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

Chapter 308 If you don't die with one step, you can't be alone——

Because of the defeat of the Feishui camp, Shouchun City was heavily guarded, with countless soldiers and horses on display at the top of the city, with bows, crossbows and arrows in place.

There are also many watchtowers several feet high standing on the city tower. These tall watchtowers are like giants, guarding the last bottom line in a corner of Huainan - Shouchun City!

Outside the city gate, the countless antlers and horses are intertwined with each other, intricate, numerous and well-furnished, any enemy who sees them will feel terrified and retreat.

Beyond these antlers and horses, there are deep trenches, and there is no water in the trenches during the dry season.

However, Cao Wei's soldiers and horses were ambushing among them, and they looked around vigilantly, fearing that there would be another tragedy like last night's "burning company camp".

If you eat a pit, you still have to learn a lot of wisdom!

At the top of the city, thousands of "Wei" flags fluttered in the wind, stretching their bodies wantonly in the sky.

A gust of wind blew, and all these flags were unfolded, covering the sky and the sun.

And Shouchun City's strict protection seems to be to tell Soochow that Wei was defeated for a while, but Wei's strength is still not something you can covet and provoke!

certainly…

Such a battle, when Zhang Liao disappeared, and when Cao Cao fainted from the head, it was more or less trying to cover up and bluff.

Even Soochow can see...

At this moment, Cao Wei's control over Huainan is at its weakest.

...

Cao Cao has awakened, as if overnight, he aged ten years...

He was soaking the whole head in warm water, so as to relieve the pain when he had a headache.

Cao Zhi has long been by Cao Cao's side...

He didn't dare to say a word, just waited quietly for Cao Cao.

Finally, Cao Cao pulled his head out of the warm water. The maid beside him dried his hair and combed it into a bun. Cao Cao asked calmly, "Wen Yuan? Have you found it yet?"

Cao Zhi quickly replied: "Reporting to my father, there is no... However, there is no General Zhang among the charred corpses in the fat water camp."

"No news, that's good news! The lonely Wen Yuan, it's not so easy to fall down." Cao Cao showed a different kind of open-mindedness, and he continued to ask: "Now, who is stationed in Shouchun City?"

"It's Zidan..."

Zi Dan is Cao Zhen, whose father died in battle for Cao Cao. Cao Zhen was adopted by Cao Cao as an adopted son since he was a child.

After Cao Chun's death, Cao Cao handed over the remnants of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the newly formed Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to Cao Zhen.

However, Cao Zhen is still young, how can his leadership be comparable to that of Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan?
"It's just one day, one night... The direction of the wind has changed." Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Jiangxia lost General Le Jin, General Dong Heng and Dong Chao alone, then Hou Yin and Wei Kai rebelled, and then Zhu Ling father and son don't know what's going on? A total of 8 people, Jiang Xia lost 8 people in one day!"

After talking about Jiang Xia, Cao Cao changed his subject, "On the Jiangling battlefield, Xu Huang set up camp and hung up the card of avoiding the battle. He was trying to contain Guan Yu. Gu really can't figure it out. Once the fire was set on fire, why did General Xu Huang faint from the fire?"

"There is also a fat and water camp. I know that Gan Ning of Soochow must not be willing to be lonely, so I specially set up ten ambushes for him, or this damn fire, let Gu... let Gu's hard work be destroyed once, and even Gu Wen Yuan also... also..."

Speaking of which...

Cao Cao's expression became more and more tragic, since he was defeated in Chibi, he had never been hit like this.

"Father's headache has just improved, so it's not advisable to worry too much..."

Cao Zhi quickly persuaded, for fear that his father Cao Cao would have a splitting headache again because of these.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and was about to speak, but at this moment.

"Prime Minister, the firelighter has been identified." Cheng Yu walked in from the door and bowed his hands in salute. He wanted to continue, but seeing that Cao Cao's spirit was not good, he swallowed everything he wanted to say.

"Say! What's that kindling?"

"It's Flint!" Cheng Yu said truthfully, "Last night, when Gan Ning attacked the camp, every soldier carried a clay pot on his back, and there were two things hidden in the pot, one was fish oil, and the fish oil was poured into eggs. Among them, the second is flint powder...these two things were hidden in clay pots. Gan Ning charged forward and ordered the cavalry to smash the clay pots along the way, and the flint and fish oil were scattered all over the place. Only then did the flames surge into the sky and spread throughout the barracks! The entire process of igniting the fire was completed overnight!"

Cheng Yu's words made the huge doubts in Cao Cao's mind suddenly unraveled.

"It turned out to be Flint and fish oil..." Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, "So that's the case, I know, Xu Huang and Yu Jin probably lost like this..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but have a brand new doubt in his heart.

"But where did Soochow get so many flints?"

Yes…

Not only flint, but in this era, all ignition materials, such as turpentine, asphalt, and kerosene... these are priceless.

Even on the black market, if you want to buy it, it is extremely scarce.

Otherwise, in the Chibi water battle, the two sides would not be ordinary arrows, but fire arrows.

This is the most puzzling part of Cao Cao. He can't get these "ignites" out of the nine mines of Cao Cao. How can he get so many flints in a corner of Soochow?

Of course, "Anlu City" is not the only place where "Bai Lin" can be dug up.

For example, Xiangyang under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao is listed as one of the "three major phosphate mines" producing areas in China, along with Jinning in Yunnan and Kaiyang in Guizhou, known as "Sanyang Kaitai"!
The only pity is that there are so many mountains in these places, how does Cao Cao know where to dig?

Today, the only one with an exact location is Sifang Mountain outside Anlu City.

Only Guan Lin was left digging and digging and digging in the small Sifang Mountain!
"Prime Minister..." Seeing Cao Cao's doubts, Cheng Yu went on to say, "According to the detailed reports from Soochow Central Committee, it seems that these pots were sent from Jiangxia? It was...that Guan Lin sent them."

Well…

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes were condensed, and he quickly looked at the location of Jiang Xia on the map, his tiger eyes widened, and he said loudly, "Is this the Guan family Shiro Guan Lin again?"

The one who lost the most in this battle, and the one who suffered the heaviest loss, was also Jiang Xia and Guan Jiashiro.

This can't help but make Cao Cao daydream, and he can't help but treat this Guan Lin and Guan Yunqi seriously!

"Hahaha, hahaha..."

Cao Cao laughed suddenly, and he laughed loudly, the laughter shook the sky.

Cheng Yu hurriedly asked, "Why is the Prime Minister laughing?"

"Gu thinks of a dream that Gu had just had. When Gu was lying down, he felt the sound of the tide surging, like ten thousand horses galloping. Gu hurriedly looked, and saw a red sun rising from the river, shining brightly in his eyes. Gu looked up at the sky, There were two more rounds of the sun in contrast, and suddenly the red sun in the heart of the river flew up and fell into the mountain in front of the village with a sound like thunder."

"I used to think that the red sun that competed with Gu Yi was Sun Quan and Sun Zhongmou. The red sun foreshadowed that he would become an emperor in the future, but I just remembered that the direction of the red sun was in the northwest, not in the southeast. It was in Jiangxia , not in Jiangdong, hehe, it turns out that the red sun is this Guan Jiashiro, it is this kid Guan Lin! Hahahaha!"

While laughing, Cao Cao added a little bit of bitterness to his words: "I never thought that tonight and any other day, Gu is really old, and even Yun Chang's son can compete with Gu Yi for the sun and the moon!"

Speaking of which...

"Prime Minister..." Xu Chu strode into the room, holding a letter in his hand, "That Bi Yaner sent an envoy to send a letter to the Prime Minister."

While speaking, Xu Chu handed both hands to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took it, opened the letter to read, and saw in the letter: "Gu and the prime minister are both ministers of the Han Dynasty. The prime minister does not want to serve the country and the people, and recklessly resorts to war, relocating to Huaisi people, and cruelly living. Is this a humane thing? In the past, there was Zhuge Kongming, and now there is Guanjia Yunqi. Now the fire is burning, it is to remind the prime minister not to do any more acts of anger and grievance. .”

Seeing this, Cao Cao noticed that there were words on the back of the letter, so he turned around to have a look.

There are only eight words here:
——"If you don't die with one step, you can't be alone"

"Hahahaha..." After reading the letter, Cao Cao laughed again...

Pass the letter to Cheng Yu and ask him to read it out.

And following Cheng Yu's words, Cao Zhi felt aggrieved, "This Jiangdong's blue-eyed boy is a bully, if it wasn't for the clay pot that Jiang Xia sent, how could he be so rampant?"

"Sun Zhongmou didn't lie to Gu..." Cao Cao squinted his eyes and said with emotion: "Since Jiangxia's defeat, Gu can't fight this battle anymore. If we force him to fight again, I'm afraid we can only follow Chibi's footsteps!"

"In the past, Zhuge Kongming disturbed the turmoil in Wei Wei. Now...with Guan Yunqi again, Sun Zhongmou is reminding Gu that my confidant's big trouble is not Dongwu, but Guan Yunqi, but Jingzhou!"

Cheng Yu had already heard that Cao Cao was about to retire...

I could even hear Cao Cao's fear of Guan Lin.

If it was placed a month ago, Cao Cao would have regarded Guan Yunqi as a low-grade horse in Jingzhou, but now... the low-grade horse is Yu Ban, it is Le Jin!

Ugh…

Cheng Yu sighed deeply in his heart. He knew better that Cao Cao was no longer young. He didn't have too much energy to spend here, and he couldn't fight any protracted battles.

In the imperial court and within the Great Wei, there are still countless and intricate matters that need to be dealt with by him...

Dawei has already reached this step, and he is only a step away from the final step.

The prime minister's energy should be put there!
"Let's go away..."

Having said that, after Cao Cao laughed, he returned to his previous collapse.

Duke Wei, who forcibly cheered himself up, finally couldn't bear the great sorrow in his heart. He sat heavily on the seat that belonged to him, and muttered in his mouth: "Let Gu think about it, let Gu think about it again."

Cheng Yu knew that what Cao Cao meant was that this time he retreated, who would be left to guard Xiangfan, who would be left to guard Nanyang, and who would be left to guard Shouchun...

These... are his bottom line, and also Da Wei's bottom line!
The offensive and defensive momentum is different...

He, Cao Cao, had to switch from offense to defense, but the territory of Great Wei cannot be lost in his hands!

At this moment, Cheng Yu, who was supposed to resign, suddenly turned around and bowed his hands to Cao Cao, "Prime Minister, there is actually one more person available, and this person has [-] soldiers in his hands! And he is extremely good at fighting in the mountains. Useful!"

Well…

Cheng Yu's words made Cao Cao immediately raise his eyes, and he lifted his spirits.

"who is it?"

Cheng Yu chanted his name heavily: "Lord of Langya, leader of Taishan Army—Zang Ba!"

"--It's him! 』

With the appearance of Zang Ba's name, Cao Cao's heart throbbed, and there was a wave of waves...

This is a righteous man, a righteous man who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Guan Yunchang's "righteousness and thin sky"!

Cao Cao knew in his heart, this Zang Ba, the independence of his Taishan Army.

Cao Cao knew better, it might not be easy to let him go!

...

...

Langya Kingdom, a simple official residence.

in the library.

Zang Ba is 45 years old this year. At this age, if Lu Bu is still alive, he is only a little younger than him, enough to be Lingju's father, and because he and Lu Bu didn't know each other when they were young, and they finally married Jinlan.

Zang Ba has always regarded Lingju as his own daughter, and Lingju has been helped by him all these years when he formed the parrot, and he calls Zang Ba "uncle".

It can be said that apart from Zang Ba's clear reputation and being unable to help Lingju assassinate Cao Cao, this righteous man has done his best in everything else he can do.

At this moment, the dawn is twilight.

Zang Ba and Ling Ju are in the study of the mansion. Today, because of Ling Ju's arrival, Zang Ba has turned down everything and made a special trip to wait for her.

Speaking of which, this pair of uncle and niece like to drink...

With a pot of light wine, the two have been chatting for more than an hour.

Zang Ba is feeling:

"I never thought that if your mother is still alive, your mother can still have such a chance... It's not in vain for your father's spirit in heaven!"

Having said that, before the death of Baimenlou, Zang Ba promised his righteous brother Lu Bu to take good care of Diao Chan's mother and daughter.

It's just a chance meeting, Cao Cao's beauty trick, Guan Yu's horizontal knife insertion, and Diao Chan's sudden disappearance cast a thick layer of haze on Zang Ba's plan to rescue Diao Chan's mother and daughter.

This is also the story of Diao Chan being released privately by Guan Yu and Lingju being secretly stolen by Zang Ba...

It can be described as a coincidence.

At this moment, Lingju recounted the story told by his mother Diao Chan to Zang Ba, and Zang Ba sighed with emotion: "I never thought that Guan Yunchang's righteousness and Yuntian's inferiority, but I, Zang Ba, did bad things with good intentions back then!"

"Uncle Zang, don't say that..." Lingju pursed her lips, "Mother knows that Uncle Zang helped me all these years, and she is very grateful to Uncle Zang..."

"Forget it... Let's talk about you again, talk about the one you mentioned, Mr. Yunqi, the benefactor of you and your mother." Zang Ba continued to ask.

The reason why he mentioned "Mr. Yunqi" is that Lingju mentioned it repeatedly in the story.

And every time he mentions it, in his tone and words, Zang Ba can feel that Lingju has a certain affection for this young master Yunqi that transcends the relationship between men and women.

They're all from here...who doesn't understand?
Next, Lingju recounted in detail how she wept with joy after seeing her mother Diao Chan.

After having a heart-to-heart talk with Guan Lin, Guan Lin agreed to help him "revenge his father"...

Afterwards, when Lingju went north again, he was going to help Guan Lin with some things, as well as all the encounters along the way.

This includes that Lingju first went to Luoyang to arrange for the parrot's subordinates to secretly pretend to be coolies to rebuild Luoyang.

Including, after that, Lingju went to Nanyang again, and met the "compassionate" Nanyang prefect Hou Yin more smoothly than expected.

Handed Guan Lin's letter to him...

Through the transmission of the "parrot", letters were exchanged between the two until the deployment of the Jiangxia battlefield.

As for the ending of the Jiangxia battlefield?

Lingju didn't know!

After arranging all this, Lingju can be regarded as having completed the two tasks assigned by Guan Lin.

Next, she wanted to go to Langya Country herself, and wanted to have a good chat with this uncle who raised her up.

Of course, Lingju was not worried that Zang Ba would leak her words to Cao Cao.

Over the years, he grew up with the help and sponsorship of his uncle Zang Ba. Lingju trusts this uncle in front of him too much, and understands too well what the word "righteousness" means in his mind.

He will never do anything to offend his father Lu Bu or her Lingju.

Lingju can be sure of this!
Finally, Zang Ba heard all this.

Feeling emotional, he murmured: "That is to say, you helped Guan Yunqi to 'build' Luoyang City, and then dug a secret passage to help him successfully instigate Nanyang prefect Hou Yin, twenty thousand Nanyang soldiers, and even Then pass all Cao Cao's deployment in Jiangxia to the ears of Guan Yunqi! Is that right?"

"Yes!" Lingju nodded heavily. When she mentioned this matter, she couldn't help but her heart throbbed, "But I don't know yet, what will be the final outcome of this Jiangxia battlefield? Mr. Yunqi...he won the battle. "

In fact, more than a day has passed since what Lingju said. If it was by water, there should be some information.

"Not busy, the news will come soon." Zang Ba sighed with emotion, then changed the subject, stared at Lingju, and asked meticulously: "Then what is your purpose for coming to Langya Kingdom this time?"

This…

Suddenly being asked the most critical question, Lingju hesitated all of a sudden.

Zang Ba seemed to have read what Lingju was thinking, and shook his head slightly.

"If it's still that matter, don't mention it..."

Lingju pursed her lips slightly, and said softly: "I know that Uncle and Cao Cao had an agreement that Cao Cao allowed Uncle to take over his father's old troops and family... and place all these people in Mount Tai and Langya Kingdom, and Uncle is loyal to Cao Cao for this reason, Therefore...uncle will not help me assassinate Cao Cao and avenge my father..."

Speaking of this, Lingju bit her lips slightly, "But the current situation forces me to fight for it. The current situation has changed. If Jiangxia can win, the situation in the entire battlefield from Xiangfan to Huainan will be completely reversed. Then Cao Cao is no longer young, and there will be huge problems in the deployment of Cao Wei's troops. This is the best opportunity to counterattack, and also the best... chance to avenge your father!"

Lingju blinked his big eyes, and looked at Zang Ba eagerly, "Uncle has more than [-] soldiers and horses, and many of them are Bingzhou soldiers who were loyal to his father in the past. If... if uncle can take them to seek refuge Mr. Yunqi, that...that must be a relief for them..."

Following Lingju's words, Zang Ba let out a long sigh of "Oh..." as usual.

He got up slowly, turned his back to Lingju, and said with emotion: "I thought you wouldn't beg me because of this matter, but this time, because of Guan Yunqi, you knew you couldn't do it..."

"I'm still saying the same thing, I'm Zang Ba, and I promise Cao Cao not to betray him, so I won't betray him, let alone, Lingju? Do you know how powerful your opponent is, Mr. Yunqi?" How terrible? Do you think you can push Cao Cao into desperation with just a few victories in Jiangxia, Xiangfan, and Shouchun? It's taken for granted...it's taken for granted! Cao Cao is far more powerful than you imagine...he's just old, isn't he dead!"

Following the bucket of cold water poured out by Zang Ba.

Lingju also stood up, and she stood in front of Zang Ba again. She met Zang Ba's resolute eyes, and she said meticulously.

"Young Master Yunqi knows how powerful his opponent is! He also knows that to defeat Cao Cao and disintegrate Cao Wei, it will not take a few battles or tens of thousands of people to disintegrate, so he...so he..."

until the end...

Because of the ultimate trust, Lingju fully exhaled Guan Lin's plan.

"So, the Jiangxia battlefield has never been his goal. His goal has been from the very beginning... to save the emperor from Xudu to Jingzhou!"

"If Jiangxia is victorious, then there will be a chance to mobilize as many troops as possible from Xudu. Only when Xudu is empty, will there be a chance to rescue the emperor—"

Come clean.

Lingju has already told what Guan Lin told her, and revealed all the secrets between the two of them.

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(End of this chapter)