Chapter 393 Jiangdong is destroyed, Guan Yu captures Sun Quan alive
Chapter 393 Jiangdong is destroyed, Guan Yu captures Sun Quan alive
Author: Playing with Basilisk
Chapter 393 Jiangdong is destroyed, Guan Yu captures Sun Quan alive
The beginning of September in the 25th year of Jian'an was an extremely unusual date for the Sun family in Jiangdong.
The western front was defeated, the southern front was defeated, and Jiangdong was attacked from both sides, completely collapsing.
Sun Quan was so miserable that he was on the verge of destruction.
From the official start of the war in June of this year to September, in just three months, Jingzhou's army was in full swing and had marched straight into Huanglong.
In ancient times, it was not an easy task to overthrow a force that almost formed a vassal kingdom.
In particular, Jiangdong's background is not too bad, and is even relatively stable.
Since the end of the Han Dynasty, there have been wars, plagues, natural disasters, and famines in the north. Millions of people have fled south, of which Yangzhou has grown by more than one million.
Without counting the population of Sangotsu, according to historical records, the total population of Jiangdong at that time reached 1.02 million households with more than 4 million people.
But it was such a powerful foundation that was defeated by the Jingzhou Army outside Jianye City, the administrative center, in just three months.
What was floating on the Qinhuai River at this time was not the painting boat of the Southern Song Dynasty, but the warship of Gan Ning.
Ten thousand Jiangxia naval forces drove hundreds of large and small ships, sailing on the river in a mighty manner, occupying the entire river channel.
Then they seized the pier on Ryuzangpo and parked the ship on the pier. There were people on board to defend the ship. They began to build forts and dig trenches on the pier, waiting for the arrival of the main force from the rear.
On September 12, Sun Quan hastily organized an army of 18,000 men, with Lu Xun as the governor and Zhu Huan, Chen Xiu, Wu Fen and others as generals, and sent troops to intercept Gan Ning.
Chen Xiu is the son of Chen Wu, who is less than thirty years old this year. Wu Fen is the son of Wu Jing, the nephew of Wu Guotai, and the cousin of Sun Quan. In history, when Sun Quan assassinated Jingzhou in the 24th year of Jian'an, he worshiped him as his
The captain of Wujun led the troops to guard the rear.
Among the four, except for Lu Xun and Zhu Huan, Chen Xiu and Wu Fen basically had no achievements to speak of. One was a meritorious son, and the other was from the Wu Kingdom's mother clan. It can also be seen from this that Sun Quan no longer has any generals to send.
Jiangdong's generals and a large number of Jiangdong soldiers suffered heavy losses after experiencing the Battle of Yixian, the Battle of Hongkou, and the Battle of Jingzhou. They did not have many soldiers, and there were only a handful of capable generals. They were almost at the end of their rope.
At night, Jianye City has become silent.
After the people in the city learned about Sun Quan's tragic defeat at Ruxukou, they were frightened and fled one after another. Many dignitaries from aristocratic families also abandoned Sun Quan and ran back to their hometowns with their families.
In the entire city, except for a small number of common people who had no time to leave, there were only Jiangdong soldiers who were looking downcast and depressed.
At the end of Rending, the north gate of Jianye City slowly opened, and a line of soldiers slowly walked out.
Lu Xun was riding on horseback. After leaving the city, he looked back at the tall city wall behind him and said silently in his heart - Farewell, cage.
Then he waved his hand to signal the troops behind him to follow.
For him, now is a good time to choose his allegiance to the new force. In the end, he can destroy Sun Quan's hope and sell Sun Quan at a good price.
Lu Xun was a typical Jiangdong nobleman, and his family's interests were far higher than those of the country.
He did not want to be a mole at first, but wanted to serve the Sun family wholeheartedly in exchange for the survival and development of the Lu family.
But after the Battle of Jingzhou, Jiangdong completely lost the ability to dominate. The current Sun family and this broken Jiangdong are no longer worth his life.
Therefore, for the long-term consideration of the family, now is the time to make a decision.
The Qinhuai River is located in the north and east of Jianye City, very close to the city. However, Ganning is located at the entrance of the Yangtze River and Qinhuai River, which is still thirty or forty miles away from the city.
In order to prevent nearly 20,000 people from being dispatched at once and making too much noise and being noticed by the enemy, Lu Xun ordered Zhu Huan, Chen Xiu, Wu Fen and others to separate their forces.
Lu Xun himself brought 8,000 people, Zhu Huan brought 5,000 people, Chen Xiu and Wu Fen each brought 2,000 and 3,000 people. According to the pre-planned route, they finally gathered at the dock on the south bank of Yongjangpo.
In the dark night, the soldiers marched forward relying on the faint moonlight. After Lu Xun gave the order to hide themselves, they even lit few torches. Only each soldier, led by his commander, lit a torch to touch the darkness in front.
Walking.
The teams on the ground are very scattered, and there is often a group of people more than ten meters apart. With extremely low morale and no fighting spirit, the control ability of grassroots officers has been greatly reduced.
Because many lower-level officers are already worried about the prospect of war, in the event of victory, lower-level officers can help upper-level generals control the army.
But after the defeat, junior officers got together with the soldiers and began to ignore the orders of their superiors.
So the team not only moved slowly, but also had almost no formation.
A chief was walking in front holding a torch, and the wilderness was silent. In the distance were the farmland outside the city and the dark hills, mountains, and vast forests covering the earth, making his field of vision full of darkness.
one slice.
The team in front unknowingly turned around a hill, and their figures were lost at the end of the road. The chief couldn't help but cursed secretly, why are you walking so fast, are you rushing to reincarnate?
After muttering a few words, the commander turned back, preparing to call on the soldiers to speed up and catch up with the team in front as soon as possible.
But when he turned around, he was stunned.
I saw that the rear was empty. More than thirty feet away, I could vaguely see the chief holding a torch behind him, but the ten soldiers and two corps commanders behind him were all missing.
trace.
The chief couldn't help but rub his eyes, and after confirming again and again that there was no one behind him, he couldn't help but cursed, "These thieves!"
Then he added, "You didn't call me when you were running."
As he spoke, he looked around and saw that the nearest team was more than thirty feet away. There were fields on the left and a small forest on the right. He extinguished the torch in his hand, took three steps and then jumped in.
In the grass, he burrowed towards the small forest.
When he ran into the forest, he discovered that there were still figures of people deep in the forest in front of him. Many soldiers took advantage of the darkness and simply jumped into the weeds of the farmland nearby, burrowed into the small forest, and then ran away.
In just half a quarter of an hour, the chief saw at least seven or eight people near him. Sometimes they bumped into each other, and they whispered hello, and then ran away.
Now Jiangdong is really undefendable.
Not only the upper-class dignitaries, but also the soldiers at the bottom were panicked to the extreme. Once they found an opportunity, they would run away desperately.
After half an hour, when Lu Xun was halfway there, one of his army commanders reported to him in a panic: "Captain, something serious has happened."
"What's the matter?"
Lu Xun's face was as dark as water. He was surrounded by five hundred soldiers, all of whom were soldiers of the Lu family, so none of them were left.
The Army Sima said with a mournful face: "Since leaving the city, some soldiers have escaped. One or two are okay, but after one person ran away, he fled with many people at once, and all the soldiers in the rear were scattered."
"Dispersed?"
Lu Xun opened his eyes wide, and then said, "Are there not even one left?"
"Not a single one left."
"Then why are you staying?"
"The general will come to report this matter to the governor."
The army commander replied.
"It seems that God is going to destroy me Jiangdong."
Lu Xun sighed and said, "Let's go."
Army Sima asked hurriedly: "Where are you going, Governor?"
"White Pavilion."
"Baiting?"
Army Sima was shocked and said: "Isn't that where the enemy is?"
"yes."
Lu Xun said softly: "Are you going?"
"I wonder if the Governor is going?"
"surrender."
"surrender?"
"The army has dispersed and we have no choice but to surrender. Will you go?"
"go!"
Army Sima said without hesitation.
Lu Xun put down the hand on the sword at his waist and said with a smile: "Okay, let's surrender together."
As he spoke, he continued to urge the horses and headed in the direction of Baiting Pier in the north.
The soldiers on Lu Xun's side were all dispersed, and the situation on Chen Xiu and Wu Fen's side was not much better.
They themselves did not have the ability to lead troops. Not long after they left the city, their soldiers were almost scattered.
For this reason, the two had no choice but to return home and ran back to Jianye City.
Only Zhu Huan's side is better.
As a veteran general in the army, Zhu Huan had high prestige and had good control over the lower-level soldiers.
Therefore, after sensing that something was wrong, he immediately sent his personal guards as a law enforcement team, killed more than a dozen deserters, shocked the team, and finally brought the situation under control.
But when he went all the way north and arrived at Leshan Pavilion, twenty miles outside the city, countless enemies came out of the forest on both sides.
Gan Ning personally led 5,000 men to ambush here. He first attacked with bows and arrows, and then went out with all his troops and horses to kill Zhu Huan.
Zhu Huan's army was originally only relying on his personal prestige and the supervision of the troops. Now it was suddenly ambushed, and there was chaos and defeat. The soldiers abandoned their helmets and fled, and no one wanted to fight.
"No retreat, no running!"
Zhu Huan scolded loudly, but still could not change the situation, and even the most loyal personal guards fell apart.
Seeing the enemy army rushing towards him, he had no choice but to turn his horse and try to escape.
However, a stray arrow came from the chaos and hit Zhu Huan in the neck, knocking him off his horse.
Once he died, the army became even more unsustainable, and the guards fled in all directions.
"Take it!"
Gan Ning emerged from the woods not far away and threw the bow and arrow in his hand to the soldiers nearby.
Several other soldiers ran over and chopped off Zhu Huan's head with a knife. They ran back happily and said, "He is an enemy general."
"Keep chasing!"
Gan Ning said in a deep voice: "The Governor said that capturing Sun Quan alive was the first achievement in the battle against Wu. We must win this great achievement."
"yes!"
The soldiers excitedly raised their swords and howled like wild wolves as they headed south towards Jianye.
At the end of the rooster's crow, Sun Quan stayed up all night in the Wuhou Mansion in Jianye City, anxiously waiting for news from Lu Xun in the hall.
There is still some distance from Jianye north to the Qinhuai River, so Sun Quan knows that this battle should probably take place in the early morning. The soldiers are still on their way, and the news will not come back until noon the next day at the earliest.
But even so, it made him anxious and always felt like something bad was happening.
At this time, Wu Fen hurried back and said to Sun Quan as soon as he entered the door: "Wu Hou."
Sun Quan was shocked and said: "Gong Zhen, why are you back?"
Wu Fen said shamefully: "The soldiers left the city and walked less than twenty miles before they dispersed on their own. I had no choice but to come back."
"What?"
Sun Quan was shocked and said, "Where are Boyan and the others?"
Wu Fen said: "Bo Yan said that too many people gathered and the noise was too loud, which could easily be detected by enemy sentries. The troops should be divided into four groups, take a long detour to Baiting, and then gather together to attack Gan Ning. So I don't know about them either.
Case."
"Split the troops?"
Sun Quan immediately slapped the table with regret and said: "How can we divide our troops? The soldiers are already in a panic. They should gather together to build up their morale. If we divide our troops, wouldn't it mean that they will scatter and run away? This is a taboo among military strategists. What's wrong with Boyan?"
Boyan misled me for making such a mistake!"
Wu Fen said: "Don't worry, Marquis Wu. Maybe our soldiers have escaped. Boyan and Xiumu may be safe. As long as they can successfully launch a sneak attack, Gan Ning should not be able to resist it. We can also kill the soldiers."
Summoned back."
"well."
Sun Quan seemed to have aged ten years, sitting down on the table and wailing: "I hope so."
"Report!"
But at this moment, the messenger hurriedly came in and said: "General Zhu was ambushed by Gan Ning at Leshan Pavilion, and his entire army was wiped out."
"ah?"
Sun Quan's face turned pale instantly, and he felt that his mind went blank, and he fell into a state of stagnant thinking, unable to think of anything.
"Report!"
But bad news came one after another.
Another soldier reported back: "The soldiers brought by the Governor and General Chen dispersed themselves."
"Where are Lu Xun and Chen Xiu?"
Sun Quan roared.
"I don't know, maybe they all escaped."
"boom!"
Sun Quan was furious and kicked the desk away, shouting with disheveled hair: "Lu Xun, you harm me Jiangdong, I swear to kill you!"
"Wu Hou."
Wu Fen said quickly: "Now is not the time to talk about this. Run away. Jianye is undefended and the enemy is about to attack."
"escape?"
Sun Quan laughed miserably and said: "Where else can I escape?"
"Wei State."
Wu Fen said: "Isn't the Marquis of Wu a minister of Wei? If the Marquis of Wu escapes to the Wei State, the Wei State will definitely attack Jiangdong in the name of the Marquis of Wu and take back Wu. There will be no chance at all."
"Yes, escape to Wei!"
Sun Quan suddenly came to his senses and said, "Quick, let the family pack their bags and take a boat to flee north to Xuzhou tonight!"
After saying that, he got up in a hurry and hurried to the backyard.
When it was almost dawn, Sun Quan took the remaining dozens of guards to protect his wife and children, and ran out from the west gate of Jianye towards the dock.
At this time, Gan Ning happened to lead the army into the city and went straight to the Wuhou Mansion. When he learned that Sun Quan had escaped two quarters of an hour ago, he was immediately upset and hated that he should not have marched normally but should have marched in a hurry.
However, calculating that there was still enough time, Gan Ning quickly led his troops to continue the pursuit.
Over there, Sun Quan stumbled to the dock with his family.
The pier is not occupied and there are some ships on it.
Sun Quan was overjoyed. Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet completely bright and the river was still covered with thick late autumn fog, he quickly urged everyone to board the ship.
Soon they boarded a red horse flying boat that could accommodate fifty people, and immediately set off for Xuzhou on the north coast.
The surface of the river was covered with fog. Sun Quan stood on the deck and looked at the farther and farther river bank. His emotions were extremely complicated.
There is frustration, anger, reluctance, and sadness.
This farewell.
I don’t know how many years it will take before I can return to Jiangdong.
Sun Quan was extremely sad.
But he soon felt a little joy.
Because a large number of soldiers were shouting and rushing toward them on the river bank in the distance, Gan Ning rode the fastest on horseback and rushed to the dock shore as soon as possible.
But he could only watch the boats on the river getting further and further away from a distance, and suddenly he yelled and yelled angrily.
Sun Quan was actually a little happy when he saw this scene.
It was a feeling of joy, glad that at least I had not been captured alive by the enemy, glad that I was still alive.
After all, he went to Wei as his own identity, and Cao Pi would not treat him badly.
As the lord of Wu, if Cao Pi wants to attack Wu in the future, he will definitely use him as a general, use his influence to incite the people and families of Wu, and help Cao Pi gain Jiangdong.
Even if he will not be as free and easy as the princes, at least he will not lose his glory and wealth. Maybe he will be able to contribute to the unification of the Wei Dynasty, and maybe he will be able to contribute to the founding of the country.
With this thought in mind, Sun Quan waved his hand, as if he was waving goodbye to Jianye in the distance, but in fact he was provoking Gan Ning, who was yelling and yelling over there.
tell him.
You can't even try to catch me.
Then.
He turned around and prepared to enter the cabin.
But the next second.
Sun Quan felt cardiopulmonary arrest.
Because on the river, I don’t know when the thick fog will gradually thin.
In the turbulent river, densely packed black shadows of countless ships appeared.
One of the huge ships, seven or eight feet high and more than twenty feet long, like a fortress on the river, had already arrived in front of his ship.
On the second deck of the ship, there was standing a nine-foot-tall man with an old but jujube face and a green dragon sword in his hand. He lowered his head and looked down at him with a little doubt in his eyes.