[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Seeing the bewildered look on the soldier's face, Cui Song smiled:

"It's all right. This is a 'pet rat' raised by a capable person in my family. Herbal medicine has been used to get rid of the disease, so it won't cause disaster."

The soldier continued to retreat in a daze, until he retreated a certain distance, he came back to his senses, thinking, what he was concerned about just now was not whether the rats would steal the food and cause the plague, but... the scene just now brought His visual impact is too strong.

——A scribe who looks more and more handsome and elegant under the sun, from a dirty and ordinary mouse... Uh...

The soldier hurriedly chased away the image in his mind, and looked at Cui Song again, only to see that he was holding a crystal clear glass stone across the top of the fake fur, moving it for comparison from time to time.

The soldier took two steps in the direction of Cui Song, seeing that he didn't stop him, he slowly walked behind him, looked at the glazed stone curiously, and was speechless in shock.

I saw a few weird crooked characters as thin as fly's feet printed on the glazed stone that was as smooth as a doughnut.

"What is this?"

Hearing the soldier's horrified question, Cui Song, who was looking at the "simple version of the magnifying glass" carefully to recognize the English characters presented on it, never paid attention to the soldier's expression, and replied casually:

"This is military sentiment."

Hearing the word military situation, the soldier's back subconsciously froze, but he relaxed again thinking that he didn't know the strange characters at all.

Cui Song was studying the information sent back by Qiao Ji, unaware that the soldier next to him who saw the effect of the magnifying glass had already made up a magical story about "the gods gave Cui Bucheng a magic weapon that can spy on the secrets of heaven".

When he and Guo Jia conceived this communication method earlier, the initial difficulty was the magnifying glass—although there was relatively mature glass technology at this time, in terms of transparency, there was still a lot of gap compared with later generations.

Later, the two found a skilled craftsman to solve this problem, and then considered how to "hide their tracks".Because there are too many strokes in ancient Chinese characters, it is not easy to write them in small characters. In addition to the consideration of confidentiality, they chose to use extremely fine animal hair as pens, using modern English abbreviations and Arabic numerals known to Cui Song as information, and wrote The small characters as big as cake crumbs are carried by the medicine rat raised by Qiao Ji, and with the assistance of Maxima "Nuoxiu" to carry out the two-way communication.

——Thanks to the head teacher for his gaze, he has successfully mastered the basic words and can apply what he learned in ancient times 800 years ago.

Cui Song decoded the code, confirmed Gao Shun's whereabouts and time to leave the city, and began to prepare for the next stage.

Before leaving Peicheng, he went to meet Zhang Liao, the enemy general captured during the siege.

The words are divided into two ends.Gao Shun, who was ordered to go to Peicheng to recover the lost land, sat on a tall horse, depressed and reticent.

He thought a lot along the way, including Peicheng's bizarre fall, Yan's inexplicable summons, Lu Bu's anger and blame, and Chen Gong's intentions...

His restless mood made him want to whip his whip and gallop his horse.However, as the general of an army, he shouldered heavy responsibilities and could not act according to his will, so he could only let out a breath of foul air, put his personal feelings aside, and concentrate on thinking about the method of siege.

Marching to a dense forest, Gao Shun was thinking about what happened to the fall of Peicheng. Suddenly, a terrified shout came from the team:

"Look! What is the ghost in front of you?!"

With a sound, the entire cavalry began to commotion.

The "trapped camp", which had always been orderly, fell into unprecedented chaos. Gao Shun hurriedly raised his head, and through the dense cavalry and the alternately mottled tree shadows, he saw a scene he would never forget——

The gaps in the dense forest are intertwined with colorful light beams.Those beams of light slowly and chaotically changed their directions, like ghosts.

Immediately, someone yelled: "This is the magic of the gods! If anyone gets hit, there will be no bones left!"

The whole army was in an uproar.

Someone shouted again: "I heard that the gate of Peicheng was destroyed for no reason. It was Cao Jun who attracted the gods to help! The fairy mist curled up and the gods filled the sky, which was witnessed by the scouts outside the city; the thunder and loud noise, like a landslide, were soldiers from the neighboring city. I have heard it with my own ears! Even though we are brave and good at fighting, we are invincible, and we can fight ten against one, but how can the flesh and blood of mortals be better than the means of gods, against the will of heaven? It is better to follow the sky—”

Gao Shun felt something was wrong after hearing the beginning.He found the speaker, squeezed his horse forward with difficulty, and cut off his head before he finished speaking.

Blood stains splashed, dyeing the white front red.

Gao Shun's eyebrows were cold and stern: "Those who dare to disturb the morale of the army will be killed."

The noise is suspended.

"I, Gao Shun, have been in the army with you for many years. I have been born and died several times. I have made great achievements in battle. People in the world are afraid of our power, so I named it 'Falling Camp'. All the people lost their homes, and countless people died of starvation. We were lucky enough to go out with the general, have no worries about food and clothing, and protect our families. If there are gods in the world, why do these disasters happen and the people are abandoned? If there are such gods in the world, we will also There is no need to be in awe - the Son of Heaven has no way, and the people still ask for it; if there is no way to go to heaven, "

He looked around at the crowd and said word by word,

"I, wait, also, punish!"

The morale of the army, which was on the verge of collapse, stabilized like a miracle.

Gao Shun didn't choose to take the risk, and continued to walk the colorful forest road, but took a detour and walked along another swampy mountain road.

After the "trapped camp" left, Cui Song, who was hiding on the other side of the forest road, signaled the soldiers to remove the "props".

The soldiers standing in four directions blew out the oil lamps in their arms, and put the thick linen wrapped in the oil lamp shade into their arms.

It turned out that before Gao Shun's army arrived, Cui Song ordered people to take different colored glazed lamps and squatted in different positions.When they saw Gao Shun's army, the soldiers holding the lamps covered most of the lampshade with thick linen, leaving only an opening the size of a fist to point in the direction of the army.

With the help of dispersed substances such as water mist and dust in the forest, these lights are made into beams of light by the "Tyndall effect", wandering in the dimly lit dense forest.

Lu Jun, who had already been panicked by the Peicheng incident, must have been shaken when he saw such a treacherous light and shadow, and he would not easily take risks and step into the forest.

Cui Song listened to the scout's report, and when he heard Gao Shun's remarks on stabilizing the morale of the army, he was slightly touched.

"It's a pity that such a talented hero cannot be used by the Lord..."

Although the outcome of the matter was somewhat different from what he had planned, and Lu Jun's military spirit was soothed by Gao Shun's impassioned statement, Lu Jun still chose to take a detour, abandoning this flat woodland and taking a different route from the mountain swamp, which was doomed The defeat of the "trapped camp".

The "trapped camp" is good at charging and trapping, and the terrain of the swamp in the mountains is the most unfavorable for cavalry...

Lu Bu, who was waiting for news in Xuzhou, got the news that the city was besieged by Cao Cao.

Lu Bu, who was drinking, stood up in disbelief: "How is this possible?! Gao Shun has already gone to attack Peicheng, and Cao Cao occupied the city for the first time. He didn't want to strengthen the defense, so he rushed to surround Xiapi? He is not afraid of being attacked by me and Gao Shun." Flank?"

The soldiers who reported the letter did not dare to look up: "Cao Cao... Cao Cao sent someone to say that Commander Gao has been defeated and captured..."

Lv Bu was taken aback, then sneered: "Cao Cao is out of his mind, thinking that telling such ridiculous lies can make me afraid of war? Gao Shun is invincible in all battles, and he leads all the first-class elite soldiers." How could he, Cao Mengde, defeat Gao Shun in a short time? Even if Gao Shun was accidentally defeated by Cao Mengde, he still has the ability to retreat completely, so why is he captured?"

The soldier dared not speak, and offered something tremblingly.

His hands were weak because of fear, and the things in his palms were accidentally shaken to the ground, rolling around in a circle.

Lu Bu took a look, his eyes widening.

That is the handle ring on Gao Shun's saber.

Lu Bu picked up the handle ring and felt the familiar dent on it: it was the part he accidentally injured when he competed with Gao Shun in martial arts not long ago.

Under what circumstances would a general's saber fall into the enemy's hands and an important part of it be removed?

"This is impossible, how is this possible!"

Chen Gong, who heard the news, had no time to salute, and immediately comforted him: "My lord, don't panic, this must be Cao Jun's treacherous scheme to shake the lord, and we will definitely not let them succeed!"

"Cao Bandit is confident, if he is not sure, how dare he come to surround? This is the hilt of the sword that Cao Bandit sent, it is indeed Gao Shun's thing! It can be seen that Gao Shun was indeed defeated by him and captured by him!"

Chen Gong frowned deeply: "Even so, the lord has an enemy. Please also cheer up the army and go out of the city to fight!"

Lu Bu did not listen to Chen Gong's advice: "How brave is Gao Shun, and he was defeated so quickly! I heard that Cao Cao has god-like tricks, could it be..."

Chen Gong interrupted and said: "General! This is just Cao Cao's bluff and deception. There are no gods in the world, even if there are, how can he, Cao Cao, let him have it? As for Gao Shun... I look at it coldly, he I have long had the intention of disobedience. Gao Shun and Cao Cao must have conspired to make the general fearful and surrender without a fight."

These remarks interrupted Lu Bu's thoughts of surrendering.

Compared with the news that Gao Shun was quickly defeated and captured by Cao Cao, Gao Shun's "betrayal" was easier for Lu Bu to accept.

Even if Gao Shun betrayed and joined forces with Cao Cao, he, Lu Bu, was not incapable of fighting.But if Cao Cao has the ability to easily defeat and capture Gao Shun, then his chances of winning against Cao Cao are slim for Lu Bu.

Seeing that Lü Bu was persuaded by him, Chen Gong made persistent efforts: "The general has reconciled with Zang Ba, and we will help each other. Now that Cao Cao's troops are approaching the city, this is not only a threat from the general, but also a threat from Zang Ba. Why don't the general write a letter and ask Zang Ba for help?" ?”

Lu Bu wrote a letter and sent it to Zang Ba.

Chen Gong asked Lu Bu to send troops to go around behind Cao Jun by water and beat Cao Cao hard.

Lu Bu had already agreed, but unexpectedly, before leaving the city, his wife Yan suddenly pulled him back.

"What if the general goes out of the city and has not circled behind Cao's army, what should Cao's army do if they attack Xiapi? Who can defend him in the city? It's better to wait for Zang Ba's reinforcements to arrive and join him in attacking Cao Cao. This is the best policy."

Seeing that Lu Bu was moved by Yan's words, Chen Gong became anxious.