Sun Quan had nothing to do, and no one else could provide a solution. He could only follow Zhang Zhao's idea and let the generals he mentioned go to the front line to resist Liu Bei's army. Among these generals, Gan Ning suffered from dysentery and had been recuperating at home. After receiving the imperial edict, he could only go to war despite his illness. The First Lord divided the army into many small groups starting from Wu Gorge and reaching the border of Yiling. There were a total of more than 70 miles of camps to facilitate contact and communication. There were more than 40 camps in total. Seeing Guan Xing and Zhang After Bao won the first battle, they all showed their prominence on the battlefield, and sighed: "The generals who followed me before are already old. With two such brave nephews, how can I be afraid of Sun Quan?"
While he was talking, it was suddenly reported that Han Dang and Zhou Tai had arrived with troops and horses, and the First Lord was preparing to fight. Suddenly, a close official reported: "Huang Zhong took five or six people and fled to the direction of Soochow."
After hearing this, the First Master laughed and said: "Huang Zhong is not someone who would rebel against me. It was because I made a mistake just now and said that the veteran general who followed me before was of no use and refused to obey him, so he went to the front line to fight." After that, he summoned Zhang Bao and Guan Xing and said, "Huang Zhong went there this time with only a few people. It will definitely be dangerous. Nephews, don't be afraid of hard work. You can marry him and help him, so that Huang Zhong can get some credit." Okay, make sure nothing goes wrong!"
After hearing this, the two of them bowed and took their troops to help Huang Zhong.
It turned out that Huang Zhong was really dissatisfied with Liu Bei's words, so he mounted his horse with his sword and followed some soldiers, and arrived at the Yiling camp. After Wu Ban, Zhang Nan, and Feng Xi knew about it, they went to greet him personally and asked: " Does the old general come here for something?"
He replied: "I have been following the emperor from Changsha to now, and have made many achievements. Although I am over seventy years old, I can still eat ten pounds of meat, have the strength in my hand to shoot a two-stone bow, and can ride a horse." Chollima, I'm not very old yet. Yesterday, the First Lord said that the veteran generals who followed him before were of little use, so I came here to fight against Soochow and personally killed some of Soochow's generals to see if they were really old. !”
While everyone was talking, a soldier from the front suddenly reported that the front line of the Wu army had arrived. Huang Zhong was very happy after hearing this, and immediately went out, mounted his horse, and prepared for a big fight.
Feng Xi and others advised: "We don't know the situation in Soochow yet, so the old general should not attack yet."
At this time, Huang Zhong was all about proving his ideas, and did not listen to the persuasion at all. He left on horseback. Wu Ban had to let Feng Xi lead the troops and horses to fight. Huang Zhong stood in front of the Wu army, raised his sword and demanded Pan Zhang, the vanguard, came out to duel with him. Pan Zhang's general Shi Ji came out. Seeing that the general on the opposite side was very old, he was a little disdainful. After the two men clashed, he was killed by Huang Zhong in less than three rounds.
When Pan Zhang saw this, he was very angry. He used Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Sword to fight Huang Zhong. The two fought for several rounds, with neither victory nor defeat. Huang Zhong fought hard. Pan Zhang felt that he was no match for him, so he turned his horse's head. When preparing to leave, Huang Zhong took the opportunity to pursue him and returned victorious. He met Guan Xing and Zhang Bao on the way.
Guan Xing said: "We are here to help the old general according to the imperial decree. Since the old general has already performed meritorious service, please go back quickly."
Huang Zhong thought the two young men in front of him were mocking him and refused to listen to the advice.
The next day, Pan Zhang came to challenge again. Huang Zhong mounted his horse with enthusiasm. Guan Xing and Zhang Bao wanted to help, but Huang Zhong did not agree and went out to fight with only 5,000 soldiers and horses. They fought for less than a few rounds. Pan Zhang pretended to fail and left with his sword. Huang Zhong rode to catch up and shouted loudly: "The thief will leave! I will avenge Guan Yu today!" After chasing for more than 30 miles, suddenly there was a loud shout from all directions. The ambushed soldiers and horses of Soochow came out, with Zhou Tai on the right, Han Dang on the left, Pan Zhang in front, and Ling Tong in the back. They were all veterans of Soochow, trapping Huang Zhong in the middle. At this time, a strong wind blew, and Huang Zhong was killed. When Huang Zhong was about to retreat, Ma Zhong led a group of men and horses to fight out from the hillside. He shot an arrow and hit Huang Zhong in the shoulder. After all, Huang Zhong was old. The arrow had a great impact on him and he almost turned over. Fall off the horse.
When the Wu army saw that Huang Zhong had been hit by an arrow, they attacked together. Suddenly there was a shout from behind, and the two armies came out to fight. The Wu army was killed and retreated, and Huang Zhong was rescued. The people who came were none other than Guan Xing and Zhang Bao.
The two escorted Huang Zhong to the First Lord's camp. Huang Zhong was not in good health at first. In addition, the arrow wound was somewhat serious, which caused infection. His high fever persisted and his condition became serious.
The First Master came to visit him personally, touched his back and sighed: "The old general is injured, it's all because of me!"
Huang Zhong said: "I am a warrior from Changsha. I am very lucky to have met your majesty. Now I have lived to be seventy-five years old, and I have lived enough. I hope your majesty will take care of your health and make good plans for the Central Plains!" After that, he fainted and died. By the time the doctor came to see him, he had already died for a long time.
The First Master saw Huang Zhong dying with his own eyes and was very sad, so he had a coffin prepared and sent to Chengdu for burial. The First Master sighed: "Now that three of the Five Tiger Generals have died, I can't avenge them. What a pity!" After saying that, he led the Imperial Forest Army to Xiaoting and divided it into eight routes, advancing by land and water. Huang Quan led the troops, and the First Lord personally led the army by land. It was mid-February of the second year of Zhang Wu.
It is said that after Yu Yi released the news of the attack on Fancheng, he divided the team into three teams and launched a plan to cross Jingshan Mountain. On the other side of Jingshan Mountain, not far away is Xiangyang, which is the territory of Soochow. After Xiangyang City received the news that Yuyi was stationed in Jingshan, people were panicked. After all, Soochow Wu had mobilized a large number of troops to resist the army led by Liu Bei, and the city was guarding less than 30,000 people. However, it was not clear where Yuyi's troops would log in from, so I don’t know which city gate should be strengthened.
In the Wei court, some ministers also reported the news that Yu Yi was preparing to attack Fancheng. Cao Pi quickly summoned everyone to discuss and said: "I named Sun Quan King of Wu in order to let him compete with Shu for supremacy. When both sides suffer, , so that we can gain a lot of profit from it, but Yu Yi leads an army of 200,000 and is preparing to cross Jingshan Mountain and cross the river to attack Fancheng, what should we do?"
Jia Xu left the team and said: "Yu Yi is the sworn brother of the Lord of Shu. It is impossible to deviate from the wishes of the Lord of Shu and attack the Central Plains. This must be a rumor!"
Sima Yi also left his post and paid his respects: "What Jia Taiwei said is wrong. Fancheng is the gateway to the Central Plains. Once it is lost, the Central Plains will be shaken. Besides, he has the support of some people in the name of killing Han traitors." , should not be underestimated.”
Cao Pi said: "We have to be on guard. Let's have people take troops and horses to defend and make sure nothing goes wrong." Because Sima Yi advocated defense, Cao Pi directly arranged for Sima Yi to lead troops to Fancheng to resist the Shu army's attack, but the troops and horses arranged were not the same. To 30,000, this is because Cao Pi has not been on the throne for a long time. He is suspicious of the strategic ministers around him and does not dare to release too much power.
