It's just that the temptation of one day can be resisted, but what about the temptation of two or three days in a row? The rice soup has bottomed out, and the soldiers of Zhang Liaojun, who have been besieged in Xuxian County since yesterday, have already exhausted their grains of rice. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although there are a lot of corpses floating in the flood and there is a lot of water here, they dare to feed them with human flesh every time they are in danger, but they dare not move at the moment. Not to mention, from time to time there were patrol ships of the Feather Army on the streets of Lake Road to investigate all this, even without them. "Eating river corpses and drinking sewage will be condemned by the plague god." A sentence that has been circulating among the people of Xuzhou over the years has also reached the ears of everyone here. They didn't know who had originally made the news, but they knew that if they had eaten the floating corpses in the river and drunk the apparently unclean flood, the plague would have really broken out here - someone had done it before, and it had caused a real plague, and how could they dare to go against their will. They can only endure it.

But not everyone can endure it forever. On the fourth day, Guan Yujun actually carried the pot of broth to the ship patrolling the city, and when patrolling the city along the streets, many people couldn't bear the hunger in their stomachs, threw down their weapons and shouted that they had surrendered to Guan Yujun.

Patience is very difficult, and once someone breaks it, there will be many people who will not be able to persevere. With the surrender of several undetermined people, the collapse of the entire Zhang Liao army unfolded. From the fourth day to the next few days, the rain became lighter and lighter, and the flood gradually began to retreat, but more and more people surrendered to Guan Yu's army. On the seventh day, even several generals of the Cao army were captured by their mutinous soldiers and sent to Guan Yu.

His complexion was sallow, his spirit was obscene, he was weak, his clothes and armor were wet and torn, and his head was covered with rotten grass. When Guan Yu saw Zhang Liao and them, they were so embarrassed. At this moment, they didn't even have the strength to stand, they just sat on the ground, letting the stench on their bodies spread freely.

"How is this the case?" Facing such an embarrassed trio, Guan Yu looked at his enemy and friend with some displeasure in his heart, but he suddenly started a fire: "Pull out these traitors and behead them." He roared loudly, pointing to the right, and there stood a dozen soldiers who were also embarrassed - Zhang Liao and they were captured by these people and presented to Guan Yu.

"General......" Those who were standing, seeing Guan Yu so powerful, fell to their knees in fright. Guan Yu originally thought that they were going to kneel and beg for mercy, but he didn't want them to say something that made Guan Yu even more unpleasant: "I'm a traitor, so we should be beheaded, I only ask the general for grace, let us eat a full meal before being killed." ”

"Alas...... As you wish. Guan Yu felt an indescribable heaviness in his heart for their plea, of course he knew that these people would be like this because of his own cause, so he waved his hand helplessly, but he asked the soldiers in the tent to take these people down, give them a full meal, and then send them on the road.

After disposing of these soldiers, Guan Yu ordered someone to bring his friends down, let them take a hot bath, change into clean clothes, give them a full meal, and then bring them to him.

"Wen Yuan, Man Cheng, Wen Qian, are you willing to surrender to me?" When half an hour later, after the three of them appeared in front of Guan Yu dryly, Guan Yu first looked at them silently for a long time, and then asked such a sentence lightly.

Regarding Guan Yu's persuasion, Li Dian smiled and said nothing, but Le Jin didn't even raise his head, only Zhang Liao looked at Guan Yu for a long time, and then gently touched the tip of his nose and replied with a smile: "Regarding the answer to this question, even if we don't say it, Yun Chang knows it, what is Yun Chang talking so much nonsense for?" We were once friends, but now we are enemies. Does Yun Chang think that we are the ones who will surrender to the enemy? Cao Gong treats us very well. And we don't have much to worry about. Similar to Guan Yu's words, Zhang Liao's answer was also quite bland, but Guan Yu could hear the resolute flavor contained in this rather blandness.

"In that case, I won't say anything more. You've got your stuff on the couch, so clean it up for yourself. Guan Yu, who was also faint, said such words. After he finished speaking, he bowed his head and walked out, but he didn't even look back. He believed that they understood the meaning of his words, and he did not say anything more. A faint sadness welled up in his heart, and he knew that this was the last meeting he and his friends would meet.

"Alas...... The world is unpredictable. Guan Yu sighed, returned to his military tent, and not long after he sat down and began to think about his next strategy, he saw a soldier hurrying into the tent and hurriedly reported to him: "General Qiyu, the three captive generals have all committed suicide. ”

Guan Yu had already guessed such a result, he didn't say anything more and just gave a faint order: "Thick burial...... ”

"No." The soldier who had received this order turned and went out, and the moment he left the tent, he himself did not know if he was hallucinating - he heard what seemed to be a low whimper from the tent behind him.

The news that Guan Yu had defeated Zhang Liao, Li Dian, and Le Jin in Xu County and died in battle spread, Liu Bei was happy, Cao Cao was sad, and Sun Quan was surprised and somewhat happy at the same time. He felt that he had followed Lu Su's advice to provoke Guan Yu to fight Cao Cao first, so that Guan Yu's army would leave.

“…… If Guan Yu is allowed to stay in Huainan, we will lead this soldier to attack him, and God knows what will happen to him with such combat strength. Sun Quan patted his chest and secretly said that he was lucky.

Today was the day when the news came, and Sun Quan naturally gathered all his generals and staff in this hall. He looked at the civil and military forces standing neatly under his subordinates, but there was a trace of excitement in his heart. Because the news that Guan Yu broke Xu County and killed Zhang Liao and others came at the same time, there were also two dynamics of Cao Cao and Guan Yu: Cao Cao had already sent Xu Huang as a general to lead 50,000 troops to rescue Xiapi, then you have Cao Cao's son, and Cao Cao will not ignore it no matter what; Corresponding to Cao Cao's reinforcements to Xiapi, Guan Yu rushed to attack Xiapi after a little reorganization of the troops and horses, and he seemed to have learned the news that Cao Cao sent reinforcements, and seemed to want to capture Xiapi before Cao Cao's reinforcements arrived.

"It seems that the battle in Xuzhou will continue." Sun Quan smiled faintly, but turned his head to look at Lu Meng, "Ziming, how are your preparations over there?" If I ask for troops now, can you quickly take Shou Chun? ”

"No problem." Lu Meng patted his chest and reassured.

"Then ......" Sun Quan just wanted to give the order to send troops, but was interrupted by Lu Su over there: "Lord, ...... slowly!" Lu Su called.

"How?" Sun Quan put his hand down and asked very strangely.

"My lord, I think we should have waited a little longer!" Lu Su said.

"Why?" Sun Quan felt strange.

"I think we should ask Cao Cao to let us send troops, and we will send troops again. In such a situation, we must let Cao Cao accept our affection. Lu Su said with a smile.

"How long will we have to wait?" Sun Quan couldn't wait any longer, and he hurriedly asked.

"A few days. Please bear with me, Cao Cao will definitely invite us to send troops. After all, now that Guan Yu's glory has reached its peak, and the entire defense line in the east of Cao Cao has been breached, Cao Cao's troops are also a little stretched. He would have thought of us all the way. Lu Su chuckled and comforted his lord.

"Does it have to be this way? We didn't fight Guan Yu for Cao Cao, but for our own purposes. Sun Quan still didn't think about why Lu Su had to wait on his own.

"But don't forget it, my lord. Can Cao Cao master the imperial court? Is it right for us to break the covenant and send troops privately, or is it right for us to obey the command to fight for our nation? Lu Su nodded to Sun Quan slightly: "The battle needs the name of righteousness." ”

“…… That's ......" Sun Quan thought about it and felt that this was right, so he nodded and said yes: "Since that's the case, let's wait a little longer." Sun Quan said.

The Jiangdong army stopped for a while, and the soldiers and horses were ready, but they stayed in hiding, waiting for the arrival of Cao Cao's envoy. But in a few days, Jiangbei really came as Lu Su said. It was Han Song under Cao Cao, and he was an acquaintance to Sun Quan. Han Song saw Sun Quan, and his today's events were not what Lu Su expected, but he brought a holy decree to order Sun Quan to send troops to attack Guan Yu. Although Sun Quan and Cao Cao are allies at the moment, they are still two different forces after all, so Cao Cao's gift to Sun Quan will naturally not be anything practical, but just some official positions and the like, but this kind of official position still makes Sun Quan excited.

"Duke Wu, Du Jing Yang military?" After Sun Quan heard this, although he wanted to keep the ice crystals in his heart, the strong excitement still made him stand up involuntarily: "Duke Wei has invested a lot of money." ”

Cao Cao himself is only the identity of the Duke of Wei, but he asked the emperor to order Sun Quan to be the Duke of Wu, which understands that Wu and Wei are standing side by side. Although Wu and Wei originally stood side by side, and Sun Quan was not bad for this false name, but at present, the imperial court is still a great Han, and it is a great thing for Sun Quan and even the people under Sun Quan to get the consent of the orthodox court of the Han Dynasty.

Sun Quan made a quick decision because of this: "Duke Wei treats me like this, why don't I dare to repay Duke Wei with my humerus?" I also asked Mr. Degao to tell Wei Gong that I would send troops to capture Shouchun on the same day. ”

"That's very good." Seeing that he had been allowed to ask Han Song to be happy, although he also understood that in fact, Sun Quan had already had the idea of sending troops to Huainan in his heart.

Speechless at the moment, Han Song watched it again and again, and saw with his own eyes that General Sun Quan's orders were issued one by one, and he ordered to march to Shouchun. At this moment, it was late October, Liu Bei once again launched an attack on Cao Cao with the troops of Runan, Zhang Fei also led the people of Jingxiang to storm Wancheng, and Guan Yu was the commander of the new victorious division to attack Pi, for a time the eastern front, the central line, and the western line Liu Bei's army coincidentally sent troops to attack Cao Cao, they all concentrated heavy troops on the front line, and after their own depth, such as Xiangyang, Runan, Huainan and other places are empty and tight, which is what Sun Quan thinks can take advantage of the opportunity.

As a result, a group of merchant ships sent from Jiangdong to Shouchun set off from Lujiang Port. Although they were carrying all the soldiers of Jiangdong, the banners they played were without exception the banners of the major merchants in Jiangdong. This is also normal, after all, in Jiangdong, the family and the regime itself are closely integrated. Sun Quan promised to give them more privileges in Huainan after conquering Huainan, which made the great clans of Jiangdong rejoice. For the sake of the interests that will be obtained, they naturally will not give Sun Quan any stumbling blocks on such a small issue as leasing merchant ships. At this time, the top and bottom of Jiangdong were working together.

Hefei, this is the gateway of Shouchun, from the south to the waterway to Shouchun must pass through here to be able to go unimpeded. Although a large number of Jiangdong fleets passed through here in the past, such a huge number still surprised Fu Shiren, the general who was guarding Hefei. However, in the face of such an anomaly, the first thing he thought of was not that there was anything greasy in it, but that he thought that when he came to so many fleets at once, the red envelopes he received would definitely be able to drum up again.

"That's a good thing." Fu Shiren said this, and led people to the fleet of Soochow. He thought he would get more money, but he didn't want to enter the cabin, only to encounter a bright blade around his neck.

"This ...... What does this do? Fu Shiren saw that none of the cargo ships on these cargo ships seemed to be cargo, and in the empty cabin, there were rows of expressionless people sitting. Although they were not wearing armor, but dressed in the white clothes common to businessmen, Fu Shiren could tell from the momentum on their bodies and the bulging things around their waists that they were all extremely elite soldiers. "How? The military masters of Eastern Wu must have sent troops to fight Cao Cao, right? This is Guan Junhou's Hefei, not Cao Cao's city, are you mistaken, and what is the misunderstanding? Fu Shiren said with a smile. In front of the steel knife frame, he felt that it was more important to save his life, and as for Zun Neng or something, he could throw it aside.

"I know this is General Guan Yu's place, but from today onwards, this place will no longer be surnamed Guan." Lu Meng suddenly appeared behind Fu Shiren and said to him with a dark smile: "From today on, Hefei will be owned by our Dongwu. This is true not only in Hefei, but also in the whole of Huainan and Jingbei. My lord, Lord Sun Quan, Duke Wu, has already raised troops to fight against the rebellious Liu Bei by the holy decree of His Majesty the Emperor. If you people want to survive, I think it's better to surrender as soon as possible. ”

"What?" Fu Shiren was shocked: "How is this happening?" ”

"That's it." Lu Meng sneered and said: "Liu Bei borrowed Huainan, but he didn't pay it back. Hmph, we Jiangdong have had enough of this kind of untrustworthy behavior. Since you are unwilling to listen to your good words, then we have to do it ourselves and get back what is our own.

"This ......" Fu Shiren knew that he should make a generous statement and scold the other party for his treachery, but his feet were already weak, his mouth opened a few times, and those scolding words came here, but they became: "Guan Yu has always belittled me, and I have long been inconsistent in my heart." Since the master of the king's destiny is here, I am willing to submit to the mandate of heaven and make a contribution to the rebellion of the king's master. He didn't want to die, so he chose to surrender.

"Since you are willing to surrender, then you should take some credit. If the credit is enough, maybe you will live better in the future than now? Lu Meng glanced at Fu Shiren but knew what he thought, so he opened his mouth and said temptingly.

"Well...... this" Fu Shiren pondered for a long time, but gritted his teeth vigorously and made up his mind: "If the general can trust me." I am willing to dedicate Hefei and Shouchun to the general. ”

"Oh? How you give me. Lu Meng asked with a smile.

"The responsibility of Hefei to defend the city lies with me and Mi Fang. Although Mi Fang is the in-law of the emperor's uncle, she is often insulted by Guan Yu, as long as I say it, Mi Fang will inevitably surrender to the general. As for Shouchun, once we take Hefei and block the news, Shouchun's guard Guan Ping is just a kid, how can he be on guard against us? Fu Shiren affectionately offered advice to Lu Meng.

"That's right...... Let's go to Hefei City. I won't send someone to hold you, after all, with you and without you, it is just as convenient for us to obtain Hefei Shouchun. On this great river, there is no city that we can't take in Jiangdong. Lu Meng said confidently. The reason why he said this was actually because he saw that Fu Shiren was just a timid straw bag, and he could be coaxed as long as he was scared.

So, Fu Shiren got off the boat. Although he was timid and bored in taking charge of military affairs, he was quite practical, and soon after disembarking the ship, he ordered the south gate of Hefei to be opened, and not to close it without his own orders. And he himself hurriedly went to the county government and reported the matter to Mi Fang.

"What...... You bastard...... How dare you surrender? I'll slash you with a sword. For what Fu Shiren said, Mi Fang only heard half of it, and then became furious.

"This ...... General, it's no problem for you to chop me with your knife, but when Guan Junhou comes back in the future, he will also use the Qinglong knife in his hand to chop you. Don't think that the things you do here yourself are unaware of them, there is no such thing in the world that you know, and if you want to investigate, you will find out after all. Fu Shiren dodged Mi Fang's big knife, but at the same time, he loudly persuaded him: "Surrender." This Hefei is already untenable......"

"Bang ......" a crisp sound, but the knife in Mi Fang's hand fell to the ground like this, he no longer chased Fu Shiren, but like a wronged child, he hid his face and lowered his head to cry bitterly, while crying, he asked in a whimpering voice: "Then what do you say to do?" ”

"If you don't want to die, surrender first. surrendered and left a life, but in the future, there was still a chance to beg the emperor for mercy. If you don't surrender, your head will fall off, but you will have nothing. Fu Shiren said. These were the words he used to persuade Mi Fang, and they were also the true thoughts in his heart.

"That's it...... have to be like this" Mi Fang thought about it and seemed to have no other way out, but she had to agree.

Mi Fang surrendered. With his surrender, Hefei fell into the hands of Lü Meng. Because he knew that this was the hometown of the soldiers in the Guan Yu Army, and most of the soldiers in the Guan Yu Army came out of here, so Lu Meng did not do anything hateful here, he strictly ordered the Wu army that entered the city not to disobey the military order, and put up a list of people, and personally went to the homes of those soldiers who joined the Guan Yu Army, and condoled with their relatives who were still in Hefei City, and asked them to write to their relatives who were far ahead to report their safety. In short, Lu Meng treats these military dependents who belong to the enemy like his own soldiers, and the eagerness in them seems to be even more excessive than that of his own soldiers.

"General, why is that?" As Lu Meng's deputy general, Ma Zhong was very puzzled by this. Although he also understands that his general is a man who loves soldiers, it seems too much to love soldiers to the enemy's military families.

"You said that I allowed them to write letters to their relatives in front of them and allowed them to report their safety, would they also write that I was good to them?" Lu Meng did not answer Ma Zhong's question, but asked him lightly.

"I think so. The generals are so kind to them that even we look at them that we are jealous. These ordinary people are not hard-hearted people, how can they not be moved? They will tell this to their loved ones in front of them so that they can feel at ease. Ma Zhong thought for a moment and replied.

"Since they can write, then those people in Guan Yujun will naturally know the news here. What do you think the rest of them will do when they know the news? Lu Meng asked again, at this moment, he really had a bit of a taste of being kind to Ma Zhong.

"Well...... this" Ma Zhong, who was suddenly asked this question, was stunned, and then realized the cleverness of Lu Meng's doing: "Didn't the general learn the embattled method of Gaozu to deal with the overlord in the past?" ”

"Is it the embattled law? A few days ago, Guan Yu just used this method to deal with Zhang Liao, forcing Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Li Dian to commit suicide, and now I am using this method to repay him. I want to see Guan Yu, who is known as unparalleled in the world, and there is a solution to this method. Lu Meng said with a smile, his laughter was not good, and it always made people feel a little like a night owl.

The military horses were repaired in Hefei City for three days, but they did not alarm Shouchun. This was the effect of Lü Meng's cleverness: Lü Meng did not let his army be stationed directly in the city, but withdrew his army to the ship after obtaining the surrender of Mi Fang and Fu Shiren; He still let Mi Fang and Fu Shiren take care of the defense of Hefei, and even their soldiers did not make any adjustments, but blocked the city in the name of the arrival of a big merchant group in Jiangdong and the need to strictly guard the order of the city, as for the other contacts with Shouchun, everything was normal as usual.

There are some changes in this way, but the situation is still normal in the big picture, which is undoubtedly the most suitable for Guan Ping's side to know. Just as Lu Meng guessed about Guan Ping, Guan Ping, the son of Guan Yu, was first-class in combat and definitely among brave generals in terms of force, but he was still a novice in government affairs and people's livelihood, and he was an out-and-out rookie in intelligence -- he would never have discovered the fact that Hefei had fallen into the hands of Eastern Wu.

There was no movement on Shouchun's side, and Lu Meng was naturally happy to prepare for a few days in Hefei. Five days later, when his fleet headed north again, he Lu Meng was not only exhausted, but also added many ships that originally belonged to Guan Yu's army to the fleet. This time, he brought Fu Shiren with him.

Why bring them both? Because this time Lü Meng took Shouchun, he used Fu Shiren's opinion, and planned to use the tactics of seizing the city to obtain Shouchun. This city naturally needs to have a candidate, and the candidate that Lu Meng values is Fu Shiren. Compared with Mi Fang, Fu Shiren's status is undoubtedly much lower, but it is precisely because of this low level that it is full of reasonableness for him to escort the Jiangdong fleet to Shouchun.

Generally speaking, with the relationship between Jiangdong and Liu Beijun, when such a large-scale fleet appeared in Liu Beijun's territory, it must have been to transport large-scale supplies to Liu Beijun, which was definitely a move full of goodwill. Then to consolidate this goodwill for the sake of maintenance, it seems that it is normal to send a team to escort this fleet. Of course, this should not be done by Mi Fang, the highest city guard in Hefei, but by Fu Shiren. The difference in status is something that everyone here knows.

Everything went smoothly, and there was no difficulty at all for Lu Meng to capture Shouchun. When his army suddenly turned around, the officials sent by Guan Ping to receive him were still smiling. Although the smile was suddenly stuck, the smile on Lu Meng's face deepened. The sudden outbreak of the Lü Meng army launched an attack on Shouchun's defenders, which was too unexpected, and when Guan Ping reacted, everything was irreparable.

The whole Shouchun became chaotic, and Shouchun's defenders had no room for even a little counterattack under Lu Meng's organized attack. Their strength was not as good as that of Lu Meng, and the preparation in their hearts was not as good as that of Lu Meng, only an hour later, the banner at the head of Shouchun City changed, the red flag and green flag representing Liu Bei and Guan Yu were thrown down, and then the dark red flag representing Jiangdong was raised. On the dark red banner, the seven big white characters of "Jiangdong Left Army Governor Lu" were fluttering in the wind.

Guan Ping eventually ran away. He was also quick to see the opportunity, and when he found that the matter was irreparable, he quickly broke through. Of course, his breakthrough was not as simple as escaping his own life, and his other purpose was to report the news to his father and uncle - Sun Quan actually reneged on the covenant and brazenly attacked our rear, which is really ......

“…… An act that is absolutely unforgivable. Guan Ping ran wildly all the way, and finally rushed to the military camp on the front line of Xiapi within a few days, and reported the news to Guan Yu, causing Guan Yu to roar irritably. Of course, the anger in the roar was not directed at his current son, who was not much better than a beggar, but at Sun Quan, the "enemy" who had broken the covenant.

"General, what do we do now?" Liao Hua knew Guan Yu's anger right now, but the sudden change in the entire battle situation still made him involuntarily remind Guan Yu that the most important thing at the moment was not to lose his temper, but to quickly think of a solution to the problem.

"What should I do......?" Guan Yu was really extraordinary, after Liao Hua gave him a slight reminder, he reacted quickly and began to think about the current situation.

The tide of the battle had changed dramatically by this moment: with Sun Quan's betrayal, his rear had been devastated. Just as in the past, he attracted Zhang Liao to Xu County step by step and isolated him, at this moment, Sun Cao's coalition army is also isolating himself step by step, trying to surround and eat him.

This is a very normal move, but it is fatal for Guan Yu. After realizing this, he quickly made a decision: "We withdraw our troops, and Xuzhou will not be able to get it." Sun Quan will definitely further outflank our rear road, and Cao Cao will also send troops to press from the front line, that is, if we don't leave the current position quickly, then we will undoubtedly encounter both Sun Quan and Cao Cao's attacks at the same time, which is undoubtedly fatal for us. We must go now, before Sun Quan and Cao Cao circle us up. ”

"That's it? We're about to take Xiapi. Zhou Cang said angrily, seeing that he was about to give up like this when he saw the results of the battle, he was really depressed.

"That's it!" Guan Yu nodded helplessly. Zhou Cang was depressed, but he Guan Yu was not like this, and he also wanted to fight again. But the overall situation has changed, and fighting again is just to let these people die in vain. Guan Yu is not stupid or impulsive, how could he make such a decision.

"Retreat...... We'll leave tonight! Go north to Pengchengguo, and take the road from Pengcheng to Runan. Guan Yu quickly formulated such a retirement plan.

"No!" This is a major event related to the life and death of everyone, and of course there is a neat echo in the big tent.

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