A knife in love

Chapter 4001
Li Qiufeng is young and mature, he is cautious in his words and deeds on weekdays, serious in words and smiles, and rarely jokes with others.But at this time, listening to Zhebie's words, he almost laughed out loud, thinking to himself that there is a legend in the world that Zhuge Wuhou borrowed arrows from a straw boat to tease Cao Cao and Zhou Yu. This story is very exciting.I once asked Master if this matter was true or false.The master just shook his head and smiled without saying a word.Later, when I went to the capital, I worked as an errand in Fusi, Jinyiwei South Town. In my spare time, I listened to people's stories in teahouses, and told this story in a more mysterious and mysterious way.However, when I was on duty in the palace, I heard a few Hanlin attendants say that the so-called Zhuge Wuhou borrowing arrows from a grass boat is just a legend attached to it by later generations.The one who actually did this was the Lord of Wu, Sun Quan, but the matter was quite ordinary, far less exciting than the legend.According to the accounts of those Hanlin officials, in the past, Cao Cao led an army to approach the south of the Yangtze River and confronted Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, across the Yangtze River.The two sides sent small fleets to fight on the river. Cao Cao's soldiers came from the north. Although they were skilled in bows and horses, they were not proficient in water warfare.Seeing this situation, Cao Cao hurriedly called for gold to withdraw his troops, and built a stronghold on the north bank of the Yangtze River, not to fight the Soochow navy.Sun Quan repeatedly challenged Cao Cao's army, but Cao Cao could not hold out.In order to find out the reality of Cao Jun's water village, Sun Quan personally took a large boat and entered Cao Cao's army water village from Ruxukou.When Cao Cao heard that the warships of the Eastern Wu were approaching the water village, he concluded that the leaders of the Eastern Wu had come to visit the camp, and ordered all the troops to be on strict alert and not to go out lightly, so as not to be ambushed by the enemy.If the enemy army tries to attack the water stronghold, they only need to shoot it with a bow and arrow, and should not easily confront the enemy army.When Cao Cao's generals saw the big ships of Soochow approaching the water stronghold, they did not dare to disobey Cao Cao's order to lead the soldiers into battle, so they ordered to shoot arrows to fend off the enemy.Thousands of arrows were fired from Cao Jun's water village, shooting the big ship Sun Quan was riding on towards the side of Cao Jun's water village like a hedgehog. As a result, the ship tilted, as if it was about to capsize in the river, and the soldiers of Soochow on board were a little panicked.Seeing this, Sun Quan ordered the ship to turn around and turn the other side of the ship towards Cao Jun.Cao Jun saw the Dongwu ship turning around in the river. He didn't know what the Dongwu was up to, so he didn't dare to go out to meet the enemy, but still attacked it with feathered arrows.After seeing the situation of Cao Jun's water village clearly, Sun Quan ordered to leave Cao Jun's water village and return to Jiangnan Camp.It is said that when Sun Quan left Cao Jun's water village, he ordered the musicians on board to play flute and return safely.Afterwards, Cao Cao heard that Sun Quan was on the big ship that night, and he admired Sun Quan very much. He couldn't help sighing and said that he should have a son like Sun Zhongmou.This old story was passed on by word of mouth, because everyone respected Zhuge Wuhou very much, so it was interpreted as a story about Zhuge Wuhou borrowing arrows from a straw boat.Although Jebe was a Tartar, but he was born in Fusang, and he was surrounded by some rude and uneducated people. Perhaps the ancestors of these people knew the story of Zhuge Wuhou borrowing arrows from a grass boat, and there were many mistakes when it was passed on by word of mouth. In the end, it was spread to Jebe's ears, and it has become completely unrecognizable.It's ridiculous that Zhe don't say so clearly, thinking that this matter is absolutely true, which is really ridiculous.

Although Li Qiufeng was quite disdainful of the story told by Zhebie, his expression remained the same, without the slightest hint of ridicule, and he said, "Mr. Zhebie is proficient in strategy, and he can clearly see the weaknesses of the Ikeda family's soldiers and horses. In this way, no matter how many soldiers and horses the Ikeda family has, they can't help Mr. Zhebie."

Zhebie listened to Li Qiufeng's praise, and was quite proud of himself, but suddenly remembered something, and his face showed a little worry, and said in his mouth: "The head of the Ikeda family, Ikeda Shun, can be regarded as the number one person, but he is a little mediocre among the dozens of famous names in Fusang. Compared with the Hojo clan, Takeda clan, Uesugi clan, etc., the Ikeda clan is far behind. If we are facing the soldiers and horses of the Hojo clan and other daimyos at this time, how can we be so calm? I am afraid that we will be killed by the enemy just by meeting each other. The whole army was wiped out."

Hearing what Zhebie said, Li Qiufeng's heart trembled, he thought to himself that Zhebie was arrogant, even though he was in my hands that day, he didn't intend to beg for mercy, but when he mentioned Hojo, Takeda, Uesugi and other famous names, his tone was rather fearful, could it be that these famous names are more powerful than Jebie?

Thinking of this, Li Qiufeng was about to speak when Zhebie continued: "Ikeda Kazaki is mediocre intellect and has little knowledge, so there is nothing to be afraid of. The plan to ambush our Golden Village was not conceived by him, but by his generals. He dared to attack us. It's just that Ikeda Kazaki is greedy and doesn't know rewards and punishments. , very few people are willing to die for Ikeda Yigui. Thanks to this, we can barely protect ourselves. Hehe, if the old guy Ikeda Hayao personally went out and led the army to besiege us, I'm afraid he would have succeeded."

When Zhebie said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Although the soldiers and horses of the Ikeda family retreated, they were not injured, and they would not escape too far. I asked the brothers to chase and kill them. I just wanted to take advantage of the instability of the soldiers and horses of the Ikeda family to scare these bastards and let them escape further. In this way, the brothers who stayed here can pick up arrows and use them for themselves. In this battle, the Ikeda family killed and injured more than a hundred soldiers, and Kazaki Ikeda was shocked. Scared, we won't make a comeback immediately, we can deal with it calmly, and deal with this bastard to the end."

Li Qiufeng nodded after hearing what Zhebie had said, and said, "Mr. Zhebie has planned well, and Li admires it."

Zhebie shook his head and said, "If Master Li hadn't descended from the sky today to help us repel the Ikeda family's sergeants, I'm afraid that I and my brothers would have already become ghosts under the sword of the Ikeda family's sergeants. There is just one thing that I still can't figure out. I wonder if Mr. Li can explain something?"

Hearing what Zhebie said, Li Qiufeng already guessed what he wanted to ask, but he didn't point it out. He just smiled and said: "Mr. Zhebie has something to say, just say it. Li must know everything and say everything."

Zhebie cupped his hands to Li Qiufeng, and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Li. I said goodbye to Mr. Li that day, and I admired Mr. Li very much. I hoped that one day I could meet Mr. Li again and listen to his teachings. I didn't expect that I would meet Mr. Li again when I was at the end of the road. With Mr. Li's help, I was able to escape by chance. They pressed on and retreated to the end of the valley. There was no way out, so they could only fight to the death with those bastards of the Ikeda family. They never thought they could escape. But Mr. Li, Mr. Ye and others suddenly appeared like magic soldiers and helped them repel the soldiers of the Ikeda family.

(End of this chapter)