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

Chapter 471 Four months later, the stars set by that brat fell onto the chessboard!
The defender of Fancheng is Cao Ren, and the military advisor is Zhao Yan;

The guard of Yancheng is Yin Shu;

The guard general of Pinglu City is Xu Huang, one of the five good generals.

Among these people, if there is one who has the hope of defecting to the Han and has real ability, then there is no doubt...only Xu Huang!
Therefore…

Among the three cities, Guan Lin specifically asked Huang Chengyan and Liu Ye to keep Pinglu City and Xu Huang.

Of course, this doesn’t mean it won’t burn…

Instead, they only burned the outer perimeter and used intimidation to prevent Xu Huang and Pinglucheng from taking a step outside the city gate.

At this moment, far above the sky, in a rattan basket under a hot air balloon, Huang Chengyan and Liu Ye were standing in it.

Looking at the sea of ​​​​purgatory fire that suddenly exploded in the north, east, and west...

Look at the endless thick smoke shooting straight into the sky.

Huang Chengyan and Liu Ye knew that the matter... was done!
All plans went smoothly.

Of course, this also indicates that countless people will die tonight, and their souls...

Haha, I am afraid that if the city is burned with such fierce flames, all the souls and souls will be burned to ashes by the fire.

For a moment, Huang Chengyan sighed softly, looked up at the dark night sky, and couldn't help but think of four months ago.

That was after Guan Lin's death, Huang Chengyan didn't panic at all, but he never expected that Guan Lin, a brat, would quietly rush to Jiangling from Jiangxia and meet him secretly.

Huang Chengyan asked him, "Zhou Yu faked death and deceived Cao Ren once and made money from Nanjun. Your father Guan Yu faked death and deceived Cao Ren once again and made money from Xiangyang. As the saying goes, it only takes three things. Now you fake death again? I'm afraid it's Cao Ren. Isn’t it easy to cheat?”

Facing Huang Chengyan's question, Guan Lin only said: "This time, it's not just to deceive Cao Ren. My real purpose is to deceive Cao Cao behind him and deceive Jia Xu next to Cao Cao... This plan is a 'chain' !”

Under Huang Chengyan's puzzled gaze, Guan Lin explained his plan.

original…

The first step is for Guan Lin to tell his father Guan Yu about his plan to divert the Han River into Fancheng.

Moreover, Huang Yueying was invited to come to inspect the water conservancy on the spot, and his father Guan Yu rushed in and surrounded Fancheng in order to draw a water conservancy map of the flow direction of the river north of the Han River.

It is impossible for Cao Wei to not notice this combination of punches, and he will definitely think of the weirdness in it.

As long as Cao Wei thinks about this aspect and investigates this aspect, then with Cao Wei's ability... it is impossible not to find out.

In this way, the fish bites the bait and is hooked.

The second step is Guan Lin's fake death.

There is a first step as a major premise.

It would only make Cao Cao and Jia Xu think that... the real purpose of Guan Lin's fake death was to cover up his father's plan to divert water into Fancheng.

As for... Guan Lin's real plan to hide it, the plan to use his father to divert water into Fancheng to hide it, is a flying ball all over the sky, an air drop, and a tragic fire burning the city!

Of course, to achieve this, Guan Lin needs to rely on Huang Chengyan's Mianshui Villa and... Jiang Qian's refinery.

One is responsible for flying, the other is responsible for burning...

Complement each other and bring out the best in each other.

If Guan Lin told these words to others, most of them would not be able to understand Guan Lin's plan to burn down the city?

But... this bombing plan such as the "Kirov Airship" that was 500 years in advance, the more Huang Chengyan listened, the more shocked, throbbing, pondering... and even a little at a loss.

How powerful is the "burning tank" that Guan Lin made in Jiangxia? With this hot air balloon, the power will only be infinitely amplified.

Huang Chengyan had no doubt about the power of this place. The only thing he was thinking about was how many people would be burned to death!
Huang Chengyan couldn't help but lament the brat in front of him. Is he "benevolent" or cruel?And... what about the people in Fan City?
Guan Lin just replied calmly: "How can there be no death in a war? If it weren't for the fire in Wuchao, Cao Cao would have died long ago. If it weren't for the fire in Chibi, Cao Cao would have unified the country long ago! The so-called... war I have to punch away to avoid heavy blows. Since this battle is destined to continue, I am more willing to use more brutal methods to make Cao Cao and Cao Wei jealous and fearful! This will speed up their demise."

Having said this, Guan Lin pondered for a moment and continued to answer Huang Chengyan's second question.

"As for the people that Mr. Huang is worried about, this is not a problem at all. Cao Wei has never resettled people in areas where it borders the enemy. All the people have long been forced to move north... Those who remain are all soldiers and coolies who serve Cao Wei. ! Even if you eat Cao Wei’s military rations, you have to take this risk, right? This is the way the world is, choice... is always greater than effort! It’s a matter of life and death! Besides... Mr. Huang, when did you become compassionate!"

indeed…

Huang Chengyan is not a compassionate old man. On the contrary, at his age... he has seen through most of the things that should be seen through.

The reason for questioning and brooding this time is because...the methods of "airdrop", "burning", "purgatory" and "sea of ​​fire" are too cruel.

However, think about it... If it were Cao Wei who had such an opportunity, then Cao Cao would definitely not hesitate!

Even if he had to kill ten times as many people, he would still do it.

So, on that day, Guan Lin and Huang Chengyan formulated a general strategy to capture Xiangfan in one go.

After Guan Lin left, Huang Chengyan told Liu Ye this, and then the two of them divided the work. On the one hand, they speeded up the production of hot air balloons, and on the other hand, they stepped up training of hot air balloon operators.

This is no easy task.

Fortunately, Mianshui Villa is used to a "production line" approach, where each group is responsible for a specific item, and after completing one item, they quickly move on to the next item.

In order to ensure confidentiality, Mianshui Villa has not recruited new workers in the past four months, and it is still the same batch of workers.

Night and day…

With constant supply of materials, six to eight hot air balloons can be manufactured almost every day.

In the middle, Huang Chengyan was exchanging letters with Guan Lin. When Guan Lin learned about the current progress, he even used a sentence to express his mood - this is the speed of drinking water!

There is another sentence at the end, don’t forget to add chicken legs for the workers, we are not short of money at Mianshui Villa!
Haha, not short of money...this is actually the best support.

As for...the operators of the flying balls, they are all elites selected by Guan Lin from various ministries. Those who need to pass the "certification trial" need to prove that they have a deep hatred for Cao Cao.

So...Gan Ning and a group of water thieves brothers successfully transformed from "Jin Sail Thieves" into "Flying Ball Soldiers"!
In addition, there are also elite troops under Mi Fang and Fu Shiren;
There are also elite men under Hou Yin, the former governor of Wancheng;

As well as Lu Xun's Lu family sergeants, even Ling Tong contributed more than a dozen confidants!

It's a bit excessive to call these people the Avengers, but... undoubtedly, they are all people who have dreams and want to destroy Cao Wei and Soochow.

Therefore…

On fly balls, they tossed Molotov cocktails down with no mercy in their hearts.

Their compassion has long been swallowed up by this world!

"Finally, in the past four months, I have been working from dawn to dusk, and I am even more tired than my donkey. But... being able to see this scene in front of me means that my work was not in vain!" Huang Chengyan looked at the increasingly turbulent sea of ​​​​fire in the three places and couldn't help but sigh. A sound.

Liu Ye seemed much calmer. He had already anticipated this scene.

In fact, he has learned a lot. When working for Guan Lin, he just has to dare to think.

However, there was one thing Liu Ye didn't understand. Through the high-altitude rattan basket, he looked in the direction of Pinglu City. "Huang Lao, I don't understand. Why did Mr. Yunqi insist on leaving Pinglu City behind?" ? Since it is said that 'hit with one punch to avoid the coming of others', wouldn't it be better if all three cities were burned down? This is not about surrounding three and missing one... let alone the art of war, right?"

"This..." Huang Chengyan stroked his beard slightly, and following Liu Ye's words, he also looked towards Pinglu City in the distance.

Unlike Fancheng and Yancheng, where the entire city was burned by fire and the entire city was shrouded in dense smoke, Pinglu City... only ignited blazing flames around the four city gates.

According to Cao Wei's troop deployment, there are still [-] Cao troops in Pinglu City.

Seeing that Huang Chengyan was silent again, Liu Ye seemed to have figured it out on his own. He suddenly realized, "I know, it's probably Yun Qi who cherishes his talent again! Xu Huang... is a rare talent! And he is the same as the second general. A fellow countryman and a close friend...thinking about it this way, it makes sense for Yun Qi to let him go..."

"This brat is not so kind." Hearing Liu Ye's words, Huang Chengyan narrowed his eyes, "The reason for leaving Xu Huang and Pinglu City is for Xu Du——"

Speaking of this, his eyes gradually retracted from the darkness of the sky, and he thought of Guan Lin's words again.

——"Pinglu City is too close to the Han River and the terrain is too low. There is no need to burn the city with fire. If you want to conquer it, you only need a heavy rain!"But... the benefits we can gain by keeping them are even greater, because today, even if Cao Cao gives up a clan general, he cannot give up Xu Huang or these [-] soldiers! 』

——'Otherwise, going against the Wei Dynasty will lose even the last bit of popular support and military morale! 』

At this moment, Huang Chengyan couldn't help but marvel... marvel at what this brat Guan Lin had gone through to be able to see the human heart and human nature so thoroughly.

What kind of murder is he doing?
He is even more heart-wrenching!
Thinking of this, Huang Chengyan's gaze is no longer limited to the "three cities" north of Xiangfan and Han River.

His vision suddenly broadened, and his eyes were on the land of Xudu, separated by many mountains.

And these... as early as four months ago, no... even further ago, Guan Lin had laid out this Xingluo chessboard!

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Yancheng was originally a simple city.

King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty and sealed "Zhao Gong" to the state of Lin. Zhao Gong rebuilt the state on a high hill northwest of Xigao City, hence the name Zhaoling.

This is also the earliest origin of Yancheng. Later, in order to prevent Guan Yu's Northern Expedition, Cao Cao strengthened Yancheng, and became horns with Pinglu City and Fancheng, helping each other.

And Yancheng is really famous because a person died here... to be precise, a person's father.

It was Kong Rong who died.

It was in the 13th year of Jian'an that Cao Cao stabbed the great scholar Kong Rong to death in Yancheng. Kong Rong's wife flattered Cao Cao and begged him not to harm the whole family.

Who would have thought that my nine-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter would remain unmoved.

Someone told them that a disaster was imminent, but how could they remain so calm? The child said a famous saying that has been passed down through the ages - Are there intact eggs under the overturned nest?
It is this "famous saying" that has been widely publicized by the scholar-bureaucrats and Confucian scholar groups.

with...

This also brought Cao Cao and this small town near Xiangfan to the forefront.

Of course, none of this matters...

The important thing is that compared with Cao Cao's massive construction of Fancheng, Yancheng is too small. Even after two expansions, it is still small enough to be less than [-]% of the size of Fancheng.

But... what he faced was exactly the same as Fan Cheng's flying balls all over the sky, the sea of ​​​​purgatory fire, and the crazy bombing!

white phosphorus.

Fire oil.

They seem to have a unique magic power that can make the flames become violent, multiply their power, and have the ability to devour everything overnight.

The spreading flame collided with the fierce fire oil and white phosphorus. The flame that was originally like a tongue of fire licking and spreading gradually became manic in an instant.

If we say it just now, this flame was just an arrogant painter who used the brush in his hand to paint every place it touched in Yancheng black.

So now... it has gone completely crazy. It is tired of the gradual burning. It wants to burn the entire city to the ground in an instant!

boom…

Rumble!
There was an earth-shattering noise, like a muffled thunder suddenly exploding in the air, and the whole city of Yan couldn't help but shake.

The manic flames stirred up white air waves, and in just one breath... they struck like an overwhelming force.

Overnight, the Wei soldiers who were unable to escape because of the mountains of sandbags inside the city gate... were set on fire... and burned to ashes!
The sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling came from inside Yancheng. If anyone saw this scene, they would definitely tremble and fear "Ah——"

Yin Shu, who was always calm and cautious, would never have imagined that he and ten thousand soldiers would not die on the battlefield, nor become fish and turtles in the water, but... but be destroyed by this sudden fire.

horrible…

too frightening.

Everything as far as the eye could see was terrible!

However, this fear only lasted for a moment. Accompanied by the "crackling" sound that became louder and louder, ashes rolled and black smoke spread across the sky. Yancheng was already covered with a thick layer of haze.

Cao Ren's deputy general Yin Shu, this general who achieved great success in defeating the Wei Dynasty in history, was a general who made great achievements in Cao Cao's conquest of Ma Chao and Han Sui!
He didn't turn into Pyro... didn't wail!
He was just buried in the poisonous smoke, so quiet that it was as if he wasn't breathing at all, and then...he fainted, and then, he never woke up again!

anyway…

Yancheng is still too small!

It’s too concentrated!
As the morning light fell, all that could be seen...was the flames left by the remnants of the fire.

At this moment, Fu Shiren's soldiers and horses outside the city have surrounded Yancheng.

They dare not enter it, or even go too close...

Because even if it burned all night, this sea of ​​​​purgatory fire... still had no intention of stopping.

The poisonous smoke is still spreading.

only…

"Cough cough cough..."

Accompanied by this violent cough.

The deputy general next to him asked Fu Shiren, "General, are you okay?"

"I...of course I'm fine." As Fu Shiren spoke, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Then he let out a long breath, looked at Yancheng in the fire and said with emotion: "I'm afraid now...Fancheng is too Does it look like this?”

"Reporting to the general, according to the report from the scouting horse..." A deputy general quickly reported truthfully, "Fan City has been burning all night, but because the Wei army prepared a large number of ships, sandbags... and rafts to prevent floods, these rafts became natural nutrients for the fire , even if it burned all night, it continued to burn...the burn became bigger and bigger!"

call…

Fu Shiren let out a long breath and looked at the appearance of Yancheng in front of him. Can he imagine what Fancheng would be like?
Exactly the same...purgatory sea of ​​fire!

At this moment, Fu Shiren couldn't help but think of his good third brother, Guan Lin.

I thought of Guan Lin’s expression!

Fire cooks the city.

The flames thrown by five hundred flying balls in one night are enough to burn everything. Gong'an City cannot withstand it, Jiangling City cannot withstand it, and even Xiangyang City cannot withstand it.

At that moment, Fu Shiren's outlook on life and world view changed.

For the first time, he realized that water and fire are ruthless, more ruthless and cruel than bows and arrows, swords, guns, swords and halberds!
After thousands of jars of fierce fire oil were thrown into the city of Yan, the scene of the sea of ​​​​purgatory fire kept echoing in Fu Shiren's mind. What lingered was this doomsday scene!
goo-dong...

Fu Shiren swallowed deeply. He admitted that he had led the army for many years and participated in countless battles in his life, but he had never seen such a tragic scene.

He followed Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei... and saw tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of casualties, and the battlefields were extremely bloody.

But I have never been so violent.

Even though I was prepared in my heart, the sudden and exterminating burning and killing...

It was still hard for him to accept.

A city turned into a sea of ​​fire, and 1 people were cooked and killed in the city overnight. Why... When Guan Lin asked him, Fu Shiren, to come here, he didn't even blink.

Counting Fancheng and Pinglu City, if Guan Lin wanted to, he could burn and kill 10 people in one night!
But no matter what, Fu Shiren couldn't associate him with the four words "killing people like hemp".

No matter what, there is no way to connect him with the unparalleled killing god Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an of the Pre-Qin Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Fu Shiren's heart palpitated repeatedly, and his heart felt like a turbulent sea.

"General...are we just going to watch?"

A deputy general looked at the sea of ​​fire and couldn't help but ask.

Fu Shiren pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes, and his tone became much tougher, "What? Do you also want to taste the burning fire?"

Uh…

These words directly blocked all the deputy general's thoughts.

Fu Shiren's words continued, "My third brother is still more powerful. With just a few clicks... he kills people and makes achievements that even my eldest brother will never be able to match in my lifetime!"

Thinking of this, Fu Shiren loudly ordered: "The whole army listens to my order and retreats another five miles!"

Now all Fu Shiren has to do is wait...

The incredible credit he was waiting for from his third brother... finally landed on his head.

——"The third brother is still...loyal!" 』

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In Xudu City, the morning light is dim.

The streets are still bustling.

At the morning market, many people got up early...between purchasing and selling.

It is rare to meet acquaintances, greet each other warmly, shake hands, and laugh from time to time.

Cao Wei's patrols patrolled every corner of the city in an orderly manner!
Nobody knows…

Just a few hundred miles away from Xudu City, what kind of night the Wei soldiers there experienced... It may be an exaggeration to say that it was eight or nine times.

But...this is the fact. In one night, of the 4 people in Fancheng, not more than [-] were still alive!

Yancheng is even more exaggerated!

Because of the city's topography, structure, and numerous trees, almost no one can escape the sea of ​​​​purgatory fire!

Of course, news of the Xiangfan battlefield did not come back so quickly.

嗏

The rise of a topic instantly aroused a lot of discussion among the people.

"Have you heard? Jingzhou sent an envoy named Zhuge Ke to our great Wei Dynasty!"

Although he was in Xudu and Handu... but because Cao Cao was divided into kings of Wei, countless officials and people called themselves Wei people by convention, and would also use rhetoric such as "We are the great Wei".

At this time, another person suddenly thought of something.

"I remember... this Zhuge Ke is the son of Zhuge Jin of the Langya Zhuge family, right? It happened last year, and his younger brother Zhuge Liang had no children, so Zhuge Jin, as the eldest brother, adopted his eldest son Zhuge Ke to Zhuge Liang... In the summer and autumn of last year, this The matter is still spreading in Xudu City!"

"Speaking of which, how can anyone adopt their eldest son to someone else?"

"It's just that... we obviously have a second son Zhuge Qiao, and the second son is upright and young. Wouldn't it be a good idea to adopt him?"

This is the ancient folklore.

Because of the extreme lack of entertainment, the common people's fun is often to talk about... the novel things that happened recently!
Undoubtedly... the identity of Zhuge Ke, the envoy of Jingzhou, is very topical... and has become the talk of many people.

At this time, a man in gorgeous clothes said: "You don't know yet, right? This time... Zhuge Ke is here to negotiate with the king on behalf of Jingzhou..."

"Talk about what?"

"Talk, hahaha...hahahaha..." The man in gorgeous clothes just started to speak, but as if he thought of something happy, he suddenly burst into laughter.

This whetted everyone's appetite.

Everyone asked quickly.

The man answered truthfully: "Someone in my family is on duty at the Palace of Wei. Now... Zhuge Ke's purpose of coming to Xudu has been spread. He actually boldly proposed that the king cede all the territory south of Xudu, including Xudu." To Jingzhou, in addition to that, I have to personally lead an army to conquer Soochow in Huainan..."

"Tell me, is this Zhuge Ke mentally ill? How wise is your king? How courageous is he? How could he cede territory? He also ceded Xudu... Then Zhuge Ke simply said that he would give up the emperor to Jingzhou! As for letting the king conquer Huainan , Haha... How is it possible? Is he trying to imitate Xun Lingjun and drive away tigers and devour wolves? How could your Majesty be fooled? Take a step back and say, why does he Zhuge Ke? Why does he Jingzhou? "

Following this man's words...

For a time, this topic became the talk among the public.

Most of them say...Zhuge Ke exaggerated, saying that the beautiful jade in the blue sky and the donkey with added words are simply like a crane that cannot dance.

Some people also say, is Guan Yu from Jingzhou crazy?Fancheng and Xudu...even if they were taken away, they would definitely be defeated?Was it discovered through detection?

For a time, all kinds of slander and ridicule sounds could be heard.

Zhuge Ke happened to get up early, left the post house, and caught up with the morning market.

He originally thought that since the people here didn't know him, he could learn more about the regional customs and folk habits of the Central Plains area... He never thought that as soon as he left home, he heard something like:

——Zhuge Ke is as stupid as a donkey!

——Guan Yunchang is whimsical... Such words.

This is a little embarrassing.

Zhuge Ke continued to walk forward, and a man was speaking impassionedly and plausibly.

"I just made a bet that if the King of Wei agrees to these unrealistic demands of Zhuge Ke, the envoy from Jingzhou, then I will give you all my concubines, one for each of you!"

"Hahaha... I think you are determined not to let go of those concubines. Otherwise... why would you put forward such a sure-win condition!"

There were all kinds of comments, some were vulgar, and some were insulting without using any curse words. Zhuge Ke couldn't stand to listen, so he turned around and was about to leave.

Never thought that a carriage was coming...

It seemed to be heading towards him.

Zhuge Ke suddenly had an ominous premonition, but when the carriage approached...the door opened, Zhuge Ke was startled...

He exclaimed: "Dad, why are you here?"

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(End of this chapter)