Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 840: Change of Ownership of Jingxiang
In Jiangxia County, outside Xiling City, it was already bright in the sky. Tens of thousands of Cao's troops had surrounded several city gates, making it impossible for anyone to get in or out.

Cao Cao personally commanded the army, which marched in an orderly manner and launched continuous offensives. Although one side of the wall of Xiling City was against the water bank and only three sides were attacked by Cao's army, after four or five days of hard defense, the city had suffered heavy losses and its soldiers and horses were exhausted.

"Sir, Cao's army is attacking the city swiftly. Although there are many defenders in the city, they are far from being their opponents. If this continues, the city will be breached by tonight at the earliest or tomorrow at the latest. We must find a solution quickly."

The deputy general ran over to report with blood all over his face and covered in dust.

Liu Pan was a rather burly man with a full beard and a resolute face. He looked at the Cao army on the city wall, shouting loudly about killing people, and listened to the report from his deputy general, and suddenly felt upset.

"The soldier who asked for help has been out of the city for many days. Logically, the reinforcements from Xiangyang should have arrived. Why is there no movement yet? Could it be that Cao's army is also attacking Xiangyang, so uncle has no time to take care of other things?"

As he was speaking, he saw a Cao army soldier on a ladder not far away, about to climb up to the city wall. Liu Pan was filled with rage, with nowhere to vent his anger, so he picked up a long sword and threw it with force, piercing the Cao army soldier through the heart, and he fell headfirst.

At this moment, suddenly a series of noisy sounds were heard from afar, shouts, horse hooves sounds mixed together.

Liu Pan instinctively looked up and saw a large number of troops appearing behind Cao's army.

With the sudden appearance of this army, Cao's army quickly fell into chaos.

The deputy general looked at it for a while, then jumped up with joy: "Sir, look, it's the flag with the word Liu on it. It must be the eldest son Liu Qi who is leading his troops to rescue us!"

Liu Pan looked carefully. Although he was hundreds of steps away, he could vaguely see a huge flag with the word "Liu" fluttering in the wind.

"Good, Xiangyang City is indeed safe. Now that Cao's army is under attack from both sides, it is time for our army to take advantage of the situation and go out of the city to fight and capture Cao thief alive. Pass the order down, and the whole army will attack!"

The gates of Xiling City were suddenly opened. The morale of the defenders in the city was greatly boosted when they saw the reinforcements coming. The Cao army was under siege and became confused, and they fled in all directions.

"Haha... Cao thief, you have finally met your fate. Soldiers, follow me and charge. Whoever captures Cao thief alive will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"

Liu Pan was extremely excited. He waved a big knife and attacked left and right, rushing towards the direction of the yellow umbrella cover where Cao Cao was.

The Cao army, which was as fierce as wolves and tigers just now, now seemed like waste. Everyone only knew how to escape. No one came to stop Liu Pan. At a distance of only a few hundred steps, Liu Pan arrived in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Cao Cao so close, with only a few thousand personal guards protecting him, Liu Pan was ecstatic.

"God has granted me this great achievement, Cao thief, accept your fate."

He raised his sword and rushed into Cao Cao's personal guard camp first, followed by the army behind him.

However, just when Liu Pan was feeling extremely proud and thought that he was about to achieve great success, he suddenly realized that Cao Cao had been standing there. Not only did he not run away, he did not even look panicked. Instead, he looked at him with a sarcastic expression.

"How could he be so calm? My cousin attacked me from behind, and I was already in front of him. Shouldn't he be panicking and running away?"

Just when Liu Pan was full of doubts and had no clue when thinking, the Cao army that was originally fleeing suddenly changed direction and rushed back. In a blink of an eye, they surrounded Liu Pan and others.

"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap. Quick, hurry back to the city."

Liu Pan patted his warhorse, turned around and rushed towards the city gate. However, before he ran far, he saw his own "Liu" flag on the city wall fall down with a loud bang, and at the same time, a "Cao" flag slowly stood up.

A general stuck his head out and laughed wildly at Liu Pan: "Haha... I'm sorry, Master Liu Pan, I have already secretly surrendered to General Cao with General Cai Mao. Now I have to thank you for helping me surrender the city and making a great contribution."

When Liu Pan saw this man, he realized that he was the general who had volunteered to stay behind with the troops when he had just gone out of the city to fight the enemy. He didn't expect that the man had already had ulterior motives, which immediately made Liu Pan so angry that his hair almost stood on end.

"You bastard, I swear to kill you."

However, just as he finished speaking, Cao's army rushed over. Liu Pan was shocked and hurriedly shouted to "Liu Qi" in the distance: "Brother, save me!"

However, the next scene made him completely despair. He saw the flag with the word "Liu" approaching rapidly and soon came to Cao Cao's side, but the general was not Liu Qi.

"Haha, you fool, Liu Qi has already been captured by my master, why don't you surrender quickly?"

After the general finished speaking, he waved his hand behind him, and saw several soldiers escorting a prisoner cart over. Inside the cart was the unconscious Liu Qi.

"This...how could this be..." Liu Pan was completely desperate.

"Hmph..." Cao Cao sneered complacently: "I received the emperor's order to confer the title on Liu Biao, but the old villain refused to obey and actually had the intention of treason. Now this general is ordered to fight against the villain. I see that you are quite brave. If you are willing to surrender, I can still spare your life."

Liu Pan spoke in a refined manner, his eyes almost spitting fire: "Cao thief, you shameless man, I, Liu Pan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty, how can I be willing to follow a thief? Even if we fight to the death today, I will never let you succeed!"

He spurred his horse hard and charged towards Cao Cao alone.

"Ah... Wow... look at the knife..."

Cao Cao remained calm and nodded to Xiahou Yuan beside him. Xiahou Yuan understood and raised his longbow, aiming at Liu Pan.

"Boom..."

The sound of a bowstring was heard, and Liu Pan fell to the ground. His eyes were wide open, and he spat out a few mouthfuls of blood before he died.

And just a few hours later, in Xiangyang City, inside Liu Biao's bedroom.

Liu Biao was half-sitting on the bed, holding an ancient book and flipping through it, looking very leisurely.

Suddenly there was a noisy sound outside the door. When Liu Biao was wondering, he saw several people pushing the door open. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and several generals from Jingzhou.

Liu Biao was furious: "Cai Mao, you have trespassed here without permission. Are you planning to rebel? And Zhang Yun, you should be guarding Jiangling City. How dare you leave your post without permission? What crime should you be punished for?"

Cai Mao showed disdain on his face and walked straight to his bedside: "Tsk tsk tsk... You are so old and stupid, how can you benefit the people of Jingxiang?"

Liu Biao was dumbfounded. He looked at Cai Mao and the others and could not speak for a long time: "You...you guys..."

Cai Mao didn't wait for him to finish, he shook his hands and saluted in the void: "Now that Emperor Xian has ascended the throne again, General Cao Cao has been ordered to confer titles on us. With the name of the emperor and the power of General Cao, the people of Jingzhou will surely become more prosperous, and I and others will be able to realize our ambitions. This is a win-win situation, I think my lord will not object, right?"

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Yun, who then took a white silk and slowly walked towards Liu Biao.

"You... traitors, you traitors, you shall not die a good death... wuwu... wuwu..."

Not long after, Cai Mao walked out of the bedroom and looked at the cloudy sky. He felt extremely relaxed and couldn't help but take a deep breath, revealing an expression of enjoyment.

"Huh...comfortable..."

Then, he ordered Zhang Yun: "Open the city gates immediately and prepare to welcome General Cao... Oh no, welcome the imperial army into the city."

"I obey your command!" Zhang Yun and other generals also showed an impatient look.

(End of this chapter)