Chapter 31: The Controversy
The heavy rain poured in the night, and the suddenly surging Han River overflowed the south bank, and the Jingzhou Navy warships moored in Shazhou Water Village and Dongjin Water Village were even higher.
Unable to see in the dark, the Han River rose rapidly, and no one knew what had become of the north shore.
In the forbidden camp, the surging Han water rushed out of the embankment, poured into the ancient Han water road, and quickly spread to the camp of the forbidden and Pang De armies.
Cao's reserve boats barely came in handy, but more shipless officers and sergeants discarded their armor and weapons and swam to the ancient embankment, crowded on the embankment to avoid the water.
The whole north and south of Fancheng became an ocean, and the water was almost equal to the head of Fancheng, and the houses and warehouses in the city could not escape flooding.
Since dawn, the Jingzhou sailors, who have neither built a dam upstream nor deliberately dug a river embankment to release water, noticed the change on the north bank, so a great achievement fell on his head.
With God's help.
This is the only explanation, the morale of the whole army is high, and they are gearing up.
When the heavy rain stopped in the afternoon, the Jingzhou army attacked in large ships.
Yu Ban led the Seventh Army with General Zuo, and he climbed high and watched together with the protector Hao Zhou, Jun Sima, and the former Nanyang Taishou Dongli Gon, all of whom were bloodless.
Only the bow and crossbow of the navy division ship can not be avoided and defended by the forbidden department, and there is no armor to trap and hide from the water on the embankment, how can there be defense at all?
After much hesitation, Yu Ban ordered surrender.
The Seventh Army was ordered to surrender, but Pound's Army refused.
The Jingzhou Navy Division accepted the surrendered army and divided the troops to attack Pang De.
The naval warships surrounded on all sides and fired at Pound's headquarters with bows and crossbows, and Pound's headquarters was riddled with casualties and bloodstained red embankments.
Tian Xin led three warships closer and shouted: "Pound! Now that you are poor, how many lives do you want to harm for your own loyalty? ”
Pang De was silent, but he opened his bow and shot arrows at Tian Xin, and three arrows in a row were covered by the big skin shield in Tian Xin's hand, and Tian Xin was shaken.
More and more warships arrived, and the bows and crossbows were fired, and in a short time more than half of Pound's command was lost.
Dong Heng, the general under Pang De, and Dong Chao, the general of the tribe, cried and begged, but they were killed in front of Pang De: "If there are any more people who say something, take these two as an example!" ”
Not long after, Guan Yu arrived, and had already brought the small boats collected from the forbidden place, and reported that the boats wanted to capture Pang De alive.
Tian Xin did not go to battle, but stood on the bow of the ship and looked at the scene of Pang De urging his tired soldiers to prepare for battle, and fell into deep thought.
The flooding of the Seventh Army is not a surprise.
Maybe one day I will fall into a Jedi like Pound, for some ideas, for the protection of relatives, and for the sake of proving something, I will also resist like this.
"Captain, is my department going to war?"
The new protector Luo Qiong asked, Tian Xin just shook his head lightly: "If the prince wants to capture Pang De alive, I will only kill people." Pang De is a fierce general in Xizhou, and I am fighting with him like two tigers, and I will go all out and dare not leave any spare strength. If I have the heart to be captured, it will be difficult for me to escape with my whole body; If you kill him, it will be against the military order. ”
Not long after the battle, Pang De's arrows were exhausted, the Jingzhou soldiers boarded the embankment in small boats and met with short soldiers, Pang De's subordinates surrendered in pieces, Pang De said to the governor Cheng He: "I Wen Liang will not be cowardly to die to spare, martyrs do not destroy the festival to survive, today, the day I die." ”
During the fight, Pang De grabbed a small boat, Cheng He and the two captains followed him to board the boat and break through in the direction of Fancheng, and the two captains were hit by arrows and fell into the water.
Pang De brandished a sword and shield to cover the arrows, and Cheng He went to support the boat, not wanting to be killed by Guan Yu with an arrow and falling into the flood.
Pound, who couldn't row, stood on the boat and circled around, and the boat capsized, and Pound could only hold on to the boat, and after a short time, he was surrounded and tied up, and escorted to the Jingzhou military camp on the south bank.
In the camp on the south bank, Guan Yu failed to persuade him to surrender, and without saying much, he beheaded Pang De.
Pound had four sons as hostages, and he went out with a coffin, and the cost of his surrender was too high.
It's a pity, but it's just a pity.
After more than 30 years of troubled times, Guan Yu has seen a lot of such regrettable things.
For example, Zhao and Tian Yu were Liu Bei's partners when they were young, and they are not hostile to the camp until now?
More than 30,000 troops were concentrated on the south bank, and the defenders of Xiangyang were terrified.
Tian Xinjin said: "Junhou, the last general, please hit Xiangyang, but you can go down with a drum." ”
Charcoal was burning in the big tent, Guan Yu sat on the Hu bed, raised his hand and rubbed his left arm, although there was scraping the bones to heal the wounds, how could the root of the disease be so easy to eradicate?
Yu Ban, Dongligon, Hao Zhou, Hu Xiu, Fu Fang and other generals sat in another row, most of them looked blank or bowed their heads in shame.
Xiahou Lan, who participated in the discussion, spoke: "Now that the water is flooding Fancheng, it is time to take a big ship to attack Fancheng." The first battle captured Cao Ren, then Xiangyang can be determined. ”
Lei Xu also spoke, elated: "The flood irrigates Fancheng, the equipment and grain storage in the city are flooded, the officials take refuge in the city wall, and the army is hungry and panicked, how can it be the opponent of our army?" The prince and the marquis, the last general thought that he should take advantage of the victory and march into Fancheng in a battle. ”
Tian Xin didn't give an inch, his face was cold after the victory, and he was not happy, similar to Cao Jun's general: "If you pull out Fancheng, Cao thieves will fight with all their might." Our army has only 30,000 capable fighters, but more than 40,000 have surrendered before and after. Let me ask you, how can Cao thieves send 50,000 or 100,000 troops to fight? ”
"Maybe our army will attract Cao thieves to come in person, and we can gather more than 100,000 Cao troops. In this way, the left general can wave his troops out of Chencang, according to the right of Long, and get Guanzhong; Sun Wu was also able to occupy Huainan and look forward to the land of Qingxu and the Central Plains. But what if General Zuo loses his entry into Guanlong, and I am destroyed? ”
Guan Yu coughed lightly: "According to the intention of filial piety, but if you see it, you will accept it?" ”
"Exactly, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. The last general Chang Siguandu and Chibi matter, the main attackers of the two battles before and after gathered heavy troops, all wanting to win the world in one battle. But he returned defeated, and in the eyes of the last general, it was a human mind. Now that the people who are in turmoil are not dead, if you want to calm the world in a war, it is really a matter of time. ”
Tian Xin arched his hand: "The last general implored the prince and made the last general lead the headquarters to attack Xiangyang." If Xiangyang can be captured, even if Fancheng is defeated, our army will be able to take advantage of the Han River and not be afraid of Cao Thief's counterattack. ”
I felt that many eyes fell on my face, most of them were sarcastic, and very few were different.
Lei Xu spoke: "Xiangyang Jiancheng, you can't go down suddenly." If Xiaoxian loses the first battle, then the Cao army rejoices, when will the second city of Xiangfan be able to go down? Today's fate is in Han, so that the Han water will be submerged in the army of Ban and Pang De. We should obey the mandate of heaven, take advantage of the Han water, and attack Fancheng! ”
"General Lei! Don't you know that the proud army will be defeated! ”
Tian Xin said aggressively: "Let's talk about the Mandate of Heaven, if there is really a Mandate of Heaven, Cao Thief and other rebellious ministers and thieves would have been killed by the thunder of heaven a long time ago, why would the common people have the suffering today?" In my opinion, the destiny of heaven is the heart of the people, the heart of the people is in Liu, then Liu Han can be three prosperous! Now that the people who are in turmoil are not endless, how can they recover the Han Dynasty? ”
Guan Yu rubbed the old wound on his left arm vigorously: "Who is the person who thinks Xiaoxian thinks is confused?" ”
"Those who want to usurp the foundation of the Han dynasty are all people who think in turmoil."
Tian Xin said and arched his hand: "The prince and the marquis will have the grace of knowing at the end, and the end will be willing to repay with death." I only ask the prince to send General Xiahou to assist the last general, and the last general is willing to die in Xiangyang City. ”
There was silence in the tent, and Guan Yu also hesitated, and after a while, he resolutely said: "Breaking Fan City and capturing Cao Ren, this battle is the turning point for pacifying the world." And I'm an old man, so I'm going to fight hard. I know the mind of filial piety, and I also know the suffering of the common people in the world. If a war can bring the world to peace, there will be no regrets even if you die. ”
Tian Xin stretched out his arms and pointed at Yu Ban: "Junhou, General Yu is a famous general in the world, and the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders." You might as well ask General Yu, should our army attack Xiangyang to protect everything, or bet on a battle? ”
The eyes of more than thirty people in the tent fell on Yu Ban's face, and even Yu Ban felt that Pang De's head was looking at him with slanted eyes.