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Chapter 390

Chapter 390 Breaking Ruxukou, Guan Yu kills Pan Zhang

Author: Playing with Basilisk

Chapter 390 Breaking Ruxukou, Guan Yu kills Pan Zhang

On August 24, just as Sun Quan was patting the female wall of Zheqi City and roaring hysterically about where his reinforcements were, Guan Yu had already led the main force to attack the camp at Ruxukou in the distance.

After the camps of Pan Zhang and Zhu Ran were defeated, a large number of Jingzhou troops poured in and occupied their camps.

Afterwards, they turned against the guests and used their camps and defense facilities to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against the remaining Jiangdong Army through a network of barracks and forts extending in all directions.

If you look at it from the outside, the construction of Ruxukou is like a chain of docks on the water. The forts on the land are normal military fortresses, while the water forts to the south and west are water forts connected one after another to form a complex.

Under normal circumstances, the Jiangdong Group's navy is extremely powerful. Even if the outlying land camps are breached, they can cut off the trestles connecting the outlying forts and use criss-crossing water forts and ships on the river for defense.

But at this time, the Jingzhou navy controlled the river, and the Jiangdong army at Ruxukou was at a loss of ground. It was unable to use ships to counterattack, and had no way to retreat. It was heavily surrounded by Guan Yu's army and fell into a desperate situation.

As a last resort, He Qi, Pan Zhang and others could only choose to use the complex terrain to engage in desperate street battles with the enemy.

Guan Yu rode a red rabbit horse through the school grounds of the middle camp. He was followed by only a few hundred personal guards, because most of the soldiers had already gone to the front line and the middle camp was already controlled by his soldiers.

"General."

Zhou Cang walked over covered in blood and panted: "In front of them is their water tower, where the buildings are connected to the buildings, the forts are connected to the forts, and the forts are connected with forts by bridges. It is extremely complicated inside.

Not easy to break."

Guan Yu said solemnly: "Can I use fire to attack?"

Zhou Cang shook his head: "We tried, but they put a lot of buckets in the camp, and the river was connected to them. Every time they tried to light a fire, they put it out with water, and they also destroyed some bridges themselves, so we just had to

Can attack from a ship."

"Take me to see it."

Guan Yu rode forward. When he was on the ship, he had only seen the situation of Wubao outside Nanying, but the inside was still not clear, so he had to go and observe it on the spot.

We went all the way to Nanying. Nanying was not an outer wall, but a tall wooden building. The buildings were connected together, making it extremely complex.

There was no way to ride a horse here, so Guan Yu let the soldiers hold the horses. Under the leadership of Zhou Cang and others, he climbed to the high building and looked at the south camp on the opposite side.

You can see that the entire camp looks like a deep house compound, with the outer perimeter extending inward through the Water Village Bridge. The camp gate opposite looks like a dock. There are several ships nearby, and there are three arrow towers on the left and right sides.

His soldiers were at the middle camp on the opposite bank below. Because the archery tower was so high up, the long-range firepower was suppressed, making it impossible for the soldiers to forcefully rush across the bridge connecting the two sides.

And this is just one of the camp gates. Farther away, the wooden fence walls of the South Camp extend all the way to the east and west sides. There is a village bridge in the middle to connect the Middle Camp and the South Camp. At first glance, there are upper and lower sides of the camp.

Thousands of people are confronting each other.

Further north, at the North Camp where Ma Chao was attacking, he was personally leading the soldiers to charge with shields, baffles and other objects.

However, the enemy's defense was tight, the gate of the village was closed, and arrows were being fired from above. Due to the narrow terrain, ladders and other equipment could not pass, making Ma Chao very passive.

In some places, the Zhaiqiao was simply destroyed, and the Jingzhou Army could only watch from the other side of the bridge.

However, due to the terrain, it is difficult for the army to attack by force, but the navy is in an advantage.

Huang She and Gan Ning ordered the ship to lean against their camp, use the ladder on the ship to hook the opposite wall, and climb over into the enemy's camp.

Guan Yu saw this scene, pointed over there and said: "Let the soldiers cooperate with the navy to attack from the southwest."

Zhou Cang replied: "The young general has gone."

"Take me to see it."

Guan Yu said.

Zhou Cang took Guan Yu down to the village tower and went west along the corridor below.

The road was full of Jingzhou troops who were shooting arrows with Jiangdong's army on the other side. Some Jingzhou troops also continued to launch attacks under the organization of officers. The overall quality made Guan Yu extremely satisfied.

It is said that the southern army is not as good as the northern army. When the Jingzhou army was under Liu Biao's command, it was really a ragtag group. They were defeated by Cao's army in several battles and lost their armor.

However, after more than ten years in Shen Chen's hands, the overall level of the Jingzhou Army has become comparable to the elite soldiers of the North. This is enough to prove that the quality of the soldiers has nothing to do with whether they are southerners or northerners, but depends on who leads the troops.

General ability.

Guan Yu walked along the corridor passage for more than a mile and came to the southwest wall behind the village wall. He looked through the tall buildings and saw that the fighting here had become intense.

The Jingzhou navy launched a fierce attack from the outer wall of the water dock west of Ruxu River. Because the height of the wall was higher than the ships, under normal circumstances, the geographical advantage of the Jiangdong Army would be greater.

But their army is too small.

The 80,000 Jingzhou Army surrounded the Jiangdong Army in Ruxukou on three levels inside and outside. The Jiangdong Army fought for days and fled to death. With the current total number of less than 20,000, one Jiangdong Army had to face four people.

With the Jingzhou Army, you can imagine how much defensive pressure there was.

Therefore, in this case, the Jiangdong Army's defense was like a sieve leaking air from all sides. Once it defended one side, it often leaked out the other side. Under the fierce attack of the Jingzhou Army, it could be said that it was retreating steadily, relying on the water forts to support them.

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In the southwestern corner, a half-mile-long area stretching from Ruxushui in the west to the northeast was being fought fiercely between the two sides.

The naval forces outside the camp used ladders to attack the west wall of the camp, while on the long waterway connecting the Zhongying and South Camps to the north, Guan Ping led the suicide squad carrying ladders and continuously attacked the Jiangdong Army's camp.

When Guan Yu arrived, there was a loud noise and a wall over there was breached. The soldiers on a stern actually used an ax to cut a gap in the outer fence, and then rushed through

Go in, take advantage of the insufficient number of enemies, and break through a camp gate to the north.

The camp gate collapsed. Guan Ping was overjoyed when he saw this. He immediately led the soldiers into the camp. The upper towers of both sides flew with bows and arrows, shooting at each other. The soldiers below used their shields to carry their crossbows on the bridge of the camp.

Launch a fierce attack inside.

Seeing this, Guan Yu knew that the opportunity was not to be missed, and immediately said to Zhou Cang: "Bring your men and follow me and rush in."

"yes."

Zhou Cang quickly shouted back.

At that moment, hundreds of Guan Yu's personal guards immediately surrounded Guan Yu and rushed to the Waizhai Bridge. Below was the Ruxu River. The surface of the river seemed to be soaked in blood, and there were many corpses of enemy and enemy soldiers, wooden shields and various flags floating on the river.

When Guan Yu rushed in, Guan Ping had already rushed to the front. Guan Yu did not choose to rush in. He pointed to the left and said: "Go, open the other camp gates for me."

"Walk!"

Zhou Cang shouted loudly and led the soldiers to march north.

Because the water dock is like a maze-like village building, with each entrance connected to a corridor and stairs to climb upstairs, it is still very complicated.

Guan Yu and the soldiers had to duck down the corridor to the north, and soon arrived at the entrance of a camp. They rushed upstairs to deal with the archers above, and then came down to open the latch of the camp door and let it outside.

soldiers come in.

After repeating this, they quickly opened three camp gates. The three-mile-long southern camp outer wall had seven camp gates. At this time, nearly half of them were open, and the Jingzhou troops outside poured in like a tide.

The Jiangdong Army inside saw that the outer wall of the village had been breached, and had to continue to shrink inside. A large number of Jingzhou Army began to rush in. The two sides fought desperately on the tower, on the village bridge, beside the female wall, and outside the fence.

"Walk!"

Guan Yu turned his head. Behind the wall, apart from the tall towers and archery towers, there was an area of ​​connected buildings on the water. They were probably the barracks of the Jiangdong Army. The internal structure was complex, and street fighting began on both sides.

Under his leadership, hundreds of personal guards rushed inside, killing people everywhere along the way, on the wooden boards in the barracks yard, on the outer railings, under the stairs, and on the roof.

Each barracks was built with wooden planks and railings were built. Guan Yu led his soldiers to break through two barracks in a row and fought all the way to the middle area of ​​the south camp.

At this time, there were more than a thousand Jiangdong troops holding on relying on the terrain. When Guan Yu rushed in, the two sides were fighting on the platform built with wooden planks in the center. There was a Wubao further south, and the Wubao was above.

Position, shooting arrows towards the square.

Because Jiangdong Army had a favorable geographical location, Jingzhou Army failed to rush over several times. Guan Yu happened to come over. After looking around, he pointed to the east and said: "Zhou Cang, you lead a surprise attack from the front. Come with a few people and follow me around."

Go behind!"

"yes."

Zhou Cang responded and led hundreds of people into the battle.

Although Guan Yu's body was old, the Qinglong Sword in his hand was stained with the blood of no less than ten people at this time. However, the terrain in the front building area was relatively narrow, making it inconvenient to fight with a broadsword, so he gave the sword to a personal guard and asked him to stay here.

, he took out a ring-headed knife from his waist and went around it from the side.

On the side is a village bridge located on the outer wooden platform, with the corpses of more than ten Jingzhou soldiers lying on it. Looking at the dock from a distance, the view is too wide, and it is still very difficult to forcefully rush across.

But Guan Yu held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, and led eight of his bodyguards to push forward along the Zhaiqiao. In an instant, arrows rained down and fired in this direction.

The guards on the left and right quickly took up their positions, carried their shields and helped Guan Yu block the crossbows on the left wing, while Guan Yu continued to charge forward despite the rain of arrows.

He quickly rushed over this section of the Zhaiqiao, which was only thirty meters long, and then started climbing the stairs.

The stairs were not wooden stairs that went straight up and down, but a sloped ladder, so there was no need to use both hands to climb. Guan Yu maintained a shield-holding posture and quickly rushed upstairs.

At this moment, Jiangdong's army behind the female walls on the left and right swarmed forward. One person on the right brandished a knife to chop him in the head, and another stabbed him with a spear. There were also three people on the left, one swept his feet with a long halberd, and the other two

Then outflank them from the left and try to attack them head-on.

Guan Yu shrank his whole body and crouched on the ground, then flicked his legs and rushed forward, dodging the direct attacks from the left and right sides, and then used his shield to block the ring-headed sword and right-hand sword of one of the people on the left.

Stab it to the other side.

The sound of "puff" came. Without even looking, he pushed forward with his left hand, pushing down the man with the machete. Then he turned back and slashed the Jiangdong soldier on the right who was holding the knife and was about to attack him.

kill.

As for the enemy with the spear, he had been dealt with by the bodyguards who swarmed forward, and there were only two people left on the left.

This moment all happened between lightning and flint. One on the left was holding a halberd, and the other was holding a ring-shou sword. The Jiangdong soldier holding the ring-shou sword was pushed by Guan Yu and staggered. The one holding the halberd had already reacted and immediately went to Guan Yu.

The lower body legs were chopped off.

The reason why he had to chop off his feet was because there was a crescent sword on the halberd, which could be used for slashing. Secondly, Guan Yu held a shield in his left hand, and any cuts or stabs directed at his upper body would be blocked by the shield, so chopping off his feet was the best way.

But Guan Yu took two steps back to avoid the sweep, and then quickly stepped on the face of the halberd with his foot. The huge force prevented the soldier from pulling out, and he was hacked to death by Guan Yu's personal guards.

After taking care of these five enemies, Guan Yu once again led his soldiers to charge with shields.

The row in front is full of Jiangdong soldiers who are shooting arrows. If all these people are dealt with, then the main force of the Jingzhou Army can rush across the platform and attack the rear camp of their southern camp.

The generals of the Jiangdong Army naturally knew this, so Pan Zhang and He Qi defended here. Behind the mile-long female wall on the second floor of Wubao, hundreds of archers blocked the Jingzhou Army rushing up below.

The Jingzhou Army's offensive was stopped.

However, Pan Zhang soon discovered that something was wrong. The female wall to the west was in chaos. In his anxiety, he quickly looked over and saw that more than a dozen Jingzhou troops had come up from the Zhaiqiao on the flank and were approaching.

Fight with them.

"Come ten people and follow me!"

Without hesitation, Pan Zhang waved his hand to summon some soldiers and hurriedly rushed in that direction.

The distance between the two sides was not too far, about a hundred meters, and they met quickly.

Guan Yu still maintained a crouching posture with a shield. Although he was over sixty and his physical strength and agility had declined to varying degrees, his terrifying strength and rich combat experience made him a duck to water in chaotic battles.

No one can withstand his sword. Even if he doesn't have the Green Dragon Sword in his hand, the ordinary Huanshou Sword is still a deadly weapon, and no one is his opponent.

Pan Zhang saw from a distance that the veteran leader was quite fierce. He hesitated for a moment, looked at the building next to him, rolled his eyes, let out a whistle, and got in through the window next to him.

He quickly went around to Guan Yu's side, and while Guan Yu was still fighting with Jiangdong soldiers, he suddenly broke through the window on the right and struck Guan Yu head-on.

Guan Yu was caught off guard, but he was not too old to react too late to dodge. In fact, he heard the movement the first time, turned around and saw the broken window, and already raised the shield in his left hand.

"Bang!"

The knife struck the shield and made a violent sound.

"drink!"

Pan Zhang roared wildly and wanted to press the knife down, forcing Guan Yu to the ground.

But even though the old general was over sixty years old, he was still very strong. He faced the difficulty and pushed back hard, pushing Pan Zhang back several steps.

"General!"

Below, Zhou Cang was leading his troops to attack upwards. He was always paying attention to the situation on Guan Yu's side.

Seeing Guan Yu being attacked, he didn't know what the situation was like. He suddenly became anxious. He raised his head and looked around. Suddenly he noticed a fighting figure in the crowd and shouted quickly: "Young General!"

"Who called me?"

Guan Ping took time out of his busy schedule to look back, saw Zhou Cang, and shouted, "What's the matter?"

"The general outflanked us and was attacked by the other side."

Zhou Cang shouted.

Guan Ping blocked forward with the big sword in his hand, and with one stroke, he deflected the enemy's attack, then slashed horizontally to kill the enemy, and then looked up.

I saw chaos behind the female wall on the second floor above. More than a dozen Jingzhou troops and dozens of Jiangdong troops were fighting together. Occasionally, a figure in a green brocade robe could be seen.

Guan Yu liked to wear green robes the most. He only wore a small armor that only protected his chest. He didn't even have arm armor, greaves, helmet or collar. This is why his arm was hit by arrows in history.

At this moment, when Guan Ping saw his father being attacked by a sneak attack, he quickly abandoned the enemy, shouted and stormed the second floor above from the front, climbed up the stairs, and rushed towards Guan Yu.

At this time, Guan Yu did not expect the enemy to come out of the window next to him. When Guan Yu pushed Pan Zhang away and stood up to fight back, the windows on the right were broken open one after another, and more than a dozen Jiangdong soldiers were waving their weapons outside the window.

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Guan Yu's personal guards immediately fought with them, and the two sides started a desperate battle in the corridor.

Pan Zhang retreated several times in a row, knowing that he had encountered a tough fight. Seeing that the enemy was a veteran, he suspected that it was Huang Zhong. He had never fought with Huang Zhong, let alone Guan Yu, and had only fought with Zhao Yun, so he shouted: "You

Is it Huang Zhong?”

It would be okay if he didn't ask, but Guan Yu would get angry if he asked.

You must know that Liu Bei made Huang Zhong his rear general and jumped from a second-line general to his equal. This made Guan Yu very unhappy. He once said that a man could not be ranked alongside Lao Ge.

Therefore, although he did not dislike Huang Zhong, he never believed that Huang Zhong could be equal to him.

Now Pan Zhang mistook him for Huang Zhong and said angrily: "You are just a gutless rat who knows how to sneak attack. You don't even know me, Guan. I will kill you!"

After saying that, he suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Pan Zhang like a cannonball. The ring-shou knife in his hand was like a green dragon knife and drew a gorgeous arc in mid-air, slashing towards Pan Zhang at lightning speed.

Pan Zhang was startled. He never expected that the opponent was so fast. It was too late to hide, so he hurriedly raised his sword to block.

"Bang!"

Then there was a clear sound of swords clashing, and Guan Yu's thick-backed sword cut Pan Zhang's sword in half.

Pan Zhang's entire body was blown away by this terrifying force.

Although he happened to avoid the fatal blow, he rolled for several meters, and his mouth was extremely sore.

When he got up from the ground in a daze, he saw that the enemy was approaching like a shadow, and the sword was coming to his head.

"General, be careful!"

Sima Mazhong on the side immediately pushed away the enemy and rushed over.

The corridor was narrow in terrain, and Guan Yu also brought his personal guards, but due to the small space, the two sides got into a tangle and melee, making it difficult to get through.

It happened that Pan Zhang fell near Ma Zhong, so he rescued him in time and attacked Guan Yu with a chopping knife.

If Guan Yu were to chop him down at this moment, he would definitely die too.

Therefore, in times of crisis, Jiang Dong'er secretly cursed and would sneak attack, then raised his shield to block.

But at this moment, someone roared: "Stop hurting my father!"

One of the people in the crowd cut his way out and slashed Ma Zhong's head with a sharp sword.

Ma Zhong was caught off guard, his head flew three feet high, and blood splattered like a fountain.

Guan Yu took this opportunity and turned his sword around in his hand. He was originally taking a defensive and blocking posture, and immediately pointed the tip of the sword downwards, and then stabbed hard.

"Pfft!"

Pan Zhang was stabbed to death, his eyes widened and blood spurted from his mouth.

"Father, how are you?"

Guan Ping had already led the soldiers below to the second floor. When he saw Guan Yu, he quickly went up to ask.

"snort."

Guan Yu waved his hand, kicked Pan Zhang's body away and said: "It doesn't matter, the rats from Jiangdong can only sneak attack."

At this time, Guan Yu outflanked the enemy from the flanks and killed many of the enemy's archers on the second floor. As a result, the frontal pressure dropped sharply, and a large number of Jingzhou troops broke through the blockade and came over.

When the Jiangdong Army upstairs saw that Pan Zhang was dead, they were horrified. While shouting "the general is dead", "our army is defeated", "run away quickly", they threw away their helmets and armor and headed towards the rear of the south camp.

Run away.

Guan Yu said coldly: "Chasing, we will break Ruxukou today and surround Zheqi City. I will capture Sun Quan alive!"

(End of chapter)


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