The ancients said: During the war, the roads were filled with rotten corpses, pestilence and plague spread, and thousands of families were wiped out.
The impetuousness of May dominates the breeze of April. The hot weather and dull air are shrouded in the fiery sunshine.
Xiao Guan up and down.
In order to prevent the corpses from causing plague under the scorching sun, the armies of both sides were cleaning up their respective battlefields after the truce, burying the corpses, and preparing for the next battle.
After Liu Bao led 50,000 troops northward, Cheng Yu began to prepare his plan.
That night, a crescent moon hung high in the sky. Cheng Yu stood in front of the tent, looking at the moonlight in the sky. For a long time, he couldn't make up his mind to make a decision that was outraged by both humans and gods. As the saying goes, kindness cannot lead an army, but when he really made up his mind, the feeling he felt in his heart Condemnation is like a needle piercing the heart.
Cheng Yu is now heartbroken.
He hated himself for coming up with such a heartless plan.
If this plan is implemented, he will really be a sinner who will be punished by everyone and will be infamy for thousands of years.
"Zhang Xiu! You forced me to do this!" Cheng Yu gritted his teeth in a rare rage, his lungs filled with anger, his face turned red from holding back, and then he coughed violently.
"Sir, have you really thought about doing that?" Dian Wei's burly figure appeared behind Cheng Yu.
"Don't get involved in this matter." After the violent cough subsided, a burning pain came from his chest. Cheng Yu pressed his chest with one hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Many things in this world are forced. Yes, when the Qin general Bai Qi killed Zhao's 200,000 people, he had no choice but to do this. Now it's my turn to do this."
"Why do you keep staring at Zhang Xiu?" Dian Wei couldn't figure it out. It was clear that the largest prince in the world should be Yuan Shao from the north, but Cheng Yu just stared at Zhang Xiu who had just grown up.
Cheng Yu looked at the moonlight and sighed and said: "Zhang Xiu has the heart of a tiger and a wolf, has strategies, gathers talents from all over the world, and has great plans. He is a hero in the world. If he is not eliminated early, he will be a big trouble for our army in the future. Now he is His wings are not yet fully mature, but he is already very powerful. If he develops in a few more years, I am afraid that no one in the world can stop him."
Dian Wei felt that Cheng Yu thought too much of Zhang Xiu.
He and Cao Cao had never had a head-on confrontation. They had all won the war by relying on heretical and shady tactics. The victory was not fair enough. If the armies of both sides were to open up and face a head-on confrontation, he did not believe that Zhang Xiu was their opponent.
Although he disagreed with Cheng Yu's words, he did not refute it, because he knew that Cheng Yu was smarter and knew more than him, and the two of them had different patterns.
At this moment, a young Hun general ran in, performed the standard Hun salute and said, "Sir, everything is ready."
"How many bodies?"
"A thousand corpses, all prepared according to your instructions."
"Yeah!" Cheng Yu nodded, still making the final struggle in his heart. As long as he didn't nod, everything could be undone. After a moment, he raised his head and sighed, "Let's act, don't let the enemy find out. "
"Here!"
The young Hun general retreated.
Cheng Yu lay back and closed his eyes, his body trembling slightly under the moonlight.
After this order is passed, he will be an unforgivable sinner forever, and his family will be implicated, and he may even be exterminated.
"grown ups!"
Dian Wei saw something was wrong with Cheng Yu and stepped forward to help Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu stretched out his hand to stop him and sighed, "Zi Man (Dian Wei, also known as Zi Man), you can lead the tiger and leopard horses back. You can't stay here any longer."
"My lord has ordered me to escort you back." Dian Wei said firmly.
"Hahaha~!"
Cheng Yu laughed at himself, coughed violently after laughing, shook his head and said: "As soon as this plan comes out, I will be angered by people and gods. How can my lord miss a big event because of me? You leave tonight, don't shirk it." , Otherwise, you will definitely get into trouble.”
Dian Wei persisted, but Cheng Yu said: "You are my lord's beloved general, how can you delay your great future because of me? Go!"
Looking at Cheng Yu's increasingly older face, Dian Wei swallowed and said nothing.
After a while, Dian Wei respectfully bowed to Cheng Yu with clasped fists:
"Take care, sir!"
Then turned and left.
In front of the big tent, under the moonlight, Cheng Yu was alone and deserted. The moonlight lengthened his old, slightly trembling figure.
He looked up at the moon and remained silent for a long time, as if he was missing his relatives in his hometown.
Then, he coughed violently, and something seemed to come up at the tip of his throat. He immediately took out a handkerchief and covered it with his mouth. After coughing, he looked under the moonlight and saw a pool of blood.
He laughed and said, "Zhang Boyuan, it's worth trading my half-disabled body for a few years of your foundation! Haha...hahahaha...ahem!"
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Xiaoguan, below Guancheng.
There were dozens of simple stone-throwing objects made crudely using the principle of levers, with a wrapped corpse tied to one end, and a dozen people on the other side ready to pull.
The parabolic land is only a hundred steps away from Xiaoguan.
Because this is the dark side, where the moonlight cannot shine, they hide here and prepare to throw the corpses that have been prepared long ago. These corpses, whether human or livestock, have been specially treated.
Its purpose is to induce the plague in Xiaoguan.
The spread of the plague is uncontrollable. Once out of control, it will lead to the terrible scene of "white bones exposed in the wild and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles". No one expected that in order to break through Xiao Pass, Cheng Yu would risk the world. No, using such a vicious and dangerous strategy.
When it was confirmed that Cheng Yu was going to use this strategy, even Hu Chuquan was horrified.
You must know that the plague in this era is difficult to treat. If you are unfortunately infected, the only result is to wait for death.
After thinking about it, Huchuquan decided to adopt Cheng Yu's strategy.
After all, he didn't come up with the plan.
Even if future generations take the blame, it will still be on Cheng Yu.
After a simple bundling process, dozens of launch racks were ready, and the bodies about to be launched into the city were placed on the other end.
"Everyone, get ready...let it go!"
Following the Hun general's order, dozens of projection racks roared in unison, and in the dark night, dozens of corpses crossed the Xiaoguan juncture and shot into the city.
"Prepare for the second round!"
Seeing that the first round of projection was successful, the young general immediately ordered to prepare for the second round of projection.
Avoiding the night watchmen at the top of the city, countless corpses were projected in one after another. The projections continued until dawn, and some corpses even smashed through the roof of the residence.
The next day.
Gan Ning and others had already made contact with Zhang Xiu near Zhanjuan County, and were preparing to wait for Huchuquan to retreat before leading his troops to attack Huchuquan in response to Zhang Xiu's response, forming a pincer attack on Huchuquan.
But unexpectedly, Huchuquan did not withdraw all his troops. Instead, he asked King Zuogu Li to return with 50,000 troops. There were still more than 30,000 Xiongnu troops outside the pass.
If these 30,000 troops do not retreat, Gan Ning will not be able to form a pincer attack with Zhang Xiu.
Just when he had a headache, Cheng Peng hurried in with a look of horror on his face. At the same time, Pang Tong also ran in hurriedly, breathing heavily.
He had a bad feeling in his heart.
