Chapter 303 I’m Not Targeting Anyone, the Generals of Soochow Are All Rubbish

In Anlu City, due to the fire outside the west city, countless dead branches and ashes were blown into the city by the wind.

This made the guards at Soochow Posthouse complain one after another...

The ashes covered their bodies with a thick layer of dust, which made their cheeks dark and they could not stop coughing...

After finally staying up late at night, thinking that Governor Lu must have gone to bed, he secretly walked to the duty room to wash his face and change into clean clothes.

As they walked, they couldn't help but talk about something.

"Look at how the Fourth Young Master Guan used Anlu City as bait and launched a fire attack. How beautiful this battle was!"

"Who knows, the poisonous smoke is so powerful. The soldiers who came back said that most of the Cao Wei soldiers were not burned to death, but were smoked to death by the poisonous smoke."

"Alas... defeating more with less. Zhou Lang, the governor of Soochow, did it once when he was in Chibi, and it was also a fire. Now, at this young age, Guan Jia Si Lang can also replicate it in Jiangxia. No, I admire you a lot, but on the other hand... we in Soochow... don't mention it, don't mention it, don't mention it!"

At this point, a veteran warned, "Watch your mouth. If the governor hears your words, it may not be possible whether you can eat with this mouth tomorrow!"

Well…

Following the veteran's reminder, the guard quickly covered his mouth, muttering in his heart.

——"Maybe we, Soochow, can't defeat Cao Cao and can't compare to Guan Jiashilang, so why don't we say it ourselves?" What's wrong? Got used to it...』

Of course, I only dared to whisper these words in my heart.

On the contrary, these words on the surface were clearly heard by Zhuge Jin and Lu Su in the study.

In the study at this moment, there was a table with Lu Su and Zhuge Jin sitting on both sides.

Just five days ago, Guan Lin gave Lu Su five hundred "burning jars" and took Lu Su to see how one jar burned.

At that time, Lu Su was astonished. While lamenting its destructive power, he immediately sent Luo Tong to escort the five hundred incendiary jars to Hefei by waterway.

He had a vague hunch that if Wu Hou used these five hundred incendiary cans properly, he could reverse the situation and turn the tide.

But at this moment, because of today's "magnificent" battle, Zhuge Jin, who heard about the power and effect of this "burning tank", couldn't sleep and simply came to look for Lu Su...

Lu Su couldn't sleep either, so they came to the study together.

Zhuge Jin had doubts in his heart, and Lu Su also had worries...

The two of them just sat in front of the desk, looking at each other in silence for a while.

Finally, the silence here was disrupted by the chatter of the soldiers outside the door.

Zhuge Jin asked: "The flint in the burning pot was what Wu Hou instructed General Lu Meng to use when he dealt with the Lu family army in Jiaozhou... I never thought that filling it into this clay pot and then supplementing it with fish oil would be able to Such power burst out on the battlefield... Even the most difficult transportation problem was solved with a small clay pot. This Shiro Seki has reminded us!"

As Zhuge Jin spoke, Lu Su sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that all the flint stored in Soochow was used to deal with our own people. The original reserve was not sufficient. Otherwise... why would Yunqi provide these five hundred" Where's the incendiary canister used to deal with urgent needs?"

The implication…

Not every city is "Da Xiaogan"...ah no, it is "Da Anlu"!

Not every Sifang Mountain can dig out white phosphorus...

There are not many "white phosphorus" reserves in Soochow, and Soochow doesn't know which mountain will dig up white phosphorus...

Now, all the limited white phosphorus was used to deal with Lu Xun and the Lu Jiajun, which indirectly caused the passive situation in Huainan.

Many times, Lu Su really wanted to shout from the bottom of his heart:

——"It is your own fault and you will not live..."

Or to put it more simply:

——‘That’s right! 』

"What a pity, what a pity..." Zhuge Jin frowned deeply and couldn't help but sigh.

But after sighing, Zhuge Jin added another question, "Previously, when that boy Guan Lin gave the governor this burning jar, I thought it was just an ordinary flint. I didn't expect it to be so powerful. But now that I think about it, This is weird. Why would Guan Lin give a burning tank with such destructive power to Soochow? Couldn't he keep it for himself? Besides, this 'flint' is extremely valuable and has a price on the market. Wu Shi’s important military supplies, he, Guan Lin, is usually not considered generous, but this time, why is he so generous?”

Zhuge Jin threw out all his questions.

His eyes kept turning, full of guesses about Guan Lin's motives.

It was precisely this question that made Lu Su's heart palpitate. He stood up slowly and walked slowly to the window lattice. With a little worry in his eyes, he looked up at the sky and sighed:

"I thought that only Zhuge Kongming and I could understand the opportunities and challenges brought about by the existence of the Sun-Liu Alliance. After all, it was Zhou Gongjin in the past, Guan Yunchang of Jingzhou, Uncle Liu, and Even Marquis Wu may not be able to understand it, but..."

At this point, Lu Su paused, "I just discovered today that Guan Lin is the third person besides me and Kong Ming who can understand this game!"

ah…

Lu Su's words suddenly became a little serious.

Zhuge Jin quickly asked: "What is the meaning of this statement?"

"The basis for the existence of the Sun-Liu Alliance is to resist Cao Cao, because now the world is divided into three parts, and Cao Cao is powerful. This is the basis of everything!" Lu Su slowly explained, "But the Sun-Liu Alliance exists from another level. There are hidden dangers... If one party in the alliance keeps growing and the other party keeps being beaten, then the alliance cannot survive. This is unfair to the party that is always being beaten... As long as this situation occurs, the alliance will split and collapse quickly. Even the one who gets beaten will fight back!"

Having said this, Lu Su took a deep breath, "So, there is only one possibility to make the alliance stable, which is to keep Cao Cao being beaten, while both sides of the Sun-Liu alliance are growing stronger... This is the foundation of the alliance. , which is the game I was talking about!”

As Lu Su said...

Historically, the most fundamental reason and the lowest logic behind Soochow's back-stabbing of Guan Yu was actually that Guan Yu was too awesome, Jingzhou was growing stronger, and Soochow was being beaten...

In other words, the Sun-Liu alliance did not bring room for Soochow to grow, and the beneficiaries were Shu Han and Guan Yu.

It is precisely based on this that stabbing Guan Yu in the back has become something that is destined to happen in the wheel of history.

Afterwards, the most fundamental reason why Liu Bei launched the Battle of Yiling was Guan Yu's death.

In other words, even if Lu Su is gone at that time, as long as Zhuge Liang, who can understand this "game", is still there, and as long as Guan Yu is not dead, he will definitely stabilize this game.

Even if Jingzhou is abandoned, he will not break with Sun Quan...

This is a game to save the day;

What Guan Lin is doing now is to use his own way to maintain this alliance and make this alliance survive!

The Sun-Liu Alliance has been a bureau from the very beginning, and it is also a knot, an intricate knot...

Every action is related to the "knot"!

A single move affects the whole body.

At this moment, as Lu Su pointed out, Zhuge Jin suddenly realized, "This is the reason why Guan Lin gave the five hundred 'burning jars' to Wu Hou... It turns out that the Governor of Lu had seen through him... and discovered that he …Can he actually think of this step?”

"This is what I am most worried about..." Lu Su sighed with emotion: "He can already see as far away as Zhuge Kongming... Such a young master may be beneficial to the alliance and Soochow now, but one day in the future, he It will become Soochow's biggest constraint... just like Zhuge Kongming in Zhou Gongjin's eyes."

Zhuge Jin gritted his teeth and spoke with difficulty.

"So is this why the Governor has been sparing no effort to facilitate the marriage between the eldest princess and him?"

"Alas..." Lu Su sighed again...

However, something suddenly occurred to him, and he quickly reminded him seriously: "Don't mention this matter in Soochow in the future. The eldest princess's temperament, if she knew that Guan Yunqi used her marriage to bet and refused her marriage, it would be the same. Yu Qi is so humiliated, I am afraid that the eldest princess will...will..."

Lu Su didn't dare to continue. He boasted that he was quite accurate in reading people.

Although the "big tiger" Sun Luban is still young, Lu Su can already tell from her behavior and character that she is not someone who can easily suffer losses!

Guan Lin rejected her marriage, but this might be enough for Sun Luban to cause trouble in Jingzhou——

"Alas..." Thinking of this, Lu Su sighed again, this time blaming him... blaming him for losing the bet, losing himself, and not getting Soochow's son-in-law!

It seemed that he noticed that Lu Su was in a bad mood.

Zhuge Jin quickly changed the subject, "Grand Governor, now that Luo Tong is going to deliver the five hundred incendiary cans, I am worried...does anyone in Soochow dare to deliver these five hundred incendiary cans?"

this…

Zhuge Jin successfully diverted Lu Su's attention.

Lu Su pondered for a moment, then opened his mouth: "The letter I sent to my lord has already stated the power and use of this burning pot, as well as the power of the poisonous smoke... Indeed, it takes a huge amount of fire to set off this fire. Courage!”

"I only hope... I hope... Wuhou can choose a courageous general to implement this plan and severely defeat Cao's army... to restore the unfavorable situation in Huainan."

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"Stab-"

Under the moonlight, the light of the Qinglong Yanyue Sword was dazzling, breaking through the night sky with great ferocity and killing enemies in the crowd.

Blood was flying around Guan Yu.

Not long ago, Xu Huang finally issued the order to abandon the military camp and evacuate to the north...

Countless soldiers of Cao's army stared at the violent "coughing" and quickly fled north.

Guan Yu directly ordered the pursuit.

Zhou Cang reminded: "Our army only brings two thousand men, and they are all armed with repeating crossbows. If we pursue... I am afraid that there are many enemy soldiers. If we can organize a counterattack..."

Before the word "attack" came out of his mouth, Guan Yu's unmistakable roar blocked all the mouths.

——"The number of people is not the key to seizing victory; a defeated army is not afraid of its numbers!"

——"This is what the thief Cao told Guan."

After saying this, Guan Yu's red rabbit horse took the lead and chased him directly.

as expected…

After such a fire and poisonous smoke, how could Xu Huangjun still have the will to fight...

He just wanted to run away in a hurry.

It's a pity that their horses have long since escaped from the horse pen and scattered...

Except for Xu Huang and a few generals riding horses, most of the soldiers were walking!

However, Guan Yu and the two thousand Guan Family Army cavalry were chasing after them. They were running fast. They were holding repeating crossbows and were constantly using their repeating crossbows to kill the enemy...

Every time an enemy fell to the ground, Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Sword would make up for it, causing blood to splash wherever it passed.

Xu Huang organized himself every time and wanted to fight back...

But Guan Yu immediately reined in his horse and turned around. Red Rabbit's horse was so fast that Cao Jun couldn't catch up... The other two thousand Guan family's knights had to carry the rain of arrows from the crossbows if they wanted to catch up...!

After repeating this several times, Xu Huang's mentality almost collapsed.

At this moment, how much he wanted to go toe-to-toe with Guan Yu and have a serious fight. Victory, defeat, and survival depended entirely on his ability!

Don't play with these weird tricks...

Get rid of these tactics that mess with people’s mentality!

pity…

The repeating crossbow is still too convenient. There is no need for the knight to draw the bow and retrieve the arrow on horseback. He only needs to aim it, and then there will be a burst of "chunk, tug, tug, tug, tug, tug, tug"...

One crossbow has ten shots, a total of fifty crossbow arrows...

This kind is very suitable for shooting when cavalry is chasing infantry.

——The enemy advances and we retreat!

——The enemy retreats and we advance!

This night was difficult for Xu Huang!

His soldiers were chased by Guan Yu for half the night, and his soldiers fell in rows.

However, Xu Huang clenched his hands tightly, and the mountain-breaking ax could only be swung in the air. It was completely useless in such a chase.

Until all fifty crossbow bolts in the repeating crossbow were fired...

Guan Yu then left with two thousand knights.

Over here, in this "mind-blowing" night... Guan Yu and the two thousand Guan family's knights were fighting heartily, just like they were playing with Xu Huang and his soldiers and horses.

The crossbow arrows saved the lives of countless Cao Jun soldiers.

Over there, Xu Huang and a group of soldiers and horses stopped until they fled to the border of Xiangyang, breathing heavily...

And in that violent coughing sound...

There were soldiers who fell down constantly because of smoking the poisonous cigarette.

The rest were sweating profusely, with tears in their eyes... As if You didn't believe that everything that happened tonight was real.

The comrades who died tonight are all real!

Looking back from a distance, the fire in their camp was still burning. The fire burned their camp and destroyed their hearts!

"Kuan…"

Xu Huang frowned, looking at the rising fire, he groaned angrily, "Hey!"

There is nothing more frustrating than a battlefield like this!

Camp robbery, fire...

Xu Huang actually suffered a huge loss from this "fire"!

——"Yun Chang, Yun Chang, you are trying to force me to a dead end!" 』

I was thinking about this, and suddenly...

"Cough cough cough..." Xu Huang coughed violently, and the poisonous smoke from the white phosphorus burning just now surrounded the entire camp of Cao's army.

It was overwhelming, and after all, even Xu Huang in the Chinese Army would not be spared.

In addition, I didn’t know this at first, so I had to inhale some...

I had escaped all the way without feeling anything, but now that I was escaping, I suddenly felt like I was fainting and suffocating.

"Cough cough cough..."

"Cough cough cough..."

After several more violent coughs, Xu Huang shouted in his dry, hoarse voice: "Water...water!"

Don't wait for the guard to bring you water.

With a "boom", Xu Huang fell to the ground, and his face turned purple, which was a sign of poisoning.

"It's not good, General Xu also——"

"Go back to Xiangyang quickly, go back to Xiangyang quickly——"

For a time, Xu Huang's remnant army was in chaos again and again!

No one knows whether their generals will leave this world forever like the soldiers who fell to the ground due to poisoning and could never wake up.

No…

It would be so humiliating to leave like this!

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At night, the main hall of the government office in Hefei City is brightly lit.

Sun Quan and a group of civil and military officials were discussing something.

Luo Tong was kneeling in the middle of the main hall. He was here to report the delivery of five hundred "burning cans".

Along with this, he also presented a letter written by Lu Su...

Just now, Luo Tong personally demonstrated a "burning can". The fire that ignited in that instant made Sun Quan and a group of civil and military officials look at him with horror.

They couldn't help but shout in unison:

——"So flint can still be used in this way?" 』

So…

Now, the topic of discussion between Sun Quan and these civil and military officials was naturally whether he should try using this "burning pot" to sneak attack the enemy camp.

Speaking of which…

Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were stationed in two places, one was Shouchun City, and the other was Feishui Camp between Shouchun and Hefei, which was only more than 40 miles away from Hefei.

In this way, Shouchun City and this camp can be the horns of each other. No matter which place Sun Quan attacks, the other place can directly rescue him.

As the backbone of Cao Wei's sergeants, Cao Cao is now staying at Feishui Camp...

This is convenient for commanding nearby. If an opportunity arises, Hefei can be defeated as soon as possible!

"Tell me, what do you think of these five hundred incendiary jars?"

Sun Quan asked Zhu Wenwu calmly.

Gu Yong pondered for a moment, then opened his mouth and said: "We might as well wait a moment. According to Master Luo Tong, the burning jar is only filled with flint and fish oil. In this way, how much oil can five hundred jars contain? If so, In a surprise attack on Cao Jun's military camp, if... the fire cannot be burned, or the fire is not strong enough, there is a risk of being surrounded by enemy counterattacks. Therefore, you might as well wait. If these incendiary cans are really powerful, expect Jiangxia Battlefield and Xiangfan Battlefield. There won’t be no news!”

Gu Yong made such a statement, and many civil and military officials agreed...

After all, this thing is an "unknown" thing.

If we add the robbery of Cao Ying, haha... Everyone knows that in the past many years in Soochow, the only person who has successfully robbed Cao Ying is Gan Ning and Gan Xingba...

That was because Sun Quan had the idea of ​​​​trying it out, and only gave Gan Ning a hundred people. It was a miracle that cannot be copied.

In addition, Soochow has never had a record of successfully plundering Cao Wei's military camp.

What's more, Cao Cao is stationed at Feishui Camp!

"Lord, our army has suffered a new defeat recently... We must focus on stability!" Xu Sheng also expressed his position: "If we fail to rob the camp and are surrounded again, the loss of troops will be very small. I am afraid that the morale of the three armies will fall to the bottom overnight. This camp cannot be robbed easily!"

"Yes..." Jiang Qin also sighed with emotion: "After all these years, Gan Xingba is the only one who can successfully rob Cao's camp... And since that time, the protection of Cao's camp at night has been far better than during the day. Over the years, , we suffered a lot, and this 'burning tank' is used for the first time, it's too risky!"

Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin both lost because of that damn "Bronze Mirror".

It doesn't matter that this defeat...

Inevitably, their fear of Zhang Wenyuan and those Shanxi people was aroused again...

This is true for generals and soldiers!

Of course, Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin were not afraid of Zhang Liao, but felt that if they lost this battle for a while, their morale would collapse and they would have no chance...

So now, you can’t take any chances without being sure.

Sure enough, Xu Sheng and Jiang Qin expressed their opinions, and expressed their agreement with both civil and military officials.

Sun Quan also nodded slowly, feeling that it made sense.

"It's just that Governor Lu's letter repeatedly emphasized that this is an opportunity. If it is lost, I'm afraid..."

He didn't wait for Sun Quan to finish speaking.

"hahahahahahahahahaha…"

Suddenly, a burst of wild laughter echoed outside the door.

Following closely was a tall, domineering man with a red scarf on his head.

Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was Gan Ning!

But Gan Ning strode in and laughed wildly, "Hahahaha, hahahaha..."

The laughter was extremely wild, as if he didn't take this government office or the people in it seriously.

Sun Quan showed a slightly displeased look...

Gu Yong quickly asked: "Why is General Gan laughing?"

Following this voice, Gan Ning's smile immediately faded, his eyes shone brightly, and he said coldly, "I was mocking you? Didn't you hear it?"

this…

Xu Sheng quickly asked: "Who is Xingba laughing at?"

"Hahahaha..." As Gan Ning laughed again, he raised his voice, "I'm not laughing at anyone, I'm laughing at everyone sitting in this courtroom..."

As soon as this statement came out...

Everyone was shocked.

Gan Ning's voice continued, "The incendiary canister has been tried just now. How powerful it is? Everyone's minds are like a mirror. Can I, Gan Ning, be the only one who can tell whether it can burn down the enemy camp? The Governor of Lu repeatedly emphasized that it is not necessary to It’s a missed opportunity, but you guys, facing such a good opportunity, are you still discussing it here? In my opinion, even if we discuss it until dawn tomorrow, I’m afraid there will be no results!”

"And wait until tomorrow, when the battle reports from Xiangfan and Jiangxia come back, Cao Jun will be prepared. By then, these five hundred incendiary cans? What's the use? Hum...wait, you will wait, wait...hahahaha...haha Ha ha…"

After snorting coldly, Gan Ning looked around with disdain at everyone here. He looked like he hated iron and said fiercely, "I was thinking in front of the door just now, what if Guan Yunqi burned these things?" The jar was delivered to his father Guan Yu. Guan Yu would definitely not hold such a meeting. He would directly lead a cavalry and burn Cao Wei's camp in person! As the saying goes - this opportunity cannot be missed, it will never come again! But... "

With the word "can", Gan Ning's eyes looked around again, and his tone became more contemptuous, "My lords, open your eyes and take a look. My lords, what are you doing? Does Guan Yunchang know it's a fighter plane?" Don’t you know? Are you stupid? Or bad? Whenever Soochow wants to win, the princes must stop it with all their strength! What is the deep hatred between the princes and the lord, and Soochow——"

Gan Ning's words were louder and louder than the last...

And these words made all the civil and military officials in the audience silent!

One by one, they wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in...

Naturally, this also includes his Sun Quan "quan".

This is so embarrassing——

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