The sound of the arrow piercing the air contained the idea of tearing everything apart and penetrating everything. Then it struck the bricks with a pop, splashing out sparks, and fell down.
As the last arrow fell ineffectively, the raid on Anyi failed.
Some things cannot be solved just by having ideas, thoughts, and subjective initiative.
People's willpower can often create miracles, but the problem is that one person's willpower is very small. Only by winning over the majority and focusing the minds of most people together can the miracle become a reality.
Outside Anyi, what Pei Jun expected was naturally a successful surprise attack.
But he didn't consider that he was not the only smart person in this world.
The sky has gradually dimmed, and only the burnt car wreckage under Anyi City is still releasing its last brilliance.
At the city gate, corpses lay scattered on the ground, most of them were Pei Jun's men, and there were also some ordinary Cao Jun soldiers. No one expected that even if Cao Jun soldiers joined Pei Jun's ranks,
Still failed to successfully break through Anyi City Gate...
A chicken thief, once he succeeds in stealing once, he wants to do it a second time or a third time.
The same is true for Pei Jun.
He had speculated once before, which brought him huge profits, but he didn't think it was because the wind was in place, but because he could fly. As a result, he fell down and hit his head at the foot of Anyi City.
Broken blood flow.
But the problem is that Pei Jun still doesn't think it's his fault, or he knows it in his heart, but he doesn't dare to admit it.
If he admitted it, wouldn't it prove that he couldn't fly at all?
So once he can't fly, what's the difference between him and an ordinary dolphin?
Cao Hong also frowned slightly. Although he originally expected that Pei Jun would not be able to take Anyi so easily, he did not expect Anyi's resistance to be so tenacious. At the beginning, Cao Jun even laughed at Pei Jun.
His men were soft-footed shrimps with low combat effectiveness. However, after they swarmed up, they added rams, ladders and other equipment, but they still failed to capture it, and the rams and other siege equipment were also burned.
The flickering light was like a silent mockery.
"Do you know who is guarding the city?" Cao Hong asked the guards on the side.
The guard hurriedly ran to ask the military academy on the front line. After a while, he reported back: "It is said that he saw Pei's son Ji in command..."
"Pei Ji..." Cao Hong frowned, "I've never heard of..."
Cao Hong nodded, then shook his head, as if he had remembered the name in his heart, and seemed to be lamenting that they were both Pei's, so why was the gap so big?
Everything went well at first, indeed.
At first, Cao Hong saw the chaos on the city from a distance, and thought that Pei Jun's plan was working. However, he did not expect that Pei Jun's men could not rush in for a long time, and then there were signs of calming down on the city.
, immediately knew something was wrong, and sent soldiers to support, but unfortunately they still failed to attack the city.
"Something went wrong and we were unable to break the city..." Pei Jun came to Cao Hong and bowed down to apologize.
Cao Hong squinted his eyes, "Something went wrong? What is it?"
Pei Jun lowered his head, "A certain subordinate has clearly assassinated the guard, but he never thought..."
"What did you never think about?" Cao Hong asked, "Did you never think that there were still defenders in the city to resist, or did you never think that your men were weak and incompetent, or did you never think that Anyi could not be captured...ah haha, I don't know Fengxian
Have you ever thought about what would happen if you can't conquer Anyi quickly?"
Pei Jun felt a chill down his back.
He escaped from Anyi secretly...
Of course, this "secretness" may be caused by Pei Mao in the city turning a blind eye. After all, for Pei, placing multiple bets is not a bad thing, but the problem is that Pei Jun is not just "betting",
He was also planning to turn around and give away Pei's desk!
If the table is really overturned, then all the chess games will be reset, Pei Jun will become the orthodox of the Pei family, and Pei Mao will come to an end. However, Pei Jun overestimated himself, and underestimated Pei Mao, Pei Ji, and others.
It can be lifted!
Now, the problem becomes bigger.
It's mainly Pei Jun's own problem.
Pei Jun defected to Cao Cao, and the Pei family could bear it. After all, there was still a "people have their own ambitions" to cover up and explain something. But now they turned around and assassinated the guard and raided Anyi, so Pei Jun was still in the city.
The fate of my relatives may be bad...
Of course, Pei Jun could also say "What does a man need to worry about", or "share a piece of meat soup" and so on, but in fact, when the gangster leader Liu Shizi said he wanted to share meat soup, he was "sacrificing" his own relatives and choosing himself.
There are greater benefits for his subordinates, so Liu Bang's subordinates will be grateful to Liu Bang and get closer to Liu Bang.
But what can Pei Jun have?
He sacrificed the small family in the city, could Cao Jun benefit?
Sacrifice is originally a solid-colored animal used for sacrifice. That is, cattle, sheep, and pigs. This order cannot be interchanged at will. There must be no ambiguity about what level corresponds to what kind of "sacrifice."
Even the animals going to the guillotine have class differences, let alone among the current Cao army?
Although Cao Hong keeps saying "Fengxian" every time, it seems to be very friendly, but actually looking at Pei Jun's eyes is like looking at a cow, sheep, and hog!
The skin on Cao Hong's face wrinkled, and he looked like he was smiling but not smiling, "Fengxian...but there is still a good idea? If there is no other way, you might as well go to the Prime Minister to revive him!"
Pei Jun trembled and said, "So, I, ah...I'll think of something else..."
Cao Hong's face trembled again, "Then how long does it take for Fengxian to consider it?"
"Three, no, two, no, no," the sweat rolled down Pei Jun's face, "Tomorrow, tomorrow morning!"
Cao Hong clapped his hands and said, "Good! Don't say that I didn't give Fengxian a chance! Come here! Let Fengxian go and have a good rest!"
The guard responded suddenly, but Pei Jun staggered back.
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Anyi City Head.
Pei Ji was exhausted and leaned against the wooden pillar of the city gate tower, looking at the flames of Cao Jun's camp all over the mountains and plains in the distance outside the city. In a daze, these Cao Jun camp fires were like a boundless net, and he was
It is a bird caught in this big net, struggling, unwilling to face death, but unable to see the hope of breaking free.
Although defending the city occupies a certain advantage, it does not mean that it can avoid casualties.
Especially when Pei Jun launched a sneak attack at the beginning, almost half of the people killed or wounded in that moment accounted for half of the entire battle!
"I reminded you..." Pei Ji said slowly, "Why are you still so careless..."
Pei Hui did not respond and lowered his head.
"You were supposed to defend this battle..." Pei Ji pulled at a piece of rag that was about to fall off. He didn't know if it was hit by a weapon or if it was hooked somewhere while running. Anyway,
Fortunately, there were no injuries, but the robe was torn and was swaying in the wind, which was very annoying.
Pei Hui still lay motionless.
"Alas..." Pei Ji sighed.
He originally thought that he was ready for war and mentally prepared to face casualties, but when he faced all this, he still felt fear welling up in his heart.
Facing the instinctive fear of death.
During the battle, Pei Ji didn't have time to think so much. He just ordered his soldiers almost instinctively to check and fill in the gaps, fill the previous loopholes, counterattack Cao Jun's attack, and strangle Pei Jun's rebels. But after the battle, Pei Ji
Only then did Ji realize that his hands were shaking all the time, and he even had to hide it by tearing his own robe.
Why are you afraid of death?
Pei Ji asked himself.
Aren’t you already mentally prepared?
Pei Ji didn't realize that most of the time, the anxiety about death was actually lurking in the unconscious. Only when certain events happened to remind himself, would those anxieties break through the taboos of thought and linger in people's minds.
, bringing about lingering fear.
Pei Ji suddenly realized that if he died, he would have nothing.
No breathing, no warmth, no everything.
What is left is decay and annihilation.
Pei Ji felt as if something had pinched his heart and blocked his trachea, forcing him to sit down next to Pei Hui.
The cold armor on Pei Hui's body allowed Pei Ji to calm down a little.
After all, if you can feel the cold, it proves that you are not dead yet.
Under the light of torches, the soldiers guarding the city of Anyi dragged the dead and wounded from the top of the city to the bottom of the city.
The dead were like piles of rotten flesh, rubbing against the bricks and gravel on the ground, making a swishing sound, and from time to time they were knocked dullly against stones and wood.
As for the injured, they moaned and screamed endlessly...
This is only the first day.
Even some of the city defenders who were not injured during the battle were still sitting or lying in the corners of the city in a state of despair, as if they were lonely ghosts without any vitality.
Several soldiers of the Pei family walked up to Pei Ji and said, "Young Master Ji... let's carry Mr. Hun Lang down..."
"Oh..." Pei Ji nodded, stood up and moved away, "Uh, wait..."
Pei Ji pointed at the armor on Pei Hui and said, "Take off the armor and I'll put it on."
"Ji Shao Langjun, this... this armor is covered with blood..." The soldier was stunned for a moment, "How about I go get a new one for you, Lang Jun?"
It was not that Pei Ji didn't have his own armor, but at this moment, he felt that it might be more meaningful to put on Pei Hui's armor.
"It doesn't matter, I'm not afraid of death, why are you afraid of this blood?" Pei Ji smiled, "What's more, this is my brother's blood... Come on, help me put it on!"
Several soldiers stepped forward, took off the armor from Pei Hui's body, wiped it briefly, and then put it on for Pei Ji.
The thick smell of blood lingered and was a bit irritating, but Pei Ji didn't feel any nausea at all. He reached out and touched the gap on the back of the armor. The blood that had not completely dried up was stained on his hands, and it seemed that it was still with him.
A trace of brother Cong's remnant soul...
Pei Ji stood on the steps of the city gate tower, with his brother's body lying next to him.
He raised his hand, which was covered with Pei Hui's blood.
"What is this?!" Pei Ji shook his hand, "This is blood! My brother's blood!"
"My brother is dead!" Pei Ji shouted, "I am still alive!"
The remaining defenders on top of the city focused their attention on Pei Ji.
"I'm wearing my brother's armor! This is his blood!" Pei Ji looked around and saw the confused, scared, panicked and helpless eyes of everyone, as if he saw the weak self in his heart.
"This is our home!" Pei Ji shouted, "Behind us are our relatives, our brothers and sisters, and our folks! My brother is dead, but I say he is still alive! Because he
His blood is still on my body! His spirit is still by my side! I still remember everything about my brother, from childhood to adulthood, everything!"
"He doesn't like reading, he likes to play with guns and sticks. He likes to eat meat, likes to drink, and likes to lie under my osmanthus tree and snore to sleep when he's drunk!" Pei Ji shouted, "He's dead! But I don't
He will be forgotten! Pei will not forget him! Pei will not forget all the warriors who died heroically for our home and for us to survive!"
"What are you?" Pei Ji looked around at the soldiers, "You are warriors! Warriors! Warriors who protect all our beautiful things from being plundered, destroyed, and destroyed by Cao's army!"
Pei Ji opened his hands and said, "Look! This is our city! Our home! This is the place where our sons and daughters grew up! This is the place we protect together!"
"Hold your weapons! Wear your armor!"
"With the blood of the fallen warriors! With their unyielding spirits!"
"Protect our own home!"
The defenders on the top of the city paused for a moment, then looked at each other, and some light began to burn in their eyes.
"Protect your home!"
"Oh oh oh oh..."
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"It's not good!" At dawn the next day, before Pei Jun could come up with any "cool trick", he heard his servants shouting hurriedly outside the tent, "It's not good! On top of the city.
, On the top of the city...Lang Jun...Lang Jun..."
The servant was so anxious that he couldn't even speak smoothly. Pei Jun was still confused at first, but he soon understood and his face turned pale.
Pei Jun hurriedly ran out of the tent, but he didn't know what he stepped on. He fell to the ground with a thud. Before he could stand still, his foot gave out again and hit the wooden stake at the door of the tent. He immediately suffered a bruise and a nosebleed.
Crossflow.
Pei Jun covered his nose with one hand and ran staggeringly. When he arrived in front of the Anyi formation, he looked up and saw the heads of several people pushed out from the top of the city...
After taking a closer look, Pei Jun's head buzzed and he was stunned!
"No no no no!"
Pei Jun remembered that his mother had been sent out of Anyi, but for some reason, he saw his mother's gray hair on the top of the city and saw that his mother was still in Anyi!
"This is impossible! Impossible!"
Pei Jun shouted, shouted, and his eyes widened. Then he saw the figure of the old housekeeper who had been following Pei Mao. He suddenly understood and collapsed on the ground. He kowtowed heavily to the ground, tears and nosebleeds flowing together.
Come out, "Mother..."
Pei Jun's mother neither yelled nor insulted, but looked at Pei Jun with an indescribable expression. Perhaps with some regret, perhaps mixed with some reluctance, or perhaps also with some complaints, but
His mother didn't say anything, but gave a slight wry smile at the corner of her mouth.
This is her cub...
Pei Ji stood on the top of the city, gritted his teeth and shouted: "A husband who rebels against his clan and betrays his clan, who pursues profit and forgets his righteousness, is doing the most evil thing!"
"Now there is this thief. He came from the family. He should have read poetry and understood the truth clearly. However, he has despicable ambitions and greed. He has abandoned the instructions of his ancestors, despised the rules of the family, and harmed his fellow clan members for his own selfish desires. He is really a member of the family family.
Shame!』
"He puts profit first, ignores the feelings of his flesh and blood, does not care about the righteousness of his compatriots, and does his own thing. He is arrogant! As everyone knows, the benefits are nothing more than clouds and smoke, like dew and lightning, mirror flowers and moonlight! But the kindness of family and the love of blood can last forever.
, stay with me forever!』
"It should be noted that there is righteousness in the world, and the articles are upright! The people's hearts have their own minds, and they act with integrity and sincerity!"
"Now this thief is unfaithful and unjust, with gold and jade on the outside and ruin on the inside, he will be infamy for eternity!"
"Sigh, right and wrong are all determined by one thought!"
Pei Ji looked at Pei Jun who was kneeling on the ground in front of the city, and his eyes gradually turned cold.
If he remembered correctly, Pei Jun lost his father many years ago. It was his mother who raised him diligently and was very kind to Pei Jun. If there was anything good, let Pei Jun eat it first. His mother
Daily food and clothing are very simple, and they try their best to meet Pei Jun's study needs. Almost all the money is spent on Pei Jun, and now...
But you raised such a thing?
Pei Jun just knelt down and cried under the city without raising his head.
Pei Ji took a long breath and whispered to Pei Jun's mother: "Old madam, you raised your son well!"
Pei Ji kidnapped Pei Jun's mother again, and waited until he saw Pei Jun before shouting those scolding words. Although it was unpleasant, it still gave Pei Jun a chance.
An opportunity to kill oneself.
If Pei Jun can apologize by committing suicide, then the crime of death will be eliminated. Although Pei Jun's mother will be sad and may not be able to live a good life, at least she can survive, which can be regarded as a glimmer of life that Pei Jun fights for his mother.
However, it was obvious that Pei Ji had been shouting for so long, and Pei Jun still just knelt down and cried in front of the city.
Didn't even try hard enough.
Pei Jun's mother heard Pei Ji's words and did not refute. She remained silent. She just sighed in a low voice and looked at Pei Jun below the city...
"Such unfaithful, unjust, unkind and unfilial people!"
Pei Ji shouted, "You have harmed your fellow clansmen and hurt your family! In the past, we were brothers and sisters, but now we are enemies of each other! Who is he? He is a person who has forgotten his roots! In the past, he had the same clan and ancestors, and was connected by blood, but now he has gone in the opposite direction, and has cut himself off from the family tree. Therefore, I worship him."
The head of the family has ordered that this thief be expelled from the clan immediately! The clan membership will be eliminated and he will be a stranger from now on!"
"Since you are a stranger, if you harm someone from my clan, you will have to pay with blood!"
"Here comes someone!"
"Kill the thieves and sacrifice their flesh and blood to my battle flag! Pay homage to my dead soul!"
After Pei Ji ordered, someone immediately came forward and held down Pei Jun's mother and other people related to Pei Jun.
The cold light flashed and blood flew.
Pei Jun shouted, fainted and fell to the ground.
Cao Hong, who was in Cao Jun's camp, snorted, "Trash! Drag it back and send it to the Lord... Come on, pass my order to the general and prepare to attack the city!"
