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Chapter 287 Suicide

Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Jingzhou Army were divided into "isolated islands" by the flood. From yesterday to now, no grain of rice has been eaten, and they have been drenched by rain. They are really hungry, cold and tired.

The new camp has tents to shelter from the rain and food to eat, but now the mountain floods are so severe that even small boats are in danger of capsizing at every turn, not to mention relying on human power to cross the flood.The only thing they can do is to wait for the rain to stop and the water to recede, but this is no different from waiting for death.

Therefore, when Liu Jingshui's fleet appeared, no matter whether the Jingzhou army was planning to fight to the end or bowing their heads and necks, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Waiting without hope is the most tormenting.

Throughout the ages, every high-ranking person hopes that "men of the three armies will regard death as home", but this is not realistic. Few people can die calmly if they have a chance to live.

Hundreds of warships from Liu Jingshui's army approached. Most of the officers and men of the Jingzhou army knelt down and begged to surrender. Only a very few generals of the Jingzhou army used their personal prestige and even killing methods to force the soldiers to follow him to fight.

Regarding this, Liu Jingshui's army didn't say a word, the big ships besieged from all sides, bows and crossbows rained like rain, and after killing the enemy with fear, they finally launched a landing operation.The Jingzhou soldiers were forced to have no choice but to lack fighting spirit, and they collapsed in an instant.

Although Liu Jing refused to listen to the advice of Liu Zong and others and insisted on coming by boat, but the lesson of Kuai Yue's past has only been a few days?How could he not be more careful?Therefore, he has been quietly staying in the Chinese army, never approaching the frontline battlefield.

Liu Jing kept receiving news from the frontlines that the Sima of a certain department led the crowd to surrender, and the captain of a certain school led the crowd to surrender...

These tens of thousands of Jingzhou troops are the elite troops established by Liu Biao after ten years of hard work and gathering talents from the whole state.And Jingzhou is the "place where Liu Bei started his family". There are many famous figures in Shu Han, especially Liu Jing, who also heard the name of Sima Wei Yan.

It's just that the situation is not very clear now, Liu Jing has no intention of meeting them for the time being, but he can't miss this person next time.

Lai Gong was personally escorted by Liu Zhu to Liu Jing's ship. Liu Zhu had traveled to Xiangyang several times before and met Lai Gong several times. He knew that Lai Gong and Liu Jing had a special relationship, so he did not dare to tie him up with a rope. , but for Liu Jing's safety, Liu Zhu still searched him from the inside out.

"Mr. Lai..." After hearing the news, Liu Jing immediately came to the deck to greet Lai Gong.

Lai Gong stared at Liu Jing for a long time, before sighing: "Alas! Zhongda, I never thought that when you and I meet again, we will be in such a situation."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "I'll tell you the truth, Mr. Lai, this situation and this scene are all within my expectations."

Seeing Liu Jing's eloquence, Lai Gong couldn't help but retort: ​​"Our army's defeat was due to natural disasters, not a crime of war. Without this flood, the victory or defeat would still be unknown." Originally, Lai Gong wanted to say that Liu Jing would definitely lose. , but when the words came to his lips, he changed his rhetoric after all.

He was not afraid of offending Liu Jing, he had always been kind to Liu Jing, and the two of them had a half-teacher friendship, no matter how much he said, Liu Jing would have nothing to do with him.It's just that although he is a minister of Liu Biao, his relationship with Liu Jing is also extraordinary, so there is no need for one side to embarrass the other.

Liu Jing shook his head and said, "Mr. Lai's words are wrong. The northern army must have been defeated by natural disasters. Otherwise, why did our army not get hurt in the face of this flood, and even took advantage of the situation to win a big victory?"

Liu Jing's words immediately made Lai Gong silent. He had heard from Liu Zhu just now that Liu Jing's water army had won two battles and two victories, nearly annihilating the entire Jingzhou navy, and Cai Mao fled with only dozens of boats.

In the same situation, why is Liu Jingshui army not affected by the flood?Undoubtedly, Liu Jingfang had made all the preparations in advance, but the Jingzhou army didn't know that the victory or defeat of this battle had already been doomed long before the flood broke out.

"Mr. Lai, this is not a place to talk. Please follow me into the boat room for a rest." Liu Jing said while taking Lai Gong's arm, leading him into the noble room of the building boat, and carefully asked someone to fetch it. Hu biscuits, snacks, fine wine.

Lai Gong's heart couldn't help warming up, he was indeed so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he was not polite to Liu Jing immediately, he picked up the mustard cakes and snacks and ate them, during which time he also drank fine wine non-stop, in order to get rid of the toxins in his body Damp and cold air.

At the same time, Wang Qiang led his fleet to surround a hill where thousands of Jingzhou soldiers gathered. In the wind and rain, Wang Qiang asked his soldiers to shout at the hill in unison: "Liu Jun has an order, come down!" If you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait?"

Hearing this, the generals of the Jingzhou Army immediately fell into commotion, and looked at a big tree in unison.

Kuai Yueben was seriously injured, and was tortured by the flood last night, his body collapsed immediately, and he fell into a coma at dawn. It has been several hours so far, and the disciples are afraid that he will not wake up.

However, accompanied by Liu Jingjun's shouts, Kuai Yue woke up miraculously, and the followers of the disciples were all ecstatic, "Master..."

Kuai Yue twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, he didn't expect that he could wake up again, but he knows his body best, if nothing else, today is the day of his death.

Kuai Yue listened to a close friend of the door about the current situation, and sighed: "I was trusted by the general, and I was able to command the three armies. Because I underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, I didn't think carefully, and because of the disaster, the whole army was wiped out. I am entrusted by the general. , I have let down the hope of the generals, and now I am about to die, all the blame is on my own, all lords, please take my head and surrender."

"Master, why did you say that?" All the followers of the disciples said, "When the master dies, we will not live alone. We are willing to die with the master."

Kuai Yue was silent for a long time before he nodded slightly. He was supported by the followers of the disciples and stood up, and said to the soldiers who came around: "The crime of this battle is mine alone, and has nothing to do with you. I am deeply favored by the general, and I should kill myself." As an apology, after my death, all the lords can surrender."

After all, Kuai Yue took the long sword from the disciple's confidant and hung it across his neck. He couldn't help sighing in his heart. He has always been ambitious, wise and resourceful, but he is just like his ancestor Kuai Tong. , failed to meet Mingzhu.

In the old days, Han Xin didn't accept Kuai Tong's plan to divide the world into three parts, and finally ended up with the death of a cunning rabbit and the end of a lackey.However, although Liu Biao was good to him and used him, he could not fully trust him.If Liu Biao had listened to his advice to recharge his batteries and put off going south, why would he be here today?

Kuai Yue let out a last breath, wiped the long sword in his hand hard, blood gushed out instantly, and his eight-foot body fell down with a bang.

The cronies of the doormen carried them back to the long couch, and then looked at each other, and they all committed suicide.

Seeing this, all the surrounding Jingzhou soldiers sighed.

(End of this chapter)