"If there is no loneliness in the world, I really don't know how many people are called emperors and how many people are kings!"

This is indeed what Lao Cao said, and it is even clearly recorded in historical materials. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoTo be honest, this kind of thing was quite taboo at the time, but Lao Cao dared to say it. And in such words, whether it is ambition or sincerity, in fact, it all reveals the kind of disdain for the slander of the world, as well as the domineering of the heroes of the world.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu has always been by Lu Ren's side, and he has been a little "poisoned" by Lu Ren, so his views on some things are not so extreme. At least at this moment, when listening to Lao Cao's words, Zhao Yu didn't react excessively, but after thinking about it, he responded more flatly: "Lu Yizhou actually commented on Cao Gong like this, but Lu Yizhou added a few words later. ”

Lao Cao's eyebrows raised: "What did Lu Yihao say?" ”

Zhao Yu thought about it again, and then smiled: "Lu Yizhou drank a few more glasses at that time, so he spoke a little ......."

Lao Cao waved his hand: "You girl doesn't have to be so polite. Let's tell you the truth, just a few words of gossip, can Lone still cure your sin because of this? Even if he is unhappy, Lone still has to consider whether he will fall out with Lu Yihao. ”

Zhao Yu still smiled: "Then Xiaoyu will say it directly." Lu Yizhou said that absolute power will bring absolute corruption, and Cao Gong, your prestige is growing, and you are unconsciously walking on such a road. And it doesn't matter if people have ambitions, because ambition is the driving force that drives people to work hard, but if the ambition is too much, it will fall into an abyss from which it will never recover. ”

Lao Cao was also stunned, and after savoring these words carefully, he smiled and said, "Is Lu Yihao warning the old man?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head: "Xiaoyu is stupid, and he doesn't understand Lu Yizhou's words very well. ”

Lao Cao just snorted softly: "You little girl is very good at pretending to be stupid." ”

After pouring a few more sips of hot wine, Lao Cao leaned on the wall of the battlement, and looked into the distance for a long time before sighing: "Forget it, don't talk about these false words." If the old man doesn't tell you and Lu Yihao a few words of truth, Lu Yihao won't be able to put his mind at ease. And if he can't put his mind at ease, then God knows how much trouble he will cause to the old man. ”

Zhao Yu immediately stretched his ears.

The old Cao at this head looked at the snow scene for a while, and suddenly asked Zhao Yu: "Girl Yu, do you know how old the old man is this year?" ”

Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, and then responded: "Duke Wei is fifty years old this year. ”

Lao Cao sighed softly again: "As soon as spring comes, the old man will be sixty-six years old." Rain girl, are you going to talk about it, an old man who is already sixty-six years old and in his last years can live in this world for a few more years? ”

"This ......" Zhao Yu suddenly froze.

Look at Lao Cao again and point in the direction of Shuzhong: "In Shuzhong, there is a Liu Bei." ”

As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of Jiangdong again: "Jiangdong, there is a Sun Quan." ”

After pointing to these two places, Lao Cao smiled a little lonely: "Liu Bei, the hero of the world, now that he has won Shuzhong, he is a hero; Sun Quan, inheriting the foundation of his father and brother, the capital of the third generation, the national risk and the people. Such two heroes, if they want to destroy them, unless they have made some irreparable mistakes, they will not have ten or eight years, basically don't even think about it. But the old man is already sixty-six years old, how much longevity is left for the old man? Maybe you can still talk and laugh with the rain girl here today, but you won't be able to stay tomorrow......"

Zhao Yu somewhat understood what Lao Cao meant, and hesitated: "What does Duke Wei mean?" ”

Lao Cao said: "Liu Bei and Sun Quan, I'm afraid I won't have time to settle them in the old man's lifetime." And the achievements of the old man's life, I am afraid that they can only stop here. Rain girl, the old man is too lazy to hide it from you, in fact, the old man has no longer had any thoughts about what he could do in his life. At the age of sixty-six, how many more years can the old man live? ”

At this point, Lao Cao suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the west: "It's just that no one expected that the alien races in the Western Regions would raise troops to invade the territory at this time, and even make the old man busy for a while." But Xiaoyu, when the old man stabilized his position, he calmed down and thought about it, but he couldn't help but laugh three times, do you know why? ”

Zhao Yu is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart. After listening to Lao Cao's words, Zhao Yu nodded suddenly: "What does Wei mean is that these Western Regions Alliance troops are here to give Cao Gong great merits?" ”

Lao Cao smiled, laughing so heroically, laughing so domineering: "Not bad! Liu Bei and Sun Quan are both heroes, and they can't be dealt with in ten or eight years, or even ten or twenty years, and the old man thinks that he doesn't have that time. However, although these alien races in the Western Regions are huge, it won't take too long for Gu to settle them, and three years is enough. When these alien races in the Western Regions are settled, the old man can triumph and leave a heavy mark on the history of the old man's life! ”

After a few more sips of wine into his abdomen, and seeing that the wine bag was empty, Lao Cao threw the wine bag aside, and laughed loudly: "What about loyalty, what about rape!?" Even if the old man is slandered by those people, the old man can still proudly say to them that the old man once personally led the soldiers to destroy the alien races that invaded the realm and protected my beautiful China, but you people who only scold the old man all day long, but what have you done!? And this is a merit or a demerit, and the old man also believes that future generations will have justice! ”

“……”

Zhao Yu was speechless at this time. To be honest, Zhao Yu has always admired Lao Cao, and whether Lao Cao is loyal or traitorous, a hero, a hero, or a traitor, there is indeed something convincing. At least Lao Cao at this moment, even if Lu Ren is standing here, he will only give Lao Cao a thumbs up, and then write the word "service" in his heart by the way.

The two were speechless for a while, and Lao Cao suddenly said to Zhao Yu again: "Rain girl, the old man still remembers that when you were in Guandu, you used to follow the old man to kill the black nest, and the old man also admired your little girl's bow and horse martial arts. Now that nearly 20 years have passed, are you interested in accompanying the old man on another trip? ”

Zhao Yu blinked his beautiful eyes before smiling: "I want to hear about it." ”

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Hanzhong, Yangpingguan.

At this time in Yangping Pass, Liu Beijun's battle with the Western Regions Coalition Army was extremely fierce, and even the word "tragic" had to be used to describe it many times.

The wall, which was originally quite good, has already been damaged by the artillery brought by the Western Regions Alliance, and there are even gaps in many places that cannot be repaired temporarily. And these gaps, naturally, have also become the main targets of repeated contention between the warring parties.

Batch after batch of people follow these gaps, and it is often the people of one side who have just occupied the gap and are beaten back by the people of the other side. And batch after batch of corpses fell on the gap, and even almost piled up the gap several times.

Wei Yan had already been hairy, and he had been personally commanding on the wall, so he had nailed a number of arrows to his armor. Fortunately, due to the long-distance attack, the artillery and ammunition carried by these Western Regions coalition forces were relatively limited, and they had already finished fighting under the indiscriminate bombardment in the first few days; Fortunately, Wei Yan followed Liu Bei into Shu from Jingzhou, and the equipment on his body was all high-quality goods bought from Lu Ren at that time, otherwise Wei Yan might have been killed by the artillery of the Western Regions Coalition Army or shot to death by the stray arrows on the battlefield...... That's some nonsense, right? However, the main generals of one side have all fought this virtue, which is enough to prove what kind of level the battle has become fierce at this time.

At this time, Wei Yan only had about 6,000 people left on his hands, and many of them were wounded, so what Wei Yan was most concerned about now was two words: reinforcements!

In the midst of the fierce battle, a herald rushed to Wei Yan's side. Before the herald could speak, Wei Yan grabbed the herald's collar and asked urgently, "When will the reinforcements arrive!?" ”

The herald responded, "It's all on the way!" The 3,000 vanguard troops led by General Zhao will be able to arrive at noon in the near future, and the 30,000 main forces led by the lord's father-in-law will be in the evening! ”

"Tomorrow at noon!?"

Wei Yanshun threw the herald aside, and then glanced at the wall that was already in tatters and almost looked like it from a high place, angry but also a little depressed: "Of course you can defend it, but it has been broken into such a wall, and I don't know how many brothers' lives will have to be sacrificed to block it!" These abominable artillery! If we could put dozens of doors on top of the closed wall, where would it look like this!? ”

Regarding the marching speed of Liu Bei's reinforcements, Wei Yanzhi did not complain about anything. He is also an expert in this area, and he knows that Liu Bei's marching speed is already very fast, after all, the road in Shuzhong is not so easy to walk.

After the whining is over, the battle that should be fought still has to be fought. However, while fighting, the order to retreat suddenly sounded on the side of the Western Regions Alliance, so the Western Regions Alliance, which was originally rushing to Yangping Pass like a tide, retreated back like a low tide, which made Wei Yan a little baffled. As a good fighter in warfare, he knew too well that this retreat of the Western Regions Alliance was not right.

Suddenly, he remembered something, and a cold sweat suddenly appeared on Wei Yan's forehead. Pushed away the soldier who originally wanted to step forward to help him bandage his wounds, and came to the highest point of the lookout as fast as possible, and then snatched the telescope in the sentry's hand and looked at the Western Regions Alliance, his face suddenly turned pale.

As Wei Yan expected, the artillery of the Western Regions Coalition Army was dumb in the past two days because the ammunition had run out, and the two sides entered a very fierce battle for the wall. In Wei Yan's opinion, if the ammunition of the Western Regions Alliance Army is sufficient, and the wall of Yangping Pass is bombarded for another three days or two days, if it is not good, the wall of Yangping Pass can be directly destroyed, then the battle here basically does not need to be fought anymore, and it will be transferred from defending the city to guerrilla warfare.

Therefore, what Wei Yan was worried about was that before Liu Bei's reinforcements arrived, the follow-up troops of the Western Regions Alliance Army arrived one step ahead of Liu Bei, and sent another batch of ammunition for the artillery of the Western Regions Alliance Army. It's not that Wei Yan doesn't want to take the initiative to destroy these powerful siege weapons, but that Wei Yan has limited troops at hand and insufficient assault forces.

And now, Wei Yan was on the lookout, and through the telescope, he could clearly see that the follow-up troops of the Western Regions Alliance had arrived, and he could also see a lot of vehicles. As long as you are not a fool, I am afraid that you can think that these vehicles are not only filled with food, grass and clothing, but also the ammunition required by the artillery of the Western Regions Coalition Army.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Wei Yan ordered to the soldiers around him who had caught up with the lookout: "Let the brothers be on guard, those turtle grandsons have replenished the ammunition of the artillery, and they are going to shell our wall again." Also, immediately send fast horses to ask General Zhao and the lord's reinforcements to speed up the journey, otherwise I am afraid that this Yangping Pass will not be able to hold it. ”

At this order, the faces of Liu Bei's soldiers at Yangping Pass changed color. They had all been brutally "baptized" by the artillery of the Western Regions Coalition Army before, so they all knew what it was like to be under the bombardment of artillery. To be honest, this is also fortunate that they are a group of more regular soldiers, and as the defender, they have the protection of the city wall and can withstand it. If it were to be replaced by those "miscellaneous troops" under the muzzle of the artillery used by Lu Ren's side several times before, the tricks would have been broken up long ago.

By the way, I have to mention it again, but fortunately, Liu Bei's defenders at Yangping Pass did not encounter the artillery produced by Lu Ren. You must know that the artillery produced by Lu Ren has more than ten years of experience in use, and it is obviously much higher than that of the Guishan and Western Regions Coalition Forces in terms of basic industry, so although it is still a breech-loading artillery, the artillery on Lu Ren's side is much higher in terms of power and range than the artillery currently used by the Western Regions Coalition Army.

To paraphrase a game word, the artillery used by the Western Regions Alliance is a beginner's type, while the artillery used by Lu Ren must be a second- or third-order. If Lu Ren's artillery was really used to bombard the rammed earth city wall of Yangping Pass, the amount of ammunition fired by the Western Regions Alliance Army a few days ago was calculated, that is, Lu Ren's artillery was used to fire the same amount of ammunition, I am afraid that the city wall of Yangping Pass would have been blown into a piece of broken earth and debris a long time ago.

Without further ado, anyway, the follow-up troops of the Western Regions Alliance Army arrived and replenished the ammunition for the leading Western Regions Alliance Army, and the Western Regions Alliance Army temporarily returned just now, which is obviously to prepare for the next wave of artillery fire. Wei Yan's face was ugly, and the faces of the soldiers at Yangping Pass were also ugly. And now all they can do is to find as good cover as possible and wait for the baptism of artillery fire from the Western Regions Alliance.

Finally, the dull sound of artillery firing from the Western Regions Coalition Army rang out. In fact, these dull cannon sounds could not reach the ears of Liu Bei's soldiers in Yangping Pass, but they still made the soldiers' heartbeats seem to stop. As for the loud sound of shells bombarding the wall next, it didn't seem to matter much.

Still like a few days ago, there was a loud bang, and the rubble splattered from all over the wall. Finally, the soldiers of Yangping Pass already had some experience under the baptism of artillery fire before, so the number of people who were directly killed or injured by artillery fire was not much. It's just that everyone understands in their hearts that after the baptism of artillery fire of the Western Regions Alliance, the wall of Yangping Pass will no longer be full of holes, but will be waste rocks and rotten soil, and they will also lose the support of the city wall, and can only meet the opponent in the pile of rocks.

In the sound of bombardment, Wei Yanya, who was hiding in the bunker, was about to crush, but due to his lack of tactical knowledge in this area, he had no other way but to grit his teeth. The only thing that can be thought of now is to wait for the other side's artillery bombardment to stop, and then it is time to lead the soldiers of Yangping Pass to fight the Western Regions coalition army to the death.

But it didn't take long for the other party to stop. This made Wei Yan feel a little strange again, because at least according to some of the experience that Wei Yan had mastered in the previous battles, the artillery bombardment of the Western Regions Coalition Army, which had been replenished with ammunition, should definitely not be more than the current bombardment time. Moreover, after the artillery fire stopped and the loud sound of the shells hitting the ground also stopped, there was a noisy sound and shouts of killing from the military formation of the Western Regions Alliance.

Wei Yan thought that this was the Western Regions Coalition Army launching another attack after a short period of artillery preparation, so he hurriedly led his soldiers to prepare for the battle. But when he got out of cover and looked over at the Western Regions Alliance's military formation, he was stunned.

The Western Regions Alliance army in the distance in front of him did not attack, and not only did not attack, but the entire army formation was in chaos. When Wei Yan hurriedly took the telescope and looked at it, he found that there was a force that came out of nowhere and interspersed into the middle of the Western Regions Alliance, and then a center bloomed, disrupting the Western Regions Alliance.

"There are so many cavalry, did Zhao Yun's reinforcements arrive in advance? No, he said that he would only arrive at noon tomorrow recently, so the fastest time to jump will be before dawn tomorrow. Wait, this armor is ...... How can it be!? ”

Wei Yan was completely stunned this time. Because at this time, he saw clearly that the standard of clothing and armor of the troops that were interspersed in the Western Regions Alliance Army turned out to be Lao Cao's side! And at this time, who the hell would have thought that Lao Cao's troops would pop up here? Perhaps in Wei Yan's opinion, it is not unusual for Lao Cao's troops to pop up here in Yangping Pass, but how could Lao Cao's troops directly fight with the Western Regions Alliance? When Yangpingguan Wei Yan here doesn't exist?

A series of question marks popped up on his head, but he saw that a team of the Cao army over there broke through the military formation of the Western Regions Alliance Army and rushed straight to Wei Yan. Wei Yan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers under his command to prepare for the enemy, but saw that the small group of men and horses stopped about a stone's throw in front of the pass, and the generals led by him took off their helmets and shouted towards the pass. And when this voice came out, Wei Yan and the other soldiers were stunned, because this was actually a woman's voice:

"Is General Buncho here? I'm Zhao Yu! ”

"Zhao Yu!?"

Wei Yan's brows suddenly frowned, and at the same time, he also remembered the little girl who looked a little delicate at that banquet some time ago, and people became more and more puzzled: "Why is she!?" ”