Chapter 1026 Congratulations
A divine light flashed in Guan Yu's eyes.
He stared at the direction of Xiangyang City, saw thick smoke rising, and the sound of fighting was everywhere. Then, the military flags flew in the direction of Wanshan Mountain, and his army began to break into the city.
The distance was a little further and I couldn't see the specific situation of the fight, but Guan Yu could feel the chaos spreading. The keen sense of smell tempered from the battlefield told him that the state of firmness that had been maintained in the city had already fallen apart.
So Guan Yu confirmed that the Tangchi, Jincheng in Xiangyang, was no longer worthy of relying on. The fate of this strong city was under the control of the Jingzhou Army!
He turned around and said with a sigh: "Liao Hua and Ma Yu have done it! Haha, it's really not easy."
Even if Guan Yu had been in a military career for decades, he had captured cities and land countless times, and fought and defeated the enemy, this was a brilliant record that he had never had before. If the world was used as the chess game and captured Xiangyang, he would throw a piece that was enough to create the victory or defeat of the chess game. This piece affected not only one corner of the chess game, but the overall situation!
Guan Yu's face was originally very red, but he pretended to be calm and said a few words, then a burst of blood surged, and his face became even more red.
He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the generals beside him slightly.
To put it nicely, this battle is called a dangerous battle. To put it badly, it is a bit of luck. Even if the generals have tens of millions of courage, they can only wait and see outside, and even the calmest people will inevitably be uneasy.
Before, Man Chong led his troops out of the city, which made everyone feel relieved, but when they thought of the subsequent occupation, the relief turned into tension. At least four or five people around Guan Yu were already covered in sweat, and his Rong robe was soaked, but he seemed to be unaware of it.
Until this time.
Yang Yi shouted ecstatically, Zhou Cang shouted with his arms, Shi He, Wu Dang, Zeng Xia, Shi Ren and other generals waved their swords and jumped, and many soldiers stamped the ground, raised their guns and swords, and waved the military flags.
Such actions will inevitably lead to the small army on the top of Phoenix Mountain being discovered by Cao's army. But at this time, no one cared.
Since Le Jin was seriously ill, the Cao army in Xiangyang has lost the ability to take the initiative in recent years. The reason why they can still compete with the Jingzhou army is that they only rely on the solid city of Xiangyang. Now that Xiangyang is about to change hands, who will care about these long-standing warriors?
Many of these soldiers were from Xiangyang. Taking Xiangyang was of great symbolic significance to them.
A scholar like Yang Yi laughed and cried, and suddenly burst into tears. This famous Jingzhou scholar was the chief clerk of the Jingzhou governor under the command of Cao, and was later defeated and captured, and was forced to turn to the Liu family. During this process, there were many twists and turns, and the Yang family paid a heavy price for it, so Yang Yi could not help but be entangled and pressured. But as long as Xiangyang was taken down, a lot of pressure would be relieved, and Yang Yi could comfort his clan and relatives.
Seeing the soldiers' excitement, Guan Yu slowly adjusted his breathing evenly, stroked his long beards under his jaw, maintaining his cold and arrogant attitude. Suddenly, his chin hurts, and it turns out that his hand is a little more forceful, and he actually pulls off his precious beard's two stems.
Guan Yu's age is gradually getting worse than his qi and blood. His usual bright and plump beard has become softer recently, and some have begun to show grayish-white colors. So Guan Yu specially found a famous doctor and customized ointment to apply it to maintain it every day. Unexpectedly, one of them suddenly lost today, which was heartbreaking.
He pinched his two beards and looked at them with regret. Finally, he put them in the sleeve of the robe with a free expression, then pressed his hand down to signal the generals to be quiet.
"The war in the city is in full swing, and it is not time to celebrate." He looked around everyone and then said in a deep voice: "Zhou Cang, raise the flag! You can send troops now and keep Mo Feng!"
Zhou Cang raised the flag according to the order, and ambushed soldiers from all over the place rose up for a moment, and the sound of killing shocked the sky.
At the same time, the chaos in Xiangyang City has reached an uncontrollable level.
The man who claimed to be the commander of Cao's army, Ma Shi, was naturally the personal general under Guan Yu. He led nearly a thousand dead soldiers in his headquarters to rush around and immediately broke through the arsenal. He then divided his troops to the west city to open the city gate and connect Guan Ping's troops into the city.
At this time, Liao Hua also gathered more than 200 people from various lifangs, each carrying swords and guns, and quickly took over the people, plundered the Cao army's camps everywhere, and killed and set fire on the road.
Where did he come from?
This has to be said that this is the trouble for the wealthy families. These local forces have their own military power, but they are not completely under the control of the generals defending the city.
At that time, Jiangling City was because some of the gentry in Jingzhou turned against each other, causing the city gate to change hands and the army in Jiangdong broke into the city. That time, it suffered a harsh loss, so Guan Yu later tried his best to control the clan forces under his rule, and on the other hand, he tried his best to attract people from Xiangfan and use it in the future.
In the past few years, the infiltration of Jingzhou into the north has reached a very terrible level. Liao Hua himself is from Zhonglu, Xiangyang, and is a local clan. He served as the chief clerk of Guan Yu as a military man. In fact, his main work is not to take care of the pen and ink every day, but to assist Yang Yi and represent Guan Yu to contact local forces in Xiang and Fan areas.
With the financial support of Jingzhou, the convenience brought by caravans, and the completely different political and economic status comparisons of Jingzhou people in the north and south, Liao Hua's influence in the local area has expanded significantly.
He, the chief clerk in Jiangling, has long been familiar with many people in Xiangyang City. Even the identity of "Liao Chun" was prepared in advance when Song Wan, a wealthy merchant from Jingzhou, traveled to Xiangyang. Usually, the person who plays this identity is a capable guard leader under Song Wan's subordinate, called Ma Vest.
In this case, Liao Hua disguised himself as the Du Bo of Cao's army and entered Xiangyang along the river, and immediately looked for an opportunity to find his familiar old man. Among them, there was Sima, the defender of Xiangyang.
Then things were easier to handle. Several officials promised to go out and bought them. On the one hand, they proved Liao Hua's identity, while on the other hand, those people secretly gathered the servants' troops at home.
Originally, these people were thinking of selling Liao Hua if things were not harmonious. However, now that Man Chong's troops are having an enemy, and the Jingzhou army has entered the city in a large scale, how could they still be shaken?
Liao Hua shouted, and they all started to fight with them.
Guan Ping's troops had occupied the west gate and were heading straight east, intending to capture the east gate and block the retreat of Man Chong's troops. As they marched, more and more people shouted, "General Guan has entered the city! General Guan has entered the city!"
The one who entered the city was indeed General Guan, but Guan Ping and not Guan Yu.
But at this time, Guan Yu's majesty was just right.
Just in Liao Hua's sight, the general was pale and ran away regardless of his boss's shouts.
Liao Hua took the opportunity to attack forward.
At this time, he was leading his men to the northwest of the city, where many city guards and civil and military officials were located.
Liao Hua and others came fiercely, and there were also private soldiers who reacted one after another, holding swords and guns in their hands to stop them.
Just between the towering walls, hundreds of people fought in a mess, blood splattering everywhere, dyeing the mud on the ground red, and even causing the mud to be washed by blood and flowing again.
Many of these hundreds of people are familiar with each other. However, because of their respective patriarchs and sect leaders' different choices, they have to fight each other. However, the morale of both sides is not at the same level. The Jingzhou army's attack on the city for many days has caused great casualties to the Xiangyang defenders. At this time, everyone said that Guan Yu had entered the city, and the soldiers all said that the overall situation had been settled and they were becoming less and less motivated.
Even some swordsmen and swordsmen who were specially raised by clans began to leave their armor and remove themselves.
Liao Hua took advantage of the momentum to rush. Wherever he went, he heard shouts from far and near and was at a loss, and saw defeated soldiers everywhere.
Almost instantly, it was time to be defeated.
Liao Hua urged his troops to continue moving forward.
Turning a corner of the street, he was meeting a short old man in military uniform and fell to the ground. The old man's shriveled body, face, and white beard were covered with mud, probably because he was hit and stepped by the escaped soldiers just now. But he still tried hard to get up from the mud pond covered with mud and blood.
He clearly had no weapons on his body, his helmet fell off, and even his military clothes were broken, revealing his chest covered in mud and blood, so thin that he could see protruding ribs. Even when he stood up, his body was swaying, as if a gust of wind could blow away. Such an old man was obviously terminally ill, and he would probably live in a few days without fighting. But he clasped his fists and glared at Liao Hua, as if fire was about to spit out of his eyes.
Liao Hua felt that the old man looked familiar. But he was busy leading the troops forward and had no intention of making things difficult for such an old man, so he stopped and said in a deep voice: "Old man, Cao's army is defeated! At your age, hurry up and go home so that you won't die outside and have different bodies and heads!"
The old man roared and rushed towards Liao Hua in a stumble.
Liao Hua sneered and drew his sword to greet him. When he was about to slash, the old man suddenly fell to the ground and disappeared.
Liao Hua shook his head and was about to continue moving forward. He saw several leaders of the wealthy tribes around him gathering over and looking at him with strange eyes.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
The people looked at each other and bowed directly in the mud: "Congratulations! Congratulations! Master Liao, you have killed the enemy general Le Jin!"
Liao Hua pressed the knife and looked at the people, then looked at the old man in front of him: "Is this Le Jin?"
Chapter completed!