In all directions, there are rubbles everywhere, dust, smoke, and flying sand and rocks everywhere.
The Lu Jiajun military formation that was so majestic just half a stick of incense has now been completely reduced to a Shura field.
Countless Lu Jiajun soldiers prayed desperately...
I pray that the "arrow from heaven" will end soon.
However, the "magic arrow" eight hundred steps away had no intention of stopping. As the arrowhead pierced the air on the tower, it made a continuous whistling sound.
Another huge arrow shot out, exploding where sawdust and stone piles gathered, and even bigger flying sand and thick dust spread...
The tens of thousands of Lu family sergeants crowded here were coughing desperately, and through the dust... they watched helplessly as their comrades who were still beside them just now were blown away by the huge impact, or were submerged by more rocks. The scene was extremely bloody.
.
here…
There were screams of terror everywhere. They wanted to hide, but there was nowhere to hide because there were stone steps everywhere.
Gradually, they could no longer tell the direction, and they bumped into each other like headless flies. More people fainted or were trampled on the ground. Occasionally, they heard shrill shouts from under the rocks.
"help me--"
"Pull me up——"
However, this kind of voice seems to be in vain in today's situation where it is difficult to protect oneself.
"Climb up, climb up..."
Huge boulders were piled everywhere, making it extremely difficult for the Lu family's army to escape. They frantically climbed up the boulders, leaving blood marks all over their hands and legs from the stone steps.
For so many years, the faith that Lu Xun spared no effort to forge for the Lu family army suddenly collapsed and shattered overnight!
None of the current Lu Jiajun sergeants care about the illusory military discipline and law anymore, and no one would think about the consequences of retreating from the battle...
In the face of life and death, nothing matters. Every Lu family soldier has only one idea left, a pure idea, and that is to escape from here.
Leave this Shura field.
Fortunately, Lu Xun is still conscious...
Perhaps it was the bayonet left by the rocks and sawdust that allowed him to survive under the heavy rocks and sawdust, but he felt pain all over his body. He felt as if every part of his body was injured, especially
Legs...his left leg has no feeling at all.
Compared with these, his mood was undoubtedly more broken and more sad.
He realized a serious fact. Since Jiaozhou could shoot the crossbow bolts from 800 steps away, then... the Lu family army had... no chance at all to capture Jiaozhou.
In addition, Bu Zhi was smashed into a pulp, which made Lu Xun think of even more terrible consequences. He realized that not only had he lost, but even if he escaped death, he would definitely lose even more miserably and tragically!
There is no room for a comeback...
He was already deep in hopeless despair!
When he thought of this, his body trembled violently, his Adam's apple rolled, and in the thick dust and smoke, he clenched his fists and beat the floor desperately.
He whimpered and wailed.
"It's over, the Lu family is over, I, Lu Xun, are over, everything is over -"
However, even this sound was quickly drowned out by the rumble of the boulders... And as more and more boulders were pressed down, and the broken small stones hit him, Lu Xun felt all over his body.
The pain is even worse!
…
Over there...Sun Ru was originally at a high place.
When these ten huge crossbow arrows burst out from the city tower like divine arrows from heaven, she was also stunned.
And when he saw the wooden building being destroyed by huge arrows, his husband fell into it, and then countless stones buried his husband deeply.
Sun Ru subconsciously ran over there.
Along the way, she saw countless Lu Jiajun who had escaped and were breathing heavily.
They lamented to each other that they were extremely lucky to have saved a life...
Then he didn't dare to stop and ran away in a hurry.
There were also a few soldiers of the Lu Family Army who realized it later and asked: "Where is General Lu? Where is the clan leader?"
He was thinking of Lu Xun and Lu Ji...
But the only response they received was a long silence.
Sun Ru and the Lu family sergeants ran towards the opposite place. Her tears were rolling and she kept muttering: "Bo Yan, Boyan——"
…
Eight ox crossbows and ten crossbows were launched in unison, and the huge crossbow attack continued.
The entire Lu Family Army was in pieces, and in the dust and smoke that filled the sky, the faith that had stood for five years was completely destroyed with the "rumbling" sound of the falling boulder.
The standing chariots, the abandoned ladders, and the weapons, baggage, and chariots scattered on the ground...
It seemed like overnight, they no longer belonged to the Lu family.
The glory is not there!
The strong wind was swaying the dust and smoke, and the aftermath of the stones was still falling like rain. The flying sand and the running stones formed a thin layer, covering the entire place where the Lu Family Army's military formation used to be, where they once "showed off their power."
Less than a quarter of an hour…
The offensive and defensive dynamics completely changed!
The people who were overwhelmed by the dark clouds were reduced to fleeing in panic. How dramatic and how sad?
On the top of Bushan City Tower, Shi Yi looked at the scene in front of him, and he couldn't help himself.
He couldn't help but take a pot of wine from the soldier and poured it into his mouth. With the sound of "gudong" and "gudong", his mood calmed down.
Even so...
"Hoo, ho--"
The sound of heavy breathing still came from his mouth.
After pondering for a long time, he finally choked out a sentence, "It's worth it, Ba Niu Crossbow... This money is really worth it for grandma..."
Due to his emotions, Shi Yi didn't care that he was reading "Spring and Autumn". He was a Confucian, how could he use foul language?
But how can I express the throbbing feelings in my heart without using foul language?
At this moment, Shi Hui was holding his hands on the city wall. He looked at the scene in front of him and said with emotion: "My father made a right bet. Giving money and food to Master Guan Si is better than paying tribute year after year to feed Soochow."
A dog that is not full is much more useful!”
Shi Hui's words were heard by Shi Yi. He thought deeply, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Hui'er, tell me... if we beat these Lu family troops so hard and even bury their clan leader, will they incur more hatred and then fight us desperately to the end?"
Shi Hui pondered for a moment, and he was also thinking about this issue carefully.
After a long time, he seemed to have figured it out and smiled: "Put yourself in their shoes, maybe if I were a member of the Lu Family Army, I would also have hatred, but... if I didn't know what method the other party used, I would be able to...
An arrow fired from a hundred steps away can cause the mountains to collapse. How did they lose this battle? How did the clan members die? I don’t know? I think... there is more fear than hatred... Besides..."
The words about Shi Hui came to an abrupt end...
Shi Yi was curious, "What else can you say?"
"I was thinking..." Shi Huiba sighed, "I met the Fourth Master Guan in Jiangling City. He is a cheerful person, a person who is willing to help others, and a person who upholds justice. He is also an outstanding person in the invention and creation of ordnance.
What a god!"
"Now that my father has established this ordnance purchasing relationship with him... in the future, he will have to purchase more sophisticated ordnance. I'm afraid his fear of Soochow will only increase!"
Shi Yi nodded: "It makes sense, but after hearing what you said, I think... maybe this is also the result that Fourth Young Master Guan wants. This is of great benefit to him and us. It kills two birds with one stone and has the best of both worlds!"
"
"Haha..." Shi Hui said with a smile: "At least there is no need to send peacocks to Jianye anymore. That Soochow man is so greedy... Thirty last year, three hundred last year, and three thousand this year. Just the money and food he pays as tribute every year.
It’s enough to equip hundreds of people with these eight oxen crossbows…”
"Haha, you don't have to be so stupid! You can even beat him! I feel so comfortable, thanks to Fourth Young Master Guan..."
It’s not just Shan Shihui who says this.
As the battle situation turned, every Jiaozhou soldier on the tower was in high spirits...
Feel proud!
This is the pride and pride that belongs to the entire Jiaozhou——
At this point, Shi Hui stretched out his hand to indicate that the Eight Ox Crossbow would no longer need to fire. He said to Shi Yi: "Uncle, it's time for me to lead the troops to clear the area!"
"Should we forget it?" Shi Yi was still a little worried, "I'm afraid that the Lu family army will come back after leaving..."
"No." Shi Hui said with a smile: "Uncle has forgotten what the child just said? Once such unknown fear spreads, how can it be so easy to dissipate? Even with ten of their courage, they wouldn't dare!"
…
…
Jiangling City is bustling with drums and music.
Someone is marrying a bride on the street. This is nothing.
But this time the person marrying the bride is very special. She is one of the nine thousand captives in Jiangxia.
It turned out that these nine thousand captives were placed in Jiangling City, and they needed someone to take care of their daily meals, sleep, and transportation of supplies.
Guan Lin also ordered that people be sent to provide these prisoners with additional clothes, bedding, and bread, and to treat the prisoners properly.
This was nothing at all, but after a while, a young unmarried captive and a woman from Jiangling City who took the initiative to give material goods looked at each other.
And the news spread among the nine thousand captives...
When Mi Yang reported this matter to Guan Lin, Guan Lin originally thought it was just a piece of fun.
It turns out that love can really happen between prisoners and female jailers.
Can…
After thinking about it carefully, Guan Lin suddenly realized that this was a God-given opportunity.
This is a divine assist!
Immediately, he went to ask the woman in person, and after coming to the conclusion that it was "true love" and "I won't marry her unless she is her", he also asked about her family background.
Still a big business...
It turns out that this woman's name is Pang Rong, the younger brother of Fengchu Pang Tong, and now she is the daughter of Pang Lin, an official of the Shu Han Dynasty.
Her mother and Pang Lin’s wife are also from a wealthy family...
She is the daughter of the Xi family among the four major families of Pang, Ma, Xiang, and Xi, who are ranked second in the aristocratic family rankings under Cai and Kuai in Jingzhou.
Therefore, although this woman's surname is not Xi, she has been living with her mother in Jiangxia and has only returned recently.
Therefore…
This marriage requires the Xi family’s nod!
Guan Lin felt that he couldn't handle it, so he simply asked his father Guan Yu to go out and go to the woman's house to propose marriage for the captive.
Guan Yu originally thought this was outrageous.
Thinking about it later, maybe Yun Qi wanted to set a precedent. Once these young unmarried captives married girls from Jiangling City, wouldn't their hearts be set on Jiangling?
It's natural, wouldn't he surrender?
From this point of view, it has strategic significance for the granddaughter of the Pang and Xi families to marry one of these captives!
So Guan Yu agreed to this matter and simply became the matchmaker for Guan Lin.
Next, Guan Yu personally took action. Even the elder of the Xi family, Xi Zhen, was not satisfied with his son-in-law who was a "Jiangxia prisoner".
But... because of Guan Yu's face, because of the great righteousness at hand... and because of the surrender of these 9,400 captives, he agreed.
One comes and two goes, three media and six hires...
Guan Lin prepared everything for the prisoner.
Today happens to be the day of the wedding, and Guan Lin will be the witness in person.
All of a sudden, nine thousand captives came to join in the fun. They selected several hundred representatives to surround the groom and parade through the market.
Others are setting up banquets.
All the expenses for the banquet were paid for by Guan Lin, the fourth son of Guan.
These prisoners never expected...
With their status, they thought they would be looked down upon in Jiangling City, but who would have thought that now they can eat well, dress well, and even get a wife in Jiangling City...
This is compared to the days during the Cao Wei Dynasty when we were fighting like a dog from east to west every day. We were military households for one day and were military households for generations...
This is simply heaven!
The female workers under Guan Lin also came together to celebrate the occasion at Guan Lin's instruction.
They surrounded the green hut where the bride "Pang Rong" was sitting, clapping and singing...
The so-called Qinglu refers to a wedding in the Han Dynasty, where a green cloth was often used as a tent. The bride sat in it, covering her face with a fan without covering her head.
now…
The bride sat shyly in the green house and covered her face with a fan, but she smiled quietly.
Guan Lin and Zhang Xingcai were wearing casual clothes and cheering with everyone...
The whole scene was quite lively.
Not long after, a group of Jiangxia prisoners pushed the groom to Qinglu. The groom had an official face, a sword-shaped eyebrow and a heroic look. He was wearing official uniform, with a big red flower on his chest, and his face was full of simple joy.
Guan Lin remembered that Mi Yang said that the captive man was called Hao Ri, who was from Jiuyuan, and whose name was Kou Kou Dao!
What a strange name and epithet. It is said that he was the governor of this group of nine thousand prisoners, commanding a thousand people, with a very high status and great prestige.
At this moment, the groom and the bride are together...
A group of prisoners joked about their "community capital".
"Brother Hao is here. I don't know whether he is Brother Hao or a good brother..."
"Good brother, good brother - the bride should also call me..."
The bride Pang Rong, although she is a lady, has lived alone with her mother in Jiangxia for more than ten years. How can she bear this? She quickly moved her fan away in anger: "Good brother... I can only call you this, you are not allowed."
Call!"
Now Xi Zhen, the elder of the Xi family, was anxious, "Girl, cover it up quickly."
Pang Rong hurriedly covered his face with his fan again.
Seeing this scene, everyone burst into laughter, and Guan Lin also laughed...
In fact, Guan Lin knew that Pang Rong's mother had left a mark in ancient books and documents.
It is true that she is the wife of Pang Tong's younger brother Pang Lin, but after Cao Cao captured Jingzhou, Pang Lin and Xi Zhen followed Liu Bei and escaped...
Pang Rong's mother could not be taken away, so she stayed in Jiangxia. Since then, she has been separated from her husband and brother, and she has been guarding the family and raising her young daughter for more than ten years.
If we follow the original trajectory of history...
It was not until Liu Bei was defeated in the Battle of Yiling and Pang Lin followed Huang Quan and surrendered to Wei that Pang Lin's mother and her daughter were able to meet her husband again.
Of course, this doesn't matter.
Because the atmosphere was warm and full of joy…
Zhang Xingcai watched the bride and groom pay homage to each other, and his hand involuntarily touched Guan Lin's, and his body got close to Guan Lin...
Guan Lin thought Zhang Xingcai was hinting, so he grabbed Zhang Xingcai's hand.
Zhang Xingcai shook it off, blushing.
"They are getting married, not us? Why are you holding my hand? Quickly... let go..."
As he spoke, he didn't know whether he was shy or angry, but he blushed and ran away.
This is just a small episode.
After the banquet, Guan Lin also drank some wine. He was very happy today.
After Zhang Xingcai left, the third sister Guan Yinping came to Guan Lin and asked in a low voice: "Did you bully your sister Xingcai?"
Guan Lin scratched his head, spread his hands, and signaled to Guan Yinping that he was confused.
"Can I bully Sister Xingcai? Even ten of me can't beat her, right?"
Guan Yinping laughed "Pfft", and moved his eyes back to the Xitang, "I didn't expect that you would use this method to make them surrender... With you..."
Guan Lin said calmly, "This is just a seasoning. The real strong material has to come from the north. I guess it will only take one or two days. Soon, soon..."
Guan Yinping puffed up her lips, "Father has asked you to leave for Jiangxia several times. You have repeatedly postponed it. Are you waiting for this?"
Guan Lin nodded slightly...
"I can't hide it from Third Sister."
Here, he asked himself, he had done enough for these nine thousand prisoners, and it was good enough...
This has completely transcended the boundaries of "preferential treatment of prisoners". Let dad Guan Yu act as a matchmaker, and the marriage is possible...
Next, it’s time to look at Lao Cao.
Let's see if the wind that will blow over "Lao Cao" sooner or later will be a gentle breeze or a storm.
——"Old Cao, you should understand widows!"
Thoughts on this…
Guan Lin couldn't help but put his chin in his hands and fell into deep thought.
On the contrary, over there...
The song used by both husband and wife to enter the bridal chamber is "Hao Ri"!
He suddenly ran out of the bridal chamber with a whoosh. Because of the tightness of his dress, he stumbled several times and almost fell down.
For a moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on this "Hao Ri", and some even asked the new son-in-law's natal elder, Xi Zhen, "Why is this son-in-law of the Xi family so frivolous?"
"The son-in-law of the Xi family, he is obviously the son-in-law of the Pang family -" Xi Zhen felt quite embarrassed and couldn't help but turn his head.
Right in front of everyone...
Hao Ri knelt down in front of Guan Lin with a snap, and knocked his head to the ground, "Young Master Guan is so kind to me, I...I am guilty, I deceived Young Master Guan!"
"Because I was worried that my mother at home would be implicated, I used a false name... My name is not Hao Ri, nor is it called Daokou... My surname is Hao, my single name is Zhao, and I am Bodao. I... I shouldn't lie to you, nor should I
Lie to everyone."
This...no wonder!
Guan Lin was still confused, how could anyone be named "Hao Ri", how could anyone be named "Jiaojie"...
The combination of "日" and "刀口" forms the character "赵".
Of course, the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, so in order to prevent his mother from being implicated, he changed his name to Haori... This is understandable.
Even if the news spreads, it will still be a good story!
Can…
etc!
While Guan Lin was thinking for a moment, he finally realized something was wrong.
——"Hao Zhao...Hao Zhao? Why is this name...so familiar?"
——"It seems...when Zhuge Liang first came out of Qishan, he attacked Chencang. The Wei general who defended the city was Hao Zhao, right? Then Zhuge Liang tens of thousands of people and Hao Zhao more than a thousand people attacked and defended day and night for several days. Zhuge Liang was stunned.
Didn’t capture it!』
——"Isn't it? This...could it be Hao Zhaoben 'Zhao', Cao Wei's famous bone-suppressing general fifteen years later and the top defensive master in the Three Kingdoms era?"
Thinking of this, Guan Lin could even think of his iron-clad lines.
——The bones can be destroyed, but the will can survive.
——I would rather die defending the city than being a general who humiliates the army.
——I hold this city alone, who among the ten thousand people can open it?
Obedient…
Guan Lin muttered in his heart.
——"Is this a blind box opening to a divine general?"
Thinking of this, Guan Lin quickly asked: "Are you from Taiyuan?"
"How do you know, Fourth Young Master? The villain is from Taiyuan!"
Following Hao Zhao's words, Guan Lin let out a long breath.
He sighed in his heart:
——"This wave is so profitable!"
…
…
Fancheng, in a side room.
Cao Cao is still in bed.
Cheng Yu bowed and said: "Li Miao's dealings in Jiangling City have been found out. It is true that he was stripped of his clothes by Guan Lin in front of everyone at the city gate. It is also true that he openly bit Guan Lin under the Shengsheng Bridge. His mouth was full of blood. Except
In addition, Li Miao was angry with Guan Yu because of the fourth son of Guan, and repeatedly scolded Guan Yu in the city, saying that he was a simple man with no brains, no wonder he gave birth to an uneducated son."
"It can be seen that Li Miao indeed suffered a lot of injustice in Jiangling, so after arriving in Fancheng, he spared no effort to help the two young masters! No matter what his intentions are?"
Cao Cao smiled lightly, "Haha, Yun Chang'ao, this Li Miao Kuang, if it weren't for that Guan Jia Si Lang, how could such a piece of jade belong to me, Cao Wei?"
As he spoke, Cao Cao stood up and said, "Change your clothes and summon the courtiers."
Cheng Yu said worriedly, "Prime Minister, you just had another headache. Can you rest a little longer?"
Cao Cao smiled, "Time waits for no one. The battlefields in Xiangfan and Huainan have been so unfavorable in the past few months. If Gu Ruo doesn't move, I'm afraid Yunchang and Biyan'er will think that Gu is either sick or dead!"
At this point, Cao Cao was about to go out, but before going out, he paused.
One more question.
"Zhongde? During this period, how is Zijian's implementation of the 'Order to Recruit Widows'?"
Cheng Yu said quickly: "Everything is going well. The states and counties have responded positively and have recruited 50,000 widows. In addition, the states and counties have come to report. There is an endless stream of people from all over the country who have come to join the army this year, which is more than double that of the same period last year..."
"Where is the morale of the soldiers?" Cao Cao continued to ask while letting his maid put on his shoes.
"One of the 'Wild Recruitment Orders' is to reward meritorious soldiers with a concubine. Once this order is issued, the soldiers' morale is high, their fighting spirit is high, and they can't wait to make meritorious deeds!"
"Hahaha..." Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, "After saving Shouchun, Li Miao has done another good job in isolation! With this kind of morale, I can regain what I lost here!"
Cao Cao seems to be in a good mood...
Cheng Yu blinked his eyes and asked a supplementary question, "Prime Minister, there is one more thing... there are many 'living wives' among the widows recruited by the local government, and among them are my soldiers of Cao Wei who were captured by the enemy. These'
Living wife'..."
Cheng Yu brought the words here and his voice suddenly stopped.
Cao Cao pondered for a moment, "Are you talking about the more than 9,000 soldiers in Jiangxia?"
Then, he said loudly: "Zhongde, you don't know yet, do you?"
"These bastards, their life in Jiangling is much better than that of our Cao Wei. Gu heard that not only can they have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, but Yunchang even personally arranged for them to marry the daughter of a local aristocratic family!"
At the end of his words, Cao Cao's eyes showed a bit of coldness and fierceness.
"Hmph, does Zhongde still think they are prisoners?"
"Their wives and daughters, who have not been assigned to official kilns as slaves or prostitutes, have already opened a wide net -"
As he spoke, Cao Cao's chest rose and fell...
His eyes are extremely sharp!
Next, the only thing that could be heard was Cao Cao's heavy steps, resounding on the bluestone floor.