The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 622 Chapter 621 Zhou Yu's Corpse

The raging fire burned for a whole day, and it was not until dusk that the fire on the Yangtze River gradually extinguished. All the places touched by the fire were turned into piles of ashes, and finally only a long iron chain was left lying across On the Yangtze River, the ashes were washed downstream by the river.

At dusk, all the Han troops had assembled on the shore, and the warships leaned against the banks of the Yangtze River. When the war personnel statistics were carried out later, the Jiangdong generals Chen Wu, Dong Xi, and Ling Cao died in battle. Shooting some arrows, obviously shot to death.

Pan Zhang and Tan Xiong were drowned by the river, and only Zhu Huan was captured.Among the remaining captured Jiangdong Army officers and soldiers, there were only about 1000 people, and the rest were all fresh corpses.There were more than 2 of them, some were shot to death by arrows, some were drowned by river water, and some were burned to death by fire. In short, all of them were counted.

As dusk fell and the sun set, the land would enter darkness again. Huang Zhong led his men to patrol the shore and asked the soldiers to check the corpses of the Jiangdong Army one by one. In the end, Zhou Yu's corpse was not found.

The sailors reported the news to Huang Zhong. After Huang Zhong heard it, he was shocked. He set up three defenses in the downstream, which can be described as layers of defense. It should be impossible for anyone to escape. How could there be a fish that slipped through the net? Woolen cloth?
Huang Zhong didn't believe it, but among all the corpses on the shore, Zhou Yu, the governor of the Jiangdong Navy, was the only one missing.

According to Jin Yiwei's information, the army led by Zhou Yu, including Zhou Yu, totaled 3 people. At the beginning of the battle with Wenpin, none of the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army survived. The sailors deliberately gave way to them, pretending to be defeated, but now only Zhou Yu's body could not be found, which made Huang Zhong feel unacceptable for a while.

Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find. Zhou Yu is a rare good general. He can be said to be both civil and military, resourceful, and very good at commanding the army.The main purpose of this operation is to completely annihilate the Jiangdong navy and kill Zhou Yu. If Zhou Yu slips through the net, it will basically be a failure.

"Look! Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find Zhou Yu's body. There are tens of thousands of people here, and there are layers of defenses. How could Zhou Yu slip through the net? Maybe he is still alive, and he is hiding somewhere. Not sure." Huang Zhong let out a hysterical cry.

Wenpin, the deputy governor of the navy, walked to Huang Zhong and said, "Could it be that Zhou Yu really escaped?"

Huang Zhong shook his head and said, "This is impossible. We have set up heavy troops here, and there are layers of defenses. Zhou Yu can't escape at all."

Wen Pin said: "Maybe it's stuck somewhere, why don't you pull up all the barbed wires that are sinking in the water and have a look!"

Huang Zhong nodded. He also had the same intention. In his heart, he also hoped that his soldiers were too negligent and missed something.

This time, Huang Zhong and Wen Pin personally came to the bank to supervise them, and asked people to pull up the barbed wire from both sides of the bank. There was nothing unusual about the first barbed wire.

On the second barbed wire fence, some discoveries were made. A white corpse soaked in river water was salvaged. He was wearing Zhou Yu's clothes. He was about the same height and build as Zhou Yu, but the face might have been covered with a barbed wire fence. The edges and corners of his body were scratched, and the whole skin was torn apart, and after soaking in the river water for a long time, it was already swollen so much that it was impossible to tell whether it was Zhou Yu or not.

Huang Zhong and Wen Pin frowned when they saw the corpse, and distress appeared on their faces.With such a corpse, they couldn't tell if it was Zhou Yu. If it was Zhou Yu, it would be fine. If not, where did Zhou Yu go?

"Bring me the enemy general Zhu Huan and let him recognize him!" Huang Zhong shouted to the soldiers behind him.

Then, Huang Zhong sent people to notify Zhang Yan and Sima Yi, and asked them to come and identify it together. Whether it was true or not was entirely up to the King of Yan, and even if something went wrong in the future, he had no responsibility at all.

A moment later, Zhu Huan, the enemy general who was captured alive by the Han army, was brought over. Zhu Huan saw a corpse lying on the ground. He was wearing Zhou Yu's clothes when he was alive. He walked over to the side of the corpse, and cried loudly: "Great Governor...Great Governor...you died so badly..."

At this time, Yan Wang Zhang Yan and Pingnan General Sima Yi came here one after another. Huang Zhong, Wen Pin and others first saluted, and then explained the situation here to Zhang Yan and Sima Yi.

Zhang Yan glanced at the corpse on the ground, then at Zhu Huan who was lying on the corpse crying, and asked, "You can see clearly, is this person really Zhou Yu? If you are willing to help me recognize Zhou Yu?" If you leave Zhou Yu, this king will definitely reward you a lot."

Zhu Huan didn't even look at it, so he nodded quickly and said, "No one would wear such clothes except Governor Zhou."

"This kind of clothes can also be given to others to wear by Zhou Yu before he was alive. The purpose is to confuse us and create a fake death phenomenon. You'd better look carefully, lest you also be deceived." Zhang Yan said.

Zhu Huan was indifferent, so Zhang Yan gave the guard a wink, and the guard immediately pulled out his saber, put it on Zhu Huan's neck, and said sharply, "Do as His Royal Highness Yan Wang said, otherwise, kill him immediately. you!"

Zhu Huan suddenly raised his head, and said to His Highness King Yan: "If I help His Highness identify whether this is Zhou Yu's body, can His Highness let me go?"

"You are the general of the enemy army. Let me let you go, so that you can go back and inform the enemy army to take precautions?" Wen Pin shouted sharply.

Zhang Yan waved his hand and said, "If you can help me identify whether this is Zhou Yu, I can save you from death, but I won't let you go!"

Zhu Huan said: "All right!"

He lowered his head again and began to rummage through the corpse. He checked it carefully and back and forth, and then said to Zhang Yan, "His Royal Highness King Yan, this corpse is indeed Zhou Yu's."

"Why are you so sure?" Zhang Yan asked.

"Zhou Yu accompanied my lord to shoot a tiger the year before last, but the tiger scratched his back. There happened to be a tiger's claw scar on his back. The location was exactly the same as Zhou Yu's. Therefore, it can be concluded that this person is Zhou Yu himself." Zhu Huan said.

After Zhang Yan finished listening, he said: "Okay, thank you for your identification. This king will do what he said, and I will save you from death. However, capital crimes can be avoided, but life crimes cannot be escaped. If you do one more thing for this king, I will Not only will the king pardon you for your innocence, but he will also let you be a general under the king and continue to lead the army, how about it?"

"What's the matter?" Zhu Huan asked.

Zhang Yandao: "There are more than 1000 captives on the shore. If you can persuade them to serve the king, the king will pardon your death penalty and let you continue to command these old troops. Come to be the vanguard general of our army. Turn against each other and attack Sun Quan. It will be a success." After that, there will definitely be a lot of rewards."

Zhu Huan thought for a moment, and then said: "Okay, I'll do it! I'll go back and persuade them, and give His Royal Highness King Yan an answer tomorrow morning."

Zhang Yan waved his hand, and the guards took Zhu Huan away. When Zhu Huan was far away, Sima Yi said from the side: "Your Highness, Zhu Huan is Sun Quan's confidant. Moreover, Zhu Huan is an enemy general, so you must not believe his words."

"Hehe, I naturally wouldn't believe what he said. What happened just now was just a show for him to see. I didn't believe everything he said. If the king hadn't guessed it, he would definitely believe it after he went back. Incite those captured Jiangdong Army to plan a riot together, and then he can take advantage of the chaos to escape and report the battle situation here to Sun Quan. In addition, this corpse does not belong to Zhou Yu at all. I just use this incident to test Zhu Huan. Is it true or just a lie." Zhang Yan said.

Sima Yi, Huang Zhong, Wen Pin and everyone present were very surprised. Even though Zhang Yan had seen Zhou Yu and knew what Zhou Yu looked like, Zhou Yu's face had been soaked in water so badly that he couldn't recognize him at all. , How did he conclude at a glance that this corpse did not belong to Zhou Yu?

Seeing the doubts on everyone's faces, Zhang Yan laughed, and slowly expressed his conjecture, saying: "It is said that Zhou Yu has been proficient in rhythm since he was a child, and he is even good at playing the qin. This qin has strings. After years of practice, there must be some marks on the fingers, but look at these hands, there are only calluses on these huge hands, but the fingers are very smooth, and there is no trace of playing the piano. If it is Zhou Yu If so, those hands shouldn't be so rough. This king thought that Zhou Yu must have seen the end of the world, so he cunningly found someone who was similar in size and physique to replace him, and the real self must have been hidden. Or they have already escaped. In short, Zhou Yu is not here."

Huang Zhongdao: "The general is very resourceful and has laid a net here. How could Zhou Yu slip through the net?"

Zhang Yan pointed to the barbed wire on the ground, and said to Huang Zhong and Wen Pin: "How deep is the barbed wire? How deep is the Yangtze River? Zhou Yu must have dived underwater and got under the barbed wire to escape the catastrophe." You can send troops to divide into two groups, advance both by water and land, and go downstream to pursue Zhou Yu, if you want to see people alive, you want to see corpses if you die."

Huang Zhongdao: "This is the general's negligence. The general will lead people to chase Zhou Yu, and he will definitely get his head back."

Zhang Yan nodded, then waved at Huang Zhong and said, "Go!"

After Huang Zhong bid farewell to Zhang Yan, he picked out his own subordinates, rode fast horses, and chased them from the shore, while the rest of his men steered boats to pursue them from the water, and gave the order to kill Zhou Yu no matter what. Capture and kill, regardless of life or death.

(End of this chapter)