Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 321 Waiting for help
In the 17rd year of Jian'an, winter.

In February, Guan Yu launched his troops into Shu and besieged Jiangzhou. At the end of November, Li Yan surrendered and Guan Yu conquered the city of Jiangzhou.The Jiangzhou offensive and defensive battle lasted for more than ten months from spring to winter.

Jiangzhou government office, lobby.

Guan Yu sat high on the couch, looking a little better than before, not as anxious as before breaking Jiangzhou.

On the left and right seats, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning, Li Yan, Wu Yi and others sat separately, chatting and laughing with each other, sharing their military exploits, or talking about interesting things.

However, among the people, only Pang Tong was not so happy, and his expression was the same as before.

Guan Yu frowned slightly and asked, "Why is Shi Yuan unhappy?"

Pang Tong bowed his hands to Guan Yu and said, "Those who attack a country for the sake of being happy are not soldiers of benevolence."

Guan Yu looked displeased and said: "King Wu defeated Zhou, singing and dancing in front of him. Our army obeys the king's orders and defeats the rebellious enemy. Isn't it a pleasure?"

Pang Tong was not like Zhuge Liang who indulged Guan Yu. He said coldly: "The soldiers entered the city to plunder. Since the general is the commander-in-chief, he does not want to calm the people. Now the general dares to compete with the army of the King of Martial Arts?"

"Snapped!"

When Guan Yu saw Pang Tong accusing him, he couldn't help but feel angry. He said in a deep voice: "You are the superior minister of Chu. What you said today is inappropriate. You should get up quickly!"

"Wait a minute!"

When Fa Zheng saw that Guan Yu was about to drive Pang Tong out, he advised him: "Your Majesty, your military advisor has made great achievements, so you cannot treat him like this."

Guan Yu stroked his long beard, turned his face slightly, and did not respond.

Seeing Guan Yu's attitude, Pang Tong said hello to the civil and military officials on the left and right, waved his sleeves and left without saying anything.

"military adviser!"

Seeing this, Zhang Fei stood up and called Pang Tong, then looked at Guan Yu, and finally sat down again.

After Pang Tong left, Guan Yu said with a cold face, "Where is Lu Meng?"

"The end is here!"

When Lu Meng saw Guan Yu letting him come closer to talk, he put on his armor and stood up, walking to the side of the couch.

Guan Yu covered his mouth with his hands and said in a low voice: "If any sergeant commits any wrongdoing, he should be severely punished according to military law."

Hearing this, Lu Meng glanced at Guan Yu, slightly surprised.

His general knew that he was wrong, but he really didn't want to admit his mistake in front of everyone, which made it difficult for Military Advisor Pang.

"Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Lu Meng lowered his head and retreated, stroking his long sword and exiting the hall.

"promise!"

Guan Yu ignored everyone's curious glances, looked at Gan Ning, and asked: "Xingba, have you captured Lingbao?"

Gan Ning bowed his hand to Guan Yu and said: "To inform you, I have to retain the general to help you. I would rather capture the Shu general Lingbao."

"Is it possible to drop?"

"I don't want to surrender yet!" Gan Ning said.

After hearing this, Guan Yu had a slight liking for Lingbao and said, "Bring Lingbao to court!"

"promise!"

After a while, Lingbao was tied up with five-flowered ropes, and there were sergeants controlling her on the left and right.

Guan Yu stood up, walked off the couch, and asked, "General, are you willing to surrender?"

Lingbao lowered his head and said nothing.

Guan Yu waved his hand to the sergeant to step back and personally untied Lingbao.

After untying the rope from Lingbao's body, Guan Yu said: "When you live in the world, you must practice ethics, set great aspirations, and find the Lord. The general has performed ethics, and Yu deeply admires him. However, the general has been clinging to Jiangzhou for nearly a year. Today, The city was destroyed at that time, and it was not the general's fault. Looking at it with a feather, the general has repaid Liu Jiyu for his promotion!"

Guan Yu saw Lingbao raising his head and said with a smile: "The world is in chaos. Cao Cao has been peeping at the artifact for a long time. My lord, Grand Sima Fengtian, is in peace. He has made it his ambition to eliminate the traitors in the country. He will soon achieve great things. General, why don't you keep yourself useful to the bright future?" Lord, make great achievements and be a blessing to your wife and children.”

Lingbao hesitated for a while and then said: "If you can allow me to collect the body of old General Zhang Ren and bury him in a dignified manner, I will be willing to serve Grand Sima."

Guan Yu smiled while stroking his long beard and said: "Although Yu and General Zhang are rivals, they admire his talents. Yu has already ordered his people to bury General Zhang outside Jiangzhou City."

"The righteousness of the king is so great that I deeply admire him!"

"Ok!"

Guan Yu sat back on the couch, very satisfied, and said: "General, please step down and rest first!"

"promise!"

"General Guan, how should we advance now that we have defeated Jiangzhou?" Gan Ning asked.

Guan Yu pondered for a while and said: "I originally wanted to march straight in, but my lord sent me a letter saying that after conquering Jiangzhou, we will first clear Ba County, and then divide our troops into three groups to capture Chengdu."

After a pause, Guan Yu explained: "Although Yide once defeated Baxi County, Ba County still has some areas of dissatisfaction. Hanzhong is isolated thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to communicate with Wuhan. The Lord is afraid that Cao Cao will aid Yizhou, so his troops go to Hanzhong . Therefore, we are ordered to wait in Bei'anba area to dredge the Micang Mountain Road."

"Furthermore, our army has besieged Jiangzhou for ten months. Although the city has been broken, most of the sergeants are tired, and it is the middle of winter, so it is not suitable to march and fight again. Report to Wuhan first, let the sergeants rest, and then discuss the march."

"Please give me your orders!" everyone said with their hands in hand.

Guan Yu thought for a while and said: "Since Xingba is from Bajun, now the general and Yide will lead the army to Peiping Badi."

"No!" Zhang Fei and Gan Ning accepted the order.

After saying that, Guan Yu looked at Wu Yi, Li Yan and other surrendered generals again, squeezed out a smile, and said: "My lord has an order, you will capture Shu for our army and have made great achievements. Now you can go east during the rest period and come to Wuhan to see you. Your Majesty. Your Majesty has heard your names a long time ago and wanted to meet the talented and wise men of Bashu, but you just couldn't get it at the right time."

"promise!"

Wu Yi, Li Yan, Pang Xi and other generals in Shu could not help but feel a little happy in their hearts, and they accepted the order.

It was not that Guan Yu was unwilling to pursue his victory, but that he was restricted by external conditions that made it difficult for him to advance.We will rest for ten days and a half, waiting for Liu Bei's next order before we can advance.

For example, how should the troops march in three groups, who should be responsible for which group, who should stay in Jiangzhou, and establish a ruling order belonging to Liu Bei. All of this needs to wait for Liu Bei's arrangements and appointments.

Moreover, Wu Yi, Li Yan, Pang Xi, Lingbao and other generals who surrendered in Shu did not surrender because of Guan Yu, but because of Liu Bei who was behind Guan Yu.Taking advantage of the break, letting them meet Liu Bei would be beneficial to the subsequent battle against Shu. This is the principle of sharpening the sword and chopping firewood.

After everyone retreated, only Zhang Fei stayed.

"Second brother, I'm afraid you are not going against your elder brother's wishes by treating Military Advisor Pang like this today," Zhang Fei said.

Guan Yu looked at Zhang Fei and said with a smile: "Yide, you have made a lot of progress in these years, and you are now able to respect the virtuous and polite. If you can avoid whipping the soldiers and guard against arrogance and impetuosity, I can put your mind at ease."

"That Military Advisor Pang~"

Seeing Zhang Fei entangled in the topic, Guan Yu said: "Pang Shiyuan's words are enough to ridicule him as a brother. But he said that our army is not a righteous army. How does this make others feel?"

"Furthermore, our soldiers finally captured Jiangzhou, but Pang Shiyuan said that our soldiers should not be happy, which should chill the soldiers. As for the soldiers robbing the people, I have ordered Ziming to supervise the matter and strictly enforce military discipline."

"Brother, you shouldn't let Commander Pang out of the court. This will bring a loss to his face!" Zhang Fei sighed and said, "Scholars are so good-looking and often quarrel with each other, so it's not a bad idea to let them go now. Regardless of whether Commander Pang is not a good person or not. Ordinary scholar."

Guan Yu disagreed and said: "In the world of peace and prosperity, sergeants should be valued, and the authority of running an army lies in strictness. Pang Shiyuan made rude remarks, and I let him out of the court to strictly manage his subordinates. If he is not punished, won't the ministers in the army follow suit."

"Of course, punishment is punishment, and merit is merit. He has merit in persuading Li Yan to surrender, and merit in plotting to defeat Jiangzhou. I will report it to my elder brother and let him receive a reward."

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while, then saw that he could not convince Guan Yu, so he said: "Then I will go and see Military Advisor Pang on behalf of my brother!"

"Can!"

Guan Yu stood up to see Zhang Fei off and said with a smile: "Drink a few more drinks while you are resting. Don't let drinking cause trouble when you are marching and fighting."

"it is good!"
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Not to mention that Guan Yu broke through Jiangzhou and wrote back to Wuhan.

After the fall of Jiangzhou, Liu Xun fled to Fujie by boat.On Fujie, he changed boats and sailed upriver, traveling day and night. It took him several days to escape back to Chengdu.

Chengdu, the state capital.

In the hall, Liu Xun stood in the hall and said with shame: "Father, I have fulfilled my father's great trust. Jiangzhou fell, tens of thousands of soldiers either fled or surrendered, and I only led 300 people back."

"The loss of Jiangzhou is not your fault. It is all because of Li Yan, Wu Yi and others!"

Liu Zhang was angry and resentful, and said: "Li Yan, I regard him as a confidant and entrust him with important tasks. I never thought that he would collude with Liu Bei, coax the city gates to open, and ruin my great cause. This person is capricious and hateful."

After being angry, Liu Zhang looked at the people on his left and right and asked sadly: "Now that Guan Yu has conquered Jiangzhou, the inner, middle and outer rivers are unobstructed. We can either capture Jianwei or go to Guanghan. I, Bashu, are in danger. I don't know what you guys have to tell me." ?”

Zhang Song saw that Liu Bei had achieved some success, so he bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Bei has many soldiers and horses, and he can defeat Wu Chu. Why not now~"

Before Zhang Song could finish speaking, Wang Lei got up furiously, pointed at Zhang Song's nose and cursed, saying: "Your Majesty, all the wars between Bashu and Bashu started because of Zhang Song. He invited Liu Bei's troops to enter Shu. If Zhang Song hadn't deceived me, I would have Bashuan is in trouble today."

"Lei Lei, please kill Zhang Song as a warning to others!" Wang Lei said.

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing that Wang Lei was about to kill him, Zhang Song hurriedly knelt down and said: "Song invites Liu Bei to Shu to share your worries. If Ma and Han win Hanzhong, there will also be wars between Bashu and Shu. Now Song is unaware of Liu Bei's treacherous nature. Please let me punish you."

"Your Majesty, Zhang Songsu is on good terms with Fazheng and Mengda. Now that they surrender to Liu, we, Bashu, are in danger of losing the Three Gorges. Judging by Lei Lei, Zhang Song may have surrendered to Liu too." Wang Lei said.

"You have been wronged!" Zhang Songwei could only cry out that he was wronged and asked Liu Zhang to investigate.

Liu Zhang had a severe headache. Considering that Zhang Song was a member of the Zhang family in Shu County, he said in a deep voice: "The war must be our priority now. How can there be another storm? Liu Bei was unaware of his mistake during his childhood. After today, he will go back to his hometown to reflect."

"promise!"

Seeing that the farce was over, Liu Ba pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cao has an appointment with me in Yizhou. He is now in China and is spying on Wu Chu. If Mr. Cao can help me, I, the army of Bashu, will be out of danger!"

"Now we should send an envoy to Duke Cao quickly to ask him to send troops to help."

"good!"

Liu Zhang was like a man falling into the water grabbing a life-saving straw, and hurriedly ordered: "Send people to Duke Cao quickly and ask him to send troops to rescue."

"promise!"

Seeing that he had a countermeasure, Liu Zhang calmed down and said, "Although Mr. Cao is outside today, it is difficult to save the fire from afar. Guan Yu has conquered Jiangzhou and will soon send troops to capture Chengdu. How can this general respond?"

Huang Quan got up from the couch and said: "Your Majesty, there are still [-] elite soldiers in Shu, and the grain can last for two years. Now I, Bashu, can still fight!"

With that said, Huang Quan analyzed the situation and said: "The enemy soldiers want to attack Chengdu, so they can only go through the water of the Three Rivers. However, although there are dangers in the water of the Three Rivers, our army is small and cannot be divided. Otherwise, the Three Rivers will be destroyed. Chengdu cannot be defended!"

"In view of the danger of the Three Rivers, we can let the two counties of Jianwei and Guanghan defend themselves and delay the entry into Shu until Duke Cao leads his troops south. Thirty thousand soldiers from Shu should be gathered outside Chengdu to build fortifications and reinforce them. Defend the city and gather grain and grass."

"If Liu Bei marches across the three rivers, defeats the two counties of Jianwei and Guanghan, and marches to Shu. However, with the kindness of the envoy and the ancestors for more than twenty years, the officials and people of Chengdu can defend Yizhou against the enemy."

Huang Quan saluted Liu Zhang and said in a deep voice: "Chengdu will stand firm and fight. When Cao Gong goes south, Liu Bei will naturally retreat. With your kindness, although you cannot fully restore Bashu, you can restore Shu and protect the territory!"

Liu Zhang got off the bed and helped Huang Quan up, saying with emotion: "If I had listened to Gong Heng's words earlier, how could Bashu be in such crisis?"

As he spoke, Liu Zhang sighed and said, "According to Gongheng's words, the people of Bashu have been wronged."

Huang Quan held Liu Zhang's hand and said sincerely: "Liu Bei's foundation in Bashu is not deep, and he has been attacking Jiangzhou for a long time without defeat. So you should fight hard and preserve the foundation of your ancestors first!"

"good!"

　Recommend a book, book lovers who are in a book shortage can go and read it.The late Shu Han Dynasty, time travel to Ma Di
　　
　
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