[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

The wind howled, the soldiers fought hard, and the ship rushed through the waves, like a spear piercing the belly of the building. After the loud bang of "Boom", there was a moment of silence, and then the battlefield was filled with screams and cries that erupted like a mountain torrent.The Xiandeng ship with its body as a blade has been shattered into pieces of broken planks, and the building ship was almost cut off in half due to this crazy attack, and it was only a matter of time before it sank.

seventh ship.

After receiving the report from the soldiers, Zhou Yu kept a count in his heart and raised his hand to erase a mark on the sand table.After ordering the soldiers to retreat with a calm expression as before, he slowly frowned, looking at the situation on the sand table and lost in thought.

No rules.

Only these four words appeared in his mind.

Cao Jun sent the Lou Chuan Dou Jian to the front of the army, but when Xiandeng and Su Mao retreated, they thought that Cao Jun saw that the stalemate between the two sides was difficult to break, and that it was getting late, so they prepared to withdraw their troops.Jiangdong, who had not heard from Sun Ce for a long time, naturally couldn't let Cao Jun go back easily, so Zhou Yu immediately ordered to go forward to stop him, but he didn't know that he had just chased him for less than a mile. The boat shot into a sieve.

Jiang Dong, who thought that Cao Jun was going to take advantage of the victory, immediately adjusted his posture and prepared to meet the enemy.At that time, Zhou Yu stood in front of the sand table for an entire hour, and he didn't even have time to say a word except to give orders. After the last hole in the defense line was filled by the ship, he just breathed a sigh of relief, but he sent a message. The information about the shrinking of Cao Jun's battle formation came.

When it is urgent and sometimes slow, if it is slow, it will not even care about the warships that are still in the enemy's army, if it is urgent, it would rather sink the Jiangdong battleship at several times the sacrifice.Cao Jun's current commander sometimes looks like a hysterical lunatic, and sometimes looks like a wily wolf. He doesn't care about human life and military tactics, and seems to act entirely according to his mood.But because of this, until now Zhou Yu is still not sure why Cao Jun injured eight hundred enemies and one thousand himself.

"Report! The ships are all in place according to the order of the governor!"

"Ah."

Since you can't figure out what Cao Jun's intentions are, there is no need to plan to move later.Isn't Cao Jun so crazy that he doesn't care about casualties?That was what Cao Jun wanted. When the casualty ratio reached [-] for the enemy and [-] for himself, he wanted to see if Cao Jun had the courage to continue fighting Jiangdong for a war that had no chance of winning.

"This method of formation..." After pushing the war chess to the same position on the sand table as it was on the battlefield according to the military situation sent back by the soldiers, Jiang Dong's intentions were clearly revealed.

With such an obvious trap, is Zhou Yu testing their determination?

Unfortunately, Sima Yi didn't need to think about making this choice at all.Standing here, he is following the layout Guo Jia left for him.Guo Jia, who is in charge of the battle, is only a lunatic, and he only has eyes for the lunatic who wins in the end.

"Since Jiangdong took the initiative to facilitate our army..."

"...Of course it's disrespectful."

After saying this with a blank face, Xun You immediately ordered the soldiers to raise the flag.The long-awaited fleet consisting of several large boats, walking boats, and sudden boats immediately moved forward according to the order, and sailed towards the bloody mouth deliberately opened by the Jiangdong ships.

Both he and Sima Yi could see that it was a trap.

But at the same time, neither he nor Sima Yi knew that the trap was not only aimed at Cao Jun.

Also, he had to admit that he didn't have to worry about anything, and it felt so easy to make a fuss as he wanted.He thought that he had already lost his blood in the officialdom, but he didn't expect that just this battle would remind him of the bloodiness of plotting to assassinate him back then.

The soldier heard Xun You sighed and did not speak for a long time, and raised his head quietly with some doubts, but suddenly saw the corners of Xun You's lips twitch, revealing an elusive smile.

Startled, he quickly lowered his head.

When he raised his head and looked over cautiously, he saw that the setting sun was shining, and Xun You's face remained as calm as before, without any shock. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew his attention, and continued to listen carefully to Xun You's arrangements.

How could a dunfang gentleman like Junshi Xun show such a chilling smile?

He must be mistaken, he must be.

Cao Jun entered the battle.

Zhou Yu was more shocked by the military information from the soldiers this time than before, but still nothing showed on his face.He is still calm, calm and breezy, and still supports the belief of most of the soldiers in Jiangdong, the governor of Zhou who no one can defeat on water.

"Governor," Lu Mengjian, who was beside Zhou Yu, said, "Since Cao's army doesn't know what's going on, it's better to fulfill their wish and completely defeat them."

Zhou Yu used war chess to block the rear of Cao's ships that had already entered the battle. No matter how he looked at it, the enemy army trapped in the battle had only one way to be destroyed.At this time, he heard Lu Meng's words, and his eyes became even colder:

"It's not a complete defeat, but annihilation in one fell swoop." He said, "Ziming, you personally lead a team of sailors to block the only retreat in the formation. Remember, an enemy ship, or an enemy on an enemy ship, is not allowed Let go."

Hearing that he was finally going to be sent out by Zhou Yu to lead the army, Lu Meng was overwhelmed with emotion, and hurriedly answered "Yes" and was about to go to the bridge boat.It just so happened that at this moment, a soldier passing the military report was rushing towards the bow of the ship, and the two of them collided with each other.Fortunately, neither of them fell down. After the soldier hastily apologized to Lu Meng, he immediately walked over quickly and handed the urgent book in his hand to Zhou Yu.

There were only two bloodstains on the crumpled paper.

This is the secret language he and Sun Ce met. The two bloodstains mean that it will take two hours to hit Cao Jun's camp.

Although it was half a day slower than their original plan, it was still not difficult for Jiangdong to hold Cao Jun on the battlefield for another two hours.

"Is there any news from Jiang Xia?"

"Reporting to the Governor, Jiang Xia sent a message from Fei Ge half an hour ago: everything is fine, no one is attacking the city."

In Jiangxia, the city wall is not high and has not been repaired for many years, and the defenders in the city used to have only a few thousand people.The city was built along the river, with the ferry crossing beside the city, and the warehouse for storing military rations and equipment as soon as it crossed the river.However, after realizing Cao Jun's plan to darken Chen Cang, Jiangxia's defenders had increased to 1, and Jiangyin's grain, grass, and equipment had also been secretly transported elsewhere.Zhou Yu had to do everything himself, and all the soldiers were transferred from the capital, so it was almost impossible for Cao Jun to know that this was a trap.

But the current situation is that the obvious traps on the Yangtze River Cao Jun flocks to, but the extremely important strategic location does not see Cao Jun sending a single soldier.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

I don't know if it was because of too much thinking, the pain in the chest that had faded for a long time suddenly came back overwhelming, forcing Zhou Yu to cover his lips and cough to relieve the discomfort in the chest.

Seeing this, the soldiers who came to convey the military information hurried forward to support Zhou Yu, and said worriedly: "Governor, it's been one more day, and you haven't had any water or rice today, why don't you go and rest for a while."

"Ahem...you don't have to...get back."

Although he was very worried, the soldier dared not and was unwilling to disobey Zhou Yu's order, so he retreated embarrassingly.After walking a few steps, I couldn't help but look back frequently, with worry written all over my face.

As small as an ordinary soldier like him, as big as generals like Lu Menggan and Ning, they all willingly submit to Zhou Lang's demeanor.None of them had ever dared to imagine, if one day Jiangdong did not have Zhou Yu, what would happen.

But that was before.

Bo Fu has returned, and the protagonist is no longer the bewildered child he was back then.Wu has Cheng Plumeng Gan Ning, Wen has Lu Su and Zhang Zhugejin, Jiangdong is indeed full of talents.

"So even if Yu isn't here..."

The great rivers and rivers in the east of the Yangtze River, the splendid rivers and mountains, will still be as stable as mountains, making northern borders and the whole world terrified!

Just win this battle.

This battle must be won.

The coughing gradually subsided, and the pain in the chest seemed unimportant.Zhou Yu straightened up, hiding the blood into his clenched fist.In those beautiful but unattractive eyes, there is no more pain, no doubt, no hesitation, only the one and only thing left, the desperate determination before the lights are about to burn out.

Cao Jun who wanted to completely annihilate him entered the game, and then used this as a starting point to severely injure Cao Jun. He could not leave the battlefield until the last moment of his life.For general, for conspiracy, for friend, shrouded in horse leather, fortunately even.

The night is still long, and so is this battle.

He has to last until the moment of victory.

Then, the world is vast, the mountains are high and the water is far away, the pride of riding a horse all over the world, the promise of green hills and white heads, please forgive him... It is difficult to accompany him.

Bo Fu,

Non-Yu back promise,

But I hate the sky and don't leave the New Year.

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After Cao Zhi yelled that sentence out, he stared at Yang Xiu, trying to get an answer from him.But Yang Xiu had already figured out the temperament of the young man he had chosen.When the deal was done, when he faced Cao Zhi's accusation, he looked back calmly and faced each other in silence.

Just as he expected, Cao Zhi couldn't even utter a curse to him before he threw the curtain and left.

"Fourth Young Master...is it alright?" Ding Yi asked hesitantly.Just now, the sudden hostility on Cao Zhi's body made him feel as if he saw Cao Cao in a rage.When he came back to his senses, he realized that his back was actually cold.

"It doesn't matter." Compared to Ding Yi's lingering fear, Yang Xiu looked extremely indifferent, "Xiu deliberately let the fourth son hear it. He should be more careful and understand the truth of death and death."

However, Yang Xiu did not expect that Cao Zhi disappeared completely after leaving.After searching for several hours, he finally found Cao Zhi in a tent.

At this time, it was three quarters of the midnight.

"Dezu," Cao Zhi sat in the shadow of the hanging curtain, not allowing Yang Xiu to light the lamp or approaching Yang Xiu, just sitting in the dark and talking to Yang Xiu from a distance.Perhaps it was because the tent was too dark, even Cao Zhi's soft voice was tinged with an unusual gloomy tone, "Why on earth did you do that?"

"Zijian, first..."

"Don't fool Zhi with the same rhetoric you used to fool Zheng Li!" Cao Zhi said.Then I subconsciously regretted it, and felt that my tone was too heavy.He is such a person, even if he is angry, he does not want to vent his anger on others, even if it is the culprit, "Dezu, if you really regard Zhi as a friend, tell Zhi clearly, what is the reason?" ? Zhi knows you, you will not do this kind of thing just for power."

Yang Xiu was momentarily at a loss for words.If Cao Zhi accused him of being insane for power and status, he still had a thousand ways to pretend to say it; but Cao Zhi did the opposite. Once he said this, he had no way out except to tell the truth .

In desperation, he couldn't help feeling relieved again.Cao Zijian is not only good at literary talent, but also the skill of controlling subordinates. Cao Zhi has also prepared it, but he just doesn't want to use it.Such a gentleman who knows the world but not the world will be worthy of the people in the world if he sits in that position.

"In this case, Xiu might as well clarify the matter with Zijian." After making up his mind to let Cao Zhi grow up through this matter, Yang Xiu no longer avoided those hidden considerations like before, "Xiu Let me ask you first, if one day in the future you were to ascend the Great Treasure, would you cultivate etiquette, reverence education, harmony with the world, and put benevolence and righteousness first?"

Cao Zhi thought quietly for a while.He had no intention of becoming an heir, let alone the position of the Ninety-Five Supreme, who even his father had no intention of.But thinking that the point of what he and Yang Xiu talked about was not here, so he didn't get too entangled in it. After a long silence, he only said: "Rule the world with benevolence and righteousness, respect saints and ethics, it should be so."

"Then Xiu will ask Zijian again, how will Zijian treat Guo Jia by then?"

"Guo Jijiu has assisted his father for many years. He spared his own life, weathered wind and rain, and shared weal and woe with his father. Such a loyal minister of the country should be entrusted with land for thousands of miles and enjoy a thousand stones."

"Since that's the case, then when someone accuses you of promoting benevolence and justice to protect the common people, and at the same time reusing the people who regarded the lives of the common people as worthless, how should you answer? Or are you going to use the horse liver to prevaricate like Emperor Jing? ?”

"Dezu is talking about Xuzhou again? Zhizhi was young and didn't know the details, but Tang Wu conquered merchants, and the Han Dynasty prospered the world. Since ancient times, which dynasty and generation were not established at the cost of bloodshed? As long as Zhizhi worked hard at that time , so that the common people can live a life of abundance in food and clothing, who will suffer today because of what happened many years ago."

"Then do you know that the person who poisoned Guo Jia today was from Xuzhou? At that time, his mother and wife went to Pengcheng with a pair of children, and the easy-going stranded there because of the war, and died there. In the end, this person Except for the head of the youngest daughter, the bodies of other relatives have not been found."

"..."

"Cao Pi plotted against Zhang Xiu no less than a hundred times over the years because of the death of Cao Ang alone. He failed every time because of Jia Xu's mediation and obstruction. Today, this person came here to avenge the hatred of killing his mother, wife and son. Zijian believes that repairing Should you just sit back and do nothing? So, what are the sages, kings, benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette that you and I have learned since childhood?"

Cao Zhi was dumbfounded for a moment.He opened his mouth and said after a while, "Dezu, if someone else tells Zhi this, Zhi will believe it. But if you... Qing knows me well, and I know Qing, if the person who wants revenge is not Guo Guo Jijiu, you won't help him."

Hearing that the last sentence was not a question but a statement, Yang Xiu couldn't help laughing secretly.Sure enough, he, the young master who is determined to help, knows a lot of things, but he just didn't want to say it in the past.However, today Japan just wanted to make the point clear, so he didn't have to stop at the point: "What Zijian said...Xiu won't refute it. But Xiu will ask again, does Zijian know how Xiu's father viewed the events of the past?"

But before Cao Zhi could answer, Yang Xiu continued:

"Zijian may say that Xiu's father has resigned from office for many years, but he still remembers that when Guo Linzong was not an official in the government, he was also admired by scholars. His father's views on certain things can still influence the views of many scholars in the world. Xuzhou Massacre You can turn a deaf ear to things like Guandu’s captives, but it’s inevitable that scholars will talk about them. If you want to get to that position in the future, the most important people you have to rely on are scholars. Seeing the wind as if he didn't hear it, put Guo Jia in danger?

Today the world is not yet stable, and everyone knows the principle of heavy codes in troubled times, so those who are unfaithful and unfilial but have strengths can be used by the lord.But once the world is restored to peace, the rules and regulations, the ethics and morals must all return to the right track.If Guo Jia is allowed to live to that day, you will have to face a dilemma: whether to chill the hearts of the heroes, or chill the hearts of the people of Shilin.

Zijian, instead of embarrassing you at that time, let Xiu help you make a decision now. "

Thoroughly speaking out all the thoughts in his heart at once, Yang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and gradually returned to his tone: "This is the end of the matter, it is done, this matter is over. If Zijian still disagrees with what Xiu has done, then Come and punish me, Yang Dezu, don't torment your own body. It's late at night...you, go to bed earlier."

As Cao Zhi said, killing people and massacring cities and poisoning prisoners, from Yang Xiu's point of view, he doesn't think there is any problem with such methods.The reason why he wanted Guo Jia's life was partly because Guo Jia supported Cao Pi, but more, he wanted to use this matter to tell Cao Zhi that anyone who is an emperor should understand the truth: ministers are the emperor's pawns, as long as they can To achieve the goal, you can harm the people and even do whatever you want.But the reason why chess pieces are chess pieces is that they can be discarded at any time.The crime and punishment belong to the minister, and the honor belongs to the king. This is the real way of the emperor.Otherwise, an emperor who is unpopular and unsupported by scholars will not be able to secure that position.

At the same time, he knew that for Cao Zhi, who had just won the crown, hearing this truth for the first time would only feel cruel.So seeing that Cao Zhi didn't answer him for a long time, he had already expected it, sighed lightly, and was about to leave——

"It's not over."

Cao Zhi's voice suddenly exploded in Yang Xiu's ears, and he was terrified when he heard it:

"After Zhi left Dezu's tent before, he found the person who poisoned Guo Jijiu. In the name of Dezu, Zhi asked him for something."

At this time, Yang Xiu had already rushed to Cao Zhi with a burning candle.Under the flickering firelight, Cao Zhi's eyes were bloodshot, and his complexion was frighteningly pale.

"Zhi and Sima Yi are not related, and he knows that Zhi will not lose his position if he is poisoned. In the army, the Cang Zhu doctor is the most skilled... In this way, the weed can go to get the medicinal materials and send them to the doctor. gone."

Cao Zhi raised his head, his red eyes looked deeply at Yang Xiu whose face was getting more and more gloomy, and calmly said slowly:

"However, the time for Zhi to drink the poisoned wine should be an hour or two later than that of Guo Jijiu. Moreover, Zhi was unable to bypass Dezu to control the soldiers in the army. If Dezu must want Guo Jijiu's life, then he will Zhi was imprisoned here, and then he took a gamble, waiting for Guo Jijiu to die before letting Zhi drink the antidote. It was too late to save Zhi. Perhaps Zhi's life could be saved, but a person with a chronic illness, Dezu thought Will the father still choose him as his heir?"

Cao Zhi has read Han Fei's Emperor's Heart Technique since he was a child, and has read countless classics and articles about the mutual use between monarchs and ministers.But at the same time, he has also read Mencius' righteousness that the people are more important than the emperor, and he has seen the Confucian style of talking about the monarch, the minister, the father, the son, and the son.He couldn't let himself know whether Guo Jijiu should apologise for those dead people, and he didn't know to what extent Yang Xiu's scholarly talk would affect his father and second brother in the future, and would it be true? This leads to the difficulty of benevolence and righteousness, and the failure of ethics...

But he knew that if Guo Jia died today, his father would be sad when he returned to the camp.

And he never wanted to make his father sad.

"Then Dezu came to tell Zhi. Should we save Guo Jijiu, or let Zhi be buried with Guo Jijiu?"