Chapter 176: The Proud General
Zhang Fei was very depressed, he was going to bring someone back to the field, but he turned out to let people run away like a rabbit. But the most unlucky person is not Zhang Fei, but Zhang Da next to Zhang Fei. The little friend Fan Jiang was gone, and Zhang Fei's anger was all sprinkled on Zhang Da's body. Originally, the two of them were beaten in half, but this time it all fell on Zhang Da.
Zhang Da's hatred in his heart! But the psychological shadow formed by following Zhang Fei for many years made him dare not resist or escape, so he could only suffer alive, praying in his heart that General Guan in Xiangyang would quickly send someone to rescue him from the sea of suffering. In this world, Zhang Fei can be honest, one is Liu Bei, who is far away in Bashu at this time, and the remaining one is Guan Yu, and only Guan Yu can persuade Zhang Fei to go to Bashu. Although Zhang Da will not be transferred away from Zhang Fei's side, it will stay away from the Han army Ma Chao, and Zhang Fei's anger can be a little smaller, and their own soldiers can be beaten less. Of course, half of them are Zhang Fei's wife, Xiahou, but it is impossible for Xiahou to intercede with Zhang Fei for Zhang Da.
On the way to retreat, Zhang Fei met Guan Ping, who was escorting the coffin north, and after knowing that the coffin escorted by Guan Ping contained Huang Zhong's body, Zhang Fei had a plan, but was strongly opposed by Guan Ping.
"Third uncle, although Huang Zhong is an enemy general, his integrity is admirable. This time, the nephew was ordered by his father to return it to the court, and when he left, he issued a military order, promising that the coffin would be returned safe and sound, and asked the third uncle not to embarrass the nephew. Guan Ping said to Zhang Fei with righteous words.
Zhang Fei snorted when he heard this, "Haha~ An Guo is really the most like the second brother, the third uncle is just testing you, you don't have to take it seriously." Be careful when you go, the Han army is mostly insidious and cunning, you don't have to be careless, there is no return. ”
"The third uncle can rest assured, the two armies will not fight and fight, and the Han army must not have done so. Third uncle, it's not early, and my nephew is on his way. ”
"Well, go ahead, remember to be careful."
"Thank you Uncle San for reminding me. Third uncle, you better hurry back to Xiangyang, my father is about to send someone to look for you. ”
"What's going on?"
"The lord's war in Bashu is not going well, I'm afraid I still have to transfer the third uncle to Shu."
"Hmm...... Okay, I got it, and here we go. Zhang Fei pondered for a moment, and took Zhang Da and the others straight to the direction of Xiangyang. Guan Ping looked at the back of Zhang Fei and the others leaving, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. For his third uncle, Guan Ping really has nothing to do, if he really has a bullish temper, he has to borrow Huang Zhong's corpse to stimulate the Han army, Guan Ping can't stop it. Fortunately, Zhang Fei was still persuaded and knew that it was better not to do some things.
"Let's hit the road." Guan Ping gave an order, and the team continued north.
Knowing that Liu Beijun sent Huang Zhong's body back, Liu Xie rushed to greet him as soon as possible. Looking at Huang Zhong's remains, Liu Xie couldn't help but recall the bits and pieces of his time with Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong, he doesn't have many words, but the things entrusted to him can always be done for you. Now that he is dead, Liu Xie suddenly finds that he owes him a lot.
"Are you Guan Ping?"
"Exactly."
"Go back and thank your father for not ruining Huang Zhong's corpse. Incidentally...... Bring this coffin to him. ”
Seeing the coffin that was transported by carriage, Guan Ping's face changed, and he was about to be angry, but when he saw Dian Wei and Ma Chao standing behind Liu Xie and glaring angrily, he didn't dare to make a mistake, so he could only ask with a gloomy face: "What do you mean by this?" ”
"Bold!" Dian Wei shouted angrily.
"Lao Dian, don't worry about your child." Liu Xie waved his hand to stop Dian Wei, who was about to teach Guan Ping a lesson, and said to Guan Ping, who was waiting for him: "What does it mean, your father will understand it at a glance." Hurry up and get on the road, I'm afraid that I can't help but kill the spirit in the sky that you used to pay tribute to Huang Zhong. ”
Guan Ping is a good boy who understands current affairs, mainly because he doesn't have the capital to turn his face with Liu Xie at the moment, and after hearing Liu Xie's words, he obediently left with the coffin presented by Liu Xie. On the way back from escorting Huang Zhong's coffin, Liu Xie instructed Jia Xu: "Wenhe, immediately inform Zhao Yun and Sima Yi, and let them set off for Hanzhong immediately after handing over the soldiers and horses to Pang De, and take over the Han'an army and enter Shu to block Liu Bei." ”
"No."
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There are two flowers, one on each branch
Liu Xie personally escorted Huang Zhong's coffin back to his ancestral home in Nanyang for burial, while Guan Ping returned to Xiangyang with the coffin presented by Liu Xie. Guan Ping also thought about destroying the coffin on the way, but he was worried that he would not be able to explain to his father when he returned to Xiangyang. After all, following Guan Yu for many years, Guan Ping knows his father's temper better than anyone else.
Guan Yu is a proud person, just as Liu Xie said to Guan Ping, after seeing the coffin that Guan Ping brought back, he immediately understood what Liu Xie meant. He didn't scold Guan Ping, but after ordering someone to put the coffin away properly, he decided to send troops north.
"Father, before leaving, the lord explained that you should not send troops easily." Hearing this, Guan Ping hurriedly persuaded.
But Guan Yu's temper is not something that Guan Ping, a son, can persuade. The two lying silkworm eyebrows stood up, and before he could speak, Guan Ping was instigated first, and took the initiative to ask for his life: "The child is willing to be a pioneer." ”
"Well, okay, then you will lead five thousand troops first, and remember to take Fancheng."
“?” Guan Ping was stunned when he heard this, and reminded: "Father, Fancheng is still in the hands of our army at the moment......"
"Huang Shot, this person can't be trusted. After you arrive in Fancheng, if he takes the initiative to hand over the military power, then spare his life, and if he delays for some reason, he will be killed on the spot. Guan Yu shook his head and ordered.
Huang Jie, his father Huang Zu, was Liu Biao's cronies and generals. In the Jingzhou army, Cai Mao's status was on par, but unfortunately the luck was not good, Sun Ce attacked Jingxiang after capturing Jiangdong, and Huang Zu of Jiangxia at that time asked Sun Ce to clean up. Huang Zu's ability to train the navy may be stronger than Cai Mao's, and after Huang Zu's death, the Jingzhou navy in the battle with the Jiangdong navy changed from the original indifference to more losses and fewer victories.
But Huang Jie did not inherit Huang Zu's ability to train soldiers, when Huang Zu was still alive, he relied on Lao Tzu's momentum to run rampant in Jiangxia, but when he Lao Tzu asked Sun Ce to do it, his own skills were not good, and his life in Jiangxia became more and more miserable. Later, it was Liu Biao who transferred him out of Jiangxia in the face of the late Huang Zu, and he was able to come back to life.
When Liu Bei was plotting to seize Jingzhou, Huang Shot took refuge with Liu Bei, but Guan Yu naturally looked down on this kind of villain who was in the twilight of Qin. Now that the big war is imminent, Guan Yu doesn't want to be held back by a villain like Huang Jie, especially when Huang Zhu still occupies a strategic place like Fancheng.
If you dare not hand it over, then Guan Yu will not care about Huang Jie's life, anyway, in terms of relationship, Liu Bei will not have a gap with Guan Yu because Guan Yu killed Huang Shot.
Guan Yu is proud, but he is not yet proud to the point of being blindly arrogant. Guan Yu, the strength of the Han army, knew it, and the stronger the opponent, the greater the sense of accomplishment after defeating. In order to defeat the Han army, Guan Yu was quite cautious at this time.
Guan Ping's action was quite timely, and he rushed to Fancheng at the moment before the Han army persuaded Huang Zhu to do so. Huang Jie was killed by Guan Ping on the spot, and Fan Cheng was still in the hands of Liu Beijun. Guan Yu, who learned the news, immediately ordered to step up the march and rushed to Fancheng, and before Guan Yu arrived, the Han army, which was unwilling to give Fancheng to others, had attacked dozens of times in a row, but Fancheng was still in Guan Ping's hands.
Tremble in the balance! Guan Yu arrived at the most critical moment in Fancheng, and the Han army could only look at the city and sigh and temporarily retreat. Seeing Guan Ping, who was covered in blood and haggard, Guan Yu took his son into his arms, patted Guan Ping's back hard and praised: "Anguo, it's good." ”
"Father, the child is fortunate to have survived and saved Fancheng." Guan Ping strengthened his spirit, smiled reluctantly, and gave orders to Guan Yu.
"Okay, okay, Anguo and go to rest first, and Fancheng will be handed over to his father."
Ordered someone to help Guan Ping down to rest, Guan Yu looked back at the Han army camp outside the city, and instructed Liao Hua beside him: "Yuan Jian, go down and prepare, I will go to the Han army camp outside the city tonight as a guest." ”
"No." Liao Hua hurriedly responded.
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On the night of the murderous night when the moon was dark and the wind was high, the east gate of Fancheng slowly opened, and Guan Yu personally led a team of cavalry to attack the Han army camp at night. Ma Chao, the vanguard of the Han army, thought that Guan Yu had just arrived, and he would have to rest for one night before going out of the city for a decisive battle, but he didn't want Guan Yu to attack overnight, and he was caught off guard by being killed, so he had to lead his troops to retreat. Seeing this, Guan Yu did not accept it when he saw it, but took advantage of the victory to pursue, and led the cavalry to pursue and kill continuously, until he reached the side of the Shushui River, and saw the Han army fleeing to the other side of the river in embarrassment before collecting troops and returning to the city.
A night attack in Fancheng broke the myth of the invincibility of the Han army, thinking that Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce had all fought with the Han army, but who could kill the Han army and flee in embarrassment, only Guan Yu did it. And under the spread of well-intentioned people, Guan Yu was also touted as the first Han military general, the nemesis of the Han army, even Lu Bu, who was touted as the world's military general in the past, was inferior to Guan Yu at this time.
Pride makes people complacent, Guan Yu still maintained a little vigilance against the Han army before defeating Ma Chao's Fubo army, but after the praise of the people around him and the Han army's immobility, Guan Yu was proud, the little tail behind him was raised high, and he was not as cautious as before he treated the Han army.
Everyone loves to hear good words, but learn to distinguish which of these good words are kind and which are malicious. Like those good words that have gone viral recently, Guan Yu is obviously full of malice, but Guan Yu didn't distinguish it, and took it all and thought that this was the case.
Because of Guan Yu's temper, there are almost no civil officials who can stay by his side for a long time, and since Ma Jian was taken to Bashu by Liu Bei, there are no outspoken civil officials around Guan Yu. Guan Ping was in awe of his father's prestige, Liao Hua Mingzhe protected his life, and was unwilling to fight against Guan Yu, leaving Zhao Lei, who was in charge of money and food, still a little vigilant, and felt that something was wrong with the recent madness. But Zhao Lei is really just a grain and grass official, he is soft-spoken, his persuasion Guan Yu only listened to it once, and even disappeared, and Zhao Lei jumped in a hurry.
After Fancheng was safe, Guan Yu did not lead his troops back to Xiangyang, but planned to take advantage of the victory to pursue and take Wancheng as his brother to capture the whole of Jingzhou. As soon as this decision came out, Guan Ping was full of confidence, Liao Hua was silent, and Zhao Lei, he had already asked Guan Yu to go to Xiangyang to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and he was not by Guan Yu's side at this time. When he learned that Guan Yu led the troops north, he immediately realized that Guan Yu was going to be more auspicious, and he wanted to persuade him, but the distance was far away, just because of Guan Yu's temper, Zhao Lei knew that it was useless for him to go.
Since he couldn't persuade him, Zhao Lei could only take precautions and prepare for the aftermath of Guan Yu's defeat. Xiangyang now has no troops to send, and even if there is, Zhao Lei can't command it. After thinking about it, Zhao Lei finally remembered that there was still a road available in Jingzhou, that is, Liu Feng, who was ordered to be stationed in Jiangxia.
Zhuge Liang's plan ended in failure due to unauthorized action in Wancheng, and Liu Feng was also "dispatched" by Liu Bei to Jiangxia.
Liu Feng is young and vigorous, it is the age when he is eager to make contributions, so he is idle by Liu Bei, so he is naturally dissatisfied with this father-in-law, but Jingzhou is still in Jingzhou, a person who can't be provoked, and Liu Feng didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to stay in Jiangxia honestly and monitor Jiangdong.
Guan Yu once expressed his opposition to Liu Bei's acceptance of Liu Feng as his son, so he has always avoided Guan Yu and Liu Feng, and did not want to be close to him. But now only Liu Feng can send troops to help Guan Yu, and Zhao Lei can't think about it a lot, after all, the lord Liu Bei is still here, even if Liu Feng is dissatisfied with Guan Yu, he also needs to consider his future, if he doesn't save Guan Yu, he himself doesn't want to have good fruits to eat in Liu Bei.
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Guan Yu suffered an unprecedented setback, when he led his army to capture Xinye and enter Queweipo, he encountered the main force of the Han army that had been waiting here for a long time.
In the face of the Han army, Guan Yu, who was watching the enemy in front of the battle, couldn't help but scorn it, in Guan Yu's eyes at this time, the Han army was just a kind of goods, as long as he led the army to rush, the Han army would collapse.
"I am the imperial court general Dian Wei, where is Guan Yu, come to death quickly." Just as Guan Yu was about to send his son Guan Ping to explore the reality of the Han army in front of him, a yellow-faced man rushed out of the Han army, and he pointed at the enemy formation with a halberd and shouted loudly.
"Anguo, for my father." With a swing of the Qinglong Knife in Guan Yu's hand, he stopped Guan Ping, who was about to go into battle, and commanded in a deep voice.
As soon as the connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one. As soon as Guan Yu saw the enemy general Dian Wei, he knew that his son would never be able to please him, so he decided to go into battle in person. What's more, the other party invited the battle by name, and it didn't matter if he sent his son into battle.
"Ugly ghost! Hugh to be wild! Look at the knives! Guan Yu urged his crotch to dismount, and quickly approached Dian Wei while shouting.
Some people in later generations commented that Guan Yu's knife was an assassin's knife, and the most powerful thing was the first three knives, and it was easy to fight for a while, but if it couldn't survive, it would be a tragedy.
The famous generals who were tragically dropped by Guan Yu in the romance are Hua Xiong, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, among which Yan Liang and Wen Chou died the most unjustly. And Huaxiong is estimated to be due to his own light enemy.
And it was impossible for Liu Xie, who let Dian Wei come out of the battle, not to tell Dian Wei to be careful, seeing Guan Yu slashing at him, Dian Wei immediately raised his spirit and raised his halberd to greet him, and at the same time secretly guarded against Guan Yu's next move.
Dian Wei has taken precautions, and Guan Yu's sword technique is greatly reduced, of course, the power mentioned here refers to the effect, not the lethality of these three moves. Dian Wei is also a master, if he changes his ability to be mediocre, even if he has precautions, it is estimated that he will not be able to prevent Guan Yu's first three knives.
Seeing that the god of war in his mind was blocked by the enemy general, it was a big blow to Liu Beijun's soldiers who had already worshiped Guan Yu as a god. At this moment, another general rushed out of the Han army, with a big knife in his hand, and ran to kill Guan Yu with a roar.
Seeing that the Han army did not pay attention to the rules and bullied the less, Liu Beijun couldn't help but make noise, but they didn't make noise for long, so they had to cheer up and face the general attack of the Han army.
The loud horn of the charge blew, and the cavalry of the Han army seemed to be a dark cloud enveloping Liu Beijun. Ma Chao, who was the leader, raised his gun in his hand, and rushed into Liu Beijun's army first, instantly tearing a hole in Liu Beijun's formation, and the Han cavalry followed by rushed in, constantly expanding the gap and squeezing Liu Beijun's position.
Although Guan Ping, Liao Hua and others struggled to resist, but wanted to resist the galloping cavalry with ordinary foot soldiers, it was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, Liu Beijun's originally complete formation was finally broken down by the Han army, and the Han cavalry scattered the impact, dividing the collapsed Liu Beijun into several pieces and destroying them one by one.
The reputation of the Han army's unparalleled field battles is indeed well deserved, after Guan Yu was personally suppressed by Dian Wei and Pang De, Guan Yu could only watch the Han army led by Ma Chao kill his own soldiers and horses. And the fiasco of Queweipo seems to have kicked off Guan Yu's unluck.
Guan Yu is defeated! After getting rid of the entanglement of Dian Wei and Pang De, Guan Yu could only take the remnants of the defeated army and fight and leave, he wanted to retreat to Xinye for a while, but he didn't want the Han army to leave a back hand in Xinye, if Guan Yu didn't see the flaws and didn't enter the city, maybe Guan Yu and his men and horses would have been dumplings by the Han army in Xinye.
Xinye can't go, Guan Yu can only retreat to other places, he wanted to lead troops to cross the water and return to Fancheng, after all, Fancheng still has 10,000 horses left behind by him, with these horses, even if they can't take the initiative to attack, it is still not a big problem to retreat to Xiangyang and hold on. But the Han army seemed to have anticipated Guan Yu's plan, and the cavalry took the first step to seize the ferry and drove Guan Yu all the way to the east.
Guan Yu had no choice but to lead his troops to retreat in the direction of Zaoyang. It was only at this time that Guan Yu was a little sober, regretting that he did not dare to be arrogant at the beginning, and he got carried away after listening to a few good words, and the 50,000 elite soldiers were almost lost because of his own thoughts, and more seriously, due to his own mistakes, it is very likely to lead to the great cause of his brother Liu Bei, which is the place where Guan Yu can not forgive himself the most.
"Father, take a break." Guan Ping looked at Guan Yu, who was standing at the head of the city and looking at the Han army camp outside the city, and persuaded softly.
“…… Anguo, can the people sent to Jiangxia have any news back? Guan Yu asked.
Guan Ping knew what Guan Yu was asking, and at such a point, Guan Yu also put down his pride and sent someone to ask for help from the junior Liu Feng, but Zaoyang was still far away from Jiangxia, even if Liu Feng got the news and came to help, it was estimated that it would take a few days for the news to arrive.
"Father, there is no news yet." Guan Ping shook his head, and comforted Guan Yu again: "Father, don't worry, although Liu Feng is not the main father-in-law, he is also a person who knows the importance of it, and he will come." ”