Xiaoguangong

Chapter 38 Becoming a Good Brother
"To be honest, I really want to see how Meng De looks like now."

Xiakou City was full of jubilation, Liu Bei and Guan Zhang sat on the ground at the top of the city, watching the busy scene outside the city, with a faint smile on their faces all the time.

Cao's direct losses in this battle were not large, but thanks to Cao Ren's stupid command, their navy was divided and surrounded, and most of them were unwilling to surrender Jiangdong, so they quickly went ashore and surrendered to Liu Bei.

Counting the soldiers, Liu Bei's army captured a total of 3000 people in this battle, all of whom were the elite of the Jingzhou Navy.

This greatly boosted the morale of Liu Bei's army. The haze that had been hanging over Liu Bei's army since the Changbanpo battle was swept away, and everyone finally saw the hope of victory.

Liu Bei was even more delighted to hear from the surrendered Jingzhou navy that the reason for this major defeat was that Cao Ren was arrogant and arrogant and refused to follow Zhang Yun's command. The usual routine is to scout around the battlefield.

Some Jingzhou people said that because of Cao Chun's death, the relationship between Jingzhou people and Cao Jun became more delicate.

Zhang Fei laughed loudly, and patted his thigh vigorously:
"The military adviser is right, the old thief occupies the sky, Sun Quan occupies the land, and the elder brother occupies the hearts of the people.

The old thief is not good at water warfare, so we must use those Jingzhou people to fight, but the Jingzhou elders are with us, this battle, we can fight! "

Guan Yu watched several injured soldiers with pained faces supporting each other to return slowly, sighed a little, and muttered:
"Back when Xu Tian hunted, if the elder brother had listened to me and killed Cao Gong with one knife, what happened today would not have happened."

Liu Bei couldn't help laughing: "If everything in this world can be solved with a single knife, then what if I, Liu Bei, don't care about world affairs?"

The three brothers sat silently for a while, Zhang Fei suddenly slapped his thigh again, Guan Yu frowned and said:
"Why are you so surprised?"

Zhang Fei looked nervous: "Cao Ren still has more than [-] elite soldiers. If Ping'er ran into him on the way back, wouldn't it be a bad thing."

Guan Yu snorted and said calmly:

"Son of Guan, why are you afraid of these idiots? Brother, give me a few boats, and I will catch up with Cao Ren. If he dares to fight back, I will take his head!"

Liu Bei couldn't help but smile.

This sworn brother loves the eldest son who has been homeless since he was a child, but he always expresses his strict father's demeanor in his mouth. Thinking that Guan Ping may be in danger, he can't wait to rescue him.

"Okay, you and my brother will go together!"

"Brother why are you going in person?" Guan Yu was a little ashamed—after all, Cao Ren's army was still there, and it was a very dangerous thing to pursue against the current.

Liu Bei laughed out loud and stood up.

At this moment, the long-suppressed fanaticism and domineering faintly emanated from this honest elder. The smile on his face was as gentle as ever, but the domineering arrogance that naturally emanated from him made Guan Zhang unable to bear a trace of awe.

"Back then Cao Zixiao bullied us with his soldiers in Runan, but these years he really considers himself a famous general.

Today, for nothing else, let's bully him once, so that he won't dare to be rampant again when he sees me and my brothers in the future! "

Liu Bei's face was full of hatred, and he stretched out his hands angrily. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei held each other on the left and right. The three brothers seemed to have returned to the frivolous and frivolous days of rangers, as if they could go anywhere in the world!

Liu Bei is so brave, everyone in Liu Bei's army naturally wants to fight, and everyone is fighting for the first place.

The Jingzhou army who surrendered also expressed their willingness to punish Cao Ren with Liu Bei. This made Liu Bei board the warship with little preparation.Even Dong Xi and Chen Wu, who went ashore, were full of enthusiasm, saying that we will not leave today, and then follow Uncle Liu Huang to beat Cao Ren up.

But before everyone had gone far, they saw a large array of warships appearing neatly on the river.

More than 20 warships and warships are in the lead, a large walkway passes through it, and there are five large ships in the rear. There are countless warships in charge of guarding around the large ships. The entire fleet is like a sharp sword, which looks amazing. , the momentum is not bad, the enemy army is less than five thousand.And looking at this naval formation, the battle-tested Dong Xichen Wu also immediately frowned.

This...the person who directs the water battle has some skills.

Before Cao Ren's naval warships were too close together, not only were they prone to collisions, but the agility was also seriously affected due to the narrow channel, not to mention the coordinated operations between the various warships. It is enough to see that the commander is completely fighting on land. A set of water battles.But this time the sailing army is quite neatly arranged, and they obviously cooperate with each other. In a real fight, various warships can play different roles and cause fatal blows to the enemy.

Dong Xi and Chen Wu's ships lined up in front, seeing the enemy rushing towards them quickly by taking advantage of the current, they couldn't help hesitating.

They are guest troops, and Zhou Yu's military order only asks them to cooperate with Liu Bei and hold Cao Jun at Xiakou, but they are mingled with the enemy on this wide water surface, no matter whether they can win or not, they must suffer heavy losses. Gongjin confess?
Thinking of this, Chen Wu hesitated a little, and immediately decided to avoid the battle to save the ship. He slowly waved the flag, and actually ordered his ship to disperse.

Zhang Fei was taken aback. Although he was not a professional water combat expert, Zhang Fei had lived in Jingzhou for a long time and understood the general routine of water warfare——

"You bastard, you can't disperse! You can't disperse!"

The mobilization of large navy ships is definitely not as flexible as infantry combat. The ships in front spread out, and the enemy's ramrods collided head-on. A crossbowman's target.

These Wu Jun directly sold their teammates, and Zhang Fei was so angry that he almost rushed forward and chopped Chen Wu up first.

Liu Bei showed no fear on his face, he shook his head and said:

"What's there to be afraid of? Let them disperse, and ask me, which Jingzhou general is going to make things difficult for Liu Bei!"

Guan Yu sneered, holding the knife in his hand, watching the approaching water army, he said loudly:

"Who is coming, tell me your name!"

The bold and majestic voice echoed back and forth on the river, and Liu Beijun shouted in unison, without any fear of the powerful enemy's attack.

Come on, Cao Ren, beat you away the first time and beat you away the second time.

As soon as Guan Yu's words fell, cheers and shouts rang out from the boat over there, and a young man quickly jumped onto the bow, waved at Guan Yu repeatedly, and shouted in a brisk voice:

"Father, it's me!"

"Ping'er!" Guan Yu was overjoyed, then startled again.

Before Guan Ping and Soochow Lu Yi went to attack Jiangling, they only got more than 20 civilian ships for concealment.

But there are over a hundred large and small warships with thousands of soldiers on board. How could this be the rather shabby navy before...

Seeing Guan Yu, the officers and soldiers of Guan Ping's army shouted in unison, and the cheers of the crowd resounded across the river. Everyone on the surrounding boats was dumbfounded. Dong Xi and Chen Wu were even more puzzled, why so many Liu Bei's troops came from the direction of Jiangling.

Could it be that Guan Ping surrendered Cao Jun?Or did Liu Bei fall to Cao Cao before, and they joined forces to earn us?
Couldn't it be Guan Ping who broke Jiangling?

Everyone was waiting for Guan Ping's answer, but Guan Ping took a step back and made a please gesture to Lu Yi.

Lu Yi was stunned for a while: "What are you doing, little general?"

Guan Ping was full of excitement, smiled and said:

"Without Brother Lu, how could we have won today? This matter should be returned to Brother Lu!"

In the same robe for a few days, Guan Ping and this Jiangdong Confucian general quietly became life-and-death comrades-in-arms. He knew this Confucian general too well, knew that he was eager to make contributions and make a great event that would make a name for himself, and he even did not hesitate to be with him. Contrary to his own family.Now tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes are staring at this place, waiting for a response with anticipation. This is a great opportunity to become famous all over the world.

Lu Yi was the most resourceful, but at this moment his mind went blank, and he was speechless in a daze.

The success of the western expedition to Jiangling was naturally inseparable from his secret planning. Guan Ping's contribution far surpassed him by beheading Jiaochu, breaking papers, recruiting a large number of Jingzhou navy troops and defeating Cao Ren's battle.

Reporting the battle exploits under the crowd, this is definitely what the general did. It is related to the records of who is the commander in chief of this battle in the history books. Lu Yi can be regarded as the starting point of a famous general.

But Guan Ping actually gave him this opportunity!

This this……

"Brother Lu, why should you be polite, we are brothers in the same robe!"

Guan Ping's sincere and gentle words warmed Lu Yi's heart, and his eyes were filled with tears before he knew it.

After the disaster in Lujiang that year, the Lu family began to decline. It was all supported by the prodigy Lu Ji with his strong knowledge and demeanor. Lu Yi just followed his uncle to take care of the housework, and his reputation was damaged because he served as the shogunate of his enemy Sun Quan. .

No matter how hard he tried, his reputation would never be as good as that of his uncle in the family's discussion, and the elders of the Sun family were always wary of him, never willing to confide in him.

For many years, only Sun Quan regarded him as one of his own, but now, there is another friend in this world.

"You're right." Lu Yiru stroked the big sleeves of his robe, and wiped the corners of his eyes without any trace. The smile on his face was as gentle as a child's, "Ah Ping, Brother Yu was still competitive when he was your age. I really learned today. From now on, we... will be brothers!"

"Isn't it before?" Guan Ping said with a smile.

Lu Yi laughed out loud. He shook his white robe, walked forward slowly, stood on the bow of the boat, and said loudly:
"Lux Yi, under the command of Sun Yuquan, the prefect of Kuaiji, under the command of Sun Yuquan, the humble great man who begs for captives, has met Liu Shijun, Guan Gong, and Zhang Gong."

"I was ordered by the army to go west to fight against rebellion. When I arrived at Jiangling, Xiaoguan Gong beheaded Jiao and touched the head of the bandit. He said that the princes of Jingzhou came to help, and they counted [-] elite soldiers and more than [-] ships. They returned to the river and defeated Cao Ren's [-] water army. Cao Ren In a big defeat, three thousand soldiers were sent down, and all the thieves have already lost their courage and fled!"

"Big man wins!"

(End of this chapter)