The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 278

Gu Li ran down the cabin and cried bitterly: "The general is not good, Sima Yi has escaped, and we have become a lone army." Han Dang calmed down and said: "It's okay, I will stay and intercept Zhuge Liang. You take ten fast boats and return Chaisang, report to the lord. Tell him to call for reinforcements quickly. Replace Sima Yi."

Gu Li sadly said: "At the critical moment of life and death, how can the last general leave you?" Han Dang took a deep breath and said, "You and I are both generals of the King of Wu, and being loyal to the King of Wu is the first. You Withdrawing is to save the King of Wu; I stayed for the sake of the King of Wu. It is also loyal, why not?"

Gu Li understood, gritted his teeth and said, "The general took care of himself, and will bring reinforcements as soon as possible." Han Dang turned his head and looked at the south bank of the Yangtze River, where Huang Zhong's fleet had already set sail and came to kill .I thought, it's too late.

Zhuge Liang had nearly [-] men on board, and his troops were not as strong as Han Dang's.However, Han Dang knew that this battle could not be won, not to mention the fall of Wuchang and the morale of the army.Even if he had the upper hand at the beginning, it would still be a defeat for Huang Zhong to come.

What's more, he also heard that Liu Beijun has a very powerful weapon - the profit and loss Liannu.

A crossbow with ten arrows protruding from the fast-moving warship poked its head out, and the arrows were burning with blue flames.Han Dang stood at the bow of the boat with a knife in his hand, looking at these strange bows and arrows, he was surprised. Can this thing be as magical as the legends say?It didn't take long for him to figure it out.

As the two sides approached by boat, Huo Jun gave an order from the bow of the boat, and more than [-] crossbow arrows exploded on the thousands of neatly arranged Liu Beijun warships.Almost at the same time, the Soochow Fleet was in flames.Huo Jun put his hand down, and the next day rain of arrows shot at the bow of Wu Jun's boat from a distance.Fire nets were densely woven in the sky.

This is simply impossible, no fleet can burst out such a dense bow and arrow in an instant.Han Dang has fought all his life and has never encountered it.The Soochow navy suffered countless casualties, but when they shot back, they suddenly discovered that the enemy hadn't entered the range yet.The bows and arrows shot fell into the heart of the river one after another.

Han Dang closed his eyes and sighed, "Forget it, forget it, my life is over."

Approaching by boat, the two sides entered the long-awaited hand-to-hand combat after a short exchange of shots.Wu Jun has withered, unable to fight back.Liu Bei's navy entered a state of destruction.

Han Dang died in the chaos——

Gu Li successfully broke through the encirclement and returned to Chaisangkou——

Zhuge Liang did not give Sun Quan a chance to breathe. Half a day later, the navy arrived in Chaisang.

After taking over Han Dang's fleet, Liu Bei's navy has grown to two thousand warships and more than [-] sailors.

Sun Quan has only a pitiful 2 people in Chaisang.The only generals under him are Tai Shici, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, and Xu Sheng.After listening to Gu Li's report, Sun Quan asked Lu Meng with his eyes wide open, "Sima Yi, where is Sima Yi?"

Lu Meng was so anxious that his forehead was sweating; "The last general doesn't know, I heard that the fleet has been heading towards Stone City."

"Report, Commander Sima has a battle report?"

Sun Quan roared: "Quick, quickly bring it in."

Opening the letter, Lu Meng read: "I heard that Xun Yu, Xu Huang and other thieves will threaten Shitou City and Jingkou. The situation is extremely urgent, so I went to help without permission. Please forgive me, my lord. Just because these two places are Wujun If the door is lost, the old nest will not be guaranteed. The general asked in the past whether the lord is important in Jiang Xia or Wu County. The king replied: The old nest. Therefore, the general speculates that the king agrees with the general's dispatch—"

Before Lu Meng finished reading, Sun Quan stretched out his hand to snatch it, tore it to pieces, and cursed: "You bastard, you have an elm head at all, and you can do such a stupid thing. It's a big deal for me?" Lu Xun's eyes flashed, and his lips moved. But he didn't speak.But Lu Meng couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, Sima Yi is not a yumu-headed man - according to the general, he is - he has two minds. This person is likely to play Wu Jun's idea?"

Sima Yi was single-handedly promoted by Sun Quan.If Cao Cao had to deny it for the sake of face, Sun Quan exclaimed: "This is bad. Report to Sun Kuang quickly and let him take precautions?"

Lu Xun sighed and said, "My lord, this letter cannot be reported." Sun Quan was stunned: "Why?" Lu Xun was heartbroken: "My lord, do you still remember who recommended Sima Yi?"

"Sun Kuang?" Sun Quandao took a breath. "You mean, Sun Kuang is afraid of being implicated and will—rebel—"

Lu Xun said in his heart that the king is still not smart enough. "My lord, Sun Kuang is not afraid of being implicated. I guess he and Sima Yi are of the same breed."

"Shut up!" Sun Quan said angrily, "Sun Kuang is my own brother, why did you harm me?"

Lu Xun was regretting that he had violated the taboo of not being close to each other.The guard staggered to report: "Your Majesty, Liu Bei's navy is less than fifty miles away."

Sun Quan was still angry, glared at Lu Xun and said, "You can only provoke right and wrong, but now that soldiers are approaching the city, what can we do?"

Lu Xun was neither humble nor overbearing, and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, Sima Yi's rebellion is beyond doubt. You cannot be stationed in Chaisang. You must return to Wu County as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation."

Lu Meng rolled his eyes and said: "In my opinion, Your Majesty can cross Poyang Lake, go overland from Yuzhang, go to Kuaijihui and Zhou Gongjin first, and then return to Wujun to fight against the enemy?"

Remember Zhou Gongjin now?

Sun Quan thought, if something happened to Wu Jun, it would be useless to sit and guard Chaisang himself.He said, "But it's too late now."

Lu Meng said: "It doesn't matter, Zhuge Liang knows that the lord is in Chai Sang, so he will definitely pursue him fiercely. At the end, he will try to lure him into Poyang Lake. He will set up two lines of ambushes at the 'hukou'. The thief will be defeated. The king can recruit Quan Cong." He and Poyang prefect Cheng Zi came to escort us to Yuzhang."

Sun Quan nodded sadly.

Lu Xun said: "It is not too late, please order the withdrawal of the troops."

Zhuge Liang entered Chaisang without bloodshed, and took advantage of the situation to take down the two counties of Pengze and Jiujiang upstream.Just as Lu Meng guessed, Zhuge Liang did not intend to let go of Sun Quan, the fattest piece of fat.I heard that Sun Quan withdrew to Poyang, and led the main fleet to chase them all the way down.

On the western front, Yuan Bing encountered desperate resistance from Guan Yu, the defender of Jiangxia. For ten days in a row, the water and road armies were unable to move.

On the Eastern Front, a huge change that no one could have imagined happened at this time.Kind of -- dumbfounding.

When Sun Kuang heard that Zhuge Liang had captured Chaisang, the first thing he did was to mourn his elder brother Sun Quan with great fanfare.

The second thing is an edict to the world, announcing that he will inherit the title of King Wu.Call on Wu Guo to rise up and avenge Sun Quan! !
Without Sun Quan's knowledge, the state of Wu changed its dynasty.

The day after the announcement of Sun Quan's death.Sun Kuang put on the crown he had prepared a long time ago, climbed the Beigu Mountain in Jingkou, announced to heaven and earth, and announced his succession to the throne.The governor Sima Yi, who had just returned from the 'retreat', bowed down first, shouting Qiantui, Qiantui, Qianqian.Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others also recognized Sun Kuang's legal status in a daze.Clans such as Sun Fu, Sun Jiao, Sun Shao, and Sun Ben also bowed down.Only Zhou Yu and Lu Fan expressed doubts.I think we should investigate first, is King Wu really dead?

In the end, Lu Ji did the work of the two of them. "A country cannot be without a king for a day. Now that a strong enemy is overwhelming the country, I don't care about so many." Zhou Yu can barely admit this.Sun Quan's son was too young to inherit the throne at this time.But Zhou Yu was very worried about another matter. After Sun Kuang ascended the throne, Zhou Yu scolded Sima Yi loudly in the court hall: "The governor, who has hundreds of thousands of sailors in his command, why did he run away when King Wu was in danger?"

Sima Yi kept apologizing, saying that he had fallen into Zhuge Liang's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and that's why he had hurt the king.He also said that he wanted to take the crime and make meritorious deeds, and the handsome army met Zhuge Liang.

Zhou Yu, Lu Fan, Ling Tong, Zhu Ran, Zhu Zhi, and Sun Fu resolutely opposed Sima Yi's appointment as the governor, and asked Zhou Yu to go into battle again.

Sun Kuang was in power, smiled slightly, and tried his best to overcome all opinions: "It is a taboo for military strategists to change generals. Since they have been changed once, how can they be changed again? This is not good for our army. Let the Sima Dadu take the blame and make meritorious service."

Sima Yi pretended to kneel on the ground and cried, thanking the king for his kindness like a dead father.Crying bitterly, as if his whole family had died, he expressed that he would definitely defeat Zhuge Liang and avenge the late king.Sun Kuang was moved to tears by his "loyalty".

Zhou Yu and Lu Fan hated it to death, but there was nothing they could do.

At this time, Sun Quan, under the protection of Lu Xun, joined the Poyang prefect Cheng Zi who had come to meet him, and retreated to Yuzhang.It was Anxi General Quan Cong who stayed behind in Yuzhang.

At this time, Quan Cong had been appointed as the Taifu of Wu by the new king of Wu.However, Quan Cong did not tell Sun Quan the news.He also strictly sealed the news that Sun Quan was not dead, and did not allow it to spread.

Sun Quan was in Yuzhang, and a few days later he heard that Lu Meng, Tai Shici, and Xu Sheng had defeated Liu Bei's navy at the mouth of Poyang Lake.Zhuge Liang was restrained at the mouth of the lake and could not move forward.I feel a little comforted in my heart.So he ordered Cheng Zi and Lu Xun to take their handbooks and go back to Wu County quickly to replace Sima Yi.After Cheng Zi left, Sun Quan urged Quan Cong to send someone to escort him back to the palace.

Quan Cong procrastinated again and again, finding various ways to delay.What kind of road is not easy to walk; there are bandits on the road; the road is long and hard, it is basically a sentence pattern that adults coax children.Four or five days later, Sun Quan was furious and called Quan Cong to his side, cursing, "Get your army ready immediately, I'm leaving today."

Quan Cong was nodding and bowing at first, but when he heard Sun Quan being so 'arrogant', he suddenly sneered.I thought to myself, you think you are still the former King Wu, I will not dump you anymore.

Sun Quan did not expect Quan Cong to dare to sneer in front of him.Surprised, he didn't say anything for a while, and finally pointed at Quan Cong and said tremblingly: "Do you want to rebel?"

Quan Cong suddenly changed his face: "So what about rebellion?" Sun Quan was surprised: "You—you really rebelled? The widow has always treated you well, you—are you not afraid of being accused of infidelity?"

Quan Cong laughed loudly and said: "Killing a dead person can also be charged with disloyalty and injustice, what a joke." Sun Quan said sharply: "What do you mean, dog?" Quan Cong said: "Since Sun Lang you When death is imminent, I will tell you the truth. In fact, General Sun Kuang had already sat on the throne of King Wu a few days ago. He has already given a funeral for you. You can rest in peace. The funeral was very grand."

Sun Quan understood immediately, and Lu Xun's words were still in his ears.Lost his voice, he said: "It turns out that Sun Kuang really rebelled, Sun Kuang rebelled—"

"Your Majesty, please go on your way." Quan Cong stretched out his hand and made a move towards the door, and dozens of tough swordsmen came in.

"Wait a minute—" Sun Quan sneered, "If you dare to kill me, don't forget that Cheng Zi and Lu Xun know all about this."

"Cheng Zi, Lu Xun?" Quan Cong said with a sinister smile, "They have already left before the king."

Sun Quan felt a sharp pain in his heart, and said angrily, "Dog thieves, you killed them?" Quan Cong said, "Nonsense, how can you not do it cleanly when you do this kind of business of ransacking homes and destroying families?"

Sun Quan pointed at Quan Cong and roared: "And Lu Meng, you can't do anything about him, right? He also knows the truth?"

Quan Cong sighed and said, "It's hard to say whether Lu Meng can escape Zhuge Liang's poisonous hands, even if he escaped. Wu Wang Sun Kuang will tell him Sun Lang that you fell into the water in the storm of Poyang Lake and drowned. You Are you satisfied with this explanation?"

"Satisfied, satisfied—" Sun Quan smiled wryly like a discouraged ball, "If Zhou Lang doesn't go, how could we be in trouble today."

Quan Cong said impatiently: "Since you are satisfied, please go on your way. Hades is already impatient with waiting."

A small Jiang Xia actually held back 60 Yuan soldiers for nearly a month.Guan Yu is worthy of being a rare famous general in the Three Kingdoms.At the last moment, he lived up to Zhuge Liang's entrustment.

In order to make a quick decision, I sent Wen Chou and [-] black dragon riders to cross the river to assist Zhang Yun in attacking the city.

Ma Cheng is an old general of Liu Biao.Very good navy general.He and Guan Yu guarded the land and water routes respectively.1 horses per person.Because Yuan Jun's 'aircraft carrier' was too large, Ma Cheng carefully analyzed the weaknesses of the ships of both sides, and took the method of destroying them one by one.Use warships to cooperate with small boats, order ten boats to form a small team, bring lianzhu crossbows and ropes for climbing walls, after approaching the enemy ships, first fire cannon stones and crossbow arrows, and after approaching, use the ropes you carry with you to climb Get on the warship and face to face with the enemy.

During the continuous water battle for several days, Ma Cheng's warships were divided into ten teams to besiege the 'aircraft carrier' from different angles so that the firepower on the giant ship could not be concentrated and its power dropped sharply.It's like a group of hungry wolves besieging a lion.The giant ship was unable to repel the attack for a while, and the warships next to it were afraid of damage to the giant ship, so they did not dare to fire cannon stones.So much so that he was killed by Ma Chengshuai's army on the giant ship, killing thousands of enemies, and will capture the giant ship.

In the next few days, water battles were fought like this all the time. Yuan Bing lost five huge ships one after another, making it difficult to advance an inch on the wide river.

However, no matter how brave the army is, no matter how flexible its tactics are, without the supplement of soldiers and food and grass, coupled with exhaustion, it will eventually fall.Guan Yu's soldiers, every death is one less.And these days, Yuan Bing's losses are nothing more than a drop in the bucket.

No.20 At the beginning of the three-day water and land battle, Pang Tong said: "Guan Yu is finished. Our army must speed up. Otherwise, let Zhuge Liang break through Wu Jun first and be passive." I said: "What if we attack from Huainan first? ?” Pang Tong shook his head and said, “In that case, Sima Yi’s main fleet must be wiped out first.”

(End of this chapter)