Liu Pan was ambushed by Gan Ning and He Qi from both sides and suffered heavy losses. He could only lead the defeated troops under his command and retreat in a hurry toward Changsha City.
The group of people was in a state of panic. During the retreat, they were pursued by the Jinling Army. They were harassed by enemy troops from time to time, and their combat strength was constantly reduced.
But no matter how many losses the rear suffered, Liu Pan did not dare to stay. He was as panicked and miserable as a lost dog along the way.
Finally, Liu Pan finally led the remaining defeated generals to the gates of Changsha City. He hurriedly ordered the messengers to go to the gates of the city and shout loudly.
"Open the city gate quickly! On the tower! Open the city gate quickly!"
Following the loud shouts of the Jingzhou Army's messengers, soldiers poked their heads out from the gate tower of Changsha City and looked down with the help of torches.
"Who is it? Who is making that noise in the middle of the night?"
The messenger at the bottom of the city tower shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, it's one of our own!"
"One of our own? Why did our own go down to the tower? Besides, who are our own?"
The messenger at the bottom of the city was stunned when he heard this.
Why do I feel like the night-watch soldiers on the tower today are acting like idiots...the words they ask are not human words!
Liu Pan was angry and angry after hearing this. He stepped forward and shouted to the soldiers on the tower: "Why are you talking nonsense! I am Liu Pan, open the door quickly! If you keep grinding, I will kill you!"
The soldiers on the tower asked in confusion: "Who is Liu Pan?"
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Then, I saw two more soldiers coming to the city gate. They muttered to the one who was shouting for a while, and then they said to Liu Pan at the bottom of the city: "Don't blame me, Mr. Fu, he is new here and is ignorant.
We are leaving the city right now! Please wait a moment."
Liu Pan pointed at the city head with his hand and shouted: "Open the city quickly!"
There was no movement at the top of the city at this moment.
While Liu Pan was waiting anxiously under the city, he saw the messenger suddenly said: "Master Fu, there seems to be a fraud here!"
"Is there a fraud?" Liu Pan looked at him doubtfully: "How can there be a fraud in our own city?"
"How can the soldiers in the city attack the city for us without giving the command? There is clearly a fraud involved!"
Liu Pan was stunned when he heard this.
Yes, the three armies need a command to open the city and release people!
He thought for a moment and said hurriedly: "No! Escape quickly, retreat quickly! Get away from the city gate!"
Just as his soldiers and horses were withdrawing to the rear, a hail of arrows roared towards Liu Pan from the city tower. At the same time, the gate of Changsha City slowly opened, and a troop of soldiers and horses galloped out of it.
, the leading general is Xu Sheng.
Xu Sheng didn't waste any time and directly commanded his troops to charge towards Liu Pan's army.
On top of the city wall, pottery merchants appeared.
He looked at the Jingzhou Army soldiers below with a smile, and said loudly: "Mr. Liu, since you have come back, why don't you come to the city to sit for a while? If you just leave like this, Tao will feel very sorry."
Liu Pan seemed to have heard the pottery merchant's shouting during the chaos. He wanted to turn around and have a good argument with the pottery merchant. The problem was that Xu Sheng's offensive was very fierce at the moment, and the troops of Gan Ning and others were about to attack.
When the time came, Liu Pan really had no time or mood to argue with the pottery merchants on the city wall.
Liu Pan was indeed very brave. Faced with this situation, the Jinling Army did not retain him and allowed him to fight his way out and escape.
Of course, there are some objective reasons for this. After all, what the pottery merchant brought this time was basically Jinling's navy. If they were replaced by cavalry that followed him in the southern and northern wars, Liu Pan would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.
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However, Liu Pan was not that important to the pottery merchant. The key was that Changsha City was obtained, which made him very happy.
This is equivalent to establishing a firm foothold in southern Jingzhou.
After the soldiers and horses arrived in Changsha City, He Qi immediately came to report the situation of the war to him and stated his thoughts to the pottery merchant.
After hearing what He Qi said, he could let Liu Pan go first, and then take advantage of him to gather the Jingzhou army from around Changsha County to resist his side. The pottery merchant gave He Qi a high evaluation.
In this way, it can indeed greatly reduce the time it takes for our side to pacify southern Jingzhou.
However, the facts are not always satisfactory. Sometimes, changes occur much faster than planned.
Just as Tao Shang was waiting for Liu Pan to gather troops from the south of Jingzhou and come to challenge him, he got information from the school official, saying that although Liu Bei was trying his best to defend Jiangling City and resist Xiangyang's Jinling
Although they were the main force, they also secretly sent Pang Tong, Zhang Fei and others to lead a partial division and secretly headed to the south of Jingzhou along the Jiangling Waterway.
After learning that Pang Tong had arrived in Jingnan, the pottery merchant immediately gave up the idea of waiting for Liu Pan. On the one hand, even if Liu Pan gathered his troops, Pang Tong would not allow him to attack him once he arrived. On the other hand, Changsha was currently
After being captured by our own side, if Pang Tong came to Jingnan, the first thing he would do was to reach Wuling first to use it as a basis to confront his own side.
If Pang Tong really arrived in Wuling, then Samoko would be in danger. The most important thing at the moment is to make peace with Samoko.
Samoko's military strength does not matter, the main thing is that the pottery merchants need his baggage.
However, just when the pottery merchant was about to send people to Wuling to urge Samoko, Samoko's soldiers and horses had arrived at Changsha with the baggage in custody.
The pottery merchant was very surprised when he heard the news.
But soon, he understood Shamoko's intention.
Compared with the small baggage that he covets from Samoko, Samoko values more the things that the potter promised to him.
You must know that the title of King Hu granted to him by the Han Dynasty, salt, war horses, and next year's rice seeds are all extremely precious things to him.
For Shamoko, as long as he got these things, it didn't matter if Pang Tong led his troops to take away his lair in Wuling.
In the meeting hall of Changsha City, the pottery merchant met with the famous King Hu of Wuxi Cave.
How can I describe Samoko’s appearance?
It's quite unique and not very human-like. At first glance, it looks a bit like something that has become a spirit.
A bit like the Golden Horned King in the old TV series Journey to the West.
"The last general Samoko has met the prime minister!"
The potter stretched out his hand to ask Samoko to sit aside, and then looked at his face carefully.
His red eyes looked like he had pinkeye, and his slightly dark complexion looked like a frying pan, which made him look... nauseating.
Shamoko seemed to notice that the pottery merchant was staring at him, and then said: "Prime Minister Tao, what are you doing?"
When the pottery merchant woke up after hearing this, he secretly praised himself for being a bit unreasonable. How could he stare at someone like this for the first time when they met him? How rude.
After all, we are comrades on the same front. If the harmony is hurt because of this matter... wouldn't it be too unethical?
It's better to brag a few words to ease the awkward atmosphere.
"To be honest, Tao has never seen such a heroic man as General Sha, so he took a few more glances and asked General Sha not to be weird."
Of course Shamoko wouldn't blame him.
I saw him laughing loudly and said: "It's a small thing, a small thing! It's no wonder that the Prime Minister is surprised. Mo Jiang has been the most handsome man in our clan since he was born. If the Prime Minister is willing to see it, just feel free to see it as much as possible. Don't be embarrassed."