At this time, Lieutenant Liu couldn't bear it anymore and said impatiently:
"Of course it was not your fault, otherwise would you still be alive today? I might as well tell you that Zhang Xu has a special identity. The person who killed him will suffer the backlash of the curse, and a green mark will grow on his face!"
Fang Linyan shrugged and said:
"Okay, okay, I won't sell it to you anymore. After Zhang Xu escaped, he was chased by Liu Feng, the general of the Shu army!"
"Although Zhang Xu fled into the mountains behind Shangxi Village, avoiding the terrain where the cavalry could exert its strongest combat power, Liu Feng did not hesitate to dismount and still pursued him with his own bodyguards."
"We were very unlucky at the time. We were also attacked in that mountain. A group of cavalry chased us to kill us. After we finally got rid of the group of cavalry, we fled in a panic and ran away. As a result, we happened to meet Zhang Xu and was captured by Liu Feng and three others.
, he was beaten until he vomited blood."
The goat then continued:
"To be honest, we were also afraid of being killed at the time, and we had no intention of rescuing people. But it turned out that bastard Zhang Xu was very insidious. We clearly didn't know him, but he came all the way from a distance and cried like he was greeting an acquaintance.
Why did you come here?"
"Ha! Now Liu Feng immediately regarded us as reinforcements and had to kill us. As a result, after a great battle, we lost two brothers. Liu Feng returned in defeat. Two of his soldiers fled in order to silence Zhang Xu.
If you were a step slower, we would stop you and kill you!"
"The topographic map of Jiangxia we handed over to you was obtained from the corpses of Liu Feng's soldiers. Liu Feng should have asked him to take care of it... This is probably the situation."
After hearing what Fang Linyan and Goat said, Liu Xiaowei was noncommittal, pondered for a while and then said:
"I'm too lazy to ask whether what you are telling is the truth or lies. What evidence do you have for these?"
Goat said:
"Of course, we buried Zhang Xu's body in a cave five miles west of Shangxi Village. There was a big tree in the cave that was struck by lightning. Half of it was completely withered, and the other half was very lush. At this time
There are still small white flowers blooming, you can send someone over to look for them and you will know whether they are genuine or not."
Then Liu Xiaowei continued to say a few words to them, but Fang Linyan and Goat were both characters who would not shed tears until they saw the coffin. They felt that they and others had already said too much, so they kept repeating those words over and over again and refused to reveal anything.
Other useful information.
Lieutenant Liu had no choice but to throw the military newspaper next to him and said:
"Do you know the words? Please pay attention, I will come back to you later."
Then Lieutenant Liu stood up, came to the front of the carriage, and walked into the dense forest next to him with the driver next to him.
You can see that this "car driver" was wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat held low. He was the mysterious master behind the curtain. After the two of them walked more than ten steps, Colonel Liu said angrily:
"These two people are so slippery and their words are full of inaccuracies!"
The mysterious Lord shook his head and said:
"These two people did not miss any key points. For example, they clearly explained the whereabouts of Zhang Xu's body."
"Another example is the origin of the Jiangxia topographic map. News has come from Xizuo that it was indeed handed over to Liu Feng from Pang Degong's disciples, and Liu Feng forwarded it to Liu Bei. Therefore, their statement can withstand scrutiny."
Captain Liu sighed and said:
"But the whereabouts of the treasure... they didn't even mention it at all!"
The mysterious Lord said calmly:
"The intelligence feedback from Xizuo is also very clear. Zhang Xu was arrested on the seventh day of the lunar month, so he was actually captured and tortured by Liu Thief's people for three days. In this case,
If the treasure was on his body, it would have been searched long ago!"
"Then according to my speculation, it's not like you don't know Zhang Xu's character. He doesn't recognize his relatives, is fierce and cunning, and he probably found a place to hide the treasure! And only at the last moment of life and death, in order to ask for help, did he
The treasure will be taken out as bait to attract people."
Captain Liu nodded:
"So, what you are saying is that all those people knew was the news that Zhang Xu finally brought out to seduce them when he was dying?"
The mysterious Lord said:
"Yes, if you think about it, Zhang Xu had just escaped from the cell at that time. He was completely naked. It can be said that he had nothing to offer! He could only rely on his mouth to draw the cake!"
"So if he wants to impress a group of strangers to save him, he must make the bargaining chips he offers extremely precious and explain their origins clearly."
"Otherwise, the treasure is a treasure to us. If we don't know it, we will think it is just a pearl."
Liu Xiaowei muttered:
"However, this group of people should only know half of the information. Maybe even the two words Donghai were said casually... Do we pay too much attention to them?"
The mysterious Lord said seriously:
"No! You have to know that the seven treasures from the heyday of our sect have been almost lost now, and most of the remaining ones are inaccessible. Only this one is still missing."
"Not only that, the Pearl of Friendship is a recognized foundation treasure. With this object, it can unite people's hearts and minds at all times! Even when you are at the end of your rope, as long as you carry this treasure with you, you can revive within a year.
The flag and drum are strong, so for its sake, no matter how cautious you are, you can’t be exaggerated!”
Liu Xiaowei said:
"If that's the case, then I know what to do."
***
While Lieutenant Liu was conversing with this mysterious master, Fang Linyan and Goat were also looking at the battle report, and were so shocked that they could not speak.
Because this battle report clearly stated: Cao Jun’s vanguard was defeated! There were five hundred casualties!
This is completely different from the historical facts!
In history, after Cao Jun's five thousand elite cavalry rushed forward, they directly defeated Liu Bei's rear army, and then chased and killed the enemy like a mountain full of sheep.
Then Cao Jun's advance was overwhelming. The only reason that prevented Liu Bei from being captured was that there were too many people. There were people everywhere in the mountains and plains.
There is even a conspiracy theory that the reason why Zhao Yun was able to lead Adou out of the siege was because Cao Cao deliberately let it go and then sent sentries to follow the fishing from afar, which was equivalent to asking Zhao Yun to take them to find Liu Bei.
If it weren't for Zhang Fei's sudden roar and a legendary skill comparable to the Banshee's Wail from Dangyang Bridge, Lao Cao would have really succeeded.
However, the actual situation is really lost in the dust of history.
The three of them then continued on, and based on what was recorded in the battle report, plus the perspectives of their own contractors, they basically restored the details of what happened.
It turns out that at the beginning, Cao's army, as recorded in history, easily broke through Liu Bei's army. As a result, a large number of victims scattered in the wilderness, crying loudly, and there was chaos.
But at this moment, someone apparently carefully studied Cao Chun, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and caught the flaw in his character, which was lust!
In history, Cao Chun captured Liu Bei's two daughters in this battle, and finally took them as concubines. The reason for this is quite funny.
It turned out that Cao Chun and Xia Houyuan had a very good relationship, but Xia Houyuan was very angry about something, but he couldn't do anything about it.
That was during the Battle of Guandu. His favorite loli granddaughter Xia Houjuan went out to worship Buddha and was robbed by Zhang Fei! The poor girl was only 13 years old, and she was ruined by this guy Zhang Fei!
In order to express this to Xia Houyuan, Cao Chun's revenge is also very clear. Zhang Yide, you have brought trouble to my grandniece, and I will bring trouble to your two nieces!!
Then revenge felt good for a while, and soon the crematorium was set. It was probably because of the new concubines that Cao Chun was singing every night! The leaves crossed the river because of the waves.
So the final outcome was that he died young in his prime more than a year later.
The Battle of Changbanpo was in October 208, and Cao Chun died in early 210, just after he turned 40!
People say that sex means a knife to the head. Cao Chun himself had a wife and concubines, and he had to fight endlessly with Liu Bei's two daughters at night to vent his anger on brother Xia Houyuan... so many sharp knives took turns to stab him.
, I really can’t stand it even if my body is made of iron.....
Of course, this is all beside the point. Just when the five thousand cavalry in the vanguard were enjoying the thrill of victory, one of the contractors probably deliberately made a beautiful woman bait (most likely a female contractor disguised as a female contractor) and fell in love with her.
Lure Cao Chun into taking the bait.
As expected, Cao Chun was fooled and rushed over with a few soldiers...
Needless to say, Cao Chun was besieged.
Fortunately, among the generals who besieged him, there were no powerful generals like Guan Zhang and Zhao. It was obvious that the contractor who made this trap was still quite limited in ability, and was not able to involve Liu Bei's first-line generals in this matter.
the point.
However, they persuaded a large number of generals to participate in this matter. Among them, the one with the highest force value was Zhou Cang, followed by Zhao Lei and Xiahou Lan who joined Liu Bei after being captured.
At the same time, Cao Chun himself is a handsome man rather than a general. His military strength is average among Cao Cao's troops. What is stronger is the aura of the cavalry!
After these three generals came out together, they trapped Cao Chun, and then the rest of the ambush contractors swarmed up, as well as seventy or eighty personal soldiers brought by Zhou Cang and others to help.
These contractors are a team, and they must have studied relevant tactics, so they deal with the horses first and then the people. When there is danger, let the soldiers brought by the plot generals take the lead.
The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are the elites in the world, and Cao Chun must be among the elites with his cronies. However, once the cavalry fails to charge, the lethality is reduced by half. At this time, there are still more people than others, so these few
The guards were quickly killed.
Under such circumstances, the battle report states that Cao Chun was still seriously injured and managed to break through the siege and escape, which is considered very sharp.
However, the defeat of the coach is definitely not good for the morale of the army. Liu Bei is also an old soldier who has suffered repeated defeats. In addition, there is a strong man like Zhuge around him. Such a fighter opportunity can definitely be seized, so he takes advantage of the situation and counterattacks.
In this case, although Cao Jun's 5,000 elite cavalry were strong, Liu Bei's generals were stronger. So after a counterattack, they suffered a small loss and were killed. Two to three hundred cavalry were killed and they could only temporarily evacuate.
However, the reputation of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry as the strongest army in the world is not unfounded. After getting through the initial panic period, they took the remaining thousands of cavalry and relied on their speed advantage to stick to Liu Bei and others, and followed them from a distance.
At this time, Liu Bei also got a rare chance to breathe, and quickly gathered his defeated troops and began to recover.
In fact, the most sensible thing for Liu Bei to do now is to seize this opportunity and run away first. This way, he can still keep his family and his family.
However, Liu Bei did not abandon the people before and fled first. Now he is riding a tiger and cannot get off. There is no reason to win a small victory. After defeating the vanguard of Cao's thieves, he will give up on the people.
These 100,000 people plus the baggage are all the property that Liu Bei has managed in Jingzhou for seven years. We can't just throw them away to Cao Cao in vain!
At the same time, Liu Bei also knew very well that the remaining 4,000 cavalrymen of Cao's army were defeated but not in chaos. They were not a fuel-efficient lamp. Once they withdrew rashly and had no capable men to break up the rear, they would still be chased and killed like sheep.
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Therefore, at the end of the battle report, it was said that the Liu bandits were packing up their troops and retreating while fighting, but the five thousand vanguards still bit them to death.
***
After the battle report was almost finished, Lieutenant Liu also came back. He took the battle report back, and then said calmly to Fang Linyan and others:
"The truth is that war is fierce and dangerous. The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. It can be said that anything can happen. Even General Cao Chun accidentally fell into the trap. So if you go to the battlefield, you must not rush in.
, err on the side of caution.”
After hearing Captain Liu's words, Fang Linyan immediately understood that the "Garrison Guard Order" this guy gave him was to save his life in the chaos.
The first function of this thing is to gather the defeated soldiers, and the other function is to prove one's status as an officer.
In this case, even if they are in a desperate situation, the soldiers who capture the prisoners will feel that it is profitable to see him as an official, and will not save trouble by cutting off his head with a knife and turning in military merit.
In this case, Fang Linyan immediately realized that although he had raised the status of the Pearl of Friendship in the hearts of Liu Xiaowei and his gang, he still underestimated their desire for the Pearl of Friendship!
Therefore, Fang Linyan pondered for a moment and said:
"Liu Lieutenant, I have something to ask you."
Captain Liu had already wanted to issue an order to expel the guests, but he still suppressed his displeasure and said coldly:
"you say."
Fang Linyan smiled slightly and said:
"Is there any precious treasure in this world that was originally black, but then after playing with it for a few breaths, it turned directly into aqua blue?"
Captain Liu's face remained calm after hearing this, but inadvertently, the penholder he held in his right hand made a slight crunching sound, and it cracked!
A voice shouted crazily in my heart:
"When the Pearl of Friendship is sealed for a long time and its spiritual energy is restrained, it will turn into black! He really knows the existence of that treasure, he really knows it!! The word Donghai was not said casually by him!"
After a few seconds, Fang Linyan faced Liu Xiaowei's silence before he smiled and said:
"Well, you don't know, so I'll take my leave first."
Captain Liu waited until he reached the entrance of the carriage and was about to get off, then he said in a deep voice:
"So what if you know, so what if you don't know?"
Fang Linyan said calmly:
"We have just received the latest battle report. We really feel that the risks on the battlefield ahead are too great. We are grateful to you, Captain Liu, for taking care of us, and we are grateful to repay the kindness. So, I wonder if you, Colonel Liu, have anything.
Things like homing pigeons can contact you in time."
Liu Xiaowei was slightly surprised and said:
"Contact me in time? What does this have to do with repaying kindness?"
Fang Linyan said meaningfully:
"Of course it has a lot to do with it. For example, if a few of us were about to die on the battlefield, we might write down the secrets in our hearts and then pass the letter to you."
"Of course, Captain Liu, you may not be interested in these secrets, just like the color-changing, soybean-sized bead I just mentioned, but what if you are interested and it comes in handy?"
After saying that, Fang Linyan laughed and walked away with the goat.
As a result, after the two of them had walked fifty steps, Sun Si, the messenger, ran up panting and silently handed Fang Linyan something.
Fang Linyan took a closer look and saw that it was actually a paper crane made of yellow paper!
Sun Si said:
"If you have anything you want to say, just open the paper crane and say it to it. After ten breaths, the paper crane will return to Captain Liu on its own."
Fang Linyan nodded and said:
"Okay, thank you."
***
After about an hour, the march ahead came to a halt.
At this time, the sun was dazzling, and we could see that the view ahead suddenly widened. The front had left the mountainous area, and a river like a jade belt slowly flowed past in front of it. This was the Ju River.
Along the Ju River, there is a relatively long and narrow plain area. At this time, the chill of winter has not yet arrived, the leaves of the vegetation are slightly yellow, and everywhere is still full of vitality:
The light rain washed the leaves until they were bright, fresh and green. There were even small yellow and red wild fruits among the branches and leaves of the shrubs. Birds jumped and pecking happily among them. The air was so fresh that it seemed like washing.
Lungs, if you look carefully, you can even smell the fragrance of wild flowers...
But if you look carefully, you will find that the ground below has become a cruel battlefield, with loud killing sounds. Every minute and every second, someone will lose their precious life!
From a distance, there is a strange feeling that the world is like a chessboard and the people are like ants.
Immediately afterwards, a messenger rode a tall horse from the front and came directly to Tian Junhou, who was leading the team in front, and shouted loudly:
"The general has an order!!"
"Liu Bei's army, Jian Yong's troops, have appeared on the hills ahead to set up defenses. I want you to lead your soldiers to attack, defeat Jian Yong's troops, and drive them away from the hills!"
Tian Junhou shouted:
"Got the order!"
Then I saw him turning his horse's head and shouting:
"Follow me, sons and daughters!"
Immediately afterwards, he took the lead and headed forward, and Tian Junhou's direct subordinates followed him one after another.