Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 339 Yuan Zhong?wronged

The losses suffered by the Jingzhou Army in this battle were greater than those suffered during the siege of the city in the previous two days.

There were not many Jingzhou cavalry, but they lost more than a hundred people in the first confrontation between the two groups of cavalry.

Although the Jingzhou cavalry, led by Guan Yu, accurately tore apart Xiangyang's [-] cavalry from the front waist position, the gap in equestrian skills and horses still caused the Jingzhou army to suffer heavy losses.

Cao Wei's cavalry archers realized that something was wrong. They immediately drew their sabers and started a hand-to-hand battle with the Han army that came in diagonally.

With their courage to risk their lives and their proficiency in horseback combat, even in a battle formation that was not conducive to their own side, these mounted archers still proved with their combat effectiveness that they were not mobile military meritorious deeds.

After eating more than half of the Xiangyang cavalry, the Jingzhou army would naturally suffer casualties.

But it was still worth it. When the remaining Xiangyang cavalry were intercepted again by the team led by Fu Wei and Zhao Lei, they no longer had the determination to fight to the death and no longer had the same fighting strength as before.

Cao Wei's cavalry, which had greatly failed to meet their standards, fell off their horses one after another, and even took the initiative to dismount and ask for surrender.

During the chase and interception, only Yuan Zhong was released from the encirclement under Guan Yu's order.

Because the Jingzhou cavalry strangled other Xiangyang Wei troops, they were unable to catch up and were about to flee back to Xiangyang.

"General Guan, why don't you just kill this beast!" Fu Wei rode his horse to Guan Yu's side, obviously not satisfied yet, "I see that the morale of the defenders in the city has declined. If we kill this general and then take advantage of the situation to attack the city, it may be decided in a battle." !”

Fu Wei, Zhao Lei and others did not know the entire plan and arrangement. Although they let him go according to the order, they still felt a little unhappy after all.

Guan Yu looked at Yuan Zhong who had fled away, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Perhaps if we let this man go back, he will be able to take on a more important role."

If nothing can be done, it is not too late to attack with force. The plan has already progressed to this point, so it is always good to give it a try.

Zhao Lei and Fu Wei looked at each other, and each other's eyes seemed to be saying: "Brother, what does the general mean? (I don't know.)"

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With the destruction of five hundred elite cavalry, Xiangyang completely lost the capital of long-term defense.

Anyone who can hold on to a city on a year-by-year basis will rarely be able to simply defend an isolated city unless the terrain is special.

But now, Xiangyang has completely lost the ability to go out of the city to harass. Not only that, the loss of the elite will definitely be a major blow to the morale in the city.

The Wei soldiers at the top of Xiangyang City were completely silent, and the soldiers almost had the word despair written on their foreheads.

They went from holding on to hope, to being ecstatically excited...and then suddenly fell into complete despair. Most of their fragile mental defenses had collapsed, and almost no one believed that they could still hold on.

If the general had not been favored by strict military laws, I am afraid that most people would have wanted to surrender.

Even Man Chong himself was still shaken after the ups and downs of his mood.

But unlike ordinary soldiers, his heart was now dominated by overwhelming anger.

The city gate quickly opened a gap that allowed only one person to pass through. After putting Yuan Zhong into the city gate, it quickly closed again.

The door bolts, door bars, and other debris blocking the city gate were pushed back to their original positions.

The appearance of the loyal minister Yuan Zhong of the Wei Dynasty at this time was very different from that when he left the city.

On the head without the helmet, a wild short hair resembled that of a barbarian. The blood on the armor mixed with the dust, forming a dark red stain. The original horse was also thrown away...

And Captain Yuan Du, who had been looking forward to death when he left the city, looked like he was smiling and crying, glad that he had escaped back to the city, but completely ignored that all his comrades were buried outside the city... It was really unbearable.

But except for Man Chong, Wei Jun who didn't know the "inside story" didn't have much contempt for him.

Ask yourself, even if you were replaced, how much better could you do than Captain Yuan?
Yuan Zhong is usually responsible for the training and organization of soldiers. Unlike Man Chong, he is not a strict general.

Everyone's impression of him at this time was also due to the popularity he had accumulated among soldiers and colleagues.

Although Yuan Zhong, who came from a humble background, did not dare to offend his superiors, he was also quite kind to soldiers and colleagues.Man Chong used to be very optimistic about him, but it's a pity that now...

Yuan Zhong got off his horse and walked forward in a daze. If the guarding soldier hadn't warned him, he would have almost stepped into the pit that had been prepared in advance.

He was leading the horse to turn aside when he suddenly saw the expressionless Man Chong standing in front of him.

"Uh..." Yuan Zhong was stunned for a moment, then immediately knelt down on his knees and paused, "General, I have betrayed the general's trust. Please punish me, general!"

There was no answer for a while. Yuan Zhong glanced at Man Chong's shoes in front of him out of the corner of his eye, but felt as if a cold gaze was looking at him.

His heart suddenly thumped, and he felt that the consequences of this matter might be more serious than he thought.

The two of them stood and knelt, just standing there, and the Han army outside the city seemed to have stopped attacking the city.

After three days of fierce fighting, Xiangyang finally experienced a rare moment of peace.

After a long time, Man Chong's long voice suddenly floated from above.

"Captain Yuan, you entered and exited tens of thousands of Han army formations today, and fought against the world-famous Guan Yu. After escaping from two lines of encirclement, Jingzhou Army had so many soldiers in the air, facing the captain They didn't even dare to step forward, they all moved out of the way...haha."

Yuan Zhong lowered his head and couldn't see the expression on the other person's face.

Yuan Zhong, who had never thought that Man Chong would doubt his loyalty, did not understand what the words meant and did not dare to continue, so he continued to kneel on the ground, waiting for Man Chong to say more.

Suddenly Man Chong bent down and reached out to help him up, with a smile on his face.

"A certain commander's martial prowess is not inferior to that of Lu Bu of Bingzhou, his courage is not inferior to that of Zhao Yun of Changban, and he is not as fierce as Zhang Fei of Dangyang, huh? Hahaha..."

Man Chong seemed to find his words very funny, and burst into laughter after he finished speaking.

Yuan Zhong couldn't laugh at all, and big beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

He couldn't tell at this time that Man Chong was clearly mocking him?
"General... Zhong failed to complete his important task and lost all his elite troops. He knows that he is unworthy of the general and is willing to be punished."

"Humph!" Man Chong suddenly stopped laughing and pushed Yuan Zhong away.

Kurah!

He drew out the sword from his waist and pointed it straight at Yuan Zhong: "Bold Yuan Zhong! You are a traitor who secretly communicated with the Shu army. When you are about to die, you still don't bow your head and plead guilty?! The Shu army lets you come back, pretending that I don't know What's the reason?"

"Ah?!" Yuan Zhong opened his mouth and looked at Man Chong blankly like a bolt from the blue, completely unaware of what was happening.

A moment later, Yuan Zhong knelt down on the ground, crying and begging for mercy: "General! Although I am ineffective in fighting, I will never dare to rebel, General! If I want to rebel, why should I come back?"

Yuan Zhong felt this injustice, and none of the servants who were killed by the late emperor in his dream shared his grievance.

Man Chong sneered: "Haha, you deliberately returned to the city. Didn't you make a secret code agreement with the bandits to open my city gate in the middle of the night? Didn't you know you were bullying me?"

"I...you..." Yuan Zhong was so aggrieved that he almost vomited blood and beat his chest, but he couldn't even form a sentence.

At this time, Man Chong was convinced that he was a traitor. He snorted and said, "Are you still making an agreement with the traitor? In a moment, people outside the city will shout something about Cao Wei, you are a coward..."

While he was talking, suddenly a sound like a roaring tsunami from the Han army came from outside the city.

"Cao Wei rats are too timid to come out!"

"Cao Wei rats are too timid to come out!"

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(End of this chapter)