Chapter 66
Moling
In the gloomy and cold prison, bursts of angry curses came from time to time.
"Zhang Fei, a shameless boy! If you want to kill, you will be killed. If you want to cut it, Sun will never frown..."
"Zhang Fei, my Sun family will not let you go. You will be cut to death by thousands of knives in the future..."
The haggard Sun Yu held the prison gate tightly and shouted angrily at the top of his lungs, as if he was not tired at all. A few days ago, Sun Yu wanted to die on a hunger strike, but was rescued by the guards with porridge.
After walking around in front of the gate of hell, Sun Yu seemed to be thinking about it too. He no longer did the "stupid" of hunger strikes. He ate food and drink wine every day. After he had enough energy, he began to curse endlessly.
"Things that don't know how to live or die!" Two guards came outside Sun Yu's prison. One of them acted as a spear in his hand and wanted to stab him, and scolded sternly, "The general did not cut you into pieces to pay tribute to Wei Pei, which is very kind.
You are still so ungrateful..."
"Bah..." Sun Yu was still afraid of the spear, and cursed angrily, "Go to his mother's 'good mercy', go to his mother's shit general. Tell Zhang Fei that black guy, I will never spare him and ask him to wash his neck..."
"Che~~" another guard sneered disdainfully, "There is anyone in your Sun family who can win my general? Even Zhou Yu is not a general's opponent, let alone a guy like you..."
"Forget it, why are you arguing with a dying person?" The guard at first comforted his companion, "Let him howl for two more days..."
"Suddenly!" Sun Yu's heart suddenly sank, as if he had a premonition, "What did you say?"
"I thought you were really not afraid of death..." The guards clearly showed disdain on their faces. "In another day or two, you will be taken to Lujiang and beheaded with your two relatives. The general's notice has been sent to all parts of Jiangdong..."
After the two guards left, Sun Yu stopped cursing and stood in prison in a daze, as if thinking about something...
The next morning, under the "guard" of more than 10 soldiers, Sun Yu was escorted onto a ship leading to Lujiang. In order to ensure that there were no accidents, Jinfan Camp specially arranged four fast boats to escort along the way.
Because it was against the wind and water, the five ships were not very fast. It was not until the evening that they could barely pass Sanshankou.
On the ship carrying Sun Yu, Zhang De, the Dubo of Jinfan Camp, looked at the northwest sky, and gradually frowned, muttering, "What the hell is it? It's all winter. How could there be such a ghost weather?"
"Uncle Zhang. What's wrong?" asked a senior who was in charge of escorting Sun Yu in curiously.
"It seems that there will be heavy storms..." Zhang De grew up by the river since childhood and was also an old subordinate of Ganning when he was a thief in the river.
After spending more than ten years on the river, Zhang De was able to infer the approximate changes in the weather based on factors such as clouds, wind direction, hydrology, etc.
"Storm and rain?" Nash looked at Zhang De in disbelief. It would be normal if it was in summer and autumn; but now it is winter. How could such abnormal weather occur? "Uncle Zhang, it should be wind and snow, right?"
"It's more like rain..." Zhang De was not sure, but he still said in a deep voice, "You must take a boat sooner. You can't get to Zongyang River before the wind and rain come, the situation is not good..."
"Brothers, let go of your strength and row. You must sail into Zongyang within an hour..." Zhang De said loudly to the five ships' trainers.
The escort ship was not a large ship, and Sun Yu, who was confined in the inner cabin, could vaguely hear conversations outside the cabin. When he heard that the "storm" was coming, Sun Yu even cursed in his heart that all the escort soldiers were buried in the storm.
The speed of the five ships was indeed significantly faster. But the weather changed more rapidly. In less than half an hour, thick clouds spread across the sky, and the whistling northwest wind blew more strongly.
The green brocade sails hanging on the masts of the boats were almost blown into a straight line. The river waves became more and more turbulent, and the ships were shaking left and right on the river, as if they could be overturned at any time. Fortunately, the people who were carrying the boats were all bracelets to ensure the safety of the boats.
After half a cup of tea, raindrops as big as beans poured down from the sky and became more and more fierce. With the strong wind, the raindrops hit the river like arrows and on the boats. The sound of "clicking and clicking" is endless.
"Head. The ship is leaking!" Jinfan, the escort ship on the escort ship, suddenly shouted to Zhang De in horror.
"What?" Zhang De's whole body had been wet by the cold rain, but he still unconsciously directed his soldiers to maintain the normal driving of the ship. Hearing the news of the ship's leak, Zhang De replied hurriedly, "Try to block the leak quickly.
The boatman, slow down…”
However, the repair work became extremely difficult on the river with heavy winds and heavy waves. After half a cup of tea, the loopholes in the hull were not repaired, but a few more places were added, and a large amount of river water poured into the ship.
Knowing that the ship could not be repaired, Zhang De urgently ordered his soldiers to take Sun Yu out of the cabin and transfer the boats of Jinfan Camp to the Jinfan Camp. Soon, the large number of water-invading ships were completely overturned by a huge wave and sank into the river.
"Let's lean on the north shore first and avoid the heavy storm!" At Zhang De's greeting, four boats walked towards the north shore with difficulty. Because it was a good wind, they drove to a place less than three meters away from the shore in a short while.
But at this moment, a huge wave suddenly came, and the four boats were immediately overturned, and two other boats were half a boat, and the situation was in danger.
Calling, rescue... After about two cups of tea, all the soldiers who fell into the water finally rescued them. Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, the head in charge of escorting Sun Yu was shocked to find that Sun Yu was missing.
After searching for a long time, there was still no trace of the soldiers. In the end, the soldiers had to give up... While the dozens of soldiers who were escorting their heads were dejected, Zhang De and the Jinfan soldiers under their command vaguely showed a sense of relief...
3,40 meters southeast of the ship's cover, Sun Yu let go of the logs and climbed up the river bank with difficulty. Just as the ship was overturned, Sun Yu "countercidentally" grabbed a log and drifted to the shore by storm.
The storm was extremely storm and his vision was severely blocked. Sun Yu searched hard but did not find the guards and the Jinfan navy.
The sky is endless! Sun Yu sighed to the sky and then struggled to walk inland.
Here, Sanshan County under Sun Quan’s rule is only less than 5 miles away!
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Under the shocked gaze of more than a dozen escort soldiers, Zhang De actually drove the boat back to the middle of the river. Strangely, there were more people on the boat. But the ship's driving became more stable.
Soon, two Mengchong warships appeared in Jiangxin and met Zhang De and the others.
The first one Mengchong, who stood proudly in the wind and rain, was Gan Ning, the general of the Hengjiang Central Army. Seeing Zhang De jumping to Mengchong, Gan Ning asked with a smile: "Boy De, how are you doing?"
"Boss, I've never lost your face!" Zhang De said with a chuckle. "A brother watched Sun Yu's bastard get ashore, and I came back to hand in the job!"
"I have finally completed the task assigned by the general!" Gan Ning smiled with satisfaction, patted Zhang De and said, "Boy De, you're doing a good job!"
"Hehe..." Zhang De smiled first. Then he said in surprise, "Boss, the general is really powerful. He can actually count on the storm today. At first I didn't believe it. Until the sky started…"
Gan Ning smiled without replying, but he thought of the ugly Pang Jun - it was the one who accurately foresaw this rare winter storm.
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Late at night, the wind and rain continued, but the intensity had been greatly reduced.
The soldiers guarding the west gate of Sanshan County were surprised to find that someone knocked on the city gate on a rainy night. After careful inspection, a guard from Chaisangdi recognized that the person knocking was Sun Yu and urgently reported to Sanshan Order.
After hearing the news, Sanshanling, who was already asleep, did not dare to neglect the matter at all. He quickly got up and rushed to the city gate to welcome Sun Yu into the city.
After three days of recuperation in Sanshan, Sun Yu refused to take into account his weak body and returned to Chaisang automatically.
Sun Yu was eager to see Zhou Yu and asked him why he deliberately sent him and the 4,000 soldiers to death; Sun Yu also wanted to see Sun Quan and told his cousin Zhou Yu's "shameless" behavior!
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Moling
"Shi Yuan, everything is expected. Sun Yu has already rushed to Chaisang..." I handed Gan Ning's letter to Pang Tong and said with a smile. "It seems that the countercurrent within the Sun family is about to begin.
Do you need to blow some more wind..." According to my instructions, Gan Ning specially arranged personnel to lurk at the passes of several roads leading to Chaisang on the Sanshan Mountains. Pay attention to whether Sun Yu rushed to Chaisang safely.
"Haha..." Pang Tong quickly read Bi Juanshu and said with a smile, "General, it's better to just watch it first."
In Tong's opinion, Sun Yu alone is enough. Our intervention will cause suspicion..." What a smart person, Pang Tong, could hear what I mean in a flash.
"Yeah!" I thought for a moment and nodded slightly. Zhou Yu and Lu Su under Sun Quan were not ordinary people. They were very likely to show off their strength when they were too big.
Let Sun Yu sing the opera first! If he doesn’t sing well, we will "support" him...
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On November 18, Guan Yu led 10,000 troops and went out to Shouchun to attack the east of Runan.
At the same time, Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang sent a detailed message to spread the news that the Emperor Liu would retake Runan and join forces with Liu Biao. Liu Zhang attacked Xuchang and rescued Dangjinzi.
On November 20th, at the invitation of Liu Bei, and to eliminate the huge threat that Cao Cao would bring if he pacified Hebei, Liu Biao appointed Liu Pan and Wenpeng as generals, led 20,000 troops, and falsely claimed 50,000 troops. He went out of Xinye and attacked the south of Runan through Queweipo.
Jingzhou also sent a large number of detailed works to promote the rescue of the emperor.
After hearing the news, Yu Jin, the prefect of Runan, sent additional scouts to inquire about the enemy's situation, while gathering all the troops and horses of the surrounding counties to Runan City to welcome the enemy. At the same time, Yu Jin quickly reported to Xuchang and reported the emergency military situation.
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In Hebei, Cao Cao personally led a large army to attack Bingzhou. Most of the elite soldiers in Bingzhou were already reinforced by Zhending. During the Hejian period, Cao Cao was annihilated. Most of the counties in the prefecture were soldiers of the county and state, and their combat power was weak.
On November 18, Yuan Jun’s Huguan Guard Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang were lobbyed by Xu You to surrender to Cao Cao. Immediately, Cao Cao’s army raided the hinterland of Bingzhou from Huguan.
Yuan Xi, the governor of Bingzhou, believed that Huguan was naturally dangerous and unbreakable, and had transferred most of the remaining military forces to the northern part of Bingzhou to resist the invasion of Cao's army, resulting in the empty force in the hinterland. Cao's army almost entered an uninhabited land and conquered Shangdang on the 19th.
Afterwards, Cao Cao sent Xu Huang to attack Pingyang and completely cut off the connection between Bingnan and Bingbei. Cao Cao himself led a large army to attack Jinyang, the capital of Bingzhou Prefecture.
On November 21, the vanguard of Cao's army, Xiahou Yuan, traveled 270 miles in two days, and suddenly appeared outside Jinyang City from the south. Yuan Jun was caught off guard and was in a panic and could not even collect the suspension bridge in the south city.
Xiahou Yuan immediately rushed to launch a crazy attack from the South Gate. With the encouragement of the commander as the leader, the soldiers of the Cao army fought for the first place. After nearly a thousand casualties, Xiahou Yuan broke through the South Gate. The subsequent battle completely became a defeat.
Finally, Bingzhou Governor Yuan Xi led more than a hundred cavalry to escape from the north gate and rushed to Shouyang.
Just as Cao Cao was full of energy and was about to pacify the entire Bingzhou in one fell swoop, Hongnong suddenly heard an urgent report from the Western Liang army that captured Tongguan!
Looking at this heavy military emergency report, Cao Cao could hardly believe his eyes.
After carefully asking the messenger, Cao Cao understood the whole story. According to Cao Cao's order, Zhong Yao and Gao Lan led their troops to withdraw from Chang'an and defend Tongguan. After the Xiliang army occupied the unprepared Chang'an, they began to suppress Tongguan and launch a strong attack.
Tongguan is a natural danger and has been managed for several dynasties. In addition, Gao Lan's 30,000 Cao troops were stationed, and the Xiliang army has been unable to survive for a long time. But the subsequent development was much beyond Zhong Yao, which Gao Lan expected.
The Xiliang army attacked Tongguan just a pretext. Ma Chao, the son of Ma Teng on the other side, led 20,000 cavalry of Xiliang to the south from Chang'an, passed through Lantian, and rushed to Wuguan.
Wuguan was originally a dangerous place, and Cao Cao also sent thousands of troops to guard it. But Ma Chao played a trick - the Xiliang soldiers drove the people of Lantian to Wuguan, asking the people to beg the defenders to turn on and let them flee.
Many of Wuguan guards were from Lantian. When they saw their parents and relatives wanting to take refuge, they were very anxious. Zhang Shi, the general of Wuguan guards, had no choice but to see that there was no enemy army, so they opened the door.
But he didn't expect that the brave Xiliang general Pang De led hundreds of Xiliang soldiers to mingle among the people. As soon as he entered the pass, Pang De immediately launched an attack, bravely killed Zhang Shi, and controlled the gate. Then, Ma Chao's iron cavalry arrived like the wind and conquered Wuguan in one fell swoop. The guards of Cao's army surrendered either by death.
After Ma Chao killed all the surrendered soldiers, he went north without hesitation and rushed straight to the back of Tongguan.
There was no expectation that the Xiliang army would appear from the back, and the Tongguan defenders immediately fell into chaos. The Xiliang army on both sides of the east and west launched an attack at the same time, and Cao's army was completely defeated, and more than 20,000 defenders were wiped out.
The prefect of Chang'an, Zhong Yao, was captured, and the side general Gao Lan led the remaining army to retreat westward.
Then, Ma Chao led his troops to attack, first breaking Hangu Pass, then conquering Jia County, and heading straight to Hongnong, while Hongnong's defense was quite empty.
Seeing that the Xiliang army was heading straight for Luoyang through Hongnong, fortunately, Tian Yu, the newly appointed governor of Yongzhou, rushed to Hongnong. Tian Yu was not afraid of the danger and ordered the people in the city to stand on the top of the city in military uniforms disguised as soldiers, thinking that they were suspicious of the soldiers. At the same time, Cao Cao's military flag was erected high above the city.
Seeing this, Ma Chao became suspicious and stopped chasing. Gao Lan was able to escape into Hongnong safely.
But after half a day of hard work, Ma Chao began to attack Hongnong as if he suddenly realized. The situation in Hongnong is extremely critical. Tian Yu and Gao Lan asked Cao Cao to return to help immediately.
Chapter completed!