Chapter 5 Towards Unification Section 61

The shouting of killing was getting closer and closer, Zhu Ming drew his sword and said calmly: "Fight-Qingzhou people, wash away the shame with our blood and our lives." ”

The Qingzhou officers lined up, pulled out their knives in order, threw down their heavy cuirass, straightened their helmets, tightened the round shields on their arms, and whispered to Zhu Ming's words: "I am invincible, and there is no retreat." ”

The Xuzhou officers looked at each other, and a Xuzhou officer angrily unbuttoned his breastplate, jumped on the spot, tried his skills, and shouted loudly: "Lord Fujun is the prince of Guangling, is it only Qingzhou people who are willing to die for it?" Xuzhou boys, come on, let's fight. ”

A Xuzhou officer with a flushed face turned around and shouted at the city guards: "There are no men in Xuzhou!" It is the warrior's, stand up and kill the enemy. ”

In the crowd, the Xuzhou officers who had just returned to the queue were agitating the Guangling City guards back and forth, and took this opportunity to raise their arms and shout: "Guangling people, if we let the men of Qingzhou die for the prince of Guangling Mansion, but we stand by and watch, even if it is thousands of years, my Guangling's infamy will be spread for a long time." ”

Some Xuzhou soldiers suddenly whispered: "That's right." The Lord will die, and his servants will be martyred. They're our officers, too! After they were martyred for the lord of the palace, what should we do, how can our subordinates continue to live in the world and bear the infamy of the world? Do you really make the world think that I have no men in Guangling? ”

The Qingzhou officers had already killed Zhao Yufu, and the few officers were drowning in the sea of Buddhists and were fighting to the death. One officer was critically wounded, foaming at the mouth of blood, and he was still slashing and killing. On one side of the officer, there were three Buddhist disciples crawling on his body, one eye had been gouged out, blood was flowing, and he couldn't see. An officer who had one of his legs and one hand cut off, and was still prostrate and brandished with one arm brandishing his broken sword, and roared hoarsely: "Come, rabbit cubs, come and kill me." The Qingzhou warriors should die under the sword, and they will never steal their lives. ”

At the same time, the bloodthirsty Buddhists also fell into a state of madness, they jumped, screamed, climbed onto the Qingzhou officers and bit their teeth, lay at the feet of the Qingzhou officers, hugged the officers' legs, hit their heads with their heads, and used all means that could hit the enemy, entangled, and dragged them forward.

"I'm here to help you", a Xuzhou officer couldn't stand it, drew his sword and stood up, like a mad pounce on the Buddhists: "Let you know that there are also heroes in Guangling!" ”

"I'm here to help you", more voices shouted to join the fighting group: "There are also heroes in Guangling!" ", "Hugh deceived me and there was no one in Guangling", "Kill these rabbit cubs, Lord Fujun is good at wine and meat, but they came to Guangling to commit murder and kill!" ”

More and more Guangling soldiers joined the battle, the two sides had no formation, no tactics, and some only had the consciousness of fighting to the death, and the battle became more and more fierce and more and more tragic. The believers in the city guards and the people of the city watched the battle in a blank manner.

Finally, a Guangling common man couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a low voice: "Lord Fujun treats me Guangling people well, how can I watch the people of Qingzhou fight to the death for Lord Fujun......" After that, the common man stepped forward, hesitantly waved his knife, and tentatively marched towards the battlefield. Immediately, they were knocked down by the surging crowd, and countless Guangling people rushed into the battle formation and fought with the Buddhists.

After the people of Guangling joined the battlefield, the balance of victory quickly tilted, and the bravery of the Buddhists was suppressed by the Qingzhou officers, and they were already at the end of the crossbow.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Buddhists called the guards of Guangling City who stood by and watched: "Believers, come and help, they are killing the Buddha's believers." ”

Those Guangling City guards, you look at me, I look at you, they have no intention of participating. Zhenrong's subordinates called out repeatedly, and a city guard abandoned the sword in his hand and said: "The life and death of Lord Fujun are unknown, and it is already a sin for me not to listen to the call of my boss, how can I be wrong again?" The sword in our hand must not be cut against our brother, and I will not do it at this point. ”

At this moment, the Xuzhou soldiers who had rushed into Zhao Yu's mansion let out a sad cry: "God, they really killed the whole family of Lord Fujun. ”

Another shout came: "Their sect leader has fled, brothers, hunt down and kill Zhenrong to avenge the lord of the mansion." ”

The dying and struggling Buddhists outside Zhao Yu's mansion suddenly regained their spirits: "Cover the head of the sect, Amitabha." ”

When the news of Zhenrong's escape came out, more people from Guangling joined the battle, and the battle ended in a moment, and Master Liao appeared at this time. The crisp horse's hooves stepped on the stone-paved street, the stumps and broken arms were scattered all over the place, and the blood flowed like a river, and when he arrived at the door of Zhao Yu's mansion, the corpses were stacked on top of each other, and the horse could not walk, Liao Zhushu turned over and dismounted, suddenly his feet were weak, he jumped to the side, squatted down, and carefully picked up an object from where he landed just now: it was a human ear, and the flesh was dripping with blood.

Master Liao wiped the blood stains on it, handed it to the people of Guangling who were cleaning the battlefield, and walked among the corpses to find his former comrades.

Just now, the group of Guangling soldiers who had been standing by stepped forward and wanted to help move the corpses, but Master Liao said in a low voice: "Get out." ”

Unwilling to let the dirty hands of those wavering defile the bodies of the warriors, Master Liao took matters into his own hands and dragged the dead Qingzhou officers out of the corpses one by one, found their stumps and broken arms, and put them together neatly. At the gate of the mansion, Zhu Ming's body was finally found.

Zhu Ming was still alive with twenty-one blades in his body, and when he saw Master Liao, he smiled with relief, and said intermittently: "Brother, I will go first, and I can die under the knife, how fortunate I am, I have wronged you......"

Master Liao solemnly saluted Zhu Ming, watched his eyes gradually close, and swallowed his last breath calmly.

Together with Zhu Ming's corpse, the corpses of thirteen Qingzhou officers were neatly placed on the street, and Liao Zhucheng sat next to their corpses, guarding the souls of the warriors. Master Liao ignored it, his face was joyless and sorrowless, carefree and fearless.

There was a change in Guangling, and Liu Bei, who was sweeping Jiujiang like a hurricane, was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately returned to the army and stopped his troops under Shouchun City.

Guangling has changed, Chen Deng, who is in Yicheng to incorporate Qiao Rui, Liang Gang, and Li Feng, was shocked, and after Zhao Yu's death, Xuzhou's South Gate was opened, in case Sun Quan's intentions were not good, Xuzhou was in danger. Chen Deng put down his work and urgently consulted with Liu Bei.

Guangling has changed, and Cao Cao is overjoyed. After the death of Zhao Yu, there was a loophole in the defense of Xuzhou along the river, and Liu Bei's supply line along the river would also have problems, at this moment, Liu Bei was alone in Liu'anguo, once Sun Quan had a different heart, he attacked Liu Bei nearby, he only had to give up Shouchun to Yicheng and retreat a way, if Sun Quan entered Guangling, it would completely cut off Liu Bei's back road, and at the same time, it was equivalent to a shot in the abdomen of Xuzhou, the situation was very good, Cao Cao was ready to move, but Liu Bei suddenly shrank his forces, so that he was undecided.

There was a change in Guangling, Sun Quan was overjoyed, and raised troops to attack Liu Bei, thinking that his brother Sun Ce was also imprisoned by Liu Bei, Sun Quan was afraid. If you attack north, take the opportunity to occupy Guangling, and lay a wedge in Xuzhou, then you need to cross Ma'anshan and Moling, where Liu Bei's strongest legion, the Guards Legion, is stationed.

"With the efficiency of the Jiangdong ministers, maybe after a month of discussion, there will be no results", Liu Bei explained Lu Su. Historically, Cao Cao went down to Jingzhou, and Lu Su went to the river to invite Zhuge Liang, and after a round trip, the ministers under the river still did not decide whether to fight or surrender. The Jiangdong clan forces are intertwined, each family has its own interests, and if you want to reach a balanced plan, one month is far from enough.

Previously, Lu Su heard the news of the change in Guangling, stopped the work at hand, and rushed to persuade Liu Bei to guard against Sun Quan and Cao Cao, at this moment, Liu Bei was patiently explaining to him.

"What I fear, Cao Cao is also alone. Cao Cao's character is risky, strong-willed, and once he makes up his mind, he dares to make a desperate bet. However, Cao Cao's determination was not easy to make, because Cao Cao never dared to underestimate me. Liu Bei stood up, walked to the tent, looked at the soldiers outside the tent, turned back to the generals in the tent and said: "I started a business from the bitter cold land of western Liaoning, at the beginning of the business, there were only more than 1,000 people, once I established my foothold, Xianbei and strong did not dare to provoke me easily, for what?" For what I have conquered is the heart of man. The hearts of the people are in me, united as one, how dare foreign enemies admonish me? The land of Lu'an is rich and the population is rich, which is hundreds of times better than Liaoxi, as long as we occupy a foothold here, who dares to offend me?

What's wrong with being alone? It is not a problem for me to recruit millions of people in armor in the four states of Qingdao, Hebei, and Youzhou, no matter who it is, as long as it is a month, it will not destroy me, and my millions of warriors will roar, who will dare to be the enemy? Liu Bei chuckled.

Liu Bei then said confidently: "Zijing, the work at hand is the foundation of our foothold, for this little thing, you shouldn't stop your work and come here." We have a sufficient reserve of officials on hand, as long as we establish local governments, one year, only one year, although Lu'an and I are an enclave, in the future it will be my iron bucket in the south. ”

When the generals in the tent heard this, they all surged with strong confidence, Zhou Yu clapped his fists and said, eager to try: "Lord, the first to govern people, and the latter to govern people, since Cao Cao has a change, it is better for us to attack him first." ”

Liu Bei groaned, paced a few steps in the tent with his hands behind his back, shook his head and said: "Our army is insufficient, and it is not necessarily certain that we can win by dividing our troops to attack Cao Mengde, so let's go to Yangquan to exchange for Huang Zhong, and say that I need a brave general to attack the city." As for you, after arriving in Yangquan, the battle situation on the northern front will be free for you to play and deal with it wisely, but you must remember that you can't start a war easily. ”

Liu Bei stayed in Lu'an for half a year, and saw that the days of Lu'an were thriving, and the people who had obtained property rights were full of enthusiasm, working their own land, and after the summer harvest, most of them had lived a rich life that had not been seen for a hundred years. Zhou Yu was pleased to see these huge changes in his hometown, and turned to reverence for Liu Bei, when talking with the elders in his hometown, he often said that this was a "golden hand", and at the same time, the work also seemed proactive, this time, he actually wanted to challenge Cao Cao with Yangquan troops.

Zhou Yu was Cao Cao's nemesis, however, history had changed, and Cao Cao's army was no longer a straggler with no military discipline and could not necessarily win by surprise attacks. The most important thing is that the south is still an epidemic area, and the two armies are at war, even if their own army is careful, in case the other party does not pay attention to hygiene, the plague will break out, which is the reason why Liu Bei delayed until the end of autumn, and it is also the reason why Liu Bei besieged Shouchun but did not attack.

Historically, Zhou Yu and Lu Xun of the Four Heroes of Eastern Wu died young, and the detailed cause is not recorded in the official history, but they both died in the army, perhaps because they contracted the plague. The hygienic habits of the Chinese people have not been cultivated, the army is stationed in the field, the sanitary conditions are worse than in the cities, the climate in the south is hot, and a small illness is likely to kill them. Therefore, Liu Bei's purpose for the battle in the south was: to use the cavalry to advance quickly, disrupt the enemy's deployment, maintain the momentum of rapid attack and quick victory, try to reduce contact with the enemy, and it is best not to stay in the enemy's camp, unless it is absolutely necessary, never open up the battlefield easily.

If Zhou Yu explained these in detail, the knowledge covered was beyond his comprehension, and Liu Bei had no choice but to suppress his quest for war** and ask him to act cautiously.

When Liu Bei was discussing with the generals in the tent about how to deal with it, the curtain of the tent was opened, and Chen Deng broke in in a hurry, and was about to speak, Liu Bei was already shocked, knocked over the teacup on the table to the ground, and asked urgently: "Who is guarding Yicheng?" ”

"Cao Bao", as soon as the words came out, Chen Deng was also frightened by his words.

"The rebels are newly surrendered, the people's hearts are undecided, how can the straw bales defend the city? Your Excellency is newly established, and it is not yet in place, how can the straw bale not be delusional? Liu Bei asked two questions, and Chen Deng was speechless.

Yes, if Cao Bao is a mentally sound person, he will not have wishful thinking under the turmoil in Xuzhou, but Chen Deng was elected as the state pastor and has not officially gone to Fucheng to take office. The general Cao Bao, who has always been suspected by Liu Bei of being the product of a close marriage, has a heavy army in Xuzhou, plus the surrender of the army in Yicheng, and his strength is already above Xuzhou, will there be any ideas beyond the norm - it's hard to say!

Even if Cao Bao is not delusional, with his intelligence level of repeated defeats and battles, whether he can control the newly surrendered Yuan Shu general Qiao Rui and his subordinates Liang Gang and Li Feng - it's hard to say!

Liu Bei said for Chen Deng what he was regretting: "Yuanlong, Yicheng is not far from here, we have enough to discuss with each other by letter, why do you bother to come in person?" All the troops were handed over to that straw bale, isn't this upside down? ”

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