Chapter 38 Liu Du's Eastern Crusade

In the first month of 217 AD, Liu Duqin led an army of 150,000 troops from Zigui to Yaoting, and opened a road from Sheshan to Wuling County, intending to fight Liu Bei. Liu Du sent Fei Shi to settle down to appease the Wuxi barbarians, and gave the Wuxi barbarians gold and brocade silk, and granted them official positions and titles, and the Wuxi barbarians responded to Liu Du one after another.

Liu Du got tens of thousands of soldiers from the barbarian king Shamo Kefan, and there were two soldiers and horses of Dongxi Han generals Du Lu and Liu Ning, known as 200,000, advancing by land and water, and the momentum was shocking.

The barbarian king of Wuxi, Shamoke, was born with a bloody face, and his blue eyes were prominent, making an iron thistle bone and two bows on his belt, and he was majestic. Zhou Yu's subordinate generals did not dare to fight, and Zhou Yu had to refuse to defend the city and did not dare to go out lightly.

Liu Bei saw that Liu Du was powerful, and hurriedly ordered Mi Zhu to ask Han Xuan for help. Mi Zhu arrived in Wuchang and asked Lu Xun to send troops to assist Liu Bei in defending Nanjun, but Lu Xun only said that he would use carrier pigeons to send a letter to Jianye to ask Han Xuan.

At this time, Han Xuan was also very busy, Cao Cao's army went south soon, and Han Xuan built a city at the mouth of the river to control the confluence of the Yangtze River. At the same time, with LΓΌ Meng as the governor, he led the army to guard the dock, and with the dock built before, he placed 10,000 crossbows to resist Cao's army.

On the other hand, Han Xuan ordered people to send people to Liaodong and Qingzhou to instruct Wei Yan to defend the Jiaodong Peninsula and not fight with Zang Ba. He ordered Tian Feng to step up efforts to restore the economy of the newly captured Fuyu State, and made Tian Yutong Song Qian and Ding Feng attack Gongsun Yuan.

Han Xuan received Liu Bei's letter asking for help, and sighed: "I Jiangdong is still too busy to take care of myself, and Liu Bei also asks me for help." Where do I have the spare strength to help him deal with Liu Du? ”

Han Xuan angrily threw the letter on the ground, and at this time, Han Xuan's personal bodyguard Sun Shangxiang walked in from outside the tent. She picked up the letter asking for help on the ground, and after reading it, she said to Han Xuan: "Zixin, Liu Bei and you are cold-tongued, Liu Du personally commanded an army of 200,000 to attack, if Liu Bei's army is defeated, Liu Du will inevitably take Jiangdong." If you don't help Liu Bei at this time, when Cao Cao's army arrives again, Jiangdong will be in danger! ”

"Don't I know, it's just that I have no generals in Jiangdong!" Han Xuan sighed.

Sun Shangxiang puffed up his chest at this time and said, "What's so difficult about this? I can ask my brother to send troops to help. ”

Hearing this, Han Xuan's face was swept away, and he took Sun Shangxiang's hand and said happily: "If you can make Sun Zhongmou go, you can solve this siege." Shang Xiang, you are my great benefactor in Jiangdong! ”

Sun Shangxiang saw Han Xuan's grateful expression, and lowered her head shyly, and Han Xuan also noticed that he was holding her hand, and quickly withdrew it to apologize to her.

Sun Shangxiang happily ran back to Wu County and found her second brother Sun Quan. Sun Quan finally agreed to Sun Shangxiang and sent troops to help Liu Bei, but he didn't know if Liu Bei could hold out until he led the army.

However, it is said that the Shu soldiers have entered the Yiling area and stationed troops on both sides of the Yangtze River. The land road opens the road in the mountains, and the bridge is built in the water, Zhao Yun leads the seal of the pioneer, since the Sichuan, everywhere he goes, he looks at the wind and falls, and the soldiers are not bloody, until Yidu. Zhao Yun found out that Zhang Fei led the army to go down here, and ordered Zhuo Ying to repay Liu Du.

When Liu Du heard this, he was furious and said: "Zhang Feipifu, dare to fight against Lonely!" ”

I saw Zhang Ren go out and bowed and said: "Since Liu Bei sent this reckless man as a general, and the king did not work to send a general, the general was willing to capture him." ”

Liu Du nodded and said, "Lonely is looking at your strength." ”

Immediately ordered Zhang Ren to go. Zhang Ren bowed and was about to go on the road, but saw Pan Feng come forward and bowed: "Since Zhang Ren went to beg for a thief, the last general is willing to go together." ”

Liu Du was overjoyed and said: "The two of you are very good together; But be careful, and don't make mistakes. ”

The two generals bid farewell to Liu Du, met with the pioneer Zhao Yun, marched together, and formed a formation. Zhang Fei heard that the large army of Shu soldiers had arrived, and gathered the army of Zhuzhai to fight against it.

The two formations were in a circle, Zhang Fei led Zhang Da and Fan Qiang immediately under the door flag, and saw that in the Shu camp, there were two generals, one with a silver helmet and silver armor, a white horse and a white flag, and one with a ribbed beard, and a black horse and a black flag. The first Zhang Tingyan dragon pointed to the steel gun, and the lower Pan Feng held the Xuanhua axe horizontally.

Zhang Ren scolded: "Zhang Fei! When death is on the verge of death, you still dare to resist the heavenly soldiers! ”

Zhang Fei also scolded: "Yan Yan and Zhao Feng, the generals in Rushu, have become headless ghosts, and now you are here to beg for death, so it is unwise!" ”

Zhang Ren was furious and took Zhang Fei with a gun. Zhang Fei was behind Zhang Da, and suddenly came to greet him. This Zhang Da is one of the eighteen horsemen of Yanyun under Zhang Fei, his martial arts are not low, and he fought with Zhang Ren for more than ten times, Zhang Da was defeated, and Zhang Ren rushed to come.

Fan Qiang saw that Zhang Da was defeated, so he hurriedly slapped his horse and dipped the golden axe in the battle. Zhang Ren and Fan Qiang fought twelve times, regardless of victory or defeat. Fu Wei, the general of Zhang Fei's army, saw that Zhang Ren was brave and Fan Qiang could not win, but he released a cold arrow and shot at the horse that Zhang Ren was riding.

The horse rushed back to the formation in pain, and before he reached the door flag, he fell to the ground and lifted Zhang Ren to the ground. Fan Qiang hurriedly wheeled forward with a big axe, and cut off Zhang Ren's head. Suddenly, a red light flashed, and Fan Qiang's head hit the ground early.

It turned out that Pan Feng saw Zhang Ren's horse coming back and was about to respond, when he suddenly saw Zhang Ren's horse falling, Fan Qiang rushed over, Pan Feng shouted, and slashed Fan Qiang with an axe to save Zhang Ren. Pan Feng took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and Zhang Feijun was defeated. The two families each paid their own money.

The next day, Zhang Fei brought the army again. Zhang Ren and Pan Feng came out together. Pan Feng immediately rushed to the front of the battle, and Zhang Fei clashed alone. Zhang Fei was furious, slapped his horse and speared straight through the formation.

Zhang Fei and Pan Feng fought for more than 50 years, but they were finally exhausted by Pan Feng's Tiangang 36 axes, and Zhang Fei retreated to his own formation. Zhang Ren and Pan Feng chased and killed Liu Bei's military camp, and Zhuo Ying led Zhang Wei and Xiahou Lan to drive troops to cover up.

Zhang Ren took the lead bravely, entered Liu Beijun, and met Zhang Da, the two fought hard, and Zhang Yi stabbed Zhang Da to death with a single shot. Liu Beijun scattered in all directions. The Shu generals won the victory and collected their troops, but Pan Feng was missing.

Zhang Ren was shocked: "If General Pan fails, the king will blame me!" ”

After Zhang Ren finished speaking, he got on the horse with a gun and looked for less than a few miles, only to see Pan Feng holding a Xuanhua axe in his left hand and a handful in his right hand. Zhang Ren asked, "Who is this?" ”

Pan Feng replied with a smile: "I am in the chaotic army, and I am meeting the enemy, so I was captured. ”

Zhang Ren looked at it, and it turned out to be Fu Wei who released the cold arrow yesterday. Zhang Ren was overjoyed, and went to the base camp with Pan Feng, beheaded Fu Wei and drained blood, and sacrificed the dead horse. So the second general and the messenger went to Liu Du to report the victory.

Zhang Fei folded Fan Qiang, Zhang Da, Fu Wei and many other soldiers, who were poor and lonely, and could not resist the enemy, that is, they sent people to Liu Bei for help.

Liu Du's army camp, Zhao Yun said to Liu Du: "Now that Liu Bei's army is defeated, he is just taking advantage of the robbery of the village. ”

Liu Du shook his head and sighed: "Although Zhang Fei has broken many soldiers, Zhou Yu's army has now camped on the river and has not been damaged. If I go to rob the village today, if the navy army goes ashore and cut off my way back, what can I do? ”

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "This matter is easy: you can teach the two generals Zhang Ren and Pan Feng, and each lead 5,000 troops to ambush in the valley; If Zhou Yu comes to the rescue, the left and right armies will attack together, and they will inevitably win. ”

Jia Xu added: "It's better to make the pawn deceive the soldiers first, but tell Zhou Yu about the robbery; When Zhou Yu saw the fire, he would come to the rescue, but if he ordered the ambush to attack him, it would be a big deal. ”

Liu Du was overjoyed, so he acted according to the plan of the Second Army Division.

However, Zhou Yu heard that Zhang Fei had lost his troops and was about to come to the rescue, when suddenly the Fulu Army led a few pawns onto the ship and surrendered. Zhou Yu interrogated him strictly, but these pawns were all acting schools, and only said: "We are Zhang Ren's corporal, because the rewards and punishments are unknown, I have come to surrender, and I will report the secret." ”

Zhou Yu asked in surprise: "What did you report?" ”

The pawn said: "Tonight, Zhang Ren wants to rob General Zhang Fei's camp, and he agreed to raise a fire." ”

After Zhou Yu heard this, he made people report to Zhang Fei. The reporter walked halfway and was killed by Pan Feng. Zhou Yu discussed and prepared to lead troops to rescue Zhang Fei.

The general Cui Yu admonished: "The words of the pawn cannot be believed. If there is any negligence, the two armies of the land and water will all be suspended. The general should only defend the water village, and he is willing to take the general's party. ”

Zhou Yu then ordered Cui Yu to lead 5,000 elite soldiers forward. That night, Pan Feng, Zhang Ren, and Zhuo Ying divided their troops into three ways, and went straight into Zhang Fei's village, and the fire broke out on all sides, and Liu Beijun was in chaos, looking for a way.

Let's say that Cui Yu was in a hurry, and suddenly saw a fire in Zhang Feizhai in front of him, and hurriedly urged the troops to advance. Just turned the mountain, and suddenly the drums in the valley shook loudly, Pan Feng on the left, Zhang Ren on the right, and attacked in two ways.

Cui Yu was shocked, just about to run, and met Zhang Ren; The horses were only three together, and they were captured by Zhang Rensheng and returned. Zhou Yu heard that it was critical, and launched the boat and retreated fifty or sixty miles.

Zhang Fei led the defeated army to flee and asked the general: "Where are you going?" ”

The general replied: "This is to go to Yiling City in the north, and you can station troops." ”

Zhang Fei led the defeated army to Yiling in a hurry, and just got into the city, Zhuo Ying, Zhang Wei, Xiahou Lan and other generals chased after him and surrounded the city on all sides. Pan Feng, Zhang Ren and others escorted Cui Yu to Liu Dujun. Liu Du was overjoyed and ordered Cui Yu to be beheaded and rewarded the three armies.