A dozen miles east of Wuchang City, there is a ruined temple, facing the Yangtze River.
The ruined temple has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is no longer possible to tell which deity it is enshrined.
The ruined temple was quiet during the day, but in the evening, Cao Wu came out of the temple and stretched himself.
After sleeping all afternoon, I finally felt relieved from the fatigue from running for so long last night and this morning.
He was still on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Perhaps because of Sun Quan's expedition, the fishing boats and passenger ships that could be seen sporadically on the river when he came here have all disappeared now.
He could not cross the Yangtze River, so he could only continue westward on the south bank. He passed the area of Xia Zhi City in the morning and finally stopped when he was about to reach Wuchang City.
Today's Jiangxia County is already the most important military town. There were originally more than a dozen counties in the county, but now they are divided among the three families of Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Bei.
Cao Cao occupies the northern and western parts of Jiangxia, Liu Bei occupies the central part of Jiangxia, and Sun Quan occupies the eastern and southern parts of Jiangxia.
All three families claimed to own Jiangxia, so there were three Jiangxia governors here.
Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi was stationed in Xinjiangxia City, which he built by himself, near Xiakou City. Wenpin was one of Liu Biao's descendants. It is said that Zhou Yu was also appointed as the prefect of Jiangxia, but he did not have the endorsement of the Han Dynasty as the prefect of Jiangxia and was appointed by Sun Quan.
The territories Cao Wu passed through, including Chaisang, Xiazhi, and Wuchang, all belonged to Jiangxia County, which meant they were all under Zhou Yu's rule.
Before Wuchang, a slightly larger city, Cao Wu decided to take a break and see if there was any chance to inquire about the current situation nearby.
It's already late November, and it's getting closer to December when the Battle of Red Cliff will take place.
History does not accurately record the day in December when the Battle of Chibi took place. Some unofficial histories even say that there was no such battle.
But Cao Wu judged based on the current situation that even if there was no Chibi, there would be other battlefields, and Cao Cao and Sun Liu would eventually have a battle.
This is a historical necessity, and it is also an ending that he must break.
He hugged Xiao Qiao and mounted his horse, intending to find a village where he could stay. But before he got there, he saw soldiers posting notices at the end of the village.
There are two notices, one of which has a portrait and red letters, which is obviously an arrest warrant.
Cao Wu knew he was going to suffer, so he quickly turned around, thinking that Sun Ben was so popular that he was just using the incident of God's Punishment to ruin his reputation, and actually issued a sea arrest document to arrest him.
Fortunately, both he and Xiao Qiao had their faces covered.
He said to Xiao Qiao in his arms: "Qiao Er, it seems that we can't enter the village. We will probably stay in the ruined temple today."
Xiao Qiao has taken Cao Wuzuo's medicine and is feeling better, but still weak.
She sighed: "My sister and I rarely go out. Even if we go out, we have never entered the village because...because..."
"Because you two are so beautiful, are you afraid of being noticed by others?"
Xiao Qiao's face turned red, feeling that sometimes this man was serious and sometimes frivolous, and he didn't know whether he was right or wrong in insisting on not going back.
Cao Wudao: "Qiao Er, are you really not planning to go back? If you want to go back, I will go to Wuchang to put you down, and officers and soldiers will take you back."
Xiao Qiao frowned slightly and was not used to the name Qiao Er, but Cao Wu said in the morning that in order to prevent them from being discovered, naturally they could not be called by their real names and could only be called by pseudonyms.
She ranked second, so naturally it was Qiao Er.
She said: "Actually, my husband often went to war in the past, and I was not afraid at that time. But this time...I don't know why, but I always feel that it will be difficult for my sister and her husband to see each other again..."
She looked at the Yangtze River in the distance, tears were about to fall out again, and a piece of bread was suddenly stuffed into her mouth.
"Try it, my guard Ada's craftsmanship is very good."
Xiao Qiao choked and took two hard bites. The cake contained sesame and salt and tasted very good. He couldn't help but take a few more bites and finished the meal slowly.
"Qiao Er, you come from a wealthy family and you married into a wealthy family. You must have never eaten anything from a farmer!"
Xiao Qiao said softly "Hmm".
Cao Wuneng could tell that Xiao Qiao was indeed the kind of lady who stayed close to home. Apart from the sky in the four corners of her house, she had seen very few things.
Maybe, this is the fan cage she calls herself.
Cao Wuzong rode back to the dilapidated temple, and the two chatted one after another. When they arrived at the gate of the dilapidated courtyard of the dilapidated temple, Cao Wu suddenly said in alarm: "There is someone!"
Xiao Qiao was startled, almost choked after taking one gulp, and hit herself in the chest in a hurry.
Cao Wu glanced there. In terms of height, if Ajiu was the magnificent Golden Summit of Mount Emei, then Xiao Qiao was the Huangshan Mountain surrounded by the sea of clouds.
Oh, by the way, Ada should be Mount Tai, the first of the five mountains. It is another kind of majestic one. But Sun Shangxiang can only be Nishan whom the saint likes.
Climb Mount Ni and become a small Lu; climb Mount Tai and become a small world.
When you return from Huangshan Mountain, you don’t want to see the mountains. When you return from the Five Mountains, you don’t want to see the mountains. I, Cao Wu, want to see them all.
Bah, bah, Cao Wu gave up his idea, stopped the horse aside, put Xiao Qiao down, turned over and dismounted, drew an iron barrel gun, and slowly approached the gate of the ruined temple.
Entering the courtyard gate, he observed two sets of footprints at the door, which showed that two people had obviously come in.
This ruined temple had no owner, so it was normal for someone to come. He stopped outside the ruined temple, knocked on the wall with an iron pipe gun and said, "Is there anyone here?"
No one answered inside.
The temple door was already broken. Cao Wu changed the direction and looked inside through the damaged area, and was shocked.
The ruined temple was empty when we left, but there was something covered with a white cloth on the ground.
Based on his experience of watching horror movies in his previous life, Cao Wu was very sure that it was a corpse.
Even though he had gone through the baptism of war in this era, he was just an ordinary person. When he saw it suddenly, he took a few steps back in shock.
Outside the courtyard gate, Xiao Qiao exclaimed "Ah", which further aroused his nervousness.
He immediately turned around and ran out of the courtyard. He felt relieved when he saw that both Xiao Qiao and Little Red Horse were fine.
He asked Xiao Qiao: "What is your name?"
Xiao Qiao trembled and pointed in the distance: "Someone...someone is transporting the body!"
Cao Wu looked along her green and jade fingers, and sure enough he saw two people in the distance carrying a body covered with the same white cloth as before, walking towards this side.
"Is this ruined temple used for burying corpses?"
As soon as Cao Wu said anything, Xiao Qiao thought that he had slept here during the day, and his face turned pale with fright. He leaned close to Cao Wu, but because he was self-reliant on his identity, he did not dare to come closer, and he was as frightened as a frightened little rabbit.
Cao Wudao: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Xiao Qiao felt inexplicably more at ease.
Cao Wu added: "I have also been on the battlefield. I have seen countless corpses, but it's nothing. It's just that the way they are placed is strange."
While they were talking, the two people came closer, and they should have seen Cao Wu and the others. They were stunned for a moment, and then continued walking towards the ruined temple.
Now that he was seen, Cao Wu had no intention of hiding. He held an iron pipe gun in one hand and a sword in the other, guarding in front of Xiao Qiao.
Soon, the two of them approached, and the one in front said: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! Hurry and stay away!"
Cao Wudao: "Brother, please excuse me. We don't block the road on such a wide road..."
Before he finished speaking, he had already thought of something and quickly pushed Xiao Qiao back with his arms. Even the little red horse was patted on the peach by him with the iron pipe gun and took a few steps back.
Xiao Qiao trembled and said: "What...what happened?"
"I know, it's an epidemic. I'm afraid the corpses in this temple are all corpses that died of the epidemic!"
…
In the spring of the thirteenth year, Quan resumed his campaign against Huang Zu. His ancestors sent boat soldiers to resist the army, but Captain Lu Meng defeated his vanguard. Ling Tong, Dong Xi and others attacked it with all their strength and massacred the city.
"Book of Wu·Biography of Lord Wu"
