[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

South gate

"The former guards of the south gate strictly guarded the city gate, and those under the command of Deputy General Ding followed him to surround him from the east street, and He Ge led people to surround him from the west street, and the rest followed me immediately!"

"But general your injury—"

"I was injured on the left side, not the right side!" Regardless of the lieutenant general's dissuasion, Man Chong dodged the cloth strips handed by the soldiers, tied the wound hastily, and immediately drove his horse in the direction where Zhao Yun broke through just now.The blood quickly soaked through the cloth and dripped down his arm, but at this moment, he couldn't care less about it, no matter how serious the wound was, it was far less painful than the remorse in his heart.

He failed!

The task assigned to him by the master was so simple, yet he failed!

According to the original plan, he led people to ambush in Nancheng, and when Zhao Yun led the Shu army into the city, he surrounded them.Capture alive is the first priority, followed by beheading, and the worst thing is to delay Zhao Yun for three hours.But when he saw only Zhao Yun coming alone, although he was vigilant, he still had a heart to underestimate the enemy, and wanted to fight Zhao Yun first, and then ordered someone to capture him.But he didn't expect to show his flaws instead, not only being hurt by Zhao Yun, but also allowing Zhao Yun to find an opportunity to break out of the siege.

Zhao Yun must be captured as soon as possible!

Man Chong took a deep breath and forced himself to remain calm.No matter how fierce Zhao Yun was, he was only one person.He has dispatched all the remaining troops to guard the only way Zhao Yun must pass in order to escape. Even if he can't defeat Zhao Yun, at worst he can slow down Zhao Yun's speed.Chasing along the current road, he will be able to surround Zhao Yun again in less than a cup of tea.

"Report! The east gate is on fire!"

east gate? !

Man Chong pulled back his horse violently, and looked in the opposite direction from the direction he had been chasing, and sure enough, there was a flash of fire.At this time, the people he sent to surround Zhao Yun also greeted him from the streets ahead, and they all said that they had not met Zhao Yun.

This is impossible!

In the alleys of Fancheng, Man Chong had already memorized it clearly. It stands to reason that Zhao Yun would never have the possibility of breaking the formation again.But the facts speak louder than words. The reality at the moment is that Zhao Yun not only broke the formation easily with one man and one rider, but also ran to the east gate with ease and set fire to it.

Since Zhuge Liang’s people can buy off Lao He’s group, they might as well not be able to buy other people; if the soldiers he sent to encircle are hit, there will be people with two hearts; How could such a big fire be ignited so quickly...

Too many speculations and suspicions kept pouring into Man Chong's brain, but each of them was just a possibility that could not be verified. Without long-term deliberation and analysis, it was impossible to figure it out.Right now, what he lacks the most is time.Let Zhao Yun run around in Fancheng, the longer it drags on, the worse the situation will be.

Wait, why is the east gate burned? !

Man Chong suddenly realized that the official offices in Fancheng were farther from the east gate than the west gate.Tonight, in order to not only ensure the original defense of the city gates, but also arrange an ambush, Guo Jia handed over all the soldiers who originally protected the government offices to Man Chong.Now there are only a dozen guards in the official office at most, if Zhao Yun burns the east gate and goes straight to the official office——

"Everyone follow me back to the official office immediately!"

But he rode the horse a few steps away, and stopped again by reining in the rope.Fancheng's fine work has already been cleaned up. Even if the situation deteriorates later, the most Zhuge Liang can buy is no more than unknown pawns like Lao He.And if the pawn met Zhao Yun, how dare he let Zhao Yun go in full view.It is also possible that the East Gate was not set on fire by Zhao Yun at all, but a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

Zhao Yun is probably not at the east gate, but at the end of the street just one step away.

But this is still a guess.Once he made a wrong judgment and turned around and continued to search the streets and alleys, if Zhao Yun had really broken through the siege and headed towards the government office, would Guo Jiayan be alive?But thinking about it again, maybe Zhuge Liang deliberately bought soldiers to burn the east gate, just to take advantage of his worry——

"No matter how talented a person is, it is impossible to be foolproof. The big taboo of a general is not self-willedness, but indecision and hesitation."

"But in case I make a mistake—"

"That would be wrong."

"Everyone turn around and continue to search Dongcheng!"

He knew that if he made a mistake, Guo Jia would die.But it is more likely that Zhao Yun is still hiding in that street.The situation was critical, and he chose to believe in his own judgment, and even more so in Guo Jia who told him the truth.

Fortunately, Man Chong finally met the first thing that went well tonight.As soon as he led people back to the alley, he bumped into Zhao Yun who was oncoming.The beast was lost and found again, so he didn't dare to push it any further, so he hurriedly dispatched soldiers to block the entrance of the alley, and must surround Zhao Yun in this alley.

However, I can't stand it.

If Zhao Yun had been allowed to escape earlier, Man Chong could still reason that it was because he underestimated the enemy.Then the encirclement layer upon layer this time truly showed Zhao Yun's frightening strength.Ten people cannot be surrounded; a hundred people cannot be surrounded; hundreds of people cannot be surrounded.I saw Zhao Yun galloping on his horse, raised his arm and pushed, and instantly pierced the two soldiers facing him.Someone wanted to take advantage of his unpreparedness to attack, but the horse let out a long howl, bit the soldier's head first, and threw it aside, before he could make a sound, he was already killed under the horse's hooves.The iron armor was washed red by blood, and wherever the white horse silver spear went, there were screams and corpses everywhere.Seeing that it took only a moment, the bones beside Zhao Yun's horse were already piled up like a mountain. Some soldiers trembled and did not dare to go forward.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Man Chong immediately raised his sword and stepped forward.But at this time, the wound on his left shoulder was painful because of his sudden movement, which made him have to stop his attack.But it was just this moment of effort, Zhao Yun had already blazed a trail of blood, and rode his horse straight to the east.

This time, there is no need to guess.There can only be one purpose for Zhao Yun to go east - Guo Jia in the official office!

When Guo Jia saw Zhao Yun rushing into the courtyard covered in red, he was rarely surprised.Everyone knew Zhao Yunzhi was brave and fierce, otherwise the green steel sword should not have fallen into his hands.But the reason why Zhao Yun was able to get in and out seven times in Changbanpo was because of his superior martial arts, on the one hand, and on the other hand, Cao Cao must have developed a love for talent again, and he was reluctant to kill Zhao Yun.When the soldiers got the order, they were naturally timid when facing Zhao Yun, not daring to force him to death.But right now in Fancheng, Man Chong's array of soldiers must be a killer move every step of the way.No matter how powerful Zhao Yun is, he is still a mortal child. How could he, like a joke, turn himself out of the urn to catch the turtle and turn into a dragon into the sea.

unless--

Guo Jia wiped away a drop of blood splashed on his face, and suddenly thought of an event many years ago.At the beginning, Dong Cheng made a plan of wearing clothes and imperial edicts, and invited him to Feiyulou, and arranged assassins on the way back to the mansion.The assassin's arrow hit his chest, and the carriage bumped in the snow for a long time. With his body that had been poisoned for a long time, there was absolutely no chance of him surviving.But at that time, he dared to go to the game happily, because he had already got a general idea of ​​him at that time, and wanted to gamble again, to see what the so-called Dao of Heaven was.

As a result, he won the bet.On the surface, it seems that he did not die because of Hua Tuo's superb medical skills, or because of luck, but in fact, in order to avoid collapse and chaos, it was the way of heaven that would never allow him to die in Jian'an for four years.

And Zhao Yun, who is unstoppable in front of him, is more like him when he held the destiny hostage back then, with no fear.

When the last soldier fell, Zhao Yun swung his spear and walked towards Guo Jia.For many years, he only needed to scan casually to find Guo Jia's sleeve arrow hidden in his sleeve, but he didn't care; he could also hear footsteps getting closer, presumably Man Chong had chased him outside the courtyard.But it doesn't matter, because Guo Jia is only one step away from him.

"If you want to kidnap Jia to leave the city, then Jia advises you to give up this idea." Guo Jia said with a smile, "We have a rule here, if someone is kidnapped, kill the hostage first, even if the king of Wei is here, you will not be killed." exception."

"Yun can also kill you first, and then rush out of the city."

"Jia's sleeve arrow can't hurt you, but you have to raise your hand to block the first arrow. Jia will take this opportunity to escape three steps, you can kill me in the fourth step, but after that, Man Chong will kill you In front of you. You won't have time to run."

"If you can get rid of traitors for the people of the world, why should you be afraid of death?"

"No wonder." Guo Jia chuckled, "With the death of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei has become what he is now. If you die again, the benevolent Lord Xuande will have to completely reconcile with Jia. People are like dogs." Before Zhao Yun wanted to refute, he said forcefully, "Presumably, what Kong Ming told you was not 'whatever it takes', but 'do your best'."

Zhao Yun was startled.He had actually seen that Guo Jia was delaying time now, but the content of the words still made him involuntarily think of the worry in Zhuge Liang's eyes that day, and he couldn't help hesitating in his heart.

"You have done a good job. Jia's layout has been messed up by your accident." Guo Jia continued slowly, "Would it be more beneficial to die here with Jia, or rush out of the city and continue to work for your Han?" It is more valuable to play in the office, and Kong Ming wants you to choose more, you must know better than Jia."

The sound of soldiers' armor was approaching in the courtyard, Zhao Yun said coldly, "But it's obvious that Yun can't leave now."

"No, you can go." Guo Jia's tone was extremely firm, "Jia Su came to the point. If you say you can go, you will. Get on your horse and go."

"..."

"In Kong Ming's plan, there must be the matter of taking Jia's life. Perhaps, Jia will really die tonight as he wished. But he will not pay you as a price."

"He must want you to go back alive."

The last sentence shocked Zhao Yun's heart. Just before Man Chong's sword pierced the horse, he pulled the reins and quickly got on the horse.Zhao Yun, who was on the horse, was still fierce, and Man Chong was so worried about Guo Jia's safety that he didn't care about deploying soldiers. After a while, Zhao Yun broke through the siege again and rushed out of the official office.

"Sir, are you okay?" Man Chong rushed to Guo Jia at a loss, but it was Guo Jia who supported him first, so he didn't let him fall.

"No problem." Guo Jia patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, "How's it going in the city?"

As soon as this was mentioned, a feeling of guilt surged up again.But he also knows that this is not the time to plead guilty: "The north gate is defended by General Zhengnan, and the situation is good; the soldiers on the south and east sides are strictly guarding the city gate, and there is no military incident for the time being; after Xiaoqi left the city, the east gate suddenly left Water, it is not known who did it."

"Report! The fire at the east gate is uncontrollable, and it has already reached the west side of the government office. Sir, please leave to avoid the fire!"

Hearing the soldier's report, Man Chong was greatly surprised, but Guo Jia pondered for a moment, raised his brows slightly, and sighed:

"Jia understands that Kong Ming didn't want Zhao Yun to take Jia's life, and why did he let him take the risk to attack this official office. He figured out that when you heard that Zhao Yun was killed in the official office, he would definitely bring all his troops to rescue him. Naturally, he would Take the fire at the east gate lightly."

"But how could the fire burn so fast?"

"Berning, haven't you noticed?"

There was a wry smile on Guo Jia's lips.He raised his head slightly, looking at the burning sky in the flames.The hair and green shirt that had been scattered in the chaos for a long time, flew wantonly with the howling night wind.

"Tonight, it's always the east wind."

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Outside the North Tower of Fancheng, Zhuge Liang was directing soldiers to attack the city.From time to time, he would glance into the distance, and when he saw the flames in the city getting brighter and brighter, a trace of peace finally appeared in his eyes.

"Military division, General Huang Zhong sent someone to report that all the cavalry that attacked the camp have been wiped out."

"Leaving the safety of the camp to General Huang is sure to be safe." He shook his feather fan slowly, and there was a calmness like water in his gentle eyes, as if everything in the world was under his control, "Since the cavalry has been eliminated, Just ask the general to lead troops to attack the city according to the previous plan."

In order to prevent Guo Jia from taking this opportunity to burn food and grass, Zhuge Liang deliberately left Huang Zhong and the elite to guard the camp, while he brought the rest of the soldiers to the north gate of Fancheng to show off.Now that the foreign aggression has been resolved, it's time to get serious about attacking the city.

The flames in the city became more intense, and many soldiers of the Cao army had already noticed the abnormality.Taking advantage of the turmoil, Zhuge Liang immediately commanded the soldiers to take another step towards the tower, and even successfully climbed the ladder in several places.Civil strife makes the heart restless, and the heart is tired of fighting. Cao Ren is a good enough general.But victory or defeat on the battlefield depends not on manpower, but also on destiny.

Taking advantage of the gap between waiting for Huang Zhong's troops to arrive, he raised his head and looked at the starry sky illuminated by the fire.Just like what I saw countless times while watching the stars before, the general star who entered the Ziweiyuan but never reached the throne of the emperor was burned by the raging fire, and disappeared from time to time.

Empress Yao of the Han family, Chi Ming Huo De.

Destiny is always on their side.

Let the fire in Fancheng burn all the thorns for the Lord, and pave the way for the recovery of the Han Dynasty!

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With the support of the east wind, the fire spread extremely fast.Within half an hour, almost the entire government office was engulfed in flames.Now that Zhao Yun has disappeared, the only choice is to take Guo Jia to Beicheng first, and then search for Zhao Yun and organize soldiers to fight the fire.

"General, sir, please leave me to you." After Guo Jia dismounted, Man Chong hurriedly raised his fist at Cao Ren, and was about to ride away.Unexpectedly, Guo Jia took the horse's rein first.

"General Cao, how is the situation at the North Gate?"

"At present, the offensive is not fierce, and it is more than enough to defend the city. But it is obvious that the enemy army has not used its full strength, and I am afraid there are still left behind. I have ordered the entire army to be on strict alert, and we must not take it lightly."

"The general is sure enough." Guo Jia nodded, "Jia has an unfeeling request, I wonder if the general can accept it."

"Sir, please speak."

"Bonin's left shoulder is seriously injured. If you don't bandage it, I'm afraid it will be dangerous. I don't know, can Jia stay at the north gate to take command, and the general will handle the affairs of the city on behalf of Bo Ning?"

"Sir, my injury is fine—"

"Meet Zhao Yun again, with your current appearance, can you beat him?" Guo Jia glanced at him lightly, but it seemed that the weight was so heavy that he fell silent for a moment.Right now is indeed not the time to be brave, the situation is already so bad that it cannot be made worse.

"Just as you said." Seeing that Man Chong had no more objections, Cao Ren handed over the order to Guo Jia.Although he had doubts about Guo Jia's arrangement, he also knew that this was not the time to ask carefully.

He is only sure of one thing, as long as the battle is dominated by this strategist who has followed his brother for almost his whole life, Cao Jun will never lose.

"You don't have to blame yourself. Jia made this arrangement to confirm some things." After Cao Ren led his troops to leave, Guo Jia said to Man Chong, "You go to the military doctor to bandage first, and then stand by in the tent. If... Bei I'll leave the door to you." After speaking, Guo Jia didn't wait for Man Chong to reject him, but quietly stuffed the order into Man Chong's hand, turned around and walked towards the tower.

When Zhuge Liang saw Guo Jia coming to the tower and holding up the order flag, his brows were slightly frowned.Everything Zhao Yun did must be enough to make Guo Jia think of the reason behind it.Guo Jia should have thought that it would be far more dangerous to be commanded by someone who had already offended the Dao of Heaven, which he did not know.In his original expectation, Guo Jia would avoid intervening in the battle as much as possible, hand over the north gate to Cao Ren, and hand over the city to Man Chong.But Man Chong was seriously injured, Zhao Yun was caught off guard and killed the carbine, and if the chaos inside the city and the attack outside the city were combined, Fancheng would be destroyed.

But in the end, Zhuge Liang was only a little surprised by this change, and didn't worry much.His layout has always been comprehensive in order to prepare for any accidents.With the changed layout, it is enough for Zhao Yun to escape from the city smoothly.And Guo Jia insisted on commanding the North Gate——

A somewhat obscure emotion appeared in Zhuge Liang's eyes.

That Fancheng will definitely be the burial place of Guo Jia.

When Huang Zhong led his troops to the foot of Fancheng, the Shu army's siege of the city was overwhelming, making people breathless.On the other side, under Guo Jia's command, bows and arrows, boiling oil, and falling rocks were thrown from the tall tower one after another... In less than half an hour, the walls of the tower were covered with blood. Mixed with horrific wailing, countless corpses piled up in small hills under the city. The other soldiers didn't even have time to take a look. They directly stepped on these hills to climb up the ladder and continued to attack the city one after another.

Either you die, or I die.Today's Fancheng has finally completely torn off the tame mask of the previous sieges, and re-presented the troubled times that had been reduced to memory in the most bloody appearance in front of everyone.

Another hour passed, and the battle situation was still anxious.But at the same time, the fire in the city was not small, and the soldiers who ran up the tower to report to Guo Jia one after another made everyone guarding the city more and more uneasy.Everyone knew that even if they defended the city at the north gate, if the city was completely burned by the fire, it would still be a dead end before reinforcements arrived.And as if in response to the saying "blessings never come, misfortunes never come singly", Guo Jiagang heard a soldier report that the fire had spread to Nancheng, and Hou Qi came to report that an army five miles outside Daocheng was marching towards Fancheng.It is also said that the army does not have a military flag, and its number seems to be only a few thousand.

It really doesn't look like Luo Yang's reinforcements.

When the soldiers on the tower saw the soldiers and horses from far and near, Zhuge Liang shouted loudly and smashed their last hope:

"My lord has been killed in the forbidden area, and I will lead my troops to triumph! With my lord's help, Fancheng will be destroyed!"

"Fan City must be destroyed!"

When the long battle had made both sides numb and exhausted, Zhuge Liang's words were like a pot of strong wine, completely arousing all the fighting spirit of the Shu army.The situation broke free from the stalemate in an instant.The first Shu army soldier successfully boarded the tower, and then the second, third, and tenth... the embankment that had been guarded for a long time was completely washed away and submerged by the surging river.More and more Shu troops leaped up the city tower with the victor's bravery, and the archers had to take up their long swords to defend themselves, which made the chaotic situation worse.To make matters worse, most of the soldiers in Shu knew the principle of capturing the king first, so Guo Jia had to temporarily retreat behind the shields of the soldiers. Without Guo Jia's command, the defense of the north gate was even more defeated.

It's over, it's over.

Most of the soldiers are still slashing and killing the enemy instinctively, but their minds have been eroded by despair.Outside the city, the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer. When Liu Bei led his troops to the city, Fancheng fell completely.Months of staunch defense, exhausted organs, and corpses filled the ravines, under the collusion of heaven and human hearts, all efforts are still in vain.

This is the last one.

When he saw that the sleeve arrow only hit the enemy's arm, Guo Jia gave a wry smile, and dodged to the left in extreme embarrassment, half of his sleeve was instantly torn by the cutting blade.Before he could catch his breath, another person's knife had already slashed at him, and he subconsciously raised his hand to block it, the knife slashed across the handle of the fan and slashed towards his palm, leaving a deep bone-deep knife mark.

Quickly stuffing the fan into his bosom, Guo Jia struggled to stand up while the other soldiers helped him resist, still maintaining his composure.The soldier in front of him could hold out for ten seconds at worst. From his point of view, he could see that Man Chong, who knew the situation had changed drastically, was heading towards him. As long as he backed away a little bit and held out until Man Chong came over— —

Suddenly, he stopped counting.

He has retreated to the side of the tower.

Under the siege of the Shu army, the soldier he had placed high hopes on won seven seconds.On the other side, Man Chong, who was already only a few steps away from him, was stumbled by other Shu soldiers by accident. As for the other soldiers, they were all fighting on their own. In the melee, they had no time to take care of him. .

When he saw the knives scrambling to slash towards him, Guo Jia suddenly understood a lot of things.

In order to destroy Pengcheng, he planned to spread the plague into the city, so there was a great plague in Yecheng some time ago.

In order to capture Lu Bu, he proposed to dig the river and flood the lower Pi, so there was the flooded Seventh Army outside the city of Fancheng.

They besieged the city of Ye, causing people in the city to change their sons to eat. Today's Fancheng has no food for several days, and starvation is everywhere.

He even deliberately plotted Guan Yu's death at the hands of unknown pawns, and plotted Zhang Fei's death under random knives... Now, aren't these vicious unknown pawns the most appropriate response?

The destiny has its original trajectory, and everyone who tries to change must bear the price of violating the destiny.It seems that everything you want can come true for a while, but every stroke, every piece, the karma of reincarnation, will always be reversed in the most tragic way.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang designed the fire in Fancheng.When the government office was engulfed by the fire, his only choice was to escape to the relative north gate.Man Chong was seriously injured, so asking Cao Ren to pursue Zhao Yun on his behalf was also an expected arrangement.And when he took over the command of the North Gate and came to this eyeless tower, he walked into the danger that Zhuge Liang created for him enough to piece together all kinds of "coincidence" killing situations.In the final fatal blow, Heaven helped him.

He used ten years to wear down Liu Bei's mind, but he never thought that during these ten years of respite, Zhuge Liang was no longer the youthful boy he was when he set up a battle in Jingzhou.Those calm and unwavering black eyes can see through the various states of the world, as well as the vast sky.

"You are working so hard, it seems that Jia's head must be very valuable, at least he can seal a marquis." He took another step back, which was completely at an end, "Unfortunately, Jia is not Xiang Yu, so I can't fulfill your wishes."

The moment the knife struck, Guo Jia fell backwards without hesitation.

During the rapid fall, he seemed to hear Man Chong's roar, and felt that compared to Man Chong's dull temper, the crying voice was more likely to come from those poor soldiers who had lost their chance to be named marquis.All the scenery is changing rapidly in the majestic east wind, except for the boundless red sky reflected by the fire, watching him with the ruthlessness solidified from ancient times, trying to turn everything back to the right track of fate with an irresistible force.

Why?

He twitched the corners of his mouth towards the sky, without any trace of fear, only mocking.

Why do you think Jia will let you get what you want?

As expected, what greeted him was neither the cold ground nor piles of corpses, but a warm and familiar embrace, so familiar that Guo Jia only needed to glance at its owner from afar on the tower to outline Get out all his face.

A faint sarcasm turned into a hearty laugh.Like a drunken guest, or a lunatic against the sky, laughing arrogantly and flamboyantly, it is the idea of ​​separation and reunion in troubled times, and it is the God who only dares to keep silent when he hears it from afar.

Heaven?cause and effect?Fate?

fuck it!

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I suppressed Newton's coffin board, please praise the old Cao Shuai!