Chapter 63 The tip of the iceberg
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East of Yeyuan, before Cao Ren camp.
Zhang Fei stood on his horse, and while asking his soldiers to insult the troops loudly, he looked at the camp in the distance from afar, for some reason, and was always a little uneasy.
A deputy general rushed forward and whispered to Zhang Fei: "General Zhang, Niu Jin has been in for a long time, but he has never shown up. Should we attack in?"
Zhang Fei waved his hand and sighed: "No, I only have three thousand people under my command. Wancheng's troops are at least 30,000. The difference in strength is too great. It is feasible to call the formation to compete with soldiers and generals. If it is a tough one, it is really difficult."
The deputy general frowned and said, "But General, after Niu Jin was injured, he stopped coming out once he left, and Cao Ren never showed up. If he continues to waste this, how long will it be?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "If Niu Jin is afraid of us, it is really a stalemate. It would be a good thing. After all, the purpose of my eldest brother asking me to fight today is to delay Cao Ren. He can send troops with his second brother and others to attack Xiahou Yuan. The more time Niu Jin wastes, the more we will be praised, which is the best strategy... But I always feel that something seems wrong, but there is something that is not clear about."
Thinking of this, Zhang Fei's big bearded face trembled, and an indescribable blockage appeared in his mind.
So fucking frustrating...
After pondering for a long time, Zhang Fei Lingtai suddenly woke up and said to himself: "I am here to invite the battle to delay Cao Ren, but what would happen if Cao Ren had led his troops to his elder brother in advance?.........Hi, I was careless for a moment and regret it too late! I am really a mistake!"
When the deputy general heard this, his face changed drastically and said hurriedly: "General Zhang, since this is the case, the lord's side will inevitably be in danger... The general needs to order a retreat quickly, and we are here to help!"
"No!"
Zhang Fei raised his hand and said in a hoarse voice: "I have just carefully observed the defense of this village. Cao Ren left at least 10,000 garrison troops here. If we retreat to our brother's place, we will let this ten thousand follow him. It is not advisable. There are second brothers, Zhang He, Gao Lan and other famous generals on the side. Even if we cannot win, we will not be defeated. We still need to continue to delay here! Don't cause trouble for our brother!"
"promise......"
Having said this, Zhang Fei couldn't help but sigh in secret. He lost the opportunity to defeat Xiahou Yuan this time. It would be even more difficult to defeat him and Cao Ren in the future...
But if we really delayed it with Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren and other Cao generals, how could we last for a long time with the territory of Runan?
Where is our army's way out? Zhang Fei couldn't help but feel a little sad.
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The conversation was divided into two parts. Not to mention Liu Bei's attack on Runan, the battle situation was full of peaks and mountains. Just talking about the side of Jiuli Mountain, Chang Xi discussed with Yuan Shang's agreement, and then led his people to leave the mountain and left.
Standing on the top of the mountain, Lu Lingqi and Yuan Shang stood side by side, looking at Chang Feng who was gradually moving away, and a hint of worry appeared in his heart.
"Do you really believe in him?"
After a long silence, Lu Lingqi slowly opened her mouth and expressed her questions in her heart: "Chang Xi is a capricious, despicable, shameless, and has no faith. He promised to join forces with you today, but after a long time, maybe one day he will stab you in the back. At that time, you may not even know how you died... Just like after my father was killed by Cao Cao, he immediately turned to Cao Cao. After two years, he now wants to betray him. For this person, you must always defend yourself. Even so, you want to surrender him?"
Yuan Shang smiled when he heard this: "Comparing me with your father, I am very happy with this metaphor."
"Whoever dares to take advantage of this girl?" Lu Lingqi's eyes were filled with danger.
Yuan Shang hurriedly changed the topic and said, "What kind of person is Changxi? It has no disadvantage to me. It's just an empty promise. I won't suffer any losses at all. It's just a matter of a big deal. That's his loss."
When Lu Lingqi heard this, she said strangely: "Why?"
Yuan Shang snorted and said, "Because he is too cunning, too treacherous, and too dangerous. Even if a person like him does not rebel, Cao Cao will surely destroy him sooner or later!"
Lu Lingqi suddenly realized when she heard this.
"But although he is a little despicable, he is very flexible and has a great face. The thieves in the world have some friendship with him. If they use it well, they will be very helpful to our Yuan family in the future... As for his capricious, despicable, and shameless, and without faith, in front of me, he is really like a cloud!"
When Lu Lingqi heard this, she couldn't help but be curious and said, "A such a sinister person doesn't even want to stay for a long time. Why are you not afraid?"
Yuan Shang slapped his chest and said proudly: "Because I am more repetitive, more despicable, more shameless, and more credible than him!"
Lu Lingqi's face suddenly showed deep surprise. After thinking for a long time, she spoke slowly.
"Oh... I really regret it now when I heard you confess so frankly... I don't know whether it would be a blessing or a disaster to join forces with you, a shameless person, to fight Cao. I think we'll break up."
Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows and said, "Discond? Why! If you say you're going to give up the promise, just let it go? Do you have some sense of responsibility? If you want to regret it, I will ask my father to write a letter to the emperor and issue an imperial edict to let the Tingwei Mansion do you!"
Lu Lingqi stared at Yuan Shang for a long time and said gloomyly: "I suddenly have a strong impulse now. I really want to kick you down from the top of this mountain..."
Under the cliff, the autumn wind is on the north and the birds are striking, and it looks like it is endless...
Yuan Shang swallowed and took a squirting, took a step back and said, "Don't do anything randomly, I'm just a joke, who do you think you are? The emperor will have some leisure to pay attention to you? I'll laugh!"
Lu Lingqi stared at Yuan Shang viciously. After a while, she suddenly burst into laughter, and a warm smile appeared on her pretty face, as if it could dissolve the ice and snow and dispel dark clouds.
Several thieves and bandit leaders standing not far away were stunned.
It has been two years since the leader of the big leader led the village affairs in Jiulishan, none of the bandits have seen her laugh as much as today. Every day, every moment, the big leader's face is cold, like a piece of black ice that cannot melt, biting cold and terrifying.
Where did the sun come out today? The big leader not only laughed out loud, but also laughed so brightly.
Have you eaten dirty food?
While sighing at the beautiful smile of Lu Lingqi, the bandits couldn't help but feel a deep respect for Yuan Shang from the bottom of their hearts. They could melt the big leader like a thousand-year-old iceberg and make her smile. Although it was only a moment, it also required a lot of ability!
People who can do this are either quick-witted and excellent, or they are extremely cheap, and they all have a sense of bastardness in their bones.
This third young master Yuan probably doesn’t belong to the second type, right?
At this moment, Lu Lingqi seemed to realize her loss of composure, and she turned her face back to the usual appearance of an iceberg beauty, cold and very cunning.
"You haven't said yet, why did you suddenly come to my Jiuli Mountain Village? Didn't you lead your troops to Runan to see the big-eared thief? Could it be that the guy refused to take you in?"
Yuan Shang smiled and said, "Miss Lu is too slight on her character. As soon as we arrived in Runan, we were warmly entertained by Liu Bei. There were three days and three days a big banquet. The banquet was always drunk and not returning, and not sleeping. In just a few days, I had gained three times."
Lu Lingqi sneered and said, "Your surnamed Yuan is a bit too loud. With Liu Bei's hypocritical nature, how can you drink and talk to a slutty son like you?"
Yuan Shang sighed long and said with emotion: "Maybe, this is the so-called relationship. During this trip to Runan, Liu Bei and his group got along very well. Mi Zhu, Gong Du, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, and especially Zhang Fei, I met me too late. I wished that all my head would hit the ground and form brothers of different surnames. It was really touching... By the way, Liu Bei also gave me hundreds of war horses, and I didn't want one, and I gave it all for free, which made me feel a little embarrassed."
When Lu Lingqi heard this, she opened her eyes wide in surprise and said, "Liu Bei is in a county. In such a tight situation, he even gave you hundreds of war horses? He shouldn't be crazy!"
"Every woman has no knowledge, right? Otherwise, how could she get into the emperor's uncle, but you can only be the leader of the thief? I'll give it a lot!"
Lv Lingqi: “…………”
After a while, Lu Lingqi suddenly remembered something and spoke slowly with gritted teeth.
"The surname is Yuan..."
Yuan Shang turned his head gently and smiled, "What can Miss Lu know about me?"
"You have been chatting here for a long time, but still haven't told me your destination to Jiuli Mountain Village..."
Yuan Shang's smile suddenly froze.
Chapter completed!