Chapter 53: Xiling City is broken! Liu Wu fights bloody battle! Liu Bei summons a hundred plays to celebrate Adou's birthday!

Chapter 053: Xiling City is broken! Liu Wu fights bloody battle! Liu Bei celebrates Adou's birthday!
The river wind is strong and the waves are surging.

The sound of killing in Xiling shook the earth and sky. The other side of the river was silent. Looking around, it was already full of flags and banners, and swords and armors were like a forest! Densely packed soldiers swept across the field, and more soldiers came from behind, like the surging river.

They stood silently on the other side of the river, staring towards Jiangbei. They were waiting.

Waiting for the outcome of the Xiling battlefield in Jiangbei, waiting for the opportunity to change the situation in Jiangdong.

Wow! ~
The cold wind howled, causing the river waves to surge. Above the waves, a boat slowly approached the north bank of the river amid the ups and downs of the waves.

"Grand Commander, the Jiangdong navy soldiers are already lurking on the other side of Xiling. The army is ready." At the bow of the ship, Taishi Ci reported to Zhou Yu in a low voice.

Zhou Yu nodded, but his eyes never left the direction of Xiling: "No hurry, the victory or defeat in Xiling has not yet been decided, it is not yet time for the Jiangdong soldiers to show up."

Taishi Ci followed Zhou Yu's gaze towards Xiling. He could not help but speak: "These days, we have only heard the sound of shouting and killing on the shore. Cao Cao's army of tens of thousands was unable to capture this small Xiling. The Xiling defenders are indeed tenacious."

"No matter how tenacious the Xiling defenders are, they can only do so much." Zhou Yu sighed. "Even if Xiling has 10,000 Shanyue soldiers sent by Jiangdong, Cao Cao's army of tens of thousands will almost consume their strength after such a fierce attack."

"Xi Ling City may be destroyed today, but it's a pity for the old friend in the city..."

Zhou Yu had a complicated expression, full of regret. After today, he would never have the chance to meet such a hero again, which was really a pity.

Zhou Gongjin looked deeply at the other side of the river, at Xiling City...

Inside Xiling City, South Gate.

boom! ~
boom! ~
A dull thumping sound came from outside the South Gate; it was Cao's army using a battering ram to break down the gate!

The guards in the city gritted their teeth and held on to the huge bolt. The leading captain led the soldiers to hold on to the city gate, and shouted to encourage them: "Hold on, as long as you can hold on through this wave, they will naturally retreat!"

"Once the city gate is breached, we're all doomed!"

"They can't break in. With my lord here, Cao's army will never be able to break in!"

boom! ~
wow~
Before he could finish his words, a huge force came and the city gate, which had been holding up for a long time, suddenly broke and collapsed.

The city was breached?!

After being attacked fiercely for so long, Xiling City was finally broken!

The dark mass of Cao's army stood at the open city gate, their eyes were red, and their heart-wrenching roars rang out:
"The city has been broken! Xiling City has been broken!"

"Charge in! Capture the city!"

The Cao army outside the city roared into the city gate corridor like a flood.

Xiling City is finished!
The defenders in the city were filled with despair. They tried to put up a final resistance, but faced with the impact of Cao's army, they were quickly overwhelmed.

It seems that Xiling City is about to be lost...

hum! ~
The painted halberd that both the enemy and us were already familiar with came again with a whistling and chanting sound!
Liu Wu was like an iron gate fixed at the city gate. With just his halberd, he actually stopped the tide of Cao's army that tried to rush through the city gate and into Xiling City!

With painted halberds waving, Cao's army that wanted to rush into the city fell in large numbers in the corridor like harvested wheat.

Seeing that their lord had actually stopped Cao's army from rushing into the city, the morale of the soldiers in the city was instantly boosted. They reorganized their formation and rushed to both sides of Liu Wu to help him share the pressure.

"Kill them! Why not kill them?!"

"We're blocked by that damn Xiling garrison commander. We can't break in!"

"Bullshit! The city gate has been breached, and he only has a few men. How can he stop them?"

"Charge! Charge again!"

When Cao's army saw that the city gate was broken and they were about to capture Xiling City, they did not expect to be blocked at the city gate.

They were angry and unwilling. More Cao troops rushed in from outside the city, like waves higher than the last, hitting Liu Wu hard!

Liu Wu stood still, the painted halberd in his hand flying up and down, constantly reaping the lives of Cao's army.

Poof! ~
Poof! ~
Two arrows shot into Liu Wu's back. It turned out that some soldiers of Cao's army took advantage of the chaos to bypass Liu Wu and attacked him with hidden arrows.

Woo~
Liu Wu remained calm, as if he felt no pain. He just swung his halberd backwards suddenly. Before the opponent could fire the third arrow, his brain was smashed out by Liu Wu's halberd, and he became one of the corpses of Cao's army on the ground.

The densely packed Cao army fell helplessly at Liu Wu's feet.

After a long time, Liu Wu finally moved.

He led the soldiers in the city and moved slowly forward against the surging army.

Liu Wu's halberd was advancing, and he was constantly moving from the inside to the outside, forcing Cao's army out of the city gate corridor!
The Cao army soldiers blocking the corridor began to retreat involuntarily. Every step they took back left a large number of corpses in the corridor.

Retreat, retreat, and retreat again!

The Cao army soldiers who had clearly broken through the Xiling city gate were pushed out of the city gate corridor by Liu Wu.

The general supervising the battle in the rear was furious. He immediately mobilized more soldiers to attack and tried to break into the city again.

Liu Wu stood at the ruins of the two city gates, his painted halberd flying and the cold light flashing, resisting wave after wave of attacks from Cao's army.

boom! ~
boom! ~
boom! ~
That was the sound of Cao's army's corpses falling to the ground. Countless corpses fell in front of Liu Wu and at the city gate.

At first, there was the sound of corpses falling to the ground, but when the new corpse fell on the old corpse, there was no sound anymore.

The corpses piled up higher and higher...

Suddenly, the light in front of Liu Wu's eyes dimmed, and there were no more living Cao soldiers attacking him. He looked up and saw that the corpses in the tunnel of the city gate had piled up to the top of the tunnel, and the light from outside could not shine in!
Outside the city, the shouting and screaming died down, and the battlefield suddenly became quiet.

The generals supervising the battle and the surrounding Cao troops stared blankly at the scene before them, feeling a chill in their hearts...

The Xiling South Gate, which had been broken through, now has a new gate.

Liu Wu used the mountains of Cao's army's corpses to pile up into a tightly sealed flesh and blood city gate!
……

The night was dark, and the shouting and screaming inside and outside Xiling City had long since faded away.

On the top of the city wall, the soldiers on night watch looked exhausted, but they still kept a vigilant eye on the situation outside the city.

Tap tap tap! ~
At this time, heavy footsteps were heard on the top of the city wall. Liu Wu, holding a painted halberd and covered in blood, was patrolling on the top of the city wall.

"Lord!"

"Greetings, my lord!" The soldiers on the city wall saluted Liu Wu one after another. They looked at the eagle feather that had not been plucked out from behind Liu Wu, their eyes full of admiration. They were all witnesses of the lord's heroic feat of driving Cao's army out of the city despite being wounded by an arrow in the daytime.

As long as this lord is here, they have the confidence to continue defending Xiling City.

Liu Wu nodded and said: "If Cao's army attacks, report to me immediately."

"Yes!"

Liu Wu turned around and went down the city toward the county magistrate's mansion.

Liu Wu pushed the door of the county magistrate's bedroom and walked in, only to find a beautiful figure waiting there with medicine in hand.

Liu Wu looked indifferent: "What are you doing here?"

“I…” Sun Shangxiang bit her lower lip and said, “I can’t help you. I…when my elder brother was shot, I pulled out the arrow and applied medicine to him.”

As she spoke, Sun Shangxiang could not help but turn her head, as if looking at the two eagle-feather arrows behind Liu Wu.

Liu Wu didn't say anything, he just walked to the couch and sat down, took off his armor and shirt, and then suddenly pulled his big hand back...

In an instant, two eagle feather arrows were torn off with flesh and blood! A large amount of blood immediately flowed down Liu Wu's back. There was no ripple on his face, as if the blood and flesh he brought down were not his own: "Come."

Sun Shangxiang was so frightened by what she saw that she covered her mouth with her hands to prevent herself from screaming.

She slowly approached behind Liu Wu, looking at the two hideous wounds with deep blood and flesh visible, and Sun Shangxiang's lips trembled constantly.

Liu Wu had been fighting desperately on the four city gate towers these days, and today he risked his life at the South Gate to kill Cao's army that had invaded the city. Sun Shangxiang saw all of this.

She knew that if this continued, Xiling City would not be able to be defended.

Once Xiling City is broken, then Liu Zilie...

Looking at the horrific wound on Liu Wu's back, Sun Shangxiang could no longer hold back her tears. "Why did you come to this? Why did you come to this? If you continue like this, you will die!"

"Since Cao Mengde appreciates you, you will join him..."

"Shut up." Liu Wu's voice was as cold as ice in the dead of winter. For a moment, the room was silent except for Sun Shangxiang's low sobs.

……

In the city of Gong'an, the county magistrate's residence was decorated with lights and full of joy.

Today is the birthday of Uncle Liu’s beloved son, Prince Liu Chan.

The mansion was filled with loud drums and music, and was extremely lively.

Some people were playing the flute and the harp.

There are also dancers with graceful postures, dancing to the sound of small drums.

I saw a man standing on a thin wooden plate with one foot, throwing several small balls with one hand, each of which landed steadily in his hand. With the other hand, he was still throwing a dagger into the air, and each time he controlled the ball without any danger.

"it is good!"

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

The maids and servants in the palace exclaimed in amazement, especially the "jumping balls and playing with swords" technique, which was a unique skill that only existed in big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang.

It is not easy to find such unique skills on both sides of the river.

In the lobby, Madam Mi looked at the figure in front of her with a feather fan and a royal hat with satisfaction. The "hundreds of performances" to celebrate Adou's birthday today were all found by this military advisor Zhuge. This Mr. Wulong really cared about Adou's birthday.

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and said to Adou with a smile: "It is your birthday today, sir. I have nothing to celebrate with, so I specially found this [Hundred Plays] to celebrate for you. Do you like it?"

The acrobatics were lively and exciting, but Ah Dou, who was sitting on the couch holding the dove, pouted and said, "I don't like it! Ah Dou doesn't like it at all!"

"Why didn't my father come? I want my father, I want my father!"

Adou started crying and Zhuge Kongming's smile froze on his face.

The fierce battle was going on in Jiangling City opposite, and countless soldiers sacrificed their lives and shed their blood in Gong'an City. How could Zhuge Kongming have the mind to celebrate the birthday of a child?

However, while my lord was fighting, he was still concerned about Adou's birthday and asked me to come and be the master of ceremonies for the boy. I had no choice but to come here.

Thinking of the numerous dead and wounded soldiers in Jiangling City, and looking at Adou who was crying non-stop, Zhuge Liang felt aggrieved, but he had to bow and comfort Adou: "Sir, don't be anxious..."

"My lord is currently in Jiangling City fighting off the enemy. How can he leave right now?"

It would have been better if Zhu Zhuge Liang had not tried to persuade him. After he did, Liu Chan cried even harder: "What the hell is Jiangling City? I only want my father! Tell my father to ignore Jiangling City and come back to see Ah Dou!"

Is Jiangling City, which the lord and 30,000 soldiers fought desperately to defend, nothing in the eyes of this kid?
Is this the son that the lord wants to make the crown prince?

Is this the new lord I, Zhuge Liang, will serve in the future?
For a moment, Zhuge Liang stood there, feeling a tightness in his chest and feeling very uncomfortable.

He subconsciously thought of Liu Wu...

If Liu Wu were still alive, he would have led his troops to Jiangling by now.

If Liu Wu were still alive, he wouldn't have to use all his wisdom to please a child.

If Liu Wu was still alive...

"Mr. Zhuge, I am sorry for being so rude."

Mrs. Mi's voice awakened Zhuge Liang, who was in a trance. He forced a smile and said, "No problem, no problem."

Madam Mi nodded apologetically: "Adou must be a little tired, I will take him downstairs to rest for a while."

Zhuge Liang bowed and said, "Liang will see you off, Madam."

Madam Mi took Adou's hand and walked around the front hall to the back hall. Her face suddenly looked unhappy. Her husband was too unreasonable. Today was Adou's birthday, but he was still fighting in Jiangling City and didn't even care about his own son?

Great cause, great cause, then you will know your great cause!
No matter how great the cause is, is it more important to have a son of your own?
The more Madam Mi thought about it, the more dissatisfied she became. She called over a confidant and said, "Find someone you can trust, get away from Zhuge Junshi's eyes in the city, sneak out of the public security bureau, sneak into Xiling City on the other side, and deliver the message to the lord for me, saying..."

"It is Ah Dou's birthday today. He sees that his father is not among the guests. He misses his father so much that his heart breaks and his cries shake the sky."

"I hope the lord will remember his love for his child and return to Gong'an to celebrate Adou's birthday, so that we can enjoy the happiness of a happy family..."

(End of this chapter)