Chapter 381: Civil Strife (4)
"Sister-in-law, please take a seat!"
After Cao Shi walked into the room, two tall men quickly stood up and politely invited her to sit down.
"Zijiang, Zizang, are you safe here?"
Cao sat down very elegantly and looked at the two men.
Xiahou Zijiang, Xiahou Zizang, Xiahou Nan's younger brother, but he doesn't have much affection for his eldest brother.
Between them and the Cao family, they have long begun to look at each other.
Everything is aimed at pulling down his own big brother.
It is estimated that few people have such a brother.
"Sister-in-law, don't worry, the boss here, the guy is amusing our people to death!"
Xiahou Zijiang waved his hand and said indifferently.
"Now, my sister-in-law has failed once, and I'm afraid my eldest brother has already taken precautions.
Once he has the chance, there is no room for us to turn over.
Now, Liu Bei's crazy attack, the eldest brother is tired of coping, and this is our best chance! ”
Xiahou Zizang on the side nodded, agreeing with his point of view very much.
"In this way, it is equivalent to starting a war with Xiahou Nan!"
Cao Shi frowned and whispered.
She had been waiting for this day for a long time, but when it came, she was always a little uneasy.
"If we don't do it, when he reacts, he won't hesitate to kill us!"
Xiahou Zijiang's words shattered the last bit of hesitation of the Cao family.
"Well, without further ado, tonight..."
…
The war was eventually halted with the retreat of the Han army.
There was a brief pause in this gamble, which cost lives.
Both sides were unusually tired and suffered extremely heavy losses.
Especially the Han army, from the battlefield to the bottom of the tower, the closer to the ground, the deeper the red.
In some places, it was even covered in blood.
Even in the air, there was an extremely thick bloody aura, which lasted for a long time.
In this battle alone, the casualties of the Han army reached tens of thousands.
Xiahou Nan is not much better, and the casualties are not the most critical.
The important thing is that the morale is very low, and in the face of the Han army, they don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they go forward to attack one after another.
The sergeants defending the city were almost in despair.
In fact, not only them, but anyone who has seen this scene, no one can sleep peacefully.
"It's finally stopped..."
Xiahou Nan exhaled a long breath, breathed in the air full of blood, and looked at the city and said with difficulty.
"Next, I don't know how many such battles will be!"
Zhang Lian, the deputy general on the side, also said with a blank expression.
He had seen too many dead people these days.
Originally, people of their capacity should not have any feelings for those who died in battle.
However, when they saw the soldiers who fell like moths to a flame, they were moved.
After all, they are all people, not war machines.
"Let the brethren all have a good rest, and the next thing may be even more difficult.
Zhang Lian, you should also go back and rest, these days, you have worked hard! ”
patted Zhang Lian on the shoulder, and Xiahou Nan dragged his tired body out of the city tower.
"Ugh..."
Zhang Lian looked at the gray sky, sighed and left...
…
"Keep serving!"
Xiahou Nan, whose face was flushed with alcohol, shouted loudly outside the lobby.
Zhang Lian was also blushing, and was making a final fight with a large jar of wine.
"Smack..."
After drinking the last bit of wine, Zhang Lian directly threw the empty wine jar aside and smashed it to pieces.
"I did it! Hahaha..."
Zhang Lian pointed at Xiahou Nan and said with a laugh.
In the past, he had only seen that Xiahou Nan could drink a large jar of wine in one go.
Now, after I let myself out, I have done the same.
"How does it feel?" Xiahou Nan came over with anticipation.
"Cool!"
"It's fucking cool!"
Zhang Lianhaha touched his bulging belly and said with his hands dancing.
"Hahaha..."
Xiahou Nan also laughed and sat back, patting the table and saying.
"Well, I didn't lie to you, drinking like this is the most refreshing!
You said that you did not listen to me and went to rest, but you had to come to me to drink.
How about now, do you think it's worth a real mother? ”
"Value!"
The two of them laughed and talked to each other like crazy.
Use alcohol to numb their nerves.
Two guards kept pouring wine into the lobby.
The scene is quite spectacular!
The two drank until late at night, until finally no one could get up, and this was the end.
Immediately, the lobby resounded with earth-shattering snoring.
They were all so tired that they hadn't had a good day of rest since the Han army attacked the city...
…
"Hey, here you go!"
One of the two guards guarding outside the lobby took out a small flask out of nowhere and threw it directly to the guard opposite.
The other party skillfully took the flask and took a sip beautifully.
Instinctively looked at the two people in the hall, who were snoring, and the guard raised his head again and took a big sip.
Stealing alcohol has long been a common thing for them.
Xiahou Nan was a heavy drinker and spent most of his time in the lobby.
These guards who guarded him became the happiest people.
Because they can always take the opportunity to drink good wine that they can't afford.
For this, Xiahou Nan doesn't seem to know at all.
Or perhaps, he knew about it and didn't say it.
The two of you are taking a sip, and I am savoring the wine.
I didn't notice it at all, and behind the pitch black, two figures appeared at some point.
Two short swords that shimmered with cold light appeared on the necks of the two of them almost at the same time.
"Poof..."
"Poof..."
Two dull sounds of blood gushing out.
The two slowly collapsed and were carefully dragged away.
Immediately, more and more figures appeared outside the hall, until they surrounded the place.
Two armored figures with indifferent faces were the first to enter the lobby.
With the help of the faint candlelight in the hall, the two gradually revealed their faces.
It is the two brothers Xiahou Zijiang and Xiahou Zizang.
The two glanced at each other, then pressed their swords at the same time, and slowly came to the two lying on the ground.
Looking at Xiahou Nan, who was still snoring, Xiahou Zijiang said with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"Big brother, big brother, you are actually so cowardly, you are just numbing yourself with the help of wine.
The world knows that you are a heavy drinker, but how many people know that you are cowardly?
Now is the right time, let you die in the wine, it can be regarded as a kind of relief for you! ”
After speaking, the two drew their swords almost at the same time, pointing directly at the two on the ground.
But they didn't do it immediately, until another figure gradually approached them.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to do it yourself, or will we help you?"
Xiahou Zijiang smiled silently, looked at the woman beside him and said.
"I'll watch him die, and that's enough!" A trace of poison flashed in Cao's eyes...