Recently, Sun Quan's anger has been really strong.

The stalemate between the Han and Wei countries in Guanzhong was originally a very good opportunity for the Wu state. Sun Quan could choose to unite with Wei to attack Shu Han, or he could choose to ally with Shu Han to attack Jianghuai, making it difficult for Wei to take care of it. He doesn't even need to use a single soldier to take advantage of it, and if he wants to send troops, he is sure to win more. That's what he's done before, and he's got it every time.

It's a pity that this time he can only watch from the sidelines and can do nothing. There was no other reason, just because there was a tiger cub lying next to him, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Not only that, but he also had to prevent this tiger cub from attacking him, and he was worried and trembling every day, where could he talk about any joy. Originally, I was sitting on a mountain watching the tiger fight, but now I am sitting on the mountain and being watched by the tiger, which feels completely different.

In addition to state affairs, family affairs also made him very uneasy. Sun Luban was conceived in October and gave birth to a boy smoothly, strong and cute. Sun Quan has no shortage of sons, but it has always been his biggest regret that his favorite Mrs. Bu has not been able to give birth to a son. Now that his beloved daughter Dahu has given birth to such a lovely child, of course he is very happy and loves it very much. But when he thought of the child's father, he couldn't be happy. In addition, Sun Dahu kept muttering in front of him, asking him to get Zhao Tong back to marry, and he was even more upset.

Such thoughts are nameless fires that cannot be declared, and the nameless fires in his heart make him even more uncomfortable and depressed.

Both of these things have an inexplicable relationship with Wei Ba. The tiger cub that made Sun Quan sleepless was Wei Ba, and Sun Dahu's encounter was also caused by Wei Ba. If it weren't for Wei Ba who kidnapped Sun Dahu in Yiyuan. How could Sun Dahu become a wound that Sun Quan couldn't touch. According to Sun Quan's temperament, he would have sent someone to destroy Wei Ba and recapture Jiaozhou to relieve the evil anger in his heart. It's a pity that not only can't he send troops to attack Wei Ba now, but he also has to defend against Wei Ba to attack him, and this passive feeling makes him more and more annoyed.

Fei Yi had a better understanding of Sun Quan's thoughts, so he reminded Wei Ba not to go too far, so as not to anger Sun Quan and break the current balance. Affecting the battle situation in Guanzhong - the grain in Jiaozhou still needs to be transported from Jingzhou to Guanzhong.

Wei Ba laughed heartlessly: "This is my business." I'm not obligated to make him happy. ”

Fei Yi smiled: "You don't want your brother to be short of food when he attacks Xiangyang with Meng Da, right?" ”

Wei Ba's smile became a little unnatural.

……

Longguan.

Zhao Guang brandished his war knife and ran back and forth on the city wall, shouting hoarsely, killing one Qiang person after another. But there are more and more Qiang people. I can't finish it. They are like a colony of strong ants. Keep climbing forward. Kill one, come two, kill five. Climb up ten, never ending.

Zhao Guang had been fighting hard for three days, barely holding Longguan, but he paid a huge price, less than 800 of the 2,000 soldiers remained, and there were more and more enemies. He couldn't hold on any longer, and he looked to the valley to the east countless times, but there was no sign of reinforcements.

"Kill!" Zhao Guang roared angrily, held a knife in both hands, cut off the head of a Qiang person, flew up, and kicked the headless corpse down the city. Because of the excessive force, he himself almost fell, and he was caught by the guards. He held onto the blood-soaked slippery and sticky walls, gasping for air. The two legs seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and they couldn't lift them, so they simply sat on the ground with their butts on their butts, and they didn't react to the corpses and blood everywhere.

"General, if the reinforcements don't come, we won't be able to hold it." A guard looked at the Qiang people who were gathering outside the city again, and said breathlessly.

Zhao Guang said weakly: "If you can't keep it, you have to keep it." If Longguan is lost, Guanzhong will be over, this responsibility is too great, I can't afford it. Instead of going back and being killed by the prime minister, it is better to die here, so as not to disgrace my father. ”

The guards were silent, they knew that Zhao Guang was telling the truth. If they lose Longguan and escape, Guanzhong will be lost, they will definitely not be able to bear this responsibility, and Prime Minister Zhuge will not spare them. In the battle of Longyou that year, Ma Tan was defeated at Mumen and lost grain and grass, so that Longyou was defeated, and Prime Minister Zhuge almost killed Ma Tan. The relationship between Zhao Guang and Prime Minister Zhuge is far less close than the relationship between Ma Tan and Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, and the responsibility for losing Longguan is far greater than the responsibility for losing grain and grass. Even if the prime minister can let him go, I'm afraid Zhao Yun can't let him go.

Rather than go back and die, it is better to die in Longguan, this is a portrayal of Zhao Guang's current mood, tragic and helpless.

The drums of war rose again, and the Qiang began a new round of attacks. Zhao Guang dragged his tired body to stand up and ordered another battle. Seeing the Qiang people surging with cloud ladders under the city, Zhao Guang's eyes turned black for a while. He didn't know if he would make it through this one. Death in battle is already an inevitable end, the difference is only when to die. According to the calculation of time, Prime Minister Zhuge has just received news from him, even if the Prime Minister sends reinforcements now, I am afraid it will be too late.

In the final analysis, it was his own responsibility, and he failed to discover the Qiang people's attempts as soon as possible, resulting in the loss of Longguan. After making such a big mistake, there was no other way but to apologize with death.

Zhao Guang smiled bitterly and raised his sword.

A personal guard hurriedly walked over and shouted a few words in Zhao Guang's ear, Zhao Guang's eyes lit up, and he hissed: "Really? ”

"How dare you deceive the general for such a big thing." The guard said: "The herald is waiting for you under the city, there is an order from Prime Minister Zhuge himself, the general should go down and take a look." ”

Zhao Guang ordered his subordinates to prepare for war, and he hurriedly walked off the road, and in the door hole of the east gate, he saw the herald sent by Zhuge Liang. As soon as the herald saw him, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, and took out a military order in both hands. Zhao Guang checked the sealing mud, and then opened the envelope with a trembling hand.

A moment later, a relieved smile appeared on his bloodstained face.

"The prime minister is really clever."

……

When night fell, the Qiang people rushed to the city wall again, the Shu Han army could not resist, and finally the army was defeated like a mountain, under the command of Zhao Guang, the Shu Han army withdrew from Longguan, threw down the corpse, and fled.

After capturing Longguan, the Qiang people were excited, running back and forth on the city wall, and let out a strange howl like a wolf. In three days, with more than 10,000 casualties, they finally captured Longguan and opened the door to enter Guanzhong, so that they could settle in the rich Guanzhong from then on. They have no reason not to be happy, no reason not to burst into tears.

Looking at the ecstatic Qiang people at the head of the city, Xiahou Ru was both overjoyed and a little regretful. However, at this moment, the most important thing is to enter the city, occupy Longguan, and pursue Zhao Guang. Although Longguan was successful, but to enter Guanzhong, there are still more than 100 miles of mountain roads to walk, and there are many places suitable for blocking, if Zhao Guang has time to arrange calmly, they will have to pay greater casualties.

Xiahou Ru left a part of his men to guard Longguan and led the main force of the Qiang people to pursue immediately. The Qiang people seemed to see the land in Guanzhong beckoning to them, and without the mobilization of Xiahou Ru, they rushed out of Longguan. Zhao Guang fled in front with a torch, and the Qiang people chased behind with a torch, looking at each other from head to end, sporadic battles broke out from time to time, Zhao Guang led his own guards to break off, and fought and retreated. The Qiang people chased after each other and fought bravely to be the first, leaving corpses on the mountain road.

The battle was bloody and short, Zhao Guang did not have the city wall as a cover, he could only use the terrain that could be seen everywhere, but the Qiang people did not take advantage of anything, Zhao Guang fled quickly, there was no time for them to outflank, and the mountain road was narrow, their advantage of being more numerous could not be brought into play at all, the front and Zhao Guang fought bloody, but the back could only watch, unable to help, and when they rushed to the front with great difficulty, Zhao Guang threw down the position and ran away.

Fortunately, they chased after Zhao Guang tightly and did not leave Zhao Guang enough time to prepare, otherwise they would have to pay more casualties.

One fled, the other chased, and overnight, they ran for more than fifty miles. At dawn, Zhao Guang entered a canyon called Red Deer Gorge.

After a night of fighting, both sides were exhausted and the pace slowed down significantly. Zhao Guang was surrounded by well-trained guard battalions, although he was tired, he could barely maintain the formation, and most of them followed, but the Qiang people no longer had a formation, they were like a group of wild wolves that did not belong to each other, they only knew how to chase their prey, and they didn't care about the position of their companions at all. A large number of soldiers fell behind, and there were nearly 20,000 people when they chased them out of Longguan, and less than half of them followed Zhao Guang into Maluxia in time.

Fortunately, Zhao Guang only had a few hundred people, and they also ran all night, and their physical strength was exhausted, and they still had enough strength advantages. Seeing that Zhao Guang stopped in front and hurriedly prepared a temporary position, the Qiang people laughed, cheered each other on, slowly gathered in the canyon, and rushed towards Zhao Guang's position, ready to fight again.

Zhao Guang also laughed, he put up the battle flag, and shouted: "Beat the drum, tell Guan Dingguo and Zhang Ziwang to get up." Lao Tzu ran all night, and it was time for them to move. ”

The soldiers beside him sinisterly grinned, and suddenly beat the drums of war. The drums of war reverberated back and forth from canyon to canyon, and the ground shook the mountains.

A moment later, the majestic war drums also sounded on the valley, echoing Zhao Guang's war drums.

The Qiang people were shocked, they raised their heads, looked at the banners displayed on the hillside, and couldn't help but gasp.

Guan Xing stood on the hillside on the left, slowly pulled out his sword, stretched his waist, and scolded with a smile: "Zhao Zhongde, this vertical man is really fast, the disturbing dreams in the early morning are really hateful, wait for Lao Tzu to kill all these Qiang people, and then settle accounts with him." Somebody, push all those stones down for me. ”

On the other side, Zhang Ying also shook his head lazily: "This shaft, did you retreat without receiving the prime minister's order, why did you run so fast?" Well, when this battle is over, you have to ask him well, General Zhao's face has made him lose everything, such a person can also be a brother with Wei Ziyu, why is the gap between people and people so big. He glared at the soldiers who were looking at him: "What do you see, why don't you push those stones down and keep them for breakfast?" ”

The soldiers did not dare to slack off, and together they pushed the stones that had been prepared for two or three days down the hillside.

For a while, large and small stones rolled down the hillside, rolling faster and faster, with a loud rumbling sound, smashing into the stunned Qiang people

(To be continued......)