Chapter 575: A Strong Man Breaks His Wrist
Successfully cutting off Pan Jun's retreat, Wei Ba did not rush to attack, he ordered his soldiers to build barricades with everything they could get, lined up a rudimentary formation in the valley, and then stopped the attack and began to persuade surrender.
"Those who descend will not die!"
"General Pan, go home!"
"General Pan, your daughter and son-in-law are calling you home for dinner!"
Hearing these strange persuasions, Pan Jun came back to his senses, was so angry that he jumped like thunder, pulled out his long knife, and was about to rush to the front of the battle to fight hard. But his men hugged him tightly. Now that the two ends of the valley have been blocked, and there are enemies on the slopes on both sides, it is basically impossible to escape by relying on their own liliang. And outside the valley, only Lu Xun's Chinese army remains, and the number is very limited, whether Lu Xun can save his life is uncertain, and it seems that it is even more impossible to count on him to come to the rescue. In this case, relying on the special relationship between General Pan and Shu Han to survive is a very good choice, how can they let Pan Jun go to the death in battle?
Pan Jun was furious and wanted to commit suicide to avoid humiliation, but he also failed to do so, and those guards hugged him and begged repeatedly.
Pan Jun sighed and burst into tears. Suddenly, he was disheartened, and he thought of the providence that Lu Xun said. At his own age, he was blocked twice by a young man like Wei Ba so that he couldn't survive and couldn't die, which can only be explained by the will of heaven.
Outside the valley, Lu Xun was also in a cold sweat. Although his personal guard battalion temporarily blocked Jin Dongliu's attack, the battle situation was very unfavorable to him. Especially when Wei Ba rushed down from the bottom of the mountain and cut off Pan Jun's retreat like a bamboo. He was even more desperate. The strength of Wei Ba's counterattack far exceeded his expectations, like a thunderclap on the ground, he defeated Zhu Ji at once, gained the initiative on the battlefield, and cut off the connection between him and Pan Jun with lightning speed, and also cut back the possibility of Pan Jun returning to help the Chinese army.
All his jihua had become so vain and powerless in the face of Wei Ba's counterattack.
Now, he didn't have any reinforcements, so he could only face the 10,000 main forces led by Jin Dongliu alone. As confident as Lu Xun, he also knew that it was impossible for him to defeat an enemy ten times his size with just a thousand people. Not to mention breaking Wei Ba's blockade. Rescue Pan Jun.
Faced with the sudden reversal of the battle situation, Lu Xun sighed, and unexpectedly thought of Pan Jun. What else could have led to this result other than providence? He no longer hesitated. Ordered to break out.
Drums beat together. The soldiers of the personal guard battalion immediately changed formation. From a circle formation to an assault formation. Although they were few in number, they were not afraid of death, and soon tore a gap open. Rush out and quickly evacuate the battlefield.
When Lu Xun left the command platform, he glanced back at the Wei Ba battle flag in the valley, sighed softly, and then resolutely left, never looking back.
As soon as Lu Xun's battle flag moved, the morale of the Wu army completely collapsed. The main generals have fled, what's the point of desperately? Except for some of Lu Xun's troops desperately fighting their way out of the encirclement and following Lu Xun, the rest of the Wu army laid down their arms and surrendered to Wei Ba.
The battle lasted for a month, and when Lu Xun was about to see the results of victory, Wei Ba finally used a killer move and completely turned the tide of the battle. There were many mistakes and many times he faced collapse, but after all, he overcame these difficulties, stabilized the morale of the army in an extremely unfavorable situation, persevered until Zuihou, waited for the opportunity, and finally laughed at Zuihou.
He finally defeated Lu Xun, the most famous general of the Wu Kingdom, with a dignified battle, proving his undefeated myth.
From a crushing defeat to a wild victory, all the barbarians could not believe their eyes, but they believed in the truth that as long as they followed the gods, no matter how strong the enemy was, they could achieve victory.
"The gods will be mighty!" Xiangfu raised the bloody war knife in his hand and raised his arms and shouted.
"The gods will be mighty!" Tu Hu raised his sword and roared sharply.
"The gods will be mighty!" Tens of thousands of soldiers stomped on the ground and shouted, the wind and clouds changed color, and the ground shook the mountains.
The trapped Wu Jun's face was depressed, and his heart was like ashes.
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Zhuge Ke sat on his war horse, listening to the faintly audible cheers in the distance, his face sinking like water. There were more than 2,000 soldiers around him, all of them in horror and without fighting spirit. They were lucky, and although they encountered a surprise attack of 10,000 Shu Han troops, the casualties were not large. Jin Dongliu was in a hurry to attack Lu Xun, and had little interest in them, except for those who were hacked to death on the spot, most of them picked up a life.
Hearing the cheers of the enemy, their hearts were heavy, and these cheers undoubtedly proved that General Lu Xunlu, whom the king had placed high hopes on, was also defeated, whether he lived or died, it is still unknown, but his defeat is beyond doubt. It was impossible to turn the tide of the battle under the siege of more than 10,000 people, even if they trusted Lu Xun again, they would not have such extravagant hopes.
"Withdraw!" Zhuge Ke waved his horsewhip and walked forward expressionlessly. After walking for a while, he suddenly laughed. If nothing else, Zhu Ji, who was closest to Wei Ba, would probably be attacked by Wei Ba's fiercest counterattack, and in the deepest part of the valley, it would probably be difficult for Pan Jun, who was in charge of blocking his husband, to escape. If Lu Xun sees the opportunity quickly, he may be able to break through with the strong strength of the pro-guard battalion and save his life, but there is no need to say anything about the heavy losses. With an army of 30,000 people, Zuihou was actually the most complete of his subordinates.
This was probably an accident. But who can say that accidents are not providential? Maybe God let me live so that I could take on more important responsibilities. Zhuge Ke raised his head and looked at the cloudless sky, and his mood suddenly became much more relaxed.
Lu Xun is no longer the undefeated general of Wu State, his era is over.
Zhuge Ke's overseer army retreated sharply and retreated all the way to Xie Mucheng. At this time, he received the news that Lu Xun had withdrawn from the battlefield and gathered the remnants of his troops in Bucheon. He smiled, picked up his pen, and wrote a military newspaper with careful words, reporting to Sun Quan the original report of what had happened in the past month under Linhe City.
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Wei Ba walked into the baggage camp, looked at Pan Jun with a haggard face, sat down without saying a word, and untied the rope on Pan Jun's body. After Pan Jun was captured, he refused to surrender, tied himself up, and sat in a baggage camp waiting for death. After Wei Ba learned the news, he rushed to the scene as soon as possible.
"Don't expect me to surrender." Pan Jun's voice was dry and his expression was lonely. "Righteousness is no longer dishonored. I had already lowered it once back then, and now I don't want to go down a second time. ”
Wei Ba nodded: "I understand the general's feelings, I don't want you to surrender." ”
Pan Jun looked at him in surprise.
"General, you seem to have forgotten that there are usually two ways to deal with prisoners: one is to persuade them to surrender, and the other is to collect a ransom. The former, you have already made it very clear, I will not force it. The latter, I don't count on either. If Sun Quan comes to ransom you, I'm afraid you won't be willing to go back. In addition, the only person who can redeem you is probably your daughter and son-in-law. Zhao Tong and I are senior brothers, and I am embarrassed to accept his money, don't you say? ”
Pan Jun was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer Wei Ba's ridicule.
"In that case, then I might as well be a favor and just let you go." Wei Ba stood up, clapped his hands, and said with a bright smile: "I can also send the general some coils, a horse, two guards, and the general can go wherever he wants." He paused, then said in an accentuated tone: "If you still want to go back to Wuchang, I have no objection." However, I suggest that you leave Wuchang as soon as possible, because I may soon besiege Wuchang, and I don't want to capture the general again. ”
Pan Jun was silent.
Wei Ba looked at him for a long time, and said earnestly: "General Pan, go home, your daughter and son-in-law are waiting for you to go home." ”
Pan Jun squinted his eyes slightly, looking at the flickering lights, a little distracted for a while. After a while, he sighed: "My daughter is in Linyuan, but my two sons are in Wu County, General Wei, what do you say I should choose?" ”
Wei Ba nodded understandingly: "Since this is the case, then the general will please." Come, prepare horses and dry rations for General Pan. ”
"Are you really going to let me go?" Pan Jun looked at Wei Ba in surprise.
"Of course." Wei Ba looked at Pan Jun calmly and smiled: "I said, you are my senior brother's uncle, and I can't take your ransom." Besides, if you can marry your daughter to my senior brother, you can be regarded as giving me a face. This time, it's a favor for you. He paused, then added, "I don't want a next time." ”
"There won't be a next time." Pan Jun said without thinking: "Lost to you twice in a row, I have no confidence in myself." A general without faith cannot lead troops. I went back to ask the king of Wu for his guilt, and if he didn't kill him, I would take off my armor and return to the field. By the way, General Wei, can you answer me a question and let me unload my armor without regrets. ”
Wei Ba's eyes flashed, and he smiled embarrassedly: "You want to ask me Weishenme to save the sharpest weapon to Zuihou?" ”
Pan Jun's eyes flashed, and he looked at Wei Ba with deep meaning. This was not what he wanted to ask, but Wei Ba preemptively limited the scope, and this range was obviously much smaller than he wanted to know. However, since Wei Ba said so, he wouldn't ask any more, and even if he did, Wei Ba wouldn't answer him.
It was precisely because of this that he felt that Wei Ba was even more terrifying. It is already strange for a young man in his early twenties to be able to fight, but it can be explained, after all, his father Wei Yan is a fierce general, but his scheming is so deep, it is really puzzling.
Wei Yan obviously didn't have such scheming.
If you think about the legend of his rebirth after a single illness, it seems to be enough to say something.
"Yes." Pan Jun nodded slightly, and picked up the topic of Wei Ba: "If you had used such a weapon earlier, the casualties would not have been so large." ”
"But in that case, General Lu and General Pan won't feel that I am a bone worth gnawing on." Wei Ba touched his nose and said with a smile: "What kind of whetstone in the world can be more tenacious than a combination like General Lu and General Pan, and can sharpen a real iron-blooded hero?" ”
Pan Jun let out a long breath, his smile a little bitter and lonely.
"Lu Boyan and I don't know whether to feel honored or unfortunate." He stood up, put his hand on Wei Ba's shoulder, and pressed it gently: "Young man, work hard!" Your journey has just begun. ”
"Thank you, General." Wei Ba bowed and saluted...... (To be continued......)