Cao Zhi knew that the main purpose of Lu Kang's words was to let him put down his burden and continue to use the weapon that was fatal to the enemy. But Cao Zhi had to admit that Lu Kang's words had a certain truth, which made Cao Zhi feel shocked.
Lang, deep thought, and contradictions are intertwined.
"damned!"
As soon as the idea of righteousness popped up, he found it even more unbearable than facing thousands of barbarian troops. The balance of morality began to swing between "life" and "righteousness". Cao Zhi grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and tried hard
Wipe it on your face, the snow melts like tears.
Cao Zhi, who had been meditating alone for a while, became more awake. Cao Zhi slowly stomped back into the city. Before he could finish thinking about this troublesome decision, another one soon came up.
Cao Zhi's first thought after entering the city was to go to the barracks to see the condition of the wounded. Before he entered the barracks compound, he saw Cao An running out in a panic and almost bumped into him.
Cao Zhi supported him and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Quick, quick, Second Young Master, those two are about to fight." Cao An said breathlessly.
"Who, those two are about to fight?"
Before Cao Zhi finished asking, Cao An had already taken Cao Zhi to the barracks where the wounded were staying.
As soon as Cao Zhi stepped into the barracks to the west under the east city, he noticed something was wrong. The place was already crowded with people, but now it was even more crowded with people watching the excitement. Some injured soldiers were also trying to squeeze in the crowd.
Everyone came to join in the fun, standing on tiptoes and leaning on crutches.
In front of a barracks, a dozen civilians were guarding the door with steel knives or halberds and forks. They seemed to be looking at the door. However, facing the Yangzhou soldiers outside who were about the same number but had murderous looks and completely different spirits, they couldn't help but wonder.
There's a bit of lust inside.
He had also killed people, but in this public confrontation, his momentum could not be compared with that of Cao Zhi's soldiers from the Western Camp.
Xu Chu leaned his swords on the ground, spread his legs, and stood at the door in an imposing manner, his eyes half-closed and half-opened, motionless. Beside him, more than a dozen of his soldiers were murderous, with their weapons drawn out, as if no one was watching.
appearance.
Similarly, Wang Ping stood at the door of the barracks unwilling to be outdone, holding up a steel pole and stretching his head firmly. The two of them stared at each other like fighting cocks.
Xu Chu looked at the three sticks of incense that were about to burn out, and couldn't help but swallowed quietly. He said harshly: "If the three sticks of incense are burned out, if Wang Ping doesn't come out to compete with him, he will rush into the barracks.
But now it's about to arrive. Should he go in then or let it go? No, we can't just let it go. That won't weaken my old Xu's reputation. We must decide today.
Show off the majesty of me, Old Xu. Damn it, do you want me to explain in public that Wang Ping has competed with me before, and there was no winner? How can I, the majestic Xiying Sima, show weakness like that?"
Xu Chu cursed secretly in his heart and hurriedly changed back to a look that said he would never give up.
On the outside, some civilians who had surrounded Xu Chu and others faced outside and were confronting the Yangzhou soldiers who finally arrived. These people were not idle and were constantly quarreling.
The civilians were furious and shouted angrily: "You big-headed soldiers are so courageous. You dare to make trouble here. Do you know who is inside? He is a great hero who must be respected by Captain Cao. You dare to mess with Captain Cao, too."
I’m really fucking impatient. You see clearly, this is Lujiang, not Liyang. Besides, we are worse than you in that respect, yet we bully people like this!"
The officers and soldiers of Xiying fought bravely, but the behavior of this group of people was extremely undisciplined. They came all the way from the north. They are just an unknown civilian, and they dare to challenge our Sima. They are tired of living!
What are you afraid of? I'll kill you, slap your butts, and leave. Who cares if it's on your Lujiang territory. Besides, this Yangzhou army was transferred from the state capital. The chief military officer is the governor of Yangzhou, Xu Chu.
They are the troops directly belonging to Yangzhou and Cao Zhi. Look at the tops of our heads. We are the ones with the tail of the heli. We are the number one in the Yangzhou army. Who is afraid of whom?
A corps commander from Xiying said proudly: "Keep your dog eyes open and see clearly that we belong to the state capital. Looking at the whole of Yangzhou, we are the only ones shitting like scorpions."
An old man from Lujiang said disdainfully: "Bah! A bunch of country bumpkins will open a dyeing workshop for you just to give you a few colors. Go ahead and scare the country people with your ostentation. Who in Anhui City has never seen the big world, so don't show off here."
"Fuck you! If I hadn't gone through life and death and fought with blood, you losers would have fucked the Jiangxia barbarians, and you would have become such bastards!" The contemptuous tone of the sergeant in the West Camp immediately angered him.
Those civilians.
They thought to themselves that we didn't risk losing our heads just now to fight with Jiang Xiaman, why are we not as good as you, and both sides suddenly started making noises.
In fact, the arrogance of the Xiying soldiers also aroused the dissatisfaction of the Lujiang soldiers, so they turned a blind eye and allowed these civilians to challenge the Yangzhou soldiers, and some even secretly supported them.
Cao An hurriedly ran to the middle of the two men and horses who were about to fight, pulled out his sword, pointed to the sky with a "choking" sound, and shouted in a majestic manner: "Stop everyone, the Yangzhou Captain is here..."
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When the sergeant of Xiying, who was originally arrogant, heard this, he immediately stepped back from his forward steps. The captains, corps commanders and other officers who were rushing in front also hurriedly squeezed left and right, retracting themselves.
In the pile, so as not to be too conspicuous.
The people on the opposite side stopped making noise, and the scene was completely silent for a while.
Cao Zhi walked to the field with a frown, walking around several large bowls on the ground and the batter and food scattered nearby, and then looked at the officers and soldiers of the Western Camp unhappily.
He took two steps back, wilted and drooped his head.
Cao Zhi snorted heavily and reprimanded: "What a majestic and powerful person. Go back to the city. Once the battle is over, I will lead my own military strategy. Each person has twenty military sticks. Take note of them all."
Are you done yet? Still not leaving?"
Several officers looked at each other, glanced at each other, and said with cupped hands: "General, I obey your orders!" The small phalanx of the Western Camp all stepped back a few steps, then turned to the left and strode away.
Cao Zhi turned around and walked in the direction blocked by the civilian husband. The civilian husband spontaneously stepped back to make way for him. Cao An and two personal guards hurriedly chased after him and walked in between the two human walls.
Along the way, Cao Zhi also roughly understood the cause of the matter. It turned out that Xu Zhu had been busy fighting the enemy from the beginning of the battle, educating those slimy civilians and kicking their butts. Because everyone in Dongcheng had participated in the battle,
There were no full-time civilians to transport the supplies needed to defend the city for the officers and soldiers, so Xu Zhu had to haul the "Shang Shui", the weapon of city defense, by himself. Anyway, Xu Zhu was always the busiest person once the war started, so he was the busiest person.
As a result, Wang Ping was missed many times by mistake.