Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Lu Xun's two thousand infantry were quickly defeated, and he himself hurried away in a panic, but soon he was stopped by a general of the Wei army.This Wei general has a distinctive feature, wearing a blindfold on his face, he is the Wei general Xiahou Dun.

It turned out that after Xu Shu was sure that the Wu army would retreat from the Ganshui River to Lingnan, Liu Bei sent a fast horse to report to the Wei army and asked the Wei army to intercept the Wu army in the narrow upper reaches of the Ganshui River.The reason why Liu Bei asked Wei for help was because Liu Bei himself could not catch up with the Wu army, but at this time Yuhan County in the southeast of Nanchang had been occupied by the Wei army.There is a post road connecting Yuhan to the south of Nanchang County, and there is a flat river.It is not difficult for Wei Jun there to stop Wu Jun.

General Xiahou Dun of the Wei Army happened to be stationed in Yuhan County. After receiving the urgent order, he immediately led [-] tiger and leopard cavalry from his headquarters and some Wu Army infantry who had surrendered to Wei, and rushed to the upper reaches of Nanchang County, Ganshui River, with iron chains.Set up iron chains to block the river here, wait for the rabbit, and intercept the Wu army.

At this time, Xiahou Dun stopped Lu Xun and started fighting without saying a word.It's a pity that Lu Xun is more resourceful than armed, how can he defeat Xiahoudun, and within three rounds, Xiahoudun stabbed three holes and his body fell off the horse.

Chapter 559

Lu Xun on this side was wiped out by Xiahou Dun, and Wei Wen on the other side of the river was not much better.The only difference is that Wei Wen escaped from birth by himself.

Wei Wen, who was covered in injuries, saw that Sun Quan hadn't spoken yet, and the latter's heart skipped a beat, knowing that something was wrong.After Wei Wen finished telling the story of the attack, Sun Quan, who had not recovered for a long time, only felt the blood in his chest churn, staggered a few times, and almost passed out.Fortunately, the servant beside him helped him in time.Huang Gai, who was standing on the side, was also full of embarrassment. Obviously, the previous strategy of retreating from Ganshui to Lingnan now seemed like a bad idea.But if the Wu army does not retreat to the South China Sea from this road, what better way can there be?

Sun Quan calmed down and said: "Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry appeared in the upper reaches of the Ganshui River, and they have clearly seen our army's intentions. The upper reaches of the Ganshui River will become narrower and narrower. It will definitely be intercepted by the Wei army in a narrower place. Our army is mostly infantry, so going ashore to fight against the elite tiger and leopard cavalry of the Wei army is just an egg hitting a stone. At present, our army can only change from the rear to the front, and turn around. Entered Pengze Lake."

As soon as he finished speaking, soldiers came to report that Liu Beijun's sailors had been spotted behind the fleet.Hearing this, Sun Quan's eyes darkened, he spat out blood, and immediately passed out.People hurriedly helped him into the cabin, and all the generals turned their attention to Huang Gai.Now Huang Gai is the highest-ranking general in the army, and everyone is waiting for him to come up with an idea.

Huang Gai gritted his teeth and said, "Here's an order, the whole army retreats into Nanchang City before making any plans!" In fact, Wu's army is currently intercepting and chasing after them. .

Amidst bursts of horns and semaphore, hundreds of warships of the Wu army turned their bows one after another and headed downstream to Nanchang City.It didn't take long for them to leave Nanchang City, so soon Wu Jun's ships docked at the pier outside Nanchang City again.Soldiers landed one after another, lined up, and drove into Nanchang City.Sun Quan also entered the city first under the escort of the generals.

When Wu Jun's fleet unloaded half of the soldiers, sail shadows rose on the Ganshui River outside Nanchang City, and Liu Bei's navy rushed to them.Seeing this scene, Wu Jun, who was still unloading soldiers and supplies at the pier, suddenly panicked.Only a small number of ships set up a posture on the water amidst the shouts of the generals, ready to fight to the death with Liu Bei's army.

Not long after, the warships of the two sides fought together on the water. The two sides first fired at each other with bows and arrows and the bed crossbows on the warships.Relying on its absolute superiority in strength, Liu Bei's navy firmly suppressed the Wu army.On the deck of the Wu army's warships, soldiers were constantly shot and injured by arrows, and the sides of several warships were also pierced by crossbow guns.

The sails of some warships on both sides were shot by rockets and burned blazingly, most of which were Wu Jun's warships.Immediately afterwards, the warships of the two sides collided together, and a tragic hand-to-hand battle ensued.The decks of the warships on both sides were full of soldiers fighting hand-to-hand with swords, guns, swords and halberds. There were sounds of weapons clashing and fighting shouts, and blood spread everywhere on the deck.

The classic water battle outside Nanchang lasted for nearly an hour and finally came to an end.Wu Jun's ships that were going to land and unload were almost wiped out.It turned into piles of wreckage floating on the river.Liu Beijun also set fire to the Wu army's empty ships moored at the Nanchang City Wharf.

Some Wu soldiers who fell into the water finally swam to the shore and fled to the foot of Nanchang city, only to find that the gate of Nanchang city was closed and the suspension bridge was hanging high.In the end, facing Liu Bei's army rushing from the land, they either obediently raised their hands and surrendered, or were beheaded and wiped out.Not long after the Nanchang water battle ended, Xiahou Dun, who had heard the news, also rushed to the foot of Nanchang City with his tiger and leopard cavalry, and joined forces with Liu Bei's army to surround Nanchang City with water.

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In the city of Nanchang, in the yamen of the prefect's mansion in Yuzhang County, Sun Quan finally woke up leisurely on his sickbed.Sun Quan, who opened his eyes, took several breaths to realize that he was no longer on the boat. He quickly struggled to stand up and asked, "Where is this guy? What is the situation of our army now?"

The civil servants and generals serving in front of his bed looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.Finally, Huang Gai replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, this is Nanchang City, and our army has safely retreated into Nanchang City."

"Then what's the situation outside Nanchang City? Are Wei Jun and Liu Bei Jun chasing after us? How many soldiers and horses does our army have now? How many days is enough food and grass?"

Faced with Sun Quan's barrage of questions, Huang Gai became squeamish.Sun Quan said in a sullen tone, "Huang Gai, you must report the truth to Gu!"

Huang Gai sighed and had to report truthfully: "Your Majesty, when our army entered Nanchang City, Liu Bei's army also rushed to the city. Our army's warships moored on the Ganshui River fought fiercely with him. Soldiers, food and grass were all destroyed with the warships. Now the four gates of Nanchang City have been surrounded by the Cao Liu coalition army. In the city, there are only more than [-] soldiers from our side, including the original defenders. Food and grass... there is only enough food and grass Half a month's worth."

Hearing this, Sun Quan wowed and spit out a mouthful of blood again.All the ministers hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please take good care of your body!" Sun Quan said in a trembling voice: "Is the foundation of the Wu Kingdom established by father and brother two generations going to be destroyed by Gu's hands? No, Gu will never be reconciled!"

Huang Gai quickly comforted: "Please rest assured, the city of Nanchang is strong. If we try our best to hold on, it shouldn't be a problem to hold on for ten days and a half months. Then Liang Wang and Feng Yu will not see Cao and Liu divide up Wu. It will become a serious problem for the Liang Kingdom. Within ten days and a half months, there will be actions to make Cao and Liu retreat. From this point of view, our Wu Kingdom still has a glimmer of hope."

Sun Quan smiled wryly and said, "Now, the fate of the Wu Kingdom depends entirely on Feng Yu. It's pitiful." Liang, what is the danger today!"

After another round of consolation by the crowd, Sun Quan fell into a drowsy sleep.

At the same time, Xiahou Dun, who represented the state of Wei, and Liu Bei also had a moderate dispute in the large tent of the Chinese army in the Cao Liu coalition camp outside the city.

Liu Bei urged Xiahou Dun and said: "General Xiahou, our two armies have surrounded Nanchang City. In order to prevent long nights and dreams, it is better to attack the city as soon as possible and destroy Wu Kingdom."

In fact, Liu Bei was not afraid of long nights and dreams, but was eager to solve Sun Quan and then go back to solve Liang Jun's invasion.But Xiahou Dun didn't know about it.

Xiahou Dun waved his hand and said, "The king of Linjiang is worrying too much. Now almost the entire territory of Wu State is occupied by our army of Wei State, and all the troops have also been wiped out. Only the remote Jianning and Nanhai County still hang the flag of Wu, but They didn't have much force to come all the way to rescue Sun Quan. So there is no such thing as long nights and dreams, but the Wu army has little food and grass. As long as we besiege it for a long time, the Wu army will naturally surrender without fighting!"

Chapter 560 Anxious Liu Bei

Faced with Xiahou Dun's explanation, Liu Bei still insisted on launching a general attack on Nanchang City immediately, and the battle was resolved quickly.Xiahou Dun's face suddenly darkened, and he said angrily: "King Linjiang, if you want to fight quickly, please do it yourself, anyway, our Wei army will not do such a meaningless loss."

Zhang Fei, who was behind Liu Bei, saw that Xiahou Dun was so disrespectful to his elder brother, his beard blew up in anger, and he roared: "Xiahou Dun! The king of my family is the king of Linjiang who sits on an equal footing with your master Cao Cao. What are you? How dare you talk to my king like this..."

Liu Bei raised his hand, stopped Zhang Fei from yelling, and said to Xiahou Dun with a calm expression, "Since General Xiahou has said this, that's the only way. But when our army is attacking the city, I still hope that Xiahou Dun will General abide by the covenant between our two countries, and use your Wei cavalry to guard the surrounding area of ​​Nanchang City. Prevent the possible reinforcements from Wu from coming, and prevent the Wu army in the city from taking the opportunity to break through. Especially, you must not get rid of Sun Quan."

Xiahou Dun gave Zhang Fei a blank look, then cupped his hands respectfully to Liu Bei and said, "Don't worry, King Linjiang, Dun will not let anyone in the city escape. If there is foreign aid from the Wu army here, they will definitely be defeated in one fell swoop."

Liu Bei and Xiahou Dun agreed on this, and they left the meeting to prepare separately.After more than an hour, the city of Nanchang was full of drums and trumpets, and the voices of people were buzzing.

The Linjiang Army began to prepare its formation and prepare to attack Nanchang City.Almost all the crossbows and trebuchets on the battleships of the Linjiang Navy were dismantled, and they were lined up in several rows in front of Nanchang City.There are also a large number of soldiers in the mountains to the west of Nanchang City, busy mining stones, and continuously transporting them to the front of the Nanchang City Army.

Xiahoudun's tiger and leopard riders watched the Linjiang army's busyness leisurely, but patrolled back and forth near the city gate and the surrounding areas of the city from time to time to guard.

Liu Bei was finally ready.After a drum with a special rhythm sounded, the catapults and crossbows of the Linjiang Army fired at once.Stones, crossbow guns, and ignited bundles of firewood mixed with fire starters fell on the head of Nanchang City like raindrops and hail.Although these throwing utensils are not accurate, they cannot stand up to their large number and dense bullets.

Although only a few of the stones flying all over the sky fell on the top of the city or hit the battlements, most of them fell into the city of Nanchang.The smashed bricks and tiles of the houses and buildings in Nanchang City were smashed, and the dust was flying.Most of the fireballs that flew across the sky like flying fire meteors also fell into the city. These fagots were mixed with sulfur, catkins and other fire starters.Not long after, the city of Nanchang was billowing with thick smoke, and flames could be seen everywhere.The whole city of Nanchang shouted and screamed, and it was in chaos.

Those crossbow guns that were fired were deliberately shot at the city wall.Whenever these crossbow guns hit the city wall, with the muffled sound of bricks cracking and soil avalanche, the crossbow guns penetrated into the city wall several feet deep and firmly stuck to the city wall.

After the Linjiang army's catapults and bed crossbows bombarded Nanchang City for nearly an hour, their drum rhythm changed suddenly, and at the same time they blew a long horn.In the Linjiang army formation, thousands of soldiers rushed towards the walls of Nanchang City like a torrent, while shouting in unison, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.

Due to time constraints, Liu Bei had no time to build large siege vehicles and slope vehicles.In addition, although Nanchang City is close to the river and water, it is different from other cities near the water.Its city walls are not close to the Gan River, and there are no water gates, so the tall ships in Liu Bei's navy cannot be used to attack the city.The only siege tools that Liu Beijun can use are those improvised and simple siege ladders.

At this time, countless simple ladders climbed up the four walls of Nanchang City, and the soldiers of the Linjiang Army climbed up like ants.Although Nanchang City was in chaos, the defenders at the head of Nanchang City did not suffer much damage.Under the command of Huang Gai, Yu Fan, Wei Wen and other Soochow generals, the Linjiang defenders at the top of Nanchang City fought back bravely, throwing the rolling wood and rocks that had been prepared at the top of the city like torrential rain towards the enemy troops who climbed the ladder. Smash it.

A soldier of the Linjiang Army with a large shield on his head was almost like a hedgehog when he was approaching the top of the city.At this moment, a large rock weighing a hundred catties was lifted out of the city by the soldiers at the top of the city with crowbars.The boulder hit the shield heavily, and there was a crisp bone cracking sound. The arm holding the shield was broken, and the entire shield collapsed.Then his whole body was taken down by the boulder, and the group of people following him fell from the ladder like candied haws that had been pulled off.

On a cloud ladder next to him, someone had already begun to climb towards the crenel, and then several steel knives pierced downwards, "sending" him off the top of the city in an instant.However, these Wu soldiers who used the first knife were also shot to death on the spot by a few random arrows from the city, and the upper body of the corpse hung limply outside the wall.

After paying a large number of soldiers casualties, a dozen of the most elite white-eared soldiers in the Linjiang Army finally boarded the top of Nanchang City.I saw them being light and young, holding a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, moving back and forth on the corridor at the top of the city, stabbing out with steel knives almost non-stop.Almost none of the stragglers of the Wu army who approached them did not suffer casualties.

At the order of Huang Gai in the distance, the spearmen of the Wu army who were crouching on the stairway as the reserve team rushed to the corridor at the top of the city in large numbers.They lined up in a dense formation, pushing their spears towards the white-eared soldiers at the top of the city like a forest.

Even if the latter is flexible physically and mentally, and is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, there is nothing he can do in the face of such a dense array of spears without gaps.Amid the continuous screams and wailing, the white-eared elite soldiers at the top of the city were stabbed into honeycombs one after another, and they were quickly wiped out.

After more than half an hour of storming, both sides suffered a large number of casualties.However, no one in the Linjiang Army could gain a firm foothold at the head of Nanchang City, let alone capture Nanchang City.This made Liu Bei very anxious. Now he is racing against time. It doesn't matter to Wei Guo that the time to conquer Nanchang City is one day later or one day earlier.But for him, Liu Bei, it was a matter of life and death.

Just when Liu Bei was anxious, it turned out that there was another village.Xia Houyuan of the Wei army also came with troops.It is still unlikely that Xia Houyuan came to Wei Jun to help Liu Bei storm Nanchang City, but he brought a group of people, but Liu Bei was overjoyed.

It turned out that when Sun Quan's Sun clan fled to Jianning, they were betrayed by Zhang Zhao halfway.They were soon stopped by the army of Wei State at the key point. The Wei army captured dozens of people from the Sun clan including Wu Guotai, and there were hundreds of concubines of Sun Quan's concubines in total.Xia Houyuan, who commanded the Wei army, passed by Yuhan on the way back. Hearing that Xiahou Dun was going to encircle and wipe out Sun Quan in Nanchang, he thought that the captives in his hands might be useful, so he brought these Sun clans to Nanchang City.

Chapter 561 The Vanishing Royal Family

The sun was setting to the west, and the city of Nanchang, which had been fighting fiercely all day, was gradually shrouded in darkness.All night was safe and sound. In the early morning of the second day, the Cao Liu coalition army set up an army formation as usual. It was still Liu Bei's army forming a siege formation, and Cao's army guarded the surrounding area in the form of cavalry.

But what surprised Huang Gai, the chief defender of the army, was that Liu Bei's army had not attacked the city for a long time. Instead, he shouted under the city, asking Sun Quan to come out to meet him.

After shouting in the city for a long time, Huang Gai couldn't bear it any longer. He poked his head out from the wall and said, "Your Majesty can see you whenever you want? What's the matter? Just send the letter up with an arrow."

To Huang Gai's surprise, Liu Bei rode his horse to the city and said loudly to Huang Gai, "I'm afraid the king of Wu will have to come out and talk about this in person. Just look, who is that person?" Liu Bei said as he spoke. Point the whip backwards.I saw a carriage slowly coming out from behind the Linjiang army formation, and it was Wu Guotai who was escorting in the carriage.

Huang Gai was shocked when he saw this, and scolded angrily: "Liu Bei, you have always said that benevolence is the foundation, but you have done something like hijacking our country's mother to threaten our king and our army. This matter will make people in the world shameless. "

Liu Bei laughed dryly and said, "Old General Huang, you have misunderstood. This Wu Guotai was not captured by Liu Bei. She and Wu Guosun's clan came here by themselves, and they came here specially to persuade the King of Wu to surrender. I hope that the King of Wu will return as soon as possible. , to avoid the disaster of the Yi people."

Huang Gai continued to speak angrily: "You use the Yi tribe to coerce my king to surrender, what else can this be if it's not a dirty trick?"

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Huang Gai, you misunderstood again. Wu Guotai and the Sun clan were persuaded by Zhang Zhao, the important minister of Wu State, to surrender the Han court in Xudu. They came to persuade Wu Wang to surrender, not to ask Wu Wang to surrender. I am Liu Bei or Wei Wang Cao Cao. I want to surrender to the Han court."

"Wait..." Huang Gai was so angry that he wanted to reprimand him a few words, but he couldn't find a reason, so he choked for words.At this time, Wu Guotai in the carriage said: "General Huang, please ask my son to come out and speak."

Huang Gai didn't have a better solution, and couldn't bear to tell Wu Guotai that Sun Quan was in pain, so he bowed to Wu Guotai and clasped his fists: "Please wait a moment, Gai will report to the king." After that, Huang Gai Gai hurried down from the top of the city and rushed towards the government office in Nanchang City.

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On the sick bed, Sun Quan noticed that Huang Gai was hesitant to speak when he came to the bed, so he hurriedly asked, "Old General Huang, what else do you want to report? Just tell me the truth, don't hesitate."

Only then did Huang Gai tell Sun Quan about Wu Guotai and Sun's clan relatives.Huang Gai thought that this would make the seriously ill Sun Quan weaker, but he didn't expect that Sun Quan would tremble all over and yelled, and jumped up from the sick bed as if he had fully recovered.

Sun Quan said to the left and right: "Quickly change Gu's clothes and armor, Gu will go to the top of the city to visit my mother in person."

Not long after, Sun Quan climbed to the top of Nanchang city surrounded by Huang Gai and other generals and personal guards.The personal guards held large shields and protected him tightly.Sun Quan looked down the city and saw that his mother was sitting in the car, almost crying.But he did not speak directly to Wu Guotai, but said to Liu Bei:

"King of Linjiang, Linjiang Kingdom and Wu Kingdom have been at war for more than several months, but this is the first time we have met face to face. I have always wanted to ask you something in person, but I have never found a chance."

Liu Bei responded blankly, "It's all right, King Wu."

"Why did you invade my country of Wu for no reason? We know that this is a violation of the White Horse Alliance from a young age. It is a crime of deceiving the emperor."

Liu Bei replied with a full face of grievance: "It's not because of my brother's trouble with the King of Wu. This is the order of the emperor Xu Du, and Liu is a sacred order."

Sun Quan laughed wildly and said, "Liu Bei, don't be hypocritical here. No one in the world knows that the Son of Heaven has become a puppet threatened by Cao Cao since he was robbed by Wei Wang Cao Cao to Xuchang. How can his edict be counted again ?If Xuchang comes to order you to hand over the territory and military power of Linjiang Kingdom, and go to Xuchang to plead guilty after you bind yourself. Will you still follow the order?"

Liu Bei rolled his eyes and said, "I won't discuss hypothetical issues with you." After finishing speaking, he pointed at Wu Guotai and said, "I don't want to waste words with you, so let your mother Wu Guotai talk to you."

Only then did Wu Guotai speak to Sun Quan. She told in a flat tone and slow speed that Wu County was captured by the Wei army, and the whole Sun family fled to Jianning, but was betrayed by Zhang Zhao to "persuade them to surrender".

After saying this, Wu Guotai said loudly to Sun Quan: "My son, I was brought here. I have heard that Liang Guo's army invaded the hinterland of Jingzhou from Mianshui. In addition, your sister Shangxiang is still in charge of Nanhai as the princess. It can be the place where our country of Wu will be revived. Therefore, you only need to hold on for a few days, and you may be able to break the siege of Nanchang and bring our country of Wu out of desperation, so as not to destroy the foundation laid by the three generations of my Sun family! You must not be The two thieves Cao and Liu are threatening the lives of their clan members!"

When Liu Bei heard something wrong, he quickly winked and asked the soldiers to control Wu Guotai.But it was too late, Wu Guotai abruptly pulled out a saber from the waist of a Linjiang military officer next to him and wiped it on his neck, and he died instantly.

When Sun Quan saw it, his chest was filled with qi and blood, and then he spit out old blood and fell backwards.Huang Gai and others quickly supported him, but found that he was foaming from the mouth and his eyes were rolling.No matter how you pinch someone, patting the chest and back doesn't work.Someone probed with their hands, but found that there was no breath.

Liu Bei in the city was also very anxious when he saw the sudden change in the situation, but when he found that Sun Quan, the leader of the city, suddenly fell to the ground, the generals panicked and suddenly understood what was going on.He immediately ordered a few words to the soldiers.

The soldiers of the Linjiang army shouted in unison: "The King of Wu, Sun Quan, is dead! Sun Quan is dead! The entire Sun family has been executed! Whoever descends from the Wu army will not be killed, and those who resist will be executed!"

Then, the Linjiang soldiers brought dozens of Sun clans to the front of the formation, and beheaded all of them one by one.At the same time, the Linjiang Army once again aggressively attacked Nanchang City amidst bursts of drums and trumpets.

Countless ladders leaned against the city wall of Nanchang again, and the soldiers of the Linjiang Army, whose morale was boosted, bravely climbed up.However, great changes have taken place at the top of Nanchang City, and the resistance to the Linjiang Army's attack is no longer so fierce.In fact, only a few Wu soldiers are resisting now, and many Wu soldiers slipped quietly to the city.

Sun Quan died, and the news that the entire royal family of King Wu was beheaded on the spot gradually spread throughout the entire army and city.Not many people will sacrifice their lives for a royal family that has been exterminated, even those who are unwilling to surrender to Liu Cao will not sacrifice in vain for no reason.

There were more and more Linjiang soldiers standing on the top of Nanchang City. Wei Wen pulled Huang Gai who was still fighting bloody battles and said, "Old General, let's break through as soon as possible. Nanchang can't be defended anymore, and there is no point in defending."

Chapter 562 Passive Alliance

Wei Wen tugged on Huang Gai's sleeve, and wanted to fight a bloody road with him and escape from Nanchang City.Huang Gai shook off Wei Wen's hand with a flick of his sleeve and said, "You are still young, so go. The old man stayed here only to die for the country!" Wei Wen had no choice but to leave Huang Gai with his soldiers.

Huang Gai led a small number of Wu soldiers to resist at the top of the city and then retreated to the bottom of the city. He didn't want to run, but thought it would be more effective to fight the Linjiang army in the city.Soon the city gates of Nanchang were opened wide, and a large number of Linjiang Army soldiers poured into the city.Many soldiers of the Wu army had abandoned their weapons and surrendered, but Huang Gai and a small number of dead soldiers were still doing unnecessary resistance.

A small group of about a dozen Linjiang Army soldiers passed by the street, and one of them was beating the gong, shouting the slogan to recruit Anmin: "The emperor ordered the thieves, those who attach themselves to the thieves, the ones who surrender will not be killed, and the past will not be blamed. People in the city, don't panic..."Before he finished speaking, Huang Gai jumped out from behind the low wall where he was hiding, and pierced his neck from the side with a gun.

The gong fell to the ground with a bang, and the corpse also limp on the ground.The rest of the soldiers were startled at first, then shouted loudly and brandished their blades to kill Huang Gai and the four dead soldiers behind him.Two of the four soldiers were crossbowmen, they shot two arrows at close range, hit the enemy soldiers in the face, knocked them down, then threw away their bows and crossbows, drew out their short knives and fought with the soldiers of the Linjiang army.

Huang Gai and the other five fought hard, killing five or six opponents at the cost of two casualties.At this time, there were only five opponents left, and the number was three to five, but Huang Gai's individual combat power was clearly more than a little higher than the opponent's.The faces of the remaining five Linjiang soldiers showed panic.

At this time, Huang Gai suddenly shouted loudly from the side: "Wu Jiangxiu hurt my son, take your life.".Huang Gai turned his head and saw that another large group of Linjiang troops had arrived, dozens of them, and the leader was also an old general, also surnamed Huang, who was Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong.

In an instant, dozens of Linjiang soldiers surrounded Huang Gai and the other three.Huang Gai was already determined to die, and knew that it was impossible to break out of the encirclement now, so he simply went all out, facing a Linjiang soldier who was bullying him, he raised his spear like a rainbow piercing the sun, and aimed at another Linjiang soldier without dodging or dodging. Jiang Bing stabbed him, and instantly pierced his chest.

The bullying Linjiang soldier was about to slash at Huang Gai's neck with his knife, but Huang Gai dropped his spear with both hands. Regardless of the danger of his arm being chopped off by the opponent, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the opponent's throat unexpectedly. With a bang, he crushed the opponent's throat.With the other hand, he drew out the shovel knife from his waist, and stabbed it into the abdomen of a soldier of the Linjiang Army who was quietly approaching him from behind.

Huang Gai killed three people in a row, but his two soldiers were smashed to pieces after killing two enemy soldiers.All the soldiers of the Linjiang Army stabbed at Huang Gai with their swords, spears, swords and halberds, but the latter had already picked up a shield from the ground.With a shield in his left hand and a steel knife in his right, with his back against a low wall, he continued to fight hard.

In the blink of an eye, Huang Gai had been severely injured in many places, but he still fought to the death.Many Linjiang Army soldiers fell under his sword one after another.All the Linjiang soldiers were terrified and hesitated to approach him to fight for their lives, but surrounded him with swords, spears, swords and halberds.Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling sound of arrows in the air, and amidst the muffled puff, an arrow shot into Huang Gai's unshielded thigh.Huang Gai groaned and knelt down on one knee.This arrow was shot by Huang Zhong, who can pierce Yang with a hundred steps.

At the same time, Zhang Fei also arrived with a group of troops, and all the soldiers of the Linjiang Army rushed towards Huang Gai again with shouts in unison.Huang Gai waved his shield and steel knife, making weak resistance.With a few muffled puffs, several spears pierced Huang Gai's body, the most deadly one was a snake-shaped spear blade that pierced Huang Gai's head.Zhang Fei jumped forward, chopped off Huang Gai's head with one blow, and laughed loudly while holding the gray bearded head in his hand.

After more than half an hour, the city of Nanchang gradually became quiet.The Wu army in the city surrendered or fled without dying, without any resistance.Liu Bei held a celebration banquet in the government office that day, and invited the two Xiahou generals of Wei State.

After drinking for three rounds, Liu Bei changed the subject and said, "Now the thief Sun has been wiped out by my army, and the Sun family has also been wiped out. Now the overall situation is settled. There may still be some remnants of the thief Sun in Yuzhang, but with my Linjiang army Now, they can't make any more big waves. It's just that Jianning County is still in the hands of the remnants of the sun thief, and two generals Xiahou are needed to calm it down!"

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan looked at each other, knowing what Liu Bei meant.Xia Houyuan snorted coldly and said, "Uncle Liu Huang, you don't have to worry, we are only here to help you destroy the Wu Kingdom under the order of King Wei. We King Wei is not a dishonest person, and we will not rob you of Yuzhang County."

Liu Bei laughed awkwardly when he saw that Xia Houyuan had directly spoken his mind to the truth.Xiahou Dun who was on the side also said in a low voice, "Your Majesty Linjiang, just rest assured. The King of Wei specifically instructed us that once the battle in Yuzhang is settled, we will immediately lead our troops back to the territory controlled by the State of Wei."

What Xiahou Dun said was true, Cao Cao did say such a thing.This is not because Cao Cao abides by his faith, but that it is not a good choice to kill Liu Bei at this time.If Wei Guo took the opportunity to attack Liu Bei at this time or just turned against Liu Bei, then he could only face the threat of Liang Guo alone.

Although Wei Guo seems to occupy half of the world at present, the territory it occupies is the most densely populated and richest area.But Jiangdong was just swallowed by Wei Guo, and he hadn't had time to digest it yet.It will take some time for these newly gained population and wealth to be transformed into war power.Therefore, now that Wei Guo is to deal with Liang Guo alone, Cao Cao cannot be confident.Not to mention that it is impossible for Cao Cao to fall into trouble at this time and take the opportunity to attack Liu Bei.If Liu Bei's situation is critical, Cao Cao may help Liu Bei.

After listening to Xiahou Dun's words, Liu Bei was completely relieved, and began to chat with the generals again.Drunk until late at night.As expected, the two Marquises of the State of Wei did not keep their promises, and at dawn the next day, the whole army retreated eastward.Liu Bei was also pressed for time, and had no time to send them off, so he hurriedly deployed affairs in various places in Yuzhang. After these matters were dealt with, he would lead troops to meet Wei Yan in Lushan City, and Guan Yu who was retreating from Jiangling.

At this time, Liu Bei didn't know that Lushan City had been breached just the day before yesterday.Wei Yan was almost killed in the rebel army, and now he has fled back to Yuzhang.

"Report! Your majesty, General Wei Yan's urgent military situation! The Liang army is so powerful that they attacked Lushan City day and night from all sides on land and water. The defenders of the city were killed and injured. General Wei Yan fought to the death! Just broke out of the siege!"

The words of Ling Bing's report exploded in Liu Bei's ears like thunder.

Chapter 563 The Chase on the River

When Liu Bei heard the news that Lushan City had fallen, he jumped up from the couch.Rao is known for his character of not showing his emotions and anger, so he couldn't hide his anger at this time.

"Where is Wei Yan now? Gu ordered him to defend Lushan City for ten days, but according to the number of days, he didn't even defend it for three days! Gu must do it with military law!" Liu Bei roared angrily.

No wonder Liu Bei was so angry, Wei Yan lost Lushan City is no small matter.First of all, after the Liang army attacked Kelu Mountain, they could enter the Yangtze River and continue to go down the river, sweeping through Jiangxia, Chaisang and other places where the troops were empty, cutting off Liu Bei's foundation.

Without Jiang Xia and Chai Sang, Liu Bei only has Yuzhang, who has just acquired it and has not had time to digest it.In this case, as long as Liang Jun attacked aggressively, Liu Bei could not escape the same fate as Sun Quan.In addition, the loss of Lushan City also made Guan Yu, who was taking Liu Bei's family members, fleeing eastward along the river, was in great danger.If Guan Yu made a mistake, Liu Bei would lose his left and right arms.

At this time, military advisor Xu Shu hurriedly stepped forward to offer a few words of comfort.Finally, he said to Liu Bei: "Your Majesty, it is useless for us to be anxious now. It is better to quickly prepare the troops and sail the fleet into the Yangtze River as soon as possible to meet the invading enemy. According to my calculations, if there is no accident, Liang Guo's navy will It's time to get close to Chaisang. We must ensure that Chaisang is not lost, otherwise Liang Jun will enter the flat terrain of Yuzhang, and no one can stop their cavalry like tigers and wolves!"

In fact, Liang Guo's army was still some distance away from Chaisang, because they did encounter a bit of an accident -- they encountered Guan Yu who fled eastward from Jiangling along the river.

After Guan Yu escaped from Jiangling City, he didn't dare to stop by the river bank, and fled eastward all the way.Fortunately, he did not encounter any sniping.When the fleet entered Jiangxia County, Guan Yu, who had been on board for several days, was going to find a city to rest. He was planning to go to Lushan City.

However, the scouts in front of them heard the news that the Liang army from Mianshui had begun to besiege Lushan City, so they gave up their plan.In order to prevent his fleet from being discovered by Liang Jun, when the fleet passed through Lushan City, he adopted a strategy of lying down at night and going out at night.During the day, they hid in the river bay of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Lushan City. At night, they quietly walked across the river outside Lushan City at the mouth of the Mianshui River, and continued to march down.