straightened his body to look into Xiangyang City.

At this moment, he saw thick smoke rising from the city.

To the north of Wanshan Mountain and south of Atou Mountain, there is a depression called Jiepeizhu.

The wind blew from between the two mountains, making a whimpering sound.

Guan Ping listened for a while and said, "The wind is blowing, and there are waves on the Han River. The navy warships are prone to bump left and right, and it is not easy to fight in columns. I am afraid that the upstream side cannot keep going."

"Did Ma Yu succeed?" Ren Kui, who was fully armed, was a little impatient: "Is this guy Liao Hua reliable?"

After a pause, he said again: "We have tens of thousands of people who are attacking Xiangyang, but we can't take it yet, but now we put all our hopes on Liao Hua who is lurking into the city. He entered the city alone without a single helper. If he says the wrong thing and dies, who can echo the outside world? We... can we really count on him?"

Ren Kui was a long-time general in Yizhou and was known for his bravery. When Duke Xuande entered Yizhou, he was also one of the early generals to surrender, and he once fought with Zhang Ren in Luocheng. Later, Duke Xuande unified the troops of Jing and Yizhou, and then moved Ren Kui's troops to Jiangling and appointed him as a general.

But he participated in the Jingzhou army with him very few times, and he did not regard Guan Yu as a god like a general in Jingzhou. So these words vaguely showed lack of confidence in Guan Yu's plan. It fell into Guan Ping's ears, which was very harsh.

Guan Ping glanced at Ren Kui, raised his foot, kicked a scout of Cao Jun, whose throat was cut and blood was flowing all over the body. The scout kicked his legs and then lay stiffly among several corpses and stopped moving.

These scouts set out from Xiangyang City half an hour ago and went straight to Wanshan to inquire. As a result, they were hiding here by thousands of elite troops under Guan Ping's troops, and were immediately captured and killed by Guan Ping.

But this means that the guards in the city are very vigilant and do not relax because of the withdrawal situations of the Jingzhou army disguised.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Sima Zhao Bin of Guan Ping hurriedly stepped out and said, "Liao Hua is smart and is enough to cover his own safety. Didn't the scouts confess just now? Cao Jun did not doubt him. General Ren, please wait with peace of mind!"

Ren Kui is arguably.

Guan Ping said nothing.

He knew in his heart that Ren Kui's worries were not wrong.

Among Guan Yu's subordinates, many people came from Xiangyang, and some of them were from large families who had been deeply rooted in the local area for a long time and maintained hidden connections in the vast areas around Xiangfan. For a period of time after Chibi, the Cao and Liu armies of Cao and Liu took advantage of this.

Later, Cao Cao moved the population of Xiangfan to Yanzhou and Yuzhou in large numbers, so that Xiang and Fan almost became unmanned lands, in order to avoid this situation from happening again.

However, how can the influence of these clans be completely eliminated? In the past few years, Jingzhou has once again penetrated into Xiangfan through commercial interests and re-cultivated a group of secretly active supporters.

Previously, Guan Yu asked Ma Zhong to send a message to Lei Yuan, asking Lei Yuan's troops to block the main force of Cao's army for three days because Guan Yu had already made mature plans.

During the fierce battle, he planned to send his fine subordinates to disguise themselves into the city, which would then cause civil strife in the city, cooperate with the fierce attack from the outside world, and fall into the city in one fell swoop.

However, this plan did not go smoothly. Man Chong defended the city well and had few flaws. It was difficult to implement his intention to sneak in on a large scale. So far, only Liao Hua and his group have confirmed that they have successfully entered the city.

At this time, Lei Yuan's Jiaozhou Army reported his new ideas to Guan Yu...

Guan Ping shook his head suddenly. Lei Xuzhi was too brave and had too much appetite. He was so big that Guan Ping could no longer imagine it and could not imagine it.

The actions of the Jiaozhou Army forced Guan Yu to some extent, forcing Guan Yu to immediately turn to the second plan. That is, the fake retreat at this moment, luring Man Chong to pursue him.

As long as Man Chong leaves Xiangyang, Liao Hua and Ma Yu will have the possibility of internal and external cooperation.

But it's just a possibility. This operation not only depends on the practitioner's ability to adapt to changes, but also on luck.

As for whether it is successful, who knows?

After all, this is Xiangyang! It is one of the most important key cities of the Cao regime and the support point of the thousands of miles of fronts!

Guan Ping knew the helplessness. It was because he knew that he did not have full confidence in the battle situation and even had some resentment towards Lei Yuan. It was just that he had always respected his father's decision and respect, so he led his troops here.

Ren Kui was talking nonsense, but Guan Ping didn't know how to persuade him for a moment.

At this time, Ren Kui was muttering to himself again. The more Guan Ping listened, the less he felt, and the more he listened, the more he became irritable.

He stood up in dismay, holding the hilt of the knife around his waist, and wanted to pull it out and cut it off, but then stopped.

When he was about to draw his sword, a personal soldier shouted: "General, look!"

The soldiers around Guan Ping all stood up, and many people couldn't help but shout. In their sight, one, two, and even more thick black fireworks suddenly rose in Xiangyang City. The black smoke seemed to be a ferocious ghost dancing, rising to more than ten feet before being blown away by the wind.

Guan Ping laughed to the sky.
Chapter completed!