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

Chapter 97 If I Can't Beat You, Then Join You
Victory Bridge.

The eyes of others are fixed on the "strange chariot", the "wooden ox and horse" that walks by itself, and the crossbow that can pierce strong cattle.

But Lu Xun was staring at the two merchants.

From what they said on the high platform just now, Lu Xun remembered that one of them was called "Shi Huolong" and the other was called "You Tanzhi".

Shi Huolong is tall and strong, while You Tanzhi is half a head shorter than him. From appearance, both of them look like people from the Central Plains.

Of course, it is not uncommon for people from the Central Plains to do business in Jingzhou, even if it is arms business.

only…

Because of the miraculous skills of the "wooden cow and horse", and because of the power of the crossbow.

Lu Xun couldn't help but think about it.

Why did these two merchants come to Jiangling?
Why did you choose Guan Lin, the son of the Guan family?
Why not choose Soochow?

With the defeat of Xiaoyaojin, today's Soochow needs these "high-quality" military supplies even more!
It is also based on this that Lu Xun observed Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi in detail.

He even noticed that Shi Huolong had two deep mouth and nose lines on his lips, and his demeanor was slightly sinister. His age was estimated to be around 40 years old.

But You Tanzhi's brows are more relaxed, in his 30s, he always shows a peaceful smile.

Especially when he told Guan Yinping how to use the "strange chariot", he was very patient. This kind of personality is rare among arms dealers.

"Bo Yan, what's wrong with you?" Sun Ru looked at Lu Xun's expression a little strangely.

Lu Xun pursed his lips and looked coldly at the two merchants under the bridge, "I was thinking...if before the Battle of Hefei, the hundred thousand Jiangdong disciples were equipped with Liannu, under such a powerful crossbow, what would happen to Xiaoyaojin? Will it be rewritten?"

This…

When the topic of "Xiaoyaojin" was mentioned suddenly, Sun Ru fell silent for a while.

She could feel that her husband had some kind of obsession with the "Xiaoyaojin defeat".

She also knew that this defeat... not only Sun Quan, the leader of Soochow, but every child of Jiangdong was filled with resentment.

It is precisely because of this resentment that my husband became more and more curious about the "Liannu" that could penetrate even a strong bull, and about the two mysterious businessmen.

——『This crossbow can restrain the northern cavalry, right? 』

Not as deep as Lu Xun.

Sun Ru suddenly saw something, and she pointed to the Desheng Bridge: "Bo Yan, look over there."

Following Madam's words, Lu Xun's eyes moved northward.

Moved…

Moved…

The infantry and cavalry under the Desheng Bridge moved, and they lined up separately, as if the "war" was about to break out.

At this moment, not to mention the melon-eating people on the Desheng Bridge, even Lu Xun narrowed his eyes, staring at the battlefield as if wishing to see through.

That strange chariot?

Exactly... What kind of power does it have?

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Cabin over there.

Guan Ping is telling his father what he saw in advance.

The expressions of Guan Yu and Ma Liang changed to varying degrees.

Guan Yu's tone was slightly surprised: "According to your words, what these people say is true!"

"Yes!" Guan Ping said truthfully: "Boy and Mi Taishou saw it with their own eyes. Just now, the fourth brother was holding a continuous crossbow. Just pulled the mechanism, ten crossbow bolts burst out, and the firing speed was extremely fast. Then The strong bull didn't even have time to shout, let alone dodge, and immediately fell to the ground, and the fourth brother pulled the mechanism again, and this time, the strong bull died directly!"

Inexplicably, when Guan Yu heard Guan Ping's words for the first time, he had a feeling for a while.

——"Yun Qi shoots so resolutely, trying the crossbow is the next best thing, he is greedy, killing cows and eating beef is the goal, right?" 』

However, no matter what, if it is true what Guan Ping said, then the power of this Liannu is not small.

Guan Yu's eyes narrowed gradually.

I wondered in my heart, can this arms dealer in Jiaozhou actually forge such a magic weapon?

Since two years ago, the Shibian family in Jiaozhou was forced to bow down to Sun Quan due to deterrence, and they have not been idle in the past two years!
and also…

Don't wait for Guan Yu to think about it.

Guan Ping's voice continued.

"The wooden cows and horses are even more miraculous. They don't need to be driven at all, and they move forward by themselves. No matter what kind of road it is, it is like walking on flat ground... In addition, considering its size, if it is used to transport military supplies, I am afraid that at least thousands of labor can be saved. And there is no need to be afraid Shoals, rough mountain roads... Maybe it will be of great benefit to Uncle!"

Guan Ping's words made Guan Yu immediately think of his elder brother Liu Bei and Yizhou.

The delivery of military rations is okay in Jingzhou, mostly by water, as long as it is not a dry season, it is quite convenient to transport.

But once the dry season came, the ship ran aground, and there were shoals and muddy roads everywhere.

Not to mention marching, just transporting military rations will become extremely difficult.

And this wooden cow and horse can perfectly solve the problem of dry season.

What's more important is Yizhou, where the eldest brother and Kong Ming are.

Only those who have experienced entering Shu will know what it means-the road to Shu is difficult!

When transporting grain and grass on the rugged and difficult Shu land, facing the steep mountains and dangerous plank roads, the loss of grain is second. If you are not careful, you may even lose your life.

Historically, Zhuge Jin's second son, Zhuge Qiao, was adopted by Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang asked him to station in the valley to participate in the transportation of grain along the Shu Road.

As a result... he died on the grain road at the age of only 25, which made Zhuge Liang feel very sorry.

In his family letter to his elder brother Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Liang wrote:

——"The most sorry thing is Qiaoer. I had no heirs back then. I asked my elder brother to adopt a son. My elder brother reported to Master Wu before adopting me. It is my elder brother's flesh and blood. I also have high hopes and change his name to Bosong! "

"He is the eldest of the family, and he should stand upright like a green pine, noble and evergreen, so he has been disciplined very strictly. When I cut him down, because all the generals and children were transporting food in the rear, with a public heart, Let him also go to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and let him be stationed in the mountains regardless of his frailty, causing him to die of illness."

"For seven years, I have been unable to speak to you. I am the only one who is separated from the family because of the supervision of the transportation of food and grass."

This letter from home put aside Zhuge Liang's self-blame for Zhuge Qiao's death.

It also reflects from the side how difficult the Shu Road is, and how difficult it is to transport grain and grass in the Qinling Mountains that stretch for seven hundred miles.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying accelerated the production of wooden cattle and horses, and even put them into transporting grain and grass during the fourth and fifth Northern Expeditions!
It's just that today's Mu Niu Liu Ma, because of Guan Lin and Huang Chengyan, has come a full 16 years earlier.

"This Liannu, this wooden cow and horse..." Guan Yu was about to speak.

"Father, look..."

Unexpectedly, Guan Pingwan immediately interrupted Guan Yu's words as if he suddenly discovered something.

He quickly stretched out his hand and pointed to a place under the bridge.

Guan Yu, Ma Liang, Zhou Cang and Mi Fang all followed Guan Ping's hand and looked down.

On the battlefield under the bridge, Guan Xing's cavalry had already charged towards Guan Yinping's infantry!
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Jiangdong, Stone City.

Zhuge Ke changed from his usual arrogant appearance, and walked on the street restlessly.

Just now, his father Zhuge Jin specially called him to his side and told him some important words with earnestness.

That is, in this special and sensitive period.

Wu Hou had to strengthen the "Sun Liu Alliance".

Therefore, he agreed. Zhuge Jin had made a request for a long time before, agreeing that Zhuge Jin would adopt his next son to his second brother, Zhuge Kongming, the military advisor of Uncle Liu, who had nowhere to go for more than ten years.

Although this is somewhat similar to "political marriage" and "political adoption", it is a very common thing in a big family.

You know, the ancients were extremely obsessed with passing on the family line.

If there is a family without a son, they will definitely adopt other people's children.

And there are generally two situations here.

One is the adoption between brothers of the same clan. For example, if the younger brother has no son, he can request the son of the adoptive elder brother. In this case, the elders in the family will generally allow it.

There is another situation, that is, adopting the son of an outsider. Of course, this is relatively rare.

In the first case, there will often be a series of coquettish operations.

For example, Yuan Shao, who was once mighty, was originally a concubine, born of a maidservant at home.

It stands to reason that with such an identity, not to mention going to the imperial school, becoming an official, and accepting heroes, even any resources in the family will not be inclined to him.

However, Yuan Shaoleng won the favor of his father Yuan Feng through his series of performances.

Then, the father and son played an extremely "sexy" operation.

That is, Yuan Feng first adopted his concubine Yuan Shao to his second elder brother, Yuan Shao's second elder brother Yuan Cheng, and after Yuan Cheng died, Yuan Feng took Yuan Shao back as his stepson.

——The older brother is dead, the younger brother takes care of the older brother's son and treats it as his own, isn't that reasonable?
And so again and again.

Yuan Shao's status as a "concubine" has become a "concubine", and he enjoys all the treatment of a concubine just like his elder brother "Yuan Ji" and third brother "Yuan Shu".

At the end of the Han Dynasty, rituals and music collapsed, similar to this kind of coquettish operation, many big families would play it.

Compared with them, Zhuge Jin's side is much purer.

It is simply because his younger brother Zhuge Liang has had nothing to do for more than ten years, and he mentioned in the letter that he will not consider taking concubines for the time being...

Calculated in this way, as the elder brother, Zhuge Jin, who values ​​the prosperity of the Zhuge family more than the sky, has the responsibility to adopt a son to his younger brother, and he is bound to do so.

Of course, this son can be the eldest son Zhuge Ke, or the youngest son Zhuge Qiao.

Originally, Zhuge Jin could make this kind of decision by himself.

Whether it is Zhuge Ke or Zhuge Qiao!
As a son, he could only let him go and not defy him.

But this time, Zhuge Jin handed over this decision to his son Zhuge Ke.

Whether he, Zhuge Ke, or his younger brother Zhuge Qiao stayed, it all depends on him.

"call…"

Zhuge Ke with a gloomy expression exhaled deeply.

This is a tough choice.

He didn't want to leave, let alone the father who gave birth to him and raised him, but...could he bear his brother's departure?Jody... only seven years old!

Of course, he understands better...

The reason why the Emperor of Soochow would agree to the request of his father and second uncle was the defeat in the battle of Xiaoyaojin, the gambling game in Hefei, and the disappearance of Jingzhou, which would never return.

And these...

He, Zhuge Ke, also participated, and played a very important role.

It can be said that the current situation is that he, Zhuge Ke, smashed his feet with stones and stole chickens without losing money... This is because he personally folded himself or his brother into it.

"If...if I hadn't trusted Hong Qigong at that time...if...if I hadn't persuaded my father to send a letter to Marquis Wu, then...then...there would be no Hefei bet, there wouldn't be..."

Zhuge Ke paused, and couldn't help lowering his head, his eyes were squeezed into slits, and his eye sockets were already filled with tears.

At this moment, he is in pain, he is at a loss, he is at a loss!
He doesn't even know how to choose.

at this time…

There was a cry of "Wow, wow, wow".

He noticed that where he stopped, through the window, he could clearly see a baby crying in the room.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, I want a mother, I want a mother..."

It turned out to be this common people's house, and the young baby was losing his temper and crying because he couldn't find his mother.

Weng Weng patiently fed him, "Your mother has something to go out, come and have a bite, have a bite."

Xiaowa sobbed, "I want mother, I want mother to play with me."

All of a sudden, the crying of the little baby became louder and more urgent, and this burst of children's crying caused a lot of noise and disturbed the neighbors.

At this moment, an upright and mature man walked over impatiently. His neighbor next door, the baby's crying affected his lunch break, so he immediately yelled.

"If you cry again, Zhang Liao will come!"

This sentence is equivalent to...comparing Zhang Liao, a majestic General Cao Ying, to an old monster with a "green face and fangs" who can eat children!

What's incredible is that when these words came out, the child miraculously didn't dare to cry.

As if he was afraid that Zhang Liao, an old monster, would come and eat him.

She bit her lip with her teeth "bajibaji", but her eyes were filled with tears, but her mouth was the only one where there was no more crying.

Liao come... Liao come!
Cry, dare not, dare not!
It's like in the Southern Dynasties, when children were crying, adults said "Dayan Yang" has come.

In the Song Dynasty, children were crying, and adults uttered the extremely humiliating "Brother Yeluxiu"!
Coupled with Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, these "tough men" all have the effect of "stopping crying" that hits the nail on the head.

——The existence that can be called Megatron Kindergarten!
- So terrifying!
But Zhuge Ke, he sees everything...

The child's tears gradually stopped, but his Zhuge Ke's tears fell... like a broken bead chain, "click", "click".

What face does Zhuge Ke have in Jiangdong?

Although…

This blame is not his Zhuge Ke's, but this blame, Sun Quan has firmly dumped it to his father Zhuge Jin.

Can Zhuge Ke imagine that if he and his father would be ridiculed if they stayed in Jiangdong?
Can his usual arrogance endure this pain?

Can be…

It is undeniable that Zhuge Ke was not at fault during this process?

——He was so wrong!
His fault caused Soochow to lose Jingzhou!

Finally, Zhuge Ke's clenched fists were loosened, and he gritted his teeth, as if he had made a final decision.

——"I...I'll go..."

——"I made a mistake, how can others resist it for me? I... go!"

Although unwilling!
However, it has reached this point, and he, Zhuge Ke, chooses to take it on himself.

Although he was dissatisfied, Zhuge Ke had to admit it.

——"Hong Qigong, Hong Qigong, I want to defeat you one day, and then I will be ashamed, but...I have to join you now!" 』

With this in mind, Zhuge Ke cried.

"Because...because I can't beat you, I...I can only join you!"

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(End of this chapter)