Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 58 57. Revenge
The old man knew that there was a young general in the room at this time, and he also wanted to stop him, so he hurried forward and tried to stop the general.

"Um?!"

Who would have thought that the general would point a big knife at him and snort coldly. The old man was so scared that he dared only speak aside.

"General, it is already late..."

"Okay, stop talking so much, just take whatever you have..."

The general pushed the door and went into the inner room.

"crash"

The door to the inner room was pushed open by the general. The candles in the room were almost burned out, so the light was only a lot dimmer than when Guan Xing had just arrived.

"Ok?"

The general then discovered that there seemed to be a person standing in the dim room. When he took a closer look, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

“Guan…Guan Guan Guan…Guan Yu!”

"Danglang"

The general was so frightened that he couldn't even hold the sword in his hand, and the sword fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

The general took a few steps back stiffly, walked out of the room, and fell to the ground; his pupils suddenly shrank and his whole body was covered in cold sweat, as if he had seen someone he shouldn't have seen.

"Ah?! Humph!"

Guan Xing came out from the inner room. It was too dark to see the person coming. He picked up the sword on the ground and wanted to take a closer look. But when he picked up the sword and looked at it, he was immediately furious. What else could this sword be if not the Green Dragon Crescent Blade?

"Pan Zhang, the evil villain, give me your life!"

Guan Xing stepped out of the room and saw Pan Zhang sitting on the ground, unable to move. He swung the sword in his hand, and Pan Zhang's head flew into the sky with a terrified look in his eyes.

After explaining to the old man the conflict between this man and his father, Guan Xing placed Pan Zhang's head in front of the statue of Guan Yu and burned incense and paid homage with the old man.

After killing the murderer of his father, Guan Xing felt extremely happy and slept very soundly that night.

After daybreak, Guan Xing, holding the Qinglong sword, saw that Pan Zhang's horse was far superior to his own, so he gave his horse and the silver he had on him to the old man to supplement the household expenses, and then rode back to the camp in the direction he was heading.

"General Guan Xing is back!"

In the tent, Liu Bei, Feng Xi, Ma Liang, Huang Quan and others were still discussing the matter of Guan Xing. After all, he was the only surviving son of his second brother Yunchang. If something unexpected happened to him, it would be difficult for them to see Yunchang in the afterlife.

"It turned out to be just as Xiu Yuan expected?!"

Liu Bei was extremely surprised. From last night till today, Feng Xi was not in a hurry. When Liu Bei asked, Feng Xi just replied:

"An Guo will have his own opportunities. He will definitely return within two days."

Liu Bei quickly called Guan Xing into the tent and saw the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in Guan Xing's hand at a glance.

"An Guo... Could it be that you..."

Liu Bei looked straight at Guan Xing, somewhat excited.

"I will live up to the mercy of God and kill Pan Zhang, the enemy who killed my father. Here is Pan Zhang's head!"

Guan Xing naturally did not cause any trouble to the old man. He had already thrown Pan Zhang's body into the mountain stream to feed the wolves and dogs, and he had wrapped up his head and brought it back.

"Thank you for your hard work, nephew! If Yunchang knew that he had such a son, he would rest in peace in his grave."

Liu Bei sighed a few words and asked Guan Xing to go down and rest. He had other military arrangements in his tent.

"Xiu Yuan, what do you think of this arrangement?"

"Your Majesty, I have no objection to your arrangement." Feng Xi looked at the familiar division of troops in front of him and had no objection. Huang Quan led an army on the north bank to respond to Zhang Nan's navy; he and others were on the south bank to confront the main force of the Wu army. This arrangement was almost the same as Liu Bei's original arrangement.

A few days later, the Han navy and the Wu army fought again on the Yangtze River waterway.

It turned out that the Wu army was defeated on land, so Zhu Ran, the commander-in-chief of the Wu navy, decided to use the advantage of the navy to cut off the food supply of the Han army, thereby putting pressure on the Han army.

However, the Han army also had a navy going down the river, so a skirmish on the Yangtze River began.

Zhang Nan stood on a command ship and saw that the number of Wu’s navy on the opposite side was almost the same as his own. It all depended on the quality of the soldiers and the command level of both sides.

Unfortunately, many of his naval forces were veterans from Jingzhou, so he was quite confident in facing the Eastern Wu navy.

"Haha... Earlier I was wondering why Xiu Yuan had so many bizarre ideas, but now it seems that they are just in use..."

Zhang Nan sneered twice, ordered his soldiers to sail directly towards the enemy camp, and prepared to use a secret weapon.

There was no wind at the moment, so Zhu Ran knew that Zhang Nan would not use the fire attack strategy of filling the speedboat with flammable materials.

As we all know, the principle of a fast ship fire attack is that the fire takes advantage of the wind and spreads from the burning contact point. The lack of wind means that the spread is not fast, and there is even time for the sailors to put out the flames at the contact point with water.

"Commander-in-chief! The enemy ships are approaching in a fish-scale formation!"

A lookout sailor shouted loudly, and Zhu Ran below nodded.

"It seems that the Shu army wants to clash with our Dongwu navy? Do they have the strength to clash with our Dongwu navy? We should also raise anchor and let these Shu landlubbers see the heroic spirit of our Dongwu men!"

At Zhu Ran's command, the Wu navy also rushed towards the Han army. Although they were no match for the land army, in a naval battle, even twice as many Han troops were no match for them! This was the confidence of the Eastern Wu.

"Boom..."

From time to time, the ships of the Han army came into contact with those of the Wu army, but soon they became inseparable. The Wu army could not use its advantage of being familiar with the water to fight against the Han army, and could only engage in close combat with the Han army as if it were a land battle.

"What's going on! Why don't you keep a distance from them? Why do you have to fight them hand to hand?!"

Zhu Ran was furious. How could such a low-level mistake happen to the Eastern Wu navy? Several ships had already been captured by the Han army because of close combat with them. If the battle continued like this, his army would be completely wiped out.

In desperation, Zhu Ran had to go to the front line himself to see what was going on. After arriving at the front line, Zhu Ran was pleased to find that many Wu soldiers still had a lot of advantages over the Han army because of their proficiency in boat handling and their accustomed to wind and waves.

Some Wu soldiers even dared to dive into the water and overturn the Han army's small boats; or directly pull the Han soldiers on the small boats into the water to fight.

However, the Han army also had sharp bows and crossbows and excellent weapons. In addition, the Wu army's sailors did not have much armor, so the Wu army also suffered heavy casualties.

"What's going on! Why are you guys fighting them hand-to-hand? Why don't you follow the others and engage in a grappling fight with them!"

Zhu Ran also rescued several Wu soldiers who jumped from the ship to escape, and scolded them harshly.

"Captain... Commander, it's not that we don't want to separate, it's that we can't! As soon as our boat got close, the Shu army threw out countless iron hooks, iron claws and other things to force us to be tied together! The brothers couldn't row at all! Our short swords couldn't cut so many ropes!"

The soldier was shivering and couldn't speak clearly. It was unclear whether he was scared or frozen by the water.

"Hook?"

Zhu Ran was puzzled. He turned around and saw a Wu warship being hooked by dense iron hooks. A group of Han soldiers used the mast as a fulcrum to force the two ships together.

As soon as the two ships met, the Wu army became the target of unilateral slaughter. The Wu army, with their upper bodies naked, could only use short swords to fight the Han army wearing leather armor and holding broadswords on the deck, and were either killed or captured by the Han army.

"retreat!"

Knowing that he had been tricked by the Han army, Zhu Ran could only order the Wu army to retreat.

However, Zhu Ran knew clearly that although they had suffered a small defeat in the naval battle, it was not a serious loss and the navy still had some strength to spare.

(End of this chapter)