Long before entering Jingzhou, Zhang Xiu issued an order that all nobles must do no harm to the common people. When entering the city, they must act in accordance with military orders. Anyone who violates them shall be executed!
The Jing army originally had strict military laws and never harassed the people. In addition, Zhang Xiu strictly stated that the Jing army strictly abided by Zhang Xiu's orders. After the army captured Nanjun, only the soldiers who defended the city were left, and the rest of the troops were stationed outside the city.
At the same time, Zhang Xiu passed down a sacred order: all counties in Jingzhou and the homes of soldiers who accompanied Guan Yu on his expedition to Nanyang were not allowed to be harassed by the Jing army, and grain and rice were given on a monthly basis; those who were sick were sent to doctors for treatment in a timely manner.
Originally, these soldiers' families were afraid of being retaliated by Zhang Xiu's Jing army for attacking Nanyang. They closed their doors and did not dare to go out. After learning about the notice posted by Zhang Xiu, they came out cautiously. In the end, they were actually issued by Jing Jun. For a time, the people of Jingzhou were grateful to Jingjun and called him a benefactor.
Mi Fang, under Fu Shiren's persuasion, finally recognized the reality and opened the imperial city to surrender.
Zhang Xiu also abided by the agreement with Mi Fang not to enter the imperial city and disturb Liu Bei's harem and family members. He only ordered people to take over the Chu troops and horses in the imperial city and sent people to guard the imperial city so that no one could approach.
At this time, Guan Yu had already led his army to attack Nanjun.
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Tu Lichen reported: "Jia Xiang came to believe that our army defeated the Chu army with Mianshui five days ago. Guan Yu led the defeated army. The emperor also showed kindness to Jingzhou with benevolent government. Some of the soldiers in Jingzhou must surrender. You can order people." Intercepting Guan Yu's army along the way and erecting the words 'Jingzhou native' high above the ground will surely attract the Chu army to surrender."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "This is Jia Xu's plan. The Art of War goes like this: Conquer the enemy's army without fighting. Jia Xiang really put this sentence to use. I have already ordered Jingzhou to wait. The family of generals has won the hearts of the people in Jingzhou, and now with the help of Jia Xu's plan, Jingzhou can go down!"
Ma Chao immediately asked for orders: "Your Majesty, I would like to lead three thousand elite troops to intercept Guan Yu."
E Huan, Zhang Ren and others immediately rushed to invite him.
Zhang Xiu laughed and said: "If all the generals work together, the Kingdom of Chu can be destroyed! Well... He ordered Ma Chao, E Huan, Zhang Ren, and Wei Yan to each lead a thousand troops, set up ambushes along the way, and cooperate with snipers. Remember, use Jia Xiangzhi The plan was to recruit the Chu army to surrender, so that Guan Yu's army would collapse without a fight."
All the generals shouted in unison: "Here!"
Before Guan Yu's army arrived in Nanjun, news spread overwhelmingly that Zhang Xiu was treating the people of Jingzhou well and had nothing to do with Minqiu. He especially treated the soldiers' families favorably, which made the generals of the Chu army happy and without any desire to fight. .
Guan Yu led his troops to capture Nanjun. After marching, many of the soldiers fled back to Jingzhou, so they became more and more strict. The more people escaped, Guan Yu was so angry that he became furious and urged the army to advance.
Three days later.
Ma Chao was the first to lead his troops to attack. Guan Yu urged the soldiers and horses to move quickly, and when they reached a certain mountain forest, suddenly the cry of killing rang out from the sky. Ma Chao stood majestically in his white robe, reined up his horse, pointed his gun and shouted: "General Guan, now Jingzhou has been captured by me, Dajing. Why not come down early?”
Guan Yu had long been holding back his anger and cursed: "I am a general of Chu and Han, how can I subjugate you and other Jing thieves!"
So he slapped his horse and danced with his sword to kill Ma Chao.
Ma Chao had long heard that Guan Yu was superb in martial arts and was a hero of the world. He had long wanted to compete. Today was a rare opportunity. How could he miss it? So he shot and killed Guan Yu. The two fought for forty or fifty rounds without deciding the outcome. Guan Yu's sword skills were sharp and Ma Chao's marksmanship was superb. After the two sides fought, each was frightened.
The two horses separated, Guan Yu held his sword and reined in his horse, looked at Ma Chao, and said in shock: "People say that Xiliang Jin Ma Chao, but seeing him today, he really deserves his reputation."
Ma Chao looked at Guan Yu with his gun, equally frightened.
Since he went to war, there were few people who could convince him. Except for Zhang Xiu, the current emperor of Dajing, no one could defeat him. He never expected to meet such a hero as Guan Yu today. Unfortunately, he was a Chu army.
Thinking of this, Ma Chao took the gun and killed again.
Guan Yu roared angrily, and also killed with a knife. The two fought for twenty rounds, but Ma Chao pretended to be exhausted and fled along the mountain road on the right. Guan Yu raised his sword and led his troops to pursue him. Less than twenty miles away, the shouts of killing started again. He saw Wei Yan coming out of the valley on the left, Zhang Ren leading his troops out of the valley on the right, and Ma Chao turning over to attack. They attacked from three directions. Guan Yu's army.
Facing Ma Chao, he couldn't even defeat him, let alone Wei Yan and Zhang Ren.
Seeing Jing's army coming to attack on the mountain road, Guan Yu hurriedly withdrew his troops and walked back for several miles, only to see a crowd of people gathering on the hill in front of him. A huge white flag was hung high, with the four characters "Jingzhou native" clearly written on it. The people on the hill shouted in unison: "Local people, come down quickly! Local people, come down quickly!"
Most of the people on the hill are family members of Jingzhou soldiers.
When the soldiers in Jingzhou heard the voices of their families on the hill, they immediately lost their desire to resist and wanted to return home.
Guan Yu was furious when he saw this and wanted to go up to the post to kill him. At this moment, a group of troops and horses came from the front. The leader was none other than E Huan. Ma Chao and three other troops from the rear attacked at the same time. The shouts were earth-shattering and drums and horns filled the sky. They surrounded Guan Yu. In the valley.
The soldiers in Jingzhou had no fighting spirit and most of them surrendered to the Jing army.
The two sides fought until dusk. The battlefield was tragic and corpses were everywhere. Guan Yu looked at the four mountains in the distance. All the surrendered Jingzhou soldiers were calling for their brothers and looking for their families. The morale of the soldiers had changed early and they all left in response. The army was defeated. He couldn't stop shouting at all. He only led three hundred soldiers to break out of the encirclement. He came out with Guan Ping and Liao Hua.
Guan Ping said: "The army is in chaos! It is necessary to temporarily station troops and horses in the city to wait for reinforcements. Although Maicheng is small, it is enough to station troops."
Guan Yu thought for a while and ordered the remaining troops to go to Maicheng, but ordered people to go to Zhang Fei for help. Now that Jingchu is in danger, Liu Bei is far away in Yangzhou and has nowhere to go. The only one who can divide his troops to rescue him is Zhang Fei of Yiling.
But at this moment, it is also unclear whether Zhang Fei can mobilize his troops to help Maicheng.
As Guan Yu was defeated and entered Maicheng, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu's plan was realized step by step. Therefore, Jia Xu led the Jing army across the Han River to occupy Xiangyang, followed Guan Yu's steps southward, and finally defeated Maicheng and Zhang Xiu. The armies joined together, and the two armies merged into one place and surrounded Guan Yu in Maicheng.
Maicheng is a small town.
There were few soldiers and food in the city, and Guan Yu only had less than a thousand soldiers and horses left in his hands. Coupled with the hundreds of soldiers and horses originally in Maicheng, they could not stop the Jing army's advance. However, Zhang Xiu was not in a hurry to attack Maicheng. After all, Guan Yu is the sworn brother of Zhang Fei and Liu Bei!
If he can cause Zhang Fei and Liu Bei to be in chaos, he can take advantage of them.
