Soldiers come to the world

The sky was getting brighter, but the heavy rain that had been raining for several days showed no sign of stopping, instead it was getting bigger and bigger, and there was a vast expanse of rain and fog a hundred steps away.

Today is the third day since a large number of people from Nanjun moved to Wuling County. Groups of people, old and young, flocked from all directions, from Bian County in the north to Dangyang County, as well as Huarong County in the east and Zhijiang County in the west. , Minyang County, a total of more than [-] people in five counties left their homes to escape the war.

But not all the people evacuated to Jiangling. Most of the people in Bian county in the far north fled to Jiangxia, and most of the people in Huarong county in the east also fled to Jiangxia.

In fact, only more than [-] people from Zhijiang County, Moyang County, and Dangyang County followed Liu Bei to evacuate to Jiangling. On the official road, nearly [-] people migrated to the south.

There are bullock carts and donkey carts in the team, and the crowd is mighty, stretching for more than ten miles. They support the elderly, hold the children, and wear coir raincoats and capes. They walk with difficulty on the muddy official road in the heavy rain, and slowly move towards the south.

There are three official roads in Nanjun, one is the West Road, which connects Zhijiang County and Moyang County from Dangyang County, and the other is the East Road, which connects Dangyang County to Huarong County. The most flat and wide road among the three official roads.

Although the official road is flat and wide, it is still unable to increase the marching speed of the fleeing army. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have difficulty moving on the official road. Many elderly people cannot bear such torture. Coupled with the rain all night, some people continue to die of illness on the road.

Liu Bei rode on a handsome war horse. He also wore a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, and led five thousand soldiers to guard the people on both sides.

At this time, Liu Bei felt a little regretful. He didn't expect that the marching speed of these people was so slow. They could only walk twenty or thirty miles a day. It was nearly three hundred miles away from Jiangling. Wouldn't it be ten miles away? sky?But also to solve the problem of food and accommodation for refugees,

If it was three or four days, maybe he still has room for maneuver, but now that he has to spend ten days, something will happen.

Liu Bei wanted to leave these people behind and go south, but he couldn't bear the loss of reputation, so he had to be patient, and kept ordering soldiers to help the frail old people, and march as fast as possible.

"Lord!"

A scout cavalry came galloping in the distance, and hurriedly reported: "My lord, we have discovered the enemy's situation!"

Liu Bei was taken aback. He simply suspected that he had heard wrongly. There would be an enemy situation here?

"What's going on?" he asked nervously.

"Just after dawn today, some brothers found a cavalry force, about [-] people, heading south along the west road. The cavalry was so fast that the scouts couldn't keep up."

Liu Bei's face turned pale, and he suddenly understood that Cao Jun's so-called aid to Anlu County was a tactic to delay his troops, in order to confuse himself, delay his southward retreat, and then send cavalry to seize Jiangling and cut off his retreat.

He was flustered immediately. Because of the rain and the strong wind and waves on the river, he stopped sending people across the river these days, and nearly half of the people were on the north bank, including his family. And the population is over.

Liu Bei was anxious and regretful, and hurriedly said to his subordinates: "Hurry up and find the three generals!"

The soldiers galloped away on horseback. Liu Bei hurried forward and shouted to the thousands of refugees around him: "My fellow countrymen, Cao Jun is approaching. Let's all return home! Don't suffer from unnecessary disasters."

Thousands of people shouted together: "We are willing to follow the emperor!"

"We are willing to serve the emperor!"

The crowd shouted in unison, and the shouting became louder and louder, and soon a torrent of public opinion was formed, "I will follow the emperor to the death!"

Liu Bei was anxious and embarrassed at the same time. The population and wealth that he had placed great hope on had now become his burden, and he still wanted to follow him to the death.

At this time, Zhang Fei rushed over with a dozen of his own soldiers and shouted, "Brother, what happened?"

Liu Bei was already anxious, and hurriedly said to Zhang Fei: "The scouts have spotted Cao Jun's cavalry and are heading towards Jiangling. I must rush back to Jiangling immediately to see if I can get ahead of Cao Jun's cavalry."

Zhang Fei was taken aback, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem, and hurriedly said: "Brother, you can go back quickly, and leave this place to me."

"That's exactly what I mean. I will lead two thousand soldiers back first, and you will stay with three thousand troops."

After hesitating for a while, Liu Bei said in a low voice: "I suspect that Cao Cao's army will also come down from Xiangyang. Send more spies. If Cao Cao's army really comes, you can retreat south immediately, and these refugees should give up for the time being! You don't care. They're gone."

"Don't worry, brother, I won't force you."

Liu Bei patted Zhang Fei's shoulder, then turned his horse's head and walked away. After a while, he led two thousand soldiers and hurried to Jiangling. He had to protect the warship and his family.

. . . . . .

For three days in a row, there was heavy rain in Jingzhou. The wind and waves on the Yangtze River were rough. A ferry full of refugees capsized in the middle of the river. More than [-] people were engulfed by the waves. The tragedy of the overturning forced Jiangling to stop transportation and wait for the heavy rain to stop. .

The tens of thousands of people who had not yet crossed the river could not withstand the heavy rain, and they all returned to the city to hide from the rain. The soldiers were also transferred back to the city to garrison, making the pier deserted, and hundreds of thousands of stone warships moored in the Along the river, follow the ups and downs of the waves.

About a hundred steps away from the wharf, there is a group of warehouses covering an area of ​​more than [-] acres. The supplies of more than a dozen warehouses have long been emptied. At this time, the warehouses are full of boatmen, and most of the local boatmen sneaked back to the city. In this way, thousands of people still gathered in the warehouse.

They were lying or lying down, bored, and the anxiety in their hearts had been smoothed away by the heavy rain for several days. Many people gathered to gamble. Many gamblers stayed up for three days and three nights, their eyes were bloodshot, and their voices were screaming as if they were going to kill.

At this time, someone in the westernmost warehouse yelled, and the warehouse fell silent. Hundreds of people pricked up their ears. They seemed to hear something?

There was a muffled thunder-like sound in the heavy rain outside, and then the ground began to tremble. Many people couldn't stand still and fell to the ground one after another. At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "This is the cavalry, the cavalry is here! "

The warehouse suddenly became chaotic, and hundreds of people rushed out, but as soon as they ran out of the warehouse, cavalry cavalrymen of Cao Jun came to kill them violently. Before it was too late, he was caught under the iron hoof of the war horse and was soon trampled into pieces.

Many people rushed out from the other dozen warehouses and ran desperately towards the pier. Their only escape idea was to flee by boat.

However, Cao Jun's cavalry had already rushed to kill them. Xia Houyuan's strategy was very clear, first to snatch the warships, they didn't even care about Jiangling from the city, and went straight to the pier.

Xia Houyuan took the lead. Seeing that two boatmen had already rushed onto the plank dozens of steps away, and was about to rush into the big ship, he was furious. He grabbed two spears and threw them away. The two spears cut through the rain and fog like two A burst of black lightning pierced the bodies of the two boatmen in an instant, and they fell into the river screaming.

The rest of the boatmen who ran to the pier were so frightened that they knelt down and hugged their heads, begging for mercy.

The cavalry had driven out all the people hiding in more than a dozen warehouses. Thousands of people densely packed the pier. Xia Houyuan roared, "All those who don't want to die kneel down!"

His voice was like a huge thunder, and everyone trembled in fright, and they knelt down on the ground one after another. For a moment, everyone knelt down in the heavy rain.

Xia Houyuan pondered for a moment, then ordered a general to say: "Drive them all to the warehouse and lock them up. You and five hundred brothers are stationed at the pier. Anyone who dares to snatch the boat will be killed!"

"The last will obey!"

Ya Jiang waved his hand, "Come with me!"

He led five hundred cavalry to drive the boatmen back to the warehouse. Xia Houyuan knew very well that it was raining now and there were no boats coming from the other side.

He immediately turned around the pier and led [-] cavalry to kill Jiangling City.

Jiangling City is close to the pier. When the cavalry galloped across the city and rushed towards the pier, the defenders on the top of the city had already spotted it and immediately reported it to Bie Jia Pang Ji. Currently there are no generals in the city, only [-] troops, so Liu Bei He ordered Pang Ji and Wang Jie to sit in Jiangling.

Pang Ji looked at the pier with complicated eyes. Although the rain and fog blocked his sight, he knew that Cao Jun had already killed him. This was the opportunity he had been waiting for. Surrendering Cao Cao at a critical moment would allow him to obtain the greatest political benefits.

Cao Cao had already promised him the post of Nanyang prefect, and it depended on whether he could seize this opportunity, but such a surrender would damage his reputation, so he immediately ordered someone to go to Wang Jie to discuss it, but the soldiers came back soon and reported: "Wang joins the army. Drenched in the rain, fell ill, was seriously ill, unable to get up, please don’t make up your own mind, don’t take his opinion into consideration.”

"This old fox!"

Pang Ji cursed in a low voice, he pondered for a moment, and immediately went back to the tower to write a letter, handed it to his confidant soldiers, and whispered: "Give this letter to General Luo Jin!"

Luo Jin was Pang Ji's confidant, and he took up the post of Yajiang, stationed at the west gate of Jiangling City. Now Pang Ji can only build plank roads openly, and secretly go to Chencang, and his confidant soldiers hurried away with the letter.

Pang Ji returned to the top of the city and shouted an order: "All soldiers go to the city and fight Cao's army to the end. The city is alive, and the city is dead."

Groups of soldiers rushed to the top of the city, waiting for the battle. Pang Ji changed his armor, pressed the handle of his knife, and was impassioned. He encouraged the soldiers and boosted their morale. Kill back!"

At this moment, a soldier rushed over and shouted in horror: "Don't drive, Xicheng has surrendered, Cao Jun...has entered the city!"

Pang Ji yelled and fainted. All the generals hurriedly rescued him. Pang Ji burst into tears: "I am sorry, my lord, for not being able to defend Jiangling City. Generals, in order to save the people in the city, surrender! I, Pang Ji, will bear it."

The generals looked at each other, and for a moment, they all put down their knives silently. Pang Ji sighed when he saw that all the generals surrendered, and said to the generals: "We must protect the family of the lord. We can't be loyal to the lord through death. I can only give the lord an explanation with this."

Liu Bei's only hope is that Pang Ji can lead his army to resist Cao's army. After all, Cao's army has [-] cavalry, no siege weapons, and few in number.

But Liu Bei never dreamed that when Xia Houyuan's cavalry arrived at Jiangling City, the west gate of Jiangling was opened wide, and the tooth general Luo Jin offered the city. Immediately, Pang Ji led [-] troops out of the city and surrendered to Cao Jun, and Jiangling City fell.