The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 177 Set Sail, Guan Yu's Crisis

When Sun Shao caught Pound's arrow, he knew that Pound seemed brave, but in fact he was on the verge of collapse. No matter how strong he is, after a day and night of fighting, it is impossible for him to be the same as him who came all the way by boat He was full of energy, although he let Pound eat and drink, but that was just a superficiality. If one didn't sleep all night, the exhaustion of physical strength could not be replaced by a single meal.

So he did all the superficial things and used more than 100 lives to trap Pound in, and then he put on a stance.Pound has fought for many years, so of course he is well aware of his physical condition. Sun Shao was able to catch his arrows and hit his bow accurately. In addition, he had fought against a fierce man like Zhang Liao before, so his skills must be outstanding. Poor, if he can't make a quick decision and solve Sun Shao within a few moves, then he has no chance at all.

It is best to be able to defeat the enemy with one move.

Pound held the long knife in his right hand, and his left hand quietly went around behind him, pulled out his patty, and held it in his hand, with the one-foot-five-inch long blade clinging to his arm.He felt a little embarrassed, he challenged him openly, but he wanted to play such a shady trick, it was a little shameful, but if he couldn't play tricks right now, he really wasn't sure to defeat Sun Shao, the situation was urgent, That's all.He didn't want to kill Sun Shao, he just wanted to capture Sun Shao and force him to let him go.

But he soon discovered that he had miscalculated.

Just when he was about to get ready, Sun Shao, who had a bright smile on his face and was courteous, suddenly changed his expression, his eyes were bright and murderous, and he launched the attack first. With a howl, the saber slashed head-on, and a flash of cold light had already arrived in front of him.Pang De didn't dare to neglect, he raised his knife to parry.Ordinarily, Sun Shao held the saber with both hands, the strength must be great, he should also hold the saber with both hands, but there is a hip hidden in his left hand, there is no time to change hands when he is in a hurry, he can only hold the saber with one hand and flip back.

One with both hands and one with one hand, the difference was made at the first touch. Sun Shao slashed hard at Pound's knife, causing the long knife to tilt. The neck plan couldn't be implemented at all, and his arm was numb from the shock of Sun Shao's knife.Pound took a step back to the side, and Sun Shao was so powerful that he slashed again with the long knife. In one breath, he slashed thirteen times in a row, pressing hard at every step, so that Pound could only passively parry and fight back. There is no chance.

After the thirteen cuts, Pound lost consciousness on half of his body, and the two long knives finally couldn't stand the continuous onslaught, and broke into four pieces with a "click".With a flash of the knife, half of the blade in Sun Shao's hand was already on Pound's neck, and then he drew back, holding the broken knife upside down with both hands, and bowed: "Accept."

Everything was only in the blink of an eye, not only Pang De was stunned, but everyone around him was dumbfounded. No one thought that Sun Shao, who seemed very gentle, would be so violent and aggressive when he raised his hands. The fierceness was like a raging wave, which made people breathless. Pound was defeated by him without even a chance to fight back.

There was no sound on the boat, Pound was stunned, his hands loosened, and the half long knife in his right hand and the pats hidden in his left hand that had no chance to be used all fell on the deck.Shuai Zeng saw it, and immediately yelled: "Wow, you barbarian, you seem to be a very bold person, I didn't expect you to use dirty tricks. My general treats you like this, and you actually want to do something wrong?"

Pound was so embarrassed that he was speechless.

As soon as Sun Shao raised his hand, he stopped Shuai Zeng who was still screaming: "On the battlefield, there is nothing wrong with doing anything, don't talk nonsense." He turned to Cheng He and the others and said, "Everyone, the victory and defeat have been decided, and General Pang wants to Stay in my camp for half a year, so please do what you want. However, I have an unfeeling request. Those who return to Yecheng, please explain the situation here to Cao Gong. You should know that General Pang did not surrender to his master, but just kept his promise. Promise, after half a year, he will naturally return to serve Cao Gong, please don't embarrass General Pang's family."

Cheng He and the others were filled with emotion. Pound wanted to plot against Sun Shao. Although it was justifiable, it was not upright. Come on, in this comparison, Sun Shao is simply too gentlemanly.

"General Pang, do you think there is anything else to explain?" Sun Shao said to Pound with a smile: "If you have no objection, I will let them go."

Pound looked up and sighed: "Prisoners under Pound's rank, how dare you have any opinions, everything is according to the general's orders."

Sun Shao laughed, and immediately ordered the release. Among the more than 100 people, only more than 20 were going to leave, and the rest were willing to stay with Pound. Cheng He bowed in front of Pound: "General, don't worry, I will definitely report the situation here to Cao Cao." Lord, try to keep the general's family safe. Cheng He is waiting for the general's safe return in Yecheng."

"Thank you." Pound returned the salute.Cheng He bowed again, and the more than 20 people also stepped forward to salute one by one, and then disembarked and left.

Sun Shao took Pang De back to Guan Yu's camp. Guan Yu was gathering generals in the tent. Yu Jin and others knelt in front of him in embarrassment. Sun Jiao and others sat on both sides, watching with envious and unwilling eyes. Looking at Guan Yu, Guan Yu ignored them at all. When he saw Sun Shao coming in, he smiled: "How, can you catch him?"

Sun Shao bowed and said with a smile, "No."

Guan Yu was taken aback, a little disappointed: "Run away?"

"nor."

Guan Yu was confused, Sun Shao turned around and let Pound in, and said with a smile: "I have a contest with General Pang, if I lose, I will let him go, if I win, he will be my guest for half a year, after half a year Go freely. I was lucky enough to beat General Pang halfway, so he is neither leaving nor surrendering."

Guan Yu couldn't help laughing, raised his hand, but didn't know what to say, thought for a while and said, "Since you've already made a decision, so be it. Pang Lingming, you lost to my son-in-law, what else do you have to say now?" Want to say?"

Pound rolled his eyes and turned sideways, ignoring Guan Yu at all.Guan Yu was furious, and when he opened his eyes, he was about to lose his temper.He had just defeated Yu Jin, and it was the time when the spring breeze was in full swing. It was good that he didn't trouble Pang De, so how could he allow a defeated general to be arrogant in front of him?

Seeing that the situation was not right, Sun Shao hurriedly stepped forward to laugh and said, "Yue Zhang, I have an appointment with General Pang, and during the six months he was by my side, I can't force him to do anything, as long as he doesn't leave, so... "

"What kind of condition is this?" Guan Yu gave Sun Shao a sideways look, so angry that he didn't know what to say.But seeing Sun Shao's flattering expression with a smiling face, and couldn't bear to embarrass him in front of everyone, he suppressed his unhappiness, snorted, and waved his hands: "Understood, go out and wait."

"Sigh." Sun Shao was not at all annoyed by Guan Yu's attitude, he responded, and happily bowed his hands to Pound: "Please, General Pang."

Pang De cast another furious glance at Guan Yu, and then said lightly, "I was defeated by General Sun, not you. What are you proud of?" After speaking, he strode out of the account.

Guan Yu was taken aback for a moment, but couldn't bear it any longer, and slapped the table with his palm.The heavy case couldn't withstand his palms several times, and it was broken into two pieces on the spot, and the letters and ink on the case were thrown everywhere.Everyone was shocked, Guan Ping and Yin Guan rushed forward to persuade them, Sun Jiao and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, Hao Zhou and the others were so frightened that their faces turned pale and trembled, they were afraid that Guan Yu would push them all out and chop them up under the rage. up.

Yu Jin's face was also ugly, but his years of military career allowed him to control his emotions and not show too much panic.It's just that his heart is actually full of mixed feelings.Before setting off, someone said that Pound's old master Ma Chao was in Yizhou, and he was worried that Pound would have a different heart. At that time, Pound said, if I can't kill Guan Yu this time, I will be killed by Guan Yu.After the battle began, Pang De did not hesitate to die, and fought several fierce battles with Guan Yu. Whether it was courage or force, he had already been recognized by the generals in the camp.Now he has surrendered to Yu Jin. Although Pang De did not kill Guan Yu, he did not surrender after all, and he was still so arrogant in front of Guan Yu.Pang De is just a surrendered general, but Yu Jin is a confidant who was single-handedly promoted by Cao Gong. The status of the two is not the same. If this spreads to Yecheng and Cao Gong's ears, what will Cao Gong do? think?

Yu Jin's thoughts were ups and downs, he was regretful and ashamed, but he didn't notice Guan Yu's anger.Just when everyone thought that Guan Yu was about to order Pang De to be killed, the furious Guan Yu suddenly laughed. He sat down again, glanced at Sun Jiao and Yin Guan, and said: "Pang De is stubborn, even Guan I don’t pay attention to a certain one, except for Fengxian, no one can really cure him.”

Sun Jiao was stunned, but Yin Guan immediately understood Guan Yu's intentions, and smiled agreeably: "I think General Sun is not the son of a general, but he has the style of a general. Similarities."

When Zhao Lei and the others heard this, they realized that Guan Yu was making a name for his son-in-law, and everyone quickly agreed, making Guan Yu smile. What was originally an embarrassing scene suddenly became a testimony of everyone's loyalty.Sun Jiao smiled wryly, the Weng and his son-in-law sang and played together, and they cooperated really tacitly.Sun Shao led troops and food to help Guan Yu, and Guan Yu made Sun Shao famous in front of everyone, and in turn overwhelmed them. In fact, he didn't know that although Sun Shao was short of troops, he had already suppressed them. He needs to make a name for himself.

"Kong Xiu, go and make arrangements for Fengxian to set up the camp on my right side." Guan Yu said to Yin Guan, "Arrange a banquet, let's welcome the allies from Jiangdong, and then discuss how to attack Fancheng."

Yin Guan nodded, turned around and left the tent.

Sun Shao returned to the big tent and introduced Pang De to Cui Qian, Yue Hai and others. They went up to greet Pang De one by one, not treating him as a general, but as a teacher and friend.Pound is over 50 years old, and Sun Shao's subordinates are mostly young and middle-aged, except for Yu Fan.They were so polite, and Pound felt a little embarrassed. Although he was not surrendering, after all, there was not much difference between surrendering and surrendering. Sun Shao gave him face, so he couldn't go too far, and returned the courtesy one by one.Sun Shao kept his promise and arranged a residence for him, so he didn't ask him any more.Yue Hai and the others were a little puzzled, but if Sun Shao didn't say anything, they couldn't ask more questions and could only keep their questions in their hearts.However, they believe that Sun Shao must have his reasons for doing things. If they don't talk about it now, it must not be the time to talk about it.

In the evening, after a welcome feast, Guan Yu left Sun Shao in the big tent. Weng and his son-in-law sat facing each other, drinking sober tea, and chatted about Zuo Chuan Chunqiu's knowledge.During this period of time, Guan Yu's knowledge has greatly increased, while Sun Shao has relatively little effort, but it pales in comparison.

"Fengxian, you shouldn't slack off learning for a day." Guan Yu reminded: "Although you are busy, can you still be as busy as me? Cao Mengde takes care of everything every day, and when he has a little spare time, he doesn't put down his papers. I heard that Sun Zhongmou is also good at reading. If you want to make some achievements, you can't relax."

Sun Shao smiled, thinking that you were really poisoned by books. This thing was a stepping stone when it was not an official. I am now a general, so what use is there for him?He nodded: "Yue Zhang taught that. However, I think Mencius is right. It is better to have no books than to believe in books. Sometimes it is more practical to break away from the words on the paper and open your eyes to see the more real history." .”

Guan Yu hesitated for a moment, and met Sun Shao's seemingly easy-going smile, but actually he said with worried eyes: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"Yue Zhang, what are your plans after taking down Fancheng?" Sun Shao put down his teacup and asked slowly.

"After taking down Fancheng, of course we will take all of Nanyang, and then attack Xu County and Luoyang." Guan Yu replied without thinking.

"Then...is it your main attack, or my Jiangdong army's main attack, or are they going hand in hand?"

"Of course I'm the main attacker." Guan Yu laughed, "Don't tell me you still want to compete with me?"

Sun Shao smiled bitterly: "Yue Zhang, what merit do I want to fight for? But, have you ever thought about what Sun Jiao and the others are here for?"

Guan Yu lowered his face, stared at Sun Shao for a long time, and sneered: "I knew that Sun Quan sent you here, not just to help me." He put down the teacup, and Sun Shao quickly picked up the teapot from the side and gave it to him. Added some water.Guan Yu looked at the attentive Sun Shao, although he was unhappy with Sun Quan's thoughts, but he couldn't bear to reject Sun Shao's face, he pondered for a while: "What benefits does Sun Quan want?"

Sun Shao didn't answer him right away, he was very worried about Guan Yu's attitude expressed in his words.Guan Yu just defeated Yu Jin's army, he has not taken Fancheng yet, and there is still a long way to go before taking all of Nanyang. What's more, he still needs Jiangdong to provide military food. When Yu Jin surrendered, his food pressure has not decreased but increased. Let's not talk about it at this time To be humble, at least be polite, but he is fine, he directly treats Jiangdong Army as coming to gain glory, I am afraid it is not for his Sun Shao's face, if Sun Jiao comes instead, it is difficult to guarantee whether he will throw Sun Jiao out.

"How many soldiers and food does Yue Zhang have?"

A cold light flashed in Guan Yu's eyes, and his anger disappeared as soon as he appeared. He straightened his waist and his expression became very cold. He stroked his long beard and said lightly, "Why, Sun Quan wants to cut off my food?"

"If it is, what is Yue Zhang going to do?" Sun Shao also straightened up and met Guan Yu's gaze without fear: "Hui army to attack Jiangdong?"

Guan Yu was stunned by his question.He was going to say that, but since Sun Shao said that, it showed that Jiang Dong was mentally prepared.He suddenly became angry, he was fighting with Cao Jun, and Sun Quan, who was an ally, was preparing to attack him. In his opinion, this kind of thing was intolerable, even if Sun Shao was his son-in-law, he could not accept it.

"Yuezhang returns to attack Jiangdong, who will attack Nanyang? With Yuezhang's current strength, can he fight on two fronts? If no one attacks Nanyang, will Cao Guild withdraw? When will Liu Shijun be relieved?"

Guan Yu's face was flushed with anger, and he lowered his voice and shouted angrily, "Are you threatening me?"

"Yue Zhang, I'm not threatening you, I'm just reminding Yue Zhang that Liu Shijun is in danger now. I dare to ask Yue Zhang, is it important for you to make meritorious deeds, or to solve the crisis?"

"Does it need to be said? Of course it is important to solve the crisis." Guan Yu shouted unhappily: "Do you think I am the kind of person who doesn't know the importance? Liu Shijun and I are brothers and we know each other forever, so we don't need to use credit to keep it. my position."

"Since this is the case, why does Yuezhang care about credit?" Sun Shaodao: "Everything is aimed at attracting Duke Cao from Bashu, so what is the difference between Yuezhang's credit or ours?"

"Hehehe..." Guan Yu suddenly laughed: "Fengxian, you think too simply. Sun Quan didn't just think about credit, he thought about the land, and the purpose of asking for credit was just to occupy more land. I I don’t need credit, but I can’t let them occupy Nanyang. In the 19th year of Jian’an, he took advantage of the fact that Liu Shijun had just won Yizhou and his foothold was not stable. He launched a surprise attack and took Changsha and Guiyang from me abruptly. , I haven’t settled this account with him until today. Is he going to take advantage of the fire again? Does he want Nanyang, or Nanjun? He can’t send troops for nothing, so should I work for nothing? If you take it arbitrarily, you may not be able to eat it, and you will choke on it."

Sun Shao almost got sick from anger, who is greedy?Guan Yu is too selfish.In general, since the 13th year of Jian'an when Sun Liu cooperated with Cao Cao, Jiangdong has always been relatively restrained. On the contrary, Liu Bei—and Guan Yu in front of him—has done very unkindly. Why send troops to grab Changsha and Guiyang?Although Sun Shao didn't have a good opinion of Sun Quan, but on this point, he felt that Sun Quan did nothing wrong.

But now is not the time to tell right from wrong, Guan Yu is obviously a little unreasonable, and more importantly, he still feels that he is very reasonable, and he doesn't realize how dangerous his mentality is now.If this development continues, the Sun-Liu alliance will inevitably break up again, and the history of Lu Meng crossing the river in white will definitely repeat itself, but it may be done in a different way.

Sun Shao was a little frustrated. He spent a lot of effort to persuade Sun Quan to send troops to Jianghuai. Sun Quan was very happy at first, but after thinking about it, he regretted it. It was a good opportunity for the Northern Expedition, but it encountered Guan Yu, a stumbling block from the very beginning.Guan Yu obviously didn't put himself in the right position. He didn't know that his defeat in Jin was largely due to accidental factors. If he couldn't handle the relationship with Jiangdong properly, not only would he not be able to win Fancheng, but he might also be under the black hands of Sun Quan.He let Guan Feng sit in Jiangling, and ruled out the unstable factor of Mifang in advance, but can this turn things around?
It's too far-fetched, Mi Fang replaced Guan Feng, at most it only increased the difficulty of Sun Quan's sneak attack, but it may not change the result.With the ingenuity of Lu Meng and others, they can definitely come up with a way. They can rely on their understanding of the general situation to take precautions strategically, but they can't do everything tactically. The most troublesome thing for him is that Guan Yu has no idea Realizing that he had one foot in the door, and it pushed him into an awkward position as well.

It took Sun Shao a lot of effort to keep himself from showing anger. He drank his tea silently, and finally made up his mind: "In this case, how does Yue Zhang plan to attack Fancheng?"

Guan Yu glanced at Sun Shao. Although Sun Shao was calm, his long silence made Guan Yu feel dissatisfied. He asked back, "What do you think?"

Sun Shao originally planned to let Guan Yu rest for a while, and he and Sun Jiao would attack the city, so that the Jiangdong Army would have the credit, and Guan Yu could take the opportunity to rest, but Guan Yu's current state of mind forced him to change his plan. Facing a snag in the face of harsh reality, he may never be able to get over this big victory.He raised his head and looked at Guan Yu: "If Yue Zhang undertakes it alone, how long will it take to capture Fancheng?"

Guan Yu became angry, and Sun Shao's words were forcing him to give in. He sneered: "Fan City has been flooded, and the city walls will collapse in at most three months. I will surround them and not fight, and Cao Ren will not be able to escape."

Sun Shao didn't speak, just twisted his mouth.Guan Yu was also a little embarrassed. Although he spoke harshly, he knew that he did not have three months to attack Fancheng, and Liu Bei was waiting for his rescue.If it is known that he wasted time because of the conflict of interests, even if Liu Bei escapes in the end, I am afraid that some people will say that he does not know how to take care of the overall situation.He thought for a while, then backed down a step: "If I can't capture Fancheng within ten days, Fancheng will be yours."

Sun Shao nodded, without saying a word: "I will wait for the good news from Yue Zhang."

"It's okay." Guan Yu's face was sullen, and all the good feelings he had for Sun Shao before were swept away. He suppressed his anger: "Just ask Feng to restrain his subordinates first, and don't cause anything that violates military discipline. When the time comes, everyone will be embarrassed." It doesn't look good."

"Don't worry, father-in-law, I will take care of this myself." Sun Shao smiled: "In addition, I can also guarantee to father-in-law that within ten days, I can guarantee that your military supply will be safe."

"Then I would like to thank my virtuous son-in-law." Guan Yu said indifferently, and walked away, leaving Sun Shao alone in the big tent.Sun Shao gave a helpless wry smile, stood up and left, and just as soon as he got out of the big tent, Yin Guan greeted him, opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he saw Sun Shao's face, he immediately had an ominous feeling: "General, the talk... it is good?"

"It's okay." Sun Shaoqiang laughed: "Yue Zhang is going to capture Fancheng within ten days, so please ask Mr. Kong Xiu for more advice."

"Within ten days?" Yin Guan's face turned pale immediately.

(End of this chapter)