Three Kingdoms

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The noise inside and outside Wancheng was overwhelming.

On the long street, corpses were strewn and blood flowed.

Amidst the fierce shouts, Huang Zhong and Xia Houyuan are about to have their second head-to-head confrontation!

A guard of Xia Houyuan rushed over, trying to help Xia Houyuan, and desperately used the sword in his hand to chop Huang Zhong, hoping to destroy Huang Zhong's steps and movements and create a better attack window for Xia Houyuan, but the loyalty of this guard of Xia Houyuan could not be Jia, as for the effect...

Huang Zhong's long sword deflected, and the sword in the hand of Xia Houyuan's guard slashed away without even touching it. Not only that, Huang Zhong also kicked him on the waist, which was like a tree trunk to borrow strength from, "Brush" With a loud sound, he changed his position and at the same time kicked out Xia Houyuan's guard. Several ribs were broken in his chest and abdomen, and a mouthful of blood spurted out while he was in the air!

In an instant, Xia Houyuan felt chills all over his body!

Huang Zhong's actions in front of him, the pounces, twists of body, and the shuttle between soldiers to use force, are like simulating animals in the forest, whether they are tigers or apes, or even snakes and wolves. This kind of Xia Houyuan often saw animal-like behavior in some acrobatics, but now it was once again shown in Huang Zhong, and it also had such powerful power!

Human beings who are born without sharp teeth can only fight and conquer the raging and ferocious nature by constantly improving their tools and becoming proficient in using them. After knowing how to make and use tools, it not only distinguishes humans from animals, but also opens the door to the development of real human skills. It also makes juggling drills, performances, and even actual combat a realistic possibility.

The earliest jugglers came from warriors and hunters. The reason is very simple. In an era when language and writing had not yet taken shape, if you wanted to describe something, especially the warrior's bravery and hunting skills among tribes, you had to use body language to imitate it, so that you could generally tell the story of hunting clearly. Through and imparting experience, this kind of imitation gradually evolved into the juggling of later generations.

Then gradually, the juggling turned into a fun show and seemed to have lost its original meaning...

Xia Houyuan finally discovered that his biggest mistake at the moment was to judge Huang Zhong's actions and routes based on human beings' own actions, especially Xia Houyuan's own actions!

Damn it!

This guy should be regarded as a giant ape or a tiger!

The next moment, Huang Zhong jumped onto the shoulders of a Cao Jun soldier, just like jumping onto a short horizontal branch of a big tree. He suddenly exerted force under his feet and trampled Cao Jun's soldiers down. At the same time, the man had already jumped up. The long arm was extended and the long knife was delivered to Xia Houyuan who was retreating!

Just like a spiritual ape picking peaches!

And Xia Houyuan's head is that peach!

Huang Zhong's long sword covers a huge area, and the blade trembles slightly, as if it will change the direction of hooking Xia Houyuan's head at any moment...

Xia Houyuan couldn't avoid it. He shouted loudly and raised the sword with both hands. The wind of the sword even rolled up the corners of his shirt and rolled it up wantonly!

Xia Houyuan used his feet hard, trying to take advantage of the strength on the ground. He must let Huang Zhong, whose body was suspended in the air, take a move, and then destroy his posture to regain the initiative and gain the upper hand in the fight!

Xia Houyuan felt that this sword was a sure shot and there was no room for error!

However, Xia Houyuan's sword was blown by the wind, and Huang Zhong's long sword, which originally seemed to be powerful and heavy, was light and airy. Xia Houyuan felt like he was using the sword to chop a strand of silk floating in the air. Although he hit the target, it was not. Can't get enough strength...

Xia Houyuan shouted loudly, and the long knife in his hand trembled rapidly from side to side, breaking away from Huang Zhong's control. The pressure suddenly eased a lot, and immediately drew an arc in the air, following Huang Zhong with an unprecedented revelation. The handle of the long knife is to cut downward!

Even though it is a simulated animal, it still has the body shape and habits of a human!

Even if the force is virtual, there is still a point where the force is received, and that is real!

Huang Zhong's eyes narrowed, and then he smiled slightly, his strength changed from weak to real, and the two swords collided!

The two collided vigorously. Huang Zhong came forward, while Xia Houyuan responded in a hurry while retreating. Therefore, Huang Zhong stopped when the two sides collided, while Xia Houyuan took two big steps back. Only then did he stop falling backwards and regain his footing.

The distance between two big steps, if it is close, is not too close, if it is far, it is not too far, and between this not close and not far, it is life and death...

Xia Houyuan stared at Huang Zhong. He neither provoked nor said any nonsense, but took all the time to adjust. His breathing was somewhat chaotic due to the continuous movements. The long knife in his hand was tilted forward, as if he was accumulating momentum and took action. He was about to attack, but in fact Xia Houyuan did not want to take the initiative to attack, but wanted to control the distance between himself and Huang Zhong so that he could take the initiative and not fall into a fight with Huang Zhong.

Because Xia Houyuan realized that the Huang Zhong he was facing now was not even less difficult than those famous generals under the Hussar, such as Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Tai Shi Ci, etc...

Even better than...

When Xia Houyuan was distracted, he suddenly saw Huang Zhong retreating instead of advancing. His whole body seemed to have fallen and half of him was retreating! He was about to escape the attack control range of Xia Houyuan's sword!

Huang Zhong's action greatly exceeded Xia Houyuan's expectations.

Normally, in order to maintain effective lethality, both sides must compete with each other to control the range of the attack. At the same time, they must exert the maximum lethality and prevent the other party from rushing into the inner circle of the long knife. Therefore, under normal circumstances, both sides It will maintain a distance of neither close nor far to attack. Once anyone loses control of the distance, it means losing the initiative.

Therefore, Huang Zhong retreated violently, and under the pull of Qi, he took Xia Houyuan with him. The body instinct of a warrior often moves faster than the brain. Before Xia Houyuan realized anything, his body had already taken a step forward and slashed through the air like a rainbow, chasing Huang Zhong's body behind him!

When he cut it out with his own sword, Xia Houyuan's heart skipped a beat, he had fallen into a trap!

Huang Zhong stepped in front of Xia Houyuan's right foot. The moment his center of gravity shifted, his steps changed again. When Xia Houyuan's long sword came through the air, Huang Zhong's body that had been retreating instantly reversed and rushed forward!

In this way, the distance between the two parties was shortened to the shortest distance since the two people fought!

At such a distance, the long swords of both men lost their maximum killing effect. Instead, the short blades would have the advantage, even...

fist!

Huang Zhongrang brought Xia Houyuan's long knife that had not yet been completely dropped, crashed into Xia Houyuan's inner circle like a spiritual ape, and then smashed Xia Houyuan's face with his huge fist!

Xia Houyuan's expression changed. Even if he retracted the momentum of slashing with the long sword now, with such a close distance to Huang Zhong in front of him, the power of the long sword would not be able to be used at all!

In the field of vision, Huang Zhong's fist became bigger and bigger, seeming to fill the entire space in front of him!

Xia Houyuan had no time to withdraw the long sword, and his center of gravity was also tilted forward. He had no time to switch again, so he could only try his best to dodge to one side. There was only a "buzz" sound, and the wind of Huang Zhong's blow roared from Xia Houyuan. It swept past the side of the ear, as if a knife was scraping the armor of the helmet!

Before Xia Houyuan could counterattack, he immediately felt a tightness on his shoulders!

After Huang Zhong's punch was empty, he immediately spread his fingers and grabbed Xia Houyuan's back shoulder like a tiger's claw!

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Xia Houyuan, who was already above the limit of his center of gravity balance, could not continue to make adjustments. By the time he found that his body was being pulled backwards by Huang Zhong, and he wanted to twist his waist and exert force to get rid of Huang Zhong's control, it was already too late...

Twisting the waist and legs requires strength, but Huang Zhong didn't give Xia Houyuan this chance at all! In an instant, the two of them bumped into each other. Xia Houyuan tried to use Huang Zhong's shoulder grabbing power to twist around, but failed! Xia Houyuan twisted, Huang Zhong loosened his hand, and immediately blocked it with his arms. It looked like Xia Houyuan was cooperating with Huang Zhong, twisting his body to let his neck go!

Xia Houyuan, who was out of balance again, could not control his body at all. Huang Zhong grabbed his neck, dragged him and slammed him to the ground!

"Boom!" 』

There was a loud noise and smoke and dust flew into the sky. Xia Houyuan was hit like a big fish being thrown flat on a stone slab. For a moment, he couldn't breathe at all. His head hit the ground and his eyes went black!

After a few breaths, Xia Houyuan recovered from his dizziness and saw a long knife placed on his neck, with a long and thin red tassel slowly floating in the air...

"Surrender!" ” Huang Zhong shouted in a deep voice.

"Roar! Xia Houyuan roared angrily, and without hesitation, he hit Huang Zhong's knife edge with his neck. He would rather die by the knife than suffer more humiliation!

Huang Zhong was shocked by Xia Houyuan's behavior. He didn't expect Xia Houyuan to have such a strong temper. He raised his hand, but his foot came down. He kicked Xia Houyuan on the head with a muffled sound, and kicked Xia Houyuan directly. Fainted……

Huang Zhong looked around, looking at the inexplicably horrified and bewildered soldiers of Cao's army. He raised his long eyebrows and said, "You generals just said "yes" and are willing to surrender... Are you still going to resist stubbornly?" ! 』

"If you don't surrender, you will be trying to harm your own generals!" ? 』

Cao Jun looked at each other. I don't know when, someone first put down his sword and gun, and then the second one...

……(`Д′*)9(〃′ Pan`)……

On the city wall of Xu County, a person stood on the city gate tower, looking quietly to the west.

Although the people outside the city were peaceful, the pedestrians and merchants were walking in a leisurely manner, and the soldiers at the city gate were steady and orderly, Xun Yu stood on the city gate tower and seemed to see more than ten horsemen galloping towards the west. It brought up the smoke and dust all over the sky... It seems that I saw flags all over the sky, as if it covered the entire world... I seemed to see countless firelights rising from the earth and spreading towards the sky...

Although Xun Yu's body was neat and dignified, and his clothes and accessories were not messy at all, when he was alone at the moment, his heart lost the peace and tranquility of the past, and he was even a little confused and panicked!

Because this time, the situation will finally, or there is a high possibility, deviate from Xun Yu's expectation, and slide into a situation that Xun Yu dare not think about, but can't help but think about, and then the more he thinks about it, the more afraid he becomes. on that result.

Fei Qian, Cao Cao, Sun Quan...

Countless things are swirling in my mind, countless figures are shaking in front of my eyes, and countless futures are looming in the fog...

Jingzhou is the gateway to the Central Plains, but the situation is like that of a big man today!

Three families are at war!

This war affected Xun Yu's mind day and night. It never stopped in his mind. It was swirling, burning, rolling, and stinging. When he opened his eyes, he seemed to see corpses all over the sky. , layer upon layer covering the entire Han world!

The battle situation in Jingzhou seemed to be an omen, an omen that made Xun Yu terrified.

Mr. Cao!

Have you really decided to do this?

Before Cao Cao went south, he had a last conversation with Xun Yu, which still echoes in Xun Yu's mind...

"...Before the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, how many tribal countries were there in this land of China?" Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong, Nuwa, Zhurong, Gonggong...after that came Yan, Huang, Zhuanxu, Emperor Ku, Pao Xi, Taihao, Shaohao, Yao, Shun...and after that, the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties ...』

Cao Cao was also standing here at that time, spreading his hands, as if he was holding the whole world, and seemed to be asking about the world...

"Now it's the big man's turn...Have Wen Ruo ever thought about why it was the big man?" ” Cao Cao’s voice still seemed to be echoing in his ears, “We call ourselves Han family and Han people, but what about before? Thousand years of inheritance... Haha, whose inheritance is it? A big man? If not, how should we explain it on the green bamboo? 』

"Although the turtle has a long life, it still has its time!" 』

"The soaring snake rides on the mist, but in the end it becomes ashes..."

Cao Cao raised his head and laughed loudly, which shook the whole country.

Xun Yu raised his head, just as he did then, and murmured, "Mr. Cao..."

Ever since Guo Jia was captured by the hussar general, Xun Yu felt that Cao Cao had gradually deviated from his original track and was driving towards a front that he could not see clearly.

When Guo Jia was still in Xu County, he seemed to talk with Cao Cao about Yuan and Yuan with a kind of contempt, but when he talked about Hussar, he was more uncertain...unclear...

Will the fight between Fei Qian and Cao Cao now be like the fight between Yuan and Cao back then?

Compared with Yuan and Yuan, was Cao Cao really that "ten victorious and ten defeated" at that time? In fact, this is not the case. In most cases, Cao Cao's overall strength is not as good as Er Yuan. Even the nobles around Cao Cao are not optimistic about Cao Cao, except Guo Jia. Guo Jia stood firmly by Cao Cao's side, saying that Cao Cao would definitely win the final victory.

However, I don’t know when it started, but the voice that firmly determined that Cao Cao would eventually win gradually became smaller, or even disappeared...

Just like the previous battle with Fei Qian, although there are various reasons to explain and explain why he was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Cavalry General, various emergences, developments and results, it still does not help and cannot be allowed to happen. People are convinced.

During the series of battles with Fei Qian, did the generals under Cao Cao suddenly stop working hard? No more effort? Don't want to win? Or were the soldiers under the banner suddenly soft, hesitant, and slow in their movements?

Attack, field battle, array, battle, defend, divide troops, lure the enemy, hide, ambush...

All methods were used, even more careful and detailed planning than when fighting Yuan Shao, but why were they all unsatisfactory in the end?

Cao Cao was not convinced, and Xun Yu knew it.

If it were an actual defeat and a loss in a head-to-head confrontation, that would be fine. It would be like a fight between the two sides, and the stronger one would win. No one would have any objections to this, and there would be no dissatisfaction. However, now, it is like the hussar general Fei Qian kicked the opponent. The table, the bench, even oiling the tabletop, scratching it with a feather duster...

Then Cao Cao naturally lost.

Although he lost, he lost, but he was still holding back his anger. Just like the tribal leaders before the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, those guys who were taken care of by Yanhuang were just as unconvinced, "Why are we beating each other with bone sticks, but the two guys Yanhuang picked up stone knives, stone spears, bows and arrows, bronze... …』

So this time, Cao Cao was cruel.

Bone sticks also have dignity!

not to mention……

The current situation in Jizhou and Yuzhou is not optimistic either.

Xun Yu sighed slowly.

Having more people is certainly a good thing. A large population base means more taxes can be paid, more labor can be produced, more products can be manufactured, and more troops can be accommodated. , and even more difficult to manage. Just like the Xin family...

But even Xun Yu would be a little surprised by the new things, novel ideas, and innovative measures in Qiusi's place. How could he get there? How could it be possible? How could he completely isolate them and turn a blind eye?

Xun Yu had already sorted out everything and was not clear about it. In his heart, there was only the deepest fatigue. "If you are a filial piety..."

It would be great if Guo Jia was here. With Guo Jia's keen intuition, perhaps he can grasp the key points from the chaotic situation, then weigh the pros and cons and find the way forward.

Cao Cao has extremely strong decisiveness and courage, Xun Yu has meticulous observation and strong coordination ability, Guo Jia has neither decisiveness nor courage, and even spends most of the time drinking and sleeping lazily, but Guo Jia has extremely strong He has a sense of direction, and even has some ability like prophecy, just like when Guo Jia stayed under Yuan Shao for less than three months, and then left immediately, asserting that Yuan Shao could not accomplish anything big.

And with this kind of ability, in the entire Yingchuan area, in the entire Cao family's political arena, only Guo Jia is the strongest, Xun Yu is a little less, and then Cao Cao is a little less. As for the others...

So now, Cao Cao made a decision, and Xun Yu thought a lot, but he didn't know whether Cao Cao was right or wrong, and where it would go.

If Cao Cao is doing the right thing now, why does he still have to face the current embarrassing situation without a right result? If Cao Cao is going in the wrong direction, then what is the point of doing these things that he, Xun Yu and others, Cao Clan Xiahou Clan and other generals have worked so hard to do?

This kind of self-doubt is terrible, and Xun Yu also knows this.

If you suspect that everything you have done is in vain, and even the results you have achieved so far, the Jizhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places you have occupied will eventually be lost, then it will be a huge blow to your confidence and future motivation. !

But the problem is, when doubts arise in the heart, it is not so easy to remove...

Especially for people like Xun Yu who are quick-thinking and like to think about problems. Once they have the first question, they will naturally have the second and third time. It's like masturbating. There are always only two results. .

After all, Fei Qian is not Yuan Shao. Will Duke Cao's plan work this time?

Xun Yu raised his head and asked the sky.

The sky is silent.

Xun Yu lowered his head and asked Dadi.

The earth groaned.

Xun Yu turned around to ask Qingfeng, but he saw several messenger cavalry galloping in the distance, bringing smoke and dust into the sky!