Chapter 105: Red Blood Water

Lu Shuang saw that after entering the ancient tomb of Sun Quan, it was full of this kind of thing, and he felt bored, and he kept wandering around in the secret room with the courage to ask questions, and the old fox Tang Yi saw that I kept looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, although he didn't understand, but he followed me step by step and looked at it with a pair of calligraphy and paintings, and then saw this battle of Yiling, and suddenly sighed at the calligraphy and painting: "Liu Bei, the Zhaolie Emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty who lost in the battle, fled westward, but when he reached Yong'an in the east of Yizhou, he no longer went west. Although Sun Quan won, he was still terrified when he heard that Liu Bei was stationed so close to the border, and sent an envoy to negotiate peace. Liu Bei, exhausted by the long campaign and defeat, agreed to an armistice, and died in April of the following year, leaving all the military and political power of the Shu Han in the hands of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who immediately sent an envoy to restore the alliance with Eastern Wu and jointly fight against Cao Wei.

The defeat of Yiling dealt a heavy blow to Shu, not only losing a large number of soldiers and supplies, but also killing many generals. The following year, the death of the monarch Liu Bei crumbled the country built on his fame, and domestic rebellions broke out. It took Prime Minister Zhuge Liang about five years to rebuild the army and put down these rebellions, and to raise the country's strength to the point where it could send troops against foreign troops. On the surface, it seems that Sun Quan did win a great victory, but he didn't know that Eastern Wu held Jingzhou, and Shu Han was also severely damaged, and his vitality was greatly damaged. However, the strength of both countries was affected in this war, thus paving the way for Cao Wei to destroy both countries later. So in my opinion, Sun Quan and Liu Bei are both losers in this battle of Yiling, and the real winner should be Cao Cao! ”

I nodded and then looked all the way along the calligraphy and painting, Tang Yi saw that I was like this, and he didn't lag behind, and followed behind me. Suddenly, I only heard Lu Shuang's scream, and I was shocked and hurriedly turned around the secret room, and saw Lu Shuang standing in front of a picture of words unharmed. I was fiddling with something in front of a calligraphy and painting, and I knew that she had found something, so I hurried over and said, "What's the matter, what do you see?" Lu Shuang completely ignored my question, and desperately slashed at the calligraphy and painting with Wending. I was puzzled, raised my eyes and looked at the calligraphy and painting, only to see a four-legged monster standing on the wall of the secret room, the body of the beast was made of bronze, the monster was covered with a six-legged large copper tripod, there was a huge copper ring on both sides of the big copper tripod, the six legs of the copper tripod were six half-kneeling small beasts, the shape was vigorous and simple, the whole body was full of muscles and knots, and the body was full of scales, making a roar.

"What is this?" Tang Yi rushed over and said. I glanced at it and said, "Judging from the appearance, it should be a dragon-like beast, right?" "Yes, but why did you put these four strange beasts under this bronze tripod and suppress them? As if a sign of some kind of opponent to get rid of? Tang Yi whispered while watching. I was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my head, and I said loudly: "I know? Lu Shuang was startled by my sudden voice, turned her face and said, "Brother Tang, what do you know?" "Yes, Tang Shaoxia, what do you know? Let's hear it, maybe it helps! I nodded and said: "This Sun Quan has had the ambition to dominate the world since he was a child, since Jian'an five years ago, Sun Ce died, and Sun Quan succeeded to the throne to rebel generals." Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and other important ministers wholeheartedly assisted Sun Quan. Cao Cao's cousin Sun Quan was the chief inspector of the Huiji, and he lived in Wu, so that Chengzhi County was in charge of clerical affairs, and Sun Quan recruited talents and began to rule Jiangdong. The copper tripod has been regarded as a heavy weapon for the establishment of the country since ancient times, but there are four strange beasts under the six legs of the copper tripod, and the two on the left side of the four strange beasts are very similar to the real dragon. On the right side are indeed two tiger-like beasts. "What does this mean?" Tang Yi asked blankly. I smiled lightly and said, "It's very simple, the four true dragon beasts under this bronze tripod do not refer to real beasts, but a symbol?" "Symbolism? What does it symbolize? ”

Tang Yi nodded. "I think it's a symbol of the four people who can get the world?" I said hesitantly. "Yes, that's what it means, but wasn't the world already divided into three parts at that time? Sun Quan is also the overlord of one side, and the true dragon emperor who wants to suppress can only be two people? It can't be four, huh? What's more, the other two are tigers? It's not a real dragon at all, is it? "Yes, but I think these four beasts are not only Liu Bei and Cao Cao?" I replied in the affirmative. "And who else? Who else can there be in the world except Liu Bei and Cao Cao? I lowered my head and thought for a moment and said: "Have you forgotten that in the spring of 208 A.D. in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Sun Quan conquered Huang Zu, the general Lu Meng broke Huang Zu's forward, and Ling Tong, Dong Xi and others slaughtered the city after breaking the city. Huang Zu was defeated and fled, and was chased and killed by Feng Ze. Tang Yi said with a 'huh' voice: "Could it be that this tiger is Huang Zu?" ”

I nodded and said, "Although I'm not sure, it's not impossible for me to look at Sun Quan's Great White Yellow Ancestor?" Tang Yi said 'um' and continued: "Then who is the other tiger pointing at?" I smiled and said, "Castle Master, please see which direction that tiger is in?" Tang Yi was puzzled, lowered his head and glanced at the strange beast under the bronze tripod and said, "Due south?" "Yes, does the lord of the castle know that the military position of the city directly south of here is the most dangerous?" I looked at Tang Yidao. Tang Yi glanced at the strange beast under the copper tripod, lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Jingzhou! "Not bad! Jingzhou is based on the Han Dynasty in the north, and the South China Sea is exhausted, connecting Wuhui in the east, and Tongba and Shu in the west. Liu Bei really listened to Zhuge Wuhou's words, so he borrowed Jingzhou and didn't pay it back? "I'm talking." The old man understood, it was Guan Yu, the five tiger generals of Shu who was guarding Jingzhou at that time, could it be that this strange beast was General Guan Yuguan? I nodded and said: "In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, in 219 AD, Sun Quan expressed his willingness to attack Guan Yu to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao, in order to make Guan Yu and Sun Quan fight, ordered Cao Ren to shoot the secret letter written by Sun Quan to Cao Cao into Guan Yu's army, and Guan Yu was in a dilemma. In the leap month, Sun Quan conquered Guan Yu, Lü Meng broke the public security, captured the general Shiren, and the rear army went to Nanjun, and Nanjun Taishou Mifang surrendered. Lü Meng's army occupied Jiangling, pacified the people, and released Yu Ban. Lu Xun's army took Yidu, obtained Zigui, Zhijiang, and Yidao, so he settled in Yiling and guarded the mouth of the gorge to guard against Shu Han reinforcements. Guan Yubing is still Yang, West Baomai City. Sun Quan sent people to lure Guan Yu to surrender, Guan Yu's army surrendered falsely, set up a banner for the elephant man in the city, escaped from Maicheng, everyone was scattered, only more than ten horsemen remained, Sun Quan sent Zhu Ran, Pan Zhangjun ambushed Guan Yu and others on the road ahead.

In December, Pan Zhang's troops captured Guan Yu and Guan Ping and Zhao Lei with Ma Zhong, and Sun Quan beheaded Guan Yu and pacified Jingzhou. When the plague was rampant, Sun Quan was exempted from Jingzhou people's tax. Cao Cao's cousin Sun Quan was a hussar general, led the pastor of Jingzhou, and was named the Marquis of Nanchang. Sun Quan sent the captain Liang Yu to pay tribute to the Han room. Tang Yi nodded and said: "So it seems that these four strange beasts seem to be singing the praises of Sun Quan's great military exploits, these four strange beasts symbolize that these four people have been defeated by him, so they were suppressed by him, these two tiger beasts may be General Guan and Huang Zu, and the strange dragon in front of General Guan, I think it is Liu Bei?" Tang Yi looked at the four strange beasts under the copper tripod and analyzed.

I nodded and said: "The lord of the castle really has good eyesight, yes, in the first month of the first year of Huangwu in Eastern Wu in 222 AD, Sun Quan was canonized as King Wu, General, and Governor of Jingzhou. Lu Xun's troops captured Shu Wutun. In March, it was rumored in Poyang that Huanglong had appeared. The Shu army was divided into dangerous places, and there were more than 50 companies and camps in front and back. Lu Xun refused with the severity of the soldiers, from the first month to the leap month, broke the Shu army, beheaded and captured tens of thousands of Shu troops, Liu Bei fled back, and died of illness in the White Emperor City the following year! "That's it, but this real dragon beast going north is Cao Cao, it's a little uncertain, Sun Quan doesn't seem to have defeated Cao Cao, the battle of Chibi was fought by Huang Zhong and Zhou Yu Zhuge Wuhou, Sun Quan just watched a lively scene?" I smiled softly and said: "The castle lord doesn't know, in September of the same year that Sun Quan defeated Liu Bei, the Wei generals Cao Xiu, Zhang Liao, and Zang Ba soldiers came out of the cave, Cao Ren's soldiers came out of the wet beard, and Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang, Zhang He, and Xu Huang besieged Nanjun and attacked Eastern Wu. Sun Quan sent Lu Fan and others to supervise the five armies, used the navy to meet Cao Xiu and others, sent Zhuge Jin, Pan Zhang, Yang Cang and others to lead the army to rescue Nanjun, and sent Zhu Huan to meet Cao Ren in Weixu. In November, due to strong winds, Lü Fan's soldiers drowned thousands and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River. Cao Xiu sent Zang Ba to attack Xu Ling with 500 light ships and 10,000 death soldiers, burning siege vehicles and killing thousands of people. The Eastern Wu generals Quan Cong and Xu Sheng pursued and beheaded the Wei general Yin Lu and fought back against the Wei army, and Cao Pi was defeated and died soon after. Sun Quan changed Yiling to Xiling. "In this way, this Sun Quan does have some ability, no wonder even Taizu is full of admiration for him!" At this time, Lu Shuang used the Winning Treasure Knife to cut off a piece of the calligraphy and painting on the wall, and the many murals flashing in front of him, one of which was particularly prominent, was full of all kinds of strange witchcraft rituals, as if he was deliberately hiding something. Tang Yi looked at the calligraphy and painting, and strode over, and then waved his right hand, only to hear a few loud noises, and after those plum blossom-shaped hidden weapons shot into the wall, they were not bounced back, but melted into the wall. I walked over with some curiosity. I saw that there was not the slightest damage on the wall, and it was as good as before. Tang Yi walked over softly, glanced at it, and then shouted loudly: "Get out of the way!" I was shocked, pulled up Lu Shuang, unfolded the supreme light skill of swallow three points of water, and in a few leaps, it landed on a copper tripod not far from the wall. At that moment, I saw the wall burst suddenly, and a large amount of red water rushed in through the wall, and the water emitted a disgusting smell like human blood.

Lu Shuang threw herself in my arms and shouted at Tang Yi, who was constantly struggling underwater, and her whole body slowly turned black and swollen, as if she had been soaked in water for several days. Tang Yi continued to struggle in the water, and at this moment it was the wall that was broken by the plum blossoms that Tang Yi shot into, and as soon as the wall was broken, a large amount of red blood poured out through the wall, and the red blood immediately submerged Tang Yi who was still bursting, only to hear a few whining cries from Tang Yi's mouth, and soon the sound was buried like the red blood pouring out. The red blood slowly poured into the secret room through the broken wall, and instantly overflowed the other bronze tripod steles in the secret room, fortunately, my Ding copper tripod was far away from the secret room, and leaned into a wall, so although the red blood was full quickly, it did not overflow the copper tripod I was standing on. Seeing that the secret room was gradually submerged by the red blood water, it had already passed the belly of the six-legged copper tripod, and in just a few moments, the painting wall and stone tablet would be completely covered, and Lu Shuang and I would inevitably be buried in this red blood water. I quickly recalled the scene just now in my mind, thinking that Tang Yi had shot into that wall with a hidden weapon, and then caused this red blood to pour out of the wall. It is clear that there is some important mechanism hidden in the wall, and once it is violated by an external force, it will trigger the mechanism in the secret room. If the intruder is dexterous and can escape from the secret room, but in a moment, the red blood can also fill the secret room. So there is no way to escape, and the only way is to find a way to turn off the mechanism, and then fly out of the secret room with the help of light power. The top priority now is to find the dead buckle of the mechanism in the wall before the red blood water submerges the six-legged bronze tripod in front of him. At this time, the disgusting smell of red blood in the secret room became stronger, and I was afraid of being poisonous, and hurriedly reminded Lu Shuang Yungong to hold his breath, seeing that the red blood in the secret room was gathering more and more, and I couldn't stay any longer.