Chapter 143: Broken Soul
Maicheng is a small city, but it is very lively at this time.
Guan Yu and Guan Ping broke out of the siege before they ran out of strength and came to this small city in Jingzhou.
"Wait!" After Zhao Lei arranged the city defense, he came to Guan Yu's side, "The Jiangdong army is surrounding, Lu Meng.... Lu Meng shot this up! β
As he spoke, Zhao Lei handed over a roll of cloth, which read, "Hanshou Pavilion Hou Guan Yu Guan Yun Chang personally opened"
Guan Yu took the cloth in his hand, did not open it for the first time, but looked at the words on it, the four big characters of "Hanshou Pavilion Marquis", these four words represent the first half of his life and the glory of his life.
Guan Yu, who had been silent for a long time, finally opened the cloth in his hand, and he also wanted to know what Lu Meng wanted to say.
"Hanshou Pavilion Hou Guan Yun bowed to him:
I have long heard of the general's heroes in Jiangdong, and when I was young, I was able to see the general's honor, when the general's might and courage were terrifying, Jiangdong's generals followed Yiyong but it was difficult to resist the general's case!
However, time has passed, more than ten years to see the general has been from the prime of life and dying of old age, I often heard that Cao Mengde, the king of Wei, once said, the old man is in the bush, the ambition is thousands of miles, the martyr is in the twilight of his life, and the heart is strong!
Thinking about the heroism and fearlessness of the general, he will definitely not choose to die on the bed, that Yizhou Liu Xuande turned a blind eye to the general's crisis, and even let the horses of Xiliang be depressed, this is to prevent the general's way, I Jiangdong people are outstanding and spiritual, my lord Sun Quan is even more thirsty, every time I think of the general at such a point, I beat my chest and feet, angrily scolded Liu Bei for having no way, and I don't understand the general's hard work!
Today, Lu Meng is brave and admonishes Jun Hou that if the general can abandon Liu Bei and join Jiangdong, then the general will have the opportunity to regroup in the future, and there will be a time to regain his strength, and I hope that the general will think twice! β
A letter of persuasion was written, and Guan Yu was amused in his heart, and after reading it, he couldn't help but smile at Zhao Lei.
"This Lu Ziming has been reading the Art of War for a few days, and even his speech has become more civil, it's really interesting!"
Zhao Lei also laughed, but this smile inevitably brought two points of sadness, he watched his monarch and his own major general get back together, but he also came to the end of his life, he really hoped to let his own monarch and young general have a few more days like this.
"Jun Hou, then I'll go and reject Lu Meng now!" After Zhao Lei finished speaking, he was about to go back, but as soon as he walked to the door, he was stopped by Guan Yu.
"Wait!" Guan Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly changed his attention, "Go get cloth and pen and ink, the old man wants to reply to that guy!" β
"No!" Zhao Lei didn't know what else Guan Yu had to say to Lu Meng, but he was used to obeying orders, so he quickly took the pen and ink and put them in front of Guan Yu.
Guan Yu pondered again for a long time, and then picked up his pen and wrote.
"Jiangdong Governor Lu Mengbai said:
The old man has heard for a long time that Jiangdong people are outstanding people, Zhou Gongjin was talented, and Jiangdong's little overlord Sun Bofu complemented each other to create a huge Jiangdong land, and he had seen Lu Zijing's talent and strategy, and now he saw Lu Mengdu, the governor of Fang, knew that Jiangdong now has successors.
However, the old man has heard that those who have high merit will not die well, thinking that Jiangdong Sun Zhongmou has conspired several times in person, not only can not expand the territory, but the majesty is lost, on the other hand, the general, first go down to Jiangxia, and then fight Lujiang to capture Zhu Guang, and now the Jingzhou soldiers in the hands of the old man are bloodless!
Has the Governor ever heard of the rapid retreat? The old man dares to descend to Jiangdong, can the governor dare to accept it? β
Guan Yu's writing is not very good, although he recites the Spring and Autumn Period day and night, but he only reads the Spring and Autumn Period, and when it comes to other things, Guan Yu may really not be as good as Lu Meng, the second hanger who became a monk halfway.
"Give him the letter and shoot it back to Lu Meng, and then on the third watch today, you will take the army to the Jiangdong camp and surrender!" Guan Yu waved his hand, as if he had let go of all his worries, "Remember that under the banner and name of the old man, when you go to the Jiangdong camp, you will surrender immediately, don't resist, now Lu Meng will definitely not embarrass you in order to win the heart of Jingzhou!" β
"No!" Zhao Lei didn't ask Guan Yu why he did this, and he didn't want to know what Guan Yu was going to do, all he had to do was follow Guan Yu's orders.
Zhao Lei shot Guan Yu's cloth and silk at the city with an arrow, and the scouts in Jiangdong quickly sent the cloth to Lu Meng's hands.
When Lu Meng finished reading the cloth, he immediately fell into silence, and when Pan Zhang ran over to tell Lu Meng with a laugh that Guan Yu was willing to surrender, Lu Meng's face became even more gray.
"Du Du, that Guan Yun Chang is known as the number one general under Liu Bei, but now it has also fallen into our hands, as long as that Guan Yu is surrendered today, then Du Du You will be the number one general in the world!"
Looking at Pan Zhang, who was smiling, Lu Meng only smiled faintly and did not respond.
That night, the gate of Maicheng was opened as promised, and a general with a big knife in his hand rode a red war horse with more than 1,000 Jingzhou troops to the camp of the Jiangdong Army step by step, and the Jiangdong Army, who had been waiting again, was also full of excitement.
After Guan Yu surrendered today, while his own coach became famous, the status of their group of generals who followed the expedition will definitely be able to rise.
As Guan Yu's army got closer and closer, Lu Meng's face at the door of the camp became more and more ugly.
Until, "Guan Yu" appeared in front of them.
"Hahaha! Wait for the Jiangdong rats to fall for my family's plan! Zhao Lei looked at the group of generals in front of the Jiangdong camp, and couldn't help laughing, "My family's monarch has already left, and you still want to vainly try to recruit my family's monarch, it's really delusional!" β
Zhao Lei's rampant made the Jiangdong soldiers suddenly feel like they had been played, and their faces instantly turned red.
But at this time, Lu Meng, who had always had a gloomy face, suddenly became happy, looking at Zhao Lei, who was laughing wildly, his mood was suddenly better, but although he was in a relaxed mood, he couldn't let him go on so presumptuously.
"Pan Zhang, where is Zhu Ran!" Lu Meng yelled and wanted to let people take Zhao Lei down, but after he shouted, no one came out to answer him.
"Where is Pan Zhang?"
"Where is Zhu Ran?"
These two people are the henchmen of Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong, and they also have the intention of supervising Lu Meng this time, at this time, Lu Meng asked them to make a move to give them some credit and gag, and the other is to give Guan Yu a way to live.
But when he cried out a second time, there was endless silence.
"Governor!" The guards secretly ran over and whispered in Lu Meng's ear, "The camp of General Pan Zhang and General Zhu Ran is empty, and I don't know when it will be gone!" β
"What?" At this moment, Lu Meng was like falling into an ice cave, and the cold hairs on his body stood up.
At this juncture, where the two generals and their subordinates went, Lu Meng could think of it with his feet, but the focus was not where they went, but who asked them to go.
"Who let them out? Why didn't anyone report it! Lu Meng was not interested in the Jingzhou army that was now showing off their martial arts and rampant outside, he just wanted to know what these two generals were going to do!
"Back to the governor, just now the soldiers came to report, saying that the lord personally sent someone to give an order, not to let .... Don't let you know! "The guards had completely lowered their heads when they spoke, as Lu Meng's personal guards, they didn't have extraordinary bravery, but they definitely didn't have no brains.
Lu Meng's face became gloomy again, this time gloomy and terrifying.
"Someone!" Lu Meng yelled at the back, "Take down this annoying group of Jingzhou troops outside for me, but if you don't surrender, kill them on the spot!" β
"No!" The Jiangdong soldiers didn't care about the grievances and grievances above, they only cared that this group of damned Jingzhou soldiers dared to play tricks on themselves, and after hearing Lu Meng's order, they all went crazy and rushed forward.
As for the surrender that Lu Meng said, in the eyes of the Jiangdong Army, this group of guys will not surrender.
"Kill!" Zhao Lei saw that the Jiangdong Army had finally come out, and he didn't want to continue to disguise anymore, at this time, Guan Yuqian told him to surrender immediately after seeing Lu Meng, he had already been thrown out of the clouds, and at this time he only thought of one sentence, "Don't lose face to Jun Hou!" β
"Kill!" Those who dare to follow Guan Yu at this time are all loyal to Guan Yu, they have never been afraid of life and death, all they have to do is follow the people in front of them and not embarrass their own monarchs!
More than 1,000 Jingzhou troops, in front of tens of thousands of Jiangdong troops, whether there are Guan Yu and Guan Ping as the leaders of the fierce generals, even if they are all fearless of death, all of them are brave and good at fighting, they are quickly overwhelmed by the Jiangdong army.
"Kill!" Zhao Lei was the last to fall, and at this time he was already covered in wounds and blood.
Before falling, Zhao Lei held a broken knife in his hand, and looked at the west with blank eyes, "Jun Hou, the last general has taken a step, on the Huangquan Road, the last general will lead the horse for you!" β
Zhao Lei, who couldn't hold on anymore, fell to the ground, and then stirred up dust on the ground.
With the death of Zhao Lei, the war here in the Jiangdong Army camp is completely over.
And Lu Meng also looked to the west at this time, where not only Yizhou, but also the Linfu garrisoned by Ma Chao.
"Someone!" Lu Meng greeted loudly, "Collect the bones of this group of people, and then the army will enter Maicheng, and leave the rest to Captain Xu Xiang to temporarily lead the army!" β
After finishing speaking, Lu Meng hurriedly rushed to the direction of Linfu with his personal guards, he knew that it must be too late for him to go, but he still had to go, not for anything else, just to be able to witness the end of that person with his own eyes, maybe soon, he would also follow in his footsteps.
At this time, not far from the outside of Linfu City, a group of more than 20 people were standing on horseback, looking at the quiet city not far away.
"Father, the front is in frustration, and after the frustration, it is Yizhou!" Guan Ping walked up to his father and whispered, "Shall we go over?" β
Guan Yu looked up at the bright moonlight, and then shook his head slightly, "In order to prove his innocence, he had to go to Sichuan and fight with Ma Mengqi once, but the old man failed to go to Yizhou, but let this Ma Meng go to Jingzhou!" β
"That's because the lord knows his father's temper and won't doubt his father!" Guan Ping chuckled, "Will the Jiangdong Army go to Linfang?" Only when Linfang is defeated will Jingzhou truly belong to Jiangdong! β
Guan Yu still shook his head, "Unless the people in Jiangdong are stupid, they won't be like this, whether it is to defeat Jingzhou, or to capture and kill the old man, it is all because of Jingzhou, it is because Jiangdong is inseparable from the land of Jingzhou, but Linfang is different, it is the gateway between Yizhou and Jingzhou, if Jiangdong dares to come to Linfang, it means that he is really ready to tear his face with the lord, at that time, only the group of people in the Central Plains who are really happy, Jiangdong is not stupid, and Sun Quan is not stupid!" β
Guan Ping nodded after listening, he didn't ask the lord guild if he would send troops from Linfu to avenge himself and others, avenge Jingzhou, the current Yizhou, even if they really have this heart, they don't have the ability to take revenge, and their lord will not be a person who can be emotional.
"Father, speaking of which, after the lord became the king of Hanzhong, you haven't seen the lord yet." Guan Ping suddenly talked about Liu Bei, "After so many years, the lord put you in Jingzhou, do you blame the lord?" β
"What's the blame? gave the hot potato of Jingzhou to the old man? Guan Yu laughed, "The old man is the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion of the Han Dynasty, and he is also the former general of the Hanzhong Prince, but he can open a mansion and build a government, if he doesn't have this hardship, why take these things?"
It is those people who are now in Yizhou to retire, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Mi Lan and others, which of them did not risk their lives back then, hung their heads on their waists and followed the lord, the lord did not have the power of Cao Gong's clan, nor did he have a grandfather who leaned towards the government and the opposition.
I don't want the Sun family to be deeply rooted in Jiangdong, I don't have such a high family background, I don't want Sun Wentai, not only is he a Jiangdong tiger, but he also has two surprisingly excellent sons, who can develop Jiangdong as steadily as Mount Tai.
The lord said many times that in his life, the luckiest thing was to meet us, meet me, the third brother Yide, meet Jian Yong, meet the grandson of the white horse, meet the country and Zilong and there are too many people.
At the beginning, Chen Deng left the lord, Chen Qun left the lord, the family gave up the lord, that is, the country in the cold door, and also chose to return to Youzhou, back to the outside of the plug, at that time, Mo said that it was the lord, even I once thought that I was on the wrong path.
At that time, we lived in the land of Xiaopei, and it seemed that even the reckless Lu Fengxian wanted a Chen Palace to follow, but what about us, the name of the lord's benevolence and righteousness was known to women and children, but in the eyes of the family, it was just indecisive.
At the beginning of the White Horse Mountain, the old man was actually really moved, Ping'er, do you know? The old man was really moved back then! β
On the White Horse Mountain, Guan Yun Chang made three chapters of the law, descending to the Han and not descending to Cao, and this incident was rumored to be a good story, that is, the lord praised it when he heard it, "Yun Chang is heroic!" β
"Father.... Then why did you finally kill Yan Liang and return to the lord's side. β
After listening to this, Guan Yu fell into a short period of contemplation, and the look in his eyes softened a lot.
"At that time, in order to win over the old man, Cao Gong had a small banquet on three days, a big banquet on the fifth day, and sent gold and silver every day, all kinds of famous bamboo slips, and all kinds of exquisite objects.
Although the old man didn't like it, when those things were placed in front of the old man's eyes, the shock was still great.
Especially in the end, after killing Yan Liang and relieving the siege of the White Horse, the old man became the representative of the courage in Cao Ying, and the civil and military who went to the banquet out of respect for Cao Gong before also slowly looked at the old man, and the old man was very proud at that time!
Until.... Until the woman reappeared. β
When Guan Yu said about that woman, Guan Ping could even see that kind of gentleness was something he had never seen a few times in his life.
"Ping'er, haven't you always been curious about who the woman in your father's heart is more important than your mother?"
"Yes!" Maybe Guan Ping knows that his time is short, but he doesn't hide it, "The child is indeed very curious. β
"That was the wife of Qin Yilu under Lu Bu back then, Du Shi, when Qin Yilu made Yuan Shu for Lu Bu was appreciated, he directly told him the daughter of the Han clan, and Du took Qin Lang to stay in Xiapi.
The old man didn't feel how charming this woman was when he saw Du Shi for the first time, but he slowly watched Du Shi resist the gossip in Xiapi City, and watched him still tepid by the people in Xiapi City, and worked hard to teach his son.
At that time, the old man admitted that the old man was moved, and also admitted that the old man had specially begged Cao Mengde for the sake of Du. hoped that he could reward the Du family to the old man, but in the end, the Du family entered his Cao Mengde's mansion, and he was only a concubine! β
Guan Ping looked at Guan Yu, who had sadness in his eyes, and could only persuade, "Father's Day mourning, if the Du family knew about his father's prestige now, he would definitely regret it!" β
"Hahaha, don't worry, she's not a woman who will regret it!" Guan Yu shook his head, and couldn't help but recall it again before continuing, "When the old man knew that she had become Cao Mengde's concubine, that feeling was very sad, and for this reason, he once called Cao Cao a thief.
But when I appeared in Cao Ying again, and was invited by Cao Gong over and over again and didn't know what to do, Cao Gong sent her to the old man's side again, and the old man remembered very clearly that the old man was frequently persuaded by Xu Chu's people to drink, and he was a little drunk.
Then when I returned to the room, I saw Du Shi in plain clothes, she said, this is Cao Gong returning to the original owner! β
"Cao Cao... Gave his concubine to his father? Guan Ping was very surprised at first, and then suddenly thought that this was not a surprising thing, after all, this kind of thing is normal under certain circumstances, and this kind of thing is quite popular now.
Guan Yu didn't care what Guan Ping was thinking, but said to himself, "That night, looking at the Du family who was sent to the old man's room, that kind of mood, raised his eyebrows, and felt that at this time, the old man had never been in vain in this life, and asked her very proudly, if she had known today, would she regret entering the Cao Gong's mansion as a concubine!" β
"Duch... Do you regret it? Guan Ping wanted to know what a woman should say in this situation in order to make her father so obsessed.
Guan Yu shook his head flatly, "That night, Du Shi looked at the old man's rampant appearance, and just said something very indifferently, if he had known that the general was like this, he would definitely not have met the general!" β
"Why?" Guan Ping felt incredible, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang to relieve the siege of the White Horse at that time, and the Hanshou Pavilion Marquis who was named the Han Dynasty with his military merits, was the envy of all the generals in the world, and at that time, those clan generals of the Cao clan were still just candidates!
"At first, the old man couldn't figure it out, until that night Wen Yuan also appeared in the old man's room!" Guan Yu sighed leisurely, "Wen Yuan told the old man that if he wants to continue like this, then the world will no longer have the name of Yun Chang in ten years. β
"These two guys!" Guan Yu shook his head and smiled, "One person said something to the old man that the old man couldn't understand, and then the old man lost all interest, but because of these two sentences, the old man loosened Du Shi back, sealed all the things given by Cao Mengde, and wore the robe and armor given by the lord every day, looking at the spring and autumn.
It wasn't until the old man met a man named Zhou Gongjin in Jiangdong that the old man understood Du's words, and when the old man heard Wenyuan Xiaoyaojin defeat Sun Quan in Jingzhou, the old man understood what he said that night!
Zhou Gongjin is famous all over the world, Wen Taowu has made countless people this, but he is still gentle and elegant, Zhang Wenyuan is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and regards Sun Quan's army as nothing, this courage and courage make the old man unconvinced. β
Guan Ping actually didn't quite understand why Guan Yu was like this, but he didn't have time to ask now, because he heard the sound of horses' hooves.
"Father, they're catching up!" Guan Ping turned around, since he didn't plan to be humiliated again, then here today, Guan Ping can't lose the face of the Guan family.
"Whew!" Guan Yu also cleaned up his mood, flipped the Leng Yan saw in his hand, and turned to face the place where the voice came from, beside them were the only remaining more than twenty Jingzhou soldiers, those people were Guan Yu's personal guards, the only remaining personal guards!
"Guan Yu old thief, where to go!" The first to rush over was Sun Quan's hardcore henchman, Pan Zhang and Pan Wenqi.
"The old man didn't think about leaving today!" Guan Yu snorted coldly, and also rushed towards Pan Zhang, and the big knife slashed directly at Pan Zhang's head.
And Zhu Ran, who followed closely, was caught by Guan Ping behind Guan Yu, and the four of them caught each other and fought against each other.
As for the Jingzhou army behind Guan Yu, they were the first to withdraw from the battlefield, and under the siege of Jiangdong soldiers, no one of them was able to hold out for too long.
It is precisely because of the desperate protection of Jiangdong's soldiers that Pan Zhang has not been beheaded by Guan Yu until now.
"Wu Wenze, that bull-nosed old man, really has a hand, knowing that this Guan Yu is back here, and today he should make contributions to our brothers!" Pan Zhang laughed loudly and wildly while urging the soldiers around him to rush up and fight Guan Yu.
As a general of Jiangdong and Sun Quan's confidant, his identity as a general in Jiangdong is recognized as the most watery.
Let's not talk about greed for life and fear of death, greed is natural, let's just say that seeing that there is wealth under his command and killing him to take his money, it is not something that ordinary people can do, but Pan Zhang can do it, and he is very happy.
Although he does have a set of leading troops to fight, with the momentum of thousands of people who can fight tens of thousands of people, but his soldiers are the same as him, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, and now if it weren't for Guan Yu who is really at the end of the road, I'm afraid Pan Zhang would not dare to bring the troops in person.
"Pan Zhang'er!" After Guan Yu slashed the soldier in front of him to death with a knife, he yelled at Pan Zhang, "If you have the courage to fight with the old man, hide behind the soldier and be greedy for life and fear of death, are you also worthy of being a general!" β
However, no matter how Guan Yu insulted, Pan Zhang just bit it to death and didn't rush forward, but just kept commanding the army to rush over and fight Guan Yu to the death.
"Thorn Guan Yu's horse!" Pan Zhang was a little helpless against Guan Yu, but Ma Zhong, the general under his command, was a spirited guy, looking at Guan Yu's shortcomings in old age and decrepitude, he yelled directly, "Let Guan Yu dismount and stab his horse!" β
When the Jiangdong soldier heard this, he immediately found Guan Yu's life, and no longer greeted Guan Yu, but kept stabbing the spear in his hand into Guan Yu's mount.
"Hiss~" Even if the war horse under Guan Yu's seat is also a good horse in a thousand, it is said that there is also the bloodline of the red rabbit under Lu Bu's seat back then, but in this case, it is difficult to preserve.
Dozens of spears continued to pierce in, causing the divine horse to fall directly to the ground, bleeding nonstop, and even Guan Yu was overturned.
Guan Yu, who was already physically exhausted, fell on the ground like this, and his whole body was like falling apart, and it didn't take long for him to completely lose his strength and be controlled by the Jiangdong soldiers, and at the same time, Guan Yu's eldest son Guan Ping was also knocked off the horse at this time and put the knife on his neck.
"Guan Yu old thief, do you know that you will also have today?" Pan Zhang jumped out again at this time and laughed at Guan Yu.
Zhu Ran also walked over with Guan Ping, who was covered in blood, and threw Guan Ping to Guan Yu's side like a dead dog, Guan Ping did not have Guan Yu's treatment, Guan Ping, who was shot down and dismounted, was instantly drowned by Jiangdong soldiers, if it weren't for Zhu Ran's quick eyes, I'm afraid this guy would have become a puddle of meat now.
"Guan Yunchang, are you willing to surrender?" Zhu Ran did not humiliate Guan Yu like Pan Zhang, but asked the subject directly, "My lord Sun Quan is thirsty for talent, if General Guan is willing to surrender, Zhu guarantees that General Guan will make a comeback in Jiangdong!" β
Looking at Zhu Ran, who seemed to be very sincere, Guan Yu gently stroked Guan Ping's hair and sneered.
"Jiangdong dog thief, An dares to surrender again, the old man is the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion of the Great Han, and he is a general under the command of the King of Hanzhong, how can he surrender and wait for the rats!"
Looking at Guan Yu's annoyed look, Pan Zhang also sneered, "Zhu Ran, I said don't waste time here, what's the use of not killing such an old thief!" β
"But the lord...."Zhu Ran still wanted to persuade again, but Pan Zhang didn't give him a chance, Pan Zhang roared angrily, and his subordinate general Ma Zhong raised his knife and beheaded Guan Yu, followed by Guan Ping, who roared silently, was also slashed by Ma Zhong!
And just three feet away from their blood, only a few miles away from Linfang, and twenty miles west of Linfu City, is Yizhou, where Liu Bei is located!
At this time, on the pipeline leading from Maicheng to Linfu, Lu Meng suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and then a burst of panic suddenly appeared, "Guan Yunchang..... I'm afraid it's no longer guaranteed! β
And Guan Yu's body went west, a few miles away in Linfu City, a middle-aged beautiful man with a white face and short beard and a heroic body was on the city wall, and a majestic and swarthy man ran to his side, "Big brother, Guan Yu is dead!" β
"Are you sure?" The middle-aged beautiful man squinted at the strong man, "This kind of thing can't be a problem!" β
"Don't worry, eldest brother, my brothers under my command saw it with their own eyes, and the people of Jiangdong cut off Guan Yu's head with a knife!"
Hearing such a sure word, the handsome middle-aged man also nodded with satisfaction, "Let someone tell the lord tomorrow that Guan Yu is dead!" β
"No!" After the strong man answered, he still asked with some anxiety, "Will the people of Jiangdong come to be depressed?" Now we only have a few old soldiers who follow us..."
"Don't worry, they don't dare!" That handsome middle-aged man is the famous "Shenweitian General" Jin Ma Chao who shocked Xiliang!
And that rough-looking and swarthy-looking man is Ma Chao's henchman, the only survivor of the Ma family, Ma Chao's cousin Ma Dai!
"Koto... Guan yu.... Ay! Ma Dai looked in the direction of Jingzhou, muttered a sigh in his mouth, and followed Ma Chao's direction and walked down the city wall.
{PS: Writing here, Guan Yu's Northern Expedition to LΓΌ Meng's crossing of the river in white clothes and then Guan Yu's defeat of Maicheng and Yu Linfu's heading are all over, here I want to explain a few words about why the author wrote this.
Let's talk about some doubts in the Battle of Jingzhou first, which have already been explained when the Seventh Army was flooded before, so I won't say more, just say that LΓΌ Meng crossed the river in white clothes and Guan Yu defeated Maicheng.
Lu Meng's white-clothed crossing of the river, some say that it is a pretense to mourn Jingzhou, and some say that it is a pretended to borrow a merchant ship, here I obtained the latter, because the former is a little unreasonable, at that time Jiangdong is good, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are good, there are no important people to die, and the merchant ship is very easy, after all, at that time, there are still a lot of merchant ships in Jingzhou, and Zhang Shiping's appearance is simply to cater to this merchant ship, after all, it is wartime, and the beacon tower can be uprooted one by one, if the merchant ship has nothing to do, it is impossible.
Second, is whether Guan Yu's loss of Jingzhou was careless or deliberate, although everyone said that Guan Yu was careless and lost Jingzhou, but the author saw some different places from the repeated battles in Jingzhou!
The first is the timing of Guan Yu's troops, in October of the twenty-third year of Jian'an, Wancheng rebelled in Nanyang because of Cao Ren's envoys, and this rebellion lasted for four months, including not only the defenders of Fancheng under Cao Ren, including the first wave of reinforcements Pang De from Xu Dulai, were also dragged in Wancheng, and in these four months, Wancheng also continued to contact Guan Yu, hoping that Guan Yu could send troops to attack Fancheng.
But such a good opportunity, Guan Yu lost, four months, Cao Ren's four months in Wancheng, and even after the slaughter of Wancheng, Guan Yu did not make any moves, if there is no ulterior secret in the middle, it is absolutely impossible, because he has been dull for four months, this is not what a famous general should have!
Speaking of flooding the Seventh Army, many people flooded the Seventh Army because Guan Yu had good luck with the help of Tianshi, but the author believes that this is not only not luck but real strength, the most obvious is that when the flood broke out, Guan Yu not only prepared early, but even built enough warships under the nose of the ban.
After all, if it weren't for the fact that there was such a big movement in shipbuilding, if it wasn't hidden enough, it would be impossible for Yu Ban not to suspect it! Once Yu Ban doubts, then he won't think about the rainy weather for days, and of course, the most important thing is Cao Ren's arrangement, which is also very puzzling.
After talking about Cao Jun here, let's talk about Guan Yu, Guan Yu is indeed arrogant, and his relatives are far away from the family, which is a fact, but it is also a fact that he is not stupid.
As I just said, a famous general who can break Cao Ren under Xiangyang City and flood the Seventh Army with the help of floods cannot be dull for four months, Guan Yu was careless in the first two years, that is, when the Hanzhong War had just begun, because of carelessness, he was pitted by Sun Quan and Cao's team, that battle in Changsha, Guiyang and the two counties surrendered without a fight, and Hao Pu of Lingling opened the door and surrendered at the last moment, which suddenly dragged the land of Jingnan out of the control of Guan Yu and Liu Bei.
In the end, all kinds of means were used to forcibly get back a Lingling County from Jiangdong, but even so, Jiangdong was a real wolf ambition for Guan Yu, even if Lu Meng could pretend to be a grandson again, the lessons of Changsha and Guiyang were in front of him, Guan Yu couldn't really believe Lu Meng's words, and Guan Yu would not be stupid to this point no matter how arrogant he was.
The third is the necessity of Jingzhou, the world knows that Zhuge Liang once said that Longzhong is right, the world is divided into three points, and Liu Bei drew a battle for Jingzhou, under Yizhou, and then the soldiers went out of two ways, and worked together to take Guanzhong, and finally defeated the strong with the weak!
But like Zhuge Liang, in terms of roughness, Jiangdong also has a long-term strategy for Sun Quan, that is, Lu Su's couch strategy!
At that time, Jingzhou's spokesman was still Liu Jingsheng, and Yizhou was still a very potential force, so the advice of the couch was that when the north fought for the hegemony, the Jiangdong army crossed the river and occupied Jingzhou, with the momentum of Jingyang, and it was also the Liu family of Yizhou, and then Yangzhou attacked Huainan, and Jingzhou attacked Yuzhou.
The same is a two-pronged approach, the same is the beginning of the three-point world, with the weak defeating the strong as the backbone of a shocking plan, in the couch strategy, the land of Jingzhou is also the most important place in Jiangdong, in other words, with Jingzhou's Jiangdong, it is to reproduce the strength of the Chu State, if there is no Jiangdong, it is just a corner of Wu land.
So this point, maybe the fledgling Zhuge Liang didn't expect it, but Guan Yu, who had been in Jingzhou for ten years and had dealt with four governors of Jiangdong, couldn't have been unaware of this.
(During the Battle of Chibi, Guan Yu, as Liu Bei's personal guard, dealt with Zhou Yu, the first governor of Jiangdong, and then the second governor Lu Su was Guan Yu's old opponent, and Cao Ren of Fancheng was Guan Yu's routine operation, and then Lu Meng dealt with Guan Yu again whether he was a general or a commander, and the last Lu Xun was only a short-term understanding.) οΌ
And Guan Yu knows the position of Jingzhou in the hearts of Jiangdong people, coupled with Lu Meng's experience, so many of Guan Yu's actions are very intriguing.
After flooding the Seventh Army, Guan Yu directly killed Fancheng through the flood, at this time, in order to stop Cao Ren, Man Chong told Cao Ren that the flood would not last, and once it receded, the water army under Guan Yu would be useless! At this time, Man Chong said that Guan Yu led the naval army of Jingzhou, that is to say, before that, Guan Yu relied on a group of naval troops that came ashore to beat Cao Ren, Lu Chang, Yu Ban and Pang De!
Referring to the combat effectiveness of the Jiangdong Navy ashore, and then looking at Guan Yu, I have to say that his record is very strong!
And when the flood receded, the timing of Xu Huang's appearance was very coincidental, when Xu Huang appeared, it happened that Guan Yu had set up a big camp, and then after several temptations, Xu Huang actually rushed into Guan Yu's camp directly with the army, and beheaded Hu Xiu and Fu Fang who surrendered to Guan Yu!
Xu Huang took a group of recruits and rushed into the camp that Guan Yu had already set up, beheaded the generals and returned, not to mention this process for the time being, just say that this result, is it really Guan Yu who lost? Guan Yu didn't have any loss except for the death of two generals and the loss of some prestige, but Xu Huang went directly to the end!
Prior to this, Xu Huang had always been the commander of the division or the deputy general of the Cao family, and he could be said to be the best among the generals with foreign surnames, but after this battle, Cao Cao praised him for being a long-term driver, saying that he had the style of Zhou Yafu, and then until Cao Pi took the throne, he was the deputy general of Xiahou Shang in the second generation of generals of the Cao family, and he could no longer control the military power.
In other words, Guan Yu used the heads of two generals to lure Xu Huang to slap Cao's face, and at the same time forced Cao Cao and Cao Pi to hide him, indirectly breaking one of Cao's arms!
And then say that Guan Yu fled to, which is even more incomprehensible.
The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms and Huayang Guozhi and other historical books have recorded that Guan Yu once sent people to Shangyong for help, that is to say, after Lu Meng occupied Nanjun, Guan Yu was still able to send people to Shangyong, that is to say, Guan Yu's army and Shangyong still have a way to go, but they should not be able to let the army walk, but this does not prevent him from escaping!
And if Guan Yu doesn't go to Shangyong because he doesn't want to lose face with Liu Feng, then he will be even more faceless when he is frustrated with Ma Chao, not to mention that he once used Ma Chao as a shield and wants to go back to Jingzhou to compete with him, let's just say the least thing, Liu Bei put Ma Chao, the only one who has contradictions with Guan Yu, among the generals under his command, to Linfang, for what, is it possible that Guan Yu doesn't know?
Zhang Fei was in Langzhong, Huang Zhong stayed in Chengdu with Zhao Yun after breaking through Hanzhong, and Ma Chao went to Linfang, if there was no idea that Liu Bei wanted him and Guan Yu to supervise each other, it would be absolutely impossible.
And in the end, after Guan Yu died in Linfang, Ma Chao did not rescue and did not receive any punishment, and even the most reckless Zhang Fei did not express an opinion on this, which also proved this matter, Ma Chao went to Linfu to guard against each other with Guan Yu!
Finally, let's talk about the facts after Guan Yu's death, Cao Ren and even the entire Central Plains fought with Guan Yu for nearly ten years, and finally let Jiangdong pick peaches, so no matter how much Jiangdong said, the relationship between them would not be the same as before.
LΓΌ Meng took the entire Jingzhou in the hands of Guan Yu, and really achieved high merit and shocked the master, and soon after, he died violently, and at the same time, Cao Wei's Xu Huang, Yu Ban, Pang De, etc. were abolished or died, and Jiangdong's LΓΌ Meng also stepped into the footsteps, and the final Jingzhou Guan Yu should have been damaged.
Guan Yu really died by his side in the history books only recorded two people, the eldest son Guan Ping, the governor Zhao Lei, if there is really Zhou Cang, in the words of the Three Kingdoms, Zhou Cang lived until Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, when the wooden ox and the horse were born, and the three major strategists, Wang Fu died in the battle of Yiling, Ma Liang said that the barbarians of Wuling did not die at that time, and the Yi nationality was alive and well, this is not the appearance of the whole army being wiped out at all! }