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Looking at the white hair, blood stains all over, and the yellow cap with a few arrows stuck in his body.There was no sign of anger on Gao Zhong's face. This fierce general who was loyal to the Sun family finally dedicated his life to his master.

"Ahem, I made General Gao laugh. I wanted to lead people to vote, but I didn't want to be plotted by General Gao. In the end, the whole army was wiped out and seriously injured. If I had known today, I shouldn't have taken chances."

"Hahaha, the old general is really funny and humorous. Even in this situation, he still refuses to tell the truth. It's a pity that Jiangdong Sun Quan has such a loyal and brave general, but it's just a waste of time. Could it be, Mrs. Sun? The ignorance of people.

It's no wonder that the Sun family has gone through three generations and passed to Sun Quan, a blue-eyed son. It is no longer the grandeur of the past. If Sun Jian or Sun Ce were still there, how could they still be like this? I really feel sorry for the old general. "

After finishing speaking, Gao Zhong made a regretful expression.To be honest, Huang Gai has spent most of his life on the battlefield. At such an age, he should have retired to the second line to enjoy his old age. Who would have thought that at this age, he would throw his life here.

"General Gao, a gentleman does not destroy people's reputation. Since you have seen through it, I have nothing to say. However, I still have a question in my mind, and I ask the general to explain it to me."

"Old general, just ask."

A trace of loneliness flashed across Huang Gai's eyes, Gao Zhong's words hurt him just now.Knowing that he was going to die, Huang Gai still wanted to figure out some problems in the end, and be a ghost.

"The conflict between me and Zhou Yu, Zhou Tai and others did not happen in a day or two. The general must have sent a secret agent to Jiangdong to investigate. I was punished that day. I also made a real mistake and was beaten forty times. .

Afterwards, I sent my cronies to send a letter, intending to surrender, this is a matter of course, the old man asked himself that I played this scene very realistically, without any mistakes.

It's just that I don't know what went wrong, so that your Excellency can see that I am pretending to surrender.In the battle last night, our army made a sudden attack. If the general hadn't made arrangements, I believe that our warriors have already broken through your camp, and they definitely wouldn't be retreating like they are today. "

"The old general actually guessed that I had already made arrangements? As expected of a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, most of the soldiers in our army didn't realize it, but they didn't know. How did the old general know that I had made preparations?"

"Hmph, the first few lines of defense seem to have been set up temporarily. But there is one thing, they abandon all the lines of defense and warships on the river, and even take the initiative to shrink their troops back to the camp, and then set fire to the front camp first.

It is impossible for this move to be a temporary decision. Presumably, those Thunderbolt cars in the camp were also prepared by Your Excellency.A large part of the soldiers of the Jingzhou army who were lost on the river were probably bait. "

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's a pity that the old general has experienced many battles and has outstanding abilities, but in the end he was suppressed by some of Jiangdong's juniors. Old general, have you ever thought that the reason why you ended up like this is because you see too much Are you clear?

Hehe, as a veteran of the Sun Clan, you know the situation of the Sun Clan best, and you have seen through the situation of those generals in the Jiangdong Army, but unfortunately, you have an upright temper, and you can't help it after all, that's why you fight with the Young Zhuang faction again and again. Contradictions arise.

To be honest, after the news that your Excellency led the army to surrender, I did have doubts, and then sent people to investigate the situation, but there is no evidence to prove that you surrendered falsely. Originally, I should have accepted you last night. But in the end, I remembered the entrustment of my adoptive father, so I set up this situation. "

Gao Zhong's voice was sometimes louder and sometimes softer. When he mentioned the conflict between Huang Gai and other people, the people around him could hear him clearly. When he mentioned other things about the situation of the Jingzhou Army, he spoke in a lower voice, but After all, he still solved Huang Gai's confusion.

"My task is to stabilize Jingzhou and prevent Jiangdong's navy from going north. For my adoptive father, the Yangtze River is only a local and small-scale battlefield, but for Jiangdong, it is a war that has to be devoted to all forces.

Therefore, as long as I procrastinate this battle, no matter what the final outcome is, Jiangdong will not be able to get good results.Originally, everything was going according to plan, and both here and Yangzhou were at a stalemate.

But the old general's letter of surrender has become a pawn to break this confrontation. For me, breaking the deadlock is not a good thing, but for the Jiangdong Army, if it cannot break the deadlock, it will undoubtedly lose.

Does the old general know why there were only my two young brothers on the Yangzhou battlefield in the first place?My adoptive father has numerous generals under his command, the nearby Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiu, Pang De and others are enough to lead troops to repel Tai Shici, but why didn't my adoptive father send his trusted generals to fight?

Hehe, because what we want is a stalemate. You should know that after my adoptive father returned to the rear, the number of soldiers on the front line has been reduced by half, and the logistical pressure such as food and supplies has been reduced a lot. Our army is just consuming more food and grass. It's just training.

Also, in fact, the day before yesterday, I deliberately leaked the news that the old general was going to surrender, but you and Zhou Yu didn't show signs of noticing it, hehe, if you say that you are not tricky, how can I believe it. "

Gao Zhong spoke very confidently, there was no arrogance or arrogance on his face, but this expression made Huang Gai frightened.Such a young man can have this state of mind and means, and who can compare with the younger generation of Jiangdong Army.

"Hehe, so from the beginning, you didn't intend to let me leave alive?"

"How should I put it, the old general is coming to die, and I can't stop it..."

Chapter 822 Rest and recuperation 1

On the river, a solitary boat was advancing with the current, and there were only three people on it, two of them were paddling, and the other was steering the boat at the bow.

On the Yangtze River where the war has just ended, it is generally impossible for such a small boat to appear.Whether it is the Jiangdong Army or the Jingzhou Navy, they are strictly patrolling at this time to guard against enemy sneak attacks.

"Come and report your name, whoever trespasses on our army's water stronghold will be killed without mercy..."

A roar came from the front, and immediately after, several fast boats appeared on the river, threatening to surround the small boat.Seeing the appearance of these clippers, the three people on the boat quickly cheered.

"Come quickly, we are the personal soldiers of General Huang Gai, come quickly..."

When the three of them were brought into the water village, Cheng Pu, who was guarding here, pushed aside the soldiers who stood in front of him.In the battle last night, he stayed at the water village, but his life and death brother Huang Gai went to the front line.

"Brother, brother, why did you go like this..."

In the center of the crowd, apart from the three kneeling soldiers, was Huang Gai's body. Cheng Pu and Huang Gai had known each other for many years, fought hand in hand on the battlefield, and served the Sun family together.

The old brothers all left early, Cheng Pu thought that he and Huang Gai would be able to be companions if they came late, but he didn't want to. He didn't see each other all night, and his old brother became a cold corpse.

"Among the generals who attacked last night, my brother was the oldest. Why did the other generals get injured at most, but he died on the front line? Also, why didn't you return with the army, but came back secretly now."

What happened was abnormal, and it was related to his old brother's life, so it's no wonder Cheng Pu asked this question.Furthermore, last night Zhou Yu deliberately distracted him from starting the war, and he wanted to find out how many secrets there were in it.

"General Cheng, please make the decision for my general, my general died so badly..."

These three soldiers were all Huang Gai's personal soldiers, and they were the ones who rescued Huang Gai who fell into the water from the chaotic battlefield, and finally took Huang Gai to hide until dawn.

During the fierce battle last night, they were rushing to the forefront, but they didn't want to see a burst of arrows coming from behind their own army at a critical moment, which not only killed the enemy army, but also caused heavy casualties on their own side.

In the case of being attacked from the front and back, and the main general fell into the water, these warriors who rushed to the front had to choose to retreat, and then went to salvage their main general.

Except for the people who were closer to Huang Gai who knew that Huang Gai had asked for the arrows that Zhou Tai ordered people to shoot last night, the others didn't know what happened. He thought it was Zhou Taigong's personal revenge.

When Huang Gai was discovered, Gao Zhong deliberately detained the three of them in the crowd so that he could see his communication with Huang Gai, and Gao Zhong deliberately changed the volume so that the soldiers could hear some vague words .

"General Cheng, my general has dozens of wounds, large and small, which were originally obtained from fighting the enemy at the front line. But those arrow wounds on the back were intentionally done by someone.

Please look, general, these are the arrow shafts that hit my general's descendants. The arrows are still in my general's body. At that time, my general was in danger, so I dare not take it out rashly.

I waited to fight on the front line, three thousand sons gave up their lives, and my general was even more desperate. In the end, in addition to the end of the entire army being wiped out, he was also met by black hands. General Cheng, my general died. Dead brother, also dead wronged ah,,,,,, "

Cheng Pu naturally understood what the soldier meant, and the arrows of the Jingzhou Army were quite different from those of the Jiangdong Army, so they could be easily identified.

Huang Gai did have a fatal wound on his back. If Huang Gai hadn't been shot in the back by the enemy when he fled the battle, it could only be that he was shot by friendly troops behind him while fighting bravely.

As for who did it, Cheng Pu didn't need to reason.This kind of thing can't be hidden at all, he only needs to ask the generals who rushed to the front line last night to find out.

"Don't say anything beforehand, you haven't told me how you escaped from the enemy camp, why didn't you return with the army?"

"Back to the general, I will protect General Huang and hide in the dilapidated warship during the war, and no one will come to meet us when the large army retreats.

At dawn today, the enemy captured us alive. General Huang was unyielding at the end of his life. He was unwilling to bow to the enemy general, let alone seek medical treatment from the enemy. In the end, he bled to death.

The enemy general Gao Zhong felt that General Huang was loyal, so he released the three of us and asked us to send the general's body back.In addition, he asked us to bring a sentence: They are willing to redeem the corpses of the Jingzhou army floating downstream, or exchange them with the corpses of our army's dead in battle. As for the prisoners of the two armies, they can also be exchanged. "

Cheng Pu nodded. It wasn't that he didn't want to believe the three of them, but that they returned too late, and many things had to be clarified, otherwise they would be easily caught by others.

"That makes sense. Our army will indeed salvage a lot of enemy corpses in the downstream. It seems that the enemy general wants to use this to buy people's hearts."

After a while, Cheng Pu ordered the three men to keep quiet for the time being, and then sent someone to inform Zhou Yu, and at the same time conveyed Gao Zhong's proposal to exchange the prisoners and the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies.

Being able to return the enemy's corpses during the war and at the same time propose to exchange the prisoners and corpses will not only win the support of his own soldiers, but also the respect of the enemy soldiers. Zhou Yu could not refuse Gao Zhong's proposal.

However, how and when to exchange them has to be discussed in the long term. Moreover, such matters must be reported to Sun Quan, otherwise it is very likely that others will falsely accuse the leaders of the two armies of having an affair on the front line.