Because of the rout of the Feishui camp, Shouchun City was heavily guarded, and countless soldiers and horses were displayed at the head of the city, with bows and crossbows and arrows.

There are also many watchtowers up to several zhang high on the city tower, these tall watchtowers are like giants, guarding the last bottom line of Huainan - Shouchun City!

Outside the city gate, the countless antlers and horses are intertwined, intricate, numerous, and tightly furnished, so that any enemy will be frightened and retreat when they see it.

Beyond these antlers and horses were deep trenches, and there was no water in them during the dry season.

However, among them were Cao Wei's soldiers and horses, who looked around vigilantly, for fear that there would be another tragedy similar to last night's "burning the company camp".

If you eat a trench, you still have to grow wise!

At the head of the city, thousands of banners with the word "Wei" were waving in the wind, stretching their bodies wantonly in the sky.

A gust of wind blew, and these flags were all unfurled, obscuring the sky and the sun.

And Shouchun City's strict protection seems to be to tell Dongwu that Great Wei was defeated for a while, but the strength of Great Wei is still not something that you can covet and provoke!

Of course...

In such a battle, when Zhang Liao disappeared and Cao Cao fainted, there was a bit of a taste of wanting to cover up and bluffing.

Even Soochow can see it...

At this moment, it has reached the moment when Cao Wei's control over Huainan is at its weakest.

…

Cao Cao has woken up, as if overnight, he is ten years old...

He was soaking his entire skull in warm water to relieve the pain of a head attack.

Cao Zhi has long been by Cao Cao's side...

He didn't dare to say a word, so he waited quietly for Cao Cao.

Finally, Cao Cao's head was pulled out of the warm water, and the maid on the side dried his hair and combed his bun, while Cao Cao asked lightly: "Wenyuan?" Haven't found it yet? ”

Cao Zhi hurriedly replied: "Back to my father, no... However, there was no General Zhang among the charred corpses in the Feishui camp. ”

"No news, that's good news! The lonely Wenyuan is not so easy to fall. Cao Cao showed a different kind of open-mindedness, and he then asked, "Now, who is stationed in Shouchun City?" ”

"It's Zidan..."

Zidan is Cao Zhen, his father died for Cao Cao, Cao Zhen was adopted by Cao Cao as an adopted son since he was a child, he has always been with him, teaching by word and deed, and is the most outstanding general in Cao Wei's younger generation, in addition to Cao Xiu.

After Cao Chun's death, the remnants of the tiger and leopard cavalry and the newly incorporated tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Cao was handed over to Cao Zhen to command.

It's just that Cao Zhen is still young, how can his command be comparable to Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan?

"It's just a day, a night... The direction of the wind has changed. Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Jiang Xia, I broke General Lejin, Dong Heng and Dong Chao, Hou Yin and Wei Kai rebelled, and Zhu Ling's father and son don't know what the situation is?" There are 80,000 people, and Jiangxia has lost 80,000 people in one day! ”

After saying Jiangxia, Cao Cao's words changed, "Jiangling battlefield, Xu Huang set up camp, hung up the free battle card, he was already containing Guan Yu, Lone really couldn't figure it out, with his camp, Lone couldn't attack it, why was it burned with a fire, why did General Xu Huang faint from the burn?" ”

"There is also the Fat Water Camp, Lone knows that Gan Ning of Dongwu must not be willing to be lonely, Lone specially laid ten ambushes for him, or this damn fire, let Lone... Let Lone's hard work be ruined, and even Lone's Wenyuan is... Also..."

Speaking of which...

Cao Cao's face became more and more tragic, and he had never been hit so hard since the defeat of Chibi.

"Father's head wind has only just improved, and it is not appropriate to worry too much..."

Cao Zhi hurriedly persuaded, for fear that his father Cao Cao would have a splitting headache again because of this.

Cao Cao took a deep breath and was about to speak, but at this moment.

"Prime Minister, the ignition has been identified." Cheng Yu walked in from outside the door, bowed his hand, and wanted to continue, but seeing that Cao Cao's spirit was not good, he hurriedly swallowed back all the words he wanted to say.

"Say! What is that ignition object? ”

"It's flint!" Cheng Yu said truthfully: "Last night, when Gan Ning attacked the camp, every soldier carried a clay pot behind his back, and there were two things hidden in the clay pot, one was fish oil, which was poured into eggs, and the other was flint powder... It was these two things hidden in the clay pot, Gan Ning rushed forward, and at the same time ordered the cavalry to smash the clay pot along the way, and the flint and fish oil were scattered all over the place, precisely because of this... In the end, when the flint met the fire, it stirred up a soaring flame and spread throughout the barracks! The whole process of ignition was completed overnight! ”

Cheng Yu's words made the huge doubts in Cao Cao's mind suddenly unraveled.

"It turned out to be flint and fish oil..."Cao Cao squinted, "I see, Gu knows, Xu Huang and Yu Ban are probably also defeated like this..."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but have a new doubt in his heart.

"But where did Soochow get so many flints?"

Oh, yes...

Not only flint, but in this era, everything that ignites, such as pine resin, asphalt, fierce fire oil... These are all priceless and unmarketable.

It is on the black market, and if you want to buy, it is extremely scarce.

Otherwise, in the Red Cliff Water Battle, the two sides will not be ordinary arrows, but fire arrows.

This is Cao Cao's most puzzling place, he Cao Cao's nine mines, can't get these "ignition things", a corner of Dongwu, where to get so many flints?

Of course, the place where "Bailin" can be dug up is not only "Anlu City".

For example, Xiangyang under Cao Cao's jurisdiction is listed as one of the "three major phosphate mines" in China along with Jinning in Yunnan and Kaiyang in Guizhou, known as "Sanyang Kaitai"!

It's a pity, there are so many mountains in these places, where does Cao Cao know and where to dig?

Nowadays, the only place with the exact location is the Sifang Mountain outside Anlu City.

Only Guan Lin was left digging and digging in that small square mountain!

"Prime Minister..."Seeing Cao Cao's doubts, Cheng Yu continued, "According to the detailed report of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, it seems that this batch of clay pots was sent from Jiangxia? It's that... That Guan Lin sent it. ”

Not...

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes condensed, he quickly looked at the location of Jiang Xia on the map, his tiger eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Is it this Guan Jia Shilang Guan Lin again?" ”

The worst defeat in this battle, and the heaviest loss was also Jiang Xia, and it was also Guan Jia Shiro.

This couldn't help but make Cao Cao reverie, and he couldn't help but look at this Guan Lin Guan Yunqi solemnly!

"Hahaha, hahaha..."

Cao Cao suddenly laughed, and he laughed out loud, and the laughter shook the heavens and the earth.

Cheng Yu hurriedly asked, "Why is the prime minister laughing?" ”

"Lonely remembered a dream that Lonely had just made, when Lonely lay down, only felt that the tide was surging, such as ten thousand horses galloping, Lonely hurriedly looked, only to see a round of red sun rising in the river, shining eyes, looking up at the sky, there were two rounds of sun contrast, suddenly the red sun in the heart of the river, flew up directly, fell in the mountain in front of the village, the sound was like thunder."

"Gu felt that the red sun that competed with Gu Yi was Sun Quan Sun Zhongmou, and the red sun indicated that he would become an emperor in the future, but Gu Fang recalled that the direction of the red sun was in the northwest, not in the southeast, it was in Jiangxia, not in Jiangdong, hehe, it turned out that the red sun was this Guan Jia Shilang, it was Guan Lin, this kid! Hahahaha! ”

While laughing, Cao Cao's words added a little bitterness: "I never thought that tonight and night, Lone is really old, even Yun Chang's son can compete with Lone for the sun and the moon!" ”

Speaking of which...

"Prime Minister..."Xu Chu strode in, holding a letterhead in his hand, "That blue-eyed er sent a messenger to give a letterhead to the Prime Minister." ”

As he spoke, Xu Chu handed Cao Cao both hands.

Cao Cao took it, opened the letter and watched it, only to see that the letter read: "Lonely and Prime Minister are both Han Dynasty ministers." The prime minister does not want to repay the country and the people, and he acts recklessly, relocates the people of Huaisi, and brutalizes the living beings. In the past, there was Zhuge Kongming, and now the family cloud flag, now the fire is ignited, is to remind the prime minister not to do the act of anger and resentment, and the public will also retreat quickly, let go of Huaisi, so as not to suffer the disaster of Chibi again, the prime minister still has to think clearly. ”

Seeing this, Cao Cao noticed that there were still words on the back of the letter, and he turned to look.

There are only eight words here:

- "If you don't die, you can't be alone"

"Hahahaha..."After reading this letter, Cao Cao laughed again...

Hand the letter to Cheng Yu and let him read it out.

And as Cheng Yu read it, Cao Zhi was indignant, "This Jiangdong is blue-eyed, and the dog fights people, if it weren't for the clay pot sent by Jiang Xia, how could he be so rampant?" ”

"Sun Zhongmou didn't deceive Gu..."Cao Cao squinted his eyes and sighed: "Since Jiangxia was defeated, Gu's battle can't go on, and if you force it to fight again, I'm afraid you can only follow in the footsteps of Chibi!" ”

"In the past, a Zhuge Kongming stirred up the lonely Great Wei in turmoil, and now ... With this Guan Yunqi again, this Sun Zhongmou is reminding Gu that my henchman is not his Dongwu, but this Guan Yunqi, but Jingzhou! ”

Cheng Yu had already heard that Cao Cao had retreated...

I even heard a little bit of Cao Cao's jealousy of this Guan Lin.

If it had been placed a month ago, Cao Cao would have regarded this Guan Yunqi as an inferior horse in Jingzhou, but now... Inferior horses are forbidden, and they are happy to enter!

Alas...

Cheng Yu sighed deeply in his heart, he knew better that Cao Cao was no longer young now, he didn't have too much energy to spend here, and he couldn't afford to fight any protracted battles.

In the imperial court, within the Great Wei, there are still countless and inextricable matters that he needs to deal with...

Da Wei has already come to this point, and he is only one step away from that last step.

It's time for the Prime Minister's energy to be there!

"Let's go..."

Speaking of which, after Cao Cao laughed, he returned to his former prostration.

This Duke of Wei, who forcibly cheered up, finally couldn't resist the huge sorrow in his heart, he sat heavily on the seat that belonged to him, and muttered: "Let Gu think, let Gu think again." ”

Cheng Yu knew that Cao Cao meant that this time he retreated and retreated, but who could be left to garrison Xiangfan, who to leave to garrison Nanyang, and who to guard Shouchun...

These... It's his bottom line, and it's also Da Wei's bottom line!

The offensive and defensive forces are also different...

He Cao Cao had to turn from offensive to defensive, but the territory of Great Wei could not be lost in his hands!

At this moment, Cheng Yu, who was supposed to retire, suddenly turned around and bowed his hand to Cao Cao, "Prime Minister, in fact, there is still one person available, and this person still has 30,000 male soldiers in his hands!" And he is extremely good at mountain warfare, which can be of great use! ”

Not...

Cheng Yu's words made Cao Cao immediately raise his eyes, and he raised his spirit.

"Who is it?"

Cheng Yu chanted his name heavily: "Lord of Langya, leader of the Taishan Army - Zang Ba!" ”

"-It's him!"

With the appearance of this Zang Ba's name, Cao Cao's heart throbbed and waved...

This is a righteous man, a righteous man who can be compared to Guan Yunchang's 'righteous thin clouds'!

Cao Cao knew in his heart that this Zang Ba was the independence of the Taishan Army under him.

Cao Cao knows better that it will not be easy to let him out!

…

…

Langya country, a simple official residence.

In the study.

Zang Ba is forty-five years old this year, at this age, if Lu Bu is still alive, he is only a little younger than him, enough to be the father of Lingju, and because he didn't know Lu Bu when he was young, he finally married Jin Lan.

Zang Ba has always regarded Lingju as his own daughter, and Lingju has been helped by him over the years of forming a parrot, and calls Zang Ba "uncle".

It can be said that except for Zang Ba's clear reputation and his inability to help Lingju assassinate Cao Cao, what else can be done, this righteous man has done his best.

At this moment, the morning light is faint.

Zang Ba and Lingju are in the study of the official mansion, and today because of the arrival of Lingju, Zang Ba pushed everything away and waited for her.

Speaking of which, this pair of uncles and nieces both like to drink...

A pot of light wine, the two have been chatting for more than an hour.

Zang Ba is sighing:

"I never thought that your mother is still here, and your mother can still have such an opportunity... It's not in vain that your father is in the spirit of heaven! ”

Having said that, before Baimenlou died, Zang Ba promised his brother-in-law Lu Bu to take good care of Diao Chan's mother and daughter.

It's just that due to fate, Cao Cao's beauty plan, Guan Yu's horizontal knife insertion, and Diao Chan's sudden disappearance cast a thick haze on Zang Ba's plan to rescue Diao Chan's mother and daughter.

This is also the story of Diao Chan being let go by Guan Yu in private, and Lingju being secretly stolen by Zang Ba...

It can be described as a mistake.

At this moment, Lingju told the story from his mother Diao Chan's mouth to Zang Ba, and Zang Ba sighed with emotion: "I never thought that this Guan Yun Changyi Bo Yuntian, it was my Zang Ba who did bad things with good intentions!" ”

"Uncle Zang, don't say that..."Lingju pursed his lips, "Mother knows that Uncle Zang has helped me all these years, and she is grateful to Uncle Zang..."

"Well... Let's talk about you again, talk about the one in your mouth, you and your mother's benefactor Yunqi Gongzi. Zang Ba then asked.

The reason why he mentioned "Cloud Banner Prince" was that Lingju repeatedly mentioned it in the story.

And every time he mentions it, in his tone and words, Zang Ba can feel that Lingju has some feelings for this Yunqi Gongzi who is beyond the relationship between men and women.

It's all from the past... Who doesn't understand?

Next, Lingju told in detail that she cried with joy when she saw her mother Diao Chan.

After a heart-to-heart conversation with Guan Lin, Guan Lin promised him to help him "avenge his father"...

After that, when Lingju went north again, he had to help Guan Lin do some things, as well as all the opportunities along the way.

This includes that Lingju first went to Luoyang to arrange for Parrot's subordinates, secretly pretending to be coolies, and went to rebuild Luoyang.

Including, after that, Lingju went to Nanyang again, and saw the somewhat "compassionate" Nanyang Taishou Houyin more smoothly than he imagined.

I handed over Guan Lin's letter to him...

Through the transmission of the "parrot", they exchanged letters for the two until the battlefield in Jiangxia was deployed.

As for the outcome of the Jiangxia battlefield?

The Spirits don't know!

After arranging all this, Lingju can be regarded as having completed the two tasks assigned by Guan Lin.

Next, she wanted to go to Langya Country and had a good chat with this uncle who pulled her up.

Of course, Lingju was not worried that Zang Ba would leak her words to Cao Cao.

Over the years, with the help and support of Uncle Zang Ba, Lingju has trusted the uncle in front of him too much, and he understands too well what the word "righteousness" means in his mind.

He would never do anything that was sorry for his father Lu Bu or her Lingju.

At this point, Lingju can be sure!

Finally, Zang Ba heard all this.

After sighing with emotion, he muttered: "That is to say, if you help Guan Yunqi to 'build' Luoyang City, dig a secret passage, and help him successfully rebel against Nanyang Taishou Hou Yin, and rebel against 20,000 Nanyang soldiers, and even bring all the deployments of Cao Cao in Jiangxia to the ears of Guan Yunqi!" Really? ”

"Yes!" Lingju nodded heavily, mentioning this incident, she couldn't help but feel a throbbing in her heart, "But I don't know yet, what is the final outcome of this Jiangxia battlefield?" Yunqi Gongzi he... Did he win the battle in the end? ”

In fact, it has been more than a day since Lingju said this, and if he takes the waterway, there should be information coming over.

"Not busy, news will come soon." Zang Ba sighed with a faint sigh, he turned his words, stared at Lingju, and asked meticulously: "Then what is the purpose of your coming to Langya Country this time?" ”

This...

Suddenly asked the most crucial question, the spirit jue hesitated suddenly.

Zang Ba seemed to see through what Lingju was thinking, and shook his head slightly.

"If that's the case, don't mention it..."

Lingju pursed his lips slightly, and said softly: "I know that my uncle and Cao Cao have an agreement, and Cao Cao allowed my uncle to take over my father's old subordinates and family members... He placed all these people in Taishan and Langya, and his uncle was loyal to Cao Cao on this ground, so ... Uncle won't help me assassinate Cao Cao and avenge my father..."

Speaking of this, Lingju bit his lip slightly, "But the situation is compelling, I still want to fight for it, the situation has changed now, if Jiangxia can win, then the entire Xiangfan to Huainan battlefield, the situation will be completely reversed, and Cao Cao is no longer young, Cao Wei's troop scheduling will also have huge problems, this is the best opportunity for a counteroffensive, and it is also the best... A chance to avenge my father! ”

Lingju's big eyes blinked, and he looked at Zang Ba with longing eyes, "Uncle has more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and many of them are still loyal to his father in the past. If Uncle can take them to join the Cloud Banner Prince, then... That's for them... It must be a relief for them..."

As Lingju blurted out his words, Zang Ba sighed as always.

He got up slowly, turned his back to Lingju, and said with emotion: "I thought that you wouldn't come to me because of this matter, but this time, because of the Guan Yunqi, you knew that you couldn't do it..."

"I still say the same thing, I promise Cao Cao not to betray him, then I will not betray him, not to mention, Lingju? Do you know how terrible your opponent is? Do you think that just a few victories in Jiangxia, Xiangfan, and Shouchun can push Cao Cao into a desperate situation? Take it for granted... It's so much to take for granted! Cao Cao is far more powerful than you think... He's just old, not dead! ”

With a basin of cold water spilled by Zang Ba.

Lingju also stood up, she stood in front of Zang Ba again, she met Zang Ba's eyes full of determination, she said meticulously.

"The Cloud Banner Boy knows how powerful his opponent is! also knows that to defeat Cao Cao, to disintegrate Cao Wei is not a few big battles, nor can tens of thousands of people be able to collapse, so he... So he..."

In the end...

Because of the ultimate trust, Lingju completely exhaled Guan Lin's plan.

"So, the Jiangxia battlefield has never been his purpose, his purpose has been from the beginning... It is to save the Son of Heaven from Xudu to Jingzhou! ”

"If Jiangxia wins, then there will be a chance to draw out the soldiers and horses of Xudu as much as possible, only when Xudu City is empty, will there be a chance to rescue the Son of Heaven——"

Come clean.

Lingju had already told Guan Lin what he had told her, revealing all the secrets of the two of them.

…

…

(End of chapter)