Liu Biao himself is not from a big family, although he is a member of the Han family, but in Liu Biao's generation, he has no influence, otherwise he would not be able to be the pastor of Jingzhou.

Liu Biao, who is now over fifty years old, always feels that he is old, and he no longer has the sharpness that he had when he first came to Jingzhou.

was attacked by Liu Zheng one after another, Liu Biao didn't even have the courage to stop Liu Zheng, instead of coexisting and dying here with Xiangyang City, surrender may have become something that Liu Biao can accept.

However, just based on Liu Zheng's few words, he wanted to make him surrender, and Liu Biao couldn't help but seem too spineless.

Even if he agrees, in the future, in this world, what will the other princes think of him.

Liu Biao can't afford this kind of infamy.

So in the end, Mei was able to directly choose to surrender with Liu Zheng.

This matter is over for the time being.

Outside the city, after Liu Biao and the others left, Liu Zheng did not directly let his men attack, and let Zhou Yu lead the men and horses to temporarily set up camp here, while waiting for Xu Huang and Sun Jian to send back the news.

In just half a day's effort, Xu Huang sent him the news back.

The 5,000 vanguard cavalry led by Ding Yuan rushed from Jiangling to Xiangyang to support Liu Biao's soldiers and horses, but they were ambushed by Xu Huang's cavalry on the way.

These cavalry under Ding Yuan are not elite cavalry in the eyes of the entire Han Dynasty, but they have already suffered great losses in the battle with Huang Zhong.

The cavalry of Bingzhou did not have the ferocity of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, nor the lightness of the Karasuma Cavalry, so they were in a mediocre position, and they were killed and defeated when they met Xu Huang's cavalry.

It was ambushed again, and the 5,000 cavalry were completely lost in just two hours.

Xu Huang not only captured Ding Yuan, but even these cavalry were all wiped out, captured some war horses, and added them to his cavalry, Xu Huang took Ding Yuan, who had been captured, and returned to Liu Zheng's camp.

Liu Zheng had just set up the camp when he heard Xu Huang returning with people.

Although the cavalry on his side lost a lot of men and horses, when Liu Zheng heard Xu Huang say that Ding Yuan had been captured, Liu Zheng was still excited.

Liu Zheng immediately summoned Ding Yuan, who was tied up by Xu Huang, in his camp.

When Liu Zheng saw Ding Yuan, he could see that there were some vicissitudes on Ding Yuan's face.

If according to history, the current Ding Yuan has been killed by Lu Bu, but unfortunately, because of the appearance of Liu Zheng, this history no longer exists, and Ding Yuan, who should have died, lived for several years.

However, although Ding Yuan is still alive, Ding Yuan's ability to command troops is actually not very good, although he has bravery, but he is too old to hold on, let him take the initiative to attack, or he still does not have that ability.

This time, he was captured by Xu Huangsheng again, and the anger in his heart that he did not admit defeat had already dissipated.

Glancing at Liu Zheng with a lonely face, Ding Yuan was even more lonely when he saw that Liu Zheng was just a young man in his thirties, Liu Zheng had already laid such a big world at such a young age, and he was over fifty years old, but he became a prisoner.

"General Ding Yuan, I have admired the name for a long time."

Liu Zheng has not met Ding Yuan like this, compared to Lu Bu, Ding Yuan is indeed more sophisticated, regardless of his position, Liu Zheng still admires Ding Yuan very much.

Unlike other people, Ding Yuan really has no family background at all, and he struggled from a commoner.

Ding Yuan, who was born in a civilian family, relied on military merits and struggled little by little to reach a position like the history of the state assassin, compared to others, relying on his family, he easily got a high-ranking official, but Ding Yuan relied on his own ability.

"The general of the defeated army, how can he talk about the great name."

"Haha, General Ding Yuan, don't be presumptuous, the general's talent, I know, even if you are a general of someone else, you will definitely be able to get out of the way, but it's a pity that the general met me."

Liu Zheng didn't think he was smart, but that he fought wars, and he always had to be a surprise soldier and win by surprise.

Ding Yuan, an old guard, naturally found it difficult to figure out what Liu Zheng was thinking, so it was not so easy to block Liu Zheng.

If it were Cao Cao, Cao Cao would definitely not be so easy to fall for the plan, he would attack Liu Zheng on the battlefield of Jingzhou at all costs, and he would not return to Xiangyang at all.

It's a pity that the current Cao Cao was absorbed by Liu Zheng and went to Funan to play with those natives in the mud.

"Defeat is defeat, the old man admits it."

Ding Yuan sighed.

"The general should be old and strong, are you willing to follow me and pacify the world?"

Liu Zheng still has a good impression of Ding Yuan, so for Ding Yuan, although he was defeated and captured, if Ding Yuan is willing, Liu Zheng can still give him a chance to re-assume some positions under his account.

It's a pity that Ding Yuan shook his head.

responded to Liu Zheng.

"That's it, the old man is old, and he is no longer suitable for this world, now it is the world of you young people, an old thing like me, it is better to disarm and return to the field as soon as possible, and please let the old man return to the countryside for the sake of his advanced age."

Ding Yuan has lost his fighting spirit and ambition, so he said to Liu Zheng like this, not because he was afraid of things, but he looked down on these things.

He himself is still loyal to the Han Dynasty, but Liu Zheng is also the Han Dynasty here, for him, he doesn't care who is orthodox, but after being defeated by Liu Zheng, he really doesn't have the heart of loyalty to the country.

Liu Zheng wanted to say a few more words, but after seeing Ding Yuan's decadent appearance, he understood that he didn't have this mind, so he simply didn't persuade him more.

Of course, Liu Zheng did not agree with Ding Yuan so readily.

"General Ding Yuan, if you want to tell the old man to return to his hometown, I can promise you, but not now, I still have one more thing to do, if you can cooperate with me to handle this matter, don't say that you will return to your hometown, I will also leave you a quiet position, so that you will not be bored in your old age."

Ding originally thought that Liu Zheng would not agree, but after hearing Liu Zheng's words, he became a little interested.

immediately raised his head and looked at Liu Zheng, but did not ask, but the meaning was obviously waiting for Liu Zheng's instructions.

"Don't be in a hurry, you take a day off first, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Liu Zheng said that, he entertained Ding Yuan with a full meal, and then rested for a day.

Wait until the next day.

Liu Zhengcai pulled Ding Yuan and some remnants of Ding Yuan's army and appeared under the tower of Xiangyang City.

He wants to deal the final blow to these people in Xiangyang City and break their inner defenses.

What would they look like when they saw the waiting Ding Yuan army captured by Liu Zheng.