It was difficult enough to convince Xu Ding, and I thought that convincing Peng Ling should be even more troublesome. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 After all, he always had a lot of good feelings for Cao Cao in his heart, but he didn't think that Li Sheng had just come to his cabin to mention such a thing to him, so he agreed very happily: "This is very good!" For the sake of your own growth, you should indeed go through some battles. But I will advise Xu Ding, don't give you too much help. Because only in the danger of life and death can people make further improvements. You should know what I mean. ”

"Yes, I understand. Human potential can often only be realized in times of crisis, which is called a momentary breakthrough. If you maintain such changes through training quickly after a breakthrough, then breakthroughs will become the norm over time. Li Sheng nodded, and explained Peng Ling's meaning in his own words very smoothly.

"Oh, although there are some things in you that I have never heard, I understand what you want to express. You can see it very thoroughly. Peng Ling's face showed a very relieved smile.

"Still, I think it's weird?" Li Sheng tilted his head and thought about it, and finally planned to say the question in his heart: "Why does Mr. Peng have such a good impression of Cao Cao?" Even if he saw that he had done such an excessive thing to the people of Xuzhou, he was not very angry? ”

"Because Cao Cao is very tough, his heart is very ruthless. The Han Dynasty has been peaceful for so long, and the folk customs have softened a little, which will definitely make us look down on those people who only worship the strong outside the country. Therefore, I think we should need a tough monarch to lead us to chase down and behead the enemy for thousands of miles like the previous Emperor Wu. The so-called harmony, reward, and exchange of what is good and not will not solve the problem. These people outside the fortress are as dangerous as beasts that have just been tamed, if he still has some surplus food, he is naturally willing to exchange it with you, once God deprives them of the last bit of surplus food, they will naturally come to rob you and kill you. So, we don't need any benevolence and morality, we just need a fist, a powerful whole head. I have always thought that Cao Cao is the best interpreter of this fist. Peng Ling explained with a smile like Li Sheng.

"Then why ...... now?" Li Sheng tilted his head and asked him.

"Because of your words. I don't think I've ever been able to think hard. Why do we only think about expelling them? Why can't we put them directly under our control? The people outside the plug were all knives, and they were all very sharp knives. If these knives were in our own hands, we would be lucky. But if you want to really master them, it will take a lot of energy, but it's always a hope anyway. Peng Ling longed for that kind of situation, "Moreover, I have promised you to teach you martial arts." In any case, I have a deep connection with you. If I go back to Cao Cao, I'm afraid that he will not necessarily do anything to me in the future, and I don't want to be tormented between the two of you. If I'm going to talk to Cao Cao, then the first thing I do is kill you, and I won't embarrass myself. Speaking of this, Peng Ling's expression was somewhat hideous.

This hideousness made Li Sheng gasp involuntarily. He was scared of this pole and felt irritated. He looked at Peng Ling's hideous and serious face, and finally understood: "Everything he said is true. If that happens, he'll kill us all without hesitation. ”

"And ...... now?" Li Sheng asked cautiously.

"Now, I'm not following you. Cao Cao's kind of person. If you look at him from an outsider's point of view, you will feel that he is a hero who stands up to the sky, and it is easy for people to revere him. But if you become one of his subordinates, as a member of his forces, then you will really feel his suspicion, cunning and cruelty. With my personality, I am not suitable to be with Cao Cao after all, Cao Cao is a terrible monarch for me. Peng Ling's face slowed down, and the smile that had disappeared for a while returned to his face, making him look much kinder.

"Whew...... Scared the hell out of me. Hearing Peng Ling say this, Li Sheng was finally relieved, he patted his chest and said, "Sir, don't say it so scary, okay?" It scared me. ”

"Don't! That's not going to be fun. Peng Ling laughed heartily, with a somewhat naughty look on his face. At this moment, he behaved more like a child than Li Sheng.

"Still playing!" Li Sheng rolled his eyes helplessly.

*****

Now that it's decided, it's time to do it. Seven warships patrolled north along the river along Suishui, observing the enemy's plundering forces while exploring the movement of the displaced people. Since most of Cao Cao's army was assembled at that time and went to Tancheng, Xiabil, and Xiaxiang, Xiaqiu, which had been destroyed and plundered many times, did not send troops to garrison, so the patrol of the seven warships in the Suishui River was quite smooth, and they were rarely discovered by the enemy. After spending two days to confirm the situation of the Suishui River, everyone also sent several teams of scouts to go deep into the interior to further reconnoiter the movements of Cao's army.

Two days later, a Cao Jun escort team of about 300 people entered the eyes of Li Sheng and others, but it was very strange that this group of people and horses was not escorting food, grass and money, but people, a group of people who were very hungry. Although there are still young men, it is more often women and children.

After receiving such information, Li Sheng was very puzzled: "Didn't you say that Cao Cao wanted to kill all the people in Xuzhou?" Why are they still escorting people now? There were 300 escorted soldiers and 400 people escorted, and it seems that they are really worried that these people will escape! ”

"Maybe it's their rations, and in order not to lose their food, they naturally have to take care of it." Xu Ding said.

"What? Rations? Putting people as rations? Mr. Xu is not funny at all. Hearing this, Li Sheng couldn't help but be taken aback, shook his head and said to Xu Ding seriously.

"It's not funny, but it's true. This point should have been explained in the information that Aunt Mei gave you a while ago. Xu Ding said with a calm face, holding back the feeling of vomiting in his heart. Because Xu Ding and Peng Ling had already planned to officially join Li Sheng's camp, Li Sheng shared some of his information with them. As we saw today, Li Sheng told them three days ago, but Li Sheng himself forgot about it, but they still remembered it: "Cao Cao ran out of food and still refused to withdraw his troops, so he plundered the civilians of Xuzhou as vegetable people and made meat cakes to wrap the belly of the army." ”

"It's just too ...... Don't talk about it, I'm going to throw up just thinking about it. Li Sheng hurriedly jumped two steps away and said with a frown.

Seeing that Li Sheng was really disgusted with this kind of thing, Xu Ding and Peng Ling both nodded at each other's eyes, and then put aside the question: "Let's take a look at how to eat such a team." Although there is definitely more than one person sent by Cao Cao to do this kind of thing, for us, it is as much as we can save. Xu Ding said, and asked Peng Ling to open the topographic map of Xuzhou and bring everyone's attention to it.

"This group of people is now heading towards Xiaqiu, and it is estimated that they will spend the night in Yancun tonight. I guess that's how we attack them! Xu Ding looked at the map, thought for a while and said: "They can't imagine our existence, and it's just such a team, it is impossible to stand up and defend it, as long as they start in the wilderness, they can't defend it at all." What do you see? Xu Ding said and glanced at Li Sheng, he wanted to hear his opinion.

"That's a good idea. But then there is a question, how can we do it suddenly? If it is a night attack, we cannot light torches, and we have to observe with our eyes, so the requirements of our soldiers will be too high. Although the quality of the Xuzhou soldiers is very good, but the lack of battle, on the battlefield many of them are the same as us are junior brothers, if they are allowed to carry out such a difficult operation on the battlefield at the beginning, I am afraid of failure. Li Sheng said with a frown. There was some basis for him to say this, after all, he himself was a person who was preparing to see the first battle, and he himself was very disgusted by the matter of fighting at night. So he didn't agree with Xu Ding's opinion.

"And what about your opinion?" Xu Ding pondered for a moment and felt that this was indeed a question, so he asked.

"They need to spend the night in Yan Village tonight, then they will definitely have dinner in Yan Village, this is our chance. The soldiers who ate dinner were also quite lax, and the sky was quite bright at dusk, not as dark as at night, and the requirements for our soldiers were not very high. As long as we take a light step, we should be able to sneak closer. Li Sheng said his own suggestion, which he thought would be better.

"Actually, these are not the key, the most important thing is that you recruits want to test your ability to fight face to face with the enemy, instead of slaughtering the guys who are sleeping like dead pigs." Peng Ling said. Regarding Li Sheng's opinion, he seems to be thinking crookedly.

"There are reasons for this, but it's not critical. In fact, now that I think about it, I saw the first battle so quickly, and I regret it slightly. Li Sheng narrowed his eyes as he spoke, and his whole body seemed to be completely weak and found a place to sit down.

"Why do you say that?" Peng Ling and Xu Ding were a little puzzled by the regret that their "apprentice" said, and the other people in the cabin looked at Li Sheng even more strangely: "Didn't you say that you want to fight such a battle?" ”

"Because I think I'm a little selfish, I only think about myself, not Song De and them. I thought that I myself had been able to withstand the baptism of blood without considering whether they would be able to bear it or not. Song De is thirteen years old, Zhou Daniu is twelve years old, and Zhou Xiaorui is only ten years old, and they are all younger than me. I don't know if it was right to send them to war so quickly. If the blood of war leaves a shadow in their hearts, and causes them to be uneasy for life, then I will never be able to care about it. Li Sheng hugged his head in distress and said in a deep voice.

"You've finally figured it out." Listening to Li Sheng's words, Xu Ding and Peng Ling both laughed with relief.

"Could it be that the two gentlemen thought of it a long time ago?" Watching them laugh, Li Sheng seemed to grasp such a point.

"Of course." Peng Ling puffed out his mouth and patted his chest and said, "Who are we?" There is nothing like this that is unthinkable. Don't you think that we only called you and didn't call them at today's meeting? This first battle was originally prepared for you. Although I myself think that even you are too small. But since the public rule says that you have already killed someone, then there is no big problem in thinking about it. ”

"So you've been prepared for a long time." Li Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, he puffed up his chest with a smile: "What's the problem then?" I'm not inferior to you adults at all. ”

"Hehe, you can't lose, but you can't win either." Peng Ling deliberately angered him.

"You're ......!" Li Sheng glared at Peng Ling viciously, and his posture was almost like rushing up to eat him.

For the two who were always fond of making trouble, Xu Ding shook his head helplessly, sighed and said, "You guys better don't make trouble, let's decide the current battle first." ”

"What else is decided? Just do it directly according to Sheng'er's suggestion. If something goes wrong with the plan, Sheng'er herself will gain an experience. There are only about 300 people on the other side, in case there is any danger, what are you and I afraid of them doing? The combat power of the Danyang soldiers is not inferior to Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers. "Speaking of his own ability, when it comes to the soldiers on his ship, Peng Ling is very confident. He thinks that everything can be mastered by himself, and he should defend boldly and let Li Sheng try.

"There's no experience that's easier to remember than what you've experienced in your own life." That's what he's always thought.

It was decided immediately: everyone would eat at the end of the day, and then go ashore and rush to Hiko Village.

*****

At the beginning of the Shen period, a cool wind blew in the sky. Li Sheng followed Xu Ding and Peng Ling with the hundred and ten people on the warship, disembarked from the boat after dinner, and quickly came to Chaoyan Village according to the scattered formation.

They had received the latest information about their target: the small group had arrived in Yan Village in less than four hours, and was preparing to bury the pot and make food.

"Looks like we're going to have to hurry. If they're full, they'll have more strength than we do. Peng Ling said to Li Sheng with a smile.

"Hmm!" Li Sheng nodded affirmatively. The fact that the enemy would arrive at Hikomura earlier than he had expected was a little unprepared. The scheduled time was shortened all of a sudden, and everyone had to run as hard as they could in order to achieve the suddenness of the battle. Because this is fighting Cao Cao, everyone is working this point. After all, the Danyang soldiers from Xuzhou hated Cao Cao who destroyed the peace of Xuzhou.

It is about three miles from the river where you disembark to Hikomura. This area was originally fertile land for irrigation by the river, but after Cao Cao's massacre, most of it became barren because it was uncultivated. Most of the dead bodies of the people were abandoned in the river, and some were left unattended, leaving the land decomposing and overgrown. It was all dense weeds more than half a person tall, and once the 100th soldier dispersed and the cat moved forward, it was difficult to be spotted at all.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, everyone on Sanli Road vaguely saw the damaged wooden fence in Yan Village through the gap in the long grass. It had been enclosed with neat wood, but at this moment it had become scattered and broken, and the sections above it were scorched black, and there were obvious signs of being burned by fire.

The inhabitants of the village have long since died, and Li Sheng has known this for a long time. But now, because of the stationing of such a group of Cao soldiers, the whole village has an amazing uproar.

Li Sheng and the others quietly approached the outskirts of the village, and they heard strange voices coming from inside: screams and moans. The cry is like the wailing of a dying man, and the misery is naturally self-evident; And the moans, not only the exclamations of men, but also the shouts of women, and even the sound of squeaky bamboo couches shaking—what they are doing is naturally very clear.

"What's going on? Aren't these people a little alert? Li Sheng looked at Peng Ling next to him suspiciously.

"Maybe they're used to it. So now I feel at ease. Food and color are going on. Peng Lingtie blushed and muttered quietly. Although he admired Cao Cao's toughness, it was when he didn't see the brutality carried out under the toughness. For the rampant behavior of these Qingzhou soldiers, he has always hated it. He believed that such a brutal and powerless army was not enough to compete for the world.

"Well, that's good for our battles! At least that would be a lot easier. Li Sheng whispered, and looked towards the village again. It's good not to see him, this sight almost scared him to faint.

"How can there be such a hellish act?" he bit his lip tightly, so hard that his teeth sank deep into the flesh, and red blood flowed out.

What did he see in the village? Actually, it's nothing, but I saw a Cao Jun quickly slash off a woman's arms with a quick knife and throw it into a cauldron. He saw a group of Cao soldiers around the cauldron who were starving around the cauldron, their eyes were full of green light, sniffing the meat in the pot to their heart's content, and their faces showed an intoxicated light.

Although Peng Ling and Xu Ding had already told him about Cao Cao plundering the people of Xuzhou for food because of lack of food, Li Sheng had not seen it before, so he had no real feelings. Seeing where at the moment did not let the anger in his chest burn. He moved his shoulders slightly and wanted to rush out to kill this group of scum, but he was firmly pressed by a pair of powerful big hands and pressed Nai to the ground.

"What do you want to do? With such an impulse, can you still become the commander? It's good to be kind to the people, but sometimes it's important to focus on the bigger picture. Can you still save them even if you rush forward like this? They have lost so much blood, and their health is so bad, they can't live for a long time. Xu Ding gasped slightly and whispered in Li Sheng's ear.

"We all know the discomfort in our hearts, but as soldiers, we can't just worry about our own feelings. On this battlefield, the last thing we need is feelings. At this moment, Peng Ling was like a cold-blooded animal, and scolded Li Sheng who was pressed by him in a low voice.

"Damn." Seeing innocent people suffering, he had no choice but to hammer the ground under him in anger.

Soon the woman's body was separated by a bloody knife, and the scattered limbs were thrown into various iron pots and boiled. She turned into food.

Cao Cao's army has 300 people here, and of course one person is not enough to eat. Just when such a bloody scene appeared in this corner in front of Li Sheng's eyes, similar screams sounded in other parts of the village. Cao Cao's army cannibalism, this is real.

Human flesh seems to be very difficult to cook. For half an hour, the three hundred Cao soldiers stared with wide eyes, staring tightly at the iron pot that was constantly boiling hot soup with their hungry eyes. They seem to be a little impatient, although they have not yet moved, but the anxiety in their hearts can be seen in the constant movement. At this time, they always thought that eating was the most important thing, and they did not know that in the grass at the edge of the village, which had grown luxuriantly from the corpses of the dead, there was a group of people with hateful eyes staring at them.

Looking at the focused expressions of Cao Bing, Li Sheng only felt disgusted. He covered his nose with his hand, trying not to let himself smell the scent of human flesh. Although patience in front of him is necessary, as a person with a conscience, he is very ashamed of his patience now.

"When, exactly? Do you just watch them eat all the meat? Li Sheng anxiously whispered in Xu Ding's ear. He now hated the word patience.

"Wait a little longer. Wait until their bowls are full. Peng Ling whispered coldly.

"Why?" Li Sheng didn't understand.

"If they have something in their bowls, they are ready to eat. Most of the people who were going to eat could not carry weapons. That's our chance. Let's let them be arrogant for a while. We're not going to keep it alive anyway, are we? Peng Ling laughed gloomily, making Li Sheng beside him tremble unnaturally.

Nearly a quarter of an hour later, Li Sheng vaguely saw the bowls in the hands of all Cao Bing through the grass, and the sound of chewing sounded faintly in his ears. "Is that okay now?" Li Sheng glared at the two adults beside him.

"Come on. I can't take care of you from now on, so you have to be careful. Xu Ding whispered to Li Sheng.

"Hmm." Li Sheng nodded vigorously, looked at Peng Ling, who was just looking at him with a light full of encouragement, without saying a word, and then suddenly stood up from the grass and shouted: "Cao Bing ravaged our homeland and killed our relatives and friends, these hatreds are as high as the sky and as deep as the sea, which we cannot forget. Let me all seek justice from them. Kill! ”

Following the fall of the last word "kill", Li Sheng rushed out of the grass with the waning moon in his hand and ran into the gate of Yan Village. He was directly responsible for the frontal general attack.

Shouts rang out in all directions, and one by one the enemies burst out of the grass. At that time, it was already the western time, and the sky had already darkened, and Cao Bing, who suddenly found the attack, could not see how many people were attacking around this desolate village. The long grass blocked their fulfillment, the shouts of slaughter mixed with the howling of the evening wind filled their ears, and the numerous torches that appeared and disappeared in the grass distracted them even more. After a cursory look at the number of torches, and then counting the five people according to one torch, they thought that the enemy was about five hundred.

What to do? They hated being interrupted from eating. After all, they were already hungry. Obviously seeing the fragrant broth in front of them, but they can't eat it, their stomachs are also nestled with a fire. In the face of these enemies who suddenly interrupted their dinner, they were a little overwhelmed with the finishes in their hands one by one. Do you put down the food in your hand and rush forward to compete with the enemy? Or just hold a bowl and carry a weapon? Looking at the slices of meat in the bowl, and then at the enemies rushing on the opposite side, they couldn't help but be a little stunned. Their stomachs were rumbling, and they really didn't know what to choose.

Just when they were having a hard time choosing, Li Sheng rushed into the village with his men. Although he was followed by Xu Ding and Peng Ling, the two masters, these two seemed to intend to let him experience the real atmosphere of the battlefield, and they both took a few steps back very tacitly, letting Li Sheng rush ahead alone.

This is the northeast corner of the village. Although it was the front of Li Sheng and the others' attack, there were not many enemies here, and there were only a few dozen of them. Compared with Li Sheng's front, this is behind Cao Jun. They may not have thought that they would encounter an enemy attacking them in Xuzhou. For them, where is there any danger if they kill all the people. As a result, their defence is particularly weak. After all, there are few people who like to stay at the back of the line in a hurry, and walking like that is like being led by a thread, and they can't help themselves.

Li Sheng walked forward with the "waning moon", his face was solemn and calm, but he was a little apprehensive in his heart no matter what. Although before the war, he swore that he had killed people and should be able to withstand the breath of blood on the battlefield, although he had just witnessed the horror of Cao Jun's feeding on people in the grass, and he wanted to kill all these ogres immediately, but after all, he had not eaten the first brother who had not experienced the battlefield, after all, he had never fought face-to-face with people between body and death. At present, even though he has two masters behind him, he is still full of anxiety about the unknown. He grimaced, but his gun hand trembled slightly.

The Qingzhou soldiers are worthy of the brave division transformed from the Yellow Turban of the Hundred Battles. They quickly woke up from their stupor, dropped the bowl in their hands, and retreated towards the pile of weapons. They were clearly preparing to fight. They have been fighting on the brink of death for a long time, but they value their lives more than anything else. They can endure hunger, and they have never experienced the feeling of hunger and cold. As for the food wasted in the hands, it will also be wasted, anyway, there are still a lot of vegetable people in the crowd. But if you don't quickly pack up your weapons and prepare for battle now, then your only life will be lost, and you won't be able to enjoy everything in the future. As people who value their own lives, how can they be willing to do this. At present, they have surrendered to Cao Cao's army, and Lord Cao Cao has also given them hope for life. If there is hope, how can they look down on themselves?

"Kill." They raised their spears and said to themselves. They saw clearly that the first person who came in was just a young ghost, and their hearts were full of contempt: "If you actually take the boy as the vanguard, then the enemy who attacks like this is not good." His initial panic was gone, and he didn't think his estimate of the enemy, five hundred, was terrible.

"Kill this little one first!" Forty or fifty of them shouted and rushed up, and the frame was like a hungry tiger out of the cage, with a hideous look on its face.

"Qiang ......" The sound of gold and iron sounded, and in the scattered sparks, Li Sheng was inevitably fighting with several big men among these people. Xu Ding and Peng Ling behind him took the soldiers who came up to deal with the others, and everything at the moment only depended on Li Sheng himself.

"I can't lose because I don't want to die." With such a belief, although Li Sheng's hands were still a little trembling, he met them unceremoniously.