974 Temptation of Soldiers
Xu Huang dragged Guan Yu desperately, entangled endlessly, this battle lasted for a day, Xu Huang lost most of his soldiers and horses, and Guan Yu also lost nearly 40,000 people. Xu Huang finally gave up on Dangyang, turned his horse back, and led the remnants of his army to support Cao Ren.
Although Dangyang won the first battle, Guan Yu lost half of his soldiers and horses, and the losses were quite heavy.
"What is the use of Mi Fang and Fu Shiren?" Guan Yu was furious.
"Both of them have surrendered to Jiangdong, and Wang Fu jumped out of the city to take justice."
"Why doesn't the beacon signal fireworks?" Guan Yu asked with red eyes.
"Lu Xun used a plan, Lu Meng restrained himself, crossed the river in white, Pan Jun was greedy for money, and he did his best to rob the soldiers on lookout, and he was killed by Jiang Qin."
"I regret not listening to Wang Fu's words!" Guan Yu only felt as if a thousand catties of boulder were pressed on his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted.
Guan Ping hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, and after a long time, Guan Yu woke up leisurely, sighing nonstop! Guan Yu's expression was very haggard, his red face began to turn white due to blood loss, his lips also became dry, and the divine light in his eyes that had been squinting slightly was faintly visible, which was worrying.
"Father, take care of your health, I am willing to lead the army to recapture Nanjun." Guan Ping's eyes were red and swollen, and he took the initiative to ask for his life.
"I personally led the army to go, and after you broke off with Liao Hua, in case of Cao Bing." Guan Yu waved his hand, stood up with difficulty, and got on the horse with a knife, his majesty was still the same, but the hair between his temples was even more dazzling.
"General, there are Cao soldiers in the back, and Sun Quan in front, all of them are not weak, please ask for help quickly, don't be strong." With tears in his eyes, Yi stepped forward and grabbed the reins.
"Gong immediately went to Chengdu to ask for help, and told the eldest brother that Guan Yu swore to take Nanjun." Guan Yu said.
The army immediately set off for Nanjun, and within a day, Lu Xun's messenger from Jiangdong arrived and delivered a letter from Lu Xun.
Guan Yu unfolded it, and the general meaning of the letter was that he, Lu Xun, saw that the Cao army was attacking, and he was afraid that Nanjun would be lost, so he would take care of it for the time being, and just wait for Guan Yu's army to arrive and return it immediately.
In addition to this letter, there is also a letter from the family, written by the daughter, suing sù Guan Yu, and the family is all right.
Guan Yu finally had a smile on his face, rewarded the messenger, and asked him to return. Of course, today's Guan Yu will no longer believe Lu Xun's nonsense, whether this letter is true or not, he has already made up his mind to take back Nanjun no matter what.
In Guan Yu's opinion, Lu Xun's move was simply redundant and a little naïve, but he didn't expect that coming to deliver the letter was actually Lu Xun's conspiracy, and the target was not the tenacious and unyielding Guan Yu, but his soldiers.
Besides, the messenger sent by Lu Xun, after leaving Guan Yu's tent with a thousand thanks, left a large bag of things behind seemingly unintentionally. When the soldiers opened it, they turned out to be all letters, or letters from Nanjun.
There is a saying that the beacon fire lasts for three months, and the family letter is worth 10,000 gold. The soldiers regarded it as a treasure and hid it, secretly looking through it when no one was around. Guan Yu's heart is about Nanjun, like a cow, he didn't even notice it, and no one came to report it.
In addition to reporting peace, these letters contain many words of persuasion. As a result, Guan Yu was unwell and drank some wine, and when he woke up, the situation outside the big tent made him almost faint again.
That night, more than half of the soldiers and horses had returned to Nanjun, and the rest were soldiers who had no relatives in the city. Guan Yu hurriedly inquired, and finally learned what happened, and scolded angrily: "Lu Xun thief, I have repeatedly calculated Guan, I swear to take your life!" ”
It's useless to be angry, and then Guan Yu counted the team, and there were only more than 10,000 unstable soldiers left, so pitiful that there was not a single deputy general.
Subsequently, Guan Ping and Liao Hua caught up, and when they heard about the changes that happened that night, they couldn't help but show a chill on their faces, plus 10,000 soldiers and horses for two people, there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses in total, and it was tantamount to a fantasy to recapture Nanjun with this little force.
Yes! Guan Yu roared angrily, and his fist slammed on the mountain rock, and in an instant, the skin and flesh opened, and blood splattered.
Guan Yu didn't feel any pain, and seemed to be talking to himself: "I think that at the beginning, I could break the stone in my palm, it was easy, could it be really old?" ”
Seeing this, Guan Ping was distressed, and kowtowed: "Father is ambitious, but at present, with our troops, Nanjun will be difficult to capture, please go to Yiling and negotiate with Uncle Bao." ”
Guan Yu sighed, there is no choice at the moment, Yiling City is impregnable, and it can only be preserved by going to Yiling, and it will fight again in the future.
Guan Yu gloomily led everyone, turned around, and went straight to Yiling, he believed that the relationship between himself and Wang Baoyu, the fourth brother would never die without help.
What everyone didn't know was that after they left, a gust of autumn wind blew, and the mountain stone stained with Guan Yu's blood shattered and fell to the dust, which showed that Guan Yu was as brave as ever.
However, when Guan Yu's army entered Hulukou, a large number of Jiangdong soldiers suddenly appeared on the mountains on both sides, and the first two generals were Han Dang and Gan Ning.
Lü Meng had already considered that Guan Yu would come to Yiling, so he had already secretly sent Gan Ning, who had come to Nanjun, together with Han Dang, to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to this place to stop Guan Yu.
Guan Yu was in a hurry to march and didn't understand the enemy's situation, if he went all the way and continued to attack Nanjun, it would not be without a chance to echo inside and outside. It's a pity that Guan Yu is not good at scheming in his life, and he has not calculated Lu Meng and Lu Xun in the end, and he missed Nanjun again, which has become a permanent regret.
"Presumably, the fourth brother is also besieged by Lu Meng, I don't know what life and death are?" Guan Yu looked at the direction of Yiling from afar, and was still worried about Wang Baoyu's safety at this time.
"Who's calling me?" Wang Baoyu in the Yi Tomb suddenly shook his spirit, obviously as if someone was calling him, but there was no one in sight. For some reason, two lines of clear tears flowed down his cheeks, unspeakable sadness.
Gan Ning and Han Dang saw that Guan Yu's soldiers were disheartened, and they immediately lifted their spirits and rushed to kill with shouts. Guan Yu was in poor health, his mood was dull, and he was unable to fight at all, although Guan Ping and Liao Hua fought hard, they were defeated by the two generals after all.
Guan Yu's soldiers have been defeated repeatedly, and they have no fighting spirit at all, and under the cover of Jiangdong's soldiers and horses, there are less than 5,000 people left, and they are panicking and heading north.
An army of more than 100,000 people, a generation of heroes of the world, under the attack of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, there was no way to advance or retreat, and finally ended up in such a miserable defeat. Even a steely man like Guan Yu couldn't help but burst into tears, arched his hand to the west, and muttered: "Big brother, Yun Chang has failed your entrustment, and Jingxiang Nine Counties may be difficult to take again, all because of Yun Chang's fault, there is no shame to see each other in this life!" ”
After speaking, Guan Yu knelt down and bowed, his face full of sadness. Guan Ping and Liao Hua were in tears, and the Jiangdong army behind them pursued and killed, so they could only escort Guan Yu to continue northward, and there were hundreds of soldiers who fled on the way.
Finally, a small city appeared in front of it, and a blood-colored remnant sun shone on it, and it was extremely desolate.
"Where is this?" Guan Yu asked in a low voice.
"Back to my father, this place is called Wheat City." Guan Ping replied.