Half a year ago, Yan Liang cut off one of Zhang Yun's ears. Zhang Yun would never forget that painful and terrifying scene.
Today, Zhang Yun originally planned to kill Yan Liang and avenge his previous humiliation, but he never expected that Yan Liang would have Gan Ning, an outstanding naval general, who could easily defeat his powerful army with an army of five thousand.
fleet.
Now, facing the enemy who cut off his ear, Zhang Yun didn't feel any resentment in his heart, all he had was endless terror.
He is afraid of death.
Facing Zhang Yun, who was begging for mercy on his knees, Yan Liang looked cold and arrogant, without any mercy.
"My lord, Cai Mao did not attack with all his strength in this battle. He only sent this man who was greedy for life and fearful of death to die. In the end, he captured this guy alive. Please tell me how to deal with it."
Hearing Gan Ning's words, Yan Liang frowned secretly.
Unexpectedly, Cai Mao was quite smart and did not fight with all his strength. Although he won the battle, he could not completely wipe out the Jingzhou navy, which was a pity.
Yan Liang's razor-sharp eyes glanced at Zhang Yun, who was kneeling in front of him, and a hint of disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"What kind of son of a noble family, what kind of celebrity, yet he asks for surrender so shamelessly and has no character at all? Liu Biao, look at the people you are close to, what kind of trash they are."
With disdain in his heart, Yan Liang sneered, "Zhang Yun, since you have been captured alive, you are willing to surrender."
"If you wish to surrender, I wish to surrender, and if you sin, I wish to surrender."
Zhang Yun heard Yan Liang's words and thought that Yan Liang did not want to harm him and wanted to surrender. He was secretly happy and answered simply and cheerfully without even thinking about it.
Yan Liang sighed: "It's a pity that the men under my command are either brave men of the three armies, or people with outstanding intelligence. They must at least have some strength. I don't know what Mr. Zhang's merits are, worthy of my surrender."
Woolen cloth."
Yan Liang's words were clearly mocking Zhang Yun for being incompetent and spineless.
Zhang Yun looked startled when he heard this, and then his face filled with shame.
"Sin will...me..."
Zhang Yun stuttered for a long time. He couldn't find any good points. Just when he was anxious, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"General Gui is from a noble family. He has made good friends with many people from big families in Jingxiang. If General wants to take Jingzhou, General Gui is willing to make friends with these people for General."
As soon as this statement came out, Wen Chou and others all showed disgust and disgust on their faces.
Yan Liang didn't expect that Zhang Yun was just afraid of death, but he openly betrayed his uncle Liu Biao and wanted to lead the way for Yan Liang.
Listening to Zhang Yun's flattering words, the murderous look on Yan Liang's face became stronger and stronger.
It is good that Yan Liang wants to dominate Jingxiang, and it is good that he wants to win the hearts of the rich people, but he will never tolerate such a shameless person under his command for this reason.
Amid the sneer, Yan Liang's expression suddenly became solemn and he said sternly: "Come on, take this rat to me and kill him."
After the order was given, all the generals on the left and right were delighted.
The man next to him couldn't bear it, so he advised: "My lord, although this man is shameless, but now that he has surrendered, why not let him live to show my lord's broadmindedness."
At this time, Jia Xu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Bo Ning, my lord killed this person. It's not because he has no heart. Couldn't Boning not see the intention in this?"
As expected of Yan Liang, Jia Xu guessed his intentions.
Man Chong and the others looked at a loss, wondering what deep meaning their lord could have in risking the reputation of killing and surrendering.
"Bo Ning, have you forgotten this guy's identity?" Jia Xu did not reveal it, but only reminded him.
"Identity, isn't he Liu Biao's nephew..."
After a moment of confusion, Man Chong suddenly perked up and said in surprise: "My lord, are you trying to kill this man to anger Liu Biao and force him to order Cai Mao to fight, so that we can completely annihilate the Jingzhou navy?"
Yan Liang sneered and said nothing, looking up at the south bank.
With his attitude, he must not have accepted the words of full favor.
What Yan Liang fears most is that after a defeat, Cai Mao will be unable to retreat. Now if he kills Liu Biao's beloved nephew, will he still be afraid that he will not get angry and avenge Zhang Yun?
Only then did Man Chong suddenly realize. He raised his hands and said in admiration: "My lord, you are far-sighted and far-sighted. We are really short of it. I am ashamed, I am ashamed."
The rest of the generals reacted a little slower, but they also came to their senses at this time, and all of them were deeply impressed by Yan Liang.
"What are you waiting for? Let me kill this guy and sacrifice his head to the flag."
At this time, there was no further hesitation, and several tiger and bear soldiers stepped forward and dragged Zhang Yun away.
"General, spare your life, spare your life——"
Zhang Yun screamed heart-breakingly, and with a crisp "click" sound, the screams suddenly stopped.
The blood flowed into the water along the gaps in the trestle, and merged with the blood scattered across the river, dyeing half of the river red.
For miles around, floating corpses are scattered all over... Xiangyang, the state capital.
Liu Biao looked solemn and stared at the wooden box on the desk. His whole body was as stiff as a statue and he remained motionless for a long time.
All the civil and military officials in front of the hall looked gloomy, holding their breath and not daring to breathe a word.
After a long silence, Liu Biao finally raised his trembling hands and opened the wooden box bit by bit with difficulty.
The bloody human head suddenly came into view.
Perhaps because he was mentally prepared in advance, Liu Biao was not frightened and fainted this time.
This afternoon, Cai Mao reported the news of the defeat in the water battle. All the civil and military officials in Xiangyang from Liu Biao down were shocked.
Not long after, Liu Biao learned another bad news: his precious nephew had been killed by Yan Liang. What was even more despicable was that Yan Liang did not give Zhang Yun a complete body, but only returned his head to the demonstration.
Now, after seeing his nephew's head with his own eyes, Liu Biao finally admitted this cruel fact.
His heart was like a knife, and the veins on Liu Biao's old face were twitching.
"Yan Liang, Yan Liang, if I don't kill you, I will never be a human being!"
Gritting his teeth, Liu Biao suddenly stood up and said sternly: "Immediately send an order to Cai Mao. I order him to mobilize all his navy to fight. He must destroy Yan Liang's navy."
In anger, Liu Biao gave the order to take the initiative.
On the left and right, Pang Ji, Han Song and others felt that Liu Biao was a little impulsive, but they were frightened by Liu Biao's anger and did not dare to speak out to persuade him.
At this time, because the military situation in Jiangxia was tight, Kuai Yue had been ordered by Liu Biao to go to Jiangxia to assist Huang Zu against the Jiangdong army.
Without Kuai Yue, no one could persuade Liu Biao.
"Where is Qi'er?" Liu Biao shouted again.
"My son is here, what do you want your father to do?" Liu Qi, the eldest son who was present in the hall, stood up in a hurry.
Liu Biao said: "You quickly bring five thousand soldiers and horses to reinforce the water village and help your uncle in the battle. The two of you join forces and must avenge your cousin."
"Son, I obey."
This was the end of a bloody meeting.
Liu Qi, who received his father's orders, hurried back to his home, prepared to clean up in a hurry, and immediately led his army to the water village by the river.
Just as Liu Qi entered the house, the servant said: "Master, there is a Mr. Zhuge who claims to be your cousin and has come to visit. He has been waiting in the hall for a long time."
"Master Zhuge? Could it be Kong Ming? What is he doing here at this time?"
Liu Qi had military affairs to attend to, so he wanted to go to Kuocou to deal with the matter.
Immediately he went to the lobby, and when he entered, he saw a handsome scholar, waving a feather fan, walking in the hall, admiring the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the surrounding walls with great interest.
Liu Qi recognized at a glance that the man was Zhuge Liang.
"Brother Kong Ming, if you don't live in seclusion in Longzhong, why did the wind bring you to me?"
Liu Qi walked into the hall with a smile and bowed his hands in greeting.
Zhuge Liang returned the greeting with a feather fan in hand and said calmly: "Everyone in the countryside has heard about Yan Liang's invasion. When Liang learned about it, he came to ask the eldest son how the war was going."
"Alas~~"
Liu Qi sighed, then defeated Zhang Yun, killed Yan Liang, and sent his head to Xiangyang, truthfully telling Zhuge Liang.
The two of them were distant relatives, similar in age, and had some friendship, so Liu Qi did not hide the fact of the defeat in front of Zhuge Liang.
After hearing this, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but frown secretly, "I didn't expect that Yan Liang was so cruel. General Zhang had already captured him without any help, but he actually wanted to kill him."
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang looked deeply disgusted.
Liu Qi sighed again, "This man pretended to be injured in his leg and took the initiative to make peace with his father, but now he suddenly invaded with his troops. This man is not only cruel, but also extremely cunning."
After hearing what Liu Qi said, Zhuge Liang nodded repeatedly to express his agreement.
The two of them scolded Yan Liang for his evil deeds. Liu Qi suddenly remembered that he had military affairs, so he stood up and left, "Qi was ordered by his father to lead his army to reinforce the Xiangyang navy. I can't spend more time with Brother Kong Ming today."
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Kong Ming's expression changed, but he did not resign in a sensible manner. Instead, he asked: "Although it has been defeated for a while this time, the Xiangyang navy has not moved its muscles and bones, so why should we increase the number of troops?"
"Brother Kong Ming didn't know that Yan Liang killed Zhang Gongnuo and sent his head back. After my father saw it, he was extremely angry. Not only did he want more troops, but he also asked me to assist my uncle in taking the initiative to avenge Gongnuo's blood.
hatred."
After hearing this, Kong Ming's expression changed and he immediately said: "If this is really the case, Mr. Zhou Mu has fallen into Yan Liang's plan, and Xiangyang is in danger."
When Liu Qi heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he was immediately horrified and asked anxiously: "Brother Kong Ming, why did you say this?"
"Killing prisoners is unlucky. Yan Liang knew this, but still insisted on killing General Zhang. He clearly wanted to anger Zhou Mu and induce our Xiangyang Navy to take the initiative to attack."
After talking for a while, Liu Qi suddenly realized.
After being stunned for a moment, Liu Qi said again: "Our Xiangyang navy is far superior to Yan Liang. Even if we take the initiative to attack, we won't be defeated again and again."
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Yan Liang's ability to defeat General Zhang proves that there are experts in water warfare in his army, and he must not be afraid of General Cai. If he takes the initiative to attack this time, he will fall into Yan Liang's trap. If the water army is lost, who can stop him?"
Yan Liang's army crossed the Han River south and endangered Xiangyang."
These words suddenly made Liu Qi realize, and he was so shocked that cold sweat rolled down his forehead.
Frightened, Liu Qi immediately wanted to go back to the prefecture but persuaded Liu Biao. This thought came to his mind, but he hesitated again.
"My father is so angry now that he won't listen to anyone's words. At this time, I don't dare to offend my father." Liu Qi looked embarrassed.
Zhuge Liang smiled secretly, "There is no need for the eldest son to get angry, others will do it."
As he spoke, Zhuge Liang moved closer and whispered to Liu Qi.