Chapter Eighty-Four: Escape
The cold moonlight shone on the surging flood that flooded the Jianghuai Plain, and the spring breeze blew across the water, and the moonlight on the water surface rippled with the ripples. The starlight and moonlight at midnight shone in the bleak darkness, but it made people feel even darker.
As the flood waters receded, the walkway on the Shouchun city wall was already exposed, and the survivors who had been floating in the water for two days and one night were fortunate to finally touch the ground. Some people walked up and down the aisle, cheering and shouting, and some people slept peacefully on the railing of the city wall.
Liu Bei, who was lying on the corner tower, glanced around and said lightly: "It's good if the water recedes." Then he slept peacefully.
Sun Gan asked people to carry Liu Bei from the corner tower to the corner of the city wall, and counted the number of survivors, there were many, there were two or three thousand, of course, there were only about a hundred soldiers, of course, there were more than 100,000 people in Shouchun City before it was flooded.
Sun Qian was also tired, ready to sleep peacefully, just lay down, suddenly woke up by the shouting and killing sound from the north, and suddenly realized that now that the flood has receded, the situation is even more critical, Jiangdong soldiers will attack at any time, but their own side does not even have the strength to fight.
Sun Qian and the others looked at it, it was the seven thousand soldiers led by Zhou Tai who rowed a small boat and a small boat to kill Shouchun after breaking the river embankment, of course, they got lost in a vast ocean, so they only arrived now.
Zhou Tai finally found Shouchun, it was not easy, while leading the whole army to Shouchun, shouting: "I am Jiangdong Zhou Youping, this big water is what I put it, you return my Shouchun, and I will be captured!" A word roared out, and the water surface "bang-bang" fluttered with ripples.
When Sun Qian looked at the enemy army, there were five or six thousand, and then he looked at his own side, they were all ordinary peasants, and now they could be said to be fighting a naval battle, and they couldn't fight.
"General Sun, we will definitely not be able to defeat the enemy army, let's flee to Runan with the lord!" A young general next to Sun Qian said.
"Yes, yes, we will definitely protect Uncle Huang's escape." The surrounding people responded to the word, and some people picked up the planks that had survived with it and waved them.
"Yes, we'll retreat to the west." Sun Qian replied.
A group of two or three thousand people escorted Liu Bei to float to the west on the water, these people floated on the water for two days and one night, skilled, even swimming with rowing, so that Zhou Tai, who was chasing behind, was out of reach, Zhou Tai arrived in Shouchun City, let a thousand soldiers stay on standby, and shouted "Liu Bei dog thief, don't run!" He led six thousand soldiers to row and row hard to chase Liu Bei and the others.
Sun Qian was lying on the plank and swimming hard, stunned and unable to swim, and the people next to him pulled and pushed from time to time. Sun Qian stood up and looked forward, pointed ahead in surprise and shouted:
"Do you see the trees in front of you that are out of the water? Let's get over and hide in the woods! ”
On the high ground in the southwest of Shouchun, Tai Shici and other generals and many soldiers fell asleep, and a few night patrol soldiers dozed off while looking at Shouchun City, and then were woken up by the noisy shouting and killing, "What is the noise, in the middle of the night, don't sleep!" He looked up and suddenly saw a group of people attacking Shouchun City, and another group of men and horses fleeing west from the direction of Shouchun. He hurriedly woke up the others, and then squinted at a group of men and horses attacking Shouchun with a banner, "Zhou", and immediately knew that it was General Zhou Tai who came to attack Shouchun.
The night watchmen split their ways to wake up the whole army. Soon, the 30,000 soldiers were dressed in strict clothes, and Tai Shici went back and forth to the water to look, Zhou Tai had already occupied Shouchun City, and continued to chase Liu Bei, who was still on the water.
Tai Shi Ci ordered:
"The whole army!" The voice was majestic, and the soldiers who were dozing off were all shocked, "Follow me to the northwest direction, intercept the way of the Shouchun army, and don't let anyone go!" "Now they don't know if Liu Bei is dead, and letting Liu Bei flee is always a disaster.
"Yes!" The sound of the return is not neat, but the sound is loud. Cheng Pu Huang Gai looked at Tai Shici with satisfaction and appreciation, and marched with him.
Liu Bei and others floated ashore, of course Liu Bei was still asleep, and Sun Qian led the people to march west in the woods, fortunately escaping. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and before they could finish their breath, they were interrupted by a few earth-shattering "bang bang" drums, Tai Shi Ci led the army to kill, Sun Qian and others fled in a hurry, the sound of fighting, shouting, and fleeing woke up the sleeping bright moon, and the moonlight seemed to become bright at this moment. Fortunately, the battle was in the woods, the area of the battle was small, and there were not many deaths, but there were many people in Shouchun who wanted to run with Liu Bei, but as soon as their legs cramped, they fell to the ground and were arrested.
"Boys, kill!" Another loud shout. Zhou Tai also led his army to rush ashore.
Xu Sheng, who was at the tail of Taishi Ci's army, turned around to greet Zhou Tai and said, "General Zhou, General Taishi is chasing Liu Bei and others in the woods, you might as well lead your soldiers and horses along the outside of the woods to the direction of Runan and outflank Liu Bei." ”
"Okay, your name is Xu Wenxiang, I'll go." Zhou Tai led the army to outflank Liu Bei and left.
"Hmph, the despicable mountain and wild villager, he also deserves to know my name." The young man Xu Sheng looked at Zhou Tai's back and snorted.
Historically, although there were many talents in Soochow, their external expansion was always not smooth, because of the interest disputes of the major families within Soochow, such as the four major governors of Wu, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, and Lu Xun, all of whom were born in famous families and had a large industry in Jiangdong. was not born well, it seems that there are only Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Pan Zhang, and Sun Quan attaches great importance to the three of them.
Sun Qian, Liu Bei and others escaped from the woods, walked from the darkness to the light, and couldn't help but feel comfortable, "Jiangdong Zhou Youping is here!" You have to run away! Zhou Tai led the army to kill and shouted.
Zhou Tai didn't do this too much, as soon as Sun Qian and the others heard the shout, they immediately fled to the west.
"The thief is caught!" Tai Shi Ci led the army out of the woods.
The area is open, Tai Shi Ci Zhou Tai led the army forward, covering up and killing, Liu Beifang had no ability to resist at all, slaughtered, there was not much chance of surrender on the battlefield, and the ragged people lost their lives without even having a chance to wail, piles of blood fell, and gradually dyed on the mud mixed with puddles of water, like dye, showing the unique demon of blood flowers.
Of course, Liu Bei has been asleep, only sleep can continue his life, he was carried and fled to the forefront of the team, and the person who carried it changed several shifts, and Liu Bei was unscathed.
Zhou Tai led the army to speed through the middle of Liu Beijun, like a long saw, tearing apart the already chaotic formation. In the bright moonlight, Zhou Tai saw Liu Bei lying on the wooden couch and being carried away, his face turned pale, Zhou Tai thought of Liu Bei when he came to attack Shouchun, and sighed in the chaos of the army:
"Heroes, I didn't expect to become like this in a few months." After speaking, he waved the halberd and slashed at Liu Bei, the crescent-shaped blade on the halberd flashed in the moonlight, and the huge crescent-shaped knife qi was formed, released, and a halberd was chopped, not only Liu Bei would be slashed in two sections, the wooden couch would be broken, and the soldiers carrying the wooden couch would also be seriously injured.
An arrow broke through the air and hit Zhou Tai's right arm, Zhou Tai's right hand twitched, and the halberd slashed on Liu Bei's wooden couch, which shattered into several pieces, and Liu Bei was spared.