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    "The main force of the Xuzhou bandit army is about to arrive. Why haven't Liu Xian and Deng Yi's reinforcements arrived yet? Is it because Wang Zhong failed to send the news to Jiangling? Or are Liu Xian, Deng Yi, Cai Mao and Huang Zu just selling out and seeking glory?  Same, have you surrendered to the Tao thief?"

    Seeing more and more Xuzhou military flags outside Dangyang City, Liu Qi became anxious like an ant on the hot pot on the Dangyang City wall. He kept looking south towards Jiangling, hoping to see the Jingzhou Army flags earlier.  , but every time it ended in disappointment. Although Jingzhou was large, the land of Jingzhou that Liu Qi could see seemed to be the small town of Dangyang under Liu Qi's feet. Although Liu Biao left many soldiers and horses to Liu Qi, it seemed that only the small town of Dangyang was left at his feet.  The less than two thousand defending soldiers and horses in Dangyang City were disembarked.

    Liu Qi was very lucky to escape the pursuit of the Xuzhou Army and fled to the famous Dangyang City to hide. On the night when Xiangyang City was destroyed, Liu Qi made a prompt decision and led less than a thousand soldiers and horses to escape through the south gate and escaped, grabbing some.  Taking advantage of the opportunity to break through, the Xuzhou army, which hastily organized an attack, did not have time to deploy troops outside the south gate of Xiangyang to intercept Liu Qi's retreat, allowing Liu Qi to successfully escape from Xiangyang City and retreat towards Jiangling at full speed. It was not until dawn that Liu Qi learned from the surrendered soldiers that  After leaving, Deputy Director Tao quickly sent Xu Huang and 5,000 cavalry to pursue him with all his strength, and asked Xu Huang to pursue him to the end. Even if he chased him to the foot of Jiangling City, he must block Liu Qi outside Jiangling City!

    At three o'clock that night, Xu Huang's troops caught up with Liu Qi's army. Liu Qi once again made a decisive decision and ordered the infantry to break off the rear. He and Wang Wei and his son led the cavalry to flee southward wildly. Relying on Wang Wei's loyal infantry to fight to the death and the cover of night, Liu Qi was extremely lucky.  He escaped from the pursuit of Xu Huang's troops and fled for more than 300 miles in one day and one night. He escaped to Dangyang City before Xu Huang's army caught up with him.  Although Liu Qi still wanted to continue to escape southward, the overwhelmed horses fell down one after another from exhaustion. At the same time, Liu Qi's team was also exhausted.  Tired and hungry, Liu Qi had no choice but to flee with his last 300 cavalry into the small town of Dangyang to hide temporarily. He wanted to take a rest and let the soldiers and horses regain their strength before continuing to escape.

    Fortunately, the current Dangyang Order happens to be Zhou Zhao, brother-in-law of Jingzhou Biejia Liu Xian. The whole family has been favored by Liu Biao for a long time. It seems that he and Liu Qi have some indirect relatives. The Xuzhou Army is already approaching.  In close proximity.  Still without hesitation, he opened the city gate to welcome Liu Qi into the city, and without any hesitation handed over a thousand garrison troops in the city to Liu Qi's command, allowing Liu Qi's team to have a hot meal and a good night's sleep.  .  But just as Liu Qi was devouring his meal, Xu Huang's team had already caught up to Dangyang City.  Without any hesitation, they immediately surrounded the four gates of Dangyang.

    Seeing that Xu Huang's team had caught up, Liu Qi had no choice but to send Wang Wei's son Wang Zhong, riding Zhou Zhao's horse and carrying a letter to Jiangling for help, and asked Liu Xian and Deng Yi to immediately  He sent troops to support his move south, while he asked his team to rest for a while to regain their strength, and then find a way to break through and move south.  Wang Zhong took the order and left regardless of exhaustion.  Under the cover of more than a hundred Dangyang fresh troops, they fought their way out of the south gate and rushed to Jiangling. Although Xu Huang's team, who was also exhausted, tried their best to intercept, they were helpless.  In the end, Wang Zhong was lucky enough to break through and fled to Jiangling with a dozen people. Xu Huang hurriedly asked people to interrogate the captured soldiers of Wang Zhong's team and learned that Liu Qi was still in the city.  Only then did he feel relieved and hurriedly waved his troops to surround Liu Qi.  While resting, he blocked Liu Qi's escape path.

    After taking a short rest to regain some physical strength, he saw Xu Huang's team looking tired on the city wall. Wang Wei once suggested sending fresh troops out of the city to fight. After defeating Xu Huang, he calmly broke out of the encirclement. When Liu Qi hesitated for a moment whether to risk going out to fight, there was a surprise on the road to the north.  Horse hooves were thundering again. It turned out that Deputy Director Tao, out of caution, asked Zhao Yun to lead eight thousand cavalry south to meet Xu Huang, and arrived in Dangyang in time to save Xu Huang.  Seeing that the Xuzhou army had too many soldiers and horses, Liu Qi, who only had more than a thousand local garrison infantry in hand, gave up the idea of ??leaving the city to fight. He honestly hid in Dangyang City to rest, waiting for the Jiangling garrison, which had a lot of soldiers and horses, to come to rescue.  .

    Liu Qi's decision may be the biggest mistake in his life, because although Zhao Yun's army has many soldiers and horses, the army is also tired. Liu Qi broke through with more than a thousand fresh troops. Even if they are all infantry, there may not be no hope of breaking through again.  success.  But after Liu Qi chose to wait for Jiangling's reinforcements, he completely lost the initiative to break out. Xu Huang's and Zhao Yun's armies, all composed of elite soldiers, quickly recovered a certain amount of combat effectiveness after taking turns to rest. They only had more than a thousand soldiers in hand.  If Liu Qi, a local infantryman, wanted to successfully break out of the encirclement on his own, it would be extremely difficult and almost impossible.

    Of course, even if things come to this point, Liu Qi is not without hope of escaping back to Jiangling, because Dangyang is only 170 miles away from Jiangling, but it is a full 300 miles away from Xiangyang, not counting Xu Huang and Zhao Yunxiang.  In the time it took for Deputy Director Tao to report the news, it would take at least six or seven days for the main infantry force of the Xuzhou Army to arrive at Dangyang to launch the siege, while Jiangling's reinforcements would only need half as much.In a short time, we can reach Dangyang calmly, rescue Liu Qi and withdraw to Jiangling.  Therefore, even though he was heavily surrounded by the Xuzhou Army, Liu Qi still did not fall into despair. He kept looking south every day, hoping that Liu Xian and Deng Yi's reinforcements would arrive in time.

    What Liu Qi was waiting for was bad news, because Liu Qi had forgotten that there was a Han River to the east of Dangyang that could transport troops and ships, and Deputy Director Tao would never let the precious cavalry go deep alone without food and support. It lasted more than a day.  After a while, Cai Yun, who had been named Tinghou, led a team of Jingzhou navy and rushed to the Jingcheng dock west of Dangyang day and night. He contacted the messenger team sent by Zhao Yun and not only gave the people who only had dry food with them  Zhao Yun and Xu Huang sent the much needed grain, grass and baggage, and also sent 5,000 infantry troops to Zhao Yun and Xu Huang. It took more than a day to deliver the first batch of grain, grass, horse materials and baggage to Dangyang City.  The number of Xuzhou troops outside Dangyang City quickly reached more than 20,000 - many of them were Jingzhou Navy soldiers who had not even had time to change their uniforms, making Liu Qi even more hopeless of breaking out of the encirclement on his own.

    The reinforcements from Xuzhou far away have arrived, but no reinforcements have arrived from Jiangling nearby. You can imagine the anxiety in Liu Qi's heart. But on the evening of the fourth day, Xu Huang suddenly led his army to Dangyang.  Outside the city, Liu Qi was called out to answer. Liu Qi showed up anxiously and asked Xu Huang what was going on.  Xu Huang doesn't talk nonsense either.  Throwing a bloody human head directly under Dangyang City, he laughed loudly and said: "Liu Qi, let me introduce you. He is the reinforcement general sent by Liu Xian and Deng Yi to you. The 10,000 reinforcements he brought are also  I have already led the cavalry to kill them. If you are smart, open the city gate and surrender immediately! Otherwise, wait until our army breaks through this small Dangyang city. Even if you want to regret it, it will be too late!"

    Seeing the head tumbling under the city, Liu Qi, Wang Wei, Zhou Zhao and others were simply in despair. They all had the thought in their hearts, "Are we really going to take a risk and open the city to break out of the siege?"

    "General under the city." At this time.  A somewhat immature voice sounded in the city, and he politely shouted to Xu Huang and asked: "Excuse me, what is the surname of the general you killed? What is his official position in Jingzhou? If you tell me,  We will open the city gates and surrender to you.¡±

    "Who is talking nonsense?" Liu Qi turned his head angrily and saw that the person who spoke was actually Zhou Buyi, the only son of Dangyang Ling Zhou Zhao and Liu Xian's nephew.  Zhou Zhao also spoke angrily: "No doubt. Don't talk nonsense!"

    "Father, have you noticed something strange?" Zhou Busuo said with a serious expression: "If the general below the city really defeated our 10,000 reinforcements in the south today, then we are on the city today.  Why haven't we seen the large-scale mobilization of their troops? Also, if he really killed our reinforcements general, why didn't he tell us his name? He had already thrown his head under the city, please ask him to tell us the name of our reinforcements general.  . If we pick up the head and take a closer look, won¡¯t we immediately know whether he is telling the truth?¡±

    Zhou Zhao, Liu Qi and others were stunned.  After finally coming back to his senses, Liu Qi immediately shouted at Xu Huang below the city: "Xu Huang, you said you killed our reinforcements general, what was the surname of our reinforcements general? If you can answer,  After I verify that the heads are correct, I will immediately open the city and surrender to you!"

    This time it was Xu Huang's turn to be speechless. Knowing in his heart that Liu Qi had seen through the trap, Xu Huang did not want to admit defeat, so he laughed and said: "The nameless ghost under the sword, I am too lazy to remember his name! It's okay, you don't want to believe it. It's best to wait."  After our army breaks the city, just wash your neck and wait for death! Anyway, I gave you the opportunity. You must persist in seeking death yourself. I also have an explanation for Mr. Zhong Ming."

    After saying that, Xu Huang got back on his horse and left, secretly cursing the boy in the city for ruining his career. However, Liu Qi, Wang Wei and others in the city broke out in a cold sweat. They all understood that if Zhou Buwei hadn't seen through Xu Huang's intentions in time,  It's a plan, I'm afraid that tonight our army may risk breaking out and die.  After rejoicing, Liu Qi quickly praised Zhou Buyi for being naturally smart and having extraordinary talents comparable to his own. He also took out his own jade pendant and gave it to Zhou Buyi, who politely thanked him.  At this time, Zhou Zhao, who did not want his son to be more popular than himself, suddenly remembered an important event and said in surprise: "My lord, Xu Huangpifu used a trick to trick us into leaving the city and breaking out. Could it be that our Jiangling reinforcements are about to arrive?"

    "Yes! It must be like this!" Liu Qi, whose eyes were filled with anticipation, shouted happily, "Our reinforcements must have approached Dangyang. Xu Huang was afraid that we would be rescued by the reinforcements, so he used fake heads.  Come lie to me!"

    "My lord, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you will be disappointed this time." Zhou Buyi analyzed calmly: "In my opinion, the enemies outside the city are not afraid that we will be rescued by reinforcements, but they just don't want to waste any more energy and troops.  Kill our reinforcements, so we trick us into breaking out or surrendering. If you want to capture the thief, capture the king first, capture the lord first, or kill you, leaving us in Jingxiang without a leader, and we can easily capture the entire Jingzhou."

    ?"That's nonsense, what basis do you have?" Liu Qi's expression changed again.

    "Because our Jiangling reinforcements cannot be the opponent of the enemy outside the city, and the enemy's strength is ten times more than ours, we still have a good chance of winning if we divide our forces." Zhou Busuo's expression remained very calm and said: "Our enemy is now  There are two options. One is to besiege the city for reinforcements, use the lord as bait to lure the Jiangling troops to come to the rescue, and take the opportunity to defeat the main force of our Jiangling army in the field. The other is to capture the thief first and capture the king first, and quickly capture the lord, the new leader of Jingzhou.  Lord, the whole territory of Jingzhou will be determined by sending a message. In contrast, capturing the thieves first and capturing the king is far more beneficial to the enemy than besieging the city and calling for reinforcements. It can save the enemy countless food, grass, soldiers, horses and time, so the enemy tried some scheming in an attempt to fight quickly.  quick decision."

    "Huangkou boy, shut up! The enemy split up to attack us, but they can still defeat our Jiangling reinforcements. What are you talking about in your sleep?" Liu Qi roared angrily, "Our Jiangling troops are a fresh force with many soldiers and sufficient food. How can we  Were you easily repelled by the exhausted troops of the Xuzhou bandit army? If it weren¡¯t for your merits just now, I would punish you now for confusing the morale of the army!"

    Zhou Busuo lowered his head, not daring to say anything anymore. Wang Wei and Zhou Zhao next to him had complicated expressions, because they knew very well that what Zhou Busuo said was indeed the truth. It was true that there were more than 20,000 troops stationed in the Jiangling area.  , but the more than 20,000 troops are a second-line team inferior to even the Jingzhou Army's Xiangyang and Nanyang troops. Only a few troops have participated in the actual battle to annihilate Zhang Xian, and their combat effectiveness is low and their experience is seriously lacking.  It might be useful to defend the city, but on the wild battlefield, if you encounter the elite Xuzhou Army who have experienced hundreds of battles, it will be a disaster.

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    The analysis of Zhou Buji, the second prodigy of the Three Kingdoms era, is indeed true. The teams of Xu Huang and Zhao Yun are indeed trying to capture the thief first.  Because although the Xuzhou Army now has a sure chance of winning, it can easily use siege and reinforcement tactics, easily kill the main force of the Jingzhou Army's Jiangling troops in the field, and reduce the pressure on future sieges. However, Dangyang, which is located in the hinterland of Nanjun, is not a  A good battlefield for siege and reinforcements is a full three hundred miles away from Xiangyang and a hundred miles away from the Han River channel.  The transportation of grain and grass is quite inconvenient and not suitable for long-term operations of large-scale legions. Therefore, Xu Huang and Zhao Yun, who are quite clever, came up with such a way to try to capture Liu Qi's thieves and capture the king first.  In one fell swoop, a solid foundation was laid for capturing the entire territory of Jingxiang.

    It¡¯s a pity that Xu Huang and Zhao Yun failed in imitating Deputy Director Tao and Boss Cao¡¯s mind-attack tactics in front of Zhou Buyi, the supernatural power that even Boss Cao was jealous and afraid of. But it didn¡¯t matter much.  Xu Huang and Zhao Yun only used tricks to save time and food, not because they were afraid that Jiangling's army would rescue Liu Qi.  So here comes the next day.  After confirming through scout reconnaissance that the Jiangling reinforcements were approaching within thirty miles of Dangyang, Zhao Yun immediately led five thousand cavalry south to stop the attack. In one battle, he defeated the Jiangling reinforcements led by Deng Yi himself and brought back two real Jingzhou army generals to Liu Qi.  At the first level, Deng Yi was defeated for eighty miles before he stopped. The soldiers had no fighting spirit and the generals had no fighting spirit. Even Deng Yi did not dare to take another step north.

    After another six or seven days of siege, Deputy Director Tao finally personally led the main force of 60,000 Xuzhou troops to the Dangyang battlefield. Joining forces with Xu Huang and Zhao Yun, the 80,000-strong army completely surrounded the small town of Dangyang with only a thousand defenders.  , Deng Yi from the south detected the arrival of the main force of the Xuzhou Army, and immediately fled back to Jiangling, discussing with Liu Xian the plan to surrender - when the situation reached this point, Liu Xian and Deng Yi no longer had any hope for Liu Qi's comeback.  .

    Seeing that the situation was over, the child prodigy Zhou Buyi quietly gave his father Zhou Zhao a good idea. He suggested that his father tie up Liu Qi and present it to Deputy Director Tao in exchange for his family's glory, wealth and official title.  Zhou Zhao hesitated again and again, and was about to listen to his son's advice and act according to the plan. Unexpectedly, news came from outside the city that a man claimed to be Liu Qi's mentor Yang Hong and Yang Zhongming, and asked Liu Qi to answer the question at the North Gate City. Liu Qi heard the news  After that, they immediately rushed to the North Gate City Wall and did not give Zhou Zhao and his son a chance to make meritorious deeds. Zhou Zhao and Zhou Busuo had no choice but to rush to the North Gate City Wall and witness the meeting between Liu Qi and Yang Changshi's master and apprentice.

    This is also the reunion between master and apprentice Yang Changshi and Liu Qi after eight years. Times have changed and people and things have changed. Liu Qi and Yang Changshi are inevitably filled with emotion. Liu Qi, who comes from a noble family, also expressed his gratitude to Yang Changshi on the city wall.  He kowtowed respectfully as a disciple, and then asked loudly: "Teacher, what are you doing here?"

    "My child, I am here to save you." Yang Changshi's voice was choked as he said: "My lord already knows the situation in Dangyang City. Deng Yi has also withdrawn to Jiangling with the reinforcements to save you. My lord, he  I don¡¯t want to waste time on the Dangyang battlefield. I will launch an siege tomorrow. I am brave enough to ask my lord for this opportunity for you, and I am here to persuade you to surrender. Aqi, my good student,  Just listen to my advice and surrender."

    ¡°Teacher, you¡¯re here to lie to me too!¡± Liu Qi laughed loudly: ¡°Have you forgotten that you taught me never to trust your enemies?By the way, now, my teacher, you are the enemy of the students. How can the students believe your words?  "

    "My child, I missed you." Yang Changshi burst into tears and said, "Back then, I taught you a lot of things. At that time, I saw that you were too honest and pitiful, and I couldn't bear to teach you.  Some deceptive tricks, but I didn't expect that what I taught you would end up harming you. My child, you have gone astray! Look back, my child, you still have time to look back now, don't make the same mistake again and again.  Do you know how many innocent Jingzhou soldiers have been killed because you were led astray by me? Thousands of Jingzhou soldiers who have sacrificed their lives in the past two years were all killed by your stubbornness!"

    "Nonsense!" Liu Qi was furious, "It was the traitor Tao Ying who killed our Jingzhou soldiers, not me! It was the traitor Tao Ying who coveted our Jingzhou and sent troops to invade, and that's why they were killed."

    "My child, where is Chaisang?" Yang Changshi cried and asked: "If you hadn't betrayed your faith and attacked Chaisang secretly, how could my lord send troops to retaliate against you? In the battle with Chaisang, you killed more than 40,000 people in Jingzhou  Soldiers and tens of thousands of Chaisang soldiers! Without that battle, how would you be where you are today?"

    Liu Qi was speechless, and after a long while he roared angrily: "You taught me, you taught me that if you don't serve yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth! You taught me that if a good person is bullied by others, if a good person is bullied by others, there will be hatred."  You have to protect it! Don¡¯t miss it if you have the opportunity! Tao Thief first tricked me about Liu Cong, so I sent troops to Chai Sang to avenge him!"

    "So, I made a mistake for you!" Yang Changshi cried bitterly: "When I was a teacher, I taught you to deceive, to form cliques, and to flatter you. These are all crooked ways, and they are all about stealing and stealing.  If you use it to seek your own life, you will bring trouble to yourself. If you use it to seek the country, it will harm the country and the people. If you use it to seek Jingzhou and the world, it will harm others and yourself! Good boy, listen to my teacher's advice.  Don't learn from me, you have to learn from your junior brother, he is walking the right path! If you learn from me again, even if you can survive this time, you will definitely die without a burial place in the future! As a teacher now,  After listening to some of your junior brother¡¯s teachings, I already regret everything I did in the past few years!¡±

    Liu Qi's face was ashen, and he looked at the crying teacher without saying a word for a long time. After Yang Changshi cried bitterly for a long time, he suddenly knelt down to Liu Qi and cried loudly: "Aqi, you have knelt on me many times, and today I kneel back."  You once. Listen to my teacher's advice and don't mislead others or yourself. My lord doesn't want to waste any more time. The generals in our army don't want to waste the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. They are all scrambling to ask the lord to fight and be the vanguard to attack this city.  Dangyang Xiaocheng! I am a master for you and to atone for my own sins. I kneel down and beg my lord for this opportunity to surrender. Surrender. With my master and your junior brother here, you will at least have no food and clothing for the rest of your life.  worry!"

    "Child, save yourself! Also save these more than a thousand innocent soldiers in Dangyang City!" Crying, Yang Changshi kowtowed heavily to Liu Qi, and cried at the top of his lungs: "Aqi, please beg for the teacher.  is you!"

    Hearing the heartfelt cry of his mentor, and seeing the respectful and grateful teacher kneeling to him, Liu Qi couldn't help but burst into tears. After crying for a long time, Liu Qi finally choked with sobs and ordered: "Open the city gate.  surrender."
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