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Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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I walked to the edge of the bookshelf, and suddenly the title of the book came into view, and I couldn't even say a word.

This... What the hell is going on?

I opened my eyes wide and removed the book from the shelf.

I saw a few familiar big characters written on the cover of the book--- "The Battle of the Three Generals".

I hurriedly opened the book in my hand... I recalled the words of Mr. Ouyang Yu during the 'Battle of the Three Generals' at that time:

Once upon a time, there was a general who led a large army to press in, passing through a city, and after a few days of fighting, the defenders of the city could no longer afford to continue to defend the city. In fact, he could have fled the city, but he didn't, and still led the remnants of his old army to stand on the tower. Its heroic spirit shocks the Quartet...

Sure enough, the general content of this book is the same as what Mr. Ouyang Yu said before, but why does this book appear in the book pavilion of 'Youxin Qinyu', and what is the connection between this and our previous 'Battle of the Three Generals'?

I quickly flipped through the book in my hand, but what made me even more strange was that the book had no ending at all, and it only said that three generals were defending the city, but the enemy army had arrived. That's it...

Why is this book only half there? I don't know what happened to these three generals who defended the city?

I closed the book and put it back on the shelf. Looking out the window, the lotus pond reflects the moonlight, zigzags in the water, and sways with the surface of the water. Suddenly made me think of Cui Li, what is Cui Li's disappearance for? Why is he just an image like this moonlight, and if this is not the real Cui Li, then where will Cui Li be now?

"Cheng Shaoxia, why haven't you rested yet?" Mo Qifeng walked to my side.

"There are some things that make it difficult to sleep." I had a sad look on my face.

"Shaoxia, are you worried about General Cui Shuai's affairs?" Mo Qifeng's words were in one sentence.

"Although Cui Li and I have not been friends for many years, we have experienced a lot together, I don't know where he is now?" I looked out the window at the view.

"Don't worry too much about this matter, although I know Cui Shuai very well, but I can see that Cui Shuai is indeed a righteous person, in today's troubled times, such a righteous person is indeed very precious. I think General Cui Shuai must be safe and sound now, so don't worry too much, you have to go out of the city tomorrow, so let's rest early. After Mo Qifeng finished speaking, he fell asleep on the other side of the library with his sword sheath.

Yes, although Cui Li usually always lies and is sometimes a little arrogant, he pays great attention to affection at critical times, and hopes that he is okay now.

I looked out the window at the lotus pond and thought far, far away... Until the dawn of the sky illuminates the library.

Mo Qifeng and Fang Shuren got up very early, and under the urging of the two of them, the blacksmith also got up and came to the outside of the book pavilion, and You'er and Xin'er were walking towards us not far from the lotus pond.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the master ordered the two of us to come and take everyone to the gate of the 'Hidden Heart Pavilion'." Xin'er said softly.

"We've been waiting here for a long time, and we're leading the way." Mo Qifeng said respectfully.

I looked at Mo Qifeng in amazement, not because of his respectful appearance, but because Mo Qifeng, who obviously needed to walk with a scabbard yesterday, not only did he not need a scabbard now, but he walked freely, as if he had not been seriously injured at all. But I quickly retracted my look of surprise, in fact, it is not surprising, this is just a projection of the 'virtual world', not the real world, and it is not difficult to recover from injuries.

We were led by two women to the gate of the 'Youxin Qinyu', where Su Qinyu had been waiting for a long time.

"Su Qinyu, I've kept you waiting, let's go to the gate of Jiangling City now?" I stepped forward and asked.

"That's nature, the soldiers are fast, I'll set off immediately!!" After Su Qinyu finished speaking, he turned around and walked along the stone road in the direction of 'Wangxin Lake'.

It's also strange to say, obviously when I came to the 'Yuxin Qinyu' before, I walked a long stone road in the world, but now I don't have a few steps, I feel the surrounding scenery shaking, and after a while, I came to the shore of the 'Wangxin Lake'.

Su Qinyu jumped up, like a little water, and came to the opposite bank, I turned around and looked at Fang Shuran and Mo Qifeng, but I didn't expect these two people to also jump up gently, and they also came to the opposite bank after a while, and the blacksmith and I could only look at the specific direction of the stone pillar in the water, and slowly walked to the opposite bank.

Not a few steps, just like just now, originally surrounded by beautiful mountains and rivers, birds and flowers, this blink of an eye, we have come to the noisy street.

Mo Qifeng suddenly stopped, and motioned for us to stop, saying:

"Although with our current strength, it can be said that it is easy to rush out of the city gate, but it is better to be cautious in everything, so as not to startle the snake."

"That's right, let's have a good discussion." I agreed with Mo Qifeng's cautious style and continued: "You see, there are a total of eight guards under the gate of Jiangling City, and there are two patrols on the city gate, I only need to divide into two ways, Mo Qifeng and Fang Shuran have done a good job, first knock down the patrol on the city gate, and I and the blacksmith will attack from the front. I held the sword at my waist.

"What? Without me? Su Qinyu asked.

"Gangneung City is so big, but there are only eight guards at the city gate, don't you think it's a little incredible?" I asked rhetorically.

"Cheng Shaoxia, you mean, there are other guards?" Mo Qifeng seemed to understand my intentions.

"That's right, the real is the virtual, and the virtual is the real. Cui Li and the blacksmith and I obviously made such a big movement before, how can this city gate only have such a thin garrison, I'm afraid it's not simple, let's be careful. ”

"Shaoxia, if you are really thoughtful, then according to what Shaoxia said, we will act immediately."

After speaking, Fang Shuran and Mo Qifeng disappeared in front of us.

Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, after the Battle of Chibi, the seven counties of Jingzhou were divided by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, Cao Cao occupied the largest Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got Jiangxia County and Nan County, and Liu Bei got four counties in the south of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling). Liu Bei's military security was not conducive to development, so he proposed to Sun Quan twice to borrow the southern county of Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu Lusu persuaded Sun Quan to temporarily lend the southern county to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling).

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

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