Chapter 50: Capturing Guan Yu

Guan Yu slapped the horse and danced the knife and took Jiang Qin directly. The two fought less than ten times, and Jiang Qin was defeated. Guan Yu chased more than 20 miles with a knife, the shouts in front suddenly rose, the Ling Tong army in the valley on the left rushed out, Zhou Tai led the army out in the valley on the right, Jiang Qin returned to fight again, and attacked in three ways.

Guan Yu hurriedly withdrew his troops and walked back, and after walking for less than a few miles, he saw a gathering of people on the Nanshan Hill, and a white flag was unfurled, with the words "Jingzhou Turen" written on it, and everyone shouted: "The people of this place surrender quickly!" ”

Guan Yu was furious and wanted to go up the hill to cover up. At this time, two more armies collided out of the mountain: Tai Shixiang on the left and Huang Xu on the right. The two soldiers and horses combined with Jiang Qin and other three-way military horses, shouting and shaking the ground, drums and horns were noisy, trapping Guan Yu in the heart.

Guan Yu's soldiers gradually evacuated. When the killing reached dusk, Guan Yu saw that on the four mountains, all of them were local soldiers in Jingzhou, calling for brothers and brothers, looking for sons and fathers, the shouts couldn't be stopped, Guan Yu's army changed their hearts, and they all went away.

Guan Yu couldn't stop drinking, and there were more than 300 people in the department. Killed to the third watch, due east shouted for a long time, it turned out that Guan Ping and Guan Suo divided into two ways to kill Guan Yu and rescue Guan Yu.

Guan Ping hurriedly said to Guan Yu: "The army is in turmoil, and the city must be temporarily tuned to wait for reinforcements." Although the wheat city is small, it is enough to be tuned. ”

Guan Yu listened to Guan Ping's suggestion and urged the remnants of the army to rush to Maicheng, divide the troops to guard the four gates, and gather the soldiers to discuss. Wang Xun, who joined the army, said: "This place is close to Yidu, and there are Fan You guarding it, so you can quickly send people to ask for help." If this army and horses are helped, waiting for the arrival of the lord's army, the army's heart will be at ease. ”

During the discussion, it was suddenly reported that the Jiangdong soldiers had been killed under the city and surrounded the city on all sides. Guan Yu asked, "Who dares to break through and ask for help in Yidu?" ”

Guan Suo came out and said: "A certain wish to go." ”

Guan Ping stepped forward and patted Guan Suo's shoulder: "I will escort you out of the encirclement." ”

Guan Yu immediately repaired a letter to Guan Suo and hid it beside him, and Guan Suo got on the horse after eating and drinking, and opened the door to go out of the city. I didn't want to meet Han Xuan's general Ling Tong to intercept him, and Guan Suo was entangled for a while and it was difficult to get out. At this time, Guan Ping rushed over from the side, and defeated Ling Tong with Guan Suo, Guan Suo took advantage of the situation to fight his way out of the encirclement and went to Yidu.

Guan Suo went all the way non-stop, and finally arrived in Yidu, but he saw that all the cities in Yidu had planted the banner of Jiangdong. It turned out that the Yidu Taishou Fan You set up by Liu Bei before gave up Yidu County and left, and the governors of each city and the chiefs of various tribes all surrendered to Lu Xun. Lu Xun requested that the official seals made of gold, silver, and bronze be awarded to the officials who had just been attached, and attacked Liu Bei's general, Chen Gui and others, as well as the surnames who lived in Zigui and supported the army, defeated them all, and made them surrender, beheading, capturing, and surrendering tens of thousands of them. Han Xuan appointed Lu Xun as the right protector and general of Zhenxi, and was named Lou Hou, leading troops to garrison Yiling and guard the gorge.

As early as when LΓΌ Meng crossed the river in white clothes, Chen Wu, who retreated to Changsha, and Lu Su respectively led the Second Army of Water and Land to cut off the connection between Guan Yu and Liu Bei. Liu Bei's strategist Zhou Yu wanted to guard against Liu Du who was eyeing the Western Front, and Zhou Yu himself was also sick at this time, so Liu Bei immediately sent Zhang Fei to lead the army north to rescue Guan Yu.

However, Zhang Fei encountered Chen Wujun's resistance on the way, and Zhang Fei defeated Chen Wu's general Guan Hai and destroyed Chen Wu's defense line by the river. But it was immediately broken by Chen Wu, who personally led the army to the rescue, and Lu Su led the Jiangdong Navy to blockade the Yangtze River, and Zhang Fei could not advance an inch.

However, it was said that Guan Yu was looking forward to Guan Suo inviting rescue troops in Maicheng, but there was no movement, and no reinforcements came from the direction of Wuling. At this time, there were only five or six hundred people under Guan Yu, most of them were wounded, and there was no food in the city, so they were very miserable.

Suddenly, a person from the city came with a talisman in hand, and the sergeant in the city was not to release arrows, and he had something to say to see Guan Yu. Guan Yu asked the messenger to come in, and this person was the Jiangdong strategist Zhuge Jin.

After the ceremony, Zhuge Jin said: "Today, on the orders of the Marquis of Chu, I have come to advise the general. From ancient times: 'Those who know the times are handsome.' 'The land of Nanjun and Xiangyang, which is now under the control of the general, has belonged to others; At present, there is a lonely city and a district, there is no food and grass inside, and there are no rescuers outside, and it is in danger. Why didn't the general follow Jin's words: Return to the Marquis of Chu, restore Jing and Xiang, and save your family. Fortunately, the prince pondered. ”

Guan Yu Zhengse said: "I am a martial artist who is Xie Liang, and my lord treats me as a brother, and Anken betrays his righteousness to the enemy?" If the city is broken, there will be death. Jade can be broken but not changed to its white, bamboo can be burned but not destroyed: although the body is dead, the name can hang on the bamboo silk. Don't say much, please get out of the city quickly, I want to fight Han Xuan to the death! ”

Zhuge Jin persuaded again: "The Marquis of Chu wants to marry Qin and Jin with the Marquis, work together to break Cao, and support the Han family, and has no other intentions. Why is the prince obsessed with this? ”

Before Zhuge Jin finished speaking, Guan Ping drew his sword and stepped forward, wanting to kill Zhuge Jin. Guan Yu stopped Guan Ping and said: "Ping'er, the two armies are fighting, don't kill them." Stand down! ”

Guan Yu then asked Zhuge Jin to send him out of the city, Zhuge Jin was full of shame, got on his horse and went out of the city, came back to see Han Xuan and said: "Guan Yu's heart is like an iron stone, you can't say it." ”

Han Xuan sighed: "Guan Yun is loyal! How good is that? ”

Lu Fan said: "Please take the blame." ”

Han Xuan then ordered Lu Fan to take a hexagram, and Lu Fan looked at the hexagram and said: "This is the 'Earth and Water Master Hexagram', and there is even more Xuanwu responding, and the main enemy is running away." ”

Han Xuan asked Lu Meng: "The enemy of the hexagram master is running away, how can Qing capture him?" ”

Lu Meng looked up and smiled: "The hexagram is just the right time." Although Guan Yu has wings to the sky, he can't fly out of my net! ”

Han Xuan saw that Lu Meng was so confident, so he listened attentively. I only heard Lu Meng explain: "I expect that Guan Yu has few soldiers, and he will not flee from the main road, and there is a steep road directly north of Maicheng, and he will go from this road." Zhu Ran can lead 5,000 elite soldiers to ambush twenty miles north of Maicheng, and the other army can not be compared to the enemy, but can only be killed later. His army will not have the will to fight, and will run to the brink of depression. However, Taishi Xiang led 500 elite soldiers to lie on the remote road of Linfu Mountain, and Guan Yu could be captured. ”

That night, Guan Yu had people plant a white flag on the city to disguise their surrender, make a human flag and stand it on the city wall, and then fled. It's just that on the way to escape, Ling Tong discovered that the Jiangdong army rushed over, Guan Yu's soldiers all ran away, and only more than ten cavalry followed Guan Yu.

Guan Yu advanced with a horizontal knife, walked to the first watch, walked for more than 20 miles, only to see the recess of the mountain, the golden drums sounded in unison, the shouting was shocking, a Biao army arrived, and the general Zhu Ran was the leader, and suddenly the horse raised a gun and shouted: "Yun Changxiu go!" Surrender before it's too late, lest you die! ”

Guan Yu was furious and slapped the horse wheel knife to fight. Zhu Ran left, and Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to chase and kill. A drum sounded, and the ambush soldiers rose in all directions. Guan Yu didn't dare to fight, and walked away on the side of the depressed path, and Zhu Ran led his troops to cover up and kill. Guan Yu was accompanied by more than ten cavalry, and only Guan Ping and two cavalrymen remained.

I couldn't walk four or five miles, the shouting in front of me shook again, the fire was bright, and Taishi Xiang suddenly killed with a halberd. Guan Yu didn't dare to fight, and hurriedly looked at the mountain road. Guan Ping came from behind, Guan Ping was seriously injured and could not walk, Guan Yu was overwhelmed with grief, and Guan Ping went to the reeds and grass on the side of the mountain to avoid the pursuers.

At this time, the fifth watch was about to end, the trees were mixed, Guan Yu and Guan Ping took advantage of the gradual dispersal of the pursuers, and came out to continue to escape. Guan Yu rode a red rabbit horse to carry the seriously injured Guan Ping all the way to Zhangxiang, Guan Yu asked to find a medical center and ask a doctor to treat Guan Ping's injuries.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the medical hall, and it turned out that Huang Xu, who was guarding this place, had brought troops to the medical hall to requisition the medicinal materials of the medical hall. The doctor glanced straight into the inner room, and Guan Yu, Guan Ping, father and son did not dare to speak.

After Huang Xu left, Guan Yu came out to thank the doctor. The medicine in the medical hall was confiscated, and Guan Yu was ready to take Guan Ping to take refuge elsewhere. When he walked to an alley at the corner of the street, he suddenly shouted, and two ambushes came out, surrounding the alley entrance. It turned out that Huang Xu noticed that something was wrong in the medical hall, and he had already led his troops to ambush near the medical hall.

Huang Xuyu ordered all the troops to go up and capture Guan Yu and Guan Ping. Huang Xu personally escorted the two to see Han Xuan, and when Han Xuan learned that Guan Yu had been captured, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and gathered the crowd in the tent.

Several sergeants hugged Guan Yu and came to Han Xuan, Han Xuan sighed: "I have long admired General Shengde, and if I want to marry Qin and Jin, why should I abandon each other?" Fairness used to think that he was invincible in the world, why was he captured by me today? Is the general still serving Han Xuan today? ”

Guan Yu scolded sharply: "Jiangdong rats! I formed a righteous alliance with Uncle Liu Huang's Taoyuan and swore to support the Han family, how can I be in the company of the thieves who rebelled against the Han Dynasty? I've fallen for a trick now, and I'm just dead, so why bother talking about it! ”

Han Xuan turned around and sighed to the officials: "Yun Chang is a tiger general in the world, and he loves him deeply. Now I want to treat each other with courtesy and persuade him to surrender, what is it? ”

Gu Yong said: "No. When Cao Cao got this person in the past, he was given the title of marquis, a small banquet on three days, a big banquet on the fifth day, a gold on the horse, and a silver on the horse. Now that the lord has been captured, if he is not eliminated immediately, he is afraid of future troubles. ”

Han Xuan was reluctant to kill Guan Yu, now Jiangdong is short of generals, although Guan Yu is conceited, but he is a usable talent.

Seeing Han Xuan's hesitation, Pang Tong admonished: "Guan Yu and Liu Du's general Zhao Yun have a grudge against their brother for killing their brother, so it's better to ......."