Chapter Eighty-Four: Pound

"General, Mrs. Sun asks to see you."

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, a little unhappy, Sun Shangxiang said that she was Liu Bei's wife, but since she was picked up by Sun Quan in the sixteenth year of Jian'an, she actually has nothing to do with Liu Bei, Liu Bei's current wife is Wu, Guan Yu never regarded Sun Shangxiang as Liu Bei's wife, Sun Shangxiang stayed in his camp, he originally disagreed, but when he thought that the first batch of emergency military food was transported by Sun Shangxiang, she was his son-in-law's aunt and his daughter's best friend, so he had to endure it. Unexpectedly, Sun Shangxiang became even worse, and it was not good to stay in the camp, so he actually ran to the army.

"What's the matter with you guys? If you don't protect your wife in the camp, why did you run to the army? What if it hurts? As soon as Sun Shangxiang stepped on the boat, before he could speak, Guan Yu shouted at the lieutenant who arranged to protect Sun Shangxiang with a tiger face.

Sun Shangxiang raised his eyebrows, and he was also on fire. She is not a fool, how can she not see that Guan Yu is obviously yelling at his own subordinates, but he is actually coming at her. She held her hands, her feet slightly apart, and stood in front of Guan Yu with her head held high, condescendingly-although Guan Yu was very tall, but he was sitting, and Sun Shangxiang was standing, after all, he was a little taller than him-looked at Guan Yu with her nostrils, and said without being salty:

"General Guan is angry, it has nothing to do with them, and it has nothing to do with me."

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, the first half of the sentence is easy to understand, how to understand the second half of the sentence, you inexplicably ran to the front of the two armies that were fighting, and stood in front of me in such a rude posture, and then said that this matter has nothing to do with you? Who does that have to do with that? His phoenix eyes closed one by one, and he sneered: "Guan Yu doesn't understand, who does that have to do with it?" ”

"It has something to do with Fengxian." Sun Shangxiang stretched out two fingers, held a piece of paper from his arms, shook it in front of Guan Yu, shook his hand, threw it on the case in front of Guan Yu, turned around and left. Guan Yu was furious, but he couldn't start it, so angry that his already red face turned even redder. He slapped his palm on the case, gasping for breath. Guan Ping and the others all held their breath nervously, for fear that Guan Yu would be angry with them.

Fortunately, Guan Yu still controlled his emotions, he picked up the piece of paper and quickly glanced at it, it was Sun Shao's handwriting, it was very simple, Sun Shao said that Pang De was a loyal and righteous person, and hoped that Guan Yu would not kill him, so Yunyun.

Guan Yu was a little curious, why did Sun Shao care so much about Pang De? However, although Pound carried the coffin to him, he did not dislike Pound as a person, on the contrary, he felt that Pound was very fond of him. In addition, Pang De's old master Ma Chao was in Chengdu, and Pang De's subordinate brother Pang Rou was also under Liu Bei, he originally wanted to take Pang De under his account, so he was not disgusted by Sun Shao's request.

"Where is Bong-first?" Guan Yu put away the book and asked casually.

Guan Ping was embarrassed, how did he know where Sun Shao was. When Yin Guan saw it, he immediately picked it up: "There is still half a day to arrive." ”

Guan Yu glanced at him: "How does Kong Xiu know." ”

Yin Guan smiled unhurriedly: "The general just broke the ban yesterday, and today it is said that General Sun's book has arrived, and in terms of distance, it should be half a day to arrive." Before the words fell, a scout rushed up to report that Sun Shao led the army supported by Jiangdong to be twenty miles away.

Yin Guan was a little surprised: "It came so fast." ”

Guan Yu didn't care about these things with him, he immediately instructed Guan Ping: "In this case, first surround Pang De and don't attack, you go to greet Feng Xian, and when he comes, then make plans." Guan Ping replied and turned around. Guan Yu sent people to surround Pang De, and at the same time went to other highlands to surrender, and he took the warship and went straight to the high slope where Yu Ban was.

Yu Ban's face was depressed, his usually meticulous appearance looked particularly embarrassed now, he looked at the camp that was already a sea with dull eyes, and he couldn't believe the facts in front of him. Originally, the battle went smoothly, although Guan Yu resisted desperately, he still advanced steadily, just waiting for another thirty miles, he could fight with Cao Ren in Fancheng inside and outside, defeat Guan Yu, but he didn't expect a flood to drown everything. As soon as the flood came, he couldn't do anything other than to rush to this high slope to take refuge.

The first time he led an army of 30,000 to take charge alone, he was defeated so completely. Until now, Yu Ban's mind was still blank. Protector Hao Zhou came to his side and reminded softly: "General, Guan Yu has come to challenge." ”

Yu Ban raised his head, looked blankly at the approaching warship, grinned silently, looking lost and depressed, where is there still a trace of the usual strict and inviolable look, Hao Zhou saw it, knowing that he had messed up, it was impossible to have any countermeasures, and besides, Fang had been divided and surrounded on one dirt slope after another, and there was not even a single warship, so he couldn't confront Guan Yu at all, and the big thing had gone, so he had to discuss it with Sima Dongli Yan and persuade Yu Ban to simply surrender. Yu Ban didn't say a word, sitting there like a puppet, Hao Zhou sighed, and made people put up a white flag and surrender to Guan Yu.

As soon as the ban fell, all the hopes of the Cao army were dashed, and they laid down their weapons, and Guan Yu captured most of the Cao army almost effortlessly, and when Sun Shao arrived, only Pang De was still holding on.

"Uncle Yue's battle can be described as a majestic battle." As soon as Sun Shao saw Guan Yu, he congratulated with a smile: "30,000 Cao troops, captured in a battle, Yu Ban and Cao Ren broke their courage, Fancheng is said to be able to go down, Cao Ying has no other way but to withdraw from Hanzhong, and Liu Envoy Jun is in danger." ”

Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed, and his voice exploded in everyone's ears like a bell: "It's a blessing to invite heaven, what a good way." Feng Xian came here to help me defeat Fancheng, take Xu Du directly, and welcome back the Son of Heaven, that is the real credit. ”

Sun Jiao and the others looked at each other, this world-famous enemy of 10,000 people is really extraordinary, it has reached the age of the sixtieth year, the power is still so amazing, the pride shown before the gesture is incomparable, and the voice is so shocking that the ears hurt.

Sun Shao smiled secretly, Guan Yuzhi was satisfied at this moment, and he didn't know how much danger he was facing. But these words can't be said now, and we will talk about solving the matter in front of us first. "Uncle Yue, have you received my book?"

"Roger." Guan Yu patted his chest and smiled: "Pang De, I'll keep it for you, Feng Xian, what do you want him for?" ”

Sun Shao smiled: "What use do I want him to do, I just think he is as loyal and respectable as his father-in-law, and I wonder what kind of person he is, he can walk in front of his father-in-law for a few rounds and get out." ”

Sun Shao's words came to Guan Yu's heart, he became more and more comfortable, stroked his long hair and said: "Although that shaft is vulgar, he really has some skills, and his knife skills, spear skills, and riding skills are all impressive. Bong, you have to be careful. ”

Sun Shao arched his hand: "Thank you for the reminder, I'll go and meet him." ”

Sun Shao sat on the Eagle Yang and came to the high slope where Pound was located, only to see that there was only an empty water surface within a hundred steps of the high slope, and there were only dead people on several boats on the water, no living people, and all the people were killed by arrows.

"Feng Xian, this Pang De is good at archery, a hundred steps away, never missed, you have to be careful." Guan Ping reminded: "In the past half a day, at least sixty or seventy people have been shot by him. ”

"So powerful?" Sun Shao raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand: "Take my bow." ”

Guan Ping frowned, and said in his heart that Sun Shao was as arrogant as Guan Yu's son and Guan Yu, and he heard that Pang De's archery skills were good, so he not only accidentally guarded against them, but wanted to compare his archery skills with Pang De. He wanted to wait for further persuasion, but Sun Shao had already taken off his armor, only wearing a red battle jacket and holding a hard bow, standing on the deck of Feilu.

Pound stood on the dirt slope, looking at the approaching ship with an eagle with wings spread and wondering, this warship was very strange, not like the usual warship oars, the sides of the ship were smooth, and there were several high masts on the ship. An unarmored young man stood at the bow of the ship with a bow in his hand, and behind him stood a dozen heavily armed warriors.

"Who is the rear general of Koto?" Pound looked at the flags fluttering on the ship and asked the governor beside him.

"I don't know." Cheng He also shook his head blankly.

"It doesn't matter who he is, when he gets closer, shoot him with an arrow, and then take the ship and break out." Pound sneered and ordered: "You guys are ready, just wait for my arrows to fire, and then prepare to grab the ship." ”

Cheng He nodded yes, and turned around and instructed his subordinates to prepare. Pang De has been holding on here for almost a day, Gu Ran shot a lot of Guan Yu's men, but he has lost a lot, the general Dong Heng and the general Dong Chao who persuaded him to surrender just now were killed by him on the spot. What's more, they ran out of arrows, and they couldn't resist the enemy with their bare hands.

Pound clenched his bow and stared at the approaching ship, his left hand behind his back, two fingers gently rubbing the slot behind the shaft. Cheng He quietly boarded a Meng Chong with more than 30 soldiers who still had combat strength, ready to rush up to grab the ship once Pang De shot the young general. A personal guard general took more than 30 people to another Mengchong, and was ready to set off.

One hundred steps, eighty steps, the boat slowly stopped. Pound's eyes narrowed, and he glanced at Cheng He, and Cheng He shouted: "Rush!" At the same time, Pang De took out an arrow and put it on the string, sat on the horse, drew the bow, aimed at Sun Shao on the flying house, took a slight aim, and let go of his fingers.

The people on the building boat seemed to be attracted by Meng Chong, who was approaching quickly, and the two fighting ships next to the building boat rushed up towards Meng Chong, and no one noticed the arrow that Pang De had just shot.

"Grab the boat." Pound sent out an arrow, and there was no need to look at the result, he let out a loud shout, stepped on another Meng Chong, which had already been ready to stop, and rushed towards the building ship quickly. As soon as he stood firm on the boat, he pulled out another arrow, put it on the string, and aimed at the Jiangdong Army general on the fighting ship closest to another Meng Chong, and was about to launch it, and then felt a little strange, and subconsciously turned the bow and arrow around and re-aimed at Sun Shao on the ship. What surprised him was that Sun Shao, who should have been hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, was still standing there dignified.

With a "burst", Pound's hand shook, and the bow in his hand was hit by a strong force, and it was shocked out of direction, and the arrow that was originally on it flew somewhere. Pound looked at it and was taken aback, he had just shot his bow, and now the arrow that landed in the cabin was clearly the one he had just shot.

He looked up and saw that the young general on the boat was looking at him with a smile in his hand, holding a bow in his hand, and seemed to be greeting him. Pound was stunned for a moment, looked at the arrow, and then looked at the young general, a little overwhelmed. Can anyone catch their arrows and shoot them back?

"General Pang, Ming people don't do dark things, why do you have to do this act of stealing chickens and touching dogs." Sun Shao waved his hand and shouted at Pang De very enthusiastically: "Sun Shao of Wujun, I have come to ask the general for advice, please ask the general to board the ship, I am willing to fight a fair battle with the general." ”

Pound was very suspicious of his ears, and at this time, someone actually came to the door to fight alone? However, he was about to rush to the boat upstairs, and someone asked him to go up, why didn't he do it, not to mention that in his stunned kung fu, the Meng Chong led by Cheng He had been hit head-on by the opponent's fighting ship, and the two boats were not of the same level at all, Meng Chong turned over on his side, and the soldiers fell into the water one after another, struggling desperately in the water, slapping and splashing. Most of his personal guards are from Xiliang, who are good at riding, but the surname Shui is very poor, and he is basically dead when he gets out of the water.

Fortunately, the people on the fighting ship quickly stretched out their long bamboo poles, pulled up the soldiers who had fallen into the water one by one, disarmed, and then returned to the building boat and sent the prisoners to the building boat. Two other fighting ships came up, one on the left and one on the right, holding Pound's boat, and more than thirty bows aimed at Pound and them.

"Okay, I'll fight you." Pound tried to keep himself on the bow of the boat, then slowly bent down and placed his bow on the board. Two bucket ships caught him and led him to the ship. Pound got on the boat and quietly looked at the smiling Sun Shao.

"Sun Shao? Could it be Sun Shao and Sun Fengxian who fought with Zhang Zhengdong? ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed loudly, waved his hand and said: "It's a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning to the general." That's Zhang Zhengdong bringing me and other juniors, don't worry about me. My Sun Shao is a southerner, the southerner is good at boating, the northerner is good at riding horses, and my riding skills can be compared with northerners like Zhang Zhengdong and the general. By the way, I'm a little curious, they all say that the cavalry is out and cool, is it the Liangzhou cavalry that is strong, or the Liangzhou cavalry is strong? ”

Pound was a little speechless, I'm here to fight alone, and I'm not chatting with you, is it necessary to answer your question? He pretended to think and took two steps forward, seeing that he was only five steps away from Sun Shao, he rushed forward with a fierce force, and at the same time pulled out the long knife on his waist, exhaled and opened his voice, and slashed his head: "Suffer death!" ”

Sun Shao had already prepared, turned sideways, and the iron-tire bow in his hand roared down, and the tip of the bow smashed the back of Pang De's neck. Pound slashed the air, was sinking and twisting, ready to return the knife to sweep, after this blow, the body that had already stopped couldn't help but rush forward half a step, before he came back to his senses, Ao Lei rushed up head-on, and smashed a black short stick in his hand.

Pound didn't dare to slack off, raised his hand to parry, "dang" sounded, sparks splashed, Ao Lei was shocked and volleyed over, and Pound was originally unstable, and now he couldn't stand still, plopped, and fell to the ground on one leg. He propped up the deck with his knife and looked at Ao Lei in surprise, he didn't expect this black and thin boy to have so much strength. Ao Lei wiped the blood on the side of his mouth with his sleeve, and was also very shocked, he hit it high, but he was shocked by this big man who looked like he was fifty years old, which was something that had never happened before.

"Ao Lei, stand down." Sun Shao waved his hand, and the two guards hurriedly went up to help Ao Lei aside. Sun Shao sank his face and looked at Pang De who stood up again unhappily: "General Pang, I am challenging you in a bright and bright way, you first released a dark arrow, and now you are sneaking up on me, what kind of hero is it, is Xiliang a person who likes to sneak attack?" ”

"Hugh is talking nonsense, in front of the two armies, how can there be any benevolence, righteousness and morality?" Pang De's long knife pointed at Sun Shao and shouted angrily: "If you want to take Pang De's head, please come forward, and don't mention other nonsense." Pang Desheng is the general of the country, and death is the ghost of the country, and he will not do the kind of work that steals his life. ”

"Who wants you to descend?" Sun Shao looked at him depressedly.

Pound was stunned for a moment: "Then what are you looking for me for?" ”

"I just want to fight the general." Sun Shao stroked the iron-tired bow in his hand and said calmly: "If the general wins, I will let you leave with my subordinates to ensure that no one will embarrass me." But if the general loses......"

"If I lose, this head will be yours." Pang De didn't wait for Sun Shao to finish speaking, and immediately interrupted Sun Shao's words.

"I want your head, so why bother with so much effort?" Sun Shao smiled faintly, pointed to the soldiers who were waiting for the battle, and was full of arrogance: "I only need to wave my hand, and it won't take a moment to kill you one hundred and ten people, and whoever you want to take the head, you can take whomever you want." He squinted at Pound: "The general thinks that I am half-false?" ”

Pang De was speechless, Sun Shao's words were not twisted at all, and it was so direct that people didn't know how to answer, so they had to ignore him.

"The general treats death as if it were home, and I admire it very much. However, the general is the general of the country, and he should be loyal to the country, if you die, Ling Lang can be the heir and not worry about food and clothing, but what about these people under the general? How much pension will they receive and how many days will they be able to feed their wives and children? Without them, how will the family struggle to survive? ”

Sun Shao's words made those soldiers who thought they would die were sad. Yes, Pound is dead, and his son can inherit the title, not to mention the future, at least food and clothing are worry-free, but when they die, their wives and children will have no one to support, and that pitiful pension will not last a few days.

Pound was also a little speechless. He had led the army for many years and took great care of his subordinates, so he thought that these people should be as dead as he did today, but when he thought of their families, he felt as if he was a little too selfish. If Sun Shao doesn't want to let them live, then that's it, there is nothing to complain about when the soldiers die on the battlefield, but now Sun Shao just wants him to promise him a condition, and he can let them live, if he still refuses to agree, it will seem a little unreasonable.

"What do you want me to do?" Pound's voice lowered: "As long as you don't hurt your loyalty, I can promise you." ”

"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you." Sun Shao waved his hand and gestured to Sun Huan next to him, Sun Huan took off the long knife at his waist, walked three steps in front of Pang De, stuck the knife on the deck, and then retreated. Pang De looked at the long knife that had just been smashed by Ao Lei and lacked a big hole, without saying a word, he threw it aside, lifted Sun Huan's knife, and put on a posture to face the battle.

Sun Shao threw his bow, pulled out a long knife from his waist, looked at Pang De, and said: "The general has been fighting hard for a long time, and he wants to be physically tired, but he wants to eat some meat and drink some wine to be strong?" ”

Pang De has already made up his mind, death is not something to be afraid of for him, if he can defeat Sun Shao and get out with his subordinates, he will not refuse. He smiled: "But! ”

Sun Shao ordered people to serve wine and meat, and Pang De sat on the deck, shook off his cheeks and ate it violently. Sun Shao didn't interfere, sat on the side, and leisurely sipped tea. Pound drank and drank to his heart's content, then wiped his mouth, stood up, and stood with a horizontal knife: "Say, what conditions do you have." ”

"The general wins, I'll let you go. If the general loses, he will wronged you to stay in my camp for a year, and as for your men, I will not be embarrassed to stay for yourself. ”

"Want me to surrender? Dream. Pound snorted disdainfully and flatly refused.

"It's not that I want you to surrender, it's just that I want to imprison you for half a year, well, you can say, I'm going to put you under house arrest." Sun Shao said slowly: "After half a year, if the general wants to leave, he can leave at any time." I just asked the general not to run away, commit suicide or anything within half a year, do you think it's okay? ”

Pang De looked at Sun Shao and felt very puzzled. Sun Shao neither let him go, nor kill him, as long as he stays in his camp for half a year, what kind of condition is this? Let's say surrender, no, let's say detainment, it doesn't seem to be. He was a little confused: "What exactly do you want to do?" ”

"I don't want to do anything, I just want you to stay in my camp for half a year, don't worry, I will never force you to do anything, even if you don't say a word, it doesn't matter." Sun Shao tempted: "Look, as long as it takes half a year, you can exchange one hundred and ten surnames, this is still worth it, right?" ”

Pang De couldn't understand what trick Sun Shao was playing, and he was a little hesitant for a while. Sun Shao didn't urge him, walked up to the drenched Cheng He, and asked politely: "Dare to ask the honorable name?" ”

Cheng He saw that he was very polite, so he had to bow back and salute: "Wu Wei Cheng He." ”

"What position is under General Pang?"

"Overseer." Cheng He whispered ashamedly.

"Who else is in the family?" Sun Shao didn't say a word. Cheng He lowered his head and didn't speak for a long time. Sun Shao didn't urge him, and asked casually one by one, Pound's guards were very uncomfortable by him, thinking that once he died, his wife and children at home would have no one to take care of, and a few of them couldn't help but fall to their knees and cry bitterly. Pound was uncomfortable and didn't want to listen any longer, so he shouted: "Hugh wants to ask again, I promise you." If I am defeated, I will remain in your camp for half a year, but you will let my men go. ”

"Don't worry, they want to leave, and I won't stop them." Sun Shao smiled: "The general is a believer, and I am not a villain who breaks his word and gets fat." Are you ready, General? ”

(To be continued)