The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 176 Set Sail Pound
"General, Mrs. Sun asks to see you."

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, a little unhappy. Sun Shangxiang said that she was Liu Bei's wife, but since she was taken back by Sun Quan in Jian'an 16, she actually has nothing to do with Liu Bei. Liu Bei's current wife is Wu, and Guan Yu has never been He didn't think Sun Shangxiang was Liu Bei's wife, and he didn't agree with Sun Shangxiang staying in his camp, but when he thought that the first batch of emergency military rations was brought by Sun Shangxiang, she was also his son-in-law's aunt, and she was also his wife. His daughter's boudoir friend, he had to reluctantly bear it.Unexpectedly, Sun Shangxiang got worse and didn't stay in the camp well, and actually ran to the front of the army.

"What's the matter with you? You didn't protect your wife in the camp, so why did you come to the army? What if you get hurt?" Sun Shangxiang just stepped on the boat, and before he even opened his mouth, Guan Yu slapped him with a tiger's face. The captain who arranged to protect Sun Shangxiang shouted.

Sun Shangxiang raised his eyebrows and became angry.She is not a fool, how can she not see that Guan Yu is clearly yelling at his own subordinates, but he is actually targeting her.With her hands behind her back and her feet slightly apart, she stood in front of Guan Yu with her head held high, condescending—Guan Yu was tall, but he was sitting, and Sun Shangxiang was standing, after all, she was a little taller than him—looking through her nostrils. Looking at Guan Yu, he said in a neutral tone:

"General Guan calm down, it has nothing to do with them, and it has nothing to do with me."

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, the first half of the sentence is easy to understand, but how to understand the second half, you ran to the front of the two armies who were fighting for no reason, and stood in front of me in such a rude posture, and then said that this matter has nothing to do with you irrelevant?Who does that matter?He opened and closed his phoenix eyes, and sneered: "Guan Yu doesn't understand, but who is it related to?"

"It's related to Fengxian." Sun Shangxiang stretched out two fingers, held a piece of paper from his arms, shook it in front of Guan Yu, shook his hand, threw it on the table in front of Guan Yu, turned and left.Guan Yu was burning with anger, but he had no way to initiate it, and his already red face became even redder with anger.He slapped his palm on the desk, panting.Guan Ping and the others held their breath nervously, for fear that Guan Yu would turn his anger on them.

Fortunately, Guan Yu still controlled his emotions. He picked up the piece of paper and quickly glanced at it. It was written in Sun Shao's handwriting. Kill him, and so on.

Guan Yu was a little curious, why did Sun Shao care so much about Pang De?However, although Pound raised the coffin and shouted at him, he didn't dislike Pound, on the contrary, he felt that Pound suited his taste.In addition, Pound's old master Ma Chao was in Chengdu, and Pound's elder brother Pang Rou was also under Liu Bei's command. He originally wanted to take Pound under his account, so he didn't dislike Sun Shao's request.

"Where did Feng Xian go?" Guan Yu put away the letter and asked casually.

Guan Ping was very embarrassed, he didn't know where Sun Shao was.When Yin Guan saw it, he immediately picked it up: "We'll be there in half a day."

Guan Yu glanced at him: "How does Kong Xiu know?"

Yin Guan smiled calmly and said: "General just broke the ban yesterday, and General Sun's letter arrived today. Based on the distance, it should take half a day to arrive." The army supported by Jiangdong has reached twenty miles away.

Yin Guan was a little surprised: "It came so fast."

Guan Yu couldn't care less about arguing with him, so he immediately told Guan Ping, "In that case, surround Pang De and don't attack first, you go to meet Feng first, and wait for him to come, and then make a fuss." Guan Ping responded , turned around and went.Guan Yu sent people to surround Pang De, and at the same time went to other highlands to surrender. He took the warship and went straight to the high slope where Yujin was located.

Yu Jin's expression was gloomy, and his usual meticulous appearance looked particularly embarrassed now. He looked at the already vast camp with dull eyes, and couldn't believe the facts in front of him.Originally, the battle went smoothly. Although Guan Yu resisted desperately, he still advanced steadily. He only waited to advance another [-] miles before he could attack Cao Ren in Fancheng inside and outside and defeat Guan Yu. Unexpectedly, a flood would drown everything up.When the flood came, he failed to take any other effective measures other than rushing to the high slope to take shelter in time.

The fame of a lifetime was ruined once, and it was the first time that he led an army of [-] to take charge alone, and he was defeated so thoroughly.Until now, Yu Jin's mind is still blank.Guard Haozhou came to his side and reminded softly: "General, Guan Yu is here to challenge."

Yu Jin raised his head, stared blankly at the approaching warship, and grinned silently, looking devastated, without a trace of his usual strict and inviolable expression. When Haozhou saw him, he knew that he was in a mess. Fang Cun, there is no way to deal with it, and besides, the side is divided and surrounded by soil slopes, and there is not even a warship. It is impossible to fight Guan Yu. The big thing is over, so I have to discuss it with Sima Dongliyan. , advised Yu Jin to simply surrender.Yu Jin sat there like a puppet without saying a word. Hao Zhou sighed, causing people to raise a white flag and surrender to Guan Yu.

As soon as Yu Jin fell, all the hopes of Cao Jun were shattered, and they put down their weapons one after another. Guan Yu captured most of Cao Jun almost effortlessly. When Sun Shao arrived, only Pang De was still standing.

"Your father-in-law's battle can be said to be awe-inspiring." As soon as Sun Shao saw Guan Yu, he congratulated him with a smile on his face: "[-] Cao's troops were captured in one battle. Yu Jin and Cao Ren broke their courage. Fancheng can go down immediately. Except for Cao Cao Withdraw from Hanzhong, there is no other way, Liu Shijun's danger has been resolved."

Guan Yu stroking his beard and laughing loudly, his energetic voice rang in everyone's ears like a Hong Zhong: "It's not enough to ask for luck from the heavens. I came here first to help me defeat Fancheng, take Xudu directly, and welcome back the emperor , that’s the real credit.”

Sun Jiao and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. This world-renowned enemy of ten thousand people was really extraordinary. He was in his sixtieth year, and his power was still astonishing. The arrogance he showed before raising his hands was unmatched, and his voice hurt his ears.

Sun Shao secretly smiled, Guan Yu was so satisfied at the moment, he had no idea how much danger he was facing.But these words can't be said now, let's settle the matter in front of us first. "Yue Zhang, have you received my letter?"

"Received." Guan Yu patted his chest, smiling all over his face: "I'll keep Pang De for you, Feng Xian, what do you want him for?"

Sun Shao smiled: "I want him to be useful, I just think he is as loyal and respectable as his father-in-law, and I also wonder what kind of person can walk in front of his father-in-law for a few rounds and get out of his body. "

Sun Shao's words touched Guan Yu's heart, and he became more and more at ease. He stroked his long beard and said, "Although that Li Zi is rough, he has some skills. His sword skills, spear skills, and riding skills are all impressive. Bong First, you have to be careful."

Sun Shaogong cupped his hands: "Thank you, Father-in-law, for reminding me, I'll go meet him right now."

Sun Shao sat on the Yingyang and came to the high slope where Pound was. He saw that there was only empty water within a hundred steps in front of the high slope. There were only dead people on board the few boats on the water, and there were no living people. shot dead.

"Fengxian, this Pound is good at archery. He never misses a hundred steps away. You have to be careful." Guan Ping reminded: "In the past half a day, at least 70 to [-] people were shot and killed by him."

"So powerful?" Sun Shao raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand: "Get my bow."

Guan Ping frowned, and thought that Sun Shaobi was like Guan Yu's son and as arrogant as Guan Yu. Hearing that Pound's archery skills were good, not only did he accidentally guard against him, but he wanted to compete with Pound in archery.He wanted to wait to persuade, but Sun Shao had already taken off his armor, only wearing a red battle jacket, holding a hard bow, and stood on the deck of Feilu.

Standing on the slope, Pound wondered at the rapidly approaching ship with an eagle flying high on its prow. This warship was very strange, unlike ordinary warships with oars, the sides of the ship were light Yo, there are several tall masts on the ship.A young man without armor stood at the bow of the ship, holding a bow in his hand, and behind him stood a dozen fierce warriors in full armor.

"Who is Jiangdong's rear general?" Pang De looked at the flying flags on the ship and asked Cheng He, the general beside him.

"Not sure." Cheng He also shook his head blankly.

"Whoever he is, when he gets close, shoot him with an arrow, and then seize the ship to break through." Pound sneered, and ordered: "You all are ready, as long as I shoot the arrow, I will be ready to snatch the ship." Boat."

Cheng He nodded yes, and turned around to order his few subordinates to prepare.Pang De has been standing here for almost a day. Gu Ran shot and killed many of Guan Yu's men, but his own side also suffered a lot of losses. The general Dong Heng and Buqu General Dong Chao brothers who had just persuaded him to surrender were beheaded on the spot by him. With all the battles and calculations, there are only a hundred people left here. If you stick to it, it will definitely be the result of annihilation of the entire army. The only way to escape is to grab a boat and break through.What's more, they ran out of arrows, and they couldn't resist the enemy with bare hands.

Pound held the bow tightly, staring at the building boat that was getting closer and closer, with his left hand behind his back, two fingers gently rubbed the groove behind the arrow shaft.Cheng He quietly boarded a Mengchong with more than 30 surviving soldiers, ready to rush to grab the boat once Pang De shot and killed the young general.A personal guard will take more than 30 people on another Mengchong, ready to go.

One hundred steps, eighty steps, the building slowly stopped.Pang De narrowed his eyes and gave Cheng He a wink, Cheng He shouted: "Come on!" He took out an arrow and put it on the string, sat on the horse with his waist down, drew the bow to the full, aimed at Sun Shao on the Feilu, took a short glance, and let go of his fingers.

The people on the building boat seemed to be attracted by the rapidly approaching Meng Chong. The two fighting ships next to the building boat rushed up to meet Meng Chong. No one noticed the arrow that Pang De had just shot.

"Snatch the boat." Pang De shot an arrow, and he didn't need to look at the result at all. With a loud shout, he stepped on another Mengchong that was already ready to stop, and rushed towards the building boat quickly.As soon as he stood firmly on the boat, he drew another arrow, put it on the string, aimed at the general of the Jiangdong Army on the other battleship closest to Mengchong, and was about to shoot it, then felt something strange, and subconsciously turned the bow and arrow direction, re-aligned with Sun Shao on the boat.What surprised him was that Sun Shao, who was supposed to have fallen to the ground with an arrow, was still standing there perfectly fine.

With a sound of "burst", Pound's hand trembled, and the bow in his hand was hit by a strong force, causing it to deviate from the direction.Pound took a closer look, and was immediately taken aback. He had just shot his bow, and now the arrow that landed in the cabin was clearly shot by him just now.

He looked up, and the young general on the upstairs boat looked at him with a smile, holding a bow in his hand, and seemed to be greeting him.Pound was stunned for a moment, looking at the arrow and then at the young general, feeling a little at a loss.Who can catch his own arrow and shoot it back?

"General Pang, Ming people don't do secret things, so why do you do such a stealthy thing." Sun Shao waved his hand, and shouted at Pound enthusiastically: "Sun Shao of Wu Jun, I am here to ask the general for advice, please come on board, I Willing to fight the general fairly."

Pang De doubted his own ears. At this time, there is still someone coming to the door to single out?However, he was about to rush up to the upstairs ship, and someone asked him to go up, so why would he not do it, not to mention that while he was in a daze, the Mengchong led by Cheng He had been hit head-on by the opponent's fighting ship. The boat was not of the same class at all, Meng Chong turned over, and the soldiers fell into the water one after another, struggling desperately in the water, splashing and splashing.Most of his personal guards are Xiliang people, who are good at riding, but they are very poor in water, and they will die if they go into the water.

Fortunately, the people on the fighting boat quickly stretched out long bamboo poles, pulled up the soldiers who fell into the water one by one, disarmed them, and then returned to the building boat, and sent the captives to the building boat.The other two battleships came up to meet Pound's boat, one on the left and one on the right, and more than thirty bows were aimed at Pound and the others.

"Okay, I will fight with you." Pound tried his best to stand firmly on the bow of the ship, then slowly bent down and placed the bow on the board.Two fighting ships sandwiched him and led him to the building boat.Pound boarded the boat and looked at the smiling Sun Shao quietly.

"Sun Shao? Could it be Sun Shao and Sun Fengxian who fought against Zhang Zhengdong?"

"Hahaha..." Sun Shaolang laughed loudly, waved his hands and said, "It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning by the general. That's Zhang Zhengdong supporting me and other juniors, so don't care about me. I, Sun Shao, are from the south. The northerners are good at riding a boat. How can my riding skills be compared with the northerners like Zhang Zhengdong and the general. By the way, I am a little curious. It is said that the cavalry comes from Bingzhou. Is it because the cavalry from Bingzhou is strong or from Liangzhou? Are the cavalry strong?"

Pound was a little speechless. I'm here to single out, and I'm not chatting with you. Is it necessary to answer your question?He pretended to be thinking and took two steps forward. Seeing that he was only five steps away from Sun Shao, he rushed forward with all his strength. : "Surrender to death!"

Sun Shao had been prepared for a long time, and stepped aside, the iron tire bow in his hand roared down, and the tip of the bow slammed hard on the back of Pound's neck.Pound slashed through the air with his saber, and was about to twist his body and step forward, preparing to sweep back with his saber. After being hit by this blow, his body, which had already stopped, couldn't help rushing forward half a step. Before he could recover, Ao Lei was facing him. He rushed forward and smashed his head with a short black stick in his hand.

Pound didn't dare to neglect, he raised his hand to parry, there was a sound of "dang", sparks splashed everywhere, Ao Lei was hit by the backlash and turned somersault in the air, and Pound was already unable to stand firmly, now he couldn't stand anymore , With a plop, he fell to his knees on one leg.He propped up the deck with a knife, and looked at Ao Lei in surprise, he didn't expect this black and thin boy to have such great strength.Ao Lei wiped the blood from his mouth with his sleeve, and was also very shocked. He hit him with a high blow, and was shocked to vomit blood by this big man who looked like he was 50 years old. This has never happened before.

"Ao Lei, step back." Sun Shao waved his hand, and the two guards hurried up to help Ao Lei aside.Sun Shao lowered his face and looked unhappily at Pang De who had stood up again: "General Pang, I am challenging you in an open and honest manner. You first shot in the dark, and now you sneak up on me. What kind of hero are you? Could it be that Xiliang just came out?" Someone who likes sneak attacks?"

"Stop talking nonsense, how can there be any benevolence and morality in front of the two armies?" Pound pointed his long knife at Sun Shao and shouted angrily: "If you want to take Pound's head, please come forward, don't mention other nonsense. Pang Desheng is the general of the country, death is the ghost of the country, and he will not do that kind of low-level work."

"Who wants you to surrender?" Sun Shao looked at him very depressed.

Pound froze for a moment: "Then what did you ask me for?"

"I just want to fight the general." Sun Shao stroked the iron tire bow in his hand, and said calmly: "If the general wins, I will let you leave with your subordinates, and I promise that no one will embarrass me. But if the general lost..."

"If I lose, this head will be yours." Pound immediately interrupted Sun Shao without waiting for Sun Shao to finish speaking.

"I want your head, so why bother?" Sun Shao smiled faintly, pointing at the soldiers who were waiting in formation, full of arrogance: "I just need to wave my hand, and within a short moment, I can kill a hundred of you!" Beheading, you can take the head of whomever you want." He squinted at Pang De: "The general thinks that what I said is half a lie?"

Pound was speechless, and Sun Shao's words were not devious at all, so direct that people didn't know how to answer them, so they had to ignore him.

"The general regards death as home, I admire it very much. However, the general is the general of the country, and he should be loyal to the country. After you die, your son can inherit the title and have no worries about food and clothing. But what about the people under the general? How many pensions can they receive? How many days can they support their wives and children? Without them, how will the whole family survive?"

Sun Shao's words made those soldiers who thought they would die feel very sad.Yes, after Pound died, his son could inherit the title. Regardless of the future, at least he would have enough food and clothing. But after they died, their wives and children would have no one to support them, and the poor pension would not last for a few days.

Pound was also a little speechless.He has led the army for many years and took good care of his subordinates, so he thought that these people should treat death like him today, but when he thought of their families, he felt that he seemed a little too selfish.If Sun Shao doesn't want to let them live, that's all. Soldiers who died in battle have nothing to complain about, but now Sun Shao just wants him to agree to one condition, and then he can let them live. If he doesn't It would seem unreasonable to agree.

"You said, what do you want me to do?" Pound's voice was lower: "As long as it doesn't hurt loyalty, I can promise you."

"Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you." Sun Shao waved his hand and motioned to Sun Huan next to him. Sun Huan took off the long knife from his waist, walked three steps in front of Pound, stuck the knife on the deck, and then Backed away again.Pang De looked at the long saber that had been smashed by Ao Lei with a big hole just now, without saying a word, he threw it aside, lifted Sun Huan's saber, and prepared to fight.

Sun Shao threw his bow, pulled out a long knife from his waist, looked at Pang De, and said: "The general has fought hard for a day, and I think he is exhausted. Do you want to eat some meat and drink some wine to be strong?"

Pound had made up his mind, death was not something to be afraid of for him, if he could defeat Sun Shao and get away with his men, he would not refuse.He smiled: "Yes!"

Sun Shao ordered people to serve wine and meat, and Pang De sat on the deck, shaking his cheeks and eating vigorously.Sun Shao didn't interfere, and sat on the side, sipping tea leisurely.After Pound had drunk enough, he wiped his mouth, stood up, and stood with his sword horizontally: "Tell me, what conditions do you have?"

"If the general wins, I will let you go. If the general loses, I will wrong you to stay in my camp for a year. As for your subordinates, I will not make it difficult for you to stay as you like."

"Want me to surrender? Dreaming." Pound snorted disdainfully, and flatly refused.

"I don't want you to surrender, but I want you to be imprisoned for half a year. Well, you can say, I'm going to put you under house arrest." Sun Shao said slowly: "After half a year, if the general wants to leave, he can leave at any time. I just ask the general Within half a year, don't run away, commit suicide, etc., do you think it's okay?"

Pang De looked at Sun Shao, feeling very puzzled.Sun Shao neither let him go nor killed him, as long as he stays in his camp for half a year, what kind of condition is that?Say surrender, no, say imprison, it seems not.He was a little confused: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I don't want to do anything. I just want you to stay in my camp for half a year. Don't worry, I will never force you to do anything. It doesn't matter even if you don't say a word." Sun Shao tempted: "Look, it only takes half a year." Time, you can exchange a hundred lives, is this worth it?"

Pang De didn't understand what kind of trick Sun Shao was playing, so he hesitated for a while.Sun Shao didn't urge him, walked up to Cheng He who was dripping with water, and asked very politely: "Dare you ask your name?"

Seeing that he was very polite, Cheng He had no choice but to return the salute: "Wuwei Cheng He."

"Any position under General Pang's account?"

"Governor." Cheng He whispered in shame.

"Who else is in the family?" Sun Shao said nothing.Cheng He lowered his head and didn't speak for a long time.Sun Shao didn't urge him, and asked casually one by one, Pound's personal guards were very uncomfortable by what he said, thinking that if he died, his wife and children would be left alone to take care of them, some of them couldn't bear it. He fell to his knees and wept bitterly.Pound felt uncomfortable hearing it, and he didn't want to listen any more, so he shouted loudly: "Don't ask again, I promise you. If I lose, I will stay in your camp for half a year, but you will let my men go."

"Don't worry, I will never stop them if they want to leave." Sun Shao smiled: "The general is a trustworthy person, and I am not a villain who breaks his promise and gets fat. General, are you ready?"

(End of this chapter)