Practicing Medicine in Three Kingdoms

After fifteen, the moon is not full, and there is light snow in the sky.

Hao Pu slowly climbed to the top of Lingling City.

Looking up, the sky is covered with dark clouds, the dim moonlight is like a smear of frost on the top of the clouds, and the fine snow is blown by the night wind, falling on the solemn Wu army, wiping the rows of knives. Be sharp.

The general under the city waited patiently on his horse.

Three thousand against thirty thousand, he has no advantage.

A civil servant has no chance of winning against a general.

Lu Meng was still willing to wait for him to surrender according to his temper. Maybe it was just to avoid delaying the front line and delaying the time to intercept and kill Guan Yu, or maybe because the city was full of old and weak, he didn't want to slaughter too much.

But he won't wait too long, there is not much time left for himself to make decisions.

"Prefect!"

Staggering and stepping to the back, the soldier who sent the message gasped: "Guan Gong has already retreated towards Linju from Maicheng, and I am afraid that he is about to give up our East Three Counties!"

"What?" Hao Pu's voice trembled in the night wind. "Although Lingling is not heavily guarded, it is also one of the important passes along the river. We have no chance of winning if we integrate our forces and fight to the death. Why is Guan Gong so decisive?"

The soldier looked at him tremblingly: "I heard that it was Mi Gong who surrendered in anticipation and handed over a blood letter to urge him to join us in the battle. Guan Gongsu and Mi Gong were at odds, so...so they avoided Lingling. "

Shuo Feng filled his robes and pulled Hao Pu's body heavily, as if he would fall downstairs if he didn't pay attention.He stared unblinkingly at the whole army under the city that was ready to go, and a moment of sadness welled up in his heart.

It is true that he was deceived by Lu Meng and Lu Yi because of his miscalculation and improper judgment. Otherwise, why would the East Three Counties of Jingzhou be destroyed all the way and even have no power to fight back?Even if Guan Yu didn't suspect him, the crime cannot be paid for by nine deaths.

The soldier saw his pale hair flying wildly in the Xiaofeng, and asked cautiously: "Should we fight, or..."

Hope turned around slowly.

Countless pairs of eyes stared at him with despair.

There was the sound of iron armor rubbing against the cold in the wind, and the fine snow rustled under his feet. He looked back at the lights of the city for a long time, and let the night wind tighten his robe.

"Prefect..."

He knew what they were trying to say.

Even Guan Yu has given up on them, resistance will only cause unnecessary bloodshed, as long as he gives up struggling like Mi Fang, Lu Meng will definitely treat the prisoners and the people kindly, it is not difficult to survive this body, at most he will be ridiculed.

Integrity is certainly precious.

How many innocent lives will be sacrificed to fulfill integrity?

Flying snow covered his eyes, and he walked forward step by step: "Come here, pen and ink."

……

Hao Pu's letter of surrender was quickly sent to the city.

But this is not a complete letter of nomination, and even dared to put forward three conditions to Lu Meng.

First, the Wu army shall not wage war, shall not plunder the people, and shall not prevent the Shu people from returning home.

Second, ask Lu Meng to repatriate the old and weak prisoners to their hometowns after the war, so that they can spend the rest of their lives in peace.

Three, he wants to know whether there are spies or traitors in Shu, and what is the truth about crossing the river.

"A person who is about to be defeated has a lot of shit." Lu Meng threw the letter of surrender casually, and strode out of the military tent.

The soldiers followed up step by step: "Then we..."

Lu Meng turned his head and said calmly: "Let him open the door."

Wu Jun's compromise soon echoed, and Hao Pu personally went upstairs to welcome the guests to show his sincerity.

The city gate slowly opened.

The night is deep.

All the lights in the city went out.

Only rows of high and low roof ridges are covered with first snow, reflecting the cold light under the moon.

In order to protect the safety of Lu Meng's trip, Li Yinzhou joined the army. Now he is straddling the horse, looking around for a week, and frowning: "Is Lingling so deserted?"

Ling Tong gripped his gun vigilantly, and said in a low voice, "Mister, be careful."

The voice just fell.

Whoosh——several whistles pierced the air and streaked across the snowy night!

The dark and dangerous air instantly ignited flames, and in the snow-covered tall buildings, several feathered arrows shot through the field of vision like a torrential rain, and rushed towards the face!

Boom, thump, thump.

At the same moment, tens of thousands of Wu troops rushed up like a tide, showing their shields hidden under the iron armor, and stopped the ambush.

Hearing Lu Meng swiping his sword and howling angrily, the counterattack started.

The weapon and the rocket collided in the air, crackling and sparking lightning!

As the prepared deployment proceeded as planned, the Wu army had an absolute advantage in strength, and the Wu army quickly overwhelmed the enemy's offensive, and wiped out the ambushes on both sides with a devastating momentum.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from a distance, and Li Yinzhou saw dozens of elite soldiers break through the defense line and rush up the city wall, heading straight for Hao Pu on the top of the building.

The wind is blowing, and the snowflakes are flying wildly.

Hao Pu's big cloak was reflected in the moonlight, showing a very lonely figure.

The reverberating humming went up the tall building, his voice was almost shattered by the sudden gust of wind, but it still came loudly——

"Hahaha, the old man knew that those who betray righteousness will break their promises. Wu Gou's promise is nothing more than a joke! You wait for the children, and stay with the old man in Lingling City!"

As soon as this remark came out, Li Yinzhou subconsciously turned his eyes to the west, and saw the flames of the Lingling Wharf suddenly rushing up, and the smoke was like a pillar, almost illuminating half of the sky!

It seems that Hao Pu had saved his hand earlier, if the ambush failed, he would use the flames of war as an excuse to burn the road and break the bridge to stop them here.

"Hao Gong——!"

A shrill roar drew his attention back.

From a distance, one could see the thin figure on the top of the wall falling rapidly downstairs, the cloak that was originally on his body was separated from his shoulders, fluttering in the wind, covering Xueyue.

It was dark.

The soldiers on the city wall stopped their pace slowly, their bows and arrows stopped at the same time as their weapons, and amidst the whimpering wind, the guards of Lingling burst into tears.

thump.

Hope could almost hear the old body being smashed to pieces as it fell to the ground.The remaining life flowed out of the body rapidly with the splashing blood, and the vague rationality escaped from the pain, quietly overlooking the flames of war in front of him——

The fresh blood melted away the thin snow, exposing the originally blue-black stone slabs. Under the light of the raging fire, the dampness vaguely refracted the biting cold light on the weapon.

But in the blink of an eye, Wu Jun had occupied the entire Lingling.

In his floating field of vision, he saw a thin figure stepping over the blood-stained slush, walking towards his dying body/body, approaching those eyes that refused to rest in peace.

The icy voice fell on my ears, especially clear and calm amidst the mournful cries: "There are no traitors in the Shu army, but your goal will never be achieved."

It doesn't matter anymore, he really wanted to answer this benevolent enemy, but no sound could come out of his trembling throat, only the last belief resounded in his heart——

With his weak body, he could not fulfill the responsibilities entrusted by the word prefect and defend the city.

But in the end, he could die in the city like a prefect.

……

The blood spread under the feet along the thin snow, and Li Yinzhou's hand on Hao Pu's neck slowly moved upwards, covering his smiling eyes.

The rustling footsteps stopped behind him: "Can't bear it?"

Li Yinzhou got up: "If we were careless and failed today, this scene will happen in Jiangdong, there is nothing to bear."

The winner survives, this is the law of war, no new era will be born without collision.

In this chaotic world, he has seen too many Hao Pu, those familiar figures flashed before his eyes one after another, as tall as a mountain, as wide as a water, turned around quietly in the twisted night sky, and disappeared into the raging fire again in an instant.

As if surprised by his answer, Ling Tong remained silent for a while, until he passed by, and then sighed: "Hao Gongliejie, it seems that we are destined to fight Guan Yu at Linju."

Li Yinzhou paused, watching the dawn break in the distance, the dark line between the sky and the earth slowly brightened among the blazing smoke.

With the wind coming in waves, he closed his eyes and said calmly: "It depends on whether Guan Yu can reach Linju smoothly."

……

The flames at the ferry burned for a whole night, and the sky, hundreds of miles away, was dyed red.This unusual fire attracted the attention of many people, until three days later, news of Hao Pu's death in the city spread to the camp of the Shu army.

Guan Yu's eyes flickered, and he looked back in the direction of Lingling with a complicated expression, and finally sighed: "I don't believe in Zitai, and Zitai saves Gu with his own body. In the end, I have failed Zitai and Lingling."

The soldiers beside him comforted and said: "As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. As long as you enter Linju, you won't be afraid that the Wu army will attack us. When the time comes, Bloody Wugou will avenge Hao Gong. Under the Nine Springs, you can also rest in peace."

Guan Yu couldn't help but bowed his head, seeing the exhaustion on the face of the long army. The entire army had already been exhausted from the rapid march all the way, and he frowned deeply: "The morale of the army is so low. Pass on the order, and when we arrive at Linju, the food and grass are ready, and we can temporarily rectify , After defeating the Wu army, each battalion can communicate with their families. Gu will also ask His Majesty to rest for several months to comfort the whole army for their contribution to the Northern Expedition."

The soldier who delivered the order showed surprise, and trotted all the way to pass on the general order.

But before he ran to the snare drum, he suddenly heard a long song coming from Jia'an Mountains and Rivers——

"A yellow ox with a white belly, five baht is worth it..."

He slowed down a bit.

Subconsciously listen to this familiar and sad nursery rhyme.

It was just at dawn, and the joint army was extremely quiet, only the mourning music with local accent echoed on both sides of the solemn barracks, like a dream that brought the numb soldiers back to their hometown memories.

"Soldiers are like a city, and people die like a forest. Holding gold is easy to millet, and millet is more expensive than gold..."

In the icy cold wind, echoes of one tune longer than one tune gradually sounded, spreading over the entire barracks like a tide, and countless soldiers walked out of the tents, singing tears in the direction of their hometown.

"The sky is blue and the land is vast. Wherever you look up, it's not my hometown."

The cold morning light fell on the camp tent and fell on the meager shoulders of the soldiers.

The wind and snow flew around, covering the tearful eyes.

This abnormal movement quickly attracted the attention of the front battalion. Guan Yu slapped the sword and was furious: "Presumptuous! The battle is imminent, who is singing this dirge?"

The somewhat rational young general rushed to the command center in a hurry, and reported the military situation out of breath: "There is a singing sound from the mountain, I am afraid it is..."

Don't wait for him to finish.

"kill--!"

Mountains and tsunami-like cries rushed from all over the world, engulfing the mournful wails, wanting to shatter mountains and rivers!

The Shu army is still in a dream, but the rain of arrows has been shot out from the deep forest on both sides, and the burning sparks fall on the treetops, military tents and soldiers' armors, making the snow-covered wind blow. The volume quickly spread like a prairie fire, setting off a wave of red.

Guan Yu immediately put on his armor and went out.

Standing on a high place and looking around for a week, I could see shadows of flames on both sides, in the unfathomable jungle there were vaguely flickering figures, like a pack of wolves lurking in the dark, the number was unknown, let alone the leader.

On the other hand, the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Shu army were already in a mess like ants on a dike collapse. The frightened horses neighed and galloped, and the frightened soldiers couldn't dodge. Make a terrible howl.

"Guan Gong..." The inexperienced young general was at a loss as he watched the gunpowder smoke blowing in the wind and swallowed, "It seems that the Wu army had already set up an ambush, and must have guessed our movements in advance."

nonsense!

The handle of the knife hanging on the side of the waist creaked, as if its owner's almost uncontrollable anger.Guan Yu suddenly drew his saber out of its sheath, and the notched long saber sliced ​​through the wind and snow, and swung it straight into the sky.

The boiling anger turned into murderous aura at this moment, and a stern and terrifying edge flashed across the trembling knife edge!

All the generals were frightened.

Guan Yu looked up at the chaos, and a cold light flashed in his eyes: "The ambush is strange, but the number of the enemy is by no means large! One is that the main force of the Wu army followed Lu Meng to take the three eastern counties, and there were not too many people in ambush. Two Even if the defense line in Jingzhou is loose, it is impossible for people to go deep into the hinterland without knowing it, so Wu Jun must have pulled out light soldiers and disguised themselves. Thirdly, if they are sure of winning with one blow, they will never attack with only arrows."

Ambush warfare pays attention to winning by surprise and defeating the opponent's psychological defense in one fell swoop.

And facing this veteran who has fought in the battlefield for decades, the opponent obviously did not underestimate the enemy lightly.

After listening to Guan Yu's calm analysis of the battle situation, all the soldiers turned their hearts back to their stomachs and looked at their god of war with adoring eyes, eagerly waiting for a satisfying counterattack.

Guan Yu, however, had five fingers. He let the long knife land with a clang, then took two quick steps, and drew a bow and arrow from the back of a general.

whoosh-

In the chaotic Shu army, suddenly an arrow shot out with a sharp howl, and went straight through the sea of ​​flames!

As the arrow light swept across the field of vision, only a loud bang like thunder was heard, the snare drum exploded, and the lingering sound lingered for a long time.

The sudden shock caused everyone to stop their movements and look straight at the direction the arrow came from.

Guan Yu climbed to the highest place, his long gray beard flew in the wind like ashes on fire.

He frightened the entire army with his vigor, and issued the most concise and urgent military orders——

"Immediately assemble the army and prepare to fight back!"

With an order, the already sluggish morale was ignited again.

But before they cleared up the situation, the rocket stopped for no reason, and the sound of footsteps in the mountain forest suddenly fell into a stillness like stagnant water.

Only falling snow started falling, blurring vision.

"...It seems that the enemy is afraid to attack." General Shu wiped off his cold sweat. "After all, we have tens of thousands of people, and we are still in our territory in Jingzhou. We are not fighting on water, so we are not afraid of those Wu troops."

An afterthought.

Guan Yu snorted coldly, frowned and put away the arrow.

"Take sand and stones to put out the fire, and quickly withdraw the entire army to the west!"

……

The fire was extinguished, and the scorched smell drifted into the forest along the wind direction, causing the noses of the ambushing soldiers to itch, and they desperately endured without making any big movements.

They wore special green clothes, carried bows and arrows and walked along the mountain road silently, their eyes inevitably fell on the panicked Shu army at the foot of the mountain.

We are outnumbered.

But at the same time, the enemy is clear and we are dark.

Both sides have their own advantages. They originally had the upper hand in this raid. As long as they take advantage of the situation, they can create a legend of winning more with less.God knows why the general ordered the arrows to be retracted at this time, and the victory that was already imminent was lost in such a way, which inevitably made people complain.

"Why didn't you take down the Shu army? Could it be that he was afraid of Guan Yunchang?"

"Let's wait for General Lu's troops to join us."

"Why should we give up the merits to him? It's not like we don't have that ability!"

……

Whispers move like grass.

The eyes peeping at the enemy couldn't help turning, and fell on the calm and gentle face of his own general.

The remaining temperature of the fire melted the fine snow into dew, which fell along the scattered branches and leaves, and splashed in the unblinking pupils, causing slight ripples.

His expression was still calm as usual, without the slightest joy of a successful sneak attack, nor the frenzy of preparing for a fierce battle. He just quietly observed the movements of the Shu army, and concluded for a moment: "The enemy's morale is still there, and the time is not yet ripe."

opportunity?

They have been waiting for two full years, just for this victory!

Now tell them that the time is not yet ripe.

Could it be that we have to wait for Lu Meng to take the lead?

Resentment filled the eyes that were flushed from fatigue, and finally one person couldn't help whispering: "The governor is a scholar, and he studied benevolence, righteousness and morality, but we don't understand, are we working so hard just to help others? Not for ourselves..."

After all, they are nothing more than the lowest level of soldiers.

It's not because he was wronged by the governor who was criticized by others!

Hearing his muttering, Lu Yi's lips curled up in a gentle arc, but in Xiaobing's eager eyes, those calm pupils suddenly turned cold, like water turning into ice!

"You know that I am the governor." At that moment, the stern face flashed across a sliver of swaying snow, and the gentle voice was lacquered with a layer of bitter determination, "Anyone's victory in Wu Jun is my victory. Similarly, anyone All failures are my failures."

Now that the decisive battle is over, how can you be busy striving for success?

Lu Yi's words finally suppressed the soldiers' resentment and at the same time awakened their original intentions.

The purpose of this trip is to intercept and kill Guan Yu to occupy Jingzhou completely, and bring the entire Yangtze River defense line into the Jiangdong army line.

Otherwise, after Cao Cao's death, no one will be able to restrain Liu Bei in the short term, and I'm afraid Jiangdong will be backlashed by this former ally soon!

It doesn't matter who wins.

They have to win.

……

When the Shu army extinguished the fire, reorganized the army, and prepared to continue westward to Linju, it was already dusk and the setting sun was like fire.

Lu Yi's team was lightly packed all the way, and they were already walking ahead silently.

He stared intently at the Shu army who had finally regained their morale, and slowly raised his hand——

"Get ready, Rockfall."