The assassins who assassinated Liu Biao were still being caught in Xiangyang City, but in the county seat of Chaoyang County, Nanyang County, Liu Bei was already restless.

Liu Bei has been waiting for Chen Zhi's return, but he has waited left and right, and has never waited for Chen Zhi's figure, and has been waiting until the evening, Liu Bei's heart has been completely disappointed.

Chen Zhi did not come back, for Liu Bei, there are only so many possibilities, either Chen Zhi was arrested when he assassinated Liu Qi, or Liu Qi was heavily defended and Chen Zhi had not yet started, or after Chen Zhi killed Liu Qi, the whole city was under martial law, and Chen Zhi was trapped in the city.

However, Liu Bei would never have dreamed that Chen Zhi would mistakenly kill Liu Qi's father, Liu Biao. And he was trapped in Xiangyang City and couldn't get out of the city for the time being.

In this way, Liu Bei had no confidence, and he didn't know what the situation in Xiangyang City was. For this reason, Liu Bei sent two of his other henchmen to Xiangyang City to inquire about the news, and if there was any news, he would come back immediately to report it.

However, Liu Bei focused all his attention on Xiangyang City, ignoring the situation in Xinye City, which confronted him. When Liu Bei sent his henchmen to Xiangyang City to inquire about the news, Zhang Xiu had already led his subordinates to approach Chaoyang County.

However, Liu Bei had no idea about this matter.

At the same time, the scouts sent by Zhang Xiu had already infiltrated the city and began to spread rumors in the streets and alleys that Liu Bei was ungrateful and sent people to assassinate the newly appointed Jingzhou pastor Liu Qi.

The people originally liked to say something right and wrong, and this news was extremely explosive, and the people rushed to tell each other. Gradually. Make the city full of wind and rain. Including in the army, there is also news that Liu Bei assassinated Liu Qi.

In just about an hour, rumors spread in the city, and the soldiers in the barracks also despised Liu Bei very much, remembering what Liu Bei had bewitched them before, but they were extremely disgusted with Liu Bei. The people in the city also hated Liu Bei very much, and they all said that Liu Bei was ungrateful and not a good thing.

No matter what. When Liu Bei was desperate, he was taken in by Liu Biao when he came to Jingzhou, and Liu Biao also gave him an official position, and later made him the governor of Jingnan and made him the governor of the four counties of Jingnan. Liu Biao has just stepped down here, and Liu Bei is going to assassinate Liu Qi, the son of Liu Biao who has just taken office, this is a rebellion, no matter from any point of view, Liu Bei is a big rebel and belongs to the rats crossing the street. The side where everyone shouts and fights.

However, Liu Bei, who is still immersed in his own world. He didn't know anything about the outside, until his henchmen hurriedly broke in from outside and told Liu Bei all these rumors, Liu Bei suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

He sent Chen Zhi to assassinate Liu Qi, and only two people knew about this matter besides him, one was Chen Dao, who went to assassinate Liu Qi, and the other was the prison army who was still imprisoned. How did this news leak out?

Liu Bei thought about it, there was only one possibility, that is, Chen Zhi betrayed him and told Liu Qi all these things. Other than that, Liu Bei couldn't think of any possibility.

So, Liu Bei angrily overturned the table in front of him, took out the sword in his waist and cut the table in two, and scolded loudly: "It must be Chen Zhi, a traitor, who leaked the secret, otherwise he wouldn't have come back until now!" ”

After seeing this, the confidant soldiers hurriedly asked: "Lord, now that the barracks are in chaos, everyone is panicking, if the lord doesn't go to the barracks to appease him, I'm afraid that these soldiers will no longer be owned by the lord." I just heard them say that they want to go back to Jingnan, and they don't do anything......"

Liu Bei frowned, immediately put away his sword, and said to his henchmen: "Prepare the horse immediately, I want to go to the barracks!" ”

"Whoa!"

The soldiers led the horse out, and after Liu Bei rode it, he beat the horse and went to the barracks, passing a few streets along the way, and the people on the street looked at him with disdain, but they were all people who dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

However, in Liu Bei's opinion, these eyes are enough to kill him, if he doesn't dispel the rumors as soon as possible, I'm afraid that he will be ruined because of this, how can he talk about the emperor's hegemony in the future!

Liu Bei couldn't care what the people thought of him, so he rode his horse and galloped straight to the barracks.

At this time, the barracks were already in chaos, and I didn't know if Lu Dao had the intention of retreating, and said that he was the first to leave here and return to his hometown, and then spread ten, ten, hundred, hundred, seventy or eighty percent of the people in the barracks all said that they wanted to return to Jingnan, and they were unwilling to be this soldier anymore, for fear of becoming a rebellious person, and thought that if Liu Qi sent troops to attack them in the future, if they were following Liu Bei, it would be a dead end.

These people all have families and rooms, and they were only soldiers to protect the territory and the people, and to protect the safety of the family, as soon as Liu Bei's scandal was exposed, they felt that it was too unworthy to follow Liu Bei, and they could become thieves at any time. Therefore, everyone took off their armor, threw away their weapons, gathered their salutes, and prepared to go home.

"Herod—"

Liu Bei rode a fast horse and came to the gate of the barracks, and saw that the barracks were in a mess, and the men in all kinds of clothes were carrying their burdens and packing up in the barracks, as if they were waiting for their companions to leave here together.

"What are you all doing here?" Liu Bei rode a war horse, stepped into the barracks, looked around at the scattered crowd, and immediately shouted loudly!

Many soldiers were just stunned for a moment, and then what should they do, Liu Bei saw that they directly ignored their existence, so he shouted loudly again: "You all stop for me!" ”

"Ungrateful villain, we don't want to follow you, following you is a thief, and the family will be implicated, if we don't leave now, when Liu Yuanjun's soldiers press the border, we can't leave if we want to." Liu Bei, you are also bold, even Liu Yuanjun dares to assassinate? One of the soldiers suddenly asked, "You want to rebel, we don't want to rebel, we still want to live!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the rest of the people echoed the voice, scolding Liu Bei for being a thief and an ungrateful villain, and at the same time, their eyes were full of anger and resentment.

Seeing this, Liu Bei's brows were already furrowed, and in the face of such a situation, he was already at a loss for words. In fact, he didn't want to argue anything, because this is what he did, and he couldn't blame others. But in order to appease the morale of the soldiers in the barracks, he still said cheekily: "You are all too confused, if I really want to rebel, I would have rebelled a long time ago, and I still have to wait?" When I was in Jingnan, I had tens of thousands of heavy troops, and Liu Jingzhou went on an expedition to the virtual country, if I wanted to rebel, I would have rebelled at that time, and it was the best moment. On the other hand, now, all I can command is you, this is only 10,000 people, my brain is broken, and I want to rebel at this time? Don't believe these rumors, I'm not that kind of person at all! You all think about it, what kind of person am I? ”

As soon as the words fell, some of them seemed to have an improved attitude towards Liu Bei, and their eyes were no longer so resentful when they looked at Liu Bei. But there are still some people who are indifferent, they carry the burden and ignore Liu Bei's words.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted: "I don't care what kind of person you are, whether you are against it or not, Lao Tzu has to go home, this soldier, Lao Tzu is not right!" ”

Immediately afterwards, some soldiers also expressed their desire to go back.

Just when Liu Bei was busy dealing with the possible mutiny here, Zhang Xiu had quietly come to Chaoyang County with a large army, and the city was still in chaos, rumors were spreading, rumors were flying all over the sky, and Liu Bei was completely ruined here. Moreover, the soldiers defending the city were also affected, and they returned to the barracks one after another, wanting to pack their bags and prepare to go home.

Zhang Xiu led the army to the outside of Chaoyang County, which was still three miles away from the county seat, and from a distance, the guards in the county town were very weak, and there were only a few soldiers on the city wall.

At this time, a scout quickly came to Zhang Xiu's side, clasped his fists and said, "General Qiyu, the city is ready, just wait for the general's order." ”

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he was overjoyed, and immediately turned to the subordinates behind him and said: "I have not done an inch since the surrender, now is the time for everyone to make contributions, Chaoyang County has a total of three city gates, we are divided into three ways, together to launch an attack, when you arrive at the city gate, already lurking in the city should open the city gate for you, you go into the city, as long as you encounter resistance, you will be killed, do not let Liu Bei go, must capture Liu Bei alive, if necessary, you can kill him, No matter who beheads Liu Bei, I will have a heavy reward. And as for the people of the city, do not harm them, for if I find anyone who dares to kill them for merit, I will kill them." ”

All the subordinates "snorted", and then Zhang Xiu divided the troops into three, the east, south, and north gates were each arranged with 6,000 people, 3,000 people attacked the city, 3,000 people outside tightly guarded the main road in and out, and no one was allowed to leave, if there was a fierce battle in the city, reinforcements were needed, and people outside the city could also quickly go to support, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, and the most important thing was that Liu Bei could not get away.

Twilight, the night gradually fell, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and others had already arranged their troops, only to hear a war drum sound, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and others launched an attack on Chaoyang County, thousands of soldiers rushed towards the city.

Chaoyang County is a small city, there is no moat outside, the city wall is also very low, Zhang Xiu's army soon came to the city gate, the defenders on the city wall saw such a formation, they were frightened like earth, and retreated.

At this moment, the three city gates were opened from the inside, and Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and others took advantage of the situation to kill them, and densely rushed to the county seat of Chaoyang County...... (To be continued......)