Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2569 People have three urgencies

   Layers of dark clouds rolled up from the sky, piled up quickly, and the strong wind gradually roared up, as if it was going to sweep the land in the northern part of Youzhou again. Pushed by the strong wind, the dark clouds are almost like flowing water, from the horizon to the top of the head, until the entire sky is densely covered into a dark world.

If Tang Seng saw the current situation, he might have shouted that it was raining to collect his clothes, but in the peasant camp outside Yuyang City, none of the peasants had the intention to collect their rags to dry, but were running in a panic He was busy covering the forage and materials with a rainproof cloth, and then tied them tightly with hemp rope.

  People can get in the rain, but supplies cannot.

  The untouchables are available at any time, and the materials are naturally more expensive.

  In the camp outside Yuyang City, there are busy figures everywhere, rattling to reinforce the wooden fence of the camp, clanging and clanging to dig the drainage ditch deeper.

  Cao Shang, like other non-commissioned officers in the military academy, was running around, shouting loudly, urging the laborers and his subordinates to work, checking for any omissions and negligence, shouting until his voice was almost hoarse.

With the current weather, I don’t know if it’s snowing, it’s going to rain, or both, but no matter what it is, it means a severe test, lack of shelter and warm labor, in such a rain After the snow, there will inevitably be a large number of people who will get sick.

   Once you get sick, let alone other infections and transmission, it is almost equivalent to a disaster for these civilian laborers alone. Under the double blow of hunger and disease, most of the laborers infected with typhoid fever would die.

Cao Shang understood this, he ran around from afternoon to night, seeing that most of the places were covered with tarpaulins, and after checking the drainage ditches, he returned to his home with soreness all over his body. tent.

  Inside the tent, Cao Shang sat in the shadows, looking at the set of shiny armor placed in the corner.

   This is Xia Houshang's spare armor.

Ordinary soldiers can't even get a decent set of armor. Many people still wear the double armor of the early Han Dynasty. There are even many gaps in the iron plates on the armor, but Xia Houshang has such a set. No, at least two sets of exquisite, gorgeous armor with various gold and silver decorations.

  If it was before, Cao Shang would be excited to have such a set of armor, even if it is for a short time.

  But now...

  Cao Shang looked at the gorgeous armor, but he didn't have any interest in touching it, or even wearing it. He lay down on the bed beside him, although his body was exhausted, he didn't feel much sleepiness.

   Xia Houshang was not so kind, and wanted to give Cao Shang a set of armor. Xia Houshang just wanted Cao Shang to act as his substitute at certain moments.

  As for why a substitute is needed, do you need to think too much about it? It's just a bait...

  Some footsteps came from outside the tent, and then several guards of Xia Houshang lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in, "It's time to patrol the camp... huh?" Why are you not wearing armor? 』

  Cao Shang sat up from the bed and was silent for a while, "How dare I belittle the general's armor?" When not in use, it should be offered respectfully. 』

  Xia Houshang's guard looked better now, and while helping Cao Shang put on the armor, he said, "The general will be delighted to know you are loyal." 』

  When Cao Shang changed Xiahoushang's armor, walked out of the tent again, and then, accompanied by several Xiahoushang's guards, began to patrol inside and outside the camp, Cao Shang suddenly discovered a phenomenon...

He and Xia Houshang's faces are not the same. It can even be said that there are not many similarities except that they have two eyes, a nose and a mouth. People have any doubts, when they saw this armor from a distance, they bent down hurriedly to salute, not daring to lift their heads, let alone those ordinary peasants and laborers, who basically prostrated themselves on the ground with their buttocks up , as if it was a sin to look more than once.

   Do you worship this set of armor, or do you worship people?

  If you worship armor, do you still need people to fight? Just put out the armor on both sides, whoever looks good and who is strong, whoever wins, wouldn't it be good?

  If you can't decide the outcome with armor, why not pay attention to who is wearing it?

  Cao Shang was full of questions, but he couldn't get any answers.

  The night gradually descended.

  After the battalion tour, Cao Shang could not return to his own tent, but went into the tent of the Chinese army reserved for Xia Houshang, and sat silently.

  He has been "Xiahoushang" since the camp tour, and he must be here for everyone to see.

   Even if Cao Shang doesn't like it, it must be so.

   Well, I believe that no bait would like to be hung on a hook.

  Whether it is the civilian husband's barracks or the outer city wall of Yuyang several miles behind, they all look dark in the night.

  In the camp of the civilian husbands, the torches were buzzing.

  Cao Shang stared at the shadows under his feet, and there seemed to be some shadows dancing in his eyes.

When he didn't have any authority, he yearned for authority, but when he really grasped the authority, Cao Shang realized that the authority was dirty, filthy, full of mucus and blood, like a bone just pulled out of some corpse, smelly and foul Once infected, it lingers.

  Wearing exquisite and gorgeous armor on his body, Cao Shang felt that there seemed to be maggots wriggling on the armor, seeming to be gnawing at his heart.

   Is this the Cao family, the leader of the Xiahou family?

   Is this the big man?

   Is this the big man Cao Shang wants to be loyal to, fight for and dedicate his life to?

   I don't know why, but Cao Shang feels very tired.

  Perhaps, such a big man should be finished.

  The fall of a dynasty is always a bit sad and tragic.

  Whether it is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or the former Qin Dynasty, or the current Han Dynasty.

  Cao Shang didn’t understand it very well before, but now he does. Among the big men who hold authority are all such people. How can this country be healthy and not corrupt?

   Big men should all be on top.

Is not it?

If the big man stands too low, not only is it easy for people to see the golden ring finger on his hand and the jade ring pinned to his waist, but also easy to be seen as the little heart under the fat belly, the heart The lump of feces wrapped in the belly.

  Cao Shang felt like that piece of shit.

Pulled out, thrown here, exuding smell, waiting for vicious dogs to **** it, but also covered with a shiny shell, and he himself has to maintain the dignity of a pile of shit, put on Xia Houshang's armor, to show Xia Houshang was brave, he dared to go to the front line and fight the enemy bravely...

  The maid raised him.

  Cao Shang closed his eyes slightly, and spit out a few vague words from the corner of his mouth.

  He didn't understand the necessity of doing this at all, just like he couldn't understand Xia Houshang's thinking mode. But there was nothing he could do, because it was Xia Houshang who was in charge of the power, and it was Xiahoushang who was giving orders, not Cao Shang himself.

  The camp was quiet.

   A pile of shit, well, Cao Shang is in the center.

  Cao Shang leaned his saber on the ground, sat silently, and waited until some chaotic voices began to sound in the dark night.

"coming! 』

  …(〒︿〒)…

  『Qi Ye...why do I think, we seem to have come too smoothly? 』

Zu Qilang looked up at the peasant camp in the distance like a giant beast crouching on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The barbarian invaded, General Cao went north, and there are only some civilian servants left here. it's common…"

  『No, I mean, Seventh Master, we did it last time. Could it be that these people... just don’t have a long memory? 』

  『Hmm…』Zu Qilang pondered, and after a while he shook his head and said, 『This is the order of the Patriarch. 』

  『…』The young man beside Zu Qilang fell silent.

"Er Gouzi, don't think so much, we will break through the camp as before, and then drive out the laborers, take away what can be taken away, and burn what can't be taken away..." Zu Qilang said, "Go to the back Turn around and pass on my order...』

As the saying goes, the great hermit hides in the court. Although Zu Wu and others may not know this sentence, the local snake who has rich experience in fighting in the local countryside for many years can easily make the most suitable chameleon. Disguising, hiding these people under the noses of Cao Chun and others.

  Covered cloth is a horse thief, put down the knife is a postman.

   After a while, Er Gouzi came back and said that everyone was ready.

  Zu Qilang hummed, and glanced at Er Gouzi, "By the way, I've always been called Er Gouzi, what's your name?" 』

  『I don’t have a name. Er Gouzi said, "My father died shortly after I was born, so I didn't have time to change my name..."

  Zu Qilang nodded, then patted Er Gouzi on the shoulder, "Okay... After this battle, I will ask the Patriarch to give you a real name, Daming!" 』

"it is good. ’ Er Gouzi said.

  Zu Qilang took a deep breath, then tightened his belt again, turned on his horse, and said, "Everything is ready!" We attack! 』

  Actually, Zu Qilang and the others don’t have many people, so they have to attack in the dark, using the dark night to cover up their shortcomings of a small number, and then exert greater psychological pressure on the opponent.

In the era of cold weapons, most battles are not the kind of death-for-life fights, but more of a victory when one side loses its fighting spirit and the line collapses. On the other hand, duels to the death are generally the main forces of large-scale battles, and they are often the lore means for both sides to prepare for the final final decision.

Because this kind of being in the formation, crowded in a small space with tens of thousands of people, unable to move around, dodge and retreat, can only engage in the most cruel life-for-life hand-to-hand combat, if it is not for selected warriors, or After undergoing rigorous training, it is absolutely impossible to complete the task.

   This is why people in Shandong are afraid of hussars, because in the eyes of Shandong people, hussars are like lunatics, even a small army can fight like a battle...

  Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimps.

   In comparison, Zu Qilang naturally has a certain advantage when facing the labor of the civilian husband.

  Amidst the sawdust flying, the fence of the camp was pulled down to the ground, and Zu Qilang took the lead and rushed into the camp of the peasants.

   Everything seems to be the same as before...

   Raiding the camp, the most important thing is to attack slowly and disrupt the main. As for how many people were killed, that really didn't matter.

  Although Zu Qilang is not a first-class general, he also knows that the most important thing is to hurry up and completely disrupt the civilian camp, and then he can win.

  Zu Qilang swung his sword and chopped down a tent. The laborers in the tent rolled into a ball under the curtain, and then they couldn't struggle, and let out a dull and frightened cry.

  The "horse thief" following Zu Qilang also roared in, some of them hacked and stabbed at the place where the tent was still moving, and some stirred up torches and threw them around, and the fire gradually spread around.

  The sounds of exclamation and shouting in the battalion were mixed together.

   All the laborers in the camps are rushing out, but they are bumping around like headless chickens.

  In the center of the camp, Cao Shang stood under Xia Houshang's banner.

  The glamorous armor shone even brighter under the light of the fire.

  『Line up! Attack! 』

   Cao Shang raised his saber and shouted.

  …(╬￣dish￣)=○…

   When the camp outside the city was hit, Xia Houshang was still sleeping.

   It's a big thing, and I have to sleep.

  Eating and sleeping are like the three urgencies of human beings, which cannot be avoided, isn’t it?

  It is often said that people have three urgencies, but in fact, many people do not know what the three urgencies are. Some people say it should be "internal urgency", "impatientness" and "impatientness", but others say it is "urgency to go to the toilet" because it can't be held back, "urgency to stutter" because it can't speak, and "urgency to have a baby" because it is stuffy. not going back.

   But in fact...

  The urgency of the big man is the real urgency.

   Little people, don’t care if they are in a hurry to go to the bathroom, stutter, or have a baby, when they conflict with the official title of a big person, don’t be in a hurry, no matter how urgent you are, it’s useless.

   It’s like when Xia Houshang needs to rest, even if he wants to rest, it’s useless to rush.

For Xia Houshang, whether it is camping in the wild or in Yuyang City, it is not a very comfortable thing. The tent is cold and there is no warmth and warmth, and those ignorant **** often make inexplicable disturbances Incessantly asking about military matters, people can't rest.

   You know, when Xia Houshang was in Yanzhou, he feasted and danced day and night, and only rested near dawn. Where did he experience such pain in the army?

   These bastards, don't they understand that no matter how hard they are, they can't suffer from their boss, and no matter how tired they are, they can't be tired of the general?

  So when Xia Houshang was woken up, he immediately became furious and cursed.

  Cao Chun's original intention was to let Xia Houshang be the bait.

   After all, Xia Houshang's meat looks fat, so it will definitely attract many people.

   But Xia Houshang agreed with his mouth, but thinking about it later, he felt that it was wrong.

  With such a noble body, how can I use it as a bait?

   If there is a contingency, even if the prey is caught, but the bait is eaten by the prey, then what is the use of killing the prey, can it be recovered from the prey's stomach?

  There are policies on the top, but are there countermeasures on the bottom...

   Fighting still has to be fought, and traps still have to be set, but no matter what, your own life is the most important, so Xia Houshang arranged Cao Shang as his substitute, and went outside the city as a bait, while he still slept in the city.

When there is some movement outside the city at night, because there is some distance between them, and the city walls and houses are blocking it, the sound transmitted to the house is actually not very loud, and Xia Houshang has just fallen asleep not long ago, and he is sleeping the most soundly When he was woken up, he was really furious. Not only did he lose his temper on the spot, but he also saw that everyone was not pleasing to the eye, and even wanted to kill a few people to vent his anger!

After a while, Xia Houshang recovered from his anger, remembered that he still had some responsibilities, and then he also felt a little bit of joy at the prey, so he gave an order to let the servants take the armor Something, serving myself and getting dressed.

  But Xia Houshang forgot some things because he got up angry, and the servants around him, even if they sensed something was wrong, they naturally didn't dare to touch the bad luck when facing Xia Houshang's anger, to remind him...

   Put on the exquisite and gorgeous armor.

  Mingguang armor, shiny,

  Exquisite pockets worn on the head.

  Left jade ring, right sachet,

   Potbellied Gold Ribbon.

  When he was fully dressed, Xia Houshang patted his belly in satisfaction, feeling that his heroic and brave figure was indeed handsome, so he sent an order loudly: "Come on, go to the top of the city and watch the battle!" 』

  Xia Houshang forgot that he should change into an ordinary armor.

He didn't notice that the clothes he was used to and the auspicious temperament he displayed, a person as cool as him, was naturally like that, once he appeared on the city wall, he was easily captured by other people. people found out...

  In the dark corner of the city, someone stared at the shining figure on the city wall, "It's broken! 』

  『Xiahou still hasn’t left the city! 』

  『Outside the city is a trap! 』

   Immediately, this can be judged almost instantly.

"what to do? Signal to retreat outside the city? 』

  『It’s too late...Even if we take the risk of sending out a signal, people outside the city may not be able to notice it right away...』

  『Then what should we do? Is it possible that we are here and helplessly watching them fall into the trap? 』

  In the darkness, the eyes reflecting the fire seemed to ignite something.

  『Why not... Anyway, I made this vote, and I can’t stay any longer...』

"what? ’ Another voice sounded in the darkness, ‘Are you crazy? 』

"crazy? Why do you think there are traps? Why would a trap be set here? I bet, seeing the fire here, Cao Jun who had gone away before must be rushing here! After dawn, the four fields will be surrounded, even if we want to run, there will be no way to escape! So, why not take advantage of the chaos and escape, otherwise...』

  『…』 Another voice was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice, 『Okay! Just do it! You can escape as much as you can! 』

  (end of this chapter)