Lu's relatives

Chapter 453
Above Xiaoguan.Liu Yao, who is known for attaching great importance to elegance and demeanor, has long lost his former calmness.

It has been several days without a good rest.Liu Yao's eye circles were flushed, and the gray hair on his head became more and more gray, sticking to his head slightly messy.Facing the Shanyue barbarians who rushed up with strange screams, he couldn't remember how many times, he roared vigorously.

"Quick! Quick! Block me from the east! Use hot oil! Use boiling water! Burn these thieves to death! Brothers, hold on, reinforcements...reinforcements will arrive soon!" Liu Yao's voice was hoarse up.But they are still running and shouting on the Xiaoguan city wall.Not far behind Liu Yao is the place where Yuan Shu and Ji Ling committed suicide half a year ago. Liu Yao does not want to repeat the mistake of Yuan Shu's defeat.

This is the first time that the soldiers of Wujun have seen their lord lose their status so much. As a veteran and the closest relative of the Han family to the royal family, when has Liu Yao been in such a mess?But the current situation is stronger than others. These many barbarians, together with the original Jiangdong bandits, rushed up wave after wave, were killed, rushed up again, and killed again. Although Xiao Guan didn't fall, even an iron man couldn't stand such a high-intensity combat frequency. Seeing that the incoming soldiers were getting closer to the top of the city wall every time, and the combat power of the soldiers under his command was already worrying. Just relying on the high and strong walls to defend, and the soldiers are seriously exhausted.Earlier there was news that Guo Jia wanted to send Tai Shici, General Tai Shici of the Qingzhou Barracks of the Lu Bu Army who was standing firm at Fuguan, back to aid. It's not that big.Now hearing Liu Yao talking about the reinforcements, many soldiers have lost much interest in it, but numbly followed the orders of the superiors, and mechanically dumped the few rolling trees, thunderstones, hot oil and boiling water to the city. Go, stop the attack of the incoming soldiers a little bit.

"Brothers, that old thief Liu Yao can't hold on any longer! Let's work harder and capture Xiaoguan. The rich land of Wu County is just right for us to share with our brothers!" In fact, it's not just Liu Yao who is urging The father and son of the Yan family, who were soldiers attacking Xiaoguan, are not having a good time at the moment.The addition of the Shanyue barbarians has indeed greatly increased the combat power of their army out of thin air. With the addition of these people, it only takes a few days, and Xiaoguan, which is difficult to attack, is already in danger.This is a happy thing, but I know my hardships, and these barbarians are really hard to serve.Don't talk about eating rice and meat every day, because of poor communication and slight dissatisfaction, these barbarians will draw their swords at Yan's own army, and the leader of this group of barbarians, a one-legged bronze man with a strange The barbarian man of Qimen Weapon clearly understands Chinese, but he deliberately does not restrain the soldiers, and looks at Yan and his son from time to time with contempt in their eyes.Yan Yu, who was less than thirty years old, wanted to get angry several times, but Yan Baihu firmly suppressed them, and he could only spread his anger on the battlefield against Xiao Guan.

Although this war was declared to be for the expansion of the Yan family's living space, it directed the soldiers at their old enemy, Wu Jun Liu Yao's forces.Even Yan Yu was convinced that his father wanted to take advantage of the ambiguous relationship with Lu Bu's army on the other side of the river. Liu Yao, who was a shepherd in Yangzhou, was attacked by Sun Ce, the prefect of Yuzhang, while the main force of Lu Bu's army was going north. Kuaiji County's offensive, and took advantage of the chaos to get a share of the pie.Even the Shanyue people were "invited" by his father. Although they were not very friendly, it was enough to show Yan Baihu's determination.But Yan Baihu, who is old and mature, did not tell his precious son many things.For example, Danyang County, which is extremely poor, and even the military rations are supported by the foundations collected by Yuan Shu in the past, how can it be able to change so many military rations enough for [-] troops in an instant, and how "please" Dedong and Yan's forces separated from Yuzhang and part of Kuaiji County's Shanyue alien race to join the war.Sometimes Yan Baihu looked at Yan Yu's excited figure, but always sighed silently.

"Attack for Lao Tzu! Attack!" Yan Yu's attention was completely focused on attacking Xiao Guan after receiving full of cowardice from the Shanyue alien race.Yan Yu, whose eyes were reddened by the momentum of the battlefield, spoke more and more hastily as the forces of the two coalition forces advanced slowly, waving the steel knife in his hand, and stood not far from the closed gate of Xiaoguan. A hundred paces away, he personally served as the supervisor of the army, unaware that his father was watching from behind.

"My lord, I can't stand it any longer!" When above Xiaoguan, the last remaining defensive equipment was thrown on the head of a strange-looking Shanyue barbarian by soldiers from Wu County, a sudden panic was felt in an instant. Liu Yao's army circulated widely.Liu Yao still underestimated the Yan family's father and son, or the coveting heart of the people behind it for Wu County. For ten days, they spent all the military equipment hoarded by Liu Yao when he insisted on personally guarding Xiaoguan. net.But who would have thought that instead of being able to rely on Xiao Guan's solidity and adequate preparations to repel the enemies who invaded in the future as Liu Yao had expected, he ended up where he is now.

"Brothers, Mr. Liu is sorry for everyone!" Liu Yao sighed deeply.Whether he was expelled from Wu County by Sun Ce or faced with Lu Bu's "blackmail" before, Liu Yao always thought that it was nothing wrong with the war. Lose to anyone who "fucks around" on the big man stage.Clan of the Han Dynasty!How could people from border towns, county officials, and even black-headed thieves be able to compare?
But now Liu Yao suddenly felt a little disheartened.What Guo Jia said is right. These days, people with great luck and courage can't do anything.For Lu Bu, Cao Cao, and even Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who have passed away, between success and failure, they will simply judge success or failure based on hardware such as military resources and food.I am really not that material!In the end, he was not as thorough as the young man who made himself look down on him before.

"My lord! Reinforcements... Will reinforcements come?" People say that generals have the will to die, but scholars have no desire to live.The words and deeds of the commander-in-chief of the first army, to a large extent, will have a positive or negative impact on the soldiers under his command.Right now, because of Liu Yao's depression, the morale of the entire Xiaoguan suddenly dropped for a while.Facing the ferocious Shanyue barbarians swarming up the long wall ladder and the red-eyed Yan soldiers who were stimulated by rewards, the hands of Wu Jun soldiers holding their knives trembled a little.There was even a crack in the city wall that was slightly lower, and almost one of them attacked, and the Shanyue soldiers who killed three or five Wu Jun soldiers came up.

"Old Liu Yao can't stand it anymore! Brothers, work harder, don't let those southern barbarians look down on me!" On the wall of Xiaoguan, Liu Yao's dejected appearance was met by Yan Yan who was very close. The public looked at it.The sturdy Yan Yu, with a wild smile on his face at the moment, is waving the long knife in his hand. Under the protection of several personal soldiers, regardless of his father Yan Baihu shouting anxiously behind him, he almost wants to go into battle in person Grab the first achievement!
"My lord! What should I do? Whether it is a battle or a retreat, I will obey the lord's orders! Although the last generals do not know the righteousness, they are willing to swear to live and die with the lord!" He had been the governor of Yangzhou for a period of time before, and after he was reinstated as the shepherd of Yangzhou, although he did not achieve much in terms of military strength, he still had the identity of the clan of the Han family after all, and he was the lord of a state. Kuaiji County can barely control it, but it also gathers some diehard Han family members around it.

"Heaven wants to kill me, Liu Yao, what do you have to do with you?" Liu Yao, who admitted that his death was approaching, and faced his father and elders in Yangzhou without a face, seemed to be a different person at this moment.The "royal aura" that was always high above him before has disappeared at this moment, replaced by a complex atmosphere mixed with a sense of relief mixed with daze, facing Liu Yao who finally surrounded him, waiting for the rebels to break through, Also protect Liu Yao from being injured first. The guards smiled and persuaded, "Masters, you should run for your life while the bandits haven't broken through! If it's too late, maybe Liu will be in danger." , but also to protect the brothers."

"My lord, you..." Liu Yao's suddenly approachable words made the faces of the loyal people around him stunned for a moment, and even after they understood Liu Yao's meaning, none of them moved, and they all showed anxious expressions asked.

"Liu Mou should have been killed in the army when the grandson was expelling him! He was able to save his life to this day, and after seeing such loyal people as you, even if Liu Yao dies immediately, he can rest in peace. While speaking, there were already several Shanyue barbarians with ferocious faces, following the special mountain climbing soft ropes such as Feihuclaw, avoiding the sight of Wu Jun soldiers who were still resisting behind the female wall, and boarded Xiaoyue Closed the city wall, fighting with the soldiers on the closed wall. Although they were quickly besieged and killed, the morale of the soldiers on the closed wall dropped a lot again.But Liu Yao seemed to no longer pay attention to the situation of the war, and slowly pulled out the Yi sword from his waist. This sword inlaid with gold and jade was the same one that Qin Xu gave to Emperor Liu of the Han Dynasty from the "tribute" when he was in Luoyang. It was selected from the gifts of the association.As if he was stroking the girl's soft figure, Liu Yao gently picked up the sweat-stained silk scarf and wiped it away, the bewildered light in his eyes became more serious.

"My lord! Reinforcement...reinforcement..." Liu Yao slowly raised the hilt of his sword, stroked the sharp edge of the sword with his fingers, and just as he was about to make a move, a soldier surrounded by the outside suddenly shouted in a hurry stand up.

"Reinforcements? Heh!" Liu Yao smiled wryly without moving his eyes.I can't even tell what it's like in my heart.What reinforcements?It's all come to this point, and he still counts on Guo Jiana, who was once humiliated by himself, but now "relying on" the power of Lu Bujun, he has to make him, the lord of Yangzhou, guard Xiaoguan personally to avoid embarrassment , would you be so kind as to take the opportunity to avenge your humiliation and send reinforcements?Ever since he heard the news of Tai Shici's return to aid, he really thought that it was just a smoke bomb released by Guo Jia, Liu Yao gave up on Guo Jia, who had never given him a smile since Qin Xu left.What Liu Yao is concerned about now is whether he will leave a joke of history after drinking the blood of his master with the sword in his hand, and get an incompetent comment from the historian.As for the rest, everything is not important anymore.

"My lord! Really! It's really reinforcements!" the soldier shouted, pointing to the black crowd that seemed to appear suddenly on the horizon behind Xiao Guan.The banner that once made my own army think that it was equivalent to Sun Ce and Yan's thieves, who had long coveted Yangzhou and was hated by Wujun soldiers, is now in the eyes of the soldiers who have given birth to despair. , It was so cute.

"Huh?" Perhaps the soldier's shouting voice was too sharp, which made Liu Yao prepare to become the third person above Xiaoguan who committed suicide, but it didn't arouse Liu Yao's thought before, the loyal ministers bid farewell to the old master. Bloody scene.The soldiers who were originally surrounded by Liu Yao seemed to have no loyalty to die together at this moment. They ran to the side of the female wall at the back one by one, and suddenly there was a burst of cheers like a desperate life.

Liu Yao was also attracted by the actions of the soldiers around him.Looking around, it was less than five miles away from Xiaoguan on the back. Before seeing clearly where the incoming soldiers belonged, they first saw a large flag, which was fluttering in the wind under the protection of dozens of cavalry. The big Qin characters are at the front, and behind them are soldiers in black and leather armor, leading a group of soldiers in yellow clothes with white backgrounds, approaching Xiao Guan with a rapid march.

"My lord, look! Behind the bandit Yan!" Just as Liu Yao was stunned by the scene of surviving death, the soldiers of Wu County, who were desperately resisting the attack of Shanyue and Yan's father and son, were also suddenly full He shouted in surprise, pointing at the rear of the coalition forces, which were still on the offensive just now, but at the moment it was a little chaotic, and his voice was full of disbelief in his hurried voice.

Liu Yao violently threw the sword that was still being gently touched as if he were a lover to the ground, and quickly ran to the female wall in front, pushing away the soldiers who were worried that Liu Yao would be injured by the incoming soldiers, and looked down.

Sure enough, as the soldier who screamed just now said.Behind the camp of the coalition forces of the Yan family and the Shanyue barbarians, which was built indiscriminately and was not organized at all, suddenly appeared an army dressed in the same clothes as the soldiers who appeared on the back of Xiao Guan.On the big flag fluttering in the wind, a big Cao character is also eye-catching.

What's more, this army seems to have suddenly appeared after the coalition forces of the Yan family and the Shanyue barbarians. As soon as it showed its true colors, it immediately launched an attack without saying hello.Especially the two hundred or so people at the front, although the arrows were sparse and almost countable, they were discovered by the vigilant Shanyue barbarians because they suddenly attacked from behind and broke into the coalition camp less than fifty steps away. When they had to react, it was because most of the army was sent under Xiao Guan, and they couldn't withdraw in a short while.

"Kill the thief! Kill the thief!" The situation changed immediately!Liu Yao almost revived with full blood on the spot in an instant, and flew to grab the sword that had just been thrown on the ground. His eyes were red, and he pointed at the father and son of the Yan family who had just receded like the tide and almost made Liu Yao lose his desire to live. , the direction of the Shanyue Barbarian Allied Forces, as if exhausting all his strength, he shouted with ecstasy in his tone, and immediately his eyes went dark, and he fell straight down.

Liu Yao, who suddenly relaxed, finally couldn't hold on anymore.Fortunately, before passing out of coma, an order was issued to open and close the door to the soldiers of the Lv Bu army behind Xiao Guan, and to hand over the defense in an all-round way.But the father and son of the Yan family under Xiaoguan, and the leader of the Shanyue barbarians who used strange weapons, are not as relaxed and confident as they were a quarter of an hour ago.

"Who! Who is it that suddenly appeared in the rear of our army? How did your soldiers defend themselves?" The barbarian leader who had been pretending not to understand Chinese before allowing the Shanyue barbarians to bully the generals of the Yan family, now Not in the mood to continue pretending anymore, he rushed to Yan Baihu in three steps at a time, grabbed the gray beard and hair, the thief king who had almost occupied half of Yangzhou, and asked angrily.

"Brave! Let go of my father!" The Shanyue barbarian asked about Yan Baihu's situation, but he was full of confidence before and wanted to go to the city to claim merit, but this time he had to flee back in a hurry Yan Yu looked straight at it.Although Yan Yu has been working with the bandits under Yan Baihu's command since he was a child, and burning, killing and looting is only commonplace, but for his father, Yan Yu puts it first.Seeing Yan Yu, who was angry because he was dissatisfied with this barbarian general for allowing the Shanyue barbarians to bully his own soldiers before, but was suffocated by Yan Baihu, this time he saw the sudden appearance of foreign enemies In such an emergency situation, this savage general didn't think of a strategy to jointly defeat the enemy or break out of the siege, but took out his anger on his father, is that okay?Yan Yu, who was a little flustered just now, rushed forward with enthusiasm at the moment, and immediately ignored the dangerous situation of the two coalition forces, raised the knife in his hand and greeted the barbarian general.

"Hmph! How dare a mere thief dare to deal with your grandpa Zulang like this!" Before Yan Yu's blade arrived, the barbarian seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. He pulled out the one-legged bronze figure with his backhand, and the bronze figure bent The arm just caught Yan Yu's blade, and with just a twist, the knife in Yan Yu's hand was broken. The bronze head, which was the size of a watermelon, continued to castrate, and it was too hard to retract for a while Yan Yu, who was on the body, smashed it on the head.

"Yu'er!" Yan Baihu is over half a hundred years old, but he is the only son like Yan Yu. Seeing that he is about to die at the hands of Zu Lang, the commander of the Shanyue clan, his pale face turned red in an instant.I don't know where the strength and courage came from, and I tried my best to break free from Zu Lang's arm holding his neck, and he didn't care about the fact that his own soldiers and the Shanyue barbarians were already mixed together, and he didn't care about the many benefits that the boy surnamed Zhou promised behind him As well as the threat of life and death, even the vanguard had already fought with his own soldiers, and it immediately became a one-sided situation. I don't know where the soldiers came from and attacked. At this moment, in Yan Baihu's eyes, he only had the idea of ​​​​rescuing his own son who was about to die at the hands of Zu Lang.

"Old man! I'll kill you!" Seeing that the one-legged bronze man in his hand was about to smash the head of Yan Yu, whose face was pale with horror and fear, this was a man of the Shanyue sect. Zu Lang, the commander-in-chief of the Ministry, is his favorite way to kill people.But just when he was about to succeed, Zu Lang suddenly felt a sharp pain from his waist, and all the strength in his body seemed to be sucked out in an instant. Kan wiped Yan Yu's face and fell to the ground.When Zu Lang looked back, he only saw Yan Baihu with his beard and hair stretched out, the sharp sword in his hand that he had coveted for a long time, but it was only outside his body, there was only one hilt left...

(End of this chapter)