Chapter 33: Breaking the City and Accepting Wives (1)
"Sister, be careful!" Xiao Qiao knew how powerful this strange bird was, so he hurriedly blocked Da Qiao behind him, closed the door of the kitchen tightly, and closed the latch on top. But the wooden window of the kitchen is a little broken, once the strange bird flies, I don't know if it can resist. Xiao Qiao anxiously looked around, and finally fell on the vegetable basket, she took a few steps forward, poured out all the vegetables stored in the basket, helped Da Qiao to the back of the stove, and let the vegetable basket block in front of her: "Sister, you squat down and hide in, even if the birds fly in, you must not come out!" ”
"Wan'er, don't be busy", Da Qiao took Xiao Qiao's hand and pointed to the strange birds that kept gathering and flying on the top of the small courtyard, "You see these birds have been hovering overhead, but they have no intention of coming down...... I don't think it's meant to attack us. ”
Da Qiao is right, these strange birds come from all directions, fly on the top, and spread over the entire Wancheng, I am afraid that there will be thousands, but they are not as good as before, rampage, and bite people. This situation seems familiar, Xiao Qiao searched her intestines and scraped her stomach and recalled, her thoughts went back to several years, and she floated to the top of Yishan Mountain, Zhou Yu's appearance of plain clothes and jade crown filled her mind, so elegant and chic, she couldn't forget it for the rest of her life.
"Yes...... It's Zhou Lang......" Xiao Qiao's voice like a spring water trembled with excitement, and his big eyes were full of tears.
Da Qiao was puzzled, and asked Xiao Qiao beside him, "What did Wan'er say?" ”
On the top of Yishan Mountain, Zhou Yu played a bamboo flute, firmly protecting her behind her, and thousands of birds above her head were wandering today. Xiao Qiao Wan'er chuckled, and two tears rolled down: "Sister, it's Zhou Lang who is here, it must be Zhou Lang who is here!" ”
At the north gate of Wancheng, the wind blows the grass, and in the autumn scene, Zhou Yu is wearing a silver helmet and silver armor, and a moon-white cloak, stroking the piano outside the place where he shoots from the city gate. A pair of bony hands go back and forth, and the sound of the piano pours like flowing water, attracting thousands of strange birds from all over the world to come here for a long time. Behind him, tens of thousands of people were dressed in Xuanqing armor, holding sharp blades in their hands, arrayed neatly, moving and quiet, setting off Zhou Yu more and more handsome and chic, elegant and dignified.
The defenders of Wancheng were frightened and hurriedly reported to Zhang Xun who was guarding the city, Zhang Xun had never seen such a formation, and he was extremely flustered and panicked, and he didn't know what to do. Just when everyone was arguing and discussing, Changmu Xiu ignored the obstacles, strode up to the top of the city, picked up the pipe pipe and blew a tune similar to Zhou Yu.
Two days ago, Changmu Xiu learned the news that Sun Ce's army had arrived outside the lonely city, and he knew in his heart that with Wancheng's strength at this time, if he fought against Sun Ce, it would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, but if it dragged on for three days, Liu Xun's army might break through Sun Ben's interception and return to Wancheng. In the past two days, Changmu Xiu has repeatedly thwarted the small-scale siege of Sun Ce's subordinates, and now it seems that it is just a false shot, and today, it is about to see the real chapter.
These strange birds are the black birds raised by Changmu Xiu's uncle Zhang Jiao, there were only more than 100 at first, and with the reproduction over the years, there are thousands of them. This bird has sharp teeth and a sharp beak, and its beak is naturally poisonous, and it once formed an army of its own in the Yellow Turban, known as the "Shadow Assassin". After visiting Bahua Mountain a few years ago, Zhou Yu has been secretly investigated, searched for many years, and finally figured out the habitat and habits of strange birds.
How could Changmu Xiu not expect that Zhou Yu would dare to use the birds raised by his uncle as the vanguard to attack the city, this feeling of calamity made Changmu Xiu angry, but he knew that once the strange bird pecked and injured the general defending the city, the army of 10,000 people behind Zhou Yu would immediately attack and kill them without leaving a piece of armor.
With the sound of the faint bamboo pipe, the strange birds hovering over the top began to move, and attacked Zhou Yu in groups of three or two outside the city.
Xiao Xiao autumn wind, Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and stroked the piano, without a trace of panic, when the strange bird approached, he plucked the strings three or two, the sound of the piano did not hear a trace of vomiting and hoarseness, still like flowing water, but the strange bird has escaped and scattered, flying for nine days, and the destination is slim.
Changmu Xiu obviously didn't expect that Zhou Yu's control over these birds had reached such a point, but how could he admit defeat, jumped from the two-zhang high city wall, blew the pipe pipe, and walked towards Zhou Yu.
There were guards on the left and right sides who stepped forward to protect Zhou Yu, but Zhou Yu raised his right hand and signaled them to quickly retreat.
said that it was too late, and the birds and beasts like long dragons were already close at hand, opening their half-zhang long beaks and piercing Zhou Yu's heart. Han Dang, who was a soldier behind him, couldn't help but shout: "Be careful! But seeing Zhou Yu suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes were full of resolute confidence, the movements in his hands did not stop for a moment, and he twisted slowly three or two times, and the strange bird actually flew away by the placket of his clothes, swayed upward, accumulated inches above his head, and suddenly flew towards the Changmu Repair.
The two of them stood not far away, one stroking the piano and the other playing the flute, seemingly irrelevant, but there was infinite tension surging in between, and thousands of birds shuttled back and forth, impermeable to the wind, and others could not interfere at all. At this moment, the guard at the north gate of Wancheng suddenly shouted: "Oh no! Sun Bofu broke the city from the south gate! ”
Changmu Xiu was stunned, only then did he realize that he had actually fallen on Zhou Yu's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, and just when he hesitated for a moment, the strange bird flew straight towards his heart, which immediately made Changmu Xiu vomit a mouthful of blood and fall to his knees.
Almost at the same time, Sun Ce led his troops to gallop all the way from the south gate, climbed the city tower to kill the general, put down the city gate sling, and made a loud noise. Han Dang gave an order, and the soldiers, who had long been unable to hold back, rushed forward like a flood and fought with the defenders.
In the chaos, Jin Ge sonorously sounded, but the sound of the piano did not fall into the wind, the strange bird heard the command, did not continue to hurt people, and the wind went up, and soon scattered in twos and twos, and disappeared in the autumn sky.
Zhou Yu slowly picked up the sound at this time, got up and raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat, and saw Lu Meng running in a hurry: "General, it's not good, Changmu Xiu is gone!" ”
Zhou Yu's eyes sank, and he ordered: "He is injured, he will definitely not be able to escape far, and he must find this person after digging three feet into the ground!" ”
Lu Meng gave up his hand and immediately retreated. Zhou Yu saw that the three or two thousand defenders had collapsed under Sun Ce's might, so he had no thoughts in his heart, summoned the white horse, turned over, and drove towards Wancheng at a high speed.
In the old mansion of Wancheng, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao have been hiding in the kitchen, and they can only see strange birds covering the sky, but they don't know that fierce battles are raging in the city everywhere. After about half an hour's effort, the sky was full of birds flapping their wings and flying away, and Wancheng, which was shrouded in shadows, returned to the light, and the two sisters looked at each other, and before they could figure out the situation, they heard a frenzied knock at the door, which was very unfriendly.
Da Qiao's thin body curled up, and Xiao Qiao hurriedly held her steady: "Sister, don't panic, I'll go out and see what ...... end"
Before Xiao Qiao finished speaking, he heard a loud "clang", and the door of the old mansion was knocked open, Zhang Xun panted and poured into the mansion with dozens of remnants, and soon found Er Qiao in the kitchen.
On the same day, Yuan Shu was killed, Zhang Xun wanted to lead his troops to Sun Ce, but who knew that Changmu Xiu secretly released the wind to Liu Xun, causing all the lower parts of Zhang Xun to be intercepted by Liu Xun. Now that Sun Ce is calling, Zhang Xun knows that it is impossible to vote for Sun Ce again, so he plans to take Da Qiao hostage and withdraw from the city, and then go to Yuzhang to guard Huaxin. Zhang Xun couldn't care less about the friendship with Qiao Rui for decades, and ordered left and right: "Come on, invite Miss Da Qiao out!" ”
Xiao Qiao never thought that this once amiable General Zhang would now have this face, she stood straight in front of Da Qiao, and opened her arms to protect: "Get out, who dares to touch my sister!" ”
But how could those soldiers who killed the red eyes put such a delicate girl's family as Xiao Qiao in their eyes, they kicked open the door of the kitchen like bandits, and stepped forward to catch Da Qiao.
Xiao Qiao flew out of the stone and injured these people, but Zhang Xun's lower part went forward one after another, and it didn't take long for the small kitchen to be surrounded by water. Seeing that there were not many stones left in the sleeve cage, Xiao Qiao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Seeing that the situation was not good, Da Qiao calmed down and said to Zhang Xun: "General Zhang, if the little woman is not mistaken, is it General Sun who led the troops to attack?" General Zhang wanted to go out of the city, but he was afraid that General Sun would deliberately make things difficult, so he wanted to take the little girl hostage......"
Zhang Xun has worked with Qiao Rui for many years, and he didn't want to make it too ugly, so he smiled extremely embarrassed: "What are you holding hostage...... Miss Da Qiao really misunderstood, you two sisters lost their parents at a young age, and General Ben and General Qiao have been colleagues for many years, so they should take care of themselves. ”
Listening to Zhang Xun's words, Da Qiao was even more sure that Sun Ce had led the army to Wancheng, and he had a bottom in his heart: "General Zhang has worked with my father for many years, just like the uncle of my sisters, so naturally he will not embarrass me...... It's just that my sister has been feeling the cold these days and is not suitable to go out, so let her recuperate here. ”
When Xiao Qiao heard Da Qiao say this, his cheeks turned red in a hurry: "Sister! ”
Da Qiao secretly pinched Xiao Qiao's hand, and then walked out of the kitchen with the stragglers. Xiao Qiao was stunned for a while, guessing that Da Qiao's meaning should be to ask her to go to Sun Ce quickly, but she vaguely remembered that Chang Mu Xiu had said that before others attacked, he deliberately led people to set up a maze in the city, which would be activated in time of war, but how to crack this battle, Xiao Qiao had asked in every possible way, but Chang Mu Xiu was always tight-lipped.
Just as Xiao Qiao was thinking about it, a soldier turned back, and Xiao Qiao, who looked at the flower and moon, had some evil thoughts in his eyes. Xiao Qiao was startled, and vigilantly rolled up his sleeves and bluffed: "What do you want to do?" Not to mention that you will definitely not be able to please me here, General Sun has already led his troops into the city, if you don't follow General Zhang again, do you plan to stay in the city and wait for death? ”
Sure enough, when the soldier heard this, he hesitated for a moment, and Xiao Qiao saw the opportunity to slip out of the side of the stove and jumped out of the backyard as if he had escaped.
From that day he ascended to the top with Sun Ce, Zhou Yu sensed that there was a strange vision in the city, and when he entered the city today, the strange feeling was especially great: no matter how he asked for directions, how to find it, he could only return to the original place when he went around. The same is true of the people who fled in the city, who could not get out of the city in any way, and were in a state of panic and grumbling.
Zhou Yu pondered and remembered that he had read a formation called "Tiangong Maze" in a certain book, which was rumored to be made by Zhang Jiao. Since Changmu Xiu is Zhang Jiao's nephew, it is not surprising that this game is set up here.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu immediately stood still, looked up at the sun in the dust, and determined the direction of due north. Then, he rode his horse and kept moving close to the alley on the right. This method was learned by Zhou Yu from the Qijia Soldier Book written by Guiguzi, but whenever he encountered the Ecstasy Array, there was usually only one entrance and exit, so as long as he always followed one side of the wall, he could walk all the roads in the entire Maze. Although this method seems to be time-consuming, it is really effective, Zhou Yu followed this method, quickly whipped up, and rushed to the Qiao family's old house in about a stick of incense.
Xiao Qiao escaped quickly, wanting to go to Sun Ce and inform him that Da Qiao was plundered by Zhang Xun, and went around three or five times, but still returned to the old mansion. She didn't know if the soldier who had been thinking about it before had left, she was shocked, and she was worried about Da Qiao, so anxious that she was about to cry.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the narrow alley, Xiao Qiao was so frightened that he didn't know where to hide, only to hear someone hurrying forward, as if he couldn't believe it, and called out with great preciousness: "Wan'er......"
Such a soft cry would appear in Xiao Qiao's sleep every night, supporting her through this prison-like life, and now the sound was beating her ear drums, which made her a little incredulous. But it was only a moment of apprehension, Xiao Qiao didn't have time to look back to confirm, so he turned around and ran to the man crying, and threw himself into the man's arms with tears in his eyes, choking up: "I knew you would come ......"
Zhou Yu just arrived at the old mansion, and saw that there was no one in the house, and there were signs of flying stones in the kitchen, which scared off three points of soul, and just when he didn't know where to look, he unexpectedly bumped into Xiao Qiao, who went back to the old mansion again. Zhou Yu really didn't know whether to hate Changmu Xiu or thank him, hugged the frightened villain in his arms tightly, and also felt that he was in a dream: "I'm sorry, I'm late, I couldn't save your father, and I made you sad, it's all my fault." ”
Xiao Qiao's boneless little hand was tightly wrapped around Zhou Yu's shoulder, and he shook his head and said eagerly: "Now is not the time to say this, sister...... My sister was just taken away by Zhang Xun, they wanted to escape from the city, and they were afraid of being stopped by their brother-in-law's men, so they took my sister hostage, let's go and save my sister! ”
Zhou Yu's expression was dazed, and he hurriedly asked: "In which direction did Zhang Xun take Mrs. Qiao away, did you see it?" ”
"I was in the kitchen at the time, and I only vaguely saw them going north."
Today, Sun Ce led the army to break the city from the south gate, although Zhang Xun held Da Qiao hostage, but he must still avoid the edge of the main force and flee north, but this "Tiangong Maze" is in the opposite direction, although Changmu Xiu pretended to be Zhang Xun's nephew, but he must not have told him the reason. Thinking of this, Zhou Yu gently wiped the tears from Xiao Qiao's cheeks and said with relief: "As soon as your brother-in-law enters the city, he will also rush here, and he will meet them here in a while." Let's go home first, and then respond when the time comes. ”