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The news of Zang Ba's defeat was finally transmitted from deserters to Jieting Military Village. More than a dozen generals in the camp tent were quarreled. Jiang Ping sat aside and frowned. Although he was the main general, he still could not fully control the army. Except for one thousand people who were always commanded by him, the other four thousand people were transferred from Chen Cang a month ago. Most of the generals only respected him on the surface, but when they encountered big things, they had to obey Xu Huang's orders.

Now that Zang Ba is defeated in half an attack, it is impossible to come to help him again. The Wan army commanded by Zhao Yun is right in front of him. Whether to resist or surrender, Jiang Ping cannot make the decision. He summoned the generals and let everyone decide together.

A toothed general named Qin Fang knocked on the table and shouted loudly: "This matter must be asked for General Xu, and General Xu will decide whether to surrender."

Several generals next to him answered, "General Qin is right. General Xu treats us well. Even if he wants to surrender, he must obtain General Xu's consent."

Several other officers who advocated surrender disdained and one sneered: "How damn naive. Go and discuss with the Han army and ask them to wait, and just say we have to seek General Xu's consent before surrendering. Do you think the Han army will agree?"

"If you don't agree, resist. We are condescending and occupy the benefits of the terrain. Five thousand people can withstand the attack of 20,000 people."

"Mumenzhai has a better terrain, isn't it the same cannot stand it?"

"Jiping is not Mumenzhai"

The generals quarreled again, Jiang Ping was upset, and walked out of the camp with his hands in his arms and slowly paced in the village. He made an appointment with Hou Feng for two days, and it would expire tonight, but he could not give a clear answer. What should he do? No matter what other generals are, he leads his troops to surrender, so his conscience cannot be overcome.

At this time, a slight riot came from the front, as if someone was shouting something in horror. Jiang Ping was stunned and walked up quickly. He saw dozens of soldiers arguing in front of the reservoir. "What happened?" Jiang Ping walked up to ask.

A soldier saluted: "Report to General, the stream has been cut off and the water in the reservoir has been reduced by half."

Jiang Ping was shocked and hurriedly separated everyone and walked forward. Sure enough, a stream brought from the east was cut off, and only half of the water was left in the pool that was originally filled. Jiang Ping was stunned. What's going on

An experienced officer stepped forward and said, "General, this should be because the Han army found the water source and led it away. There was no water here. As for the reservoir, it should be that the Han army dug several reservoirs at the foot of the mountain, and our water seeped into the soil and flowed light."

Jiang Ping was panicked. Without food, he could kill horses and support him for a few days, but if he didn't have water, he wouldn't be able to support him for a day.

This unexpected situation made Jiang Ping unable to help it anymore. He walked back to the tent quickly. He saw the generals still quarreling. He shouted, "Shut up all of them."

The big tent suddenly became quiet, and Jiang Ping said coldly: "I will tell you a message: our water source has been cut off by the Han army. With the water storage in the water jar, we can only support the sky at most. Whether to fight or surrender, everyone decides for themselves."

There was a silence in the tent. After a while, Yama smiled dryly and said, "If Captain Jiang is willing to lead everyone to surrender, we have no objection. Anyway, Captain Jiang is the chief general, so we just follow the Captain."

Everyone agreed. Seeing that these people were about to put themselves on fire and let themselves bear the infamy of surrender, Jiang Ping sneered in his heart and said slowly: "Everyone here has their own subordinates. It's not that I, Jiang Ping, can command me, but you still have to decide for yourself. Let's make a decision. From now on, if those who are willing to surrender, they will lead their troops down the mountain to surrender. Those who are unwilling to surrender will stay on the mountain. No one else can force them or plot against them. Everyone has their own ambitions, so everyone can agree to sever."

After saying that, Jiang Ping turned around and left, while the other generals looked at each other. Jiang Ping obviously refused to take the lead and asked everyone to decide for themselves. Everyone had no intention of arguing anymore, and everyone left with their own hearts.

Just half an hour later, a shocking news broke out from Cao's military camp. The first Cao army general to surrender was Qin Fang, the general who opposed surrendering the most. He led a thousand soldiers from his headquarters to surrender down the mountain to surrender the Han army. The water storage could only support the sky. Surrender was a matter of time. Surrender was a matter of time. The first surrender would obviously gain the greatest benefit. This news caused a stir in the Cao army.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Qu, the general who was also opposed to surrender, also led the five soldiers of the headquarters to go down the mountain to surrender to the Han army. The Qin and Zhang Qu's surrender first made other Cao army generals regret it. The Cao army no longer hesitated and went down the mountain to surrender. At dusk, only a thousand soldiers led by Jiang Ping were left in the Cao army camp.

Jiang Ping stood on the village wall, looking at the setting sun as blood, the sunset turned red, everyone had their own choice, and Jiang Ping was no exception. If he had decided to surrender before, but when Cao's generals went down the mountain to surrender, no one was willing to stay, his mentality changed.

Although Jiang Ping knew that the situation was hopeless, he was the head general of Jieting. He had to safeguard the last dignity of Cao's army, which was his unshirkable responsibility.

At this time, a soldier pointed at the foot of the mountain and shouted: "General, someone is here."

Jiang Ping also saw a team of Han soldiers. It was Ma Chao, which was beyond Jiang Ping's expectations. At this time, Ma Chao urged him to come forward and whisper: "I'll find your chief general and ask him to come out and answer."

Jiang Ping walked forward and bowed and said, "Governor Ma, don't be fine."

Ma Chao nodded, "After half an hour, two days will be gone. I can't bear to die in Jieting, so I came to persuade him that Cao Cao is a traitor in the Han Dynasty. Why did his brother be buried with him for thousands of years?"

Jiang Ping lowered his head and was speechless. Ma Chao sighed and advised: "I know that my brother is grateful for Xu Huang's kindness and cannot bear to betray him. But have you considered it for your brothers under his command and they will die with you. Do you not hide it from you? Longxi has been taken down by my brother Ma Dai, and now there is only Jieting village left. Liuzhou Mu sent a military order, and those who refuse to surrender will be killed. In another half an hour, not only my brother will have no chance, but even your brothers under him will be killed. How can you bear it?"

Jiang Ping turned around and looked at the thousand soldiers under his command. Seeing that everyone was in panic, many people secretly put down their weapons and their morale had collapsed. He sighed and ordered: "Open the gate of the village."

The village gate slowly opened, and Jiang Ping said to his soldiers: "Brothers have parents, wives and children. I will not stop everyone. Those who are willing to surrender, go down the mountain."

The soldiers stood quietly for a moment, and began to take off their armor, put down their weapons, knelt down and bowed to Jiang Ping, and silently walked out of the village and went down the mountain. The soldiers walked more and more, and in the end, only Jiang Ping and his ten personal soldiers were left. Jiang Ping ordered the ten personal soldiers and said, "You go down the mountain, go for me."

The personal soldiers knelt down and shed tears and said, "We don't want to leave the general, we are willing to share life and death with the general."

Jiang Ping nodded, then clasped his fists at Ma Chao and said, "Governor, although Cao Cao was unrighteous to the Han Dynasty, since I, Jiang Ping, was ordered to guard Jieting, I should fight to the end and live and die with Jieting. This is my duty, but I don't want the soldiers to make unnecessary sacrifices. Now Jieting has been lost, so let me take on the responsibility of losing Jieting."

After Jiang Ping finished speaking, he resolutely drew out his battle knife and committed suicide with his sword. When his ten personal soldiers saw the chief general committing suicide, they also shouted, drew their swords and followed him to commit suicide on the wall of the village.

Ma Chao looked at Jiang Ping for suicide silently, and tears couldn't help but surge. After a while, he suppressed his grief and said to his subordinates: "Retain their bodies well and send them back to their hometown for burial."

After saying that, Ma Chao couldn't help but sigh, "Who said Longxi has no loyal and brave generals?"

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The news that the Han army captured Longxian and Jieting soon reached the Han army camp in Chencang. At this time, Liu Jing personally led an army of 70,000 to confront Cao's army outside Chencang's western city for many days. Although it was Liu Jing's expectation that he was still very excited when the news came, especially Longxian was also captured by Ma Dai using a trick, which was even more important to boost the morale of the army.

In the big tent, Jia Xu smiled at Liu Jing and said, "Since Long County has been captured, it is just around the corner to capture Chen Cang. Long County and Chen Cang guards are the corners. Long County is dangerous, Chen Cang assists, Chen Cang Wei, and Long County supports them. But everything has two sides. If Long County is broken, Chen Cang will be difficult to protect. Zhao Yun, the governor of the state, directly sent troops to Chang'an, making the situation in Chang'an critical. In order to save Chang'an, Xu Huang had to return troops, so it would be easy for us to seize Chen Cang."

Liu Jing walked a few steps behind his hands and turned around and said, "But I am a little worried that Zhao Yun's army will go deeper alone, but will be attacked by Xu Huang and Cao Ren's army. Our rescue will be beyond our reach."

Jia Xu thought for a moment and smiled: "If the governor of the state is worried that General Zhao will be attacked, then let him bring the cavalry with him. With the help of cavalry, it will be difficult for Cao's army to attack unless Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry can arrive in time."

"I don't think Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry will appear in Guanzhong, but I think it's possible to appear in Nanyang."

Liu Jing hesitated and said, "I have a very strong feeling that Cao Cao has no confidence in Guanzhong, but he will never give up Nanyang."

Jia Xu laughed, "When the provincial governor decided to seize Nanyang, wasn't it just that he used Cao Cao's plan to use Nanyang as a bait to restrain Cao Cao's army to relieve the pressure in Longxi. Now Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry cannot come to Guanzhong, isn't it because of Nanyang's pressure?"

"The military advisor is right. The purpose of seizing Nanyang is this. Yesterday I got information. I only had 6,000 Cao troops guarding Wuguan. I think this is certainly because Wuguan is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, but more importantly, Cao Cao may be preparing to counterattack Nanyang, so there is no need to heavy troops in Wuguantun. If it is counterattack Nanyang, it will not be as simple as the tiger and leopard cavalry, but at least 40,000 infantry."

Liu Jing walked to the sand table, stared at Guanzhong and Nanyang, pondered for a moment and said, "To me, Guanzhong is much more important than Nanyang. If I could get Guanzhong, I would rather give up Nanyang."

Jia Xu also walked forward slowly and smiled and said, "The governor of the state may as well take Chen Cang first. Don't rush to attack Chang'an, and maintain the momentum of attracting but not triggering. Then contact Sun Quan and ask him to send troops to Xuzhou or Hefei, so that the Jiangdong army can put pressure on the Cao army in the east. As a condition, you can return Qichun County to Jiangdong, or ced Hengyang County and Changsha County in Jingnanzhong to Jiangdong. I believe that under the temptation of valuation, Sun Quan will definitely send troops. As long as Sun Quan sends troops and I put pressure on Nanyang and Runan at the same time, under the huge pressure, Cao Cao can negotiate the ownership of Guanzhong."
Chapter completed!