The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

Chapter 282 Guan Xing: Xu Sheng actually plagiarized me?

Unlike the Western Jin Dynasty, which ruled the world with filial piety, the Han Dynasty advocated loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, with loyalty being the most important, emphasizing that loyal ministers should not serve two masters.

Han Dang was a retainer of Sun Jian. He followed Sun Jian and his son Sun Ce in their campaigns and helped Sun Quan guard Jiangdong for many years. He was already deeply rooted in the Sun family. Moreover, he was old and had little time left, so there was no need for him to surrender on the battlefield and ruin his reputation in his later years.

Therefore, seeing no hope of breaking through, Han Dang did not hesitate to commit suicide, using his life to achieve a name of loyalty and righteousness.

Both the Han and Wu armies understood Han Dang's actions, so no one stopped him. They all watched as the sword blade sliced ​​across Han Dang's neck until he fell backward. Only then did the Wu soldiers behind him rush forward to support the body and gently place it on the ground.

With Han Dang's suicide, the only option left for the Wu army was to surrender. However, the prerequisite for surrender was that the Han army was willing to accept their surrender, at least offering them a way out.

Seeing that the Wu army was in a daze, Shen Yi knew it was his turn to step in. He stepped into the range of the Wu army's arrows and shouted loudly to them, "Brothers of the Wu army, I am Shen Yi, the commander-in-chief of the Han army. But as you just heard, before I became a general, I was just a minor official in Jianye County. I was only made commander-in-chief because of the favor of General Guan. Now I want to ask you a question: as citizens of the Han Dynasty, are you willing to return to the Han Dynasty with me?"

The idea of ​​returning to the grand style of the Han Dynasty was a bit too lofty, causing the Wu army to momentarily daze. Those who reacted quickly immediately knelt down and shouted, "We are willing!"

With someone taking the lead, others naturally followed, and Wu Jun quickly threw down his weapons and knelt down.

Shen Yi continued, "Everyone's exhausted after all this fighting for so many days. Those who aren't injured, retreat to the roadside to eat some dry rations and find a place to sleep. Those who are injured, sit where you are and wait for the medics to treat you. The cooks will immediately set up pots and cook some hot porridge for the Wu army brothers, and then..."

Shen Yi, who came from a low-level official background, had worked his way up from the bottom for many years. He was very skilled at handling trivial matters such as the resettlement of surrendered soldiers and quickly arranged everything properly.

Then he immediately summoned Wu Yue, Hao Yu, Li Gousheng and others and said, "Han Dang has committed suicide. Next, we should deal with Xu Sheng. But we are exhausted after so many days of fighting, and there are too many wounded soldiers on both sides who are no longer able to fight. We must rest. General Wu Yue, please work hard and return to the position to block Xu Sheng as soon as possible. You can rest when you get there."

"Judging by the time, General Guan should have already arrived at Yushan. Gousheng, you should also work hard and go to Yushan immediately to report the battle situation to General Guan."

"Hao Yu, take your men and find a place to sleep immediately. After you wake up, take over for me. Damn it, my eyelids are so heavy they won't obey me. I feel like I can't open them again once I close them."

After staying up for so many days, not only would your eyelids become unresponsive, but you might even die suddenly on the spot.

Shen Yi knew his current condition was dangerous, but he couldn't sleep. He still had to comfort the wounded soldiers and be wary of surrendered troops. He had finally won a battle, and he couldn't afford to be killed by the enemy due to negligence after the victory.

In short, we must always be vigilant against a repeat of Guan Yu's surprise attack on Maicheng.

So he divided the army into two shifts, letting Hao Yu rest first and take over after he woke up.

After arranging these matters, he ordered someone to call the squad leader, Zhou Laosan. When Zhou Laosan came over, he looked him over and then smiled and said, "It seems that your injuries are not serious and you can still work. The job of appeasing the surrendered soldiers is assigned to you. You should do some ideological work with the surrendered soldiers and make them not have any resistance to the Han army."

When Guan Xing let the Han army go home last time, he found that Zhou Laosan was eloquent and very suitable for ideological work. Now that there was work to be done, he naturally thought of him first.

Zhou Laosan stared speechlessly at the bandages wrapped around his leg several times and stained red.

My dear General Shen, how did you come to the conclusion that my injuries weren't serious?

While Zhou Laosan was ranting and raving, he said leisurely, "General, I'm afraid this matter can't be done for the time being."

Shen Yi asked in surprise, "What's wrong? Are you afraid of surrendered soldiers?"

Zhou Laosan didn't answer, but gestured behind him with his chin. Shen Yi twisted his heel and turned around on the spot. He was stunned when he saw the scene behind him.

All the surrendered soldiers of Wu were lying on the ground asleep, some even drooling. It would be idiotic to forcibly drag them up and do ideological work at this time. Shen Yi said speechlessly, "Are the surrendered soldiers on other battlefields like this too?"

Last night, Han Dang led the Wu army to run wildly all over the mountains, creating several battlefields. Now, the surrendered Wu soldiers are scattered everywhere.

Zhou Laosan shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. I'm just a squad leader, so I don't need to worry about the platoon leader's job. But I guess so, since Wu Jun is much more tired than us."

Shen Yi rolled his eyes at him, looked at the sleeping Wu Jun and sighed, "Then let them sleep peacefully. Tell the cooks to stop cooking for now and wait until the surrendered soldiers wake up. You should rest too. When you wake up, go and appease the surrendered soldiers. If you appease them well, I'll promote you."

After seeing Zhou Laosan off, Shen Yi ordered the other soldiers to rest as well, leaving only a thousand men on guard to prevent any accidents from happening.

Soon the noise of the battlefield turned into a chorus of snores. Shen Yi looked down at the corpses lying all over the mountainside, then looked up at the gloomy sky, and silently prayed, "May all the gods and Buddhas protect me, God, please don't let it rain at this time, or I'm doomed."

The army is currently full of wounded soldiers, and there are no tents to shelter them from the rain. If it really rains, many soldiers from both the Han and Wu armies will probably fall ill.

……

On the official road leading from Da Mo to Yu Shan, tens of thousands of Han soldiers were rushing at full speed, led by Guan Xing.

After two days of trekking, Guan Xing finally entered the territory of Yushan County. He was less than 20 miles from the county seat and was about to make a final push to get there when a scout rushed over and said, "General, something bad has happened! The damned Wu army has also started digging traps like we have. The road is full of small pits about a foot in size."

Guan Xing's expression changed slightly, and he frowned, saying, "Come with me to take a look."

Leading his personal guards to the front lines, Guan Xing looked up and saw, to his surprise, that the road ahead was indeed riddled with tiny potholes, laid out in the open without any attempt to conceal them.

The purpose of these dense traps is not to kill the enemy, but to force the enemy to clear them, thereby delaying their advance.

Guan Xing lifted his foot to scrape away the fresh soil on the pit, then used his toes to hook off the partition made of branches and leaves. He stared at the bamboo skewers in the pit with an extremely ugly expression.

This tactic is very effective against enemy troops who can only pass through corridors, but it's a different story when the enemy uses it against you.

Since the Han dynasty didn't have bulldozers, they would have to fill in these traps one by one, which would be too time-consuming.

Guan Xing cursed and said, "That damned Xu Wenxiang actually plagiarized my idea. Did he even pay me any royalties?"

The guard asked, "General, what do we do now?"

Guan Xing said, "Whatever. Have you heard anything from Wu Yue and Wang Tao?"

Wu Yue went to Huaiyu Mountain to block Xu Sheng's retreat, while Wang Tao led the Yue soldiers into the Wuyi Mountains to launch a blocking attack. As long as the two of them arrived, Xu Sheng would not dare to enter the mountains and would have to return by the same route.

The scout shook his head and said, "No news has come back yet."

Guan Xing said, "Then there's no rush. We've been running around for two days and we're tired. Let's set up camp and rest until we've had a good night's sleep."

The soldiers were exhausted after marching more than 200 li in two days. It was clearly unrealistic to attack in this state, and they had to rest and recover their strength as soon as possible.

Fortunately, news from Shen Yi and Wu Yue had not yet come back, and Xu Sheng would not evacuate, so he still had time to rest.

Guan Xing returned to the army to find a place to set up camp. After a lot of trouble, he finally set up a tent and prepared for defense. Just as he was about to go into the tent to rest, a thunderclap suddenly rang in his ears.

Guan Xing was startled by the sudden clap of thunder. Looking up at the dark clouds, he sighed with worry, "This rain came at the worst possible time. It's so bad for Shen Yi. Shen Yi, please don't let anything happen to you."