Three Kingdoms

Autumn is coming.

There are stars in the night sky.

Can I still see this winter?

Liu Biao stood on the terrace of Jingzhou Mufu Yamen, looking up at the sky, his expression solemn and quiet, but his heart was constantly tumbling. My luck seems to be coming to an end. And in this world, who is the son of fate?

Liu Xie is definitely not that unlucky guy. After all, I have never seen that son of luck be so unlucky. Chong'er also fled all the way back then, but the process of his escape was pretty good. Even though he suffered some hardships, he was generally able to maintain his status. After returning to his own country, he quickly regained his due status. Liu Xie is the emperor, how long has it been?

Liu Biao once thought and hoped that he was the one favored by God, but now he discovered that God had been joking with him.

So, is it Cao Cao?

Or Feiqian?

Although Liu Biao tried hard to stand up straighter, the physical pain still made his originally tall and burly figure look a little rickety.

Liu Biao looked back on the past. He single-handedly created peace and prosperity in Jingzhou, and also controlled all military and political power in Jingzhou. He dealt with the Jingzhou gentry internally, and became one of the leading princes in the world externally.

However, it seems that everything ends here.

Liu Biao stretched out his hand, slowly and tremblingly, stretching upwards, trying to straighten his body. However, no matter how much he stretched, he had obviously tried his best, but he was still so far away from the stars in the sky. It seemed that the hand he stretched upward was meaningless.

In the past few days, he frequently issued various orders, resisted Cao Cao's army forcefully, and at the same time comforted the people in the city. He gritted his teeth and held on, as if he didn't have any pain in his body. . In the eyes of others, Liu Biao may still be tall and majestic. Only in Liu Biao's own heart can he understand what he is seeing in his eyes.

The blood wave is already rolling in from the north.

Death is already an indelible smell on my body.

Although at this moment, the city of Xiangyang is still stable, although he still has follow-up measures being launched, although there are still soldiers and high walls, Liu Biao looked at the night and the boundless darkness. I only felt the fear of death and trembled with it.

This time...

No kidding...

Because this time, God didn't even bother to joke with him...

Liu Biao retracted his hand silently. I don't know if it was because of illness or some other reason, but Liu Biao's expression even looked a little ferocious.

It's not that easy to kill me!

To the north of Xiangyang, the shining fire and the deafening sound of fighting rang out again.

The good appetite of Cao Jun who went south encountered a hard nut for the first time.

Above the Han River, near the Xiangyang Bridge, the fierce fighting has been going on for several hours.

The sky has turned dark, but the flames are burning and seem to be spreading along with the blood on the Han River.

The flaming arrows kept streaking through the air, illuminating the corpses on the bridge, on the shore, and on the water in the boat. Soldiers with bloodied bodies and faces were floating down the Han River. It was not clear which side had more dead soldiers, Cao Hong's or Gan Ning's.

Gan Ning always moved to the water stronghold, commanded the navy to attack Xiangyang Bridge, and started a fight with Cao Hong. On the other hand, Xiahou Dun also arrived under Fancheng and began to attack Fancheng. In the two battlefields not far apart, whoever decides the outcome first may be able to take the lead.

On the banks of the Hanshui River and on the Xiangyang Bridge, countless canines were fighting each other, with flickering firelights, blood-stained swords and guns, and shrill shouts, as if the end of the world had come to this land.

Cao Hong did not expect that after a seemingly smooth start, he would encounter such strong resistance.

Amidst the chaos and noisy sounds, Cao Hong rode his war horse and kept patrolling back and forth in the three directions of the river, the bridge, and Xiangyang City. From time to time, he issued an order to send out reserve teams or form military formations. mobilization to respond to changes in the battlefield.

Of course, for Cao Hong, the safest way is to withdraw from the Xiangyang North Camp and then leave the attack range on the Hanshui River. Even if Ganning has naval forces, they can't just drive the boat to the shore? But this means that Cao Hong has given up his previous victory. Jingzhou will definitely take the opportunity to destroy the Xiangyang Bridge, and it will undoubtedly be more difficult to cross the river again to attack Xiangyang City.

So Cao Hong was unwilling to give in.

However, not giving in means that Cao Hong's troops must guard against the Xiangyang Bridge and the Gan-Ning navy landing in the Han River. They must also be careful about the civilian troops who may rush out of Xiangyang City at any time. The pressure is not ordinary. big.

At first, Cao Hong thought he could withstand the pressure.

Then he was wrong.

Although Cao Hong's body seemed to be stable as he sat on the horse's back, his hand holding the reins behind the horse's neck was trembling. The reason for the trembling was that Cao Hong discovered that he was a little careless, or in other words, the entire Cao family and Xiahou family under Cao Cao's rule were a little careless...

In this world, Fei Qian is not the only opponent. Even Liu Biao, who most people thought was nothing special before, still made Cao Hong a little bit overwhelmed when he started to attack.

The key point is the Jingzhou navy.

If Gan Ning's combat strength on land is considered to be one hundred, then in the water, Gan Ning can exert a combat strength of one hundred and twenty. After the initial attack on Xiangyang Bridge with a sharp blow failed, Gan Ning quickly adjusted They formed an array and suppressed Cao's army from both land and water directions. The Cao soldiers led by Cao Hong did not have much combat experience with the navy, so they were slightly passive from the beginning and were in a position of being suppressed and beaten. In terms of status, if Cao's army was not stronger than the Jingzhou soldiers on land and had better equipment, it would be impossible to say that they would have collapsed and fled at the moment.

For several hours, dozens of ships were dispatched back and forth, and thousands of soldiers took turns to attack. Taking advantage of the Han River waterway and flexibly changing their formations, Gan Ning continued to exert tremendous pressure on Cao Hong.

Maybe Cao Hong couldn't remember Gan Ning's name before, but I believe that starting from this day and night of his desperate relationship with Gan Ning, the name of Gan Ning and Gan Xingba will remain in Cao Hong's heart.

At the top of Xiangyang City, Wenpin quietly watched the fight near Xiangyang Bridge.

Pang Ji asked anxiously: "General Wen, why don't you attack yet?" 』

"Cao's army still hasn't moved..." Wenpin said slowly, "I never thought that Cao's soldiers would be so tenacious..."

"So General Gan..." Pang Ji hesitated.

Wenpin didn't even move his eyes, "Xingba must have something in mind..."

Pang Ji was stunned for a moment, and then sighed slightly. What can this be? trust? A kind of mutual trust that finally came together when danger was in front of us? Pang Ji didn't know, he just felt it was a pity. How great would it be if everyone trusted and trusted each other like this from the beginning?

Just when Pang Ji was distracted, Wenpin suddenly patted the battlement and said, "Come here!" Send the order, line up! Get ready to head out of town! 』

Then Wenpin turned to look at Pang Ji. Before Wenpin could speak, Pang Ji said, "Don't worry, General Wen!" Wherever someone is, the city is there! 』

When Xiangyang's Wenpin attacked, Cao Hong realized that he had made the second mistake, which perhaps should be avoidable and should be avoided. The first mistake was to underestimate the combat effectiveness of Gan Ning and other Jingzhou naval forces, and the second mistake was to underestimate Wenpin's bravery.

The first mistake can be compensated and resisted by relying on the Xiangyang Bridge and Xiangyang North Camp fortifications. However, when faced with Wenpin and Gan Ning's flanking attack at the same time, Cao's soldiers were caught off guard. After barely resisting for about half a stick of incense, Cao's soldiers were in chaos. and wavering inevitably arise.

"Ming Jin!" withdraw troops! 』Cao Hong saw that the defeat had begun to spread in a corner of the battlefield. If he persisted, his formation would be implicated sooner or later, so he ordered the Xiangyang North Camp to be burned to block Wenpin's pursuit. On the other hand, he used the Xiangyang Bridge as a cover. They even mobilized the last few Cai's ships so that Cao's soldiers could evacuate to the south bank of the Han River.

At the same time, Cao Hong led his cavalry to the Ganning Marines who came ashore to pursue them. They made a clean surprise attack and defeated them directly, which relieved the pressure on Cao's soldiers to retreat and finally saved some face... …

Just when Xiangyang City was about to welcome the joy of defeating Cao Hong, the bad news was like a bucket of cold water poured over it. Fancheng was lost. Guard general Liu Pan disappeared.

At the same time, in the Gangneung area to the south, terrible chaos is spreading.

After the defense systems of Jiangling City and Maicheng were completely broken by Jiangdong soldiers, Nanjun was almost declared to have been officially opened. Jiangdong soldiers did not stop to repair, but quickly expanded the flames and edge of the war to other counties and cities in Nanjun. Village, in June, almost all of Jingzhou Nanjun fell into Jiangdong's hands.

Killings caused by resistance occurred from time to time in every corner of Nan County. Not resisting was not a good choice, because war was often accompanied by violence and plunder.

Because of the regional development in the Han Dynasty, Jiangdong was on the edge of the Han Dynasty and was completely a rural area, while Jingzhou was the gateway to the Central Plains. Business from south to north prospered here, making Jingzhou both a resident population and a small country. The business and trade economy is very good, so no matter from any aspect, Jingzhou Nanjun can be regarded as a big fat piece of meat.

The people of the Han Dynasty lack fat, so they like to eat fat meat when they see it. Although Jiangdong has always flaunted how excellent he is, when he sees fat meat, his uncontrollable appetite always reveals his primitive nature and begins to plunder in an organized way. stand up.

First, the soldiers expelled the people in the city, expelling the entire area. Men's screams, women's screams, and children's cries merged into one. Some tried to escape, but were quickly caught, and then blood flew out and splashed everywhere.

Then, like cattle and sheep, the people in these areas were rushed to the ferry, boarded on boats, and sent down the river to the east of the Yangtze River. It was said that "away from the war, you can reach fertile soil."

Under such operations, everything in these counties has naturally become ownerless. Naturally, everyone has a share. The officials get the big heads, and the soldiers get the small heads. Everyone laughs and wonders together. I can't even put it in my pocket.

What is very interesting is that most of such plundering was limited to county towns, and remote mountain villages and villages were spared. It was simple because Jiangdong soldiers also wanted to eat, and they wanted the farmers and women in these villages to continue working until The end of the autumn harvest.

Zhou Yu disagreed with this behavior, but it was hard to object.

Because Zhou Yu knew that there were two main reasons for such eager plunder. One was his distrust of Sun Quan's post-war distribution. This was a sequelae brought from Jiangdong and would not be changed for a while. The other was his subsequent distrust of Jingzhou. There is no trust in safety issues. If you stay in the Jiangling area of ​​Jingzhou, you still don’t know who will get the advantage in the end, so it’s better to get a little bit early.

Sun Quan was very satisfied, which can be seen from Sun Quan's constant urging Zhou Yu to move his army to Jiangling. Under such continuous orders, Zhou Yu had to leave Chaisang and move his army to Jiangxia. But at this time, a small accident broke Sun Quan's good mood.

The South Vietnamese rebelled.

They rebelled again...

In the beginning, it was not that bad on the whole, maybe it was just a quarrel or an inadvertent collision. Logically speaking, both Jiangdong and the Nanyue people were at fault, but Jiangdong County Magistrate didn't take it to heart at all, and it was still The partial Xiang Jiangdong pronounced the South Vietnamese guilty and then showed their shackles to the public.

Generally speaking, this is the case. The South Vietnamese people suffer a dumb loss and bury their resentment in their hearts. But the problem is that this time they met a more serious South Vietnamese person. When he found that he could not reason with Jiangdong County Magistrate, he also Starting to be unreasonable.

Subsequently, things developed beyond the imagination of Dongxing County Magistrate and completely out of control.

The South Vietnamese banded together and took advantage of the market time to raid Dongxing County. Some of the soldiers in the county were deployed to attack Jingzhou, while others were lax and careless and could not resist. The South Vietnamese captured the city gate in one fell swoop. Entered the city!

At first, the South Vietnamese just wanted to save their own family members who were unjustly accused and sentenced, but they did not expect that Jiangdong's soldiers were so miserable, which immediately made these South Vietnamese people excited. The large amount of plundered property also made these South Vietnamese people's minds expand, and more and more South Vietnamese people began to join this capitalless business.

On the other hand, local officials in Jiangdong did not consider reporting the incident first, but habitually covered it up. After all, conflicts, big or small, often broke out between the people of Nanyue and Jiangdong from time to time. If everything was reported to Sun Quan, wouldn't it make Sun Quan feel incompetent? So these Jiangdong local officials hugged Meiji and drank some wine, and then ordered some soldiers to be mobilized to prepare for the rebellion.

Wasn't it suppressed in this way before? If you can settle it yourself, naturally it won't be a big deal.

As a result, the problem becomes big.

Because the county where soldiers were deployed was not just the one where the rebellion broke out. The strong and experienced soldiers were deployed to fight Jingzhou. The remaining soldiers were either useless or old and weak, plus there were other There was no capable general in command, and he openly led his troops arrogantly, marching ostentatiously in the mountains, preparing to encircle and suppress the rebellious South Vietnamese. Then he was ambushed by the South Vietnamese and was beaten and fled in all directions.

The situation finally became uncontrollable. The South Vietnamese not only captured Dongxing County, but also took advantage of the situation to attack Yongcheng and Nancheng. Linchuan County was greatly destroyed. Not only that, more South Vietnamese people gathered. When Sun Quan finally When the news was received, it was said that there were already more than 20,000 people, and the number of South Vietnamese who heard about it was still increasing. Every time a military report was sent, the number would skyrocket.

As for the damn Linchuan prefect, no one knows where he has gone, there is no news at all, and his life or death is uncertain.

This riot almost stabbed Sun Quan in the waist with a knife, causing Sun Quan to drip with blood.

"This is a false report!" Sun Quan was so angry that he threw the general report on the ground. "In a few days, there were hundreds of thousands of people!" Could it be that all the people from South Vietnam came to Linchuan? ! absurd! These incompetent people should be punished for their crimes! 』

Sun Quan is not a fool. Of course, he also knows that these guys cover up the cover and refuse to retaliate at the beginning. Then when problems arise that cannot be covered up, they start to exaggerate to show that it is not that he is incompetent, but that his opponent is too strong, so Can't resist...

"Go and tell Zhu Junli!" ” Sun Quan was still angry.

But the entourage who went to see Zhu Zhi came back soon, reporting that Zhu Zhi was sick...

"sick? ” Sun Quan sneered, naturally he didn’t believe it, and after wandering around for a few times, he set off for Zhu Zhi’s mansion.

Sun Quan came in person, so Zhu Zhi naturally couldn't pretend.

"It takes a thousand days to nourish a man, but only one moment!" Sun Quan looked at Zhu Zhi and said in a deep voice, "Now that there are changes in Linchuan, I hope you will put the overall situation first, command the troops and horses, and put an end to the rebellion!" 』

Zhu Zhi looked at Sun Quan quietly, "May I ask my lord, what is the overall situation?" In the past in the city, Ji Zixiu humiliated someone. Is this also the "overall situation" of the Lord? 』

Although Sun Quan asked Ji Yan to incite the people, he did it secretly, but after all, the Jiangdong nobles were not vegetarians. After thorough investigation, some clues could be found.

Sun Quan's expression changed and he stared at Zhu Zhi. Zhu Zhi did not retreat at all and stared at him proudly.

"What do you want?" Sun Quan didn't quibble. Maybe he also knew that since Zhu Zhi said it, there must be some evidence, and quibbles might not be useful.

"If you are beautiful and cruel, you slander and frame your colleagues, and you harm your colleagues, you should be punished!" ” Zhu Zhi said unceremoniously.

Sun Quan slapped the table and said, "Bold!" 』

"Ming Gong..." Zhu Zhi said slowly, not only the words used, but also the tone was very similar to what Sun Quan said before, "I hope Ming Gong will put "the overall situation first"... If there is injustice in Linchuan, Changsha It's chaos again, what should I do tomorrow? 』

Linchuan is still smaller, and Changsha County is Sun Quan's hometown. If he really cooperates with the South Vietnamese, it won't be a matter of being stabbed. I'm afraid Jiangdong will be corrupted immediately.

Sun Quan gritted his teeth and arched his back, as if he would jump up in the next moment and fight like Zhu Zhi, but after a while, he finally breathed out slowly, "Zi Xiu's crime will not lead to death... remove him from office." that is! This matter is over! 』

Zhu Zhi was silent for a moment and lowered his head, "My lord is wise." 』

Originally, Zhu Zhi didn't want to kill Jie Yan in one go, and said that the death penalty was just for bargaining. And this kind of transaction is not the first time, nor the last time...