Three Kingdoms

Chapter 22
Lu Meng captured Jingzhou, and the generals of the Shu army stationed in Gong'an and Nanjun all scrambled to surrender to Soochow.

Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to attack Guan Yu.Xu Huang ordered Xu Shang and Lu Jian to pretend to attack Guan Ping in Yancheng under his own banner, but Xu Huang himself led troops to attack Yancheng from behind.

After Xu Shang and Lu Jian led Guan Ping out of Yancheng, Xu Shang and Lu Jian immediately turned around and fought back.Guan Ping knew the trick, and Yancheng had been captured by Xu Huang at this time.Guan Ping had no choice but to lead the remnant soldiers to Sizhong Village.Liao Hua and Guan Ping guarded the first village with heavy troops.Guan Ping and Liao Hua wanted to attack Xu Huang, but they fell into Xu Huang's trick and were defeated by Xu Huang.Guan Ping and Liao Hua had no choice but to flee to Guan Yu's army camp.

Regardless of the danger of being seriously injured by the arrow, Guan Yu personally led the troops to fight Xu Huang.Guan Yu did not win this battle because the arrow wound on his right arm burst suddenly, which was not conducive to fighting.At this time, Guan Yu's soldiers were in turmoil, because Cao Ren had already escaped from Fancheng.

Guan Yu was attacked by Xu Huang and Cao Ren back and forth, and the morale of the army was in turmoil.Guan Yu didn't dare to fight any more, so he led his soldiers to the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River.Guan Yu led the soldiers across the Xiangjiang River in no time.

Guan Yu learned that Lu Meng captured Jingzhou, Gong'an, Nanjun and other places were also successively occupied by Soochow, he was so angry that his wounds burst open and he passed out on the ground.After winning the battle, Lv Meng immediately ordered the soldiers not to harm the local people in order to calm the hearts of the people.Many Jingzhou soldiers left Guan Yu.Guan Yu quickly sent Liao Hua to Shangyong to order Liu Feng and Meng Da to lead troops to rescue him, and he led the troops to garrison Maicheng.

Liu Feng listened to Meng Da's slander and refused to save Guan Yu.Guan Yu was trapped in Maicheng, and the situation was very critical.

Zhuge Jin was ordered by Sun Quan to persuade Guan Yu to surrender, but Guan Yu scolded Zhuge Jin again.

Guan Yu finally abandoned Maicheng and retreated towards Xichuan.But on the way, he was ambushed and captured by Soochow soldiers.Sun Quan sent people to persuade Guan Yu to surrender.Guan Yu scolded Sun Quan.Sun Quan obeyed the strategy of his subordinates and ordered Guan Yu and Guan Ping to be killed.

Sun Quan wanted to put the blame on Cao Cao, so he ordered the heads of Guan Yu and his son to be given to Cao Cao.Cao Cao buried Guan Yu and his son generously.

From then on, Cao Cao would dream of Guan Yu every night.Cao Cao wanted to move to live in the palace.The craftsman told him that there is a century-old tree in Yuelongtan, which is the best pillar.Cao Cao ignored the local people's advice and cut down the tree with his sword. The big tree immediately sprayed a lot of blood on Cao Cao.Cao Cao was terrified, and never got sick again.Cao Cao's men invited the famous doctor Hua Tuo to treat Cao Cao.Hua Tuo checked Cao Cao's condition in detail and found that Cao Cao was dying, so Hua Tuo asked to use the method of cutting the brain to get the root of the disease to treat the disease.Cao Cao suspected that Hua Tuo was avenging Guan Yu, so he ordered Hua Tuo to be killed.

Sun Quan pretended to surrender to Cao Cao and persuaded Cao Cao to become emperor.Cao Cao did not do this.Cao Cao's condition became more and more serious. He often dreamed that Empress Fu, Dong Guiren, Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and other enemies who had been killed by him before his death wanted to kill him.

Cao Cao ordered Cao Hong, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, Sima Yi and other confidants to listen to his will.Cao Cao established Cao Pi as his son, and Cao Cao died after explaining his funeral.

As soon as Cao Cao died, Cao Pi immediately seized the power of soldiers and horses in the whole country.He commands the world alone, and his prestige is unparalleled.Cao Pi has always hated his brothers Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Cao Xiong.

(End of this chapter)