Jiangxia North, the entrance to the valley.

At dusk, the sound of fighting faintly came, Cao Ren still maintained that nervous mood, turned over his horse, and ordered the whole army, "Array, meet the enemy!" ”

From afar, I saw a group of soldiers riding tigers and leopards fleeing, they had no horses, and even their armor and weapons were discarded, they ran in panic like lost dogs, and ran towards this side in embarrassment.

Where is there still a little bit, that once unbeatable tiger and leopard ride!

And there is a chasing army brought by the three brothers Guan Ping, Guan Xing, and Guan Suo.

Niu Jin shouted at the archers: "Cover, shoot!" ”

The archers took turns firing, blocking a round of pursuers, and the neat array cracked a gap, allowing the embarrassed remnants to gallop into the rear.

Guan Ping saw Cao Jun's orderly array from a distance, and he immediately ordered, "Stop pursuing!" ”

Guan Xing was puzzled: "Big brother? ”

Guan Ping calmly explained: "The fourth brother said, this ambush, if you hit the enemy in the valley, you will definitely win, once out of the valley, life and death are uncertain, so the fourth brother wants me to chase after the poor!" At least now it seems that in this battle, the words of the fourth brother still have to be obeyed! ”

"Besides... Looking at its military array, there is a bit of the smell of Cao Ren's 'Eight Gates Golden Lock Array', they are waiting for the battle, waiting for work, and attacking rashly, our army has no chance of winning! ”

Guan Ping made a rational analysis.

Guan Xing no longer questioned it.

Guan Suo opened his mouth, actually... He wanted to say that Cao Ren, who was sent by Cao Cao to guard Xiangfan, really couldn't bear to see his half-brother... Annihilated.

However, Guan Suo still swallowed back.

He remembered... Once the fourth brother Guan Lin told him a series of stories.

- Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers cannibalize each other;

- Yuan Shao's sons Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang brothers killed each other;

- Liu Biao's sons Liu Qi and Liu Cong's brothers killed each other...

So, isn't it the same for Cao Ren and Cao Chun today? How could Cao Ren risk saving his "sister-in-law" brother?

Thinking of this, Guan Suo swallowed softly and spat at the mouth, and he raised his eyes to look at the clear blue sky.

He recalled...

That was after the fourth brother Guan Lin disobeyed his father again and again.

Guan Suo couldn't help but ask him.

"The fourth brother knew that he would anger his father, so why did he do this? Why do you have to make your father hate you? What's in it for you? ”

In Guan Suo's puzzled gaze, Guan Lin said meaningfully: "Fifth brother, you have a simple heart... I don't know that! ”

"Throughout the ages, many examples have shown an extremely cruel reality, that is, as a younger son, or a concubine, if he is too likable to his father, it often leads to discord between brothers and tragedy... Become a turning point in the family from victory to decline! ”

At that time, Guan Lin's tone became more and more heavy.

"For example, how did the Runan Yuan clan prosper and decline? Isn't it because Yuan Feng wants to level out a bowl of water for his sister-in-law and sister-in-law? He first succeeded Yuan Shao to his brother, removed the identity of Yuan Shao's concubine, and then helped him establish a 'running friend' to help the party members in the disaster of the party, so as to gain popularity and make a large number of heroes join Yuan Shao! ”

"But what about Yuan Shu? As a son-in-law, he looks at a humble concubine who is now soaring, this is like a wolf that originally ate sheep for a living, and suddenly one day, it was ridden by a sheep to pee on its neck? How can the mind be calm? And how can you not be envious and jealous? And this envy and jealousy will eventually turn into 'hatred'! ”

"Yuan Shu once openly mentioned, 'The group is not subordinate to me, but from my family!' , he regarded Yuan Shao as the most despicable slave of the Yuan family, and he also wrote to Gongsun Zhan, saying that Yuan Shao was not the Yuan family's species, and even... did not hesitate to fight against Yuan Shao after the breakdown of the Dong Alliance, and attacked each other! ”

Since this topic was mentioned, Guan Lin also specially told the fifth brother Guan Suo.

The Central Plains, which used to be a group of heroes.

Don't look at the excitement of the thieves, in the final analysis, there are actually two camps!

It's a contradiction.

One is the "eldest son of Yuan Jiashu" alliance headed by Yuan Shao and followed by Cao Cao and Liu Biao.

One is the "eldest son of the Yuan family" alliance headed by Yuan Shu and followed by Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian.

Liu Bei and Lu Bu were special, jumping sideways repeatedly between these two camps.

Ultimately...

Because of the four generations and the three dukes, the officials are all over the world.

And because of the disaster of the party, secretly rescued the party, the Yuan family at the beginning of this troubled era, the huge prestige that the Yuan family accumulated, this is the beginning of Tianhu, and it is also the Yuan family's reliance on wanting to be the emperor.

As a result, even if it is a group of heroes, the princes will still take the "Yuan family" as the leader.

Further deduction according to the timeline.

First, the Yuan Shao Alliance defeated the Yuan Shu Alliance, and Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei shared a piece of the pie;

Then the enemies on the outside are gone, and the inside is left.

It's equivalent to entering the "finals".

Yuan Shao was first eliminated by Cao Cao, and Liu Biao was eliminated by Cao Cao.

At this point, in the entire Central Plains, only Cao Cao is left in the finals!

Then who else is the winner of the Central Plains?

And tracing back to the source, the source of all this is caused by the disagreement of the Yuan family's brothers!

Just imagine, whenever Yuan Feng had a bowl of water back then, he would directly support his sister-in-law Yuan Shu and put Yuan Shao aside, or simply be decisive, support Yuan Shao, and let Yuan Shu out.

In this way, in this troubled world, the Yuan family has formed a joint force, where are there other princes?

- Can Cao Cao get up?

On that day, Guan Lin said a lot of things, he first told the story of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's brothers killing each other, then Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang, and then Liu Qi and Liu Cong...

Guan Suo was dumbfounded.

Suddenly, he could understand why the fourth brother always disobeyed his father.

The fourth brother is because of this family!

made my father hate it, but it was also for the good of this family.

At that time, Guan Suo still felt that he was too simple, and the fourth brother and him... As the fourth and fifth sons of the Guan family, they really shouldn't be too sharp.

It was at that time that Guan Suo secretly made up his mind that he would not work so hard anymore, and that he could spend his time working hard... Keep it somewhere else.

For example - women!

And this idea suddenly opened the door to a new world for Guan Suo!

At this moment, Guan Suo pulled his thoughts back from afar, looked at the Cao Ren soldiers and horses waiting in front of him, and sighed.

"Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu is like this!"

"Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang is like this!"

"Liu Qi, Liu Cong is so..."

"Cao Ren and Cao Chun, a pair of brothers? How can you be a brother and a brother? ”

At this time, Guan Jiajun stopped pursuing, and Guan Ping slowly rode forward, looking at Cao Ren in the "Eight Gates Locked Array" from a distance.

He shouted: "I don't want to, this time I actually alarmed General Cao!" ”

Cao Ren also replied loudly: "This time, it was my Cao Zixiao who lost his mind and fell for Guan Yunchang's trick, and I confessed it!" ”

"Didn't General Cao come to fetch ordnance? In this sunset valley, there are still many ordnance, including partial carriages, wooden oxen and horses, crossbows, as well as the armor, weapons, and war horses of the Cao army, which are placed in the valley. ”

Guan Ping's words made Cao Ren grit his teeth.

As Guan Suo just thought, he really didn't care whether his younger brother Cao Chun was dead or alive...

Can be ridden by a tiger and a leopard...

In particular, the armaments and war horses of the tiger and leopard riding were all built with heavy money, and Cao Ren was extremely distressed.

This time, Guan Ping's words were tantamount to rubbing salt on his wounds.

However, Cao Ren's expression was calm, "My Cao Wei family has a big business, and I can afford to throw away some ordnance, so I will give it to General Guan, and it will be regarded as a meeting gift!" But General Ben is curious, since Guan Ping Gongzi chased him here, why didn't he come? ”

Guan Ping laughed "haha", how did he not know that the other party was agitated?

Guan Ping shouted loudly: "How can you be greedy? I have already received so many gifts from General Cao, I can't chew it if I am greedy! However, General Cao can rest assured, sooner or later, General Ben will break your formation! ”

"Haha!" Cao Ren pretended to laugh highly, "Now, do the juniors of the Han army dare to speak to General Ben like this?" Haha, well, General Ben is waiting for that day! ”

With Cao Ren's voice coming out.

"—a long time to come."

Guan Ping replied, and immediately he showed his decisive side as a general, and immediately raised his hand.

- "Mingjin, collect the troops, triumphant!" ”

For a time, the Guan family army retreated slowly, and on the way to retreat, Guan Ping led a cadre of soldiers and sang the military song of the Han army leisurely:

Compared with "Ma Ta Yanran", Guan Jiajun prefers to sing "Song of the Great Wind":

- "The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying! ”

- "Weijia Hai is back home!" ”

- "Ande warriors guard the Quartet, Ande warriors guard the Quartet......"

Singing the song of the wind on his mouth, Guan Ping's heart changed this lyric completely and sang it in his heart.

——The wind is blowing and the clouds are flying, my brother Guan Lin Town is in all directions!

For a while, the vibrating song echoed in the valley, and the aftermath lingered for a long time!

It was Niu Jin, the deputy general in Cao's army, who looked at Guan Jiajun's figure so much.

He asked angrily, "General? Don't you chase? ”

Cao Ren shook his head bitterly, "He doesn't dare to come to the battle, just as I don't dare to step into this valley again, just save the wounded of the tiger and leopard rider!" ”

And at this moment, the tiger and leopard rode in the ranks of the wounded.

A voice came out of nowhere.

"What about the general? What about the general of my tiger and leopard ride? ”

He was asking Cao Chun...

Indeed, among the less than 1,000 remnants of the tiger and leopard cavalry who fled back, there was no figure of Cao Chun.

Hearing the soldiers calling Cao Chun, Cao Ren's originally sharp expression changed suddenly, and he was extremely anxious to step over the wounded soldiers one by one, looking for and calling.

- "Zihe? Sub and? Where are my disciples? ”

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Outside the window, the rain was murmuring.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang listened attentively to Zhou Cang's report.

Today's Jingzhou, under the peaceful appearance, can be described as an undercurrent, and the batch of ordnance from the hands of "Huang Laoxi" alone has stirred up the changes of the wind and clouds.

- "The prince of Yunqi received a deposit of 20,000 grains from the Jiangnan woman and the Jiaozhou merchants, and the transaction place was set at the junction of Changsha and Jiaozhou. ”

- "Now that the delivery is getting closer, the businessmen Jia Shi Huolong and You Tanzhi also rushed to Changsha County, and even with them, the Jiangnan women and Jiaozhou merchants also rushed over there!" ”

——"In addition, Liao Li Taishou of Changsha County sent back the news, saying that a large number of merchant ships have poured into the Changsha border recently, but they did not go to the Xiangjiang River, but only stayed at the junction of Changsha and Jiaozhou, and it is thought that it is also related to this batch of ordnance. ”

Listening to Zhou Cang's report...

Guan Yu and Ma Liang looked at each other, and they couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Things are actually quite simple!

Guan Yu and Ma Liang can be sure that the "Huang Laoxi" who made this batch of ordnance is either Zhuge Liang's father-in-law Huang Chengyan, or Guan Lin himself.

Of course it's possible... It was done by two people.

This, although it has not been investigated before, is already a sure thing.

So, here's the problem.

Guan Lin, this kid put this batch of ordnance... A one-time promise was given to four.

One of them can already be determined to be a fine work from Xiangfan...

Guan Lin's purpose is to lure the snake out of the hole.

And Guan Ping has secretly rushed to Jiangxia and laid an ambush under the Sunset Valley.

So there are three left......

You must know that among the three, Guan Lin received a deposit of "20,000 grains" from each of them.

Speaking of this, Guan Yu suddenly felt that although it was not much, this son still had a lost conscience, at least Mi Fang's deposit here was confiscated.

Of course, this also shows that this kid didn't want to sell this batch of ordnance to him Guan Yu at all.

Among the two, Zhou Cang has investigated clearly, one of the parties negotiating with Shang Jia is a Jiangnan woman, and the other party can be judged from the accent that it is from Jiaozhou.

One Jiangdong, one Jiaozhou.

Things have developed to this point, Guan Yu and Ma Liang are pondering - things are becoming more and more mysterious and interesting.

The current situation is that the deposit has also been received, and the goods should be delivered!

And then...

All the people involved in this incident went to Changsha, and a large number of merchant ships appeared in Changsha.

It's not as simple as "interesting" things to get to this point.

Guan Yu and Ma Liang had the same conjecture in their hearts.

Is this kid Yunqi planning to ..."two tigers compete for food"?

You must know that Guan Yu hates this "two tigers competing for food" plan!

That can be traced back to when he and his eldest brother Liu Bei were in Xuzhou.

At that time, Cao Cao looked at Xuzhou, but Liu Bei and Lu Bu were stationed together, one side was stationed in Xiaopei, and the other side was stationed in Xiapi.

Cao Cao wanted to attack Lu Bu, Liu Bei would go to help, attack Liu Bei, and Lu Bu would not sit idly by.

This is the "cold lips and teeth", which can also be said to be the warmth of the group.

So, Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's plan of "two tigers competing for food", and in the name of the Son of Heaven, he named Liu Bei as the pastor of Xuzhou, and sent Liu Bei to kill Lu Bu!

If it succeeds, Liu Bei will lose an ally, and if it doesn't, Lu Bu will definitely kill Liu Bei to vent his anger.

In any case, Cao Cao can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

The follow-up development is indeed as Xun Yu expected, the news of this letter spread far and wide, Lu Bu and Liu Bei were suspicious, and they fought against each other, but it was the snipe and the clam that competed, the fisherman profited, and Cao Cao made money!

If it weren't for Guan Yu's brief stay in Cao Ying for more than a year, and he inadvertently heard someone mention it at a banquet, he would be in the dark now.

Of course... None of that matters.

The important thing is that because of the loss of the "two tigers competing for food", Guan Yu now subconsciously thought of this when he saw Guan Lin's deployment!

Hehe...

- "Jiaozhou?"

- "Koto?"

- "Two tigers competing for food? This is... The cloud banner is profitable!'

In fact, Ma Liang also thought of this, and he first smiled and said: "Guan Gong, Yunqi Gongzi has already set up a stage in Changsha, and the singing is about to be in place, presumably this play will also be very exciting, right?" ”。

"Rather... At the end of this play, someone should end it! ”

Ma Liang blurted out these meaningful words.

Guan Yu's heart moved, and he once again showed his resolute side.

"Pass Liu Pan!"

Not long after, Liu Pan rushed over and bowed to Guan Yu.

"What is General Guan's send?"

"To make a long story short, you immediately rush to Changsha County for 600 miles, and personally rush to Changsha County, and inform Liao Li Taishou to pay close attention to the border between Changsha and Jiaozhi, and the informant has sent back the news that the foreign businessman wants to trade another goods here!"

"Businessmen will inevitably have price disagreements, if they encounter extraordinary times, they can make decisions immediately and do extraordinary measures!"

When mentioning the last two "very", Guan Yu deliberately accentuated his tone.

After that, Guan Yu's words were even more meticulous.

- "If someone dares to fight in Changsha, or even cause death, even if it is a border, you and Liao Li will not be tolerated!" ”

Brawls, human lives, appeasement...

These six words, Guan Yu chanted almost twice as loud as the tone.

Liu Pan raised his eyes and met Guan Yu's sharp, condensed gaze, and he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

Know... This is not an easy task!

Immediately surrendered.

"General Guan rest assured, the last general will definitely live up to his mission!"

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(End of chapter)