Chapter 52: Guarding Together
After Cao Cao retreated, Liu Qi also collected his troops and returned to the camp.
Xiahoudun roared and scolded in the camp, shouting hoarsely, and was ready to commit suicide like Cao Ren.
Liu Qi asked Zhang Fei to persuade him, after all, he was the son-in-law of the Xiahou family, and his relatives were more talkative.
After dark, Xiahoudun's scolding finally stopped, and Zhang Fei walked out of the tent with a black face, sighing.
Gan Ning was returning from dinner, and said with a smile: "Yide persuaded Xiahoudun again, why sigh?" ”
Zhang Fei said unhappily: "I was forced to call my father-in-law a few times, bad luck!" ”
Gan Ning laughed and said, "It's not good for you to rob someone, you have to rob the woman of the Xiahou family?" ”
Zhang Fei sighed: "When I went out of the city, I saw the woman collecting firewood and was forced by the thief, so I rescued her and returned to the city, seeing that she was still young and didn't speak, so I treated her like a daughter, who ......knows."
Speaking of this, Zhang Fei also shook his head helplessly, and when Xiahoujuan grew up, the two became married, and then they explained their identities, and Zhang Fei was so shocked that he didn't come back to his senses all night on the night of the cave room.
originally thought it was a child from a poor family, who would have thought that the children of the Xiahou family would go to chop wood?
After Xiahoujuan was rescued, she admired Zhang Fei's heroism, so she decided to make a personal promise and conceal her identity.
Gan Ning said with a smile: "It's rare that my sister-in-law is infatuated, Gan has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, robbing the rich and helping the poor, and also saving many women and children, but I have never met such a beautiful woman, Yide Yanfu is not shallow!" ”
Zhang Fei said depressedly: "It was indeed a good fate before, and my old Zhang also felt very lucky, but I and Cao Thief were incompatible, and they became evil again." ”
Gan Ning patted Zhang Fei on the shoulder: "Everything has its own fate, this matter may not have a turnaround, everything will be natural!" ”
When the two were chatting, Liu Qi summoned Gan Ning and came to the Chinese military tent together.
Zhang Fei told Xiahoudun to settle down temporarily and wait for Cao Cao's reply, and Liu Qi ordered him to be sent to Wancheng overnight to be detained with Cao Ren.
He also instructed Gan Ning: "Cao's army will cut off the Baihe River upstream and divert it to the bottom of Bowangpo, and General Gan will lead his men and horses to protect the river embankment, and if Cao's army comes to destroy it, it will be repulsed." ”
"Obey ......" Gan Ning was about to receive the order, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, "General, you said the opposite, right?" ”
"How can there be any mistakes in the major events of military aircraft?" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and smiled: "After tonight, there will be a torrential rain." ”
"I see!" Gan Ning suddenly laughed and said: "Cao Jun dug up the river and the flood crossed, wouldn't it be self-reaping?" Tell the turtle son to turn into fish and shrimp tonight. ”
Zhang Fei said suspiciously: "I only saw the wind, but I didn't hear thunder, I'm afraid it may not rain." ”
Zhuge Liang just advised: "General Gan remembered to ask the soldiers to bring hats and robes,"
Gan Ning took the order and left, Zhang Fei was suspicious, and he also said goodbye and went back to rest, and he went to patrol the camp in the middle of the night, so he naturally knew.
In the upper reaches of the White River, after Cao's army blocked the river, Han Hao went back to restore his life, Zhai Yuan led the troops to garrison, and lit torches on the embankment to prevent the enemy from destroying it.
In the middle of the night, when the night wind was howling, and everyone was hiding in the dirt pit to avoid the wind, suddenly the defenders came to report that a group of men and horses came from the other side and lit a bonfire on the hillside, and I don't know what the intention was.
Zhai Yuan hurriedly led his troops to the embankment and lined up on guard, but when he saw that one person walked outside the place of an arrow, he waved and shouted: "Don't get me wrong, we are also here to protect the embankment." ”
"Protection?" Zhai Yuan was stunned for a moment, and looked left and right: "I heard me right, right?" ”
Seeing that Cao Jun was puzzled, Gan Ning smiled secretly in his heart, and instructed the soldiers behind him: "Sons, give Lao Tzu 'protection' under the banner." ”
Jin Fan Jun also felt that this move was very funny, a few people shouted, found branches and thatch, and nailed the word "bao" on the board, the "protection" was really cumbersome, so they had to give up.
"Everybody, don't do it!" Gan Ning ordered someone to hold a wooden plank and stepped forward, laughing and said: "General Liu is ordering people to fish downstream, and ordered me to wait to see the embankment, and when the fish soup is delivered tomorrow, my brothers will have a piece of the pie." ”
"His grandmother's, Liu Qi, this kid is really good at picking up cheap!" Zhai Yuan scolded in a low voice.
Seeing that they did not carry shovels and so on, I believed seven or eight points in my heart, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that I was at a loss, and said loudly: "I only eat fish heads, for fear that the fish bones will get stuck." ”
Gan Ning laughed and said, "Don't worry, not only the fish head, but the other heads are left to you." ”
"Damn it, keep it for yourself!" Zhai Yuan was furious, and the two sides laughed and scolded on the shore.
When it was over, Gan Ning ordered the soldiers to wear the robes, and Zhai Yuan laughed and said, "You are also stupid, how can the clothes block the wind?" ”
Gan Ning smiled: "The clothes are naturally used to shelter from the rain, how many are left, do you want them?" ”
"Why is it raining in this weather?" Zhai Yuan opened his hands and laughed, "One more move." ”
Cao Jun also couldn't stop laughing, he had long heard that southerners were weak and couldn't help it, and sure enough, on the river embankment, pointing and looking at the jokes.
When Gan Ning and them were dressed neatly, suddenly raindrops fell from the sky, and Cao Jun was suddenly surprised.
Gan Ning held up a cloak and said loudly: "Brother Tai, it's still too late to wear it!" ”
Zhai Yuan sneered: "We followed the prime minister to fight in the north and south, and after going through wind and frost, we are not as squeamish as you and other southerners, what are you afraid of a little wind and rain?" ”
Before he could finish speaking, the rain suddenly increased, and the rain came very suddenly, mixed with strong winds, and the torches on the shore had long since been extinguished, and the surroundings were plunged into darkness.
"Brother, brother, are you still there?" Zhai Yuan shouted loudly, but there was no response.
The embankment was empty, there was nowhere to shelter from the rain, Cao Jun was in chaos, it was dark in front of him, and there was only the sound of wind and rain between heaven and earth.
Zhai Yuan squatted on the embankment, soaking wet, his armor became heavier and heavier, the rain hit his face, and he couldn't open his eyes.
Thinking that even if those people came to destroy the river embankment at this time, it would be too late, so he got up and gave the order to retreat and go to the camp to take shelter from the rain.
The soldiers gave orders in turn, walked and crawled in the black muddy water, and walked in turn, I don't know how many times they fell, and some people rolled down the river embankment in the dark night, and the terrible screams were terrifying.
I don't know how long it took, and finally climbed to the riverbank, where a soldier found Zhai Yuan in the sludge and passed on the order of Prime Minister Cao to quickly dig the embankment and dredge the Baihe River.
Zhai Yuan listened to it several times before he heard it clearly, and couldn't help but scold: "his grandmother a bear!" ”
After digging hard for a day and a night, more than a dozen people were washed downstream, and their lives and deaths were unknown, and finally the river was blocked, and now they have to dig it again, isn't this taking off their pants and farting?
Not only Zhai Yuan, but Cao Jun also cursed Cao Cao's eighteenth generation ancestor in his heart, and he didn't know if Cao Cao could find out who his ancestor was!
At this time, the rain did not stop, only the sound of the waves was getting louder and louder, and there was no direction in the dark.
Zhai Yuan was so frightened when he heard this, he didn't even dare to stay in the big battalion, and ordered the soldiers to retreat along the riverbank, just waiting for the torrent to pour down, and the riverbank would naturally collapse.
Gan Ning sent people to climb the embankment, and found out that Cao's army had retreated overnight, and he also led his troops back to the camp to resume his life.
Liu Qi had already fallen asleep, and Zhuge Liang personally went to the river to check, and saw that the White River had not risen, so he relieved himself and prepared to go back to the tent to rest.
Zhang Fei happened to return from his tour of the camp and wondered: "There is no thunder in summer, why did the military advisor expect such heavy rain in the middle of the night?" ”
Zhuge Liang stood at the gate of the camp, a cold wind blew, his robe flew, and he said lightly: "As a general, he doesn't know astronomy, geography, yin and yang, and he doesn't control the army, but he is a mediocre talent!" ”
Zhang Fei was stunned, Zhuge Liang had drifted away, and when he looked back, he saw Gan Ning looking at him with a smile.
The two stretched out their hands to each other at the same time, and said in unison: "What about you!" ”