August 211 AD.
The main force of the Wu army, led by Sun Ce, fought against the Wei army at Yingshui. As the Wei army's northern and western defense lines were successively breached by the Jing army, the Wei army was panicked. Even if Cao Pi was in charge personally, he could not boost his morale.
Sun Ce seized the opportunity and ordered Zhou Yu to go north to Yingshang City and jointly attack the Wei army.
The Wei army was defeated and fled west.
Sun Ce was overjoyed and ordered Zhou Yu to lead the troops to pursue the Wei army to expand the victory and capture Yuzhou. He personally led the army north to attack other counties in Yanzhou. He heard that Dongjun, Chenliu, Jibei and Dongping would be conquered if they did not move north quickly. The military attack is over.
Zhou Yu advised Sun Ce not to be greedy and only go to one county in Yuzhou. Although the Chu army was in Nanyang, it must be guarded against. Sun Ce ordered Ling Tong to lead troops and horses to defend Yuzhang, while the remaining troops continued to attack Yan and Yuzhou. land.
And this result is exactly what Liu Bei wanted.
After waiting for Zhou Yu's troops to move north to attack Cao Pi's troops, Liu Bei ordered Guan Yu to defend Xiangcheng and Zhang Fei to defend Jing's army in central Shu. He personally led the main force of 100,000 troops, commanding Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Zang Ba, Xu Sheng, Wenpin and others. The generals pretended to be merchant ships and sailed down the Han River in batches, entered the Yangtze River, and headed towards Soochow.
Before leaving, Liu Bei repeatedly told Guan Yu not to send troops north easily and not to provoke Jing's army, as the tiger's butt could not be touched.
But Guan Yu is a arrogant person.
He has never been defeated since he entered the battlefield with his horse and sword. With the sword in his hand and the horse on his hip, he beheaded the general in the midst of ten thousand people, as if he was in a deserted place. He did not expect to be defeated twice by Jing's army. Guan Yu showed conflicting feelings towards Jing Jun, admiring and dissatisfied at the same time. It can be said that he was persistent and stubborn.
After Li Ru led his troops to break through Yecheng and enter the Wei Kingdom, Guan Yu started to think.
Nanyang is the only route from Qinchuan to Yecheng for 800 miles. It is an important food route for the Jing army of the state of Wei. If this road is broken, the Jing army that goes deep into the territory of the Wei state will become a lonely army. Of course, if they If you can break through Yingchuan and go north, you still have a way to survive, but Nanyang, the gateway to Jingchu, can be recaptured.
But these were not what moved him the most.
What was most exciting to him was that among Li Ru's army were Zhang Xiu's three sons, and one of them was even Zhang Biao, the future emperor of Dajing, the prince of Jing who was carefully cultivated by Zhang Xiu.
If Zhang Biao can be captured alive, he can use Zhang Biao in exchange for greater benefits.
Of course, he didn't dare to kill Zhang Biao yet.
There is a big difference in strength between the two countries of Jing and Chu, and Zhang Biao's status is not comparable to that of Cao Cao's son. If Zhang Biao is killed by him, it is estimated that the entire Jing Kingdom will devote all its efforts to revenge.
You know, even now that the war has begun, Jingguo has not gone all out. Youzhou soldiers and horses, Liangzhou soldiers and horses, and Shuchuan soldiers and horses have not yet moved. If they all move, Dajing can launch a real army of one million. Of course, This price is also very high and completely unnecessary unless Zhang Xiu is forced into a hurry. Therefore, looking at the three kingdoms of the world, even if Zhang Biao is captured alive, no one would dare to kill him.
After all, behind Zhang Biao is the extremely powerful Dajing.
After careful consideration, Guan Yu decided to take action. What made Guan Yu finally make up his mind was the heavy rain in the past few days. It was autumn in August, and the continuous autumn rain in the south caused the water level of the Han River to rise. Guan Yu ordered people to block tax controls in various places upstream and wait for the water level to continue to rise.
General Chen Wu was in charge of the land and water armies, and ordered Li Yi to guard the river bank and camp near Fancheng. He led the water army to guard against the Chu army. There had been continuous heavy rain in recent days, and the troops and horses dispatched by the Chu army were vulnerable. Chen Wu relaxed his vigilance and ordered people to constantly check the changes in water levels, but did not send troops upstream.
Five days later.
There was continuous heavy rain and strong winds.
Chen Wu was sitting in the warship. He could only hear the howling wind outside, the river boiling and rolling, the waves were extremely rough, and then he heard the war drums shaking the ground.
Chen Wu was shocked. When he hurriedly got out of the cabin to take a look, he saw that the river surface had surged and had risen more than ten feet high. The warship was swinging violently in the turbulent river water, and was hit by the flood. It hit the bank and looked towards the direction of Fancheng. , more than ten feet of water has risen on the flat ground, and there are floods in all directions, and countless people have been drowned.
"The Chu army unexpectedly attacked Nanyang by water! Nanyang is in danger!"
Chen Wu was so horrified that his whole body was numb as if he was electrified. He understood the importance of Nanyang to the Western Front team at this moment. He was deeply aware of the seriousness of Nanyang's failure and the seriousness of his loss. The more he understood, the more frightened he became.
"boom!"
At this moment, a warship collided with another warship under the impact of the water. Screams and shouts were heard mixed with the sound of rain and the roar of the waves.
"General!"
Dong Chao came to report, "The flood has burst, and three of the five warships have collided and sunk. Please let the general decide!"
Chen Wu was shocked, reacted from the panic, and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Order the army to control the warships and send them to the navy stronghold. All sergeants must rock the ships to make sure the warships are not collided with each other." !”
"Here!"
Dong Chao ordered to leave.
Chen Wu stood on the deck of the warship, looking anxiously at the army on the river bank. Li Yi was born as the top scholar in the martial arts, and was deeply loved by Zhang Xiu. During this battle, Li Yi followed him to learn how to fight. He did not expect that his carelessness might ruin the new champion, and he felt uneasy.
The flood continued until the next day.
Guan Yu personally led 30,000 naval troops, waved flags and made a noise, and came on building boats to kill.
Due to heavy storms and floods last night, only one of Jing's warships was left, and many other warships were destroyed. Chen Wu led hundreds of people to stand on the dilapidated warship. Seeing the Chu army approaching, Chen Wuquan showed no fear and angrily led his troops to fight.
Guan Yu ordered thousands of arrows to be fired, killing most of Jing's army.
Chen Wu was so brave that he braved the rain of arrows to fight to the death with the Chu army, forcing the Chu army to not get on the warships. Guan Yu was furious and personally boarded the ship to fight Chen Wu.
The two sides fought for more than ten rounds, but Chen Wu was defeated and Guan Yu knocked him into the water.
A general jumped off the Chu army's boat, and the two fought in the water. Water splashed everywhere, and Chen Wu was captured alive in a short time. Guan Yu looked and saw that the one who captured Chen Wu was Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang knew the nature of water, and after living in Jingzhou for a few more years, he became more and more skilled, and with great strength, he captured Chen Wu alive.
Not long after, Chen Wu was tied up and held in front of Guan Yu.
Chen Wu frowned and stood up without kneeling.
Guan Yu shouted and asked: "You are no better than a scabies young general, how dare you resist me?"
Chen Wu raised his head and glanced disdainfully at Guan Yu: "A brave general will not be afraid to die, and a strong man will survive without breaking his integrity. Now that he is captured, he will die. What is there to be afraid of? You are only a small country in your pocket, and you can only win by sneak attacks." Even in my kingdom of heaven, I dare to speak out rude words here! I really don’t know how high the heaven is and how high it is.”
Guan Yu was furious and ordered his sword and ax hand to push out and kill him.
Chen Wu was tortured without any fear.
