Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 320 Under Jiangzhou

Jiangzhou, Xicheng.

In the dim night, a large number of orange fires appeared in the camp of Guan Yu's army, and the shouts of killing resounded across the sky.Even though they were several miles apart in the night, they were still very eye-catching.

Liu Xun put his hands on the city tower and looked at the battle outside the city. He was very happy and said: "Li Hujun is really resourceful and attacked Guan Yu's camp."

"Come on!"

Liu Xun excitedly patted the city wall and said: "Assemble your troops and horses, I will personally go out of the city to meet Li Hujun's troops and see if I can kill the enemy invaders."

"Sir, wait a minute!"

Zhang Ren came over with his sword and armor and stopped him, saying: "Guan Yu fought fiercely. Although Li Hu's army succeeded in the night attack, we must not underestimate the enemy. You are the commander-in-chief of the army, how can you go into danger easily? I am willing to be the pioneer for you and leave the city." Defeat the invaders. It is advisable for the young master to be the back town of the city wall, which can be used to support the enemy and prevent losses in Jiangzhou."

Zhang Ren, a native of Shu County, Yizhou, came from a poor family.He rarely practices martial arts and is very disciplined.After Liu Yan entered Shu, he promoted Zhang Ren to serve in the state; after Liu Zhang came to power, his honor and favor continued.Now he assists Liu Xun in fending off enemies.If Liu Bei had not entered Shu, Zhang Ren might have served the Liu family for three generations.

Liu Xun hesitated a little and said, "In that case, it's time to trouble the old general."

"Don't dare!"

After receiving the order, Zhang Ren quickly walked down the tower and ordered the five thousand elite soldiers who were already ready for battle.

Although there are about [-] soldiers guarding the city in Jiangzhou, the Shu soldiers are not very effective and rarely fight at night.Today, in order to support Li Yan's troops and defeat Guan Yu in Xicheng, five thousand soldiers are sent, which is the core force of Jiangzhou City.

Zhang Ren got on his horse, took the long spear from the attendant's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Get out of the city and defeat the thief!"

"promise!"

With a creaking sound, the heavy city gate was pushed open by the soldiers.The city gate suddenly opened, Zhang Renting jumped out on his horse, and the sound of golden drums sounded.Five thousand Shu troops on foot and cavalry, armored and armed, surged out of Jiangzhou City like a fire dragon.

"The cavalry goes first and quickly investigates the fighting in the camp!"

"promise!"

Under Zhang Ren's arrangement, the Shu cavalry galloped ahead holding torches.The infantry, guided by the sound of golden drums, armed with swords and spears, approached Guan Yu's camp.

Zhang Ren, wearing heavy armor, was stationed on a hillside, looking at the fires in the distance. A wave of heart palpitations surged into his heart, as if there were ferocious beasts staring at him. The firelight in the distance was not the hope of defeating Guan Yu, but the hope of defeating Guan Yu. It is a hidden danger.

After exhaling, he took the reins and directed the sergeant to rush to the enemy camp as quickly as possible.

The Shu army marched westward, but the scouts sent by Zhang Ren did not return for a long time.

Zhang Ren became increasingly uneasy. Looking at the approaching enemy camp, he asked, "Why haven't the scouts reported back yet?"

"General, there may be a fierce battle ahead, so we have to go into camp to help. Or it may be late at night and it is difficult to see the road, but we were delayed a lot of time on the way." The attendant replied.

"Hmm~"

Just when Zhang Ren was doubtful, he suddenly heard the sound of tide in the night.

"Wow~Wow~"

Deputy General Deng Xian listened carefully and asked. "what sound?"

Zhang Ren looked shocked, as if he understood something, and hurriedly shouted: "The enemy is attacking, quickly form an array!"

"Enemy attack?"

In the astonishment of all the generals in Shu, in the dark night, there were shouts of killing, the sound of golden drums, and torches were lit on all sides.In the flickering fire, the soldiers of the Chu army appeared and charged towards the Shu army amidst the sound of military bugles.

"Wow!"

Zhang Ren raised his eyes and looked around, but saw the Chu army's large banner flying in the north, with the words "General Zhengdong" and "Hou Fei of Xixiang" written on it.

Until now, why doesn't Zhang Ren understand Guan Yu's plan?Li Yan must have surrendered Guan Yu and sent people to Jiangzhou to deceive them, tricking him into leaving the city to meet them, and then taking the opportunity to seize the city.

"The thief who eats everything inside and outside!"

Zhang Ren was furious and gritted his teeth and said, "Li Yan, I will kill him."

However, in his anger, Zhang Ren did not lose his reason. He grabbed the collar of his servant and said in a deep voice: "Go back to the city and tell the young master that Li Yan has surrendered to Guan Yu. If Li Yan leads the remnant army outside Jiangzhou City, he will definitely be a lure." Open the city gate and tell the young master not to open it, but to shoot him with a bow and crossbow."

"promise!"

"go!"

From the left and right, the cavalry greeted them and tried to break out of the encirclement and send the news back to Jiangzhou City.

Zhang Fei held a long spear in his hand and led his cavalry to fight out of the night, charging left and right in the Shu army's formation. The soldiers of Shu were defeated and fled, and no one could join the enemy.

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Fei's devilish laughter rang out, and he shouted loudly: "Zhang Ren, you have fallen into our army's trap. Now Jiangzhou has been lost, and you are under heavy siege. Why not drop down quickly!"

Zhang Ren spat angrily and shouted: "Liu Bei betrayed his trust and attempted to seize our lord's inheritance. I will kill you to repay your kindness."

With that said, Zhang Ren said to his men: "Tonight's battle will be a disaster, but I will repay you with a life-and-death battle!"

"promise!"

Under the night, the Chu army and the Shu army fought fiercely together, with loud shouts of killing, slashing with swords and spears, and soldiers fighting each other.Zhang Fei led his cavalry to fight forward, while Lu Meng led his army to block Zhang Ren in the east and attempted to return to Jiangzhou.

Not to mention that when Zhang Ren led his army out of the city, he was surrounded and killed by the troops led by Zhang Fei and Lu Meng. He and his sergeants were not able to escape.

On the Jiangzhou City Tower, after Zhang Ren led his army to leave, Liu Xun looked at the enemy camp in the distance, feeling anxious and pacing back and forth for fear of missing the news.

I don't know how long it took, but hundreds of defeated troops emerged from the night with torches and marched to the gate of Jiangzhou City.

"Who is in the city?"

The soldiers who were on guard and lookout on the city tower had sharp eyes and spotted the figure of the defeated army and asked loudly.

The leading general of the defeated army looked embarrassed, his face covered with smoke and dust. It was not him, but Li Yan, the 'Scale Armor'.

Li Yan leaned on his long spear and replied loudly: "I am Li Yan, the commander-in-chief. Open the city gate quickly."

Hearing Li Yan's voice, Liu Xun quickly walked up to the tower, pushed away the questioning soldiers, and shouted, "If Zhengfang didn't lead his army to attack Guan Yu's camp at night, how could he be defeated and appear here?"

When Li Yan saw Liu Xun on the tower, he was annoyed and regretful, and said: "There are too few soldiers under Yan Zhang. Although the night attack on Guan Yu's camp was successful, the enemy soldiers were prepared. After fighting, Yan was defeated due to lack of troops. At the hands of Guan Yu, he was defeated and fled to Jiangzhou."

Liu Xun looked worried and asked: "Old General Zhang led five thousand soldiers and rushed to the enemy camp to support Zhengfang. Why is Zhengfang still defeated? I wonder where the old general is?"

Li Yan did not feel guilty and said sadly: "Sir, the old general led his army to help and met Zhang Fei's troops. Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei was so brave that he led his cavalry to rush in and killed the old general. The old general died in battle, and his soldiers were defeated. .”

"what!"

Liu Xun pounded the city wall with all his strength, and said with a pale face: "Old General Zhang has experienced hundreds of battles, how can he die?"

"I have lost a general in Yizhou!"

Seeing Liu Xun lamenting, Li Yan leaned on his long spear and begged: "Sir, the last general's thigh is injured, and the soldiers are suffering from hunger and cold. The enemy is chasing after us. Can you open the door and let Yan and the soldiers under the tent enter?"

In the depths of winter in the twelfth lunar month of this year, the cold wind was howling. Li Yan and his sergeants were shivering in the cold outside the city. From time to time, injured sergeants wailed.

When Liu Xun saw that the night attack failed and Zhang Ren died in battle, he sighed and waved his hand in despair, signaling the sergeant to open the door for Li Yan.

"Thank you sir!"

When Liu Xu saw that the defeated soldiers under Li Yan's tent still had their flags intact and that their armors and weapons were complete, he felt suspicious and asked, "Sir, do you want to check a few more things to avoid enemy invaders sneaking into the defeated army?"

Liu Huang, a son of Liu Yan.They are one of the few confidants Liu Zhang can rely on. His ability cannot be said to be strong, but his carefulness.

Liu Xun was in a low mood and said: "Li Zhengfang, your confidant, can be trusted both in civil and military affairs. Now that General Zhang has died in the battle, Li Zhengfang has great talent and must not be used. Let them enter the city, and then let Zhengfang verify the identity of the sergeant." .”

"No!" The west gate of Jiangzhou was opened again by the sergeant. With a creaking sound, the city cave suddenly opened up, and the Shu troops were lined up on both sides holding torches.

Li Yan glanced at the pitch-black night behind him and walked slowly, leaning on a long stick.

Liu Zan in the crowd held a crossbow tightly in his hand and followed Li Yan into the city.

Just when Li Yan and Liu Zan's group were about to enter the city, the cavalrymen ordered by Zhang Ren were also about to arrive outside the city.There were two arrows stuck in his back, and blood was constantly flowing out.

Arriving outside the city gate, Congqi squeezed out the last bit of strength and shouted: "Li Yangui~"

Before the knight could finish speaking, dozens of knights followed him in the night, and several arrows flew out, knocking the knight off his horse.

Seeing this, Li Yan's expression changed drastically and he shouted: "Seize the door, quickly!"

"promise!"

Liuzan and other soldiers raised their crossbows and fired at the deceived Shu soldiers.More than a hundred arrows shot out of the air, bringing dozens of gatekeepers into attack range.

"Pfft!"

Shooting at such a close range, the guarding sergeants were unprepared. At a loss what to do, they fell to the ground one after another.The sergeants who were not killed by arrows either struggled to escape, or fell to the ground and wailed.

Liuzan drew his Huanshou sword and shouted loudly: "Surge into the city and seize Jiangzhou City!"

"kill!"

Li Yan listened to the sound of the golden drum beating on the tower, grabbed the horn from the attendant, took a deep breath, and blew out the horn.

"woooo~"

The deep and long horn sound resounded in the night of Jiangzhou under the echo of the city cave.

"嘚~"

Shu Qi, who was chasing Congqi, was assisted by Liu Zan and others, and rushed towards the open city gate with Guan Ping as an arrow.The horse's hooves are flying, and the horse is riding like the wind. It gallops into the city and is unstoppable.

Suddenly, the sound of horns, shouts of killing, and the sound of horse hooves mixed together at the west gate. The Shu soldiers fled in all directions, and Liu Zan led his sergeants to take over the city gate.

"Archery!"

Liu Xun was frightened on the city tower. He pulled the defenders on the left and right and asked them to shoot back the cavalry entering the city.The cavalry came too quickly, and the defenders reacted too slowly.

When the arrows from the towers were flying down the city, the cavalry forwards had already entered the city. Several cavalrymen in the group groaned, fell to the ground, and died under the trampling of horses' hooves.

Immediately afterwards, a fire broke out outside the city, and the golden drum sounded as a signal to kill. Countless figures lit up torches under the night cover of the city gate. First there were one or two blazes, and then hundreds of blazes. The night seemed to be on fire.

"Enemy attack!"

Seeing such movements outside the city, Liu Xun took Liu Quan by the hand and shouted anxiously: "Quickly lead the sergeants to kill the enemy troops and seize back the city gate."

"promise!"

The city gate was captured. Liu Xun summoned his sergeants to assemble at the west gate, and at the same time asked Liu Sui to lead a team to drive away the Chu army and recapture the city gate.However, if the city gate is lost, how can it be so easy to regain it?
The hundreds of defeated soldiers under Li Yan's command, and the tens of thousands of enemies under Guan Yu's tent were left to support the pro-government. The hundreds of sergeants were all fierce and brave warriors, and they would be able to defeat the Shu army of more than a thousand people if they fought hard.At the same time, Guan Yu sent his son Guan Ping into the city with more than a hundred cavalry to assist Liu Zan in clearing the city gate sergeants.

Li Yan coaxed the city gates to open, and the elite infantry and cavalry were at the forefront. Ten thousand enemies were at the forefront, and the city gates were in Guan Yu's hands.

Amidst the sound of golden drums, Guan Yu ordered 4000 elite infantrymen to fight out of the night and towards the open city gate.The infantry used the large shield as a shield to block the arrows on the tower, and slowly entered through the avenue to join the battlefield.

"Sir, the enemy invaders are on the city wall!"

When Liu Xun was taking command, he saw Liu Zan wielding his sword and cutting down the infantry, holding his shield and leading the way up the city tower. Many Shu soldiers on the left and right were no match for him.

"asshole!"

Without waiting for Liu Xun's further instructions, the soldiers hurriedly came to report and said: "Sir, the enemy bandits from the east and south gates are approaching the city by the wall. Our army is fighting with them. General Lingbao is leading his troops to support them."

"it is good!"

Under the protection of his attendants, Liu Xun ordered: "Kill the enemy invaders as soon as possible!"

At this time, the Chu army had attacked the city wall from many places. Liu Zan used his shield to block the incoming spears of the Shu soldiers, and then used the ring-headed knife in his hand to poke forward. With a 'pop' sound, the sharp blade cut through Shu. Hot blood spurted out from Jun's abdomen, and his intestines were cut into pieces. The pain caused the Shu soldiers to fall to the ground and howl.

"Liu Xunxiu, let's go!" Liu Zan shouted loudly.

At the same time, shouts of "Junhou" sounded outside the city. It turned out that Guan Yu also led the troops into the city.

Seeing Liu Zan's ferocity, Guan Yu entering the city, and more and more Chu soldiers charging up the city wall, Liu Xun became timid and escaped in the night under the cover of his attendants.

"go!"

On the way to escape, he bumped into Liu Quan who had been killed by Guan Ping and Li Yan and was retreating.

"What's going on?" Liu Xun asked.

Liu Quan said with a mournful face: "The general went to seize the gate, but the enemy invaders outside the city came too quickly, and there were cavalry to fight. The gate was not recaptured, but was defeated by the infantry entering the city."

"What should we do?" Liu Xun sighed worriedly and said, "Li Yan has rebelled, General Zhang is in danger, Ximen has been captured, and Jiangzhou is in danger!"

Liu Huang looked at the situation on the left and right and said: "Sir, we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. Jiangzhou cannot be defended. We must flee quickly!"

Liu Xun hesitated a little and said: "My father entrusted Jiangzhou to me, how can I abandon Jiangzhou now? If Jiangzhou is lost, Guan Yu will send his troops into Bashu!"

Liu Huang looked anxious and said: "The second young master was captured by Zhang Fei, leaving you with only the young master. If the young master died in Jiangzhou now, wouldn't you be sad!"

"Although Jiangzhou is lost, Bashu still has soldiers and horses. The envoy has made an alliance with Cao Gong and will soon go south to relieve our siege in Bashu. There are small boats hidden in the swamp outside the south of the city. We should take advantage of the chaos and escape."

Under Liu Suan's persuasion, Liu Xun no longer hesitated and said: "Let General Ling leave and abandon Jiangzhou."

"promise!"

Er Liu took advantage of the chaos in Jiangzhou and fled into the dark.

After Guan Yu cleared the Shu army in the west of the city, he climbed onto the west city tower and asked his sergeants to insert the "Guan" tape on the city wall.

Guan Yu, wearing a green brocade robe and armor, stood on the city tower and watched the battle in the city from a high position.

"Father!"

Guan Ping held up the bloody head and said: "Here is the head of the thief captain Zhuo Duo!"

Seeing Guan Pingjian's achievements, Guan Yu held on to the hilt of his sword and said encouragingly: "Ping'er personally killed the enemy general. He is decisive and able to fight tonight. It is very good."

"Father's guidance is good!" Guan Ping said with a smile.

Guan Yu stretched out his hand to wipe the blood stains on Guan Ping's cheek and said: "Now the west city has been destroyed. I have ordered Liu Zan to go to the east of the city to support General Gan. You will immediately lead your troops to attack the government office and eliminate the enemy invaders."

"promise!"

When Guan Ping led the soldiers away, Zhang Fei led his cavalry in front, followed by his infantry, and reached the west of the city.

Seeing Zhang Fei in person, Guan Yu knew that the war was over. He smiled on the tower and said, "Yide, can you capture Zhang Ren?"

Zhang Fei raised his head and saw Guan Yu on the tower, reined in the reins, and replied: "Zhang Ren vowed not to surrender, and he cursed my elder brother, and I stabbed him to death with a spear."

Guan Yu put his hands on the city and said, "Yide will lead the army into the city first to quell the chaos!"

"promise!"

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(End of this chapter)