[Three Kingdoms] Carnival
Chapter 125
Hearing the report from the soldiers, Liu Bei hurried to the city tower, only to find that the army coming was not Cao's army as expected, but Zhang Fei's army who should be stationed in Anxiang.Although he was puzzled, Liu Bei asked the guards to open the city gate.
Zhang Fei led his troops into the city and was surprised to see that Liu Bei was safe and sound. He hurriedly asked, "Brother, is the city safe?"
"Everything is safe and there is nothing abnormal." Liu Bei shook his head, also very puzzled by Zhang Fei's arrival, "Why did Yide ask this question? How is Anxiang?"
When Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei was safe and sound, he had guessed about it, and got Liu Bei's confirmation. His face darkened: "Three days ago, a soldier covered in blood rushed into Anxiang. He said he was a member of the elder brother's army. The gentry in Jingzhou were bought by Cao thief and turned against each other. They put their eldest brother under house arrest in Wuling, intending to wait for the Cao army to present his elder brother to Cao thief to receive a reward. He was ordered by his elder brother to escape from the city to ask for help. He still has his elder brother's autograph on his body Blood book." As he said, Zhang Fei took out a crumpled piece of cloth with blood on it and handed it to Liu Bei.The soldiers who rushed into the city spoke convincingly, and were indeed seriously injured. They died just before the military doctor arrived after reporting, and the blood book was indeed written in Liu Bei's handwriting. Can't tolerate his disbelief.
Liu Bei unfolded the blood book.A few days later, the blood on the cloth had turned reddish brown, and the words "Brother", "Fate is not long", and "Dead early" were even more shocking on the yellowed cloth.The words in blood are so familiar that Liu Bei was in a trance for a moment, thinking that the book in blood was really written by him.
"This blood letter was not written by Bei."
"Brother is fine. As for the blood book, it is probably Cao's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain." Although I don't know where Cao Cao's talented people can imitate Liu Bei's handwriting to the letter, but this does not affect Zhang Fei's speed. Guessing Cao Cao's plot, "Fortunately, before Fei left Anxiang, he ordered Fan Qiang and Zhang Da to defend the city. There are still 3000 troops stationed in the city. No matter who comes, it is impossible to capture it within three days." Cao Cao Nanyang County, where the army is located, is separated from Anxiang in Wuling County by a Nanjun. It is absolutely impossible to send a large army to attack Anxiang without alerting the Nanjun guards.Zhang Fei estimated that it is impossible for Cao Jun to reach Wuling County with more than 30 people at most, and there are almost no siege equipment.Three days is the worst estimate. In fact, if Cao Jun is given [-] days, he may not be able to defeat Anxiang.
Such a long time is enough for him to take the army back and forth hundreds of times between Anxiang and Wuling.
Liu Bei naturally understands the truth of this, but it is difficult to completely let go of it.Based on his understanding of Cao Cao, since Cao Cao knew that this strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain was useless, he shouldn't have tried his best to do this useless work.
Unless, Cao Cao's purpose of deceiving Zhang Fei to Anxiang is not so simple.
It would be great if Kong Ming was here.
Liu Bei couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart.
If Kong Ming was there, he would be able to see through Cao Cao's intentions in an instant. How could he be like him, although he vaguely sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't analyze it at all.
After long thinking to no avail, Liu Bei could only say:
"Since Cao Cao lied to Yide that you came to Wuling, maybe Yun Chang will come here today or tomorrow.
Kong Ming said, respond to all changes with inaction, and wait to see what Cao Cao's purpose is. "
To the north of Huarong, Jingshui Tangtang, plains and mud marshes alternate, and the fog that is light or thick all the year round for thousands of miles is Yunmeng.According to the old notes, "meng" and "ze" in ancient Chu language are synonymous, so "Yunmeng" is the lake in the cloud.
The magnificent scenery here is full of elegant and romantic Chu style: when looking at the mountain, there are dry blue clouds, and the sun and the moon cover it; Jianjia, red jade rose, lotus root gulu, turtle Kongluan, black leopard and white tiger, all living things are just like a fairyland of nine heavens, and there are countless rare and exotic animals.
This misty cloud, thousands of miles of mud, was once an excellent hunting place for the King of Chu.Cover the rabbit and deer, shoot the lin.Going to Yanpu, cutting the fresh dyeing wheel, even the Panlong soaring in the nine heavens will be blinded and cut off its claws, sink into the mud, and die here.Most of the most beautiful places in the world are also dangerous and rare places. Under every lush vegetation, there are often dead souls of foreigners who strayed into Yunmeng, and the keels of Lin beasts, and they are buried here.
Pulling the reins abruptly, the red rabbit horse under him leaped high, hissed long and barely stopped just one step away from the quagmire.
The deputy general following Guan Yu looked at the bubbling quagmire ahead, and heaved a long sigh of relief with lingering fear.Just now, they also passed through such a quagmire. Several soldiers failed to hold their horses and rushed into the quagmire. Before they could call for help, they sank with their horses and bones.
"General!" Knowing that there is no way to go around like this, the deputy general suggested to Guan Yu, "This place is very weird, why not rest here first, wait for the fog to clear, and then find a way to leave."
Guan Yu stood on the horse with his head held high, looking at the whiteness in front of him. After a long time, he nodded slightly and accepted the lieutenant general's proposal.I began to recall this series of strange things in my heart.
Three days ago, he received a letter written by his eldest brother. After confirming that the handwriting was correct, he followed the letter and led the troops to Huarong County to guard against Cao Jun.
And a few hours ago, under the Huarong city where he was stationed, more than 1000 rogues came from nowhere, trying to invade Huarong to grab food.In troubled times, this kind of situation is not uncommon, so Guan Yu didn't bother too much, but asked the deputy general to bring hundreds of people to fight.Under normal circumstances, as long as these rogues knew that there was an army stationed in the city, and the leader was the world-renowned Guan Yunchang, before they started fighting, they would be scared to death and run away with their heads in their hands.
The same is true of Japan today.But who would have thought that these rogue bandits would start cursing loudly when they could not attack the city and grab food.From Guan Yu being an ungrateful person, to Zhang Fei being a cruel and heartless person, and Liu Bei has become a treacherous villain with two ends, cheating the world and stealing his name, abandoning his wife and children amidst their cursing, it is disgusting and contemptuous.
If these rogues were angry for a while and just scolded Guan Yu, with Guan Yu's arrogance, they would laugh it off, and they were not as knowledgeable as mountain thieves.But it should never be wrong, these rogue bandits involved Liu Bei and Zhang Fei without knowing their life or death.His two brothers are Guan Yu's absolute inverse scales, and he will die if he touches them.So when he heard the soldiers report back, he flew into a rage instantly, put on his armor and raised his sword, and personally led the troops out of the city, intending to wipe them all out, and let these thieves pay for their stupidity.
The rogue bandits in the mountains, what kind of tricks can they have to provoke the generals, even if their curses hit Guan Yu's anger point everywhere, Guan Yu will only think that they are just talking quickly.Now seeing that Guan Yu personally led the troops out of the city, the rogues were scared out of their wits and fled northward in a hurry.Guan Yu, who had already been ignited, would not let them go, and chased after them, and just like that, he chased all the way to Yunmeng.
In the old days when Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, he pursued Cao Cao to Huarong, and he had heard some vague talk about Yunmeng from Zhuge's army division.But he thought that Zhuge Liang was a commoner who had not been out of Longzhong for many years, even if there was some basis for what he said, most of them were exaggerated words passed on by word of mouth, which were not enough to be fully believed.In addition, when he led the troops to chase the bandits just now, the fog was not as thick as it is now. It is not difficult to distinguish where is forest, where is marsh, where is flat, and where is mud. When Mengze was near, he did not hesitate, and directly chased the bandits into Yunmengze.
But as the fog thickened, problems arose.More than half of the 2000 people who followed him into Yunmeng had dispersed due to the thick fog, and many of the soldiers who followed him had fallen into the mud because of carelessness.However, even if the situation is not good, he still has no regrets in personally leading the troops to pursue these rogues just because he is worried about the current situation.His only mistake was that he should have pursued him even tighter and killed them all before Xiao Xiaopan fled into Yunmeng by any means.
"Go and count people..."
Before he finished speaking, Guan Yu suddenly heard the wind, and his body subconsciously tilted to the side, barely avoiding the sharp sword piercing out of the white mist.The blow missed, and before Guan Yu could see who was coming, the attacker quickly drew a sword flower, adjusted his strength, and the attack came again.However, Guan Yu escaped just now because he was surprised by the surprise attack. Even in Yunmeng, which he was not familiar with, Guan Yu would not be afraid of anyone.Seeing that the attackers were approaching menacingly, he immediately held the reins tightly in one hand and the Qinglong Yanyue Saber in the other, turned the horse's head, and fought fiercely with the attackers.
The assailant wasn't the only one.Once upon a time, Yunmengze, which was still quiet, was suddenly filled with the sound of fighting.The fog was thick, and it was a moment of life and death. Even if they couldn't see who was coming, no one dared to put down their weapons first.
However, the more Guan Yu fought fiercely with the incoming people, the more he was sure that these attackers with excellent weapons and superb martial arts skills were definitely not those rogues who fled to Yunmeng, nor were they his own people who separated from him.The only possibility is other formally trained troops.And at this time, only two parties can appear here.
Is it Cao Jun or Jiangdong?
Those rogues, could it be that they set a trap to lure him to Yunmeng? !
Although Guan Yu is proud and courageous, he is not stupid, let alone a reckless man without brains.He may not be able to think too much when he is in anger, but once he calms down, he can quickly detect the weirdness of things.If the person who came was Cao Jun, then the question is how did Cao Jun move his troops here without alarming Nanjun; but if it was Jiangdong, then it means that Zhuge Liang’s letter to them that he would cooperate with Jiangdong is just empty words Hu language.
Forget it, whoever he is, since he dares to plot against Guan Yunchang, he has to pay the price for his innocence!Do you really think that Yunmengze can trap him? !
Guan Yu let out a high-pitched cry, the long knife in his hand made the tiger fierce, and there were few survivors wherever the sharp edge passed.The horses around Guan Yu seemed to be startled by the burst of murderous aura. The hoofs of the horses galloped wildly. In an instant, it was separated from the body and rolled into the shallow pool, staining the horse's hooves red.
After the claws and claws were removed, Guan Yu raised his saber to kill the enemy general who was sneaking up on him in the mist ahead. The long saber and the sharp sword collided with each other, and the force was so great that both sides were shocked.The two sides rode their horses back and wanted to fight again, when the enemy general called out:
"The opposite is General Guan Yun Changguan?!"
Hearing the sound of the enemy putting the sword into the scabbard, although Guan Yu was suspicious, he stopped the attack and did not deceive the unarmed.
"It's Guan! May I ask your Excellency?"
"Stop all!"
Upon receiving Guan Yu's response, the enemy general hurriedly ordered loudly that all his soldiers stopped.As for the place a little farther away, there were messengers who immediately rushed to deliver orders on horseback.
The enemy general rode his horse through the white mist and came close to Guan Yu. Only then did Guan Yu see the enemy general's face and clothing: the bridge of the nose was high and the browbones were sharp. He looked like a young general in his thirties. As for the armor on his body, It is the regulation of Jiangdong.
"Lv Ziming in the east of the Yangtze River, I met General Guan." Lu Meng clasped his fists at Guan Yu, and reported himself as a family member, with an apologetic expression on his face. I mistook it for Cao Jun, and explained why I admitted my mistake.
The fog is so thick that it is difficult to distinguish you from me unless you are close at hand.In addition, there was a fierce battle just now, both sides suffered casualties, no one got any advantage, and Lu Meng had already apologized in advance, with a sincere attitude, Guan Yu couldn't pursue anything further.He also told the story of chasing the rogues to Yunmengze, and said: "It seems that the rogues under Huarong City were also disguised by Cao Jun."
Lu Meng seemed to have just seen Cao Jun's conspiracy, and suddenly realized: "Cao Jun's purpose should be to use the clouds, dreams and fog to lure General Guan and our Jiangdong Army to kill each other." He snorted softly, full of disdain for Cao Jun's methods, " How naive and ridiculous!"
Although it was not obvious on the surface, Guan Yu also felt that Cao Jun's trick was too ridiculous.If Cao Jun only lured him to Yunmeng, maybe he would really be trapped here to death because of Yunmeng's treacherous terrain.But now that he has met Lu Meng, the Jiangdong Army is familiar with the terrain of this place, so he can take him away from this place.Cao Cao was not greedy enough, and wanted to further lead them to kill each other, but he was clever and was mistaken by his cleverness.
Thinking of Cao Cao, Guan Yu couldn't help feeling complicated.That day in Huarong, he and Cao Cao settled their friendship and agreed to meet again on the battlefield, and they would not show mercy.Sure enough, after many years, Cao Cao did not show any affection.
fair enough.
Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came from the left side, Guan Yu's expression turned serious, and Lu Meng hurriedly comforted him: "I should be my personal soldier."
When someone arrived on horseback, it turned out to be a soldier Lu Meng sent to ask Zhou Yu for instructions before meeting Guan Yu.The Jiangdong army will not be in danger in Yunmeng, but it is still subject to the complicated terrain, so the return is delayed.Seeing Guan Yu, a trace of surprise flashed in the soldiers' eyes, but it was only fleeting.
He passed Zhou Yu's words to Lu Meng in a very low voice, obviously to guard against Guan Yu.
Guan Yu couldn't hear what the soldiers and Lu Meng said, and he didn't bother to search out like those villains.After sensing the guard of Lu Meng's personal soldiers, he went in the opposite direction, pulled the horse back a few steps, and opened a distance.
Seeing Guan Yu's move, Lu Meng smiled half apologetically and half thankfully, and then listened to the report of the soldiers.From Guan Yu's point of view, Lu Meng's face darkened for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal. The change was so fast that Guan Yu thought it was just an illusion created through the fog.
"General Guan," soon, after hearing the report from his own soldiers, Lu Meng came up again on horseback, his eyes still showing the same respect for the famous hero all over the world as before, "The governor ordered that I have important matters to communicate with the general. Shang. I know that there is a safe way to leave Yunmengze, if the general can trust me, I will ask the general to leave with me."
Guan Yu nodded, not doubting him: "Please lead the way."
Will the Jiaolong trapped in the mud be Guan Yu or Zhang Fei?
Looking at Yunmengze, which was still shrouded in dense fog, Zhou Yu guessed.
It is not difficult to take advantage of Yunmengze's favorable time and place, but the difficulty is how to lure Guan Yu or Zhang Fei to Yunmeng.Guan Yu is loyal and aloof, while Zhang Feiyong is suddenly ungrateful. If you want to force them to come to Yunmeng, you must know their personalities very well, and you must hit the nail on the head.However, although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both military generals, according to Zhou Yu's understanding of them, Zhang Fei's personality is much more irritable and hot-tempered than Guan Yu's. Not Guan Yu.
However, it doesn't really matter who it is to Jiangdong.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all rare generals in the world, but if one of them is damaged here, it can greatly weaken Liu Bei's strength.What's more, as long as Liu Bei is still rational, even if he knows that Jiangdong cannot get away with this matter, he will finally take the overall situation into consideration and recognize this hatred on Cao Cao in order to maintain the Sun-Liu alliance.
No matter from what point of view, this matter is harmless to Jiangdong, but Cao Junhui will no longer have any possibility of joining forces with Liu Bei because of this, and since then, he will never die.
Cao Cao's purpose is just that?
It's really not like that person's penny-pinching character.
Thinking that this trick might not come from that person, Zhou Yu couldn't help but calm down a lot.Undoubtedly, he extremely hoped that the man had already died in Mobei.In public, Cao Cao can lose a strategist; in private, he can also let go of the hatred that has lingered in his heart for many years due to Sun Ce's death, and not be influenced by personal feelings, and rationally and almost coldly plan for Jiangdong's future.
What Jiangdong needs now is a calm, self-reliant and invincible governor, not Zhou Gongjin who is blinded by the past.
This point, since the day Sun Ce's coffin was buried, he has been very clear.
"Report!"
The soldiers came to report quickly, but not from Yunmengze.
Zhou Yu recognized at a glance that the cavalry were Yue Yang's soldiers guarding the camp, and asked with a frown, "What's going on in the camp?"
The soldiers got off their horses to salute first, and Fang said: "Report to the governor, the lord has arrived in the army, and I have important matters to discuss, so I urgently call the governor back to the camp!"
Zhongmou came to the army?
Zhou Yu's eyes moved slightly, thinking secretly.Since ancient times, conquests in the front and stability in the rear have been closely linked, and one cannot be separated.This time he led an army to compete with Liu Bei for Jingzhou, and the responsibility to appease the Jiangdong gentry in the rear was entirely on Sun Quan to sit in charge.Once Sun Quan leaves Jiangdong, it is hard to guarantee that those gentry will have a different heart and bring disaster to Xiao Qiang.Sun Quan, who has been tempered for these years, should be very clear about this, but Sun Quan still chose to go to Yueyang, and even sent someone to ask Zhou Yu first in the future. It can be seen that this "important matter" that is about to be discussed is indeed extremely urgent.
Countless possibilities flashed through my mind for a moment, and the estimated situation was that one possibility was worse than the other.However, in the eyes of the other soldiers, after hearing the report from the visitor, the governor's face remained unchanged, as if all of this was within his expectations.This place is not alarmed, so that the soldiers only think that this is a normal thing, and they have not given birth to the same worries as the governor because of the news that the lord has come to the army.
Zhou Yu knew that it would be useless for him to speculate randomly at this time, so returning to the camp to meet Sun Quan immediately was the top priority.However, before turning the horse's head, he looked at Yunmengze who had not heard the news yet.In the end, in order to be safe, he only brought 100 people back to the camp, and the rest of them all entered Yunmeng to help Lu Meng.
It was noon the day before when he left Yueyang, and it was dusk today when Zhou Yu returned to Yueyang.Clothed in the afterglow, he quickly walked towards the main tent before he could take a breath.
Sun Quan has been waiting for Zhou Yu in the tent for a long time.Ten years ago, when Sun Ce passed away, the young man who hadn't won the championship has faded away from his former youthfulness, revealing the majesty of a master.However, although Sun Quan and Sun Ce are brothers, their eyebrows, eyes and temperament are completely different.Compared with Sun Ce's bold and unrestrained heroism, Sun Quan appears gentle and restrained.
However, this is also a matter of course.In the ten years since Sun Quan became the lord of Jiangdong, Zhou Yu was responsible for most of the camps and conquests. Without fighting on the battlefield, naturally he would not have the killing spirit that can only be honed on the battlefield.
"The future is late, please forgive me, my lord!"
"Gong Jin, get up!" Sun Quan hurriedly helped Zhou Yu before he saluted, "What's your fault for coming to the army alone?" Feeling Zhou Yu's insistence, he could only take a step back, helplessly watching Zhou Yu general After finishing the ceremony properly, he lowered his voice and said with a bit of aggrieved tone, "Is Gongjin sure to have such a relationship with Quan?"
Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, then said: "My lord treats Yu with kindness, and Yu is grateful. However, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and etiquette cannot be discarded." He also lowered his voice so that only Sun Quan, who was close at hand, could hear him clearly. "Don't let the little ones use this as a way of alienation."
Sun Quan was taken aback for a moment, and then realized what Zhou Yu was talking about.In these years, Zhou Yu took charge of the army on behalf of him when he was young, advised on major affairs, quelled civil strife, and made people in Jiangdong respect Zhou Yu. voice of doubt.
These words have been lingering in Sun Quan's ears for the past ten years and have never stopped.
Sun Quan had no choice but to lower his face, looking at Zhou Yu with both close and imposing eyes, maintaining the just right distance between the monarch and his generals in the eyes of others:
"I came to Yueyang alone to call Gongjin back to the capital to deal with important matters. As for the [-] troops stationed in Yueyang, I will be under the command of the solitary Gongjin for the time being."
The capital used to be called Dantu, which was a county in Wu County. In the 13th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan moved the government to Dantu, and named it Jingcheng.
So Sun Quan's words are confusing.Before Sun Quan came to Yueyang, he was in the capital of Jiangdong.Even if there is an important business matter that requires Zhou Yu's help, a letter is enough, there is no need to come to Yueyang in person, and let Zhou Yu travel thousands of miles back to deal with important matters.But if it was Zhou Yu's private matter, state affairs were the most important, and the situation in Jingzhou was unpredictable. No matter what private matter it was, it should be ranked after the clear situation in Jingzhou.
It seems that the only explanation is that Sun Quan was worried about Zhou Yu's self-respect, so he came to Yueyang to withdraw troops and suppress the powerful ministers.
However, Zhou Yu was not worried at all that Sun Quan came here to seize his military power, and because of this, he was even more surprised by Sun Quan's words.He tentatively asked: "I don't know what the lord said?"
"What is the specific matter, Gong Jin will know when he returns to Beijing." Sun Quan still did not say clearly, but added solemnly, "This matter is of great importance. Only when Gong Jin goes back to deal with it in person can I feel at ease."
"...Yu takes the order." Since Sun Quan didn't want to say more, Zhou Yu didn't ask any more, and accepted the order with fists folded, and then untied the soldier talisman that could command all Jiangdong's army from his waist, and handed it back to Sun Quan.
Then, Zhou Yu explained the situation of Yueyang and Jingzhou to Sun Quan in detail, so that Sun Quan, who led so many troops to the battlefield for the first time, was prepared.
In the middle of the talk, soldiers came to report their crimes: After a few hours, they finally found out that Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun, who were "unwell", had disappeared.As for the military doctor who took Zhuge Liang's pulse that was missing together, he did not attract the attention of the soldiers, so he was not included in the report to Zhou Yu.
Originally, Zhou Yu wanted to take this opportunity to detain Zhuge Liang in the army, bring him back to Jiangdong in the future, and then ask Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin to persuade him to stay and serve Jiangdong.However, when he was determined to take this opportunity to get rid of one of Liu Bei's righteous brothers, Zhou Yu knew that Zhuge Liang must stay by Liu Bei's side.He knew very well that if Liu Bei lost Zhuge Liang, he would almost lose the ability to contend with Cao Cao.If Liu Bei was repelled without causing Cao Cao much loss, he would not be able to achieve the effect of Cao Liu's struggle and Jiangdong's benefit as he envisioned. This is by no means what he wants to see.Balancing the two, he could only choose to let Zhuge Liang leave.
However, he was able to leave quietly in his army without being discovered, perhaps only when the person involved was Zhuge Kongming, he would not be surprised.
"I'm very clear about Gongjin's plan." Sun Quan had roughly guessed Zhou Yu's plan when Zhou Yu mentioned Yunmengze before.After seeing Zhou Yu listened to the soldiers' reports, he neither chased nor got angry, and confirmed his guess.
He patted Zhou Yu's hand, and said in a warm voice, "Bo Yan and Gu also came with Yue Yang, and there are generals like Zi Ming in the army. With them around, Gong Jin doesn't have to worry."
"My lord, are you talking about the young man of the Lu family?"
"Exactly."
Sun Quan's words reassured Zhou Yu a lot, but it was not for Jingzhou, but for the capital.The "Bo Yan" that Sun Quan spoke of was Lu Xun, a son of the Lu family.When Lu Xun followed Sun Quan to Yueyang, he held the bargaining chip of the Lu family and prevented the Lu family from acting rashly.And as long as the Lu family does not move, the reputation of the Lu family in Jiangdong is enough to suppress other noble families who are about to move.
It turned out that Sun Quan had anticipated what Zhou Yu was worried about and made arrangements in advance.The young man who relied on Zhou Yu for everything in those days has really become the master who can shoulder Jiangdong's important responsibilities.Zhou Yu was not unhappy about this change, only pleased.
It was getting late, and it would take tomorrow to leave even if he wanted to leave. Zhou Yu and Sun Quan talked about military affairs for a while, then turned and left.When Sun Quan came to the army, he naturally switched from the main account to the side account.
After Zhou Yu's figure disappeared completely, Sun Quan asked the guards at the tent door to lower the curtain and retreat outside the big tent. The young man who had been standing behind the screen came out. It was Lu Xun who came to Yueyang with Sun Quan.Since Lu Xun became Sun Quan's staff in the eighth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan had Lu Xun as his confidant, and would discuss with Lu Xun no matter how big or small it was.
Lu Xun walked up to Sun Quan and said:
"Even though the lord was vague, the governor still happily handed over his military power. My lord, in Yixun's opinion, my lord should be worrying too much."
Sun Quan played with the soldier talisman in his hand, his eyes were dark, thoughtful, and he remained silent.
Lu Xun thought about it for a while, and tried to persuade him: "Since the governor has paved the way for my lord, why don't my lord take this opportunity to occupy Jingzhou first?
...Even if there are changes, the lord has something to rely on. "
"Gu left the capital, and letting Gong Jin go back is to give him a chance to choose." Finally, Sun Quan spoke in a low voice, "I hope Gong Jin won't disappoint Gu."
Jiang Dong couldn't bear the disaster of fighting in the same room a second time.
It was indeed getting dark.
The sinking night makes Yunmengze even more dangerous, and it also makes the ferocious beasts that have been dormant in the dark for a long time gradually tear off the gentle camouflage, waiting for the best time, revealing sharp minions, and biting off the flesh of the prey that has penetrated into danger. Throat.
After following Lu Meng for so long, but without seeing any sign of leaving Yunmengze, Guan Yu had already become suspicious, but because of the humble attitude of the Sun-Liu Alliance and Lu Meng, he couldn't be sure.Until now, seeing that the sky was getting dark, he asked, "General Lu, is this really the way to leave Yunmengze?"
Lu Meng, who was riding in front of the horse, had a flash in his eyes, suppressed the smile on his lips, turned around and said apologetically: "Perhaps it was because the fog was too thick before, and Meng also took the wrong road. But now we have reached the edge of Yunmengze , the fog has cleared a lot, and General Guan will leave Yunmengze in less than half an hour with Meng."
Guan Yu stopped his horse and stared at Lu Meng with a frown.
Lu Meng rode his horse for a few steps, only to realize that Guan Yu hadn't followed. He was about to turn around and try to cover up a few more words, but he saw Guan Yu who had stopped in the same place, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Saber tightly.
Guan Yu could already see the killing intent in Lu Meng's eyes.In a disadvantaged situation, they must fight to be the first. In an instant, the sharp blade of Qinglong Yanyue has swung in front of Lu Meng.But before Lu Meng could pull out his sword, Guan Yu attacked again, killing Lu Meng back again and again, in a panic.After finally finding a gap, he pulled out the sword from his waist, but Lu Meng had no way to retreat, so he had to forcefully receive Guan Yu's knife with his left shoulder, and only then did he get out from Guan Yu's attack.
But Guan Yu couldn't rein in his horse in time, stepped into the quagmire just behind Lu Meng, and couldn't move immediately.
"Scumbag!" Guan Yu scolded angrily.
"Soldiers never tire of deceit." Lu Meng replied flatly, without any humility before.
In the front, Guan Yu and Lu Meng were fighting together. The Jiangdong Army and Guan Yu's army who followed Lu Meng and Guan Yu also knew that the situation had changed, and they fought each other.The clash of swords and shouts of killing shook the sky, corpses were strewn across, but most of them were Guan Yu's men and horses.In terms of martial arts alone, the two sides are on par, but the difference is that here, the Jiangdong Army can easily use the mud hidden under the grass to make Guan Yu's soldiers seek their own death without a place to die.
In the face of absolute geographical advantage, this is more like a massacre.
"General Guan, Meng didn't mean to offend." Lu Meng shouted to Guan Yu who was trapped in the mud, "As long as General Guan is willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and return to Jiangdong, Meng will immediately rescue the general and apologize."
The red rabbit horse struggled to escape, but it only accelerated the speed at which it sank into the quagmire.Guan Yu sneered and said: "You have a good face, but you are behind this treacherous scheme. This kind of villain's behavior, Guan is ashamed to be with you, how can he surrender!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yu, who was already trapped in the quagmire, suddenly jumped up from his horse, and pointed the blade straight at Lu Meng's throat. If Lu Meng hadn't dodged extremely quickly, what was left would not be just a bloodstain.Lu Meng turned his horse's head to dodge, not wanting to engage Guan Yu directly, but waved his soldiers to surround Guan Yu.
He knew very well that although Guan Yu took this opportunity to get out of the quagmire, the red rabbit horse was still stuck in the quagmire and lost his mount. No matter how powerful Guan Yu was in martial arts, he could not escape death.
"Rescue the Chituma." Knowing that Guan Yu's death was a foregone conclusion, Lu Meng looked at the famous Chituma and couldn't bear it to die here, so he asked the accompanying soldiers to rescue the Chituma from the quagmire .
The governor is short of a good horse.
However, just when Chituma's front hooves stepped out of the quagmire, accidents happened suddenly.The Chitu, who was still docile just now, suddenly let out a high-pitched neigh, slammed the soldiers who were leading it away, and rushed towards Guan Yu, who was surrounded heavily, like an arrow leaving the string.
When the red rabbit rushed to Guan Yu's side, it seemed that he was in a heart-to-heart connection with Guan Yu and slowed down a little. Guan Yu immediately pulled the reins, got on his horse, and led the remaining army to break out of the encirclement.
"General..."
"Chase!" Lu Meng ordered immediately.
The governor made it clear that everyone should be killed regardless of personality, and he couldn't take Guan Yu's head back. How should he explain to the governor.
Fortunately, although Guan Yu was able to break out of the encirclement, he still couldn't find a way to leave Yunmengze. On the contrary, Jiangdong Army was the first to determine Guan Yu's location.Only this time, Lu Meng didn't dare to ask Guan Yu to fight head-on, but made full use of his own advantages to divide the soldiers into several teams, and kept attacking Guan Yu's remnants from the rear.After a few times, there were only a dozen or so soldiers left beside Guan Yu, and they were all scarred and exhausted.
"Shameless boy! How dare you come out to fight Guan Mou with dignity!"
"Don't pay attention." Lu Meng turned a deaf ear to Guan Yu's scolding, "Follow my order just now."
No matter how strong his martial arts were, Guan Yu could not stop feeling the end of the road after being besieged several times.He had a premonition that he might not escape this disaster today.As a warrior, the shroud of horse leather is the best destination, so he is never afraid of death.But he didn't want to be exhausted to death by a bunch of unknown pawns aggrieved like now.But no matter how much he yelled, the only answer he had was Jiangdong soldiers who came from nowhere again and again, beheaded a few people by surprise and then disappeared like ghosts, dragging Guan Yu more and more tired and desperate .
Guan Yunchang, who was famous all over the world in the past, can't even ask for a fight now.
When the sky turned white, the last soldier fell into the mud with several knives in his body.
After being stabbed several times, Chituma let out a desperate growl and threw the hero on its back to the ground.
Within a few steps of Guan Yu, corpses were scattered all over, but Jiangdong's army seemed endless.Even though these are ordinary soldiers, even if these soldiers alone may not be able to resist Guan Yu's blow, but when they are used like a tide, they become a net, creating the end of the hero in front of him.
During the scuffle, it is unknown whose knife fell on Guan Yu first, whose sword pierced Guan Yu's abdomen, and who cut off Guan Yu's head with a single blow, and rolled into the shallow pool, stained red. horseshoe.
The only thing that is certain is that the one who killed Guan Yunchang must be an unknown soldier in the Jiangdong Army.
The corpse that lost its head, when Lu Meng ordered the whole army to leave, was still leaning on the Qinglong Yanyue Saber, soaked in blood, standing upright among the corpses, ushering in the first sunrise on the horizon of the day.
Heroes emerge from troubled times.
The first step to end the troubled times is to sacrifice the blood of heroes.
Zhang Fei led his troops into the city and was surprised to see that Liu Bei was safe and sound. He hurriedly asked, "Brother, is the city safe?"
"Everything is safe and there is nothing abnormal." Liu Bei shook his head, also very puzzled by Zhang Fei's arrival, "Why did Yide ask this question? How is Anxiang?"
When Zhang Fei saw that Liu Bei was safe and sound, he had guessed about it, and got Liu Bei's confirmation. His face darkened: "Three days ago, a soldier covered in blood rushed into Anxiang. He said he was a member of the elder brother's army. The gentry in Jingzhou were bought by Cao thief and turned against each other. They put their eldest brother under house arrest in Wuling, intending to wait for the Cao army to present his elder brother to Cao thief to receive a reward. He was ordered by his elder brother to escape from the city to ask for help. He still has his elder brother's autograph on his body Blood book." As he said, Zhang Fei took out a crumpled piece of cloth with blood on it and handed it to Liu Bei.The soldiers who rushed into the city spoke convincingly, and were indeed seriously injured. They died just before the military doctor arrived after reporting, and the blood book was indeed written in Liu Bei's handwriting. Can't tolerate his disbelief.
Liu Bei unfolded the blood book.A few days later, the blood on the cloth had turned reddish brown, and the words "Brother", "Fate is not long", and "Dead early" were even more shocking on the yellowed cloth.The words in blood are so familiar that Liu Bei was in a trance for a moment, thinking that the book in blood was really written by him.
"This blood letter was not written by Bei."
"Brother is fine. As for the blood book, it is probably Cao's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain." Although I don't know where Cao Cao's talented people can imitate Liu Bei's handwriting to the letter, but this does not affect Zhang Fei's speed. Guessing Cao Cao's plot, "Fortunately, before Fei left Anxiang, he ordered Fan Qiang and Zhang Da to defend the city. There are still 3000 troops stationed in the city. No matter who comes, it is impossible to capture it within three days." Cao Cao Nanyang County, where the army is located, is separated from Anxiang in Wuling County by a Nanjun. It is absolutely impossible to send a large army to attack Anxiang without alerting the Nanjun guards.Zhang Fei estimated that it is impossible for Cao Jun to reach Wuling County with more than 30 people at most, and there are almost no siege equipment.Three days is the worst estimate. In fact, if Cao Jun is given [-] days, he may not be able to defeat Anxiang.
Such a long time is enough for him to take the army back and forth hundreds of times between Anxiang and Wuling.
Liu Bei naturally understands the truth of this, but it is difficult to completely let go of it.Based on his understanding of Cao Cao, since Cao Cao knew that this strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain was useless, he shouldn't have tried his best to do this useless work.
Unless, Cao Cao's purpose of deceiving Zhang Fei to Anxiang is not so simple.
It would be great if Kong Ming was here.
Liu Bei couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart.
If Kong Ming was there, he would be able to see through Cao Cao's intentions in an instant. How could he be like him, although he vaguely sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't analyze it at all.
After long thinking to no avail, Liu Bei could only say:
"Since Cao Cao lied to Yide that you came to Wuling, maybe Yun Chang will come here today or tomorrow.
Kong Ming said, respond to all changes with inaction, and wait to see what Cao Cao's purpose is. "
To the north of Huarong, Jingshui Tangtang, plains and mud marshes alternate, and the fog that is light or thick all the year round for thousands of miles is Yunmeng.According to the old notes, "meng" and "ze" in ancient Chu language are synonymous, so "Yunmeng" is the lake in the cloud.
The magnificent scenery here is full of elegant and romantic Chu style: when looking at the mountain, there are dry blue clouds, and the sun and the moon cover it; Jianjia, red jade rose, lotus root gulu, turtle Kongluan, black leopard and white tiger, all living things are just like a fairyland of nine heavens, and there are countless rare and exotic animals.
This misty cloud, thousands of miles of mud, was once an excellent hunting place for the King of Chu.Cover the rabbit and deer, shoot the lin.Going to Yanpu, cutting the fresh dyeing wheel, even the Panlong soaring in the nine heavens will be blinded and cut off its claws, sink into the mud, and die here.Most of the most beautiful places in the world are also dangerous and rare places. Under every lush vegetation, there are often dead souls of foreigners who strayed into Yunmeng, and the keels of Lin beasts, and they are buried here.
Pulling the reins abruptly, the red rabbit horse under him leaped high, hissed long and barely stopped just one step away from the quagmire.
The deputy general following Guan Yu looked at the bubbling quagmire ahead, and heaved a long sigh of relief with lingering fear.Just now, they also passed through such a quagmire. Several soldiers failed to hold their horses and rushed into the quagmire. Before they could call for help, they sank with their horses and bones.
"General!" Knowing that there is no way to go around like this, the deputy general suggested to Guan Yu, "This place is very weird, why not rest here first, wait for the fog to clear, and then find a way to leave."
Guan Yu stood on the horse with his head held high, looking at the whiteness in front of him. After a long time, he nodded slightly and accepted the lieutenant general's proposal.I began to recall this series of strange things in my heart.
Three days ago, he received a letter written by his eldest brother. After confirming that the handwriting was correct, he followed the letter and led the troops to Huarong County to guard against Cao Jun.
And a few hours ago, under the Huarong city where he was stationed, more than 1000 rogues came from nowhere, trying to invade Huarong to grab food.In troubled times, this kind of situation is not uncommon, so Guan Yu didn't bother too much, but asked the deputy general to bring hundreds of people to fight.Under normal circumstances, as long as these rogues knew that there was an army stationed in the city, and the leader was the world-renowned Guan Yunchang, before they started fighting, they would be scared to death and run away with their heads in their hands.
The same is true of Japan today.But who would have thought that these rogue bandits would start cursing loudly when they could not attack the city and grab food.From Guan Yu being an ungrateful person, to Zhang Fei being a cruel and heartless person, and Liu Bei has become a treacherous villain with two ends, cheating the world and stealing his name, abandoning his wife and children amidst their cursing, it is disgusting and contemptuous.
If these rogues were angry for a while and just scolded Guan Yu, with Guan Yu's arrogance, they would laugh it off, and they were not as knowledgeable as mountain thieves.But it should never be wrong, these rogue bandits involved Liu Bei and Zhang Fei without knowing their life or death.His two brothers are Guan Yu's absolute inverse scales, and he will die if he touches them.So when he heard the soldiers report back, he flew into a rage instantly, put on his armor and raised his sword, and personally led the troops out of the city, intending to wipe them all out, and let these thieves pay for their stupidity.
The rogue bandits in the mountains, what kind of tricks can they have to provoke the generals, even if their curses hit Guan Yu's anger point everywhere, Guan Yu will only think that they are just talking quickly.Now seeing that Guan Yu personally led the troops out of the city, the rogues were scared out of their wits and fled northward in a hurry.Guan Yu, who had already been ignited, would not let them go, and chased after them, and just like that, he chased all the way to Yunmeng.
In the old days when Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, he pursued Cao Cao to Huarong, and he had heard some vague talk about Yunmeng from Zhuge's army division.But he thought that Zhuge Liang was a commoner who had not been out of Longzhong for many years, even if there was some basis for what he said, most of them were exaggerated words passed on by word of mouth, which were not enough to be fully believed.In addition, when he led the troops to chase the bandits just now, the fog was not as thick as it is now. It is not difficult to distinguish where is forest, where is marsh, where is flat, and where is mud. When Mengze was near, he did not hesitate, and directly chased the bandits into Yunmengze.
But as the fog thickened, problems arose.More than half of the 2000 people who followed him into Yunmeng had dispersed due to the thick fog, and many of the soldiers who followed him had fallen into the mud because of carelessness.However, even if the situation is not good, he still has no regrets in personally leading the troops to pursue these rogues just because he is worried about the current situation.His only mistake was that he should have pursued him even tighter and killed them all before Xiao Xiaopan fled into Yunmeng by any means.
"Go and count people..."
Before he finished speaking, Guan Yu suddenly heard the wind, and his body subconsciously tilted to the side, barely avoiding the sharp sword piercing out of the white mist.The blow missed, and before Guan Yu could see who was coming, the attacker quickly drew a sword flower, adjusted his strength, and the attack came again.However, Guan Yu escaped just now because he was surprised by the surprise attack. Even in Yunmeng, which he was not familiar with, Guan Yu would not be afraid of anyone.Seeing that the attackers were approaching menacingly, he immediately held the reins tightly in one hand and the Qinglong Yanyue Saber in the other, turned the horse's head, and fought fiercely with the attackers.
The assailant wasn't the only one.Once upon a time, Yunmengze, which was still quiet, was suddenly filled with the sound of fighting.The fog was thick, and it was a moment of life and death. Even if they couldn't see who was coming, no one dared to put down their weapons first.
However, the more Guan Yu fought fiercely with the incoming people, the more he was sure that these attackers with excellent weapons and superb martial arts skills were definitely not those rogues who fled to Yunmeng, nor were they his own people who separated from him.The only possibility is other formally trained troops.And at this time, only two parties can appear here.
Is it Cao Jun or Jiangdong?
Those rogues, could it be that they set a trap to lure him to Yunmeng? !
Although Guan Yu is proud and courageous, he is not stupid, let alone a reckless man without brains.He may not be able to think too much when he is in anger, but once he calms down, he can quickly detect the weirdness of things.If the person who came was Cao Jun, then the question is how did Cao Jun move his troops here without alarming Nanjun; but if it was Jiangdong, then it means that Zhuge Liang’s letter to them that he would cooperate with Jiangdong is just empty words Hu language.
Forget it, whoever he is, since he dares to plot against Guan Yunchang, he has to pay the price for his innocence!Do you really think that Yunmengze can trap him? !
Guan Yu let out a high-pitched cry, the long knife in his hand made the tiger fierce, and there were few survivors wherever the sharp edge passed.The horses around Guan Yu seemed to be startled by the burst of murderous aura. The hoofs of the horses galloped wildly. In an instant, it was separated from the body and rolled into the shallow pool, staining the horse's hooves red.
After the claws and claws were removed, Guan Yu raised his saber to kill the enemy general who was sneaking up on him in the mist ahead. The long saber and the sharp sword collided with each other, and the force was so great that both sides were shocked.The two sides rode their horses back and wanted to fight again, when the enemy general called out:
"The opposite is General Guan Yun Changguan?!"
Hearing the sound of the enemy putting the sword into the scabbard, although Guan Yu was suspicious, he stopped the attack and did not deceive the unarmed.
"It's Guan! May I ask your Excellency?"
"Stop all!"
Upon receiving Guan Yu's response, the enemy general hurriedly ordered loudly that all his soldiers stopped.As for the place a little farther away, there were messengers who immediately rushed to deliver orders on horseback.
The enemy general rode his horse through the white mist and came close to Guan Yu. Only then did Guan Yu see the enemy general's face and clothing: the bridge of the nose was high and the browbones were sharp. He looked like a young general in his thirties. As for the armor on his body, It is the regulation of Jiangdong.
"Lv Ziming in the east of the Yangtze River, I met General Guan." Lu Meng clasped his fists at Guan Yu, and reported himself as a family member, with an apologetic expression on his face. I mistook it for Cao Jun, and explained why I admitted my mistake.
The fog is so thick that it is difficult to distinguish you from me unless you are close at hand.In addition, there was a fierce battle just now, both sides suffered casualties, no one got any advantage, and Lu Meng had already apologized in advance, with a sincere attitude, Guan Yu couldn't pursue anything further.He also told the story of chasing the rogues to Yunmengze, and said: "It seems that the rogues under Huarong City were also disguised by Cao Jun."
Lu Meng seemed to have just seen Cao Jun's conspiracy, and suddenly realized: "Cao Jun's purpose should be to use the clouds, dreams and fog to lure General Guan and our Jiangdong Army to kill each other." He snorted softly, full of disdain for Cao Jun's methods, " How naive and ridiculous!"
Although it was not obvious on the surface, Guan Yu also felt that Cao Jun's trick was too ridiculous.If Cao Jun only lured him to Yunmeng, maybe he would really be trapped here to death because of Yunmeng's treacherous terrain.But now that he has met Lu Meng, the Jiangdong Army is familiar with the terrain of this place, so he can take him away from this place.Cao Cao was not greedy enough, and wanted to further lead them to kill each other, but he was clever and was mistaken by his cleverness.
Thinking of Cao Cao, Guan Yu couldn't help feeling complicated.That day in Huarong, he and Cao Cao settled their friendship and agreed to meet again on the battlefield, and they would not show mercy.Sure enough, after many years, Cao Cao did not show any affection.
fair enough.
Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came from the left side, Guan Yu's expression turned serious, and Lu Meng hurriedly comforted him: "I should be my personal soldier."
When someone arrived on horseback, it turned out to be a soldier Lu Meng sent to ask Zhou Yu for instructions before meeting Guan Yu.The Jiangdong army will not be in danger in Yunmeng, but it is still subject to the complicated terrain, so the return is delayed.Seeing Guan Yu, a trace of surprise flashed in the soldiers' eyes, but it was only fleeting.
He passed Zhou Yu's words to Lu Meng in a very low voice, obviously to guard against Guan Yu.
Guan Yu couldn't hear what the soldiers and Lu Meng said, and he didn't bother to search out like those villains.After sensing the guard of Lu Meng's personal soldiers, he went in the opposite direction, pulled the horse back a few steps, and opened a distance.
Seeing Guan Yu's move, Lu Meng smiled half apologetically and half thankfully, and then listened to the report of the soldiers.From Guan Yu's point of view, Lu Meng's face darkened for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal. The change was so fast that Guan Yu thought it was just an illusion created through the fog.
"General Guan," soon, after hearing the report from his own soldiers, Lu Meng came up again on horseback, his eyes still showing the same respect for the famous hero all over the world as before, "The governor ordered that I have important matters to communicate with the general. Shang. I know that there is a safe way to leave Yunmengze, if the general can trust me, I will ask the general to leave with me."
Guan Yu nodded, not doubting him: "Please lead the way."
Will the Jiaolong trapped in the mud be Guan Yu or Zhang Fei?
Looking at Yunmengze, which was still shrouded in dense fog, Zhou Yu guessed.
It is not difficult to take advantage of Yunmengze's favorable time and place, but the difficulty is how to lure Guan Yu or Zhang Fei to Yunmeng.Guan Yu is loyal and aloof, while Zhang Feiyong is suddenly ungrateful. If you want to force them to come to Yunmeng, you must know their personalities very well, and you must hit the nail on the head.However, although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both military generals, according to Zhou Yu's understanding of them, Zhang Fei's personality is much more irritable and hot-tempered than Guan Yu's. Not Guan Yu.
However, it doesn't really matter who it is to Jiangdong.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are all rare generals in the world, but if one of them is damaged here, it can greatly weaken Liu Bei's strength.What's more, as long as Liu Bei is still rational, even if he knows that Jiangdong cannot get away with this matter, he will finally take the overall situation into consideration and recognize this hatred on Cao Cao in order to maintain the Sun-Liu alliance.
No matter from what point of view, this matter is harmless to Jiangdong, but Cao Junhui will no longer have any possibility of joining forces with Liu Bei because of this, and since then, he will never die.
Cao Cao's purpose is just that?
It's really not like that person's penny-pinching character.
Thinking that this trick might not come from that person, Zhou Yu couldn't help but calm down a lot.Undoubtedly, he extremely hoped that the man had already died in Mobei.In public, Cao Cao can lose a strategist; in private, he can also let go of the hatred that has lingered in his heart for many years due to Sun Ce's death, and not be influenced by personal feelings, and rationally and almost coldly plan for Jiangdong's future.
What Jiangdong needs now is a calm, self-reliant and invincible governor, not Zhou Gongjin who is blinded by the past.
This point, since the day Sun Ce's coffin was buried, he has been very clear.
"Report!"
The soldiers came to report quickly, but not from Yunmengze.
Zhou Yu recognized at a glance that the cavalry were Yue Yang's soldiers guarding the camp, and asked with a frown, "What's going on in the camp?"
The soldiers got off their horses to salute first, and Fang said: "Report to the governor, the lord has arrived in the army, and I have important matters to discuss, so I urgently call the governor back to the camp!"
Zhongmou came to the army?
Zhou Yu's eyes moved slightly, thinking secretly.Since ancient times, conquests in the front and stability in the rear have been closely linked, and one cannot be separated.This time he led an army to compete with Liu Bei for Jingzhou, and the responsibility to appease the Jiangdong gentry in the rear was entirely on Sun Quan to sit in charge.Once Sun Quan leaves Jiangdong, it is hard to guarantee that those gentry will have a different heart and bring disaster to Xiao Qiang.Sun Quan, who has been tempered for these years, should be very clear about this, but Sun Quan still chose to go to Yueyang, and even sent someone to ask Zhou Yu first in the future. It can be seen that this "important matter" that is about to be discussed is indeed extremely urgent.
Countless possibilities flashed through my mind for a moment, and the estimated situation was that one possibility was worse than the other.However, in the eyes of the other soldiers, after hearing the report from the visitor, the governor's face remained unchanged, as if all of this was within his expectations.This place is not alarmed, so that the soldiers only think that this is a normal thing, and they have not given birth to the same worries as the governor because of the news that the lord has come to the army.
Zhou Yu knew that it would be useless for him to speculate randomly at this time, so returning to the camp to meet Sun Quan immediately was the top priority.However, before turning the horse's head, he looked at Yunmengze who had not heard the news yet.In the end, in order to be safe, he only brought 100 people back to the camp, and the rest of them all entered Yunmeng to help Lu Meng.
It was noon the day before when he left Yueyang, and it was dusk today when Zhou Yu returned to Yueyang.Clothed in the afterglow, he quickly walked towards the main tent before he could take a breath.
Sun Quan has been waiting for Zhou Yu in the tent for a long time.Ten years ago, when Sun Ce passed away, the young man who hadn't won the championship has faded away from his former youthfulness, revealing the majesty of a master.However, although Sun Quan and Sun Ce are brothers, their eyebrows, eyes and temperament are completely different.Compared with Sun Ce's bold and unrestrained heroism, Sun Quan appears gentle and restrained.
However, this is also a matter of course.In the ten years since Sun Quan became the lord of Jiangdong, Zhou Yu was responsible for most of the camps and conquests. Without fighting on the battlefield, naturally he would not have the killing spirit that can only be honed on the battlefield.
"The future is late, please forgive me, my lord!"
"Gong Jin, get up!" Sun Quan hurriedly helped Zhou Yu before he saluted, "What's your fault for coming to the army alone?" Feeling Zhou Yu's insistence, he could only take a step back, helplessly watching Zhou Yu general After finishing the ceremony properly, he lowered his voice and said with a bit of aggrieved tone, "Is Gongjin sure to have such a relationship with Quan?"
Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, then said: "My lord treats Yu with kindness, and Yu is grateful. However, there is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and etiquette cannot be discarded." He also lowered his voice so that only Sun Quan, who was close at hand, could hear him clearly. "Don't let the little ones use this as a way of alienation."
Sun Quan was taken aback for a moment, and then realized what Zhou Yu was talking about.In these years, Zhou Yu took charge of the army on behalf of him when he was young, advised on major affairs, quelled civil strife, and made people in Jiangdong respect Zhou Yu. voice of doubt.
These words have been lingering in Sun Quan's ears for the past ten years and have never stopped.
Sun Quan had no choice but to lower his face, looking at Zhou Yu with both close and imposing eyes, maintaining the just right distance between the monarch and his generals in the eyes of others:
"I came to Yueyang alone to call Gongjin back to the capital to deal with important matters. As for the [-] troops stationed in Yueyang, I will be under the command of the solitary Gongjin for the time being."
The capital used to be called Dantu, which was a county in Wu County. In the 13th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan moved the government to Dantu, and named it Jingcheng.
So Sun Quan's words are confusing.Before Sun Quan came to Yueyang, he was in the capital of Jiangdong.Even if there is an important business matter that requires Zhou Yu's help, a letter is enough, there is no need to come to Yueyang in person, and let Zhou Yu travel thousands of miles back to deal with important matters.But if it was Zhou Yu's private matter, state affairs were the most important, and the situation in Jingzhou was unpredictable. No matter what private matter it was, it should be ranked after the clear situation in Jingzhou.
It seems that the only explanation is that Sun Quan was worried about Zhou Yu's self-respect, so he came to Yueyang to withdraw troops and suppress the powerful ministers.
However, Zhou Yu was not worried at all that Sun Quan came here to seize his military power, and because of this, he was even more surprised by Sun Quan's words.He tentatively asked: "I don't know what the lord said?"
"What is the specific matter, Gong Jin will know when he returns to Beijing." Sun Quan still did not say clearly, but added solemnly, "This matter is of great importance. Only when Gong Jin goes back to deal with it in person can I feel at ease."
"...Yu takes the order." Since Sun Quan didn't want to say more, Zhou Yu didn't ask any more, and accepted the order with fists folded, and then untied the soldier talisman that could command all Jiangdong's army from his waist, and handed it back to Sun Quan.
Then, Zhou Yu explained the situation of Yueyang and Jingzhou to Sun Quan in detail, so that Sun Quan, who led so many troops to the battlefield for the first time, was prepared.
In the middle of the talk, soldiers came to report their crimes: After a few hours, they finally found out that Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun, who were "unwell", had disappeared.As for the military doctor who took Zhuge Liang's pulse that was missing together, he did not attract the attention of the soldiers, so he was not included in the report to Zhou Yu.
Originally, Zhou Yu wanted to take this opportunity to detain Zhuge Liang in the army, bring him back to Jiangdong in the future, and then ask Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin to persuade him to stay and serve Jiangdong.However, when he was determined to take this opportunity to get rid of one of Liu Bei's righteous brothers, Zhou Yu knew that Zhuge Liang must stay by Liu Bei's side.He knew very well that if Liu Bei lost Zhuge Liang, he would almost lose the ability to contend with Cao Cao.If Liu Bei was repelled without causing Cao Cao much loss, he would not be able to achieve the effect of Cao Liu's struggle and Jiangdong's benefit as he envisioned. This is by no means what he wants to see.Balancing the two, he could only choose to let Zhuge Liang leave.
However, he was able to leave quietly in his army without being discovered, perhaps only when the person involved was Zhuge Kongming, he would not be surprised.
"I'm very clear about Gongjin's plan." Sun Quan had roughly guessed Zhou Yu's plan when Zhou Yu mentioned Yunmengze before.After seeing Zhou Yu listened to the soldiers' reports, he neither chased nor got angry, and confirmed his guess.
He patted Zhou Yu's hand, and said in a warm voice, "Bo Yan and Gu also came with Yue Yang, and there are generals like Zi Ming in the army. With them around, Gong Jin doesn't have to worry."
"My lord, are you talking about the young man of the Lu family?"
"Exactly."
Sun Quan's words reassured Zhou Yu a lot, but it was not for Jingzhou, but for the capital.The "Bo Yan" that Sun Quan spoke of was Lu Xun, a son of the Lu family.When Lu Xun followed Sun Quan to Yueyang, he held the bargaining chip of the Lu family and prevented the Lu family from acting rashly.And as long as the Lu family does not move, the reputation of the Lu family in Jiangdong is enough to suppress other noble families who are about to move.
It turned out that Sun Quan had anticipated what Zhou Yu was worried about and made arrangements in advance.The young man who relied on Zhou Yu for everything in those days has really become the master who can shoulder Jiangdong's important responsibilities.Zhou Yu was not unhappy about this change, only pleased.
It was getting late, and it would take tomorrow to leave even if he wanted to leave. Zhou Yu and Sun Quan talked about military affairs for a while, then turned and left.When Sun Quan came to the army, he naturally switched from the main account to the side account.
After Zhou Yu's figure disappeared completely, Sun Quan asked the guards at the tent door to lower the curtain and retreat outside the big tent. The young man who had been standing behind the screen came out. It was Lu Xun who came to Yueyang with Sun Quan.Since Lu Xun became Sun Quan's staff in the eighth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan had Lu Xun as his confidant, and would discuss with Lu Xun no matter how big or small it was.
Lu Xun walked up to Sun Quan and said:
"Even though the lord was vague, the governor still happily handed over his military power. My lord, in Yixun's opinion, my lord should be worrying too much."
Sun Quan played with the soldier talisman in his hand, his eyes were dark, thoughtful, and he remained silent.
Lu Xun thought about it for a while, and tried to persuade him: "Since the governor has paved the way for my lord, why don't my lord take this opportunity to occupy Jingzhou first?
...Even if there are changes, the lord has something to rely on. "
"Gu left the capital, and letting Gong Jin go back is to give him a chance to choose." Finally, Sun Quan spoke in a low voice, "I hope Gong Jin won't disappoint Gu."
Jiang Dong couldn't bear the disaster of fighting in the same room a second time.
It was indeed getting dark.
The sinking night makes Yunmengze even more dangerous, and it also makes the ferocious beasts that have been dormant in the dark for a long time gradually tear off the gentle camouflage, waiting for the best time, revealing sharp minions, and biting off the flesh of the prey that has penetrated into danger. Throat.
After following Lu Meng for so long, but without seeing any sign of leaving Yunmengze, Guan Yu had already become suspicious, but because of the humble attitude of the Sun-Liu Alliance and Lu Meng, he couldn't be sure.Until now, seeing that the sky was getting dark, he asked, "General Lu, is this really the way to leave Yunmengze?"
Lu Meng, who was riding in front of the horse, had a flash in his eyes, suppressed the smile on his lips, turned around and said apologetically: "Perhaps it was because the fog was too thick before, and Meng also took the wrong road. But now we have reached the edge of Yunmengze , the fog has cleared a lot, and General Guan will leave Yunmengze in less than half an hour with Meng."
Guan Yu stopped his horse and stared at Lu Meng with a frown.
Lu Meng rode his horse for a few steps, only to realize that Guan Yu hadn't followed. He was about to turn around and try to cover up a few more words, but he saw Guan Yu who had stopped in the same place, holding the Qinglong Yanyue Saber tightly.
Guan Yu could already see the killing intent in Lu Meng's eyes.In a disadvantaged situation, they must fight to be the first. In an instant, the sharp blade of Qinglong Yanyue has swung in front of Lu Meng.But before Lu Meng could pull out his sword, Guan Yu attacked again, killing Lu Meng back again and again, in a panic.After finally finding a gap, he pulled out the sword from his waist, but Lu Meng had no way to retreat, so he had to forcefully receive Guan Yu's knife with his left shoulder, and only then did he get out from Guan Yu's attack.
But Guan Yu couldn't rein in his horse in time, stepped into the quagmire just behind Lu Meng, and couldn't move immediately.
"Scumbag!" Guan Yu scolded angrily.
"Soldiers never tire of deceit." Lu Meng replied flatly, without any humility before.
In the front, Guan Yu and Lu Meng were fighting together. The Jiangdong Army and Guan Yu's army who followed Lu Meng and Guan Yu also knew that the situation had changed, and they fought each other.The clash of swords and shouts of killing shook the sky, corpses were strewn across, but most of them were Guan Yu's men and horses.In terms of martial arts alone, the two sides are on par, but the difference is that here, the Jiangdong Army can easily use the mud hidden under the grass to make Guan Yu's soldiers seek their own death without a place to die.
In the face of absolute geographical advantage, this is more like a massacre.
"General Guan, Meng didn't mean to offend." Lu Meng shouted to Guan Yu who was trapped in the mud, "As long as General Guan is willing to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and return to Jiangdong, Meng will immediately rescue the general and apologize."
The red rabbit horse struggled to escape, but it only accelerated the speed at which it sank into the quagmire.Guan Yu sneered and said: "You have a good face, but you are behind this treacherous scheme. This kind of villain's behavior, Guan is ashamed to be with you, how can he surrender!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yu, who was already trapped in the quagmire, suddenly jumped up from his horse, and pointed the blade straight at Lu Meng's throat. If Lu Meng hadn't dodged extremely quickly, what was left would not be just a bloodstain.Lu Meng turned his horse's head to dodge, not wanting to engage Guan Yu directly, but waved his soldiers to surround Guan Yu.
He knew very well that although Guan Yu took this opportunity to get out of the quagmire, the red rabbit horse was still stuck in the quagmire and lost his mount. No matter how powerful Guan Yu was in martial arts, he could not escape death.
"Rescue the Chituma." Knowing that Guan Yu's death was a foregone conclusion, Lu Meng looked at the famous Chituma and couldn't bear it to die here, so he asked the accompanying soldiers to rescue the Chituma from the quagmire .
The governor is short of a good horse.
However, just when Chituma's front hooves stepped out of the quagmire, accidents happened suddenly.The Chitu, who was still docile just now, suddenly let out a high-pitched neigh, slammed the soldiers who were leading it away, and rushed towards Guan Yu, who was surrounded heavily, like an arrow leaving the string.
When the red rabbit rushed to Guan Yu's side, it seemed that he was in a heart-to-heart connection with Guan Yu and slowed down a little. Guan Yu immediately pulled the reins, got on his horse, and led the remaining army to break out of the encirclement.
"General..."
"Chase!" Lu Meng ordered immediately.
The governor made it clear that everyone should be killed regardless of personality, and he couldn't take Guan Yu's head back. How should he explain to the governor.
Fortunately, although Guan Yu was able to break out of the encirclement, he still couldn't find a way to leave Yunmengze. On the contrary, Jiangdong Army was the first to determine Guan Yu's location.Only this time, Lu Meng didn't dare to ask Guan Yu to fight head-on, but made full use of his own advantages to divide the soldiers into several teams, and kept attacking Guan Yu's remnants from the rear.After a few times, there were only a dozen or so soldiers left beside Guan Yu, and they were all scarred and exhausted.
"Shameless boy! How dare you come out to fight Guan Mou with dignity!"
"Don't pay attention." Lu Meng turned a deaf ear to Guan Yu's scolding, "Follow my order just now."
No matter how strong his martial arts were, Guan Yu could not stop feeling the end of the road after being besieged several times.He had a premonition that he might not escape this disaster today.As a warrior, the shroud of horse leather is the best destination, so he is never afraid of death.But he didn't want to be exhausted to death by a bunch of unknown pawns aggrieved like now.But no matter how much he yelled, the only answer he had was Jiangdong soldiers who came from nowhere again and again, beheaded a few people by surprise and then disappeared like ghosts, dragging Guan Yu more and more tired and desperate .
Guan Yunchang, who was famous all over the world in the past, can't even ask for a fight now.
When the sky turned white, the last soldier fell into the mud with several knives in his body.
After being stabbed several times, Chituma let out a desperate growl and threw the hero on its back to the ground.
Within a few steps of Guan Yu, corpses were scattered all over, but Jiangdong's army seemed endless.Even though these are ordinary soldiers, even if these soldiers alone may not be able to resist Guan Yu's blow, but when they are used like a tide, they become a net, creating the end of the hero in front of him.
During the scuffle, it is unknown whose knife fell on Guan Yu first, whose sword pierced Guan Yu's abdomen, and who cut off Guan Yu's head with a single blow, and rolled into the shallow pool, stained red. horseshoe.
The only thing that is certain is that the one who killed Guan Yunchang must be an unknown soldier in the Jiangdong Army.
The corpse that lost its head, when Lu Meng ordered the whole army to leave, was still leaning on the Qinglong Yanyue Saber, soaked in blood, standing upright among the corpses, ushering in the first sunrise on the horizon of the day.
Heroes emerge from troubled times.
The first step to end the troubled times is to sacrifice the blood of heroes.
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