With the appearance of the generals from the Jingzhou Army on the battlefield, and the strength of the Jingzhou Army.
At this time, the battlefield was completely in chaos.
Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian was completely angry, and now he led his army to surround Guan Yu, hoping to capture this fierce general who could compete with him.
But Sun Jian's idea failed before it was completed.
Because his troops and horses were directly caught by the Jingzhou army who suddenly attacked. Before, Guan Yu burned several wells and rushed his chariots, causing the soldiers on the battlefield to run away from each other and scream in agony.
In addition to the sudden outburst of Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, the presence of Ma Chao and Sun Ce on this battlefield is also quite remarkable.
The two young and brave guys seemed to have finally met their opponents. The two sides gradually entered a good situation... No, both sides gradually forgot themselves.
Even after fighting and walking, I don't know who is leading whom, and they have begun to leave the battlefield.
Under this situation, the entire battlefield was now completely anxious, so Guan Yu saw that the Jingzhou Army helped him block Sun Jian's army.
That's why I didn't say too much nonsense, and I deeply understood that it was important to do business first at this time.
"General Guan, go ahead. Huang Hansheng is blocking us!"
With a roar, a veteran...a Jingzhou general also rushed out directly at this time.
The veteran Huang Zhong, who was not yet considered a veteran general, roared and led the Jingzhou troops to block Sun Jian's attack for Guan Yu. Not only did he also open a path for Guan Yu, giving them the opportunity to continue charging.
"Kill!" Guan Yu stopped replying and roared. He waved his long knife and opened the gap in front. Only dozens of cavalry remained and charged again, heading towards another well.
The can of kerosene in his hand was thrown onto the wooden piles and partitions of the well. The flow of kerosene quickly soaked the well. Then in the horrified eyes of the soldiers in the well, a stick of fire flew away. When we reached the top, a fire suddenly broke out.
In the large formation, dozens of cavalry were constantly charging back and forth under the leadership of Guan Yu. Those well-mounted chariots could shoot down the Xiangyang city wall, but there was nothing they could do against them.
They hid themselves in the army. If they were covered by bows and crossbows, they would die, and the losses of Yuzhou's soldiers and horses would be even more heavy.
Cheng Pu, who was commanding from the rear, could only hope that Sun Jian and Sun Ce could lead their troops to stop Guan Yu. However, the father and son were directly dragged and unable to move, and no one could do anything to defeat them.
This was the first time that these two brave generals encountered such a thing.
"Jingzhou's troops and horses are indeed magnificent."
Cheng Pu looked at the veteran who was blocking Sun Jian's opportunity to create opportunities for Guan Yu, and couldn't help but sigh, feeling that he had underestimated many of Jingzhou's troops.
The previous Lien Zhan and Lianjie battles finally forced the Jingzhou Army to a dead end at the foot of Xiangyang City.
Who knew that at this moment, when they had just had a chance to breathe, they would be able to burst out with such incredible strength.
This scene really surprised Cheng Pu.
Not only the bravery of the veteran, but also the calm command of the young generals behind the veteran also amazed him.
"Ming Jin, withdraw!"
Cheng Pu looked in the direction of Gongsunzhu Camp. There was still a fire burning there and thick smoke billowing, but the fire didn't seem to be growing or decreasing.
Cheng Pu, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, can tell at a glance that if the fire was started by Sun Bi, it would definitely not be controlled so accurately.
It seems that the other party wants to use fire to block the way. Even if there is a bloody battle here and Sun Ben captures the camp, it is difficult to say that he can kill Gongsun Zhu Xiaoer under Xiangyang City.
On the contrary, they persisted. Their wells and rams were gone, and their morale was already damaged. Now if they lose many of these siege equipment, they will really be in a stalemate.
Once they fall into a stalemate, they will really be in trouble. Their morale will get worse and worse, the weather will get hotter and hotter, and their food and baggage will become more and more consumed. After all, they have come from a long distance, and this kind of thing will change later.
So after Cheng Pu told Sun Bi to retreat, he immediately chose to withdraw his troops to preserve his strength.
Looking at the decisive retreat of the Yuzhou army, Guan Yu frowned. His victory this time was remarkable. He burned three charging vehicles, three wells and more than ten ladders, and killed hundreds of soldiers.
Logically speaking, this is a big win.
But at this time, there were less than sixty cavalrymen left under his command, and half of them were lost in this raid.
Most of the damaged troops and horses were damaged when the formation was broken, and the rest were mainly damaged when Sun Jian blocked them.
In other words, if it happened again, it was a matter of uncertainty whether people like him could rush to the side of the well and rush to the car alive.
It seemed that they had driven back the Yuzhou Army, once again suppressed their morale, and destroyed their charging gate.
But as long as they have time, they can do it all over again, but Guan Yu doesn't have enough cavalry under his command.
The Yuzhou army retreated slowly, and Guan Yu's face became increasingly gloomy. After joining Huang Zhong, he said goodbye and left. He needed to quickly turn back to the camp, because the fire was still in his heart and would not dissipate.
Ma Chao was also covered in blood at this time, but he was not seriously injured. He underestimated Sun Ce and allowed him to get the upper hand. However, the crazy Ma Chao must not be underestimated, and he and Sun Ce fought inextricably.
However, Sun Ce had soldiers around him to support him, and Ma Chao was only one person after all. After fighting and walking away, he was slightly injured.
If the fight continues, Ma Chao's life will be difficult.
After Guan Yu and others returned to the camp, the fire in the camp had been put out by Huo Du and his men.
The camp also suffered a lot of losses in this battle, but due to proper command, it was able to contain Sun Ben's offensive in time, which was considered a great blessing among misfortunes.
Ma Chao went to bandage the wound, Guan Yu led his troops on inspection, and Huo Du and Gongsun Zhu quickly repaired the camp to prevent the next attack.
Although everyone repelled Sun Jian's attack, no one was in a good mood.
Gongsun Zhu now set his sights in the direction of Nanyang. His only hope now was Guo Tu of Nanyang County.
If nothing else, I just hope that Guo Tu can create another miracle for him.
Among Nanyang County, this can be said to be the largest county in the Han Dynasty.
At that time, Nanyang County was even called Nanjun. Because it was called the Imperial Township, it was always favored. It was separated from Nanjun on the Han River and governed a total of thirty-seven counties.
What is the concept of thirty-seven counties? A small county usually has eight counties, which is good, but a larger county only has fourteen to fifteen counties.
In a place like Yizhou Nanzhong, which is vast and sparsely populated, what is called a large county only has twenty-seven counties.
But there are thirty-seven Nanyang counties, including Luyang County where Yuan Shu originally stationed his army, Wan County, and large counties such as Bowang and Xinye.
It can be said that Nanyang County is not much worse than some small states. Of course, in terms of prosperity and population, some small states located on the border may not be as prosperous as Nanyang.
It's just that Nanyang, the original imperial hometown, and the prosperous area at that time, is now littered with corpses and extremely desolate.
The cause of all this was not the Yellow Turban Rebellion six years ago, nor the continuous natural disasters, but a man named Yuan Shu.
He set off his troops to plunder, and in his eyes, no matter the rich or the common people, they were all the prey of his army and the targets of his plunder.
He was only polite to aristocratic families because he felt that they were the same type of people as him.
As for the others, they are just a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. They are kept just for the convenience of plundering.
At this time, Guo Tu, who was highly regarded by Gongsun Zhu, was walking on the streets of Wancheng. This city with many aristocratic families was relatively intact.
Because there are many aristocratic families here, and they all follow the rules, Yuan Shu's soldiers do not dare to be too presumptuous, and each of them is relatively cautious.
The common people are somewhat safer.
Of course, this only means that they stay behind closed doors, do not go to remote places, do not go out at night, do not encounter drunk soldiers, and do not encounter soldiers who are in trouble and have nowhere to spread the fire, so that they can barely protect themselves. .
The Nanyang County Governor's Mansion has now become Yuan Shu's General's Mansion. Although Guo Tu really despises Yuan Shu for making the people of Nanyang County, a huge imperial town, so miserable, he has a mission at this time. There can't be any inappropriateness.
He dressed properly, handed over his name, bowed and saluted, and asked to see Yuan Shu, the general in charge and the governor of Nanyang.
Guo Tu's identity at this time was not a child of the Guo family in Yuzhou. Although Yuan Shu valued aristocratic families, it did not mean that he valued all aristocratic families.
The identity he revealed at this time was Guo Tu, the chief clerk of Gongsun Zhu, the governor of Jincheng County.
Although Guo Tu also knew that this identity was obviously not as useful to Yuan Shu, who was born in the fourth generation Sangong wealthy family, as he was as a descendant of the Guo family in Yuzhou.
After all, compared to the direct descendant of the Guo family of the Yuzhou family, the status of this subordinate officer under the governor of Jincheng County is much lower in Yuan Shu's heart, but he must be like this.
If he wants to join Yuan Shu, then the identity of a direct descendant of the Guo family in Yingchuan, Yuzhou is the best identity, which represents not only him, but also the entire family behind him!
But now he wants to find a way out for Gongsun Zhu and Jingzhou. This is no longer a family matter.
The only identity he wants to use is that of a subordinate officer under the governor of Jincheng County!
Of course, in addition to these reasons, he also had another reason that made him absolutely sure that he could see Yuan Shu. This he was extremely sure of.
Because, when I just asked someone to report, he, Guo Tu, paid me!
The people under Yuan Shu's command have always been very trustworthy, receiving money from others and eliminating disasters from others.
With the help of money and less than a stick of incense, Guo Tu successfully met the now famous general, the governor of Nanyang County, Yuan Shu and Yuan Gongliu, the legitimate son of the Yuan family.
"Guo Tu, I have met the general."
"I heard that you are a famous young talent in Jingzhou. Are you here to join a certain family?"
Yuan Shu squinted his eyes and looked at Guo Tu, who looked decent. He couldn't help but chuckle and said, just looking at his appearance and demeanor, he was really worthy of his status as the legitimate son of the Yuan family.
But after hearing these words, Guo Tu felt helpless.
It's really easy to give money, but these people are really unreliable and dare to say anything.
But Guo Tu is not worried. As long as he sees Yuan Shu, the rest won't matter. He has his own means.
"Guo Tu is naturally willing to serve the general, but... I am a little worried, fearing that the family will not be willing to do so."
"Huh?" The smile that Yuan Shu had just shown was stunned by the second half of Guo Tu's words, followed by a look of embarrassment on his face.
"If the family doesn't want to, then your Guo family doesn't like a certain family?"
Yuan Shu's voice had begun to become cold, and even following Yuan Shu's words, the surrounding generals Yuan Shu were eager to try, as if they wanted to kill this boy who didn't know the heights of the sky.
"The General Hou is very powerful, and he is naturally a hero in the land of Nanyang. I, the Guo family, are of humble appearance, so I dare not underestimate the General Hou. However, my Guo family is in Yuzhou, and I am more inclined to General Sun Wentai, the governor of Yuzhou.
What's more, now Sun Yuzhou wants to dominate the seven counties of Jingzhou. Moreover, he was born in Yangzhou and belongs to a wealthy family in Wu County. There are also many Yangzhou people under his command.
When Sun Yuzhou invades Yangzhou in the future, he will definitely be able to dominate the three states. In today's troubled times..."
Before Guo Tu finished speaking, Yuan Shu and many of his generals in the hall couldn't help laughing at Guo Tu.
"Junior, that Sun Jian is a general under my command. Doesn't the land he took belong to a certain family?"
When Yuan Shu said this, he was quite proud, as if he was proud to have such a general under his command.
However, these proud words were interrupted by Guo Tu's words.
"But we, the children of the aristocratic family, are all proud to defect to Sun Yuzhou. After all, he is powerful and has great prestige in Jingzhou, and he also has that jade... jade... that thing in his hand."
"You bastard, who are you and why are you trying to sow discord between my lord and General Sun!"
As soon as Guo Tu finished speaking, an old man in his fifties shouted angrily and started clapping the table.
This person is the old and strong Yan Xiang who was given to Yuan Shu by the Yuan family.
An old guy from a small aristocratic family has been cautious all his life. He has no tricks or tricks, let alone extraordinary bravery. Perhaps his only advantage is that he is cautious.
It's just that even though this person holds an important position as chief registrar under Yuan Shu, he is not liked by Yuan Shu.
Of course, his status is not low either. After all, he was personally selected by the elders of the Yuan family to be the chief registrar for Yuan Shu, although Yuan Shu still hasn't figured out why he exists.
There are many talented people under his command, but such a cautious old guy is really not worthy of being the crucial chief clerk under his command.
At this time, Yan Xiang stood up and shouted sternly, interrupting not only Guo Tu's words, but also Yuan Shu's words.
However, Yan Xiang did not care about Yuan Shu's embarrassed expression at this time and continued to speak coldly.
"Sun Wentai is so brave that he must have forced you into a desperate situation. You can't defeat the Jiangdong tiger, so you want to drive a wedge between my lord and Sun Yuzhou!"
"General Hou is so wise and brave, how can he be deceived?" Guo Tu seized the opportunity and interrupted directly, "General Hou is the number one hero today, wise and wise, and truly the number one person in the ages. You old man How dare you accuse this boy unjustly?"
At this time, Guo Tuna fully demonstrated what flattery is. His sharp teeth and sharp mouth talked about Yuan Shu in heaven and earth, and he could speak Yuan Shu's heart in every possible way.
For example, the young master of the Yuan family, the best prince in the world, the most handsome man of the Yuan family.
In short, Yuan Shu's thoughts were explained in such a nourishing way that Yan Xiang's expression turned ugly.
Although he is cautious and does not please Yuan Shu, he is not stupid.
He didn't dare to stand up to Guo Tu at this time, otherwise he would offend Yuan Shu to death.
"No matter how much you name a flower, it is impossible for my lord to have a quarrel with Sun Yuzhou. Just give up on this idea."
This was the last sign of Yan Xiang's stubbornness. Little did he know that Yuan Shu, who was listening contentedly behind him, looked at the interrupted Guo Tu, and his face instantly darkened.
Guo Tu saw all this and couldn't help but chuckle.
He said silently in his heart, as expected, Sun Wentai's biggest weakness was Yuan Jiujiu. He was really incompetent and exhausted an army.
He had an illusion when he saw Sun Jian's march before. He felt that Sun Jian and Yuan Shu were like two strangers, not an army that relied on each other at all.
The normal relationship between them would be that Sun Jian would charge forward and Yuan Shu would guard the captured city and then provide food and supplies.
Finally, they joined forces in Xiangyang and captured and killed Liu Biao.
If this is the case, Guo Tu can only persuade Gongsun Zhu to run away quickly, don't hesitate, you will die if you stay here.
The strongest army in the world, the most sufficient logistics in the world, this is why they swept across the world.
But in my heart, I didn't think so. Sun Jian almost died in Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu was still in Nanyang County. There was a big gap in the middle. That is to say, he had nothing to bully Liu Fang, and Sun Jian was used to keeping all his food, fodder and baggage in the army.
Otherwise, Sun Jian would be killed just by cutting off the grain road.
This made Guo Tu think that Yuan Shu might have a problem here, or that he himself was a problem.
If he had told Gongsun Zhu about this earlier, Gongsun Zhu would definitely tell him. This is the inevitable outcome of history.
This is how it is in history. Sun Jian fought fiercely as always, defeating Huang Zu all the way, descending to Fancheng, crossing the Han River, and fighting Xiangyang.
Yuan Shu, who was supposed to respond to them, waited until Sun Jian had reached Xiangyang and was still plundering Nanyang. After repeated orders, he slowly marched to Jingzhou.
As a result, when Yuan Shu and others entered Jingzhou, Sun Jian died. Due to communication problems, Yuan Shu knew nothing about it. In the end, Sun Ben was forced to beg Liu Biao in order to survive, hoping to bring the coffin back to his hometown for burial.
All the tens of thousands of Yuzhou troops were lost, and those few "family generals" were lucky enough to follow him. Otherwise, where would Liu Biao come from with a hundred thousand armors, and why would Sun Ce have to use jade seals and steal beams and replace pillars to save troops and horses alone.
As for Yuan Shu, the prodigal son, he didn't know until he arrived in the hinterland of Jingzhou that Sun Jian was gone. Liu Biao, full of surprise, backhanded Yuan Shu's grain route, not only drove Yuan Shu away, but also took Nanyang County back.
After all, Yuan Shao still has a headwind super god. Yuan Shu fully explains how to turn his situation into a headwind.
However, Gongsun Zhu's whole plan was disrupted because of Sun Jian's death. Now he can only desperately hold off Sun Jian. On the contrary, Guo Tu is different. This guy has always had an outstanding vision and knows how to adapt to the situation.
So when he saw the emptiness between Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, he immediately set his sights on Yuan Shu.
He was even ready to use Yuan Shu to trick Sun Jian to death.
"The General Hou is generous and generous, trusting those he employs and ignoring those he doubts. He has always been the most trustworthy person in the world. However, some people always take advantage of General Hou's trust and do inappropriate things.
The reason why the Xiaozi family wanted to abandon General Hou and join Sun Yuzhou was because they heard that Sun Yuzhou had obtained... that thing in Luoyang. "
This is the second time Guo Tu has brought out "that thing" to talk about it, and this time he barely covered it up.
Yuan Shu dared to send troops to plunder Nanyang County and bring this "imperial hometown" to such a disaster. In addition to being arrogant and domineering, if anyone dared to say that Yuan Shu respected the Han Dynasty in his heart, then Guo Tu would dare to slap him to death.
And when coupled with the fact that Yuan Shao supported Liu Yu in proclaiming himself emperor and was scolded by Yuan Shu, it is obvious that not only did he look down on the Han court in Chang'an, it seemed that he also looked down on the Liu family.
Although this kind of thing is a bit scary, if Guo Tu thinks about it carefully, he can definitely do this prodigal thing.
Therefore, this time, what he relied on was not that Sun Jian was a master of martial arts, or that Sun Jian was invincible, but that Sun Jian hid the thing.
Yuan Shu is using him now, naturally not to do what he wants, but if this matter is used to make some fuss, Yuan Shu is so narrow-minded that it is rare that he will not think about anything.
Yuan Shu's eyes obviously changed, but he still didn't say anything. He was still hesitating, while Guo Tu was striking while the iron was hot.
"My general has always admired Mr. Yuan. At the beginning, my general did not hesitate to beg in a low voice to save the people, but Liu Biao's general Huang Zu was arrogant and domineering and took away my Fancheng, leaving only Deng County for me and others to live.
If Mr. Yuan does not give up, my general is willing to lead his horse and stand guard for Mr. Yuan. Although he is not as brave as Sun Yuzhou, this land of Jingzhou always needs caring people to work for Mr. Yuan.
Yuzhou was busy with affairs, and Yuan Gong cared about his subordinates. Sun Yuzhou must be grateful. "
After Guo Tu finished speaking, he slowly backed away and stopped talking.
He had already finished what he had to say. Sun Jian was so outstanding that he had conquered Yuzhou and then Jingzhou. If he had the advantage of fighting in the local area when attacking Yangzhou in the future, coupled with his unparalleled momentum, he would definitely be able to win another state.
By then, Sun Jian would not only have the great ability to shake the master, but also the three states. Yuan Shu was not a fool. He also had to evaluate the place where Sun Jian conquered, which one has more prestige, he or Sun Jian.
After that, Guo Tu kept mentioning that Sun Jian hid the treasure, fearing that he had the heart of a traitor and was not Yuan Shu's confidant.
In the end, Guo Tu agreed to Yuan Shu on behalf of Gongsun Zhu. He was willing to replace Sun Jian and become his loyal dog. Although Gongsun Zhu knew that he and Yuan Shu were naturally opposed, Yuan Shu didn't know it, and Guo Tu didn't care whether he knew it or not. He didn't know it anyway. I intend to take what I say as my own words.
"Send an order to Sun Jian, there are changes in Yuzhou, withdraw to Yuzhou, and a certain family will go there in person regarding the matter in Jingzhou!"
"Zhang Xun, if the army can't move today, it's time for you to move your head!"
