Chapter 462 Defeating Maicheng (2)
The envoy said goodbye to Guan Yu and left the central army tent, and the generals came to ask for information.
The envoy said that each family was in good condition, and Lu Meng was extremely kind, and sent thousands of letters and some oral letters to each other, and each general was happy and had no desire to fight.
Guan Yu naturally knew Lu Meng's sinister intentions. His military morale is unstable now. For the current plan, only by quickly breaking through Jiangling City can he regain his morale and fight to the death with Jiangdong.
Guan Yu did not dare to stay, afraid that these Jingzhou troops, like the bandits and surrendered soldiers, would flee overnight, and ordered the marching speed to speed up.
However, there were still a large number of deserters. During the march, many soldiers took the opportunity to escape. After walking less than thirty miles, more than 30% of the soldiers fled.
Guan Yu became more angry and urged the army to advance quickly.
Suddenly, a loud shout was shocked, and a group of people blocked the way. The general was Jiang Qin, who pulled his horse and shouted:
"Why didn't Guan Yu surrender early!"
Although Jiang Qin's martial arts skills are not weak, he is not famous for his courage in Jiangdong, and he belongs to the type of wise generals.
Guan Yu was furious and didn't say anything. He beat his horse and danced his sword and took Jiang Qin straight.
Compared with Guan Yu, Jiang Qin's martial arts skills were quite inferior to those of Guan Yu. He only fought three times and was defeated.
Guan Yu has just reached a hundred days after arm surgery. His martial arts have returned to his old vision and no longer have to be afraid of his hands and feet. He urgently needs a victory to increase his morale.
Guan Yu led more than 10,000 main elite troops, so he naturally did not want to let Jiang Qin go, who had only thousands of troops. He took the lead and chased after more than twenty miles with his sword.
There were several valley entrances in front of them, and Jiang Qin turned into one valley entrance and disappeared.
When Guan Yu saw that the terrain was dangerous, he was afraid of being ambushed by Lu Meng, so he ordered his subordinates to stop chasing him.
Guan Yu ordered his subordinates to scramble outside the valley and prepare to wait for Guan Ping. Liao Hua's rear army arrived and advance together.
A shout suddenly rose from the valley. In the valley on the left, Han Dang led thousands of troops out, and Zhou Tai led thousands of troops out in the valley on the right. Jiang Qin also led the troops back and rushed towards Guan Yu's army.
Although Guan Yu still had a slight advantage in the number of troops, the attacks between the three groups still made him lose sight of one and the other, and it was difficult to deal with the beginning and end.
Guan Yu had not yet established his foothold, so he urgently ordered the army to go back. He walked countless miles. He saw a white flag on the South Hill, which read "The Soldiers in Jingzhou surrendered to each other". People gathered on the post, and shouted constantly, which was very lively.
It turned out that this was Lu Meng's plan.
On the hills, he gathered tens of thousands of families of the Jingzhou Army of Jiangling and the Public Security Bureau here, and took turns shouting on the post, asking his family to surrender to their place.
Lu Meng's plan came true immediately. Many soldiers threw away their weapons and fled to Nanshangang. Guan Yu was furious and wanted to lead his troops to the mountaingang.
With a cannon, two more armies broke out in the valley. Ding Feng on the left and Xu Sheng on the right blocked Guan Yu's way.
In addition, Jiang Qin and three other troops arrived in front, the number of Jiangdong troops exceeded Guan Yu in terms of number. The shouts around him were shocked and the drums and horns were noisy, sieging Guan Yu's army in the core.
Guan Yu rose up and fought with Zhou Cang to fight with the Jiangdong Army.
Many of the other soldiers under his command heard the shouts of their families and gradually became unwilling to fight. Many of them threw away their weapons and surrendered to work.
Waiting for dusk, Guan Gong looked at the four mountains from afar, and all the surrendered local soldiers in Jingzhou called their brothers and found their sons and masters, but they couldn't stop shouting.
Guan Yu's army's morale changed, and when the soldiers shouted, they all left.
Guan Yu and Zhou Cang shouted loudly. Guan Yu even carried a knife to kill several escapees himself, but he still couldn't stop drinking. There were less than a thousand soldiers who volunteered to stay by Guan Yu's side.
However, these soldiers were Guan Yu's confidant dead soldiers. Although the number was small, they had super powerful combat power after forming a battle formation. Many soldiers of the Jiangdong Army were eager to make contributions. They rushed forward and were repelled by Guan Yu's army, causing heavy losses.
Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and other five generals simply stopped attacking, but surrounded Guan Yu's army. Their teams joined forces to invite the battle against Guan Yu and Zhou Cang.
Because victory is in sight, Jiang Qin and others don’t want to fight Guan Yu’s life. Each of them fights Guan Yu for only a few rounds, and they will beat him away and will not give Guan Yu the chance to kill them in the formation.
By the third update, Guan Yu and Zhou Cang were exhausted by their battle on the wheels, and their soldiers were gradually exhausted. Guan Yu was about to break out.
Suddenly, the east shouted Liantian, it was Guan Ping, and Liao Hua led his troops into two groups to break into the encirclement and rescue Guan Yu.
Originally, they had more than 10,000 troops under their command, and they fought along the way. Because of Lu Meng's plan, many soldiers fled in various places, and the remaining soldiers were less than 1,000.
Guan Ping reported to Guan Yu:
"Father, the army is in chaos, so I must temporarily garrison the city to wait for reinforcements. Although the city of Mai ten miles away is small, it is enough to garrison it, so it is better to enter the city first."
Guan Yu's army was disturbed by Lu Meng's morale. In a blink of an eye, there were less than three thousand. He was angry and lost his mind. He let Guan Ping lead the remaining troops to Maicheng.
Guan Ping divided his troops to guard the four gates. Guan Yu calmed down and gathered all the soldiers to discuss.
The generals were confused and silent, only Zhao Lei stood up and said:
"The counties in Jingzhou may not have all been occupied by Jiangdong, but there is no war. The closest one is Shangyong. Liu Feng and Meng Da are guarding there, so they can send people to ask for help. If Shangyong's army and horses are available, they can stabilize the situation and wait for the lord to lead the Sichuan army to rescue him, and then the army will be at peace."
While discussing, suddenly, the troops from Jiangdong had arrived and surrounded Maicheng on all sides.
Guan Yu pondered for a while and knew that it was impossible to do anything. Even if Liu Feng sent troops, it would be a drop in the bucket and would be useless.
He cherished his reputation for being hard-earned for decades. A few days ago, he also owned more than 100,000 troops in Jingzhou.
He was once full of energy and beat Cao Ren to stay away from his door. He fell to this point and Wuyan met Liu Bei and had already developed ambitions of life and death.
Heroes like Xiang Yu and Guan Yu respect their own identities and cannot escape like a dog that is strayed from the family, which led to Xiang Yu commit suicide in the Wujiang River.
If Guan Yu wanted to survive, even if he had no soldiers under his command, he could still do it with his martial arts, with Guan Ping Zhou Cang and other powerful generals, breaking through the encirclement and fleeing to Xichuan.
Guan Yu was determined to die, but he did not want to learn from Xiang Yu to commit suicide, so he gave Sun Quan and Lu Meng a favor.
Guan Yu and Wang Fu conspired for one night, and he had other problems. Although doing this could cause some trouble to Sun Quan, it was not easy to avenge him. Therefore, he thought about leaving someone to avenge him.
Thinking of his sons who were staying in Jiangling, Guan Yu couldn't help but look dim.
They are still young and have only learned martial arts. Not to mention whether they can avenge themselves or whether they can escape their lives.
Although Guan Xing had already gone to Chengdu, his martial arts had not yet been achieved and he could not speak out alone.
Moreover, they were not in war and lacked the experience of leading troops to fight. They hoped that he would grow up and avenge himself and vent his hatred. I don’t know when they would have to wait.
Chapter completed!