Man Chong was very anxious when he heard that the west gate of Xiangyang City was attacked, and he knew that he had fallen into Li Qi's plan.

Even so, Man Chong did not dare to withdraw all the soldiers from the south gate to the west gate. Instead, he left a thousand troops and ordered the soldiers to pay close attention to the movement. If there was any disturbance, they must come to the west gate to report it.

After arranging things for the south gate, Man Chong personally led the rest of his troops to reinforce the west gate.

Before reaching the west gate, he met Cao Ren who was retreating from the tower.

Cao Ren said: "The enemy has climbed onto the tower and the west gate has been broken."

Man Chong said: "Then we will fight to the death with the enemy in the city."

Cao Ren thought that the Yizhou soldiers had already consumed a large amount of troops when attacking the city. If they fought to the death in the city, they might not lose to him. It was just that Xiahou Dun's side had to defend, otherwise it would be attacked from two sides.

Cao Ren and Man Chong joined forces and blocked the Yizhou soldiers in the streets of the city. The people in the city closed their doors and did not even dare to look up.

At this time, the west gate of Xiangyang had been opened by the attacking soldiers. Ma Chao, Gan Ning and other generals drove straight in. Wherever they passed, corpses were everywhere, and the battle was extremely tragic.

However, after the Yizhou soldiers entered the city, they kept shouting the slogans taught to them by Li Qi: "Don't molest women, don't abuse prisoners, and don't take advantage of the people."

After hearing that prisoners were not to be mistreated, Cao Ren's soldiers who were originally Jingzhou soldiers had no intention of resisting.

When they surrendered to Cao's army, they were forced by the situation. Liu Cong surrendered, so there was no reason for the Jingzhou soldiers to continue to resist. Now that Xiangyang City has been defeated and Cao's army has lost its power in Xiangyang City, why are they still fighting for their lives?

When I first started working hard, it was just to stay alive.

Now I don’t want to fight desperately, just to survive.

Moreover, when the common people in Xiangyang City heard that the Yizhou soldiers did not molest women or take advantage of the common people, someone stuck their head out of the window and said to the Yizhou soldiers: "Cao's army is going to the left."

The Yizhou soldiers thanked the people and warned: "Uncle, pay attention to safety and never go out."

The people were immediately moved and thought, What kind of love between the army and the people is this. They are fighting desperately outside, and they also remind us to pay attention to safety! In most of their lives, they have never seen such good soldiers.

Cao Cao's army learned about the Yizhou soldiers' policy, so they simply took off their military uniforms, lost their weapons, and pretended to be common people on the street.

Yizhou soldiers don't care if they are real or fake. As long as you lay down your arms, no matter if you are a real commoner or a fake commoner, you will be spared and not killed.

Cao Ren saw that the army was demoralized and that countless people had surrendered, died, and were injured. Knowing that the situation was over, Cao Ren ordered people to notify Xiahou Dun to withdraw from the north gate.

When Xiangyang was decided, Li Qi entered the city surrounded by soldiers.

The common people poked their heads out of the windows and looked up. Li Qi smiled broadly, bowed to the common people on both sides of the road, and said: "Xiangyang is a battleground for military strategists, and they fight endlessly every year. It is really hard for the people. So since

Starting today, Xiangyang City will be exempted from taxes for three years."

When the people heard about it, they were all happy and encouraged.

To stabilize the important town of Xiangyang, it is necessary to win over the people.

At that time, the people of Yizhou had to pay taxes. This was because Li Qi was really poor. Without money and food, he might not even be able to support his soldiers.

Now that Yizhou has become rich, Li Qi can afford to exempt only one city from Xiangyang's taxes.

After Li Qi entered the city and settled down, the sergeant escorted him into the hall.

Yu Jin's status in Cao Ying was not comparable to that of Zhu Ling or Li Tong.

Chen Shou commented on it: "Taizu established his martial arts skills, and among the good generals of the time, the five sons were the first. The most famous one in Jin was Yi Zhong, but he failed to conquer him in the end."

In other words, Cao Cao was able to make great achievements, and the contribution of the five good generals was the greatest, and Yu Jin was the most resolute and steady among the five good generals, but it was a pity that he could not stick to it until the end.

Li Qi asked Yu Jin: "Wen Ze is a hero of the world. Now that I have captured him, do you want to surrender?"

Yu Jin said: "If Li Yizhou is willing to surrender, Jin will swear to die as retribution."

Li Qinai surrendered it to the ban, but did not dare to reuse it.

Because Li Qi still can't figure out whether Yu Jin's surrender is real or fake - after all, Yu Jin's status in Cao Ying, this surrender is too casual.

Li Qi looks at people based on their performance in the original history.

Although Wu Yi was demoted simply, Wu Yi's performance in the original history was still good.

Yu Jin was a little frustrated. He surrendered first to Guan Yu, then to Soochow, and then was sent back to Wei by Soochow, and finally died in depression.

There is a saying that Yu Jin's surrender to Guan Yu was a false surrender.

Therefore, Li Qi was unable to cope with the ban and did not dare to entrust him with important tasks, let alone let him face Cao Jun. So he planned to send him to Changsha and put him under Li Yan's command to guard against Sun Quan.

Li Qi said to Jin: "It is my great fortune that Wen Ze has returned. But letting you face Cao Jun directly will trap you in injustice. It just so happens that Li Yan, the governor of Changsha, urgently needs manpower to defend Jiangdong. I plan to let Su Fei lead the army.

If you go to help me, you can go with me. If you achieve military exploits in the future, I will have a reward for you."

Although Yu Jin knew that Su Fei was spying on him, how could he dare not disobey him as the military power was in Su Fei's hands. He had no choice but to follow Su Fei and go to Changsha to take up a post.

However, it is said that Cao Ren and others led the remaining troops to flee north. By the time they reached Zhongyang Mountain, they were already exhausted and had to rely on local materials to satisfy their hunger.

Cao Ren sighed and said, "I am ashamed of my filial piety because I have failed the prime minister's generous trust."

Man Chong comforted him and said: "Li Qi's great power is not the fault of the general. However, our army defended Xiangyang and killed more than 10,000 enemy troops, causing them heavy losses. It is not without merit."

After Cao Ren took a short rest, he sent scouts to explore the way ahead.

The scout rode his horse forward for several miles when he suddenly saw a soldier riding a war horse towards him.

The two looked at each other more than ten feet apart and found that they were wearing different military uniforms. Then they turned around and ran away.

After Cao Jun's scouts returned, they reported to Cao Ren: "General, traces of enemy troops have been found ahead."

Cao Ren was shocked: "Li Qi's ambush is far enough away! Everyone is ready to fight."

When another soldier saw Cao Jun's scouts, he also rushed back to the camp and told Liu Bei: "Lord, we have found traces of Cao Jun ahead."

Liu Bei was shocked: "Cao Cao's ambush is far enough away! Everyone is ready to fight."

It turned out that Liu Bei intended to capture Xudu, but in the end he made a mistake.

After all, Xudu is Cao Cao's base camp and is adjacent to Jingzhou. Even if Cao Cao is away, he will not be defenseless at all.

Xun Yu commanded Zhang He and fought at Gao Lan, but Liu Bei could not attack for a long time. Cao Cao personally led an army to return for reinforcements and defeated Liu Bei.

Liu Bei led his defeated army back to the army, and encountered Cao Ren's defeated army on the way.

Both sides thought that the other side was guarding Zhongyang Mountain to ambush them, and each was trembling with fear.

The two men and horses moved forward cautiously, getting closer and closer, and finally met each other at a distance of less than twenty feet.

Cao Ren was relieved at first: It turned out to be Liu Bei's defeated army, not Li Qi's ambush.

Liu Bei also breathed a sigh of relief: Wasn't Cao Ren guarding Xiangyang? It seems that he was defeated by Li Qi and escaped here.
Chapter completed!