Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2090 Once there is the first time, there will be the second time

Scenes…

   No more changes.

   Inside and outside Wan City, there was a lot of hustle and bustle.

  On the long street, corpses are scattered all over, and blood is flowing.

  Amidst the sharp shouts, Huang Zhong and Xia Houyuan are about to start their second confrontation!

A guard of Xia Houyuan rushed over, trying to help Xia Houyuan, and desperately used the saber in his hand to cut Huang Zhong, trying to disrupt Huang Zhong's steps and create a better window for Xia Houyuan to attack, but the loyalty of this guard of Xia Houyuan was incredible. Jia, as for the effect...

Huang Zhong's long saber was deflected, and Xia Houyuan's guard slashed the saber in the air without even touching it. Not only that, Huang Zhong also kicked him on the waist, which was like a tree trunk for his strength, "swipe" With a bang, he changed his position, and at the same time kicked Xia Houyuan's guard out fiercely. He did not know how many ribs were broken in his chest and abdomen, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood when he was in the air!

  In an instant, Xia Houyuan felt his hair stand on his head all over his body!

Huang Zhong's actions in front of him, that kind of pounce and body twist, as well as shuttling between soldiers to borrow strength, are like simulating animals in the forest, or tigers or apes, or even snakes and wolves. The animal-like behavior is often seen by Xia Houyuan in some juggling, but now it is shown again on Huang Zhong, and it has such a powerful power!

  Human beings are born without fangs and sharp teeth. Only by constantly improving their tools and being proficient in the use of tools can they fight against and even conquer the raging and violent nature. After knowing how to make and use tools, it not only distinguishes humans from animals, but also opens the door to the development of real human skills, and makes juggling drills, performances, and even actual combat a realistic possibility.

  The earliest jugglers came from warriors and hunters. The reason is very simple. In the age when language and writing have not yet formed, if you want to narrate something, especially the warrior's bravery and hunting skills in the tribe, you must use body language to imitate it, so that you can generally tell the story of hunting clearly. After passing on and imparting experience, such imitation gradually evolved into juggling for later generations.

   Gradually, juggling turned into a show for fun, which seemed to have lost its original meaning...

  Xia Houyuan finally discovered his biggest mistake at the moment, which was to judge Huang Zhong's actions and routes by measuring human beings, especially Xia Houyuan's own actions!

  Damn it!

   This guy should be regarded as a giant ape, or a tiger!

The next moment, Huang Zhong jumped on the shoulder of a Cao Jun, as if he jumped on a short branch of a big tree. With a sudden force under his feet, he trampled Cao Jun's soldiers down, and the man jumped up. Stretching the long arm, the long knife was delivered to Xia Houyuan who was retreating!

   It's like a spirit ape picking peaches!

   And Xia Houyuan's head is that peach!

  Huang Zhong's long knife covers a huge area, and the blade trembles slightly, as if it will change the direction of hooking Xia Houyuan's head at any moment...

  Xia Houyuan couldn't avoid it, shouted loudly, raised the knife with both hands, and the wind of the knife even rolled up the corner of the battle robe, turning it wantonly!

  Xia Houyuan exerted force with his feet, trying to take advantage of the strength on the ground. He must let Huang Zhong, whose body is suspended in the air, take a strong move, and then destroy his posture to regain the initiative and gain the upper hand in fighting!

   This knife, Xia Houyuan felt that it was absolutely sure, and there was no room for loss!

However, Xia Houyuan's saber was blown by the wind, and Huang Zhong's long saber, which seemed to be powerful and heavy at first, was light and fluffy. I can't bear the energy...

Xia Houyuan yelled loudly, the long knife in his hand trembled from side to side rapidly, out of Huang Zhong's control, the pressure suddenly eased a lot, and immediately drew an arc in the air, with the enlightenment that he had imagined for a thousand miles, followed Huang Zhong The handle of the long knife is to cut down!

  Even though it is a simulated animal, it still has the shape and habits of a human!

  Even if the force is imaginary, there is still a point of force, which is real!

  Huang Zhong's eyes were fixed, and then he smiled slightly, his strength turned from empty to real, and the two of them collided with their swords!

The two collided vigorously, Huang Zhong rushed forward, and Xia Houyuan responded in a hurry while retreating, so under the impact of the two sides, Huang Zhong stopped, while Xia Houyuan took two big steps backwards. Only then did he stop the backward momentum and regain his footing.

  The distance between two big steps, if it is close, it is not too close, if it is far, it is not too far, and between this close and not far, it is life and death...

Xia Houyuan stared at Huang Zhong firmly, neither provoking nor saying nonsense, but seized all the time to adjust to the chaotic breathing caused by the repeated movements, with the long knife in his hand tilted forward, as if he was gathering momentum, and shot It's coming soon, but in fact Xia Houyuan doesn't want to take the initiative to attack, but to control the distance between himself and Huang Zhong, so that he can take the initiative and not fall into a fight with Huang Zhong.

  Because Xia Houyuan realized that the Huang Zhong he was facing now was not even weaker than those famous generals under the hussars, such as Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, etc...

   Even better than…

  When Xia Houyuan was slightly distracted, he suddenly saw Huang Zhong not advancing but retreating, his whole body seemed to fall halfway and retreat! Seeing that he was about to leave the attack control range of Xia Houyuan's long knife!

  Huang Zhong's action greatly exceeded Xia Houyuan's expectations.

Normally, in order to maintain effective lethality, the two sides must compete with each other to control the range of the attack. At the same time, they must exert the maximum lethality and at the same time prevent the opponent from grabbing into the inner circle of the long knife. Therefore, under normal circumstances, both sides must It is to maintain a distance that is not too close and not too far to attack. Once anyone loses control over the distance, it means losing the initiative.

  So Huang Zhong withdrew fiercely, and under the traction of the Qi machine, Xia Houyuan was driven. A martial artist's physical instincts often move faster than his brain. Before Xia Houyuan realized anything, his body had already taken a step before, and the sword came across the sky like a rainbow, chasing Huang Zhong's backward body!

  When he slashed out with a knife, Xia Houyuan's heart skipped a beat, he was caught!

  Huang Zhong stepped forward with Xiahouyuan's right foot, and the moment his center of gravity shifted, his pace changed again. At the moment Xiahouyuan's long knife came across the air, Huang Zhong's originally retreating body instantly reversed and forward!

   In this way, the distance between the two sides has been shortened to the shortest distance since the confrontation between the two!

   At such a distance, the long knives of both of them lost the maximum killing effect, but the short knives would have more advantages, even...

   Fists!

  Huang Zhong let Xia Houyuan's long knife not fully dropped, crashed into Xia Houyuan's inner circle like a spirit ape, and then smashed Xia Houyuan's face with his huge fist!

  Xia Houyuan's face changed, even if he took back the momentum of slashing with the long knife now, but at such a close distance from Huang Zhong in front of him, the power of the long knife could not be displayed at all!

  In the field of vision, Huang Zhong's fist became bigger and bigger, as if it filled the entire space in front of him!

Xia Houyuan didn't have time to withdraw the long saber, and his center of gravity was also leaning forward, so he didn't have time to switch again, so he could only dodge by tilting to one side as much as he could, only to hear a "buzz", and the wind of Huang Zhong's blow roared from Xia Houyuan. The side of the ear swept past, as if a knife was scraping the armor of the helmet!

   Before Xia Houyuan could fight back, he felt his shoulders tense!

  After Huang Zhong punched nothing, he immediately spread his five fingers apart, and clasped Xia Houyuan's back shoulder like a tiger's claws!

  Xia Houyuan, who was already above the limit of the center of gravity balance, could not continue to switch and adjust at all. When he found that his body was pulled backward by Huang Zhong, and he wanted to twist his waist and use his strength to get rid of Huang Zhong's control, it was already too late...

  Twisting the waist and legs requires borrowing force, but Huang Zhong never gave Xia Houyuan this chance! In an instant, the two rubbed shoulders, and Xia Houyuan tried to use Huang Zhong's strength to grab his shoulders to turn around, but it was all in vain! Xia Houyuan twisted, Huang Zhong loosened his hand, and immediately blocked it with his arm. It looked like Xia Houyuan was cooperating with Huang Zhong, twisting his body to let his neck out!

   Xia Houyuan, who lost his balance again, couldn't control his body completely. Huang Zhong grabbed his neck, dragged him and hit the ground hard!

  『Boom! 』

   There was a loud noise, smoke and dust flew, and Xia Houyuan was hit like a big fish being flattened on a stone slab. He couldn't breathe at all for a while, his head hit the ground, and his eyes turned black for a while!

  After a few breaths, Xia Houyuan, who recovered from the dizziness, saw a long knife placed on his neck, and the slender red tassels were slowly floating in the air...

  『Surrender! ’ Huang Zhong shouted in a deep voice.

"Roar! Xia Houyuan howled angrily, and wanted to hit Huang Zhong's knife with his neck regardless. He would rather die by the knife than suffer more humiliation!

Huang Zhong was startled by Xia Houyuan's behavior like this. He didn't expect Xia Houyuan's temper to be so strong. When he raised his hand, his foot went down, and kicked Xia Houyuan's head with a muffled sound of "dong", kicking Xia Houyuan directly. Fainted…

  Huang Zhong looked around and looked at the terrified and bewildered Cao soldiers around him. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Your general just said "yes", and you are already willing to surrender... Are you still going to resist? ! 』

  『If you don’t surrender, you want to harm your own general! ? 』

  Cao Jun looked at each other in blank dismay. At some point, someone was the first to put down their swords and guns, and then the second...

  …(`Д*)9(〃dish`)…

  On the city wall of Xu County, a person stood alone on the gate tower, looking west quietly.

Although the people outside the city were peaceful, pedestrians and merchants walked at a leisurely pace, and the soldiers at the city gate were stable and orderly, but standing on the gate tower, Xun Yu seemed to have seen more than ten horsemen and horses galloping towards the west. Bringing up smoke and dust all over the sky... It seems to see the flags all over the sky, it seems to cover the whole world... It seems to see countless flames rising from the earth and spreading to the sky...

   Although Xun Yu said that his whole body was neat and dignified, and his clothes and accessories were not messed up at all, when he was alone at the moment, his heart no longer had the serenity of the past, and he was even a little at a loss and flustered!

Because this time, the situation finally, or in other words, has a great possibility, will deviate from Xun Yu's expectations, and slip into Xun Yu who dare not think about it, but can't help thinking about it, and the more he thinks about it, the more afraid he becomes. on that result.

  Fei Qian, Cao Cao, Sun Quan...

  Countless things are circling in my mind, countless figures are swaying in front of my eyes, and countless futures are looming in the mist...

  Jingzhou is the gateway to the Central Plains, but the situation is also like the current big man!

   Disputes among the three families!

This battle affected Xun Yu's mind day and night, and it never stopped in his mind, circling, burning, rolling, and stinging, as if he could see corpses all over the sky when he opened his eyes , Layers upon layers covered the entire Great Han World!

  The battle situation in Jingzhou also seemed to be an omen, an omen that made Xun Yu's heart skip a beat.

   Mr. Cao!

   Are you really determined to do this?

   Before Cao Cao went south, he had a last conversation with Xun Yu, which still echoes in Xun Yu's mind...

  『...Before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, how many tribal countries were there in this land of China? Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong, Nuwa, Zhurong, Gonggong...after Yan, Huang, Zhuanxu, Diku, Paoxi, Taihao, Shaohao, Yao, Shun...afterwards, Xia, Shang and Zhou...』

  Cao Cao was also standing here at that time, spreading his hands, as if he was embracing the whole world, and he seemed to be asking about the world...

  『Now it's the big man's turn...Wen Ruoke has ever thought about why he is a big man? ’Cao Cao’s voice still seemed to be echoing in his ears, ‘We call ourselves the Han family, the Han people, but what happened before? Millennium inheritance... Hehe, whose inheritance is it? Big guy? If not, on the green bamboo, how should it be explained? 』

  『Although the tortoise lives long, it still has its time! 』

  『The snake rides the mist, and ends up in ashes...』

  Cao Cao raised his head and laughed loudly, the sound shook the whole field.

  Xun Yu raised his head, just like at that time, murmured, "Mr. Cao..."

  Since Guo Jia was captured by General Hussars, Xun Yu felt that Cao Cao had gradually deviated from the original track and was driving towards an unseen front.

  Before when Guo Jia was still in Xu County, when he talked about Eryuan with Cao Cao, he seemed to have a kind of contempt, but when he talked about hussars, he was more uncertain...unclear...

   Now that Fei Qian and Cao Cao are fighting, will it be like the battle between Yuan and Cao?

   Compared with Eryuan, Cao Cao was really so "ten wins and ten defeats" at that time? In fact, this is not the case. In most cases, Cao Cao's overall strength is not as good as that of Er Yuan, and even the children of the noble families around Cao Cao are not optimistic about Cao Cao, except Guo Jia. Guo Jia stood firmly by Cao Cao's side, saying that Cao Cao would definitely win the final victory.

  However, I don’t know when it started, the voice that firmly determined that Cao Cao will win in the end gradually weakened, or even disappeared...

Just like the fight with Feiqian before, although there are various reasons to explain and explain why he was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Hussar General, various occurrences, developments and results, but it is still useless and cannot be let Convinced.

  During the series of battles with Fei Qian, are these generals under Cao Cao's command suddenly not working hard? Stop working hard? Don't want to win? Or did the soldiers under the banner suddenly soften, hesitate, and move slowly?

  Rush, field battle, array, battle, defend, divide troops, lure the enemy, hide, ambush...

  All means were used, even more attentively and more detailed planning than when fighting Yuan Shao, but why was it not satisfactory in the end?

   Cao Cao was not convinced, but Xun Yu knew it.

If it's a real defeat, it's fine if you lose the defense in a head-to-head battle. It's like the two sides wrestling their arms and winning with great strength. No one has any objection to this, and there will be no dissatisfaction. Tables, clapping benches, even oiling the tabletops, scratching them with a feather duster...

   Then Cao Cao naturally lost.

  Although you lose, you lose, but you are still full of anger. Just like those tribal leaders before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, those guys who were dealt with by Yanhuang were unconvinced, "Why are we all swinging bones and sticks at each other, but the two guys Yanhuang picked up stone knives, stone guns, bows, arrows and bronze utensils... 』

  So this time, Cao Cao played hard.

  Bone sticks also have dignity!

not to mention…

  The current situation in Jizhou and Yuzhou is not optimistic.

   Xun Yu sighed slowly.

A large number of people is a good thing. A large population base means that more taxes can be paid, more labor force can be produced, more products can be produced, and more military bases can be accommodated. , and even more difficult to manage. It's like Shin's...

  The new things, novel ideas, and innovative measures in Huqi's place, even Xun Yu would be a little surprised, so how can it go, how can it be possible, how can it be completely isolated, and turn a blind eye?

   Everything, Xun Yu has sorted out a little unclearly, in his heart, there is only the deepest exhaustion. "If Feng Xiao is here..."

   It would be great if Guo Jia were here. With Guo Jia's keen intuition, perhaps he can grasp the key points from the chaotic situation, and then weigh the pros and cons to find the way forward.

Cao Cao has extremely strong decisiveness and courage, Xun Yu has meticulous observation and strong coordination ability, Guo Jia has neither decisiveness nor courage, and even spends most of the time lazily drinking and sleeping, but Guo Jia has extremely strong He has a strong sense of direction, and even some abilities like prophecy, just like Guo Jia had been under Yuan Shao for less than three months, and then he immediately slapped his **** and left, asserting that Yuan Shao could not achieve great things.

   And this kind of ability, in the entire Yingchuan ground, in the entire Cao family's political arena, only Guo Jia is the strongest, Xun Yu is a little worse, and then Cao Cao is a little worse, as for the others...

  So now, Cao Cao has made a decision, Xun Yu has thought a lot, but he doesn't know whether Cao Cao is right or wrong, and where it will go.

  If Cao Cao is doing the right thing now, why is he facing the current embarrassing situation without a right result? If Cao Cao is going in the wrong direction, then what is the point of him, Xun Yu and others, Cao's Xiahou and other generals, doing these things with all their heart and soul?

  This kind of self-doubt is terrible, and Xun Yu is also aware of this.

If you suspect that everything you have done is in vain, even if the results you have achieved now, you will eventually lose the places you have occupied such as Jizhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, etc., then it will be a huge blow to your own confidence and future motivation !

   But the problem is, when doubts settle in the heart, it is not so easy to clear away...

Especially someone like Xun Yu who has a quick mind and likes to think about problems on weekdays. Once he has a question for the first time, there will naturally be a second and third time. It's like masturbation, there are always only two results .

  Fei Qian is not Yuan Shao after all, will Cao Gong's plan this time be useful?

   Xun Yu raised his head and asked the sky.

  The sky is silent.

   Xun Yu bowed his head and asked the earth.

  The earth murmured.

   Xun Yu turned his head to ask Qingfeng, but saw a few messenger cavalry galloping in the distance, and the smoke and dust they brought up was flying high!

  (end of this chapter)