"Brother! Hurry! Ignore these Jingzhou troops. Hurry, go back to Lujiang! Xiang Ji, Xiang Ji led the Canglong Cavalry to the Lujiang River!"
After galloping all the way, Generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei finally joined Liu Bei.
After seeing Liu Bei, Guan Yu almost fainted from anger.
When did this happen? You guys are still organizing the Jingzhou Army to evacuate?
Under the urgency, he had no time to pay attention to anything else and shouted loudly at Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was stunned by Guan Yu's roar, and the surrounding Jingzhou troops who heard what Guan Yu said were also stunned.
Liu Bei was confused because no matter what he thought, he never expected that this plan would be so decisive. He ignored the defeated army and instead attacked Lujiang.
This really cost Liu Bei his life.
You know, Liu Bei had always planned to reorganize the defeated army, even if it was just a part of it, and then lead them back to Lujiang.
After all, these were all borrowed from Liu Biao. Defeat is okay, but if the whole army is defeated, Liu Bei will not be able to see Liu Biao again.
But now Xiang Ji went directly to attack Lujiang River?
Doesn't this cut off Liu Bei's retreat? If the Lujiang River is gone, how can the infantry outrun the cavalry in this wilderness? Even if the scattered defeated soldiers are reorganized, so what? In the wilderness, how can the Canglong Cavalry outmatch Xiang Ji?
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I've already been defeated once, and I'm afraid I've lost all courage. What should I fight with?
The reason why the Jingzhou army is confused is because there are still some sensible people here.
What does Guan Yu mean by this? That's too obvious.
This is obviously to abandon them.
Thinking of this, a loud noise suddenly came from the Jingzhou military formation, which had been gradually returning to discipline.
Immediately, the Jingzhou Army broke out.
First they lost all their courage after being beaten, and then they fled in panic. The psychology of these Jingzhou soldiers was already on the verge of collapse.
Now when they heard that they were going to be abandoned, the Jingzhou army completely collapsed.
Huge chaos arose among the collapsed Jingzhou military formation.
Some cried bitterly, some gave up running for their lives and fell to the sky, but most of them took up arms.
However, their weapons were not swung at the Chu army who were chasing behind them, but instead they were swung at Liu Bei's personal entourage.
Damn it, you damn thing brought us to this hell, and now you want to abandon us?
Do you want to die? Then let’s die together!
The Jingzhou army gave up on themselves and launched a frantic attack on the 30,000 troops under Liu Bei's command.
"Damn it!"
Seeing that the Jingzhou army mutinied because of Guan Yu's words, Liu Bei was speechless.
I haven’t said I’m giving up on you yet? Are you so excited?
But what can be said about the current situation? You can't just watch the soldiers who followed you all the way from Qingzhou being attacked by these Jingzhou troops, right?
After showing off to Guan Yu, who was in better condition, Liu Bei continued to lead the army forward.
However, this time the direction has changed.
Military advisor, you must hold on!
Just after Liu Bei led his army to advance, Guan Yu also rushed to the rear army with his personal followers, and launched a crazy killing spree against the Jingzhou army who had been an ally before.
Ma De, I didn't want to pay attention to you at first and let you fend for yourself, but you took the initiative to seek death, so no wonder Guan.
Facing the Chu army and occasionally Xiang Ji's Canglong Cavalry, Guan Yu's personal followers could only be tortured.
But facing the crumbling Jingzhou army, Guan Yu and his soldiers immediately started the mode of massacre.
Countless Jingzhou troops were scattered by Guan Yu. Their previous desire for revenge had been completely eliminated, and what was left was only fear and timidity.
And just when Guan Yu was killing his own people, Xiang Ji and his Cang Longqi also arrived at the foot of Lujiang City.
Looking at the heavily fortified but extremely scattered defenders on the city wall, Xiang Yu sneered.
Hum hum, it is indeed as expected by the lonely king.
This Lujiang River is probably almost an empty city.
After riding his horse forward, Xiang Ji arrived at the foot of Lujiang City.
"I am Xiang Ji, King of Chu! When you see my heavenly army, why don't you quickly open the city and surrender!"
After hearing Xiang Ji's words, the defenders on the city wall suddenly became confused.
You know, when the Cang Longqi appeared near Lujiang River, the defenders in Lujiang City were shocked.
This! This is cavalry! How could such a large-scale cavalry appear in this Jiangnan area?
This was simply unimaginable for the second-line Jingzhou Army.
You know, even their emperor Liu Biao couldn't assemble such a large number of cavalry troops!
But unlike the surprise of ordinary soldiers, Xu Shu, as a guard general, was frightened.
What does it mean for a cavalry of this size to appear here and now?
This means that his previous inferences were both correct and wrong.
Correct, because Yu Jin did have other reinforcements for ambush purposes.
But the mistake was that Xu Shu never expected that when the war in the north was so stalemate, Xiang Ji could actually let his Canglong Cavalry come to the south of the Yangtze River.
But when Xiang Ji came to the city and called out his identity, all that was left in Xu Shu's heart was despair.
Xiang Ji would appear here, which greatly exceeded his expectation.
Moreover, Xiang Ji actually appeared here, so Liu Bei's army may not be completely wiped out, but there will be very little left.
This filled Xu Shu's heart with self-blame.
If I hadn't made a wrong judgment, how could I have caused my lord to fall into this situation?
If it weren't for the fact that he was new and eager to show off, would he have resorted to such a radical strategy? If our army had just defended the Lujiang River, and if Xiang Ji had extraordinary abilities, would he have been able to attack with the troops of Chu?
Just when Xu Shu was in a state of self-blame, Xiang Ji gave the order.
"All the troops, attack the city!"
Although the cavalry could not attack the city directly, the dismounted Canglong Cavalry was still as good as ten elite soldiers. How could it be compared to the Jingzhou second-line army with low morale and poor training.
Woo~~
The horn of attack sounded, and the Canglong Cavalry began to shoot at the defenders on the city wall.
Although the defenders had the advantage of occupying the city wall, how could they defeat the Canglong Cavalry with their wheel archery skills?
A round of arrows were fired at each other, and the Canglong Cavalry only paid the price of more than twenty riders being killed.
However, the entire garrison at the top of the city was shot down, and no one dared to stand on the city wall and shoot at the Canglong Cavalry.
After all, the number of defenders was too small to form an effective arrow rain covering strike.
Seeing this situation, Xu Shu already knew that Lujiang was over.
Facing the Canglong Cavalry who were completely suppressed in terms of numbers, morale, and combat power, the small number of defenders in Lujiang City was simply not enough.
Xu Shu was already emotionally agitated due to self-blame. Faced with the impending fall of Lujiang and the tragic situation of Liu Bei's army of more than 100,000 being annihilated, Xu Shu collapsed.
Standing on the top of the city, he drew out his sword and placed it horizontally between his neck.