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Text Chapter 507: Brother Guan¡¯s Nemesis

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    Guan Yu was angry. He was really angered by Yan Liang's arrogant provocation.

    Furious, Guan Yu immediately decided to lead an army of 15,000 men to Huainan to join forces with Zhou Yu to deal with Yan Liang.

    Zhou Yu was happy, because the enraged Guan Yu only wanted to avenge the blood and hatred. In order to send troops immediately, he gave up the fight with Zhou Yu for the command of the coalition forces.

    Of course Zhou Yu was eager for this, and the two sides hit it off immediately. When the final agreement was reached, Guan Yu and Zhou Yu had equal status. Each commanded their own armies, and negotiated with each other to jointly implement operations.

    Just when Zhou Yu was relieved, a worrying emergency report came from Hefei, the gateway to the south.

    Yan Liang's 60,000-strong army suddenly marched north from Ruxukou before the end of the autumn harvest. They drove straight into the city of Hefei in a mighty manner.

    Huang Zhong, the vanguard of the Yan family, was even more unstoppable. He defeated all the counties along the river and pushed his troops towards Hefei.

    Ling Tong's navy was equally unstoppable on land and water. After defeating Zhou's navy on Chao Lake, they marched all the way up the Feishui River and crossed the waters of Hefei for dozens of miles, cutting off the waterway from Hefei to Shouchun.

    Hefei guard Pan Zhang saw Yan Liang's menacing attack and did not dare to meet the enemy. He could only retreat to Hefei and urgently asked Shouchun for help.

    Taishi Ci, who was originally sent to assist Pan Zhang, was also afraid of the enemy being outnumbered and did not dare to enter Hefei City. He was afraid that he would be trapped and die in the city together with Pan Zhang, so he had to retreat quickly towards Shouchun.

    Faced with Yan Liang's massive attack in advance, Zhou Yu was naturally very surprised. Although Pan Zhang sent three letters of distress to Shouchun in one day, Zhou Yu could only choose to stand still.

    Zhou Yu is very aware of his own strength. At present, he can only use more than 10,000 troops. Facing Yan Liang's 60,000 troops, this number of troops is not even enough to fill the gap between his teeth.

    So, in desperation, Zhou Yu could only order Pan Zhang to defend the city while sending people to Xuzhou to urge Guan Yu to speed up his move south.

    When Zhou Yu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, Yan Liang, hundreds of miles away in Hefei, was leisurely and nervous.

    On this day, the Chinese army led by him also arrived in the Hefei area and docked at Xiaoyaojin.

    More than 20,000 troops marched to the west and north of Hefei, completing the iron barrel formation surrounding Hefei.

    Based on the pre-planned plan to encircle and provide reinforcements, Yan Liangsui, at Pang Tong¡¯s suggestion, first implemented a comprehensive blockade of Hefei City.

    In order to achieve a watertight siege, Yan Liangfa's troops went out in full force and built a two-foot-high wall of earth and stone more than a hundred steps away from Hefei City. Inside the wall, three more trenches were dug as deep as one foot.  Zhang, a trench two feet wide, with barbs inserted all over it.

    Sixty thousand troops built this wall in just two days.

    Every fifty steps along the wall, Yan Liang used earth and rocks to pile up earth platforms with a height of five to six feet. The entire earth platform was several feet higher than the Hefei city wall, allowing him to overlook all the movements in the city.

    In addition to using the earth platform as a sentinel, Yan Liang also ordered the Pili Chariots to be disassembled and transported to the earth platform for reassembly. Each earth platform was equipped with three Pili Chariots to bombard the city of Hefei day and night.

    So, in less than seven days, Yan Liang turned the city of Hefei into a caged beast that could be ravaged by him.

    While Yan Liang was building the wall in an orderly and unscrupulous manner, Pan Zhang in the city kept shrinking and did not dare to send a single soldier out of the city to harass, destroy or delay Yan's army in building the wall.

    It¡¯s no wonder that in history, Sun Quan often attacked Hefei with more than 100,000 troops. Facing Zhang Liao and his 10,000-number Wei army, he sometimes did not dare to even land ashore, let alone calmly siege the city.

    There is no other reason than that the Wei army at that time had powerful cavalry.

    If Sun Quan wanted to send his troops to build a wall, his army would inevitably be dispersed. Once dispersed, the Wei army could launch a cavalry assault, severely damaging the scattered Wu army with lightning speed, and then calmly defeat the Wu army before the Wu army's reinforcements arrived.  Withdraw Hefei.

    Now the situation is different. Pan Zhang, who was trapped in Hefei, only had 5,000 infantry, while Yan Liang had more than 4,000 cavalry.

    If Pan Zhang dares to invade the city and destroy it to build a siege, Yan Liang can send cavalry to attack like the wind at any time and annihilate the attacking enemy troops in one fell swoop.

    It was precisely because of the superiority of the cavalry that Yan Liang dared to build the wall with confidence.

    The day the wall was repaired was also the time when Hefei City was completely restored and contacted with the outside world.

    If the Zhou army's craftsmen or messengers want to pass through the siege, they not only have to cross three wide trenches, climb an earth wall as high as the city wall, but also avoid various earth platforms.?'s sentry, and then passed through the Yan Army camps behind the wall.

    If you can sneak out like this, it will be a miracle.

    For several days, Pan Zhang sent more than ten messengers, trying to use the cover of night to risk crossing the defense line to Shouchun for help.

    But these dozen brave messengers either fell into the trench and were stabbed to death by barbs, or they fell to death while climbing an earthen wall several feet high, or they were discovered by sentries on the high platform and shot to death by random arrows.

    A few lucky ones managed to get through the defensive line of the wall, but were captured alive by the patrols between the camps.

    Yan Liang then ordered that the captured enemy messengers be beheaded, as well as the heads of the Wu soldiers who died under the wall, and be shot into Hefei City with thunderbolt chariots to frighten the enemies defending the city.

    Seeing the head of his courier, Pan Zhang became desperate and completely gave up hope of getting in touch with Shouchun.

    At this time, he can only rely on his own strength and stubbornly hold on without knowing the external situation.

    Pan Zhang could only hope that the governor of Zhou, whom he trusted and respected, could come to his rescue before the fighting spirit of his soldiers collapsed and the food and grass in the city ran out.

    What Pan Zhang was waiting for was not Zhou Yu's reinforcements, but fear.

    The section where the wall was built was also the beginning of the violent bombing.

    More than 400 thunderbolt vehicles, taking advantage of the high platform, carried out crazy bombardment day and night. The huge stone bullets could even cross the city wall and shoot directly into the city dozens of steps away.

    In just a few days, a large number of houses along the city wall were reduced to rubble by stone bullets.

    This is the case inside the city, not to mention the front line of the city wall. The thick Hefei city wall has become full of pits and cracks under the bombardment of stone bullets. The four-door city tower has been blasted into a hornet's nest.

    Although the city of Hefei still stands strong thanks to the strong city foundation left by Cao Cao, the stone bombardment had a huge mental impact on the soldiers and civilians in the city.

    The soldiers and civilians fighting alone in the city were panicked and their morale was low. The entire city of Hefei was shrouded in a shadow of terror.

    After bombarding the city for three days, Yan Liang drank small wine in his tent for three days.

    In the afternoon of the fourth day, the surrendered general Jiang Qin was passed into the tent.

    "The general will pay homage to the lord." Jiang Qin bowed respectfully, his tone and demeanor seemed a bit tense.

    As a new general, Jiang Qin had very few opportunities to contact Yan Liang before. Today, he was suddenly summoned by Yan Liang, so he was a little nervous.

    "Gongyi is here, sit down quickly." Yan Liang was very cordial.

    Jiang Qin sat down anxiously and asked hurriedly: "The unknown lord summoned the general to come here. What are your orders?"

    "I have called you here just to get to know Pan Zhang. What is Pan Zhang like?"

    Jiang Qin, like Pan Zhang, was promoted by Zhou Yu. It seems that he knew Pan Zhang very well. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.

    Jiang Qin paused and replied: "Although Pan Zhang is young, his martial arts and ability to command troops are superior to those of junior generals."

    "Gu naturally knows how much Pan Zhang is capable of. What Gu wants to ask is whether Pan Zhang is Zhou Yu's confidant as rumored by the outside world." Yan Liang asked again.

    Jiang Qin looked startled, and suddenly seemed to understand the implication of Yan Liang's words, and couldn't help but fall into silence.

    After a while, Jiang Qin sighed: "Actually, Pan Zhang, like the last general, followed General Bofu in the early years. It was just because General Bofu and Zhou Gongjin were like brothers and they shared military power, so the last general and others also obeyed orders for many years.  He was dispatched by Zhou Gongjin, and General Bofu passed away early, so in the eyes of outsiders, he was Zhou Gongjin¡¯s confidant. In fact, General Bofu was the one who was kind to us. "

    I see¡­¡­

    Yan Liang nodded slightly, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he already had an idea in his heart.

    After pondering for a moment, he said: "In that case, Nagu plans to send you Gongyi to Hefei City to recruit Pan Zhang to surrender. Are you willing?"

    Jiang Qin¡¯s expression changed slightly, and he suddenly looked embarrassed.

    "Obviously, for a "rebellious general" like him, if he now persuaded his former colleagues to surrender, he would feel a little sorry for himself.

    After hesitating for a long time, Jiang Qin still handed over his hand and said: "Since my lord has a destiny, then the general must obey it, but I can't guarantee whether the persuasion can be successful."

    "It doesn't matter. Whether it succeeds or fails, Gong Yi has contributed to it. You just go ahead."

    Pan Zhang was an outstanding young general in Soochow. In the novel, he even captured Guan Yu alive and seized his Green Dragon Sword and Red Rabbit Horse.

      From this point of view, Pan Zhang is actually Guan Yu¡¯s nemesis.

    Yan Liang wanted to recruit Pan Zhang, not only because he admired his talent, but also because he had a sudden whim and wanted to see if he could use Pan Zhang, the "nemesis of Guan Yu", to repeat history.

    Of course, Yan Liang also admitted that his idea was a bit "superstitious".

    After Jiang Qin received Yan Liang's general order, he removed his weapons, left the camp alone, and headed straight for Hefei City.

    Just after Jiang Qin left, Gan Ning, who was patrolling the camp, was shocked when he saw Jiang Qin leaving. He hurriedly rode over to see Yan Liang.

    "My lord, Jiang Qin was Zhou Yu's confidant. He has no family in Jiangdong. My lord is allowing him to recruit Pan Zhang to surrender. What should I do if he takes the opportunity to defect?" Gan Ning said to Jiang Qin, who had just surrendered.  , still retaining distrust.

    However, Yan Liang looked confident and said calmly: "Zhou Yu must have deeply hated Jiang Qin when he surrendered to an orphan, causing his beloved concubine to fall into the hands of an orphan. Moreover, the danger in Hefei today is no less than the siege of Wan County back then.  "Jiang Qin is a man who knows current affairs. I believe he will never make such a stupid mistake."

    Yan Liang¡¯s strong self-confidence infected Gan Ning, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt relieved.

    "Guan Yu, Guan Yu, come if you are brave. I have prepared several great gifts for you, just waiting for you to receive them."

    A mysterious sneer quietly appeared on the corner of Yan Liang's mouth.  (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!)
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