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

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The man who came to us from the other side of the street was the blacksmith. I hurriedly put away my sword.

"Less...... Cheng Yin. The blacksmith said breathlessly.

"The blacksmith is here! Cheng Yin! Let's get out of here. Cui Li was about to walk out of the door of the blacksmith shop with a large knife.

"Don't worry, although the blacksmith has returned, the garrison in the city has not decreased, and with the strength of the three of us, I'm afraid it's still not enough. Why don't we go back to the blacksmith shop and think about it in the long run. I walked back to the smithy.

"Cheng Yin, who is this?" The blacksmith placed the Draco chair back on the armory rack.

"This is my good friend, surnamed Cui, famous, word ......" I ran into a problem again, the word... What's good?

"My surname is Cui, my name is powerful, and I am handsome." Cui Li didn't wait for me to finish, he said it himself. Although I knew that this word must have been improvised by them just now, the word Shuai Jiang still made me almost laugh, high, really high!

"It turned out to be Cui Shuaijiang, since you are Cheng Yin's friend, naturally you are my blacksmith's friend." The blacksmith laughed heartily.

"Blacksmith, our top priority is to leave this Jiangling City as soon as possible, but you also know that after such a fuss yesterday, the city must be more heavily guarded, we are so hard-working, we will definitely not succeed, you have lived here for many years, do you know that there are other ways out of the city?" I asked hopefully.

The blacksmith did not answer my question immediately, but hesitated, "As the two of you know, I have been striking iron here for many years, and I am also very familiar with the terrain in the city. The blacksmith frowned, and it seemed that the question was indeed stumbling on him.

"Cheng Yin, since the blacksmith said that there is no other way to get out of the city, it is better to fight with all his might, maybe there is still hope of getting out of the city." Cui Li couldn't wait for a long time, and was about to go out brandishing a big knife.

"No, Sun Quan will naturally not be negligent when he takes Jiangling, I am afraid that there are not only defenders in the city, but also soldiers stationed on the border outside the city. Even if we could go out of the city, we wouldn't be able to go anywhere else. "I have a sword in my hand and a solemn expression.

It is true that judging from the current situation, we don't have time to stay in this Gangneung City anymore, but the city is heavily guarded, and with the strength of the three of us, we really can't get out of the city.

"It's just Jiangling City, it's a pity that I don't have three thousand elite horsemen in my hands, otherwise who can stop me." Cui Li began to talk big again, and he really thought that he was a prince and general, not to mention three thousand fine horses, even thirty fine horses.

"Cui Shuai takes this seriously, if there are three thousand spirits riding on you, you will definitely be able to break out of the city?" The blacksmith asked suddenly.

This... Cui Li was clearly talking big, but what he didn't expect was that the blacksmith believed it. But you can find 3,000 cavalry in this Jiangling City, except for the general who defends the city, I decided that I can't believe the others, but I know the blacksmith's personality, he is not like Cui Li who always speaks big, since he said so, is there really 3,000 fine cavalry?

I looked at the blacksmith shop, and it couldn't have looked like there were 3,000 cavalry. But the blacksmith was so serious when he spoke.

"What!! You say you have 3,000 fine riders? Cui Li also believed it.

"My blacksmith has never said big things, right is there, no is nothing." The blacksmith thought that Cui Li didn't believe what he said, and was a little angry.

"That's great!! If there are 3,000 fine riders, we will go immediately! I'd like to see how the gates of Gangneung City are holding us back! Cui Li began to speak boldly again.

What the hell is this and what? I suddenly had the feeling of leading tens of millions of troops and taking Gangneung directly.

But I looked around me again, and it seemed that there was no one else in the empty blacksmith shop but us.

"Blacksmith, where are the three thousand elite horsemen you said now?" I have to ask.

If it's far away from us, I'm afraid it won't do anything.

"Three thousand elite horsemen, right in the city!" The blacksmith accentuated his tone, probably to make us believe more in what he said.

"Right in the middle of the city?" It's getting harder and harder for me to believe it. This Jiangling City had already been taken by Lu Meng before, and it was really the land of Sun Quan in Jiangdong. It's not easy to put down three thousand elite riders here.

"That's nature, I'll take you there tomorrow." The blacksmith said confidently.

"Tomorrow? Why not now? Cui Li was a little anxious.

"Two, I know you're in a hurry, but it's getting late outside, why don't you go there tomorrow?" The blacksmith said, gesturing outside.

"What! Isn't the sun in front of you..."Cui Li said confidently, but as soon as he saw the scene outside, he was speechless for a while.

That's right, when the blacksmith came, I had just looked at the hour, and the shadow of the long sword coincided with the long sword, it should have been just noon, and it was so soon that it was night. Although we know that time flies quickly in this 'virtual' world, we have not yet fully adapted to it, and we are still amazed to see that it is already dark outside.

"Well, since it's already so late, why don't we go tomorrow." That's all I can say.

But one thing is very strange, when Cui Li and I both feel that time flies so quickly, the blacksmith has no doubts, what is going on? Doesn't he feel like time flies too quickly? I wanted to ask in more detail, but then I thought it was strange because Cui Li and I were not part of this 'virtual world'. For them, it may be very commonplace. If you ask so suddenly, you will think that we are very strange.

Forget it, it's better to take a good rest, and tomorrow I will go to see if there are really 3,000 elite horsemen in this Gangneung City.

The candles of the blacksmith's shop were lit. Flickering light and dark.

Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally governed 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 that the soldiers must fight for 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, 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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