Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 997 Battle for the city gate
Lü Meng commanded his soldiers to disperse the people and open up the roads within the city. At the same time, he did not forget Ada outside the city and sent his henchmen to the north gate of the city to monitor the dock.

Soon the people he sent hurriedly came back to report that the two fleets were not in debt after the fight. The incoming fleet soon won the victory and took the lead in attacking the dock. When the defenders were about to be unable to support, Lü Meng knew what was going on. broken.

He made a prompt decision and immediately went down to close the north gate to prevent the enemy from occupying the dock and entering the city gate.

Lu Meng reacted quickly. As soon as he closed the city gate, Guan Yu led his troops to the front of the city. Arrows rained down from the city head. Guan Yu had no siege weapons in his hands, so he had to retreat temporarily.

Lu Meng climbed up to the top of the city at this time and looked at the appearance of Guan Yu's army. He was immediately convinced. There were infantry on the opposite side. How could they attack Baqiu if there were no siege weapons?

He had naturally recognized Guan Yu, but the opponent had no horses and was blocked outside the city. As long as he closed the four gates and spent a day or two here, Xiakou's Jiangdong Army would surely come to help and attack Guan Yu from both sides. Kill here!
Lu Meng still didn't know that Guan Yu came all the way from Xiakou. He thought that Guan Yu was recruiting ships from the dock between Lukou and Baqiu. He cursed in his heart that he was unlucky. How could he happen to meet Guan Yu nearby? Didn’t you go to Xiangyang?
Lu Meng had not expected at this time that his instigation of Mi Fang to offer the city had already been leaked. However, there was no time for him to think about it as he was seeing tricks on the battlefield. Now Lu Meng still had an urgent problem that needed to be solved. Close the east and west gates as quickly as possible to prevent Guan Yu's army at the north gate from detouring and entering the city through these two gates.

And this is indeed not a simple matter, because the East and West Gates have already been opened by spies in the city, inciting the people to escape. What Lu Meng has to do is to open the road to the East and West Gates as quickly as possible, and kill them before Guan Yu arrives. The east and west doors are closed!

As for the distance to the south gate, it was at least four or five times that of the east and west gates. With the speed of Guan Yu's infantry, there was no way he could get there in time.

Lu Meng looked at the civilians who were fleeing and wailing in panic in the city. A look of determination flashed across his face and he issued an order: "Clean the road. Anyone who blocks the road will be killed without mercy!"

"Those who disobey orders will be killed without mercy!"

Immediately, some soldiers threw away their weapons and expressed their resignation. The next moment, Jiangdong's army rushed forward and slashed these people to death on the ground with knives. At the same time, they shouted: "Those who disobey military orders will be killed!"

"Are your men reliable?"

And someone saw that a large number of war horses went out from the south gate earlier!

This third order is obviously aimed at them, because there are likely to be their family members among these fleeing people, so how can they do it?

Mi Fang hurriedly said: "There are still more than 200 war horses in the city, and they are all in the hands of the Mi Family Trading Company and are in charge of my subordinate Asan."

Mi Fang's head was in confusion, and she murmured: "No, no, how is it possible... I have obviously caught Ah Si, he has admitted it, Ah Er is just pretending to be good, how come Ah San... "

"Every matter has its own seriousness. The most important thing now is to prevent Guan Yu from entering the city. We will deal with other matters later!"

Hearing the news, Lu Meng was relieved and couldn't help laughing. It was done!
While issuing orders to close the farthest south gate, he said to Mi Fang: "Where are the civil war horses in the city?"

Seeing this scene, Lu Meng felt reassured. Later, news came that Jiangdong Army had successfully closed the east and west gates.

As soon as these three orders came out, something changed immediately. Although Jiangdong's army moved faster, Mi Fang's army, which had just surrendered, hesitated.

Lu Meng nodded and said: "Okay, let's go to the south of the city and ask him to bring the horses. Once the city gate is closed, I will take over and form the cavalry."

When Mi Fang saw this, she quickly said to Lu Meng: "Captain, is this too harsh?"

"If civil strife breaks out at this time, how can we defend ourselves against the enemy?"

Lu Meng knew that things were developing for the worst. The purpose of these horses leaving the city was self-evident. They must have gone to meet Guan Yu!
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered the carriage to rush to the south gate, with a large number of Jiangdong soldiers running behind.

When Lu Meng heard this, his expression changed drastically. He grabbed Mi Fang's clothes and shouted, "What are you doing?"

What he has to consider now is how to get out of the city to counterattack and harass Guan Yu's army after the next four gates are closed. Waiting for reinforcements is certainly one way, but if he can take the initiative, that is naturally the best.

After hearing this, Lu Meng said coldly: "If you let your people waste time waiting for Guan Yu to rush into the city gate, how can we still survive?"

"It seems that your supervision was not strict before, and a spy came out at this time. Otherwise, why would the situation be like this?"

Mi Fang heard this and quickly sent someone to Asan. The two of them rode a carriage and walked all the way to the center of Baqiu City when a news came that Asan was missing.

"Anyone who violates military orders will be killed without mercy!"

After Mi Fang heard this, he had no choice but to shut up. He thought to himself, if you are so afraid of Guan Yu, how can you defend this city?
However, Mi Fang is now extremely resentful of Ah Er. She didn't expect that the other party would betray her at this time. It was really unexpected!
Lu Meng watched the soldiers in the city flock to the east and west gates, and they were almost reaching the city gate. However, the Guan Yu infantry under the city had just reacted and ran towards the nearest west gate, but it was probably too late.

On the carriage, Lu Meng complained to Mi Fang while gritting his teeth: "What's going on with your men? You didn't check them carefully before you presented the city. This is a matter of life and death."

Mi Fang hurriedly said: "I checked, and the governor's method was used. Four people were asked to testify against each other, and then Ah Si was caught. But I never thought about Ah Er and Ah San joining forces to act!"

Lu Meng frowned and said, "What nonsense? I only told you to dedicate the city. When did I tell you about catching spies?"

Mi Fang was startled and subconsciously said: "The Governor has forgotten that the second of the three letters is specifically to teach me how to detect spies. This is a very clever plan..." Lu Meng interrupted him impatiently, "I just I wrote two letters, where are the three?”

The two looked at each other, finally reacted, and cursed at the same time.

This was all deceived!

Mi Fang finally understood and said bitterly: "So it turns out that Ah Er handled the letters. It's so easy for him to deliver a fake letter!"

He felt cold all over. This false letter plan was extremely risky because it involved Ah Er and Asan. In other words, they were also suspected. Was he so courageous in doing things?
Who would go to such great lengths to deceive himself, and even watch him sacrifice the city, instead of stopping him in advance? What is the purpose of this?
Mi Fang couldn't figure it out even if he tried hard, but he felt that it must not be Liu Bei, because if Liu Bei had known about it in advance, he would definitely not have done such a risky thing!

Not mentioning Mi Fang, Lu Meng also realized that someone had plotted against him, and he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart. The other party had deliberately placed so many spies around Mi Fang. Is it necessary?
Isn't it a deliberate trick to get yourself into a trap?
It's impossible. I'm just a small assistant general. I can't even be ranked in the top twenty in Jiangdong. There's no such possibility, right?
Now it's too late for him to think too much. Now Baqiu's biggest weakness is the south gate, and he must close the south gate no matter what!
The carriage drove the soldiers from Jiangdong all the way, and finally arrived at the south gate. They heard shouts and killing sounds, and both Lu Meng and Mi Fang felt nervous. Could it be that Guan Yu's army was here?

When Lu Meng came closer and took a closer look, he was immediately convinced. Inside the south gate were the soldiers he had sent to close the east and west gates. What faced them were hundreds of militiamen wearing simple bamboo armor and nearly a thousand refugees. Looking at his body, The clothes and dress are not the soldiers of Guan Yu's army.

Lu Meng sneered in his heart. These people were simply vulnerable to his Jiangdong elite soldiers who were fully equipped and armored. He immediately ordered his soldiers to attack the opponent.

As expected, as Lu Meng expected, under the attack of Jiangdong's elite soldiers, the opponent couldn't resist it at all and immediately retreated.

Mi Fang, who was on the side, was horrified, because he identified based on their clothes that these people were not only refugees from the refugee camps, but also clerks from the Mi family business!
After working for a long time, except for Ada, all his subordinates were spies!

Thinking of this, Mi Fang stepped forward and shouted: "Where is Ah San?"

"I treat you well, why do you want to betray me?"

After a while, Ah San, covered in blood, appeared in front of everyone with a knife, and said loudly: "Everyone in Jiangdong is ungrateful. The master is stubborn. I am saving the master's life."

Mi Fang listened and sneered: "You know nothing!"

"Hurry up and put down your weapons and close the city gate. I can still save your life!"

Ah San shook his head, "Master, please don't make a mistake, otherwise you will be killed?"

Mi Fang said angrily: "Whose are you, where is A'er?"

Lu Meng impatiently interrupted the conversation between the two and shouted: "The whole army attacks and closes the city gate!"

"Whoever stands in the way will die!"

After Jiang Dongbing heard this, he shouted and slashed forward with his sword. Seeing the refugees and workers around Ah San being chopped down one after another, Mi Fang had no choice but to turn his head. He could do nothing now.

Seeing Jiangdong soldiers approaching the city gate step by step, and Ah Shou's soldiers getting fewer and fewer, Lu Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the south gate is closed, everything is settled!

However, at this moment, the rumble of horse hooves came from outside the city gate, growing from small to loud. It was obvious that there were cavalry approaching rapidly!
After hearing this, Lu Meng's expression changed drastically. He personally drove the carriage to the city gate and shouted at the same time: "Quickly, close the city gate!"

"Those who close the city gate will be promoted to three levels in a row!"

After hearing this, Jiang Dongjun moved forward even more vigorously, slashing the refugees in front of him into scattering and fleeing. In the blink of an eye, he rushed to the city gate, slashing and pushing hard while trying to close the city gate.

When Ah San saw it, he shouted to his subordinates: "Block it!"

"Block the city gate with your body!"

After hearing this, his men roared angrily and pressed their bodies against the city gate. Jiang Dongjun rushed up and stabbed them with knives, and people kept falling down.

Ah San also heard several knives. He felt that his strength was gradually disappearing and the city gate was gradually closing. He couldn't help roaring and stood in the center of the city gate, trying to use his arms to block the city gate.

There were a few more pops, and his arms and thighs were shot, and his arms dropped down. It looked like he was about to be pinched to death by the city gate that was about to close, but Ah San still stood firm and refused to retreat.

When several Jiangdong soldiers on the opposite side saw it, they aimed their spears at Ah San's chest and head.

Suddenly, their eyes flashed, and they saw a war horse leaping high from behind Asan and passing through the gap in the door that was about to close!

On the horse's back, Guan Yu slashed with his sword. When his horse landed on the ground, he was already in the city gate.

Several Jiangdong soldiers who had fired their guns earlier were all found dead in an instant!
(End of this chapter)