Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan gave Zhou Yu a plan and promised to help Zhou Yu act as a lobbyist. The specific content was actually very simple... During the discussion, Huang Gai suddenly had a big quarrel with Zhou Yu...
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Killing a general before he goes into battle is taboo no matter where he is placed.
When the Wu generals saw that Zhou Yu was angry and wanted to chop off Huang Gai's head, they all stepped forward to plead for Huang Gai.
Zhou Yu didn't really mean to kill Huang Gai, but what Huang Gai said just now about his curse that he would die at the age of 34... no matter how good-tempered and magnanimous Zhou Yu was, he still couldn't keep his temper.
You know, he has just turned 34 years old. According to his current physique, Zhou Yu thinks that he will live to be 60 years old.
Zhou Yu took a long breath and said slowly: "Since you are waiting for mercy, then I will let him live. Come on, give me a severe punishment!"
After Zhou Yu finished speaking, he pulled out his sword with a clang.
At this moment, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei arrived.
Seeing Zhou Yu's formation, Liu Bei was startled, asked around, and hurriedly came forward to plead with Zhou Yu on Huang Gai's behalf with everyone else. However, the Wu generals were half-kneeling, while Liu Bei bowed slightly.
The lord Liu Bei did this, and Zhuge Liang, his subordinate, had to plead with him.
Zhou Yu didn't expect Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to come, and they also joined everyone in interceding for Huang Gai. For a while, Zhou Yu felt extremely satisfied.
Looking sideways, Shenxian Hou was looking at the crowd of beggars in front of him with wide eyes, smiling, and shamelessly picking his nose with his little finger.
"What the hell..." Zhou Yu cursed secretly in his heart, shook his head helplessly, and waved his hands to the people in front of him, "It's useless for you to plead for mercy. Huang Gai has messed up our military morale like this for more than a day or two.
Come on, hit me with a yellow-covered eighty-meter military stick, be brutal!"
"Scared?" Zhou Yu ordered, which really shocked everyone present.
This military stick is as thick as an adult's arm. Let alone eighty sticks, even a strong adult would definitely not feel comfortable if he received ten sticks, not to mention Huang Gai's age.
Huang Gai was also surprised. In his opinion, there was absolutely no such drama in the plan that the Immortal Marquis told him that day. Why did the governor just send eighty military sticks to him without saying anything today? This was not for himself.
His old life?
However, now that the arrow is on the string, I have to shoot it. If I show my cowardice now, then the plan mentioned by the Immortal Marquis will probably fail.
When agreeing to the Shenxian Hou, Huang Gai also had a great ideological struggle. The whole plan can be said to be planned by Shenxian Hou alone. As the executor, Huang Gai only knew his own duties. As for the Governor
Huang Gai didn't know what Zhou Yu should do.
After thinking for a while, Huang Gai decided to carry out the plan resolutely, so he gritted his teeth and shouted: "You don't have to plead for me anymore, just hit me, huh! Am I still afraid of you, a yellow-tongued brat like you?"
After saying that, Huang Gai ripped off his armor and clothes with a sharp sound, revealing his upper body covered with old scars.
Seeing the old injuries on Huang Gai's body, Zhou Yu was also extremely surprised, but he had to do his best to put on a show, and he had no way out.
"Kneel down!"
In humiliation, Huang Gai was kicked into the hollow of his knee by the guard, and he knelt down with a thud.
Huang Gai was dissatisfied and tried to stand up, but then the stick hit him hard on the back.
Huang Gai's energy and blood suddenly surged. Although this was only the first stick, the power had already spread throughout his body.
Huang Gai raised his head stubbornly, looked at Zhou Yu fiercely, and cursed: "Huangkou boy, you are a young and ignorant guy. My lord made a big mistake in entrusting you with this great responsibility..."
Zhou Yu snorted coldly: "Huang Gongfu, don't stop talking nonsense. I am the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, personally appointed by the lord. How can I be as knowledgeable as you? You guys, don't stop, keep fighting!"
The guard raised his military stick and struck Huang Gai hard on the back with a few more blows.
Liu Bei couldn't stand it anymore. Zhou Yu's attack on Huang Gai this time was, after all, his own business. He had just asked Zhou Yu to plead for Huang Gai, but unfortunately Zhou Yu had no intention of relenting.
Liu Bei knew that he could no longer persuade him, so instead of doing this, he might as well escape first.
After winking at Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei began to apply oil on the soles of his feet.
Zhuge Liang was just about to follow his lord, but Ma Xiaoquan secretly stopped him.
"Kong Ming, let me speak!" Ma Xiaoquan pulled Zhuge Liang out of the discussion tent.
Inside the tent, Zhou Yu's guards were counting the numbers while putting on the yellow lid, while outside the tent, Ma Xiaoquan asked Zhuge Liang calmly: "Kong Ming, what do you think about Zhou Yu's yellow lid this time?"
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment and asked Ma Xiaoquan: "Master Shangxian, do you really want me to say it?"
"But it doesn't matter!"
Zhuge Liang came over and whispered: "It's all fake, it's all fake. It's just a trick. But I didn't expect that Zhou Yu Huang Gai could actually do this, confusing the fake with the real, I admire him."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and took credit: "Do you know who planned this cruel trick?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "It must be Master Shangxian."
"Smart, Kong Ming, you are so smart."
Zhuge Liang said modestly: "No, Master Shangxian is smarter, haha."
In his left eye, Yuan suddenly sent a message to Ma Xiaoquan: "Hun Dan Ma Xiaoquan, I really can't stand it anymore. Can you two stop being so bitter?"
Ma Xiaoquan responded: "What do you know? It is a great honor to be praised by the military god Zhuge Liang, haha."
"..."
At this time, the camp suddenly became quiet. Ma Xiaoquan and Zhuge Liang listened attentively, and Zhou Yu's voice came from the tent: "Huh, I'm making it easier for you. Write down the remaining forty-two sticks first, and then calculate them later. Let's scatter!"
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There was another brief moment of silence, and then Zhou Yu walked out first with a gloomy face.
After glancing at Ma Xiaoquan and Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu walked away without saying a word.
Then, a team of Wu generals carried Huang Gai out with all his hands and feet.
At this time, Huang Gai had fainted and was lying on a stretcher. Ma Xiaoquan and Zhuge Liang couldn't bear to look at him.
The skin on Huang Gai's back was torn and the bones were clearly visible in some places.
Zhuge Liang grabbed Lu Su and asked, "Zijing, how is General Huang doing?"
Lu Su had a look of helplessness and pain on his face, but his eyes kept moving: "I don't know about this, why did it suddenly become like this, hey!"
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly: "I'm afraid Zijing has already guessed it, why bother pretending while I do it?"
Lu Su was stunned for a moment and said, "Kong Ming also thinks there is something fishy about this matter?"
Zhuge Liang pursed his lips, and the direction happened to be Ma Xiaoquan.
Lu Su chuckled, shook his head and said: "Actually, I was doubting it before, but now, haha..."
Lu Su is also a smart man. Zhuge Liang gave a little hint and Lu Su understood.
Knowing that it was the Shenxianhou's plan, Lu Su admired Ma Xiaoquan from the bottom of his heart.
