Chapter 36: Guan Gong returns

As mentioned last time, Guan Gong was trapped in guarding Maicheng, and finally waited for reinforcements, and the reinforcements were none other than Zhao Yun, who set off in the early stage, and the 500 musketeers and 500 original Jingzhou defenders led by him.

Zhao Yun was as brave as ever, and he dared to rush to the Eastern Wu army that surrounded Maicheng with these 1,000 people. In fact, because of the integration of Zuo Ci's Tai Chi and Hua Tuo's Five Bird Opera, his martial arts are now stronger than when he was in Changbanpo.

The few people who can fight in the Eastern Wu Army have already been captured by Liu Hou, and the rest of Gan Ning did not come this time, so there is no one general of Zhao Yun in the Eastern Wu Army, and Zhao Yun picked more than 10 Dongwu generals along the way, plus he shouted all the way "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here", his prestige and his martial arts made the Eastern Wu Army can't help but be afraid.

500 musketeers were lined up in the inner layer, and 500 original Jingzhou defenders were lined up in the outer layer, forming a charging formation and following Zhao Yun to rush to Maicheng, and the musketeers in the inner layer did not have time to load ammunition when charging, so they took out thunderbolts one after another, holding torches in their left hands and thunderbolts in their right hands, rushing all the way and throwing thunderbolts all the way.

On this expedition, Liu Hou gave each of them 10 thunderbolts, which made them almost breathless, but fortunately, they all knew that these were life-saving baby bumps, and they had to carry them no matter how heavy they were. That's where they come into play. Along the way, the Eastern Wu soldiers were blown up, and more importantly, the Eastern Wu people had never seen these things, and they were all frightened by the huge roar, and many people stood still and did not dare to move, so that the charging team rushed to the city.

Guan Gong in the city heard a roar in the distance and remembered the thunderbolt invented by Zuo Ci, so he hurriedly went up to the city to watch. At a glance, I found that the roar in the distance was accompanied by firelight and smoke curtains, and it was confirmed that it was the unique thunderbolt of the Shu army, could it be that the reinforcements were really coming?

But where did the reinforcements come from? Could it be that Hua Tuo's old boy is telling the truth? Adou's nephew really came to Jingzhou? A spark of hope rose in the heart of despair. When the charging team approached, Guan Gong finally saw the "Zhao" flag and confirmed that it was Zhao Yun's flag style, and there was no doubt.

The opportunity is fleeting, and with Guan Gong's many years of experience, he certainly knows that now is not the time to explore, so he must act immediately and seize this short opportunity to break through. So, he immediately gathered his men and led his men to abandon the city and break out.

The Dongwu people were frightened by Zhao Yun's bravery and the terrifying sound of thunderbolts, and Guan Gong quickly joined Zhao Yun and fought their way out of the encirclement before the Dongwu people reacted. Sun Jiao didn't react until Guan Yu and the others were out of the encirclement, and immediately organized men and horses to pursue.

Since the musketeers' thunderbolts had been used up during the charge just now, and they were unable to reload their ammunition during the high-speed march, Zhao Yun knew their precious journey, so he placed them in the middle of the line to protect them. He took 500 of the original Jingzhou defenders and Guan Ping and 1000 of the elite of Guan Yu's army to take charge of the palace together.

The men and horses behind the palace of the Shu army and the pursuing men and horses of the Eastern Wu army fought repeatedly, and they were extremely tragic. This chase battle lasted for three days and two nights, and the Shu army behind the palace was almost wiped out, and Guan Ping was also seriously injured and was snatched back by his subordinates and sent to the rear. In the back, it was almost Zhao Yun who supported the situation alone.

In recent years, Zhao Yun has fused the ideas of Taijiquan and Wufowl Opera, and his martial arts have developed in the direction of Neijiaquan.

On the other hand, the Eastern Wu Army, this pursuit battle can be described as heavy losses, often a battalion of soldiers rushed up, the first time was picked out by Zhao Yun as the main general, so far I have not seen the appearance of a fierce general who can catch Zhao Yun's three moves, and then Zhao Yun drove his horse into the enemy army, chopping melons and cutting vegetables to rush through, turning around and rushing again, under a few charges, the Eastern Wu Army battle formation that was rushed to pieces collapsed, and then the soldiers fled, scattered......

In the past three days and two nights, such a story has been repeated, and the Eastern Wu army has more than 10,000 soldiers killed, wounded, and fled, and the losses are ten times that of the Shu army. However, Sun Jiao knew that there was a big fish waiting for him in front of him, and if he could capture Guan Gong, it would undoubtedly be a great achievement, and he would definitely be famous all over the world, so he frantically urged his subordinates to attack and attack again frantically.

After three days and two nights, even if Zhao Yun is a "victorious general" and "god of war", he is about to be unable to support it, and people's physical fitness always has an end, and it is impossible to fight indefinitely. Just as Zhao Yun was also in despair, the second regiment sent out by Liu Hou finally arrived.

The second regiment had 1,500 musketeers, and when they arrived at the scene, they immediately set up a blocking position, lined up in formation, loaded ammunition and quietly waited for the advance of the Soochow army.

Zhao Yun, who was still fighting alone in front of the battle, was overjoyed when he saw them coming, and immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards them. Who knows, the horse is also tired, and before it can run to the front of the battle, the horse stumbles and falls to the ground, Zhao Yun took his last breath, jumped a few times, and finally ran back to the army formation composed of musketeers.

Zhang Bao saw that Zhao Yun had returned safely, and as soon as he gave an order, the musketeers in the first row fired the muskets that had been aimed at them long ago. After a crackling sound of fried beans, the Eastern Wu soldiers fell one piece, and then, the second row of musketeers stepped forward, aiming and firing......

The three-stage strike method was enough to deal with the infantry, and it was still a group that was stunned by the sudden loud noise and inexplicable blows. The momentum of the Eastern Wu army's charge was immediately contained.

The 500 musketeers brought by Zhao Yun in the early stage lost more than 100 when they charged to Maicheng to meet Guan Yu, and the remaining 300 or so have now joined the blocking position, blocking the pursuing troops of Eastern Wu together with the soldiers of the second regiment.

The Soochow launched several charges but were unable to break through the position, until Sun Jiao, who was commanding in the rear, came to the front line. Sun Jiao did not know the situation on the front line, and when he saw that there were less than 2,000 people on the opposite side, he did not dare to attack, so he was furious and personally led people to charge.

As a result, he was naturally beaten back in a continuous burst of crackling gunshots, and Sun Jiao was also shot in the left shoulder, and the lead bullet was stuck in the bone and could not be taken out. Since then, the Eastern Wu army no longer dared to approach within 100 steps of the Shu army, but only dared to drop away, like a farewell team, watching the Shu army slowly retreat.

The unlucky Sun Jiao had a lead bullet stuck in his shoulder blade, and there was no surgical saint like Hua Tuo in the Eastern Wu army, so he could not take out the warhead. The lead bullet was embedded in the bone and became inflamed, suppurated, and ulcerated, and Sun Jiao suffered a lot of pain, and his illness lasted for 3 months, and finally died in wailing due to sepsis.

Sun Jiao is a general at the same level as Lu Meng, counting Lu Meng, Dongwu has already lost two heavyweights because of Liu Hou.

It is said that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun fought and retreated, and the Eastern Wu army also stopped the pursuit after Sun Jiao was injured, and the retreating troops returned to Eastern Wu, and Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were finally able to lead the troops back to Jingzhou City safely. When Liu Hou heard the news, he was overjoyed, opened the city gate, and personally went outside the city to greet him.

In the distance, Liu Hou saw a group of defeated soldiers meandering towards him. The flags of this team of soldiers and horses are scarce, and the remaining flags are also crooked, and most of the flags are tattered and dirty.

When I got closer, I finally saw the appearance of this group of men and horses, and I saw that they were walking in a staggered manner, and the formation was scattered, and there was no spirit that a unit should have, and many of them were still walking with guns or knives or other weapons or even simply using branches as crutches.

The clothes and armor on everyone's body were in tatters, and almost everyone had large patches of blood on their bodies, some of them were their own, some were splashed by comrades, and some were enemies. Some people have all kinds of cloth strips wrapped around their wounds, and the blood oozing from the wounds has long been soaked through the strips, and some people's wounds have nothing to wrap at all, so they are exposed to the air, and the blood is still dripping on the ground, forming a bloody path on their way.

Everyone's face was exhausted, and at the same time there was a faint joy, that was the excitement of returning home after nine deaths, that was the joy of the rest of the life after the catastrophe, mixed with the distorted face due to exhaustion and pain, forming a unique and strange expression that Liu Hou had never seen.

Liu Hou was deeply shocked by this group of "beggar" soldiers, what kind of tragic battle could have caused such a situation? What a brutal fight these people have experienced!

"Second uncle, you're back, I'm worried about my nephew dead." After the team approached, Liu Hou could see Guan Yu and Zhao Yun walking in front at a glance.

Guan Yu rode on a red horse, Liu Hou didn't know if it was the legendary red rabbit horse, because he was seriously injured, he could barely stand upright, the whole person was lying on the horseback, the parrot green clothes were also tattered and bloody, his hair was unkempt, and the beautiful hair that he was proud of in the past was dirty, obviously he hadn't taken care of it for a long time, and the current appearance of Guan Gong of Megatron was really miserable and miserable.

This is the high-spirited Guan Gong who warms wine and cuts Huaxiong? This is the invincible Guan Gong who killed Yan Liang and Zhu Wen? This is the Guan Gong who rode alone for thousands of miles, passed five levels and killed six generals? This is the Guan Gong who went to the meeting alone and was a guts? This is the Guan Gong who was captured by the Flooded Seventh Army and banned the killing of Pang Dewei and shocked Huaxia? Liu Hou couldn't help but lose his mind for a moment when he saw him.

Hearing Liu Hou's greeting, Guan Yu reluctantly raised his head and said to Liu Hou: "Is it Xiao Adou?" Uncle, I'm embarrassed this time. Although he hadn't seen him for many years, when he heard that he was called his uncle, and he was at this age, Guan Gong immediately guessed Liu Hou's identity.

"Uncle why did he say this, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, I think back then, Emperor Taizu was not defeated repeatedly, and finally defeated Xiang Yu to create this eternal foundation. Even before his father entered Yizhou, he was not displaced in the Central Plains. I believe you know better than me how many battles have been lost, uncle.

In short, this defeat is not your fault uncle, but the enemy is too cunning. It is not too late for him to heal his wounds one day and regroup again to avenge today's arrow. Guan Gong was too proud, and Liu Hou was afraid that he would not be able to accept this failure and commit suicide, so he began to try his best to relieve him as soon as they met.

"Hehe, little Adou, you really know how to talk." Guan Gong smiled bitterly. "I miss me, I have been in the universe for decades, but I didn't expect to fall into this field one day. There were 100,000 troops when the army was dispatched, and now you look at how many people are left. If it weren't for the safety of Jingzhou City, if it weren't for the brotherhood with the eldest brother and the third brother, I wouldn't want to live in the world for a long time, where would I have the face to come back to see you. ”

There were less than 4,000 people who followed Guan Gong Zhao Yun back, of which 1,008 were musketeers sent out by Liu Hou twice before and after, and Guan Yu's original troops were only more than 1,000 people left. The 100,000-strong army can be said to be wiped out, and the entire Jingzhou army has been erased in an organized manner.

Fortunately, Zhou Cang, Guan Ping, Zhao Lei, Wang Fu and other civil and military officials are still largely intact, although most of them are also injured, but they are not worried about their lives. And Liao Hua also broke through to move the rescue troops, and he has not returned so far, which can be regarded as an escape.

After Liu Hou heard Guan Gong's words, he chuckled in his heart and thought: "It's bad, this Guan Gong really has the idea of committing suicide, and I have to find a way to dispel this thought." I also persuaded it just now, but it seems to be ineffective, what should I do? After thinking about it for a while, Liu Hou decided to try it with the radical method.