Chapter 128 "Liu Bei falls into the hands of Sun Quan"
Liu Jia¡¯s plan now brewing in his mind is to first deal with Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang¡¯s army, and then concentrate his forces to deal with Zhang Lu¡¯s large number of chaotic soldiers! After that, we will focus on the big economy, and after the economy recovers, we will have a decisive battle with Cao Cao for the Central Plains! []
Because Cao Cao is strong, whether it is economic, population, or military strength, Liu Jia cannot match it. If we don't take this opportunity to resolve these internal conflicts now, I'm afraid there will be no chance in the future. Liu Jia believed that he had to use all his strength to deal with Cao Cao's forces that had occupied the Central Plains for many years!
Liu Jia thought of his plan, and Liu Jia's attitude toward Guan Yu became even more determined: "I, Liu Jia, want to take back everything in Jingzhou and Hanzhong now! Not only do I want to destroy Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang's army that once took advantage of the situation, but I also want to destroy Xiangyang now. , Shangyong's Zhang Lu troops. Only after these two places are resolved, our strategic situation will be completely changed. Now Jiangxia, Xiangyang, and Shangyong have all penetrated deep into the hinterland of Jingzhou and Hanzhong, and they are weak Zhang Lu and Guan Yu. , others may surrender at any time, making us unable to guard against them. Instead of being so worried for a long time and wasting energy, money and food, we should make up our minds to deal with them. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain, fight!"
What Liu Jia didn¡¯t know was that when Pang Tong returned to Xiakou, although he had not received a reply from Liu Jia, he still took action immediately:
Ordered the resting troops to stop repairing; ordered Yan Yan to lead 5,000 troops to occupy Fankou; ordered Gan Ning to lead the navy to the outskirts of Jiangxia County; ordered Wei Yan to lead 20,000 troops to drive directly to Jiangxia County.
He decided to block the way out of Guan Yu's army first, and then trap him in the city. Then mobilize the peripheral troops to participate in the storm.
Liu Jia and Pang Tong almost have the same thoughts!
But Pang Tong was still a step too late, and he never expected that Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang would abandon Jiangxia County and head straight for Fankou shortly after he left.
At that time, the army arranged by Pang Tong had not left the camp, and Tan Ma came to report: "Guan Yu's army has gone towards Fankou. The four gates of Jiangxia City are now wide open, and there is not a single soldier!"
Pang Tongyun was shocked and quickly ordered Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Yan Yan, and Wutu Gu to lead an army of 5,000 each to pursue immediately!
After the army chased them out, Pang Tong said to Fa Zheng, who was calm beside him: "It's really bad! The worst situation we expected has happened!"
Fazheng said calmly: "The matter has come to this. What can be done? But haven't we lost a hero? Liu Bei is a lucky guy. He must have suffered a lot of grievances, right? If Sun Quan wins him, he may not really be that good. Satisfied?"
Pang Tong saw that the Dharma was as stable as Mount Tai. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "Yes, the ambitious Liu Bei, the tiger, will probably have to take a nap in the future, but Sun Quan will have to turn a blind eye when sleeping. Haha"
It turns out that Pang Tong and Fazheng had already estimated what might happen after Liu Bei¡¯s disappearance:
The best case scenario is of course that Liu Bei drowned or died in other ways this time, and the soldiers sent out quickly found the dead body. The smart Zhuge Liang and the not stupid Guan Yu will naturally give up their delusions of waiting until Liu Bei comes back to choose a new master or simply ignore the situation and establish themselves as kings. With Pang Tong's army suppressing the situation and Liu Jia's future looking promising, they are likely to take the initiative to surrender to Liu Jia. Those three prerequisites were naturally invalidated. Liu Jia not only easily obtained his nearly 20,000 soldiers, a good think tank, and a tiger general. The possibility of this situation is very high, and thousands of people searched back and forth on both sides of Xiangyang countless times. It can be said that they have dug three feet into the ground. Although their bodies have not been found, there is no sign of their survival. It is estimated that it is only a matter of time before their bodies are found.
The second situation is that Liu Bei finally escaped by mistake, and then Liu Bei took them to either choose a new master or to fight between the various forces. Although Liu Bei has a high chance of surrendering to Liu Jia in the end, because they still have a lot of strength, they will definitely bargain between Sun Quan and Liu Jia.
In order to end the war as soon as possible and restore the economy, we are preparing for a war with Cao Cao in the future. Liu Jia may accept some of the adverse conditions they propose. But this situation is still acceptable, but the probability of it happening is too small.
The worst case scenario is that Liu Bei is captured by Sun Quan on his way to escape. Because the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River are the intersection area between Sun Quan's and Liu Bei's forces in the east of the Yangtze River, Sun Quan's people are most likely to get Liu Bei. Sun Quan would naturally threaten and persuade Liu Bei to surrender to them. The desperate Liu Bei fell into their hands and became a hostage. Naturally, there was no room for bargaining. Moreover, Zhang Fei still needed the other party to send someone to treat him. Liu Bei was probably thinking carefully. In the end, he could only put aside his ambition to dominate the world and reluctantly turned to Sun Quan. Guan Yu will definitely go after receiving the letter. Originally, the three prerequisites he and Zhuge Liang agreed on were to follow Liu Bei to the end.
This is the situation that Pang Tong and the others are least willing to accept. Sun Quan has gained two powerful generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and a super think tank, Zhuge Liang. Then their Jiangdong army will be even more powerful.
Even Zhuge Liang didn't want to see this situation, but both he and Pang Tong knew that as long as Liu Bei was still alive, it was very likely that he would be in the hands of Sun Quan, and Zhuge Liang would have to help Sun Quan, who claimed to be very intelligent, so there was He was relieved of his previous worries and depression.
But the current situation is the worst!
At that time, Pang Tong said goodbye to Zhuge Liang and left Jiangxia County not long ago. Surprised, Guan Yu received a letter from Liu Bei from Jianye. The letter briefly talked about the process of his rescue by Jiangdong soldiers and his current situation in Jiangdong. And Zhang Fei's injury is now stable. At the end of the letter, he hoped that Guan Yu would immediately gather troops after receiving the letter to prepare for the attack of Pang Tong's army. Wu Hou Sun Quan will send generals to support, and so on.
After discussing with Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu felt relieved and decided to go to Jiangdong to join Liu Bei. However, they did not follow Liu Bei's order to defend Jiangxia County because according to Zhuge Liang's estimation, Pang Tong would definitely ignore whether the army was resting or not after returning. After that, the soldiers surrounded Jiangxia. Now they must leave in order to leave cleanly.
So after they got the letter, they immediately gave up Jiangxia County and led the army eastward. Although Pang Tong's army moved quickly, they only ate up part of the tail of Guan Yu's army. Guan Yu's army still entered Fankou City safely. However, most of the soldiers sent out to look for Liu Bei were taken in by Pang Tong's army.
Although the final effect was not so perfect, Pang Tong was satisfied. After all, he gained Xiakou City, Jiangxia County and thousands of troops without losing a single person or horse.
Later, Sun Quan sent 10,000 soldiers to replace Guan Yu's troops to guard Fankou City. Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, Jian Yong and others were ceremoniously received by Sun Quan in Jianye and began their history of serving Sun Quan.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who had recovered from his illness, were ordered to guard the front line of the river in different places to guard against attacks by Cao's army. Zhuge Liang was placed by Sun Quan's side to discuss military aircraft with Zhou Yu. Liu Bei, who "helped" Sun Quan disperse Guan Yu and others, was also appointed by Sun Quan as the prefect of Jian'an County in the remote southern region. With Sun Quan's help, Liu Bei married several more wives, officially ending his long-term wandering life. He went to enjoy his happy life.
His famous saying
"Brothers are like brothers and sisters, wives are like clothes", he tested it on himself, and found that the famous saying was half right and half wrong. He was right when he said that wives are like clothes: his "clothes" were stripped off once by Cao Cao and once again by Zhang Lu, and his son Liu Chan is still in Zhang Lu's hands.
As for brothers being like siblings, that is wrong. It can be said that these "siblings" were separated by his own hands. Liu, Guan, and Zhang are now distributed in different places. In order to avoid Sun Quan's suspicion, they rarely contact each other. .
Liu Jia traveled through time and space, and after coming to this world, there were still three parts of the world, but there was almost no trace of Liu Bei.
Of course, this is something!
Here it is necessary to briefly explain how Liu Bei fell into Sun Quan's hands.
On the day Xiangyang City was broken, Zhang Fei saw that the situation was not going well, so he picked up Liu Bei who was still supervising the battle and rushed down the city towards the east city. At the same time, he sent guards to inform the family members who were still at home and were panicking and praying for the victory of the defenders, as well as those who were still in the mansion. The office officials immediately came to the east gate to meet.
Zhang Fei was able to guard the east gate at first, allowing some people and officials to escape from the city. Liu Bei also fled to the Xiangjiang River under the protection of some soldiers, but as the people poured into the city
There were more and more Zhang Lu soldiers, and gradually Zhang Fei couldn't bear it anymore. Especially after his left arm was shot by random arrows, Zhang Fei gave up guarding the city gate without caring about the others, and chased Liu Bei away.
Unfortunately, all the boats on the Xiangjiang River that usually cross the river have fled today. After hearing the shouts, a few boats in the river were interested in coming to pick up people, but they saw the voices behind them shouting to catch Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. After seeing the arrows flying all over the sky, he no longer dared to take the risk and turn around and run away.
Liu Bei didn't have time to scold the boatmen, and he didn't dare to stop here, so he reined in his horse and ran south along the river embankment. Although Zhang Fei held on behind regardless of his injuries, the number of soldiers, officials, and civilians following Liu Bei was still getting fewer and fewer under the attack of the pursuers.
After running for an hour and a half, Liu Bei was left with only one official in Yijie, five or six soldiers who were all wounded, and Zhang Fei who was covered in blood after being shot by several arrows but still gritted his teeth and persisted.
The pursuers behind them have also changed from the original mixed infantry and cavalry team to all cavalry - the situation is getting more and more critical!
Liu Bei's face turned pale.
Suddenly a guard pointed not far ahead and shouted: "Ship! There is a ship!"
Sure enough, there was a sailboat parked on the shore in front, but the man driving the boat heard the shouts on the embankment.After the killing sound, they were unmooring and preparing to escape.
Liu Bei became anxious. He got up from his horse, stood on the stirrups and shouted loudly: "Shipman, please wait! I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty and the uncle of the current Emperor of the Han Dynasty"
Maybe he himself felt that these words were too verbose, so he immediately changed his words and shouted: "Help¡ª¡ª! Save us, I will reward you with a hundred gold No, I will reward you with a thousand catties of gold!"