Chapter 50 Coldness by Nature
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In the early morning of September 15, the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, at three o'clock in the morning, the early winter sun finally reluctantly rose from the horizon, and on the war-filled Yangtze River from the spring to the mouth of Poyang Lake, broken wooden planks, wooden blocks, broken flags and white-soaked corpses drifted with the waves, and the blood slowly flowed into the river water that had been dyed pale red along the cracks of the unmanned wooden boats, which was shocking and miserable. The surviving wounded lay on the wreckage of the ship and cried for help, and from time to time the wounded ran out of strength and screamed as they were swept into the rushing water until they all disappeared on the water.
Kang Peng stood on the top of the Chang'an, saw the tragic scene of Sun Quanjun's wounded soldiers, and ordered: "All ships will do their best to rescue the sailors who have fallen into the water, and as long as they surrender, they are not allowed to be killed." ”
The pro-soldier agreed, and was about to inform the standard-bearer, Jia Xu grabbed him, hugged his fist to Kang Peng, and said: "King, time is urgent, our army is making every effort to rescue the enemy's wounded soldiers who fell into the water, which will inevitably affect the speed of our army's pursuit, and Sun Quan's son is cold by nature, seeing that our army rescues sailors, he will definitely throw the wounded soldiers on his boat into the water, so as to delay our army, once General Zilong and General Shouda cannot stop the enemy, let Sun Quan escape from the encirclement of our army, escape back to Jianye, and our army will pacify Jiangdong again, it will be extremely difficult." As far as I can see, these sailors still waited for our rear team to arrive and then let them rescue them. ”
Kang Peng's face was expressionless, and his two ugly eyes with the size of copper bells stared at a sailor who was struggling in the water in the distance and calling for help, and said lightly: "I believe in Zilong and Shouda, Sun Quan wants to lose the morale of the army, so just come." Although Jia Xu had some regrets, he didn't argue, and retreated silently, sighing in his heart, Boss Dong's temper had indeed completely changed.
The flag was raised on the command platform of Chang'an, and the Dong Zhuojun fleet, which was still chasing Sun Quanjun at a lightning speed, slowed down and put down small boats to rescue Sun Quanjun's sailors who fell into the water.
Sun Quan was overjoyed when he saw Dong Zhuojun's actions on the flagship, and said repeatedly: "Quick, throw all the seriously wounded on our ship into the river, and use them to drag Dong Thief." ”
"My lord, no." Cheng Pu, who also hung up the color, hurriedly admonished: "The wounded soldiers are all injured by your birth and death, and they are our heroes, how can you bear to throw them into the river again?" ”
"Old General Cheng, didn't you see that Dong Thief was rescuing our army's wounded soldiers who fell into the water?" Zhou Yu, whose face was covered with blood-stained cloth, smiled and said: "Since Dong Thief is buying people's hearts with hypocrisy and hypocrisy, we will fulfill him, every time he saves a wounded soldier of our army, he will hold back for a moment longer, and we can retreat farther, and at the same time, these seriously wounded soldiers are in the hands of Dong Thief, Dong Thief will free up manpower to take care of them, and they will also consume a large amount of Dong Thief's military food and medicine, so that Dong Thief's logistics are tight, and we can contain part of Dong Thief's troops to escort grain and grass, which will greatly benefit our army's counteroffensive." ”
"Fart!" Cheng Pu has always disliked Zhou Yu, and at this moment he scolded even more, "I, Cheng Pu, have followed Wucheng Hou to fight in the south and north for 20 years, and I have never left a single brother, you actually want to throw the brother who worked hard for the Lord down the Yangtze River, just to buy us time to escape, are you still human?" Aren't you afraid of the chills of the brethren? ”
Zhou Yu was scolded by Cheng Pu with a face full of shame, and cowered and hid aside, while Cheng Pu knelt down on Sun Quan's knees, kowtowed and cried: "Lord, please take back the order, we were already sorry for more than 100,000 hometown elders last night, and today we can't be sorry for the ...... who was injured and bled for us, ah!" Cheng Pu suddenly let out a miserable scream, blood splattered on his chest, and he fell at Sun Quan's feet.
Sun Jing slowly pulled out the blood-stained sword from Cheng Pu's back, wiped the blood off the soles of his feet, kicked away Cheng Pu's dead body, and said coldly: "Disobeying military orders in battle, and shaking the hearts of the army with evil words, the crime should be executed." ”
Amid the cries and pleadings of Sun Quanjun's seriously wounded, thousands of Sun Quanjun's soldiers who were covered in blood were thrown off the ship by their tearful companions, and a soldier of Sun Quanjun, whose hand had been cut off and the other hand was also broken by a collapsed sailpole, struggled and cried in the hands of his companions: "Brother, you can't leave me, I have no hands anymore, and I can only drown in the water." With tears in his eyes, his companion said, "Brother, it is not that we should leave you, but that it is the order of the Lord, you ......, and you should be faithful to the Lord." The wounded soldier cried out, "No, I don't, I beg you." But when his companion saw that Sun Jing's personal army had come with a steel knife, he still cried and threw him off the ship, and grabbed another seriously wounded man lying on a stretcher......
"Sure enough, the beast is not as good!" Kang Peng saw Sun Quanjun's actions in the telescope, gritted his teeth and scolded, Kang Peng shouted again: "Suspend the pursuit, it is important to save people first." "Dong Zhuojun's warship threw down the fixed cabin stone, put down countless small boats, and did his best to rescue the seriously wounded who were left behind by Sun Quanjun, not only the seriously wounded of Sun Quanjun cried with gratitude, but Dong Zhuojun's sailors also burst into tears, not only to sympathize with these poor seriously wounded, but also to cry for their own luck, the Lord will still be like this to the enemy, if they also fall to the point that day, then the Lord will not abandon himself. And Sun Quanjun's fleet took advantage of this opportunity to throw Dong Zhuojun away for thirty or forty miles in one go.
"One will make ten thousand bones wither." Sun Quan calmly explained to his cronies on the flagship: "Ci is not in charge of the army, as a general, we must know how to choose the way, only by gaining time, we can have the opportunity to escape back to Jianye, and join Liu Bei's reinforcements, so that we can have a chance to make a comeback." Although Sun Quan said that it was not unreasonable, Chen Wu, Zhou Tai and other veterans of Sun Quan's army were still wet with tears, but Sun Jing, Zhou Yu and other Sun Quan's cronies made a big fuss and praised Sun Quan's quick decision.
Sun Quan ignored Chen Wu and Zhou Tai's sadness and helplessness, but turned his head and asked Zhou Yu: "Gongjin, do the math, Liu Beijun has already arrived there?" When will we be able to join us? ”
Zhou Yu pinched his fingers and counted for a moment, and replied: "Back to the lord, according to the distance, Liu Beijun can meet our army at the mouth of Poyang Lake in front, and our army can reach Poyang Lake in half an hour at most, and the time is completely in time." Sun Quan nodded slightly, no longer spoke, but was thinking in his heart, how to let Liu Beijun block Dong Zhuo, consume the strength of Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei, and let himself escape back to Jianye as soon as possible.
When the north wind blows, Sun Quanjun's fleet speed accelerates suddenly, Sun Quan is even happier in his heart, secretly thanking God, in a blink of an eye the fleet has reached the north of the mouth of Poyang Lake, Sun Quan can't help but look at Jiangbei, but he doesn't see half of Liu Beijun's shadow, Sun Quan is suspicious in his heart, and suddenly he can hear the sound of killing downstream, Sun Quan's face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly ordered: "Quick, go and see!" ”
A few miles further down the fleet of Sun Quanjun, I saw that dozens of iron cables had been pulled up on the river, and nearly 100 Sun Quanjun fast boats were blocked on the river, and on both sides of the Yangtze River, there were Dong Zhuojun's iron cavalry waiting for battle. Sun Quan was so angry that his eyes erupted, and he grabbed Zhou Yu's neck and shouted, "Where did Dong Thief's army come from? Did it fall from the sky? When did they go around to us to block the Yangtze River? ”
Zhou Yu was pinched by Sun Quan's face turned blue, but he didn't dare to fight back, he just opened his mouth and gasped, but Sun Jing pulled away Sun Quan, who was on the verge of madness, and said in a low voice: "Lord, it's the fault of the last general, since noon on September 12, the last general has not received any intelligence reports from the details of the Dong thief, and the last general once thought that the Dong thief had stepped up his defense, and it was difficult for the details to convey information, and it would be fine in a few days, so he didn't pay much attention to it." ”
I don't know why, Sun Quan always obeyed Sun Jing's words, immediately let go of Zhou Yu, and said hatefully: "Dong thief, I swear to kill you!" Hurry up and give me a way to break through the enemy's iron rope array! ”
"There are three ways." Zhou Yu, who had suffered a big loss on Dong Zhuojun's iron array, immediately replied: "First, the fleet immediately turned to Poyang Lake and withdrew by land; The second method is to use a fireboat to burn the iron cable, and the third method is to go ashore immediately, kill the Dong thief troops on the shore, and cut the iron cable. ”
"You can't enter Poyang Lake!" Sun Quan groaned: "Dong Thief has set up a chain array east of the lake, clearly trying to force us into Poyang Lake, and there must be an ambush in the lake. It is also impossible to burn iron cables, first, it is too late, and second, our oil, sulfur and other materials are lost in Wuchang, and there is not enough fuel to burn the materials; It seems that we have only one way to go ashore and fight to the death. ”
Sun Quan looked up at the surviving scarred generals, and his eyes finally fixed on Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai saw Sun Quan looking at him, immediately turned over and knelt down, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, the last general is willing to lead the troops ashore to kill a way out for the lord." ”
Sun Quan picked up Zhou Tai and wept: "Youping, you must take care, I will wait for you to come back, you go to the north bank, maybe Liu Bei's reinforcements can arrive in time." ”
More than ten Sun Quanjun warships belonging to Zhou Tai docked, Zhou Tai jumped off the warship first, Zhou Tai's headquarters soldiers followed, with the determination to kill Zhao Yun's troops, Sun Quanjun is the only army that can work for Sun Quan, just now Sun Quan's move to abandon the wounded has made all Sun Quan's soldiers feel cold, only Zhou Tai, who usually loves soldiers like children, is willing to follow Zhou Tai to fight - although they also despise Sun Quan's ruthlessness and coldness.
"Ahh Yes! When the sergeants of Zhou Tai touched the barbed wire, they let out a miserable scream, and the sharp wire cut through their thin military clothes and skin, and cut a series of horizontal and vertical wounds on their already scarred bodies, including Zhou Tai, were scratched all over their bodies by these seemingly inconspicuous barbed wire.
"Cut off the!" Zhou Tai risked his palm being cut open a section of iron wire wrapped around him, swinging his knife and slashing, Zhou Tai gritted his teeth and followed suit, and in front of them, the surging Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already drawn its bow and arrow......
"Ignition ship!" Zhou Taigang and Xiliang Iron Cavalry on the struggle, Sun Quan immediately ordered Zhou Yu and Sun Jing to light a fire boat, set fire to the boat to burn the iron cable, Sun Quan did not expect the demoralized Zhou Taijun to cut the iron cable in front of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, for him, Zhou Tai is just an abandoned son, an abandoned son who attracts Dong Zhuojun's attention, the real escape hope, or rely on the fire boat to burn the iron cable.
More than a dozen warships belonging to Zhou Tai's troops were on fire, and rushed towards the iron cable by the current of water, and Sun Quanjun's warships in front of the iron rope hurriedly dodged, but a few warships were still ignited - Sun Quan wanted this purpose. And Zhang Xiu on the riverside was so anxious that he stomped his feet, once these shoddy iron cables made for the convenience of transportation were burned, Dong Zhuojun could only watch Sun Quan go away.
The flames were burning on the iron cable, seeing that the iron cable gradually turned red, but Dong Zhuojun's navy had not yet appeared, Zhang Xiu was so anxious that he was in a hurry, and Hu Che'er was still munching beef next to him, Zhang Rust was so angry that he kicked him heavily and kicked him in the heel fight, Zhang Xiu scolded: "I told you to eat it again, the enemy is about to burn the iron cable, run away from a ship, you don't want to eat beef again in your life." ”
"Don't!" Hu Che'er screamed, quickly got up from the ground, and shouted: "General, the enemy burns the iron rope with fire, we can pour water on the iron cable, and the enemy will burn continuously." ”
"Watering?" Zhang Xiu scolded: "A fool is a stupid disaster, I actually went well with you, it seems that I was also stupid by you, how to douse a few hundred zhang of iron rope with water?" ”
Hu Che'er didn't say a word, strode to the iron cable, grabbed the iron drill that nailed the iron cable with both hands, roared, and the iron fiber that was nailed into the rock two feet was pulled out by him, when the five iron drills were pulled out, because of the effect of gravity, the red iron cable immediately fell into the river, and a cloud of white mist emerged, and the color also turned from red to black. ”
Zhang Xiu laughed, and rarely praised Hu Che'er and said: "It's really useful, go back and reward you with ten cows, but you are really stupid, do you need to nail it again?" Zhang Xiu turned his head and shouted: "Go to three hundred people and help Hu Che'er pull the iron cable." Zhang Xiujun soldiers rushed up and helped Hu Che'er pull the iron cable, so there was a strange tug-of-war competition on the Yangtze River, hundreds of Zhang Xiujun soldiers tightly pulled the iron cable, whenever the iron cable was burned red, it was relaxed, and immediately tightened, although repeatedly this iron cable will also be thinner because of continuous quenching, and finally burned by the fire boat, but the time of being burned off is greatly slowed down.
Sun Quan was afraid of Dong Zhuojun's bow and arrows, so he didn't dare to get too close to the riverbank, and he couldn't see Zhang Xiujun's actions clearly, but he wondered why the speed of the fireboat burning the iron cable was so slow? When five iron cables were burned, the rear ship exclaimed, "The enemy has caught up!" ”
Sun Quan turned around suddenly, and saw that Dong Zhuojun's fleet had appeared in the field of vision, Sun Quan had no choice but to shout: "Turn into Poyang Lake for temporary refuge!" Hundreds of Sun Quanjun's large and small warships successively turned their rudders and turned into Poyang Lake, and on the north bank of the Yangtze River, Zhou Tai's troops had been completely wiped out, leaving Zhou Tai alone to be surrounded by Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
"General Zhou, don't work for Sun Quan anymore." Zhao Yun said to Zhou Tai, who had already had one of his arms cut off, and tried his best to persuade for the last time: "The person who killed Wuchenghou is Zhou Yu, not His Royal Highness King Kang, why do you bother to work for that Sun Quan, who is cold by nature and even uses his father-killing enemy?" ”
"I don't believe it!" Zhou Tai roared loudly and raised his knife to pounce on Zhao Yun, "Don't talk nonsense, come on, I'll go underground and ask the lord!" Zhou Tai's dying blow did not play any role, Zhao Yun was unwilling to kill such a loyal minister, but the meritorious Xiliang Iron Cavalry refused to let go of such an opportunity, and without waiting for Zhao Yun's orders, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had already rushed up and drowned Zhou Tai in the sea of knives and guns......
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At the moment when Zhou Tai breathed, Lu Bu and Wei Yan's troops also met Guan Yu and Tai Shici's troops head-on, and the two sides set up their own positions, and without waiting for Guan Yu to call the battle, Wei Yan preemptively said to Lu Bu: "Wen Hou, how can you score me this time, don't take all the credit." ”
Lu Bu laughed, "Okay, share some credit for you, Tai Shici is yours, and Guan Yu is mine." ”
"No way!" Wei Yan jumped three feet high, "Guan Yu's big-eared thief's righteous brother, the merit of killing him is much higher than killing Tai Shi Ci, you have already killed Zhou Cang and Wang Fu, Guan Yu has to kill me." ”
"According to the old rules, we guess boxing." Lu Bu didn't want to argue with Wei Yan.
Wei Yan applauded loudly, "Okay, guess the boxing, whoever wins Guan Yu will be whoever." ”
Lu Bu and Wei Yan were shouting five and six guessing boxing here, Guan Yu and Tai Shici were all angry over there, especially Guan Yu, who was so proud that he let the enemy look down on himself so much, and roared, "The third surnamed slave, Hugh has to look down on me, accept your life!" The Qinglong Yanyue knife swung and slapped the horse to kill Lu Bu.
"Bearded thief, die!" Lu Bu hated others to call him a family slave with the third surname the most, and he didn't care that he had not decided the outcome with Wei Yanchai, his legs were clamped, the red rabbit horse rose up, and Fang Tian's halberd stabbed at Guan Yu with a whistling......