Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

——The air raid against Wei is really coming!

Xu Shu looked at the sky in disbelief. At this moment, he had mixed feelings in his heart.

Fu Shiren followed Guan Lin's instructions and conducted seven drills in ten days... This affected the livelihood of countless people and made the people of Xuchang City feel uneasy. Even when Guan Yu arrived, the people were in an uproar and petitioned one after another. Even Xu Shu, himself, stood up for the people. He interceded and tried to give Fu Shiren and Guan Yu a step down, but was ruthlessly rejected.

But now...

Xu Shu was even a little unsteady. He subconsciously covered his heart with his weak hands. He was shocked...and behind the shock was fear!

"Yun Qi is really good at predicting things. I...I almost made a big mistake..."

Looking up again, on the sky dome of Xuchang City illuminated by the torch, countless flames spurted out from the kerosene jar, so powerful that it covered the sky and the sun...

These are not just dozens of flying balls, there are... hundreds of them!

This is too much of a deterrent!

This fear seems to be innate!

——"This is not a drill!"

——"This is actual combat!"

——"This is not an exercise, this is actual combat!"

Amid Fu Shiren's shouts, the entire Xudu City was thrown into chaos...

Yes, who would have thought that Cao Cao really launched the flying ball and flew over Xuchang City.

The story of Fancheng's Purgatory Sea of ​​Fire... is no secret among the entire Han Dynasty!

For these people in Xuchang City, they know... how many people can be burned by this fire from the sky!

But fortunately... the seven drills in ten days have made the people familiar with several key points.

First, it must be in order and not panic.

If you panic... then more people will definitely not be able to enter the air-raid shelter. If you panic, you will kill yourself!

Second, General Fu Shiren and his Fu Jiajun had nothing to do during this period except to clean up the air-raid shelters. This also resulted in that there were enough entrances to the air-raid shelters, and they were allocated to every street.

As long as they calm down, the experience of seven drills tells them that the flying ball does not move very fast, and it takes time for the airdrop to cause fire. This time difference... is enough for everyone in the city to enter the air raid shelter.

——Don’t panic!

——Hold on! We can live!

It is precisely based on these two points.

Although there was a brief chaos in Xu Ducheng, it was not fatal. Fu Shiren and Fu Jiajun quickly controlled the situation...

Many able-bodied men also assisted the officers and soldiers in maintaining order...

Those who retreat first are not impatient, and those who retreat are not hasty. The entire Xudu City gradually begins to become more orderly!

And Fu Shiren's voice continued to come out.

"Cheer up, General!"

A fleet of fast horses quickly shuttled through every street, conveying Fu Shiren's orders...

——" General Fu said, cheer up... General Fu and all the lieutenants must enter the air-raid shelter last to ensure that the situation is controlled and let everyone in the streets go in first... Promising generals... dare to enter first and avoid it. , anyone can be killed on the spot!"

Fu Shiren is also an old man under Liu Bei.

After so many years, he has learned nothing else. In such a difficult time, give priority to the people, and then himself... This is one of the few things he learned from Liu Bei.

Of course, this does not mean that Fu Shiren needs to establish a "benevolent and righteous" persona like Liu Bei.

The reason for doing this is... often when such a disaster comes, the people are given priority. This will eliminate the fear of the people and cheer up the officers and men of the three armies. In fact, it will be of great benefit to "action".

"Carry the people across the river", show kindness and righteousness, and thwart the pursuing troops...

——That is... full of experience gained from practice!

On the other hand, if the people get into chaos first, it will be completely over -

"Shiren... you are truly a commander in chief!"

Seeing Fu Shiren's calm command, Guan Yu couldn't help but murmur, his heart palpitated, and he couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, Guan Yu thought of how he looked down on this "little brother" when he first met Fu Shiren in Zhuo County...

Thinking about it, when we met at the city gate just now, I was not happy with him for being too arrogant.

Now it seems... he made a mistake after all and misjudged this guy!

"Second General..." Zhou Cang beside him looked up at the flying ball that was getting closer and closer, and opened his mouth, "Second General's safety is closely related, please go to the air-raid shelter..."

Facing Zhou Cang's suggestion, Guan Yu stroked his long beard and said: "Everyone knows that at times like this, the people should come first, and the generals should follow. How can Guan betray the people?"

Having said this, Guan Yu immediately ordered: "You will assist General Shiren in guiding the people into the air-raid shelter. Guan is standing here. When the people are settled, Guan will move!"

This... Zhou Cang wants to say something else.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them all.

Guan Gong has always been a righteous man. He loves his soldiers and his people like his sons!

At this time, the surrounding voices sounded again.

"Hurry up, hurry up -"

"The old, young, and women go first, the men stay behind—"

"General Fu has an order that officers and soldiers are not allowed to enter for the time being——"

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In the sky, in the rattan basket where the first ball was flying, Jiang Juan noticed the flying ball from Jingzhou ahead, and could not help but frown... and whispered in a low voice: "Have you been discovered?"

He pondered for a moment, and then issued the order, "Since the leak has been exposed, there is no need to cover it up. Arrive at the sky above Xuchang City as quickly as possible and use airdrops to set fire to it——"

In addition to the necessary flying ball soldiers, the rattan basket of Cao Wei's flying ball was also extremely full.

They didn't have the glass bottles provided by Jiangxia Refinery, so they used wine jars and barnacle jars instead, which contained a lot of grease. If they didn't have white phosphorus, they used flint and fire sickles instead.

In addition, it is now the season where autumn and winter intersect, and the weather is dry and dry. Any scattered flames can easily cause a raging fire.

However, as he got closer and closer to the sky above Xuchang City, Jiang Wei's face became increasingly ugly.

Finally, he couldn't help but ask his father Jiang Juan, "Dad, do we really want to burn Xuchang City?"

Well…

Jiang Wei's words made Jiang Juan pause. Jiang Juan raised his eyes and asked, "What do you mean, my son?"

Jiang Wei continued, speaking with sincerity: "In Xuchang City, there are not only soldiers and horses from Jingzhou, but also tens of thousands of people... Dad has been stationed in Tianshui these years to resist the invasion of the barbarians, isn't it just to protect the people? ? The people in Tianshui are common people, but aren’t the people in Xuchang City not common people? They are also Han people...all compatriots? Do we really want a fire...to burn them completely? These are hundreds of thousands of living beings!"

this…

Jiang Wei's words made Jiang Juan ponder for a moment, but soon he raised his voice and solemnly replied to his son's meaningful question.

"My son...Dad is asking you? Do you think it is more important to end these divided mountains and rivers and unify the world? Or is it more important to build an utopia where everyone has clothes to wear, everyone has food to eat, and the people are prosperous and live and work in peace and contentment?"

"It's the latter..." Jiang Wei said solemnly, "To rule the world, isn't it also for the sake of the people's prosperity? Isn't it also for the thousands of common people to live and work in peace and contentment?"

Jiang Wei answered this question extremely seriously.

But... Jiang Yan completely denied his son's innocent thoughts with one word, "No!"

ah…

Under Jiang Wei's astonished eyes, Jiang Juan said solemnly: "When I was a child, I was as naive as you. I thought that the so-called ideals and ambitions were Liu Bei's 'If you want to do great things, if you go against your will, everything will come true'." This is Xun Yu's "serve the Lord and support Hongyi", and Cui Yan's "if there is no encounter, good things are more valuable", but in fact... Liu Bei spent the first half of his life wandering around, always surrounded by dangers, and lingering, Xun Yu ordered him to However, in the end, he died of sorrow and had no money to eat... Cui Yan, a famous scholar in Qinghe, Hebei Province, ended up being buried as a sinner... his family was affected, and..."

Having said this, Jiang Juan paused for a moment and seemed to be quite impressed. He gritted his teeth.

Yes... the transformation of his mental journey, the transformation from ideal to reality, what a torturous process he has gone through?

"Xun Yu, Cui Yan, half-life Liu Bei, their fates... were not good!" Jiang Juan raised his voice, "At that time, dad realized that many things cannot be achieved only by ideals. The so-called unification, It must satisfy the interests of the majority of ambitious people...or in other words, the interests of those in power!"

"In these troubled times, how much energy can the poor farmers, the humble people, and the thousands of common people under our feet have? Can they stand up? For example, my father, who was promoted to three levels in a row with his military exploits against Xianbei This is all breaking the rules, and you will be looked down upon everywhere! It is even more extravagant to hope to become an official! The world is so rotten, ideal people...in this era, can only end up in tragedy!"

Perhaps out of emotion, perhaps because he wanted to teach his son, Jiang Juan solemnly told Jiang Wei about the so-called "ideal" and "reality", and about his half-life insights - ideals and tragedies!

——To protect all people, this is the ideal!

——Let Xuchang City be devastated and no humans or animals left. This is the reality of Chiguoguo, and it is related to their merits and lives.

Of course, under the patriarchy of this era, ordinary sons... tend to obey their father's instructions, but Jiang Wei... has never been an ordinary boy.

Compared with those mediocre young people, even though he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, he has his own judgment.

"What the father said is right, but the child has a different point of view. Why is Liu Bei, who has been repeatedly defeated, more popular? Why is Zhuge Liang, who is so immortal, so admirable? Why does Liu Xiang Xun Ling, even if he has no Han Lu? Eat, go to hell...but why are the people fascinated by them? It's because the people long for them, and the people envy them!"

"The people long for the sunshine and rain from the superiors. The people long for benevolent kings, governance, and knights. If a wise king who never abandons the people can return the favor to the world, a hero who governs the world, and an unparalleled righteous man, the people will certainly accept them, even if they fight repeatedly. Repeated defeats will give them a place in the hearts of every Li Shu!"

"Ideals...may not be able to compete with reality in the end, but everyone will still have ideals in their hearts. Maybe many people will eventually be crushed by reality, livelihood, and the overwhelming life. But my child No, even if the child is struggling to push the boulder in reality, as long as he can look up at the sky occasionally, the child... will be satisfied. Therefore, what his father said about the loss of life is reality, and protecting all people is an ideal, then... the child would rather save all people, than... Nor will I be the devil who starts the killing!"

When it comes to this…

Jiang Wei didn't know when he took all the rattling arrows from the rattan basket of this hot air balloon...

"Whoosh——"

Accompanied by a sound that broke through the air, several loud arrows were fired...

But...the noises they made...their orders were completely different from Jiang Juan.

It’s an order to suspend progress and suspend plans.

Sure enough... as the sound of the sounding arrows exploded in the sky, the hot air balloons behind them immediately stopped in the sky and hovered in the air, never moving forward.

Wei Feiqiu's mighty army, covering the sky and the sun, suddenly stopped.

Jiang Juan saw this scene and exclaimed: "Boyue? Are you crazy?"

Yes...Jiang Wei's move will harm the Jiang clan.

"Quickly...quickly recapture the sounding arrow, send the signal again quickly, the flying ball army will advance at full speed..." Jiang Juan immediately ordered the soldiers in the rattan basket.

But Jiang Wei was very skilled and immediately subdued the two soldiers who came to seize the sounding arrow.

Then he directly threw all the rattling arrows in the rattan basket.

Seeing all the sounding arrows...falling like free fall into the brightly lit wound of Xuchangcheng, Jiang Yan was almost stunned by this scene.

"Boyo? Are you going to kill our entire clan?"

"If I were asked to burn enemy soldiers, I, Jiang Wei, would never blink an eye. But if I was asked to burn all the people, Jiang Wei... I must not! I must not!"

Jiang Wei's tone shook the heavens and the earth.

This time Jiang Juan stepped forward in person. Under his irritated cheeks, in this rattan basket, the father and son exchanged fists and kicks...

In the end, Jiang Wei was subdued by Jiang Wei, "Guizi, Nizi..." Jiang Wei was furious. While subduing Jiang Wei, he fiercely said to the two flying soldiers: "Find a way to inform the flying ball soldiers beside you. Ball, let him shoot the arrow, full speed forward... full speed forward... without any pause!"

"Here...here..."

The flying ball soldiers promised again and again...

"Hahahaha..." But Jiang Wei was laughing, "Hahahahaha..."

The more Jiang Juan looked at his son, the angrier he became, "You're such a traitor and you're still laughing? You've committed a heinous crime..."

"Haha..." Jiang Wei was still laughing, smiling, and he opened his mouth and said: "The child is laughing. In the past, Guan Yu in Jingzhou also used the word 'rebellious son' to call his fourth son Guan Lin Guan Yunqi, but now? In the past? The rebellious son has occupied Jiangdong and has become a lingering nightmare for King Wei, hahahaha... Now, the name of father, the rebellious son, is becoming more and more pleasant to the child..."

"you…"

Facing Jiang Juan's anger, Jiang Wei was still laughing. While laughing, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. You cannot have both. Those who sacrifice life for righteousness... "

This is a fifteen-year-old boy!

This is a passionate young man!

He even only thought about "righteousness" and the preservation of all people, but completely ignored the rise and fall of him...his father, and their entire clan!

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"what happened?"

When Guan Yu saw Wei Feiqiu in the sky, who had already arrived over Xuchang City, he felt extremely nervous.

Because the action of leading the people...to withdraw into this "air raid shelter" has not yet been completely completed.

There are also scattered old people and children who have been separated from their parents. They have just been awakened and are rushing here under the guidance of Fu Jiajun.

If... if at this time...

Going against the Wei Dynasty, the cat painted the tiger...Learned to drop the cloud flag to make fire and ignite the city of Xuchang. The consequences would be unimaginable...

However, Guan Yu was a little surprised at this moment, because... the flying ball hovering over Xuchang City did not throw any ignition objects downward!

this…

Guan Yu not only thought to himself: "What kind of medicine is Cao Cao selling in this gourd?" Could it be...just to prove that they also have this flying ball? Or is it because of this... there are more than 200,000 people in Xuchang City? 』

No... This idea just appeared in his mind. Guan Yu quickly shook his head and rejected the idea immediately.

Who is Cao Cao?

I would rather betray others than others betray me... How has he ever cared about the safety of the people? How could he ever see thousands of common people in his eyes?

"Second General... the common people have all withdrawn into this air-raid shelter..." Zhou Cang hurried over and saw Guan Yu who looked confused, and quickly shouted... "General Fu and the soldiers have also withdrawn... Second General, please don't Gotta stay outside!”

Zhou Cang's words had just been chanted, and Guan Yu's thoughts had just recovered from the sky.

"Walk--"

With a shout, Guan Yu and Zhou Cang finally entered the underground.

About a quarter of an hour later, jars were thrown down from the sky. A large amount of grease was sprinkled on Xuchang City under the rattan basket, as well as flints and fire sickles... They were quickly thrown down like stones.

It only takes a moment...

Under the moonlit night, the towering city of Xuchang has turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The blazing flames jumped in the dark night, dyeing the sky blood red.

The city wall was devoured by the fire, and the collapsed stones splashed in the sea of ​​​​fire, making a deafening noise.

The houses on both sides of the street were also ignited, and the fire spread rapidly, as if... the entire city was enveloped in a sea of ​​​​purgatory-like fire.

The people in the city were okay. Because of Guan Lin's advance explanation and Fu Shiren's advance rehearsal, most of the people retreated into the air-raid shelters. But even so, the scorching temperature from the surface made them sweat profusely.

But that’s nothing…

Compared with this, the trembling all over because of fear made them sober.

They put away all their complaints…

At this moment, a total of 200,000 people in Xuchang City, these people who surrendered from Cao Wei, have never been more sincerely convinced by Guan Lin, Fu Shiren, and Liu Bei than they are now.

It was these people... who saved their lives!

And their former master, Cao Cao... wanted to kill them completely, and even wipe out all traces of their existence.

There is a devil on one side and a saint on the other -

But...some people also died in this sea of ​​​​fire.

For example...because of Wei Feiqiu's first action and the incident caused by Jiang Wei's dispute with his father before the battle...therefore, some oil cans, flints, and fire sickles were thrown into the village outside the city wall, which caused a sudden fire in the village in the middle of the night. A raging fire…

Because of the grease and strong winds, these fires spread quickly and burned the entire village together.

The cries and calls for help from the people among them came and went, intertwined with the roar of the fire, like an extremely sad requiem.

Countless humans and animals struggled and fled in the sea of ​​​​fire, but the ruthless flames devoured them one by one.

Burnt corpses were scattered all over the ground, and the air was filled with a suffocating smell of burning.

Even... the Yingshui River flowing through Xuchang City was dried up by the fire...

The fish and shrimp on the river bed struggled and jumped in the fire, and eventually turned into charcoal.

A large number of houses and the surrounding woods were also set on fire. Outside the city...the firelight reflected the faces of fear and despair. The city... seemed to have turned into a burning purgatory overnight, which was terrifying.

"Captain Jiang...Half of the canes were thrown outside the city...The east city was burned, but the west city...wasn't...wasn't burned!"

At this time, someone was already reporting to Jiang Juan in the rattan basket...

“Ahhhhh——”

Jiang Wei also let out bursts of difficult shouts, as if trying to break free from his hands that were tied behind his back. Jiang Juan glared at him, and then replied to the soldier: "Keep throwing...the entire Xuchang City, no one can be left..."

"Captain Jiang, I'm afraid...I'm afraid it won't work..." the soldier said truthfully: "We only have a hundred flying balls, and all the rattan cans in the flying balls have been thrown away, and the flames are far worse than the one that burned the flying balls in Jingzhou. , I’m afraid… I’m afraid it won’t be finished burning!”

this…

After hearing this, Jiang Juan pondered for a moment, and he couldn't help but feel worried.

There is no airtight wall in the world. If his son’s behavior reaches Cao Cao’s ears, and Xuchang City is not burned to the ground...

That…

But no matter what you think, the matter has come to this, and this operation must be terminated.

"The matter has come to an end. Send me military orders to return immediately..."

"Here..."

Following Jiang Juan's instructions, the flying balls that were overwhelming the sky above Xuchang City quickly turned around and drove away in the direction of Luoyang City.

Jiang Yan, on the other hand, looked deeply at his son. For a moment, he also had mixed feelings in his heart...

How could the Jiang Wei of today not be the same person of the past?

only…

--"well! 』

With a deep breath in his heart, Jiang Juan said fiercely to Jiang Wei, "Go back, I'm taking care of you..."

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One day and one night!

Even though Wei Feiqiu didn't have enough fuel, the fire in Xuchang City burned for a day and a night, and it didn't fall until the second day!

Thanks to Fu Shiren's preparations, most of the grain, grass and ordnance were moved to the cellar long ago, so that the people and soldiers would not starve...

It was even on the third day that Fu Shiren sent a small team out first to ensure that everything was fine...then the army and the people gradually walked out of the air-raid shelter.

only…

After the fire burned the city of Xuchang, the scene inside it had changed beyond recognition. Fu Shiren, Guan Yu, Zhou Cang... and all the soldiers and civilians saw desolation and ruins.

The city wall was burnt black, the masonry exploded under the raging flames, and became dilapidated.

The tall city gate collapsed in the fire, leaving only charred remains and broken wooden beams.

The streets in the city were burned into scorched earth by the fire, and the stone paving slabs were burned and deformed, with cracks crisscrossing them.

The houses on both sides of the street have been reduced to ashes, with only the remaining wall foundations and charred wood remaining.

Although the walls of some houses are still standing, they have lost their roofs, doors and windows, and are hollow and open, as if to tell the horror of the disaster.

The air was filled with a burning smell that was suffocating.

Even the trees in the city were burnt, leaving only charred trunks, no branches and leaves, and a desolate scene.

The river was also dried up by the fire, and the soil on the river bed was burned and cracked. Fish, shrimp and other aquatic creatures were dead and floating on the water, and there was still a faint smell of burning because they had been boiled.

common people…

Every citizen of Xuchang City faced their homes destroyed by fire, with expressions of grief and despair on their faces.

Some people knelt on the ground, covering their faces with their hands, crying silently.

There are also some people who are silently picking at something, as if... looking for the remaining traces of their houses in the ruins.

"Woooo..."

Faint sounds of crying began to be heard.

"Woooo..."

The crying intensified...

"It's gone, everything is gone, my Shu brocade, my shop, me... my house... ah... ah..."

The tall and round merchant who had asked for help from Guan Yu was also kneeling on the ground at this moment. The burning smell seemed to have a special ability to dry the tears on his cheeks... Even if he cried, they would all dry up!

It was also the first time for Guan Yu to see such a "doomsday" dilapidated scene...

He could imagine that if it hadn't been for his son Guan Lin, if it hadn't been for Fu Shiren, if it hadn't been for those seven drills in ten days, now... there would have been countless charred bones in the ruins, and countless people would have died at night. Leave this world forever.

this…

It’s scary to think about it!

Thinking of this, Guan Yu couldn't help clenching his fists. He raised his head and looked at the sky, feeling a hatred for Cao Wei's flying ball.

Of course, he knew... any Cao Wei general would definitely feel the same way about his son's flying ball!

I hate it so much...

I hate it so much——

Everything seemed to be silent, except for the burning smell all around, except for the faint sobs caused by the loss of home!

Finally, someone broke out in silence.

It’s Fu Shiren…

Seeing that the city of Xuchang he had captured, the greatest achievement in his life, turned into deathly silence at this moment, he roared angrily and opened his mouth angrily.

"Cao Cao, I'm sorry, your grandma——"

"Come on, aren't the five hundred flying balls here hidden underground? Move them all out, take out all those glass bottles, white phosphorus, and oil cans. Cao Cao... is competing with me for airdrops, right? Come on... hurt each other. Ah! I will burn your Luoyang City!"

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…(End of chapter)