The generals said happily: "Then Cai Mao will be frightened out of his wits. We will surely prevent him from having any other thoughts!"

"The general has a good plan!" everyone said flatteringly.

"Don't show anything inappropriate, and you have to put on a good show!" Lady Guo said, "The routine military training every morning and evening must not be sloppy. Everything should be business as usual. The horse formation hedging also needs to be arranged, and it should be arranged in the empty space outside the city gate.

Practice on the ground!"

"Yes!" The generals shouted loudly and were extremely excited! It was as if they had found some fun!

In fact, stationed and guarding outside the city is not boring. As long as you find fun and are good at discovering fun, it is still very interesting!

Therefore, we did not really attack. We just followed the previous training method in Xuzhou. We trained our troops three times a day, morning and evening. After the training, we had to run around the city once or twice. This was so powerful that everyone in Xiangyang City was in danger.

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With such a movement, even if Cai Mao is recuperating from his injuries, can he rest assured? He was tossing and turning, and he couldn't even sleep peacefully!

It's like if the wolves have arrived at the pillow mat, who can still sleep?!

Many people in the city started to run away. The method of running away was not to run openly, but to secretly take advantage of the night, bribe some property and soldiers, climb the city wall, and then put down the hanging basket. This was carrying a small child.

Those who ran away with their parcels, and those who could not lower the city wall because there were many carriages and horses, lined up outside the city gate, intending to bribe the soldiers to open the small city gate and escape at night! At this time, some people went to some courtyards

Digging inside, under trees, or under houses will generally yield a good harvest.

Since we were running away, we couldn't make a big show of it, we were all doing it secretly. However, because there were so many people, the queue was so long that we couldn't even hide it.

When he reported to Cai Mao, Cai Mao gritted his teeth and wanted to arrest these people to scare the monkeys.

Kuai Yue advised: "No! General, just after the great defeat, when the people in the city are uneasy and mourning, if there is another disaster in the city, I am afraid that people will lose their hearts. And those who open the city gates and surrender to the city will not be worth the loss!"
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Cai Mao didn't know this truth. He was just unwilling to accept it and said: "Are you just watching them run away?!"

"Just let some people go, and just block the rest. You can't block them all, and you can't let them all go. This is enough. Only when the people's worries are relieved can the long-term solution be achieved. It is better to remove the blockage. Slowly and slowly

Only by taking some measures to calm the people can the people's hearts be really stabilized. If they are all locked up in the city, big trouble will occur!" Kuai Yue said.

Cai Mao's face was green and white, and he was extremely excited. After a long time, he still nodded. There was just some indescribable frustration in his eyes.

Do the citizens have so little confidence in him?!

He gave a wry smile!

Kuai Yue said: "General, first recover from your injuries, then Yue will go to the city wall to take a look!"

Cai Mao agreed, and Kuai went up to the city wall to see the situation. However, the situation was more serious than he imagined. He wore a hood to hide his identity. The scribes in the city followed him and said: "... there are hanging baskets on the four walls.

In addition, the village elders who wanted to leave the city at each city gate lined up their carriages and horses in several lanes..."

Although the vision is not very clear at night, as long as you are not blind, these movements are actually very loud and no one can see clearly.

In ancient times, curfews were implemented, especially in cities under military control, where curfews were extremely strict, and such movements were actually quite loud down here.

Don’t expect the city walls of this era to be very high. It’s feasible to put a hanging basket down!

Kuai Yue frowned and looked again and again. People around him couldn't figure out what he was thinking, and said: "...Sir, do we need to capture them back!?"

"No need," Kuai Yue said, "let some out in moderation, and just turn a blind eye to the rest and scare them away and go home!"

Everyone responded.

The people behind him dealt with it as ordered.

In fact, now, it is not just the city residents who feel confused and insecure, feeling that the city's defense is vulnerable, but they are also the same.

Rather than worrying about the escape of these city residents, Kuai Yue was more worried about what would happen once the Jingzhou soldiers lost confidence in the defense of Xiangyang and began to flee?!

In the dark night, the generals behind him couldn't see his face clearly, but they still said cautiously: "...My lord, I don't know if the other party will capture these city citizens! Those who can run will have their whole families with them.

Wealth. With the temperament of Lu Bubing in Xuzhou, he may not not rob him. If he is robbed and captured, the city citizens and our army may be able to defend the city together."

Kuai Yue didn't speak. Through the dark night, he couldn't see clearly what was going on in the camp opposite.

Naturally, it was impossible to hide this news from Madam Guo. Someone had already reported this to her.

Lady Guo said, "Let them go without intercepting them. They are not allowed to plunder. I, the Xuzhou soldiers, give orders and will never do anything unjust."

The generals heard this and said: "Yes!"

Madam Guo indeed turned a blind eye to the people running out of the city.

Gan Ning saw all this in his eyes, and while he breathed a sigh of relief, he was also convinced.

It was getting brighter. He hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind. When he raised his tent, he went out and said: "General Guo, Gan Ning has invited me to help General Lu Qing to reinforce Guangling City!"

All the generals looked at Gan Ning in surprise, showing mysterious expressions.

Madam Guo said: "Are you sure that Xing Ba will succeed?! Why don't you go back to Xuzhou first to listen to orders?!"

"Yes," Gan Ning said.

"You need to know that the situation in Guangling is extremely complicated. Although Lu Qing is with you, there is a great possibility of confronting Jingzhou," Lady Guo said, "If you don't want to fight against it, it's better not to invite yourself."

.When you return to Xuzhou, Mr. Jia will arrange for you to go to the north to support you."

Gan Ning said: "Ning has made preparations. He has tried his best not to confront the Jingzhou soldiers. However, if the situation changes and we have to be hostile, Ning will still uphold his duties as a general. He will never dare to act selfishly and neglect his duties!"

"Okay, since you have this awareness, I will ask you to help Lu Qing and Guangling City." Madam Guo said: "The battlefield situation is extremely complicated, so you need to be careful!"

Gan Ning was overjoyed and said: "Yes, thank you General Guo!"

Without further ado, he immediately packed up his horse and went after Lu Qing.

The generals were a little surprised, and then laughed and said: "This is strange..." However, they were relieved in their hearts, and that's right.

"Seeing that our army has restrained itself and not deceived its conscience, this should be the reason why the heart has more trust in our battalion." Madam Guo said with a smile: "It is the bounden duty of a general to not set limits and fulfill his vocation. Gan Ning sees this.

It’s clear and I’ve figured it out.”

The generals nodded, which meant that he did not want to fight to the death with the Jingzhou soldiers before. However, now he saw that Madam Guo was not actually a cruel person, and that she was not a cruel person. The Xuzhou soldiers were even more so, so they understood.

Even if there was a battle with the Jingzhou soldiers, the outcome would be decided, and they would not have to kill each other. Gan Ning made the decision because he felt relieved!

With the help of these two people, Guangling City really has a better chance of winning.

The generals sighed with emotion: "It was General Guo who managed the army well and had iron rules in the army that made Gan Ning so convinced that he took the initiative to ask for a battle!"

Lady Guo said: "This is my duty, and that's all!"

At that time, people were also arranged to send Lu Jie and Wei Yan back to Shouchun, and then Shouchun sent them to Xuzhou.

Then he began to order the soldiers to dig fortifications. There were walls inside the city to defend the city. However, if people outside the city did not set up fortifications, they would easily be restrained by the people inside the city who were defending the city.

Since we have to prepare to stay here for a long time, we must plan our defenses immediately.

After hearing the scout reporting this matter, Kuai Yue was really silent for a long time. Madam Guo didn't rob the fleeing citizens in the city, but turned a blind eye and let them go?!

Kuai Yue didn't know whether to be happy or unhappy.

Yu Qing, he hoped that this would be the best, so that even if the city residents ran away, they would not be harmed. However, Yu Li, he coldly felt that it would be best for Lady Guo to capture, rob, and kill them, and then the people in the city would be afraid.

, on the contrary, they will be united and united, and the army and the people will prepare to defend the city with one heart. In this way, it will be effortless and the people will be calm.

But Lady Guo actually turned a blind eye and let these people pass?! She did not do anything violent at all. This is unreasonable! Who doesn't know what kind of virtue Lu Bu is?! But now, this military commander

Gui, he is truly transformed, even his energy and spirit have changed.

Kuai Yue's face is not very pretty.

The scout continued: "Early in the morning, the enemy army began to dig earth fortifications and cut firewood. I am afraid they will build a sentry tower to observe the movement in the city..."

After hearing this, Kuai Yue could not keep his composure. This was a posture prepared to stay for a long time.

He wandered back and forth for a long time, and then hurriedly came to see Cai Mao.

After talking about this, Cai Mao was anxious, but he said: "Since Xuzhou has come, it will definitely not come back empty-handed. Mao had known that it would be like this! We only try our best to defend Xiangyang. As long as we can defend the gate of Jingzhou, Xuzhou will

You cannot enter Jing."

This is all we can do now. This means we should focus on defending the city!

"Yidu came just in time. There is another important matter that needs to be discussed with Yidu!" Cai Mao feebly handed him a secret letter and said: "The scout just reported the news!"

Kuai Yue's expression changed. Could this be another bad news?!

When I opened the letter and read it, I felt like the sky was spinning, my head was dizzy, and my whole body seemed to be about to ascend to heaven. No wonder Cai Mao looked so weak.

"Huang Zu is dead, Jiangxia is lost, and has fallen into the hands of Ji Ling..." Cai Mao smiled bitterly: "Sun Ce was captured, and I'm afraid he has been sent to Xuzhou..."

Kuai Yue's eyes went dark and he was speechless for a long time. He murmured for a long time: "The current situation in Jingzhou is probably even more serious..."

Cai Mao said: "Does the alien have a way to break the situation?!"

"If this continues, Jingzhou will eventually be cannibalized by Xuzhou step by step. How can it be saved?!" Cai Mao said with red eyes.

"I never expected that the situation would be so serious..." Kuai Yue looked at the letter and said, "Is there a letter from Jingzhou?!"

"Yes, they are all here," Cai Mao said: "...The current situation is extremely unfavorable. Many people have already surrendered to Xuzhou. I'm afraid my brother-in-law may not be able to last long..."

Kuai Yue's expression is really wonderful.

The Kuai family was a prominent family in Jingzhou. After Liu Biao came to Jingzhou as the prefecture shepherd, he married the Cai family and soon became firmly established in Jingzhou. With his virtue and ability, as well as his prestige in the Han Dynasty, he was very stable.
To be continued...