Three Kingdoms

Fang Tian's painted halberd stopped in mid-air.

The blade shone with cold light and was as steady as a mountain.

The rain slid down the blade, and then fell on Han Guo's face.

On Han Guo's cheek, a red mark injured by the sword gradually appeared, as if he had been stabbed.

Lu Bu squinted his eyes and first looked around. There were no other figures, and then he looked at the half sword raised by Han Guo.

"Well..." Lu Bu put away Fang Tian's painted halberd, and his surging momentum suddenly stopped, and he said slowly, as if he was commenting, but also as if he was approving, "You still look like a man." 』

Han Guo obviously couldn't defeat Lu Bu, but even so, Han Guo still didn't flinch at all. Even in the end, he still fought hard. This was more or less in line with Lu Bu's wishes. He felt that he was challenged by such Han Guo, and It can't be considered an insult.

Since it is not an insult, there is no need to kill Han Guo.

"Go back and recuperate for a month or two, and then practice hard!" ” Lu Bu waved the Fangtian Painted Halberd to push away the rain on his head, then put it behind his back, “I won’t hold back next time...”

"Da Du Protector... there will be no next time for you..." Han Guo's arm softened, and half of the sword fell to the ground with a clanking sound, "No more..."

Lu Bu snorted and ignored Han Guo. He immediately turned around and walked into the hall.

Han Guo lay on the ground, he didn't have the strength to stand up yet.

Persuading Lu Bu was harder than he thought.

Just when Lu Bu was about to enter the hall, Han Guo suddenly had an idea in his heart. He raised his head and shouted at Lu Bu's back, "Protector!" I am Li Changshi’s disciple! 』

Lu Bu's figure seemed to pause for a moment, but then didn't seem to, and went straight into the hall.

"Alas..." Han Guo exhaled and looked at the dark clouds that seemed to be above his head. The rain in the dark clouds seemed to be laughing at Han Guo's overestimation of his abilities, trampling on Han Guo's face unscrupulously.

After the feeling of danger disappeared, the pain all over his body returned to Han Guo. He felt as if both of his hands were broken. Even now, they were still trembling slightly, making it difficult to even move.

Just when Han Guo didn't know how long he would lie on the ground, a figure suddenly shook in front of him.

Lu Bu's guard who was originally in the hall came forward, helped Han Guo up, and then carried him to a side room.

Then a servant came up, untied Han Guo's armor, wiped the rain off Han Guo's body, and brought him a bowl of hot ginger soup.

After drinking the hot ginger soup and changing into dry clothes, Han Guo felt that he had a little more strength.

The doctor came to see Han Guo's hands, applied medicine and bandages to him, and told him not to touch the water, lift heavy objects, or fight. He should be cured for at least ten and a half days.

Fortunately, Han Guo took a breath. He originally thought that his hands were going to be useless, or at least there was something wrong with the bones, but now the doctor said that the bones were fine, which meant that Lu Bu had indeed kept his hands just now?

"Han Zhizong," seeing that Han Guo had basically packed up, Lu Bu's guard stepped forward and said with his hands in hand, "I have invited you to protect me." 』

Regardless of whether they are on the battlefield or not, there are not many people who dare to challenge Lu Bu head-on and survive. Therefore, Han Guo's move was more or less admired by these soldiers.

Han Guo was a little surprised, but he quickly followed the guards into the hall.

Lu Bu had obviously changed out of his rain-soaked robes early and was sitting in the hall. When he saw Han Guo approaching, he glanced sideways, raised his chin slightly, and signaled Han Guo to sit down.

"Are you...Li Changshi's disciple?" Lu Bu looked at Han Guo and asked, "Why have you never heard of him?" 』

Han Guo smiled, but the pain in his body made his smile somewhat weird, "Master left part of his book for me... but he seems unwilling to acknowledge me as his disciple..."

Lu Bu's eyes were slightly cold, "Why?" 』

"It's probably because Master is afraid of getting me involved..." Han Guo sighed, "Master spends almost his whole life thinking about others... but thinks very little about himself..."

"Implicated?" ” Lu Bu frowned and then said nothing, but the coldness between his brows and eyes had already faded away.

After a while, Lu Bu looked at Han Guo and said, "Wen Yuan asked you to come?" 』

Han Guo shook his head, "General Wenyuan originally wanted me not to come. It was me who wanted to come to see the Protector." 』

Lu Bu was silent for a while, "Now that you have seen it... just say whatever you have to say." 』

"..." Han Guo didn't say anything immediately, he seemed to be reorganizing his words. After Han Guo fought with Lu Bu, Han Guo seemed to have a new understanding of Lu Bu. Han Guo didn't plan to talk about the original allusions. He just wanted to talk about Han Guo himself, "I Originally, there was also a Marquis... Marquis Xinfeng... The Protector should know this, right? 』

"Originally?" Xinfenghou? Lu Bu raised his eyebrows slightly, "What about now?" The Hussars deprived you of your title? 』

Han Guo smiled, "No, my lord originally wanted me to keep this title, but I personally handed the seal and ribbon back to my lord." 』

"Why? Lu Bu asked.

Han Guo raised his head slightly, his eyes wandering slightly, as if he remembered something, "I was originally an orphan... Before I was adopted by Master, I was like a wild dog, wandering around in the pass, digging in the pile of dead people." Eat, live in the abandoned villages and fortresses... Then the master found me, took me, and some other children... Then I put on human clothes again and started eating human food..."

Lu Bu listened silently, without interrupting or saying anything.

"Later I found out that Master asked me and other children to gather together to choose an heir for my father. Han Guo nodded and said, "Yes, my late father made an appointment with Han... I inherited his title, and also inherited his hatred... I changed it... It's also interesting to say that my late father himself was dying. I just thought I wanted to change it, so I gave this name..."

"My late father didn't like me at first..." Han Guo was still smiling, but his face was a little more bitter, "In other words, my late father didn't like anyone at first... Until my late father died, he took After I saw the seal of the new Fenghou, I realized that my late father actually didn't hate us, but he hated himself..."

Han Guo said slowly, "My late father said that his original idea was just to stand up for the poor people in Xiliang, speak out, and change the poverty that Xiliang has always had... But he said that he did not expect that he would later... Even he himself had forgotten what his original wish was... He said that in order to obtain the title of Marquis, he lost his children, relatives, friends, and everything around him. In the end, he only The seal of the new Fenghou remains..."

"My late father said that he did not want the seal of the new Marquis of Feng to accompany him to the underworld... so my late father gave me the seal of the new Marquis of Feng... and then I returned the seal to the lord." Han Guo looked at Lu Bu and said, "The same is true for the master... The master is obviously talented and full of scriptures, but he is unwilling to establish any inheritance, and he is not even willing for me to claim to be his disciple... They have understood that they need Nothing, nothing needed. My father was the last to understand, and he didn’t understand until he was dying. My master was a little better. At least when he went west, I think he felt relieved at that time..."

Han Guo's eyes stayed on Lu Bu, "I was originally thinking about how to persuade the Protector, but now... the only one who can persuade the Protector is you yourself. 』

Lu Bu frowned deeply.

Han Guo stood up, raised his arms with all his strength, and saluted, "Dadu Protector, my master once said that in this world, there are nine out of ten people who will not go as they wish." The most difficult thing for a person in life is peace of mind. Today I will convey these words to the Protector... There are still many matters to be dealt with in the city, so I will not spend much time with the Protector. I'll take my leave. 』

"..."

Lu Bu seemed to want to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

It rained heavily.

The world is in chaos.

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Huang Gai ignored Gan Ning's challenge.

In fact, Zhu Huan had already set off early before Huang Gai set out, but Zhu Huan took another route.

The land route from Wuling area to Yidao.

The land route was no easier than the water route, so Zhu Huan could not move faster.

The reason why we have to take both water and land routes is because Jiangdong cannot afford to lose now and must be cautious. This caution is needed not only when facing Cao Cao, but also when facing Fei Qian. Everyone knows that when it comes to fighting, it is best to resolve it as quickly as possible. But most wars in the cold weapon era require caution, as there is no way to communicate in time, and you don’t know where your friends are...

Huang Gai only started to take action after receiving the news that Zhu Huan had arrived.

So under such circumstances, Huang Gai was the brains behind Duoben, so he would give up his current advantageous situation and challenge Gan Ning to a duel?

Even the stupidest dramas don’t dare to be filmed like this now.

When Gan Ning saw that Huang Gai refused to fight, he jumped up and down in panic, and then laughed at Huang Gai's cowardice, trying to boost his own morale and dampen the momentum of Jiangdong's soldiers, but the effect was obviously mediocre.

While Gan Ning was still resisting, Zhu Huan arrived on land.

This was almost the last straw, quickly crushing the fighting spirit of the Sichuan-Shu navy.

With almost no effort, Zhu Huan rushed into the water stronghold set up by Gan Ning in Yidao. He was about to kill Gan Ning behind him, and surrounded Gan Ning with Huang Gai.

In the chaos, Gan Ning didn't know how many Jiangdong's troops had come. He just knew that enemies were everywhere on the water and on the land, with flags flying, and his side was either in the water stronghold or on the boat. The soldiers were all panicked...

After all, if you fail to ambush, you will be ambushed, and the psychological gap is not something ordinary people can bear.

Seeing that the situation was over, Gan Ning urgently ordered a retreat.

At this time, the immaturity of the Sichuan-Sichuan navy was fully demonstrated. They competed with each other for the way, but because it was ten times more difficult for a boat to turn around than a war horse, they collided with each other, squeezed each other, injured and died, and countless people fell into the water.

If the number of casualties during the entire battle is made into a chart, then the curve of casualties is actually relatively flat from the beginning to the end, and the angle of climb is not very large. Until the order to retreat is given, Suddenly it rose upwards and shot straight into the sky.

Huang Gai was still very cautious. After chasing for a while, he gathered his soldiers and stationed themselves at Yidao.

After Gan Ning retreated, 50% of his troops were lost, and the personal blow to Gan Ning was so great that after he got off the boat, he became more and more angry, feeling that his own face had been lost, and he was furious. Sheng Teng, with a roar, pulled out a knife and chopped down a small tree by the roadside. This was not enough to relieve his anger, so he went up and kicked the remaining half of the tree trunk down.

Gan Ning's behavior of destroying the country's vegetation will be fined at least hundreds of thousands in future generations.

Zhuge Liang looked at it from a distance and said nothing, but felt a little regretful. I'm not feeling sorry for the little tree, but I am feeling sorry for the fallen soldiers. Zhuge Liang originally thought that Gan Ning could hold out for a period of time in Yidao, and even if he was attacked, he could withstand it for a few days. However, Zhuge Liang really didn't expect that in less than a day, Yidao Water Stronghold fell. , making all the follow-up measures Zhuge Liang had prepared in vain.

Seeing Zhuge Liang standing in the distance with an expressionless face, Gan Ning felt somewhat embarrassed and put away the knife. When he came closer to Zhuge Liang, he laughed innocently but didn't know what to say.

"Thank you, General Gan. Zhuge Liang said politely, "We are ready to retreat. We need to make a new plan with General Xu Gongming." 』

In the original plan, Wang Shuang faked defeat, and then Gan Ning ambushed and gave Jiangdong Army a head-on blow. On the one hand, he could first train the Sichuan-Shu Navy so that the Sichuan-Shu Navy could grow up in actual combat. On the other hand, On the other hand, it can also slow down the advance of the Jiangdong Navy. Wait until the Jiangdong Navy marches in a large scale before giving up the Yi Road, while burning a fire or something...

As a result, the only thing left now is to retreat.

Although the current morale of the Sichuan-Sichuan navy is not completely broken, it is not much better. It is not impossible to forcefully reverse the offensive, but it is too demanding, and the most important thing is that it is unnecessary. So Zhuge Liang simply retreated and gathered with Xu Huang.

Gan Ning was a little reluctant, but he had no choice. Who knew that he had been careless before and arrogantly thought that I was the best in the world. As a result, he suffered a loss in front of Huang Gai. He could only grind his teeth secretly and beat Huang Gai. His name was written down on his own knife, and he vowed to use Huang Gai's blood to wash away his shame this time.

After the Sichuan and Shu troops retreated, Huang Gai and Zhu Huan began to clean up the battlefield.

The many baggage brought by Gan Ning to Yidao Water Village naturally became the spoils of war for Jiangdong's army. There were more than 20 large and small ships that could still be used, and there were more than a thousand prisoners, nearly half of whom were wounded. Huang Gai did not keep these prisoners, but formed a straggler, escorted the Sichuan-Shu navy prisoners onto the ship, turned around and headed for Jiangling.

Cao Jun in Jiangling is thinking about the progress of the Jiangdong Army. After all, they are watching Huang Gai heading west, so the Jiangdong Army will definitely have a battle with the Sichuan and Shu Army. They are deducing the subsequent development. As a result, they received a message from the "ally" The "gift" that came, these captured Sichuan and Shu army soldiers.

Huang Gai's envoy handed over all the prisoners of the Sichuan and Shu armies to Cao Jun for disposal. Although there was a slight intention of killing people with a borrowed knife, Cao Zhen in Jiangling was wide-eyed.

Although it goes without saying that the advantage of the 18,000 navy against the 4 to 5,000 navy in Yi Dao is obvious, but in such a short period of time, they won a complete victory, and it can even be said that Sichuan and Shu in Yi Dao were defeated. The navy caught them all in one fell swoop, which was a bit beyond Cao Zhen's expectations.

Is Jiangdong's navy too strong?

Or is the navy in Sichuan and Shu too weak?

But no matter how he said it, Cao Zhen had a new understanding of the current situation.

Gangneung is located in the south of Xiangyang. As a barrier to the south of Xiangyang, it means exactly what its name means: half water and half mountain. As early as when Jiangdong and Cao Cao fought for Jiangling, most of the fortifications and buildings here were destroyed. Although they were repaired to a certain extent later, they were somewhat different from the original ones.

On the whole, if Jiangling is not lost, then Xiangyang will not have any risks from the south. For the sake of safety, Cao Ren left Cao Zhen and stayed in Jiangling. He commanded Cao's army to control Xiangyang to prevent Jiangdong's army from making any false plans to the greatest extent.

Regardless of what means Jiangdong's army defeated, Yidao was indeed captured by Jiangdong, and there were so many prisoners who were not fake, so Cao Zhen immediately sent someone to Xu County to report...

The Jiangdong Army took control of the Yi Road, but there were two roads in front of them. The north road was relatively common. When Liu Bei entered Sichuan from Jiangling and Liu Biao's troops in Jingzhou, he went upstream to Yufu. , and the other one is only half of the waterway, and the other half has to go over mountains and ridges to enter Sichuan.

There are two roads, most of the way to the north is easier to walk, but it is extremely dangerous in Yufuyi, and the river becomes narrower as you go further back. Even a navy with 100,000 or 80,000 troops cannot launch it at all. It can be a long snake formation moving forward.

The main problem with the road to the south is that it is on the mountain road. When the Jiangdong naval forces disembarked, their combat effectiveness was reduced by 20%, and then they climbed mountains and ridges. I am afraid that they would only have less than half of their original combat effectiveness.

Huang Gai's opinion was to continue taking the water route and advance gradually.

Zhu Huan's idea was to try walking on the mountain road, because he had walked this way before.

Huang Gai glared at Zhu Huan, and Zhu Huan glared at Huang Gai. The two of them did not show any of the tacit understanding and friendship they had cultivated in the Wuling area.

In fact, Huang Gai knew why Zhu Huan chose to take the mountain road, and Zhu Huan also knew why he chose to take the waterway, but the reasons they hid could not be revealed...

To put it simply, Huang Gai is the veteran and Zhu Huan is the newcomer.

The friendship and tacit understanding between two people cannot fill the original huge gap between them. At most, it can only build one or two bridges across the chasm.

Now, the bridge is obviously congested.