Chapter 1938: Peace of mind, autumn rain is like a knife
The autumn wind is bleak.
??The sun shone down, and the Cao Jun camp outside Jiangxia City was quiet, as if no one was there.
The breath of approaching winter also blows to Jiangdong, Jingzhou. The cold slightly invades the skin and stirs up fine pimples.
Sun Quan looked at Zhou Yu, looking at Zhou Yu who was as calm as water, looking at that beautiful face, but his heart became more and more lustful...well, anger rose,
Zhou Gongjin! What do you think? ! 』
lord. ” Zhou Yu cupped his hands and said, “The art of war is as follows: don’t cover up when you return to the army, and don’t pursue the poor enemy. 』
Ah haha, what if I insist on chasing after you? 』
"Chasing will defeat. 』
??Sun Quan couldn''t help but feel a little angry, and said, "Cao''s thieves have fallen into a certain plan. They have cut off the food route, the morale of the army is in chaos, and they retreat in a hurry. If we let it go easily, when will we get such a good opportunity?" ! Wait until Thief Cao stabilizes the morale of the army...someone...you..."
?Sun Quan was indeed in a hurry, and even spoke awkwardly.
Zhou Yu still had a calm demeanor. He glanced at Sun Quan and said, "Last night''s beacon fire message was sent. Although there must be changes, it may not be as the lord thinks." Cao Cao''s thieves were treacherous and set up many beacons along the river, so how could they not be prepared for a surprise attack by the lord''s navy? I''m afraid Cao Cao''s thieves are defeated this time because they want to trap the Lord. 』
Sun Quan was furious and said, "How did you know that Cao Cao''s traitor was defeated by a fraud?" 』
?Zhou Yu sighed slightly. My lord, you didn’t listen to what I just said, or you didn’t want to hear it at all? "The thief Cao secretly set up a beacon fire, obviously he was well prepared..."
"No..." Sun Quan waved his hand and said, "This is different from what Gong Jin expected. It was Cao Cao who set up a beacon fire, so he was careless!" 』
『The thief Cao has always been cunning and cunning, how could he be negligent? 』
『Even if it is dense, there is still some sparseness! 』
?Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan.
?Sun Quan glared at Zhou Yu.
The atmosphere suddenly became weird. The surrounding soldiers and guards were silent, minimizing the projected area of ??their bodies as much as possible to prevent them from being affected by the invisible and colorless flames of war. They were like children who saw adults quarreling in an ordinary family.
You think.
I think.
Hand and water have always been incompatible with each other.
Zhou Yu lowered his eyes and said, "In this case, if my lord insists on pursuing the pursuit, let someone do it for me..."
"No! Sun Quan subconsciously blurted out, then took a breath and softened his tone, "I didn''t have any other intention, but the arrangement has been made, and it is inappropriate to suddenly change it..."
?Zhou Yu''s expression remained unchanged, he raised his hands and said, "I will obey my lord''s order." I’m going to check the ordnance first…』
Sun Quan took a breath, nodded and said, "Good!" 』
?Zhou Yu silently walked down the city wall, then turned around the corridor, and met Lu Su head-on. "Zijing..."
"Gong Jin..." Lu Su cupped his hands and said, "Gong Jin, please don''t blame Yu..."
?Zhou Yu was stunned 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 master does not accept advice, why bother to do this and just make him unhappy?" 』
?Zhou Yu looked up at the sky and said, "I just have to do my best..."
Lu Su also followed Zhou Yu''s perspective and looked up at the sky. He felt that Zhou Yu''s words seemed to be responding to him, but also seemed to be addressed to someone.
?Slapping the leader in the face in public is certainly a pleasure, but after the pleasure is over, there will inevitably be a pair of shoes handed to you. Zhou Yu is not a fool, and 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''s good, even if it leaves some aftertaste and is taken away by the opponent a few times, as long as It''s not a bad idea to still be generally dominant.
??It''s just that Sun Quan felt that a piece of land that he really didn''t agree to acquire was being invaded by Cao Cao. How could he bear this? Naturally, he wanted to twist off Cao Cao''s chess pieces on the spot, cut off all the tentacles extended by Cao Cao and swallow them to get rid of his bad breath.
『The guards...are all arranged? Zhou Yu asked.
?Lu Su nodded.
?Zhou Yu sighed slightly. "That''s it, send someone to inform Governor Cheng to prepare to withdraw the troops..."
?Lu Su hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want to wait..."
Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "No." If we wait for the dust to settle, we may be unable to retreat. 』
‘Well…’ Lu Su sighed and said, ‘Wei. 』
Zhou Yu put his hands behind his back and looked at the sky.
??The autumn wind blew Zhou Yu''s hair at the temples, seeming to comfort him, and seemed to be telling him something.
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On September 11, Sun Quan sent Zhou Tai to lead the Dongwu navy to launch a surprise attack on Xiaoyaojin, but to no avail. The beacon fire spread to Jiangxia overnight.
On September 12th, at midday, Sun Quan sent Jiang Qin and Chen Wu to attack the Cao army camp in Jiangxia and defeated it. Cao''s army retreated. Zhou Yu persuaded Sun Quan, but Sun Quan insisted on hunting down Cao Cao.
On September 13th, Sun Quan ordered his troops to personally suppress the central army, split up the army, and pursued Cao''s army along the way, intending to regain the entire Jiangxia territory and eradicate Xiaoyaojin.
On September 15th, when Jiang Qin pursued him to Niutou Mountain, he was ambushed by Cao''s army. Chen Wu came to his aid, but was ambushed by Cao Ren and trapped in the mountain. Sun Quan came to the rescue again, but was also flanked by Cao Chun''s cavalry. The three of them could not advance or retreat, and at night At that time, Fang broke out under the guard Sa Sheng.
On September 16th, Cao Cao led his troops to cover up the enemy, intending to encircle and annihilate Sun Quan and others.
On September 17, Zhou Yu gave way to Sun Quan, but surrounded Cao Ren, the forward of Cao army. After a fierce battle, Cao Ren was wounded and left. Cao Cao was shocked and suspected that it was Zhou Yu''s plan to lure troops. He hurriedly closed his line and stopped pursuing.
From September 18th to 20th, the troops of Cao Cao and Sun Quan began to disengage and retreated.
On September 21st, Xia Houyuan led his troops to Jiangling. The Wu soldiers under Jiangling City had already retreated, so no gains were made.
Around September 30th, Sun Quan took away Jiangxia’s gold, silver and other valuables and returned to Jiangdong. Cao Cao plundered the remaining population of Jiangxia and moved them to Hefei. At this point, the county of Jiangxia was uninhabited, and corpses were piled in the fields...
…The previous paragraph is not watery…
Although winter is approaching, the temperature at noon is not very cold yet, and the dead people rot quickly, attracting a lot of scavenging animals.
It’s 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, herring, etc., and many people think that they are special. The smell is actually fragrant, but almost no one likes or accepts the smell of human corpses.
Corpse odor is like a naturally sticky gas. Once it is contaminated, even if you clean it repeatedly, it is difficult to remove the disgusting odor.
The thing that smells worse than the rotting corpses are the refugees.
??Jiangxia, the entire county was abandoned.
Originally, this month should have been when the harvest was completed, and each household might have more or less, but they still got some rations, and the family could finally eat some decent meals. However, now...
???Cao''s army couldn''t stay long and couldn''t gather the population, so they set fire to the village and left.
The people who hid in the mountains and swamps saw the soldiers retreat and came out again, only to see that their houses and villages had all turned into ashes...
what to do?
Escape.
Hide.
?What else can the unarmed people do in the face of vicious soldiers?
In the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, they had been taught to be "filial", to "respect the emperor", and to "observe the rules". They were not allowed to do this or that. They all listened and did it. Farm the fields honestly and pay taxes accordingly, but why?
Why?
Those officials who usually collect tax money, taxes and accounts, stretched out their hands to collect the house tax when they just put up the beams of the house. When they caught a net of fish, they stared at the fish tax, even if it was When they pick up some dry wood in the mountains, they also have to pay a tax on the harvest. When they eat a mouthful of food and drink a mouthful of water, they have to collect money and tax...
But when they were suffering, their houses were burned, and their food was robbed, when they needed some support and comfort, none of these officials could see them...Why?
No one will give them the answer.
Therefore, these people could only whimper, like a lame dog that had been beaten, twisting and turning around every step, combining their confused, sad, and frightened expressions with the cries of children, as well as hunger and Tired, all mixed together, leaving their former hometown, their stable home.
They walked into the wilderness, walked through swamps, climbed over bare mountains, and passed through barren fields.
They are like ants, eating grass, tree bark, and soil. When they can''t bear it any longer, they eat themselves.
??Walking like a zombie, walking, and then there was a commotion in front of him, as if bait was dropped in the fish pond, and it suddenly started churning.
The government sent people to give porridge in front.
It is not the court, but the local government.
People flocked over to get the gruel that was probably just better than water.
The porridge had just been boiled and was very hot, but everyone was frightened by hunger. Those who received the porridge hurriedly sipped and drank, their eyes bulging but they still stared at the porridge shed, staring at the big mouthfuls in the porridge shed. Pot, looking forward to finishing this bowl and adding another bowl.
Some people were shouting: "Who wants to join the army?" Those who want to surrender to the army stand up! There are pancakes! There are big pancakes to eat! "There are two black "big pancakes" in his hand, about half the size of a palm, shaking in the air, seducing, causing a group of people''s heads to follow the black pancakes, from left to right, and then from left to right. Swing right to left.
?Of course, as a rule, only young and strong people are recruited.
??Some people were so tempted that they wanted to sell their lives cheaply for two pieces of black cake, but they were dragged by their wives and children, and ended up sitting on the ground hugging each other and wailing. Because everyone knows that once the young man in the family leaves, the family will be gone. If the wife and children are good, they may still be able to survive, but if they are not good, they may become the victims of others. Eat.
Some gritted their teeth and shook it off, surrendered to the army and took the pancakes. Some were ruthless and just wanted to eat it for themselves, but there were also some who stuffed it with their wives and children. After a long silence, they said, "Eat quickly, eat them all, Qian." Don’t leave any leftovers…
?His wife knew that she couldn''t hold on to it even if it was left. She bit and gnawed it with all her strength. She only had a few bites, but she was crying and couldn''t eat it no matter what. The children on the side also shed tears at first, but as they ate, they stopped crying and concentrated on eating the black pancakes.
The man smiled, smiled, and cried when he turned around and left.
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There are also some old people with a little knowledge who try to persuade them, "Don''t join the army. If you go there, you won''t be able to come back... If we walk a little further, the imperial court will not ignore us... The imperial court will arrange for us..."
The fleeing team stretches endlessly, with sometimes more people and sometimes fewer people. Most people don’t even have a clear purpose and just know how to follow the flow of people. It seems that only in this way can they prove that they are still a human being.
The chaotic team stretched on and on, and it seemed that there was no end or end in sight, and it seemed that it could not reach the edge. Compared with the chaos in the Jianghuai area in previous years, or compared with the situation of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in previous years, It''s like two worlds already. Sometimes, some people will lament in the team, thinking about the past few years, everything they have seen, and thinking about what they did wrong or what they did not do to become what they are today. the point.
??Jiangling is also in chaos, but what about Xiangyang?
Would it be better?
I heard that Liu Jingzhou is seriously ill again...
There is another autumn rain, but none of it falls. There is no continuous meaning of spring rain. It only brings a bleak and cold chaos that is unspeakable, covering everything and spreading between everything.
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Xiangyang City.
?Autumn rain is like a knife, cutting down the grass, cutting off the leaves, and making people panic.
"I want 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 any noise!" 』
"Master, it''s raining..." the steward said cautiously from behind, "How about I let you hold an umbrella for the master?" 』
『No! A certain sword, gun, sword, and rain are regarded as nothing, but are you afraid that these Xu Qiuyu will not succeed? ” Cai Hao waved his hand, “I’m just feeling agitated and want to be alone to meditate... I don’t need you to wait on me, just wait outside!” 』
! " Seeing Cai Mao''s persistence, the steward said nothing more and led others to wait outside the back garden door.
??Cai Hao walked into the back garden with his hands behind his back, then turned into the back room, took out his poncho and bamboo hat, put them on, and quietly came to the corner door of the backyard, opened it, looked back for a while, and walked into the rain curtain.
There were not many pedestrians in the alley streets. Even if there were one or two people, they were holding umbrellas or wearing ponchos and hurried by.
??Cai Hao braved the rain and turned into an alley, then opened a courtyard door, passed through the cloister, took off his poncho outside the hall, and then entered the hall.
Since being **** by Liu Biao that time, Cai Mao has been like a peaceful little daughter-in-law. She seems to do it silently, think quietly, say nothing, and express nothing.
??After Sun Quan withdrew his troops, Cao Cao did not completely evacuate Jingzhou, but stayed in the Xinye area for one reason or another. Wancheng and Runan also seemed to disappear in the memories of Liu Biao and Cao Cao.
In terms of restoring production and order, there is no doubt that the Qiaoqi troops are very experienced and powerful. Within three or four months, they have restored 50% to 60% of most areas bordering Wuguan. How much? It already looked like an orderly town, instead of 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 he and his family, or just himself, might not be able to control Jingzhou...
Not long after, another person came into the courtyard, wearing a poncho, his face hidden under the bamboo hat. When he entered the hall directly in the courtyard, he took off his hat and poncho, leaving water stains on the wooden boards under the hall.
"Brother Yuanchang, please..." Cai Mao stood in front of the hall and held his hands in greeting.
The autumn rain fell on the rockery in the courtyard, stirring up little bits of white smoke, and among the rugged hills, there seemed to be faint hints of swords and guns. There seemed to be a marching army, braving the rain, along the Walking along the rugged mountain road above the rockery, winding towards the front.
"Brother Cai..." Zhong Yao sat down slowly and said unhurriedly, "This autumn is so bleak..."
??Cai Mao did not respond, but first invited Zhong Yao to drink tea.
Jiangxia was almost divided between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, which has become the consensus of people in Jingzhou. Under this consensus, Liu Biao''s incompetence became more and more obvious. The courage of riding alone into Xiangyang back then has gradually faded in his memory, and what remains is his aging appearance and his weakness in facing outsiders.
"Good tea..." Zhong Yao said with a smile, "Could this be the so-called "clean tea" produced by Qiusi?" 』
??Cai Mao nodded slightly and said, "Exactly." I wonder if I can comply with Brother Yuanchang’s wishes? 』
Zhong Yao laughed twice and said, "As for wine, I think the wine from Changshe is the best. After all, the water and soil of my hometown are the most pleasant. As for this tea, I don''t know much about it, so I can''t comment..."
Why not? If not forced, who would be willing to stay away from their hometown? ” Cai Mao nodded and said.
The tea smell is dense.
The sound of rain dripping.
After a moment, Cai Hao couldn''t help but said, "What do you mean by Sikong?" 』
Zhong Yao smiled: "The key is Brother Cai''s intention... Sikong, there is nothing wrong with it..."
Really? 』
"nature. 』
Good. ” Cai Mao nodded, pointed slightly outside the hall, and said, “Thanks to Brother Yuanchang’s great efforts, I will definitely remember it in my heart... Although this place is simple and simple, it can still accommodate guests, so I asked Brother Yuanchang to stay temporarily. It will be convenient for my family. Among…』
Zhong Yao nodded and smiled: "I can take care of myself. If Brother Cai has something important, you might as well do it yourself..."
??Cai Hao stood up, saluted and said goodbye 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 hats and ponchos, making a crackling sound.
Cai Hao walked slowly, turned around the street, walked forward for a while, pushed open a half-open corner door in the alley, and entered the backyard. Then he took off his poncho and bamboo hat, put his hands behind his back, and walked out. The back garden.
In the backyard, there are stewards and servants standing with hands hanging down.
??Cai Mao calmly ordered: "Prepare soup, I want to take a bath..."
“Only…” The steward waved his hand quickly, and a servant left in a hurry. Immediately, the servants became busy. Some were preparing clothes, some were getting tea, and some were changing silk towels for Cai Mao...
?Some people have laid their eyes on Cai Mao''s wet robe and wooden clogs stained with mud. But on a rainy day, walking in the back garden, isn''t it normal for some rain and cement to be stained?
In the courtyard, the autumn rain is dripping, cutting like a knife.
(End of this chapter)