Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

The fire burned in Fancheng for two days.

Such a fire cannot be extinguished at all, because the mountains of wood piled up in the city for building ships are undoubtedly the sharpest weapons of the Jingzhou army.

The grain and horse feed originally used to defend the city have now been burned to ashes.

Thick smoke was still billowing throughout Fancheng.

Although the open fire is gone, and most of the poisonous gas caused by the white phosphorus has dissipated, a small amount of poisonous gas still permeates the city, and a large amount of wood is still red... and the smoke is billowing as before.

On the third day, which is July, the annual rising period of the Han River arrives as scheduled, accompanied by a heavy rain.

It's just...the rain in other places is clear and translucent.

But the rain in Fancheng is black because the air is full of dust, which dyes the heavy rain black.

In the darkness, Fancheng...has become a hell on earth.

There were originally 90,000 people in the city, of which more than 40,000 were soldiers and horses of the Wei army. The remaining 50,000 were not local people, but Cao Wei's coolies...

An army of tens of thousands of people requires coolies in many places, such as transportation and city construction.

Most of these coolies were not captured, but came here to work and make a living with Cao Wei's salary.

It's just that it was fine when I came here, but now... I can't go back.

For such a big city, it can be clearly seen that less than a thousand people came out of the heavy rain.

The vast majority of people were not burned to death by the fire or poisoned by the poisonous smoke ignited by white phosphorus, but died of suffocation from inhaling excessive amounts of thick smoke.

To know…

In their sleep... people who are poisoned by "carbon dioxide" tend to have rosy complexions, so... they all seem to be walking peacefully.

There are ruins and corpses everywhere.

Even among the less than a thousand people who survived, most of them were burned, and almost everyone was coughing desperately. This was due to excessive dust inhalation.

They looked around blankly, and in their minds were still the images of the lingering sea of ​​​​purgatory fire for the past two days.

hehe…

The so-called strong walls and clearing the country, the so-called efforts of the entire Wei Dynasty to build wooden boats, the so-called sandbags to fight floods, the so-called counterattack on Xiangyang, haha...in the end...these made them the turtles in the urn.

finally…

Taking advantage of the heavy rain, more than a thousand Wei soldiers and coolies found their general, Cao Ren.

Cao Ren has disheveled hair, how can he still have the demeanor of a "Heavenly General"?

By luck, he found a wine cellar and hid in it. Later... the wine shop collapsed and the wine cellar also collapsed.

In despair, luckily... Cao Ren met a few soldiers, who took Cao Ren into a dry well, and he was lucky enough to survive.

But... when the heavy rain came and the soldiers pulled him out of the well, he was still shivering.

The nightmare-like horror still surrounds his heart, and he cannot calm down for a long time.

The Wei army... has always been known for its bravery, especially the cavalry in Cao Ren's hands.

You know, they are the best of the best, the bravest of the brave, whom Cao Ren recruited from Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Ma Chao during his entire life in the north and south.

But...this bravery is aimed at people, living people.

No matter how brave the regiment is, if they suddenly see something falling from the sky, it can cause a city to be on fire and a sea of ​​​​purgatory in a blink of an eye, but they... are powerless, can't touch anything, they can only sit back and wait for death!

Under this premise, bravery becomes ridiculous.

The same goes for Cao Ren...

If he faced Guan Yu, even if Guan Yu's troops and horses were ten times his, even if three of them were tied together, they still couldn't defeat Guan Yu!

Even if he loses this battle, he will definitely pick up the remaining soldiers, gather stragglers, and recruit reinforcements!

Even if it was a street fight, even if it was destined to be a disastrous defeat, he would still fight Guan Yu to the end and fight to the last moment.

Can…

After such a fire, Cao Ren fell silent. The heroic gestures of the generals in the past seemed to be reduced to ashes in this fire.

He...had only one thought left. The Jingzhou Army...the flying balls filling the sky and the sea of ​​​​purgatory fire could not be defeated.

These flying balls can burn Fancheng, they can also burn Luoyang and Xudu!

This is much more powerful than burning the city!

Forty thousand people died in front of his eyes, and the smell of roasted human flesh in the air...everything stimulated Cao Ren's heart.

At this moment, Cao Ren, it is no exaggeration, he has been burned stupidly, completely confused by the burn, and unable to think rationally...

Not to mention, think of the so-called "breaking it into parts" method of cracking it.

The former Heavenly General was now like a bereaved dog, curled up with a look of helplessness.

Standing in front of Cao Ren was one of his lieutenants.

This was the only lieutenant Cao Ren could recognize who survived the disaster.

The deputy general said sadly: "General... Fancheng suffered a fire, and 40,000 Wei cavalry were destroyed. This is a mortal enemy. Now...Fancheng has no food, and the soldiers are hungry. General should take us out of here...to the north ...Run north! As long as...as long as we can get to Xinye City... we can gather our troops again and... fight the Jingzhou soldiers to the end!"

Walk? Newfield?

Fight to the end?

These were originally heroic words, but inexplicably, at this moment, every sentence passed into Cao Ren's heart, making him feel harsh...

Throughout the Xiangfan battlefield, Cao Ren had lost his younger brother Cao Chun, lost Lord Manchong Manfu, lost General Lu Chang who guarded Xiangyang, lost Jiangxia Tiebi Wenpin...

Later, Yu Jin and his son, Zhu Ling and his son, Pound and his four sons, Xiahou Dun's eye, Xiahou Mao's life... and... too many, too many... these all left him.

In addition... plus this time we lost the military advisor Zhao Yan, the deputy general Yin Shu, and the university writer Yan Zhen sent by Soochow.

Haha, everyone died or surrendered, but he, Cao Ren, was still alive.

He... might as well have fallen asleep forever. Why did he have to lose all the reputation he had spent half his life in Xiangfan?

All hope is lost...

At this moment, Cao Ren was completely despairing. This fire... not only killed his people, but also completely destroyed his heart, making him realize that he was no match for the Guan family father and son.

——Cao Ren is not the only one who has this idea?

The soldiers with dusty faces on the side couldn't help shouting, "Stop fighting... The Jingzhou army is invincible, and the Guan family and his sons... are invincible!"

"Yes, one hundred thousand people have died in Jingzhou before, and this time it's forty thousand again... I don't know what happened in Yancheng and Pinglu City. So many people... were reduced to ashes and cannot be fought. Tens of thousands of people died in Jingzhou. No more fighting!

"General Cao, please take pity on us. We still have a family and young children. Stop fighting... we can't afford to fight."

The remaining Wei army howled and beat their hearts.

This time it was the sea of ​​​​purgatory, what about next time? What if there is another thunder and lightning, roaring frost and snow, and water floods the seven armies... What should we do?

How can you continue to resist this?

This is obviously seeking death!

Everyone's psychological defenses have completely collapsed.

All loyalty and righteousness were gone in front of the flying ball from the sky and the sea of ​​​​purgatory fire. He just wanted to go home and find his mother-in-law!

Cao Ren looked around in fear...

At this time, someone hurriedly came to report, "General, all battalions have been inspected. There are only 330 sergeants left, and more than 600 laborers are left. Moreover, the food and grass have been burned out, and the rain has fallen from the sky... Someone was poisoned and died immediately after drinking it..."

this…

When the food is exhausted, is the water also exhausted?

Everyone shuddered.

At this time, someone came to report in a hurry: "General... outside the city, those... tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers were shouting, shouting 'Those who surrender will not be killed', shouting 'The Han army treats prisoners preferentially', and... We’ve also prepared meals,...and drinks!”

It was as if the soldier who came to report had hope in his eyes. It was obvious that he wanted to vote.

And this idea was very strong, but...he looked at Cao Ren with fear and worry, as if...he felt that how could the general of the Cao Wei clan allow them to surrender.

After a brief pause, Cao Ren opened his mouth. He seemed to have used up his last bit of strength to say: "Now, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses have been almost wiped out. This battle has been lost. This is not your fault, but... it's mine." Cao Ren's fault is just one person's, but the general's... How can I drive you to fight with the Jingzhou soldiers again for your own selfish desires, using eggs to hit rocks? If so... then there really won't be any left of these tens of thousands of people!"

Cao Ren's words inexplicably hit the pain points in the hearts of many Wei soldiers. They beat their chests and stamped their feet with sadness.

Cao Ren's voice continued, "You surrender, I don't blame you, the general. I will also leave a letter explaining the reason and ask my brother to treat your family well. The failure of this battle is only my fault." Cao Ren alone!"

Is it his fault?

No!

Strange fate——

Blame the fire from the sky!

However, as a general, there is no doubt that...Cao Ren must bear everything!

Having said this, Cao Ren stretched out his hand...

The soldier beside him understood and quickly took a silk handkerchief from his arms.

There was no table in the city, so a soldier bent down and used his back to make a table...Cao Ren bit his finger and wrote it in blood...

There were only a few words, one describing the aftermath, but the two could not explain the melancholy in his heart.

After doing this, he handed the silk handkerchief to the deputy general, and then waved to the sergeants, "Go, you all go, surrender, I think Guan Lin will treat you kindly, he will -"

Cao Ren's voice became softer and softer as he spoke, and in the end it was almost as thin as a gossamer.

"General...general..."

All the Wei soldiers howled loudly...but even though they cried, they couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Then one, two...ten, a hundred...all the Wei soldiers and coolies turned around and walked out of the city gate.

Of course, these soldiers walked very carefully, for fear that Cao Ren would suddenly raise his bow and shoot an arrow, killing these soldiers who "asked to surrender", so as to deter the entire army.

indeed…

They waited for "Arrow"...

But the deputy general suddenly thought of something. He turned around suddenly and asked loudly: "General... we surrender, what will the general do as a member of the clan?"

But the person who responded to him... was Cao Ren who picked up the two broken arrows on the ground.

He clenched his hands and raised the broken arrow high. In the rain...Cao Ren held the arrow like an unyielding thunder god.

"The generals of the Wei Dynasty should die in the same way as the generals of the Wei Dynasty——"

While speaking, Cao Ren raised his arms, and with a "pop" sound, two broken arrows were inserted into his heart. Cao Ren closed his eyes tightly, spit out blood with a pop, and then... everything returned to peace!

Cao Ren is exhausted!

"General——"

The soldiers of the Wei army who had gone away ran back one after another. The deputy general was the first to tear open the clothes on his chest, trying to save him...

But if the arrow hits the heart, it will be difficult to save.

I saw a green word "righteousness" tattooed on the skin of Cao Ren's chest. This word "righteousness" looked like a bad wolf, with its mouth open and teeth exposed, and its expression extremely ferocious...

But no matter how ferocious the wolf is, no matter how ferocious the word 'righteousness' is, at this moment... it can't stop it from being quickly covered by the overflowing blood.

For a moment, all the soldiers cried loudly and fell to the ground.

"General...general——"

"General——"

The heavy rain continued, and the misty dust in the air dyed the rain into a pitch-black color as always.

These black rains and cold rains slapped on Cao Ren's body, like... a farewell to Cao Wei's heavenly general, and also like... a complete relief for him.

Yes, it is relief.

A celestial general who finally lost all his fighting spirit and courage after repeated setbacks;

When facing the Guan family and his son, a Cao Wei clan general who could no longer lift his gun, dared not stand on his horse, or even dared to raise his head to look at them, was completely defeated!

Except death? What else could he do?

Death...is his greatest relief!

"General——"

"General——"

"There are no more heavenly generals in the Wei Dynasty——"

The roars and shouts of countless Wei soldiers resounded throughout the sky for a while!

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In July of the 21st year of Jian'an, Cao Ren committed suicide in Fancheng. He died that day.

The king of Ji Han, Yizi Bingxiang, personally mourned him and gave him a grand burial!

Guan Yu, King of Chu, said: 'After General Tianren, there is no one who can control the army against Wei! ’

——"Ji Hanshu·The Biography of General Ni Wei Zong"

Of course, this is a story for later!

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This "New Jiangxia Legion" composed of Nanyang soldiers, Zhu Ling's tribe, and Mi's tribe from Milu, is currently marching towards Xinye City under the leadership of Hou Yin, Milu, and Zhu Ling's father and son.

When he arrived here, Hou Yin's eyes were moist. This place... was already in Nanyang, only a short distance away from Wancheng, his hometown that he cherished.

Zhu Ling and his son Zhu Shu have completely different moods.

When they arrived here, they had already heard that Fancheng and Yancheng were gone, and Pinglu City was also trapped.

Even the recent information received is that Cao Ren committed suicide!

In other words, it is over... The four-year-long Xiangfan battlefield is now completely over.

On the contrary, today's Xinye City has become one of the only remaining isolated cities of Cao Wei here.

In this situation, father and son look at each other... inevitably feeling sad in their hearts.

This is, things have changed——

From this moment on, the stalemate between Cao Wei and Jingzhou completely changed...

The two looked at each other speechlessly...

At this time, Hou Yin and Mi Lu had already commanded their troops to prepare to attack Xinye City. Rows of eight-oxen crossbows and thunderbolt ten-oxen crossbows were deployed one after another...

The well lantern, rush car, and ladder are also ready.

The soldiers were sharpening their swords one by one. The city was burning in front of them, and the flying ball soldiers of Mianshui Villa had made great achievements. Now...it's their turn!

"Crossbowman prepares..."

With a loud shout from Milu, the Qin Nu team had already set up their crossbows, with strong crossbows in front and soldiers behind. Before attacking the city... Thousands of crossbows were fired at once. This was a deterrent and also... gave the enemy a huge psychological impact. pressure.

Zhu Ling told his son, "The cavalry should be ready at any time. Once the door is breached, they will lead the army to rush in..."

Speaking of which, Zhu Ling... was different from the others who came to surrender to Guan Lin. The others wanted to surrender, but Zhu Ling... couldn't do it and couldn't go back.

Just when this "massive" siege was about to begin.

"Woo——"

With the sound of a horn coming from Xinye City, the huge city gate opened rapidly like a giant beast.

Hou Yin, Mi Lu, Zhu Ling, and Zhu Shu were all surprised by this sudden change.

But what was even more surprising was yet to come.

Niu Gai, the deputy general, was trembling when he heard that Fancheng and Yancheng were burned and tens of thousands of people were reduced to ashes overnight. At this moment, he was naked and carrying a cane, and together with the extremely frustrated soldiers, they held He came out slowly without weapons or armor, holding a huge white flag.

Niu Gai was even more exaggerated. He tied his hands behind his back and carried a thorn stick on his back... His bloody back was reflected in front of everyone. He walked in the front and saw Hou Yin...

With a "click" sound, he knelt down.

What else can you do if you don’t kneel?

Also like Fancheng and Yancheng, let Guan Lin burn down Xinye City? The people and animals that were burned were not left behind, and the ten thousand people and horses here were burned to ashes?

Even at this moment, Niu Gai could not forget that when Tan Ma described the "apocalyptic" scenes of Fancheng, Yancheng, and Pinglu City, every inch of his body was trembling.

I originally thought that I had the advantage and was guaranteed to win!

Who would have thought that the situation would turn around without giving Niugai the slightest chance to react...

support?

This is so supportive!

When I heard that Jingzhou soldiers had come in force;

When he heard that a few flying balls had appeared in the sky above Shinye City, Uugai almost peed out of fear.

Then, after a discussion, an almost "one-sided" conclusion was reached.

Surrender...surrender...present the city and surrender——

"The guilty general Niu Gai was originally a general of the false emperor Yuan Shu, but later defected to the Wei Dynasty. Now...heaven has brought disaster. This proves that rebelling against the Wei Dynasty has made the world angry and resentful. The general does not want to go to the dark side again. Now he has woken up and is happy to welcome him. The righteous army of Jingzhou, the entire Xinye City, 10,000 soldiers and horses, 5,000 war horses, 20,000 laborers, and 168,000 civilians, all... all surrendered! Surrender with sincerity—"

this…

It's hard to blame a martial artist. In order to escape this fate, he worked hard and memorized such a long chapter.

On the contrary...such an article made Hou Yin, Mi Lu, Zhu Ling, and Zhu Shu memorize all "confused"...

Several people looked at each other, this... this Xinye City has been captured?

There is no way to fight without blood!

Seemingly seeing something wrong with the expressions of these people, Niu Gai said quickly: "General Zhu Ling, have you forgotten me? In the past... we were friends. You abandoned the dark and turned to the light. You are... really a role model for us!"

Well…

Zhu Ling was startled by these words. Inexplicably... why did these words sound so ironic?

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On the official road leading from Xiangyang City to Jiangling.

For one day, Guan Yu led Zhou Cang, Guan Ping, Guan Yinping, Wang Fu, and Zhao Lei, together with more than 17,000 Guan family troops, and was heading south in a hurry.

Because most of the Guan family's troops were infantry, their speed was not very fast. Fortunately, there was a port in front of them. Once there... going down the river, everything became much smoother.

At this moment, Guan Yu, even though he has been separated from his son Guan Lin for more than half a day, the words "The wind and snow have weighed on me for three or four years, I laugh at the wind and snow as light as cotton" are still echoing in his mind.

Inexplicably, this sentence made him excited, and it also ignited a blazing hope in helping his eldest brother Liu Bei to revive the Han Dynasty.

He even recalled that Guan Lin meticulously mentioned the strategy to him.

——"Burn Fancheng, burn Yancheng, trap Lucheng, and then capture Xinye City. Then the entire Xiangfan will be connected with Jingzhou and Wancheng. This is like a sharp knife... that can stab Cao Wei's heart at any time. Land, give it a fatal blow! The time for counterattack has come!"

It was this strategy that made Guan Yu's heart throb, even though he knew that his son had deployed and sent several waves of troops upward to Fancheng, Yancheng, Pinglu City, Xinye City...

To ensure nothing goes wrong.

Guan Yu actually took the initiative to ask for help. He was going to attack Xinye City and then join forces with Xu Shu from Wancheng.

The Qinglong Yanyue Sword points directly at Xu Du!

Guan Yu's words of invitation were extremely exciting, but... what he responded to was Guan Lin's indifferent tone.

"Dad, do you really understand this situation? Do you really understand your opponents?"

"Dad, think about it, since the Yellow Turban Uprising and Dong Zhuo entered the capital, how many opponents have you and my uncle had at that time? But in recent years...those opponents have died and merged. Now...the only ones left are Sun and Liu. , Cao Sanjia! Neither Cao Cao nor Sun Quan are fools!"

Guan Lin told his father Guan Yu a fact in an extremely solemn tone.

"In this troubled world, everyone lives at the limit. Many times, I feel that the wheat in the troubled times is as sharp as a blade, the rivers in the troubled times are flowing with blood-red magma, and the peonies in the troubled times explode when touched. Every drop of the wine is poisonous, even the evening breeze is full of tricks..."

"In such a troubled world, all righteous people are dead. Similarly, in such an era, if a righteous person, an aboveboard person wants to live, then he must know the great evil and poison better than the evil one!"

"Dad, you and your third uncle killed with weapons, your uncle killed with benevolence and justice, and Cao Cao killed with force and domineering, then... I want to ask, you have survived until now, and have killed one prince after another, and even killed him. My eldest brother Sun Quan, how did he kill people?"

This... Following Guan Lin's words, Guan Yu, who was excited, suddenly realized... there is Sun Quan in the south!

Speaking of which, he seems to have had no sense of existence in the past four months, but if we follow the guidance of his son Guan Lin...

The grains of wheat are as sharp as blades;

Rivers flow with blood-red magma;

Peonies burst into flames at the first touch, drops of fine wine are poisonous, and the evening breeze brings not only coolness, but the most vicious trick.

So... Sun Quan, who has been silent for four months, what tricks does he have?

Thinking of this... Guan Yu's head was spinning rapidly.

Turning... turning, he seemed to suddenly understand.

He didn't care that his son Guan Lin was right in front of him, so he pulled out the map. He looked at the map seriously, and then said: "If Xiangfan falls against the Wei Dynasty, then... Soochow may take risks and attack Jingnan unexpectedly! "

Guan Yu's ideas are still too conservative...

Soochow is taking risks out of desperation, but what they want is not just Jingnan?

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