The Jingzhou army, disappointed, chose to go out of the city to surrender. In the middle of the night, a large number of Jingzhou soldiers escaped from Xinye City and went to the Bingzhou army's camp to surrender. For a moment, there were many surrenders, and the huge Xinye City was actually half empty.

Someone hurriedly reported the situation to Wang Chang, but found that Wang Chang was drinking to drown his sorrows in the dim candlelight. His subordinates told him the news of the escape of the soldiers guarding the city. However, Wang Chang's expression did not move at all, but said lightly: "It will rain, and my mother wants to get married, let him go!"

Wang Chang may have regretted it at this moment. If he had known that Xinye City was so vulnerable, then it would be better to follow Sima Lun's advice and take the risk to fight. Sima Shi had half the chance of blaming or not, but staying in Xinye was 100% done. Even if Wang Chang wanted to leave at this moment, it would be too late. I am afraid he would really live and die with Xinye.

Although Wang Chang had said the bold words of defending Jingzhou to the death in front of Sima Lun, Wang Chang was also cowardly when the disaster was coming. In fact, not many people could really be indifferent to death.

The Bingzhou army had an offensive like a tide, and the Jingzhou army surrendered everywhere. Xinye's general situation was gone. Wang Chang also understood that Xinye's defense line could not last for at most three days. Even if he forcibly captured the deserters, could he still win back the morale and restore morale? This battle was destined to be a defeat. What's the difference between a one-day delayed decline or a one-day earlier decline? So Wang Chang was too lazy to care about these deserters. He sat alone in the tent and just wanted to numb himself with wine.

Wang Chang sat there and drank the empty wine jar all over the floor. Wang Chang's alcohol tolerance was really good. After drinking so much wine, he was not drunk and unconscious. However, he was already confused and in a daze, he heard someone send him a letter.

"Governor, the general from Luoyang has sent someone to deliver the letter."

Although the Bingzhou Army surrounded Xinye City, the siege method used to encircle three quarries and one quarry. The main attack direction was in the south, and there were soldiers and horses on both sides of the east and west, but in the north, it seemed that there was a way out for Wang Chang.

But Wang Chang knew better than anyone else that the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army had long been ambushed in the north. Once he led his army to leave Xinye City, he would be ruthlessly pursued by the Bingzhou cavalry. The Jingzhou Army, which was mainly infantry, had no chance of escape in the field battle. After all, this was a pit that Cao Liang dug for him.

Wang Chang had no chance to escape, but there was no problem with communicating with Luoyang, so the documents from the court could still be delivered to Xinye smoothly.

"Whose letter?" Wang Chang asked in a daze, half-closed his red eyes.

His subordinates could only say loudly: "It is the official document from the court and the general's handwriting."

Wang Chang was immediately awakened halfway, and hurriedly took the document. When he opened it, he found that it was Sima Shi who agreed to his order to withdraw his troops. Wang Chang laughed wildly at the sky, but the laughter was full of bitterness. He had been waiting for the news. Unfortunately, the news came, but he could not leave. Wang Chang was destined to pay the price because of his hesitation.

This is really a wonderful ridicule. Wang Chang waited for the result he wanted the most, but unfortunately it was too late.

Wang Chang threw away the letter dejectedly and ordered: "Let's open the city!"

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After leaving Jingzhou and heading north, Sima Lun still maintained a high speed of walking twice the road and headed straight for Luoyang.

The continuous high-intensity marching made Sima army miserable. Many soldiers had blisters on their feet and limped when walking, but in order not to fall behind, they could only endure the pain and gritted their teeth and move forward.

Seeing that many soldiers were exhausted, their generals asked Sima Lun to suspend the marching and take a break.

Sima Lun said coldly: "Will Cao Liang's army stop and rest? The more we reach the last moment, the more we must not relax. If we relax a little, we will destroy all our efforts. Who can bear this responsibility?"

When all the generals heard this, they all dared to speak out. Although Simalun was a young man, he was strict in his military management and had clear rewards and punishments. Even the generals who had led the army for many years could not compare with him. At first, the generals under his command looked down on Simalun a little, but Simalun used his iron fist to establish his prestige in the army. Now many people dared not look up to Simalun when they saw Simalun, and could only obey orders.

Of course, Simalun's prestige was based on merits. To pacify the Huainan Rebellion was enough to establish Simalun's prestige. In this army, Simalun was a military order and a law. His words were all in every way, and no one dared not to obey it.

Of course, Sima Lun knew how hard it was to such a high-intensity marching, but the pursuers of the Bingzhou Army behind him did not dare to slack off at all. You must know how terrifying the speed of the Bingzhou cavalry was. If Sima Lun had not designed to win more than ten days, then they would have no chance to beat the Bingzhou Army in this long-distance retreat.

Many people complained privately that Sima Lun had gone too far this trip. If they didn't go to Jingzhou and switch to Runan, they would almost have arrived in Luoyang at this moment.

Sima Lun's original intention was to bring Wang Chang back together, but Wang Chang insisted on not leaving, which meant that Sima Lun's circle was in vain.

Sima Lun heard some rumors, but he just smiled coldly. This time he detoured Jingzhou. Although he had the intention to persuade Wang Chang to withdraw his troops, Sima Lun had a bigger plan, but this plan cannot be revealed yet, so no one knew Sima Lun’s true intention.

After arriving in Nanyang, Sima Lun suddenly ordered to stop moving forward and camped on the spot. The soldiers were stunned. Didn’t they say that they would withdraw their troops and return to Luoyang? Why did they stop the march as soon as they arrived in Nanyang?

Along the way, the Huainan Army had already slept in the open. In order to save time, when camping at night, they only set up some tents to do it. Now Sima Lun suddenly ordered camping in Nanyang and no longer advanced. Is Sima Lun preparing to fight the Bingzhou Army in Nanyang?

However, Sima Lun did not explain this, and did not even let the army enter Nanyang City. He just ordered the generals of each battalion to find a piece of open space in the south of Nanyang City, and strictly set up camps according to the camping standards, with deep trenches and high trenches, and everything was ready.

Sima Lun himself took a chasing chariot overnight, took only a team of personal guards and cavalrymen, left Nanyang and headed straight for Luoyang.
Chapter completed!