[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Guo Jia never thought of going to find out who poisoned him.

There are too many people who will poison him, and too many people who want him dead.

And, soon, there will only be more and more people in the world who wish for him to be decapitated.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia seemed to have thought of a very interesting thing, and couldn't help covering his hands lightly, laughing softly.

"What's so funny?" Hearing the laughter, Gan Jiu, who was riding beside Guo Jia, gave Guo Jia a weird look.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Seeing that Liu Bei also heard laughter looking sideways, Guo Jia immediately waved his hands and shook his head, but the smile on his lips couldn't be suppressed no matter what.

He really found it very interesting.

No one present could know what Guo Jia was thinking, so they didn't care anymore when they heard that he said nothing happened, and turned their heads to continue looking forward.

Outside Pengcheng, a fierce battle has been going on for almost half an hour.

As a general under Lv Bu, Gao Shun has superb martial arts skills, and he has few opponents in the battle.However, Zhang Fei is definitely not a wimpy person. He put on his armor and put on his wide sleeves. With a Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, he was on par with Gao Shun.On the battlefield, the spirit of literati had long since disappeared. Zhang Fei was even braver than Gao Shun, with his spears only attacking but not defending.The saying that the best defense is offense was vividly reflected by Zhang Fei. Under such a fierce attack, even though there were many loopholes, Gao Shun could only be forced to defend and give up attacking.

Just from the surface, Gao Shun was almost beaten by Zhang Fei.

The two are inseparable from the fierce battle.Gao Shun was a martial artist, of course he refused to let the soldiers come forward to disrupt the situation when he met his opponent, and Guo Jia didn't seem to want to interrupt them, he just waited with the army and watched the fight with great interest.

Wen Kedan green splashes ink, and Wu Kan is in the world immediately.

Guo Jia praised secretly in his heart, and looked at Liu Bei sadly, his heart was full of sighs.

Such a good talent, how can he follow Liu Bei wholeheartedly, what a pity.

"You seem to be very interested in Zhang Fei." Compared with the fight ahead, Gan Jiu is obviously more interested in Guo Jia's subtle expression changes, so Guo Jia's expression changed slightly, and he noticed, "However, Cao Cao seems to be more interested I like Guan Yu."

"My lord loves talented people, but respects loyal people even more. Unfortunately, not all talented people are willing to choose a tree to live in, and loyal people are hard to keep." Guo Jiadao, then frowned again, "Why have you ever been so impolite to call the lord by his name?"

He is your lord, what has he to do with me.

Gan Jiu vomited secretly in her heart, and was too lazy to argue on her face.

"it is good!!"

Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers ahead.It turned out that Gao Shun used his strength to break Zhang Fei's brave attack. Although Zhang Fei's spear returned and almost blocked the attack, he looked a little embarrassed.Seeing that Gao Shun turned defense into offense, the camp behind Gao Shun cheered him loudly.

However, it seemed that the long fight made both sides lose their strength, and after several more rounds of fighting, Zhang Fei first pushed the man away with a spear, then turned his horse's head aside, and then clasped his fist at Gao Shun.Gao Shun was sweating profusely from the fight, but he was full of energy and fighting spirit, but Zhang Fei had already stopped, so he also abided by martial ethics, stopped his moves, and clasped his fists as a salute.

The fight is over.When Zhang Fei rode back to the formation, Guo Jia waved his hand lazily and ordered:

"Let's withdraw troops."

"Is this the end?" Gan Jiu was surprised.Zhang Fei and Gao Shun were fighting fiercely just now. He thought that Guo Jia would take this opportunity to let Zhang Fei entangle Gao Shun and then let Liu Bei and Guan Yu lead the army to attack the city while he was unprepared. However, Guo Jia did not say a word from the beginning to the end. He just watched Zhang Fei and Gao Shun's fierce fight intently, as if he was really interested in this pure martial arts contest.

"It's useless to attack lightly." Although no one said it, Guo Jia understood where Gan Jiu was confused. While following the army back to the camp slowly, he explained to others, "The army behind Gao Shun is a trap under Lu Bu's command. In the camp, each one counts as ten, and they are brave and good at fighting. Even without Gao Shun as the general, we can't get any benefits.

Jia just wanted to see if General Zhang alone could stand up to Gao Shun's martial arts. Now that his goal had been achieved, it was time to go back. "

"However" Guo Jia looked back, under the distant city, Gao Shun also returned to the city with the trapped camp, "Obviously we withdrew our troops, Gao Shun could directly lead his troops to pursue, but he didn't either.

It can be seen from this that General Gao Shun is really a man of faith. "

And often such people, they can't help but push the morality in their hearts to others.If you think that you are like this, then others, and all people in the world will be like this.

That night.

There was Cao Cao's army in the front, and Guo Jia led the troops stationed outside the city. Pengcheng has been closed for a long time.This Pengcheng is a big city. Compared with the nearby Lincheng, there are always some special goods and unique functions. Therefore, people from Lincheng often flock to Pengcheng every month. Now that the army is overwhelming, they have no choice but to stay in Pengcheng. .

Fortunately, most people have relatives in Pengcheng, so there is still a place to live in, big or small.Especially in the west of the city, there are many people living in the short and shabby people, pawns, merchants, and ordinary people in the market, all gather here.

They came from all directions, and no one would care if there was one more person or one less person today.No one cares about what irrelevant people are doing, what they focus on is only today's life and today's benefits.

So when a ragged beggar hobbled past a well to draw water, no one paid any attention.

Therefore, when a peddler suddenly felt sick and leaned over to vomit, everyone just looked at him in disgust, and then walked away and ignored him.

Therefore, when the rotten smell gradually permeated the dwarfed old house, people just came to watch the fun.

Even if it is not a troubled time, birth, old age, sickness and death are commonplace.

There is nothing to care about other people's lives and deaths.

The spider hiding in the rubble and dark beams looked at the busy street with its terrifying eyes, and then quickly crawled away along the dark place.

After watching Zhang Fei compete with Gao Shun that day, Guo Jia asked Guan Yu and Liu Bei to compete against Gao Shun.Needless to say, Guan Yu's martial arts, he has the upper hand in the competition with Gao Shun, but he often stops at it.However, Liu Bei was always at a disadvantage. Whether it was true or not, Guo Jia could only sigh after seeing the embarrassing fight, and let the soldiers rush forward to rescue Liu Bei.

In fact, there is no need for soldiers. Seeing that Liu Bei was defeated, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu couldn't hold back and rushed forward.

The man was saved, but Gao Shun was angered.In the past few days, he had many opportunities to lead the camp to take advantage of the enemy's unprepared attack. Although there were only a hundred people in the camp, he was confident that he would never be inferior to 5000 people.But thinking of martial arts, he threw away all these opportunities and only competed with others in martial arts.Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's martial arts made him admire each other. Even if he was at a disadvantage, he fought heartily and happily. He didn't expect that Liu Bei was not only inferior in martial arts today, but also the three of them would fight together to bully the few. Violating martial ethics is not ashamed.

However, the unhappiness is yet to come.

A few days later, Zhang Fei led his troops to call for the city. Gao Shun saw that he came alone with only a few troops, so he thought it was for a martial arts competition.Martial arts practitioners love to fight against their opponents the most. I have already felt itchy in the past few days when I have no one to fight against.Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei didn't have any martial arts morals this time, after a few rounds of fighting with Gao Shun, the ambushes rushed up.

Seeing this, the deputy commander of the city quickly opened the city gate and asked the soldiers to help Gao Shun.The soldiers trapped in the battle were invincible, the rescue was very easy, and Gao Shun was rescued soon, but Zhang Fei did not fight, but fled with the soldiers.

"General, shall we chase?"

"Chase!"

Gao Shun said angrily.He treats each other wholeheartedly with martial virtue, but the other party uses it to make tricks, how can he swallow this breath, he must kill the person without leaving a piece of armor to relieve his hatred.

"But, after all, we only need to defend the city..."

Gao Shun glared at the lieutenant, who immediately shut up.

"Chasing!" Gao Shun repeated loudly, and the soldiers behind him immediately shouted in response.

The battalion trapped in the battle is invincible, and the sharp edge of attacking the city is fearless!

However, in the wilderness with flat terrain, the trapped camp can be invincible, but when they catch up to Hanshan, a land full of rugged and hilly terrain, the trapped camp will have no advantage.Zhang Fei's men and horses entered the mountain in pieces, and it was difficult to find people at all. Not only was it useless to be trapped in the camp, but from time to time, because they were not familiar with the terrain, they were killed by enemies who came out of nowhere.Not being able to take advantage of it, but also having a lot of losses, no matter how angry Gao Shun was, he knew not to be brave, so he had no choice but to lead his troops back to the city.

Turns out, it's not over yet.One day it was Zhang Fei, and the next day it was Guan Yu.If Gao Shun went out of the city to fight, the soldiers would yell loudly at the entrance of the city, and the curse was extremely unpleasant, but anyone with a bit of blood would find it difficult to listen; After chasing to Hanshan, they found nothing. Instead, they had to turn back to go in.

Immediately, Gao Shun thought it would be better to attack Cao Jun's camp directly.Anyway, the opponent only has 5000 people, so I have a great chance of winning.Unexpectedly, he left the city aggressively with the trapped camp, and the place where Cao Jun was stationed that the spies reported before was completely empty.Gao Shun discovered after several times that Cao Jun had never really set up camp. With 5000 people, it is very easy to change the camp with such a small number of people, and it is much faster than Gao Shun's camp to attack.

Come and go, it's all in vain.

Gradually, Gao Shun also calmed down his unhappiness. Although he was tricked, it was only a matter of face. In fact, he didn't lose much, and all he had to do was defend Pengcheng.Therefore, he simply ordered to guard the gate of the city, and Cao Jun would ignore it no matter how provocative he was.

Over time, no one came to the city to clamor anymore, not even the siege.

In the face of Pengcheng, which has a high level of soldiers, Cao Cao's army can't do anything, let alone these 5000 people.

At a loss, Qian donkeys are at their wits end.

heavy rain.

At this time of year, it is rare to have such a heavy rain, but it still fell.Thunder and lightning, pouring down, hit people upset.

In the tent that keeps the heavy rain out, the thick fur warmer warms the tent up, but the people in the tent still unconsciously put their cold hands to their mouths to take a few mouthfuls of warm air from time to time.He carefully looked at the battle report on the case. The bamboo slips were filled with densely packed small characters, so he had to get very close to see each word clearly. Every time he read a copy, he put the bamboo slips into the stove and burned them. crackling.

The cold wind hit, the shadow of the candle swayed, and there were a few light coughs.

"Guo Jia, what are you planning to..."

Before Gan Jiu finished speaking, he was taken aback by Guo Jia's appearance.The candlelight failed to warm people even a little bit, his face was still pale, but his eyes were frighteningly bright, reflecting the brilliance of the candlelight.

"Huh?" Guo Jia put down the bamboo slips and looked up at Gan Jiu, "It's so late, what's the matter?"

The habitual smile on the corner of the man's lips indeed swept away the depression just now.Gan Jiu could only tell himself that he was superstitious, and then mentioned his reason for coming:

"Pengcheng, what are you going to do?"

Originally, he was quite calm, because he believed that Guo Jia would never make a loss-making business, and he would not issue the military order if he was not fully sure.But when it rained, it ruined all plans.

It is impossible to attack the city in heavy rain.

"What are you in such a hurry for?" Guo Jia finally found a soft cushion and motioned for the person to sit down after gradually pulling away the case beside the case, "Aren't there still a lot of food and grass left in the camp? Just beat it slowly." .”

"Slowly fight?!" Gan Jiu frowned, he looked at Guo Jia carefully, trying to see even a hint of joking from his face, "One month is less than ten days left, your military order... "

"It's just talking, don't take it so seriously, it's fine if you can fight it down. Anyway, the lord chased Xiapi and was surrounded by Lu Bu. It's okay for us to slow down here."

It was fine at first, but why did you issue that military order? !Military discipline is the most important thing in the army. A general can lose many battles, but he must never be dishonest. If you don't take down Pengcheng within a month...

Looking at Guo Jia's calm face, Gan Jiu suddenly lost his anxiety and said in a deep voice, "No matter how close you are to Cao Cao, he can't abolish military discipline because of you."

This is natural.Guo Jia thought in his heart.When the lord stepped on some wheat and sent the sword to his neck when he attacked Wancheng, although it was a show, it can be seen that the lord deeply believes in the way of Legalism.

He is willing to cut off his own beard and hair, Guo Jia is nothing but a counselor.

As expected, it was not in vain that he deliberately procrastinated in Pengcheng for so long.

"Put down the bamboo slips."

Guo Jia almost subconsciously threw away the bamboo slips when he heard the sound. Looking up, it turned out that Hua Tuo came in with the medicine.Gan Jiu saw Guo Jia, who was still calm and indifferent to everything just now, looked at Hua Tuo with a flattering expression:

"Jia just started watching, but didn't take a few glances."

Hua Tuo raised his eyes slightly, and Guo Jia was completely silent.

"Drink medicine."

Guo Jia stared at the bowl of black concoction in silence for a few seconds, took a few deep breaths, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Is he still taking medicine?" Seeing this, Gan Jiu couldn't help thinking of Guo Jia's pale face just now, "Is there something wrong with his body?"

Hua Tuo pursed his lips and said, "It's nothing serious, it's just some tonics." He glanced at Guo Jia who had finished drinking the medicine, and frowned, "It's time, you should rest."

"……Oh."

"Then I'll go back first, you have a good rest."

Gan Jiu saw that she would not be able to wait for the answer she wanted if she stayed any longer, so she stood up in time and prepared to leave.As soon as he walked to the entrance of the camp, he suddenly thought of something, and suddenly stopped and turned around:

"? What has the octopus been doing lately?"

Guo Jia raised his eyes slightly, then lowered them again, and answered in part.

However, although Guo Jia did not answer, his silence has already given Gan Jiu the answer.

Sure enough.Gan Jiu thought to himself.He and Guo Jia have known each other for so many years, and he knows better than anyone how much Guo Jia cherishes his life and fears death. If there is no other way, how could he be so careless about this matter.

Thinking of it this way, I feel a lot more at ease.Nodding his head and smiling goodbye, Gan Jiu stepped out of the tent.

After the people left, Guo Jia reached out for the bamboo slip again, but Hua Tuo knocked it down as soon as he reached it:

"You need rest."

Guo Jia withdrew his hand in embarrassment, but chose a nearby bamboo slip to unfold:

"Time is running out, Glencore should do more."

Hua Tuo frowned.He knew that Guo Jia meant that Xuzhou would leave and go back to Yangzhai to cultivate with him after the decision was made, but when Guo Jia said this, it always felt strangely awkward.

"By the way." Guo Jia suddenly raised his head and said, "Yuanhua, do you have any medicine that can make Jia look like she used to?"

"Five stone powder is fine. But..."

"That's fine, let's prepare some for Jia, after all, it is still necessary to deceive people."

Slightly pursing his lower lip, Hua Tuo frowned even deeper.Wushi San can meet Guo Jia's requirements, but this product is poisonous, and it will become addictive after a long time. Using it is no less than drinking poison to quench thirst. Guo Jia's body is already very weak, and it will make things worse if he gets infected with it.As a doctor, he finally resolutely refused:

"No. I can change several medicinal materials to relieve you as much as possible, but you must not touch Wushi Powder."

"……All right."

Unexpectedly, Guo Jia gave up her insistence without even asking any more questions.He lowered his head again, looking at the bamboo slips in his hand.

Water sources, food, corpses, patients... everything has been prepared, only hidden under still water.And this heavy rain is the final catalyst. After a few days, the heavy rain will pass, and I have been preparing for so long...

? ! ! !

The sudden darkness made Guo Jia startled. When he looked up, he saw that Hua Tuo walked out holding the candlestick in order to prevent him from looking at the bamboo slips.

"Go and rest."

From far away, a cold voice sounded like a banished fairy, but Guo Jia, who was sitting in the dark, was completely speechless.

Well, you are great.

Gritting his teeth and waiting to leave in white clothes, Guo Jia leaned forward and groped for a long time, and found a candlestick from under the bamboo slips. Although there were only a few red candles left on it, it could still be used for a while, so Guo Jia groped again. Fire folder, light it up carefully.

The tent was as bright as day, Guo Jia picked up the bamboo slips in satisfaction, but his heart could no longer be calm.

The benevolence of the doctor, coupled with so many years of friendship, Hua Tuo's treatment of his condition is enough to be called dedication.

But after a while, would he regret saving someone like himself?

Forget it, time is running out anyway, even if Hua Tuo leaves himself, it won't affect anything.

When the octopus guard hidden by the tent knelt in front of Guo Jia to salute like a swift shadow, he raised his head slightly and saw the candlelight in Guo Jia's eyes.

It was obviously about to burn out, but it was still burning desperately, desperately trying to add another ray of light to Cao Ying.

It was quiet and the most brilliant fire.

"How are the medicinal materials prepared?"

"Returning to Guo to sacrifice wine, it has been prepared, and the traces have been erased, so that people will not see that it was prepared deliberately."

"Okay. Also, help me find some five stone powder."

"Yes."

"Also... don't tell anyone about this, including the lord."

?Ouwei was a little hesitant, because in the final analysis they still belonged to Cao Cao's Anbu.But he also remembered that Cao Cao had told them repeatedly that all the affairs of the octopus guard were only responsible to Guo Jia, so he nodded in the end:

"Yes."