Chapter Eighty-Eight: Breaking the Whiskers, Guan Yu beheaded Pan Zhang

On August 24, just as Sun Quan was patting the female wall of the city of Zheqi and hysterically shouting where his reinforcements were, Guan Yu had already led the main force into the camp in the distance.

After the camps of Pan Zhangbu and Zhu Ranbu were breached, a large number of Jingzhou troops poured in and occupied their camps.

After that, they mainly opposed the guests, used their camps and defense facilities, and carried out the encirclement and suppression of the remaining Jiangdong Army through the extensive network of barracks and docks.

If you look at it from the periphery, the construction of the mouth of the water is like a water chain dock, the barracks on the land are normal military fortresses, and the water barracks on the south and west are connected by water villages.

Under normal circumstances, the strength of the Jiangdong Group's naval army is extremely strong. Even if the outlying land camps were breached, they were able to cut the trestle bridges connecting the outlying camps, and use the criss-crossing water fortresses and the boats on the river to defend them.

But at this time, the Jingzhou naval army controlled the river, and the Jiangdong army at the mouth of the river could be said to be out of control, unable to use ships to counterattack, and had no way to retreat, and was surrounded by Guan Yu's army and fell into a desperate situation.

As a last resort, He Qi, Pan Zhang and others could only choose to use the complex terrain to engage in desperate street battles with the enemy.

Guan Yu rode a red rabbit horse through the school yard of the middle camp, and he was only followed by a few hundred guards, because most of the soldiers had already gone to the front line, and the middle camp had been controlled by his soldiers.

"General."

Zhou Cang walked over covered in blood, panting and said: "In front of them is their water building, where the buildings are connected to the buildings, the fortresses are connected to the fortresses, and the dock forts are connected by the bridges, which are extremely complex and difficult to break. ”

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Can you attack with fire?" ”

Zhou Cang shook his head: "We tried, but they put a large number of buckets in the camp, and there was river water below, every time they wanted to light a fire, they doused it with water, and they also destroyed some of the bridges themselves, so we could only attack from the boat." ”

"Take me to see it."

Guan Yu rode forward, he had only seen the situation of the dock fort on the periphery of Nanying when he was on the boat, but the interior was still not very clear, so he had to go to the field to observe.

All the way to Nanying, Nanying is not a peripheral wall, but a wooden high-rise building, the buildings are connected together, complex and extreme.

When he arrived here, he couldn't ride a horse, so Guan Yu let the soldiers lead the horses, and under the leadership of Zhou Cang and others, he climbed to the tall building and looked at the opposite Nanying.

I saw that the whole camp was like a deep house compound, the periphery extended to the inside through the water village bridge, the camp gate on the opposite side was like a wharf, several ships were placed nearby, and there were three arrow towers on the left and right sides.

His soldiers were in the middle camp on the opposite bank below, because the arrow tower was condescending, and the long-range fire was suppressed, so that the soldiers could not force their way through the bridge connected by the two sides.

And this is only one of the camp gates, farther away the wooden fence wall of Nanying extends all the way to the east and west, and there is a walled bridge in the middle to connect the middle camp and the south camp, at first glance, there are tens of thousands of people on both sides confronting each other.

In the farther north direction, on the side of the North Camp where Ma Chao was attacking, he was personally leading the soldiers to charge with shields, baffles and other objects.

However, the enemy defended tightly, the gate was closed, and arrows were constantly shot down from above, and due to the narrow terrain, the ladder and other equipment could not pass, resulting in Ma Chao being very passive.

In some places, the walled bridges were simply destroyed, and the Jingzhou army could only watch from the other side of the bridge.

However, due to the limited terrain, it is difficult for the army to storm it, but the naval army is advantageous.

Huang Zhu and Gan Ning ordered the ships to lean against the edge of their camp, through the ladder on the ship, hooked the wall on the opposite side, and climbed into the enemy's camp.

Seeing this scene, Guan Yu pointed over there and said, "Let the soldiers cooperate with the naval army to break through from the southwest." ”

Zhou Cang replied, "The young general has already gone. ”

"Take me to see it."

Guan Yu said.

Zhou Cang took Guan Yu down the walled building and went west along the corridor passage below.

The road was full of Jingzhou troops who were shooting arrows with the Jiangdong army on the other side, and some Jingzhou troops were constantly attacking under the organization of officers, and the overall quality made Guan Yu extremely satisfied.

It is said that the southern soldiers are not as good as the northern soldiers, and the Jingzhou army was indeed a rabble when it was under Liu Biao, and it was beaten by the Cao army in several major battles.

But in Shen Chen's hands for more than ten years, the overall level of the Jingzhou army is already comparable to the elite soldiers in the north, which is enough to prove that the quality of the soldiers has nothing to do with whether they are southerners or northerners, but depends on the ability of the generals who lead the troops.

Guan Yu walked more than a mile along the corridor passage, and came to the southwest wall, and looked through the tall building, and saw that the battle here had become white-hot.

The Jingzhou Navy launched an attack on the outer wall of the water dock fort on the west side of the water dock in the west of the water, because the height of the wall was higher than that of the ships, so under normal circumstances, the Jiangdong Army should have a greater geographical advantage.

But their army was too small.

The 80,000 Jingzhou troops surrounded the Jiangdong Army in the three layers of the Jiangdong Army at the mouth of the water, and the Jiangdong Army fled to the death and fled in successive battles, and with the total number of people less than 20,000 at present, one Jiangdong Army has to face four Jingzhou Army, and the defensive pressure can be imagined.

Therefore, in this case, the defense of the Jiangdong Army is like a sieve leaking from all sides, often defending this side and leaking that side, under the attack of the Jingzhou Army, it can be said that it is losing and retreating, relying on the water camp to support it.

In the area of the southwest corner that runs from the west to the northeast and is half a mile long, the two sides are engaged in fierce contention.

The naval army outside the camp launched an attack on the west wall through ladders, and on the waterway connecting the middle camp and the south camp in the north, Guan Ping led the death squad to carry the ladder and constantly hit the Jiangdong army's camp.

When Guan Yu arrived, with a loud noise, a wall was breached, and the soldiers on a stern actually used axes to cut a gap in the outer fence, and then rushed in, taking advantage of the lack of enemy numbers, to break through a camp gate in the north.

The camp gate fell suddenly, Guan Ping was overjoyed to see this situation, and then led the soldiers to rush into the camp, the upper towers of both sides flew bows and arrows, shooting at each other, and the soldiers below used their shields and crossbows to attack the inside of the walled bridge.

Seeing this, Guan Yu knew that the opportunity could not be missed, and immediately said to Zhou Cang: "Rush in with someone with me." ”

"Yes."

Zhou Cang hurriedly shouted back.

At that moment, hundreds of Guan Yu's guards immediately surrounded Guan Yu and rushed to the outside walled bridge, below which was the water of the Misu River, which seemed to be soaked in blood, and there were many corpses of enemy and enemy soldiers, wooden shields and various flags floating.

When Guan Yu entered, Guan Ping had already rushed to the front, Guan Yu did not choose to rush inside, and pointed to the left: "Go, open the other camp gates for me." ”

"Let's go!"

Zhou Cang let out a loud shout and led the soldiers to the north.

Because the water dock fort is like a labyrinthine walled building, each mouth is connected to the cloister, and there are stairs to climb upstairs, so it is still very complicated.

Guan Yu and the soldiers had to bend their waists along the corridor to the north, and soon raided a camp gate, they rushed to the upper floor to dispose of the archers above, and then came down to open the bolt of the camp gate and let the soldiers outside in.

After repeating this repeatedly, they soon opened three camp gates, and there were seven camp gates on the outer wall of the three-mile-long southern camp, and nearly half of them were open at this time, and the Jingzhou army outside poured in like a tide.

The Jiangdong army inside saw that the outer walled wall was breached, and had to continue to shrink inside, and a large number of Jingzhou troops began to rush inward, and the two sides fought to the death on the tower, on the walled bridge, by the female wall, and outside the fence.

"Let's go!"

Guan Yu turned his head, behind the wall, in addition to the tall tower and arrow tower, there was a contiguous area of water house buildings, probably the barracks of the Jiangdong Army, the internal structure was complex, and street battles began on both sides.

Under his leadership, hundreds of guards rushed inside, slashing everywhere, on the planks in the barracks yards, by the railings on the perimeter, under the stairs, and on the roofs.

Each barracks was made of planks and railings. Guan Yu led his soldiers to break through two barracks in a row, and killed them all the way to the middle of the southern camp.

At this time, there were more than 1,000 Jiangdong troops relying on the terrain to hold on, when Guan Yu rushed in, the two sides were fighting on the platform built of wooden planks in the center, and there was a dock fort further south, and the dock fort was above the position, shooting arrows towards the square.

Because the Jiangdong Army has a favorable location, the Jingzhou Army did not rush over several times, just Guan Yu came over, looked around, pointed to the east and said: "Zhou Cang, you take people to raid from the front, come and follow me around the back!" ”

"Yes."

Zhou Cang answered, and led hundreds of people into the battle.

Although Guan Yu's body was old, the Qinglong knife in his hand was also stained with the blood of no less than ten people at this time, but the terrain in the front building area was relatively narrow, and it was inconvenient for the big knife to fight, so he gave the knife to a personal guard, let him stay here, and he took out a ring head knife from his waist and bypassed it from the side.

On the side is a walled bridge located on the outer wooden platform, on which the corpses of more than ten Jingzhou soldiers lie horizontally and vertically, if you look at the dock fort from a distance, the field of vision is too wide, and it is still very difficult to force it over.

But Guan Yu held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and led eight guards to the top along the walled bridge, and in an instant, the rain of arrows swept over, crackling and shooting this way.

The guards on the left and right sides quickly filled their positions, shouldered their shields to help Guan Yu block the bow and crossbow on the left flank, and Guan Yu continued to rush forward in the rain of arrows.

The bridge, which was only 30 meters long, was quickly rushed over by him, and then he began to climb the stairs.

The staircase is not the kind of wooden ladder that goes up and down, but a ramp ladder that has been built, so there is no need to climb with both hands, Guan Yu maintained the posture of holding a shield, and quickly rushed upstairs.

At this moment, the Jiangdong army behind the female wall on the left and right sides swarmed up, one on the right side slashed at the head with a knife, and another stabbed him with a spear. There were also three people on the left, one sweeping his feet with a halberd, and the other two outflanking him from the left to attack head-on.

Guan Yu's whole body shrank, crouched on the ground, and then flicked his legs to the ground, rushed forward, dodged the direct attack on the left and right, and then used his shield to block the ring head knife of one of the people on the left, and stabbed the knife in his right hand to the other side.

The sound of "poof" into the flesh came, and he didn't look at it, he pushed forward with his left hand hard, pushing down the person who came with the machete, and then turned around and slashed the Jiangdong soldier with the knife who was about to sneak attack him on the right.

As for the enemy with the spear, he had already been disposed of by the guards who rushed up, and there were only two people left on the left.

This moment happened between the lightning and flint, the one on the left with a halberd, the other with a ring-headed knife, the Jiangdong soldier with the ring-headed knife was pushed by Guan Yu and staggered, and the one with the halberd had already reacted, and then slashed at Guan Yu's lower body's feet.

The reason why you want to chop your feet is because there is a crescent moon on the halberd, which can be used for chopping. The second is that Guan Yu holds a shield in his left hand, and slashing or stabbing at his upper body is blocked by the shield, so cutting his feet is the best way.

But Guan Yu took two steps back in a row, avoiding this sweep, and then quickly stepped on the halberd with his foot, and the huge force made the soldier unable to pull out, and was hacked to death by Guan Yu's personal guards.

After dealing with these five enemies, Guan Yu once again led the soldiers to charge with shields.

The front row was full of Jiangdong soldiers who were shooting arrows, and if all these people were disposed of, then the main force of the Jingzhou army would be able to rush over the platform and attack their southern camp and rear camp.

The generals of the Jiangdong Army naturally knew this, so Pan Zhang and He Qi defended here, and behind the female wall on the second floor of the one-mile-long Wubao Fort, hundreds of archers blocked the Jingzhou army rushing up below, and the Jingzhou army's offensive was stopped for a while.

However, Pan Zhang soon discovered that the situation was wrong, the female wall in the west was in chaos, and in his anxiety, he hurriedly looked at it, and saw that more than a dozen Jingzhou soldiers had already killed from the walled bridge on the flank and were fighting with them.

"Ten people, come with me!"

Without hesitation, Pan Zhang waved his hand and called a soldier, and hurriedly rushed over there.

The distance between the two sides was not far, about a hundred meters, and they met soon.

Guan Yu still maintained a crouching posture with a shield, although he was over sixty years old, his physical strength and agility had decreased to varying degrees, but his terrifying strength and rich combat experience made him like a fish in water in the chaotic battle.

He couldn't withstand his sword, even if he didn't have the Qinglong Sword in his hand, the ordinary ring-headed knife was still a lethal weapon, and no one was his opponent.

Pan Zhang saw that the veteran led by him was quite fierce from a distance, hesitated for a while, looked at the building next to him, rolled his eyes, and with a whistling sound, he got in through the window next to him.

He quickly went around to Guan Yu's side, and while Guan Yu was still fighting with Jiangdong soldiers, he suddenly broke open the window on the right side and slammed towards Guan Yu.

Guan Yu was caught off guard, but he was not old enough to react so slowly that he didn't have time to dodge, in fact, he heard the movement for the first time, and when he turned around and saw the broken window, he had already raised the shield in his left hand.

"Bang!"

The knife slammed against the shield with a loud sound.

"Drink!"

Pan Zhang roared uncontrollably, wanting to press the knife down and press Guan Yu to the ground.

But even if the old general was over sixty years old, he still had a lot of strength, and he actually rose to the challenge, gritted his teeth and pushed back, and pushed Pan Zhang back a few steps.

"General!"

Zhou Cang below led the men and horses to attack upward, and he had been paying attention to the situation on Guan Yu's side.

Seeing Guan Yu being attacked, he didn't know what the situation was now, he was immediately anxious, raised his head and glanced around, and suddenly noticed a fighting figure in the crowd, and hurriedly shouted: "Young General!" ”

"Who called me?"

Guan Ping took the time to glance back, saw Zhou Cang, and shouted, "What's the matter?" ”

"The general flanked and was attacked from the opposite side."

Zhou Cang shouted.

The big knife in Guan Ping's hand blocked forward, one by one, and while swinging away the enemy's attack, he killed the enemy with a horizontal slash, and then looked up.

I saw that there was chaos behind the female wall on the second floor above, more than a dozen Jingzhou soldiers and dozens of Jiangdong troops were scuffling together, and occasionally a green brocade robe could be seen.

Guan Yu likes to wear a green robe the most, and there is only a small armor on the outside to protect his chest, and there is no giblet, shin armor, helmet and stomach, which is why his arm will be hit by an arrow in history.

At this moment, Guan Ping saw that his father was being attacked by a sneak attack, so he hurriedly abandoned the enemy, and with a shout, he started to attack the second floor above from the front, climbed up the stairs, and rushed towards Guan Yu.

At this time, Guan Yu really didn't expect the enemy to come out of the window next to him, and when Guan Yu pushed Pan Zhang away and got up to fight back, the window on the right side broke open one after another, and more than a dozen Jiangdong soldiers waved their weapons outward in the window.

Guan Yu's personal guards immediately fought with them, and the two sides engaged in a desperate battle in the corridor.

And Pan Zhang retreated a few times, knowing that he had encountered a hard stubble, and saw that the enemy was a veteran, and the fox suspected that it was Huang Zhong, he had never fought with Huang Zhong, let alone Guan Yu, and only fought with Zhao Yun, so he shouted: "You are Huang Zhong?" ”

It's okay if he doesn't ask, but if he asks, Guan Yu will be blown up.

You must know that Liu Bei moved Huang Zhong to become the rear general, and he jumped from a second-tier general to a level with him, which made Guan Yu very unhappy, and once said that how could the eldest husband be on a par with Lao Ge.

So although he didn't dislike Huang Zhong, he never thought that Huang Zhong could be on an equal footing with him.

Now Pan Zhang mistook him for Huang Zhong, and immediately said angrily: "You gutless rat who only knows sneak attacks, you don't even know me Guan, I will kill you!" ”

As he spoke, he rushed towards Pan Zhang like a cannonball, and the ring knife in his hand slashed through a brilliant arc in mid-air like a green dragon knife, slashing towards Pan Zhang at a lightning speed.

Pan Zhang was startled, he never expected the other party's speed to be so fast, it was too late to hide, and he hurriedly raised his knife to block.

"Bang!"

Hearing a crisp sound of blades intersecting, Guan Yu's thick back ring knife actually cracked Pan Zhang's knife with one sword.

And Pan Zhang's whole person was crackled out by this terrifying force.

Although he happened to dodge the fatal blow, he rolled several meters in a row, and the tiger's mouth was extremely sore.

When he got up from the ground in a daze, he saw that the enemy had struck him like a shadow, and the great sword had fallen on his head.

"General be careful!"

Sima Ma Zhong on the side immediately pushed away the enemy and pounced.

The terrain of this corridor is narrow, and Guan Yu also brought personal guards, but because the place is too small, the two sides are entangled and fighting, and it is difficult to come.

It happened that Pan Zhang fell near Ma Zhong, so the rescue was timely, and he directly slashed Guan Yu with a knife.

At this time, if Guan Yu cuts it down, he will definitely die.

Therefore, at the moment of crisis, he secretly cursed Jiangdong Xiao'er to sneak attack, and then raised his shield to block.

But at this moment, someone roared, "Hugh hurt my father! ”

One person in the crowd fought his way out, and the sharp big knife slashed at Ma Zhong's head.

Ma Zhong was caught off guard, his head flew out three feet high, and blood splattered like a fountain.

Guan Yu took this opportunity to turn the ring knife in his hand, originally taking a defensive and blocking posture, immediately aimed the tip of the knife below, and then stabbed fiercely.

"Poof!"

Pan Zhang was stabbed to death, his eyes widened, and blood splattered out of his mouth.

"Father, how's it going?"

Guan Ping had already led the soldiers below to the second floor, and when he saw Guan Yu, he hurriedly went up to ask.

"Hmph."

Guan Yu waved his hand, kicked Pan Zhang's corpse away and said, "It's okay, the Jiangdong rats will only sneak attack." ”

At this time, because Guan Yu outflanked from the flank, he killed a lot of the enemy's archers on the second floor, which led to a sharp decrease in frontal pressure, and a large number of Jingzhou troops broke through the blockade and killed them.

When the Jiangdong army upstairs saw that Pan Zhang was dead, he was immediately shocked, shouting words such as "the general is dead", "our army is defeated", "run away", etc., while throwing away their armor and running towards the rear of the southern camp.

Guan Yu said coldly: "Chase, today I will break the mouth of the wet beard and surround the city of ochre, I want to capture Sun Quan alive!" ”