Chapter 762: Whose Fault Is It?
Subdued Huang Quan, a famous scholar in Shuzhong, Su Zhe continued to urge his soldiers to chase and kill Guan Yu who fled.
Tens of thousands of Wei troops, like a tide, entered the city, and soon swept the entire Jiangzhou city.
In addition to the north gate and the east gate, the Han army at the south gate and the west gate, after learning that Yan Yan surrendered to Wei and Guan Yu was defeated and fled, naturally the people's hearts collapsed and fled without a fight.
Guan Yu, with nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, with the help of Huang Quan, an abandoned son, rushed ahead of Su Zhe's army and escaped from Jiangzhou City by luck.
Because Su Zhe only had tens of thousands more soldiers and horses than Guan Yu, he could not achieve a comprehensive encirclement of Jiangzhou, so the main camp was concentrated on the first line of the east gate, and the rest of the gates did not have a siege camp.
Therefore, although he broke the city in a big way, he had no way to keep Guan Yu, so he could only let him escape.
Guan Yu, who fled, did not dare to stay for half a minute, and fled hundreds of miles away in the starry night, until he fled to the upstream town of Yudao City, before he dared to stop and take a breath.
At this time, Guan Yu got the news that Liu Bei's army had passed through Chengdu and arrived at Nan'an City, which was more than 300 miles away from Yandao City.
Guan Yu had no choice but to strengthen the city defense on the one hand, and on the other hand sent someone Pegasus to report to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to lead the army as soon as possible.
A few days later, Liu Bei learned the news of the fall of Jiangzhou, and in shock, he led his army south in the starry night, and finally arrived at Yudao City in time.
The two armies met, and the Han army numbered 110,000 men, and finally regained its momentum slightly.
Yandao City, the county capital.
Liu Bei sat on top of it, his face gloomy, looking down at Guan Yu and other defeated generals, with a trace of disappointment on his face.
Guan Yu took a deep breath, had to stand up, and bowed deeply to Liu Bei: "The ministers have no way to defend the palace, and they have lost the important town of Baidi Jiangzhou one after another, please punish Your Majesty." ”
Liu Bei opened his mouth and wanted to reprimand Guan Yu, but when the words came to his lips, he finally held back.
"Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and you were caught off guard by the Su thief after all, get up." Liu Bei waved his hand.
Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then stood up.
At this time, Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "General Yun Chang, you ignored His Majesty's instructions before, and repeatedly took the initiative to fight, and it was just a matter of being defeated by the Su thieves. ”
Guan Yu's red face immediately lit up with deep hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I originally stuck to Jiangzhou, solid as gold, who would have expected that Yan Yan would rebel, seize the north gate, and lead the Su thieves into the city, otherwise how could I lose Jiangzhou." ”
Yan Yan rebels!
Liu Bei's face sank, and on his gray face, a look of anger immediately swelled up, and his eyes looked at Fa Zheng anxiously.
Although Fa Zheng is a member of the Guanzhong clan, he entered Shu as an official in the early years, and has a close relationship with Yan Yan and other Shu generals, and is Liu Bei's first minister to win Shu, and now he is an important minister in the court, and he is the representative of the Shu people in the eyes of everyone.
At present, Yan Yan, the Shu general, is treasonous, and Liu Bei naturally wants to find Fa Zheng, the representative of the Shu people, for an explanation.
Fa Zheng also frowned deeply, his eyes were surprised, "It stands to reason that it shouldn't be, Yan Yan is also a fierce veteran, how can he not be guaranteed in the late season and demote Su Zhe's traitor?" ”
"That old thief descends to a thief, it is a well-known thing, are you suspected of lying and deceiving the king?" Guan Yu glared at Fa Zheng with cold eyes.
Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "The general misunderstood, of course I don't suspect the general, I'm just wondering, what prompted the Yan Yan to surrender to the thief?" ”
"What else can there be, it's nothing more than the thief who lures him with glory and wealth, as the so-called knowing people and faces is difficult to know, who would have thought that the old dog would be such a brazen person."
Guan Yu gave his own wishful thinking, but he didn't suspect Yan Yan, and even said that he was put in prison.
Although Fa Zheng had doubts in his heart, the fact had happened, and Yan Yan's rebellion could not be changed, so he naturally had no way to defend Yan Yan, so he could only shake his head and sigh.
Syllable!
Liu Bei slapped the case and scolded angrily: "This old thief, I trusted him so much and told him to guard the White Emperor Pass, but I didn't expect him to repay my trust in him like this, it's really hateful!" ”
The voice fell, and Chen Zhi, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army outside the hall, hurriedly entered, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the Su thief has forced Huang Quan to surrender, and its vanguard has captured Hucheng, which is less than three hundred miles away from my Yandao City. ”
Huang Quan descended to Wei!
Even Huang Quan descended to the Wei State!
Liu Bei's face changed again.
Fa Zheng, Li Hui, Zhang Ren and other Shu Chinese military generals all looked shocked.
You must know that Huang Quan's status in Shuzhong was higher than Yan Yan, and his relationship with Fa Zheng and others was also closer.
Even, at the beginning, Liu Bei also regarded Huang Quan as a figure like "Zhuge Liang", and stayed by Guan Yu's side to assist him in guarding Yizhou.
is such a character, who even descended the Wei State and Su Zhe?
Liu Bei Junchen, how can he not be shocked.
"Huang Quan, I trust you so much, you actually betrayed me, why, why?"
Angry Liu Bei, roaring and screaming in a hoarse voice, disappointed and angry.
Guan Yu also said angrily: "Your Majesty, the minister said a long time ago that the Shu people are not credible, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death, Yan Yan is, so is Huang Quan, they are all of them!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Fa Zheng, Zhang Ren and other Shu ministers all turned pale and glared at Guan Yu with displeasure.
Zhuge Liang glanced at Guan Yu anxiously, and coughed dryly: "General Yun Chang is talking angrily, the Shu people are still mostly loyal and righteous, and it is normal for a few scum to come out occasionally, but you can't generalize about it." ”
Liu Bei, who was originally angry, heard Zhuge Liang's words, and suddenly came to his senses, and also realized that Guan Yu overturned a boatload of people with one stroke, which inevitably chilled the hearts of Fa Zheng and other Shu people.
Liu Bei immediately said: "Prime Minister Zhuge is reasonable, Yun Chang, you understand your anger, but you can't implicate others." ”
As he spoke, Liu Bei was also giving Guan Yu a look.
Guan Yu was not stupid, he naturally understood, so he only snorted coldly and stopped talking.
"Your Majesty, now it makes no sense to care about who is a loyal minister and who is a traitor, please Your Majesty immediately order the army to march eastward, and the minister is willing to be the vanguard, for Your Majesty to recapture the White Emperor of Jiangzhou, and drive the Su thief out of my Yizhou!"
Ma Chao, a native of Liangzhou who had been staying out of the matter, finally stood up and generously asked Liu Bei to fight.
The energy of the generals also returned to the reality of the war due to the rebellion of Yan Yan and Huangquan.
"Your Majesty, Jiangzhou is lost by the minister, please give the minister a chance to make up for his mistakes, let the minister lead the army to recover the lost territory, and take revenge!" How could Guan Yu lag behind Ma Chao, so he naturally rushed to ask for battle.
"The minister is willing to be the vanguard, recapture Jiangzhou, and prove the loyalty to Your Majesty for my Shu people!" Zhang Ren, as the first general in Shuzhong, immediately stood up and asked for battle.
Liu Bei's eyes were full of fighting intent, and he suddenly became murderous, and immediately prepared to respond to the generals' invitations to fight, and marched east to fight with Su Zhe.
In the midst of a generous shout of war, Zhuge Liang said lightly: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan, maybe we don't need to do it, we can recover Jiangzhou." ”