Three Kingdoms

Everyone has calculations in their mind, and so does Zhou Tai.

For Zhou Tai himself, he has no family background and no reputation to support him. All he has is a knife in his hand and a life in his body.

Zhou Tai is from Jiujiang. Although there is only one word difference between him and Zhou Yu, and there is also one word difference between his hometown, but just such a one-word difference makes Zhou Tai and Zhou Yu almost completely different.

According to Sun Quan's order, after arriving in Jiangdong, although Zhou Tai was not a smart person, he also found that something seemed wrong in Jiangdong. Everyone seemed to be a little distracted from the serious business at hand, and was always whispering.

Before Sun Quan went on the expedition, Jiangdong had already reached an agreement. There should be no problems with money, food, soldiers, etc. It was like they claimed at that time that "even if you lose your own family, you can't lose the lord's army and food." But wait When Zhou Taizhen came back for another round of transfers, this or that problem arose.

"General Zhou is a real hero!" Every time there is a war, you will be in danger! Now that he has gone straight to the end of the world, he is truly a hero in the world! 』

Is this a good thing to say?

Zhou Tai always felt a little weird after hearing this.

"General Zhou, please relax!" There must be nothing wrong with the military rations! Someone will send someone to deliver it soon! Please be patient, General Zhou..."

"Since my lord has needs, I should naturally do my best. General Zhou will stay for a while while I go to make some preparations..."

There seemed to be no problem, but after Zhou Tai thought there was no problem, he waited for two days, but it turned out that he still hadn't waited for the soldiers and supplies. When he went to find people, he couldn't find the enthusiastic guys who kept saying there was no problem.

Sun Quan is the Lord of Jiangdong. Everyone seems to know this, but in fact these Jiangdong nobles have no respect for Sun Zhongmou. On the surface, they seem to respect him, but in fact, behind the scenes, they keep yelling at each other. , The reason why Sun Quan promised to provide food to the soldiers before was because Sun Quan also promised to give them some profits and rewards, but now there is no reward, and he has to tighten his belt again. Who wants it?

Zhou Tai was worried.

Sun Quan is in Jiangxia and sent Zhou Tai to Jiangdong. He is not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers and rest, but to lead his troops north to stab Cao Cao in the back. It is not clear whether the situation in Jiangxia will change in the past few days. But there is no progress here. How can Zhou Tai sit still?

Before Zhou Tai, he was just a white man who was promoted into the army by Sun Quan, who gave him trust and handed over important responsibilities. But now...

What should he do, which is the most correct response?

How to do how to do? !

In fact, the current Sun Quan regime is in an extremely subtle state. Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, as well as the four major Jiangdong noble families, are all aware of this subtle state, and they are also hesitant.

The Sun family's foundation naturally started with Sun Jian's generation. The Sun family was originally from Jiangdong, but its early supporters, such as Zhou Yu in Lujiang, Lu Su in Linhuai, Zhang Zhao in Xuzhou, etc., were not from Jiangdong. In other words, when the originally moving Sun Jian went out to wander around, he returned When he went to his hometown to develop his power, all he brought with him were outsiders.

Outsiders occupy high positions in the local workplace, outsiders hold military and political power, and outsiders say the same thing. Under such circumstances, how could the Jiangdong nobles accept Sun Jian's reinvention?

Therefore, local people such as Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang were naturally at odds with the Huaisi forces under Sun Jian, and this contradiction broke out after Sun Ce came to power.

There are many reasons for the outbreak, but there are still three important ones.

One is that although the Sun family is considered to be from Jiangdong, it is not a wealthy family. Sun Jian's father is actually a melon farmer, who is always talking about melon skin and melon skin. Sun Jian can be regarded as somewhat handsome, but he has been away from home for more than ten years.

Second, after Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce's process of inheriting the Sun family was not in line with the ethical standards of the gentry. You must know that Yuan Shu is the sweetheart daddy of many people. Although Sun Ce is not a scabbard ox tendon, he once knelt down and licked Yuan Shu's hard money bag. After licking it, he turned against him and even added insult to injury...

With this kind of character, the Jiangdong nobles naturally looked down upon him all the time.

In the third aspect, when faced with such a situation, Sun Ce's response method was very simple, which was in line with the psychology of some people in later generations who just wanted to be happy, "kill".

"Suppress Wu Hui and kill its heroes." 』

"Wander thousands of miles to the south of the Yangtze River, kill the famous tyrants, and make them powerful in neighboring countries." 』

"When Cexin merged with Jiangdong, all those who were killed were heroes and heroes who could kill people." 』

Even in the early days of taking over, Sun Quan also killed Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu County. Of course, on the surface, Sun Quan said that Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu Commandery, had second thoughts and searched out some soldiers and armors. But in fact, everyone knew that Sheng Xian, the prefect of Wu Commandery, just said some things about Sun Quan and Da Qiao. That's all...

Although Sun Quan also tried his best to make some amends, such as visiting Gu Yong's mother in person, but now that the crack has occurred, even if he used 520 glue to glue it, the crack still exists.

Gu Yong and Zhu Heng's personal guards were standing together, talking to each other wordlessly, as if they were their masters. The Gu family and the Zhu family are very familiar with each other, so the same goes for their guards.

Human feelings, naturally, come from walking. If the distance is too far, even if there are still some thoughts, as time and space increase, no matter how strong they are, they will fade away.

Gu Yong sat with a slightly strange expression, as if there were many things mixed in, but also as if there was nothing at all.

Zhu Heng asked in a low voice: "That guy wants money and food again. I'm afraid he thinks that we are all slaves, and we can do whatever we want..."

Gu Yong looked into the distance and said: "Now we are greedy for merit and are advancing rashly, and we only use Zhou Youping's soldiers. How can we convince the crowd with such a decisive decision?" I heard that Governor Zhou was fighting a bloody battle at the foot of Jiangxia City, but... he couldn't stand it and refused to help..."

Zhu Heng said: "Brother Gu's intention..."

"This week is not that week..." Gu Yong said, "If he were the governor, he would still be..."

Zhu Heng nodded, and then said after a while: "However, if you insist on not giving it...I'm afraid there is something wrong..."

Gu Yong waved his hand and said: "In three days, Zhou Youping will definitely not be able to sit still and will come to the door. Then he will be asked to help himself... It's just pitiful... ugh..."

Zhu Heng said: "If that guy can conquer the north of the Yangtze River and decisively defeat Yanyu, what's the problem if he loses his entire family to support him?" But now that we are too thoughtful and unwilling to employ people or share benefits, how can we win the hearts of the people? 』

Gu Yong was silent.

After a while, Gu Yong suddenly said: "If the three armies are in trouble, help Jiangbei urgently!" 』

Zhu Heng was stunned for a moment and then said: "This is natural." 』

……┐(?～?)┌……

Dusk, twilight is dim.

Although the rain stopped for two or three days, the roads are still muddy and difficult to navigate, especially in the Hefei area.

Strictly speaking, this place is not called "Hefei" now. It should be called "Feidong" and "Feixi", with Xiaoyaojin in between. The new advanced base built by Cao Cao is called "New City", so for convenience, let's call it Hefei.

Cao Cao can be regarded as the northern army, and Sun Quan is naturally the Jiangnan army. For Cao Cao, of course, it can be seen that Sun Quan's strongest point is the naval army. In other words, as long as there are waterways, Sun Quan can exert twelve layers of power to transport soldiers and allocate food and grass. Water transportation is definitely better than land transportation. It is much more convenient, so controlling and suppressing waterways is Cao Cao's strategy for Sun Quan.

Here in Hefei, Cao Cao's suppression of the Jiangdong waterway is like a nail driven into the belly of the Yangtze River.

Xiaoyaojin is the tip of this nail.

A team of transporters, covered in mud and even their vehicles were stained with mud, slowly approached the checkpoint of Xiaoyaojin. The soldiers of Cao's army guarding the checkpoint put down the late breasts they had just eaten for two or three bites, stood up with a curse, and looked at the slowly approaching convoy with some unhappiness...

Because according to custom, after the sky turns dusk, the checkpoint will be closed, and no one is allowed to enter or exit, except for baggage.

Therefore, Cao Jun's soldiers in these levels felt a little unhappy as if they had received an overtime notice from their boss when they were about to get off work.

Zhou Tai was sitting in the first car, looking at the Cao Jun checkpoint getting closer and closer, his heart could not help but beat wildly.

Xiaoyaojin is close to Chaohu Lake and connected to the Yangtze River, so Zhou Tai went around the river and landed in a remote place. He dressed up as Cao Jun's baggage in an attempt to get through.

The checkpoint is getting closer.

Looking at Xiaoyaojin not far away, Zhou Tai took a deep breath. He didn't expect it to go so smoothly. If he could rush in and set fire inside, even if he couldn't defeat Cao Cao immediately, he would still be at a disadvantage. The lord would definitely be able to win on the frontal battlefield. Got it!

"Stop whoever comes!" "The sergeant of Cao's army shouted loudly, and then came up with four or five soldiers.

Zhou Tai also quickly gestured to the back, and then jumped down. He smiled and said hello from afar, "It's difficult to travel on the road. I was delayed for a while and caused trouble to all brothers..."

Commander Cao Jun looked at Zhou Tai coldly, frowned slightly, "Who are you?" Where is your village chief? 』

Zhou Tai's heart skipped a beat, but the smile on his face became even brighter, and his pace quickened a little, "Our village chief accidentally got crushed by the wheel of a cart and hit his leg. It's very inconvenient to move. The one who's behind is In the car..."

The sergeant of Cao Jun waved his hand and said, "Call him over!" Come with the writing! 』

"No... brothers have been gone all day. Look at this muddy water, why don't you let us go over and have a rest first..." Zhou Tai said nonchalantly while trying to get closer.

"presumptuous! ! ” Cao Cao’s face turned cold and he said, “Retreat immediately!” Call your village chief! 』

Zhou Tan put his hand behind his back and held it on the handle of the knife. He just pretended not to understand and pressed forward step by step, "Ah?" What did you say? Chief, Chief, didn’t you hurt your leg..."

"stop! "The sergeant of Cao Jun suddenly shouted loudly, "Where are you from? Why doesn't it have a Jizhou accent? 』

"You don't care where I'm from!" " Seeing that the distance was almost there, Zhou Tai didn't bother to say anything anymore, so he directly yelled, "Do it! Kill them! 』

Zhou Tai swung his sword and slashed. Cao Cao's sergeant screamed in surprise and quickly blocked with his sword, but the block missed him. Zhou Tai swerved past and slashed him in the waist and abdomen. He was immediately slashed to the ground. Several Wu soldiers following Zhou Tai also rushed forward and chopped down these Cao soldiers.

Standing in the checkpoint, Sergeant Cao's soldiers saw the sudden change and couldn't help being stunned for a moment. It wasn't until they saw Zhou Tai cutting off the head of Sergeant Cao's army and blood splattered that they suddenly reacted and howled out. : "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! 』

Zhou Tai roared angrily and threw the head in his hand towards Cao Jun's checkpoint: "Kill!" Death to those who resist! 』

The Wu soldiers brought by Zhou Tai drew their weapons from the baggage carts, howled and began to rush toward the Xiaoyaojin checkpoint.

Cao Jun in Xiaoyaojin was alerted by the warning sound, and then remembered the noisy voice, and instinctively began to fight back. Long arrows were shot out from the opposite side of the checkpoint. However, due to the hasty shooting, most of them were not accurate and fell scattered. bridge deck, or shot directly into the water.

Only by breaking through the Xiaoyaojin level first can you rush into the new city.

If you want to capture Xiaoyaojin, you need to break through the bridge here first!

"quick! quick! Rush over! 』

Zhou Tai shouted.

If you are blocked on the bridge, you will definitely become a living target!

Zhou Tai picked up a spear that Cao Jun had dropped before, and then threw it towards the opposite side. A Cao Jun soldier who was lining up was stabbed in the chest and fell to the sky. His screams were horrifying.

However, Cao Jun's interception speed exceeded Zhou Tai's expectation. Although Zhou Tai had speeded up as much as possible, he still stubbornly formed a shield wall under the attacks of Zhou Tai and Wu Bing, and then more and more The arrows gradually became accurate, and the Wu soldiers on the bridge fell into the water from time to time.

Zhou Tai chopped down a Cao Jun sword shield hand opposite him, but there were shields behind the shield, layer upon layer, and a Cao Jun sergeant seemed to be shouting something not far away, and arrows shot out from the increasingly dark night. The shot will come over!

Zhou Tai suddenly felt regretful. Would it be better to come back in the middle of the night?

But arriving at dusk, it was reasonable to rush to pass the checkpoint, so after thinking for a long time, Zhou Taicai decided to come at this time. Since there was no writing, the secret would be exposed when he reached the checkpoint, so he had to grab it head-on!

But what I didn't expect was that firstly, I didn't seem to grab it as fast as I thought, and secondly, Cao Jun didn't seem to be panicked and slow to react as expected!

Zhou Tai's Wu soldiers were immediately stuck on the bridge!

In the congestion, many Wu soldiers were either forced by arrows or jumped into the water and swam to the other side. Cao Jun didn't seem to expect that Wu Bing would abandon the bridge and swim over, and was a little scattered for a while.

Zhou Tai was overjoyed, shouting and stepping up his offensive. He was about to destroy Cao Jun's shield array. However, it didn't last long when he heard the rumble of war drums from behind, and a large flag was picked out from the thorn. , the big word Cao on it indicates that the reinforcements coming are not from Zhou Tai!

Zhou Tai was immediately attacked from both sides and was blocked on the Xiaoyaojin bridge!

The Wu soldiers suddenly panicked and lost their fighting spirit. Many of them saw that the momentum was not right, so they dropped their heavy armors and swords and jumped directly into the river, escaping along the current like swimming fish.

Cao Xiu, who came from behind Zhou Tai, slapped his forehead fiercely, "Quick!" dash forward! Kill Wu Gou and don't let Wu Gou escape! 』

Although Cao Xiu said that he had made some arrangements in accordance with Cao Cao's instructions, he also made some mistakes and forgot that most of the Wu soldiers knew how to swim, so he did not make any arrangements in the water. He originally thought that blocking Zhou Tai on the bridge would be It can make it difficult for Wu Bing to fly without wings. However, Wu Bing did as Cao Xiu expected. He flew away without wings, but he could turn into a "swimming fish" and plop into the water...

Zhou Tai was still unwilling to give in. Even when his arm was cut by someone, he still refused to retreat. However, the guards around Zhou Tai knew Zhou Tai's temperament, and without saying a word, they held Zhou Tai up and ran through the water...

Although there will be someone with a big head to hold up the sky if it falls, but before the sky falls, make sure there is someone with a big head! Otherwise, according to Han law, even if the guard of the lost commander escapes with his life, he will still be beheaded in the end!

If Zhou Tai was alive, then the blame for the failure would naturally not fall on them, the guards. Guards who protect the general will naturally do their best and even risk their lives, because even if the general is guilty, the guard of the general who sacrifices his life to protect the general will still be praised and can also receive a large amount of compassionate money for his family.

Cao Xiu chased him to the water's edge, roared angrily, and ordered his soldiers to shoot arrows at the Wu soldiers in the water. However, judging from the splash effect, the lethality of the arrows after entering the water was almost equivalent to nothing, and most of Cao's soldiers were not He could swim, let alone get into the water and fight with Wu Bing in the water, so in the end he could only watch Wu Bing escape mostly with the help of the current...

"Why! ” Cao Xiu slashed his sword in the air a few times, and then ordered, “Withdraw your troops! Raise fire! 』

Not long after, the three bonfires that had been piled up were ignited, and the firelight illuminated Xiaoyaojin and could be seen more than ten miles away.

After a while, firelight also shone on the mountaintop in the distance, and the font-shaped bonfire was very conspicuous in the night sky. Obviously, this is a pre-arranged warning sentry beacon. This kind of beacon tower was used to convey messages very quickly, and it was still used by feudal dynasties in later generations.

The beacon communication system in the Han Dynasty was already very mature. During the battle between Wei Qing and the Huns, some of the Huns tried to break through at night. As a result, the beacon signal sent information directly from Liaodong to Chang'an in the northwest overnight!

Of course, the amount of information conveyed by beacon fire is limited...

Hefei is not that far away from Cao Jun's camp across the Chinese territory, so that night, Cao Cao received a signal that Xiaoyaojin was under attack...

Of course, Sun Quan, who was in Jiangxia City, also saw this signal and was immediately overjoyed!