Chapter 558: Xiangyang Rebellion
The flood raged, submerging everything, sweeping at a speed like thunder and lightning, and wherever it went, nothing could stop it, directly annihilating Ma Chao's tens of thousands of cavalry, enveloping them in an ocean.
"Ahh
"Help, I don't know how to be watery, who will save me!"
"Horse, my horse was swept away!"
Now is not the season of the rainy season, even if the embankment is built and the water is deliberately stored, the torrent created is not large, if the navy can carry it directly, but these northland cavalry, one by one landlubbers, instantly wailed all over the field, and there were countless casualties.
"Lu Bu, you should be damned!" Ma Chao grabbed the reins of the horse, and the whole person was already sunk in the water, drifting with the waves, his eyes looked at the soldiers around him who were wailing and howling, and his eyes burst out with a flash of flames.
"If you don't take revenge, a certain family will not be a man!"
He came in high spirits and entered Jingzhou with a strong attitude, and now tens of thousands of Xiliang Iron Cavalry soldiers are once mourned, and in the face of this torrent, I am afraid that less than one-third of them can survive.
Defeated!
His battle was an unprecedented defeat.
If Ma Chao had known this, he might as well have directly led the troops to fight with Lu Bu, in this case, even if it was a casualty, it would be worth it.
But now...... Flood the three armies!
About ten miles away from the bank of the Thorn River, on a towering hillside, the neat queue of Wu army soldiers, Lu Bu's burly body rode on the back of a red rabbit horse, and in his hand a telescope refined and professional in the army of Wu State, condescending, looking down on a qiÄ.
He could clearly see the struggling figures in the turbulent torrent from the telescope.
"Hahaha!"
Looking at it, he couldn't help but put down the binoculars, turned his head, glanced at Shi Tao, and laughed. Said: "Guangyuan, Ma Chao can suffer a big loss in your hands this time, crisscrossing Liangzhou, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry with full combat effectiveness is actually planted here!" ā
It's an absolutely beautiful fight he's ever fought.
"Master Hou has won the prize!"
Shi Tao didn't have any pride, and said a little modestly: "Ma Chao hurriedly went south, and he didn't know the characteristics of Jingzhou's territory at all. I don't understand the characteristics of the war in the south, so I will make this mistake! ā
Jingzhou, Jiangdong, many rivers, water attack is a very common battle mode.
However, the northern army went south, which was somewhat uncomfortable, even if Ma Chao was cautious, he finally let Shi Tao's calculations take a beating, and it was effortless. The first battle wiped out all the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
"Meritorious service is merit, no one can erase it, you should be the first meritorious person in this battle!" Lu Budao: "Donghou is about to resist Xiangyang, and when the time comes, a certain person will personally ask for credit for you!" ā
"Thank you, Master Hou!" Shi Tao is not hypocritical, as a matter of course, he will go next, if he wants to stand out in Wu State, this credit cannot be let out.
"Master Hou. Do we need to pursue? At this time, Dong Xi rode his horse and walked up. Ready to move, full of fighting spirit, he said: "This torrent is not big, it will recede in half an hour at most, and when the flood waters recedes, we will lead our troops to attack." It can wipe out all the enemies! ā
In this flood, the soldiers under Ma Chao's command, even if they are immortal, have no half life, they are attacking. It is equivalent to harvesting rice, without much effort.
"No need!"
Lu Bu shook his head and said: "What Donghou means, Ma Chao can't die now, leaving him tens of thousands of soldiers is a lesson to Liangguo, if he can resist this torrent, let him leave Jingzhou!" ā
"It's a pity!"
When Dong Xi heard this, he looked into the distance, very unwilling, and said: "Since they dare to go south, they are the enemies of our Wu State, and the dignity of our Wu State cannot be violated, why don't you kill him?" ā
"Guangyuan, why do you say?"
Lu Bu said lightly, with a hint of assessment in his words.
"Ma Chao is the prince of Liang after all!" Shi Tao thought for a while, and then said in a low voice: "Today's Wu State, it is not appropriate to have a grudge with Liang State, once Ma Chao is killed, Liang State is afraid that it will attack, Wu State has just captured Jingzhou, the soldiers and horses are tired, and it is not suitable to go to war!" ā
"This is one of them, and what else?" Lu Bu continued to ask.
"And?"
Shi Tao was slightly stunned, racked his brains and thought about it, and with a flash of inspiration, he said, "Wei Guo!" ā
Now that Wu has taken Jingzhou, the relationship between Wei and Liang will be handled carefully.
Now the battle of Guandu is still fighting, and the Jin State and the Wei State have not won or lost, but the Wei State is the enemy of the Wu State, which cannot be wrong, as long as the Liang State is a scourge for their Wei State.
But you can let Wu Guo take advantage of it.
"Huh!"
When Lu Bu heard this, he smiled with satisfaction, then glanced at things, and said: "Yuan Dynasty, ask Guangyuan for advice, as one of the top generals in the Wu army, you must not only learn to fight, but also understand all aspects!" ā
He has a good impression of Dong Xian, because Dong Xian is a bit like himself when he was young, he believes in his own force too much, and Ding Yuan taught him this when he was in the state.
However, at that time, he did not listen.
"No!"
Dong Xi shrugged his shoulders and nodded, he didn't know if he listened to it, anyway, he was very humble and taught.
"Let's go, we're ready to meet Donghou!"
Lu Bu didn't care if he listened to it or not, some things, when the point was reached, he immediately turned his horse, no longer looked at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry struggling in the water in the distance, and led the soldiers to return to Xiangyang.
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Night falls, and the night is like ink.
Xiangyang.
This thousand-year-old city, silent as water, the vigorous and noisy Chu Capital City that was revealed in the past, now has a dead silence shrouded in it, as if the black clouds are pressing down, and tomorrow is the end of the world.
"The kings are already dead, and it seems that there is no hope for the Chu State!"
"Isn't there still a great prince?"
"The eldest prince has a fart!"
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"The Wu army outside the city has surrounded us like this, I heard that the city is about to be attacked!"
"The Wu army is attacking the city, will it burn and loot, I have heard that the Marquis of Wu killed tens of thousands of Chu troops in Beiling Mountain in one breath, without blinking his eyes!"
"No, I heard that it was more than 100,000 people killed by Wu Guodonghou. This is a great killer! ā
"I wonder if he'll slaughter the city?"
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Voices circulated in the city, since Xiangyang City was surrounded by the Wu army, the whole city was in a state of panic, especially after Liu Biao died in battle.
Liu Biao was the king of the Chu State, he was the spiritual symbol of the Chu State, and as soon as he fell. The entire Chu State does not have the core backbone, which is actually panicked and cannot find support, and with the Wu army bursting with thunder and drums outside the city, the city is even more turbulent.
After the news of Sun Quan's killing of prisoners of war came back, everyone in the entire city was even more frightened, and they became more and more worried, and a pessimistic atmosphere had already formed......
The palace of the king of Chu.
A dark side hall, and there is some mess in the side hall. Books were scattered all over the floor, desks were overturned, no lights were lit, and a young man, cloaked and scattered, sat on the ground.
Liu Qi was about to go crazy, and in anger, he smashed all the qiÄ to pieces. In fact, when the news of Liu Biao's death came out, he knew. Chu Guo played, but there have been tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Ma Chao outside the city, and he can still keep Xiangyang, but now that Ma Chao has withdrawn his troops, he understands that he is also finished.
"The Great Prince!" A cold voice suddenly sounded.
"Who?"
Liu Qi looked up. Looking outside the main hall, a thin middle-aged man with dozens of hardcover soldiers stood awe-inspiring at the door, quietly surrounding the hall.
"Cai Zhen? What are you going to do?"
Liu Qi looked at it carefully, and his face changed slightly. This is a general of the Cai family and a confidant of the queen in the palace.
He was originally at odds with the queen, but now the shape of the state of Chu is severe, so they did not have a fight to tear their faces.
"The queen asked a certain family to give the eldest prince a ride!"
The emaciated middle-aged man walked in step by step with a pot of wine in his hand, and Liu Qi, who was looking at it, said lightly: "It's time for the eldest prince to go on the road!" ā
"What? She's going to kill me, why? ā
When Liu Qi heard this, he trembled, stood up suddenly, his eyes widened, his legs kept retreating, and he looked at this middle-aged man in disbelief.
Cai Zhen is the confidant of the queen of Chu, although he knows that the queen has always disliked him, but why should he kill him at the right time.
Now that the state of Chu is in danger, shouldn't we work together to tide over the difficulties?
"The Great Prince!"
Cai Zhen walked in step by step, walked in front of Liu Qi, paid tribute to the poisonous wine with both hands, and said lightly: "The Wu army is about to enter the city, the destruction of the Chu State is imminent, the Liu family of the Chu royal family can only live one, if the eldest prince does not die, the little prince has no value of survival, so the queen mother asked the eldest prince to go on the road and serve the king." ā
"I see!"
When Liu Qi heard this, his eyes widened, a touch of blood surged, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What a vicious poisonous woman!" ā
The state of Chu is about to perish, the royal family has become an identity that is difficult to survive, if you want to live, you must be valuable to the state of Wu, if he lives, Liu Zong has no value.
"Please let the eldest prince on his way!"
Cai Zhen's face was indifferent and he repeated.
"You dare?" Liu Qi glared: "Cai Zhen, you are just a minion, you are the prince of Chu State, and you are about to ascend the throne of the king of Chu State, so you dare to be presumptuous in front of so-and-so?" ā
"I'm sorry!"
Cai Zhen smiled faintly and said, "I'm afraid I can't help the eldest prince today, since the eldest prince is unwilling to cooperate, then I can only give the eldest prince a ride in person!" ā
"Someone, come on!" Liu Qi shouted in a panic: "Someone is plotting to kill this prince, come on!" ā
"Great Prince, don't waste your efforts, here are all our people!" Cai Zhenyang raised his hand, and several wolf-like soldiers rushed up, directly grabbed Liu Qi's hands and feet, and stabilized him on the ground.
"Go all the way!"
Cai Zhen lifted the wine jug, followed his mouth, and forcibly poured it.
Liu Qi's eyes widened, staring at Cai Zhen, for a quarter of an hour, his face turned blue, his mouth foamed, and his breath passed little by little, and finally became a cold corpse, lying on the ground.
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The place of the deep palace of the Chu State.
In a large hall, the lights were shining brightly, shining brightly, reflecting on a beautiful woman in palace costumes, she sat in the center with an elegant posture, no more than thirty years old, with a delicate face, exuding a noble atmosphere.
This is the queen of Chu, Cai, the mother of the little prince Liu Zong.
"Lord Kuai, I'm sorry for you!"
Cai Shi raised his head, glanced at Kuai Yue, who was kneeling opposite, and said lightly.
The demise of the Chu State was already inevitable, and now if they wanted to survive, they could only fully surrender to the Wu State.
"Mother's welcome!"
Kuai Yue's face was a little bitter, he sighed slightly, and bowed down and said, "The Kuai family will definitely cooperate with Prince Zong!" ā
"The entry of the Wu army into the city is imminent, it is inevitable, if we want to survive, the Cai family and the Kuai family must work together!"
Cai squinted, a trace of wisdom crossed his beautiful eyes, and said: "Wu Guo wants to take Xiangyang justifiably, and he will inevitably use Zong's identity, and this matter will trouble Lord Kuai to negotiate with Wu Guo!" ā
She was very smart, and when the news of Liu Biao's death came back, she began to lay out.
After Liu Biao died, as long as Liu Qi was removed, then there would be only one rightful prince in the entire Chu State, Liu Zong, if the Wu State wanted to stabilize the hearts of the people in Jingzhou, Liu Zong must not die.
With the strength of the Kuai family and the Cai family in Jingxiang, and then keep the banner of Liu Zong, if Wu Guo wants to move, they will also consider Jingxiang's stability, and it is best that they will not be killed by Wu Guo.
"!" Kuai Yue's eyes narrowed slightly, and said: "I will do this in person, but Brother Ling's whereabouts are unknown, and he has a certain number of troops, maybe it is a big trouble for Wu Guo!" ā
After the Battle of Wuling ended, Kuai Yue's brother Kuai Liang lost his trace, and his life and death were unknown, and Cai's brother Cai Mao also disappeared with tens of thousands of soldiers.
Kuai Liang is a civil official, so he has nothing to worry about, but Cai Mao can hold tens of thousands of remnants of soldiers, which will definitely cause some disgust from Wu Guo.
"If my brother is a person who understands the overall situation, he will not return to Nanjun, let alone return to the Cai family!" Cai said lightly.
Today's Cai family is facing the butcher's knife of the Wu army, showing weakness and low-key is the king, and with Cai Mao will he suffer the blow of Wu State, so if Cai Mao is for the good of the Cai family, he will only escape from Jingzhou.
"Alas!"
Hearing this, Kuai Yue sighed, he knew that it was not only Cai Mao, even if his brother Kuai Liang estimated that even if he survived, he would not dare to come forward for a while.
"There are some people in the city who can't stay!" Cai Shi said lightly, his tone was a little cold, full of a haze of murderous intent.
"Let's do it!"
He did not oppose the Cai family's mention yƬ, before surrendering to the state of Wu, some people in the city must die, because, in this way, the Jingxiang family can live better.
But...... Jingxiang family, the future is worrying!
On this night, Xiangyang was in chaos, countless heads fell to the ground, and blood stained the ground.
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Sun Quan only led 3,000 tiger soldiers to the north, by water, and when he resisted the outside of Xiangyang City, it was already April.
Lu Bu personally led his troops to greet him.
"Old Lu!"
Since the first battle of Chibi, Sun Quan has taken a few steps out of the shadow of his father's death, without the coldness of the past, and said jokingly: "This battle is a good fight!" Originally, I thought that the Fang Tian painting halberd that you had hidden for a few years was already a little rusty, but now it seems that your halberd has not rusted yet."
The battle between Lu Bu and Ma Chao has been recorded in detail and sent to him.
Ma Chao, this is also a peerless general, who fought with Xu Chu bravely in history, and killed Cao Cao who cut his beard and broke his robe, his combat effectiveness is not under Guan Yu.
In this battle, it seems that Lu Bu's precipitation over the years has not only not made his combat effectiveness fall, but his state of mind has gone further.
"Huh!"
When Lu Bu heard this, he just smiled faintly, but there was a touch of brilliance in his smile that he didn't have in Jinling in the past, and said: "Ma Mengqi is a good opponent, if he is growing up in the city that gives him five years, he may have the ability to fight with a certain family, but now, he can't do it!" (To be continued......)
ps: One more today, one more tomorrow!