Chapter 544: Cornered
Guan Yu is not comparable to ordinary people in the end, but after a moment of shock, his mood has gradually calmed down. Guan Yu glanced at the guy who was kneeling on the ground and begging, and sneered: "Mr. Song was arrested, how did you escape?" ”
The guy didn't dare to raise his head, but said in a loud voice: "General Hui, the villain was at the stern of the boat at the time, and when he saw that the opportunity was not good, he jumped into the river." Fortunately, the villain was familiar with the water, so he escaped back. Look, General, the villain's clothes haven't been completely dried yet. ”
Guan Yu took a closer look, and there were still some water stains left on the guy's body, and he vaguely felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't think of it for a while, so he had to say, "You get up." Let me ask you, why did the Jingzhou Navy seize our grain ships? ”
The guy got up tremblingly, lowered his hand and said: "Back to the general, before the villain fell into the water, I vaguely heard the **** shouting of the warship, saying that it was my shopkeeper who stole and sold the food for the disaster victims, and he had been denounced. ”
Guan Yu's eyes widened, and he shouted in a deep voice: "Nonsense! Mr. Song has told me many times that his grain is purchased from people's homes door to door, so how can he steal and sell food for disaster relief? It's all the words of the people over there! ”
The guy looked up at Guan Yu and muttered, "Don't dare to hide it from the general, my shopkeeper is indeed trafficking food specially used for disaster relief this time." ”
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Tell me quickly, what's going on?" ”
The guy sighed and said: "General Mingjian, now is the time when the green and yellow are not available, and those Jiangnan people do not have much surplus grain at home, and they have to last until the summer harvest, no matter how much money my shopkeeper pays, they will not sell." The shopkeeper of my family thought that the general treated him very well, so he had to spend a lot of money to buy a warehouse official over there, so that he could get two boatloads of grain. Therefore, this time the grain was not purchased from the people's homes, but from the official warehouse. ”
When this guy counted the word "surplus grain", Guan Yu suddenly realized that the grain ship of the shopkeeper Song was detained, and there was no grain to be transported to Guangling, and the grain in Guangling City could not last for two days! Guan Yu's expression couldn't help but change greatly, and he didn't care about asking this guy anymore, so he hurriedly strode out.
In the big tent of the Guangling military camp, Guan Yu looked around at the generals standing on both sides, and suddenly found that something really happened to him, and he didn't even have anyone to talk to. This is all because he usually has a proud temperament, and none of these generals and colonels in the army are eye-catching. In fact, don't talk about these people, during the time when he was in Cao Cao's camp in history, there were so many famous generals, and he only talked to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang. As for Liu Beifeng's Five Tiger Generals, he didn't even look down on Huang Zhong.
Guan Yu is Guan Yu after all, and he made up his mind and gave four orders in a row. The first is to order the rations in the army to be halved, the second is to send a meteor fast horse to Xuzhou to report the emergency, asking Liu Bei to quickly allocate grain and grass, the third is to buy grain from the people in the city at a high price, and the fourth is to urgently seal up all the grain shops in the city.
These four orders are all Guan Yu's expedient measures, and the rations in the army will be halved, at least for two more days, and maybe they will be able to wait until the grain from Xuzhou arrives. The purchase of grain from the people is also to be able to hold on for a longer period of time, and the closure of grain shops can prevent those unscrupulous businessmen from taking advantage of the opportunity to raise the price of grain.
Forced by Guan Yu's prestige, these generals and colonels in the big tent were all Nuo Nuo, and no one dared to speak out against it. But when they got out of the big tent, they began to complain one by one. The officers and men in the army were all young men, and they ate a lot of food, and the military rations were halved or dried up, and many of them were hungry, for fear of provoking a mutiny. As for the purchase of grain from the people and the closure of grain shops, although they can solve the temporary crisis, they are more likely to cause panic among the people in the city. It's just that everyone usually sees Guan Yu always with a straight face, and no one dares to mention it to him in person.
This situation lasted only one day, and the soldiers in the barracks were clamoring, and rumors were spreading in Guangling City. Another day passed, hungry soldiers began to rush into people's homes to grab food, and some deserters also appeared in the barracks, because some people had already heard that the surplus food in the army was not enough to last for a day, and the whole city of Guangling was in chaos. What made Guan Yu depressed was that the messenger sent to Xuzhou to urge grain returned. Xuzhou is also short of food, and Liu Bei can't allocate excess food to him.
Seeing Guan Yu's frowning, Cao Hui said distressedly: "Husband, why don't I write a letter and ask my father for some food." ”
In Cao Hui's opinion, their Cao family is also a big family, and a little food should still be able to get it. But Guan Yu was not happy with this family business, with his arrogant character, how could he go down to beg the Cao family in a low voice and owe the Cao family a favor?
Guan Yu shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I will handle this matter." ”
Before his words fell, the soldiers outside the door suddenly came to report: "General Qiyu, the big thing is not good!" There was a military horse outside the city, waving the banner of the Han Dynasty, and came straight to the south gate. ”
When Guan Yu heard this, he said angrily: "Villain Liu Xin, the seizure of my grain ship turned out to be the idea of fighting Guangling!" Hmph, let you know the power of Guan Mou's treasure knife! ”
At this time, the south gate of Guangling was already in a panic, the soldiers hurriedly closed the city gate, and the people who had not had time to enter the city scattered and fled. Guan Yu walked quickly to the head of the city, and the city was also chaotic, many soldiers were busy carrying rolling logs, stones, bows, crossbows and arrows, and there were tens of thousands of horses under the city. Guan Yu held the battlements in his hands and shouted: "Who are you waiting for, dare to violate my borders? ”
At this time, at the opening of the gate flag in the enemy formation under the city, a general jumped out with a spear in his hand, and said loudly: "Listen to the people in the city, I am Zhang He, the general under Lord Liu, the governor of the four states, and I will quickly return the stolen disaster relief food, otherwise I will regret it." ”
Guan Yu was furious and ordered: "Bring the horse and carry the knife!" ”
As soon as the drums sounded, the city gate was opened, and Guan Yu rushed out of the city with a team of personal soldiers, shouting loudly: "Who dares to be so rampant and eat me with a knife!" ”
Zhang He had already been reminded by Liu Xin to beware of Guan Yu's sneak attack, so when he saw Guan Yu rushing straight over, Zhang He was not surprised, and greeted each other with guns, and the two fought together.
The knives and guns went back and forth, and after fighting for about 30 rounds, I saw Liu Xin fly out of the formation and ride a horse, and immediately a black-faced man said loudly: "The fourth brother will rest for a while, and the younger brother will meet him for a while." ”
Zhang He shook a shot, turned the horse and left. Guan Yu was about to catch up, but was already blocked by Xu Chu. The two knives flew up and down, and it was a vicious fight, and it was dark to kill, and it was still difficult to distinguish the winner from the winner in about 60 rounds.
Liu Xin saw clearly under the banner of the door, and said in a deep voice: "Guan Yushi's famous general, not one person can win. Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, you two replace Xu Chu, and fight Guan Yu twice! ”
When protecting Mi Zhu's family and evacuating Xuzhou, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun were chased and killed by Guan Yu, Gao Shun almost lost his life, and Zhang Liao even lost many elite cavalry. Now that the enemies saw each other, their eyes were very red, and after listening to Liu Xin's order, the two of them came out in response, with a knife and a gun, and went straight to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu gave up Xu Chu, shook his spirits, and came to fight Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. Three people, three horses, fought as a group, and fought for about forty or fifty rounds, and it was still difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. In the face of Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's attack, Guan Yu was not afraid, and the big knife in his hand covered the left and right, and he did not fall behind.
Liu Xin was amazed, turned around and said, "Jun Yi and Zhong Kang, you two will fight again." ”
But he heard a ** voice behind him say: "Lord, please let the last general fight." ”
When Liu Xin turned his head to look, it was Tai Shici. His army wanted to attack Guangling from Wu County, and it was necessary to mobilize the navy, and Liu Xin was also afraid of Guan Yu's martial bravery, so he let Gan Ning and Tai Shici follow the army.
Tai Shici was captured by mistake on the river, but Liu Xin did not give up, and he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, he was bent on taking credit for his position, so he took the initiative to ask for battle.
Liu Xin hesitated for a moment and said, "Xingba, you and Ziyi will fight together." ”
This wheel battle made Guan Yu secretly frightened. These generals, any of them came out, Guan Yu was not sure that he would end the battle within a hundred rounds, especially the black-faced man, his martial arts did not seem to be under him, and he didn't know where Liu Xin got these many powerful people. If these people come forward together, I'm afraid he will be more and less lucky today. What made Guan Yu even more uneasy was that if he continued to fight like this, he would still be able to support himself, but the war horse under his seat was already overwhelmed and panting.
Thinking of this, Guan Yu waved his knife to block a shot stabbed by Tai Shici, and shouted: "Relying on more wins, not the hero's doing, Guan is ashamed of the villain's fight, so let's go!" ”
Gan Ning and Tai Shici are all heroic characters, and they were both stunned by Guan Yu's words, and their subordinates were slow, and Guan Yu had jumped out of the circle and rode his horse to the city. The two were about to catch up, but they heard a gong behind them, so they had to take their war horses, return to their own formation, come to Liu Xin, and arch their hands and said: "The last general is incompetent, let Guan Yu escape, please punish the lord!" ”
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "It's not about you, let's see where he can flee." ”
But he said that Cao Hui was sitting in the mansion, and he always felt uneasy, and asked the soldiers outside the door, only to know that there was an enemy coming, and hurriedly said: "Quick, take me to the city to see." ”
The soldiers didn't dare to take Cao Hui to the city to watch the battle, but they couldn't bear her repeated requests, so they had to set up a carriage and rush to the south gate. The city ladder is quite steep, Cao Hui's body is very delicate, under the support of the maidservant, one step and three falls, finally climbed up to the top of the city, looking towards the city, can't help but be happy and afraid. I am happy that my husband is really heroic, with one enemy and two with ease, what I am afraid of is that the sound of killing there is shocking, and the cold light is flashing, in case there is a mistake, it will be separated by yin and yang.
When he was looking, he suddenly saw Guan Yu Toma jump out of the circle, run to the city, and shouted towards the city: "Open the city gate quickly!" ”
The soldier at the gate seemed indifferent, and there was no movement on the city. Cao Hui was anxious in her heart, and shouted to the left and right: "Open the door quickly, open the door quickly." ”
Suddenly, Cao Hui felt a chill in her neck, and a sharp steel knife was already on her neck. The soldiers who escorted her here just now said with pity: "Madam, the little one is offended, you hurry up and tell the general to lay down his arms, he is already cornered." ”