Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Chapter 169 The ship will be burned, the crossbow will be seized, and the situation cannot be opened

The moon is on the brow, and the night is long.

In a private room of the inn, under the warm yellow oil lamp, Zhuge Jin was writing a letter. He became more and more anxious as he wrote, and when he finally used the pen, he specially increased his hand strength.

After finishing writing, he opened it and read it, and then quickly handed the letter to the servants waiting here.

specifically asked.

"This letter must be passed into the hands of Marquis Wu immediately, it has a lot to do with it!"

"Wei!" The messenger quickly received the letter without daring to neglect, and immediately left the room.

But Zhuge Ke outside the door had a panoramic view of this scene.

After the messenger left, he walked into his father's room, "Father, is it for Marquis Wu?"

Knowing that he couldn't hide it from this clever son, Zhuge Jin nodded.

"For Soochow, this is an opportunity to break the game! I have no reason to let go of this opportunity."

"Yes!" Zhuge Ke echoed: "The Fourth Master Guan oppresses kindness so much, and Wu Hou used all the resources of Jingzhou to fuel the flames. There will only be two results. Either Guan Yu's prestige will be lost and the people will complain, or... the one who saved Changsha before. The meritorious Guan Lin will be severely punished by his father, no matter what it is, it will be of great benefit to Soochow."

Zhuge Jin was not surprised that his son could be so transparent.

He just raised his eyes and looked deeply at Zhuge Ke.

"I'm curious, what would you do?"

Zhuge Jin used words such as "I" and "you" that are jerky and full of distance.

Instead of the previous: "Father", "Son"!
"I'm going to see Guan Lin." Zhuge Ke bowed his hands respectfully to Zhuge Jin, "What my father taught is that once a person has determined his position, he should not face Qin Muchu twice, since the child will eventually be the second uncle's son, Then this time... Fourth Young Master Guan is making such a mess, my boy can't just sit idly by! My boy must stop him."

Zhuge Jin couldn't help being surprised by these words.

But soon, this surprise was replaced by greater relief.

What surprised Zhuge Jin was that his son would choose to meet Guan Lin, to persuade him, stop him, and take real actions to stand on the side of Shu Han.

Fortunately, my son finally took this step.

Then... His future path will be completely widened.

Of course, this also indicates that...the bond between their father and son will be completely cut off.

Ha ha…

Smiling wryly for a while, Zhuge Jin frowned, and said with emotion: "I never thought that in Changsha County, I would like to play a game with you."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Jin asked Zhuge Ke, "My son thinks, can you persuade Guan Lin?"

Zhuge Ke said in a firm tone, "Either the child will not go out, or he will definitely persuade Guan Lin to rein in the precipice! Preserve the majesty of Guan Gong and the hearts of the people in Jingzhou."

"Okay!" Zhuge Jin seemed to be a little excited, but her emotions were not so obvious, she was only calm.

His tone was relatively steady.

"Then I wish you, Ke'er, the first achievement after going to Sichuan! Let your father look at you with admiration."

The "your father" here no longer refers to Zhuge Jin, but Zhuge Liang.

Having said that, he paused as if he couldn't bear to speak clearly, but Zhuge Ke already knew his father's decision very well.

Zhuge Ke finally bowed his hands, "I also hope that my father will not hold back his hand and go all out!"

After these words blurted out, Zhuge Ke left the house.

But when the door was closing, he saw his father slumped on the couch with grief, and the teardrops finally came out of his father's eyes like beads with a broken thread.

Zhuge Ke pursed his lips, he turned around and went resolutely.

He knew that after this departure, Zhuge Jin was no longer his father, and he was no longer Zhuge Jin's son.

All these fetters were finally severed on this night.

In the dark night, Zhuge Ke kowtowed to Zhuge Jin's house, three times in a row.

He groaned softly.

"—Father gave birth to me, mother gave birth to me. Caress me, breed me, raise me and raise me,"

"—Caring for me and answering me, entering and exiting me. The virtue of wanting to repay. Haotian Wangji!"

Speaking of this, he stood up resolutely and left without looking back.

On the head of the willow on the moon, for a moment, he was at a loss, not knowing where to go?
but he knows...

The place where Uncle Zhuge Jin lives can no longer be called "home"!
— Farewell, father!

— Farewell, uncle!

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Early the next morning, Guan Lin rarely slept until the sun was up.

Zhang Xingcai practiced marksmanship in the courtyard as usual, with a sense of sight of a female general.

Zhang Fei had been in the West Prison for a long time, and he also came out for a walk with great interest.

When I saw Guan Lin, I wanted to have a chat, but I saw that he was a little absent-minded today. His eyes were watching Zhang Xingcai practice his gun, but his eyes were empty.

"What's the matter? Didn't you wake up?" Zhang Fei asked first.

"Oh..." Guan Lin then withdrew his thoughts from the sky. He asked Zhang Fei curiously, "Uncle Zhang? If it was you, you would lead troops to station near the enemy's army camp in Jiangxia. Will be burned, will you believe it?"

"Then I have to look at the source of the news..." Zhang Fei replied solemnly, "If the source of the news is reliable, I will naturally believe it, but if it's...for example, you, a kid, who speaks without evidence and just casually, I don't believe it!"

This…

Zhang Fei's words undoubtedly made Guan Lin's mood even more cloudy.

I'm not particularly worried about Dad...

Guan Lin was worried about the more than 200 ships!

Zhang Fei looked at Guan Lin fixedly, "Why are you asking this? It's urgent, you shouldn't ask those two boys how many books they memorized!"

"Endorsement is not the goal." Guan Lin pondered: "We must let them understand... they must be able to understand something from the context of these prescriptions and medical principles, otherwise... it will be useless even if they memorize them all."

this…

Zhang Fei suddenly thought of something, it seems that these two boys really had some epiphanies last night and were about to speak.

But Mi Yang came in a hurry.

Seeing that Zhang Fei was there, he hurriedly saluted, "I've seen the Fourth Young Master, I've seen the Third Master Zhang."

Guan Lin waved his hand, "What's the matter?"

Mi Yang said, "Outside, there is a strange person who has been guarding the door of the post house since last night, saying that he is asking to see the young master!"

"Strange person?" Guan Lin froze for a moment, then looked at Mi Yang questioningly.

"This man is not very old. He is fourteen or five years old. Although he looks fat, he is quite exciting. The guard asked him to hand in a name card, but he didn't have a name card. The fourth son waited to come out. The trilogy thought he was a beggar, so they gave him some food, but he still didn't leave after eating, and said that it was better, so as not to miss the fourth son when he went to eat .”

Hey…

Guan Lin was dumbfounded.

Guan Linyou remembered that Huang Chengyan was guarding the gate of the Guan mansion every day just to beg for shoes, and everyone said that the fourth son of Guan had lost his shoes.

Helpless, Guan Lin had no choice but to come forward to solve this problem.

Dare to love, this time is the "youth version" of Huang Chengyan!

"Go, go and see!"

So, Mi Yang took Guan Lin out of the door.

Zhang Fei and Zhang Xingcai were also curious when they heard this "strange person", and followed them out one after another.

It can be seen from a distance that Qu Senran is standing outside the gate of the post house, each of them is full of energy, and even the slight color on their faces has disappeared without a trace.

Obviously, since they followed Guan Lin, their food is excellent, just as Guan Lin said.

You can eat meat every day.

Such days, in today's era, are already regarded as "upper-middle-class" living conditions.

Just because of this, this cadre, Qu, was also determined to be devoted to Guan Lin.

The so-called - follow the fourth son, there is meat to eat!
And in front of them, there is indeed a young man of fourteen or five years old. This young man is not as stupid as a beggar. Holding his slightly obese body, he walks back and forth from time to time, moving his legs, as if digestion.

As if he had noticed this, the young man took a stride, walked to a position five steps away from Guan Lin, and cupped his hands at Guan Lin:

"Your Excellency must be the Fourth Young Master Guan."

"Your Majesty, Zhuge Ke, take the liberty to come here to pay a visit to Fourth Master Guan, and I hope Fourth Master Guan will not be offended."

——Zhuge Ke?

How could Guan Lin not know Zhuge Ke?

But is he already this old?
Are you still so shameless begging in front of the door?

For a moment, Guan Lin asked three soul questions.

Speaking of it, in the history of the Three Kingdoms, in the chapters about Soochow, especially in the later period, it is this "Zhuge Ke" who can't get past it.

As we all know, there are three high-risk occupations in the Three Kingdoms.

Among them was Lu Bu's adoptive father. If there was a godfather, Lu Bu killed one, and was dubbed "Mie Dad"!
Then there is Liu Bei's eldest brother, as long as Liu Bei joins which group, which group will be unlucky, such as Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao...

Except that Cao Cao was tougher and escaped the catastrophe.

The rest... are either "destroyed power" or "decapitated"

...Liu Bei is also called "Big Brother Nemesis!"

In addition to these two, there is another high-risk occupation, which is the governor of Soochow.

Soochow had four governors successively, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Meng and Lu Xun...

They have made great contributions to Wu Guoli
But he went on and on and died at a young age at his job!

And if it is extended, counting down, the one who succeeded Lu Xun and took charge of Jiangdong's soldiers and horses was none other than the one in front of him-Zhuge Ke!

Speaking of this kid's growth process, it can be called a cheating existence.

After becoming an adult, he worships the captain of the horse;
Sun Deng, the eldest son of Sun Quan, served as the captain of Zuo Fu when he was the prince;

After that, he successively served as the prefect of Danyang and the general of Weibei, and pacified Shanyue.

In the eighth year of Chiwu, Prime Minister Lu Xun died of illness, and Zhuge Ke was promoted to General and led his troops on his behalf.

Note that considering the unique military system of Soochow Wu, this so-called "leading his soldiers on behalf of him" is equivalent to Lu Xun's overall planning of soldiers and horses being owned by Zhuge Ke.

In the first year of Shenfeng, when Sun Quan was critically ill, Zhuge Ke was appointed as the head of Tuogu Minister, and began to control the military and political power of Wu State, thus opening the story of dominating the court and arbitrarily authorizing power for decades.

Of course, his final result was not good.

Because of his power over the government, his arrogance and arrogance, he was killed at a banquet by another Tuogu minister and Lord Wu.

the reason for this outcome.

One is that after Sun Quan's death, no one inherited the art of checks and balances, and Soochow started a decades-long "fighting in the nest"...

Zhuge Kezi was not spared either.

The second is Zhuge Ke's character...

Desperate for quick success, arrogant and domineering, arbitrary and authoritarian.

His tragedy, like that of his father Guan Yu, is due to his personality.

certainly…

The flaws do not conceal the advantages, Zhuge Ke was still the number one famous figure in the middle and late stages of Soochow.

He is a person who has made great achievements and beaten Cao Wei's achievements.

Because the other party reported his family name and the name of "Zhuge Ke", it was inevitable that Guan Lin would have a lot of fantasies.

Then the problem is coming.

——Zhuge Ke, at this time, you shouldn't be in front of Zhuge Jin's precious son.

Slowly fight monsters and level up, accumulate experience, and become a blockbuster in the future, will you take power?
Why did Guan Lin come to visit him?

Still like a beggar...kept the whole night.

hiss…

Guan Lin pondered.

——"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon! 』

"Sorry, please!"

After a brief surprise, Guan Lin politely invited Zhuge Ke in, but Guan Lin was very vigilant.

"Fourth son, please allow me to report myself."

Zhuge Ke's tone was meticulous.

Guan Lin waved his hand. "It's not necessary, is it? Your Excellency is the eldest son of Zhuge Jin, the envoy of Soochow Wu... I have long admired him, I have admired him for a long time."

Rarely, Guan Lin greeted his peers.

However, Zhuge Ke quickly waved his hand, "I'm afraid the fourth son is wrong, I'm sure Zhuge Ke is true, but I am no longer the son of Zhuge Jin, the envoy of the Eastern Wu. Now I have been adopted by my uncle Zhuge Ziyu to my father Zhuge Kongming." 'Yes, this matter...uncle has discussed with my father in letters, and this time I came here...for the purpose of going to Sichuan! My father is Zhuge Kongming!"

ah... ah...

Following Zhuge Ke's words, Guan Lin turned pale with shock.

He exclaimed in his heart.

——"This is also okay? 』

- "Wait, that's not right! 』

Guan Lin came back to his senses immediately, according to his memory.

Zhuge Jin adopted to Zhuge Kongming... his second son, Zhuge Qiao.

That Zhuge Qiao was weak and sick, and after he arrived in Shu, he was made the captain's son-in-law, and Zhuge Liang disciplined him very strictly.

In the end, because of frailty and sickness, he died of illness during the process of supervising the transportation of military rations.

Guan Lin frowned slightly...

——"Obviously the weak and sickly Zhuge Qiao...how did he become this strong Zhuge Ke?" 』

Of course... how did Guan Lin know?
The reason why the candidate for adoption was changed from Zhuge Qiao to Zhuge Ke.

He Guan Lin, no, to be precise, he "Hong Qigong" played such a decisive role in it!

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Xiangyang City, Government Office.

Throughout the morning today, Man Chong has been pacing back and forth in the lobby.

On the other hand, Wenpin sat on his knees calmly, his eyes narrowed, as if he was deep in thought or meditating on something.

finally…

A scout came to report, "Reporting to Lord Manfu and General Wen, it has been found out... Guan Yu docked more than 300 warships at Fuhu Mountain, all of which were stranded due to dry water. There were less than [-] guards, but the other three The army tents are in full formation, as if there is an ambush."

"--it is good!"

Heavy is a good word.

Man Chong waited all morning and finally got this news.

On the other hand, Wenpin got up immediately, since he came to Xiangyang City yesterday, he never took off his armor.

At this moment... Standing up proudly, his armor shone brightly.

He smiled contemptuously and said, "Hehe, all the price paid for Jingjiang's defeat in the previous battle was worth it. After all, even if he is stronger than Guan Yu, there is a moment of negligence!"

"Hahaha..." Man Chong let out a long breath as if he was relieved, and he quickly said: "All the soldiers and horses in Xiangyang City are under the command of General Wen. If the two hundred warships of Guan Yunchang can be burned, then the situation in Xiangfan will be stable. Hold on... the soldiers will definitely be more motivated, so there is hope for them to survive this dry season!"

Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent...

The most feared thing in the battlefield situation is not the lack of soldiers or generals, but hope.

Just imagine, Guan Yu's Guan Jiajun was invincible during the flood period.

The generals of Cao Jun look forward to the stars and the moon is the coming of the dry season.

But now, let alone the flood season, because the van, the crossbow... Even in the dry season, Cao Jun's cavalry can't, also, also, can't fight.

What hope then?Is there any hope for stationed in Xiangfan?
And once... there is no hope?
Where is the military spirit?Where is morale?

Why do people unite as one, and its benefits can cut gold!
But... if the two hundred warships of the Guan family army were to burn, it would be different. The Guan family army's advantage in the "flooding period" instantly turned back to a disadvantage.

On the other hand, the soldiers of Cao Jun, their weakness has become their advantage, and they will look forward to the arrival of the "water rising period".

The long-lost hope, the long-lost morale, don't they just... just come back.

This is an action that affects the whole body, and this is an action to turn the tide.

For a moment, Man Chong's tone became a little nervous.

"Deputy General Niu Jin has already ordered the cavalry, and he can immediately follow General Wen to Fuhu Mountain..."

"Wait a little longer!" In stark contrast to Man Chong's anxiety was Wen Pin's calmness.

"Wait for what?"

"Wait until it gets dark!" Wen Pin's eyes were tightly closed, not daring to be careless at all, "Mr. Manfu, you must remember that our opponent is Guan Yu, even General Tianren, even Prime Minister Cao. Those who are to be feared, any negligence may lead to the annihilation of the entire army and put Xiangfan in danger!"

This…

Man Chong pursed his lips, suddenly he knew why he had to wait for the dark night.

In the dark...

Their actions are not easy to detect;

In the dark night, Guan Yu misjudged the real purpose of their actions;

Only in the dark can...

Before Man Chong thought of the end, Wenpin's words came out again.

This time it's a reminder.

——"Master Manfu, don't forget your mission!"

"I remember..." Man Chong's expression was quite serious, and his tone was even more meticulous. "I will keep a close eye on the Guan family's military fortress where the vans, crossbows, and wooden cattle and horses are stored... If the ship catches fire and they send troops to rescue, I will..."

"—shush!"

Before Man Chong finished speaking, Wen Pin immediately pointed out his index finger, indicating that there is no need to say more.

This action is destined to kill two birds with one stone and kill two birds with one stone.

In Wenpin's design, Guan Yu could not remain indifferent if the warship caught fire.

After leading the army back to aid, the three military strongholds are bound to be empty.

At that time, it was the opportunity for Man Chong to enter it and take away all the "partial carriage", "liannu", and "wooden cow and horse". This is the only opportunity to take back the "artifact" and reverse the offensive and defensive momentum!
This boat, he wants to burn...

He will also confiscate this batch of ordnance!

One can't be less!
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Jingzhou, inside Jiangling City.

It was the first time Ma Liang saw such a persistent side of Mi Fang, and there was deep obsession and determination in his eyes.

Ma Liang didn't know... how Yunqi managed to get a prefect to do this for him.

But... What Ma Liang knew was that it was about building a new city.

Guan Lin has found a solid and reliable comrade-in-arms.

"—Ji Chang, the matter of building a new city before...you didn't speak for me!"

"—Tell me... I... I'm easy?"

"—He has a long cloud... The Northern Expedition will require me to take out 10,000+ Dendrobium grain at every turn, build a new city, and directly get more than 40 gold. I, Mi Fang, will become a rooster that lays golden eggs. I lay a hundred golden eggs every day. , that’s not enough for building a new city!”

"—I...I...I...I'm not easy!"

This was already Guan Yu's departure, and it was the third time Mi Fang found Ma Liang and came to complain to him.

now…

Ma Liang was in the mood.

——"I beg you, stop reading...let me be quiet..."

Ma Liang forced himself to be calm, he still had his own things to do, his eyes looked at the map on the table,

These are the three camps under Guan Yu's command...

In fact, this layout has long been imprinted in Ma Liang's heart, so that Ma Liang admires Guan Gong's strategy.

He muttered:

——"It seems that Guan Gong is setting up three military forts with Liannu, sidecars, and wooden cattle and horses as bait. 』

"Ji Chang..."

Mi Fang started to read again...

He was going to...start his new round of offensive.

Guan Yu is not around, he has only one goal, to convince Ma Liang...

This is very important to his "money-making", ah no, it is a money-making plan.

At this moment, Wang Fu, one of Guan Yu's lieutenants, walked in, and he quickly handed a letter to Ma Liang.

"Ji Chang, this is an urgent message from General Liao Hua from the couch... Said that the fourth son has something to urgently submit to Guan Gong." Wang Fu explained, "Because I need to replace the carrier pigeon in Jiangling, so I took it off and asked Ji Chang, do you want to see it in advance?"

This…

It stands to reason that Ma Liang should not have read the urgent letter sent by Liao Hua to Guan Yu.

However, when Yunqi was mentioned, Ma Liang became very interested...

I was hesitating whether to open it, so I took a look first.

Mi Fang snatched it away, opened it and said.

"Let me see if it's about Yunqi persuading his father to build a new city!"

The letter was unfolded, and Mi Fang read it out immediately.

——"Guan Gong personally asked, to make a long story short, the four princes said that the thief general Wenpin...is bound to send out surprise troops, attack Fuhu Mountain at night, and burn the warship..."

Thinking of this, Mi Fang knocked her head and scratched her head, "It's all right, there are military strongholds that won't be attacked? What kind of Fuhu Mountain was attacked at night? What does Yunqi think?"

Speaking without intention, the listener is intentional.

Ma Liang narrowed his eyes, and repeated again, "Surprise attack on Fuhu Mountain, burn the warship!"...

and many more…

Ma Liang suddenly realized something.

It's good that he didn't repeat the word Yunqi, but when he repeated it, his eyes widened in vain, before Mi Fang could continue to read it, he said loudly.

"——No? No! It is indeed... a surprise attack on Fuhu Mountain and burning of warships!"

Ma Liang seemed to realize something all at once.

His eyes suddenly moved to the map, the location of Fuhu Mountain, which marked... two hundred stranded warships of the Guan family army.

Ma Liang remembered that these warships docked here.

This…

"not good!"

Immediately, Ma Liang realized what...

His fist was clenched in an instant, and he slammed heavily on the location of Fuhu Mountain on the map.

He uttered a sentence in a breathless voice:
——"Too bad! In Guan Gong's formation, the only thing that didn't take into consideration... these warships!"

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(End of this chapter)