Chapter 779: The Final Tide of Jiangdong
Gongsun Zhi, wearing black armor, walked across the city wall with his hands in his hands, overlooking the burning and chaotic city, the cloak dragged behind him was waving in the wind, and there was a shout of fighting not far away, a Jiangdong soldier was pushed off the city wall and fell to his death, there was not much resistance around him, and soon the black iron cavalry poured into the staggered streets, and there was a two-hour chaos, which gradually fell silent, and the people who burned and looted were caught and killed, and they were directly killed and hung under the eaves of the street, the breeze was soothing, and the rows of hanging corpses swayed slowly.
The sky was slanting in the west, and the warm sunset shone orange and red, and the common people in the city, the rich, and even the children of the family who had never experienced the chaos walked out of their homes tremblingly, and saw the streets mottled with blood and burn marks, the corpses hacked to death by the rebels were randomly placed on the side of the road, and the collapsed ruins nearby revealed a pair of long white legs, which remained motionless on the ground, and a child sat next to him, looking at his legs full of dust and dirt, crying helplessly; Some of the people who found the bodies of their relatives sat beside them with dull eyes, without crying, and there were also many people who were lucky enough to not die crying and looking for their families who had not returned, or helping and comforting the families in distress.
The people who died in the turmoil were cleared out, covered with burlap or white coarse cloth, and lined up in long rows through the streets, making it a sight that will never be forgotten for a lifetime. Gongsun Zhi stood on the high city wall, watching this scene, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Pan Feng and others behind him did not speak, but their faces were a little ugly, after all, some subtle things were unpredictable.
After a while, a scout came up to the city wall with news: "Your Majesty, Wu Hou led the soldiers and horses to kill Sun Mansion, Sun Quan seems to be there, and Wu Hou's wife." ”
Gongsun Zhi frowned, his eyes condensed.
……
On the other side of the city, the chaos caused by the city came into the mansion, and the mother and son who had finished their meal were originally sitting at the banquet with their cousin Sun Fu to chat about some family life, watching songs and dances, and when they heard the turmoil in the city, they couldn't help but stand up in a panic, and walked out of the door with their cousin, looking at the servants and maids who were hurrying back and forth, and after a while, they asked Sun Fu, who was talking to someone: "Cousin, how is it outside?" ”
After sending away the family who reported the news, Sun Fu turned his head and took a breath, there was a faint smell of burnt smell in his mouth and nose, "Zhongmou is really out of his mind, how can he move those courtiers who are from the family behind him at such a juncture, now it's good, the soldiers and horses from the north have entered the city!" He gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "It's stupid—"
At this moment, there was a terrible scream in the front yard, Qiao Ying hugged her son in her arms, and saw a person running over on the side of the porch covered in blood. In the screaming and panicked voice of the maid, a wave of soldiers rushed in, and Sun Fu didn't know what the other party was coming, so he shouted briefly: "Come into the house!" ”
However, as soon as they entered the house, when the guards hurriedly came to guard the door of the main hall, the figure in a black robe and a sword walked through the corridor with Zhou Tai and other guards, his lips pursed under his purple hair, and a pair of blue eyes stared at the half-closed door and strode over. Sun Fu frowned, and said to Sun Quan and the others who came over: "Zhongmou, what's the matter with you?" ”
"Cousin, Quan has no intention of offending." Sun Quan, who came over, stood in front of the stone steps and stopped, raised his head slightly to look at the cousin behind the guard, and then moved his gaze to the mother and son next to him, "I'm just here to take Qiao's and Sun Shao away, and my cousin can also go with me. ”
"Is it really so serious in the city?"
Sun Fu had some doubts in his heart, after all, Jiangdong, which the Sun family had finally beaten down, said that it would be gone, and he was a little unconvinced, "How is this possible... How is that possible...... Bo Fu worked so hard to fight it......" Immediately, he looked at the child in the woman's arms, whether it was true or not, he still had to keep Bo Fu's bloodline, "Shao'er, you and your mother go with us, the road may be a little hard." ”
Sun Shao over there looked at Sun Quan outside the door vigilantly, and when he saw the other party stepping on the stone steps, he shook his head at Sun Fu anxiously, and whispered: "Sun Quan is not a good person, he wants to bully my mother......" Speaking of this, the young man's voice suddenly rose sharply, and he blurted out: "... Also, my father is not dead, he is now leading troops into the city!! ”
"What?!" Sun Fu's eyes widened, he turned his head to look at Sun Quan who was approaching, and asked loudly, "Zhongmou, did you hear what Shao'er said?" Is it what he said-"
The guards in front of the door, who were originally slightly relaxed, became nervous when they heard these words, and someone wanted to stop them, but they were slashed to the ground by the strong man next to the figure who came over, and Sun Quan's personal guards around him also rushed over, and those guards had to retreat into the door, and at the same time, Sun Quan's voice sounded hoarsely.
"Cousin, give her mother and son to me, otherwise it will be difficult for you and me to break through!"
Sun Fu gritted his teeth, remembering the past when he chased and killed the impostor Sun Ce, his eyes sharpened, and he waved his hand violently: "It's impossible!" Bo Fu handed Jiangdong over to you to take care of, and that's how you protected it? He's a brother, a brother! You almost killed him, and now you're still causing trouble to your wife and children, and you've lost your uncle's face! ”
"Kill-" Sun Quan didn't say much, he drew his sword and killed it directly, Zhou Tai on the left and right subconsciously drew his sword with the guards to follow, and instantly hit the door that was about to be closed, and at the same time, the guards in the mansion couldn't stop the wolf-like military guards at all, and the twenty people were chopped over in a blink of an eye, Sun Quan rushed in with a lot of blood, and saw the mother and son leaning on the wooden pillar between the side seats, and walked straight over.
When the weapons collided and the fight sounded in the hall, the singer and the maid screamed and hid by the wall, squatting down tremblingly, and some of them walked around in panic, and were hacked to death by the soldiers who rushed in, just when Sun Quan stretched out his hand to grab the grinning young man with bared teeth, looked at Qiao Ying, and said: "Brother and sister-in-law, Quan has offended." At that moment, a nearby maid holding a tray and looking panicked lifted the wooden plate.
A short thorn stabbed at Sun Quan.
Phew-
Sun Quan subconsciously raised his sword in front of his chest, and while the sharp weapon against the sword body made a crisp sound, he almost subconsciously reacted to widen the distance, and at the same time pulled a few steps away from the mother and son over there. In the next second, the maid pinched the short thorn, pulled Qiao Ying and Sun Shao, and shouted: "Sister, go quickly." ”
"Let's go—"
At this time, Sun Fu and the remaining guards also stopped him, retreated while fighting, escorted the mother and son to the nearest attic, and shouted: "Pile things up at the entrance of the ladder." ”
On the second floor, after the maid let go of Qiao Ying and Sun Shao, she struggled to push down the shelf with flowers and porcelains and bonsai next to her in the corridor, and ran to throw a roll of bamboo slips up the stairs.
At a certain moment, the last guard fell, and Sun Fu, who was stabbed several times, was kicked by a soldier next to him, and fell crookedly on the stairs, his face and mouth were covered with blood, his eyes were unblinking, as if he was looking at the children and women behind the gap, his bloody mouth smiled, and then he glared angrily and shouted heartbreakingly: "Sun Quan!" Sun Zhongmou—"
Sun Quan was like a wounded beast, holding the Baihong Sword in both hands, and the roar of "Ah-" stabbed his cousin in the chest, and the moment the warm blood splashed on his face, he raised it hideously, staring straight at the blocked corridor with red eyes, and said one by one: "Clean it up, or turn it up from the outside, and catch the person for me!" ”
On the street outside the mansion, a wave of soldiers and cavalry were rushing to this side, and the last of Sun Quan's soldiers and horses, who had gathered and waited outside the mansion, were killed by knights with heavy guns before they could react, and then in this twilight, they were drowned in the incoming soldiers, and the people who escaped from the chaos ran towards the mansion in horror.
Sun Ce nailed a fleeing soldier to the door with a single shot, pulled it out, turned over and dismounted and strode in, followed by Zhou Yu, Chen Wu, Cheng Pu, and even Ling Tong, Gan Ning and other generals.
In the main hall of the backyard, the obstacles that were slashing and picking up guns piled up in the corridor were heard, and a bloody soldier ran madly towards this side, and one of them tripped over the stone steps and threw himself on the ground, crying out in fright: "Lord, those rebel generals have led the troops to kill...... The brothers are dying, and the falling is falling, and they can't be stopped! ”
"My lord, without further ado." Zhou Tai glanced at the corridor that had not yet been cleared, "There is still a chance to leave through the back door quickly, hurry!" ”
Sun Quan retreated slightly with his sword, hesitated for a moment, and finally rushed to the small door of the backyard with dozens of guards around him, and when he was about to step out of the door, he glanced back and vaguely saw a figure that was once very familiar.
"Brother......
He turned his head, was pulled out of the back door by Zhou Tai, ran into the alley, and walked all the way towards the south gate. At the same time, when Sun Ce, who walked into the hall, saw Sun Fu's corpse, he reached out and let go of the knife that the other party was still holding until death, and tears couldn't stop flowing from the corners of his eyes, "Cousin, Ce is late to come back......"
"Father—"
On the top of the corridor, behind the piled obstacles, Sun Shao's voice sounded: "It was Sun Quan who killed him, he wanted to take me and my mother to get out of trouble, but Uncle Tang didn't allow it, so he killed him." ”
"Shao'er?!" Sun Ce stood up, and vaguely saw that half of a young man's face was revealed in a gap, and then, he heard his wife's voice also speak behind him: "Husband, the concubine and Shao'er are fine, go and chase Sun Quan, he has only been gone for a short time!" ”
Sun Ce nodded at the mother and son behind the sewing, the original worry was finally calmed down a lot, leaving more than 100 henchmen and Chen Wu to help clean up the debris, and chased the rest of the people out of the back door, before stepping into the alley, I heard a faint shout from the street not far away: "Arrest Sun Quan!" "He's leading people in the alley—" "Heading towards the South Gate!!" "Get out of the way, I want to avenge my mother-in-law—"
Countless short shouts came from different voices, but all of them pointed the way. Sun Ce and the generals glanced at each other, and when they chased them to the street, Zhuge Jin, Yu Tuo, Gu Yong, Zhang Zhao and others were also walking on the street with their weapons in their heads, and when they saw Sun Ce as the leader, they burst into tears: "We have eyes and no beads, and I also ask Wu Hou to surrender his guilt——"
"Please Wu Hou uphold justice, the old and young of the Qi family were killed fifteen!" Yan Jian knelt on the ground and cried.
Sun Ce ignored them, and in his sight, he saw a large number of people rushing into the streets with their own farm tools, kitchen utensils, burdens, and sticks, among them, you can also see the children of the family who are luxuriously dressed but embarrassed, loudly proclaiming that this turmoil would not have happened, all caused by Sun Quan, and turned over the murder of General Huang, and even an old woman listened, silently returned home and picked up a sickle and rushed out, some people who had died in their homes, It was even more crazy to look for a group of people who fled Sun Quan, and in less than a moment, the scale became huge, and the streets and alleys were full of these people, and some people did not rush up after seeing Sun Quan who fled, and shouted loudly to attract more people looking for revenge.
All of a sudden, Sun Quan walked around the alley in embarrassment, and from time to time rushed to the street to see the soldiers and people rushing over in the black, and had to turn around and go back to find other paths, and the soldiers behind him became fewer and fewer, and some of them saw that the situation was not right, and left quietly, even if they were caught, at most they were prisoners, and if they followed, they would be beaten to death.
In the pursuit of almost half of the city, Sun Quan was covered in sweat, his robe was tightly attached to his body, his hair was scattered and it was difficult to see the high-spirited appearance of the past, Zhou Tai rushed forward and shouted: "The guard over there will open the city gate quickly." However, the Jiangdong soldiers under the city gate did not move, and saw the yellow handle with a white filial piety on his head walking through the crowd standing in front with a knife, staring at the embarrassed dozen or so people with red eyes, as well as Sun Quan at the head: "Blue-eyed thief, let you pay for my father's life today——"
On the side, Lu Lingqi, who was wearing a red feather on her head and holding a crescent halberd, rode a curly-haired red rabbit slowly, raised her halberd, and pointed at Zhou Tai opposite: "Reckless man, surrender, the world has changed, what else to fight." ”
"Haha!" Zhou Tai laughed, clenched the hilt of the knife and raised it over his shoulder, and his voice was like thunder: "I only know who treats me like a confidant, and I will die for him, but today I can only die in battle, I will kill you first——"
Then with a bang, the iron helmet flew up.
The high-pitched voice stopped abruptly in an instant, the burly body was already lying on the ground with a knife, and Lu Lingqi on the opposite side looked at the half of the wall tiles rotating on the ground in amazement, raised his head and looked back, on the city tower, the emperor was standing there with his hands in his hands and looking at the situation here, but the father next to him patted the dust on his hands and was laughing with others, as if nothing had happened. She couldn't help but smile a little, but then muttered, "I finally have an opponent." ”
"You can't beat it." Gao Shun added a sentence beside him expressionlessly.
"Uncle Gao, you..."
At this moment, Sun Quan's rear came out with roaring footsteps, he hurriedly glanced back, a group of people whimpering, soldiers and people were all surrounded inside, and the familiar figure of the leader made his whole person tremble, and in the light of the setting sun, the figure that was getting closer and closer obscured his vision, like a huge shadow covering everything.
“… Brother......"
Smack-
On the other side, Sun Ce raised his hand and rolled him on the ground with a bang, "You still know that I am your brother." The voice of anger to the extreme, also indifferent to the extreme, he looked up at the city tower, and the Gongsun Zhi above nodded: "Leave it to you." ”
Sun Ce lowered his head, walked over but did not beat and vent, just sat quietly on the ground with the other party, looked at the sunset and stretched out his arm to take him over, "Zhongmou, do you know what he said when General Huang died?" He said that let Brother Wei let you go, after all, you are a brother, and it is not good to have one less...... When attacking Dantu, Ling Tong also said that his father was shot by Gan Ning, but it was his own master, and no one was to blame, but you and I are brothers......"
Sun Quan was trembling all over, he looked at the angry faces in the distance, gritted his teeth and squeezed out his voice: "Brother...... Brother knows the person you are thinking of, can you ...... Can you ......?"
The voices around him ignored him, just spoke quietly.
“…… You and my brother, even my cousin, are all a family, harmonious, even if you do something wrong, there is room for negotiation, but why do you want to attack your brother's wife and children? Why did you kill your cousin, do you know, how much hard work he has done for my Sun family, you just leave him idle at home, why kill him! "Tears flowed down that expressionless face, and the sun was slowly setting, when the last rays of light disappeared.
Sun Quan's face was frightened and distorted with severe pain, his mouth was slightly open, all his expressions were frozen, and his body leaned lightly against his brother Sun Ce, watching the final sunset fall together.
Blood flowed from the back of the waist to the ground.
…
On the tower of the city, Gongsun Zhi turned around, left the city wall with a group of generals, and waved his hand when he went down: "Rectify the soldiers and horses, clean up the mess, and recover the entire territory of Jiangdong as soon as possible, that's all." ”
In the first year of Qinglong, at the end of May, Jianye City fell, Sun Quan, who had seized Jiangdong, died, and Sun Ce, Marquis of Wu, stood up to stabilize the situation