Chapter 548: Soldiers are bloodless
A moment later, driven by the general of the Pang Tong camp, hundreds of Jiangdong soldiers sang Wu songs outside the four walls of Calcium City.
The current situation is sad, because the defeat of Jiangdong Zhou Yu means that the last force of Jiangdong has been consumed.
All that is left of Jiangdong is a million people, this empty name.
It is no longer possible for Wu Di to establish a strong local power in this era. Jiangdong has always been extremely xenophobic. The gentry are very xenophobic, and the people are more xenophobic.
Therefore, the Sun family, who poured all over Jiangdong and divided the world, has a great sense of belonging.
Now, they have seen this power collapse with their own eyes. Naturally, my heart is sad.
But Pang Tong's original intention was not like this, he let these soldiers sing the songs of his hometown, not lamentations. The lyrics are to the effect that they are nostalgic for the countryside.
In order to remind the city sergeants of the benefits of their hometown and shake the morale of the army.
And the situation also developed with Pang Tong's expectations, and after singing Wu songs all around, the gods of the guards at the head of the city all showed their thoughts.
"Don't listen, don't listen. This is the enemy army shaking the morale of our army. Think about when Wu Wangfu was poor, Wu was strong, and when he went north to fight for hegemony. Sing the battle song. ”
On the western city, Cheng Pu was dressed in armor, and his beard and hair were white, but his face was full of red. He still doesn't know about Zhou Yu's defeat, his old brothers Huang Gai, and Han Dang have all died.
All he knew now was that he was going to hold on to the city and provide a foothold for Zhou Yu. Otherwise, if the army is outside and there is no rear, it will be a dead end.
Three generations of old ministers, Cheng Pu's prestige is very high.
He yelled and shouted. The look on the faces of the soldiers gradually became firm, and they no longer missed their hometown.
Under the city, although Pang Tong couldn't see the changes in the hearts of the guards in the city, he could feel it. Cheng Pu shouted too loudly.
"Sacrifice your head. Send the heads of Huang Gai, Han Dang and the others. Send someone to shout again. Zhou Yu was defeated, and Jing Chu no longer had Jiangdong's army, they were just a remnant army. If you surrender early, our general promises to send you back to your hometown in Jiangdong, otherwise this city will be the place where you will die. ”
Pang Tong's expression at this moment was extremely cold, like an executioner with bloody hands.
"No." On the side, Ma Tan made a promise, and turned around casually to signal to the right. Riding a horse on the right, Xiang Pet, who had already been prepared, immediately understood.
After dividing the tent, he went to the north, east, and south to persuade him to surrender, and took the heads of Zhu Zhi and Lu Dai, and he himself marched forward on horseback, and with an army of about one hundred and fifty men, he picked up the heads of Huang Gai and Han Dang, and rode forward.
Cheng Pu is the head of the third Jiangdong minister, and he is most familiar with Huang Gai, Han Dang and others.
Pang Tong believes that these two heads must be a huge stimulus to Cheng Pu. It is not even impossible to faint on the spot.
When the time comes, the morale of the army will fluctuate. Maybe you don't need to use it in three days, and you can conquer Calcium City in one day.
Xiang Pet, a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty, recorded in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, is known for being good at governing the army, and when Liu Bei was defeated in Yiling, only Xiang Pet and another person's battalion were very complete and retreated in an orderly manner. It is important to value.
At this moment, Xiang Pet's courage has been initially revealed.
When the army reached about a hundred meters in front of the city, Xiang Zhong ordered: "Shout that Zhou Yu is defeated, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Lu Dai and others are all killed in battle, you are already trapped in the lonely city, if you surrender General Yang Wu can promise to let you and others return home." If you resist, you will die here. ”
"Listen to the people in the city, Zhou Yu was defeated, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, Lu Dai and others were all killed in battle, you are already trapped in the lonely city, if you surrender General Yang Wu can promise to let you return to your hometown. If you resist, you will die here. ”
After giving the order to Xiang Chong, more than 100 soldiers replaced the soldiers who had previously sung Wu Ge and began to shout.
The voices of one hundred and fifty people were gathered together, and the power was quite large. Almost half of the city heard it.
"Hmph, fake. My Jiangdong army has 60,000 troops, how can we say that we are defeated. At the head of the city, Cheng Pu sneered.
The soldiers didn't believe much either, so they all showed that they didn't believe it, and you deceived the gods.
Under the city, after shouting to the favored soldiers for a while, he ordered to stop. and ordered two soldiers to take the heads of Han Dang and Huang Gai, and personally rode forward.
Came to the bottom of the city.
"Old General Cheng Pu, I know you're here. This is the head of Han Dang and Huang Gai, the two old generals, you can know at a glance whether what you just shouted is true. When the time comes, you and the thousands of guards in the city will go in your mind. You think carefully. As he spoke, Xiang Pet raised his head and looked at the head of the city.
"This." Cheng Pu's face changed greatly, and when he heard Xiang Pet's words, his first thought was naturally disbelief. Han Dang, Huang Gai is a fierce general in Jiangdong, although he is old now, he has never accepted old age. Even if the situation is bad, it is impossible to lose faith.
Fake, certainly fake. Cheng Pu roared in his heart. But reason told Cheng Pu that this was most likely true. If it's fake, who's going to send the head?
When the time comes, you will be able to tell the truth from the false. If they see the fake, they may still be demoralized, isn't this digging their own grave?
Trembling, Cheng Pu glanced down at the wooden box held by the two soldiers beside him. Could it really be his two old friends?
At this time, Cheng Pu wanted to confirm. But he didn't dare, because if it was. Then the heart of the army in the city went.
Who will defend a city that is destined to be breached? It's not a city in Jiangdong, it's just a city in Jingzhou.
But if you don't look at it, suspicions will rise in the army, and the morale of the army will fluctuate.
At this moment, Cheng Pu found himself at a loss. Except for the two human heads under the city, which are fake, the rest of the roads are impassable.
"It's true, it's false. It's life, it's death. Always look at it clearly. In the end, Cheng Pu became more bold in his heart, and waved his hand: "Put down the basket and pull it up." ”
"No."
The soldiers on the left and right immediately agreed and put down the two baskets. When the basket fell to the ground, Xiang Pet said to the left and right, "Put it on." ”
"No." The left and right soldiers answered, and each put a box containing a human head on the basket.
After the basket was placed, the soldiers on the city began to pull. Under Cheng Pu's gaze, he slowly came to the city.
In the end, two wooden boxes were placed side by side in front of Cheng Pu.
Maybe there are two of his friends in here? Cheng Pu's heart trembled violently, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and opened the box himself.
"Public." When the box on the left opened, revealing the head of the yellow cover, Cheng Pu felt a sharp pain in his heart and screamed, and then, with blood-red eyes, opened another box.
"Righteous father." When the second box opened, revealing Han Dang's head. Cheng Pu burst into tears, screamed, and fainted completely.
Pang Tong's calculation can be said to be extremely accurate, Cheng Pu is old, no more young, and he can't stand the violent stimulation. Now the two heads have defeated Cheng Pu and made him faint.
And the effect is much more than that.
"It's, it's true. Huang Gai, the two old generals of Han Dang have been killed in battle, and my Jiangdong Governor Zhou Yu has been defeated? Some of the soldiers around rushed up or pinched people, or picked up Cheng Pu and began to treat Cheng Pu, but more of them were in an uproar.
The uproar suddenly spread to the entire city wall as if it were some kind of contagious disease.
"The Metropolitan Governor is really defeated, and someone has seen the heads of Han Dang and Huang Gai, two old generals."
"It's true, I heard that the old general Cheng Pu fainted after screaming twice."
The spirit of the army floats, the real spirit of the army floats.
This panicked discussion was very loud, and even the pets under the city could hear it clearly. Coincidentally, at this time, the other three sides also shouted the news that Zhou Yu had been defeated.
The shouts of hundreds of people can be heard clearly.
Xiang Pet smiled slightly, knowing that the strategy had succeeded. He said to the left and right: "Let's go, let's go back and wait for the city to open." ”
As he spoke, Xiang Pet calmly led the left and right two people back to the camp.
Because of the fluctuating morale of the army, the soldiers on the city did not kill Xiang Pet in the first time.
"It's so daring." After Xiang Pet returned to the camp, Ma Jian on the side praised Xiang Pet and said.
Xiang Pet smiled modestly and shook his head.
Next to him, Pang Tong had a smile on his face. Ma Yan, Xiang Pet, Deng Ai, and that Xu Sheng, these people in his camp at the moment have all shown their talents.
It's really a star-studded group, and the stars are continuous.
These people can guarantee that even after the death of some people in their twenties and thirties, led by Pang Tong, Jiang Wan and others, the talents of Jing Chu will not be cut off.
No one can be deceived.
The ancients called themselves old husbands at the age of thirty, and countless people died at the age of thirty or forty. Of course, Pang Tong will not be conceited, and he will definitely be able to pass this hurdle.
Therefore, there are many good talents in Jing Chu, which is really gratifying.
Compared with the stability under the city, the city is worried about Nan'an. At this time, the other two city walls also received the heads of Zhu Zhi and Lu Dai, and the guards did not dare to decide, so they sent the heads to Cheng Pu's side quickly.
When Cheng Pu was rescued, there were already four heads beside him.
"What is this?" Cheng Pu didn't react for a while, and said.
"These are the four generals Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, and Lu Dai." The pro-soldier on the side trembled.
"Boom." Cheng Pu, who had just woken up, had a strong feeling of dizziness in his brain, not only Han Dang, Huang Gai, but also Zhu Zhi and Lu Dai.
If there were only Han Dang and Huang Gai, Cheng Pu could still lie to himself and say that Zhou Yu was only defeated, not a complete defeat.
But now it's four. You must know that there are only five generals under Zhou Yu's account who have the ability to lead the troops alone, and now there are four of them.
It's really the general trend that has gone, and the general trend has gone.
At this moment, the idea that rose in Cheng Pu's heart was not to surrender in Kaicheng, but to fight to the death with Pang Tong until Pang Tong destroyed Calcium City.
But this crazy idea, after circling in Cheng Pu's mind for a while, was given up by Cheng Pu.
Cheng Pu has a deep affection for Jiangdong and a deep sense of belonging to Jiangdong. For the Jiangdong soldiers, they are also very cherished.
The feelings that have accumulated over the decades. Now that Zhou Yu has been defeated, even if he survives, I'm afraid he will only survive.
This war of aggression against Jingchu was a complete failure, and they were just a group of remnants trapped on someone else's territory, unable to advance, and unable to retreat.
Death can only be in vain.
And Cheng Pu also believes that Pang Tong will not attack the city, and at this time, he only needs to surround Calcium City and wait for the food in the city to be cut off.
can go down without a fight.
Cheng Pu could no longer have the ability to inflict too much damage on Pang Tong.
Cheng Pu raised his head and looked at the soldiers around him, and he couldn't bear it.
Abandon Liu Feng's sentence and wait for them to go out of the city and surrender, and send them back to Jiangdong. After they surrendered, they would at least be able to survive.
Why sacrifice in the current situation?
Koto, hehe, Koto. Finished. Smart people can see the current situation, Liu Feng's power has reached the sky, and Jiangdong has further shrunk.
Even if Koto is not dead now, it is only a matter of time.
Thinking about it, Cheng Pu staggered to his feet and ordered: "I'll go to the city first to think about countermeasures, before I issue the order." Don't act rashly. ”
"No." The soldiers' expressions flickered, and many people had the idea of surrendering Kaicheng in their hearts, but Cheng Pu had a high prestige after all, and the soldiers did not dare to show their hearts for a while.
After Cheng Pu gave the order, he mounted his war horse and returned to his own mansion. He locked himself in the study, and his own soldiers were not allowed to enter.
After I went in, I didn't come out. It wasn't until half an hour later that one of the pro-soldiers was frightened, and after consulting with a few pro-soldiers, he broke in.
Cheng Pu's body was also found, kneeling on the ground, with a narrow wound on his neck, bleeding all over the ground. There are two rolls of bamboo slips in front of the desk.
"General." Several of the soldiers screamed, and after a moment, they wept bitterly.
The pro-soldiers are always the closest people to the general, Cheng Pu is so old, and several of his old pro-soldiers are even in their twilight years.
The feelings are naturally very deep.
This cry was half an hour of time, and after half a quarter of an hour, only after the soldiers opened the bamboo slip and read it again, they endured the grief in their hearts and walked out of the Taishou Mansion.
Soon after, one of the bamboo slips was sent out of the city by his own soldiers and placed on Pang Tong's case.
Pang Tong waited outside for a long time, and did not see Cheng Pu surrender in Kaicheng, so he was a little disappointed, so he returned to the camp, but he didn't expect that an hour later, things would be turbulent again.
"What is this?" Pang Tong looked at the bamboo slips on the case suspiciously, raised his head and glanced at Cheng Pu, who had red eyes and came over with the bamboo slips.
"This is the old general's will, if the general can agree to the above things. The old general's troops will order Kaicheng to surrender. The soldier choked up.
"Legacy?" Pang Tong was moved, and it can be regarded as Sun's accumulation of virtue, these generals in Jiangdong plus Cheng Pu, five of them were either killed in battle or killed themselves.
They are all strong and loyal ministers.
Pang Tong solemnly opened the bamboo slip, only to see a condition written on the bamboo slip, as well as a request from Cheng Pu.
The condition is to stitch Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi, and Lu Dai with the corpse, among which Huang Gai, Han Dang, and himself will be buried somewhere casually. Three people together. In addition, Zhu Zhi and Lu Dai asked others to put them in the coffin and send them back to Jiangdong.
This is the condition.
Another request was to be kind to the city guards.
"I agreed to the above conditions. In addition, you can rest assured that if you surrender, I will keep my promise and let you thousands return to Jiangdong. It's just that it has to wait until my lord pacifies Jiangdong. After Pang Tong read it, he said very solemnly to this pro-soldier.
"Thank you, General." Seeing that Cheng Pu's last life was realized, the soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said gratefully.
In the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Zhou Yu, the governor of the Jiangdong Expeditionary Army, was defeated outside Jiangling City, and four generals were killed in battle.
Thousands of defenders surrendered.
After this battle, Liu Feng's army really controlled Jiangling County. As long as Liu Bei is defeated, he can go north to attack Xiangyang.
In addition, Jiangdong, which has lost so many generals and the army of Jīng Rui, is no longer a threat.
Above the Yangtze River, in the north of Hukou Water Village.
Ganning's 6,000 sailors were on the Yangtze River. The boats stretched endlessly, completely blocking the Yangtze River. Whether it was Jiangdong's baggage preparing to support Zhou Yu, or the merchant ships on Jiangdong's side, no one could pass. If you break in, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.
The most obvious place in the comparison between Jingchu and Jiangdong forces is the water army. When Liu Feng had just occupied Jiangxia, Jiangdong's naval army was still the first in the world. They regard Liu Biao's Jingzhou as their back garden. You can rely on the navy army to break into Jingzhou at any time.
With the defeat of Gan Ning and Wu, and Zhou Yu's army successively defeated, Jiangdong's naval army has also collapsed.
Now the Zhou Tai tent army guarding the mouth of the lake is only 5,000 people left. I could only watch as the 6,000 sailors of Ganning floated on the river, blocking the Yangtze River.
Hukou Water Village, Zhai Mén is closed. Zhou Taitie stood on the water village with a blue face, looking ahead.
Gan Ning made a sneak attack on Hukou, but was unsuccessful. Because Zhou Tai is too vigilant, his defense is also extremely amazing. But Zhou Tai couldn't get rid of Gan Ning.
Because Gan Ning has many troops, good weapons, plenty of arrows, and powerful warships. Zhou Tai had attacked Gan Ning several times, but each time he was attacked by Gan Ning's brazen counterattack.
More defeats and fewer wins. In the end, Zhou Tai could only watch the water village and watch Gan Ning run rampant on the river.
The reason why Zhou Taitie blushed his face was not only because he felt humiliated because his former glory was trampled on. There is also because they have lost contact with Zhou Yu.
Looking at the situation of Gan Ning rampaging across the river, the situation on Zhou Yu's side may be dangerous. The baggage could not be reached, there were no supplies.
Zhou Tai didn't dare to imagine what kind of situation Zhou Yu would face.
"Hey." Zhou Tai sighed, turned around and went back to the water village. Now, he has no ability to attack Gan Ning. I can only wait.
Three days later, among the many boats on the river, a pole of the word "Gan" will be under the banner.
Gan Ning finally received the news from the rear, Zhou Yu was defeated, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, Lu Dai and others were all killed on the battlefield.
"Haha, Jiangdong is defeated." Gan Ning laughed a few times, and then said happily: "Order, order the soldiers to shout out the news." We'll be done and return to Xiakou immediately. ”
Gan Ning's task is only to block the connection between Zhou Yu and Jiangdong, and now that the task is completed, there is naturally no need to be in the middle of the river.
With Gan Ning's order.
The boats turned around one after another and returned to Xiakou. The 6,000 people on board even let out an earth-shattering shout.
"Jiangling news, Zhou Yu was defeated, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Huang Gai, Zhu Zhi, Lu Dai and others died on the battlefield. General Zhou Tai should report to Sun Quan quickly, so that he can think of countermeasures earlier, haha. ”
A burst of laughter, floating on the Yangtze River.
And Zhou Tai, who stayed in the water village, had a big change. There was a huge shock in his heart, if Zhou Yu was really dead. Zhou Tai immediately stopped hesitating, waved his hand and said, "Send spies to Jiangling to inquire about the situation." ”