Although Guan Yu knew that now was the only chance to attack Fancheng, if he missed this time, it would be too difficult to come back in the future, but he had to lead his army to retreat. After all, the rear was attacked now. If it was not taken back, it would not only be Wuling and Nanjun, but also Lingling and Guiyang, the other two counties in Jingnan, would be lost, and even the entire Jiaozhou could not be saved. If all these territories were lost, even if Liu Bei was willing to forgive him, he would not have the face to see Liu Bei again.

Soldiers continued to flee along the way. Although Guan Yu had a high prestige in the army on weekdays and loved his soldiers, he was deeply loved by the public. However, because many of the soldiers in the army's families were in Jiangling City, now that Jiangling is in the fall, their family life and death are unknown. In this case, the soldiers who care about their families fled one after another.

During this period, most of those who miss their wives and children were ridiculed, but those who miss their parents were respected. Most of these fleeing soldiers used the excuse of caring about their parents' safety, and even Guan Yu was powerless to stop them.

What happened soon afterwards caused the morale of the soldiers under Guan Yu's command to disintegrate, because many people received news that their families were living well in Jiangling. The soldiers in Sun Quan's army respected them very much. Not only did they not violate them, but they also helped the widows. Some even distributed relief grains to make these families in Guan Yu's army have no worries about food and clothing.

During this process, many people even persuaded their husbands and sons not to oppose the Jiangdong soldiers, which was quite obscure. Some of them directly said words to make their sons or husbands surrender.

Under such circumstances, Guan Yu's army had not encountered any decent enemies, and had already run away most of them, leaving only about 20,000 to 50,000 troops.

"June, with our current strength, it would probably be useless even if we return to Jiangling. Therefore, we might as well not go to Jiangling and go west along the Mian River, and then enter Shangyong along the Dushui River. Although Shangyong is under the jurisdiction of Hanzhong County, his lords and his brothers Shen Dan and Shen Yi are both local tyrants, which are actually equivalent to local warlords. These two have always admired the lords and even secretly sent someone to write to the lords, saying that they were willing to assist the lords in dealing with Zhang Ren and Yan Yan of Ba County. June can use their power to cross Bashan, attack Zhang Ren and Yan Yan from behind, and help the lords to pacify Dingba County. In this way, although June lost Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, he also helped the lords get the lords. It is also considered a redeem for his merits. I believe that the lords will not blame you."

Looking at Guan Yu with a manic look on his face, Wang Fu quickly persuaded him.

Wang Fu's suggestion was originally very good, but Guan Yu shook his head and said, "If I blame him, I believe that even if I throw away the entire Jingzhou and Jiaozhou for nothing, my elder brother would not blame me, but I would blame myself. My elder brother handed over Jingzhou to me with confidence. But I was so careless that I was actually sneaked into my rear by Sun Quan's son's soldiers twice, which made me throw away the entire Jingzhou and lost the opportunity to go north to seize Xudu and restore the Han Dynasty. Although I only had 20,000 soldiers under my command,

But I am still confident that I can retake Jiangling and Wuling, and may even take this opportunity to recover Changsha in one fell swoop. I was humiliated by Zhou Yu for the last time to seize the city by blood. There is no need to worry about our lack of strength when crossing the mountain. Now these soldiers in the army are my troops in the headquarters, and their families are not in Jiangling, so there will never be any defection. We still have Xiangyang City, which has our 5,000 soldiers and a large amount of food and supplies, which is enough to support us to rest for a while and set off for Jiangling.

However, I didn't expect that when I arrived at the city of Xiangyang, I saw the city gate closed. Guan Yu sent someone to call the city, but saw a general on the top of the city saying loudly: "Guan Yu, don't leave, I, Zhou Cang, have been waiting here for a long time."

Then the arrows were falling like rain, and the soldiers around Guan Yu screamed and fell off.

"What's going on? Wasn't Xiangyang occupied by our army?" Guan Yu was strange in his heart, because despite the fall of Jiangling and Wuling, he still had an absolute advantage in Xiangfan. He even left five thousand soldiers to guard him in Xiangyang, but now he actually fell directly into the hands of the enemy. This is really strange.

At this time, Zhou Cang on the top of the city smiled and said, "Do you still not understand why our army can occupy Xiangyang? I might as well explain to you. When you led your army into Xiangyang, countless people welcomed you, and cow wine and jars to reward your army. You feel proud of this and think you are very popular with the people, but now I have to tell you that the people who welcomed you were actually the ones who were dispatched by my lord to disguise the soldiers. Seventy percent of the real people moved to Fancheng early.

Therefore, there were 20,000 troops hidden in Xiangyang City, but you didn’t know at all that we were going to wait until you reached the most critical moment to attack Fancheng, but we didn’t expect that the news of your Jiangling and Wuling were first reported. So I immediately made a decision and led the army to defeat your five thousand defenders in the city, seized Xiangyang, and wait for you here. I was worried about whether you would return to Xiangyang, but I didn’t expect you to come. Haha, this is really God’s will that you will die here."

Then Zhou Cang waved his hand and saw the rain of arrows falling again. Guan Yu had no choice but to lead his army to retreat.

"I knew that he would never give Xiangfan to me so easily, but it turned out that he had set up such a vicious plan. This kid, like Zhou Yu and Sun Quan, was not a good thing."

Guan Yu cursed a few words secretly and led his army to retreat south. However, just over ten miles away, a team was chasing from behind. The first general shouted loudly: "Brother Yun Chang, you can't leave anymore, so you should surrender quickly."

"Xu Gongming", Guan Yu looked at the general in front of him and knew that it was Xu Huang, a famous general in Liu He's army. This man was originally defending Fancheng, but he chased him so quickly. It was obvious that he knew his current situation. He was very skilled in martial arts and extraordinary combat power. If he were normal, he might not be an opponent. What's more, the soldiers in the army are like a dog with a slump in the army. His combat power is sluggish and he dare not fight. How could he stay and fight with him? So he gritted his teeth and ordered the army to retreat immediately.

Of course, Xu Huang would not miss such an opportunity to lead his army to chase and kill Guan Yu, which lost one or two thousand people, and then he retreated.

Regarding the miserable leadership of the army, I continued to rush on the road. When I arrived in Yicheng, I suddenly encountered a military horse and blocked the way. A general shouted loudly: "Chang Yun, do you still know Zhao Yun? I have been waiting here for a long time."

"Zhao Yun, who is so good at meeting me today, who violated his oath with my elder brother?" Guan Yu gritted his teeth and cursed. However, he knew that he was no longer Zhao Yun's opponent, so he naturally did not dare to fight. He rushed for a while and broke out. He calculated the number of people and lost two or three thousand again. In addition, there were still one or two thousand people in the army who were injured. Now there are only about 15,000 left in the army.

"June, it's very obvious now that Liu He has already deployed an ambush in front. Not to mention Sun Quan, even Liu He will not let us go to Jiangling. Let's go to Shangyong."
Chapter completed!