Dense arrows flew across the river, and the soldiers of more than a dozen ships in front were killed and injured, screaming and falling into the water. The momentum of the attack was suddenly severely damaged. More importantly, the two large ships blocked the gate of the water camp and they could not rush in at all.

The cargo ship slowed down and began to turn around one after another. Guan Yu, who was behind, watched his son's boat being smashed to pieces. Everyone on the boat fell into the river. He was so shocked that his heart and gallbladder broke out and shouted: "Save my son quickly!"

But the river was in chaos, drums and shouts of killing resounded across the river, arrows were like rain, and the soldiers couldn't breathe. Many ships lost control and were spinning on the river. At this moment, a soldier pointed to the west and shouted: "General Guan, an enemy ship is coming!"

Two warships of 3,000 stone came to the west, and they collided with their ships like giants. Several cargo ships could not dodge and were overwhelmed. Guan Yu seemed to turn a blind eye to all this and turned a blind eye. He stared at the gate of the water village. He was looking for his son's whereabouts. At this time, he saw several soldiers hiding under wooden stakes, holding wooden stakes, but he didn't know if they were his son.

"General, it's coming!"

There was a burst of exclamation on the ship, and Guan Yu discovered that a large ship appeared on their side, only a few steps apart. Before he could react, the "boom!" The ship was hit with a loud bang. The huge impact force caused Guan Yu to fall heavily on the side of the ship. More than a dozen soldiers were knocked off the ship. The hull shook violently and creaked, and the river water poured into the cracked crack.

"General, jump the ship quickly, the ship is broken!"

Someone shouted, "Crack!", and the hull broke into two pieces, and a wave hit him, and Guan Yu's ship was immediately swallowed by the river.

The river was in chaos, and thirty cargo ships were knocked and sank nearly half. There were soldiers calling for help everywhere. Guan Yu's legs were stuck in a broken wooden board and could not move. The water had already flooded his jaw. Seeing that he was about to follow the ship to sink to the bottom of the river, Guan Yu couldn't help but sigh, "I, Guan Yunchang, died in the river."

At this moment, Guan Yu felt his whole body tightening, and a rope snail tied him up. A small boat sailed in front of him. There were five or six people on the boat. The leader was Zhou Xin, the military marquis of the Water Village. He kept staring at Guan Yu's boat. He knew Guan Yu and knew very well that if he could capture Guan Yu alive, he would make great contributions.

At this time, he saw that Guan Yu was broken on a boat and Guan Yu seemed to be stuck. Zhou Xin was overjoyed and rushed to the boat. He threw out a rope to tie Guan Yu, then jumped into the water, untied Guan Yu from the broken boat, and pushed him onto the boat.

Several cold knives were placed on Guan Yu's neck, and Zhou Xin said coldly: "General Guan, I don't want to kill you, but if you resist, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Guan Yu seemed not to hear him, and he was still staring at the gate of the water village. Suddenly, he saw his son Guan Ping, holding a wooden stake. Guan Yu laughed, "Okay! OK! My son is safe, even if I die, I can rest in peace."

Liu Bei's army captured Xiling County, about 1,500 people, led by Liu Lian, the chief minister of Wuling County. Liu Lian is also a member of the Liu Biao tribe, and his father Liu Chi is Liu Biao's consul.

During Cao Cao's southern expedition, most of the Liu clans ran to Lingling County to surrender to the prefect Liu Du, and Liu Chi was no exception. His eldest son Liu Lian immediately went to Nanjun to follow Liu Qi, which was admired by Liu Bei and named him the magistrate of Wuling County.

This time, Liu Lian led 5,000 Wuling County soldiers to follow Liu Bei to expedition to Bashu. Liu Bei left his 3,500 army in Gong'an County and handed over to Zhuge Liang for training. He then ordered Liu Lian to lead 1,500 soldiers across the river to the north bank to seize Xiling County.

Liu Lian did not expect that it would be so easy to seize Xiling County. When he led his army to Xiling County, the defenders retreated without fighting, and he easily seized the county town.

However, although the task was completed properly, Liu Lian was not happy because he didn't know what he should do next, and he didn't even know how he should withdraw back to the south bank.

Although Liu Bei told him that after he wiped out Li Yan's army, they would meet in Zigui County, but this was just a painting of cake to satisfy his hunger. When would he be able to destroy Li Yan's army? What should I do if it could not be eliminated? This made Liu Lian very upset, restless day and night, and was always waiting for news about Zigui.

At dusk, the sun had already set, the purple color of the sky dyed by the sunset gradually faded, and the clouds turned gray and black, and the night was about to fall, and the coldness of late autumn quietly came, and the soldiers on the city were feeling the cold, and many soldiers put on the blankets they carried with them.

Like the day, Liu Lian looked towards Zigui at the head of Xicheng. He was anxiously waiting for Liu Bei's news. Three days had passed, and there was no news. He felt more and more uneasy. Although he admired Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness very much, he began to have a little doubt. Liu Bei sent him to Xiling County, with the real purpose of seizing his army.

He was reluctant to guess Liu Bei's intentions like this, but his generals were all talking about it like this, and his heart was a little shaken.

"Mr. Magistrate, it's almost dark. Go back to the county government!" his personal soldiers persuaded.

Liu Lian sighed, and he felt a little cold, so he turned around and walked down the city. As soon as he reached the corridor, he suddenly stopped and seemed to have heard something. All the soldiers stood up. Obviously they heard it too. Yes, it was the low sound of trumpets, which came from the east.

Liu Lian was stunned, this is

At this time, a soldier rushed to the east city and reported urgently: "County magistrate, army! A large army is coming."

Liu Lian's heart sank. He ran to the East City without thinking. At this time, all the soldiers on the top of the city were running towards the East City Wall. Liu Lian ran to the east City Headquarters and looked down at him at a glance. All the soldiers were stunned, looking at the city motionless like stone sculptures.

Under the half-black sky, the wilderness was filled with endless troops, with flags covering the sky, with tens of thousands of people. Liu Lian's first reaction was that Cao's army was coming, but he immediately understood that it was not Cao's army, but Liu Jing's Jingzhou army arrived.

Liu Jing personally led 30,000 Jingzhou troops to Xiling County. He received news of Xiang Feng in the county. Sima Yi had already rushed to support Jiangling, but Xiling County was lost. Li Yan's army's retreat was cut off, so Liu Jing turned around and marched towards Xiling County.

On a small hill, Liu Jing was surrounded by dozens of generals including Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, etc., looking at the county town in the distance. At the beginning of the year, he once came to Xiling County. The county town was five miles long from north to south and three miles wide from east to west. On one side, it was close to the Yangtze River and on the other side, it was close to the mountains, breaking the official road to the west, and its strategic position was very important.

However, Liu Jing also heard from the herb collector that there was a mountain road that could cross the mountains, but he could not get through the animal power and supplies. Liu Bei's hundreds of elite soldiers crossed the mountains and bypassed Xiling County and succeeded in the sneak attack on Zigui County.

The walls of Xiling County are not high, only about two or seven feet. You can climb up the wall with an ordinary siege ladder.

It can be seen that there are not many defenders on the city, less than two thousand people, and they can be captured within one hour. Liu Jing sneered and turned around and ordered: "Tell me my order, and the army will be stationed in the camp!"

At this time, Liao Hua stepped forward and said, "Please give the 5,000 troops to take Xiling County within one hour."

Liu Jing smiled, "I understand General Liao's mood, but it's hard for the army to march all the way. Let's rest first and fight tomorrow!"

Liao Hua touched a soft nail and had to bow and turned around. Liu Jing ordered a personal soldier and said, "Go and call the pass, ask who the chief general is, and tell the defenders that surrender can avoid death, otherwise you will be killed!"

The personal soldiers led the order and turned over and ran towards Xiling County. Soon after, they ran to the city. He raised his head and shouted loudly: "My lord asks, who is the lord of the city?"

Liu Lian hesitated and agreed, "I am Liu Lian, the governor of Wuling County, who is your lord?"

"Is it true that the Lord of Chu Liuzhou!"

There was an uproar on the top of the city. It turned out that Liu Jing was coming, and the soldiers showed fear on their faces. Liu Jing was coming, what should they do? Everyone looked at Liu Lian.

Liu Lian's heart was in a mess. Didn't it mean that Liu Jing went to Jiangdong? Why did he come back? He is the Liu Jing's brother. He should be a family member, but he followed Liu Qi. Moreover, Uncle Liu said more than once that Liu Jing was a fake person, and the real Liu Jing was dead.

Liu Qi did not make any statement, but his clan uncle Liu Du hinted that he agreed with Liu Bei's statement, which made Liu Lian a little confused. Isn't his surrender to Liu Jing betrayed the family?

At this time, the personal soldiers shouted again: "Listen to the soldiers in the city, you only have one chance to surrender and avoid death, otherwise you will be killed!"

The four words "kill all the way" made everyone's back tremble.

The night had completely fallen, and the Jingzhou army did not attack the city, but instead set up a camp two miles away from the county town. The defenders in the city breathed a little relieved, but thinking that the Jingzhou army would attack the city tomorrow morning, the soldiers in the city were all in a heavy mood and were anxious.

In a house near Dongcheng, more than a dozen generals were gathering together to drink. Two tooth generals, two military marquis, and seven or eight village chiefs, each of whom was drinking silently, and no one spoke. At this time, a military marquis couldn't help but say, "Old Wu, you ask us to come, what's the matter? Say something!"

The officer named Lao Wu was a tooth general about forty years old and the oldest among them. He sighed and said, "I miss General Zhao a little!"

General Zhao is Zhao Yun. When Zhao Yun was training troops in Wuling County, these officers were all his subordinates. Zhao Yun treated his subordinates very well. Although he had surrendered to Liu Jing, these Wuling officers still missed him.

At this time, another military marquis said angrily: "Since that's the case, let's go to General Zhao to avoid losing all day long."

"Don't talk nonsense, our family is in Wuling, be careful."

Everyone was silent again, but in fact everyone knew that they were gathered together to discuss surrender, but no one could speak out, and they were worried that their families would be implicated.

At this time, the Yajiang, named Wu, said in a deep voice: "I brought everyone here just to discuss what we should do? We have no way out. We either surrender or annihilate the entire army. We will die in the battle to fulfill our loyalty to the Uncle Liu."

"Bad!"

A young treasury chief next to him cursed: "Most of our five thousand Wuling soldiers were swallowed up by him, and the rest were sent here to die. What about Uncle Liu, a big-eared thief with false benevolence and righteousness!"

This time no one scolded him, everyone agreed with him, and another Yajiang said, "Old Wu, just say it clearly! Everyone is a fellow villager, let's listen to you."

Everyone responded, "Old Wu, just say it!"

Wu Yajiang finally gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone has seen that Liu Jing's tens of thousands of troops have arrived. We only have more than a thousand people, and there is not even a place to escape. We were originally the Jingzhou army, and it is natural to surrender to Liu Jing. Let's persuade Liu Lian to surrender! Saving your life is important."

Everyone had this intention long ago, and stood up and said, "If he refuses to surrender, he will kill him with one knife!"

Wu Yajiang quickly stopped him, "Don't kill him, he is also a member of the Liuzhou Mu tribe, but tie him up to see Liuzhou Mu."

Everyone drank the wine in the bowl and threw it hard to the ground. They rushed out and walked quickly towards the county government. Many soldiers on duty also followed them, and everyone came to the county government.

Liu Lian sat alone in the county yamen and drank in a silence. At this time, a personal soldier ran in panic and reported: "Miss Prince, the generals are all in the yard, everyone wants to see you."

Liu Lian was stunned. He got up and walked into the yard. He saw that the yard was filled with hundreds of people. He asked the leader unhappily and said, "Wu Zheng, what are you doing?"

Wu Ya General stepped forward and bowed: "You report to the county magistrate, your brothers don't want to die. I hope the county magistrate can lead us to surrender."

Liu Lian was furious and scolded: "Did Liu Jing scare you to death after saying a few words? They are all cartilage."

Everyone looked at each other and suddenly rushed up, took Liu Lian to the ground, tied him up with a rope. Liu Lian was so angry that he cursed: "You bastards, cowards! Woo ~"

Someone blocked his mouth with a rag, and Liu Lian suddenly felt extremely frightened. He struggled desperately but to no avail.
Chapter completed!