Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 404 New 3 Kingdoms 44

"Don't go, Kanze! I'm going to poke a thousand transparent holes in you!"

Zhang Fei limped out of the mourning hall, and he really wanted to kill Kan Ze.

"Third brother, come back!" Liu Bei shouted.

"Brother, this is an enemy! The enemy who killed my second brother! If you just let him go like this, you should have cut off his head when he came in to sacrifice to my second brother's spirit in heaven!" Zhang Fei pointed in the direction of the gate and asked with great sorrow.

"My lord, we should first take care of Mr. Liu Qi's funeral, and then send someone to contact Jiangdong to bring back General Guan's body."

Jian Yong felt very uncomfortable. Liu Qi's coffin was still here, but Liu Bei allowed Zhang Fei to go crazy here and even used the candlestick in front of the coffin to injure people on the spot. What did they take Liu Qi for?

"Okay." Liu Bei rolled his eyes a few times and nodded expressionlessly.

Liu Bei nodded, and Zhang Fei chased after him with a knife in hand. It seemed that he was going to kill Kan Ze. Jian Yong was too lazy to care about these things. He squatted down, picked up the candlestick on the ground, put it back in front of Liu Qi's coffin, took out a new white candle, and lit it.

Zhang Fei had a lame leg after all, and when he chased to the dock, Kan Ze's boat had already left the shore. In front of everyone, he actually threw the sword in his hand at the boat, and the sword pierced into the hull.

"Zhang Fei, you really think I have no one in Jiangdong!"

Kan Ze had always thought that it was a loss of face to argue with this idiot, but he didn't expect that this guy would pursue him like a mad dog. If he didn't show his attitude, how would others view Jiang Dong?

"You killed my second brother. I, Zhang Fei, wish to cut every one of you into pieces. Go back and tell Sun Quan that I will kill him in two days to avenge my second brother!" Zhang Fei pointed at Kan Ze and cursed in public.

Kan Ze did not reply, but drew his bow and pointed his arrow at Zhang Fei, shooting off his hat with one arrow.

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Kan Ze returned humiliated in Jiangxia, and Jiangdong was suddenly excited. No matter whether Sun Quan was a good-for-nothing or not, they had to destroy Liu Bei to teach him a lesson.

Sun Quan ordered a proper burial for Guan Yu and his son, and raised an army of 100,000 to attack Jiangxia.

The last great melee of the troubled times officially began. While Sun Quan personally led his army up the river to attack Liu Bei, Cao Cao led an army of 300,000 to the north to attack the Three Yuans.

Now let’s focus on the battlefield in Jingzhou.

After Liu Bei hurriedly buried Liu Qi, he assembled a few troops to deal with Sun Quan's aggressive attack. In the situation where Jingzhou was originally at a disadvantage, Zhang Fei made a fuss and lost his life.

Zhang Fei saw that everyone was wearing white clothes after Liu Qi's death, and he thought of his second brother Guan Yu who was still in the Eastern Wu. So he ordered Zhang Da and Fan Jiang to prepare 30,000 sets of white helmets and armor within three days, and let the whole army wear them to fight against the army of Jiangdong.

At this time, Jiangxia was in chaos due to the departure of Zhuge Liang, and even the taxation was difficult to maintain. Moreover, after two consecutive defeats, the logistics were already stretched to the limit and nothing could be done.

Zhang Fei completely ignored Zhang Fan's explanations and pleadings, and ordered his personal soldiers to drive the two men out, saying that if they could not prepare the troops within three days, they would be chopped to pieces.

Seeing Zhang Fei being so unreasonable, Zhang Da and Fan Jiang recalled the end of Lu Bu and decided to take a risk to survive. That night, they sneaked into Zhang Fei's tent, killed him, cut off his head and fled to Jiangdong to seek asylum.

When Liu Bei heard Zhang Bao's cry, he calmly ordered the burial of Zhang Fei's headless body. Unexpectedly, in just a few months, the people around him died or betrayed him.

"Second brother, third brother, it was my eldest brother who harmed you. If I hadn't intentionally let you do whatever you want, how could we be separated by Yin and Yang today?"

Liu Bei asked Zhang Bao to go back and deal with Zhang Fei's funeral. He walked to the lamppost with a hunched back, picked up the clip placed beside him and fiddled with the wick with emotion.

"These days I always have the same dream. In the dream, Liu Bei and his two brothers are handsome, upright, and sincere to others. In the dream, Liu Bei and his assistant Zhuge Liang know each other well and work together to support the Han Dynasty."

"Even though Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang in the dream were dead, Jiang Wei, Zhuge Liang's disciple, shed his last drop of blood for the Han Dynasty. Later generations said that he was the last great general of the Han Dynasty, and gave the Han Dynasty the last dignity after 400 years."

"But what kind of Liu Bei am I? What kind of world are we in? How can I be called Liu Xuande? You are not worthy of the names Guan Yu and Zhang Yide."

"Sun Quan, since I'm called Liu Xuande, I think I've lived for so many years. But at the last moment, I want to be like the Liu Xuande in my dream, even if my heroic spirit is not even one ten-thousandth of his!"

The next morning, Liu Bei summoned Jian Yong and Sun Qian, handed the official seal of the Jiangxia County Governor to Jian Yong, and asked them to make their own arrangements while he led his troops to fight Sun Quan.

In the Battle of Xiakou, the entire army of Jingzhou was wiped out, and Liu Bei and his family burned themselves on the flagship.

Sun Quan continued to march westward to occupy Jiangxia. After a short rest, he personally led 100,000 troops to attack Xiangyang guarded by Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, attempting to completely occupy Jingzhou and form a siege on Xuzhou.

As mentioned above, Jiangdong seemed to have given all its heroic spirit to Xiang Yu. As a result, in the later history, this land lost its ambition to move forward and was dubbed the "Jiangdong rats" until today.

Based on the above mentality, after Jiangdong annihilated Liu Bei and occupied Jiangxia, voices of withdrawal began to emerge.

Sun Quan was naturally unwilling to stop the war after his great victory. He used the prestige of this victory to continue the war on the western front. He believed that as long as he defeated Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan and brought Jingzhou under the rule of the Sun family, such achievements would surpass his father Sun Quan and his brother Sun Ce, and this was just the beginning of his conquest of the world.

Among the most powerful contenders among the princes in the world, Liu Bei is dead, and he was defeated by me. Cao Cao is old, and his son is not a big deal. I am still young, and after I take Jingzhou, it will be Xuzhou, and then it will be the old Cao Cao in Yanzhou.

As for Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, Sun Quan did not take them seriously. He was a vassal. The two of them were just generals under the vassal. How could a general fight against a vassal? They were not of the same weight at all.

Ideals are full, but reality is skinny. Reality is not a military chess game, and it is not a game where the big fish eat the small fish. Therefore, it is allowed for generals to fight directly with princes. The game rules are to see who is more cunning, who is better at leading troops in battle, and who leads a stronger army. It is not about who wins by being more powerful.

In the Battle of Xiangyang, Cao Ren was in charge of defense while Xiahou Yuan was in charge of attack. The 100,000 troops led by Sun Quan were chased by Xiahou Yuan and his 800 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and fled in panic. They were chased all the way to the river bank and the cavalry on board the boats could no longer pursue them, which saved Sun Quan's life. However, the prestige he had accumulated by annihilating Liu Bei was completely destroyed.

When Sun Quan fled back to Xiakou in disgrace, he found that he could not go back to Jiangdong. Kan Ze announced that Sun Quan died in the Battle of Xiangyang. For the sake of Jiangdong's foundation, a group of counselors supported Sun Ce's son Sun Shao as the leader.