The Rebirth of Lu Bu in the Legend of the Heroes of the Later Han Dynasty

Liu Bei, who fled back to Jiangxia, sent a message to the three counties of Jingnan to send troops to Jiangxia County for reinforcements. In the previous water battle with the Jiangdong Army, Guan Yu's plan worked. The Jiangdong Army was defeated. Liu Bei's biggest enemy at the moment was the Nan who represented the imperial court. The Hebei army marched.

There are three reasons why Jiangxia Navy defeated more with less. The first point is the tactics used by Guan Yu. The second point is that Jiangxia Navy was an elite group formed by Huang Zu in the past. Although Huang Zu died in the battle, the Huang family in Jingzhou has always funded it. Of these three thousand people, the Jiangxia navy was well-equipped and experienced in combat, making them the overlords of naval warfare; the third point was the defection of Huang Gai and Han Dang.

Just the night before the Jiangdong Navy set off for the expedition, Shi A risked his life and crossed the river to meet Huang Gai and Han Dang, and conveyed Lu Bu's order to have them switch sides when the two armies fought, defeating the Jiangdong Navy in one fell swoop.

On the day of the battle between the two armies, heavy fog filled the river. Zhou Yu ordered to attack the Jiangxia Navy warships with arrows. At this time, half of the Jiangxia Navy warships were filled with scarecrows, and the main force of the Jiangxia Navy was hiding in the cabin. After this wave of attacks.

At the same time, Zhou Cang and hundreds of "water ghosts" had swam under the Jiangdong Army warship. They took out the prepared tools and began to dig into the bottom of the ship. However, the Jiangdong Navy only focused on shooting arrows and had no idea what was happening underwater. . After about a cup of tea, several holes were dug in the bottom of the boat, and the river water began to pour into the cabin. Ling Cao, the pioneer of the Jiangdong Army, saw the water pouring in and ordered the sergeants to dive. Zhou Cang and his men had already been ambush in the water. Well, just waiting for this moment, Ling Cao was beheaded by Zhou Cang, and hundreds of Jiangdong troops became dead souls underwater.

Seeing that Ling Cao's warship was defeated, Zhou Yu hurriedly ordered Lu Meng to go check it out. At this moment, Huang Gai and Han Dang mutinied. They commanded their troops to attack Zhou Yu's warship. Guan Ping also came with Jiangxia navy. The three parties A melee began. Although the Jiangdong navy was large in number, it was not a strong opponent of the Jiangxia navy. Coupled with the internal rebellion, it was impossible to tell whether they were friends or foes for a while.

Seeing that the situation was over, Zhou Yu decisively ordered the army to retreat to Chibi in order to preserve his strength. His deputy general Cheng Pu died under a random arrow in order to cover Zhou Yu's retreat.

In this battle, Jiangdong's army lost more than half, and also lost two generals, Ling Cao and Cheng Pu.

Sun Quan, who was in Jianye, was furious and ordered the execution of the families of Huang Gai and Handang. The Mohists hiding in Jiangdong had successfully transferred the families of Huang Gai and Handang to Nanyang long before the war.

Huang Gai and Han Dang led their two thousand naval troops along the Han River to Jiangling. Wei Yan had been waiting here on Lu Bu's orders. After the two sides met, they went to Fan County to join Xu Shu's army.

In the battle of Xiangyang, 50,000 Xiaowei troops died, 30,000 Guo Yi troops died, and 120,000 people were left in the 200,000 Hebei army. Xu Shu took out the secret order Lu Bu had given him before the expedition. It turned out that Lu Bu had expected it. At the end of this battle, Lu Bu, as the lord of Hebei, could not easily disarm, so letting these Hebei people go on an expedition was the best way. According to Lu Bu's arrangement, Xu Shu reintegrated the Xiaowei Army and Guo Yi Army and called it the "Xiaoguo Army", and Xu Shu was the Zhonglang General of the Xiaoguo Army.

According to the list provided by Xu Shu, Cai Mao killed and eliminated the Jingzhou nobles headed by the Pang family who supported Liu Bei. Then he reached a new agreement with Xu Shu, and the Xiaoguo army was responsible for recovering the three counties of Jiangxia and Jingnan, on the condition that the war Houjiang Xia Navy was under the command of Xiaoguo Army. Another thing is that Cai Mao will come forward to execute Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. As for Guan Yu, because Lu Bu appreciates his loyalty, he can be spared and imprisoned in prison instead of killing him.

After everything was properly deployed, Xu Shu ordered the troops to rest for three days and then marched to Jiangxia. During these three days, Xu Shu, led by Wei Yan, visited the Huang family in Jingzhou and presented a letter written by Huang Zhong. Huang Chengyan, the head of the Huang family, promised to help the court and persuade the Jiangxia navy to surrender. After all, it was the private department of the Huang family. song.

Xu Shu also learned about Wolong and Fengchu from Huang Chengyan, and wanted to recruit them for Lu Bu. However, by this time Wolong and Wang Yue had already left this place of trouble, and Pang Tong went to Jingnan to mobilize troops to collect food. , neither of them were in Nanyang, so Xu Shu had no choice but to give up.

Three days soon came, and 120,000 Xiaoguo troops marched into Jiangxia. The mighty troops made the earth shake. On behalf of the Huang family in Jingzhou, Huang Xu instigated a rebellion of three thousand naval forces in Jiangxia. The city of Jiangxia was destroyed without attack, and all Liu Bei and his men were captured alive and taken to Xiangyang.

Liu Biao's old generals in Jingnan also rebelled and responded to the imperial army. Pang Tong, Meng Gongwei, Shi Guangyuan, and Cui Zhouping had to flee and took a boat to Jiangdong to save their lives.

In the autumn of the eighth year of Jian'an (203), Xu Shu successfully recaptured Nanyang and returned the imperial yue to Cao Zhang. As a supervisor, Cao Zhang also saw the cruelty of the battlefield. He said that his father, like Lu Bu, hoped that the world would be restored soon. Peace.

Xu Shu took out Lu Bu's edict and read out the King of Yan's edict: Jiangxia Navy was handed over to the command of Huang Gai of the Huang family. Han Dang and Wei Yan were promoted to captains, and they were listed as the five major captains of Xiaoguo Army along with Zhang He, Wen Chou and Chunyu Qiong. Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, together with Shi A and other Mo scholars, lurked in Jiangdong, waiting for the opportunity.

A high platform was recently built on Hanyang Street, the most prosperous street in Xiangyang, with two tree stumps placed on the high platform. The people of Xiangyang did not know what it was for.

In Xiangyang Prison, Liu Bei was in tears when he faced the beheaded meal in front of him. He was over forty years old and had not made any great achievements. Instead, he wanted his soul to return to the underworld. He was really unwilling to do so. Zhang Fei, on the other hand, was very relaxed. While eating the food happily, he said that twenty years later he would be a good man again and he would definitely avenge today.

When the time came, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were put into the prison car and taken to the execution ground. Due to the Huang family's previous campaign, Liu Bei became the chief culprit of Jingzhou's troubles. The people threw rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at Liu Bei's face and cursed. This fake emperor uncle.

At three quarters of noon, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were pushed to the guillotine. Cai Mao said to them, "Every injustice has its owner, and every debtor has its owner. It was Lu Bu who wanted you dead, not me. If you want revenge after your death, don't go to the wrong person." ." After that, he ordered the two men to be beheaded.

Under the scorching sun, two scalding heads fell, blood staining the ground red.