The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 527 Chapter 526 Liu Bei's fate (14)

Xiangyang City was still arresting Liu Biao's assassin, but in the county town of Chaoyang County, Nanyang County, Liu Bei was already restless.

Liu Bei has been waiting for Chen Dao's return, but he waited and waited, but he never found Chen Dao's figure. He waited until the evening, and Liu Bei was completely disappointed.

Chen Dao didn't come back. For Liu Bei, there are only a few possibilities. Either Chen Dao was caught when he assassinated Liu Qi, or Liu Qi was heavily guarded and Chen Dao hadn't attacked yet, or Chen Dao killed Liu Qi. The whole city was under martial law, and Chen Dao was trapped in the city.

However, Liu Bei never dreamed that Chen Dao killed Liu Qi's father Liu Biao by mistake.And was trapped in Xiangyang City, temporarily unable to leave the city.

In this way, Liu Bei lost his confidence, and he had no idea what the situation in Xiangyang City was like.For this reason, Liu Bei sent his other two confidant soldiers to Xiangyang City to inquire about the news. If there is any news, they will come back and report immediately.

However, Liu Bei put all his eyes on Xiangyang City, while ignoring the situation of Xinye City which was confronting him.When Liu Bei sent his confidants to Xiangyang City to inquire about the news, Zhang Xiu had already led his subordinates to approach Chaoyang County.

However, Liu Bei didn't know anything about it.

At the same time, the scouts sent by Zhang Xiu had sneaked into the city and began to spread rumors in the streets and alleys, saying that Liu Bei was ungrateful and sent someone to assassinate the newly appointed Jingzhou shepherd Liu Qi.

The common people always liked to talk about right and wrong, and this news was extremely explosive. The common people rushed to tell each other. Gradually, the news of Liu Bei's assassination of Liu Qi spread all over the city, including in the army.

In only about an hour, rumors spread in the city, and the soldiers in the barracks also looked down upon Liu Bei. Thinking of Liu Bei's bewitching them before, they felt 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.

Anyway, when Liu Bei was desperate, he was taken in by Liu Biao when he came to Jingzhou, and Liu Biao gave him an official position, and later made him the governor of Jingnan, and let him governor of the four counties in Jingnan.Here Liu Biao has just stepped down from office, and over there Liu Bei is going to assassinate Liu Biao's son Liu Qi who just took office.

However, Liu Bei, who was still immersed in his own world, was so ignorant of everything outside, until his confidant rushed in from the outside and told Liu Bei all these rumors, Liu Bei was shocked cold sweat.

He sent Chen Dao to assassinate Liu Qi. Apart from him, only two people knew about it. One was Chen Dao who went to assassinate Liu Qi, and the other was the prisoner who was still imprisoned.How did this news get out?

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

So, Liu Bei angrily overturned the table in front of him, drew out his sword and cut the table in two, cursing loudly: "Chen Dao, the traitor must have leaked the secret, otherwise he wouldn't have come back until now!" !"

After the confidant soldiers saw it, they hurriedly asked: "My lord, the barracks is in chaos now, and everyone is panicking. If my lord doesn't go to the barracks to appease me, I'm afraid these soldiers will no longer belong to my lord. I just heard them say that if you want to go back to Jingnan, you won’t do anything..."

Liu Bei frowned, immediately put away his saber, and said to his confidants: "Prepare the horse immediately, I'm going to the barracks!"

"Here!"

The soldiers led the horse out, and after Liu Bei got on it, he rode the horse to the barracks. He passed several streets along the way. people.

However, in Liu Bei's view, these gazes are enough to kill him. If the rumors are not dispelled as soon as possible, I am afraid that he will be ruined because of this.
Liu Bei couldn't care what the people thought of him anymore, so he rode his horse and galloped straight to the barracks.

At this time, the army camp was already in chaos, and I don't know if it was because of the idea of ​​​​retiring. He was the first to say that he wanted to leave here and go back to his hometown, and then he spread the word to ten, ten to hundreds, and hundreds to thousands. Seventy to eighty percent of the people in the village expressed that they wanted to go back to Jingnan, and they didn't want to be soldiers anymore, for fear of becoming rebels, and thought that if Liu Qi sent troops to attack them in the future, if they followed Liu Bei, they would die up.

These people all have families, and they served in the army back then only to protect the environment and the people, and to protect the safety of the whole family. Once Liu Bei's scandal was exposed this time, they felt that it was not worth following Liu Bei, and they might become rebels at any time. thief.Therefore, everyone took off their armor and weapons one after another, packed up their salutes, and prepared to go home.

"Herod—"

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

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

Many soldiers were just stunned for a moment, and then they did what they should do. Seeing that they ignored his existence, Liu Bei shouted again: "You all stop!"

"You ungrateful villain, we don't want to follow you. Following you is a traitor, and the family will be implicated. If we don't leave now, when Liu Shijun's soldiers are overwhelming, we will not be able to leave if we want to. Liu Bei, you are so bold that you even dare to assassinate Liu Shijun?" A soldier suddenly asked, "You want to rebel, we don't want to rebel, we want to live!"

As soon as the words fell, the rest of the people echoed, calling Liu Bei a traitor and an ungrateful villain. At the same time, their eyes were full of anger and resentment.

Seeing this, Liu Bei frowned, facing such a situation, he was completely speechless.In fact, he didn't want to argue, because that's 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 in a cheeky voice: "You are all too confused. If I really wanted to rebel, I would have rebelled long ago. Why wait until now? When I was in Jingnan , with tens of thousands of troops in hand, Liu Jingzhou's expedition to the virtual country, if I wanted to rebel, I would have rebelled at that time, and it was the best time. On the other hand, now, I can only command you, and there are only 1 people in this area It's just that my brain is broken, and I want to rebel at this time? You must not believe these rumors, I am 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 a better attitude towards Liu Bei, and the eyes they looked at Liu Bei were no longer so resentful.But there are still some people who are indifferent. They carry their burdens and turn a deaf ear to Liu Bei's words.

Suddenly, a soldier shouted loudly: "I don't care what kind of person you are, whether you rebel or not, I will go home, this soldier, I am wrong!"

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

While Liu Bei was busy dealing with the possible mutiny here, Zhang Xiu had quietly arrived at Chaoyang County with his army. The city was still in chaos, and rumors were flying everywhere. Liu Bei was completely ruined here.Moreover, the soldiers guarding 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 a distance, the defense in the county was very weak, with only a few soldiers on the walls.

At this time, a scout quickly came to Zhang Xiu's side, clasped his fists and said: "General Qi, the city is ready, and we are waiting for the general to give an order."

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he was very happy, and immediately turned around and said to the subordinates behind him: "Since we surrendered, we have not made an inch of merit. Now is the time for everyone to make meritorious deeds. There are three gates in Chaoyang County, and our troops are divided into three groups." Let's launch an attack together. When you arrive at the city gate, the neiying who are already lurking in the city will open the city gate for you. You go into the city, and as long as you encounter resistance, you will be killed. Don't let Liu Bei go. You must capture Liu Bei alive. If necessary, you can kill him. No matter who cuts off Liu Bei's head, I will give you a big reward. In addition, as for the people in the city, don't hurt them. If I find anyone who dares to kill the people If you come to take credit, you will kill Wushe!"

All the subordinates said "Here", and then Zhang Xiu divided the army into three, and deployed 6000 people at the east, south, and north gates respectively, 3000 people attacked the city, and 3000 people outside tightly guarded the main entrances and exits, and no one was allowed. If people leave, if there is a fierce battle in the city and reinforcements are needed, people outside the city can also go to support quickly, in order to ensure that everything is safe, and the most important thing is that Liu Bei cannot escape.

Twilight fell, and the night gradually fell. Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and others had already deployed their troops. When they heard the sound of a war drum, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and others launched an attack on Chaoyang County. The soldiers rushed towards the city scrambling to be the first.

Chaoyang County is a small city, there is no moat outside, and the city walls are very low. Zhang Xiu's army soon arrived at the gate of the city. Seeing such a battle, the defenders on the city walls were all scared and backed away.

And at this moment, the three gates of the city were all opened from the inside, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er and others took advantage of the situation and rushed in, densely packed into the county seat of Chaoyang County...

(End of this chapter)