No. 497 Cao Sun is not afraid (3)

The Night Owl Special Operations Force has nine immortals, including two Rank 2 Immortals and seven Rank 1 Immortals. Nine Immortals are the tactical core of the Night Owl Special Operations Force, and 51 to 291 carefully selected warriors are deployed to support the battle, depending on the needs of the front. In previous military exercises, night owl special operations units and conventional units were trained to give full play to the special effects of surprise troops.

It happened that Song Qian and Pan Zhang, on behalf of Sun Quan, besieged Lu'an, and Wei Dongsheng suddenly had the idea of testing the night owl special operations force in actual combat. Before asking Lu Su for Song Qian and Pan Zhang's military camp defense map, Wei Dongsheng had already made up his mind to test the night owl special operations force in actual combat. Even if Zhou Yu was unwilling to cooperate, the night owl special operations force would launch a night attack on time, verifying the impact of the immortals on the conventional tactics of cold weapons.

Wei Dongsheng handed the barracks defense map to Lu Xun: "Since Pan Zhang is the most aggressive, we will take Pan Zhang's camp as the target of the raid. In addition, referring to the barracks defense map sent by Zhou Yu, you urgently revised the night attack plan. Note that this military camp deployment map can only be used for reference and cannot be superstitious, maybe it is a deep pit dug by Zhou Yu and Pan Zhang, you must be prepared for the worst. ”

Lu Xun promised in a calm voice: "Okay." ”

There was a consensus at the decision-making level, and war machines such as the Night Owl Special Operations Unit began to operate. At around 3 a.m. the next day, the night owl special operations force launched a night attack on time, and the Panzhang camp immediately burst into flames. Wei Dongsheng stood on the city wall and looked down on Pan Zhang's camp, only to see that the fire was raging and burning; The small torches were chaotic and unorganized, and there was a faint sound of anger in his ears. Just looking at the fire that illuminated the night scene, Wei Dongsheng understood that no matter how many casualties the night owl special operations unit eventually suffered, this night attack had successfully completed its mission.

The immortals of the Absolute Holy Gate have never been loosely disciplined stragglers.

In fact, on the contrary, because the immortals were relatively energetic, Wei Dongsheng not only trained them personally, but also specialized in teaching them cultural knowledge that fit his own philosophy, and did his best to train them to be comrades who could fight side by side with Wei Dongsheng. In all of this, supernatural powers, far from affecting the Immortals' teamwork abilities, are able to play a role that is even more powerful than that of ordinary elite troops.

Of course, there are also many immortals who refuse to accept Wei Dongsheng's control, such as the sword three feet. However, the Absolute Holy Gate had already issued a decree that all immortals would be incorporated into the military and disciplined by military law, and those who escaped without permission would be punished as deserters. If the circumstances are particularly serious, or if they commit a heinous crime such as adultery and murder during the escape, the Absolute Holy Gate will immediately sentence them to death and hand them over to the Demon Suppression Hall for pursuit.

Most of the disciples of the Absolute Holy Gate who remain now are in the order-abiding camp that respects the rules.

When the sky was gray and bright, Lu Xun led the night owl special operations force to return safely. Summarizing the results and losses as usual, all 9 immortals returned intact, and only one immortal was injured by the loss, but the problem was not big, and with the healing function of internal strength, he was able to recover quickly; The warriors of the non-immortal group were not so optimistic, and the four soldiers were killed directly in battle, and their souls were scattered on the spot; More than a dozen soldiers were seriously injured, and they escaped by luck thanks to Almighty's internal strength and emergency rescue.

Most of the casualties of the warriors came from the counterattack of Pan Zhang's own soldiers. However, Pan Zhang has always been strict in governing the army, and when he encountered a night attack, he did not mess up, he grabbed a knife and slashed his own soldiers who were fearless, and efficiently gathered a group of elite soldiers. Subsequently, Pan Zhang took the lead in launching a counterattack, and a volley of crossbows and bows was fired, and several people of the night owl special operations force fell in an instant.

At the critical moment, Lu Xun threw out a flying knife and stabbed Pan Zhang, which alleviated the crisis. It's a pity that Lu Xun hurriedly retreated in order to avoid too many non-immortal soldiers being lost in the enemy camp and having no time to replenish Pan Zhang. The actual combat was indeed more brutal than the exercise, and the night owl special operations unit underestimated Pan Zhang, and almost died from a salvo of bows and crossbows. It has been proven that Level 1 Immortals and Level 2 Immortals can only be used as elite troops at best, and they cannot subvert the military tactics of the Cold Weapon Age.

The loss is heart-wrenching, but the result is also proud.

Lu Su sent detailed information the next day, and the more than 800 soldiers under Pan Zhang's direct jurisdiction lost at least 100 people because of a series of battles caused by night attacks. Pan Zhang was stabbed in the right chest by Lu Xun's flying knife, but unfortunately the flying knife was far away and Pan Zhang was covered with two armor to defend his chest, and Pan Zhang was now only seriously injured and bedridden instead of dying that night.

Pan Zhang was seriously injured and could not fight again, Song Qian was afraid of the toughness of the guards, and neither of them dared to underestimate Lu'an. Zhou Yu suggested that the military camp should retreat ten miles, increase vigilance along the way, and prevent the Lu'an guards from launching a night attack counterattack again. In this way, Wei Dongsheng and Zhou Yu slightly joined forces and broke the fighting spirit of this support army.

A few days later, the news of Cao Cao's Tunjun County reached Hefei.

Sun Quan has been attacking Hefei for a long time, and he has not been able to resist for several months, and his morale has long been depressed, how dare he resist Cao Cao's main force with a tired army? Before long, Sun Quan retreated, and Song Qian and Pan Zhang then returned in vain.

However, the crisis in Lujiang County has not yet passed, because there is still Cao Cao coveting here.

Soon after the siege of Hefei was lifted, Jiang Ji, who was engaged in the governance of Yangzhou, warmly invited Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, and Shi Liu Ye, who was not in charge of driving, to go to Qiao County to meet Cao Cao.

Before Cao Cao annexed Jingzhou, Liu Fu, the assassin of Yangzhou, appointed Jiang Ji as a special driver to engage in history, and then Wei Dongsheng was Liu Ye's official position, and Liu Fu gave Jiang Ji's official position to Liu Ye, and Jiang Ji was promoted to a history in Zhizhong on the spot. After Liu Fu's death, Jiang Ji actually ruled Yangzhou, and Hefei was able to resist Sun Quan's siege for months, all of which were due to Jiang Ji's efforts. Recently, the lonely city of Hefei repelled Sun Quan's main force, Jiang Ji's lightning speed shocked Huainan, and the family looked up one after another.

Jiang Ji said that he was going to visit Cao Cao in Qian County, and the famous clans of Huainan all agreed, which in turn put pressure on Lu Kang and Liu Ye.

It's a pity that the charm of longevity is far greater than that of MG wealth.

Especially an old man like Lu Kang, the older he gets, the more obsessed he is with the supernatural power attached to the immortal seed. Lu Kang stopped aging on the same day as the fusion of immortal seeds, and the metabolic level was permanently maintained at the age of 64 in 190; When Lu Kang continued to refine the Alien Treasure and advanced to the second level of the Immortal, he suddenly grew backwards again, and in just a few days, he was four or five years younger.

Wei Dongsheng summarized the experimental data and found that there are several basic principles for the passive characteristics of immortality in immortal seeds.

The first principle is that the immortality of the Immortal Seed is by default to the appearance of a normal human being at the age of thirty. Whoever fuses the seeds of immortality before the age of thirty, as long as the immortal himself does not have a strong subjective will to reject the normal development of human beings, the immortal will evolve into a thirty-year-old appearance at the normal rate of human development. After that, the metabolic level of the immortal is permanently locked at the age of thirty, and after ten or twenty years, there will be no change at all.

The second principle is that whoever fuses the seeds of immortality after the age of thirty, whether at the age of thirty-five or eighty-five, the effect is only to stop aging. That is to say, the eighty-five-year-old man fused with the immortal seed, and he was still as old as the eighty-five-year-old man, and it was difficult for him to exert the strength that a level 1 immortal should have. If you want to reverse growth and reduce the degree of aging, the only way at present is to kill and upgrade, level 1 to level 2, which can rejuvenate and rejuvenate about 5 years of life; From level 2 to level 3, there is a lack of sufficient data to verify the conjecture whether it can rejuvenate and how much life it can reverse.

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Wait a minute.

Although there is a temporary lack of a data model for Level 3 Immortals, everyone takes Wei Dongsheng as an example and optimistically imagines the mysteries of Level 3 Immortals and Level 4 Immortals.

Lu Kang is especially especial.

Since the metabolic level of Xincheng can be reduced from 64 years old to 59 years old, is there no hope for further rejuvenation to 50 years old, 40 years old, and 30 years old in the future? The older you get, the more afraid of death, how many old men in the world are willing to give up the hope of rejuvenation? Since the advanced level 2 immortal has rejuvenated and rejuvenated for 5 years, Lu Kang quickly abandoned the idea of being a monk for a day, and no longer regarded himself as a widow and widow who was about to die, exuding vitality from the inside out.

Compared with the hope of rejuvenation, what is the high-ranking official Houlu?

Lu Kang, who had new branches in old trees, decisively declined Jiang Ji's invitation: "Lu is already forty years old in his eighties, his legs are sore, and his back hurts, and it is very difficult to travel far." ”

There is an example of Lu Kang's longevity star, and Liu Ye did not hesitate to refuse Jiang Ji's invitation.

Lu Kang and Liu Ye did not give Cao Cao Cao face, and the consequences were of course very serious.

In September 209, Cao Cao gathered troops to travel along the river, passing through the Yushui River, Huaishui River, and Feishui River, and stationed in Hefei. Cao Cao immediately rectified the Yangzhou Thorn History Department, appointed Wen Hui as the Yangzhou Thorn History, bid farewell to Liu Ye as the Taishou of Yuzhang County, and promoted Lu Kang as the Thorn History of Jingzhou.

As far as the rules of the Han Dynasty are concerned, don't drive to Yuzhang County Taishou is undoubtedly promoted to the rank of knight. However, now is a troubled time, as early as 200 years, Yuzhang County was cut off from Luling County by Sun Ce's north and south. Cao Cao's appointment of Yu Zhang is too easy, how can Liu Ye have the ability to cross the Yangtze River to manage Sun Quan's territory?

Lu Kang's Jingzhou Thorn Historian is a little more realistic. But Jingzhou was also in chaos at this time, and Cao Cao was fighting fiercely with Liu Bei and Sun Quan around the ownership of the counties in Jingzhou. Lu Kang went to Jingzhou, and I am afraid that he can only make rubber stamps.

Jingzhou Assassin Official Jue and Yuzhang Taishou Official Jue are obviously both promoted and degraded.

This can't all be blamed on Cao Cao's stinginess.

Since the princes have been discussing Dong, the princes from all walks of life have deceived me, and there are countless things to deceive and surrender. Why does Cao Cao believe in Lu Kang and Liu Ye?

Huainan was close to Sun Quan but far away from Cao Cao, and Liu Fu had been guarding this place for eight years, so it was naturally difficult for Cao Cao to trust Huainan officials without barriers. Even if Jiang Ji went to Qian County to meet Cao Cao in a proper manner, he did not get the benefits, and Cao Cao's reward for Jiang Ji was still the Taishou of Danyang County. Like Yuzhang County, Danyang County is also Sun Quan's territory, and it has no real name. However, Jiang Ji was not annoyed by this. Although Danyang Taishou is a false position, but after all, it is also a two-thousand-stone Taishou recognized by the imperial court, as long as Jiang Ji is willing to permanently stand in the Cao Cao camp, this Danyang Taishou will be his qualifications in the future.