Chapter 67: Sun Shangxiang wipes Liu Wu’s body, Wei Yan leads his troops to beat Liu Bei!

Chapter 067: Sun Shangxiang wipes Liu Wu’s body, Wei Yan leads his troops to beat Liu Bei!

Outside Jiangling City,

After a whole day of siege, Cao's army retreated like a tide, leaving behind only piles of corpses on the ground and broken arms and limbs scattered outside the city.

The white snow had already been completely soaked with red blood.

Xiahou Yuan led five outstanding generals and drove 50,000 Cao troops to attack Jiangling City for several consecutive days. The soldiers in the city fought back desperately and the fighting was extremely brutal, but they were finally blocked by the troops led by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong.

"Huh!~"

In Jiangling City, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief. After all the journey, he returned to Jiangling safely without any danger.

Zhao Yun was even more relieved. Although his lord had acted foolishly for a while, at least Jiangling City was still there.

"Zilong, follow me to the top of the city wall."

Liu Bei led Zhao Yun to the top of the city in a hurry. When he entered the city, he saw the tragic scene of densely packed corpses outside the city. He didn't know how many elite defenders in the city had been lost during his absence.

Tap tap tap! ~
Liu Bei stood on the top of the city wall and looked around...

The ground was littered with corpses.

Blood flows into a river.

Among the corpses, there were those of Cao’s army and those of Liu’s army!

In the blood, there is the blood of Cao’s army and also the blood of Liu’s army!

The remaining exhausted Jiangling soldiers were either resting among the piles of corpses or slowly carrying the corpses down from the city walls...

Uncle Liu's face turned pale, and his heart seemed to be pierced by a sharp sword and was bleeding.

He just glanced over and saw that the bodies of soldiers wearing their own military uniforms lying on the ground, numbered at least no less than a thousand!
These soldiers defending the city are the assets he has accumulated bit by bit, and they are the capital for him to gain a foothold in this troubled times!
Now, watching them being consumed in large numbers in Jiangling City, how could Liu Bei not feel heartbroken?
"Brother!"

"Big brother!"

At this moment, two figures on the top of the city hurried towards Liu Bei. They were Zhang Fei and Guan Yu.

Both men were covered in blood, and their faces were covered in congealed black and red blood.

"Brother! Where have you been these two days? Cao's army was attacking the city, and you, the commander-in-chief, suddenly disappeared. We were scared!" Zhang Fei looked at his brother who appeared in front of him safe and sound, and the heart that had been hanging in his throat suddenly settled down.

Guan Yu seemed to be still in fear: "Cao's army is besieging the city, and my brother, the commander-in-chief, has suddenly disappeared. This is really dangerous."

Just recently, Uncle Liu suddenly disappeared in this huge Xiling City!

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong almost went crazy.

Tens of thousands of Cao's troops besieged the city and attacked fiercely every day. At this critical moment, Liu Bei, the commander-in-chief of the army, suddenly disappeared?
If any piece of information leaked out, I'm afraid the morale of the Jiangling defenders would be unstable today!
Jiangling will be captured in an instant!
"I……"

Liu Bei opened his mouth, but Zhao Yun at the side interrupted him: "Last night, the police sent a message saying that Master Adou has an acute illness and is in critical condition..."

"My lord had no choice but to return to Gong'an overnight. I didn't mention this matter to you because I was afraid that Yide and Yunchang would worry about it. Now that Adou is safe, my lord hurried back."

Zhao Yun knew very well that the fact that his lord had abandoned tens of thousands of soldiers in Jiangling to return to Gong'an to celebrate Adou's birthday could not be mentioned at all!

There are many people on the city wall and they are gossiping. Once this matter gets spread among the soldiers, I am afraid the morale of the army will be shaken immediately, and we don't know how to defend Jiangling City.

Adou is in critical condition and is in danger?
So the Lord abandoned tens of thousands of soldiers and returned to Public Security? !
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were stunned and were about to say something, but Liu Bei changed the subject directly: "How many casualties were there in Jiangling today?"

Zhang Fei's mood was quite low: "Today Xiahou Yuan ordered a fierce attack on Jiangling, and the catapults were attacking more fiercely."

"Cao's army also attacked the city walls several times..."

"The soldiers fought back desperately. Today, more than a thousand soldiers died on the city walls just in the battle with Cao's army. This does not include the soldiers killed by catapults and the soldiers who went out of the city to fight today..."

With every word Zhang Fei spoke, Liu Bei's face became paler!
pain!
It hurts so much!

Liu Xuande had been running around everywhere since he started his army, and had no place to stand. Now he finally occupied the four counties in southern Jing and had some foundation... But at this moment, he was targeted by Cao's army!

Is it easy for Liu Xuande? !

The tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Jiangling City are the entire wealth of Gong'an City. Are they really going to be wiped out in Jiangling City?
Damn Cao thief!
Xiling City defeated Cao Ren's 30,000-strong army, and the Xiling defender captured Cao Ren alive. Why didn't he go to Xiling to settle the score, but instead chose to make things difficult for himself?
Do you really think you are a soft persimmon? !

Liu Bei looked outside the city, at the densely packed Cao army camps, and gnashed his teeth: "Cao thief! Xiahou Yuan..."

"I, Liu Xuande, am not someone who can be bullied! I have taken Jiangling City, and no one can take it away from me!!"

……

Xiling City,
Gan Ning stood on the top of the city wall, looking out of the city in a daze...

The mighty Cao army retreated away from Xiling like a receding tide.

Surrounded by the army, three figures slowly rode their horses towards Cao's camp. The leader was none other than the Han Prime Minister, Cao Mengde, who had been imprisoned in the dungeon by Cao Mengde himself.

Gan Ning's gaze subconsciously turned to the riverside.

The five thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were as powerful as thunder, marching towards the river in a mighty force, raising a cloud of yellow smoke!

On the mighty river, the Jiangdong navy, which had originally set sail with thousands of sails and was preparing to land with great military might to beat Cao's army, was now turning around in a panic and fleeing to the center of the river!

"Ugh!"

Looking at the fleeing Jiangdong navy, Gan Ning closed his eyes helplessly.

Although he didn't know Zhou Gongjin's specific plan, he could guess the purpose of the Jiangdong Navy from the current situation. It was nothing more than taking advantage of Cao Cao's capture, Cao's army was leaderless and on the verge of defeat, and the Jiangdong Navy would go ashore to attack Cao's defeated soldiers and chase them north...

Everything was well planned...

But who could have thought that Cao Cao was actually released by Liu Wu? !
After Cao Cao was released, Cao's army had a backbone again. Five thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry directly blocked the bank of the river. The Jiangdong navy went ashore at this time. Are they waiting to be driven into the river?
Liu Zilie simply released Cao Cao, which not only solved the crisis in Xiling, but also made all the plans of Jiangdong come to nothing... Good method, it was indeed a good method!
Gan Ning opened his eyes with a complicated expression. He turned around and looked inside the city, at the roof of the county governor's mansion. Liu Wu was still recovering from his injuries...

Although this man is a brave general better than Lu Bu, he is by no means a brainless and reckless man. He can even be said to be unfathomable.

He rode alone to the banner of Cao Cao's central army and captured Cao Cao alive!

That was Cao Cao, Prime Minister Cao, Cao Mengde, the lord of the eight states of the Han Dynasty, who defeated all the princes in the world and suppressed the Han Dynasty to the point of being unable to stand up straight!

With such a great achievement, even if someone else didn't kill Cao Cao, they would never let Prime Minister Cao go so easily.

But Liu Zilie had captured Cao Cao for less than a day, and he just let him go?! Even if there might be some deal between the two parties, this decision alone was not something that ordinary people could do.

"Liu Wu, Liu Zilie..."

Gan Ning's thoughts were surging, and his gaze on the county magistrate's mansion did not loosen in the slightest.

This man almost single-handedly led the weak troops of Xiling to defeat Cao Ren and Cao Cao's army of nearly 100,000, and captured the two alive one after another!
In a casual way, it even forced the Grand Admiral Gongjin, who was leading the Jiangdong Navy, to not even dare to go ashore. He could only turn the ship around and retreat in a panic...

"This kind of person is truly a rare hero!" Even Gan Ning had to admire Liu Wu very much at this moment.

At such a young age, he has such a plan. Even if he is the Marquis of Wu...

When Liu Zilie was this age, Marquis Wu had already taken over Jiangdong, but when he first took over Jiangdong, it was no different from saying that Marquis Wu was just a puppet.

The Jiangdong nobles and veteran ministers alone were enough for the Marquis of Wu to deal with with all his might, not to mention confronting Cao Cao head on. He did not have the ability to do so.

Even now, the Marquis of Wu only won the Battle of Red Cliffs in his fight with Cao Cao, but in order to win this Battle of Red Cliffs, the people of Jiangdong had already exhausted all their efforts.

But can the final result of that battle be compared with Liu Wu's capture of Cao Cao alive in front of the enemy's battlefield?
Thinking of this, Gan Ning suddenly felt strange in his heart. He found that compared with Liu Wu in Xiling City, the Marquis Wu, whom he used to respect, seemed... seemed a lot dimmer.

No, it’s not just the current Marquis of Wu!
The old lord Sun Jian was known as the Jiangdong Tiger!

The first lord, Sun Bofu, was known as the Little Overlord. Cao Cao even sighed and said: It is difficult to compete with a lion!
Although the reason why he fled from Jiangxia to join the Marquis of Wu was because Huang Zu treated him poorly, the bigger reason was his respect for these two former lords.

But if we compare these two Jiangdong lords with Liu Wu...

Gan Ning was stunned for a while, and then he sighed: "Even the [Jiangdong Tiger] and [Little Overlord] can't compare with Liu Zilie!"

...Inside Xiling City, the warm sunshine poured down.

As Cao's army retreated, the long-lost atmosphere of relaxation and tranquility once again enveloped Xiling City.

In the city, all the soldiers were resting and healing their wounds.

The warm winter sun shining on them made them feel a little unreal, this was the feeling of being alive.

Survived,

Under the leadership of the lord, they really survived!

It feels so good to be alive!

"You don't know how critical the situation was!" A soldier from the Xianzhen Camp held a wine bowl and spitted: "After we sent the lord into the Cao army's center, it was too late to turn around and break out!"

"The damn Cao's army surrounded us too quickly. The horses couldn't run, so we could only fight on the spot. We didn't know how long we fought. It seemed that the whole army was about to be wiped out, but the lord actually came back alone on horseback..."

"The lord's horse is blocked by Cao Aman, and the generals in Cao's camp are clearing the way for him. Tens of thousands of soldiers can only retreat, not daring to take a single step forward..."

The soldier of the Xianzhen Camp became more and more excited as he spoke: "The Lord didn't say a word and went straight to Xiling City! General Gao led us and followed the Lord back to the city. Those Cao soldiers didn't even dare to fart. It was so satisfying. It was so damn satisfying to watch!!"

The old soldier under Wei Yan's command nearby was not to be outdone: "We also made great efforts to help our lord capture Cao Cao alive..."

"If it weren't for General Wei leading us to divert Cao's left wing and tear open the gap between the left wing and the center... Hehe, if you want to send the lord into Cao Mengde's center, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

Before he finished speaking, a Shanyue soldier on the opposite side could not wait to speak to the old soldier: "Don't forget, when you were surrounded by Cao's army and couldn't break out, it was us who rescued you!"

All of a sudden, a group of soldiers started to shout:
"Even if you don't take action, the lord will come back and rescue us naturally!"

"My lord, you are so powerful that you can capture Cao Cao, or even kill Cao's army with your bare hands!"

"That's right! They say that the best general in the world is Lu Bu in the past, but how can Lu Fengxian be as brave as my lord?!"

"My lord must be a god incarnate. If not for the power of a god, how could you capture Cao Cao alive among tens of thousands of Cao's troops?"

As the soldiers argued, the topic instinctively turned to Liu Wu.

Tens of thousands of troops!

Riding alone, he killed his way through seven parts and fourteen songs!

With just one man and one halberd, he broke through more than thirty generals in Cao's camp and captured the northern overlord, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, Cao Mengde, alive!

That's Cao Mengde!!
When they thought of this, the blood in the hearts of all the soldiers present began to boil uncontrollably.

How many powerful princes in the world were defeated by Cao Mengde, and either surrendered or died!
He regards the Emperor of the Han Dynasty as a puppet!
He viewed all the Han officials in the court as his own slaves!
Liu Bei and Jiangdong joined forces, taking advantage of the right time and place, and barely stopped Cao Mengde's iron hoof from heading south...

But such a powerful minister of the Han Dynasty and the most powerful prince in the world was captured alive by his own lord in front of the battlefield!
Just press it on the horse's back!

He was brought back to Xiling City in front of tens of thousands of Cao's soldiers!
Thinking of this, the soldiers who were originally noisy suddenly quieted down. They almost turned their heads at the same time and looked at the county governor's mansion not far away...

That's where Liu Wu is.

Awe and fanaticism flashed in the soldiers' eyes. In this battle, Liu Wu's shadow completely shrouded their hearts like a god.

……

In Liu Wu's bedroom in Xiling County Magistrate's Mansion, he was still in a coma.

Wow! ~
The soft cloth rippled in the steaming copper basin. A pair of jade-white hands lifted the cloth out of the water and wrung out the water with some awkward effort.

Sun Shangxiang was standing in front of the copper basin, wringing the cloth with great concentration.

She came to Liu Wu's bed with a warm cloth, lifted the quilt, and revealed Liu Wu's naked upper body covered in blood. Although the doctor had applied medicine to Liu Wu last night, he had not had time to clean the blood on his body.

Sun Shangxiang blushed as she knelt in front of Liu Wu's bed, carefully avoiding the bandaged wound and carefully cleaning the filth off his upper body.

The warm towel moved along Liu Wu's strong naked upper body.

Sun Shangxiang's pretty face blushed even more...

Yesterday, when Liu Wu was covered in blood, captured Cao Cao, and brought the remnants of Gao Shun back to the city, she had completely fallen.

With only a few thousand people, they dared to charge directly at Cao Cao's army of tens of thousands, and even rushed directly under Cao Mengde's banner!

Defeating more than thirty generals in Cao’s camp is like defeating a chicken or a dog!

Finally, they captured alive the Prime Minister Cao who was holding the emperor hostage to control the princes!

The Cao army was forced to clear the way for him. Tens of thousands of Cao soldiers did not dare to get close to him and could only watch him walk proudly into Xiling City...

hero!

He, Liu Zilie, is the real hero!

Liu Zilie is the hero she wants to marry!

At this moment, Sun Shangxiang's face was burning hot...

She didn't care how important Xiling was to Jiangdong, and she didn't care about Jiangdong's interests.

She didn't care about her engagement with Liu Bei, and he couldn't care less about the political alliance between Jiangdong and Liu Xuande!
At the moment, Sun Shangxiang had only one thought, which was to stay by the bed and by Liu Wu's side.

suddenly,

Liu Wu's eyelids trembled for a while, then slowly opened, revealing a pair of bright eyes.

Liu Wu woke up!

Sun Shangxiang was a little distracted, and then she was surprised: "You, you woke up? How do you feel? Are you better than last night?"

Liu Wu, who had just woken up, felt his body. Compared with the weakness he felt last night, he was now much stronger and his vitality seemed to be recovering slowly.

Liu Wu said softly: "It's okay... Where are Gao Shun and Wei Yan?"

"I'll go look for them." Sun Shangxiang quickly got up and went out.

In a moment,

Gao Shun and Wei Yan came in a hurry.

"My Lord, how are you?"

"Zi Lie, don't be nervous and cultivate yourself well." The two looked at Liu Wu with concern.

"I'm fine." Liu Wu's voice was much stronger than the weak voice last night: "How are the soldiers in the city?"

Wei Yan had already figured it out, so he said, "The casualties among the soldiers are not small... I still have 3,000 veteran soldiers left, 1,000 cavalry soldiers left in the Xianzhen Camp, and 2,000 Shanyue soldiers left."

"The thousand soldiers under Lu Boyan's command did not move, so there were no casualties."

Liu Wu said calmly: "The thousand cavalrymen in the Xianzhen Camp don't move, Wen Chang..."

Wei Yan was stunned: "I am here!"

Liu Wu: "You lead the remaining 6,000 soldiers out of the city and take Jiangling."

Take, take Jiangling?
Wei Yan was stunned. He spoke subconsciously, "Zi Lie, the battle has just ended and the soldiers are already extremely tired. Besides, Cao's army and Liu Bei are probably fighting fiercely outside Jiangling City!"

"If we send out troops now..."

"It's okay." Liu Wu lay on the couch with a calm expression: "You don't need to lead the troops to fight. You just need to let your soldiers change into Cao's military uniforms, and then stretch the team and march slowly to bluff."

"After arriving in Jiangling, you will raise Cao Cao's banner..."

(End of this chapter)