Chapter 696: Elegy
The Yangtze River flows through Jiangzhou, and in the northwest direction of Jiangzhou, there is a large river from the Dianjiang River, which converges into the Yangtze River here.
The water near Jiangzhou is very abundant, and the moat of the city is also very wide, and it is usually necessary to have a suspension bridge to pass through.
Now that the drawbridge has been suddenly raised, even though the Yizhou army is already very close to here, it is desperate to enter the city.
Liu thought that he could take the city gate by surprise and cut the ropes on the drawbridge so that the army could then enter the city.
But his plan to deceive the city had obviously been seen through by Yan Pu, and he was imprisoned (língyǔ).
Even if Liu Bi himself is extremely brave, it is tantamount to an idiot's dream to occupy the entire Jiangzhou with only 500 soldiers and horses.
However, there was an enemy city in front and a moat blocking the road behind, and Liu Bi could only lead his soldiers and horses into the city to have a chance of survival.
If you can kill on the city wall, cut the rope of the drawbridge and let all the Yizhou troops enter the city, it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory.
With a plan in his heart, Liu Xuan immediately shouted violently and rushed to the city first.
"Kill!"
The five hundred carefully selected soldiers were also the best in the Yizhou army, and at this time, they shouted loudly and rushed forward behind Liu Bi.
Being able to make decisions on the spot and quickly find out the most beneficial strategy for himself, Liu Bi is worthy of the title of a famous general in Bashu.
But the mistake is that he underestimated Sergeant Guan and Yan Pu.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Yan Pu on the city wall roared loudly, and the archers bent their bows and arrows one after another, and the arrows rained down on Liu Bi and the others.
"Poof! Poof! ”
kept benefiting the state soldier and fell to the ground with an arrow, but Liu Bi still gritted his teeth, released a fierce look in his eyes, and rushed forward desperately to kill.
"Die!"
He shook the spear in his hand and stabbed to death a sergeant Guan who rushed over, but he didn't expect the soldier to be too fierce, and before he died, he still pounced and smashed a punch in his face.
Wiping a handful of nosebleeds, Liu Bi shook his spirits again and led the soldiers to rush forward.
"Sir, the thief general has led his troops into the city and is entangled with our army, and now if he releases an arrow, it is easy to accidentally injure his own brother."
Yan Pu looked at the brave Liu Bi and asked, "Does anyone know the Yizhou general who is in the lead?" ”
The vast majority of people shook their heads, and later a former Jiangzhou general who surrendered said: "This person is Liu Bi, the general of Yizhou, who is both civil and military, and is deeply respected by Liu Yizhou." ”
Yan Pu's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he shouted: "It seems that he is still a general, if this person is killed, the Yizhou army outside the city will definitely collapse without a fight!" ”
Then, he turned to one of the generals and said, "Although I have read some books, when it comes to leading troops to fight, I can't compare to generals. Leave the rest to the general, as long as you can kill General Liu, no matter what the price is. ”
There is nothing wrong with letting the scribes give advice and handle government affairs, but if they are allowed to lead the army to fight, it is difficult for some strong people to arrange the army.
Yan Pu knew that he was not very proficient in military affairs, so he handed over all the power to the partial general and let him act cheaply.
The general was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "The thief army only has a few hundred people, and it has been ambushed by our army, if you can't kill this person, I would like to come and see you!" ”
After finishing speaking, he led a group of men and horses down and shouted at the soldiers to besiege Liu Bi and others.
Although the partial general made a military order, he was not a reckless person, and after seeing Liu Bi's bravery, he thought that he was not this person's opponent, so he wanted to kill him with superior forces.
"The sword and shield soldiers are in front, the pikemen are in the back, set up, set up!"
With the command of the partial general, the non-commissioned officers and soldiers of Guan, who were still a little disorganized, lined up in a strict formation one after another, and quickly surrounded Liu Bi and others.
"Damn it!"
Liu Bi struggled to lead his troops to kill, but they were all blocked by the tight shield formation, after all, there were too few soldiers and horses he led.
"Shieldman, steady, steady!"
"Pikemen, thorns!"
"Poof! Poof! ”
With the movements of the pikemen, one after another Yizhou sergeants were stabbed to death in the encirclement.
Liu Bi dodged around, accidentally stabbed the spear in the thigh, and fell directly to the ground due to too much movement.
"Capture Liu Bi alive!"
Seeing this situation, the general of Guanzhong couldn't help but be overjoyed, so he asked the soldiers to rush forward to arrest Liu Bi.
Capturing the enemy commander alive is a great achievement, and the sergeants and soldiers of Guan naturally compete for the lead, and some of the soldiers who formed a formation even threw away their shields and threw themselves at Liu Xuan.
"Protect the General!"
The Yizhou soldiers behind Liu Bi, seeing this, also shouted loudly to kill forward, but there were too many soldiers in Guanzhong, and they were all brave and good at fighting, and it was difficult to protect the Yizhou army itself.
"You want to catch me, dream!"
When Liu Bi saw that the soldiers and soldiers of Guan regarded him as a lamb to be slaughtered, he was immediately furious, stood up in pain, and stabbed to death a soldier of Guan Zhong who pounced on him with one shot.
Seeing this, the rest of the soldiers were not frightened by Liu Bi, but their eyes were shining with fierce light, and they suddenly rushed towards Liu Bi.
There were Sergeant Guan soldiers on all sides, and the injured Liu Bi couldn't cover it at all, and it didn't take long for him to be stabbed in his right arm, and the weapon in his hand fell to the ground.
"Thieves will be rampant!"
A sergeant Guan with a beard on his face simply threw away the weapon in his hand, rushed over and hugged Liu Bi, and then knocked him to the ground.
The rest of the soldiers naturally refused to lag behind, shouting to capture Liu Bisheng alive.
At this time, the rest of the Yizhou soldiers were under the absolute strength gap, and there were fewer and fewer people alive.
"Liu Bi has been captured alive, when will you wait if you don't surrender at this time?"
The general of the Guanzhong Army looked at Liu Bi, who was tied up by five flowers, and was immediately overjoyed, and shouted loudly at a few Yizhou soldiers who were still desperately resisting.
The Yizhou army in the city was originally led by Liu Bi, and it was able to burst out with strong combat effectiveness, but when most of them were killed by the Guanzhong army and the main general was captured, they suddenly became a little dazed.
Discouragement, distraction, and confusion on the battlefield are often accompanied by death.
The non-commissioned officers of Guan, who already had an absolute advantage, took advantage of this gap to rush the Yizhou army to pieces, and many Yizhou soldiers fell miserably in a pool of blood.
The shouting and killing in the city slowly stopped, but the Yizhou soldiers outside the moat were still like ants on a hot pot, shouting loudly to cross the river.
The deputy general of Yizhou shouted: "Hurry, quickly cut down trees to cross the river, and you must save General Liu!" ”
Just when the Yizhou soldiers were busy, the war in the city had come to an end, the corpses at the gate were quickly cleaned up, and the city gate was slowly closed.
Seeing this, Deputy General Yizhou's face immediately turned extremely pale.
……
"Let's go, let's go!"
The two sergeants escorted Liu Bi and pushed him forward, but Liu Bi was still very stubborn and refused to take the initiative to move forward.
The two Yizhou soldiers were furious, kicked Liu Bi in the injured leg a few times, and then forcibly pulled him towards the city wall.
Although Liu Bi felt a heart-piercing pain, his brows did not wrinkle from beginning to end, but he just stared at the two of them angrily.
"You two are so rude!"
At this moment, a gentle voice came, and I saw that Yan Pu had come to the city at some point.
The two soldiers suddenly saw Yan Pu, were startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and forgive their sins.
Yan Pu waved his hand, and did not reprimand the two too harshly, but said to Liu Bi: "The corporal is ignorant, and he collided with the general, and please don't blame the general." ”
After speaking, he ordered the soldiers to untie the rope on Liu Bi's body.
After the rope on Liu Bi's body was loosened, he still stood tall despite the injury on his leg, and sneered: "A certain misfortune fell into your strategy, even if the army is defeated and captured, there is nothing to say, why should you pretend here?" ”
Yan Pu shook his head and said: "I see that the general is extremely brave, and he is a rare general, so I sincerely respect the general, how can it be a fake?" ”
Liu Bi's helmet had long since fallen somewhere, and there were several blood marks on his face, and the armor on his body was stained with blood, and his image was very embarrassing.
But he still didn't have the consciousness of being a prisoner, and shouted: "If you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect, if I, Liu Xuan, frown, will not be a son of man!" ”
Yan Pu persuaded: "Good birds choose trees to perch, virtuous ministers choose their masters, why should the general be so uncaring for his life, to be loyal to the mediocre Liu Zhang?" ”
Liu Bi's hair was all open, and he shouted: "My lord is a relative of the Han family, and the name of benevolence and righteousness is written in the land of Bashu, who among the people does not praise my lord?" ”
"I think that Chen thief is just a yellow scarf, how can he dare to occupy the position of a general."
Speaking of this, Liu Bi was even more inexplicable, and scolded: "The thief Chen bullied the Son of Heaven, killed celebrities in vain, coerced hundreds of officials, and raised troops to invade my city for no reason, and he was really the first thief in the world." ”
"I hate to eat its flesh raw, how can I surrender to this thief?"
Liu Bi was loyal to Liu Zhang, and when he was captured today, he already knew that his death was coming, and he never thought about surrendering in his heart.
Therefore, when Yan Pu released his kindness, Liu Bi not only did not appreciate it at all, but scolded Yan Pu first and then Chen Xu. By doing so, he was completely showing his loyalty to Liu Zhang's position.
When General Guanzhong heard Liu Bi's words, he immediately became furious, pulled out the sword in his waist and put it on Liu Bi's neck, and scolded: "The general of the defeated army, the prisoner of the ranks, dare to be so arrogant!" ”
"I'll kill you thief now, so that the Yizhou army outside the city can see if his boss is still majestic after his death!"
Liu Bi looked up to the sky and laughed a few times, and said: "The general's death on the battlefield is a great blessing in life!" It won't be long before the soldiers in this Jiangzhou city will also accompany me to the funeral! ”
General Guan Zhong thought that Liu Bi was cursing himself and others, and he was even more angry in his heart, so he wanted to kill Liu Bi.
Yan Pu's face changed, stopped the general's movements, and asked Liu Bi, "I don't know why General Liu is talking like this?" ”
He didn't believe that Liu Bi was the kind of person who spoke cruelly before he died, and since Liu Bi said such things, he must have something to rely on.
Liu Bi sneered a few times, looked at Yan Pu mockingly, and said, "Are you very confused, why did I bypass Langzhong and Dianjiang and lead my troops to attack Jiangzhou?" ”
Yan Pu cried out in a lost voice, "Could it be that these two cities have been lost? ”
Liu Bi laughed heartily and said: "Jiang Wu has been awarded the head, Liu Bi does not know whether he is alive or dead, tens of thousands of Guanzhong soldiers are almost lost, and all the grain and grass in Langzhong have been obtained by our army. ”
"Do you think that after losing Langzhong, how long can the grain and grass in Jiangzhou City be supported?"
When General Guanzhong heard this, he was furious, kicked Liu Bi to the ground, and scolded: "The thief is about to die, and he dares to bewitch the public, how can it be reasonable!" ”
Liu Bi was kicked to the ground, not only did he not get angry, but laughed wildly, and said: "If you don't believe it, you can find other people to ask, and everything will be clear." ”
Yan Pu hurriedly found a few captured Yizhou soldiers, and after listening to them tell about the battle in Langzhong, his face became extremely gloomy. When the general heard this, his expression changed greatly, and he didn't know what to do.
Although there is some surplus food in Jiangzhou City, it cannot support it for a long time.
Now Langzhong and Dianjiang have been occupied by the Yizhou army, Jiangzhou has not only become an isolated city, but the grain road has been cut off, and the future is worrying.
The most important thing is that Xu Huang finally laid down such a situation in Jiangzhou, and now not only let Zhang Ren completely turn the situation back, but even caused the Guanzhong army to lose its troops.
Although Yan Pu has always led troops to garrison Jiangzhou, Liu Pi's troops were defeated, and he couldn't completely get rid of his involvement.
The general also knew the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly asked Yan Pu, "Sir, what should I do now?" ”
Liu Bi struggled to get up, and said with a sneer: "If you put me back now, obediently surrender the city, and still be able to live." If you insist on staying in Jiangzhou, sooner or later you will die without a place to be buried! ”
At this moment, the shouts of the Yizhou army outside the city came in: "Open the city and surrender, otherwise the day the city is broken, there will be no chickens and dogs!" ”
Yan Pu, who had always been gentle and elegant, suddenly flashed a fierce light in his eyes, and said to the left and right: "Behead this person, and then hang his head at the gate of the city!" ”
The deputy general of Guanzhong had already seen that Liu Pu was not pleasing to the eye, and after hearing Yan Pu's words, he immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Why do you need others to do it, I am willing to kill this person personally!" ”
Yan Pu nodded with a gloomy face and walked towards the top of the city wall.
When Liu Bi heard that he was going to kill himself, even though his thigh and right arm were injured and he was defenseless, he wanted to be a trapped beast.
But Sergeant Guan beside him had been guarding Liu Bi for a long time, and after seeing his movements, he hurriedly stepped forward to tie Liu Bi up again.
Even though he knew that death was coming, Liu Bi still scolded loudly: "Thief Chen invaded my city for no reason, and sooner or later he will die here, I will wait for you underground first!" ”
After finishing speaking, Liu Bi couldn't stop laughing, and his face did not change until he died.
The general cut off Liu Bi's head with a big knife, blood splattered far away, and his head grunted on the ground for a while before stopping.
A soldier stepped forward to pick up Liu Xuan's head, but found that he had a strange smile on his face, and he was immediately so frightened that he almost threw it on the ground.
The wind is howling, and the banner is hunting, as if playing a hero's elegy.
(I wanted to explode, but I always met some disgusting and self-righteous people, which affected my mood very much, and I will have 4,000 words in a chapter today.) )