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

Lu Xun had just returned from a hot air balloon ride.

He witnessed the entire battle between Guan Lin and Jiang Wei's formation.

I have to say, it was very exciting... the fighting process was very exciting.

Later, Jiang Wei's plan of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, and his plot behind the scenes were even more exciting.

Even the young Lu Xun would look up to the even younger Jiang Wei. This is... the young are to be feared.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the government office and entered the main hall, Lu Xun saw Guan Lin, but heard Guan Lin hurriedly ask: "How was my performance just now? Did I not reveal any flaws?"

ah... ah...

Lu Xun was a little confused. After a quick thought, he asked back, "What Yunqi meant was that the battle between the Six Ding and Six Jia Formations and the Tiger and Sheep Formation and the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was... all an act?"

"Of course..." Guan Lin smiled and said, "How can I arrange the troops? What's more, the formation needs to be changed. These are too complicated for me. How can I arrange them? How should Jiang Wei fight? How can I change? No matter how he fights, how can we make a feint to the east and attack in the west? How can we remove the firewood from the bottom? These... are all what we have discussed... Don't look at the lively fighting. In fact, not many people died at all. But it looks very imposing... This is the purpose of Bo Yue and I!"

This…

Lu Xun was stunned for a long time before he finally understood. He pondered for a moment, "So, this is all agreed upon... However, Yunqi doesn't understand the formation, but Bo Yue can make such a big splash. He is really a talent!"

At this point, Lu Xun paused and continued with emotion, "We gave up Xiaopingjin Pass, Mengjin Pass, Hanoi City, and this one... Yunqi gave up four battles in a row to Jiang Wei, which can be regarded as giving him enough face!"

"Indeed..." Guan Lin smiled, and said, "But the results are also remarkable. By giving up Xiaopingjin Pass, Jiang Wei gained the initial trust of Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen. By giving up Mengjin Pass, the command of the entire Wei army of 90,000 fell into Bo Yue's hands. By giving up Henei City, the trust of Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen was further deepened. Now, even I have been 'defeated' by Bo Yue, what else can Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen give to Bo Yue? In my opinion, I am afraid that even the personal soldiers will be handed over to him as well, right?"

Guan Lin's words were just a joke, and Lu Xun would not take it seriously.

Who would have thought that just as these words came out of his mouth.

"Young Master is right again—"

A rough voice came from outside the door, and a middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat walked into the main hall.

Because he was wearing a conical hat, Lu Xun did not recognize him at first, but Guan Lin had already determined the identity of the person from his voice. It was Jiang Wei's father Jiang Jiong.

Speaking of which, since he rushed to Jiang Wei's side, although he still kept in touch with Guan Lin, most of them were confidential documents. This was the first time he ventured back in person.

Of course, because there are tunnels in Luoyang, it will be quite easy for Jiang Jiong to enter the city.

"General Jiang..."

Guan Lin groaned in surprise.

Jiang Jiong immediately knelt on one knee, "Sir..."

Guan Lin quickly helped him up, ordered his servants to bring a stool, and personally helped Jiang Jiong sit down, "General Jiang's injury has not healed yet, and there is no need for such a big gift to me..."

Jiang Jiong sat on the Hu stool and without delay, he directly told the purpose of his visit, "As you expected, this time Bo Yue defeated you, Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen trust him even more. In order to win him over, they even handed over their own soldiers to Bo Yue. Now the entire Wei army has 96,000 people, including 30,000 Tianshui troops, 20,000 Cao Zhen troops, and 50,000 Cao Zhang troops. All of them are under the command of Bo Yue. Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen will not interfere at all."

At this point, Jiang Jiong paused for a moment, then continued, "I came here specifically to ask you on behalf of my son, how should we fight the battle in Luoyang?"

"What do you think, old general?" Guan Lin asked Jiang Jiong the question.

Jiang Jiong seemed to have an idea in mind. He said without hesitation, "After all, they are Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen's followers. Keeping them... will always cause hidden dangers. The simplest way is to let those Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen's followers die... and solve this hidden danger once and for all!"

When Jiang Jiong said this, he grinned...

Obviously, facing so many lives, it was not easy for an old general who had been stationed at the border for many years and protected millions of Han people to press the killing "button".

The people killed were not Hu people!
We are all compatriots...

Even if one general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, but... when it comes to this decision, can you do it?

This question made Lu Xun sigh. "Among these 90,000 people, more than 70,000 are the followers of Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang. Although it is not difficult to kill them with Bo Yue's command, it is not easy to be such an executioner. In fact, we need to consider the evaluation of future generations!"

What Lu Xun meant was that he wanted to remind people that this kind of thing... might lead to a series of infamy in the future.

Guan Lin will not be blamed for this kind of infamy, but Jiang Wei... may not be able to bear it.

Jiang Jiong, however, showed his righteous side. "For the unification of the world, for the reconstruction of the Han Dynasty, and for the Han people to work together to fight against foreign enemies, some people will always have to sacrifice. It's just a reputation. If you really need to bear it, then let Bo Yue and I bear it. You don't have to worry about us!"

“No need to sacrifice…”

Just as Jiang Jiong and Lu Xun were shouting, Guan Lin spoke.

"Tomorrow's Luoyang attack and defense, follow my deployment..."

"Too many people have died. This time, we might as well capture the leader. I think... those Wei army soldiers can see clearly that the destiny has come and the revival of the Han Dynasty is inevitable. As long as Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen are dead, those Wei army soldiers will never resist to the death and will surrender wholeheartedly-"

Set the tone.

With just these two sentences, Guan Lin set the final tone for the entire Luoyang attack and defense battle -

...

...

"General Yan Rou, you will lead 30,000 troops to attack the east gate of Luoyang City—"

"General Qian Zhao, you will lead 20,000 troops to attack the north gate of Luoyang City—"

"As for the west gate of Luoyang City, it is..."

As the great battle was approaching, Jiang Wei, the absolute commander of the Wei army, was commanding nearly 100,000 troops in the big tent.

Today, thanks to Jiang Wei, the Wei army has swept away the slump of the past two years and won four battles. The morale of the army has been greatly boosted... and the momentum is high.

Tens of thousands of Wei troops stood outside the tent, ready to go, and the only thing blocking them was Luoyang's new yet solid city wall.

Because of their special status, Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang could not be generals under Jiang Wei, so... all deployments avoided them.

But even so, Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang still stayed in the military tent, listening to Jiang Wei's deployment, but it was more like they were supporting Jiang Wei. With their support, no one would dare to disobey Jiang Wei's military orders.

But just as Jiang Wei was making his deployment...

There was still an extremely discordant voice coming out.

"Isn't it inappropriate for Major General Jiang to deploy troops?"

The appearance of this voice made everyone look to the side.

It's Tian Yu...

As Cao Zhang's military advisor and a member of the Northern Que Xianbei tribe, he was a meritorious official who guarded the northern border of Cao Wei for many years. He had a very high position in the Wei army and had his own personal soldiers.

Cao Zhang alone ordered all the troops to be handed over to Jiang Wei for command. All the deputy generals were handed over, but Tian Yu alone still maintained his independence and did not hand over even a single soldier.

At this moment, as soon as he opened his mouth, Yan Rou and Qian Zhao's faces became extremely ugly, as if they had predicted what Tian Yu was going to say, and they seemed to be able to guess the result, which would be tense and end in a bad mood.

"General Tian, ​​what advice do you have?"

As Jiang Wei asked...

As expected, Tian Yu stepped out, not caring about Cao Zhang's sullen face. He angrily asked Jiang Wei, "Why are the main forces attacking the city this time all General Cao Zidan and General Cao Ziwen's troops? They even sent the two generals' personal guards to the front line, while your Jiang Boyue's 20,000-plus Tianshui troops just stayed in the rear and did not move? This is... completely different from the previous deployment of Major General Jiang? Why is Major General Jiang so abnormal?"

Tian Yu's question was fierce. Jiang Wei was about to answer, but Cao Zhang got ahead of him and answered for him: "Guorang (Tian Yu), if you are right, then when Bo Yue and Guan Lin fought yesterday, the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation was suppressed by the Six Dings and Six Jias Formation, and was about to be defeated. Did you think this formation was also very abnormal? But what happened in the end?"

Cao Zhang glared at Tian Yu with an extremely impolite look, "Feinting to the east and attacking in the west, cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron, if it weren't for Bo Yue's clever plan to attack Guan Lin from behind, would you and I be able to stand in this tent today and discuss the attack on Luoyang City?"

Cao Zhen seemed unwilling to be outdone when Cao Zhang said this, and hurriedly explained for Jiang Wei: "Yes, General Ziwen is right. Guan Lin is good at calculation and invention. In the battle of Luoyang, he flew the ball into the air in front and waited for the opponent to tire out. But facing such a situation, Bo Yue's calculation was perfect and unexpected. Not only did he deceive Guan Lin, but even how many of us could have guessed his calculation? If it weren't for him, how could we have won the successive victories after the defeat in the past two years, and how could the morale of the three armies be so high now? Guan Lin couldn't outsmart Bo Yue because of the weirdness of Bo Yue's use of troops! This is a blessing for my Great Wei! But..."

"But you...ah...it is said that scholars look down on each other, how come...you, Tian Guorang, hold a high position in the Wei Dynasty, but you are similar to this scholar...you also made the mistake of being jealous of others' talents! If anyone under my command, Cao Zhen, dares to slander Bo Yue so openly, I will definitely punish him by military law and execute him without mercy!"

Cao Zhen is very smart...

It seems that he is trying to help Jiang Wei out, but in fact, these words are full of turbulent meanings. He is both speaking for Jiang Wei and pointing out to him who is the one he trusts the most!
In this way, in the future, when they captured Luoyang City and Cao Zhang, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi competed for the new nobles and talents, Cao Zhen's words would undoubtedly add points to Cao Pi.

"Hmph..." Tian Yu snorted coldly, but turned his head to the side, "You all say that General Jiang is smarter than Guan Lin, but in the past two years, how many generals and counselors of our Great Wei have been killed by Guan Lin. If General Jiang had suffered losses in his hands before, I would believe it, but General Jiang is too successful, winning battle after battle, hehe... Those who know know that the opponent is Guan Lin, who has been invincible in the past two years, and those who don't know think that the opponent is just some random person! General Jiang, these are all too coincidental. You believe it, but I, Tian Yu, don't!"

Still don’t believe it…

As for the specific reason for his disbelief, Tian Yu had no direct evidence, but it was just a feeling, an extremely strong feeling.

He felt that it would not be so easy for Guan Lin to lose, let alone lose so miserably!
"Nonsense..." Cao Zhang exploded. He pointed at Tian Yu's nose and shouted angrily, "When that big-eared thief defected to Gongsun Zan, you relied on him. You left because your mother was old, and Liu Bei cried to you, saying that he only regretted not being able to build a great cause with you. Humph, Tian Guorang, you are not recalling the past and missing the kindness of that big-eared thief, so you alienate my Wei army before the battle. What is your intention?"

"me…"

Cao Zhang's words left Tian Yu speechless.

Just when Tian Yu was trying hard to refute and explain.

Jiang Wei blurted out, showing his excellent ability to respond.

"Mr. Tian, ​​I have no grudge against you. I also know that you are dedicated to the public good and have no ill intentions... Perhaps, these deployments made by me have really caused you strong doubts and dissatisfaction, but... I have my own reasons for each deployment!"

Jiang Wei spoke eloquently, "For example, letting the two generals Cao's personal soldiers go to the front line... Let me ask you, the two generals gave their personal soldiers to me, wasn't it to let them lead the charge, on the one hand to show their determination to capture Luoyang, and on the other hand, they led the way and aroused the fighting spirit of the three armies, making the morale of the Wei army stronger and increasing the chances of capturing the city? Is this wrong for me?"

At this point, Jiang Wei paused for a moment and continued, "As for sending the two generals' troops to attack the city this time, haha... Mr. Tian misunderstood. These soldiers took the initiative to volunteer to attack the city. How could I disappoint them and dampen their fighting spirit?"

"My Tianshui troops have been at the forefront of the three previous battles and have won many merits, but the two generals' legions have not yet achieved any success. They are eager to be the first to attack and break the city! With such momentum and mood, how can I, as the commander, not use them? As the commander, how can I not fulfill their fighting spirit? Moreover, with such faith, how can I not build a victorious army."

Huh… Jiang Wei exhaled lightly, and the next words were more sincere and sincere, "As for the soldiers of Tianshui in the rear army, one is to support the front army, so that the soldiers attacking the city have confidence and the brothers have a way to retreat! The second is that they can also change accordingly depending on the changes of the enemy. Our opponent is Guan Lin, who knows how he will deploy? What kind of magic and ghost magic he will use! I, Jiang Wei, never dare to underestimate him, so I made this extra plan, also to… leave a way out for our Wei army!"

At this point, Jiang Wei took off his military token and the commander's sword. He faced Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang and said, "Jiang Wei is not very talented and has little knowledge. Whether it is planning a strategy or deploying troops, I can only do this much. If there is a better way, Jiang Wei is willing to return the military token and retreat to the rear, even if it means being a grain transport captain!"

This, this…this!

Undoubtedly, Jiang Wei's words were very contagious and left Tian Yu speechless.

"Hmph..." Cao Zhang snorted coldly at Tian Yu, then pushed the military token and the sword back to Jiang Wei, "Boyue, I understand your feelings best. You and Guan Lin have an irreconcilable feud, how could I not trust you? Don't ever talk about returning the military token and the sword again. I, Cao Zhang, will make it known today that anyone in the Wei army who dares to disobey General Jiang's orders will be punished by military law on the spot to serve as a warning to others and to set the record straight—"

At this point, Cao Zhang turned his gaze to Tian Yu, his eyes showing a fierce look, "Get out of here, Tian Guorang, get out of here——"

"I…"

"Fork it out—"

Before Tian Yu could speak, he was speared out by the soldiers in the tent.

Even if he withdrew, he still didn't believe it. Having been in the borderland for decades, he had a feeling about people's hearts. Inexplicably, he had a feeling that... Jiang Wei was harming the Wei Dynasty!

"General Jiang, please continue to arrange the formation--" Cao Zhen also spoke at the right time, "The 100,000 Wei troops outside the tent are still waiting for General Jiang's deployment?" The small episode caused by Tian Yu... did not affect the Wei army's actions at all.

But one hour...

The entire Wei army began to mobilize. The Wei army, clad in black armor, surrounded the city in three places. The armor shone like golden scales towards the sun... As the Wei army marched forward in an orderly manner, the aura of dark clouds covering the city swept across the sky above the entire Luoyang city.

"coming…"

On the city wall, Fu Shiren, who was clinging to his little mustache, suddenly exerted force and pulled the whole beard off. However, he did not feel any pain at all, but looked outside the city excitedly.

I couldn't help but jump for joy and cheer.

"It's coming, it's coming...it's finally here."

“You don’t know how hard I’ve waited for this day… ah… hahahahahaha!”

Fu Shiren wanted to cry, but he couldn't stop laughing again. This wave of emotions was too intense.

On the other hand, the other generals on the city wall, Lu Xun, Hou Yin, Zhu Ling, Zhu Shu, Ling Tong, Gan Ning... seemed to have known something in advance. Facing the powerful Wei army's attack like a dark cloud pressing down on the city, they all looked extremely relaxed.

"What do you think? Later...will Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen be very surprised?"

Ling Tong asked Gan Ning beside him curiously.

“Hahahaha…” Gan Ning couldn’t help laughing. After the laughter died down, he replied, “I think Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen will soon know what a surprise it is!”

Zhu Ling and Zhu Shu were looking at the rear army far away.

That’s right, that was where Jiang Wei was in command. Similarly, that was also where Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang watched the battle. However, unlike in the past, Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang now had only a few dozen personal soldiers by their side.

Instead, their three thousand elite soldiers had already rushed to the front line, with green light in their eyes, staring at the towering walls of Luoyang with their knives sharpened.

“How miserable—”

Zhu Ling couldn't suppress the throbbing in his heart after all, and couldn't help chanting these two words.

His son Zhu Shu paused for a moment, as if he did not understand what his father meant, so he asked, "Dad? What do you mean it's so miserable?"

"Hehe..." Zhu Ling laughed, and raised his hand to point at Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang. "Cao Zidan and Cao Ziwen are so miserable. The two of them were surrounded by more than 20,000 Tianshui troops. Isn't this miserable enough?"

After being reminded by his father, Zhu Shu understood and looked towards Cao Zhang and Cao Zhen again.

Smiled meaningfully.

It is miserable, indeed miserable, to the point that it has reached the highest level of misery – no misery!
at this time.

"woo woo woo woo--"

As the horns of the Wei army sounded...

"Boom boom boom!"

The drums are beating loudly...

"It has begun--" Lu Xun on the city wall couldn't help but let out a soft moan. At this moment, his eyes were wide open, as if it was a scene that was about to happen, and he couldn't bear to miss even a little bit. In fact, he could already predict it in advance... What a wonderful drama this would be!
really…

As he said, accompanied by the sound of drums and trumpets, the entire 100,000 Wei troops moved, but... the 70,000 Wei troops besieging the city moved towards Luoyang City.

The last 20,000 Wei troops turned their spearheads and moved towards Cao Zhen and Cao Zhang.

Quiet as a virgin, swift as a rabbit——

...

…(End of chapter)