Chapter 1938 Only peace of mind, autumn rain like a knife
The autumn wind is bleak.
The sun shone down, and Cao Jun’s camp outside Jiangxia City was quiet, as if no one was there.
The breath of approaching winter also blows to Jingzhou Jiangdong, and the cold slightly invades the skin, arousing fine pimples.
Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu, who was as calm as water, and that beautiful face, but his heart became more and more desire...uh, anger rose,
『Zhou Gongjin! What do you think? ! 』
『My lord. Zhou Yu cupped his hands and said, "There is a saying in the art of war, don''t hide when you return to your teacher, and don''t chase after the poor." 』
『Ahaha, if someone insists on chasing after him? 』
『If you chase after it, you will lose. 』
Sun Quan couldn''t help but shivered and became cold, "Tie Cao has fallen into a trick, cut off the food roads, the army''s morale is in chaos, and retreated in a hurry. If they let it go easily, when will they get such a good opportunity?" ! Waiting for Bandit Cao to stabilize the morale of the army...a...you...』
Sun Quan was indeed in a hurry, and his words were a little awkward.
Zhou Yu still had a stable aura, glanced at Sun Quan, and said: "Last night, although there must be some changes in the beacon fire, it may not be as the Lord thought. Thief Cao is treacherous, since he set up many beacons along the river, how could he not guard against the surprise attack of the Lord''s navy? I''m afraid Cao thief retreated this time because he wanted to trap the lord. 』
Sun Quan was anxious, "How did you know that it was the Cao thief who cheated?" 』
Zhou Yu sighed slightly. My lord, you didn''t listen to what I said just now, or didn''t you want to hear it at all? "Cao Thief secretly set up a beacon, apparently well prepared..."
『No…』Sun Quan waved his hand and said, 『One is different from what Gongjin expected. It was Cao thief who set up a beacon, so he was negligent! 』
『Cao thief has always been cunning and cunning, how can he be negligent? 』
『Even if there are hundreds of secrets, there is also one sparse! 』
Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan.
Sun Quan glared at Zhou Yu.
The atmosphere suddenly became weird, and the surrounding soldiers and guards were quiet, trying to reduce the projected area of ??their bodies as much as possible to prevent being affected by the invisible and colorless flames of war, just like children in an ordinary family who saw adults arguing.
You think.
I think.
Fire and water have always been incompatible.
Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and said, "Since this is the case, if my lord insists on chasing him, I will let someone do it for me..."
"No! ”Sun Quan blurted out subconsciously, then took a breath, and eased his tone, “I have no other intentions, but the arrangement has already been made, so there is something wrong with suddenly changing it…”
Zhou Yu remained unchanged, cupped his hands and said, "I would like to obey the order of the lord. Let’s check the ordnance first...』
Sun Quan took a breath, nodded and said, "Good! 』
Zhou Yu walked down the city wall silently, then turned around the corridor, and met Lu Su head-on. "Zi Jing..."
『Gongjin…』 Lu Su cupped his hands, 『Gongjin don’t blame Yu…』
Zhou Yu froze for a moment, then shook his head.
『Gong Jin...』 Lu Su took a few steps forward, followed Zhou Yu, and then said in a low voice, 『Since Gong Jin knows that the lord will not accept the advice, why bother to make trouble? 』
Zhou Yu looked up at the sky, "I will do my best..."
Lu Su also followed Zhou Yu''s perspective and looked up into the sky. He felt that Zhou Yu''s words seemed to be responding to himself, and seemed to be addressed to someone.
Slapping the leader in the face in public is cool, but when the fun is over, the little shoes will inevitably be handed over. Zhou Yu is not stupid, so he can naturally understand Sun Quan''s thoughts, but understanding does not mean he agrees. What''s more, Zhou Yu''s original opinion this time is to accept it while it is good. It is still generally dominant, and it is not impossible.
It''s just that Sun Quan felt that the piece of land he had so disagreed with was being invaded by Cao Cao outside. How could this be tolerated? Naturally, he wanted to twist off Cao Cao''s chess pieces on the spot, cut off and swallow all Cao Cao''s extended tentacles, and then he vented his anger.
『The guards... are all arranged? ’Zhou Yu asked.
Lu Su nodded.
Zhou Yu sighed slightly. "That''s it, send someone to inform Cheng Dudu, prepare to withdraw troops..."
Lu Su hesitated for a moment, then said: "Would you like to wait..."
Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "No. If you wait for the dust to settle, you may not be able to retreat in time. 』
『Hmmm…』 Lu Su sighed and said, 『Wei. 』
Zhou Yu looked up at the sky with her hands behind her back.
The autumn wind blew Zhou Yu''s hair at the temples, as if comforting him, or talking to him.
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September 11th, Sun Quan sent Zhou Tai to lead Dongwu sailors, but failed to surprise Xiaoyaojin. The flames of war spread to the vicinity of Jiangxia overnight.
September 12th, at mid-day, Sun Quan sent Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and two men to attack the camp of Cao Jun in Jiangxia, which was broken. Cao Jun retreated. Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Quan, and Sun Quan insisted on hunting down Cao Cao.
September 13th, Sun Quan mobilized his troops to guard the Chinese army, and marched separately, chasing and killing Cao Jun along the way, intending to recover the entire land of Jiangxia and eradicate Xiaoyaojin.
On September 15th, when Jiang Qin pursued to Niutoushan, Cao''s army ambushed him, Chen Wu aided him, he was ambushed by Cao Ren, trapped in the mountain, Sun Quan came to his aid again, he was also flanked by cavalry led by Cao Chun, the three of them could not advance or retreat, at night At that time, Fang Yu broke out under the guards who sacrificed their lives.
September 16th, Cao Cao led his troops to hide and kill, intending to encircle and wipe out Sun Quan and others.
September 17th, Zhou Yu gave way to Sun Quan, but surrounded Cao Ren, the forward of the Cao army. Under fierce fighting, Cao Ren was wounded and left. Cao Cao was shocked, suspecting Zhou Yu''s plan to lure troops against Zhongzhong, he hurriedly gathered his front and stopped chasing.
From September 18th to 20th, the troops of Cao Cao and Sun Quan began to disengage, and the two sides retreated.
September 21st, Xia Houyuan led his troops to Jiangling. The Wu soldiers under the Jiangling city had already retreated, so there was no gain.
Around September 30th, Sun Quan rolled Jiangxia’s gold and silver and returned them to Jiangdong, while Cao Cao looted the remaining population of Jiangxia to Hefei. So far, Jiangxia’s county has no people for hundreds of miles, and the bones are piled up in the wild...
...The last paragraph is not full of water...
Although winter is approaching, the temperature at noon is still not very cold. The dead people rot quickly, attracting many scavenging animals.
It is very interesting that there seems to be some audiences for stinky tofu, stinky mandarin fish, and even some foods of later generations, such as soybean juice, natto, durian, and herring, and many people will feel that special The smell is actually fragrant, but almost no one likes or accepts the smell of human corpses.
The smell of corpses is like a natural viscous gas. Once it is contaminated, even if it is washed repeatedly, it is difficult to get rid of the disgusting smell.
What stinks worse than the rotting corpses are the refugees.
Jiangxia, the entire county is abolished.
Originally, this month should be the time when the harvest is over, and each household may have more or less, but after all, they have received some rations, and the family can finally eat some decent meals, but now...
It is impossible for Cao Jun to stay for a long time. If he can''t collect people, he will set fire to the village and leave.
Hiding in the mountains, the people in the swamp saw their houses and villages turned to ashes when they saw the soldiers retreat and came out again...
what to do?
Run away.
Hide.
Unarmed people, what else can they do in the face of vicious soldiers?
Three or four hundred years in the Han Dynasty, they have been taught to "filial piety", "respect the emperor", and "observe the rules". They are not allowed to do this or that. Plow the fields honestly, and pay taxes according to the duties, but why?
Why?
Those officials who usually collect tax money, tax, and calculation, when they just erected the beams of the house, stretched out their hands to collect the house tax, and when they caught a net of fish, they stared at them to collect the fish tax. They collect some dry materials from the mountains, and they also have to pay taxes on what they collect, and they have to collect money and taxes for every bite of food and water...
But when they were suffering, their houses were burned, their food was robbed, when they needed some support, some consolation, none of these officials could see...
Why?
No one will give them an answer.
Therefore, these people can only whimper, like a crippled dog, twisting every step, turning back step by step, with blank, sad, and terrified expressions, and the cries of children, as well as hunger and anger. Tired, all mixed together, leaving their once hometown, stable homeland.
They walked into the fields, walked through the swamps, turned over the bald mountains, and passed through the barren fields.
They are just ants. They eat grass, bark, and soil. They can''t bear it anymore, so they eat themselves.
Walking like a walking dead, walking, and then there was a commotion in front of it, as if bait was cast in a fish pond, and it immediately began to churn.
The government sent people to give porridge ahead.
It is not the court, but the local government.
People rushed over, densely packed to receive the porridge that might just be better than clear water.
The porridge had just been boiled and it was very hot, but everyone was so hungry that the one who received the porridge hurriedly blew and drank, staring at the porridge shed with bulging eyes, staring at the big mouthfuls in the porridge shed. Pot, I look forward to drinking this bowl, and I can add another bowl.
Someone is shouting: "Who wants to join the army?" Those who want to join the army stand up! There are pancakes! There are big pancakes to eat! ’ He was still holding two black pancakes, about half the size of a palm, shaking in the air, seductively, making a group of people’s heads follow the black pancakes from left to right, and then from left to right. Right to left.
Of course, according to the usual practice, only young and strong are recruited.
Some people were tempted by the temptation, and wanted to sell their lives for two pieces of black pancakes, but they were dragged by their wives and children, and finally sat on the ground and hugged each other and wailed. Because everyone knows that once the young and strong in the family leave, the family will be gone. If the life of the wife and children is good, they may still be able to survive. eat.
There are also some who gritted their teeth and threw them away. They went to the army and took the pancakes. Some were so heartless that they just ate them for themselves, but there were also some who gave them to their wives and sons. don''t stay...
Wife knew that even if it was left over, she couldn''t hold on to it, so she gnawed and gnawed desperately. She didn''t have a few mouthfuls, but she couldn''t eat it with tears. The child on the side also cried at first, but the tears stopped after eating, and he concentrated on nibbling on the black pancakes.
The man laughed, laughed, and cried when he turned away.
Birth and separation at this moment is a farewell to death.
There are also some knowledgeable old people who try to persuade them, "Don''t join the army, you won''t be able to come back after you go... If we go a little further, the court won''t ignore us... The court will settle us down..."
The fleeing team stretches endlessly, with many people and sometimes few. Most people don''t even have a clear purpose, they just know to follow the flow of people. It seems that only in this way can they prove that he is still alone.
The chaotic team stretches on and on, and it seems that you can''t see the end, and you can''t go to the edge. Compared with the chaos in the Jianghuai area in the past few years, or the Yellow Turban chaos in the past few years, It''s like there are two worlds. Sometimes, some people will lament in the team, thinking about the past few years, everything they have seen, thinking about what they did wrong, or what they didn''t do, to become what they are today the point.
Jiangling is also in chaos, so what about Xiangyang?
Will it be better?
I heard that Liu Jingzhou is seriously ill again...
There was another autumn rain, there was no rain, there was no sense of continuous spring rain, it only brought a bleak and cold uproar, covering everything and spreading among everything.
…_(:з」∠)_…
Xiangyang City.
Autumn rains are like knives, cutting down the grass and leaves, and making people panic.
『Someone wants to watch the autumn rain...』 Cai Mao stood in front of the gate of the back garden, and said in a deep voice, 『You are waiting here, don’t come and make noise! 』
『Patriarch, but it’s raining... 』The steward said cautiously from behind, 『Should I ask the little one to hold the umbrella for the Patriarch? 』
"no! A certain knife, gun and sword rain are also taking it lightly, are you afraid that Xu Qiuyu will fail? Cai Hao waved his hand, "I''m just feeling irritable, I want to be alone and meditate... I don''t need you to serve me, just wait outside!" 』
『Only! Seeing that Cai Mao insisted, the steward didn''t say anything more, and led the people to wait outside the back garden gate.
Cai Hao walked into the back garden with his hands behind his back, then turned into the back room, took out the rain cape and bamboo hat, and after putting them on, he quietly came to the corner door of the back yard, pushed it open, looked back slightly, and walked into the rain curtain.
There are not many pedestrians in the alleys and streets. Even one or two people pass by in a hurry, either holding an umbrella or wearing a raincoat.
Cai Hao braved the rain and turned into an alley, then pushed open a courtyard door, walked through the corridor, took off his poncho outside the hall, and entered the hall.
Ever since Liu Biao messed with her, Cai Mao is like a quiet little daughter-in-law, she seems to be doing things in silence, thinking quietly, not saying anything, not expressing her opinion on anything.
After Sun Quan retreated, Cao Cao did not completely withdraw from Jingzhou, but stayed in the Xinye area for this or that reason. And Wancheng and Runan seem to have disappeared in the memory of Liu Biao and Cao Cao.
In terms of restoring production and order, there is no doubt that the Hussars are very experienced and powerful. Within three to four months, most of the areas bordering Wuguan have been restored by 50 to 60%. Already it looked like an orderly town, not a den of thieves filled with death and chaos.
Of course, everyone knows how difficult it is to do such a thing well.
Cai Mao also wants to get things done. After the previous lesson, Cai Hao finally knew that Jingzhou could not be controlled by relying on his own family, or just relying on himself...
Not long after, another person came in the courtyard, wearing a rain cape, his face hidden under a bamboo hat. When I went directly to the hall in the courtyard, I took off the bamboo hat and rain cape, and spilled water on the wooden boards under the hall.
『Brother Yuanchang, please...』Cai Mao stood in front of the hall, clasping his hands together.
The autumn rain fell on the rockery in the courtyard, sparking a little bit of white smoke, and the roughness on the rockery seemed to exude some sense of swords and guns, as if there was an army marching, braving the rain, along the Along the rugged mountain road on the rockery, it meanders forward.
"Brother Cai..." Zhong Yao sat down slowly, and said unhurriedly, "This autumn is bleak..."
Cai Mao didn''t answer, but invited Zhong Yao to drink tea first.
Jiangxia was almost divided by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, which has become the consensus of people in Jingzhou. Under such a consensus, Liu Biao''s incompetence became more and more obvious. The courage of riding alone into Xiangyang back then has gradually faded in the memory, and what remains is the gradually aging face and the powerlessness in the face of outsiders.
"Good tea..." Zhong Yao said with a smile, "Could it be that this is the so-called "clear tea" produced by hussars?" 』
Cai Hao nodded slightly and said, "Exactly. I don''t know if I can agree with Brother Yuan Chang''s intention? 』
Zhong Yao laughed twice, "If you talk about wine, I think Changshe''s wine is the best. After all, the water and soil in my hometown are pleasant, but I don''t know much about this tea, so I can''t comment..."
『Why not? If not forced, who would want to stay away from their homeland? Cai Mao nodded and said.
The tea is full of air.
The sound of rain dripping.
After a while, Cai Mao couldn''t help but said, "What is Sikong''s intention?" 』
Zhong Yao smiled: "The key is Brother Cai''s intention...Sikong, it''s all right..."
『Really? 』
"nature. 』
『Good. Cai Hao nodded, pointed out of the hall, and said, "Brother Yuanchang has made great efforts, and I will definitely remember it in my heart... Although this room is simple, it can still entertain guests, so I invite brother Yuanchang to stay here temporarily, and use it as a convenience for my own family." Among..."
Zhong Yao nodded with a smile and said: "I can take care of myself, if brother Cai has something important, you might as well do it yourself..."
Cai Mao got up, saluted and bid farewell to Zhong Yao, then put on the poncho and bamboo hat placed outside the house, and slowly walked out of the yard, walking slowly in the rain.
The rain fell on the bamboo hat and rain cape, crackling.
Cai Hao walked slowly, turned around the street, walked forward for a while, pushed open a half-covered corner door in the alley, and entered the backyard, then took off the poncho and bamboo hat, and went out with his hands behind his back. out of the back garden.
In the backyard, there are stewards and servants standing with hands down.
Cai Mao ordered lightly: "Prepare the soup, I want to take a bath..."
『Only…』The steward waved his hand quickly, and a servant hurriedly left. Immediately the servants became busy, some prepared clothes, some fetched tea, some changed Cai Mao''s towel...
Someone''s eyes fell on Cai Mao''s wet robe hem and muddy clogs, but isn''t it normal to walk in the back garden on a rainy day and be stained with some rainwater?
In the courtyard, the autumn rain is dripping, and the invasion is like a knife.
(end of this chapter)