Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2223 Throw a piece of meat

  Chuan Shu.

   Taurus Road.

  The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.

  But no matter how difficult the road is, it cannot stop the pursuit of wealth.

  If a businessman wants to leave, he won’t be as casual as an ordinary person. Businessmen must have camps, resting places, cattle and horses, and vehicles, so these rough roads will gradually become the shape of businessmen.

   It's like the way of the golden bull.

  The previous Jinniu Dao recorded the greed of the king of Shu at that time, but the current Jinniu Dao is full of the greed of the current Sichuan and Shu gentry.

  Zhuge Liang stood by the side of the road, smiling slightly, like a son of a noble family studying abroad, and he didn't even need to pretend, Brother Zhu was originally.

  Because the transportation is more convenient, there are more and more merchant caravans coming and going, and more and more caravans also promote the improvement of transportation.

The spring wind has already blown to the land of Sichuan and Shu, and brought a lot of precipitation. As a result, the mountain road has become more and more difficult to walk, but there are still caravans who will take advantage of the rain to move forward. Time is money for these people He performed vividly on his body. The Ancient Tea-Horse Road can carve out a road in the mountains step by step. How can a relatively mature route like the Jinniu Road block the rolling wheels of chasing money?

The students who study abroad travel with the caravan. On the one hand, they don’t have to worry about going the wrong way, and they have more security in life. If you are a member of your own family, there is no guarantee that you will have the next big customer. Therefore, on the whole, the caravan will not specifically refuse the children of the noble family to join.

  The most dangerous time has passed.

   Zhuge Liang and his party have gradually approached Sichuan and Shu.

  Although it was basically impossible to pursue the soldiers, the cautious Zhuge Liang still asked his bodyguard, Huang Liang, to find some excuses to bring a few people to the rear for inspection while waiting for the caravan to depart.

An hour later, Huang Liang, who pretended to be hunting, came back with three or four people, carrying two or three pheasants and mountain rabbits, and then laughed and threw one to the caravan amidst the compliments. The leader then walked to Zhuge Liang's side as if intentionally or unintentionally, "I have already detected it, and there is no sign of chasing troops..."

  Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.

   Huang Liang looked around and hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to ask something, but he didn't say it in the end.

  Zhuge Liang glanced at Huang Liang. Huang Liang is also a member of the Huang family, probably a branch of the Huang family, because he has the same name as Zhuge Liang, so when Guan Zhongfei recommended some guards to Zhuge Liang for Zhuge Liang to choose, Zhuge Liang chose him.

  『If you have anything to say, you might as well just say it. ’ Zhuge Liang said. If there is no accident, Huang Liang will become Zhuge Liang's main protective force for a long time, and to some extent he can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's confidant.

  Huang Liang arched his hands, and asked out his doubts for many days, "Dare to ask... why is this tiger so rampant and daring, and why did it do such an injustice?" 』

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and motioned Huang Liang to stand a little closer, so as not to attract the attention of other people in the caravan, "This tiger... Maybe it was not a vicious person at the beginning... It's just that it cultivated cronies in Hanzhong and colluded with others." Counties and counties, to control the locality, is to win over some people and control some interests... However, doing so will inevitably damage the locality...』

  『When a place suffers from it, there must be people who complain about injustice. At this moment...if you are this tiger, what will happen? ’ Zhuge Liang said, ‘Are you going to get rid of your wings? Bow your head and catch it? 』

  Huang Liang was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said: "It's difficult..."

   Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Exactly. The harm in Hanzhong is not the tiger alone, but a nest of snakes and rats! Colluding with each other, embezzling taxes, and killing the virtuous, at this point, even if this tiger is originally pure and kind, he has no choice but to be ruthless and use vicious methods...』

"At this moment, this tiger has nowhere to turn back...Although some parties are procrastinating, if a certain party refuses to join forces, this tiger will definitely..." Zhuge Liang smiled, "This tiger has repeatedly prevented a certain party from going to the countryside and counties for verification , most likely because I knew that when I was in Chang'an, I thoroughly investigated the matter of Zuo Fengyi.

  『This matter is already unbearable! With a smile on Zhuge Liang’s face, while responding to the caravan leader who greeted him in the distance, he said to Huang Liang, “If someone knows it, this tiger will also know it...so after someone escapes, this tiger must first close the pass, Scrutinize the past...』

  "In that case..." Huang Liang said, "Since this tiger is prepared, how can we take it? 』

   Zhuge Liang smiled but did not answer.

   Huang Liang frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly realized...

  With benefits in hand, who can easily let go?

  Everyone knows that "profit" will make people lose their minds, but if you know it, you know it, and if you do it, you do it. It’s like some businessmen in later generations clamored for nationalism, patriotism, giving back to consumers, and shouldering social responsibilities. desire? How about cutting this wave first, and then waiting for the next time to be patriotic or something?

   Then there is wave after wave...

Zhang Ze was like this. He couldn't help being greedy for profit, so he couldn't hold it back. Even if he wanted to take it, his cronies would not allow him to stop it, so he would definitely go on this road, because of the profit. To live, to die for profit.

  ...(￣□￣)! …

  Waiting is suffering, especially when the expected benefits are not obtained, it is even more painful.

  Waiting for several days in a row made Cao Chun unbearably more and more anxious, and at the same time gradually became restless.

Cao Chun originally thought that he could drive Kirby to attack Zhao Yun, but he had already predicted that the Xianbei people would not wait and would fight quickly, but now Kirby seemed to be more patient than him, which made Cao Chun gradually I can't figure it out.

   Could it be that Kirby just waited because he couldn't find a sure way to win?

  Although we haven’t received any warning from Yuyang yet, after all, Shanggu is some distance away from Yuyang. If it is true that Yuyang has been attacked, even if Yuyang sends a message, it will take some time to reach here.

   What's more, if...

  Cao Chun suddenly thought of something, stood up frowning, wandered around like a trapped animal, and then stopped...

  『Come on! 』Cao Chun called the guards and gave some serious instructions.

  The guard also looked solemn, nodded, and turned around to leave.

  Cao Chun frowned deeply, turned around a few times with his hands behind his back, and finally stopped, staring at the direction of Ke Bineng's tent, as if he felt something, and seemed to be thinking about something...

  …(`dish)#…

  Outside of Ke Bineng's tent, footsteps came in a hurry.

  A Xianbei guard came in a hurry, and then lay down in front of Kirbineng, and whispered something...

  Kirby Neng had a gloomy face. After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and let the guards go down first.

  There is not enough light in the big tent, and it is so gloomy that even the darkness seems sticky, staining everywhere, and clinging to people's hearts.

  『Of course you have suffered a loss once, you will have a long memory...』 After being silent for a moment, Kirby sneered. "Haha, hehe, it seems that I can't hide it, but it doesn't matter..."

  Kirby was able to lift the curtain of the big tent and walked out, "Come on!" Order to withdraw troops! 』

  …╰(‵ ′)╯…

   Zhang Yun, who has been watching the movements of the Xianbei people, was a little surprised to get the latest news.

  Kirby can withdraw.

   Moreover, the retreat was hasty, even extremely sudden, and some things that were too late to take away were simply thrown away, as if being chased by something, making Zhang He wonder if Kirby could detect Zhao Yun's movements...

Gan Feng was also very surprised, and subconsciously prepared to lead the army in pursuit, but Zhang Xi was worried that it was a trick, so he sent scouts to conduct a detailed investigation, and finally came to the conclusion that Kirby could really retreat, even Cao Jun's ambush Evacuated!

What the **** does this happen?

  『This... don't fight now? 』Gan Feng was a little confused, and even felt deeply disappointed because of it. This feeling of loss is like holding back for twenty or thirty years. After spending a lot of time and money, I finally thought that I found a fairy sister who fell from the sky, and then I didn't expect to take off my makeup on the night of the bridal chamber. , It turned out to be like a flower.

  Zhang He frowned, "There must be something..."

  『Then what is it? ’ Gan Feng asked.

"I don't know... I need to contact General Pingbei now..." Zhang Yun shook his head, "Don't think about it, I've been running for more than a day, even if I catch up, the horsepower is exhausted, and I can't fight... Besides, now The important thing is to find out what happened...」

  『I'm sorry, it's annoying to wait, but it turns out to be black! 』Gan Feng sighed, and then scratched the ground twice with the sole of his foot, very much like the war horse beside him.

  …(o_O)? …

  Soldiers everywhere, flags flying high.

   Beacon smoke, blood, and the frenzy of war once again descended on this piece of land.

  From the front of the besieged barracks to the top and bottom of the city wall of Yuyang, corpses and blood, stumps and pieces of flesh, broken armor and broken swords, outlined a doomsday-like appearance.

The arrows and weapons inserted on the ground or on the corpses are like an abstract painting full of various lines, and the destroyed siege equipment is like a few leftover bones, intertwined with blood and paleness , flames and black smoke dance together.

Occasionally, there will be one or two teams, about five to ten people, will slowly walk through the battlefield. These people are generally collecting reusable armor and equipment, even if they occasionally see The wounded patient was still alive, and passed away indifferently, as if he hadn't seen it.

  Human life, especially the most grassroots life, is just a number to some people.

   What's even more tragic is that with this attitude, although the dead are no longer able to speak, the living seem to have no opinion. Because those who have opinions are troublemakers, and even the ranks they belong to will deliberately reject them.

  On the opposite city wall, the torches at night have not been completely extinguished, floating in the mist, like ghosts and ghosts at one or two o'clock.

   After a round of siege, there is a short period of recuperation. Both sides know that after the recuperation period, there will be more brutal battles.

  Ju Shou looked at the queue of soldiers under the city, silent.

  From a certain point of view, Jushou had to re-evaluate Xuantu Xiaoli Gongsundu.

  Although Jushou defeated Gongsundu's army attacks again and again, and did not show any slack, Gongsundu is not as incompetent in the art of war as he thought before.

In the last round of attack, Gongsun Du's army continued to attack from two directions, and the offensive was continuous like raging waves, and each wave of offensive was different, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, which was quite strange. However, if it is an ordinary city defender, I am afraid that he is already fascinated and unable to control himself.

  If it wasn't for Ju Shou's on-the-spot deployment, and Yuyang's defense was relatively well repaired, Gongsun might have found an opportunity to break through the defense and tear Yuyang's robe.

   It is also because of this that even though Gongsun's army on the outskirts has stopped attacking, Cao Jun's guards on Yuyang City still have no room to relax. No one knows whether Gongsun will suddenly launch a new wave of attacks.

  『General Cao…』

  Ju Shou has sent out three waves of rescuers, two to the west and one to the south.

Although it is said that Jushou saw that the people who asked for help were chased and intercepted by Gongsundu, some people still ran out, but these days have passed, and the natural route to the south to Jizhou is far away. For the time being, go to the west to find Cao Chun's, no matter what, it should be enough time...

   But the question is where are Cao Chun's men?

  …(O_O)?! …

  Cao Chun walked very carefully, dispatching a large number of scouts, constantly detecting, and trying to contact the peripheral Cao army scouts who had lost contact before.

  After learning that Kirby could suddenly withdraw his troops, Cao Chun felt that the situation was slipping in a direction he couldn't understand and couldn't control.

  What is Kirby going to do?

In Cao Chun's impression, Xianbei people are always vulgar, dirty, and stupid, and they seem to be worthless except for their military strength, so Cao Chun first faced Ke Bineng , also thought so.

At the beginning, Kirby was indeed as Cao Chun imagined, like an enraged giant bear, rushing forward, attracting everyone's attention, and then Cao Chun could secretly hide behind the giant bear's figure Behind, become a hunter in the shadows.

  But now, Cao Chun feels as if he has been rotated, and he has become a prey...

  A soldier rushed over from the front with a serious face, "General, we found our scout camp...but they are all dead..."

  『…』Cao Chun gritted his teeth and was silent for a moment, "Lead the way ahead and take someone there! 』

   At the col, there was a camp of Cao Jun's scouts, but now the camp has been completely slaughtered, and the corpses of Cao Jun's scouts are lying on the open space in the valley...

  Cao Chun's cheek muscles twitched, and then he ordered his soldiers to dig a hole in the valley to bury the scouts together.

  『Could it be the Wuhuan people who did it? "Cao Chun's confidant asked, "The weapons and armor have been taken away, and there are some ordinary supplies... If you are a hussar, I am afraid that you will look down on these..."

"Yes...it's possible..." Cao Chun nodded, "But I suspect that the Xianbei people did it... This is a massacre, not a fight... Can anyone make our scouts relax their vigilance and let them get close Understand? 』

  『Xianbei? ’ Cao Chun’s confidant asked, ‘Why? 』

  『This is what we need to figure out...』 Cao Chun looked back at the Cao Jun scouts who were being buried, 『Kebi can! What is this bear trying to do? ! 』

  …(〃dish`)q…

  In the desert.

  『Covenant! Just a fart! ’ Kirby could laugh like a bear roaring to the sky, ‘Under the plow, who is qualified to call us brothers and form a covenant? ! We are the sons of the plow and the kings of the desert! 』

  『Call! Shout out! The surrounding Xianbei soldiers raised their weapons excitedly and cheered.

   Regarding the act of tearing up the covenant, the Xianbei people, like Kirbineng, did not have the slightest psychological discomfort, and even thought it was a stupid performance of the other party. You fool, you deserve to be cheated!

  『This time, you did a good job! Let it go! If you succeed this time, I will make you the Right Wise King! 』Kirby patted Xie Guini on the shoulder, looking like a young man doing a good job.

  After Xie Guini thanked Ke Bineng, he stood aside, scratched his head and said, "Actually, I didn't expect that this Han Gongsun would be so talkative..."

  『That dog in Liaodong wants to come here even in his dreams...』Kirby can say, 『I have dealt with him a long time ago, so why don’t I know what he thinks? 』

  Kirby laughed and said, "Have you ever seen jackals on the prairie?" In groups, wherever you go, these dogs will follow you, barking at you from a distance, and then you ride on the horse, the dogs will run away, and then come back and bark again... But just throw a piece of meat out, The dog thing followed, whether to catch or kill, isn't it simple? 』

"That's right, our biggest enemy is that Han Chinese hussar. We know this, and others know it too...it's like a piece of meat..." Kirby sneered, "That Han Chinese surnamed Cao thought we would go to Bite this piece of meat... Hehe, haha, do I look so stupid? Those Wuhuan people also sent people to coax me, and the surnamed Cao also came to coax me, ha ha ha ha ha... I don't know who is the fool! 』

"Our meat is from Han Chinese hussars, and the meat of Han Gongsun is from Yuyang..." Kebi could smile, "So I planned, if we can attract hussars, we will retreat and let the Han people themselves Fighting...Unfortunately now...Of course it's the best, even the Hussars will be attracted to Yuyang...When the time comes...hehehe...」

  『Now... this piece of meat has been thrown out...』Kirby could look to the south direction, as if he saw the gunpowder smoke and fighting in the distance, "Hmph, wait, let's see if they grab it first..."

  (end of this chapter)