My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 366 Why should Guan be afraid?

The night wind whimpered and ran across the eaves, squeezed into the window gap, and the candlelight standing on the desk swayed gently.

"Father, General Xiahou and the others have been unable to conquer Gudang Mountain for a long time. The distance between them and us is too long, which makes the kid feel a little weird."

It was already evening when we returned to the Yamen of Jimai City from the military camp. The lights in the backyard study were dim, reflecting the figures of Guan Yu and Guan Ping, father and son, sitting in front of the desk. Guan Ping thought about his worries during the day and couldn't help but remind his father.

"Father, I understand what you want to say."

Guan Yu closed the "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan" in his hand, raised his eyes from the book, looked at Guan Ping, nodded slightly and stroked his beard: "The barbarians of Liang country are not even five points of the Qiang people of Xiliang. In the eyes of my father, They are just a group of savages wearing animal skins, and they dare to call themselves soldiers."

"My child is just worried that Liang Guo has been defeated again and again on the front line, and has a deliberate plan to distance our front army from the rear."

"Haha, if that's the case, then the Liang Emperor is just an axe."

Guan Yu laughed and casually said something to calm Guan Ping's uneasiness. When the latter saw his father saying this, he stopped talking. He talked more with his father and helped each other to sleep before leaving.

Walking under the eaves of the corridor, Guan Ping raised his head and looked at the night sky, feeling vaguely uneasy. After all, there were only [-] Yizhou soldiers in the rear, and there were still [-] people recovering from illness.

As for the other [-] people, they were allocated to the third uncle to follow the Qingzhou Military Region to the front line.

When he returned to the front hall, he immediately summoned his soldiers and asked them to go out of the city to the military camp immediately, find Zhou Cang, and search for the sent scouts.

At this time, under the dense stars and moon, in a radius of about twenty miles with Jimai City as the center, several figures were shuttled among the low forests, branches rustled, and arrows flew through the dark wind.

The figure running in front of him deflected in time to avoid it, and the arrow hit the tree on his side with a bang, and the entire arrow did not enter the tree.

The two chasing figures were shouting from behind using the language of Liang Guofang's tribe.

"...That Xia Kingdom scout is very good at hiding."

"Shoot arrows together and seal him off!"

The grass fell low on the field beside the bushes, and the soil particles suddenly fell down under people's footsteps, causing the shock to fly away. The Xia Kingdom scout rushed out, gritted his teeth, pulled out an arrow from his shoulder and threw it to the ground. He heard behind him The footsteps were fast, and the moment he approached him, the Xia Kingdom scout suddenly stopped and turned around, holding a repeating crossbow in both hands.

The next moment, two Fangdang tribe hunters rushed out of the darkness in the forest!

swoosh swish...

A dozen or so arrows flew out in a few breaths, and they rushed out of the two houses in the forest to serve as hunters. They wore fur jackets made of animal skins all year round. As soon as they came out, they hit the person in front directly. Several arrows fell to the ground.

The other person looked at the side door and flew out. He rolled quickly on the ground and rolled several times. He also skillfully drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

However, the Xia scout in front had already run away two or three feet away. Under the darkness of night, his vision was not good, so he shot an arrow casually and followed closely behind with a hunting bow.

After chasing for half a mile, he was convinced that he had lost the man, so he had to put away his bow and arrows, turn around and take his companion's body back to the tribe.

Just as Fangdang hunter left, among the bushes two feet away from where the hunter had been standing, the scout slowly stood up, clutching his injured shoulder and walked along the ground towards Jimai City in front of him.

He came out with another comrade and hid in the forest as a secret sentinel to observe whether there were Liang soldiers passing by. However, the other party's hunter, who was also experienced, got behind them and carried out a sneak attack. After a fight, He was the only one left to escape.

"Go back quickly..."

"Be sure to bring the news back!"

His wounds continued to ooze blood, and he fought across the mountains and ridges with two hunters from the Fangdang tribe. His physical strength had reached its limit, and now he was running quickly, his body shaking.

At this moment, a ten-man cavalry troop rushed over and seemed to see the scout. The latter also saw the figure on horseback and subconsciously raised his repeating crossbow.

When the other party came running closer and saw clearly through the moonlight that it was his family's armor, he breathed a sigh of relief and lowered the repeating crossbow in his hand. The suppressed fatigue finally spread through his body as he was relieved. Before he fell to the ground, he looked towards The person on the other side said: "Hurry up and tell your lord that Liang's army is approaching this way!"

The knight who came over turned over and dismounted, helped the scout who fell to the ground and put him on his horse. The cavalryman mounted his horse, carried the found scout and the men he brought with him, turned the horse's head on the field, turned an arc and swept forward.

Another half an hour passed, and the returning cavalry rushed into the camp gate. The knight came to the center of the army, handed the injured and unconscious scout to others to take him to heal and rest, and then went to the big tent by himself. “General Zhou!”

He went straight to the side of the dark-faced and burly general, and whispered in his ear: "The Liang army is coming towards Jimai City!"

"I'm going to see the Lord!"

Zhou Cang's face darkened, and without saying much, he explained what happened in the camp. Then he strode out of the big tent, took a few personal guards and went straight to the city.

After the general on the city tower checked the token, he immediately asked someone to open the city gate a crack and let Zhou Cang and others in. From the sight of the general guarding the city tower, he watched Zhou Cang and others run through the cold streets.

Soon after, the news came to the government office. Guan Yu, who had already gone to bed, heard Guan Ping calling him outside the door. He got out of bed and opened the door wearing obscene clothes and pants.

"Father, it is exactly what the child thought!"

Outside the door, Guan Ping raised his hands and said so, and then told Guan Yu in front of him the news brought back by the scouts.
  Guan Yu closed his phoenix eyes slightly, but he didn't panic at all. He turned back to the room and asked Guan Ping to help him wear a green robe made from the Mingguang armor made in the Tang Dynasty. He held the Qinglong Yanyue Sword before he came to the court.

At this time, the sky was getting slightly brighter. In the court, only Zhou Cang was waiting anxiously. When he saw Guan Yu bringing Guan Ping over, he stood up from his chair and held his hands in his hands: "Greetings to the lord."

"Zhou Cang, please quickly send people to explore various places in Jimai City. Be sure to find out how many soldiers and horses from the Liang Kingdom are outflanking us."

Guan Yu sat on the big chair at the head of the court and issued orders calmly. During those years when he led Jingzhou alone, he was no longer the same Guan Yunchang who followed his brother around and wandered around.

Even in order to cut off Cao Ren's reinforcements, he led more than [-] troops to fight against the reinforcements from Cao Wei alone.

Zhou Cang took the commander's order and left. He had breakfast in the court hall, looking at the map and waiting for news. Two hours later, Zhou Cang came back from outside the city and also brought with him the inquiring information.

The remaining Fangdang tribe, Feiting and Pochao, a total of three tribes bypassed Gudang Mountain from the left and right and surrounded Jimai City. As for how many soldiers there were, the scouts only took a cursory glance from a distance to avoid alerting the enemy.

The three tribes combined have at least [-] people.

"Jimai City only has [-] available troops. Lord, we can only stay here and wait for the rescue of Xia Houyuan or the three generals!"

Since the defeat of Maicheng, Zhou Cang heard that Guan Yu was captured and died, so he jumped into the city and committed suicide. Now looking back and encountering the same thing, he did not want Guan Yu to break out of the encirclement under any circumstances.

"Ha ha!"

After Guan Yu heard the numbers of the three tribes in the Liang Kingdom, he was not as worried as Zhou Cang. He closed his eyes for a while, thinking of the faces of the people in the Wu Kingdom, and suddenly smiled softly while stroking his beard.

"In those days, whether you left Maicheng or defended it, you could not escape the situation of death in battle. Now, Guan has to choose the third way."

"The third way?" Guan Ping looked at his father in confusion, and then was a little surprised: "Father, do you want to go out of the city to fight with the opponent?"

"Ha ha!"

The majestic laughter suddenly filled the courtroom. Guan Yu opened his eyes and said in a loud voice: "Back then, my father was old and Red Rabbit was old. But look at it now. My father is brave and powerful, and Red Rabbit is also strong."

He grabbed the Green Dragon Sword, stood up and walked out of the desk with his head held high, "Back then, my father only had [-] soldiers and he dared to trap Cao Ren. Juebeidao, now there are [-] elite Tiger Cavalry Battalion available, so why be afraid!"

Having said this, Guan Yu turned around and tilted his head, "Zhou Cang!"

"Zhou Cang is here!"

The dark man raised his hands heavily and said, "Your Majesty, please give me your orders!"

"You lead five thousand soldiers to defend this city!"

Guan Yu held down his raised hands and spoke decisively: "Wait until Guan comes back!"

(End of this chapter)