"You! You! You are Sun Jian!" An exclamation came from the granary. Sun Jian looked up and saw that it was Wang Rui standing at the window on the second floor of the granary, looking at him in shock. Then, Wang Rui's face
The superior showed an angry face again and shouted: "Sun Jian! You, you are so brave! You dare to lead troops to attack Xiangyang City! You, you are going to rebel!"
Sun Jian had just seen Wang Rui hiding in the granary from a distance. Now that he saw Wang Rui, Sun Jian raised the corner of his mouth slightly and shouted with a smile: "Your Majesty, the governor is wrong! When I entered the city this time, I came specifically to express my gratitude to the governor.
Your Excellency, thank you! Thank you, Lord Governor, for helping me earlier!" Although Sun Jian said this with a smile, anyone could tell that what Sun Jian said was ironic.
Immediately afterwards, Sun Jian changed his words and sneered: "But Sun didn't have that ability. He failed to get the army rations from Fancheng, which disappointed the governor! But Sun went north this time for national affairs. In the army,
We can't live without food, so we have no choice but to shamelessly come to the Governor to ask for military rations! I beg the Governor to agree!"
Wang Rui was so angry that Sun Jian's words made him tremble all over. This was not a request, it was clearly a threat! Looking at the thousands of people behind Sun Jian, Wang Rui couldn't help but swallowed his saliva. Now that everyone is a swordsman and I am a fish, how can he dare to speak out?
If he refuses, he can only say: "Sun, ah! Wentai calm down! Calm down! I really don't know what happened in Fancheng! This matter of food and grass is also very easy! I agree to everything! As long as Wentai withdraws his troops!"
"Hmph!" Sun Jian snorted a few times coldly and said loudly: "Master Governor! You can't delay any more time! You don't even think about it, Xiangyang City has high walls and thick walls, and there are so many defenders.
, Sun has only more than 5,000 men, how could he enter the city so easily? The defenders in the city will not come over at all!"
Sun Jian's words struck a chord in Wang Rui's heart. He didn't expect Sun Jian to really retreat. He just hoped to delay Sun Jian so that he would not launch an attack for a while until the 20,000 defenders in the city came to rescue him. However,
When Sun Jian said this, Wang Rui remembered the strangeness of Sun Jian's entry into the city and couldn't help shouting. It's Cai Mao! It must be Cai Mao! Naturally, Wang Rui had known about the news that the Kuai brothers had left Xiangyang for a long time. Now, in Xiangyang City, they would do something to him.
The only one who caused trouble was Cai Mao from the Cai family!
Wang Rui's face was pale at this time, and his eyes were full of despair. Of course Wang Rui knew how powerful the Cai family was in Xiangyang City. If Wang Rui had soldiers and horses around him, the Cai family would still be more concerned about him. Now Sun Jian
Entering the city and besieging himself in this small granary must be a perfect opportunity for Cai Hao! At this moment, Wang Rui also suddenly remembered that he had a chance to escape in a carriage just now, but the sudden arrow rain cut him off.
Wang Rui's last chance to survive, now that I think about it, those who secretly did it must be Cai Mao's men!
It's over! Everything is over! Wang Rui, who was completely in despair, looked at the uneasy sergeants around him with blank eyes, and finally said with a wry smile: "You all surrender! Sun Jian is right, I am hopeless! You guys
If you surrender, maybe Sun Jian will let you live! Go!"
No one is really not afraid of death, and these sergeants are no exception. When they saw Sun Jian leading so many Jiangdong troops, they were already afraid. Now that Wang Rui said this, they looked at each other and finally decided
According to what Wang Rui said, he went down and opened the door and surrendered. After seeing the soldiers leaving, Wang Rui smiled bitterly. Over the years, he had been scheming with the Cai family and the Kuai family to fight for power, but what he got in exchange was such an ending. This is really the world.
Unexpected!
Abandoning life and death, Wang Rui suddenly gained courage, walked to the window again, and shouted to Sun Jian outside: "Sun Jian! I know you want to kill me! But I have to tell you! None of you can take my life, Wang Rui.
Let's go!" After saying that, Wang Rui suddenly jumped up and jumped out of the window! Although the granary only has two floors, the first floor used to store grain and grass is much higher than ordinary houses.
The window where Wang Rui is located is as tall as a watchtower.
Sun Jian and others were shocked when Wang Rui jumped like this. They saw Wang Rui fall to the ground so hard, and he hit the ground head first. His head was smashed into a bloody mess, and he died on the spot!
Sun Jian and others never expected that Wang Rui would choose to commit suicide. Over the years, Wang Rui has always cherished his life. Even when he went out to patrol the city, he had to bring thousands of soldiers and horses to protect him. Such a timid person who was afraid of death actually
That he would have the courage to choose to commit suicide was beyond Sun Jian's and others' expectations.
Looking at Wang Rui's body, Sun Jian did not feel very comfortable. On the contrary, he felt as if he tried his best but was hit in the air. He breathed a long sigh of relief. Zu Mao next to him stepped forward and asked:
"Lord! What should we do next? Should we simply seize Xiangyang?"
Capture Xiangyang? Sun Jian smiled bitterly and shook his head. It is undeniable that this suggestion is very attractive to Sun Jian, but the problem is that the current Sun Jian simply does not have that strength! Even though Cai Mao did not take action against Sun Jian before this, he actually helped Sun Jian several times.
time, but now that Wang Rui is dead, Sun Jian is no longer of use to Cai Mao. Maybe Cai Mao will take action against him! Immediately, Sun Jian shouted in a deep voice: "Let the soldiers be more agile and collect all the grain and grass in this granary."
Evacuate! Let's leave here immediately!" Sun Jian's army is short of food now. This is a granary in front of him. It's better to take advantage of the situation and grab the food and grass, at least it can last for a while!
Except for Zu Mao, the other three generals were not bad at thinking. They immediately understood what Sun Jian meant, and they all led their soldiers into the granary to grab food. Poor Xiangyang Army sergeants who were guarding the granary, they just opened the door, and they still
Before they had time to shout out the word surrender, Cheng Pu shot them one by one, and they were all eliminated!
Although there was a lot of food and grass in the granary, the five thousand Jiangdong Army were also very agile. They quickly emptied the entire granary. After grabbing the food and grass, Sun Jian did not dare to delay any longer.
He withdrew his troops from Xiangyang and retreated all the way to the north. Not long after, Cai Hao, who had received the news, finally rushed over. Looking at Wang Rui's body on the ground, Cai Hao's face suddenly showed joy, and he was busy delivering orders to his men.
The soldiers and horses blocked Xiangyang City and began his long-planned purge!
At the same time, in Shangyong City at the western end of Jingzhou, the panic in the city was no less than that in Xiangyang City. The reason was naturally from the mysterious army outside the city. On the east wall of Shangyong City, Shangyong City
Prefect Pang Xi frowned and looked at the neatly formed army outside the city. He felt anxious in his heart! Early this morning, this sudden army almost broke through the city gate in a surprise attack. However, the soldiers guarding the city gate failed.
He reacted quickly and quickly closed the city gate, finally resisting the opponent's first attack.
However, Pang Xi was not happy about this. The mysterious army outside the city did not retreat. Instead, it gathered in formation outside the city and moved out many ladders. It seemed that it was going to attack Shangyong City! Look at this army
Pang Xi asked the generals behind him with a sullen face: "Have you ever heard of any soldiers and horses in Jingzhou whose name is 'Yong'?"
It's a pity that the Yongzhu Army officially went into battle under this name. That was the battle between Luo Yang and Gan Ning a month ago. How could anyone in Shangyong City know about the news about the Yongzhu Army, so all the generals looked at a loss.
He shook his head. When he didn't get an answer, Pang Xi's face became more and more ugly. At this moment, a horseman walked out of the army outside the city. He looked like a general and shouted loudly.
: "We have been ordered by the governor of Jingzhou to take over Shangyong! Why haven't you opened the city gate yet? Are you trying to disobey me?"
"Hmph!" Pang Xi couldn't help but snorted coldly after hearing the words of the general outside the city. Pang Xi didn't believe what he said at all! Take over? It sounds nice. If it weren't for the alertness of the soldiers guarding the city gate, these origins
Unknown soldiers and horses have already rushed into the city! Besides, Pang Xi himself is a close confidant of Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou. Some time ago, Wang Rui asked Nanyang to send military rations. Pang Xi never mentioned the matter of taking over Shangyong.
Naturally, I won’t believe that the other party was sent by Wang Rui!
The soldiers and horses outside the city were naturally Wenpin's army sent by Luo Yang to capture Shangyong! Wenpin boasted in front of Luo Yang that he would capture Shangyong City within three days. However, Wenpin did not expect that.
The journey from Fancheng to Shangyong alone took three days. In other words, if Wenpin wanted to fulfill his promise, he must capture Shangyong City today!
It's a pity that the raid just now was not successful! Wenpin patted his thigh with some annoyance. He didn't expect that he could get Pang Xi to open the city gate with just a few words. Instead, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes, and he waved the long knife in his hand and pointed forward.
He pointed at the city wall and shouted: "No more nonsense! Brothers! Charge for me! Capture Shangyong City!"
After Luo Yang's personal training during this period, and Huang Zhong later took over, the combat effectiveness of the Yongzhi Army was greatly improved. In comparison, although the defenders in Shangyong City were all regular troops, for a long time, Shangyong
The city's defenders have not fought many battles, and Pang Xi is a civilian official, so they are even more lax about military affairs. Today's Shangyong City defenders are probably worse than the defenders of other cities and counties in Jingzhou.
Quite a few.
Seeing that Wenpin actually dared to attack the city, a flash of panic flashed in the eyes of Pang Xi, who was born as a scholar. He was a good hand in managing government affairs, but when it came to marching and fighting, Pang Xi knew nothing about it! Not only Pang Xi, but also Pang Xi
The soldiers behind him were also panicking, which was in sharp contrast to the brave soldiers with high morale!