[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Chapter 145

Xiling and Jiangxia are less than a hundred miles apart. If one person rides one ride, he can reach the other city in less than one or two hours.Jiangxia had enough food and supplies, and Xiling was responsible for storing most of the equipment and armour. Once the enemy attacked Jiangxia, Xiling could send troops to outflank it at any time.Under the attack from both sides, the enemy army rarely survived.

Then if it is reversed, the enemy attacked Xiling?

Obviously, this is a more unwise choice.Although there are not many soldiers in Xiling City, there are plenty of equipment and armor. It is even more difficult to capture Xiling City than Jiangxia.The two cities by the river are like the horns of each other. Xiling can save Jiangxia, and Jiangxia can naturally save Xiling.And the other side of Xiling is no better than Jiangxia, it is almost all wilderness.In other words, Xiling is not only no easier to attack than Jiangxia, but also has a far different strategic position from Jiangxia. Generally speaking, no one will use the army that has been secretly mobilized through all kinds of hardships to do such useless work.

Of course, generally speaking.

On the mountain road from Xiling to Jiangxia, the potholed brownish-yellow land has turned into small pools of blood, and there is a faint smell of blood in the wind. Among the lush vegetation on both sides, you can vaguely see a few people who were stabbed by a knife. dead body.The gurgling blood flowed into the grass from the uncoagulated wounds on their necks, and the smell of blood seemed to be stronger in the air.

At this time, a white pigeon flapped its wings and skimmed over the grass, but suddenly fell down.The killer hiding in the shadows spotted it at a glance, grabbed it, and got orders from the small mailbox on its foot.

The moment the hand was released, the frightened white pigeon rarely escaped like an arrow.And when the white dove confirmed that it had escaped the danger and then circled back to look back, the killer hidden in the darkness disappeared one step ahead of it.

Under Xiling City.

"All the octopuses have returned to their positions, waiting for the Lord's order!"

Cao Cao nodded.

It was getting late, and it was still far away to break through Xiling City.However, Xiling and Jiangxia will communicate with each other every three days, and tomorrow will be the third day. If Xiling City has not been breached before then, Jiangxia who has not received the news will definitely send troops. It's a hundred times more dangerous now.At the same time, the value of the captured Xiling will be reduced by a few points.

The only way to break the game is to call back all the octopuses guarding the intersection.Cao Cao could only bet that even if Xiling City sent someone to ask Jiang Xia for help, he would be able to break through Xiling before then.

But for some reason, Cao Cao always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.It was an indescribable feeling, not to mention the pain, but the indescribable panic, as if there was a funnel in the distance, and he, who was thousands of miles away, could only watch the sand flow in despair. Go, but can't do anything.

What happened in the camp?

As soon as this thought appeared, he immediately pushed it back.Not because accidents are impossible in the camp, on the contrary, because accidents are too easy to happen in the camp.But he can't think about that possibility, [-]% of the plan lies in Xiling, if Xiling is not broken, Xiakou's plan will be completely meaningless.

Siege is the top priority.

"Let the octopus go," he ordered.

"Yes!"

Compared with the nearly ten thousand soldiers, the number of new octopuses on the battlefield is really insignificant, but the effect they have played is astonishing.As soon as the ladder is on the city wall, the speed of the octopus ascending the city is like a ghost. It can even cut the neck of the defender on the tower with a dagger just before the rolling stone falls.And when the offensive and defensive momentum was leveled on the tower, the attack power of the octopus horrified the defenders and even the Cao army.The knife saw blood and took people's lives, but even if he was pierced through the abdomen by the sword, he continued to fight as if he was unconscious.Of course, octopus guards are human beings and will die, but even the moment they fell, the defenders felt terrified, fearing that it was just their illusion.

The battle has lasted for more than three hours, and the soldiers who have been stalemate for a long time are actually exhausted.At this time, which side can rekindle their morale may become the key to the decisive victory.

But the weetweed has never been the existence that determines the victory of the war.Those who joined the battlefield were sparks from a single spark, and the spark that never retreated half a step in the face of death finally fell into the hearts of every Cao Jun and became a prairie fire.

"Beat the drums! Cheer for the soldiers!"

The sound of drums that shook the world resounded on the battlefield. With a loud roar, Cao Cao raised his long sword and led all the other soldiers towards the city wall of Xiling City.

When all the strength of Cao's army and everyone in Cao's army forgot to die, the balance of victory finally completely fell to this army from the north.More and more soldiers boarded the tower, and more and more defenders or their bodies were thrown from the tower.Cao Cao braved the rain of arrows and rushed to the forefront. After reaching the city, he got off his horse and personally picked up the dashing wood with the soldiers.

"Boom!"

"Boom!" Twice.

"Boom!" Three times.

Soldiers holding Chongmu kept falling under the enemy's attack, but soon there were new soldiers to take his place.At this moment, there is no difference between Cao Cao, Weetweed, and ordinary soldiers.They have all become vicious wolves, their only belief is to break through the city gate and kill all the enemies.

Finally, after an unknown number of times of hard work, everyone suddenly felt that there was nothing in front of them.After stabilizing his strength and looking up, the closed door was opening in front of them.

At a moment of Yin time, Xiling City was broken.

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"Sir, I beg you, just let the octopus go get the medicine!" Cang Zhu's voice was filled with tears, "If you drag on, you will really die! Even if, even if Sima Yi or the lord find out about this , that wouldn’t necessarily cause them to make a mistake! Are those really that important compared to your husband’s life?!”

At midnight, the poison spread to both eyes.Now it is the second quarter of Yin time, the poison has undoubtedly penetrated deep into the internal organs.Guo Jia's front was already soaked in the blood he vomited, and the entire neck was covered with dark red blood.Cang Zhu didn't even dare to feel Guo Jia's pulse, for fear that after taking the pulse, Guo Jia wouldn't even be able to last until the time he estimated.

"Don't be so scared..." Guo Jia's eyes were on Cang Zhu, but he had already lost his usual expression, "Just now Jia suddenly thought who would do this. It's rare in this world that few dare to guess Jia He is the one who wants to poison Jia and can poison Jia. But why is he?"

Cang Zhu looked at the blood dripping from the corner of Guo Jia's mouth as Guo Jia spoke, her heart was pierced like a knife:

"I beg you, sir, to stop thinking about those things. It will aggravate the poison..."

"Forget it, why don't you think about it now. Anyway, he is indeed a smart person who can think of using this point to strangle Jia's culprit. What should I do, Jia has begun to offend your literati and cherish talents, so It's such a pity that a smart person was killed. Cough cough... Don't worry, Jia just suddenly hurt. Where did you just say? Oh yes, the poisoner. It's a pity that he is so smart, but he is really Wrong guess, let’s not mention that little wolf cub Zhongda, how could Jia not believe you? Jia would think that Cao Mengde could ruin the overall situation because of worrying about a person’s life? It’s a joke!"

"Sir?" Cang Zhu called out tentatively, a guess that made him shudder was slowly taking shape.

"Besides, although...cough cough...although there are many people in the world who say that you are cruel and heartless, and that you will do anything to destroy the throne, how can Kejia not understand you.

You, Higa is obviously still sentimental, and Higa still takes chances in this world. He can't let go of the Han Dynasty, the people, and the old friends. You can even frown when you mention that Yuan Benchu.And that Guan Yu... everyone in this world misunderstood you, but me!Guo Fengxiao!How could I be wrong? !You are clearly still that brat who beat up eunuchs with five-color sticks. You are greedy and want peace in the world. Daydreaming about conquering the might of a great man in the Western Regions... How naive, how stupid!

But why are all the slightly interesting things in the world created by you fools... What kindness and love, what is the country and the people are safe, what is the world for the public... Jiaming knows that those are all jokes, but why... ...would be more stupid than you? "

Guo Jia often smiles, and when most people see him, the corners of his lips are usually raised.But that kind of smile is mostly out of politeness or defensiveness, it is calm and repulsive, it seems that he can joke about anything, but he can't take anything into his heart.But at this moment, the smile that Cang Zhu saw was so kind and gentle, it warmed the person being watched more than the flickering candlelight.Those eyes, which could no longer see anything but still focused on the person opposite, seemed to have regained a more radiant look than before, radiant and soul-stirring.

Cang Zhu knows that in the darkness, Guo Jia still sees a person, a person Guo Jia is willing to let go of his edge and trust wholeheartedly, a person Guo Jia is willing to treat with all the tenderness and kindness in his life.

"Meng De," he smiled softly, and called out the name on the apex of his heart, "so don't be afraid, Jia doesn't hurt. What kind of poison has Jia never experienced? How could something happen to Jia with such a small poison?

Don't worry, the world you want, the old people you want to keep, all the things you want, true or false, Jia will do it one by one.The fish and the bear's paw, Jia will let you have both.

Because, I love you. "

Seeing Guo Jia vomit a big mouthful of blood again with a smile, Cang Zhu couldn't bear it any longer and turned around and rushed out of the tent.Guo Jia's gentle words, gentle expression, and finally... He almost broke down in tears when he heard it.He was aware of the matter between Cao Cao and Guo Jia, but he had never really realized that the friendship between their husband, who never cared about everything, could be so deep to the lord.

Sadly, the person Mr. saw at this time was just an illusion caused by poisonous hair.If the husband is allowed to drag on like this, before he dies, it is impossible for the husband to see the lord whom he has been thinking about.

Cang Zhu didn't dare to think about what would happen if he took the initiative to ask the octopus to find the medicine, maybe it would have consequences that he couldn't bear even if he died.He knew that after today, the husband will definitely be completely disappointed with him, and he should be executed for disobeying the order of the husband... But when he heard Guo Jia's last sentence, Cang Zhu suddenly became more certain than ever , He is more of a doctor than a weed.As a doctor, he only knows how to save people, he will never watch any patient die in front of him.

I don't want to listen to anyone's orders anymore.

Do what you want, even if it is wrong, and have a clear conscience.

However, when Cang Zhu finally found a weed guard and was about to tell him the matter, he stepped forward to stop him and handed the herbal medicine to him.

"There is news from Xidukou that the Fourth Young Master has unexpectedly suffered from brook poison. Please ask the military doctor to dispense the medicine immediately!"

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The roar stopped abruptly with the stabbing of the sword, the last enemy soldier fell, and the ferry returned to deathly silence.

Although the enemy fell, Sun Ce was also trapped in place at the same time.Due to the fierce battle just now, he was almost completely surrounded by Cao Jun's corpses, and he had to wait for the soldiers to move the corpses away before he finally got a way out.

Ce spent his whole life charging into battle, and no army in the world could trap Ce.I didn't expect to be surrounded by a group of corpses today, which can be described as a strange thing.

Wiping off the blood on his face, Sun Ce looked at the curled long sword, threw it on the ground, picked up a pistol and carried it on his back.

Ever since he returned to Jiangdong, this strange incident continued one after another.Not to mention, let’s just talk about the battle that just ended. First of all, a scribe who had never fought any battle at first glance had the guts to block his sword. He tried to escape by himself, but he didn't know what to do. When he was just determined to kill him, Cao Pi, the eldest son of Cao Cao who left everyone and ran away, turned back...

Later, the strength of Cao Jun's remnant soldiers suddenly increased greatly, and another 3000 reinforcements were received. It stands to reason that it was time to fight back, but Cao Pi left the [-] men and ran away with his own troops.Not to mention Sun Ce, even the other Jiangdong troops who followed Sun Ce to attack were confused by Cao Jun's strange behavior.

If it was for delay, why did Cao Pi flee with soldiers who could still fight him?

If it was because Cao Pi was weak and afraid of death, why did he turn back to die before he had already escaped?

If it wasn't that Cao Pi was afraid of death, and Cao Jun didn't want to delay, why did these reinforcements prefer to be decapitated instead of fleeing from his sword?

However, the soldiers under Sun Ce are all of the same temperament as himself.Can't figure out the enemy's strategy?Then simply don't understand it, and don't care about his scheming, it's better to kill a bloody path with a sword directly.Although the Jiangdong Army suffered more than 2000 casualties during the battle with the original defenders, only [-] reinforcements were not enough to make them take it seriously.The only trouble is that the [-] soldiers of Cao Jun seem to be insane. They didn't even have a single deserter even though they were defeated. They refused to throw away their swords even after their legs were broken and their arms fell off.Sun Ce had no choice but to order to wipe out all the enemy troops, leaving no one behind, and finally won the victory.

As for what's going on, I'll just ask Gongjin when I go back this time.

Thinking of Zhou Yu, Sun Ce subconsciously raised his lips into a smile, and then frowned slightly.Cao Jun was strange, and Zhou Yu was also strange recently. Although in the eyes of others, the governor of Zhou was still as high-spirited and heroic as ever, and he could repel Cao Jun just by talking and laughing.But Sun Ce is not someone else after all, and he can easily see that Zhou Yu has something to hide from him and from everyone after getting along day and night.

"General?" Seeing Sun Ce standing by the horse and not getting on his horse for a long time, the deputy general called out, "If we don't leave, it will be too late. By then the governor will get angry, and we will push you on the head!"

"Haha, yes, if the governor suspects that you missed the military plane and punished you to kneel on the guqin, we will not plead for you, the general!"

"I heard that I have to copy the piano score for the governor. The box that can fit one person is full of dozens of boxes..."

"It's scary to listen to the governor playing the piano, I heard..."

"Go, go, go!" Looking at the soldiers who were laughing together, Sun Ce lost the mood to continue analyzing, turned his head and said with a smile, "You should worry about yourself first. It doesn't matter if you make fun of this general with military orders, but if you dare to use Gongjin's Just kidding, let's see how I deal with you old soldiers when I go back this time!"

The crowd burst into laughter again, not mixed with a few stupid words similar to "the general only knows how to clean up people for the governor".The bloody night wind blew by, and laughter spread far away at once. If it wasn't for the corpses all over the ground, they seemed to have forgotten that this was a battlefield where soldiers fought each other not long ago.Sun Ce pretended to be angry and cursed a few more words, and then he simply stopped caring about this group of indulgent but reliable veterans, and jumped on his horse neatly amidst such laughter.

Looking up, the moon star is pale, and it is set in the southeast.

It was more than an hour short of what he and Gongjin had agreed upon, and it was more than enough for a big camp.

The laughter gradually stopped, the steed neighed, and in the whistling night wind, the horses galloped away with clear and bloody hoofs, just like the group of young men who roamed the mountains and rivers many years ago.

A general with an iron horse and a silver gun will not grow old.

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"Sir," Lu Xun walked out of the cabin, saw Lu Su passing by on the deck, and hurriedly greeted him, "Don't you...don't you need to command the battle with the commander?"

Lu Su also had a good impression of this young man who was very respected by Sun Quan recently, and he was polite and courteous. Hearing his question, he patiently replied: "The ships in the front part of Cao's army have been surrounded, and the next step is to command me. The square ships formed an army formation, and wiped out the enemy ships trapped in the formation and wandering outside the formation. There are many people in the world who can form an army formation on land, but only Gong Jin can do this on water. Su couldn't help, so he came out." But in fact, Lu Su really didn't think about leaving at first.Until Zhou Yu mentioned that the presence of others would distract him, although he faintly felt that Zhou Yu's tone and voice were a little strange, but out of absolute trust in Zhou Yu, he still followed Zhou Yu's arrangement and came to the rear building to inspect the fire oil in person. Transportation of materials such as bows and arrows.

"Bo Yan, did you come to see Su for the purpose of the lord? Why don't Su go back with you now and report the general's situation to the lord in more detail."

"Don't bother me, sir. My lord's attitude... is still the same as before. Before Cao Jun retreated, all the soldiers in the army were given full power to General Sun and the chief inspector. He didn't care about it." Lu Xun briefly conveyed to Sun Quan meaning, and brought the topic back to the battle situation, "It's actually inferior to me to come to see you. Don't you think... this battle is too weird?"

Lu Su frowned: "What do you mean?"

Lu Xun said: "Judging from the military reports received so far, half of Cao Jun's large ships are surrounded by our army, plus the dozen or so large ships that have been sunk by our army and the incalculable number of walking ships. And suddenly... Almost one-third of Cao's ships have been damaged on this river, while our army's loss is less than one-fifth. Even if Cao's army is far more numerous than ours, in such a disparate loss Under such circumstances, Cao Jun has no possibility of winning at all. Cao Jun has a lot of talents in his army, so he should have seen this a long time ago. But why in this situation, Cao Jun's ships rushed over one after another, and then they were easily coerced into in the army

Could it be that Cao Jun's purpose is not to win or lose on the battlefield at all.The more ships involved in the formation, the more difficult it is to control the formation, and the more energy the people who set up the formation will consume.This battle has been fought for almost a whole day, and I heard that the governor had fainted from an arrow wound before, if Cao Jun is so desperate, the purpose is—"

The two looked at each other, and immediately ran towards Zhou Yu's ship.

Although they knew it was too late.

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From contempt, to surprise, and now to faint curiosity, Sun Ce couldn't help but start to re-examine Cao Cao's eldest son in front of him.The rumors I heard in the past all said that the second son of the Cao family was really lucky. Although he was not as good as Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi in martial arts, he was born early and lost his elder brother, so he got the advantage of the eldest son.And Cao Pi's behavior of leaving everyone behind and running away alone just now also made Sun Ce have no good impression of him, and only regarded Cao Pi as a noble dude who has not been affected by the storm and relies on his family background.

But the young man in front of him who was ten years younger than him was quite different from what he had imagined. □□Facing the iron sword, the former must have the upper hand, not to mention his martial arts are far from what Cao Pi can match.Not long after the fight, Cao Pi was already covered with scars.The helmet had already been knocked off, and the loose strands of hair stuck to his blood-stained side face in strands because of the blood.He found the right opportunity to stab the crosslink of the iron armor on his left shoulder, and the hand holding the sharp sword on the right seemed to be trembling slightly due to the unbearable pain.But no matter how embarrassing he was, after half an hour of fighting, Cao Pi still stood upright and successfully protected the big tent behind him, preventing him from advancing even half a step.

No one knows better than Sun Ce that there are very few people in the world who can survive half an hour under his gun.

"Hey!" Sun Ce held up his spear and stopped the attack temporarily, "I don't bully children. Get out of the way immediately, and I won't make things difficult for you."

"Joke!" Cao Pi snorted coldly, "As long as I, Cao Zihuan, survive today, you will never even think about stepping into this tent."

From the very beginning when he got here, Sun Ce noticed that there were black shadows flashing in and out of the big tent behind Cao Pi. There was no doubt that those people were the so-called octopuses.They are passing military orders to the army for the counselors in the tent.But when Sun Ce was almost about to break through the entire Cao camp, these octopuses with martial arts skills stayed out of the matter and only took over the responsibility of the messengers. This can only show that the strategy at this time is very important and no small matter.Sun Ce must catch this counselor before he can benefit the frontline battlefield.

The unknown is always disturbing, especially when he thinks that the person who is making plans in the account at this time may be Guo Jia, who may be more courageous than him, Sun Ce dare not delay this last step.His patience dwindled, and he shouted to Cao Pi again:

"Get out of the way immediately. I won't kill you, and I won't take you back as a hostage. Don't worry about that! You can't beat me!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Cao Pi lowered his phoenix eyes.The blood loss in his body actually made him unable to hear what Sun Ce said, and he didn't want to listen to Sun Ce's words.Enduring the powerlessness and pain, he stubbornly raised his sword and attacked again, "The Cao family only knows death, not surrender! Look at the sword!"

However, as soon as the sword was swung, someone grabbed the hilt tightly.The strength was so strong that Cao Pi tried his best to struggle for a long time, but he couldn't break free.

"Mr. Jia?"

"Ahem." After Cao Pi took the initiative to retract his sword, Jia Xu took his hand from Cao Pi's hilt to his mouth, bowed his waist and coughed hard twice.Jia Xu was not in the big tent guarded by Cao Pi, and the surrounding area was full of fights between Cao Jun's few defenders and the Jiangdong Army. No one knew how Jia Xu, who looked old-fashioned, survived the bloody storm , walked here quietly.

"Old man, I'm just here to help the person who can't speak for the time being. After saying this, if General Sun still wants to fight, I can only do what the general wants." He turned around and said slowly to Sun Ce , "He wants the old man and General Sun to say that the Han has lost its deer, and the world will chase after it. However, a big victory needs to be exchanged with plains. I wonder if the general has realized it?"

"what do you mean?"

Words of doubt blurted out.However, Sun Ce actually vaguely guessed what Jia Xu meant, but he was afraid and unwilling to take the vague panic in his heart as real.

"The meaning is very simple." A voice came from the tent, and Sima Yi came out and stood beside Cao Pi.Just as Cao Pi wanted to yell at Sima Yi to go back, he saw that the octopuses who had originally delivered the military order joined in the fight with the Jiangdong Army. After thinking for a while, he realized that the situation had changed.

Sima Yi glanced at Cao Pi's wounds all over his body, and stared at Sun Ce even harder:

"Sun Bofu, do you know why Jiangdong will definitely lose this battle?

If you are here today, even if you kill Cao Pi, Cao Cao will still have sons who can replace him.Then, you broke through the camp and tied me up, Sima Yi. As long as we are around, Yi can deliver messages at any time.Use your hands when you are dumb, use blood when the ink is dry, and it doesn't matter if you kill Yi, there is Xun You in the frontline army.After so many hours, Yi believed that he already knew how to take the last few steps.

For the ultimate goal, anyone in this army can be sacrificed, and someone can replace him at any time to support the army to victory.And what about you?In the past ten years, Jiangdong has almost been supported by Zhou Yu alone. Are everyone in Jiangdong ready to welcome a Jiangdong without Zhou Gongjin? ! "

On the big river, a homing pigeon is dressed in the morning glow and flies past the sunrise of Dongsheng.

Xun You knew that it was a pigeon flying back from Xiling, and it would land on the shoulders of someone who had already exhausted his energy.

So, he ordered the soldiers to hold up the last order flag, call the gold, and withdraw the troops.

They have won.