[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Cao Jun is inferior to Jiangdong because of two reasons: one is the soldiers who are familiar with water warfare, and the other is the control of the right time and place.

As far as the former is concerned, since Cao Jun first went south in Jian'an in 13, Cao Jun has paid attention to recruiting the Jingzhou navy that was originally under Liu Biao's rule, and Yecheng has also opened a pond to train troops. However, it is not enough to become the Achilles' heel; the second is the right time and place, which is the experience accumulated by the Jiangdong Army for more than ten years. In a short period of time, it is difficult for Cao Jun to match it anyway.

The disadvantages in this respect, the ordinary pawns in the Jiangdong Army can vaguely say a thing or two, let alone these elite soldiers who are currently surrounded by Cao Jun.So when they found that although Cao Jun surrounded them, but did not kill them all, they immediately realized that Cao Jun was fighting to capture them alive, and wanted to use their strength to find the best way to cross the river.

"Tell them, the prime minister has an order. If they are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the light, and lead the way for the king's teacher, the first surrender will be rewarded with ten thousand baht as a marquis, and the second will be rewarded with ten thousand baht for granting land. If they do not surrender after death, they will be regarded as traitors and will be killed."

Through the dense fog and ships, these Jiangdong soldiers could not see the appearance of the person who spoke, but it did not prevent them from having dark thoughts secretly because of this person's words.At present, the number of Cao's army is several times that of theirs, and the boats they drive are all larger than theirs. It is too difficult to rise up and break through.

You can't fight hard, you can only outsmart.

After saying this, Cao Jun stopped shooting arrows at Jiangdong's boat and just surrounded them, as if waiting for them to make a decision.The soldiers on each ship discussed quietly for a while, and finally, a man dressed like a leader walked to the bow of the ship and shouted to Cao Jun:

"We must see the person in charge to confirm our sincerity! Otherwise, we would rather die than surrender!"

Hearing this, some soldiers immediately turned around and reported.Not long after, Cao Jun's ships surrounding the Jiangdong ships spread out to make way for both sides, and a small walking boat broke through the white fog and slowly moved forward.The person at the bow has a gentle temperament, and the hem of the green shirt under the Firefox fur is fluttering in the wind:

"I'm the one in charge. If a strong man has any concerns, he can talk to me."

The leader looked at the scribe, as if hesitating, but also as if he was calculating something, his eyes kept rolling, making people uncomfortable.After a while, he asked again: "I want to get on the boat and have an interview with you!"

"The strong man thinks that the current distance is not enough to talk to the above?" The green-clothed scribe asked back, and then said empathetically, "Forget it, I know that the strong man has concerns. If the strong man wants to board the ship, please."

Walking forward and moving forward, it just stopped when the bows of the two ships just touched together.The scribe turned his body sideways, looked at the Jiangdong soldier gently, and slowly raised his hand, as if he wanted to personally help the soldier step onto the boat.

One side is a well-dressed celebrity, and the other side is an ordinary unknown soldier. It is really touching that a corporal can do this.Therefore, although the leading soldier hesitated for a long time, he finally stretched out his right hand and stepped on the ambush with the help of the scribe.

Unexpectedly, just as the soldiers stood firm on the walking boat, the walking boat suddenly retreated. Before the Jiangdong soldiers could react, the walking boat had already retreated into the white mist, and only a silhouette could be vaguely seen.

"What are you doing?!" the soldier yelled.

"Is the strong man really here to surrender?" The scribe still looked at the soldier gently, his voice calm, "If it is true, I don't know, how sincere is the surrender holding the dagger."

The pawn's face changed drastically after being told, and he raised his left hand almost subconsciously, revealing a sharp dagger, and stabbed fiercely at the scribe.

One side is a scribe who is known to be weak in health, and the other side is a personal guard who has experienced many battles. They attack suddenly, and they are close at hand, and they are sure to hit.

However, in the next second, the soldier was surprised to find that the green-clothed scribe quickly turned sideways and steadily avoided.This supposed fatal blow failed to pierce the calm face of the scribe, and even failed to cause a ripple.

Everything is expected.

"Aren't you Guo Jia?!" The soldier exclaimed.

A smiling voice came from behind the green-clothed scribe.

"It's not a good habit to think it's Jia when you see someone in green shirts. It's not a good habit to think that Jia Mingming can see that you guys are not ordinary soldiers, and that you will overestimate your own strength and risk yourself. The only one who did such a stupid thing is your Jiangdong Sun Doni."

"However, Jia thank you. Otherwise, Jia really can't think of a more natural way to let you go."

"Gongda, don't dirty the fur coat." Putting down the pen, Guo Jia picked up the silk paper on which the writing was written on the case, and stuffed it into the arms of the astonished soldier who couldn't control himself.

"Bang Jia gave this to your lord, thank you."

There was a scream, and the blade was stained with blood.

"Mr. was assassinated!"

An exclamation was accompanied by screams, and the sudden change caused Cao Jun to be in a mess, and the tight siege also showed flaws due to the loss of unified command.The Jiangdong army, who was familiar with water warfare, immediately seized this opportunity and successfully broke through by paddling vigorously.With the familiarity of the waterway and the thick fog, after about a stick of incense, the Jiangdong Army finally succeeded in leaving Cao Jun behind.

Some of them are veterans who have followed the Sun family for many years, and their family's ancestral properties are all in Jiangdong. Even if Cao Jun puts forward generous conditions, they will never surrender.The reason why they were willing to make false claims with Cao Jun just now was because they saw that they could not forcefully break through, so they made a plan:

False surrender, and then let the best martial arts among them take this opportunity to get close to Commander Cao Jun, and then Jing Ke assassinates Qin Qin, creating a chance for the rest of them to escape.

From the current point of view, they succeeded, but it was a pity for the comrade who was killed by the thief.

But apart from these soldiers on board, there were also many people who were really moved by Cao Jun's favorable terms.Suddenly, they have not recovered from the fantasy of the infinitely beautiful future after the surrender, and the soldiers involved in the plan have already escaped by boat.Seeing that they have reached the safe waters, someone finally realized what happened. Thinking that the promise of granting land with ten thousand baht was all illusory in an instant, he felt extremely regretful. Annoyed, he cursed:

"Damn, that kid is looking for death! Also, are you guys colluding with that kid?!"

"That's right! Why did he drag us to death! That's the marquis given by the court. We have to sacrifice our lives to the Sun family to get in! In the end, it's gone, it's all gone!"

"Stop the boat! Stop the boat!"

The noise became louder and louder, and a soldier who was paddling suddenly stopped what he was doing, threw the oar and sneered at the group of soldiers who were shouting endlessly, "Cao Jun is probably dead. Go back and see if it's a high-ranking official with a rich salary or a dead man! Go!"

"you!"

"Shut up if you're afraid!"

The group of soldiers who made trouble dared to yell because they had lost the opportunity to prosper, and they relied on the fact that their companions were ordinary soldiers like themselves.After being ridiculed for a while, this group of people knew that they were wrong, but they didn't want to admit that they were unreasonable, so those angry people gathered at the stern, muttering and complaining to each other to vent their grievances.

Seeing this, the rest of the soldiers didn't spend any more energy dealing with them.Although they seemed to have gotten rid of Cao Jun for the time being, no one dared to relax their vigilance easily before returning to the water village.In order to avoid being overtaken by Cao Jun again, several ships in Jiangdong deliberately chose the most concealed and most convenient waterway.Unless the enemy can follow behind their ships without pulling a step, they will not be able to pass.

And they had already sent someone to keep an eye on the stern.Even if there is heavy fog now, it will be very easy to spot Cao Jun's big ships once they follow up.And from the beginning to the end, except for a few light boats only used for fishing, they never found any boats.

The river was filled with white fog, and the boat sailed slowly into the fog, and then slowly sailed out of the fog after a long time. When encountering a place where the fog was so thick, the people at the bow could not see the people at the stern clearly, thanks to the guidance of the bow These soldiers are very familiar with the waterways, so they can find the way back to the camp in such bad weather.

After about an hour or so, several ships had arrived at the checkpoint in front of Jiangdong Water Village.

"Who is coming?"

The soldiers threw the tokens in their arms to the guards stationed here. After confirming the tokens, the guards waved the command flags high, and the soldiers on both sides pulled up the wooden fences across the water, and let the boats sail into the water village.

As the boat passed by, the original silence returned to the checkpoint, and the soldiers and guards dutifully stationed on the side, vigilant for every possible change.It's just that the military guard who confirmed the token just now felt that something was weird. He raised his hand and saw a few dark red spots on his palm.He lowered his head and sniffed it with his frozen nose, and it took him a long time to notice the fishy smell.

Stained from tokens?

"what is this?"

The unknown black shadow slowly drifting over the river made everyone immediately on guard, and the soldier hurriedly stopped entangled in the details, and held the handle of the knife tightly like the others, ready to fight.After a while, the objects floated closer and closer, and the muddy river water gradually turned scarlet. Only then did the guards see clearly that what floated down the water were corpses with only their coats on.The corpse floated to the water fence and was blocked at the checkpoint. It was very miserable with the ups and downs of the river.

At this time, a corpse lying on the water suddenly turned over, and raised its white hands tremblingly.

"He seems to be alive!"

Seeing this, the soldiers jumped into the water to rescue the man.I saw this man vomited a few sips of water after he landed, and actually slowly opened his eyes, struggling desperately with a hoarse voice:

"Thieves...soldiers...oil...fire..."

Before the guards had time to figure out the meaning of his intermittent words, deafening screams sounded from the water village behind him.

"It's on fire!"

The blazing flames continued to burn unscrupulously, and the ruthless devourers camped one after another in the Jiangdong water village, and the entire Jiangdong water village was almost engulfed in flames.If there were soldiers in the Jiangdong Camp who had participated in the Battle of Chibi in the 13th year of Jian'an, they would be very familiar with this scene, although they were on the victor's side at that time.

"Zijing, have you found out what's going on?"

Lu Su, who was directing the soldiers to put out the fire, saw Sun Quan rushing over, but was stopped by Sun Quan after a quick salute, so he replied directly: "It's Cao Cao's army. They disguised themselves as our soldiers and sneaked into the water village by boat, and then poured oil on the river." Burning the boat, driving the fire boat to take advantage of the wind to rush between the camps. Now the fire has almost spread to the shore, so I ask my lord to return to the camp temporarily to avoid danger."

"The soldiers are all putting their lives to fight the fire, so there is no reason for me to leave!" Seeing the sea of ​​flames on the river almost connecting with the sunset in the sky, Sun Quan's expression became more and more serious, "Have the enemy who set the fire been caught?"

"Several fire boats have been found, but the people on board have disappeared."

This is escape.

Sun Quan frowned and asked again:

"Is there any news of Cao's army attacking the camp in front of the water village?"

"Never."

Finally got a slightly more comfortable answer, Sun Quan closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths, gradually calmed down, and ordered to Lu Meng who came to the river bank with him:

"Ziming, pass the order of the lonely army to immediately mobilize the whole army to fight the fire, so as to prevent the fire from spreading to the shore. In addition, the main purpose of fighting the fire is to save the ship, but if there is no way to recover, the officers and men must put their own safety first. Then Send 500 people to station in front of the waterproof stronghold, and be on guard against Cao's army attacking the camp while our army is in disarray."

"promise!"

It is now the cold winter, but facing the raging sea of ​​fire in front of them, everyone can only feel the heat wave, and their eyes are burning and painful from the smoke.Even though Sun Quan had ordered the soldiers to put their own safety first, there were still many wailings from soldiers caught in the fire.The fog gradually dissipated, and the wind blew more urgently. The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind boosted the power of the fire.In the end, Lu Meng had no choice but to be a strong man, and he completely abandoned many building boats, fighting boats, and sudden fires in the water village, only then was he able to control the fire.And Jiangdong's entire army, because of this unexpected fire attack, was unkempt and embarrassed.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Cao Jun did not take advantage of the chaos to attack the camp.But from another perspective, if Cao Jun attacked the camp, Jiangdong Army would at least have a chance to confront Cao Jun head-on.But now, with almost no bloodshed, Jiangdong lost nearly half of the warships, and the loss of food and grass was countless.

At this time, on the surface of the water that was reflected orange by the fire, a light boat suddenly floated slowly.

"and many more!"

Sun Quan raised his hand to stop the soldiers around him from raising their arrows and bending their bows.

"My lord, I'm afraid there may be fraud."

Lu Su persuaded vigilantly.

Sun Quan, who had completely calmed down, was extremely rational: "If there is any conspiracy, it shouldn't be started now. There is no need to shoot arrows, just go forward and check."

Obtaining Sun Quan's order, the soldiers took the order, pulled out the long sword from the scabbard, tightened their nerves, and slowly approached the boat.

Three steps, two steps...

When they were one step away from the small boat, the soldiers could see clearly that the shadow on the small boat was just a soldier sitting paralyzed on the boat.His abdomen was pierced by a sharp sword, and blood flowed down his body, soaking his lower body in the uniform of Jiangdong soldiers.Suffering such serious injuries, he was already on the verge of death. When he saw Jiangdong soldiers, his eyes lit up, and before he could open his mouth, he was exhausted and died.

"My lord, he has silk in his bosom!"

After examining the corpse, the soldiers presented the cloth from the corpse's clothes to Sun Quan.

Reciprocity is not a respect.

On the blood-stained silk paper, the ink characters flowed freely, just like the person's faint smile.

Dantu, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Ever since the news that Sun Ce was still alive became known, Sun Ce moved out of the other courtyard and returned to the Sun Mansion. Apart from occasionally caring about government affairs, most of the time he spent most of his time eating and drinking, or visiting Zhou Yu, who was recovering from his injuries, in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. Leisurely.Obviously, Sun Ce deliberately showed indifference to power in order to avoid suspicion, so that Jiang Dong would not be resurrected because of his death and face the fragmentation after his assassination in the fifth year of Jian'an.Sun Quan, on the other hand, seemed to understand his brother's painstaking efforts very well, even though he was on the front line, he did not forget to comfort his brother, and frequently sent letters back to Dantu, with strong brotherhood between the lines.

"That kid Zhongmou really doesn't look like my younger brother." Sun Ce stepped into Zhou Yu's house, holding the battle report just sent back from the front in his hand, "If you lose, you lose, and someone directly burned the water village. When he was a child, he had to be bullied and cry."

"Losing?" Zhou Yu was a little surprised by the result.He took the battle report from Sun Ce, read it carefully, and probably had an idea in his mind: "This time Yu was careless, no wonder Zhongmou."

"You have been recuperating in Dantu for the past six months, what has it to do with you?"

"Among the more than [-] people that Ziming left behind on purpose, there are Yu's personal soldiers," Zhou Yu said, "Yu kept them here so that Ziming could use them to deal with emergencies. This person, who has been with Yu for many years, has outstanding martial arts skills. He has already made a move, and the target is Guo Jia who has no martial arts skills. Guo Jia will never be unscathed, unless..."

"Unless the man in the green shirt mentioned in the battle report is not Guo Fengxiao. It's just because everyone knows that Guo Jia likes to wear a green shirt, and he is sure that you, Gong Jin, a personal soldier, will not know his appearance, so he set up a trap. Enter." After Zhou Yu said this, Sun Ce suddenly understood, "Haha, I have to say, I believe Guo Fengxiao can do this kind of thing."

Hearing the tone of Sun Ce's words, Zhou Yu couldn't help but glanced at him with a smile: "Bo Fu, it sounds like you are very happy?"

"I'm too happy to talk about it. I just feel that after so many years, Guo Fengxiao is still as interesting as ever. If he hadn't stubbornly regarded Cao Cao as the lord, Ce really wanted to snatch him to Jiangdong, so he couldn't be a counselor and drink with him. Yan Huan is also good." At this point, he paused, and added, "Of course, after Ce defeated Cao Jun completely. And the arrow that injured Gongjin, Ce must get it back from him. Come!"

However, according to his memory of Guo Jian's body, he might have spent most of his energy if he received the same arrow... Forget it, when the debt is recovered, he can just take good care of him with medicine and wine.

"Yu and Guo Jia's grievances, Yu will handle it herself." Zhou Yu said, "It's you, don't forget the assassination that year."

After Zhou Yu mentioned this, Sun Ce remembered that the biggest grievance between him and Guo Jia should be the fact that Chen Deng contacted Xu Gongmen to assassinate him.But if he were to speak in all fairness, not to mention that it had been many years, in his opinion, this matter was really not enough for him to ask Guo Jia for any debts.Even if you really want to ask for it, three glasses of spirits are enough.Of course, he didn't dare to say this to Zhou Yu.

He has always been a magnanimous person, but Zhou Yu's matter alone is quite small-minded, and Zhou Yu is no different.

"Gongjin."

"Ok?"

"Take off your shirt."

"Sun Bofu, what are you doing in broad daylight?"

"If you don't take off your clothes, how can Ce give medicine to your arrow wound?" Sun Ce picked up the medicine bottle on the side and shook it at Zhou Yu with an innocent face, but the inadvertent joke in his eyes still betrayed him spotless,

"Or, did Zhou Lang think of something else?"

It was rare for Zhou Yu to be choked by Sun Ce, so he hastily glared at Sun Ce to cover up his embarrassment.Sun Ce was not in a hurry or annoyed, he smiled and accepted the glaring look, and after talking softly for a while, his family Zhou Lang finally agreed to obediently let him undress, sit on the couch and let him apply the medicine .

After so long, the wound still hasn't completely healed.While applying medicine to Zhou Yu, Sun Ce said that when Zhou Yu's injury is completely healed, he will go to Changsha County with him to collect debts from Zhongmou's child in the spring of next year.

Zhou Yu kept smiling slightly, but he didn't listen much to Sun Ce's words.What the doctor said a few months ago still vaguely echoed in his ears:

"Since the governor is asking, I have to be blunt. Although the arrow wound on the governor's body was deep, it didn't hurt the lungs. He will be fine after ten days and a half months of cultivation. The reason why the wound heals so slowly is because The arrow is quenched with poison. Although the poison will not kill people immediately, it will gradually waste the mind and energy of the governor, and if things go on like this, the consequences will be disastrous.

Forgive me for my incompetence, with my ability, I can't even distinguish the formula of the poison. Apart from keeping the governor away from government affairs to cultivate his body and mind to delay the toxicity, I really... can't do anything. "

"Yu...Understood, Mr. Lao. Please also keep Yu's secret, especially the general who is against the rebellion. Don't let him know about Yu's poisoning."

Is it spring next year?

Hope he still has time.