More than ten miles east of Wuchang City, there is a broken temple, facing the Yangtze River.

The dilapidated temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is no longer possible to see which god it is enshrined.

During the day, the temple was quiet, and in the evening, Cao Wu came out of the temple and stretched.

After an afternoon of sleep, I finally got rid of the fatigue of running for so long last night and this morning.

He is still on the south bank of the Yangtze River, perhaps because of Sun Quan's expedition, on the river, the fishing boats and passenger boats that can still be seen sporadically when he came are now all gone.

He couldn't cross the Yangtze River, so he could only continue westward on the south bank, and in the morning he crossed the range of Pheasant City, and finally stopped when he was about to reach Wuchang City.

Today's Jiangxia County is already the most important military town at present, and there were originally more than a dozen counties in the county, but now they are divided by Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei.

Cao Cao occupied the northern and western parts of Jiangxia, Liu Bei occupied the central part of Jiangxia, and Sun Quan occupied the eastern and southern parts of Jiangxia.

All three families claim to own Jiangxia, so there are three Jiangxia Taishou here.

Liu Biao's eldest son, Liu Qi, was stationed in the new Jiangxi Xia City that he built himself on the edge of Xiakou City. Liu Biao's general Wen Ping is one. It is said that Zhou Yu was also appointed as Jiangxia Taishou, but he, Jiangxia Taishou, did not have the endorsement of the Han Dynasty, and was appointed by Sun Quan.

The territories that Cao Wu passed through along the way, Chaisang, Xiapheasant, and Wuchang all belonged to Jiangxia County, and they were all under the rule of Zhou Yu.

Before the slightly larger city of Wuchang, Cao Wu decided to take a break and see if there was a chance to inquire about the current situation in the vicinity.

It's already late November, and it's getting closer and closer to December, when the Battle of Chibi takes place.

History does not record exactly what day the Battle of Chibi took place in December, and some wild histories even say that there was no such battle.

But Cao Wu judged according to the current situation, even if there was no Chibi, there would be other battlefields, and Cao Cao and Sun Liu would eventually have a battle.

This is the inevitability of history, and it is also the ending that he must break.

He carried Xiao Qiao on his horse, and was about to find a village where he could stay, but before he could reach him, he saw soldiers posting notices at the head of the village.

There are two notices, one of which has a portrait on it, and you can see red letters, which is obviously a arrest.

Cao Wu didn't know what was going to happen, so he hurriedly turned around, thinking that Sun Ben's popularity was so small, didn't he just use the matter of heaven to ruin his reputation, and he actually sent a sea fishing document to arrest him.

Fortunately, he and Xiao Qiao were covered with their faces.

He said to Xiao Qiao in his arms: "Qiao Er, it seems that we can't enter the village, and today we will stay in the broken temple just now." ”

Xiao Qiao had already drunk Cao Wuzhuo's medicine, and his body was better, but he was still weak.

She sighed: "My sister and I rarely go out, and even when we do, we never go into the village, because ...... Because ......"

"Because you two are so beautiful that you're afraid of being remembered by others?"

Xiao Qiao's face was flushed, and he felt that this person was sometimes serious, sometimes frivolous, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong if he insisted on not going back.

Cao Wudao: "Qiao Er, you really don't plan to go back?" If you want to go back, I will go to Wuchang and drop you down, and there will be officers and soldiers to send you back. ”

Xiao Qiao frowned slightly, and was very uncomfortable with the title of Qiao Er, but Cao Wuchen said that in order to prevent them from being recognized, they naturally couldn't call them their real names, they could only call them pseudonyms.

She is ranked second, naturally Qiao Er.

She said: "Actually, my husband used to go on expeditions often, and I was not afraid at that time. But this time...... I don't know why, I always feel that my sister and husband will never see each other again when they go out like this......"

She looked at the Yangtze River in the distance, tears were about to fall out again, and a piece of dough was stuffed into her mouth.

"Taste, my guard Ah Da's skills are very good."

Xiao Qiao was choked with a full mouth, and took two bites with difficulty, the cake had sesame seeds and salt in it, and it tasted very good, so he couldn't help but take a few more bites, chew and eat slowly.

"Qiao Er, you were born in a big family, and you married into a wealthy family, you must have never eaten anything from a peasant family!"

Little Joe let out a soft "um".

Cao Wucan't feel that Xiao Qiao is indeed the kind of lady who doesn't go out of the door, except for the sky in the four corners of the high wall of her house, she has seen very few things.

Perhaps, this is what she calls herself.

Cao Wu returned to the broken temple, the two chatted with each other, and when they arrived at the gate of the broken temple's dilapidated compound, Cao Wu suddenly became alert: "Someone! ”

Xiao Qiao was startled, and almost choked on his stomach, and he hammered his chest in a hurry.

Cao Wuchao glanced at that, in terms of height, if Ah Jiu is the golden summit of Mount Emei, then Xiao Qiao is the Yellow Mountain surrounded by a sea of clouds.

Oh yes, Ah Da should be the first of the five mountains of Mount Tai, which is another kind of magnificent. Sun Shangxiang can only be the saint's favorite Nishan.

Dengni Mountain and Xiaolu, Dengtai Mountain and the small world.

The return of the Yellow Mountain does not look at Yue, and the return of the Five Mountains does not look at the mountain, but I Cao Wu has to see it.

Phew, Cao Wu dispelled his thoughts, parked the horse aside, put Xiao Qiao down, turned over and dismounted, drew an iron pipe gun, and slowly approached the courtyard gate of the broken temple.

Entering the courtyard gate, he observed two sets of footprints at the door, apparently two people had entered.

This dilapidated temple has no owner, and it is normal for someone to come, he stopped outside the ruined temple, knocked on the wall with an iron pipe gun and said, "Is there anyone?" ”

There was no one in there to answer.

The temple gate was already broken, Cao Wu changed the direction, looked inside through the broken place, and was startled.

When I left, the temple was still empty, and there was a thing covered with a white cloth on the ground.

With the experience of watching horror movies in his previous life, Cao Wu was very sure that it was a corpse.

Rao is that he has gone through the baptism of war in this era, and he is just an ordinary person, and when he saw it suddenly, he was shocked and took a few steps back.

Outside the courtyard gate, Xiao Qiao's exclamation of "ah" touched his nervous nerves even more.

He immediately turned around and ran out of the courtyard, and when he saw that Xiao Qiao and Little Red Horse were fine, he was relieved.

He asked Little Joe, "What's your name?" ”

Xiao Qiao trembled and pointed to the distance and said, "Someone...... Someone is transporting corpses! ”

Cao Wu followed her green jade fingers, and sure enough, he saw two people in the distance carrying a corpse covered with the same white cloth as before, walking towards this side.

"Is this ruined temple for mortuary?"

As soon as Cao Wu spoke, Xiao Qiao thought that he had slept here during the day, his face turned pale with fright, and he leaned to Cao Wu's side, but because of his own identity, he didn't dare to stick it up, and he was as frightened as a frightened rabbit.

Cao Wudao: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

Xiao Qiao inexplicably felt a little more at ease.

Cao Wu said again: "I have also been on the battlefield, and I have seen countless corpses, but it's nothing, it's just that this method of placement is strange." ”

While speaking, the two people approached, and they should have seen Cao Wu and the others, they were stunned for a moment, and then continued to walk towards the broken temple.

Now that he was seen, Cao Wu didn't plan to hide, he held an iron pipe gun in one hand and a sword in the other, guarding in front of Xiao Qiao.

Soon, the two approached, and the one in front said, "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! ”

Cao Wudao: "Brother Laojia, we didn't get in the way of such a wide road......"

Before he finished speaking, he had already thought of something, and hurriedly pushed Xiao Qiao back with his crossed arms, and even the little red horse was patted with a pipe gun by him, and he took a few steps back.

Xiao Qiao trembled and said, "What...... What's wrong? ”

"I know, it's an epidemic, and I'm afraid all the corpses in this temple are born and died of the epidemic!"

……

In the spring of the thirteenth year, the right to reconquer Huang Zu, the ancestors sent boats to resist the army, and the commander Lu Meng broke his forward. And Ling Tong, Dong Xi and others attacked it with all their might, and then slaughtered its city.

The Book of Wu: The Biography of Lord Wu