Chapter 120: The Living, the Dead
The night was like ink, the cold wind was miserable, and when I looked up, I couldn't see a star.
The fire in the city has been burning for a long time, and after it has been extinguished, there is still residual warmth in the city of Guangyan.
On the castle tower, a few torches were dotted sporadically, but there were no night guards patrolling back and forth. Lu Bu sat on a city wall battlement with his back on his back, his left leg arched and stepped on the battlement, and the other leg hung down on the ground, and the cold Fang Tian halberd stood on the city wall not far away. He put his hands on his knees, leaned back slightly, and his eyes looking up at the sky were empty, and the dim firelight sprinkled on his handsome face, making him look particularly lonely.
At this time, a thin figure walked up from the stone stairs under the city, he quickly spotted Lu Bu by the firelight, walked towards him with a light step, and asked in a rather relaxed tone: "General, it's so late, why don't you go to rest?" β
Lu Bu seemed to be in a trance, and did not respond.
Xi Ce had no choice but to walk up to Lu Bu and call 'General' twice again.
Only then did Lu Bu come to his senses, moved his gaze to the joke, and cheered up, "Sir, why are you here?" β
Guangyan City was able to take it without losing a single soldier, all thanks to the strategy of this young man in front of him who did not have any martial arts. But Lu Bu always felt in his heart that there was something he was hiding from him, and he couldn't see through it or guess it.
Tuse's arms pressed against the female wall, leaning forward slightly, he looked at the endless darkness and looked a little careless. When Yu Guang glanced at the bandage on Lu Bu's arm, Xi Ce was a little surprised: "General, are you injured?" Could it be that there are still characters in this Guangyan City who can hurt you? β
Lu Bu looked down at his forearm wrapped in several layers of bandages, and shook his head slightly, "There is Mr. Lao's concern, it's just a small injury, and the cloth is fine." β
At that time, after saving the little girl to no avail, most of the house had collapsed. It happened that Hu Che'er was passing by here, and he saw Chi Su parked in the middle of the street, and saw that Fang Tian's halberd was thrown in the courtyard, he opened his voice and shouted several times, but no one answered.
Hu Che'er suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and regardless of the raging fire in the house, he rushed straight in, and sure enough, he found Lu Bu in the house.
It's just that at that time, Lu Bu seemed to have been taken away by the evil spirit, and the whole person knelt there, not moving, letting the mountain collapse and the ground crack.
Hu Che'er shouted several times, but Lu Bu didn't answer a word. The situation was already critical, Hu Che'er couldn't manage it so much, so he directly picked up Lu Bu and carried it on his shoulders, and rushed out desperately, and the coals that fell from the roof splashed on Lu Bu's arm, leaving a scar the size of a jujube.
As soon as the front feet of the two men came out, the back feet of the huge house completely collapsed and turned into ruins.
At the crossing of the Turbid River, Lu Bu spared Hu Che'er's life, but now he was rescued by Hu Che'er desperately, which also responded to the old saying 'cause and effect cycle, good and evil are rewarded'.
Lu Bu didn't say anything, and the drama naturally didn't know the danger in this, he saw the sadness on Lu Bu's face, and couldn't help but ask: "The general is feeling guilty for the souls in this city." β
"They are innocent." Lu Bu's answer was a tacit acquiescence to this.
The lights were dim, illuminating the faces of two people.
Xi Ce sighed, and said slowly after a long while: "There are some things that I know the general doesn't like to hear, but Xi still has to say them." In war, no one is innocent, and no one, including the little girl who the general desperately wants to save. Also, don't you think it's too reckless to risk death to save an inconsequential person and almost kill yourself in the fire, general? β
When he came, Xi Ce learned from Cao Xing's mouth that the wolf riding camp had dug up a corpse from the ruins of the small courtyard, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the appearance could no longer be seen clearly, and he could only vaguely identify that it was a girl who had not grown up yet.
That's enough!
The words of the joke were like thousands of steel needles piercing Lu Bu's heart, stabbing Lu Bu's heart with blood. This young man, who was known as the 'Flying General' among the Xianbei people, stood up suddenly, looked down at the drama condescendingly, his face was full of violence, like a beast that could pounce on him at any time, and roared angrily: "She's just a child, what's wrong with her!" Could it be that you want to tell me that she also kills people and sets fires, which is heinous! β
Xi Ce raised his head, he seemed to have seen Lu Bu's blackened posture more than once, and Lu Bu's eyes were full of anger, irritability, bloodthirstiness, and the sadness hidden at the bottom.
"War has always only been about winning the king and defeating the king, and cannot dominate others, so it can only be used as a bargaining chip in this war. Since it is a bargaining chip, it is not qualified to talk about life and death. β
It's a bit cruel, but it's also an indisputable fact.
How could Lu Bu, who was constantly fighting on the battlefield, not know, but he still couldn't accept it, maybe it was because the little girl looked a little similar to Yan Wei, or it reminded Lu Bu of the little guy who called him father in his dream, Lu Bu slammed his fist on the wall, gritted his teeth and hated: "If I don't receive the order of the three-day general to attack the city, will she and the people in the city not die." β
"You know, she called me big brother sweetly. My fingers were less than two feet away from her, and I was stupid to see her being drowned in the rubble by the falling bricks! If I had just run in and taken her out, nothing would have happened, why should I rest there! Why!!! β
Lu Bu couldn't hide his inner emotions, his eyes were red with tears, and he blamed all the faults on himself with guilt.
If he could, Lu Bu would rather be the one buried in the ground.
Xi Ce stood aside, quietly looking at Lu Bu, this man who seemed to be extremely powerful on the outside, but in fact he was gentler than anyone else in his heart.
After a long while, Lu Bu's mood gradually calmed down.
Xi Ce was about to go down to the city, but Lu Bu stopped him and asked how to force the Xianbei people to abandon the city and leave.
The joke didn't intend to hide it, so he simply poured the whole thing out like a bamboo tube.
It turned out that Xi Ce took advantage of Chen Fu is Xianbei people's secret stake and asked him to write a secret letter to Ka Qi, saying that Zhang Yi had led the army around the rear and was ready to cut off Ka Qi's retreat, and he and Lu Bu formed a flank attack in front and back, and attacked Guangyan.
After receiving the letter, Ka Qi will definitely send someone to investigate, and the drama also ordered Wei Musheng, who was on the way to this place, to accompany Zhang Yiqi, so he showed his feet.
Kaqi is not stupid, and even smart. If Zhang Yi and Lu Bu attacked from front to back, he knew that he would not be able to hold on to these thousands of people in the city alone, so when the scouts returned to the city and there were indeed Han troops surrounding him, he immediately decided to abandon the city to preserve his strength.
Before leaving, it is natural that even if his subordinates burn and loot, they will rob what they like, smash what they can't finish, and simply set fire to those who can't finish smashing.
This strategy of Xice can be said to be extremely exciting, using Kaqi's psychology to deliberately startle the snake, and occupy Guangyan without a single soldier. But Lu Bu's face was not a little happy, he looked at Xi Ce, and even said with some loss: "So you knew early on that the people in the city would not escape death." β
Faced with Lu Bu's questioning, Xi Ce was silent.
"Is human life so worthless in your eyes?" Standing on the city tower with residual warmth, Lu Bu actually felt a little chilled.
Xi Ce still didn't say anything, but just said 'sleepy', put Lu Bu aside, turned around and walked down the city.
In the troubled times, either humbly lying at the bottom, being trampled under the feet, and letting the mermaids flesh, or standing in the highest place and trampling everyone under the soles of their feet.
Once you will succeed in the truth of ten thousand bones, you will understand one day, general.
After this difficulty, Guangyan City became a ruin, more than half of the houses collapsed, and the people had no way to live.
After burying the dead, LΓΌ Bu withdrew from the city with the wolf cavalry camp and still camped in the original camp.
At noon, a few miles away from the camp, a large group of cavalry suddenly came rushing towards the sky, flying in the dust, and the number of people was no less than 3,000.
Seeing this, Song Xian, who was in charge of the noon patrol, immediately ordered to enter a state of preparation, personally led a hundred horsemen forward, and shouted: "Who is coming!" β
When the leader of the cavalry saw Song Xian, he stopped marching, and a rare smile appeared on his cold face: "Why, Song Xian, you don't recognize me?" β
Hearing this, Song Xianchao, who was still a little puzzled, looked at the general, it was you!
In the camp, Lu Buzheng was discussing things with Cao Xing and others.
The curtain was lifted by Song Xian, and this usually dull man looked quite happy at this time, "Boss, look at who's coming!" β
From outside the curtain lifted, a young man in military uniform walked in, with a somewhat dark complexion and sword eyebrows. After seeing Lu Bu, the young man couldn't suppress the excitement on his face, clenched his fists and knelt on one knee, and shouted loudly: "Wei Musheng, meet the general!" Shogun Kamui! β
Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, if it weren't for Wei Musheng's self-report, he would almost not be able to recognize him. I remember that before leaving Yunzhong County, Wei Musheng was still a white and pure writing student, how long has it been, why has it been so dark.
In contrast, when he learned that the person in front of him was Wei Musheng, Cao Xing, who was also a military marquis, had his eyes wide open, and his face was full of incredulity. He went up and walked around Wei Musheng's side twice, and after confirming that it was Wei Musheng, he slapped Wei Musheng on the shoulder coldly, and laughed: "Wei Musheng, you kid, look at your equipment, you have no less oil and water from Xianbei people." Come, take a look around twice, tsk tsk, this dress, even our head is not as majestic as you. β
"Cao Xing, you are still the same as before, you like to talk with **."
"Wei Musheng, your uncle, Lao Tzu wants to fight you alone."
The two exchanged words for a while, and Wei Musheng turned the topic to the right track, "General, I have brought good news. β