When Sun Shao caught Pound's arrow, he knew that Pound seemed to be brave, but in fact he was on the verge of collapse, no matter how strong he was, after a day and a night of fighting, it was impossible for him to be as energetic as he came by boat all the way, although he let Pound eat and drink a little, but that was just a appearance, people don't sleep all night, and the consumption of physical strength can not be made up for by a meal.

So he did everything on the surface, using more than 100 lives to trap Pound in, and then he put on a posture. Pang De has been fighting for many years, of course, he knows his physical condition well, Sun Shao can catch his arrows, and shoot his bow accurately, plus he has fought against a fierce man like Zhang Liao, his skills must not be bad, if he can't solve Sun Shao quickly and solve Sun Shao within a few moves, then he has no chance at all.

It's best to be able to defeat the enemy with one move.

Pound held the long knife in his right hand, quietly wrapped his left hand behind him, pulled out the pat, and held it in his hand, the blade of the one-foot-five-inch long blade was close to his arm. He felt a little embarrassed, people challenged him openly, but he wanted to play this kind of unsightly trick, and he was really a little out of the stage, but if he couldn't play Yin right now, he was really not sure to defeat Sun Shao, the situation was urgent, so it could only be so. He didn't want to kill Sun Shao, he just wanted to capture Sun Shao and force him to let him go.

But he soon realized that he had miscalculated.

Just when he was just getting ready, Sun Shao, who was originally smiling brightly and being courteous, suddenly changed his face, his eyes were blazing, murderous, and he launched an attack first, he clenched the war knife with both hands, held it high above his head, roared wildly, and the war knife slashed head-on, and a cold light flashed, and it had already arrived in front of him. Pound didn't dare to slack off and raised his knife to parry. It is said that Sun Shao holds the knife with both hands, and the strength must be great, and he should also hold the knife with both hands, but he has a hidden clap in his left hand, and he has no time to change hands in a hurry, so he can only hold the knife with one hand and fight back.

One hand, one hand, as soon as they touched, they were separated, Sun Shao slashed at Pang De's knife with a knife, shocking the long knife crooked, and the original plan to turn around and stab Sun Shao's neck with a slap after the knife could not be implemented at all, and his arm was numb by Sun Shao's knife. Pang De took a step back to the side, Sun Shao was unforgiving, the long knife slashed again, and in one breath, he slashed thirteen knives in a row, pressing step by step, forcing Pang De to passively parry, and there was no chance to fight back.

After the thirteen knives were chopped, half of Pang De's body had lost consciousness, and the two long knives finally couldn't stand the continuous slams, and with a "click", they broke into four pieces. The knife flashed, and the half blade in Sun Shao's hand was already on Pang De's neck, and then he retreated, holding the broken knife upside down with both hands, and bowed: "Accept." ”

Everything was only between the lightning and flint, not only Pang De was stunned, but all the people next to him were dumbfounded, no one expected that Sun Shao looked like a very gentle person, and when he moved, he was so violent, and the fierceness of the offensive was like a raging wave, which made people breathless, and Pang De was defeated by him without even having a chance to fight back.

The ship was silent, and Pound was stunned, and as soon as his hand was released, the half-cut long knife in his right hand and the slap hidden in his left hand that had no chance to use it all fell on the deck. Shuai Zeng looked at it and immediately shouted: "Wow, you barbarian, you look like a very bold person, I didn't expect to make a trick." My general treats you like this, you actually want to do it? ”

Pound was embarrassed and speechless.

Sun Shao raised his hand and stopped Shuai Zeng, who was still shouting: "On the battle array, it's okay to do anything, don't talk nonsense." He turned to Cheng He and said, "Everyone, the victory and defeat have been decided, General Pang is going to stay in my camp for half a year, where are you going, please take care of yourself." However, I have a reluctant request, those who return to Yecheng please explain the situation here to Cao Gong, when you know that General Pang is not surrendering against his master, but just keeping his promise, half a year later, he will naturally go back to serve Cao Gong, please Cao Gong not embarrass General Pang's family. ”

Cheng He and others sighed with emotion, Pang De wanted to plot against Sun Shao, although it was excusable, but after all, he didn't do enough to be above board, Sun Shao not only didn't care about him, but also thought about him, and asked people to bring a message to Cao Ying, so as not to bring trouble to Pang De, this comparison, Sun Shao is simply too gentlemanly.

"General Pang, do you think there is anything else to explain?" Sun Shao smiled and said to Pang De: "If you don't have any opinions, I'll let them go." ”

Pound looked up and sighed: "Pound's prisoner, how dare you have any opinions, everything is at the command of the general." ”

Sun Shao laughed and immediately ordered the release of the person. Among the more than 100 people, only more than 20 were leaving, and the rest were willing to stay with Pang De, Cheng He saluted in front of Pang De: "General, please rest assured, I will definitely report the situation here to Cao Gong to ensure that the general's family is safe." Cheng He waited in Yecheng for the general to return safely. ”

"There is labor." Pound returned the favor. Cheng He bowed again, and the more than 20 people also stepped forward in turn to salute, and then disembarked and left.

Sun Shao took Pang De back to Guan Yu's camp, Guan Yu was gathering in the tent, Yu Ban and others knelt in front of him in embarrassment, Sun Jiao and others were sitting on both sides, looking at Guan Yu with envious and unwilling eyes, Guan Yu ignored them at all, and when he saw Sun Shao coming in, he smiled: "What, can you catch him?" ”

Sun Shao bowed down and said with a smile: "No." ”

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, a little disappointed: "Ran away?" ”

"Not either."

Guan Yu was confused, Sun Shao turned around and let Pang De in, and said with a smile: "I had a competition with General Pang, if I lose, let him go, if I win, he will be a guest by my side for half a year, and he will go freely after half a year." I was lucky enough to win General Pang by half a move, so he is neither leaving nor surrendering now. ”

Guan Yu smiled dumbly, raised his hand, but didn't know what to say, and thought for a while: "Since you have already decided, so be it." Pang Lingming, you lost to my son-in-law, what else do you have to say now? ”

Pang De rolled his eyes, turned sideways, and ignored Guan Yu at all. Guan Yu was furious, and as soon as his eyes opened, he was about to get angry. He had just defeated Yu Ban, and it was when the spring breeze was proud, and it was already good not to find trouble with Pang De, where could he still allow him to be arrogant in front of himself as a defeated general?

Sun Shao saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly stepped forward to laugh and said: "Uncle Yue, I have an appointment with General Pang in advance, and in the half a year he has been by my side, I can't force him to do anything, as long as he doesn't leave, so ......"

"What kind of condition is this?" Guan Yu glanced at Sun Shao, so angry that he didn't know what to say. But when he saw Sun Shao's flattering look with a smiling face, and he couldn't bear to lose his face in front of everyone, he endured his unhappiness, snorted, and waved his hand: "Got it, go out and wait." ”

"Ugh." Sun Shao was not annoyed by Guan Yu's attitude at all, and responded, happily arching his hand to Pang De: "General Pang, please." ”

Pang De glanced at Guan Yu again, and then said lightly: "I lost to General Sun, not to you, what are you proud of?" With that, he strode out of the account.

Guan Yu was stunned, couldn't hold back any longer, and slapped his palm on the case. The heavy case could hardly withstand his palm, and it was broken into two on the spot, and the books and ink on the case were thrown everywhere. Everyone was shocked, Guan Ping and Yin Guan hurriedly came forward to persuade them, Sun Jiao and others looked at each other, Hao Zhou and others were even more frightened, their faces turned pale, and they trembled, for fear that Guan Yu would be angry and push them all out and cut them down.

Yu Ban's face was also ugly, but his years of military career still allowed him to control his emotions and not show too much panic. It's just that his heart is actually mixed. Before leaving, someone said that Pound's old master Ma Chao was in Yizhou, worried that Pound would have different intentions, and Pound said at that time, if I can't kill Guan Yu this time, I will be killed by Guan Yu. After the start of the battle, Pang De did not hesitate to live and die, and fought with Guan Yu several times, whether it was courage or force, it had been recognized by the generals in the battalion. Now that he has surrendered to Yu Ban, although Pang De did not kill Guan Yu, he did not surrender after all, and he can be so arrogant in front of Guan Yu, compared with him Yu Ban, it is simply a heaven and a place. Pang De is just a general, and he Yu Ban is a cronie of Cao Gong, the status of the two is not the same, if this is spread to Yecheng and to Cao Gong's ears, what does Cao Gong think?

Yu Ban's thoughts fluctuated, regretting and ashamed, but he didn't notice Guan Yu's anger. Just when everyone thought that Guan Yu was going to order Pang De to be killed, the angry Guan Yu suddenly laughed, he sat down again, and glanced at Sun Jiao, Yin Guan and others: "Pang De is stubborn, he doesn't even pay attention to Guan Mou, except for Feng Xian, there is really no one who can cure him." ”

Sun Jiao was stunned, but Yin Guan immediately understood Guan Yu's intentions, and said with a mixed smile: "I think that although General Sun is not the son of a general, he has the style of a general, and it is quite similar to Zhang Bashi (Zhang Fei) when he explained Yan Yan. ”

When Zhao Lei and the others heard this, they understood that Guan Yu was making a name for his son-in-law, and they hurriedly echoed one by one, making Guan Yu smile, and the originally embarrassing scene suddenly became a testimony of everyone's righteousness. Sun Jiao smiled bitterly, this Weng and son-in-law sang and partnered, and they really cooperated tacitly. Sun Shao led the troops and brought food to Guan Yu to help him, Guan Yu gave Sun Shao a name in front of everyone, and in turn pressed them, in fact, he didn't know that although Sun Shao's troops were insufficient, he had already suppressed them, and he didn't need him to make a name for himself at all.

"Kong Xiu, you go and arrange it, and let Feng Xian set up the big camp on my right side." Guan Yu said to Yin Guan: "Arrange a banquet, we will welcome the allies from Jiangdong, and then discuss how to attack Fancheng." ”

Yin nodded his head and turned out of the big tent.

Sun Shao returned to the big tent and introduced Pang De to Cui Qian, Yue Hai and others, and they stepped forward one by one to greet Pang De, not treating him as a general, but as a mentor. Pang De is in his fifties, and most of Sun Shao's subordinates, except for Yu Xuan, are young and middle-aged. They were so polite, Pang De was a little embarrassed, although he didn't surrender, but after all, there was not much substantive difference from surrender, Sun Shao gave him face, he couldn't go too far, and return the salute one by one. Sun Shao kept his promise and arranged a place for him to live, so he didn't ask him anything more. Yue Hai and the others were a little puzzled, but Sun Shao didn't say anything, so they didn't want to ask too much, so they could only keep their questions in their hearts. However, they believe that Sun Shao must have his reason for doing things, and if he doesn't say it now, it must be the time to say it yet.

In the evening, after eating a reception banquet, Guan Yu left Sun Shao in the big tent, and Weng and his son-in-law sat opposite each other, drinking sobering tea, and talking about the knowledge of Zuo Chuan Spring and Autumn Period. Guan Yu's knowledge has risen greatly during this time, and Sun Shao has relatively not put much effort into it, but it is a little dwarfed.

"Feng Xian, the matter of learning, do not slack off." Guan Yu reminded: "Although you are busy, can you still be busy with me?" Cao Mengde said that he had a lot of opportunities, he had a little free time, and he couldn't release the papers, and he heard that Sun Zhongmou was also good at studying, if you want to make a meritorious career, you can't relax. ”

Sun Shao smiled, and said in his heart, you are really poisoned by books, this thing is a stepping stone when you have no officials, I am now a general, what is the use of him? He nodded: "What my father-in-law taught me." However, I think Mencius was right when he said that it is better to believe in books than to have no books at all, and sometimes it is more practical to detach from the words on paper and open your eyes to this more real history. ”

Guan Yu hesitated for a moment, and said with Sun Shao's seemingly easy-going smile, but actually very worried eyes: "What do you want to say?" ”

"Uncle Yue, dare to ask what are your plans to take Fancheng?" Sun Shao put down the teacup and asked slowly.

"After taking Fancheng, of course, we will take Nanyang completely, and then attack Xu County and Luoyang." Guan Yu replied without thinking.

"That'...... Is it your main attack, or our Jiangdong Army's main attack, or do you go hand in hand? ”

"Of course, I'm the main attacker." Guan Yu laughed: "Do you still want to compete with me?" ”

Sun Shao smiled bitterly: "Uncle Yue, what merit do I have to fight for?" However, have you ever wondered what Sun Jiao and they are here for? ”

Guan Yu sank his face, stared at Sun Shao for a long time, and sneered: "I knew that Sun Quan sent you here, not just to help me." He put down the teacup, and Sun Shao hurriedly lifted the teapot from the side and refilled some water for him. Guan Yu looked at the courteous Sun Shao, although he was unhappy with Sun Quan's idea, but he couldn't bear to refuse Sun Shao's face, he pondered for a long time: "What benefits does Sun Quan want?" ”

Sun Shao didn't answer him immediately, he was very worried about the mentality shown in Guan Yu's words. Guan Yu only defeated Yu Ban's army, he has not yet taken Fancheng, and there is still a long way to go from taking Nanyang, not to mention that he still needs Jiangdong to provide military rations, Yu Ban surrendered, his food pressure has increased instead of decreasing, at this time, don't talk about it and speak low, at least be polite, he is good, he directly regarded the Jiangdong army as a stain, I'm afraid it's not for his Sun Shao's face, if he is replaced by Sun Jiao, it is difficult to guarantee whether he will blast Sun Jiao out.

"How many soldiers does Uncle Yue have now, and how much food do you have?"

Guan Yu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and his anger disappeared as soon as he appeared, he straightened his waist, his expression became very cold, and he stroked his long beard and said lightly: "What, Sun Quan wants to cut off my food?" ”

"If so, what is the father-in-law going to do?" Sun Shao also straightened his waist and met Guan Yu's gaze without fear: "Returning to the army to attack Jiangdong? ”

Guan Yu was stunned by his question. He was about to say this, but since Sun Shao said so, it showed that Jiangdong was mentally prepared. He suddenly became angry, he was fighting with Cao Jun, and Sun Quan, who was an ally, was preparing to attack him, this kind of thing was intolerable in his opinion, even if Sun Shao was his son-in-law, he couldn't accept it.

"Yuezhang returned to the army to attack Jiangdong, who will attack Nanyang? With Yuezhang's current strength, can he start a war on two fronts? If no one attacks Nanyang, will the Cao Guild withdraw its troops? When will Liu Yuanjun's danger be solved? ”

Guan Yu's face was flushed with anger, and he lowered his voice and shouted angrily, "Are you threatening me?" ”

"Uncle Yue, it's not that I'm threatening you, I'm just reminding Uncle Yue that now is the time when Liu Yuanjun is in danger. I dare to ask my father-in-law, is it important for you to make meritorious contributions or to solve crises? ”

"Does that need to be said? Of course, it is important to solve the crisis. Guan Yu shouted unhappily: "Are you the kind of person I don't know what is important?" I am brother to Liu Yuanjun Enruo, we know each other irreversibly, and we don't need to work hard to keep my position. ”

"In that case, why should my father-in-law care about merit?" Sun Shaodao: "Everything is for the purpose of attracting Cao Gong from Bashu, the credit is Yuezhang's, or ours, what is the difference?" ”

"Hey, hey......" Guan Yu suddenly laughed: "Fengxian, you think too simply." Sun Quan is not only thinking about merit, he is thinking about land, and the purpose of taking credit is just to occupy more land. I don't want credit, but I can't let them take Nanyang. In the nineteenth year of Jian'an, he took advantage of Liu Yuanjun's just gain Yizhou, and sent troops to attack when he was unstable, and forcibly took Changsha and Guiyang from me. Is he going to take advantage of the fire again now? Does he want Nanyang, or does he want Nanjun? He can't send troops in vain, should I work in vain? People should be content, if they are greedy and take it in vain, they are afraid that they will not be able to eat it and will choke. ”

Sun Shao almost didn't get angry, who is greedy enough? Guan Yu is too self-egoistic. Commenting, since the thirteenth year of Jian'an, when Sun and Liu cooperated to resist Cao, Jiangdong has always been relatively restrained, on the contrary, Liu Bei - and the Guan Yu in front of him - has done a very unkind job, if they hadn't repeatedly rebelled, why would Sun Quan send troops to rob Changsha and Guiyang? Although Sun Shao didn't have a good impression of Sun Quan, at this point, he felt that Sun Quan had done nothing wrong.

But now is not the time to distinguish between right and wrong, Guan Yu is obviously a little unreasonable, and more importantly, he still feels that he is very reasonable, and he doesn't realize how dangerous his mentality is now. If this development continues, another rupture of the Sun-Liu alliance will be inevitable, and the history of Lü Meng's crossing of the river in white will definitely be repeated, but it may be done in a different way.

Sun Shao was a little frustrated, he spent a lot of effort to persuade Sun Quan to send troops to Jianghuai, Sun Quan was very happy at first, and then after thinking about it, he regretted it, he came to assist Guan Yu to fight Nanyang, hoping to use his identity to promote this excellent Northern Expedition opportunity, but at the beginning he encountered Guan Yu's roadblock. Guan Yu obviously didn't put himself in the right position, he didn't know that his defeat at the ban was largely accidental, if he couldn't handle the relationship with Jiangdong, not only would he not be able to take Fancheng, but he might also be blackmailed by Sun Quan. He let Guan Feng sit in Jiangling, and ruled out the unstable factor of Elfang in advance, but can this turn things around?

It was too unexpected, and Elfang's replacement with Guan Feng only increased the difficulty of Sun Quan's sneak attack, but it may not be able to change the result. With the wisdom of Lu Meng and the others, they must be able to come up with a way, they can rely on their understanding of the general trend to guard against it strategically, but it is impossible to do it tactically, and the most headache for him is that Guan Yu didn't realize that he had stepped on one foot in the ghost gate, and it also pushed him into an embarrassing situation.

Sun Shao took a lot of effort to not let himself show his anger, he drank tea silently, and finally made up his mind: "In this case, how does Yuezhang plan to arrange the battle against Fancheng?" ”

Guan Yu glanced at Sun Shao, although Sun Shao was very calm, but his long silence made Guan Yu feel his dissatisfaction, and he asked rhetorically, "What do you think?" ”

Sun Shao originally planned to let Guan Yu rest for a while, and he and Sun Jiao would attack the city, so that the Jiangdong Army would have merit, and Guan Yu could also take the opportunity to rest and recuperate, but Guan Yu's current mentality forced him to change his plan, if Guan Yu didn't let him hit a nail in front of the harsh reality, he might never be able to clear up from this big victory. He raised his head and looked at Guan Yu: "If Yuezhang takes it alone, how long will it take to capture Fancheng?" ”

Guan Yu was on fire, Sun Shao's words were forcing him to give in, he sneered: "Fancheng has been flooded, at most three months, the city wall will collapse, I will not fight, Cao Ren will not be able to escape." ”

Sun Shao didn't speak, just crooked his mouth. Guan Yu was also a little embarrassed, although he said it hard, but he knew that he didn't have three months to attack Fancheng at all, and Liu Bei was waiting for him to save his life. If he knew that he had been delayed because of the conflict of interests, even if Liu Bei escaped in the end, I am afraid that some people would say that he did not know how to take care of the overall situation. He thought for a moment and took a step: "Within ten days, if I can't capture Fancheng, Fancheng will be yours." ”

Sun Shao nodded, and said nothing: "I'm waiting for my father-in-law's good news." ”

"It doesn't matter." Guan Yu's face was gloomy, all his previous good feelings towards Sun Shao were swept away, and he suppressed his anger: "It's just that please restrain your subordinates first, don't make trouble that violates military discipline, and everyone's faces will not look good at that time." ”

"Don't worry, I know how to cook this." Sun Shao laughed: "In addition, I can also guarantee to my father-in-law that within ten days, I can guarantee that your military food supply is safe." ”

"Then thank you, son-in-law." Guan Yu said a word without yin or yang, brushed his sleeves away, and left Sun Shao alone in the big tent. Sun Shao smiled helplessly, got up and left, just out of the big tent, Yin Guan greeted him, opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he saw Sun Shao's face, he immediately had an ominous feeling: "General, talk ...... Not good? ”

"It's fine." Sun Shaoqiang laughed: "Uncle Yue wants to capture Fancheng within ten days, and I also ask Mr. Kong Xiu to have more advisers." ”

"Within ten days?" Yin Guan's face suddenly turned white.

(To be continued)