Following Yang Ling's order, Cao Jun immediately took action, taking advantage of the darkness and heading towards the other side of the river.
South bank of Han River.
After sending Yang Ling away, Wei Yan called all his cronies to his tent.
Looking at the confused expressions of everyone, he directly opened the skylight and spoke frankly.
"I've called you all here tonight to inform you of something important."
Wei Yan paused and said in a deep voice,
"I plan to join General Zhengnan!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent was in a commotion!
No one expected that Wei Yangang would betray Cai Mao and Wenpin and take refuge with Liu Bei, and now he would betray Liu Bei again!
Fortunately, they were all Wei Yan's cronies. Although they were surprised, they didn't do anything else.
Seeing this situation, Wei Yan nodded with satisfaction,
"You must have seen it in your eyes. I am completely sincere to the big-eared thief Liu Bei, but how did he treat me?"
"Let's open the city gate for him and welcome him into Xiangyang City. If he doesn't reward me, let's forget it, and let the military advisor Zhuge Liang suppress me."
"Tell me, can we bear this anger?"
Wei Yan has a bold personality and a sense of loyalty, so naturally he makes friends with these people.
After hearing his words, his cronies responded one after another,
"Of course I can't stand it!"
"The big-eared thief is the most shameless!"
Wei Yan pressed down with both hands. After everyone calmed down, he smiled and said,
"To be honest, the General Zhengnan who was at the court just now, Mr. Yang Ziyi, the son-in-law of the King of Wei, personally crossed the river and came to our army camp."
"He attaches great importance to us and said that as long as we are willing to join him, he will definitely reuse us!"
"What do you think we should do?"
Without even thinking about it, everyone said,
"Rebellion! Rebel against him!"
"Very well, against his motherfucker!"
Wei Yan smiled bloodthirstyly, took off the sword from his waist, and walked outside first.
A group of cronies followed closely behind him.
They first came to a tent not far away. When they heard the noise outside, a disheveled scholar rushed out in a panic.
After seeing Wei Yan, he was stunned for a moment and then asked,
"Why is General Wenchang so armored and armed? Could it be that Cao's army is attacking?"
This person is the supervisor sent by Liu Bei and Liu Qi to monitor Wei Yan.
Wei Yan let out a ferocious laugh,
"I'm going to rebel, so you can go with peace of mind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the long knife in his hand struck out hard.
The supervisor didn't even have time to scream, before he was killed with a knife!
"You, you and you, go and raise the troops."
"For the rest, follow me to meet the general!"
Wei Yan gave instructions in an orderly manner and headed to the bank of the Han River with a few remaining confidants.
At this time, the night was already dark, the river was completely dark, and nothing could be seen.
At this moment, a light suddenly appeared in the distance.
Wei Yan felt happy and quickly lit the torch in his hand and started waving it.
After a while, I saw a dense number of small boats approaching from the darkness.
Almost all the ships on the north bank of the Han River were destroyed when the Fancheng defenders retreated.
In a hurry, Cao Jun could only rush out a batch of small boats.
It is said to be a small boat, but it is also extremely crude and can only be regarded as a raft.
It can barely carry soldiers, but war horses, grain, grass and ordnance cannot be transported at all.
Seeing this situation, Wei Yan was quite moved.
It seemed that Yang Ling was extremely relieved of herself.
Otherwise, if these Cao troops, who have no food, grass, or horses, arrive on the south bank of the Han River, they can be wiped out at any time if they wish, and then go to Liu Bei to claim credit!
Thinking of this, Wei Yan became more determined to be loyal to Yang Ling!
"Where is General Wenchang?"
Yang Ling slowly stepped off the boat.
"The last general has met the great general!"
Wei Yan hurriedly led a group of close followers to come forward and said respectfully.
"No need to be polite."
Yang Ling smiled and looked at Xiangyang City not far away.
"After we capture Xiangyang City, I will reward you heavily!"
Wei Yan was overjoyed and took the initiative to ask Ying,
"The last general is willing to ascend first and capture Xiangyang City for the general!"
"good!"
Yang Ling nodded and said to Gan Ning and Ma Chao beside him,
"You two will accompany General Wen Chang to capture Xiangyang City 1"
"Here!"
The two of them accepted the order with a bang.
Wei Yan, together with Gan Ning and Ma Chao, took advantage of the darkness of night to quietly approach Xiangyang City with their own troops.
Dozens of steps away, he first asked the army to stop, and then swaggered forward with a few followers.
"Come quickly, open the city gate!"
The soldiers on the city wall heard the movement, stuck their heads out, and recognized Wei Yan.
"General Wenchang, it's so late, what do you want?"
"I have something important to do. I have to go into the city to meet with Zhou Mu and Uncle Liu Huang. Please open the door quickly!"
Wei Yan pretended to be impatient.
"This... the state pastor has ordered a curfew, and no one is allowed to open the door at night."
The defenders on the city wall looked embarrassed.
"There has just been a movement from Cao's army on the other side of the river. I want to report this to Zhou Mu. If you don't let me enter the city, can you afford to delay the war?"
Wei Yan threatened.
Hearing this, the guard soldier was startled and said quickly,
"Please wait a moment, General, I will open the door for you right now!"
After a while, the Xiangyang City Gate slowly opened.
"General, please come in!"
The soldier who opened the door bowed respectfully to Wei Yan.
Wei Yan sneered and winked at the followers on the left and right.
I saw them suddenly pulling out their weapons and rushing forward.
The soldiers who defended the city had no idea what was happening, so they were hacked to death!
Wei Yan turned around and shouted outside,
"Do it!"
Gan Ning and Ma Chao outside the city did not hesitate, and immediately led their soldiers and poured into Xiangyang City like a tide.
The Jingzhou soldiers at the city gate originally wanted to resist, but after Wei Yan stabbed a child and killed several people, they no longer dared to resist and scattered like birds and beasts!
Leaving a group of soldiers to guard the city gate and meet the army behind, Wei Yan led Gan Ning and Ma Chao and rushed towards the Prefecture Mufu!
…
State pastoral office.
Liu Qi, who was keeping vigil in front of Liu Biao's coffin, was dozing off.
Suddenly a cold wind blew, and all the oil lamps in front of the coffin were blown out.
Liu Qi sneezed and looked at the extinguished oil lamp, feeling an unknown premonition in his heart!
Before he could call the servants and light the oil lamp again, he heard the sound of chaotic footsteps.
Wang Wei and Huo Jun stumbled in with their faces covered in blood.
Both of them are military generals in Jingzhou, loyal to Liu Biao, and are now in charge of military affairs in the city.
Seeing the two of them looking like this, Liu Qi's heart sank.
"Two generals, this is..."
"My lord, something is wrong. Cao's army has entered the city!"
Huo Jun said anxiously.
"What?!"
Liu Qi was shocked and said in disbelief,
"Isn't there Wei Yan stationed outside the city? How could Cao Jun enter the city so quickly?"
"I heard from the gatekeepers that it was Wei Yan who rebelled and led Cao's army into the city!"
Wang Wei said helplessly.
