Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 252 Daorong fights Guan Yu, Jiangling City falls

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, and the opponent's big ax fell, there were many loopholes, and he could swing it open with a random blow, and then he would be able to chop off the enemy's head with a slash.

He originally wanted to kill Xing Daorong with a single blow, but seeing that it was still early, he didn't use his sword, but turned sideways to avoid it.

That Xing Daorong missed a hit, and quickly swept the horizontal axe, but Guan Yu held him back with a knife. He only felt that the opponent's strength did not seem to be very strong, and he was overjoyed.

Xin Dao thought that this Guan Yu had no real name, and suddenly became courageous, he swung the big ax in his hand, and kept chopping like a tiger.

Guan Yu swung his saber back and forth to parry. In his eyes, Xing Daorong's big ax looked mighty and heavy, but it moved extremely slowly and cleverly, with only strength but no moves.

This also means that Xing Daorong is actually just a reckless man who only knows how to swing an axe.

When ordinary people meet him, they will definitely not be able to meet these three axes.

But Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others are all the top martial artists in the world. These three axes are like children juggling knives in front of them, so they are not worth mentioning.

Just to delay time, Guan Yu was not in a hurry to kill Xing Daorong, so he could have taken advantage of the slow withdrawal period of the opponent's big axe to kill him with one blow, but he repeatedly let him go to sea, pretending that he had only the power to parry.

Soon the two fought for more than ten rounds, and they were quite equal, but outsiders didn't know that although Xing Daorong was strong, his endurance and martial arts were really unsightly. No, so I was panting and sweating profusely.

However, when Cai Hao saw this scene in the distance, he nodded with satisfaction: "Shan, it is rumored that Guan Yu took the head of a general in the ten thousand army like a bag, and Yan Liang was beheaded by him in this way. Xing Daorong can fight him for so long, indeed. Have some patience."

Hu Zheng said with a smile: "I have this general in Jingzhou, so why worry about Jingnan being immortal and Jiangxia being invincible? When the Taiwei pacifies Jingnan and Jiangxia, and then sends millions of soldiers to Jiangdong and Yizhou, the southern world will be prosperous." It belongs to the Taiwei."

"Hahahahaha."

Cai Mao laughed triumphantly, a person's ambition will grow.

In history, when Cao Cao came, Jingzhou was far less powerful than it is now. On the other hand, Cao Cao was like Mount Tai, which naturally made him terrified and chose to surrender.

But now if Jingzhou is restored to unity, its military strength will be the highest in the south, and Yizhou is now in civil strife, and Jiangdong is gradually dilapidated. As long as Liu Qi and Liu Pan are eliminated, and then Yizhou and Jiangdong are sent, the whole south will be his world. .

So Cai Mao naturally had a different idea.

Over there, Xing Daorong and Guan Yu were still fighting fiercely. Xing Daorong and Guan Yu fought for more than ten rounds. His endurance was poor, and the movements of his hands were much slower. After a round of fighting, he often had to withdraw and rest for a few seconds before he could fight the next round. .

However, he didn't notice this at all, but although he felt that he didn't seem to be incapable of fighting Guan Yu, he didn't forget his mission and still wanted to lure Guan Yu into the trap.

So Xing Daorong saw the right opportunity, swung the Azure Dragon Saber, reined in his horse and fled, and shouted arrogantly: "It's getting late today, let's fight you bastard again in the future!"

He thought Guan Yu would chase after him if he scolded Guan Yu, but Guan Yu looked up at the sky and saw that it was already dusk, so he stroked his beard and laughed and said, "Okay, it's really late today, let's fight again tomorrow!"

"what?"

Xing Daorong was dumbfounded.

He wanted to lure Guan Yu to chase him, but he didn't expect Guan Yu to hit the snake and follow the stick, and he didn't come after him at all.

Now he was too embarrassed to say anything else, so he could only bite the bullet and go back.

When he arrived in front of his own formation, Cai Mao sent a messenger to call him to the rear for questioning under the banner of the general, and Xing Daorong came quickly.

"Meet the captain!"

"General Xing please hurry up"

Cai Mao raised his hands and said happily, "I didn't expect that there would be such a brave general in Jingzhou."

He used to like Xing Daorong because he is tall and powerful, and has two brushes. Ordinary generals are not his opponents.

But now it seems that Cai Mao feels that he still underestimated Xing Daorong.

He was able to fight back and forth with Guan Yu, who is famous all over the world.

It's not as simple as being tall and powerful.

It's like a god descending from the earth!
"Captain."

Xing Daorong had secretly wiped his sweat before, and now he came to Cai Mao and said, "I went up to fight Guan Yu fiercely, because I thought it was the Taiwei who asked me to lure Guan Yu over, so I didn't dare to use all my strength, so I fought for twenty or so rounds at random, and then The excuse was that it was getting late, and he reined in his horse and came back. Who would have expected that Guan Yu would not dare to come after him, and he also said that it was getting late, and we will fight again tomorrow, and I must die to fulfill the order, really."

"I see."

Only then did Cai Hao understand why Guan Yu didn't chase after him. He raised his head and looked at the sky, because the two sides had been delaying for time, and now it was three quarters of the sun, the sky and the earth were gray, and only the western sky was left with a trace of light. In the afterglow of the setting sun, it's no wonder Guan Yu didn't chase after him.

Hu Zheng immediately said: "Naturally, General Xing can't be blamed for this matter, but then again, our purpose was to kill Guan Yu, make them leaderless, take the opportunity to break through the camp, and then harass Linxiang. Since General Xing is useless If you use all your strength, wouldn't you be able to kill Guan Yu directly?"

what?
Xing Daorong was dumbfounded again.

I was just bragging just now.

Even though he went up and tried a few tricks with Guan Yu, he thought he could fight hundreds of tricks.

But at that time, he also used the strength of breastfeeding, and he couldn't defeat him at all.

If it's a deadly battle, I'm afraid I can't win.

What's more, although he was unconsciously aware of the huge gap in strength between himself and Guan Yu, he also knew that his endurance was not good enough.

If he really played hundreds of rounds, wouldn't he be exhausted?

It's just that the bull has already blown it out, and it would be embarrassing if he didn't admit it, so Xing Daorong had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Yes, if the general uses all his strength, he will definitely be able to kill Guan Yu!"

"it is good."

Cai Mao rejoiced and said, "Since that's the case, we will fight again tomorrow. Go back to your headquarters and if you can take Guan Yu's head tomorrow, I will make you General of Jingzhou!"

"Thank you, Lieutenant!"

Xing Daorong cupped his hands and saluted: "The general will retire."

Then he turned and left.

After he left, Hu Zheng looked up at the sky and said: "Taiwei, it's getting late at this time, the camp is more than ten miles away from here, and it took more than two hours to get here from the camp. We have to hurry up." gone back."

"It's already dark, we can't go back, let's camp here."

Cai Mao frowned. He saw that the sky around him was gray, and before he knew it, it was already the third quarter of the sun, and the third quarter of the sun was six o'clock in the afternoon. It was winter now, and the sky was completely dark at this point .

Hu Zheng wondered: "Taiwei, don't we have boats? If we go down the Lanxi River and enter Zishui, won't we be able to return to the camp?"

Cai Mao shook his head and said: "You don't understand water warfare, but you don't know that unless you are very familiar with waterways, you must never sail at night. The roads in this river are winding and straight, and there are countless shoals and hidden reefs. The boat sailed to the shore, and even capsized in the river. Especially since we have many people and boats, it is very easy to collide, and the boat is destroyed."

"I see."

Hu Zheng scratched his head and said, "It seems that we can only camp here today."

Cai Hao looked back and said: "There is a forest right behind, send people to cut down the trees, and build a fence as soon as possible to surround the camp. Although due to the delay, I didn't want to spend the night here, so I didn't bring my tent and luggage. But Xing Daorong can kill Guan Yu tomorrow, and rest in the wild overnight, it doesn't matter."

"only."

Many messengers around immediately went to convey the order.

In this way, under Guan Yu's delay, Cai Mao was unable to return to his camp in the northeast of Yiyang City because of the delay for too long, so he had to set up camp here temporarily.

Here, when Guan Yu returned to the camp, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao and others surrounded him and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Ah."

Guan Yu got off his horse and handed the Green Dragon Saber to Zhou Cang, while Pei Yuanshao led the horse, flexed his wrists and bones while walking, and said with a smile, "I thought the other party had some skills, but it was boring."

Guan Ping was puzzled and said: "Father, I think that Xing Daorong's martial arts skills are very lax, why didn't my father behead him with a single knife, but want to entangle him?"

In terms of the combat power of generals, Xing Daorong is the only one that Cai Mao's camp can hold up.

After all, he was able to fight Zhang Fei in his heyday for more than a dozen rounds, and finally ran away due to lack of strength, and was stabbed by Zhao Yun obliquely and died in a sneak attack. The force value is actually not as weak as everyone imagined.

So no one on Cai Mao's side could see the details of the battle, even Xing Daorong himself thought Guan Yu was nothing more than that.

But Guang Zhoucang and Pei Yuanshao on Guan Yu's side are estimated to be able to draw even better than Xing Daorong, let alone Guan Ping, who can draw against a fierce general like Pound in [-] rounds.

Moreover, they have followed Guan Yu for many years, and naturally they have seen Guan Yu's true strength with their own eyes, which is definitely not what he shows today.

Therefore, Xing Daorong's few catties and taels have long been seen through by them.

It just made Guan Ping puzzled, Xing Daorong was nothing more than that, he thought to himself that even if he went into battle, he would be able to kill him in less than twenty rounds, and his father could take his life within three strokes, why should he let him go What about him?

Guan Yu smiled and said, "Did my son see the sky?"

"It's getting dark."

Guan Ping looked up at the sky. At this time, the sky had completely darkened, and the surrounding camps had already begun to light up the lights.

"Will they walk more than ten miles back to the camp in such a dark night?" Guan Yu asked back.

"Forehead."

Guan Ping opened his eyes wide: "Father, I understand!"

At this moment, the scout came to report: "Report, General, the enemy has camped outside the stronghold."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Guan Yu walked into the tent, Fu Xu laughed.

They thought Guan was so arrogant that he could fool me with a little trick?

But I don't know, I've never been arrogant about someone.

There are so many heroes in the world, how can I underestimate them?

Even if you are not a coward, you want to deceive me, so I will show you today, I am so proud!

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It was getting darker.

On November [-]rd, when Guan Yu was playing with Xing Daorong.

Right now outside Jiangling City, the mighty waves of the Yangtze River are surging, and thousands of merchant ships are slowly approaching.

Liu Bei set off in the early morning of November [-]nd.

From Jiangzhou to Jiangling, the waterway is more than 800 kilometers, which is nearly two thousand Hanli, but it only took two days and one night.

And it is not possible to sail at night, so there are two days.

Although there is a poem by Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty: "Among the colorful clouds of Emperor Baidi, a thousand miles of rivers and tombs will be returned in one day."

However, it is still more than 1000 miles from Jiangzhou to Baidi City.

Therefore, normally speaking, it takes at least two and a half days to travel from Jiangzhou to Jiangling, that is, two days plus half a day, or almost three days.

The reason why Liu Bei only took two days is because of the paddle steamer invented by Shen Chen.

This thing was invented by Li Gao in the middle Tang Dynasty, and it was not popularized until the Song Dynasty. Li Bai was a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, so it is naturally impossible to sit on it.

So with its help, the fleet sailed much faster than Li Bai did at that time.

At this time, the sky is not completely dark, it is the evening sun.

As the sun set, the sky in the distance was illuminated by the bright sun, and the fire cloud dyed half of the sky red.

The waves on the river were shimmering, and the river was surging, causing the boats to bump up and down continuously.

Thousands of ships at the wharf outside Jiangling City have already been driven away.

In addition to Cai Mao's main force in this battle, Sun Yi Zhou Bo stationed in Nan'an, and Han Xi in Hongkou all need a large number of warships.

So now there are not a few ships left in Jiangling City, and there are only a few hundred ships alone on the pier. Compared with the huge Jiangling pier that can dock tens of thousands of ships, it looks empty and completely lacks the prosperity of the past.

The fleet appeared on the river before three o'clock in the sun.

The guard of Jiangling City is called Meng Fa. Although it is not dark yet, he is already preparing to close the city gate.

Suddenly hearing that thousands of merchant ships were approaching on the river outside the city, he was shocked, and immediately went out of the city himself, and took hundreds of people on board to intercept them.

Regardless of whether those people were merchant ships or not, they were fighting now. If Cai Mao's fleet came back at this time and the pier was occupied by these merchant ships, Meng Fa would not be guilty.

When the fleet saw that Jiangling City had dispatched more than a dozen warships galloping towards them, they immediately followed the previous plan, anchored the fleet again on the vast and boundless Yangtze River, and then sent people to negotiate. .

The person negotiating was still the master of the merchant ship who had talked with Huo Jun, and he came to Meng Fa's ship in a small boat.

"Meet the General!"

The master boarded the boat and kowtowed immediately, and when he raised his head to see Meng Fa, Shu Er quickly put on a bright smile: "So it's General Meng."

"you know me?"

Meng Fa was at a loss, he saw that the principal was indeed familiar.

The master cupped his hands and greeted people with a smile on his face: "The general and the nobleman often forget things. I am Zhou Zhong, the master of the Zhou family's merchant ship in Langzhong. My Dalang asked me to say hello to the general."

"Look at my memory."

Meng Fa patted his head and said with a smile: "How is Mr. Zhou's daily life?"

"Ugh."

The chief sighed and said: "This is not a war. I have not been able to conduct business for nearly a year. I fell ill in bed because of excessive worry."

"This, this, this."

Meng Fa was very surprised and said: "Sir, there is nothing serious."

The chief said: "Because General Zuo went to Jiangzhou, beat off Zhang Lu's army in Jiangzhou, and resumed trade, Dalang's condition improved. It's just that he is weak, but he can't go with the ship."

"That's how it is. It's fine, sir."

Meng Fa nodded.

Zhou Lin was born in the Zhou family in Langzhong. His uncle was named Zhou Shu, and his cousin was named Zhou Qun. His family was wealthy, with many servants, and his family fortune was obtained through business.

And Meng Fa is the school lieutenant general of the Yangtze River Navy.

During Liu Biao's period, although the Yangtze River Navy was under the jurisdiction of Cai Mao, the prefect of Nanjun, Cai Mao was usually in the prefect's mansion of Nanjun in Xiangyang, so the Yangtze River Navy's usual actions were basically controlled by senior officers like them.

It just so happens that the range of activities of the Yangtze River Navy is in the Yangtze River waters from the Three Gorges to Jiangling, and it is also the only way for Zhou Lin and other aristocratic business families to do business.

So these people actually have a lot of relationship with Zhou Lin and other Yizhou aristocratic families who do business.

As for what the relationship is, of course they understand everything.

"This time sailing, we still have to follow the usual practice and ask the general to make it easier for us."

Seeing an acquaintance, the chief pointed to the rear fleet and said, "Please look, general, there is a commercial flag on the ship, and the cargo has been inspected in Zigui. We all know the current situation. We plan to disembark and unload the cargo in Jiangling, and we will never Go to Yunmengze and disturb the Taiwei."

"this one"

Meng Fa hesitated for a moment, one side is the source of money, and the other side is the anger of Cai Mao that may accompany it, which really makes people hesitate.

"As for the extra money this time, double, oh no, quadruple!"

The chief raised four fingers and said with a smile: "General, if you return from this errand without success, several families will have to lose all their money. From now on, there will be no way to honor the general."

Quadruple?
Meng Fa's eyes lit up. In the past, a piece of money was worth millions, and it would be impossible to take off after four times. He immediately put Cai Mao's anger behind him and nodded repeatedly: "We are old friends, as long as If you don't go to Yunmengze to bother the Taiwei, everything will be easy to talk about."

"Then thank you General."

The master cupped his hands again and said with a smile: "Don't worry, general, after the unloading, we will sail the merchant ships to other city wharves, and we will never block the river at Jiangling Wharf."

Seeing that the principal was so kind, Meng Fa sighed from the bottom of his heart: "You are still caring."

"We are old friends, how can we embarrass the general."

The principal rubbed his hands and smiled: "Since that's the case, then I'll go back first, and ask the general to let us enter Jiangling Wharf."

"it is good."

Meng Fa nodded, looked up at the fleet, frowned suddenly, and said suspiciously: "By the way, Mr. Zhou, the fleet used to be only one or two hundred ships, how come there are thousands of ships this time?"

The chief hurriedly said: "The general also knows that since this year there has been a war, goods from Yizhou are not allowed to enter and leave, and there is no trade. This time General Zuo entered Jiangzhou and finally opened up business. Everyone is afraid that they don't know when it will be closed again. Therefore, the major families took out the backlog of goods one after another, and assembled this fleet, which is the annual amount of the major families in Yizhou in the past."

"Amount for one year?"

Meng Fa looked at the principal with an unkind expression and said, "If it's a year's amount, I'm afraid this amount is a little less."

"ten times!"

The principal stretched out ten fingers, and then said with a wry smile: "Doing business with the general, I really can't take advantage of it at all."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Meng Fa immediately changed his face again, and went up with a pleasant face and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if it's money or not, we just like to make friends, all the big families are my friends, but I like to help friends the most, go quickly. "

"Thank you General!"

The chief thanked him again, got off the boat and returned to his boat.

But when he returned to the boat, the chief turned his head away, and immediately changed his color, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Pooh.

make friends.

Who wants to make friends with you greedy people?

In the past, the Yangtze River Navy sucked an unknown amount of blood from us every year.

Nowadays.

It's time for revenge!

Thinking in my heart, I turned around and changed my smile to say goodbye to Meng Fa, and then urged the boatman to row quickly and return to the big boat as soon as possible.

And here Meng Fa watched the principal leave by boat, naturally he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this moment he is happy.

Thinking about the tens of millions worth of money that will be moved to the house later, it seems that there are countless ants crawling all over his body.

My heart itches very much.

Hey.

petty money.

Thinking of this, the joy in Meng Fa's heart could no longer overflow. With a bright smile on his face, he waved his hand and said, "Go back and let them enter the dock!"

soon.

In the afterglow of the setting sun.

Thousands of merchant ships slowly sailed towards the pier.

Densely packed, obscuring the sky.

Like a terrifying giant beast, it is about to swallow that Jiangling city!
　Secretly report to everyone, I just feel uncomfortable, but after taking the medicine, sometimes I feel drowsy, and it will be much better after I sleep, so I will desperately code, about 2- 3 chapters, only one chapter is updated every day because I am afraid that I will be unable to get out of bed due to sudden pain all over my body, so I will prepare a few chapters and save them. How many manuscripts are sent out?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)