The north gate of Xiangyang, the head of the city.

Liu Biao was also wondering.

He thought that Su Zhe was going to attack Xiangyang, and he was ready to give Su Zhe a head-on attack.

In his mind, he had even imagined the embarrassment of Su Zhe when he was repulsed and returned in vain, and he had no choice but to retreat.

It's just that the hateful traitor has been arrayed for more than an hour, but he has not attacked for a long time.

What kind of tricks is he playing?

Liu Biao's brows gradually deepened, and his eyebrows showed suspicion, and he began to worry again.

"This Su thief, if he doesn't attack the city for a long time, what kind of trick is there?" Kuailiang was also uneasy.

Kuai Yue sneered: "Brother Lord, don't worry too much, we just need to strictly guard the city, even if the Su thief has a big trick, he will never be able to help us." ”

Liu Biao's face softened, stroked his beard, and nodded: "The difference is reasonable, if the thief wants to consume it, the mansion will accompany him to consume it, I will see what tricks he can toss, hum~~"

The words fell, and suddenly, there was a strange movement in my ears.

Faintly, it seems that the sound of shouting and killing is ringing in the ears, one after another.

"Where did the killing sound come from?" Liu Biao suddenly became alert, and looked at the front of the city, the Soviet army was obviously standing still.

The rest of the people also heard the shouting of killing, and their nerves tensed up in unison, and they looked around suspiciously.

Wen Ping was the first to react, pointing to the east and saying, "Lord, the shouting and killing seems to be coming from the direction of the east gate." ”

"East Gate, why does the shouting of killing appear at the East Gate, and the Su thief is obviously at the North Gate?" Liu Biao's face began to panic.

Kuai Liang beside him suddenly changed color, and said hurriedly: "Lord, isn't it the Su thieves who are lining up here, but they are pretending to attack the city, but in fact, they are attacking the east and the west, and secretly sending troops to attack my east gate?" ”

Liu Biao's expression changed immediately and he was taken aback.

At this time, Kuai Yue said calmly: "Lord, don't panic, look at the formation of the Su thieves, most of the soldiers and horses are here, even if you send troops to attack the east gate, the number will not be too much, we still have Song Zhong's five hundred soldiers and horses at the east gate, how can the Su thieves easily break through." ”

Liu Biao calmed down a little before he calmed down.

At this moment, in the direction of the east gate, a column of wolf smoke rose into the air, as if sending out some signal.

Immediately afterwards, the shouting and killing sound in the direction of the east gate became stronger and stronger, and it seemed to be coming towards the city.

Moreover, faintly, Liu Biao even heard the sound of iron horses galloping.

Liu Biao's panic just calmed down, and his face surged again, and he couldn't calm down anymore, so he hurriedly threw himself in the direction of the inner wall and looked in the direction of Dongcheng.

He vaguely saw that dust and mist were rising from the direction of the east gate, and it was rolling along the main street towards the city.

"What's going on? What the hell is going on at the East Gate? Liu Biao's face was heavy, and his voice became hoarse.

The crowd was dazed and panicked, and no one could answer.

Even if it was Kuai Yue, he was panicked at this time, and he looked confused, and he didn't know how to explain it.

Just when everyone was panicking, a scout rode along the city wall and galloped from the direction of the east gate, and knelt down in front of Liu Biao in embarrassment.

"Lord, the big thing is not good, my east gate was attacked by the thief army, the enemy army of 800 iron cavalry rushed into the city, General Song Zhong was defeated, and he was retreating, please send troops to rescue!"

The east gate is broken!

A thunderbolt hit the top of Liu Biao's head fiercely, and in an instant, he was shocked, his body shook a few times, and he barely stood still by holding the battlements with his hands.

"Deng Ji has five hundred soldiers and horses, how can he be easily broken by the enemy?" Kuai Yue asked in surprise.

"The enemy army was originally unable to break through the city gate, but out of nowhere, more than 200 thieves suddenly appeared, attacking us from behind, led by the enemy general who called himself Wei Yan, unstoppable, General Deng could not resist the enemy's internal and external attacks, so he had to abandon the door and retreat."

Enemy general Wei Yan?

Or did it come out of the city?

Liu Biao's face turned pale, and he said angrily in a trembling voice: "Who is this Wei Yan, could it be that he secretly colluded with the Su thief, and he can't get along with the inside and outside?" ”

In Liu Biao's eyes, Wei Yan was obviously just an inconspicuous little person, and he couldn't even remember the existence of this person.

Wen Ping suddenly remembered, and said hurriedly: "Lord, it was this Wei Yan who led the water army to defect to the Su thieves that day, so that the eldest prince had no way to retreat to the water, so he was forced to die on the shore by the Su thieves." ”

Liu Biao's body was shocked, and he suddenly remembered, and couldn't help but be angry and shocked, and scolded: "Wei Yan, a traitor, how did he sneak into the city?" Even brought more than 200 people? How are you defending the city! ”

Wen Ping and the other generals looked embarrassed and didn't know how to respond.

Just then, another scout came galloping in, bringing worse news:

The thousands of fugitives in the city who had come to defect were instigated by whom, and after hearing the news of the fall of the East Gate, they actually made a riot, rushed out of the barracks, and were killing to seize weapons from the arsenal.

Rebellion?

Another thunderbolt from a sunny day slammed overhead, and Liu Biao's spirit was hit hard again.

He was completely stunned, those thousands of fugitives obviously abandoned Su Zhe and came to join him, obviously their families were all in their own hands, where did they get the courage to betray again?

Could it be that for Su Zhe, they didn't even care about the life and death of their wives and children?

"Why? Why is this happening? What's going on? Liu Biao was so angry that he lost his sense of proportion.

At this time, Kuai Liang suddenly woke up and said hurriedly: "Lord, I understand, we have fallen for the tricks of the Su thief!" ”

Liu Biao looked at Kuai Liang fiercely, looking puzzled.

Kuai Liang said with a bitter face: "The reason why Su Zhe let thousands of fugitives come to us is just a trick, just to mix Wei Yan and his two hundred thieves among those fugitives, so as to hide our ears and eyes, and sneak into the city without knowing it." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the front of the city again, "The reason why the Su thieves lined up at the north gate and delayed the attack was to attract our attention, so that they secretly sent cavalry to attack the east gate, and then Wei Yanli should join forces with the outside and attack my east gate!" From the very beginning, we fell into the trap of the Su thief! ”

Truth.

Liu Biao, who suddenly realized, froze his face into a moment of astonishment.

He suddenly recalled that when he received those thousands of troops a few days ago, his will to gain ambition and determination still regarded that day as the dividing line between him and Su Zhe's reversal of strength and weakness

Unexpectedly, he fell into the trap set by Su Zhe invisibly, and he thought that it was only now that he suddenly woke up.

For a while, Liu Biao was ashamed and annoyed, and shouted at the brothers of the Kuai family: "Why didn't you two see through the tricks of the Su thief, why didn't you remind the mansion?" ”

The two brothers Kuailiang and Kuaiyue were choked with ash and shame, and they didn't know what to do.

"If Mr. Yuanzhi is here, he will be able to see through the treacherous plans of the Su thieves and not make this house trick." Liu Biao hated and sighed, and couldn't help but think of Xu Shulai, who had not been gone for a long time.

He valued Xu Shu so much, which was tantamount to slapping the two brothers of the Kuai family in the face again, making them even more embarrassed.

At this time, Wen Ping said in a deep voice: "Lord, the fall of the East Gate is a foregone conclusion, the rebels in front of us must have acted soon, there is not much time left for us, now is not the time to complain, please also ask the Lord to make a determination quickly." ”

After saying a few words, he gave Liu Biao a stick and woke him up.

The shame and anger on his face turned into panic, and he didn't have an idea for a while, so he had to look at the two brothers of the Kuai family, and asked in a trembling voice: "You guys quickly get an idea for this mansion, what should I do." ”

The two brothers of the Kuai family breathed a sigh of relief.

Kuai Liang sighed and said silently: "Lord, the east gate has been broken, the enemy's iron cavalry is unstoppable, and there are thousands of soldiers who have taken refuge in the rebellion, this Xiangyang City is impossible to hold, for today's plan, I can only get up immediately and move the state to Jiangling." ”

Move to Gangneung!

Liu Biao's heart was shocked again, and the pain was like a knife.

He knew that Kuai Liang was trying to persuade him to give up Xiangyang.

Thinking that he is a dignified Han family clan, a prince, he is a tyrant in Jingzhou, which makes the world's heroes jealous, how majestic.

Now, he was killed by a traitor from a poor family, and he was defeated in successive battles, not to mention that his eldest son was killed, and he was forced to abandon his own state rule and fled to Nanyang in a hurry.

After this escape, his prestige was swept away, and his face was gone!

Moreover, Xiangyang is the core of Jingzhou, not only rich, but also extremely important in terms of geographical location, how can such an important town be lost.

Liu Biao secretly gritted his teeth, his face was tangled and ugly, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while.

Seeing this, Kuai Yue hurriedly said: "Lord, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, how can he care about the temporary gains and losses, although he lost Xiangyang today, most of Jingzhou is still in the hands of the lord, if the lord hesitates again, everything will be over." ”

A head of cold water was splashed on the top of Liu Biao's head, pouring his unwillingness and his entanglement into his heart in an instant.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that I, Liu Jingsheng, would be forced to such a point by a stinky poor boy, alas~~"

After a long sigh of helplessness, Liu Biao flicked his hand and said weakly: "Pass the order, abandon the city quickly, and retreat south to Jiangling." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly hugged Liu Biao and went down to the city.

Liu Biao himself got on the horse first and fled to the south gate, and at the same time sent Wen Ping to lead a part of the men and horses to the state pastoral mansion to escort his second son Liu Cong and his wife Cai Shi out of the city and flee south.

In order to confuse the Soviet army outside the north gate, Liu Biao, at the suggestion of Kuai Yue, asked the non-commissioned detachment to withdraw, but he planted a banner on the city, thinking that he would confuse Su Zhe.

Outside the North Gate.

Because it was far away from the city, Su Zhe didn't hear the shouting and killing from the east gate, but he saw the column of wolf smoke burning in the east direction.

That was the signal he had agreed with Wei Yan in advance.

The wolf smoke rose, which means that Wei Yanli should succeed in joining forces with the outside world, and the east gate was broken.

"Isn't it just a pillar of wolf smoke? What's the point? Huangfu Song didn't know the inside story, but he looked at the pillar of wolf smoke but was at a loss.

"That means that the time has come for us to take Xiangyang in one go!"

Huangfu Song was stunned and failed to react for a while.

Su Zhe had already drawn his sword in his hand, his murderous aura was burning, his sword pointed at the enemy city, and shouted: "Beat the drums, the whole army will attack the city, and give me a flat Xiangyang!" ”